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Lest We Forget: A Plea Against Iconoclasm
Sarah Toman
Rudyard Kipling's late nineteenth century poem ("Recessional") made reference to times of war, losses, and sacrifice. The most noted phrase of the poem, lest we forget, implored us to remember the consequences of past triumphs and actions, to both honor and mourn. I would like to use this phrase, here, solely from a research perspective. I encourage you to consider merely this one, narrow aspect of lest we forget, temporarily putting aside politics, race, and history, to entertain an additional potential factor about the removal of statues, film, and books from the American awareness.
I am not an historian, theorist, or politician. I am a psychologist who works with individual clients after having retired from an academic position with an urban university. One of the academic roles I most enjoyed was participating with students in the completion of their doctoral dissertations. I learned from the doctoral candidates the value of exhausting the already published research data to inform their own summary conclusions. Many candidates would obsess over identifying absolutely every possible source and including each in their review of literature. I remember many dissertation meetings where committee members would bring a candidate to tears because they had not included that member's favorite theoretician in their literature review. Through that lens, the term lest we forget, forces me to obsess about the valuable data and information we lose with each statue, book, and film that disappears.
Again, please forgo politics and race (as impossible as that sounds), when considering statues, books, film, and the like, as valuable data or artifacts, or sources of information. I realize that in asking you to overlook race I risk being stereotyped as a racist, or "color blind," or biased. Yet, my encouragement to consider artifacts and data is framed in the practice of exhausting the available data. There could be reasons that Black Americans may find it useful to preserve the data about Robert E. Lee, or Gone with the Wind, for example. In a June 2020 New York Times article/interview by Jonah Engel Bromwich with art historian Erin Thompson, she stated, "…protesters are attacking symbols of a hateful past as part of fighting for a peaceful future…. So if people lose hope in the possibility of a peaceful resolution, they're going to find other means." Yet, removing the evidence, the data, that there has been a "hateful past," we sacrifice the proof, the information that brought this country to this point in history. The case for peace, the reasons for protests, are lost forever.
The title of a June 7, 2020, Washington Post article about the removal of the Robert E. Lee Statue in Virginia stated, "Take Down his Statue and Let his Cause be Lost." And this is exactly my point. Later, the author, Robert W. Lee, IV, wrote, "The statue is a hollow reminder of a painful ideology and acts of oppression against black people. Taking it down will provide new opportunities for conversations, relationships and policy change." I suggest, in contrary, that without the evidence or the data, without the historical context and the proof of "painful ideology and acts of oppression," the called-for conversations lose the sources needed to justify policy change. Lest we forget.
And what about Gone With the Wind, a film that won ten Academy Awards in 1940, was one of the first use of TechniColor, which dramatically depicts the look of the South in each of the key historical periods: antebellum, postbellum, and reconstruction? The film is a depiction of change, not only the change of a naïve Southern belle to a resourceful, successful businesswoman, but also a depiction of the change experienced by the entire nation. The film contains the data and documentation of one filmmaker's view of that change, but it therefore also demonstrates that change can actually happen. From the research lens, we could all wonder why, at this time in our history, the film's data and evidence has been deleted from streaming services. Gone With the Wind documents without glorifying slavery, classism, privilege, racism, and gender inequities. Why would any of us want the data and evidence to disappear from our consciousness? Lest we forget.
Granted, the research lens of data, documentation, artifact is limited. I wonder, though, how many generations will it take before Americans ask "who was Robert E. Lee?" and "What was Gone With the Wind even about?" We have to ask: what important information are we sacrificing, for either side of a political debate, when we destroy the evidence? We lose the chance to learn, and we also lose the opportunity to form our own opinion, when the data are incomplete, missing, or biased.
Friday, June 19, 2020, Juneteenth—a day that marked the anniversary of the end of slavery in the U.S.—was "celebrated" by an angry fringe pulling down and defacing a statue of George Washington with the phrase "Destroy the Racist." By destroying a commemoration of contributions of the first U.S. president, we lose a great deal of data, evidence, proof, objective information about a past we may not want to completely forget, including that he owned slaves.
The following (and incomplete) list of Juneteenth defaced and toppled statues is long, but each deserves being noted:
San Francisco, CA: Junipero Serra (Spanish priest – "Stolen Land" now written on remaining base), Francis Scott Key (lyricist of Star Spangled Banner – now reads "Slave Owner" and "Stolen Land and Stolen People"), President Ulysses S Grant (general of the Union army that ended slavery in the United States – "Adios America"), and a statue of Don Quixote and the author who created him, Miquel de Cervantes.
San Pedro, CA: Juan Rodriquez Cabillo (conquistador, is now painted as "colonizer"), Senator Mallory White.
New London, CT; Columbus, OH; Houston, TX; Boston, MA: Christopher Columbus (in Houston, the statue was defaced with "Rip the Head from your Oppressor").
Miami, FL: Juan Ponce de Leon (defaced on June 17, 2020)
Dexter, MI: La Raza sculpture (Spanish word for Race or community, repainted sculpture figures are now black, yellow, and brown, red).
Albuquerque, NM: Juan de Onate (conquistador, now in red paint "racist murderer").
Raleigh, NC: Two confederate soldiers (one honoring the first NC soldier who died during the Civil War, the other dedicated to the women of the Confederacy – these statues were dragged down the street and one hanged from a light post in a mock lynching).
Rochester, NY: Nathaniel Rochester (defaced statue of city founder painted with "shame," on his forehead, "stole indigenous lands" and "abolish the police").
Portland, OR: George Washington (painted with "You are on Native land," draped in a burning American flag, and torn down), Thomas Jefferson (author of the Declaration of Independence).
Austin, TX: Three statues of Confederate leaders on the University of Texas campus (vandalized with "Black Lives Matter" and "bump all the chumps").
U.S. House of Representatives: removed portraits of four former House Speakers who served with the Confederacy (at the order of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi).
Richmond VA: Robert E. Lee (Confederate general), Arthur Ashe (American tennis champion – defaced with "White Lives Matter" then painted over with "Black Lives Matter")
Washington, DC: Albert Pike (Confederate General, toppled and burned), George Preston Marshall (First NFL owner of Washington Redskins – painted with "change the name").
I would be remiss if I recommend not destroying data without the mention of alternatives. Maybe some of these statues should come down in the end, but not this way. Maybe Confederate statues could be replaced with something that maintains the historic data and meaning, while not honoring the memory of something like slavery. If that's the case, the process and content should be decided through the appropriate channels, not by vandals. The removal of every statute, film, picture, or account could be subjected to American democratic and civic processes. Rather than destroying our historic data, could the artifacts be turned into opportunities for conversion, dialogue, and education? For example, a statue of a Confederate general could remain while plaques are installed that offer the history lesson documenting both contribution and comment from multiple and diverse perspectives. The vandals may be reenacting the very process of which they object—the presentation of one view, one perspective, one voice, without including the diverse voices of this nation. Such an alternative could provide the "new opportunities for conversations, relationships and policy change" called for by Robert W. Lee, IV.
As the evidence for injustices exit our country, we are left with emotions that hinder communication and understanding. The opportunity is lost to stand beneath a statue representing the actions and principles of our past and to acknowledge the need for continued growth and change in our future. I implore us all to not deplete the data and proof. We must not lose the reminder—lest we forget. We must not want to forget because we do not want to repeat the errors of our past.
The Vietnam War protesters of the 1960s were told to "sit down!" I choose to not sit down and watch our artifacts painted over without acknowledging the importance of remembering the whole story of our history. Lest we forget why and for what we stand.
Sarah Toman, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in the State of Ohio and founder of Therapeutic Associates of Medina, a collection of therapists who believe that support, relationship and healthy environment are primary treatment components. In a former life, Sarah was an Associate Professor in the College of Education at Cleveland State University. She has published over a dozen journal articles in counselor education and career development and is co-editor of Gestalt Therapy: Theory, History and Practice. Dr. Toman is a proud graduate of Kent State University.
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Uncle Howie says:
What an insightful piece of commentary. When this newest phase of our current moral panic began, I was immediately reminded of what Winston's actual profession was in 1984. The daily revision and removal of facts and events that were no longer favorable to the narrative INGSOC wanted to push that day. Whether it was deleting people from history, or the careful editing of words not in line with Newspeak, his role mirrors the current wave of shortsighted rage against facts and events from our collective recent and distant past. In the same way that I wonder what MLK would think of the current BLM movement, I also wonder what Orwell would think about this new wave of wanting to erase portions of U.S. history that elements of the new left find unsavory. Thank you again for your thoughts.
Barbara Flaherty says:
No one is wanting to erase the past. These monuments harm people today and help keep an ideology that has no place in our country alive. We fought a war over it. History will now record that they were taken down and destroyed or relegated to a museum 150 years after that war in the ongoing healing of our nation. There is plenty of history of that war – the remembrance of it won't be lost. Just drive from Connecticut to Georgia and visit the battlefields and cemeteries where the blood of this nation was shed towards eliminating the disease of slavery from this land.
Monuments only harm people if the monument falls on them, or they climb on the monument and fall off.
There is no harm whatsoever caused by statues, or busts, or paintings unless they topple onto you.
You talk about healing. I don't see any. I see violence engulfing many – too many – streets in the USA, and beyond. If you can't or won't commit to non-violent protest, then you've lost. Violence causes physical and psychological harm. BLM and its supporters need to renounce violence and refuse violence, if they are to have any credibility when it comes to protesting against police brutality.
Police brutality is real. Obsessing about statues is displacement activity.
Deal with the police brutality.
Critical Race Theory unashamedly involves rejecting history and embracing what it calls Revisionist History.
Revisionist History is an extremely dangerous road to go down. It is not only erasing the past, it is rewriting it to suit a political agenda.
Healing is a good idea. If people spent as much time healing themselves as they spend being violent, committing acts of vandalism, and verbally abusing the innocent, society would progress rapidly.
JSD says:
The USA city of Charlottesville has undergone a lengthy process of deliberation on what to do about park names and statues. They renamed 2 of their parks – then renamed them again. They've tried to remove statues.
I tried searching their website for these renamed parks, but I only had their original names. The search engine on the city's website returned no links when I used the original names of the parks and there were no redirects in place saying words to the effect of 'You searched for Jackson Park, but it's been renamed to Court Square Park and here's the new link you need".
Their website used to have pages on the history of their parks Jackson Park and Lee Park. Not anymore. The links to the *history* pages are gone, replaced with generic 'not found' messages. Can't even find them on Wayback Archive.
Presumably new history pages are being written (at least, hopefully they are), but the old ones are gone.
The author of this piece makes a fundamental error in writing it. She presumes that those who are engaged in iconoclasm have an interest in data. Simply put, they don't. If they did, people like Rayshuan Brooks and Mike Brown wouldn't be lumped in with people like George Floyd, Eric Garner, and Walter Scott. This isn't about objective data. This is about "other ways of knowing" ie Testimony (capitalized to coincide with the obvious religious connotations). The iconoclast doesn't need objective evidence of racism or oppression to justify their views. It is merely enough for them to feel that it is true that they are oppressed or that systemic racism exists. In point of fact, most of them would be offended by a request for objective proof. You would be "marginalizing their lived experiences" or "questioning their humanity" in doing so. They lose nothing of value from their perspective by not knowing who Robert E. Lee is because it was never about whatever objective data can be drawn from his existence. It's merely about feelings and the power those who have them feel they are entitled to as a result of those feelings. I can only suspect that George Santayana has been doing a continuous somersault in his grave with the ascendancy of the Woke. Especially given how many of the historical mistakes the Woke are priming themselves to make that those who's statutes they are tearing down made themselves.
I see some of this as just the consolidation of the victory of the North over the South. Making the rebel flag synonymous with racism is a part of making sure the South will never rise again. Ironically, the latest push to diminish that flag kicked off at about the same time the rebels in the east of Ukraine were fighting against the Eurofication of Ukraine under a very similar flag (just without the stars).
Removing the signs of southern power and history of the war also serves to paper over the North's part in the slaughter and sacking of the South.
The problem is, it has gone way beyond the USA.
Ironic they would tear down a statue of Cervantes, who was himself held as a slave for 5 years on the Barbary coast. Ironic, or just plain ignorance? Or worse: purposeful ignorance. How can white people not be slaves, even though they be held, in fact, as slaves? White privilege. Mind benders.
Their ignorance is mixed with a taste for perversity, a tendency to absurdity, and a habit of aggression. They are inflamed by a self-righteousness not seen in a long time. How they think such a corrupt take on life will lead to the improvement of things, heaven only knows.
President of Forgetting says:
Part of the failure of the argument from the iconoclasts is their reduction of all possible reasons for having the statue to *one thing*.
A stone on the street corner in Virginia once used as an auction block for slaves was removed. To them, it is an act of psychic aggression against blacks, BUT it is also a reminder to all Americans of the sins of the past.
To them, a statue of Lee is nostalgia for slavery, but to many, Lee is revered for the same reason that General Sherman is STILL fiercely reviled. Any victory by Lee meant a greater chance than a son, a brother, or a father would come home alive.
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After many years of not seeing my grandparents, we magically connected in June. It was an amazing feeling to hear them and see them again. Grandpa was not feeling that well, so I couldn't tell him everything I wanted to say and give them the 411 of my life. So I patiently waited till he got better. The day I saw him, he could not speak, and was struggling to breathe. He looked at me, shook my hand and placed his respirator back on after having some water. That was the last memory of my grandpa. He sadly passed five days later.
My grandpa was a very bright man; his membership at Mensa could contest to that. Every skill could be learned and every goal can be accomplished (within reason). The passing of my grandpa gave me the courage to believe in what I can do. So I immediately applied for employment that I was too scared of before. Two weeks later, I was assessed, interviewed and reference checked for my new position that starts tomorrow. Thanks Grandpa!
Perhaps I cannot give grandpa 'all' the credit, yes I did have something to do with it, well there were other factors involved. My loving husband made it across the pond to start a new life in Maple Land. After a year of waiting, we got the final go ahead from Canadian Immigration that he will be joining me. We had endured 101 days apart, which felt like an eternity, but made time for each other twice a day via Skype. I was the happiest wife when I went to pick up my hubby at the airport that day. After that, nothing could break me.
Just a month later, hubby and I were on the move again. This time 'settling' in a beautiful new, but older city. For some of our friends it may seem further, but it is truly the ideal new beginning for us.
Since I completed my degree, I have relocated for work. Some may call me silly, but I saw it as a great opportunity for something bigger. Now I look back, I can confirm, if I didn't make those decisions, I will not be where I am today – success.
Here's to new ends, and old beginnings!
Now, that's what I call a Honeymoon!
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Le trophée Dan-Snyder est un trophée remis dans la Ligue de hockey de l'Ontario, ligue de hockey sur glace junior. Ce trophée est mis en place à la fin de la saison 1992-1993 sous le nom anglais d'. Il récompense chaque année, le joueur qui a fait preuve de qualités exceptionnelles en étant un modèle positif dans la communauté de la LHO.

Le , le conseil des directeurs-généraux de la Ligue de hockey de l'Ontario annonce que le trophée est renommé en mémoire de l'ancien capitaine des Platers d'Owen Sound, Dan Snyder, mort dans un accident de voiture en .

Palmarès
 1992–1993 — Keli Corpse, Frontenacs de Kingston
 1993–1994 — Brent Tully, Petes de Peterborough
 1994–1995 — Brad Brown, Centennials de North Bay
 1995–1996 — Craig Mills, Bulls de Belleville
 1996–1997 — Mike Martone, Petes de Peterborough
 1997–1998 — Jason Metcalfe, Knights de London
 1998–1999 — Ryan McKie, Wolves de Sudbury
 1999–2000 — Dan Tessier, 67 d'Ottawa
 2000–2001 — Joey Sullivan, Otters d'Érié
 2001–2002 — David Silverstone, Bulls de Belleville
 2002–2003 — Michael Mole, Bulls de Belleville
 2003–2004 — Chris Campoli, Otters d'Érié
 2004–2005 — Jeff MacDougald, Petes de Peterborough
 2005–2006 — Mike Angelidis, Attack d'Owen Sound
 2006–2007 — Andrew Gibbons, Bulls de Belleville
 2007-2008 — Peter Stevens, Frontenacs de Kingston
 2008-2009 — Chris Terry, Whalers de Plymouth
 2009-2010 — Ryan Hayes, Whalers de Plymouth
 2010-2011 — Jack Walchessen, Petes de Peterborough
 2011-2012 — Andrew D'Agostini, Petes de Peterborough
 2012-2013 — Ben Fanelli, Rangers de Kitchener
 2013-2014 — Scott Simmonds, Bulls de Belleville
 2014-2015 — Nick Paul, Battalion de North Bay
 2015-2016 — Will Petschenig, Spirit de Saginaw
 2016-2017 — Garrett McFadden, Storm de Guelph
 2017-2018 — Garrett McFadden, Storm de Guelph
 2018-2019 — Nicholas Canade, Steelheads de Mississauga
 2019-2020 — Jacob Ingham, Rangers de Kitchener
 2020-2021 — Non décerné
 2021-2022 — Mark Woolley, Attack d'Owen Sound

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Now, the question is, are these big numbers or small numbers? Here is a table giving changes in industrial output between 1929 and 1937. Looking at the three-year declines between 1929 and 1932, and comparing these with the one-year declines from 2007 to 2008, my answer is that these are frighteningly big numbers. Industrial output is not declining at the rate experienced in the US or Germany during the Great Depression, but that is setting the bar pretty low. It is declining more rapidly than the average falls experienced in Europe as a whole during that period (although those average falls are unweighted, and thus have a large health warning attached to them).
It is of course true that industry has declined since 1930 as a share of GDP in big European economies like Germany, France and the UK. On the other hand, as far as I can see from the (not very comparable) data which I currently have to hand, it has increased over that period in Finland, Ireland, Greece, Portugal, Spain, the former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, and I am prepared to bet Bulgaria, Romania and the former Yugoslavia as well. And it is about the same now as it was then in Italy.
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Email phishing scams and attempts to steal your information are on the rise as the April 15 tax filing deadline nears, so how can you avoid falling victim to one of these schemes? Phishing attempts have become much more sophisticated in recent years, so it's even more important to be vigilant in order to protect your personal financial information. In the month of February, Microsoft security experts saw an average of 300,000 phishing encounter attempts across its browser platforms - every single day. These attempted scams will only increase as tax day approaches.
Here are a few simple tips to avoid falling prey to phishing scams.
1. Watch for suspicious emails. Be suspicious of any unexpected emails, and avoid clicking on links or attachments, especially when the email seems "off" to you, or unexpected, like an email from a tax preparation service, your credit card company or a financial institution. Although the email may appear to be genuine on the surface, if it is not part of your regular interactions with the company, it's worth further scrutiny. You're always safer using the direct URL of the company and accessing your account from there to process any transactions or to check your account, not by accessing from a link inside an email. Also, any emails claiming to be from the I.R.S. are most likely bogus, as the Internal Revenue Service does not initiate interactions via email, phone, social media or text, and uses the U.S. Postal Service for nearly all communications with taxpayers.
2. Carefully inspect URLs. You can simply hover over links within the suspicious email with your cursor (without clicking it) to view the URL. See if it actually goes to the website where it claims to direct you. URL shorteners provide convenience, but they can sometimes make the inspection difficult. When in doubt, use your search engine to find the correct company URL and go from there. You can also hover over the email sender's email address to see if it matches the sender you're expecting.
3. Be wary of all attachments. If you haven't just made a purchase for tax processing software or used a tax preparation service, don't be fooled by getting an email containing an invoice from a tax preparation service or software company. Sending fake invoices for services or products is one of the top methods that attackers use to trick people into opening a malicious attachment that could automatically execute malware on your computer. Malicious attachments could also contain links that download and execute malicious programs if you click on them. PDF attachments that contain innocuous-looking links can lead to users accidentally downloading malicious software designed to steal their credentials.
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Don't fall victim to sophisticated phishing attempts via email. Protect your personal information by informing yourself about the latest scams. With just a little extra care and vigilance, you should be able to steer clear of "phishy" emails and other scamming attempts this tax season.


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Are you familiar with the FOCUS PDCA process management model? If so, do you use it to manage your work?
Have you ever served on a process improvement team?
Are you encouraged to find innovative ways to do your work? Can you give me an example of an improvement or innovation you have made?
Do you believe your organization provides a safe working environment?
Do you feel you receive adequate recognition at work?
Are you able to express concerns that you may have about the college easily? Do you believe that leadership listens to you when you express a concern?
Do leaders communicate information to you sufficiently? In what manner do those communications come?
If you could change one thing about Alamo Colleges District (or your college) that would make it a better place, what would that be?


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A Moment of Contemplation
On this day of awe for kids, soberness and thoughtfulness for adults and inspired belief for the Christian world, I sit and wonder.
Why must we limit this display of joy, love and generosity for our brothers and fellow creatures to one day a year? If it exists within us for one day, then surely we can summon our better selves to serve us throughout the year.
My daughter said it best: "what is there is gratitude. Gratitude for this season when for a few moments a huge population of the planet turns their attention to love, peace, healing and hope. It doesn't last long, and it doesn't happen for everyone. But it does happen which means it exists as a way of being for all of us all the time."
Peace to all and to all a good day.
The Presidential Elections in Bolivia
President Evo Morales is expected to win another five year presidential term in Bolivia today.
Morales has inspired the indigenous people all over the country but especially in the Chappare Region of Eastern Bolivia, where it is said he voted early this morning and where the indigenous "cocaleros" are prevalent. Morales is a former cocalero and the first native Bolivian to be elected president in the country's history; thus, the Aymara and Quechua people feel this is their opportunity to have a voice.
How does one argue with that? Still there are many complaints of a Morales crackdown on the opposition, unjust imprisonment of those who are vocally non-supportive and spending state funds to campaign.
It will be interesting to see how relations with the U. S. proceed after months of strain and Morales' history of anti-American rhetoric. What about the joint eradication program which ended when Morales accused the DEA of spying on him? Will he allow a new U. S. ambassador to be appointed to the Embassy in LaPaz? Will the U. S. at least give Morales credit for the growth of Bolivia's economy?
I've been following the Democracy Center's live blog as well as updates from the Carter Center which is monotoring the elections across the country and I await the results of the vote which should be decisive sometime tomorrow.
I refuse to worry.
The market lost almost 1.5% on Friday, Dubai is failing and our own economy, though improving, is still struggling mightily. The Secret Service unwittingly allowed an un-authorized couple not only to enter the White House but to mingle with our nation's VIPs and shake the president's hand (this alone sends chills along my spine) yet the administration continues to iterate that it has every confidence in the elite body whose sole purpose is to protect the life of the U. S. President.
Uh, oh yes, there's the Middle East problem and the tiresome game of "chicken" between Israel led by the bellicose Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Palestinians.
We're told to prepare ourselves for a major speech on Tuesday by President Obama regarding our nation's future commitment to what has become known as AF-PAK, the political stew of intransigence involving, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Taliban, Al Queida and India, not to mention the poor disenfranchised tribes who know little and care less about the central government in Kabul headed by an increasingly corrupt Karsai government grudgingly supported by the U. S.
Then we have Iran, whose current regime has become so insecure by the continued resistance to the elections in June, they are holding and executing (it is said) some of the detainees who voiced opposition. One recently released Mazia Bahari, a Newsweek journalist, has said in recent interviews that the Revolutionary Guard is becoming more and more powerful. This is bad.
Oh, and one of our most respected and upstanding athletes has just rammed his car into a fire hydrant and went on to claim a neighbor's tree early Friday morning and now rumors of an affair with an Australian madam are beginning to seep out. I just don't know. . .
Still, I refuse to worry.
Jodie Picoult is described as "faulknerian" -- why I don't know, except that she wrote a book about a brother and sister who loved each other. I've done that and nobody called ME "faulknerian."
The reality shows are taking over the air waves and there is nothing worth watching on TV anymore except Charlie Rose. Where is Lawrence O'Donnell when I'm desperate for another "West Wing?" He's become a pundit on the cable talk shows, of course.
Still I don't worry.
This morning I read that the Republican Party could as likely run Dick Cheney as their presidential candidate in 2012 as Sarah Palin. This fills me with such warm and fuzzy confidence that I can cheerfully hug my teddy bear at night and sleep the blissful sleep of a child because compared to this dazzling single piece of information, everything else fades away and becomes part of the bogeyman gumbo of childhood like waiting for the appearance of ogres under the bed.
I don't have to worry about the hidden monsters anymore. I've already met them.
Each year during the past forty six, there has been less and less said about JFK's assasination. It appalls me, but I understand that most of us living today weren't even born in 1963. I was kind of in love with the Kennedy administration even though I was still too young to have voted for him. His legacy today, however, is laced with a kind of blandness as though aside from his youth, his wit and charisma, his attractive young family, he really accomplished very little.
This is blatently wrong. Kennedy's greatness grows with each year even though the tributes wane. True, he allowed Khruschev to get the upper hand (at first). Also true, that the Berlin Wall went up during his tenure. Indeed, he resided over the Bay of Pigs fiasco and we're all aware of his "indiscretions."
But I believe today, that had that young president lived, he might have been one of our greatest leaders. Remember, he had only a thousand days in which to accomplish his agenda.
The thing I remember about the Kennedy administration was the sense of idealism and public service it inspired in our youth, more than I have seen since, even though President Obama came close in 2008. We wanted to serve; patriotism was not just a word being being thrown back in our faces when we disagreed with government's policies, it was a conviction. We believed passionately and reacted fervently.
As for his accomplisments, take note: the Peace Corps, the Alliance for Progress, Civil Rights legislation, the Space Program and the introduction of the Green Berets. His major accomplisment, however, was a tight and tense little psychological drama between the USA and the USSR known as The Cuban Missile Crisis, which, without the successful maneuvering of the Kennedys, might have left the world in a state of nuclear disaster.
I guess his potential greatness will never be known which is what happens when someone takes you out before your time. But I think when all is said and done, his star will ultimately shine as one of the brightest.
And though there seem to be few tributes today, JFK, this forty-sixth anniversary of your assasination, I remember. And I am grateful to have learned my political abcs under your leadership. You never blamed others for your mistakes -- you took your lumps with calm and grace. How refreshing it would be if our leaders today would learn to do the same.
Biding Biden
Joe Biden has been taking a lot of flack lately. From Arianna Huffington came the amazing and off the wall statement that Biden should resign if President Obama decides to escalate the war in Afghanistan by sending in more troops as prescribed by General Stanley McChrystal. Why? Because she feels that no one spoke up during the decision making process to bomb Iraq during the Bush years and that officials filled the "Best Seller" stacks by writing "mea culpa" explanations long after the time they could have made a difference by speaking up.
And I agree that our president can not make intelligent decisions when he is coddled by those who would not rock the boat with an opposing point of view.
That's not Biden however. He IS speaking up and he has the president's ear. Any president needs to surround himself with men like Biden -- men who are not afraid to voice their opinions even though they differ from the president's and many of those top ranking White House aides who support him. Biden is that man and Obama chose him to be that man who perhaps at times, can the be that perfect source of irritation required to produce to right decision.
I like Biden. He should not resign no matter what the decision is, because the president needs and wants him. He is a crucial element to a thoughtful and intelligent decision making process and the President of the United States is too intelligent not to realize it.
FOX Trot
I really have to disagree with the White House on this one. I'm mostly a supporter of the new administration and not generally a fan of FOX News; however, in this instance I think the WH needs to take a more grown up position instead of the "I'm taking my marbles and going home" attitude we've been witnessing by not going on FOX News.
There are clowns on FOX News that we all know are not journalists, but that's true of the other cable stations. I don't approve of any of them, no matter what their views. However, we need a free media including the many over-blown egos at FOX News, to spew their points of view, stir up their listeners and make people get involved. It doesn't mean we have to like what they say, but we can't just ignore them -- we own the air waves, right?
If you don't like it, complain about it. But don't pretend they don't exist and for God's sake, be brave enough to to get up there and have a rough and tumble disagreement -- I'd expect the viewers would welcome it.
The Places in Between by Rory Stewart
This is the story of a real-life adventure by a young Scotsman who walked through Afghanistan, "…surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs and the kindness of strangers. By day he passed through mountains covered in nine feet of snow, hamlets burned and emptied by the Taliban and communities thriving amid the remains of medieval civilizations. By night he slept on villagers' floors, shared their meals and listened to their stories of the recent and ancient past. Along the way Stewart met heroes and rogues, tribal elders and teenage soldiers, Taliban commanders and foreign-aid workers. . ." (Back cover of Harvest Original Harcourt, Inc. publication.)
This was a fascinating book in every way and gives all of us insight into the tribal mentality of the average Afghan, his loyalties, his rivalries with other tribes, his distrust of his own government and finally, his ancient respect and generosity for the lonely traveler.
Glenn Beck is the product of a fat, lazy, satisfied, citizenry which is used to being fed pap. What I mean is, we are used to swallowing without chewing.
What is a Demagogue?
"One who will preach doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots!" H. L. Mencken
Hitler was a demagogue. Obama is not. Fact is, Obama gives the American people far too much credit for being intelligent, reasonable beings, when in fact there appears to be a large number that are -- in Mencken's words -- IDIOTS!
Let them keep their children home from school on Tuesday. Don't allow them to hear from a man who in spite of all the odds stacked against him, became the most powerful and respected man in the civilized world. Even right wing TV host Bill O'Reilly wrote an article recently about how much Barack Obama can teach our children.
But some parents of young school children are afraid because they have fallen under the influence of "demagogy" just as surely as if they had been standing in a stadium chanting "heil Hitler" seventy years ago. They've been told to fear Obama because he is different, that he is foreign, that he might fill their children with radical ideas, when those ideas are likely to be working hard and setting goals, perseverance, respect for one's parents, supporting the helpless, using reason rather than confrontation to eliminate conflict -- radical ideas indeed for a true demagogue because what he wants is control.
Demagogy has existed for centuries. There will always be those whose need for control outweighs the needs of the people. But the United State of America did not become the most powerful nation in the world because we were controlled; our power comes from our people and our respect for the individual and the rights of the individual. We have always emphasized freedom of the individual, including all the rights we believe in so deeply, but especially the right to think for ourselves. More than that, the individual freedoms that include free speech, freedom to believe in any god or no god and of course, political freedoms. Once we have abrogated those rights, we will begin to decline and it won't be because President Obama speaks to our children on a Tuesday after Labor Day. It will be because too many are allowing themselves to be manipulated by "demogogues" whose only goal is to control the controllable or as H. L. Mencken puts it -- preaching to a bunch of idiots!
Passing the Torch
We all expected Senator Edward M. Kennedy to die because of his virulent cancer. That's not a surprise. What is a surprise is how emotionally some of us reacted. To me, it's the end of an era and the knowledge that I belonged to a generation that truly involved themselves in the running of their country. I'm no longer the idealist I used to be, but I do know that the Kennedys believed in "service" as we did. None of them was perfect, but they believed in service and they served; they lost three brothers at an early age, in service to their country and the fourth who served a lifetime in the Senate with dignity and integrity. That's called "public service."
It is said that "to whom much is given, much is expected" (something like that).
The Kennedys fulfilled that promise and now that the first generation is mostly gone, I will be watching with much interest to see who emerges from the second.
Rest in Peace, Ted. You did your job well.
Israel and Iran
In an interview on CNN with Fareed Zakaria, Sunday, 08-16-09, Michael D. Oren, the Israeli ambassador to the U.S., made a statement that Israel "will not be the first to introduce nuclear weapons in the Middle East." Pressed on his use of the word "introduce," he repeated it numerous times, ending finally with the words "introduce or deploy."
Really? But isn't Iran located in the "Middle East?"
Why, then, is Israel's foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, going around saying that Israel will strike Iran before the end of the year? He has been trying to drum up support for this position from Europe recently, likely because the Obama Administration has been slightly cool to Netanyahu's hawkishness towards Iran, since the June 12 elections made it abundantly clear that Iran is not just a group of bearded, theocratic clergy with a frightening figure head, but a nation of young moderates who are not happy with their current regime.
Perhaps I have a fairy tale mind, but I strongly believe we must not interfere with Iran; we must act with reason and restraint and proceed just as Obama is proceeding. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will eventually be overthrown by the people of Iran and the resulting government will not be tainted by U. S. interference. Reigning in the aggressive and militant Israelis will be a far greater challenge.
I am such a fan of the BBC presentation of Merlin, seen on NBC in the U.S on Sundays. It is an offbeat (and upbeat) modernish presentation of the ancient legend of Camelot, of course, with a couple of cute young dudes playing the roles of Merlin and Prince Arthur in their late teens.
King Uther, Arthur's father, does not allow sorcery in the kingdom and consequently, Merlin is obliged to keep his extraordinary gifts a secret at least for the moment, or he will be tried for witchcraft.
In the meantime, he is the prince's servant, but it is a gratifying relationship in which the two young men find themselves, as Merlin has promised to protect Arthur as the heir apparent to Camelot. This, from the mouth of a friendly dragon upon whose advice Merlin relies greatly.
This is a sweet and endearing fairy tale the whole family can watch, so atypical of the normal blood and guts fare our kids are expose to.
Lessons from Obama
I am not a FOX fan, but I give credit to Bill O'Reilly for speaking up in last weekend's Parade Magazine. The article, entitled, "What President Obama Can Teach America's Kids" was a fair and unbiased commentary on beating the odds.
Obama's tough childhood, says O'Reilly, can teach all of us, but especially children, that success and stability are not dependent on a fairy tale childhood or the proverbial silver spoon in the mouth rearing. Obama can teach by example how five lessons brought him to where he is: forgiveness (of the father who abandoned him), respect (towards the family that raised him), persistence (no excuses), hard work (not giving up), and faith that in America anything is possible (the greatest lesson of all).
Thanks, Bill. It's nice to see you off your FOX rant for a change. Try it again sometime
With news that the two young American journalists have been "pardoned" by the North Koreans, and are at this moment, by all accounts, traveling home with former President Bill Clinton, I feel only gratitude that we have finally evolved to a level of diplomacy.
Diplomacy does not translate into "weakness." Diplomacy means that humans can communicate by means other than violence and that discussion, and yes, even concession can bring about one's ultimate goal without shooting or bombing or otherwise dismembering your opponent.
My father learned this tool at an early age. He used to say, "talk to the man at the top; he has to put his pants on one leg at a time just like you do." In other words, no matter how powerful the man, the country, the agency, the club, the school, the territory, there is a man or woman, a human being in charge with whom one can speak. This is how big business is conducted: the "good ol' boys" as we used to call them, are men who put their pants on one leg at a time just like you do. Make a deal with the man at the top and you've made a business coup in behalf of your own company.
It is apparent that Al Gore, Bill Clinton and more than likely President Obama, learned this rule, too and it saved the lives of two hard-working young women. For that we are grateful. Diplomacy = talking with other humans. That's all that high-falutin term means. Isn't that disarmingly simple?
Gettysburg Cyclorama
When we were in Gettysburg, we visited the Gettysburg Cyclorama at the Gettysburg War Memorial. This was an incredibly moving experience for both of us and one of the highlights of our trip east.
Briefly, the cyclorama is a series of paintings begun by a French artist named Paul Phillipoteaux back in 1882 or almost 20 years after the actual battle at Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863) took place. The aggregate works are presented in a 360 degree panorama with lighting, living plants and shrubs and other special effects creating a three-dimensional illusion of immediacy that translates into eerie reality.
One can "feel" the cold and grey dawn after the final battle, followed by a subtle red which imbues the sky and is reminiscent of the blood that has been shed. This is followed by a mist moving swiftly across the sky as the smoke from the now silent cannons rises above the dead and wounded.
The statistics are brutal: over 51,000 combined casualties, 569 tons of ammunition expended, 5,000 horses killed.
The exhibition is so real and so heart-breaking, one is filled both with horror and pride: horror that man can bring such havoc to his brother; pride that courage and sacrifice were just as evident on that long ago battlefield.
This is unequivocably the single most powerful memorial of the Civil War that I've ever witnessed.
"IRAN URGENT>CONFIRMED: Mir Hossein Mousavi has announced that he will be joining the masses in attendance at the Friday Prayers this Friday, July 17, 2009, being held at Tehran University in Tehran, Iran." FaceBook 07-15-09
Perhaps Mousavi has gained strength from Grand Ayatollah al Sistani and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, neither of whom support Ahmadinejad according to what I've heard.
This will be an event to watch as it portends more violence in my opinion.
What's going on in Iran?
I realize the international media has been expelled from Tehran, but little has been reported since we heard that the Grand Ayatollah al Sistani, who lives in Iraq, has condemned the election as questionable. Anyone?
New to Blogging
Hello out there. I am finally ready to join the twenty first century with my new blog. I will be writing about the most interesting of subjects of course: my take on politics, current events, literature and movies. And, occasionally a rant about something or other that sticks in my craw.
Be assured that I've never been without an opinion about anything and I will therefore look forward to opposing views of which I expect many. My only requisite is that you be kind?
Thank you dear reader and I plan to meet with you again as soon as I get my photo uploaded and all my personal stuff added to my profile. Until then.

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Quavo and Murda Beatz have a new track dropping tonight.
UPDATE: Quavo has shared a trailer for tonight's release and revealed that it will be a three track project. Peep the trailer below.
The Migos have been extremely busy since the release of Culture II. The group have been blessing the festival circuit all summer and tomorrow night, they'll be kicking off their joint tour with Drake. A few weeks a go, Quavo revealed that the Migos would be dropping a new single on the first day of the tour. They stayed on schedule with the release of "Hot Summer" despite the start date for the tour getting pushed back. However, before they actually kick off the tour in Kansas City, MO tomorrow, Quavo has a little surprise for the fans.
Quavo hit Twitter to announce that he has a new single coming tonight. "Droppin new trip tonight," he wrote on Twitter. Shortly after, Murda Beatz seemingly confirmed that he produced the song after he quoted the tweet and typed in a bunch of emojis including a chef, fire and mind blown emoji.
We haven't really heard too much solo music from Quavo since Quality Control's Control The Streets Vol. 1 compilation project, although he has dished out a lot of guest verses recently. At the end of July, he reunited with Justin Bieber and Chance The Rapper on DJ Khaled's "No Brainer." He also appeared on YG's new project Stay Dangerous on the song, "Slay." We're excited to hear what he has up his sleeve tonight.


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Songs of the Week: Anthony Hamilton, Little Jackie, Mayer Hawthorne & MJ Cole
November 7, 2011 November 6, 2011 • Rob
Another one of those catch-up song of the week posts… here is what has been soothing my ears the last couple of weeks
Anthony Hamilton – You
This should be more like an album of the week. The Soul E.P. is an amazing collection from Anthony Hamilton. It oozes the essence of Neo-Soul music, with Anthony Hamilton's vocals, the texture of warm toffee adding grace and texture. The highlight is probably Nowhere, a slow songs about just that, going nowhere… however I chose You for song of the week, a more uptempo number produced by one of my favorite producers, Jack Splash (someone who needs to produce far more music).
Little Jackie – The Pact
Little Jackie's debut album was a fun slice of New York life with a self-indulgent tales of young life. The sophomore album pretty much follows-on where they left on, only with our self-indulgent lead singer being a little older. This is a perfect example of that, The Pact…" if we're not married by 30″… think you know the rest! Many a highlight on the album which is available through Bandcamp (below).
Mayer Hawthorne – The Walk
I had no idea Mayer Hawthorne was prepping new music to be honest before stumbling across this by accident. I literally ran to HMV to pick up the new album, How Do You Do. This is one of the stand-out songs (and lead single), full of Mayer's signature soul, like it was a record Berry Gordy lost when moving house and then rediscovered when cleaning up boxes from 1974! Mayer Hawthorne has been blessed with a real ear for 70s soul. Great song, and one of the best videos of the year.
MJ Cole & Scrufizzer – Souther Electric
Some nice bouncy grime from MJ Cole and Scruffizzer. Good to see MJ Cole back making music and lets hope this leads to a new album because it has been too many years too long without one!
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My Thoughts on… Coldplay's Spotify snub
Gig Review and Pictures: Emeli Sande at The Tabernacle, London – 07/11/2011


KiptonART Blog: Happy Holidays from KiptonART!
2009 was a year of rebuilding and renewed excitement for KiptonART. Over the last year, we have dedicated ourselves to provide the necessary tools for career growth. We realize there are other artist websites offering similar services; however, KiptonART is unique because we have a built brand over many years with a specific goal of Giving Artists Access. As we continue to expand our daily, weekly and monthly content, realize that KiptonART is now hitting in over 60 countries around the globe further strengthening our company's footprint to support emerging talent. This past year we have been fortunate enough to work with some of the top musicians, brands and patrons to further the mission of KiptonART. Thank you for the support of our organization and the newly launched Foundation.


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קול קורא // כנס: המאה ה-20: אם זו אשה (מגדר בשואה, במלה"ע ה-2) [ברטיסלבה 01/19] דדליין=30.6.18
סוג הודעה: קולות קוראים
מיקום: ברטיסלבה, סלובקיה
קהל יעד: חוקרים/ות
דיסציפלינות: היסטוריה
מחקר אינטרדיסציפלינרי: אזור: אירופה, מגדר, צבא ובטחון, שואה וג'נוסייד, תקופה: העת החדשה המאוחרת
xx.centuryconference@gmail.com
International Conference: XX. Century: IF THIS IS A WOMAN
the Department of General History, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
and the Center for Holocaust Studies at the Institute for Contemporary History in Munich, Germany
January 21st – 23rd, 2019 in Bratislava
Gender analysis applied to the field of War Studies and Holocaust Studies has led to important discoveries, opened up new areas of research and raised critical questions about established narratives. Thanks to gender analysis, research has started focusing on different topics; in particular the female experience during the Holocaust and World War II, and has also brought up the latest findings on family and survival strategies, children´s experience, or investigation on life of homosexuals under the rule of NS Germany and their allies.
Despite the development of Women's and Gender Studies in the last decades, the importance of women in history has remained—until recently— a "problematic" subject, and more importantly an under-researched topic. While most war memories belong to men, women´s experiences have played just a trivial role. Moreover, all generalizations and gender-neutral statements about experiences during the Holocaust have neglected a personalized and gender-oriented approach to Holocaust Studies. This conference attempts to pay particular attention to the specific features of women's experience in WWII and the Holocaust.
Thanks to the growing academic interest in the history of gender, WWII and the Holocaust, the question of Jewish masculinity during the Holocaust could be analysed in the similar depth. Only little attention has been paid to the impact of humiliation, ghettoization and genocide, but also to hiding, resistance and the armed fight on the gender identities of the Jewish and non-Jewish men who experienced them. Questions including the role of men in the home, in public, the meaning of fatherhood, and the shifts of masculinities practised by victims and perpetrators, Jewish and non-Jewish men in this period have not received adequate scholarly attention.
We hope that the conference will contribute to fill the gap, while presenting the newest research on still under-researched topics on experiences of women and other marginalized groups of victims and perpetrators in WWII and the Holocaust.
We welcome papers touching on these issues across occupied Europe. Possible themes include (but are not restricted to) the following:
Being a Jewish and non-Jewish woman/man in ghettos/camps/hiding/resistance
Pregnancy, motherhood and fatherhood during WWII and the Holocaust
Relations within families and foster families
Survival and gender
Value of work and gender
War, Holocaust and gender related violence
Perpetrators and rescuers
Hyper-masculinity vs. loss of masculinity
Aryan helpers (cooks, nannies, etc.) in Jewish families and their role in rescue and betrayal
Transmission of female and male testimonies to children and grandchildren
Panel proposals are welcome
We particularly encourage early career scholars and PhD candidates to apply.
The conference language is English.\Abstracts in English (max. 500 words), together with a short CV (max. 2 pages) should be sent to:xx.centuryconference@gmail.com
by June 30, 2018.
Travel and accommodation can be covered on request.
We plan to publish an edited volume of selected papers after the conference in order to share our findings and encourage further work in this area.
We are honoured to already announce that the conference will feature a keynote lecture by Professor Dalia Ofer (Hebrew University, Jerusalem).
Jakub Drábik, PhD (Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava)
\Katja Grosse-Sommer, MA (Hochschule für Jüdische Studien, Heidelberg)
Borbála Klacsmann, MA (University of Szeged, Szeged)
Mgr. Denisa Nešťáková, MA (Comenius University, Bratislava)
Prof. Eduard Nižňanský, CSc. (Comenius University, Bratislava)
Anna Ullrich, MA (Center for Holocaust Studies at the Institute for Contemporary History, Munich)
Faculty of Arts, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
תזכורת / לכנס: הכנס השנתי ה-38 של האגודה ללימודי ישראל [בר אילן, רמת גן 06/22] דדליין=18.1.22
לסדנה: בעלי חיים כסחורות גלובליות ואימפריאליות, מ-1500 ועד היום [ברלין 07/22] דדליין=31.1.22
למאמרים (כתב עת): חשבונאות של מוות – פרספקטיבה היסטורית. גיליון מיוחד של כתב העת "היסטוריה חשבונאית" [אנגלית] דדליין לטקסט מלא=15.9.22


Probate has been getting a lot of negative press lately; it seems that we see or read about "avoiding probate" every day or so. While it's unlikely that you can completely avoid the probate process, there are several alternative methods of dealing with an estate that have certain major advantages. A revocable trust, also known as a living trust, is one of those methods. To help educate you on the benefits of adding this type of estate planning tool to your plans, read on to learn more.
What is a revocable trust and how does it resemble a will?
A revocable trust shares many similarities with a will, but its advantages gives both the owner of the trust and the estate beneficiaries more control and access. While the owner is still living, the trust may be set up and assets may be transferred into the trust. Almost any asset you have, including real estate, vehicles, cash, bonds, art and more can be transferred into a trust. Once the trust is set up, the owner has complete control over it (which is the "revocable" part); they can add assets, remove assets and do away with the entire instrument if desired.
1. A trustee is appointed, who fulfills nearly the same roll as the personal representative (or executor) of the will. This appointee will oversee the trust once the owner passes away and it's their responsibility to ensure that the trust is distributed according to the desires of the owner. The trustee is also directed to handle other financial affairs after the owner's death, such as paying bills and selling assets.
2. The trust names beneficiaries who are to inherit specific estate assets.
How is the trust different than a will?
1. Normally, the will is filled with probate court and all named beneficiaries must wait for probate to be complete; a process that sometimes takes several months. With a revocable trust, however, the named beneficiaries can take possession of the bequeaths almost immediately, since any property being held by the trust is exempt from inclusion in the probated will (even if the will names the exact same property).
2. Once a will is filed in probate court, the contents of that will becomes public record, view-able by anyone with an interest to do so. Trusts are entirely private, with even the other beneficiaries not knowing what the other beneficiaries are receiving.
To learn more about the part a revocable trust could play in your estate plan, contact an attorney, such as those found at McFarland & Masters LLC.


The 13th Annual Havelock Mussel and Seafood Festival returns on March 18th.
The freshest mussels and seafood, world record attempts, local beers and wines, free kid's activities, crafts and more!
Masterchefs Karena and Kasey Bird show their skills in the New Zealand King Salmon Cooking Marquee. Stunning live entertainment from Double Shot and A Minor Thing.
Book a bus to the festival when you buy your ticket. Available from Blenheim, Picton and Havelock I Sites or www.iticket.co.nz .


Rouge investigates the murder of a woman at the request of her teacher sister.
Rogue is hired to the find the wife of a lawyer who wants to divorce her.
Rogue is hired by a miserly old woman to find out who stole her will. It becomes a murder case when Rogue finds her dead.
While on vacation, Rogue finds a beautiful young woman dead and is promptly knocked out. When Rogue returns from Cloud Eight, he finds the body gone.
A man Rogue has never met tries to pick a fight with Rogue, suspecting that his wife had hired Rogue to tail him. After getting back to his office, Rogue meets the wife who tries to hire him. He declines. The next day, the man is found dead.


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If your answers to the questions above point toward the development of a life-controlling problem, please be honest—with yourself, with God, and with a person who cares for you. Ask God for his forgiveness—and his help. He loves you unconditionally. Let him lead you out of that trap. As you commit your ways to himand trust him, he will help you.


Landscape irrigation can exceed half the water consumption of residential properties. To reduce this, our research tested two hypotheses. First, that irrigation frequency based on turfgrass water needs is sufficient for irrigation of woody shrubs and trees within a mixed landscape. Second, that warm season Stenotaphrum secundatum, St Augustine turfgrass can maintain an aesthetically pleasing appearance at irrigation volumes and frequencies less than predicted by Penman-Monteith ETo. Data was collected during the first year after plant establishment from 1 June 2010 to 31 May 2011 from nine drainage lysimeters in Central Florida. Lysimeters had a surface area of 13 m2 each and were greater than 1 m deep. Each contained two Viburnum odoratissimum, one Magnolia grandiflora 'D.D. Blanchard' magnolia, and 9.7 m2 of 'Floratam', St. Augustine turfgrass. Irrigation regimes of 60%, 75% and 90% of ETo were adhered to throughout the year and adjusted for rain events. Irrigation occurred when cumulative depth of ETo exceeded 1.90 cm. All magnolias and viburnum hedges displayed aesthetically pleasing quality, independent of deficit irrigation level (DI). Turfgrass quality varied among DI levels, yet were above the minimum acceptable quality. Results indicate 'Floratam' turfgrass can be irrigated at 60% of ETo equation in Central Florida during a dry year, and still maintain acceptable aesthetic quality. This frequency also maintained acceptable quality of magnolia trees and a typical woody hedge when concurrently irrigated at 43% ETo based on horizontal projected canopy area.