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News from the Virginia Conference - Feb. 1, 2017
Appointment and Itineracy Process video published A newly-created video now offers for local church Staff Parish Relations Committee (SPRC), and all clergy and laity, information about the appointment process of the Virginia Annual Conference. If you have additional questions about the appointment process, please feel free to contact your district superintendent. More...
Virginia Conference Board of Church and Society VIM team currently in Holy LandTwenty-three members of the Virginia Conference Board of Church and Society Volunteers in Mission team left Jan. 30 for a 12 day trip to the Holy Land. These 23 team members are 17 laity and six clergy; most of whom are from Virginia UMC churches (there are three UMC laity from outside Virginia). During this mission, the team members will visit and serve in projects supported by the UMC and World Methodist Council, visit and meet with Israelis and Palestinians to learn their perspectives and see holy sites in both Israel and the West Bank. The team is led by the Rev. John Copenhaver and the Rev. Steve Jones, retired clergy in the Virginia Conference.
February 2017 Bible challenge readings on website The readings for the 2017 Bible reading challenge can be found on the conference website. For more information about the challenge from Bishop Lewis or to register your participation visit her page. To see the readings for the whole year, visit this link.
Richmond-area UMC church hosting race relations discussion Belmont UMC is hosting Church and Community Conversation on Race and Reconciliation through discussion, worship and idea exploration on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.The event will examine the role of churches, political bodies and community organizations in the quest to improve race relations. This gathering of minds will search for solutions and develop plans of action to improve race relations in communities and will also explore the Ava DuVernay documentary film "13th," an in-depth look at the prison system, mass incarceration and racial inequality.Detailed information regarding the agenda, the facilitators and the invited speakers is forthcoming. For now, mark your calendars for February 25, 2017. Belmont UMC is located at 3510 Broad Rock Blvd., Richmond, VA 23234.
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Big Pushback Against Frac Sand (and Lobbyist Mayor) in Minnesota
Many people were outraged at the gross conflict of interest embodied in Egan's stances. But as Bluestem Prairie's Sally Jo Sorensen noted, instead of immediately and publicly expressing their outrage, they quietly prepared for much more effective action:
As it turns out, the editorial board of the Rochester Post Bulletin aren't the only ones calling for Egan to step down as lobbyist or resign as mayor. (Read the PB's call at Our View: Red Wing mayor shouldn't serve two masters).
Here's the pdf we downloaded of the citizen's complaints posted at the Red Wing City Council's page. Since the city posted the 40-page document without redacting contact information, we're not altering the file.
09F1 – Mayor's Role MN Industrial Sand Council – CC 02-11-2013
If Egan doesn't step down from one post or the other, a recall effort will likely await him.
It's not just the Rochester Post-Bulletin and the Red Wing City Council that are against Mayor-Lobbyist Egan over frac sand. The Ho-Chunk Nation, headquartered across the Mississippi River in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, is speaking out as well. And there are signs of greater official scrutiny as well.
(Fun fact: Egan may be the Mayor of Red Wing, Minnesota, but his Facebook page lists him as a resident of Saint Paul. Saint Paul is, of course, the state capital of Minnesota, and the place where a lobbyist would do much if not most of his or her lobbying in the state. How interesting.)


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Cool, though there seems to be some reddish part on the hair where it meets the face (on the top-right figure)
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source image of mariah better resolution full view Between 1 in 100 and 1 in 200 people suffer from anorexia. 17 in 20 are teenagers. Between 1 in 20 and 3 in 20 people die from anorexia. Since I started college I have become more aware of eating disorders such as anorexia and what it really is. Everyone thinks anorexia will make you pretty and "thin enough" but it's actually really harmful. Young people die from eating disorders too much. Your vital organs can stop working and your muscles deteriorate. Your hair falls out. You become too weak to do anything.I feel that young girls are too unaware of this information. They are too focused on being thin and perfect. But no body is perfect. And being outrageously thin, in my opinion, is a sign of disrespect and lack of self confidence in who you were made to be. Part of the user's avatar pic is in one of the corners of the note paper (made from scratch)
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It's freaking excellent. Wish I could chop like that.
and I saw some anorexic girls - I completely agree with you - they are not looking healthy at all - and actually quite the opposite.
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Kathy Bates
Birth Name: Kathleen Doyle Bates
Place of Birth: Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 28, 1948
Ethnicity: English, some Irish, Scottish, and German
Kathy Bates is an American actress and director. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Misery (1990).
Kathy is the daughter of Bertye Kathleen (Talbert) and Langdon Doyle Bates.
Kathy's paternal grandfather was Finis L. Bates, an author and lawyer (Finis Langdon Bates, the son of Henderson Wesley Bates and Eliza Elvira/Elvirey Janet Bourland). Finis was born in Mississippi. Henderson was the son of Robert Patrick Bates and Jennie/Jane Hill. Eliza was the daughter of Ebenezer Jackson Bourland and Abigail Loving.
Kathy's paternal grandmother was Madge/Margaret Young Doyle (the daughter of Washington Jackson Phepoe Doyle and Minerva Hasbrook Selden). Madge was born in Tennessee. Washington's parents, Dennis John Doyle and Margaret Young, were Irish. Dennis was the personal physician to President Andrew Jackson. Kathy's great-grandmother Minerva was the daughter of Carter H. Selden and M. L.
Kathy's maternal grandfather was John Lewis Talbert (the son of Hugh Quarles Talbert and Mary/Mamie Rebecca Lewis). John was born in South Carolina. Hugh was the son of Joseph Lee Talbert and Sarah Elizabeth Quarles. Mary Rebecca was the daughter of John E. Lewis and Sarah Jane Belcher.
Kathy's maternal grandmother was Susan Corisande Seigler (the daughter of John Oscar Seigler and Mary Jane Moore). Susan was born in South Carolina. John was the son of David Seigler and Jane Elizabeth Lanier. Mary Jane was the daughter of John Ferguson Moore and Sabrina Woodbury Beard.
Sources: Genealogy of Kathy Bates – https://www.wikitree.com
Kathy's father on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Kathy Bates (focusing on her mother's side) – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Kathy's mother – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com


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- February 26, 1922 - March 19, 2015
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John was born on February 26, 1922 and passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2015.
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A part of the Chuosen Aruaru Project, Experience Suginami Tokyo is a tourism website that intends to give full and useful sightseeing information about Suginami,Tokyo. All year round in this area you can enjoy various events and there are a variety of unique spots scattered about including restaurants (there are hundreds with English menus that we have listed on this site), ramen shops, izakaya and bars, second hand clothing, antique shops, music venues, an anime district and an anime museum. These types of places are introduced here by foreign residents in Japan who are living and/or working in Suginami, with some help from Japanese locals. If you are headed out for some Tokyo sightseeing or wandering, please take a look at this page and by all means get on the Chuo-Line and come to Suginami– only 10 minutes from Shinjuku! In particular, here you will find places not introduced in Tokyo guide books that offer a glimpse at the lives of Tokyo locals. If you are interested in a specific aspect of Japanese culture, you can find your niche in Suginami!
Experience Suginami Tokyo is the work of many people from many different countries, from Japanese residents of Suginami to foreign residents from various countries. The main staff doing the photography and writing are from across the globe. Here we'd like to introduce our team.
Greg (U.S.A.)
director, writer, photographer
Greg is from Boston and has been in Japan since 2010, first gaining an interest in the culture from origami. He has also been practicing karate and kendo for many years. A big fan of the art and culture of Suginami, he is always tempted by Japanese sweets containing anko red bean paste, especially with a fragrant cup of green tea.
Angelo (Brazil)
writer, illustrator
Angelo came to Japan in 2006 to pursue his dream of becoming a professional "mangaka" comic artist, which he made come true in 2015. Fascinated by the cultural diversity of Suginami, he is happy to introduce manga and anime related locations, as well as anything that can be seen as art.
Carly (New Zealand)
web designer, writer, photographer
Carly is from New Zealand and is new to Japan as of 2015. Carly has always been fascinated with Japanese art and design and is enjoying the endless inspiration that Tokyo offers. On weekends she can be found exploring the many cafes and vintage stores in Suginami.
Diego (Colombia, Canada)
photographer, writer
Diego is a freelance photographer and writer. He is a native of Colombia who at an early age moved to Canada. He is passionate about traveling, engaging with people from different backgrounds, and discovering the intricacies of the places he visits. He has lived in Tokyo since 2014, and besides work, he enjoys discovering new cafés and spots in the city from where he can get a good shot of Mount Fuji at sunset.
Rob (New Zealand)
writer, photographer, illustrator
Rob is a New Zealander who has been living in Suginami since early 2015. He feels very lucky to reside here, and enjoys the sense of community and calmness found in Asagaya. As he can't get enough of Japanese illustration and style, he'll happily duck into one of the many local bookstores for a browse whenever possible.
Elvira (Indonesia)
Elvira is an exchange student from Indonesia who just stepped her foot in Japan in spring 2015. She is very fond of trying new experiences, especially culinary ones. Her favorite activity is hunting for delicious ramen and matcha-flavored dessert while walking along the shopping streets in Suginami.


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Horizon Prizes: Cleanest engine of the future - € 3.5 Million
The purpose of this prize is to stimulate the development of next generation engine and powertrain technologies using conventional fuels. This should reduce emissions of pollutants in real driving conditions to the lowest level possible in order to improve air quality issues in European cities, while at the same time delivering better fuel economy and lower CO2 emissions under the same realistic test conditions.
Why this Prize?
Health impacts due to air quality issues in European cities need to be addressed in the long term along with the decarbonisation of transport.
This prize aims at reducing the pollution produced by future new vehicles using either gasoline or diesel fuels and their low biofuel blends available on the market. While hybridisation and electrification are expected to play an important role, the reduction of emissions by conventional engines will still be important.
Supporting information:
- According to the European Environment Agency air pollution is the top environmental risk factor of premature death in Europe
- Tests affirm that on-road NOX emissions of light-duty diesel vehicles differ substantially between laboratory testing and actual on-road driving, with average discrepancies of 4-7 times even for very recent vehicles
- WHO studies reveal that exposure to air pollutants during pregnancy has been associated with adverse birth outcomes, including reduced foetal growth, pre-term birth and spontaneous abortions
- Recent studies on air pollution suggest that exposure in early life can significantly affect childhood development and trigger diseases like allergies, asthma or diabetes later in life
The Horizon Prize for the Cleanest Engine of the Future will be awarded to participants coming up with a solution integrated in a system prototype, which will be able to demonste reduction of emissions of pollutants and lowering fuel consumption in real driving conditions without affecting the operational capabilities of the vehicle.
The contest was launched on 20 April 2016 with a deadline on 20 August 2019. Potential participants are encouraged to register for the contest by 20 May 2019. Prize will be awarded in early 2020.
The rules of contest are available online.
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Back to Basics (campaign)
Back to Basics was a political campaign announced by British Prime Minister John Major at the Conservative Party conference of 1993 in Blackpool.
The campaign was intended as a nostalgic appeal to traditional values such as "neighbourliness, decency, courtesy". It was often interpreted as a campaign for socially conservative causes such as promoting the traditional family, though Major denied this. The campaign became the subject of ridicule when a succession of Conservative politicians were caught up in scandals.
The previous year of Major's premiership had been beset by infighting within the Conservative party on the issue of Europe, including rebellions in several Parliamentary votes on the Maastricht Treaty. He was also dealing with the fallout from the Black Wednesday economic debacle of September 1992.[1]
John Major's speechEdit
Major's speech, delivered on 8 October 1993, began by noting the disagreements over Europe:
Disunity leads to opposition. Not just opposition in Westminster, but in the European Parliament and in town halls and county halls up and down this country ... [a]nd if agreement is impossible, and sometimes on great issues it is difficult, if not impossible, then I believe I have the right, as leader of this party, to hear of that disagreement in private and not on television, in interviews, outside the House of Commons.[2]
Major then changed the subject to "a world that sometimes seems to be changing too fast for comfort". He attacked many of the changes in Britain since the Second World War, singling out developments in housing, education, and criminal justice. He then continued:
The old values – neighbourliness, decency, courtesy – they're still alive, they're still the best of Britain. They haven't changed, and yet somehow people feel embarrassed by them. Madam President, we shouldn't be. It is time to return to those old core values, time to get back to basics, to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for others, to accepting a responsibility for yourself and your family and not shuffling off on other people and the state.[2]
He mentioned the phrase once again near the conclusion of his speech:
The message from this conference is clear and simple, we must go back to basics. We want our children to be taught the best, our public services to give the best, our British industry to be the best and the Conservative Party will lead the country back to those basic rights across the board. Sound money, free trade, traditional teaching, respect for the family and respect for the law. And above all, we will lead a new campaign to defeat the cancer that is crime.
Media reactionEdit
During 1993, Britain was going through what has been characterised as a moral panic on the issue of single mothers.[3] Government ministers regularly made speeches on the issue, such as John Redwood's condemnation of "young women [who] have babies with no apparent intention of even trying marriage or a stable relationship with the father of the child" from July 1993, and Peter Lilley's characterisation of single mothers as "benefit-driven" and "undeserving" from the same year. The murder of James Bulger earlier in 1993, by two young boys from single-parent families, served to intensify the media frenzy.[3]
Apart from some generic platitudes about families and self-reliance, Major's speech said nothing specific about sexual behaviour or single motherhood. On 6 January 1994, Major explicitly stated that the campaign was not "a crusade about personal morality".[4] Despite this, the "Back to Basics" campaign was widely interpreted by the media as including a "family values" component.[5][6]
According to Debbie Epstein and Richard Johnson:
It is true that there was little in his original speech about sexuality ... What proved critical, however, was the adoption of a moral traditionalist tone, including the usual references to 'the family' and 'responsibility', and the labelling of the Conservative Party as the party of morality. The party was now vulnerable to every personal moral disclosure, around financial and political corruption, but also, given the press's own agenda, around sexuality. For editors and journalists, the high-profile espousal of morality offered additional justification for the papers' risky stories, and a further defence against threats to introduce privacy legislation against press intrusion. It was indubitably 'in the public interest' not to hush up misdemeanours within the Back To Basics party, however private.[7]
Writing in his diary shortly after and in reference to the Michael Brown story (Brown being a government whip who resigned in 1994 in the wake of newspaper revelations that he had taken a trip to Barbados with a 20 year old man), Piers Morgan, who exposed many of the sexual scandals as editor of the News of the World, opined:
Major brought all these exposés on himself, with that ludicrous 'Back to Basics' speech at the last Tory conference ... It strikes me that probably every Tory MP is up to some sexual shenanigans, but we can hardly get them all fired or there will be nobody left to run the country. Still, needs must. Brown's shenanigans will shift a few papers, get followed everywhere and ensure the NoW [News of the World] leads the news agenda again. We're on a roll and it feels fantastic.[8]
The following scandals were linked to the "Back To Basics" campaign in the media:
- On 24 September 1992, David Mellor resigned as National Heritage Secretary. Mellor had been the subject of intense press attention regarding his extra-marital affair with actress Antonia de Sancha. Mellor remained in office for two months after the story broke, but was forced to resign when it was revealed that he had accepted a free holiday from the daughter of the PLO's finance director. Although Mellor's resignation antedated John Major's "Back to Basics" speech by more than a year, the media were quick to link the new campaign to the scandal.[9]
- Between September and November 1993, newspapers revealed that junior transport minister Steven Norris had separated from his wife and was conducting simultaneous affairs with three different women (who were not all aware of each other's existence). A further two long-term mistresses from his past were also exposed in the media. This prompted the headline, "YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, MINISTER!!!" Norris remained in office, with John Major reportedly believing that he "was entitled to act as he likes in his private life". The revelations continued during the conference at which Major made his "Back to Basics" speech.[10][11]
- On 5 January 1994, Tim Yeo resigned as Minister for the Environment and Countryside following the revelation that he had fathered a child during an extramarital affair.[1][12][13] Yeo had previously criticized the number of single mothers in Britain.[14]
- On 8 January 1994, millionaire MP Alan Duncan resigned as Parliamentary Private Secretary after it was revealed that he had acquired a house in Westminster (which had been designated as a council house) adjoining his own eighteenth-century townhouse, at a reduced price, by exploiting a government programme to increase home ownership for the underprivileged. The house had been occupied for decades by an elderly next-door neighbour, and Duncan gave him the money to purchase the house at a huge discount under the "Right to Buy" scheme, on condition that Duncan would take over the house on the neighbour's death[1][9]
- On 9 January 1994, The Earl of Caithness resigned from his post as Minister for Aviation and Shipping one day after his wife committed suicide. According to his wife's father, the tragedy had been precipitated by the Earl's involvement in an extra-marital affair.[1][9]
- On 10 January 1994, married Conservative MP David Ashby admitted that he had shared a hotel bed with a "close" male friend on a rugby tour, but denied claims by his wife that he had left her for a man, or that he was having a homosexual relationship.[7][9][15]
- On 16 January 1994, Conservative MP Gary Waller confirmed newspaper reports that he had fathered a child with the secretary of another MP.[16][17]
- On 7 February 1994, Conservative MP Stephen Milligan was found dead on his kitchen table as a result of auto-erotic asphyxiation, wearing only a pair of women's stockings and suspenders, and a brown paper bag over his head, with an orange segment in his mouth.[18][19] According to the diary of his long-time friend, the Conservative MP Gyles Brandreth, Milligan had just been offered promotion to a ministerial job earlier that day, and Brandreth speculated that Milligan had gone home "to celebrate".[20]
- On 13 February 1994, Hartley Booth resigned as a Parliamentary Private Secretary. The married father of three and Methodist lay preacher claimed that his 22-year-old female researcher had "seduced [him] into kissing and cuddling".[1][7][21]
- On 8 May 1994, Michael Brown resigned as a junior government whip after the News of the World revealed that he had taken a holiday in the Caribbean in the company of a 20-year-old man. At that time, the age of consent for same-sex male relationships was still 21 (it was due to be reduced to 18 later in 1994).[1] Brown subsequently acknowledged his sexuality, becoming the second openly gay MP.[7] In his diaries, Conservative MP Gyles Brandreth wrote of this revelation:
You've got to pity the poor PM [Prime Minister] too. As [Brandreth's wife] Michele says, 'That's Back To Basics gone to buggery'.[22]
- On 10 July, Parliamentary Private Secretaries David Tredinnick and Graham Riddick resigned after being caught by The Sunday Times taking cash in exchange for asking Parliamentary questions.[23][24][25]
- On 20 October, Tim Smith resigned as Northern Ireland minister after being accused by The Guardian of accepting cash for asking Parliamentary questions on behalf of Egyptian businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed.[25][26] Smith admitted the allegations.
- On 25 October, Neil Hamilton resigned as minister for regulation and corporate affairs over the cash-for-questions affair.[27] Unlike Smith, Hamilton denied taking money and gifts from Al-Fayed and vowed to sue his accusers in court.[25]
- On 8 February 1995, Scottish Office minister Allan Stewart resigned after waving a pickaxe at an anti-motorway protester.[1]
- On 6 March 1995, Robert Hughes resigned as Minister responsible for the Citizen's Charter over an affair with a constituency worker who had come to him for help from an abusive relationship. Hughes confessed the affair and resigned when he believed that the liaison was about to be exposed in a Sunday newspaper.[7][28]
- On 9 April 1995, Richard Spring resigned as a Parliamentary Private Secretary after a News of the World sting caught him in a "three in a bed sex romp" with a male acquaintance and the acquaintance's girlfriend.[7][25][29][30]
- On 10 April 1995, Jonathan Aitken resigned as chief secretary to the treasury in order to sue The Guardian over allegations that Saudi businessmen had paid for his stay at the Paris Ritz hotel, that he had enjoyed inappropriate commercial relations with two British-Lebanese arms dealers while minister for defence procurement, and that he had procured prostitutes for a Saudi prince and his entourage while they stayed at a British health farm.[31] Aitken's lawsuit would later collapse, and he would subsequently be imprisoned for perjury.[32]
- On 2 June 1996, Rod Richards resigned as a Welsh Office minister after his extra-marital affair was disclosed in the News of the World.[33] Richards had been a staunch advocate of the "Back To Basics" campaign in his strongly religious Welsh constituency.[25] Upon hearing of the revelations, John Major demanded that Richards resign immediately; this so-called "one bonk and you're out" policy was a notable contrast with his earlier leniency towards Norris, Yeo and David Mellor.[7]
- David Willetts's disciplining by the parliamentary ombudsman over his intervention in a parliamentary enquiry in 1996.[34]
- Porter v Magill revealed Shirley Porter's role in the Homes for votes scandal.[35]
- On 5 January 1997, the News of the World revealed that Conservative MP Jerry Hayes had been engaged in an extra-marital relationship with a young man. The affair began in 1991, when the man was 18 (the age of consent for same-sex male relationships at that time was 21).[7][36][37][38]
- Piers Merchant's affairs with a night club hostess, and his researcher in 1997.[39]
Later revelationsEdit
John Major lost the 1997 general election and resigned as Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader. Several years later, it was revealed that he had conducted a four-year-long extra-marital affair with fellow Conservative MP Edwina Currie in the 1980s. The liaison occurred when both were backbenchers, and had ended well before Major became Prime Minister. Currie disclosed the romance in her diaries, published in 2002, adding that she considered the "Back to Basics" campaign to have been "absolute humbug".[40]
In 2017, Major said the slogan was an example of how sound bites can mislead the public, saying "[I]t was taken up to pervert a thoroughly worthwhile social policy and persuaded people it was about something quite different."[41]
In popular cultureEdit
The phrase has since become used by UK political commentators to describe any failed attempt by a political party leader to relaunch themselves following a scandal or controversy. The phrase was satirised in the Viz strip Baxter Basics.
- ^ a b c d e f g "The Major Scandal Sheet". BBC News. BBC. 27 October 1998. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ a b Mr Major's Speech to Conservative Party Conference – 8th October 1993
- ^ a b Chambers, Deborah (2001). Representing the Family. London: SAGE. p. 147. ISBN 1412931622.
- ^ MacLeod, Alexander (10 January 1994). "Family Values Issue Creates Stir Among British Politicians". Christian Science Monitor.
- ^ Page, Robert (2007). Revisiting The Welfare State. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill International. p. 97. ISBN 0335213170.
- ^ Stevenson, Richard W. (14 January 1994). "British Scandals Jeopardizing Party's 'Back to Basics' Effort". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Epstein, Debbie; Johnson, Richard (1998). Schooling Sexualities. Buckhingham: Open University Press. pp. 75–77. ISBN 0335230997.
- ^ Morgan, Piers (2005). The Insider: The Private Diaries of a Scandalous Decade. London: Ebury Press. p. 38. ISBN 9780091908492.
- ^ a b c d Tuohy, William (15 January 1994). "Sex Scandals Contradict Tory Moralizing: Prime Minister John Major can't seem to plug all the leaks in his 'back to basics' policy". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Steve Norris: Tory who ran as a liberal". BBC News. 5 May 2000.
- ^ Newman, Judith (8 November 1993). "Ministering to the Needs of a Nation". People Magazine.
- ^ Cohen, Nick; Routledge, Paul (9 January 1994). "The revenge of the Moral Majority: The Yeo Affair: Traditional values saved John Major's career at last year's party conference. Now he is paying the price". The Independent. London. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
- ^ Wynn Davies, Patricia (5 January 1994). "The Yeo Resignation: Minister falls foul of 'back to basics' policy: Swift demise after constituency association released statement". The Independent.
- ^ "Conservative Party minister admits to love child". UPI. 26 December 1993.
- ^ Williams, Rhys (10 January 1994). "Tories in Turmoil: MP denies homosexual affair: David Ashby: Wife blames marital problems on long hours in Parliament". The Independent.
- ^ Brown, Colin (7 February 1994). "Two months of sex and sleaze". The Independent.
- ^ Katz, Ian (1 March 1994). "Pecadillo Circus". Washington Post.
- ^ "BBC ON THIS DAY | 8 | 1994: Police probe MP's suspicious death". BBC News. 8 February 1952. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
- ^ Darnton, John (9 February 1994). "Rising Tory Politician Found Dead Mysteriously". New York Times.
- ^ Gyles Brandreth, Breaking the Code: Westminster Diaries, 1992-97 (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999), ISBN 0-297-64311-8
- ^ Schmidt, William E. (13 February 1994). "New Scandal Rocks Tory Party, With M.P. Admitting Infatuation". New York Times.
- ^ Brandreth, Gyles (2014). Breaking the Code: Westminster Diaries. London: Biteback Publishing. ISBN 1849548188., entry of Sunday 8 May 1994
- ^ MacIntyre, Donald (21 April 1995). "Cash-for-questions MPs suspended by Commons". The Independent. London. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
- ^ Foley, Michael (2000). The British Presidency. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 156. ISBN 0719050154.
- ^ a b c d e "Key Resignations & Dismissals in the 1992-1997 Parliament". BBC. 1997.
- ^ Cooper, Glenda (22 October 1994). "The Cash-for-Questions Affair: Tim Smith finds forgiveness – UK, News". London: The Independent. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
- ^ "Profile: Neil Hamilton". BBC News. 10 August 2001. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
- ^ "Minister admits affair and quits. Major pre-empts scandal by accepting resignation". The Sunday Herald. 5 March 1995.
- ^ Cohen, Nick; Williams, Richard (15 April 1995). "Three-in-a-bed session MP was victim of `set-up'". The Independent.
- ^ "Tory MP, The Tycoon and the Sunday School Teacher", News of the World, 9 April 1995
- ^ White, Michael (11 April 1995). "Aitken sues over Saudi claims". The Guardian.
- ^ Pallister, David (5 March 1999). "Aitken, the fixer and the secret multi-million pound arms deals | Politics | guardian.co.uk". London: Guardian. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
- ^ "Minister's bondage romp with divorcee", News of the World, 1996-06-02
- ^ "Programmes | Question Time | This week's panel". BBC News. 16 November 2005. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
- ^ "Dumping the poor: Nick Cohen unravels the homes-for-votes scandal engulfing Dame Shirley Porter and reveals that her successors on Westminster council are still . . . – UK – N..." The Independent. London.
- ^ Popham, Peter (7 January 1997). "Back to basics of vaudeville". The Independent. London.
- ^ "A history of Christmas scandal past". BBC News. 23 December 1999.
- ^ "Tory MP 2-Timed Wife with Under-Age Gay Lover", News of the World, 1997-01-05
- ^ Barton, Laura (1 July 2002). "Interview: Piers Merchant | Media". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
- ^ Hoge, Warren (30 September 2002). "News of Liaison Recasts Bland Image of Britain's Major". New York Times.
- ^ Westminster Abbey Institute - The One People Oration 2017: The Responsibilities of Democracy
Further readingEdit
- Wintour, Patrick (9 October 1993). "Major goes back to the old values". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
- Richard W. Stevenson (14 January 1994). "British Scandals Jeopardizing Party's 'Back to Basics' Effort". New York Times. Retrieved 3 January 2008.


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One of the great things about being a cartoonist is that you enjoy significant latitude outside the rules of normally polite behavior. Most of us are quite willing to laugh at humor that derides cultural morays, public figures and even ourselves.
American audiences, in particular, are quite fond of satire, and have a long history of admiring its best purveyors. From Mark Twain to George Carlin, we love artists who use ridicule to incite public debate.
Editorial cartoonists employ satire heavily. In fact, it's almost too easy to get a laugh using sarcasm. I frequently remind myself to make sure there is a good point to be made before I mock something or someone.
On March 19, 2000, I drew a satirical portrayal of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. Many looked at Greenspan as a kind of institutional father figure. He had a reputation for unemotionally "telling it like it is" when reporting on Capitol Hill. When the markets turned bearish at the first of the millennium, many blamed Greenspan's tight money policies. He was characteristically unapologetic.
By its very nature, satire begins with a widely known subject, but it can take a certain amount of scenario building to carry off effectively. Garry Trudeau's heavily satirical Doonesbury works best as a cartoon strip, but it is so loaded with commentary that it is considered by many to be an editorial cartoon.
Al Capp's Li'l Abner and Walt Kelly's Pogo were also packed with commentary. But they were more metaphorical and frequently veered off into parody so audiences tended to view them more as entertainment.
One of the benefits of having a well-educated Palm Beach audience is that I can pull from a broad range of cultural and historical references. On Jan. 19, 2003, I illustrated a cartoon parody of Pablo Picasso's masterwork Guernica to describe the chaos of the ArtPalmBeach contemporary art show opening. The opening night crowd far exceeded expectations. The traffic control, parking, tent venue, catering and restrooms weren't up to the task. Oh, the humanity!
Not all cultures are as forgiving or thick-skinned as ours when it comes to satire. A plot was recently uncovered to kill a Danish cartoonist, and a Dutch cartoonist was murdered a few years ago, both over cartoons about Muslim extremism.
On the other hand, after being very satirically lampooned by Tina Fey on Saturday Night Live, Sarah Palin made a point of appearing on the show with her to laugh it off.
We should do everything we can to keep this tradition alive.
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The debates drag on
At the recent World Water Forum in Istanbul, it was good to hear some new topics being discussed such as the energy-water linkage, the need for water-related data and the impact of the financial crisis on the water sector.
But one set of debates that never seem to go away are the 'Is water a human right?' debate which leads to the 'Shouldn't water be free?' debate which opens the floodgates for "Should water be managed by the public or private sector?" debate.
All the three questions have been debated at so many water forums that it amazes me how they surface all over again at another forum with a new set of speakers as if it is being discussed for the first time.
At the end of the Istanbul forum, 20 countries officially challenged the ministerial declaration because it defined water as a 'human need' rather than a 'human right'. Maude Barlow, a Canadian activist declared amidst cheers that water is a fundamental human right and not a commodity.
While it is unquestionable that water is needed for life, it is also true that rights bring on a sense of entitlement which then leads to the premise that water should be given free. But providing water to homes, factories and farms is a service. Many of the water problems that afflict the developing world today such as lack of connections, intermittent supply, poor quality and over-use of resources have been precisely caused by not charging a reasonable tariff for this service.
However, some of the advocates of the right to water argue that including these rights this would make governments more accountable and help to push them towards good water management. They believe it will generate the political will necessary to stimulate reforms in practices, policies, laws and monitoring. They also insist that spelling out water clearly as a human right would not clash with paying a price for it nor does it have anything to do with the public-private sector debate. Alas, if only these fine distinctions could be made by the radical activists!
Meanwhile, the good governments that understand the benefits of providing water and sanitation to all are going ahead to provide it whether or not it is declared a human right. The bad governments which have anyway done little for existing rights such as right to equality or right against exploitation are certainly not going to implement any more new rights.
Similarly the issue of public or private water management needs to be better understood by water forum participants so as to focus on the right debate. It looks fairly clear now that the future will see a mix of public and private participation in the water sector. How to optimise the roles of public and private entities, how to get financing and how to get all stakeholders to work in alignment is the real debate that we need to participate in.


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To be clear, our work is in the helping in the finding a missing person using only their name, not their address or any other information beyond their name.
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Good Works On Earth
A Missing Person is not always what it seems.
You needs must suspend judgments so you can hear and see clearly the known data so as to know the unknown.
The one all thinks might be a victim turns out to have been the creator of the missingness.
What then, your false judgmental thoughts, you see ?
What then, your searches in dirts for death, not the airs for life ?
Jennifer Joyce Kesse
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Scott Matthew Sells
Missing person since 2003, believed alive.
Last checked, link not working.
Detective Dan Braziel : Top Dog Investigator listening for Scott's Calls Home and
tracing the clues to his whereabouts in the nowments with every set of keys at his disposal.
. We say ...
Scott Calls Home
We pray he does.
The above lines were spoken in voice to Detective Braziel on a
well recorded specific date prior to 20050331.
We pray we are correct on this one.
We forgive those who do not
tell those, he who was lost
was to call home
and so was
We ask authority to forgive any who received phone calls from Scott Sells,
without telling the truth about it, if this is indeed what has happened or will happen.
It is one path of his safe returns, no urns about it, unquestioned.
We ask those who have received phone calls or other communications from Scott
to http://www.ci.eugene.or.us/police/Investigations/Missing_Person/scott_sells.htm
Last checked, link not working.
We pray there is no crime in this missingness of Scott Sells.
More information : http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/s/sells_scott.html
(reported broken in 2008)
Are you familiar with the Charley Project ?
Profiling information on over 5,000 cold case missing persons.
All crime stems from fear.
All criminals are scared.
To increase fear, increases crime.
Our Memorial
~ to ~
a New Zealander
Quietly lost in sight and sound
Quietly found in sight and hearts
Bless these ongoing ascensions going on
Where not a soul is lost, not a one
We are Loved beyond imaginations
Eye to Eye ~ Heart to Heart
This is communication
Seer Greets Seer
Ra Soar As Sol
Sol Soar
Carla Scott
Regarding the art and science of the Lexigram :
We are now sharing with and fully teaching others how to competently and professionally
work with this knowledge in the name of the awakenings and healings of America
and so our brothers and sisters upon this sphere of light we call ~ Mother Earth
We highly recommend
your reading
the book
Jeanne Boylan, entitled
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This one woman's heart and soul presences are awakening and healing
to the law enforcement agencies wherever she works her magic,
and to the families she touches in her hearing and sketching.
Go Froogle for her book and read an astounding story.
This book is being shared with you in the name of
the awakenings and healings of America and
our sphere we call home, Mother Earth.
This phrase is worth repeating.
We invite you to visit the
Name Art of JOHN WALSH
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The John Walsh Show is no longer airing at this time.
This refers to his personal show.
Now, fasten your seat belts as we
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Kelli Faulkner
A Remote Viewing Psychic freely offers her services :
Note of 20140404 : We noticed this is no longer active as her site :
We suggest you search Google for "kelli faulkner" + missing persons
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We also offer our Missing Persons searches freely.
If we are able to help in the renderings of the Name Arts
of the missing person, we will do so. All rewards
offered will be gladly accepted when we
earn them with the return of any
of the missing ones.
Christopher William Samples :: 'christopher is now home'
Our thank you to the investigator who took a chance, and his client ...
the mother who believed and who never gave up on the returning of her son.
Brooke Carol Wilberger
Try as we did, not one person on earth in authority wanted to see what we revealed.
No acknowledgements were ever received from any investigator we shared the words with.
No reporters involved could see ... only denigrations were returned to us from one reporter.
At times, this work we do is thankless, and worse.
We play no fame games here ... we share codes.
Those with eyes who cannot see, puff up.
Those with ears that cannot hear ?
They do not listen with
the inner ear.
No one believed DNA codings existed as they did until one woman took a particular set of photographs
that showed the shadows of the dna helix ... no one on earth knew it was a helix ... not even yet the woman
who took the picture ... that was seen by the two men who first saw the photograph, without the woman
even knowing ... and they knew what they saw, thanks to that photograph taken by the woman ...
yet .... the men refused to name her freely ... nor did they include her in the reaping of the benefits of
such knowledge as the DNA, and their fame, it was theirs, and as you read, you can probably be asking
what is the woman's name ??? as these two crickets in the road stole the key to the DNA, from the woman.
Because ~ she took the first three dimensional picture of DNA that led to men understanding how it is formed.
They gave her no credit, she was not honored in the Nobel Prize. Point being ... until this unnamed woman
took that photograph of the DNA that showed the three dimensional aspect of the double helix spiraled,
no one was able to correctly envision the construction of the spectacular codes of the human genome.
No one believes letters can affect lives ... until I prove it to them. The Loving heart can see and know.
The hardened heart full of their own crimes, their own lies, their tortures agin others, cannot see easily.
And so they cannot know the sheer powers of the letters to echo life and livings and choices made.
Once they are able to be shown the powers of the names and words ... miracles of change occur.
Until then ... fears cause all crimes. To increase fear in a society is to increase crime.
The jesuit justice just ice em system is the perpetrator and perpetuator of fears in America.
Capitalism is the second greatest instiller of fears in America, and possibly the world.
Proofs of this are elsewhere upon this site, based on Star Arts of Words.
Two Name Arts Researches were sent to authorities regarding
Braeden Thomas Wood & Charles Leon Wood.
As so on the above ~ so too on the below, and others
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Alexis S. Patterson
Her Name Art revealings are in good hands.
Kipland Philip Kinkel
Kipland Phillip Kinkel
Phillip Kipland Kinkel
Set in the name of healings
Robert Edward Mayotte
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Book of Names Snippets
beeklmnoortuvy .... blue overtone monkey
a mayan day glyph
abceilnnorssu .......Clarissa Ann Culberson
Confidential - Unshared
acdellnostwy ...... Allen Dwayne Coates
Confidential - Unshared
acdelmnooprst ........ red spectral moon
a mayan day glyph
egiiknoprstwy ..... Kristi Gwen O'Pry
iikoprsty ..............Kristi O'Pry
Dru Sjodin
Dru's Garden
a legacy garden
audrey lyn nerenberg
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Authority in this case has been contacted.
To our knowledge, three or more people are now working this case,
very quietly, in the very deep backgrounds, tracing data long buried.
patricia marie viola
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It is at this time : 20040503 : that we
release a few lines from the manuscript :
Letters Let Seer See
The word police sincerely wishes to cease to be used.
The word asks that it not be spoken, and that in its place,
the term is used of Law Enforcement, for far more power
is contained in this speaking than the utterly incompetent
word, police, a word which is so falsely and tiredly used
the word cannot begin to stand on its own in the cosmos.
Law Enforcement Officers
Eugene City Law Enforcement Officers
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The word police asks to be removed from
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internal paperwork
badges and such
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no more loci cop police lie
no loci police lie
no loci lice
no loci lie
no lie
The word, police, asks to gradually cease to be printed and ceasing to be spoken.
Pass the words .... Law Enforcement Officers
Male or Female, makes no difference
The words Policeman and Policewoman
Policemen and Policewomen
ask to not be used as they
are a source of untold
misery in echoes
of prior lies.
Law Enforcement Officers
Male or Female
No One Lame
No One Lies
Mark the Calendar Law Enforcement Officers
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Genetics; Leukemia; Receptors, Notch; Therapeutics
Research group(s)
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna / Drug & Target Screening Unit
Research interests
My main focus is the elucidation of the pathomechanism of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and to translate the basic research into clinical practise. By taking advantage of reverse genetics, we found that deregulation of NOTCH2 signaling is involved in the overexpression of CD23 in CLL cells. NOTCH2 is implicated in a wide variety of human neoplasias, making NOTCH2 a promising candidate for therapeutic interventions. My work focuses also on the identification of NOTCH2 gain of function mutations leading to the expression of gamma-secretase inhibitor (GSI) resistant nuclear NOTCH2 forms. Moreover, we will evaluate the clinical relevance of our newly identified NOTCH2 transactivation inhibitor Gliotoxin in NOTCH2 associated malignancies like CLL, hepatocellular carcinoma, pancreas carcinoma, and melanoma.
Techniques, methods & infrastructure
Cocultur models to mimic the CLL Tumor microenvironment. FACS, RT-PCR, EMSA, Western bloting, sequence analysis, gene silencing for functional studies with siRNA, drug screening assays.
Selected publications
- Hubmann, R. et al., 2012. Gliotoxin is a potent NOTCH2 transactivation inhibitor and efficiently induces apoptosis in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) cells. Br J Haematol, 160(5), pp.618-629. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjh.12183.
- Hubmann, R. et al., 2010. NOTCH2 links protein kinase C delta to the expression of CD23 in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) cells. British Journal of Haematology, 148(6), pp.868-878. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.08024.x.
- Duechler, M. et al., 2004. Induction of apoptosis by proteasome inhibitors in B-CLL cells is associated with downregulation of CD23 and inactivation of Notch2. Leukemia, 19(2), pp.260-267. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2403592.
- Hubmann, R. et al., 2002. Notch2 is involved in the overexpression of CD23 in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood. 2002 May 15;99(10):3742-7.
- Hubmann, R. et al., 2017. Gliotoxin Targets Nuclear NOTCH2 in Human Solid Tumor Derived Cell Lines In Vitro and Inhibits Melanoma Growth in Xenograft Mouse Model. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 8. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2017.00319.


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Brand and the City
We have come to a startling realisation. Melbourne, despite being the 'World's most liveable city,' is in the midst of having a major identity crisis. It is a critical time to evaluate our city values and vision as our population is predicted to grow by 2.3 million people in the next thirty years.
There has been a groundswell of commentary about Melbourne's future challenged by this rapid population growth and we (Büro North) have some ideas to shape our cities visionary response.
Over the last decade we have participated in the design of over 300 projects nation wide. Through these exists a continuous exploration and articulation of place, context, history, story and narrative. From integrating uniquely Victorian landscapes, animals and stories in the theming at the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne to collaborating with an emerging indigenous artist (Jasmine Sarin) on the recently completed Barangaroo place-making wayfinding. Working to honour the heritage of a given place is embedded in our design approach, but our experience working abroad has made it clear that we can go further. We found design clarity and confidence from the New Zealand Story and see value in applying what we learned in NZ to our hometown of Melbourne.
We have experienced first hand how the New Zealand Story shapes city experiences by immersing visitors in the best the country has to offer. The story is distilled into a tangible tool kit which makes it easy to engage with. The story honours and actively promotes the Māori culture and defines an approach to designing a city and the experiences accordingly. From school-age, New Zealand children are encouraged and given the opportunity to learn to speak Māori. All signs throughout the cities include both Māori and English so the traditional language is part of the New Zealand vernacular. The story provides guidance and creates cohesion; from understanding traditional greetings to the local beers on tap. The New Zealand story simultaneously cultivates and promotes a sense of national pride so the experience of visiting a city such as Wellington is distinctly different to anywhere else in the world.
The New Zealand Story simultaneously cultivates and promotes a sense of national pride so the experience of visiting a city like Wellington is distinctly different to anywhere else in the world.
When we went in search of something akin to the New Zealand Story for Australia, we found blank pages where our story was supposed to be;
In a globalised world, what is culturally unique to one place is often appropriated by another. This erodes the uniqueness of city experiences around the globe. Melbourne is quick to culturally appropriate ideas from elsewhere as we are part of a young country with a fluid national identity. As a nation, we cringe at the 'Aussie' stereotype of wearing stubby shorts and saying "g'day," but we don't necessarily have a more current definition of our national identity to step in where Crocodile Dundee left off. Our culture is enriched by our Indigenous history and multiculturalism, but how do we unitedly define ourselves beyond the sharing of a location branded as the 'lucky country'?
Our culture is enriched by our Indigenous history and multiculturalism, but how do we unitedly define ourselves beyond the sharing of a location branded as the 'lucky country'?
As Melbournians, we are keen to reject the outmoded Aussie stereotypes and embrace our cosmopolitan side. We prefer our laneway lattes to lamington's as our coffee, food and fashion have been amplified to become a signature of our city. While these cultural pursuits are enjoyable, they are not unique to Melbourne.
We must be wary of compounding our cultural appropriation when we look for design direction from overseas before searching locally. Importing skills and talent may have been necessary back when Melbourne was a young city finding its feet. However, we now have a mature, world-class design establishment from which we can draw before looking abroad. As our increasing population places demand on infrastructure, many major projects are being undertaken within our city. For the vast majority of these, the design is being lead by an international firm.
By trying to conform to the global rather than the local standard, we miss what is critical to defining our sense of place. We lack a distinct voice telling our story. According to Tim Williams from Arup, we also lack the governance that could create the unified 'all of city' strength and develop this voice. As he explains, "the problem is that state governments are, whatever their intentions and values, too big, remote, siloed and unaccountable to the inhabitants of our cities". Without a guiding story and unified governance leading our city, everything is open for interpretation or misinterpretation.
Without a guiding story and unified governance leading the design direction for our city, everything is open for interpretation or misinterpretation.
There has been significant public concern over the Koori Trust being ejected from their recently refurbished premises at Federation Square to make space for a new Apple Store. There have been attempts to placate public disappointment by reporting that the trust, who actively work to promote Indigenous culture in Melbourne, will be relocated to a bigger space in Federation square. Regardless, it is problematic that these decisions are made behind closed doors, rather than prescribed by a more cohesive vision for Melbourne that reflects our cultural values. Graeme Davison, author of The Rise and Fall of Marvellous Melbourne, fears this decision symbolises our city losing it's civic soul. He asked; "isn't it time we grew up and recognised that not everything that is important to our collective life has a price? That commercial values do not trump civic ideals?"
There is another problem arising as our cities identity crisis looms and our population increases. Without embedding the provenance of a place in the value, brand and growth strategy you risk ending up with cities like Dubai where design-wise, anything goes. If things get out of hand, you can end up with a giant space-age wheel in the centre of your cityscape. We need leadership defining what our city design vernacular should be so that our city evolves strategically rather than ad-hoc.
How can we improve Melbourne's future? Before we can develop a strategic vision, we need to re-evaluate our core values. The current Melbourne values defined by the City of Melbourne include being prosperous, knowledgeable, connected, people-centric, creative and sustainable. From our research, these values also define no less than nine other prominent cities. When it comes to capturing the essence of a city like Melbourne driven by admirable, yet generic, future-forward values, we are losing our distinction.
When it comes to capturing the essence of a city like Melbourne driven by admirable, yet generic, future-forward values, we are losing our distinction.
Since the 1980's, the state government has shifted from shaping our cities to merely servicing them according to Chris Chersterfield, Monash University. He says much of the planning which led us to become the World's most liveable city' can be attributed before this time. We need to look within, to the past and to the future to redefine these values. We need to drive a visionary response to developing our city and transition from servicing back to shaping a better future for Melbourne.
We need to look within, to the past and to the future to redefine these values to drive a visionary response to developing our city and shift from servicing back to shaping a better future for Melbourne.
We have a rich, Indigenous history which as a society, we endeavour to honour in Melbourne. Accordingly, The City of Melbourne actively promotes Indigenous culture in Melbourne. Despite the best of intentions, our approach is arguably piecemeal rather than a true integration of our heritage into our city experience. Indigenous imagery is appropriated for everything from building design to tea-towels and it is not always done so respectfully or with consent. The confusion remains about how to best honour our first Australians, Indigenous people or Torres Strait Islanders and Aboriginal communities. Respect needs to be paid to our Indigenous community through fostering understanding and engagement in a holistic rather than piecemeal way.
According to Gay Alcorn, right now Melbourne is "uneasy about where it's going, uncertain whether it wants to be a global megacity doubling its population to eight million by midcentury, or hang on to its charms." It is critical that we define the values that influence the broader growth strategy to ensure the best possible future for Melbourne. These values need to reflect our unique heritage, Indigenous history and culture. We need to learn from the New Zealand example and develop our story that resonates and inspires. From this, we need a framework to enable designers and planners to deliver on those values to shape our unique city experience.
This article is based on a presentation "Brand and the City" for SEGD "Off Grid 2018" by Büro North Creative Director Soren Luckins. Researched and written by Communications Strategist Kate Luckins, we welcome feedback and further insights from any party with a vested interest in this topic as we seek to develop our knowledge of these critical issues explored. Please contact email@example.com