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I had a great time in Cambodia. It was a unique trip to say the least. I had to do a lot of improvising and modifying to make it work. Still, I learned a lot about myself on the trip. You really can't ask for more than that when you travel.
Deals Galore!One day I was browsing through Google Plus when I came upon a post from +Agoda, the hotel booking website. It had a big list of hotels and resorts in Siem Reap, Cambodia for up to 75% off. Well, that made me take notice for sure! Every so often, Agoda has limited time deals that they post on Google Plus. I love, love, love it! I had a few days until the deal expired, so I went home that night and booked a room at a fancy hotel. I generally like to stay at one cheaper place for the majority of the vacation and one fancier place that I found a deal on. This was perfect!
I have used Agoda a few times, and it has worked out pretty well for me. Make sure you take the card you booked the room with. If not, you could risk being charged twice. That is the only thing I have had to be concerned about.
For the cheaper room, I used +Booking.com. They have a great selection of decently priced rooms to choose from. As for the visa, for Americans, and I think many others, you just fill out some papers and pay when you arrive in Cambodia.
Booking the PlaneFor the flight, I used +KAYAK. I have used them numerous times in the past, and it has worked out well. This time, however, the cheap flight on China Southern Airlines was contracted out to something called Vayama. I later learned that Vayama has some very terrible customer reviews. It would be a less than stellar experience for me.
Three months after booking, and less than two months before my flight, I received an email from Vayama stating that my returning flight had been canceled. They gave me two options to choose from. Either leave a day later or a day earlier. I had already booked my hotels though. And my vacation from work was set. There was no way my boss would give me more time to be on vacation. Therefore, I had to choose to leave early. I would lose a little money on the hotel, but at least I would have visited Siem Reap for five days.
A Week of HellDespite the disappointment over the flight, I remained excited to visit Cambodia. One of my friends had been there, and she had nothing but good things to say about it. I read a bunch of blogs about what to see, watched some good documentaries about Angkor Wat, and dreamed about all the things I would be seeing.
Then, on the Monday four days before I was set to leave, I was poisoned! Food poisoned. It was terrible. I kept working, but it was one of the least comfortable periods in my life health-wise. I could not sleep because every 30 minutes I was running to the bathroom... I'll leave it at that. I continued to work, but I was eating basically saltine crackers and drinking water or Gatorade only. A pharmacy had given me some tiny bottle of liquid medicine and minuscule pills to take, but that only helped for hours.
On the morning I was set to leave, I almost decided not to go. I was slightly better, but I still was having stomach issues. There was no way I could make it through the flight, much less enjoy myself on vacation. However, as I laid there staring up at the ceiling, I decided I could get medicine at Incheon International Airport and just make the best of it.
I arrived at the airport and went to the pharmacy. I had some of my symptoms all translated into Korean and ready to go. The guy spoke English very well though, so it was unnecessary. He handed me a box of pills. And... they worked!
This ailment would keep me sidelined for a bit. I still had a great time. I'll write about dealing with getting better, getting worse again, and fully recovering just in time... in the next post.


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Client Love
I absolutely LOVE my clients! Seriously, they are freaking amazing! Watching their ambition and dedication to creating a life and career they love is incredibly inspiring and soul-affirming. I am truly honored that they have invited me to be part of their journeys.
As for how they feel about working with me?
I'll let them tell you themselves:
"I took away that the position in my life I was in was temporary and that I could change it.
I sat in the discomfort, felt permission to rest, felt inspired by you. I specifically identified through your help the fact that I wanted to apply for full time jobs, what job I wanted, how much I wanted to be paid and for whom I wanted to work. And then, I got that job!
You are a fantastic listener because you are able to not only identify what is being said but the entire scenario around it. You intuitively understand subtleties to situations. You do not press or rush. You are kind, supportive and passionate. You're inspiring."
"I absolutely adore my calls with Carolyn.
She helps me get organized, get energized and stay focused. She gives me space to work out all my thoughts, ideas and feelings. She helps me make a plan and stick to it. She's brave. She's strong. She's kind. And she's real. She gets it. Her experience is entirely relatable. She has helped me immensely over the last year, and I know she can help you too. "
"Carolyn was such an unexpected gift in my life.
I didn't think "I needed" a life and career coach, but during our first conversation I found myself crying (in a good way) and thinking of aspects of my life and business that I realized needed exploration. Now I think everyone needs a life coach! Especially the perfectionists out there who put a lot of pressure on themselves to succeed in *all* aspects of their life. Carolyn, simply said, makes life easier.
Working with Carolyn, I realized it's OKAY to be both confident and unsure of yourself at the same time. She provided a safe-space to explore and share my vulnerabilities. She'd ask the tough questions and then be sure to build me back up again and remind me of abilities in each and every session. You can tell Carolyn works with a lot of top performers and knows how to find that balance between pushing and being kind.
Carolyn's ability to listen, reflect and challenge has made me better at my job. I found it's a great way to *justify* the investment- because coaching impacts your personal life, your social life, your relationship with yourself AND your career. Major payoff!
Carolyn is going to be your new go-to for everything in life and having her on your team is one of the biggest gifts you can give yourself. She's worth every single penny as you build the life you love."
"Carolyn is like the BFF we all wish we had
- she pushes you to be a better version of yourself in a positive way and caring way, even when it means telling you something you don't want to hear (which will happen, a lot).
I realized that I wasn't living my values (values that I didn't even realize were important to me) and that I was letting fear rule my life. I learned how to reframe my natural responses to everyday life and live more positively!"
"Carolyn reminded me that you don't need to work out EVERYTHING at once.
Carolyn helped me isolate the thing that was causing me stress, then taught me how to create priorities and reward myself for accomplishing relatively small tasks. I was surprised how just taking 5 or 10 mindful minutes here and there to conquer my tasks made a big difference in my state of mind.
Carolyn is so patient, astute, and accomplished -- she is completely nonjudgmental, but she also focuses on getting things DONE. I had never worked with a life coach before, but I found it to be a refreshing and helpful experience, because it was so focused on outcomes. As an overachiever who puts a lot of pressure on myself, I enjoyed Carolyn's clarity and practicality."
"I really loved how you pushed me to self-reflect versus giving me answers.
Your prompting questions helped steer me in a direction I wouldn't have anticipated, and got me thinking about different ways to approach a work-place challenge.
You have a way of engaging with folks that makes the speaker feel safe and free to be vulnerable without judgment. In order to probe some of the real impediments we have as women in the workplace (or trying to land in the right workplace), its important to be honest with yourself - something hard to do without the right nudging."
"Carolyn asks the right questions and that, I believe, is the most important thing a life coach can do when you're approaching the next big decision in your life.
She's someone who can remind you why you're pursuing your dreams, and that's reminder that all of us need when the going gets rough.
I think Carolyn takes all of the anxieties you're dealing with and turns them into pros and cons lists. She directs your thought process in a way that allows you to see the big picture instead of all of the tiny dots that may not make sense up close."
"You helped me accept that it's okay to change my mind about things.
That sounds pretty obvious, but I sometimes feel like when I've gone far enough down a path I should see it through no matter what. You helped me realize that sometimes it's just not the right path and it's okay to go in another direction. You also helped me realize that not all things are now or never. Just because something isn't the right thing to do right now, I don't have to rule it out as an option in my life forever.
I think it's so valuable to have a neutral party to talk through all my concerns and issues with. I feel comfortable talking openly with you without being judged which is something that you can't often do with family and friends. Yet, at the same time, I feel like you don't just listen and nod, but you're rooting for me! You're always helping me celebrate the wins! I feel so energized after meeting with you and I feel like everyone deserves it.
One of the things I love about working with you is that our conversations feel comfortable and informal - in a good way! It feels like I'm just talking with a girlfriend. I really like how you get fired up about the things in my life. It makes me feel like you really care and are invested in me."
"Carolyn is kind, funny and strong.
She is great at seeing the big picture and helping you map out a way to achieve what you want, in a way that works for you.
Carolyn has a unique ability to firmly guide and lead through all kinds of circumstances. She can slice apart any situation to serve it back in a way you would never have seen before. She is also a wonderful ear for support (venting) and a hand to celebrate! She is a wonderful, energetic and bright woman!."
"I can't thank Carolyn enough for all those coaching sessions that lead me to realizing that worry has been the root cause to many of my challenges.
Carolyn pushed me and challenged me to go deep within myself to unlock those areas of myself that needed to come to the surface. For that I am ever grateful and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your awesome coaching."
"I think everyone should have a coach, especially a professional and insightful one like Carolyn, to force themselves to be 'selfish' for an hour each week.
The weekly coaching session was especially valuable because it's so rare to have an hour that's just for yourself – no work, school, or even your own thoughts. Having a trusted third-party, objective and non-judgmental coach like Carolyn allowed me to take the time to process my stress and come out the other side feeling capable and ready to take on my daunting, but now manageable list of to-dos.
One thing I found particularly helpful was to be able to talk through my sources of stress and figure out how to mitigate or eliminate – it's so hard to say no – but Carolyn helped me be more planful and realistic about what would keep me on track with my academic goals and find sources of compromise. On the other side of this, she also helped remind me that it's ok to be human. I was doing myself a disservice by holding myself to impossible goals, and I felt better about my progress when I allowed myself to celebrate small 'wins'."
"Carolyn helped me understand what the priorities in my life were and what areas I needed to focus on to achieve my goals.
At the time I was increasingly unhappy in my job, and I was beginning the process of applying to business school, and had a number of big decisions to make. I was eager to have an unbiased third party to discuss these changes with and help me navigate upcoming life decisions. Carolyn was extremely professional and well prepared. She used a combination of formal techniques and friendly conversation to guide our session and help me identify areas I could focus on to make an immediate impact on my life.
She truly understands the challenges young female professionals face, and helps you navigate them in a friendly and approachable way. It's a relief to have someone like her on your side!"

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Motor vehicle sales fell in February by 38 per cent against January but were up by 69 per cent compared to last February, according to figures from the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers' Association (VAMA).
Sales totaled 12,329 units, of which 8,899 were passenger cars and 3,430 were commercial vehicles. Passenger car sales were down 35 per cent against January and commercial vehicles were down 46 per cent. Sales of completely-knocked-down (CKD) vehicles were 7,941, a 41 per cent decline compared to January, while completely-built-up (CBU) sales stood at 4,415 units, down 32 per cent against January.
In February, Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) recorded vehicle sales of 2,868 units, an increase of 83 per cent (1,298 units) compared with February last year, in which the northern region accounted for 1,401 units (49 per cent), the central region 394 units (14 per cent), and the southern region 1,073 units (37 per cent). With TMV's efforts to maximize production to meet customer demand before the Tet holiday, this was its highest sales volume ever for the month of February, despite the long holiday.


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Heavy Metals (Trace Elements) in Biosolids & Other Organic Residuals
"What about the heavy metals?" is one of the most common questions people ask when they hear about use of biosolids as soil amendments and fertilizers. This was once a concern in the 1960s and 1970s when industrial pollutants were discharged to wastewater treatment facilities without consideration and the resulting sewage sludges were used on farms. Some farm fields built up high levels of cadmium, lead, mercury, and other elements.
But all that has changed. Since the 1980s, there have been increasingly stringent requirements on what can be discharged to sewers. Society has scrutinized the substances and products it uses. Many elements (e.g. lead) and chemicals (e.g. dioxins) have been banned or restricted. Today, industrial pretreatment is required and pollution prevention is a way of life. Today's wastewater contains lower amounts of potentially harmful pollutants, the potential impacts of pollutants are better understood, and the biosolids resulting from wastewater treatment contain minimal traces (parts per million or less) of contaminants of concern. Biosolids are now one of the most scrutinized substances on the planet, and research and risk assessments have led to regulations that make biosolids safe. Those who manage biosolids today are bemused with the "heavy metals question," because that question has long been answered.
In 2015, NEBRA completed a review of literature on metals in biosolids, other soil amendments, fertilizers, and soils. The report is available below, along with a large spreadsheet that shows actual averages and ranges of concentrations in various materials, for comparison.
Metals in Biosolids, Other Soil Amendments, & Fertilizers (NEBRA, August 2015)
Spreadsheet Table Comparing Metals in Biosolids, Soil Amendments, & Fertilizers (NEBRA, August 2015)
Video: Rufus Chaney, PhD, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture presents the science on metals (trace elements) in biosolids, July 27, 2012
Leading research scientists continue to discuss this topic....


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Oh sweet Friday! With a forecast topping at almost 70 degrees and sunshine the girls had a beautiful day to walk around the city while I was at work. Meanwhile, I was counting down the hours until I could get outside! It was definitely a teaser day of summer.
We wanted to take advantage of the beautiful evening and decided heading to a friend's house to hang out on the roof was the perfect decision! I've said it once before and I'll say it again, the roofs of the city are definitely one of my favorite things! Whether it's our walk-up apartment, a rooftop restaurant or bar downtown the views are just fabulous!
We had a great evening hanging out with friends some old and new, listening to music, and sitting around on the roof. Hanging out on the roofs here was reminisced of having fires back home. The only thing missing was, well, the fire. The good times and conversations definitely reminded me of that sweet past time though.


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Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley launched "Concert for America" on the day of President Donald Trump's inauguration.
Rudetsky and Wesley co-founded the monthly concert series to celebrate American diversity and inclusivity.
"Concert for America" brings together television and Broadway stars to perform benefit concerts. It's aimed at uniting American people and raising money for charities including the Sierra Club Foundation, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, National Immigration Law Center, Southern Poverty Law Center and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
The series, which began in New York City, will journey to the West Coast for its fifth edition Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Royce Hall.
"We help these charities get the word out about what they do, and we feel that we do it in an interesting way," Rudetsky said.
[Related: Youth symphony to perform live 'Back to the Future' score at Royce Hall]
Rudetsky's interest in putting on concerts for causes coincides with his experience as a pianist in over a dozen Broadway shows. Rudetsky said there is a pureness to producing a benefit concert – the production is not like a Broadway show where paychecks and dressing rooms sometimes become the main priority of performers, he said.
The couple previously hosted a benefit concert in 2014 titled "Not Since High School," which featured Broadway performers recreating musical roles they previously performed in high school. The money raised went toward increasing access to art programs in schools, Wesley said.
After the election of Trump, Rudetsky and Wesley conceived the idea of creating a concert to celebrate American diversity and inclusiveness with the proceeds benefiting American children and their families, Rudetsky said.
"We raise awareness and we also help people feel connected, and they learn a little bit about the cause," Rudetsky said.
The project began in January when Rudetsky was in Florida working on a show. Wesley called him, and they discussed the idea of a concert series to give their 16-year old daughter Juli and the rest of America hope for the future.
With less than three weeks until Inauguration Day, the couple set to work establishing a contract for the event, finding participants, advertising the performance and securing a venue.
"There's sanctuary cities, and we're the sanctuary concert, doing it once a month to provide this safe space," Wesley said.
Rudetsky's career on Broadway as a pianist for "Les Miserables" and "Phantom of the Opera," in addition to living in New York for more than 25 years, helped him form friendships with talents like Barry Manilow and Chita Rivera. He personally called Manilow and Rivera to invite them to perform at "Concert for America" in New York and Los Angeles.
Wesley found other artists by chance. He said he chose to ask Ingrid Michaelson to perform after finding Michaelson's "The Way I Am" on YouTube because he felt the song captured the joyous and inclusive spirit of the concert with its lyrical message of acceptance.
"In other words, we tell the singers, no matter who they are – from Barry Manilow to anyone in the lineup – we say, 'You're not singing one of your sad love songs,'" Wesley said. "It's joyous."
[Throwback: UCLA's EDMC hosts benefit concert to fund cancer research]
Among the performers at Wednesday's concert will be Juan Pablo Espinosa, a Colombian actor known for his 2017 television series "La Fan." Espinosa's entertainment career began when he moved to America from Colombia to study acting at Emerson College, an opportunity that was not available in his home country, he said.
Espinosa will introduce actress Rivera, who is known for her roles in "West Side Story" and "Chicago" on Broadway. Espinosa said Rivera represents the Latino community and its burgeoning opportunities in the media, especially on Broadway. He said the inclusiveness of the American entertainment industry led him to apply for citizenship.
The LA concert will be Espinosa's first appearance in "Concert for America," a cause he personally connects with because of his experience as a Latino actor advocating for diversity in American film, he said.
"As a Latino, to have a voice and contribute, and raise awareness that unfortunately multiculturalism is not looked upon by everybody in the same way, I feel like that is what to me America represents – diversity and equality," Espinosa said.
After their performance at Royce Hall, Rudetsky and Wesley will take the series to San Francisco and Seattle. Rudetsky hopes the concert will act as a night of relief for Americans who are too devastated to read the newspaper or watch the news in the midst of a trying political climate.
"I want (UCLA students) to feel hopeful for their future, for the future of our country," Wesley said. "That's really a challenging task of people right now, and I do want that when they leave Royce Hall."


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Training Information
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9.2 Delta Training - Requisition Entry
ePro Requestor (new manual forthcoming)
Purchasing eProcurement Category List (Excel) (7/2019)
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'Rush Hour' goes global / Chan, Tucker's shtick fun if you ignore the plot
RUSH HOUR 2: Comedy. Starring Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan. Directed by Brett Ratner. (PG-13. 93 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.)
Globalism hasn't had its great comedy yet. And "Rush Hour 2" isn't likely to get the kids rioting in the streets of Genoa. Let some other cross- racial, cross-cultural, cross-commercial flick step up to the plate. The movie,
lightly directed by "Rush Hour" visionary Brett Ratner, simply takes the first movie's shtick global, moving from Los Angeles to Hong Kong and still having fun with the idea that to the rest of the world, Chris Tucker epitomizes America.
Tucker and Jackie Chan reprise their previous relationship and give it a lovey emotional center -- black men are from Mars; Chinese dudes are from Venus. After Chan thinks Tucker has died in an explosion at his Hong Kong precinct, P. Diddy's life-after-death tribute "I'll Be Missing You" comes on, reducing him to mush. And as long as it's entangled in multi-culti absurdity, "Rush Hour 2" is actually a better time than the first one: Tucker ordering the in-flight kosher meal; Chan, after miles of Tucker's ethnic verbal abuse, finally retaliating; the two bugging out together to "California Girls" on the streets of Hong Kong.
Because "RH2's" grasp on detectives is tenuous at best, Chan and Tucker play themselves playing cops. It's a fact that becomes riotously evident in the reel of outtakes that caps the picture and incites wonder about why no one thought to give us 90 minutes of those in-
stead. Chan and Tucker -- their characters are Lee and Carter, though it hardly matters -- are solving a corruption case involving -- well, who cares what the case is about? If you've sat through one action flick about Chinese triads, money laundering and a curdled police force, you've sat through them all.
On the thriller front, "Rush Hour 2" is mangy. Reliably, the action sequences are a hyperactive blur. (In one chase number, the Doppler effect that's used as extras fall through bamboo scaffolding and past the camera is pretty funny.) But they don't advance the narrative so much as make you glad it has stopped.
The writing credit goes to Jeff Nathanson. But he doesn't appear to have accomplished anything more than you could have, if left alone with a few episodes of "Miami Vice" and a "Lethal Weapon" boxed set.
@sk,1 And as a derivative bonus, Lalo Schifrin's score suggests that James Bond might be lurking behind the Buddha statues. Otherwise, know that John Lone is playing Ricky Tan, someone rich and shady enough to be guilty of something international, which helps transport the film from Hong Kong to Vegas. This production is as gleefully cynical as Tucker is charmingly rude: On both sides of the camera, everybody knows "it's all about the Benjamins."
That includes Alan King as a sleazy hotelier mixed up with Tan, and Rosalyn Sanchez as a sexy but possibly corrupt Secret Service agent with a thing for Chan. In the film's most dazzling but odd bit of casting, Zhang Ziyi plays Tan's taciturn, bomb-throwing fille fatale. This is what bringing down the house in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" gets you: the Grace Jones part in a so-so action-comedy-thriller sequel. Zhang's gone from defensive pugnacity to unmitigated aggression. Suffice it to say, "RH2" is scared to death of her, stringing her along as a lethal special effect.
Lone, incidentally, effete as ever, also appears to be angling for the Alan Rickman villain hall of fame -- if not in scope of role then in pure swishy demeanor. Swishier is Jeremy Piven in a cameo as the fashion coordinator who puts Tucker in a snakeskin suit and Chan in a gold herringbone choker.
The encounter is very "Beverly Hills Cop," which brings "Rush Hour 2" and Tucker to the Eddie Murphy mantle. Murphy is a changeling; Tucker has one note and it squeals out of him. Still, he's indifferent to what you think, whereas Murphy of late has a tendency to be needy. In one of the film's best non- outtake moments, Tucker commits a karaoke overhaul of Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough." It's funny, though, given Tucker's role in the film as the point-and-exclaim indulger of all things exotically global, that he doesn't do "We Are the World."


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Nevada City has great real estate: many beautiful homes are spread along its exterior, as well as historical and commercial buildings in the downtown area. It has been the pleasure of the staff at Out of Sight Cleaning to serve the cleaning needs of home owners and businesses across this city.
Home owners in this gold rush town have many issues that are specific to Nevada County: Because of the historical settlement of the city, reaching as far back as 1849, there a lot of older homes, which come with a variety of problems. Mold, dust, and dirt, accumulate over time, and require a regular cleaning routine to support your health and well being.
Beyond that, Nevada City houses come with all the usual sanitary problems that residents of all cities face. Whether you own a home or rental, regular dusting, mopping, vacuuming, scrubbing, and more, all help home owners stay healthy and ensure an overall hygienic lifestyle for themselves and their families.
You can request us to use only green products.
Small to mid-level business owners in Nevada City have many cleaning needs with commercial buildings. Our housekeeping staff can clean any and all commercial real estate buildings in Nevada County, including theaters, restaurants, hotels, specialty stores, retail, et cetera.
You may only have a small area that is needed to clean, or a large area; you might need us to clean one day a week, or six days a week. We cater to your specific requests and needs as a business owner. The bottom line is that we will clean your business in the way that you want it.
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|George Seldes
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George Seldes
November 16, 1890
Alliance Colony, New Jersey, USA
(now Vineland, New Jersey)
July 2, 1995 (aged 104)
Windsor, Vermont, USA
|Jewish American
|Author, Journalist
|Helen Larkin Seldes, née Wiesman (1932-late 1970s; her death)
Gilbert Seldes (brother)
Marian Seldes (niece)
George Seldes (/ˈsɛldəs/ SEL-dəs;[aa][1] November 16, 1890 — July 2, 1995) was an American investigative journalist and media critic. The writer and critic Gilbert Seldes was his younger brother. Actress Marian Seldes is his niece.[2]
Influenced by Lincoln Steffens, his career began when he was nineteen years old and was hired at the Pittsburgh Leader.[2] In 1914, he was appointed night editor of the Pittsburgh Post.
In 1916, he went to the United Press in London and, starting in 1917, during World War I, he moved to France to work at the Marshall Syndicate. While there, he interviewed Paul von Hindenburg, the supreme commander of the German Army. Hindenburg commented on the defeat of Germany in the war, including U.S. involvement; however this interview was censored by the U. S. military. Seldes would later comment that the publishing of this interview could have avoided the rising of the Nazis to power and, thus, World War II.[3][4]
After World War I, he spent ten years as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune. In 1922, he interviewed Vladimir Lenin and, in 1923, got expelled from the Soviet Union, along with three colleagues, for disguising news reports as personal letters; a letter his publisher wrote for the Soviets only facilitated his expulsion.[5] The newspaper then sent him to Italy, where he reported on opposition leader Giacomo Matteotti's murder, implicated Benito Mussolini in Matteotti's death, and was again expelled.[6]
In 1927, he reported for the Chicago Tribune in Mexico, where he criticized the use of the country's mineral rights by American companies. He battled with the Tribune's owner and publisher, Col. Robert McCormick, over the paper's altering of his Mexico articles, and soon afterwards quit the Tribune over what he felt was censorship.
In 1929, Seldes became a freelance reporter and author, subsequently writing a series of books and criticisms about his years as a foreign correspondent, and the issues of censorship, suppression and distortion in the press. During the late 1930s he had one more stint as a foreign correspondent, along with his wife Helen, for the New York Post, in Spain during the Spanish Civil War.
In 1940, Seldes co-founded a weekly newsletter, In Fact, subtitled "an Antidote to Falsehoods in the Daily Press." In it, he attacked corporate malfeasance, often using governmental documents from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). He exposed, issue after issue, the health hazards of cigarettes and attacked the mainstream press for suppressing such news, blaming the newspapers' heavy dependence on cigarette advertising. He cited J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI for anti-union campaigns. He brought attention to how the National Association of Manufacturers was able to use its advertising dollars to produce news stories favorable to its members and to suppress news stories unfavorable to them.[7]
Having both staunch admirers and strong critics, Seldes influenced many younger journalists. He received an award for professional excellence from the Association for Education in Journalism in 1980,[2] and a George Polk Award for his life's work in 1981.[8] Seldes also served on the board of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR).[9]
Early yearsEdit
George Seldes was born November 16, 1890 to ethnic Jewish emigres from Russia in Alliance Colony, a utopian community in New Jersey.[10][11]
When he was nineteen, Seldes went to work at the Pittsburgh Leader. For this newspaper, he interviewed a saleswoman who had filed a rape complaint against the son of the owner on a large department store; however, the story was not published, and Seldes became outraged when the advertising department of the newspaper blackmailed the owner into buying more advertising.[2] In 1914, he was appointed night editor of the Pittsburgh Post. As a young journalist, he was influenced by the investigative journalism of muckraker Lincoln Steffens, whom he met in 1919.
World War IEdit
In 1916, Seldes moved to London where he worked for the United Press. When the United States joined the First World War in 1917, Seldes was sent to France where he worked as the war correspondent for the Marshall Syndicate.
At end of the war, he obtained an exclusive interview with Paul von Hindenburg, the supreme commander of the German Army, in which Hindenburg acknowledged the role America had played in defeating Germany. "The American infantry," said Hindenburg, "won the World War in battle in the Argonne." Seldes and the others were accused of breaking the Armistice and were court martialed. They were also forbidden to write anything about the interview and it never appeared in American news media. Seldes believed that blocking publication of this interview proved tragic. Unaware of Hindenburg's direct testimony of Germany's military defeat, Germans adopted the Dolchstoss or "stab-in-the-back" theory that Germany had only lost the war because it was betrayed at home by "the socialists, the Communists and the Jews," which served as Nazism's explanation for Germany's defeat. "If the Hindenburg interview had been passed by Pershing's censors at the time, it would have been headlined in every country civilized enough to have newspapers and undoubtedly would have made an impression on millions of people and became an important page in history," wrote Seldes. "I believe it would have destroyed the main planks on which Hitler rose to power, it would have prevented World War II, the greatest and worst war in all history, and it would have changed the future of all mankind."[3][4]
Seldes claimed that the Battle of Saint-Mihiel never happened. In his account, General John J. Pershing|Pershing planned to capture the city, but on September 1 the Germans decided to remove their forces from Saint-Mihiel to reinforce other positions. Seldes claimed no shots were fired as the first Americans, he among them, entered the city on September 13 to be greeted as liberators before General Pershing, Pétain, and other high-ranking officers arrived. The thousands of German prisoners captured, he wrote, were taken as they mistakenly arrived at the train station days later to relieve the German troops that had left days earlier.[12]
Lenin and MussoliniEdit
Seldes spent the next ten years as an international reporter for the Chicago Tribune. He interviewed Lenin in 1922. He and three other reporters were expelled in 1923 when Soviet authorities, who routinely censored foreign reporters' telegraphed dispatches, found articles by the four reporters, disguised as personal letters, being smuggled out in a diplomatic mailpouch to avoid censorship. The expulsion was facilitated, according to Seldes, after his publisher, Colonel Robert McCormick, failed to show sufficient respect when writing to the Soviets to protest censorship.[5]
The Chicago Tribune sent him to Italy where he wrote about Benito Mussolini and the rise of fascism. Seldes investigated the murder of Giacomo Matteotti, the head of the parliamentary section of the Italian United Socialist Party. His article implicated Mussolini in the killing, and Seldes was expelled from Italy.[6] He wrote an account of Italian censorship and intimidation of American reporters for Harper's Magazine.[13]
In 1927, the Chicago Tribune sent Seldes to Mexico, but his articles criticizing American corporations for their use of that country's mineral rights were not well received. Seldes returned to Europe, but found that his work increasingly censored to fit the political views of the newspaper's owner, Robert R. McCormick.
Disillusioned, Seldes left the Tribune and went to work as a freelance writer. In his first two books, You Can't Print That! (1929) and Can These Things Be! (1931), Seldes included material that he had not been allowed to publish in the Tribune. His next book, World Panorama (1933), was a narrative history of the interbellum period. In 1932 he married Helen Larkin Wiesman (later Seldes), who died in the late 1970s.[2]
In 1934, Seldes published a history of the Roman Catholic Church, The Vatican. This was followed by an exposé of the global arms industry, Iron, Blood and Profits (1934) and an account of Benito Mussolini, Sawdust Caesar (1935).
Two books on the newspaper business established his enduring reputation as a critic of the press: Freedom of the Press (1935) and Lords of the Press (1938).[2] He took the title of the latter from a speech by Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes: "Our ancestors did not fight for the right of a few Lords of the Press to have almost exclusive control of and censorship over the dissemination of news and ideas."[14] He believed "that advertisers were a far greater threat to journalistic freedom than government censorship."[7] The press and news, he wrote, "are coming more and more under the domination of a handful of corporate publishers who may print such news as they wish to print and omit such news as they do not wish to print."[14] Time magazine was initially positive in its response: "A rambling but effective attack on U. S. newspapers, charging coloring, distortion or suppression of vital news, containing some enlightening instances of journalistic malpractices as George Seldes encountered them during his career as correspondent."[15] Later, Time called him a muckraker, meaning a biased and crusading critic, when it called another writer's work "refreshingly fair and accurate (especially in comparison with muckraking books like George Seldes' Lords of the Press)."[16] Seldes told of his pursuit of a tobacco study that he would make public years later, though the author of the study denied his account and claimed his work had been widely cited in the press.[17][18]
He also reported on the Spanish Civil War on a freelance basis for three years and later said that American reporters too readily accepted what the Franco side wanted them to believe.[2]
On his return to the United States in 1940, Seldes published Witch Hunt, an account of the persecution of people with left-wing political views in America, and The Catholic Crisis, which sought to demonstrate the close relationship between the Catholic Church and fascist organizations in Europe. When Time reviewed the latter, it noted several of Seldes' works and said he "stuck out his tongue at Benito Mussolini... thumbed his nose at U. S. journalism...and uttered some hoarse Bronx cheers at the Roman Catholic Church." The review complained that his detailed accounts of church activities were "in part damaging" but "not all germane to the subject."[19]
In FactEdit
From 1940 to 1950, Seldes published a political newsletter, In Fact, "a four-page weekly compendium of news other newspapers wouldn't print."[7] Washington Post editor and later press critic Ben Bagdikian said, "When Seldes was no longer printed by the mainstream press, he was an important conduit to the journalistic community, who knew that there were flaws in the system, but often couldn't get printed in their own newspapers, because the press cannot be a watchdog on itself. So they fed stories critical of the press to Seldes." At the height of its popularity it had a circulation of 176,000.
One of the first articles published in the newsletter concerned the dangers of cigarette smoking.[2] Seldes later explained that at the time, "The tobacco stories were suppressed by every major newspaper. For ten years we pounded on tobacco as being one of the only legal poisons you could buy in America." At a time when tobacco companies were major advertisers, Seldes discussed the contents of a study called, "Tobacco Smoking and Longevity", which he said had been suppressed since 1939.[7] Throughout the 10-year run of In fact, Seldes published more than 50 stories on the health effects of tobacco, and the cigarette industry's attempts and suppressing such news.
Among the favorite targets of In Fact was the National Association of Manufacturers.[2] Defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg, who subscribed to In Fact while an undergrad at Harvard, said, "I heard about the National Association of Manufacturers first from Seldes and more from Seldes than I ever heard again. If you were to read the mainstream press, you'd hardly become aware that such organizations existed, that businessmen worked together to pursue their own interests." In fact also attacked Charles Lindbergh for his Nazi sympathies, the American Legion for helping to break strikes,[7] and labeled many captains of industry as "native fascists." Consumer advocate Ralph Nader said, "[Seldes] used the word fascism to reflect an authoritarian state of mind that tended to stifle free speech and dissent and also tended to believe that might was right."[citation needed]
In Fact immediately attracted the attention of government authorities. President Roosevelt ordered an FBI investigation of Seldes and In Fact in 1940.[20] Articles claiming that the FBI was infiltrating unions and monitoring union activities resulted in FBI surveillance of Seldes and his publication. J. Edgar Hoover sent Seldes a 15-page letter denying such FBI activities.[21] The FBI subsequently questioned In Fact subscribers, particularly servicemen and -women, and had US postal officials reporting to the FBI on Seldes' mail correspondence. In Fact lost many of its subscribers in the late 1940s. Seldes later claimed that his critical coverage of Yugoslavia got the publication banned from Communist Party bookstores. The political climate discouraged subscriptions on the part of less ideologically committed readers as well.[22] In Fact ceased publication in 1950. I. F. Stone's Weekly, which started publication in 1953, took In Fact as its model.[7]
In addition to writing his newsletter, Seldes continued to publish books. These included Facts and Fascism (1943) and One Thousand Americans (1947), an account of the people who controlled America. Time called One Thousand Americans "a collection of truths, half-truths and untruths about the U.S. press and industry."[23] One Thousand Americans introduced a wide audience to the Business Plot, a supposed plan of America's corporate elite to overthrow the U.S. government in the early 1930s.[24]
Seldes published The People Don't Know on the origins of the Cold War in 1949.
Critical receptionEdit
Seldes had both staunch admirers and strong critics. Some of Seldes' contemporaries and later historians have judged much of his work harshly. One critic thought I.F. Stone "was light years beyond Seldes."[25] Others cited his political bias and preconceptions. A study of the Dies Committee said that Seldes' account in Witch Hunt suffered from his view that everything the Committee did was wrong.[26] Another warned that The Catholic Crisis "should be read with great caution in view of the author's latent anti-Catholic and pro-Communist bias."[27] Another cited Seldes as a writer with "an agenda."[28] Still another evaluated Iron, Blood, and Profits as "less sober" than other works on the subject of international arms dealing.[29] Of his biography of Mussolini, another wrote: "many of his sources were unreliable and his book was almost devoid of logical order."[30] A more appreciative estimate said that Freedom of the Press was "one-sided, but well deserves careful reading."[31]
Summing up Seldes' work, another wrote that "until 1947 [Seldes] followed the Stalinist line so closely that any author must use him with the utmost care."[32]
A. J. Liebling said on him, "[George Seldes is] about as subtle as a house falling in. He makes too much of the failure of newspapers to print exactly what George Seldes would have printed if he were the managing editor. But he is a useful citizen. In fact is a fine little gadfly, representing an enormous effort for one man and his wife".[33]
But a whole generation of journalists and activists were influenced greatly by Seldes. Long-time Washington Post columnist Colman McCarthy said, "He was a reporter who didn't worry about being objective. He worried about what he would choose to write. I'm always amused when they call somebody 'one-sided'. Seldes offered one side – the side you weren't getting elsewhere".[34] Nader said of Seldes, "He was like a doctor. He reported about disease in the political economy, and the gross inequities of power, and the abuses and the exploitation. I always wanted to be a crusading lawyer, and he gave me some materials to contemplate crusading about."[citation needed] Journalist Nat Hentoff said, "He took what should be the most honorable term in journalism – muckraking – and made it work again. A lot of journalists of his generation and the generation or two that followed, did more, took risks, because [Seldes] was the model. And the fact that he was there made them feel like whores if they didn't do more."[citation needed]
People such as Peggy Charren[35] and I. F. Stone[7] also claimed influence from Seldes.
Politics and later careerEdit
It has been alleged that Seldes had been a member of the Communist Party since well before 1940, valued for his "major connections" in Washington.[36][37]
Seldes later wrote that In Fact was founded at the instigation of the U.S. Communist Party leadership, but he claimed that the Party worked through his partner Bruce Minton (also known as Richard Bransten) without his knowledge. Seldes wrote that he was unaware that Minton was a Party member who received the funds to start In Fact from Communist Party.[ab][38] While his political positions often were similar to those in the Party in 1940, by 1948 Seldes was writing in positive terms of the anti-Soviet socialism of Marshall Tito in Yugoslavia, earning him the wrath of many Communist Party loyalists in the United States. As the Cold War took shape at the end of the decade, Seldes lost readership from both the Communists and the anti-liberal-left sentiment that was sweeping the country, including a trade union movement that had contained some of his largest audience.[39] The nationwide atmosphere of red-baiting further diminished his subscribers' numbers, and he was financially forced to close In Fact, which never accepted advertising, in October 1950.
Senator Joseph McCarthy subpoenaed Seldes in 1953, Seldes vehemently denied Communist Party membership and was "cleared" by McCarthy's Senate subcommittee, but Seldes's greatest influence on readers had already past.[40] Seldes did publish Tell the Truth and Run in 1953, but otherwise found it difficult to publish his work throughout the 1950s. He was approached, however, by an old friend and colleague, I.F. Stone, for advice on how to start a small independent investigative newspaper. I.F. Stone's Weekly premiered in 1953, picking up where Seldes had left off.[41]
Largely dropping his own writing, he developed an anthology called The Great Quotations and received rejections from 20 publishers. It sold more than a million copies when it appeared in 1961.[7]
In a letter to Time magazine in 1974, he appraised the state of American journalism as much improved in his lifetime:[42]
The press deserved the attacks and criticisms of Will Irwin (1910) and Upton Sinclair (1920) and the muckrakers who followed, and it needs today the watchdog and gadfly activities of the new critical weeklies, but all in all it is now a better medium of mass information.... The 1972 Watergate disclosures, it is true, were made by only a score of the members of the mass media, but I remember Teapot Dome when only one of our 1,750 dailies (the Albuquerque Morning Journal) dared to tell the truth about White House corruption. We have come a long way since.
He published Never Tire of Protesting in 1968 and Even the Gods Can't Change History in 1976.
The Association for Education in Journalism gave him an award for professional excellence in 1980.[2] In 1981 he received the George Polk Award for his life's work.[8]
He published his autobiography, Witness to a Century in 1987. He wrote: "And so [my brother] Gilbert and I, brought up without a formal religion, remained throughout our lifetimes just what Father was, freethinkers. And, likewise, doubters and dissenters and perhaps Utopians. Father's rule had been 'Question everything, take nothing for granted,' and I never outlived it, and I would suggest it be made the motto of a world journalists' association."
In 1981, Seldes appeared in Warren Beatty's Reds, a film about the life of journalist John Reed. Seldes appears as one of the film's "witnesses" commenting on the historical events depicted in the film.[43]
Seldes served on the board of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR).[9]
Martin A. Lee and Norman Solomon used a quote from Seldes as an epigraph for their book Unreliable Sources: "The most sacred cow of the press is the press itself."[9][44]
Death and legacyEdit
Seldes died on July 2, 1995 at age 104 in Windsor, Vermont. A delegation of journalists attended the memorial service at his home in Hartland-4-Corners, Vermont, read from his books and watched an excerpt from a documentary film-in-progress on Seldes.[45]
The documentary film, Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press,[46] was produced and directed by Rick Goldsmith and premiered the following year, in 1996. It covered Seldes's life and career, and revived the life and work of a man who'd been largely forgotten for four decades. The film looked at Seldes's life and work, especially the them of censorship and suppression in America's news media. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and received many other accolades, including the John O'Connor Film Award from the American Historical Association.[47][48][49]
- aa. ^ Asked how to say his name, he told the Literary Digest in 1936: "Nine persons out of ten mispronounce our name. If it had an n instead of an s as the final letter there would be no difficulty. The name is pronounced like Selden with the last letter an s": SEL-duhss.[1]
- ab. ^ According to Minton the Party wanted an American version of Claud Cockburn's muckraking London political weekly, The Week.[38]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Funk, Charles Earle (1936). What's the Name, Please?. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Dicke, William (July 3, 1995). "George Seldes Is Dead at 104; An Early, Fervent Press Critic". http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/03/obituaries/george-seldes-is-dead-at-104-an-early-fervent-press-critic.html. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Seldes, George (1987). Witness to a Century. p. 100.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Solomon, Norman; Cohen, Jeff (July 1995). "Great Press Critic Leaves a Legacy of Courage". PublicEye.org. Political Research Associates. http://www.publiceye.org/glossary/seldes.html#fairobit. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Colonel McCormick, Robert; et al. (March 5, 1956). "Letters". http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808220-2,00.html. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Foreign News: Ousted". August 10, 1925. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,720698,00.html. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 Guttenplan, John (July 14, 1995). "Obituary: George Seldes". http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-george-seldes-1591344.html. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Previous Award Winners". Long Island University. http://www.liu.edu/About/News/Polk/Previous.aspx. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Berlet, Chip. "Press Critic and Antifascist George Seldes Dies at 104 in Vermont". PublicEye.org. Political Research Associates. http://www.publiceye.org/glossary/seldes.html#chipobit. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ↑ Reis, J. C.. "Alliance". Jewish Encyclopedia. West Conshohocken, PA: JewishEncyclopedia.com. http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1265&letter=A&search=alliance%20colony. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
- ↑ Pearl, Lesley (March 21, 1997). "Fund-raising effort sends local filmmaker to the Oscars". JWeekly.com. San Francisco: San Francisco Jewish Community Publications Inc. http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/5317/fund-raising-effort-sends-local-filmmaker-to-the-oscars/. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
- ↑ Seldes, George. "Chapter 1: First Encounter with the Goddess of History: Saint-Mihiel". Even the Gods Can't Change History.
- ↑ "Italy: Censorship Bared". October 31, 1927. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,731121,00.html. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Gibson, Donald (2004). Communication, Power, and Media. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science. p. 14.
- ↑ "Fiction: Recent Books". September 23, 1935. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,749111,00.html. Retrieved January 11, 2011. "FREEDOM OF THE PRESS—George Seldes—Bobbs-Merrill ($2.75). A rambling but effective attack on U. S. newspapers, charging coloring, distortion or suppression of vital news, containing some enlightening instances of journalistic malpractices as George Seldes encountered them during his career as correspondent."
- ↑ "The Press: Howe Behind the News". November 25, 1940. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884201,00.html. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ↑ "The Press: Suppression of News". January 23, 1939. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,760627,00.html. Retrieved January 11, 2011. "The Seldes book rambles, relies heavily on innuendo. It contains a large store of previously published facts, many a windy, publisher-baiting tirade."
- ↑ "Contradicts Ickes on Tobacco Story". January 14, 1939. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0611FA3958127A93C6A8178AD85F4D8385F9&. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ↑ "Religion: Seldes vs. Rome". November 7, 1929. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,762893,00.html. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ↑ O'Reilly, Kenneth (1982). "A New Deal for the FBI: The Roosevelt Administration, Crime Control, and National Security".
- ↑ Lasar, Matthew (1998). "'Right Out in Public': Pacifica Radio, the Cold War, and the Political Origins of Alternative Media".
- ↑ Lasar, Matthew (1998). "'Right Out in Public': Pacifica Radio, the Cold War, and the Political Origins of Alternative Media". pp. 537–8.
- ↑ "The Press: The Beaver's World". April 26, 1948. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,798474-2,00.html. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ↑ Seldes, George (1947). One Thousand Americans. New York: Boni & Gaer. pp. 79, 179–80, 208–10, 287–92.
- ↑ Boylan, James; Cottrell, Robert C. (1993). "Izzy: A Biography of I.F. Stone". Oxford University Press and Organization of American Historians.
- ↑ Ogden, August Raymond (1943). The Dies Committee: A Study of the Special House Committee for the Investigation of Un-American Activities, 1938–1944. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press. pp. 55, 64, 84.
- ↑ Eulau, Heinz (1947). "Proselytizing in the Catholic Press". pp. 195.
- ↑ Jenkins, Philip (1995). "'It Can't Happen Here': Fascism and Right-Wing Extremism in Pennsylvania, 1933–1942". Pennsylvania History. 62. pp. 52.
- ↑ Langer, William W. (1934). "Some Recent Books on International Relations". Foreign Affairs. 12. pp. 690.
- ↑ Detzell, Charles F. (1963). "Benito Mussolini: A Guide to the Biographical Literature". pp. 345.
- ↑ Langer, William W. (1936). "Some Recent Books on International Relations". Foreign Affairs. 14. pp. 358.
- ↑ Doenecke, Justus D.; Edwards, John Carver (1992). "Berlin Calling: American Broadcasters in Service to the Third Reich".
- ↑ Holhut, Randolph T.. "The Forgotten Man of American Journalism: A Brief Biography of George Seldes". Brasscheck. http://www.brasscheck.com/seldes/bio.html. Retrieved August 20, 2013. "'He's about as subtle as a house falling in', wrote fellow press critic A.J. Liebling in his classic 1947 book, 'The Wayward Pressman'. 'He makes too much of the failure of newspapers to print exactly what George Seldes would have printed if he were the managing editor. But he is a useful citizen. (In fact) is a fine little gadfly, representing an enormous effort for one man and his wife'."
- ↑ McCarthy, Colman (July 11, 1995). "George Seldes: Giant of Journalism". http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/18603769.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+11%2C+1995&author=Colman+McCarthy&desc=George+Seldes%3A+Giant+of+Journalism. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
- ↑ McCarthy, Colman (January 28, 1992). "Children's Crusade Has a Happy Ending". http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73987498.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+28%2C+1992&author=COLMAN+McCARTHY&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=d.14&desc=Children%27s+Crusade+Has+a+Happy+Ending. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
- ↑ Haynes, John Earl; Vassiliev, Alexander; Klehr, Harvey (2009). Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 169. ISBN 0-300-12390-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=qCAVQ_cdomcC. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
- ↑ Vassiliev, Alexander; Redko, Philip; Haynes, John Earl (January 9, 2011). "Black Notebook". Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. p. 512. http://www.wilsoncenter.org/topics/docs/Black%20Notebook%20Translated1.pdf. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Seldes, George (1968). Never Tire of Protesting. New York: L. Stuart. pp. 53, 56, 195, 197, 198, 200, 201, 203, 204.
- ↑ Seldes, George (1968). Never Tire of Protesting. New York: L. Stuart.
- ↑ Seldes, George; et al. (May 31, 1954). "Letters". http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,819887-2,00.html. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ↑ Goldsmith, Rick (1996). "Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press". Kovno Communications.
- ↑ Seldes, George; et al. (July 29, 1974). "Letters". http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,911431,00.html. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ↑ Reds (1981) "Reds: Cast". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082979/fullcredits#cast Reds (1981). Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ↑ Lee, Martin A.; Solomon, Norman (1990). Unreliable Sources: A Guide to Detecting Bias in the Media. New York: Carol Publishers.
- ↑ Solomon, Norman; Cohen, Jeff. "Seldes Remembrance Committee". PublicEye.org. Political Research Associates. http://www.publiceye.org/glossary/seldes.html#seldcomm. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ↑ "Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1996)". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117873/. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ↑ "John E. O'Connor Film Award". American Historical Association. March 25, 2013. http://www.historians.org/prizes/awarded/OconnorWinner.cfm. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
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"Uh ma'am, can I help you with that?"
"Miss, do you need this any longer?"
"Here, let me get that for you!"
Sometimes, people can be extremely helpful. Maybe I should say sometimes people can be extremely willing to be helpful. It's a wonderful thing to see someone step out of his or her world and offer to lend a hand to a complete stranger and as a wheeling woman, I have certainly received my fair share of "assistance offers." It really is a beautiful thing and there have been numerous moments over the past few years that I say a special prayer for that helpful person who gave me a boost out of some deep snow when all my wheelchair tires would do was spin or the random dude who brought my chair back to me after it decided to go rogue and roll away in the Best Buy parking lot. In situations like that (and many others), I couldn't be MORE happy to be the recipient of a gracious helping hand.
Yet, I should probably admit that I haven't always been the most accepting of help and I sometimes (read: often) struggle with that feeling of maybe possibly needing someone. I've always been a fairly independent person with the catch phrase, "I'm a strong and independent woman, let me do it myself" being one of my favorites. Reflecting over the course of my life and more specifically, my own independence, it resembles more of a ping-pong match than a gradual progression from needy child to independent adult. Sure I was almost there when I graduated from college, but then my spinal cord injury and paralysis changed it all in a jiffy.
You want to get out of bed? You're going to need help with that. You want to take a shower? You should probably call the nurse. After discharging from the hospital, you want to go somewhere for a vanilla latte? You better ask your Mom if she's willing to drive you. Needless to say, early after my injury, independence was something I craved and yet could only dream about.
Now pause and think, when was the last time you asked for help?
Was it hard? Did it hurt your pride? Did it bother you? Should it have bothered you?
You know, things are different in my life now. That ping-pong ball has bounced back across the net and I have the independence I love and desired so much. I work a job, volunteer, drive myself around town, and do all the things any "normal" individual does in their day-to-day life. It's a fantastic feeling to be able to "be independent," to not NEED help, and to feel like I'm back somewhere close to that place I was before my injury. And yet that ping-pong match made it very clear that every coin has two sides.
It's great to be independent, but it's even greater to rely on God.
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. – 2 Corinthians 12:9
Boasting of weakness? Boasting GLADLY of weakness? That kind of sounds counter-intuitive and perhaps a little nuts. I mean, when I think of my failures, struggles, or weaknesses, the last thing I want to do is admit them (let alone boast about them). And yet, it's in those moments, in those trials, in those struggles, in those obstacles that we have this beautiful opportunity to see God's almighty and amazing power. To see the way in which God provides, cares for, and helps his people better than any earthly person could ever dream of doing.
I will be the first person to say learning how to rely on God is not an easy lesson. It's a lesson my pride and independent persona have had to learn and re-learn on a daily basis and I'm sure that will continue for the rest of my life.
But how awesome is it that we serve a God who WANTS us to come to him. Who doesn't tell us to "just figure it out yourself" or begrudgingly respond "okay" when we muster up the courage to ask for assistance. God doesn't require or even want us to go through this confusing and often challenging life "independent" and alone.


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IMBA and STC Refresh Relationship, Issue Joint Statement
For Immediate Release 5/18/2016
IMBA Contact: Mark Eller, Communications Director
303-545-9011 ext. 115
STC Contact: Ted Stroll, President
After productive discussions, the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) and the Sustainable Trails Coalition (STC) have released a joint statement urging mountain bikers to work together to support trail stewardship and improved mountain bike access. While the two organizations remain distinct, with different approaches to bicycle access in federally managed Wilderness areas, the joint statement makes it clear that there is great respect between the two groups.
"IMBA and the STC are working more closely and productively together now than we have in the past," said IMBA Executive Director Mike Van Abel. "In truth, there has been a working relationship since the inception of the STC, but this joint statement confirms that we hold common values and a mutual desire for greater bicycle access."
"It's important for people to know that mountain biking advocacy groups agree about the need to address certain Wilderness-related issues, even if we may sometimes adopt different tactics," said STC President Ted Stroll. "The joint statement is meant to demonstrate that."
Key elements from the partnership agreement include:
- Both IMBA and the STC value enhanced bike access and will encourage mountain bikers to get engaged in each organization's separate missions and advocacy efforts.
- IMBA, STC and other mountain bike advocacy groups recognize that our power lies in the collective voice of all mountain bikers. Both parties wish for that voice to be united and stronger.
- IMBA and the STC jointly ask everyone who participates in trail stewardship and the sport of mountain biking to please help maintain a positive, united front.
The joint statement expresses respect between IMBA and STC for the courage of each entity's convictions and for helping to get more mountain bikers engaged in mountain bike advocacy. As separate organizations, IMBA and STC do not share the same governance or mission strategies. IMBA, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is legally limited in its ability to directly lobby elected officials. IMBA's approach will continue to emphasize building partnerships and promoting bike-friendly management policies for all forms of land protection. The STC is organized as a 501(c)(4), which allows it to spend all of its money on directly lobbying for legislative remedies in Congress. The group will continue to focus on creating a political framework that will result in enhanced bike access and better trail maintenance measures in Wilderness and other natural areas.
Please consider joining and supporting IMBA by visiting imba.com/join
Please consider donating to STC by visiting sustainabletrailscoalition.org/how-to-help


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Lady Eagles take out Jacksonville 50-38, fall to state-ranked Madisonville 61-49
Six foot sophomore Josie Richardson, 21, grabs one of her several rebounds in the Lady Eagles 50-38 victory over 5A Jacksonville, last week at home in the JAC. Richardson was one of a trio of Fairfield roundballers who had nine points in the game.
Photo by Avery Peterson
The Fairfield Lady Eagles had split results on the hardwood last week evening out their season record at (11-11), (0-1) in district play. Last Tuesday, Jan. 10, they hosted the Jacksonville Lady Indians and overcame their huge, 6-foot-3-inch post player, getting her into foul trouble in the second period, after she had blocked several shot attempts!
Fairfield finally began hitting some key shots, and their constant defensive pressure began to pay dividends with turnovers converted to points. A close game, 25-21 at the half, saw the Lady Eagles gradually pull away in the third and fourth quarters to a double digit victory.
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Like Labradors that are often confused with Golden Retrievers, the Boston Terrier is often mistaken for a French Bulldog and vice versa.
It is true that the resemblance between the two breeds is striking, and confusion quickly sets in, making it difficult to tell the difference between a French Bulldog or a Boston Terrier.
The Boston Terrier being less popular, it isn't uncommon for the owners of these dogs to have to explain their dog's breed. Without turning it into a competition between these two brave breeds of dog, we will, in this article, list the differences and the similarities between the French Bulldog and the Boston Terrier and thus give the happy owners of these two unique breeds of dogs some clues as to how to respond to questions.
There is a physical resemblance between the two breeds that we will explain later on in the article, but there are also other similarities between the French Bulldog and the Boston Terrier:
They both come from a cross of Bulldog with other breeds.
The two breeds are not very sporty.
They have very similar character traits, they are happy and very protective.
They are perfectly adapted to life in an apartment and make very good dog companions.
They are dogs with short noses so can have breathing difficulties.
It is very difficult for an inexperienced eye to distinguish between Boston and Frenchie puppies.
- Their origin
Although their names seems to clearly indicate their origin, the French Bulldog is of British origin, while the Boston Terrier is (as the name indicates) of American origin.
The exact origins of the Boston Terrier and French Bulldog are relatively mysterious. Additionally, we know that the two breeds are the result of different crosses with the Bulldog. This genetic background is easily identifiable as their resemblance is sometimes baffling, however, the Boston Terrier has origins linked to that of the Bull Terrier.
The French Bulldog and the Boston Terrier haven't always been "house dogs". The Frenchie was created to kills rats, whereas the Boston Terrier was created for its combative qualities.
- Physical differences
If the French Bulldog and the Boston Terrier are confused, it is largely due to their round head and short nose. Also, as you can see in the above photo, the Boston Terrier's head (the two dogs on the right) is smaller, less solid and lighter than the Frenchie's (on the left).
You can also see a difference in the shape of their ears. The ends of a French Bulldog's ears are round, while a Boston Terrier's ears are pointed.
The top of the skull is generally a good clue to differentiate between the two breeds because that of the French Bulldog is usually wrinkled while that of the Boston Terrier is smooth. If the French Bulldog sometimes seems to have an excess of skin, the Boston Terrier's "costume" seems very tight on him.
The hair on the two dogs is short. It is brown, red, white or black for the French Bulldog, but it can only be black or white on the Boston Terrier.
The general posture of the two dogs is also very different. The Boston Terrier is lighter, less stocky and slimmer, not as heavy as the French Bulldog. Their paws are longer, their chest is higher and their appearance is less clumsy than the French Bulldog.
- Behaviour
These two dogs are very protective of their masters. They have a very pleasant nature but they have a few character traits in particular that distinguish them from each other. The French Bulldog can often be a bit more aggressive with other dogs (this isn't necessarily a rule that applies to all individuals) and less sociable than the Boston Terrier who for a long time was nicknamed "American Gentleman".
The Boston Terrier is more alert, lively, active but also less stubborn than the French Bulldog. As for the Frenchie, he is calmer and more independent than his Boston Terrier cousin. Although the two breeds aren't particularly renowned for their sporting talents, the Boston Terrier needs more energy to exert himself than the Frenchie. The Boston Terrier is a little less playful than the French Bulldog, but is partial to intelligence games.
One is not better than the other, nor is any dog better than another.
Everything is a question of taste, but above all of capabilities, because the choice of bringing a dog into the family must be made taking into account the routine of the house and the needs of the dog, concerning their species but also their breed.


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Why KM needs technology
Stephen Bounds — Sat, 09/04/2011 - 09:03
It's become fashionable to bash the technologists who provide KM solutions as charlatans and snake oil salesmen lately (probably I've been guilty of this in the past myself).
But Buckman Labs and others that deployed technology-heavy solutions have perhaps been unfairly maligned. After all, they did see real and measurable benefits; the problems (as always) have come when people see technology as an KM solution that can be brought in and deployed rather than something that has to organically develop to support organisational processes.
On theknowledgecore's blog, there's a lengthy post on the future of KM that also contextualises its history. Titled "KM is dead! Long live knowledge", I encourage you to read the whole thing. However, I'm going to cross-post my comment here because I think it neatly summarizes my current thinking on the issue:
Although I mainly agree with your position, I do believe that technology is a core component of KM. There are a few reasons for that:
- If KM stands for anything, it has to mean management of knowledge in an organisational context. KM in a personal & social context has been happening for millenia quite nicely thank you and probably doesn't need our help :)
- Most organisations are fundamentally artificial constructs, enacted by government legislation and/or created through a profit motive. This misalignment in organisational and personal interests creates a very different management need.
- Organisations have to assume that there will be non-continuity in personnel at various times.
That said, I also believe that just about all "KM solutions" out there on the market completely miss the point. Except in rare circumstances, capturing point/ad hoc solutions for reuse is of little value. The core "KM" work served by technology is to embed organisational process, to provide enough for a framework to allow people to be replaceable in the organisation while still embracing their uniquely human capabilities.
(We see this a lot by the way when IT comes to replace business systems. Often the people don't really understand the deep rationale of why a business system does what it does. All they really understand is that the system provides the process structure and leads to the outcome they need.)
Our expertise in complex systems analysis, combined with a deep understanding of technology and modern, agile management and leadership techniques makes knowquestion uniquely positioned to find strategic solutions to your tough problems. Contact us today.


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House System
The House System
Would you like to be in Gryfindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or Slytherin? Just kidding... sort of.
We recognize that a student can feel rather overwhelmed in the environment of the large public high school. While our magnet program feels more like a cozy community, we can build even more camaraderie across grade levels and more HGM spirit with our house system.
Throughout their four years in the HGM, each student is a member of a House led by one of the HGM faculty members. The system is rather like an extended homeroom offering a much wider opportunity to expand one's social and intellectual connections.
Each house meets monthly for 1-2 class periods and is made up of all grade levels. In addition, there are house spirit activities, organized by students, such as Capture the Flag, house competitions at social events, HGM Jeopardy.
The house system is designed as a personal focus in an impersonal world, recognizing that both affective and cognitive needs should be addressed to nurture the whole person. The house system underscores our basic philosophy as a program: Each student is a unique individual, whose special needs warrant attention, direction, and encouragement. While we recognize that a school is not a home, we hope our house system helps bring it a little closer to home.


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Holsum Foods
Holsum Foods is an ongoing collaborative cooking project by Heather Szeto & myself. Ranging from private dinner parties, in-office catering to mobile pop-ups, our style of cooking is casual, fun, and inspired by Chinatown. We take out culinary and seasonal cues from the vegetable markets, while the aesthetic of 99 cent store informs the look.
We tinker with the flavors we grew up with - Cantonese cooking filtered through the American kitchen.
Hol Sum has had the pleasure of catering in-office lunches for Skillshare, vending at tradeshows like MAN / WOMAN, and hosting private events. For more information contact email@example.com


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Remembrance Suite
Our Remembrance Suite has everything you need to memorialize your loved one. From unique 3D crystal tributes, to custom 3D printed urns. We also offer a vast selection of Remembrance Products.
The Remembrance Store
Can't find the words? Order a gift of comfort today. Browse through our vast selection of Remembrance Products.
3D Crystal Tributes
Honor your loved one with a unique 3D Crystal Tribute. Upload your photo, and choose your crystal tribute style, from the comfort of your own home.
3D Urns by Eturnal Memorials
Custom 3D Printed Cremation Urns By Eturnal Memorials. Make a custom urn for your loved one in just six easy steps. If you can imagine it, we can create it.
Portraits Of Life
Capture their life, and their moment in our exclusive Portraits of Life. They are beautifully designed Portraits of a life remembered.
We encourage you to use our beautifully designed interactive online tributes to pay your respects. Leave a condolence, share a memory, post a photo, light a candle and more!
We offer an inspirational grief resource that has helped many to heal after the loss of a loved one. If you are struggling and feel you would benefit from additional help, please contact us at our funeral home.
Express your thoughts beautifully, whether you're sending sympathy flowers for the home or a standing spray for the funeral service.


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Velvet Keepsake is the 30th Anniversary collection from Wheels & Dollbaby and is available now. Designer and Wheels & Dollbaby founder, Melanie Greensmith, said My fave pieces are the softness to die for green fur coat! The silk ruffle blouse a mix of Anita Pallenberg 60's meets smart posh. I love my chinoiserie print so much I've repeated it but this time using … [Read more...]
Oasis Spring / Summer 2017 Collection
Fashion brand Oasis have released a lookbook filled with their new Spring / Summer 2017 styles. Lightweight pieces, prints and ruffles are just a few things you will find in the range and it is all very focused on the warmer weather. In addition, Oasis have done a collaboration with Pineapple Studio so some of the pieces have an activewear feel to them. Take a look at … [Read more...]
Seafolly Summer 2016
It might be raining in Adelaide today, and I may have the heater on...but summer is surely getting close! For now, I am distracting myself from the weather by researching some summer swimsuits and stumbled upon the new Seafolly collection. Called Broome, (where the sun is surely out today), the collection features different cuts so there is something to flatter every body. … [Read more...]
Tree of Life – Atlantis Collection
Tree of Life shot the lookbook for their Atlantis collection poolside in India, and the imagery is enough to make you want to take a vacation. Beautiful dresses and luxe boho pieces make up the range, the pictures really do speak for themselves: Shop the look: www.treeoflife.com.au/Lookbook/atlantis … [Read more...]
Supre Swim
Supré are the latest fashion retailer to launch a range of swimwear just in time for summer. In the range you will find reflections of current trends and cuts. Think high neck, halter neck, high waisted bikini bottoms, one piece and bandeaus - whatever your swim time preference, you may find it here: That's just a few of the styles … [Read more...]
G.Kero Autumn Winter 2016 – Charlotte Le Bon
While we are getting ready to shed our winter woolies, our overseas sisters are preparing for the chill. G.Kero have released their Autumn / Winter 2016 campaign imagery, which features actress Charlotte Le Bon. The result of the campaign is showing the fun side of Paris, and the resulting images are quite cute and quirky: Would love to see more playful campaigns … [Read more...]
Bonds Swim – Miranda Kerr
Bonds are launching a new swimwear collection in less than a week, which is said to have something for the whole family. The brand has said the range will be based on the Australian summer, with flattering fits that reflect their signature designs. While their website is giving little else away, one aspect worth mentioning is the feature of Miranda Kerr in their campaign … [Read more...]
Chuchka's Round Towel Collection
Round towels are becoming popular as they are both functional and glamorous. While it may be cold and raining in Adelaide today, summer is definitely on my mind with days at the beach and by the pool on the horizon. One brand who sells round towels is Chuchka and they start from $69. There are a few designs to choose from and they come with a black canvas carry bag. Have a … [Read more...]
7 Ways to Lift your Winter Fashion Game
During the cold, winter months it can be a struggle to find the perfect balance between fashion and functionality. Staying warm and cozy whilst still remaining chic and stylish can at times seem difficult. However, by including at least one of these 7 winter must-haves to your wardrobe you can ensure your personal style doesn't get left out in the cold this winter. Skinny … [Read more...]
Autumn/Winter 2016 Eyewear Trends
Fashion is a fabulous thing and it really can be all-encompassing. It doesn't stop at your clothes, or even the matching handbag and shoes. Fashion forms your whole look, head to toe, and what makes a great fashion statement… your eyes. As a woman I often find myself thinking that I wish people looked more at my eyes, what better way to ensure this happens than to make sure … [Read more...]


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In addition to his litigation experience, Mr. Letteri also has conducted internal investigations for corporate boards of directors and audit committees, and he has represented individuals and entities involved in investigations conducted by the Department of Justice, the SEC and other government agencies.
Mr. Letteri earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Vermont, and his Juris Doctor from the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University, where he graduated 4th in his class and served as a Note and Comment Editor for the Law Review.
Mr. Letteri is admitted to practice in the states of Maryland, the District of Columbia and Texas. In his free time, Mr. Letteri enjoys reading, sports and travel.
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Cheering Benefits
Anyone who has ever tried cheer knows that it is one of the most physically challenging sports in the world. Cheerleading requires athleticism, strength, flexibility, coordination, and dedication. With its great physical rewards, cheer is also a social, team-based activity that can help boost kids' self-confidence and leadership skills. Think about the benefits of cheerleading to help you decide if cheerleading is right for your child.
Physical Endurance
Some you might think that cheerleaders are just there for moral support while the "real" athletes perform on the field, but nothing could be further from the truth. The tumbling, dancing, stunts, and jumps that comprise a typical routine require stamina, endurance and lots of practice. While competitive routines are generally only two minutes and thirty seconds long, repeatedly practicing the moves adds up to an effective cardio workout. Serious competitive cheer requires several hours of practice each week. Cheerleading programs often include strength training as an additional component of practice.
Strength Building
Good athletes make the sport of cheer look easy, but doing it right requires physical strength that builds muscles in the lower body, shoulders, and core. Certain positions on the squad–such as bases and backspots — must be able to lift and support the bottom of a stunt or pyramid sequence. This entails incredible strength, focus, and balance to support the weight of other teammates and ensure their safety. Flyers need strength and flexibility to position their bodies into the air with the support of the bases and to keep their positions while performing the stunt.
Coordination & Flexibility
Timing and rhythm are crucial aspects in cheer. Practicing the sport helps kids improve their body control, concentration, and balance as they coordinate their moves to a beat and stay on count. Stretching exercises before, during and after cheerleading practice helps increase flexibility. Part of cheering involves high kick baskets, jumps, and stunts, all of which require flexible muscles.
Cheerleading provides opportunities for motivated kids to learn leadership skills. Even those who don't aspire to becoming a team leader can benefit by taking the opportunity to demonstrate leadership by:
- Offering advice to help teammates improve skills
- Setting a positive mood with their attitude
- Exemplifying hard work and discipline on and off the mat
- Being receptive to trying new things
Team Building
Like all team sports, cheerleading offers more than physical benefits. Sports can help teach kids essential life skills, including teamwork, discipline, and communication. Squad members must rely on each other for the effectiveness of routines, as well as ensuring each other's safety during difficult moves. If competition against other squads is involved, it becomes even more important to work together as a unified team.
Sports like cheerleading can help kids develop their self-confidence as well as their athleticism. Having a team to support and rely on can make kids feel more connected at school. Learning to master difficult skills, helping out teammates, and performing well at games and competitions can benefit the athletes who cheer, as well as the other athletes they support on the field or court.


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The Gro-light adapts your existing light to an adjustable nightlight. Easy to use - simply plug in to any light fitting and control from your light switch - 1 click of the switch for a soothing LED glow or 2 clicks for your main light bulb. No plug socket required!
The Gro-light offers an adjustable brightness to suit your needs, perfect for multiple uses including night feeds, checking on your child, landings or for toddlers.
- Fits bedside lamps or overhead lights
- Perfect for newborns onwards
- Energy efficient LED's
- Bayonet fitting - for the Screw Fit version of our Gro-light Click here
- Not suitable for use with dimmer switches
- Use the dial to adjust nightlight brightness
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Learn missions from missionaries on a mission field.
Expand your view of Italy, expand your view of the gospel, of the world, and of yourself. Join us at Saints Bible Institute for a term abroad brimming with personal growth, missions training, travel, and intensive learning. We aim to prepare you for a lifetime of evangelism, discipleship, cultural savvy, and perspective on European life and culture.
Why Saints Bible Institute?
Hear our students explain why they chose a term in Italy-- and why they recommend it to others! Click the video above.
"My term at SBI has been completely life-changing. Immersing myself in Italian culture and learning how to share the Gospel in a completely different context has changed the way I look at missions and travel in general. I am so thankful for the staff at SBI and their dedication to teaching and forming us into students who seek to carry God's redemptive plan to all the world. I highly recommend anyone considering SBI to COME...God is doing great things here!" --Abigail, Spring 2017
"The experience and insight I learned in Italy still affects me to this day." --Naomi, Fall 2012 Alumni
"My time in Italy with y'all was one of the most growth filled and beneficial times of my life, it has definitely been a major marker." --Stephan, Spring 2011 Alumni
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"For it is written: 'Cursed is anyone who is hanged from a tree.'"
---Galatians 3:13
In this chapter we study the significance of gravity, tension, solitude, and "I AM" as depicted in the twelfth and perhaps the most enigmatic arcanum of the Tarot: THE HANGED MAN. Didn't have time to read the chapter? That's okay! Come anyway! It's donation based, it's sure to be a spirited discussion, and if the weather's nice we'll be out in the garden.
Our weekly book club and study group is based on the masterpiece of Hermetic writing, "Meditations on the Tarot." This dense, poetic tome was published anonymously and posthumously at the request of the author, who from the prose seems to be a Roman Catholic scholar. The epistolary text deeply examines the 22 trumps of the Major Arcana in a series of 22 letters addressed to the reader, each beginning with the words "Dear Unknown Friend..."
At once intellectually rigorous, lyrically readable, and ripe with spiritual profundity, these friendly letters explore the Tarot as 22 spiritual exercises which will lead the reader to firsthand experiences of mysticism, gnosis, and magic.
Indispensable for the aspiring high magician, the thirsty philosopher, and the serious student of Tarot, the only problem with these letters is how to discuss them in a mere hour. Please join us on Thursday as we continue enjoying and exploring this inexhaustible piece of writing.
Attendance is donation based; we suggest $5-$15, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
"For it is written: 'Cursed is anyone who is hanged from a tree.'"