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Preview of the best book about running routes of the world
The deadline for sending a rough draft to me, if you would like to contribute, is Saturday, May 1st. Please send me something by then, even if it's just an email saying you've been really busy, but you'll get to it soon. Helen, I know you've been battling the volcano, so you have an extension :).
The people who have already sent me something have been a huge inspiration to me. First, I received a beautiful poem from John from Montreal. That's when I seriously started imagining my own chapter. Then I received a rough draft from Steve Q. This was inspiration enough for me to actually start writing my chapter. Next, I received this amazing picture from Martin. He is from Denmark, but took it while in Spain. You have to look at it closely to appreciate how incredible this shot is. He is a professional photographer who is not only contributing something in writing but also photography. I'm not sure which photo he will contribute, but he just sent this one to me to give a taste of the kind of work he does. Since that time I have started including visual aids in my own chapter. It is amazing how creativity begets creativity. Also, the concept for Leslie's chapter (that's Piccola Pinecone) really fascinates me. Even SR has started to write his. Let me put it this way: everyone who buys/loans/finds this book will be in for such an enjoyable read.
Since I just talked about talent, I will just say that, though many of you may think you're not talented writers, you might surprise yourself by how good of a story you can write about a running route that means something to you. Writing my chapter has been such a heart-wrenching experience. One night I was sobbing at the keyboard to the extent that SR had to pull me away. But I made it through the emotional roller coaster and have written the whole chapter and now I just need to make it better.
So, what are the rules of contributing? Well, I kept saying it just has to be a personal story about a running route. And this is true. But then I broke my own rule: mine is actually about two running routes, but I have a creative reason for doing it that way. You may also contribute poetry or art or photography, as long as it somehow depicts your own relationship with a running route! (Aside: I heard on the radio the description of a story that would NOT be acceptable: this is a book written by a 23 year old Norwegian girl about a "fictive" girl who keeps a diary about her obsession with the Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen. Even if she were to go on a run at some point in the story, this just would not do. On the opposite end of the spectrum, you should not write something that could be used as a national park brochure.) Back to the point. Your contribution may also be that you KNOW someone who would be perfect for contributing to the book and that you put them in contact with me. Or maybe it's just finally time for you yourself to become an author (or artist)!
Here is my email address: email@example.com
And here is a recent family photo, unrelated to this post, but demonstrating a high level of enthusiasm on command.
7 comments:
- PiccolaPineCone said...
so, are you sending out previews of your chapter to inspire us writer's-blocked contributors? if so, you know where to reach me.
p.s. thanks for your diagnosis of adhesions on my blog (don't want to violate the rule about blog author having more posts than the reader by posting this there). adhesions as a diagnosis make a lot of sense to me.
- 28 April 2010 at 16:34
- SteveQ said...
I'll have to go back to my chapter: I don't remember it as being very personal - more descriptive.
- 28 April 2010 at 17:33
- olga said...
If I don't get it (or email to confirm) to you by next Wed, then I am out. Life is just way too busy right now.
- 28 April 2010 at 17:58
- sea legs girl said...
Ha ha, Piccola. Should have never mentioned the rule :). Sure I'll send you the very unfinished product (my chapter). But only because you're so fast.
Steve, no, no. You don't need to cry or anything while writing it like I did. It just needs to be a personal perspective and yours is. But you're the author, so it's all up to you.
Thanks Olga. If you are REALLY intersted, I'm sure the publication of the book can wait for you, but then again, I don't want you to feel pressure to fit it into your schedule. So, yes, no word by Wednesday means no Olga chapter.
- 28 April 2010 at 19:45
Weee, I am also extremely busy. Thought I would have finished a chapter by now. Is it okay by next weekend?
Does it have to a single running trail. Or could it be a running area, with different routes?
- 29 April 2010 at 13:29
- ImogeneL22211 said...
越來越多人看你的部落格 要繼續加油喔 ..................................................
- 29 April 2010 at 15:46
- sea legs girl said...
Helle! I had to laugh at the "weee" :). Of course you can write about an area. Brings up the good point that most people do think of running in an "area" and not on a specific "route". Next wedensday is fine. I'll be looking forward to it.
ImogeneL22211, How nice of you to stop by.
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The motor bike donations came from Yamaha Uganda and SABMiller plc the parent company of Nile Breweries Limited which also produces the popular Rwenzori Mineral Water. The motor-bikes are to be used by UWA in stepping up patrols against illegal activities in Uganda's largest protected area. The Yamaha bike donated through Toyota was won by Piet de Jong who caught a fish closes to a hidden weight and he kindly on behalf of the fishing competition handed it over to UWA.
Mr. Dino Bianchi, the managing Director of Toyota/Yamaha Uganda, handed over the Yamaha motorbike to Mr. Raymond Engena, the director of Tourism and Business Services who represented the Executive Director UWA. At the same function, Mr. Robin Goetzsche, the Tanzania SABMiller plc MD, pledged a donation of a further motorcycle to UWA. The spontaneous decision was made at the MFIFT event after the SAB Miller team saw how hard UWA was working to protect the flora and fauna within the park for the benefit of domestic and international nature and fishing enthusiasts.
Michael Kegwin of the Uganda Conservation Foundation (UCF) who also donated five patrol bicycles for the law enforcement rangers, said UCF is currently planning the building of further marine ranger posts to give greater coverage in the fight against the poachers and has boosted the veterinary response unit with the provision of a refurbished vehicle and other equipment.
Mr. Engena flanked by the Murchison Falls Conservation Area Manager (CAM) Mr. Tom Okello thanked Georgie More and Peter Baldwin, the organizers of the annual fishing tournament whose proceeds have boosted UWA's conservation efforts as well as promoting Uganda's park as a prime fishing and tourist destination. He offered free special entrance for the MD's of the Sheraton, Nile Breweries Ltd and Toyota Uganda to the park to do sport fishing.
Peter Baldwin of MFIFT stated "Murchison Falls represents one of the last remaining habitats in Africa where Nile perch can be caught, studied and released in a recreational and research capacity. With all the effort UWA makes to conserve wildlife in Uganda, it is natural that we should to do our small part to support them and of course have some fun at the same time. The fact that our sponsors and participants continually support the event every year speaks volumes about what cooperation between the private and public sectors can accomplish. We're already looking forward to next year when we hope to set up a scholarship fund to allow a Ugandan post-graduate student the opportunity to research the aquaculture of Murchison Falls National Park. The findings of such studies could have a positive impact on Ugandan fisheries for years to come."
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Like in 2012, this year's event attracted a four-man team from Uganda Wildlife Authority led by Welbone Ojara who caught the largest fish of the last day weighing 48.8kg and a three man team from the neighboring community in order to appreciate fishing as not only a source of protein but a recreational activity that brings in excess of $100,000 annually to the park of which around UGX65,000,000 comes from the MFIFT.


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The band's album covers are repulsive. They hardly want to make me want to listen to the music. I'm not remotely a metal fan, but I still find it surprising that listeners could be lured to stuff like that. I heard some of Butchered at Birth off a friends cd player at school and I hated it.
All opinions aside, your review was very good, I liked the steps you took.
Very good read man. I'm looking forward to listening to this.
Thanks to both of you, I appreciate the feedback.
Yes, the covers are graphic, but it's just another level of the band designed to promote a reaction from people.
Basically by being repulsed, you're gratifying what they set out to do.
On another level, it's just a picture, it holds no water to the actual music sound.
If it helps, the cover for this album is just the band name and 'Kill' This Message Edited On 04.02.06
Album Rating: 4.0Just got it yesterday (along with the new TI album, I couldnt resist, I'm sorry)
So far its awesome, I haven't really givin it a deep listen, just a cursory one when I was running, still, it all sounds good
Nice review, maybe tighten the lay out a bit, but well written
Thanks man. I was gonna put in underlines and bolding but I wasnt sure if it was the same as the forums so I left it.
i'm sorry, what band is TI ?
Album Rating: 2.5Well written, and I liked the use of dissection / murder puns, "Scalpel sharp riffing" etc, made a very good read
I also liked the balanced approach to the pros / cons section, too many people on this site only review albums they love, and are totally biased in favour of the album, making a worthless fanboy review.
All in all, top review!
Album Rating: 4.0What a great review! Very well written, props to you.
I haven't been this impressed by a Cannibal Corpse album since The Bleeding (which ironically was their last album with Barnes)...great album from a great (and underappreciated band)
Album Rating: 4.0heheh TI is the self-proclaimed king of southern hip-hop in the US
nothing to do with Cannibal corpse, I'm listening to this again right now, the vocals on make them suffer are aces
Album Rating: 3.5This was a very long and informative review, good job.
Even though I've told myself I would never like Cannibal Corsep, I'm still going to give this a listen.This Message Edited On 04.02.06
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Album Rating: 4.0Very very nice review man, I must say this is one of my favorite Cannibal Corpse albums now. Bloodthirst and Gore Obsessed make up the rest of my top 3, and I daresay this beats out both of those. The Barnes era never appealed to me aside from The Bleeding, but it's no surprise considering that Barnes has destroyed any ounce of musical credibility via the abomination known as Six Feet Under.
Luckily Corpsegrinder knows his stuff, because Kill is proably one of their best albums ever. Every song is different, has some sweet riffage, and is a step forward in terms of technical proficiency.
Definitely a thumbs up to this review. This Message Edited On 04.02.06
I think I may have a bash at some more 'Corpse reviews in the near future.
ie: this week.
Album Rating: 3.5That's great. If your reviews are consistenly at this caliber then I will most pleased.
Heh, thanks, i'll try my best.
Album Rating: 4.0Damn Good Album!
Album Rating: 3.5awesome review dude....corpse rule, and this album fits in with their finest.
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Album Rating: 4.5An amazing & brutal Death Metal release.
Wow. That's the best review I've ever seen on here.
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Album Rating: 4.0Top review man, like your style. I always knew you'd be good at this.
Great album too, loved every second of it
cannibal corpse lyrics are hilarious. solid album
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WASHINGTON — Salvage logging could speed up on fire-scarred federal land near Yosemite National Park, under an amended bill passed by a divided House on Wednesday.
If the Senate goes along, the Yosemite-area logging would be exempt from the usual environmental challenges and could not be stopped by courts. In theory, the expedited logging would boost employment while protecting forests left vulnerable by last year's devastating Rim Fire.
"If we are to stop the loss of this forest land, the dead timber has got to come out now," said Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif. "If we wait for the normal bureaucratic reviews and litigation, we will have lost this forest land for decades."
The House approved McClintock's measure as part of a larger package of public lands bills. But as with other legislation approved by the Republican-controlled House, the overall bill's long-term prospects are uncertain. The House approved the overall bill by a 220-194 margin, with only six Democrats in support.
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The White House on Wednesday formally declared that it "strongly opposes" the overall public lands measure, citing in part the original version of McClintock's Sierra Nevada logging proposal. On the other hand, House Democrats did not really mobilize Thursday against the revised bill, and some suggested it's starting to get better.
The logging bill approved Thursday refines a measure introduced last September as the Yosemite Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act, a response to a weeks-long fire that burned 257,314 acres in Mariposa and Tuolumne counties. The blaze started in the Stanislaus National Forest from what officials say was a hunter's illegal campfire. It eventually spread into Yosemite until it was the third-largest wildfire in California's history.
The modified bill approved by the House declares the Forest Service's salvage logging proposed for the Stanislaus National Forest to be in compliance with an assortment of environmental laws. The bill further declares that the salvage logging project is "not subject to administrative review (or) judicial review by any court of the United States."
In negotiations, McClintock revised the bill to remove provisions that would have explicitly eliminated a standard public comment period and that would have compelled the Forest Service to initiate the timber salvage "immediately." As currently written, McClintock indicated, his bill could start the salvage logging by April.
The revised bill urges the Forest Service to use funds obtained from the salvage sales on local "restoration projects." Usually, timber sale funds go straight to the general U.S. Treasury.
Salvage logging is already proceeding on the approximately 24,000 acres of privately owned land affected by the Rim Fire; according to McClintock, this private-land logging is already about 60 percent complete. The Forest Service is proceeding more rapidly than usual, but is still going through its review process.
The Forest Service has proposed removing dead and dangerous trees from 29,648 acres. Officials say they expect to complete an environmental impact statement on their proposal by April, and to finalize a decision by August.
McClintock and his allies say that isn't fast enough. Though he initially wanted Yosemite National Park logging to be included in his salvage logging bill, the congressman confined the measure to 154,430 acres of Forest Service land.
"Without prompt emergency action, the impact of this wildfire could get even worse," said Rep. Doc Hastings, the Washington state Republican who chairs the House Natural Resources Committee.
McClintock likened his effort to a 2002 logging measure affecting the Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota. The much smaller Black Hills provision covered logging on approximately 700 acres, according to news accounts at the time.
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Which visual filters didn't show? It it is the Hebrew ones see the following thread http://community.logos.com/forums/t/61286.aspx
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I was assuming filters missing from your Documents menu but you may have been saying you can;t see them in the resource, so consider that Hebrew filters would not "kick in" as per the previous post.
The Greek filters are back. I made some changes to the filters on my PC (in some cases adding an "s" to the name of the filter) and next time into the Mac, they were there and working.
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What's worse than scalding yourself in the shower? Getting Legionnaires' disease—a type of pneumonia carried by stagnant water. Avoid both by setting your water heater to just the right temperature. The DIY experts at Stack Exchange are here to help.
When adjusting my hot water heater, what temperature should I set it to? Is the answer different if you have: concerns about diseases, a dishwasher, young children or elderly that can be easily burned, electric vs. gas heat, type of plumbing (e.g. PEX or Copper)? Also, is there a preferred technique to check the temperature of the water after adjusting it?
A Goldilocks Water Heater (Answered by SAJ14SAJ)
There are two main and opposing risks:
- Too high, and users get scalded
- Too low, and you risk pathogens, particularly Legionella, which causes legionellosis (Legionnaires' disease)
Minimum Temperature
According to the paper Legionella and the prevention of legionellosis, found at the World Health Organization website, temperature affects the survival of Legionella as follows:
- Above 70 °C (158 °F): Legionella dies almost instantly
- At 60 °C (140 °F): 90% die in 2 minutes
- At 50 °C (122 °F): 90% die in 80–124 minutes, depending on strain
- At 48 to 50 °C (118 to 122 °F): Can survive but do not multiply
- 32 to 42 °C (90 to 108 °F): Ideal growth range
Most current-model dishwashers have a minimum requirement of 49 °C (120 °F). Most have heaters and will heat the interior as needed. If yours is older you may want to check specifications. Dishwasher detergent varies, but "works best between 50 and 60 °C" seems to be a fairly common statement. There is also cold-water detergent on the market that works at basically any temperature.
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Setting too high can scald someone using the water. This is particularly easy because when you first open the tap, the water in the pipes has cooled down some, and so its temperature will raise (possibly dramatically) once the water from the tank reaches the point of use. Young children are at higher risk because their skin is thinner. Some people, especially the elderly, are at higher risk because they may be less sensitive and slower to move away from scalding water.The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recommends setting to 49 °C (120 °F).
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From LegionellaPrevention:
Dead legs: Dead legs (branches that are capped off or rarely used) contain stagnant water that can be an ideal breeding ground for bacteria which can contaminate the entire system. This should not be surprising as the water in the dead leg would get warm, but never hot to the temperature of the main flow.
If unavoidable, a valve should be installed as close to the main line as possible (no more than 1 pipe diameter away) to minimize risk.
PEX vs. Copper: In a study, Legionella seemed to grow a bit faster in PEX than copper (over a period of 500 days), however, over a period of 800 days there was essentially no difference in growth and both pipes had identical biofilms formed inside them.
Copper in theory would cool down faster than PEX, but given enough time (likely a couple hours), the temperature of both would cool to the ambient temperature. There's a separate question that discusses if it's worthwhile to insulate pipes, but even with insulation, the water in the pipes will eventually cool to ambient.
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From Heated Debate about Hot Water: The country's top experts, represented on the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes (CCBFC), have rejected the lower maximum hot water tank temperature of 49 C. In spite of this, trusted organizations are telling homeowners to lower their hot water tank temperature to 49 C as a precaution against scalds from tap water. Some even offer tips on how to find the thermostat so you can adjust it yourself. The bottom line is that water must be stored at a high temperature as a precaution against bacteria. It can be delivered from the tap at a lower temperature to prevent scalds.
The article Residential water heater temperature: 49 or 60 degrees Celsius?, published in the Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, concludes:
"In our opinion, it is important to reduce both the risk of scalds and the risk of legionellosis associated with domestic water supplies. For water heaters servicing a single housing unit: Electric water heaters should be set at 60°C to limit the risk of Legionella contamination, and equipped with antiscald devices to deliver water at 49°C to the entire household. Gas or oil water heaters should be set at 49°C, because the risk of scalding is greater with these devices.
For water heaters servicing multiple unit housing complexes: More complex water distribution systems are more likely to be contaminated, and the recommendations from the WHO should apply no matter what type of water heater is used: hot water must be stored at 60°C inside the water heater by ensuring, at least once a day, the temperature reaches at least 60°C in the entire tank. Moreover, water should reach the tap at a temperature of at least 50°C. Taps in these buildings, especially in the bath or shower where most scalds occur, should be equipped with antiscald devices to decrease the water temperature to 49°C or less."
The best scenario seems to be to install anti-scald mixing valves at each human point of use (eg, sinks, tubs): whether it be integrated in a shower valve, or installed under the sink. The tank gets set to the WHO-recommended 60°C. Each human point-of-use is limited to the CPSC-recommended 49 °C (120 °F). You may even want it lower (eg, 110 °F) in kid's bathrooms. Other uses—dishwasher, washing machine, humidifier—can get the full 60°C with no issue.
The downside to this, of course, is cost: you need to install the valves on each hot water tap. For sinks, this is relatively easy to retrofit; for tubs/showers it may be more difficult.
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Commission to examine legal obstacles to cross-border trade in insurance
The European Commission is set to examine barriers to cross-border trade in insurance products caused by different contract laws in the EU's Member States, after today launching a call for experts to look into the problem. The expert group will identify to what extent contract law differences hinder cross-border distribution and use of insurance by European businesses and consumers. For example, a citizen moving to work in another EU country may be forced to take out a new car insurance policy, or face problems having their rights under a private pension plan recognised if taken out in another EU country. And businesses with branches in several EU countries may be forced to get separate policies under different conditions in each country instead of a single policy for all their property. The group will report at the end of 2013, after which the Commission will decide on any possible follow-up actions.
"This year we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of our Single Market which is at the heart of cross-border trade. But there is still work ahead of us, for example in the insurance sector where the level of cross-border trade in insurance products remains very low: just 0.6% of all motor insurance premiums and 2.8% of property insurance premiums are offered to customers across EU borders," said Vice-President Viviane Reding, the EU's Justice Commissioner. "Differences in contract law may hinder cross-border trade for both small- and medium-sized companies and consumers buying across borders as well as for some insurance companies. As this is a very complex area, we are asking experts to analyse the situation and report back to us before we decide on possible next steps."
The Expert Group on Insurance Contract Law will bring together key stakeholders, including insurance providers, representatives of consumer and business users, academics and legal professionals. It will assist the Commission in examining whether differences in insurance contract laws hinder cross-border distribution and use of insurance products by businesses and consumers. If this is indeed the case, the Expert Group will also identify which types of insurance are most affected. It is likely to focus on insurance products of a greater economic significance, such as:
The Expert Group will hold monthly meetings and will report on its findings at the end of 2013. Based on this report the Commission will decide whether further analysis in this area is necessary.
On 11 October 2011, the European Commission proposed an optional Common European Sales Law to boost trade and expand consumer choice in areas outside financial services (IP/11/1175, MEMO/11/680). On 21 September 2011 Vice-President Viviane Reding met with leaders of European insurance companies to start a dialogue with the insurance sector about the possible added value of an optional European Insurance Contract Law (MEMO/11/624).
The establishment of the Expert Group is a follow-up to this meeting and concerns raised by stakeholders during the consultation on a "Green Paper on policy options for progress towards a European contract law for consumers and businesses" which preceded this proposal (IP/10/872). In particular, insurance representatives pointed out that it was currently not possible to offer uniform insurance products across the EU based on a single European legal framework. They noted that differences in insurance contract laws generated additional costs and legal uncertainty in cross-border trade in insurance products.
The European Parliament subsequently called on the Commission to examine the situation in the insurance sector in more detail (EP Resolution 2011/2013/(INI)).
The members of the Expert Group will be selected in a competitive selection procedure, which the Commission launched today.
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European Commission – contract law: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/contract/index_en.htm
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On the eve of giving star witness testimony against mobster kingpin Albert Anastasia in 1941, Abe "Kid Twist" Reles plunges to his death from his "police protected" suite on the sixth floor of the Half Moon Hotel on Coney Island. Officially ruled a "suicide," the death of the former senior member of Murder Inc. turned canary was, most certainly, a push, not a hop.
by Robert Walsh
It's a cold and dark night on November 12, 1941. Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, once a senior member of Murder Inc. and now one of the most important canaries in American history, is preparing a makeshift ladder that will help him climb from the sixth floor of the Half Moon Hotel on Coney Island, N.Y., where he is being held in protective custody to turn state's evidence against that most vicious and notorious of New York's mobsters, Albert "Lord High Executioner" Anastasia.
He keeps his preparations as quiet as possible, to avoid attracting the attention of the half dozen detectives assigned to guard him around the clock while he gives evidence that could put Anastasia in Sing Sing's infamous electric chair. Having narrowly avoided a date with "Old Sparky" himself, he has no qualms about inflicting the same on his former friends if it will save his own skin.
He slips the makeshift ladder, made of bed sheets and radio wire, out of the window and, tying one end firmly around his waist, cautiously begins to ease himself out onto the window ledge. Too much noise now will only cause his guards to check up on him, so he is as quiet as possible as he slides out onto the ledge. He begins his descent to the empty fifth floor suite directly below his gilded cage, a cage fit for a canary of his stature. He slowly begins to ease himself down, searching with his feet for the ledge below, leaving scratches and marks upon it that will be found by the FBI crime lab examiners later. (Despite exhaustive research, this writer has been unable to find any evidence that these marks were actually made by Reles and not by persons unknown. A simple forensic test on the shoes Reles was wearing when he fell would have cleared this up, but seemingly one was not performed).
Then the rope, rated by FBI experts as being too weak to take his weight, snaps and Reles plunges six floors onto the extended roof of the hotel, dying instantly. That night in New York and California, grown men will dance with joy. Abe Reles, the most important canary in the country at that time, is dead and nobody can be blamed.
Or can they?
It's unlikely, with the passing of time and the passing of many of those who really knew, that the full story of the death of "Kid Twist" will ever really be known. What is known, and has been commented on a number of occasions, is that the official version (or we should say, versions) of events don't seem to bear much scrutiny. Some say he was murdered, some say it was an accident, some say it was suicide. But we don't know for sure and it's likely that we shall never be able to say with 100 percent certainty.
This writer, among others, believes that Reles was murdered, although precisely by whom cannot be established and almost certainly never will be. Certainly, the official versions of events, for even official sources seem unable to agree on what exactly happened, have all manner of flaws and, while the official versions bear little scrutiny, the flaws seem fairly illuminating if, as this writer does, you believe that Abe Reles's death was neither suicide nor accidental.
We start with the means. According to godfather "Lucky" Luciano and Mafia turncoat Joe Valachi, Reles was thrown or pushed out of the window while either asleep or having been knocked unconscious with a police nightstick by his guards, with the boss of the NYPD Detective Bureau, Captain Frank Bals, being in on the murder. In The Life and Times of Lepke Buchalter by Paul Kavieff (Barricade Books, 2006), Luciano is quoted as saying, "The truth of the whole thing was that the whole bunch of cops was on the take and Bals handled the whole thing ... We paid him 50 grand and set aside some more money for the other guys in case they hadda take a rap. The way I heard it was that Bals stood there in the room and supervised the whole thing. Reles was sleepin' and one of the cops gave him a tap with a billy and knocked him out. Then they picked him up and heaved him out the window. For Chrissake, he landed so far from the wall he couldn't've done that even if he jumped!"
Valachi was more general, though just as firm, according to writers William Balsamo and George Carpozi Jr. in their book Crime Incorporated (True Crime Library, 1988). There he is quoted as stating categorically that Reles had been murdered by his guards and that "the boys," meaning the Mafia, were all aware of this at the time it happened.
Assistant D.A. Burton Turkus, famous as the man who nailed so many of Murder Inc.'s members including boss Louis "Lepke" Buchalter (although D.A. O'Dwyer was only too happy to take full credit himself), was also categorical in describing the case as an unsolved murder. In the epilogue to Kill the Dutchman!, Paul Sann quotes Turkus stating that "Abe Reles was thrown out of that window. I never knew who did it, but he was thrown out. I know he wasn't risking his life on a bed sheet and some wire."
The forensic evidence, aside from the unidentified marks on the window ledge which may or may not have been made by Reles, doesn't seem to match up either. The makeshift ladder was examined by FBI experts and listed as having a breaking strain of 130 pounds, far less than Reles's actually weighed. Yet the FBI website lists Reles's death as suicide. So here's another discrepancy to investigate. If Reles was attempting to escape, why does the FBI's own website list his death as suicide? If he was trying to commit suicide, then why bother with a rope ladder at all? Why not simply open the window and jump, as suicide cases usually do? Come to that, why would Reles commit suicide having tried so hard to escape the chair? He turned on his former associates to escape an appointment with "Old Sparky," was willing to condemn untold numbers of them to the fate that he so conspicuously managed to avoid, and then commits suicide? That really doesn't make any sense at all. Also, a climber who is climbing vertically will also fall vertically. Reles is said to have landed no less than nine feet from the wall of the hotel, despite having fallen only six floors – seemingly a remarkable drift for someone falling vertically down a sheer wall with nothing to bounce off.
So far we've examined means and opportunity. Now let's look at motive. The date of Reles's death is significant because it came on the eve of his giving testimony against the Mafia's "Lord High Executioner" (and one of the bosses of Murder Inc.) Albert "The Mad Hatter" Anastasia, in the murder case against him for allegedly killing or ordering the death of Morris Diamond, a partner of Louis "Lepke" Buchalter in the flour trucking rackets. Later that same day, Reles was due to give evidence that could well have speeded Anastasia's path to Sing Sing's infamous death chamber. Never one to allow such a threat to escape unpunished, Anastasia's attitude to informers was uncompromising to put it mildly. Later on in his career, he was to watch a TV news report giving the name of an informant against Willie Sutton (the "King of the Bank Robbers"). Despite the fact that Sutton had nothing to do with Anastasia or the Mafia, Anastasia turned to an accomplice and ordered the informant to be killed, according to Mob informer Joe Valachi. The informant, one Arnold Schuster, was found dead only a month or so later. The case against Anastasia was then dropped for lack of evidence.
Reles also had another major enemy within the Syndicate, a certain Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel. After the Murder Inc. hit on Harry "Big Greenie" Greenberg in California during 1940, where Siegel had played a major part, Reles was in a position to corroborate Allie "Tick Tock" Tannenbaum's account of the murder, putting Siegel squarely in line for a date with the gas chamber at San Quentin. Like Anastasia and the rest of the New York underworld, Siegel would have been only too happy to see Reles dead as he would have walked from the murder charge. And that's exactly what happened. For without Reles's evidence to corroborate Tannenbaum's account, Siegel went free and the case against him was dismissed.
There was also the fact that Reles having rolled over could, and did, make other gangsters decide to talk their way out of various tight spots. Sholem Bernstein, a fellow Murder Inc. associate, made up his mind to talk as well after talking to Reles and numerous other gangsters followed suit such as Allie "Tick Tock" Tannenbaum, Seymour "Blue Jaw" Magoon, Myer Sycoff and others. An example would have to be made to stop the rot spreading and protect the Syndicate bosses, and who better than the most prominent of them all? Nowadays, in a time of Sammy Gravano, Henry Hill, Jimmy Fratianno and others, it seems that indicted gangsters are often more than happy to trade information for a lighter sentence. At that time it was very different and very novel for a gangster to make such a deal, and it may have seemed like a growing trend that the Syndicate bosses, never men to shirk from doing the "heavy work" at the best of times, would do anything to stop.
Reles also had personal dealing with the boss of Murder Inc., Louis "Lepke" Buchalter. For instance, Reles acted as Lepke's principal go-between and personal bodyguard when Lepke went on the run to try to escape drugs and racketeering charges. Reles also handled murder contracts and day to day business of Murder Inc. He knew some of Murder Inc.'s many victims, the motives for their deaths and could also find those witnesses needed under New York State law to corroborate both his own evidence and that of his fellow informants. He knew about the murder of Joseph Rosen in particular, being well acquainted with both Rosen's killers (Emmanuel "Mendy" Weiss, Louis Capone and Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss) and their motive.
In short, Abe Reles knew where the bodies were buried. Literally.
Still more questions remain unanswered. In one account of Reles's death, it is stated unequivocally that the detectives guarding him were awake and alert on the night that Reles died, and that at least one talked to him less than an hour before his body was found. Why would a detail of awake and alert detectives, supposedly an elite squad and guarding one of America's most important canaries, have left him alone long enough to construct a rope ladder and try to scale the hotel wall? Why did they not notice that something was amiss, seasoned detectives supposedly being highly observant people whose business is spotting anything suspicious? And what could they have said or done to make Reles decide he was better off taking his chances on the run?
Which brings us to another issue worthy of consideration. Reles had already cut a deal that he would be granted immunity in return for his testimony. He may well have lost that immunity if he reneged on his deal and didn't testify, which, given his acknowledged reputation as a top-notch hit man and his admission to a number of murders, 18 to be exact, would have put him in the very position he was trying to avoid, which was a date with "Old Sparky." His former colleagues in Murder Inc. had also sworn to nail him one way or another so he lost out all around if he decided to run. Maybe Reles was more scared of his guards than of his former associates. If so, what precisely did a man with immunity from prosecution, supposedly guarded night and day by New York's finest, have to fear? And what would scare him so much that he would prefer to take his chances as both a fugitive from the law and a refugee from the underworld. There wasn't a hit man in the country who wouldn't have wanted Reles as a notch on his gun belt at that time, both for the money and the kudos, and barely a major gang boss (in New York or California) who didn't have everything to gain and nothing to lose by that happening. So why did he run?
It's certainly a possibility that Reles was more afraid of being in "protective" custody than of being loose on the street, for Murder Inc.'s reach certainly extended into areas it was never wanted. In 1937 Max Rubin, a high level associate of Lepke's, went before a grand jury investigating New York's rackets and testified. He was shot in the head, although miraculously survived the shooting, not long after testifying. As Rubin later said: "I went into the grand jury room where nobody knew where I was and ended up shot in the head." As a similarly high ranking Murder Inc. member, Reles would no doubt have been well aware of what had been done to Rubin and may have been anxious to avoid the same fate. The weight of evidence either for or against this idea is unclear, however, as only Reles himself could answer that question.
I'll close with one more salient point. The detectives on duty, according to at least one account anyway, were not the first people to notice Reles was missing. They saw nothing and, even more interestingly, heard nothing as Reles plunged from the hotel to his death. Are we to believe that a fully conscious man on the brink of death would simply fall, tightlipped and silent? Especially when there is testimony from so senior a crime boss as Luciano that states unequivocally that Reles was blackjacked before his exit from the window? Furthermore, if the detectives didn't do it themselves, how could they not notice the arrival in a heavily guarded hotel suite of whoever did? This writer submits that this concurs with Luciano's account of the mysterious case of the "Half Moon Hop."
This writer would also suggest that, not only was Reles murdered, he was murdered by his supposed bodyguards and the matter was, rather incompetently, covered up. There are a number of reasons for my making this claim and they are as follows.
If Reles didn't kill himself (which he clearly did not) or fall accidentally (which is possible but, to put it mildly under the circumstances, doubtful) then there is only one other explanation. That explanation is that he was either thrown or pushed out of the window.
Corruption was a major and long-standing problem in the New York Police Department at the time. Police officers were vastly overworked, understaffed and paid a pittance in relation to the risks that they were required to run on a daily basis as police officers. Also, a considerable number of NYPD officers, including some very senior officers, had been nailed on charges of or relating to corrupt activities of various kinds. One senior officer, Lt. Charles Becker, was even electrocuted for ordering the successful murder of a bookmaker who had threatened to expose Becker as being heavily involved in illegal gambling and even conducting his illegal business while acting as chief of the NYPD Gambling Squad.
Public confidence in the NYPD, already somewhat shaky anyway, would have been shaken to its foundations if it could have been proved that not only was an entire witness protection detail corrupt and willing to commit murder for money, but that the commander (a very senior and highly respected officer) did himself personally supervise a contract killing.
Lastly, and perhaps most important, the entire concept of witness protection (now a mainstay in the fight against organized crime), and the immensely valuable testimony from informers gathered as a result would have been gravely threatened. Law enforcement, especially in the United States, could have been dealt a devastating and crippling blow from which it may never have fully recovered. The entire fight against organized crime would have been placed in the utmost jeopardy.


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What my Grandfather's drill can teach us about designing business software
I come from a long line of blue-collar workers who helped keep New York City running smoothly in the mid-20th century.
My maternal grandfather, Anthony Paretti, was a New York City subway repairman who kept the trains moving safely and on time so people could get to and from work, school, and home. And my paternal grandfather, John Gould, worked for years as a repairman in New York City for the Otis Elevator company.
When my parents downsized their living quarters a few years back, my eight siblings and I helped sort through the stuff they'd accumulated over their almost 60-year marriage. Some things we donated, some we threw out, and some cherished things were divided among us: fine china, antique quilts, old photographs. What I kept was my Grandpa Gould's old drill.
He used this drill to keep elevators running smoothly in buildings throughout Manhattan for many years. I love the drill's clarity of purpose, its power, and its durability — his drill has remained in working condition for over half a century. I love his drill because it reminds me that making high quality tools for people is one of the highest leverage things we can do as designers.
Tools amplify human abilities
Sometimes we forget about the role that tools play in our lives. We take them for granted as we integrate them, fluidly and effectively, into our workflows and everyday lives: scissors, hammers, utensils, pencils. Other more complex and sophisticated tools, like medical devices, computer servers, 3D printers, and telescopes, let us reach well beyond what humans could ever accomplish without them.
My grandfather's drill increased his physical capacity, so he could do things faster and better than he could have with his own, unaided physical strength. With his drill, he allowed people across New York to work and live far above the ground, way up in the sky. A few hundred years ago, this would have been unimaginable, but through the invention and use of many kinds of tools, it is now a commonplace part of the human experience. I think the term 'tools' has become so trite that it fails to convey the impressive potential they have to enhance the human experience and increase each person's potential to do good things in the world.
This is even more true when we look at the impact and potential of digital tools. Software, especially when connected through networks, has the ability to amplify someone's ideas and actions well beyond what a physical tool can do. Compare the potential audience of a physical megaphone to a YouTube video. Or a physical library to the Google Search engine. Or a physical scrapbook of photos to an Instagram feed. Physical tools and software tools are both valuable in their own right, but there is no denying that digital tools have a massive potential for global impact because they can be distributed so much more widely and efficiently than physical ones. Of course, with this potential comes great responsibility, both on the part of the inventor of the tool and also on the part of the person utilizing it.
Yet our understanding of the craft of digital tools is still in its infancy. The Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum recently mounted an exhibit called "Tools: Reaching Beyond Our Grasp," which celebrates the design of tools throughout human history. The inventive utility of the objects in the collection is enormously inspiring, and some of the designs are also aesthetically breathtaking. The exhibit features everything from Stone Age hand axes made from rocks to 19th-century fishing implements to high tech space gloves designed for the Apollo space missions. But as I walked through the exhibit and later perused the full collection in the excellent printed catalog, I was not surprised by the absence of business software.
Unlike the objects in the exhibit, software designed for businesses are often sorely lacking in craft. One might think this lower bar of design quality doesn't matter since relatively few people have to use these tools on a daily basis. But the lack of excellent business tools should alarm anyone interested in improving society's most complex ecosystems, including government, healthcare, education, and advertising.
Why is business software so badly designed? And why should we care?
Unlike widely popular consumer products like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Google, only a small percentage of the human population ever use business software, yet their use effects nearly everyone's lives. They are used to manage budgets and human resources, procure goods and manage the bidding of contracts, transport goods and services, track the progress of students and patients, and help businesses plan and run marketing campaigns to connect their businesses, brands, products, and services to people around the world. Given the impact of these tools on our lives, it is all the more concerning that they are often very difficult to use.
It's easy to assume that the experience of using these products is bad because there aren't good designers working on them, but this is not necessarily the case. There are often passionate, talented designers who want to launch great products just as much as those working in consumer-oriented industries. Unfortunately, many things conspire to deliver poor user experiences.
Sometimes the companies developing business software are insufficiently staffed with design resources. Sometimes they don't conduct enough user research to truly internalize the needs of their core users. Sometimes they have legacy backend systems that make it incredibly difficult to improve the UI, even in obvious ways. And sometimes the leadership in these companies has not adopted a design-led philosophy that prioritizes end-user experience. These influential but poorly designed products live in the shadows, where design quality is often not an imperative. Consequently, they can be bloated with features, suffer from complex and inefficient navigation, and fail to support core use cases. The resulting experiences are too often inefficient, ineffective, and disempowering.
This would be bad enough if people were only subjected to these experiences once in a while, like having to visit the Department of Motor Vehicles to renew your driver's license. But for some jobs and occupations, people are obliged to use them many hours each day. Can you imagine if a consumer product you had to use many times a day was a miserable, inefficient experience? You'd revolt, change brands, find a better option. But when you are a junior assistant media buyer in an ad agency, or a nurse in the maternity ward, or a teacher in a public school system, you don't have that kind of power or choice.
But it's not just about sympathizing with those forced to use poorly designed software. It's also about recapturing the waste that these inefficient and ineffective tools create. It is hard to calculate the amount of financial and human capital lost through the use of these tools, capital that could be reinvested in better products and services, job creation, and general economic development. This is a hugely exciting opportunity for designers to create not just interesting products, but products that address some of society's biggest challenges.
The beauty of the beginner's mind
Three years ago when I joined Facebook to lead the Business Design team, I had no experience designing business software. I'd spent most of my career building consumer applications and experiences like YouTube and Google Search. I'll admit I was nervous when I started because this work was in some ways far more complex than consumer design. I worried that my lack of ad tech experience would make it hard for me to have the impact I wanted to have. But I could see that improving the quality of business products was one of the biggest levers for improving the experience of using Facebook, by making marketing more relevant and more valuable. Can we even imagine a world where we only see highly relevant marketing messages? Ads that are attuned to our interests, needs, and lives? We are so awash in irrelevant and interruptive advertising that this can be hard to envision, but I am excited to build tools that help make it a reality.
And over time, I realized something even more important: the fact that I wasn't a domain expert allowed me — and many members of my team who also don't have an ad tech background — to approach these problems with fresh eyes, unencumbered by "how things are supposed to work." The beginner's mind, combined with the expertise of many colleagues who have deep domain knowledge, is a winning combination.
We still have a long way to go to consistently achieve our own aspirations for the quality of products we want to build. There is no denying that it has been a steep learning curve, but if I'm not learning, I'm not growing, and I still hope to grow a lot more before I'm through. Over the years, I've learned that there is no free lunch when it comes to having a big impact, and that the constraints and complexities of this work feel like a fair price for the positive change we hope to create in the world.
Moving forward, there's a lot that my team and I want to share about the things we've learned in hopes that others can apply it to their work. And we'd love to engage other teams and companies looking to raise the bar of quality in business software in conversations that help all boats rise with the tide. I believe that if we do our jobs right, then just like my grandfather's drill, the tools we design can have a huge positive ripple affect in the world. It's challenging and exhilarating work, and we are very much at the beginning of the journey. I hope many more members of the design community decide to join us.


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BillionGraves - Netherlands Cemeteries
BillionGraves provides an app for smartphones so that users can take photos of gravestones at any cemetery worldwide and upload the photos to the BillionGraves web site. Users can then transcribe the gravestone information from the photos online. Use of the site is free. You can either earn or purchase extra features such as the "Record Watch" that will alert you when a specific search term of yours comes online. Earn some of these features through participation in the BillionGraves project by uploading and transcribing photos.
De Gezichten van Margraten / The Faces of Margraten
The Stichting Verenigde Adoptanten Amerikaanse Oorlogsgraven (Foundation United Adopters American War Graves) would like to offer a unique tribute to the thousands who have been buried in the American War Cemetery and Memorial Netherlands in Margraten through the project "The Faces of Margraten."
Baptism, birth, marriage, wedding, divorce, deceased, burial, municipal register from 1575 through 1959 in the Netherlands. Archives included: Gemeentearchief Delft, Archief Eemland, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Eindhoven, Noord-Hollands Archief, Regionaal Archief Leiden, Gemeentearchief Rotterdam, Haags Gemeentearchief.
Graftombe.nl - Begraafplaatsen online
Index of people buried in cemeteries and graveyards throughout the Netherlands, primarily the northern provinces of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe. Search by location or surname. Scanned images of headstones available upon request. Important note: many graves in the Netherlands are cleared after 20-30 years and older graves therefore may not be listed.
Het grafstenen project Noord-Holland
Cemetery transcriptions.
Online Begraafplaatsen - 900000 graven online op 1700 begraafplaatsen
Netherlands cemeteries with photos from gravestones. Free website.
Stadsarchief Amsterdam / Amsterdam City Archives
Historical and topographical archive that includes millions of maps, drawings, prints, books and a considerable collection of audio, photographic and film material.
Archives Database, Introduction
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Oakland officer shot - suspect held
(01-26) 07:21 PST OAKLAND -- An Oakland police officer was shot and wounded Friday evening, the second officer in the city to be injured by gunfire this week, authorities said.
Witnesses said the shooting happened after a man in a car ran a stop sign, crashed into another car at 47th Avenue and East 12th Street, and ran off. Shortly thereafter, an uncle and his nephew reported that they were shot at a block away by a man who tried to steal the uncle's bicycle.
Moments later, at about 5:50 p.m., an officer confronted a man with a gun. The gunman opened fire, hitting the officer in the leg. The suspect fled on foot and was chased by the wounded officer and his partner, who fired a shot. The suspect wasn't hit but gave up. It was not immediately clear if the suspect was the same man who had fled from the scene of the crash.
The wounded officer, a 13-year department veteran whose name wasn't immediately released, was taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland. His wounds were not considered to be life-threatening, police said.
The shooting happened four days after an undercover officer conducting surveillance was shot in the arm in a confrontation with several men on the 1700 block of Seminary Avenue. Five suspects were arrested.
"We're not going to tolerate being fired upon," said Police Chief Howard Jordan.
Friday's incident began when a 19-year-old man and his sister driving east on East 12th Street in a Chevrolet Impala were hit by a speeding Chevrolet Camaro. The Camaro driver ran a stop sign at 47th Avenue. The impact of the crash caused both cars to spin onto a sidewalk.
The driver of the Camaro had a purplish bruise under his left eye, said the brother, who didn't want his name used. The Camaro driver repeatedly said, "Oh my God" and asked the siblings if they were OK, and then fled when the brother asked him if he had any identification.
A police officer arrived to take a report but then heard gunfire nearby and sped off, the brother said. A man and his uncle came running up and told the brother that a man with a gun had just tried to steal the uncle's bicycle and fired shots. The nephew told the brother that he had "felt a bullet pass by his head."
The officer-involved shooting happened moments later.
"I'm kind of speechless," the brother said.
San Francisco Chronicle staff writer Vivian Ho contributed to this report.
Demian Bulwa and Henry K. Lee are San Francisco Chronicle staff writers. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @demianbulwa, @henryklee


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$425 million Powerball jackpot has many seeing dollar signs
The Powerball jackpot is estimated to reach $425 million on Wednesday and may even climb to an even higher amount if ticket sales exceed expectations.
The thought of winning one of the biggest multistate pots in U.S. history has may people dreaming including some residents on Long Island, just outside New York City. They were hard hit by Hurricane Sandy.
Retiree Raymond Parker wants to share the joy when the Powerball winning numbers are chosen Wednesday night.
"A lot of people should win, not just one," he said.
Like many Long Beach residents, Parker said his car was destroyed by rising floodwaters during the storm. But he's not contemplating buying a new one if he wins the jackpot.
The 67-year-old joked that he'd probably hire a chauffeur instead.
To date, four jackpot-winning Powerball tickets were sold in New York according to CBS station WCBS in New York. The previous biggest jackpot was $365 million in 2006, which was won by eight employees in a Nebraska meatpacking plant.
Earlier in 2012, a $656 million Mega Millions jackpot drove many people mad. Winning tickets were drawn in Kansas, Illinois and Maryland.
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One group that will definitely be a winner no matter what numbers are drawn are the 42 states that run Powerball, Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Los Angeles Times reported. They made a record $60.8 billion in ticket sales during the 2011 to 2012 fiscal year, an 8.7 percent increase from the last year. Even though prices were doubled to $2, there was a 27 percent increase in sales revenue.
Just how lucky do you have to be? According to the Multi-State Lottery Association, the odds of winning the Powerball jackpot is 1 in 175 million. But, if Lady Luck happens to be on your side, the cash value on a single $425 million dollar winner is $278 million after taxes.


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The San Francisco Public Library is proud to announce the opening of the exhibition, Singgalot (The Ties That Bind), on August 14, in the Main Library, Jewett Gallery. The exhibition, which will be on view through October 24, celebrates 100 years of the Filipino American experience with photographs, images and historical documents drawn from the National Archives, the Library of Congress, the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) and personal collections. The exhibition also honors Filipino American History Month in October, which was designated by the California State Assembly last year and commemorates the period of the year in which the first Filipinos arrived in the U.S.
Singgalot illuminates the struggles and triumphs of a significant community whose history is often ignored. Documenting Filipino workers on sugar and pineapple plantations in Hawaii, the United Farm Workers union, Filipino artists and the Filipino contribution to the U.S. armed forces, this exhibition traces the story of the population from colonial subjects to property owners and community members.
This exhibition is especially relevant to San Francisco, which has one of the largest Filipino American populations outside of the Philippines. It charts a history of Filipino presence in North America from the first transoceanic trade missions between Manila and Acapulco in the mid-16th century to the 19th century. Its images depict the first significant wave of Filipino immigrants who came as American nationals after the U.S. acquired the Philippines in the 1898 Treaty of Paris. The exhibition follows successive waves of immigrants who pursued studies as Pensionados, worked as migrant laborers as sakadas, and found jobs in industries such as canning factories on the West Coast.
Mitchell Yangson, librarian for the Filipino American Center at the Main Library, said Singgalot (The Ties That Bind) will allow for important comparisons and reflection on local and national Filipino American experiences. The Filipino American Center was begun in 1996 in response to a community need to represent an often-overlooked population. The Center collects historical and cultural objects and literature which focus on the Filipino American experience in San Francisco. This civic collection complements the precedent set by courses about Filipino American identity in educational institutions across the state—notably the Asian American Studies program begun at San Francisco State University in the 1970s. The Library anticipates Singgalot (The Ties That Bind) will provide an important educational platform for the local Filipino community and the wider population.
Singgalot (The Ties That Bind) was developed by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program and organized for travel by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The national tour has been made possible by Farmers Insurance.
Related Programs and Displays:
The Smithsonian Community Grant program, funded by MetLife Foundation, is a proud sponsor of these public programs.
Opening Program: History of Filipinos in the Bay Area
Featured panelists: San Francisco State University historians Daniel Gonzales, professor of Asian American Studies in the College of Ethnic Studies, and Dawn Mabalon, professor of History in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences. Musical performance by NEA recipient Danongan Kalanduyan.
Saturday, Aug. 21, 1-3 p.m., Koret Auditorium, Main Library
The Filipino American Community in San Francisco
Featured speaker: M.C. Canlas of the Bayanihan Center and the Filipino-American Development Foundation.
Thursday, Aug. 26, 6-7:30 p.m., Latino/Hispanic Community Room, Main Library
Our Stories through Words and Movement
Philippine-American performer/author Anthem Salgado will offer a series of exercises to help individuals find their unique voice in writing and performance.
Thursday, Sept. 2, 5-7 p.m., Latino/Hispanic Community Room, Main Library
Designing Lesson Plans for Filipino American History Month in October
Featured speakers: Teachers from the Pin@y Educational Partnerships (PEP) and PEP Director Allyson Tintiangco Cubales, professor of Asian American Studies in the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University.
Saturday, Sept. 4, 11 a.m.–1 p.m., Latino/Hispanic Community Room, Main Library
Roots of Filipino American Jazz in San Francisco
Featured panelists: Jazz vocalist Jo Canion, jazz bassist and symphony conductor Vince Gomez, event promoter and artist manager Fred Basconcillo, and moderator Carlos Zialcita. Also, screening of the documentary, Pinoy Jazz.
Saturday, Sept. 4, 2-4 p.m., Koret Auditorium, Main Library
Dispatches from the Diaspora: A Night of Critical Philippine Prose and Poetry
Readings by acclaimed Philippine and Philippine-American writers
Thursday, Sept. 9, 6–7:30 p.m., Latino/Hispanic Community Room, Main Library
Songs of Our Community
Featured performers: The Little Brown Brother Band, the Filipino American Jazz Festival Organization and the Filipino American National Historical Society.
Saturday, Sept. 11, 1-4 p.m. Koret Auditorium, Main Library
Theatre Performance.
Performance of the historical and contemporary experiences of Filipinos in America.
Wednesday, Oct. 6, 6-8 p.m., Koret Auditorium, Main Library
Buffalo Soldiers and the Philippine American War
Featured panelists: Author Vangie Buell, descendant of a Buffalo Soldier and a speaker with the Filipino American National Historical Society and Abe Ignacio, co-author of Forbidden Book: The Philippine American War in Political Cartoons.
Saturday Oct. 23, 2-4 p.m., Koret Auditorium, Main Library
Related Displays:
On View, Sept. 4-Oct. 31, Main Library, Third Floor
Black and Brown Images
Political cartoons of African Americans and Filipinos during the Philippine American War. Presented by the Library's African American and Filipino American centers.
Filipinos in San Francisco
The history of Filipinos in San Francisco is depicted in photographs dating back to the early 1900s. Presented by the Filipino American Center.
All programs at the Library are Free. For more information, please call (415) 557-4277.