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Obama says struggling over whether to intervene in Syria
President Barack Obama said he has been wrestling with the question whether a U.S. military intervention in Syria's 22-month-old civil war would help resolve the bloody conflict or make things worse.
In a pair of interviews, Obama responded to critics who say the United States has not been involved enough in Syria, where thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced according to U.N. officials. Transcripts of both interviews were released on Sunday.
The United States has called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, and has recognized an opposition coalition - but has stopped short of authorizing U.S. arming of rebels to overthrow Assad.
"In a situation like Syria, I have to ask, can we make a difference in that situation? Would a military intervention have an impact?" Obama told the New Republic Magazine.
Obama said he has to weigh the benefit of a military intervention with the ability of the Pentagon to support troops still in Afghanistan, where the United States is withdrawing combat forces after a dozen years of war.
"How would it affect our ability to support troops who are still in Afghanistan? What would be the aftermath of our involvement on the ground? Could it trigger even worse violence or the use of chemical weapons?" he asked.
"What offers the best prospect of a stable post-Assad regime? And how do I weigh tens of thousands who've been killed in Syria versus the tens of thousands who are currently being killed in the Congo?"
Obama said these questions are "not simple" and that any decision made should "balance all these equities."
"At the end of your presidency, you can look back and say, I made more right calls than not and that I saved lives where I could, and that America, as best it could in a difficult, dangerous world, was, net, a force for good," Obama added.
Obama's comments come as world leaders gathered in Davos, Switzerland, said they wished the United States were more engaged in geopolitical issues such as the conflicts in Syria and Mali, where France is attacking al Qaeda-affiliated militants.
In an interview with CBS television program "60 Minutes," Obama bristled when asked to respond to criticism that the United States has been reluctant to engage in foreign policy issues like the Syrian crisis.
Obama said his administration put U.S. warplanes into the international effort to oust Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, and led a push to force Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from office.
But in Syria, his administration wants to make sure U.S. action would not backfire, he said.
"We do nobody a service when we leap before we look, where we ... take on things without having thought through all the consequences of it," Obama told CBS.
"We are not going to be able to control every aspect of every transition and transformation" in conflicts around the world, he said. "Sometimes they're going to go sideways."


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We were delighted to announce long-term partnerships with two innovative charities working to reduce recidivism and transform the lives of men and women who have experience of the UK prison system. The Foundation will donate £90,000 over three years to both Bounce Back and Clean Break and will partner with both charities to provide further support through volunteering, pro bono assistance and advocacy.
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Clean Break was set up in 1979 by two women prisoners who believed that theatre could bring the hidden stories of imprisoned women to a wider audience. Through theatre and tailored support, Clean Break builds women's resilience, skills and creativity and gives them a voice. Through a unique repertory of new plays and theatre-based creative learning, Clean Break raises difficult questions, inspires debate, and helps to effect profound and positive change in the lives of women with experience of the criminal justice system. The Foundation will support Clean Break's Members Programme, which is open to women aged 17 and above who have lived experience of the criminal justice system or are at risk of entering it.
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Bounce Back charity and social enterprise works both in and out of prison to train and prepare people for employment. They train in skills that are in demand including painting and decorating, scaffolding, dry lining and aerial window cleaning. Fully supporting people throughout their time in prison and through the gate, Bounce Back act as a 'bridge' working with individuals for up to a year as they return to their lives and into work. Columbia Threadneedle Foundation will provide capacity funding including essential infrastructure and case management resources.

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It is here. A new year is a fresh start. It provides a clean slate to write your story. Here are some biblical ways of doing so to consider as you begin. Of highest importance is knowing for sure you have a vital real relationship with Jesus Christ through the simple plan of the Gospel. If you are unsure of your relationship with God, we would invite you to contact us to talk in person. In the meantime, click here to help understand more about your relationship with God.
Here are 7 practical ways to begin this new year of life in a biblical way.
1. Begin With an Over-all Renewed Commitment to the Priority of God in Your Life
Some things to think about as you consider the place of priority God has held in your life and how you might improve.
· What do I spend my time doing each week? Remember, time is life and life is time. How you spend your time is how you are spending your life. Sure there is time to relax, watch the game
· What do I look forward to doing most in a week? Does your answer have much to do with God or your service to him?
o Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness…(Matthew 6:33)
o If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. (Col 3:1-2)
o Create and pray for the opportunities to serve in ways you enjoy. The way you serve him will be according to the spiritual gifts and opportunities he has given you.
2. Begin with a Renewed Commitment to the Priority of Prayer
It is interesting how large a portion of Sacred Writ is occupied with the subject of prayer, either in furnishing examples, enforcing precepts, or pronouncing promises. We scarcely open the Bible before we read, "Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord;" and just as we are about to close the volume, the "Amen" of an earnest supplication meets our ear. Instances are plentiful. Here we find a wrestling Jacob-there a Daniel who prayed three times a day-and a David who with all his heart called upon his God. On the mountain we see Elias; in the dungeon Paul and Silas. We have multitudes of commands, and myriads of promises. What does this teach us, but the sacred importance and necessity of prayer? – Charles Spurgeon
"God's acquaintance is not made hurriedly. He does not bestow his gifts on the casual or hasty comer and goer. To be MUCH alone with God is the secret of knowing Him and of having influence with Him." E.M. Bounds
"We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have power. We have a great deal of activity but we accomplish little; many services but few conversions; much machinery but few results. The power of God is lacking in our lives and in our work. We have not because we ask not. It was a master stroke of the Devil when he got the church and the ministry so generally to lay aside the mighty weapon of prayer/ The Devil is not afraid of machinery, he is only afraid of God, and machinery without prayer is machinery without God. When due to lack of teaching or spiritual insight, we trust in our own diligence and effort to influence the world and the flesh, and work more than pray, the presence and power of God are not seen in our work as we wish." R. A. Torrey
3. Begin with A Renewed Commitment to the Word of God, The Bible.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. (Col 3:16)
"Sanctify them through Thy Word, Thy Word is Truth." (John 17:17)
Whatsoever things be TRUE….THINK on these things… (Phil. 4:8)
We ARE what we THINK on a regular basis. Meditate on the Bible every day.
· Read the Word – Don't get discouraged if you miss a day or a week or a month….
· Listen to the Word preached – take notes, MP3, online sermons…. www.oneplace.com
· Memorize the Word
· Consider it in daily actions – remember that as a Christian it is "written on your heart." What does that mean to you?
4. Begin Without the Nagging Paralyzing Effect of Fear, Dread and Worry
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. (Isa 41:10)
Therefore, gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ… Peter 1:13
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; (2Co 10:5)
Great Faith is not an irrational leap. It is a reasonable trust in the revealed truth about God. It is a process of thinking. John MacArthur
Faith is primarily thinking. The trouble with a man of "little faith" is that he doesn't think. He allows circumstances to beat him up. Faith is not purely mystical. Christian faith is essentially thinking (by the empowerment of the Holy Spirit) on the truths of God's Word. "Look at the bird, the grass, the lilies, –consider them…think about it and draw your deductions based on logic. Faith is a man determined to think on truth when circumstances tell him not to. Lloyd-Jones
The essence of "little faith" is that a man's thoughts are controlled by circumstance and not by the man girding up the loins of his mind and bringing them captive to the truth. The man of "little faith" is the man who is not allowing the Spirit to fill him with the truth of the Word of God, but is being filled with his own thoughts of fear, worry and suspicion based on circumstances. He then does not think, but goes round and round in circles. Worry is not "thinking too much" it is not thinking enough about the Biblical truth that you know. It is not letting the Word of Christ "dwell in you richly" and being "filled with the Word of God by the Holy Spirit" Faith is not optimism, wishful thinking, or dreaming. It is a reasoned response to the revealed truth of the Bible with or without emotion. Lloyd-Jones
5. Begin Without Conviction from Sins of the Past Which You Have Confessed and Forsaken.
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. (Pro 28:13) If you haven't confessed and forsaken your sin. Do so today. Would you rather have a year of failure or a year of mercy?
6. Begin with A Renewed Commitment to Spiritual Disciplines in the Pursuit of Godliness.
God makes us Godly!!! We "put ourselves in the way." Remember:
· Discipline brings Freedom to reach your goals
· Discipline is based on principle and commitment -not feeling
· Discipline without direction is drudgery. – Donald Whitney
Examples of areas to develop disciplined routines for godliness.
A great resource for ideas in the book, Spiritual Discipline by Donald Whitney.
· Bible intake
· Service
· Confession to God
· Prayer
· Searching/solitude
· Praise
· Devotions
· Accountability
· Evangelism
7. Begin with The End in Mind.
It may be hard to do, but think about how you want this new year to end next December. What will you want the year to have been like? What do you want to have accomplished, how to you want to be better? Different? This means you'll need to set and accomplish goals. Here are some ideas on how to do so.
Quick steps to getting where you want to go…
· Review your roles (What roles do you play? Mom, Dad, Employee, Christian, Husband, Wife…?
· Realistic reflection in each area of how you can and should improve.
· Righteous reach forward (God ordained Goals). Set goals for each role.
· Reinvented routine. Determine to change your life's routines in order to reach your goals.
· Revitalized rigor. Get excited and motivated by envisioning how your life and the lives of those around you will improve as you reach your goals.
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"Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it" (Matthew 7:13-14).
We should expect to face our share of difficulties as we strive to live as Christ did. Our Christian Living articles aim to expound on just what it means to be a Christian: the way of life we need to be living, the obstacles we'll face, how to overcome them and the rewards that await us.
In this booklet we will examine the Bible's teaching on conversion—it is not just a one-time event. Instead the Scriptures reveal that it is a process. The process begins with God's calling, followed by the key steps of repentance, baptism and the receiving of the Holy Spirit, finally climaxing with the return of Jesus Christ — when the dead in Christ are resurrected to immortality and given eternal life — the ultimate transformation!
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What is the purpose of human life? Are we here for a reason? Does the Bible provide answers for these questions? What does the Bible mean when it talks about repentance, baptism and conversion? Inside this booklet you will find the answers to these questions.
"...Broad is the road that leads to destruction...and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it" (Matthew 7:13,14).
There is a crisis of faith. Few people place confidence in God or the future. Many have no faith their marriages will survive, that political leaders will honourably serve their country or that education will prepare them adequately for the challenges ahead. Faith is all too rare today. This booklet will help you understand the keys to living faith.
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Hi all!! This is Cheryl back with this week's theme of "Mother May I?" The answer is...YES, YOU MAY...create a fabulous project using the word Mom (Madre, Mother, Mommy, Mum, or other equivalent of the word)on it. Yep, that is all there is to our challenge this week. Here in the U.S., Mother's Day is coming up in a couple of weeks so this week we are celebrating mothers! As always, we can't wait to see what FANTABULOUS creations you all will come up with! We sure hope you will play along with us this week!!
~ Cheryl Nelson
Week 54 ~ Mother May I?
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Guest Designer
I am happy to introduce you to our Guest Designer this week - Marie Therese from Noway!
I love her wonderful mixture of clean lines and shabby chicness, we are so fortunate to have her this week.
Here's a little about Marie in her own words:
Hello I', Maria Theresa, I live in Norway with my two sweet girls and husband. I have been scrapbooking for 6 years since around my older princess was born.
I have been making cards along side my scrapbooking but around two years ago before my second princess was born. I got more and more into cardmaking. Now I try to even out with a scrapbook page every now and then as I still love that too!
You find my blog here: http://mscrapping.blogspot.com
Marie Therese
Please stop by Marie's blog and leave her some love!
Design Team
Here are the beautiful project of the DT! Please hop over to their individual blog to see more photos of their project!
Cheryl Nelson
Ros Crawford
Kirsty Vittetoe
Linda Robinson
Take Note
You are welcome to submit any type of project based on the theme and enter as many times as you wish, but we do hope that the creation is new and original, please do not link creation that have been posted prior to the day of the current challenges. We are looking after our wonderful sponsors who donate time, prizes, and effort with full focus on them, to be eligible for the prize -
No direct selling links are allowed here
Please mention City Crafter Challenge Blog and provide a link back to us
Please do not cross-promote event unrelated to City Crafter Challenge Blog
Link your direct post of the challenge and not your entire blog
This week's fabulous sponsor is Cindy Leek, thanks Cindy for your generosity!
Here's a little about Cindy -
I have been a crafter since childhood. I am in my second career as a full time instructor of scrapbooking and cardmaking and an independent CLOSE TO MY HEART consultant. In my first career I was (and always will be) a Geriatric Social Worker and Licensed Nursing Home Administrator. In addition to my blog, www.paperspadsadpictures.blogspot.com, I have an Artfire Studio at www.artfire.com/users/PapersPadsAndPictures. I love teaching and sharing the joy of paper crafting with others.
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Upload your creation to your blog or online gallery (if you add your photo to an online gallery, please use code CCCB#54 so we could easily find your creation, then link here with the direct link (not your entire blog) Don't forget to link back to our blog so more people can join in the fun!
Challenge ends May 2, 2011 at 11.59 PM (EST)
We would love you to play along, so come on and join us!
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Thanks to all the beautiful entries we had last week for our "Gate Card" challenge, we hope you know that your support is hugely appreciated. Our DT had so much fun visiting each and every one of your fabulous blog, here's the winner for week 53
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Congratulations to all, feel free to grab your winner/spotlight artist badge and display it proudly on your side bar.
Linda, please send an email with your mailing info to email@example.com, so we could get your prize out to you, you have till May 2 to do that.
Thanks for all who joined us last week, hope to see you all again!


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I'd like to create one of those "stacked" action shot images where multiple exposures are combined to show the subject moving across a static background. Here's an example I found on Flickr (by Laurence Asuncion): http://www.flickr.com/photos/dfunkpinoy/2755832144/
Ideally, I'd like tips both for the photography part of this and for post-processing. For example, I'd imagine I want to shoot manual w/ the same exposure for all shots (as with a panorama), but I'm not sure if there are any other helpful tips for taking the shots. At one point, for example, I thought I'd have to tripod-mount the camera and keep the same framing for all shots, but I've now seen several examples where the composition moved from shot-to-shot.
I'm also interested in recommendations for post-processing -- software, technique, etc. I can envision a manual process where I stack layers and align them by hand in Photoshop Express, but I'd be surprised if there wasn't a better way — maybe using a pano tool like Hugin.


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Hi! I am Bailey a decorative bottle gifter, made from 100% Cotton checks scrap fabrics to create a chef's apron for a wine bottle. My apron measures 7 ½" long and 6 1/2" wide, my tie bands are 10 ½" long. I make a unique gift for any occasion.
We envision a future where most of the goods produced across the globe are from recycled material and all consumers are aware of the source of the products they buy. At Art Attic, we have adopted a trilateral approach to minimize our carbon footprint:
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Many people think of design only in terms of appearance and functionality, but conscious designers lay equal emphasis on the longevity of the product. To ensure our products stay in circulation rather than ending up in landfills, we design products that are easily repaired and recycled.
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Our workshop is located under the roof of our sister company. Due to this our energy demand is drastically reduced and we have also opted for a variety of easy and cost-effective ways, from using high-efficiency fluorescent lighting in our occupied workspaces, to storing the recycled materials we collect in a simple space at the office instead of a warehouse to further decrease our energy consumption.
"What makes Art Attic stand apart are their one of a kind 'upcycle' designs. They use waste products and each piece is reclaimed into something extraordinary. The best part is that these products do not have a shelf life and if taken care of, will look as good as new for years to come."
"Art Attic is extremely innovative, daringly creative, with its products totally indigenous and completely made of waste. It is so heartening to see how simple waste gets transformed to a thing of beauty that lasts for years. I would recommend Art Attic to all my contacts one thousand percent!"
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"There is so much one can do for the environment and recycling by way of art is one such attractive way, I have chosen. With the current environmental concerns, it has become an ardent need to leave a green footprint behind. I make Art articles out of complete waste and also up-cycled old articles. What is waste to others is useful to me. This is why I started "Art Attic", an online shop where every piece tells a story. I am doing my part, now you do yours!"
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In Mexico, Finally, a Revolt Against the MediaThe Summer Will Determine If the "I Am 132" Moment Becomes a Movement and that's Why "Mexican Spring" Is a Poor Choice of Words for ItBy Isadora Bonilla and Al Giordano
A Mexican movement for authentic democracy discovers its true enemy: The TV duopoly of Televisa and TV Azteca. |
The youths are right when they say that the media is the problem. There has never been, in human history, in any country, a mass movement that overturned the undemocratic power of private media companies, of what they call the "telecracy" that displaces democracy. There is no road map that shows how to topple that particular kind of dictator, for whom presidents are merely tools to be deployed for a while, then replaced with a new one. That's where the moment stands today. That is the short version of the story.
There is potential in this moment. That's what millions of Mexicans who cheer the youths are hoping. To understand and unlock that potential, a critical mass of people will have to be very smart and strategic in avoiding the missteps that brought similar hopeful moments in recent Mexican history to unfulfilled ends. This essay will offer no "master key" to unlock that puzzle, but seeks to share some thoughts that might help like-minded colleagues who seriously want to break the illusory power of the mass media to draw the successful roadmap to be able to do it.
If you've been predicting "a revolution against the media" for 15 years (and working to make it happen) you've probably been called crazy more times than you can count. Maybe you even had to move to Mexico after your manifesto against the media ended your career in that industry. If you've also insisted that the drug war will be ended in our lifetimes (and worked toward that, too) and wrote, twelve years ago, that, "Mexico, unique among American nations, has the power to call Washington's bluff," well, then they probably thought the drugs were doing the writing.
Students from universities and colleges throughout Mexico began to arrive at the National University for the May 30 meeting of 6,000 organizers who will not accept the media's imposition of the return of a dinosaur regime. Photo DR 2012 Isadora Bonilla. |
Likewise, if you were born and raised in Mexico and grew up with your hopes rising and falling through the 1994 Zapatista rebellion and its national caravans of 1997 and 2001, the 1999 student strike at the national university, the 2006 Zapatista "Other Campaign" and, that same year, the Oaxaca popular assembly movement, the presidential election fraud (also in 2006) and the post-electoral peaceful civil resistance and tent city, you've probably learned not to declare victory prematurely. Indeed, in each of those proud moments, with the laudable exception of the continued strength of Zapatista autonomous regions in Chiapas, the rest of those "movements" turned out to more be "moments" that were crushed brutally by the State with repressions that were cheered by its ally, the mass media.
Now it is June of 2012 and here we are, dateline Mexico:
The Mexican movement for peace, 13 months into its effort to end the drug war, flexed its muscles on May 28 when it forced the four presidential candidates to sit down with drug war victims and respond to their demands. It is a movement that still does not have a three-year plan to organize itself to end the war. It doesn't even have a one-year plan. And it suffers from the growing pains that inflict all young movements. But it still exists, it speaks an urgent truth – that an expressly violent drug war and its organized crime can only be ended by an explicitly nonviolent movement and an organized citizenry – and while it stumbles toward articulating itself there is still the hope that it may grow to triumph.
Every participant registered using his and her first and last name, organizers wrote down the contact info of each, and all day long one knew with whom he or she was talking. Photo DR 2012 Isadora Bonilla. |
The nascent movement's web page (no single Internet page or organization represents everyone involved, but it is evidently the most widely read and therefore has significant influence upon what can be made of this moment) invites the reader, "Do you want to make history in Mexico?" And it has five interesting demands above the fold: "I want real and not manipulated information." "No favoritism in the media." "A people informed, not a people manipulated." "Honest management of news." And "Our mission is to inform and educate."
Those are real messages that go beyond asking the State to do something or begging permission for freedoms and rights. That's because in making these demands come true, the people ourselves have to be our own agents. "Our mission is to inform and educate" acknowledges the big truth that this is something in all our power, to do the job that the mass media fails to do, to "inform and educate" ourselves and each other. It does not ask TV Azteca or Televisa to hire us instead of the current news clowns they have on the air. It says, "We accept the duty and responsibility to replace you bastards with something better than you and outside of your reach or control."
Even the Televisa "reporter" had to wear his first and last name, and media affiliation, on his chest to be able to cover the student assembly. Photo DR 2012 Isadora Bonilla. |
One small grain of sand that we can and will add to the discussion is to immediately make available, for the first time on the Internet, the Spanish translation by Francisco Alvarez Quiñones in Chiapas of The Medium Is the Middleman: For a Revolution Against the Media, which had as its central premise:
Media now controls a new economic order: one that has supplanted governments, churches and productive industry to impose a mediating tyranny over people and our daily lives.Therefore, something akin to revolution is necessary.
The text asks three questions:
• How do people develop a language of opposition against Media when the Media controls all language?• Since Media excels at co-opting popular movements, both political and cultural, how can a popular resistance be designed to successfully overturn the co-optation process that has turned other important causes into commodities?
• In history, revolts have been conducted against governments, leaders and classes. But how can a revolt be formulated against a technology such as Media?
We obviously do not presume that this premise and these questions are the demand or inquiries of the good people of YoSoy132. But we do imagine that there are some among them that have reached similar conclusions and are asking similar questions now that a possible movement in direct opposition to the power of media companies is part of the national conversation. It is mainly to those people – the ones who really want to end the media's power to manipulate public opinion, governments and the daily life of everyone – whom we hope to reach with these words. "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world," is a quote widely attributed in much media to the anthropologist Margaret Meade. "It is the only thing that ever has." We believe in the basic truth of those words, no matter who said them first.
If you are one of those (perhaps very few) people who are looking two or more steps ahead of the current moment seeking a way to make a movement against the media real and to make it win, we want you to know that there are already friends and colleagues in Mexico and throughout the world who have been asking and finding some answers to these questions. Some are part of the School of Authentic Journalism, which will meet again, in the spring of 2013, in Mexico. We want to invite you into the conversation, listen to your ideas, be invited into your conversations with others on this front, and advance together on this long held goal of realizing a successful revolt against the power of the media.
No "occupy" style "mic check" here: the students of the YoSoy132 movement had everything organized with microphones. Photo DR 2012 Isadora Bonilla. |
And that's about to become even more important because the media industry is hell bent, today, on imposing on everyone something very, very old.
On May 7, Javier Sicilia wrote perhaps his best, most coherent, essay since his 2011 Open Letter to Politicians and Criminals that announced "Estamos hasta la Madre!" The new essay was titled: "The Return of the Dinosaur" and made the Jurassic Park book and movie the analogy for the possibility that the PRI will return to power after the July elections.
Nobody today under 30-years-old has lived as an adult under a PRI presidency. But the youths of YoSoy132 have certainly demonstrated historic memory, in many ways more so than generations that have adult memories of those times.
Much of the spin on this by those media outside of the dominant television duopoly of Televisa and TV Azteca (who possess a frighteningly large market share of Mexican media attention in a land where only one percent of the population buys a daily newspaper) has been that the protest marches held in recent days are about the July 1 presidential elections. In part they are about that but they are also about larger matters. To put this moment in context, let's look at why so many people presume that, through Peña Nieto, the dinosaurs are coming home to roost.
The PRI won back a majority in Congress in 2009 and after a dozen disappointing years of National Action Party (PAN, in its Spanish initials) presidents Vicente Fox and Felipe Calderón, their free-market ideologies and the violent drug war of the latter, the more bitter memories of repressive and corrupt PRI regimes have given way to more immediate problems of daily life for many Mexican citizens, especially those in poverty who miss the social programs that the government used to deploy to at least buy their votes.
The view from Mexico City, or from any university campus, can be deceiving. The PRI isn't going to win in any of those places (although to provide an idea of its strong emphasis on organization, it is the only party that has had a local organizer actually ring doorbells in one of your writer's neighborhoods). The electoral base of the PRI is "out there" in the provinces where poverty is so desperate that votes can be bought or rented, and where, in 2006, the theft of 1.5 million votes was accomplished to impose the PAN's Calderón, orchestrated largely by opposition party governors of the PRI in places where the supporters of the real winner, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, did not have the organization to prevent the fraud. And the techno-alchemists of the Federal Elections Institute (IFE, in its Spanish initials) polished off whatever the state governors couldn't accomplish on their own. Whatever one thinks of AMLO, good or bad, it is documented and undeniable he won more votes in 2006 and that the presidency was stolen from the millions of people who voted for him.
Neither that, nor the big media sponsored "public opinion polls" that claim Peña Nieto is 20 percentage points ahead of López Obrador and the PAN candidate Josefina Vázquez Mota, guarantee him victory. Polling companies are a joke in Mexico, with their results for sale to the highest bidder. In 2006, most polls claimed López Obrador had been far behind when even the official results showed him in a virtual tie for the win.
And this brings us to July 1. Presuming that the IFE proclaims Peña Nieto as the winner, nobody who didn't vote for him is going to believe it. The IFE's credibility is non-existent to more than half the population. They watched the fraud unfold on election night six years ago and in the Keystone Cops counting and partial recounting simulation in the weeks that followed. Literally millions of Mexicans participated in the actions of "peaceful civil resistance" organized by López Obrador for all of July and August of 2006.
López Obrador and his supporters did some things well – their nonviolent and organized discipline was impressive, for example – but other things not so well. Many thought that López Obrador's naming of himself as the "legitimate president" with the three-colored Mexican flag sash draped over his shoulder – complete with appointing his own "legitimate cabinet" – made the resistance more about him than the people's vote.
One of those "cabinet" members, José Agustín Ortiz Pinchetti would later be interviewed by filmmaker Luis Mandoki for the movie "Fraude" – he appears 10 minutes and 37 seconds into this YouTube excerpt of the film with these words – and it is useful to reflect, six years later, on what he said:
"If we truly had wanted to turn the country on its head, with millions of people who were certain there had been fraud, simply by blocking the main highways and airports we would have provoked a crisis in capital letters."
This was the justification made for having organized those millions to, instead, erect a tent city in Mexico City's historic downtown area, including along the wide Reforma Avenue, for the month of August. That more symbolic action provoked daily traffic jams and inconveniences for city dwellers, but for the economic and governmental actors it was no more than a mild nuisance.
First the student assembly met in plenary session. Photo DR 2012 Isadora Bonilla |
It is also possible that López Obrador was right. There is not a long tradition of organized nonviolent action in the country (the peace movement born in 2011 is the first explicitly nonviolent movement on a national level, ever). But it is also true that, in 2006, López Obrador had the resources and people power to conduct nonviolence training sessions for those millions, something that in other lands has empowered people to conduct highway blockades peacefully.
In fact, two years later, López Obrador did organize the training of fifty "brigades" to oppose the privatization of the nation's oil supplies. They surrounded the Senate chambers for days on end, without incidence of violence. The comedienne and theater director Jesusa Rodríguez did a particularly exemplary job and saw to it that the use of theater and creativity was part of the work of the brigades. The model does therefore exist to train and prepare masses of people for more direct forms of nonviolent action. But it was a missed opportunity in 2006.
Imagining the scenarios for a post-electoral struggle, should the PRI be returned to power, there are two key dates: The elections are on July 1, and the new president takes possession in the first week of December. Six years ago that was a very precarious time period during which, particularly in the state of Oaxaca, the outgoing president Fox – who for all his faults did not, until then, have as much of a legacy as a violent repressor as his predecessors – paved Calderon's entrance into power by sending federal police to crush the five-month-long popular assembly movement in Oaxaca that had chased the governor from the state. Weeks prior to Calderon's inauguration, Fox "took one for the team," sent his police en masse to beat, round up and imprison many of the Oaxacan organizers and participants, and thus did the dirty work that allowed Calderon to enter without that crisis.
It should be presumed that Calderon won't hesitate to do the same for Peña Nieto should he be declared the victor. And in that scenario, both López Obrador and the YoSoy132 forces will have to make decisions about how and when to act against another simulated election. Storming the barricades on July 2 may sound satisfying to many, but five months of organizing and training mount a strategic and planned mass civil resistance starting the December day Peña Nieto would take office would rob from Peña Nieto the ability to use the lame duck Calderon as his enforcer. In any case, five months of organizing, be they brigades or cells, training and preparation would certainly produce a stronger resistance than a more spontaneous eruption could accomplish. Remember that the "Arab Spring" in Egypt didn't begin in January 2011 and end in February. Five years strenuous neighborhood-to-neighborhood organizing, training and preparation had preceded the taking of Tahrir Square. And it defeated a thirty-year dictator whose zeal for repression made the Mexican regimes look like Bambi by comparison.
Much frustration with López Obrador even among many Mexicans who plan to vote for him on July 1 has its roots in the summer of 2006, the errors and the missed opportunities of a resistance that did not achieve its goal. And that has a lot to do with why young Mexicans in particular have been more drawn to an "Anti Peña Nieto" mobilization than open support for López Obrador, whose discourse is more that of a twentieth century political leader or statesman than many twenty-first century youths can get excited about.
While a great many of the YoSoy132 participants may well cast a vote for López Obrador a month from now (and others will not, and what is impressive is both tendencies have agreed to disagree on that point in order to unify for something more), if there is a post-electoral struggle against the illegitimacy of the elections, it will be more difficult for López Obrador to command it exclusively as he did in 2006. Yes, he will have his own millions of die-hard supporters waiting for instructions from their leader. But the YoSoy132 forces may well determine to conduct their own path of actions in response to a spurious and unfair electoral contest that returns the PRI to power.
Two major forces acting in the same political and social space of opposition to a regime or its policies often find tensions between them. That was certainly true in 2006 of the hostilities between the Zapatista Other Campaign and its Subcomandante Marcos on one hand and López Obrador, his coalition of political parties and supporters on the other. In 2011 and 2012 similar eruptions have occurred regularly between the peace movement inspired by Sicilia and the López Obrador forces. Part of this is just due to the different logic of an electoral left and a non-electoral left. Each has alliances and sectors that loathe and distrust certain alliances and sectors of the other's coalition.
If there is to be a post-electoral struggle in 2012, both sectors would do well to recognize that neither is going to make the other disappear or irrelevant. The worst thing that could happen for both would occur if the competition for political space broke down into such severe squabbling that dialogue or communication between the two would become impossible. That's when events will likely fly out of the control of either, a division that the state and economic interests – and their infiltrators in both camps – will know how to exploit to crush both. The idea, hopefully, will not be to relive 2006 or other years of failed battles, but to bypass them and move forward into the future.
Of the 16 workgroup tables, the smallest had at least 250 participants. Photo DR 2012 Isadora Bonilla. |
Over the past dozen days, there have been more marches, accompanied by the usual emotion-filled alternative media coverage that accompanied other seemingly instant uprisings of the last two decades in Mexico. Many of the same activist groups that a year ago were attaching themselves like Post-It notes to the peace movement inspired by poet Javier Sicilia now have attached themselves, their slogans and their causes to YoSoy132.
Sicilia, who – with the exception of his May 28 dialogue with the presidential candidates – hasn't received a fraction of the media attention in 2012 that his struggle received a year ago (a subject he explored in depth during his recent talk at the School of Authentic Journalism). He, too, walked on down to one of the recent marches carrying a "I am 132" placard. In the left's penchant for an ever-changing "movement of the month," these moments tend to come in and out of style like fashion trends; everybody is always looking to toss out the last fight and look for the next one. This is not how historic changes have ever been achieved.
Others of older generations of lefties waxed poetically through Facebook accounts on how inspiring the kids are in ways that previous generations once praised them when they were college-aged rebels. One exchange we saw on the social networks included a young organizer typing out a chant, "Alerta, alerta, alerta en camina, La lucha estudiantil por América Latina" (Alert! Alert! Alert on the move! The student struggle for Latin America!") to which an older person replied, "Yay! The same chant I used when I was young!" While there is something to be said for paying tribute to movements and moments of years gone by, when the recipes and formulas of failed movements are repeated they also tend to bring the same result of failure.
After less than three weeks, what started out so young and strong has begun to pick up some of the ballast of same old things. Divisions – fomented both by egos and also by infiltrators, not just of the government, but also of ideological and interest groups and parties – have already begun their dirty work (one recent email that arrived in our inbox came from anonymous alleged students of the National University – once the epicenter of protest, with a more working-class student body than the Ibero – calling on people to take the struggle back from the youths of the elite colleges and universities). It is already easy at times to get the sinking feeling that this "movement-of-the-month" (a movement, by definition, must last the years it takes to organize real change, not mere months) might go the way of previous "trending topics" before it: that is, humiliating, crushing and painful defeat.
On Wednesday, May 30, more than six thousand students from universities all over Mexico met outdoors at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, in its Spanish initials) and got down to business. Without any of the "mic check" self-absorption of North American "occupy" protests last year, more than 150 designated spokespersons from so many campuses facilitated discussion and debate through real microphones. Participants were registered, their contact information was collected, and credentials were provided with the first and last name of each person large and visible. The same for press and observer credentials: At all moments one knew exactly with whom he and she were speaking.
Many student movements and strikes have happened in recent decades to save public education. But not since 1968 has Mexico had a national student movement dedicated to solve the problem of an entire regime and the media that props it up. Photo DR 2012 Isadora Bonilla. |
Participants broke into sixteen work tables, each on a specific theme, including Media, Elections and Information, Organization of the Movement, Art and Culture, Science and Health, Violence and Repression, Post-Electoral Agenda, and more. The smallest work groups had more than 250 participants.
From those work groups came another plenary session where the first agreements were made. Those decisions now go to each campus to be voted on before June 5. The agreements include:
•The movement is independent of any political party and will denounce any media attempt to link it to one.
•The movement opposes media manipulation, especially that which tries to restore the old undemocratic system represented by Enrique Peña Nieto.
•It invites other movements who are harmed by current national policies to unite with the students.
•It is a rule of the movement to not engage in violent actions.
•The movement is opposed to neoliberal (free market) economic policies.
•The movement will monitor the elections, demand an additional presidential candidates debate and insist that all TV and radio stations broadcast the debates. It demands that the company Hildebrando be removed from its contract to count the votes (the same company was involved in the disgraced elections of 2006).
•The movement will keep itself organized to respond to any attempt at electoral fraud.
•The movement calls for the Armed Forces to be sent back to barracks and that the government cease to deploy it in the drug war. It also demands that President Felipe Calderon be put on trial for the crimes of that war, and that the officials of Chihuahua and the State of Mexico be punished for the notorious femicides that have murdered so many women in both states.
•The movement will create "a manual for mobilizations" and another manual for brigades.
•The movement expressed solidarity with many other movements and victims including a call for the freedom of political prisoners, the democratization of government and political party dominated labor unions, a raise in the minimum wage, a call for a National Agrarian Congress, and compliance with the San Andres Accords for indigenous autonomy, among others.
•Being a student movement, it also offers a detailed list of demands regarding the public education system in Mexico.
Among the words spoken during the assembly were, "we are the children and heirs of the crises and all the repressions of recent decades," and "all 60,000 of Calderon's dead are here with us today." There were frequent calls to "get out from behind our computers" and organize directly among the people.
Predictably there were also the kinds of epithets of limited coherence that the TV stations that are the target of this movement made hay out of ("Stupid Calderon, whores, whores!") and the response of others repeatedly asking those yelling such things to do things respectfully.
And on almost every matter and issue discussed at the gigantic assembly, whatever the issue was it tended to come back to the problem of media. That focus can also be seen in one of the newest videos posted on Thursday to the YoSoy132 web page, which already has English subtitles on it:
The video covers so many of the points mentioned above and ends with multiple declarations repeating, "For an authentic democracy, I am 132."
It also calls on honest journalists and communicators nationally and internationally to report their steps. As authentic journalists, we are duty bound to answer and comply with that call.
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Focus on things that will make students come back over and over and over, not something that's a one-off. Not something that you can take one or two times and then it's over. Focus on finding what your strengths are. Are you good at teaching kids? Are you good at teaching grammar? Are you good at correcting CVs and literary papers? What's your strength?
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- Teaching online since: 2014
- Category taught: English and Chess
- Rhys speaks: English, Japanese, Chinese and French
- Total number of lessons taught on Cafetalk: 3988
Hi Rhys, thank you so much for agreeing to do this testimonial with us!
My pleasure!
So let's get started by talking about how you got started on Cafetalk! Can you tell us how you found out about Cafetalk and why you decided to apply with us?
I actually found out about it through an ad on Craigslist, which is advertising for many things: jobs, cars, and you can buy goods there.
The thing that appealed to me... I worked for a lot of Japanese companies, usually small ones, but the fact that Cafetalk is a Japanese company was appealing. Because I can use my language skill to help the students and communicate with the staff.
And then, most importantly I'm able to use my native language and teach students, which is something I've been doing for a while and something that I like a lot.
Before applying at Cafetalk, did you have any experience teaching?
Yes, I had some volunteer experience in Japan. I worked as an assistant teaching kids two, three times a month. And then I was also an assistant in Vancouver for high school students visiting for an ESL summer camp. Then I did some one-on-one classes and I also taught Eikaiwa (editor's note: Japanese for English Conversation Class) in Vancouver for Japanese working holiday visa and other students.
And did you also have any experience with tutoring online?
It was my first time!
How did you experience tutoring online? Was it different from teaching offline classes? How did you experience doing this for the first time?
Some things are obviously different. You have access to everything on your computer when you're teaching through Skype doing online lessons. So if I need to look up something really quickly, if I need to double-check the meaning of a word, I can do that really quickly. Whereas face-to-face, you might have a smartphone with you, but it might take a little bit longer or if you're teaching in a classroom you might not have access to looking up something in a dictionary quickly. Or you can google things. So usually I can find the answer to something I don't know, so that's good.
A challenge would be that sometimes there are technical problems, which is unfortunate, but it happens from time to time when Skype is acting strange. We've all experienced it! For some reason you can't connect… so that's one unfortunate thing that happens from time to time. But usually it's fine.
It's been awhile since you started out on Cafetalk. But after your profile was released, can you talk a bit about your experience in those first few weeks teaching on Cafetalk?
Everything was good. The staff was really helpful and giving me suggestions on how to start. To be 100% honest, it did take a little while for my name to get out there. So, the first few weeks I was teaching a few classes, but I was mainly prepping stuff. I was looking for materials, buying books, browsing teaching websites, getting ideas for for how to teach… so the first few weeks was mainly preps, and sprinkled in there were same classes. That's how I started.
And did you do anything specific to attract those first few students?
I did write a few columns, I did give out a few coupons and I tried to promote the fact that – I'm not fluent – but I can communicate in Japanese. So I tried to promote that, because some students really want a teacher who can help out in Japanese, if they are a Japanese speaker.
How did you decide on which lessons to create, and what kinds of materials did you use?
I remember at first when I was talking with Mat-san about the lessons, he told me: You can make any lesson that you want! And I thought that was such an amazing idea! Because I thought for any idea that pops into my head, I can make a lesson! But actually, that turned out to be not the smartest idea, because that can overwhelm the students. I'm very active as a student learning French and when I see there are too many lessons it can be confusing. I would say the mistake I made was making way too many lessons. What I would focus on and this is something Dani, my colleague, talked to me about, is: Focus on things that will make students come back over and over and over, not something that's a one-off. Not something that you can take one or two times and then it's over. Focus on finding what your strengths are. Are you good at teaching kids? Are you good at teaching grammar? Are you good at correcting CVs and literary papers? What's your strength? And then really try to filter down to a good, reasonable number of lessons that can be taken over and over and over. That would be my suggestion. Don't go crazy with 30, 40, 50 lessons (laughs).
How did you decide on setting your lesson prices?
At the beginning, I was all over the place. It took a little while to find what worked. Originally I made the free talks super cheap and everything else super expensive… it was kind of imbalanced. When I called the staff they said: Try to have really logically priced lessons. After that I decided to make all the 25-minute the same and all of the 50-minute lessons the same price. And I think that was a lot easier to understand. It did take a while and I notice a lot of new tutors have fluctuating prices, changing week to week, so I would recommend being consistent and having a logical reason. From time to time I see prices that don't make sense. I don't mean to be too critical of my colleagues, but sometimes it's not logical. So be consistent and have a good reason. That's what I would say.
Did you ever ask the Cafetalk staff for help? If yes, how was your experience with our support?
It was really good! I talked with Mat for about an hour and he told me a few things. One, he told me the prices didn't make sense and to make them more logical. And two, he told me to filter the classes from 30 to something like 18 to make it less confusing.| In addition to that, I also did a live seminar a few days after that. So making the classes more understandable, the prices more regular and then the live seminar. |So those three were the perfect storm to make everything work. So from then, that's when things took off. I would recommend if new tutors are struggling to take a counselling session. That was one of the things that got me started.
With a lot of English students on Cafetalk being from Japan, there was also the time difference to take into consideration. How did you work out during which times to teach, and how do you handle working the somewhat unusual times?
Yes, that was tough. I moved about two months ago all the way from the West coast to the East coast of Canada. It's a four hour difference.| Back home in Vancouver, to hit the peak times I had to wake up at four in the morning. It was tough. If you're on the West coast, Canada or America, it's gonna be a little difficult. If you're a morning person you'll be fine. I would usually wake up at four and start at five. And then I would work until ten in the morning, and then I would take a nap for an hour or two hours. And then I would go back to work after dinner, which was seven to eleven. That was a little tough. So that was one of the reasons why I moved, because I like this job and I don't wanna stop doing it. So I moved out to the East Coast and the four hours allow me to start at seven in the morning, which is reasonable, and then I take the afternoon off, and then I work again in the evening. So I work kind of split.
It's definitely gonna be a little tough with the time zones, there's not a whole lot you can do, but try to plan your schedule. You might have a little bit of a weird schedule like me, working Friday nights and Saturday nights, but I always take Sunday off so I have that one day where I just decompress. Because I have seen some teachers who do seven days a week and with that you're gonna burn yourself out. With the weird schedule make sure you plan ample time to rest.
It's been two years now since you started out on Cafetalk. Did you plan on teaching with us for that long? Looking back, which experiences made you decide to stay and stick to tutoring online?
Honestly, I wasn't sure. I was thinking I'll probably have a few classes on the side and then I'll find something else. For me, it took about two or three months before it took off. Then it started to take off and I thought, okay, yeah, this is doable. So then I decided to put more time and effort into creating a lesson or getting lesson materials, making a variety of classes and have a variety of students. So yes, from the two or three months mark is when I started to realise that this is probably what I'll be doing for a while, that I can do this full-time.
Also, I was learning languages from when I was really young. I loved looking at the map asking my parents different countries, like, what's the capital of this and this and this… I don't remember any now, but I was learning German, so there you go, but I forgot all of it (laughs). And then I did well in French in school, took some more German and Japanese and Chinese and French again… so I always loved languages. I love learning it and I want to transfer that passion to the students. I really love helping people explore English, learning English. And not only the language and the grammar, but also explore the culture, the pop culture, the entertainment, and I love encouraging people to learn the language and explore the English speaking world.
How does your knowledge of the Japanese culture help you when planning and conducting lessons for Japanese students? Especially since "getting a feel" may be something really important in Japanese culture.
It helps a lot. Because like you said, "getting a feel" is very Japanese. We are more direct in the West, so sometimes parents have kids or there are students won't tell you something explicitly. So you do have to cue into a few things. That can be a bit tricky. I'm no master by any means, but living in Japan has helped. So be aware. It's tough for people who haven't studied Japanese or lived in Japan. But everything may not be a 100% explicit, so you have got to be aware of cues that might show a student is a little dissatisfied with something or wants you to change something. Or even ask directly. Because they might not ask you. Ask directly: Is it okay if I do this, is it okay if I do that? They might be a little bit unhappy, but they won't say anything.
And for the last question: On Cafetalk, we try to give our tutors a lot of freedom. We do not enforce any curriculum, we let tutors choose their own available times and let them decide what kinds of lessons they would like to offer. How do you feel this freedom has worked out for you?
I really like it, and like I said, when I first heard about that I just thought that was so awesome! I thought that was really cool. Because I know there are some other sites where they give you the curriculum and you have to sign a contract, and that's fine, but that's not for me. So yeah, the freedom is awesome! The freedom to make your own schedule… the flexibility is simply awesome. If I want to take a day off, I can take a day off. If I want to work extra, I can work extra, that's really good. And to be able to make your own classes is also really nice because you can be like Jenny and you can specialise in teaching kids, or you can be like others who specialise in correcting papers – which is something that I wouldn't go near, because I'm too scared (laughs). You can find your speciality. Or you can be like me and do a little bit of everything, rather than follow the set curriculum.
And there's a certain uniqueness to making your own class. I've seen some really, really cool classes, like doing Origami or doing crafts, or learning Igo, or learning chess… there's a lot of creativity. A lot of tutors make really unique classes, and I think I'd like to try that: I'd like to try singing in French, I'd like to learn about Kimono wearing, or learning an instrument… it doesn't just restrict to language only. There's hobbies, too. Which I think is awesome.
Final remarks?
Thank you for the interview! And if anyone reads this, which I hope, thank you for reading! I hope to see more students and thank you very much!
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New JIMI HENDRIX Album, 'Both Sides Of The Sky', Due In March
December 6, 2017On March 9, Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, proudly release "Both Sides Of The Sky", a dynamic new Jimi Hendrix album featuring 13 studio recordings made between 1968 and 1970 — 10 of which have never before been released. The album will be released on multiple formats including CD, digital, and as a numbered 180-gram audiophile vinyl 2LP.
"Both Sides Of The Sky" is the third volume in a trilogy of albums intended to present the best and most significant unissued studio recordings remaining in the music legend's archive. Beginning with "Valleys Of Neptune" (2010),which earned top ten sales rankings in fifteen countries (including a top position of #4 on Billboard's Top 200 album chart),followed by "People, Hell And Angels" (2013) which peaked on Billboard's Top 100 album chart at #2. Billboard's coveted #1 singles ranking went to "Somewhere", the album's lead track and the legendary guitarist's highest-ever U.S. singles chart achievement. This third release is anticipated to complete the spectacular recording event in epic fashion.
"Since Experience Hendrix began its restoration of the Jimi Hendrix music catalog in 1997, our goal has been to present these important recordings to Jimi's fans in the best possible quality. We are excited about achieving that. We've also been intent on generating album releases which present this amazing music in its proper context," explains John McDermott, one of the album's co-producers, together with Janie Hendrix and Eddie Kramer.
Recorded between January 1968 and February 1970, Jimi's desire to push the boundaries of blues music can be heard throughout. "Both Sides Of The Sky" additionally highlights Jimi's mastery of studio production and his increasing use of these facilities as a proving ground for new sounds, material, and techniques. Many of the album's tracks were recorded by the trio that would come to be known as BAND OF GYPSYS: Jimi on guitar and vocals, Billy Cox on bass, and Buddy Miles on drums. For their first-ever recording session on April 22, 1969, Hendrix turned to their shared musical root, delta blues. Their previously unreleased, uptempo reworking of Muddy Waters's "Mannish Boy" opens the album and sets the tempo for what follows. "Lover Man" was a favored Hendrix original and the guitarist was determined to realize a finished master. Previous attempts by the original EXPERIENCE had yet to yield this for Hendrix but this December 1969 effort by the BAND OF GYPSYS — complete with its homage to the popular "Batman" theme song — was his strongest effort to date.
"Hear My Train A Comin'" features drummer Mitch Mitchell and bassist Noel Redding from the original JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE. This original blues composition had become a staple of Hendrix's concerts. This previously unreleased April 1969 recording captured the furious power and dynamic tension that made the song so memorable. Previously unheard recordings of "Stepping Stone", "Jungle", "Cherokee Mist" (which features Hendrix on both electric guitar and sitar) as well as the January 1968 recording of "Sweet Angel" provide further highlights.
"Both Sides Of The Sky" also features an assortment of notable guest musicians. Stephen Stills befriended Hendrix at the June 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. In September of 1969, Stills was invited to a Hendrix session at the Record Plant in New York. Stills burst into the session with a song Joni Mitchell had recently composed, titled "Woodstock". Joined by Hendrix and Buddy Miles, the trio recorded this version first — months before CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG released their popular rendition of Mitchell's song. Stills would also contribute "$20 Fine", an original song that featured Hendrix on multiple guitars, Mitchell on drums, Stills on organ and lead vocals and Duane Hitchings (BUDDY MILES EXPRESS) on piano.
Another of the album's unique band creations sees Jimi Hendrix and Johnny Winter on guitar, backed by Billy Cox and drummer Dallas Taylor of CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG. An excerpt of their rendition of Guitar Slim's "Things I Used To Do" was initially heard as part of a 1990 nationally syndicated radio program and accompanying box set, but here it is presented in full, newly mixed by Eddie Kramer for "Both Sides Of The Sky". On "Georgia Blues", Jimi is reunited with his old bandmate Lonnie Youngblood (vocals/sax) from his pre-fame days in CURTIS KNIGHT & THE SQUIRES. Briefly issued as part of the 2008 "Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues" series but out of print for nearly a decade, this special recording is once more available to Hendrix fans throughout the world on all audio formats.
"Both Sides Of The Sky" was produced by Janie Hendrix, John McDermott and Eddie Kramer. Kramer served as recording engineer on every Jimi Hendrix album made during the artist's life. In order to preserve the integrity and continuity of the Hendrix legacy, this same team has produced every Jimi Hendrix audio and visual release since 1996.
Janie Hendrix, president and CEO of Experience Hendrix, L.L.C., commented: "We have a growing commitment to preserve the legacy of Jimi and also to continue to give the worldwide family of Jimi fans quality releases. That's what 'Both Sides Of The Sky' reflects… our ongoing commitment. In a deeper sense, it's the keeping of a promise. Jimi and I once made a promise to each other. He said he would take care of me and I told him I would take care him. Through his music and our preservation of his work, my brother and I honor one another. We are now in our third decade of watching over Jimi's creative works and our resolve to maintain the integrity of what he left us has only grown stronger with time."
That is also the purpose for Eddie Kramer's involvement and his devotion to the project. He remarked: "Jimi's true home was the studio, that's where the music and the magic happened. He loved everything about recording and it's been my distinct pleasure and an honor to play a part in that process both then and now."
"Both Sides Of The Sky" track listing:
01. Mannish Boy*
02. Lover Man*
03. Hear My Train A Comin'*
04. Stepping Stone*
05. $20 Fine*+
06. Power Of Soul^
07. Jungle*
08. Things I Used to Do#
09. Georgia Blues++
10. Sweet Angel*
11. Woodstock*+
12. Send My Love To Linda*
13. Cherokee Mist*
* Previously unreleased
^ Previously unavailable extended version
+ Featuring Stephen Stills
# Featuring Johnny Winter
++ Featuring Lonnie Youngblood
Cover photo © Mike Berkofsky


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By Kenneth Olausson
After a ten-year enduro and motocross career, Bror Haglund turned things around to become a Husqvarna factory mechanic for some of the world's leading riders. But let's start from the very beginning – back in the old days…
Born in March 1941, Bror (meaning Brother) saw his first race at the age of seven when he went to a 1,000-metre speedway event in 1948.
"I was impressed by the Norwegian, Basse Hveem who had his gear in perfect order, besides being a good rider," remembers Haglund with a smile on his face. Ten years later Bror Haglund took part in his first race. It was an enduro by the name of 'Shellkannan' - the Shell trophy. Unfortunately, Haglund had engine problems and was forced to retire in his debut.
In the same year of 1958, 17-year old Haglund went to work for Tage Nyholm, a well-known engine tuner, based in Stockholm.
"I learnt turning work, lathing camshafts and other machine challenges," says Haglund. "I did it during my spare time when doing my military service nearby. It gave me an extra income so I was able to buy a decent machine to race with."
After three years Haglund received an offer to start working as a mechanic for the tuning genius Nils Hedlund, who was responsible for preparing the 500cc Husqvarna factory machines in the 1960s.
"In Nisse's workshop, I was able to enhance my technical knowledge during the six-year period I spent with him in Spanga, outside the Stockholm centre."
In 1963 our 'Brother' rode his first motocross race in Ulriksdal. Haglund had purchased a four-speed 250cc Husqvarna, but he turned out to be a more successful enduro rider than in the saddle of a motocross machine.
In the seasons between 1964 and 1966, Haglund won two gold and one bronze medal in the International Six-Days races. He was also the national champion in the 175cc enduro class, still riding his Husqvarna. To top it off Bror Haglund came third in the national junior championship straddling his motocross bike.
At the age of 28, Bror decided to quit his riding career and went to Huskvarna in order to work fulltime for the Swedish factory. The following season Bror Haglund was given the task of being a works mechanic for Bengt Aberg, who won the world 500cc title for the second year running in 1970.
"I also helped Aberg's rival and teammate Arne Kring during the period from 1970 to 1973. Kring was second to Aberg in the 500-class in 1970," Haglund tells in a matter-of-fact way. "Don't forget it's the rider who wins the title - not the machinery and certainly not the mechanic.
"Bengt Aberg was a natural with a cruel feeling for balance that was second to none," Haglund continues. "We were very close during his heydays at the beginning of the 70s."
Bror "Julle" Haglund has a favourite story from 1972 when Aberg competed in muddy conditions at Sittendorf, Austria.
"It was extremely slippery in the dirt and I couldn't make it uphill in my transporter," smiles 'Julle'. "Bengt missed the start, hearing the riders getting away when he was still in the paddock. Bengt caught up with the field lying third when his engine overflowed and stopped in the mud. Otherwise he would have won this moto."
His longest trip came during 1972 when Haglund spent four months abroad without visiting home. After the European season 'Julle' went to the United States and then on all the way to Australia before returning.
"At least Bengt Aberg and I came back in time to celebrate Christmas with our families."
In 1975 Bror Haglund received a new challenge working for the up-and-coming American Brad Lackey, the former "hippie from Berkeley", who had set his sights on the championship throne.
"Brad was a decent guy with many good assets, told 'Julle'. "He was not only a fantastic rider, but also a dear friend who was true to his word. But the season became extended, of course, as Brad not only raced in Europe, but also contended back home in the U.S. This fact made me travel a few miles extra, but I enjoyed seeing the Grand Canyon and do other sightseeing trips cross the Atlantic."
A memorable race was held in New Orleans where 'Julle' was told to be quick packing up after the races.
"Oh, we have mosquitos back home as well, I told the Southern folks, but it turned out they were right. The place was swarmed with biting mosquitos which invaded the place during the late afternoon. Fortunately, I listened and was quick to leave."
By the end of 1976, Brad left Husqvarna for a competing company. Bror Haglund was offered a place in the new team, but immediately turned it down. He had dedicated his life to the Swedish Arms factory and he was not about to give up this relationship any time soon.
"I did not trust the Japanese guys then," he says. "Besides I had been brought up with Husqvarna and wasn't about to leave the town of Huskvarna, at least not at that moment."
Haglund did another three seasons as a factory mechanic before leaving the motocross world behind. Instead, he went back to working with shock absorbers in Sweden, settling down in Stockholm.
"During my years of travelling around the globe I found the races way back then being as hard as they are today," 'Julle' tells us. "The difference is money, which tends to spoil the sport. People nowadays race to get rich - not because they love the game. Besides, no one blamed the mechanic for failures back in the old days. That's often not the case these days unfortunately"
Bror Haglund has been to most places and seen the sights of this globe. All in all, he reckons he did at least sixty laps around the world.
"It has been a tremendous life being able to work with the best Husqvarna riders of all time. But I can't retire yet. I get frustrated being at home, says the 76-year-old who is still working with a lathing machine.
"I can rest when I get old." Laughs Bror.


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The Sac Metro Air District is committed to reducing pollution coming from wood burning fireplaces and wood stoves. It has an incentive program that helps people change out their existing wood burning units to cleaner units, and an enforcement program to stimulate compliance with rules related to wintertime burning activities.
The Sac Metro Air District has funding to help Sacramento County residents replace older, more polluting units with cleaner-burning, U.S. EPA certified or equivalent units.
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Board of Directors Change Out Program Update April 2009 (PDF)
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