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Core network survivability affects the reliability performance of telecommunication networks and remains one of the most important network design considerations. This paper critically examines the benefits arising from utilizing dual-homing in the optical access networks to provide resource-efficient protection against link and node failures in the optical core segment. Four novel, heuristic-based RWA algorithms that provide dedicated path protection in networks with dual-homing are proposed and studied. These algorithms protect against different failure scenarios (i.e. single link or node failures) and are implemented with different optimization objectives (i.e., minimization of wavelength usage and path length). Results obtained through simulations and comparison with baseline architectures indicate that exploiting dual-homed architecture in the access segment can bring significant improvements in terms of core network resource usage, connection availability, and power consumption.
We propose a short and efficient non-degenerate quantum error correcting code that is adapted for qubits encoded on two orthogonal, single-photon states (e.g., horizontally and vertically polarized) subject to a dissipative channel. The proposed code draws its strength from the fact that it is adapted to the physical characteristics of the information-carrying basis states under the action of the channel. The code combines different energy manifolds and consists of only 3 spatio-temporal modes and on average 2 photons per code word.
We describe the development of a table top soft X-ray source based on a laser produced plasma. The plasma is produced by a Nd:YLF pulse-train laser which delivers pulse trains of up to 400 pulses each of about 25 ps duration, Number and energy of the micropulses are fully computer controlled adjustable for an optimum interaction with a rotating solid target. Spectral, spatial and temporal characteristics of the X-ray emission from Mylar and copper targets have been studied. A calibrated back-illuminated CCD camera together with a slit grating spectrograph were utilized for the measurement of the absolute soft X-ray photon fluxes. The temporal measurements were performed using a streak camera while the plasma size was measured with a zone plate. An application of the system in a X-ray absorption experiment is shown, The advantages of the system in view of possible optical pump and soft X-ray probe experiments will be discussed.
We present theoretical and experimental investigations on ground-state direct pumping at 869 nm into the emitting level F-4(3/2) of end-pumped quasi-three-level Nd:YAG lasers operating at 946 nm. We have demonstrated, what we believe is for the first time, a Nd:YAG laser at 946 nm directly pumped by diodes and obtained 1.6 W of output power.
We discuss different proposals for the degree of polarization of quantum fields. The simplest approach, namely making a direct analogy with the classical description via the Stokes operators, is known to produce unsatisfactory results. Still, we argue that these operators and their properties should be basic for any measure of polarization. We compare alternative quantum degrees and put forth that they order various states differently. This is to be expected, since, despite being rooted in the Stokes operators, each of these measures only captures certain characteristics. Therefore, it is likely that several quantum degrees of polarization will coexist, each one having its specific domain of usefulness.
Analytical formulas for the average intensity and decentered parameter of a decentered elliptical Gaussian beam (DEGB) propagating in a turbulent atmosphere are derived in a tensor form. The propagation properties of a DEGB in a turbulent atmosphere are investigated in detail, and found to be different from that in free space. Furthermore, as an application example, we investigate the propagation of a decentered elliptical flat-topped beam (DEFB) by expressing its electric field as a finite sum of DEGBs in a turbulent atmosphere. The properties of a DEGB or a DEFB in a turbulent atmosphere are closely related with the beam's parameters and the structure constant of the turbulent atmosphere.
Based on the generalized diffraction integral formula for treating the propagation of a laser beam through a paraxial misaligned optical system in the cylindrical coordinate system, we obtain an analytical formula for a hollow Gaussian beam passing through a paraxial misaligned optical system. Furthermore, we also obtain the approximate analytical formula for a hollow Gaussian beam passing through a paraxial circularly apertured misaligned optical system by expanding the hard aperture function into a finite sum of complex Gaussian functions. As a numerical example, the propagation properties a hollow Gaussian beam through a misaligned thin lens are studied numerically.
A statistical analysis of the Stokes parameters in light scattering by randomly rough small particles shows a linear regression law between the squares of the first two components I-s and Q(s) of the Stokes vector. While the coefficients of this linear regression contain physical characteristics of the particles, they cannot be directly interpreted in terms of the degree of polarization of the scattered field. We propose an interpretation of this relationship between the Stokes parameters on the basis of the general coherence-density matrix formalism. The link between the statistical regression results and the polarization properties of the stochastic scattered components of the field is established through the coherency matrix elements.
A novel layout is presented to achieve an ultrasmall arrayed-waveguide grating (AWG) interleaver based on Si-nanowire waveguides. Spiral waveguides are inserted in the middle of arrayed-waveguide to obtain a large lightpath (required for the ultra-high diffraction order) in a small occupied area. A designed ultrasmall AWG interleaver with a free spectral range of 0.8 nm has a total size of only about 73 mu m x 372 mu m (0.027 mm(2)).
Multimode effects in the free propagation region (FPR) of a silicon-on-insulator (SOI)-based etched diffraction grating (EDG) demultiplexer are analyzed. In a conventional design, the power coupled to the higher order modes is considerable, which introduces a significant excess loss and crosstalk. It is shown that the multimode effects in an SOI EDG demultiplexer are much more detrimental than in an arrayed waveguide grating demultiplexer. Several methods for reducing the multimode effects are discussed. In particular, a laterally tapered structure between the FPR and the input/output waveguides is proposed as a simple and effective method for reducing the power coupled to the higher order modes and consequently reducing the multimode effects. The taper width is optimized to minimize the crosstalk.
An efficient and accurate three-dimensional (3D) hybrid modeling, which combines a 3D beam propagation method (BPM) and the two-dimensional (2D) Kirchhoff-Huygens diffraction formula, is developed to simulate the field propagation in an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) dernultiplexer. The 2D Kirchhoff-Huygens diffraction formula is used for the simulation of the light propagation in the free propagation regions (FPRs). A 3D BPM in a polar coordinate system is used to simulate the light propagation in the transition region between the input FPR and the arrayed waveguides so that the coupling coefficients for the arrayed waveguides are calculated conveniently and accurately. For the simulation in the transition region between the arrayed waveguides and the output FPR, only the central arrayed waveguide and several adjacent ones are needed in the computational window of a standard BPM and thus the computation efficiency is improved. Finally, a flat-top AWG is designed and fabricated to verify the reliability of the present simulation method. The calculated and measured spectral responses are in a good agreement.
A new type of wavelength selective filter, based on high differential dispersion between two coupled waveguides, is presented. The Bragg Reflection Waveguide displays high effective refractive index dispersion, due to the interaction of the guided mode with the two confining Bragg reflectors. When coupled with a weakly guided buried channel silica waveguide, a very narrow bandwidth filter (< 1 nm) can be easily produced, in a shorter length, with respect to directional couplers made with standard step index channel waveguides. The complete design methodology, fabrication and characterization are presented.
Energy transfer and spectroscopic properties at high temperatures have been investigated in Er,Yb:YAG crystals. It is shown that at elevated temperatures around 600-800 degrees C these characteristics become similar to those in the efficient 1.5 mu m laser medium - Er,Yb-doped phosphate glasses. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
In an optical fiber system with both birefringence and polarization-dependent loss or gain (PDL/G), a set of input polarization states and their corresponding outputs are deduced to fulfill some general relationships in Stokes space, by considering the fact that the Mueller matrix of such an optical fiber system meets Lorentz transformation. Then, it can be proven that the minimum number of input polarization states is three for an explicit determination of such a Mueller matrix and no independent input parameter is redundant. Based on the theoretical findings, a general and simple approach is proposed to measure the Mueller matrix. The requirements regarding the choices of three inputs are presented for achieving optimum measurement stability and accuracy. Experimental results on an optical fiber system, formed by two 10-km long single-mode fibers with an optical isolator in between, show excellent agreement with the theory.
In this work, we demonstrate a reliable all-optical technique for performing optical double sideband (ODSB) to single sideband (OSSB) format conversion of a 40 Gb/s non-return-to-zero signal. It is based on the optimization of a detuned optical filter, which was implemented on a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) with a complex apodization profile. An OSSB signal with negligible distortion was obtained, as the FBG presented a nearly ideal frequency response. Higher tolerance to chromatic dispersion enabled by the OSSB signal in comparison to the ODSB signal was demonstrated on both simulation and experimental results. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
We analyze the focusing of wave fields of any state of coherence by systems with low Fresnel numbers. We study the optical intensity on the axis in the focal region. The dependence of the focal shift and of the maximum on-axis intensity on the state of coherence is examined for some model fields.
A novel tunable and reconfigurable microwave photonic filter based on two cascaded modulators and a dispersive medium is proposed, theoretically discussed and experimentally demonstrated. A single-wavelength LD and a modulator (either a Mach-Zehnder modulator or a phase modulator which can avoid the do bias drift problem) are used to obtain a multi-wavelength optical source. By adjusting the modulation frequency and the bias voltage on the modulators, the wavelength spacing and the relative amplitude of the optical tones change, thus making the filter tunable and reconfigurable. The experimental results show that the proposed filters have good tunability and reconfigurability and the mainlobe-to-sidelobe ratio of around 25 dB is achieved.
This paper proposes a crosstalk-aware passive optical interconnect architecture based on multiple arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs). With two-stage cascaded AWGs, it can realize the communications not only within but also among the clusters for large-scale datacenters. To overcome serious crosstalk in multiple-AWG based optical interconnects, crosstalk suppression schemes are proposed. Proof-of-concept experiments are carried out to verify the necessity and feasibility of the proposed crosstalk suppression schemes for multiple-AWG based optical interconnects.
In this paper, a novel flex-grid all-optical interconnect scheme that supports transparent multi-hop connections in data centers is proposed. An inter-rack all-optical multi-hop connection is realized with an optical loop employed at flex-grid wavelength selective switches (WSSs) in an intermediate rack rather than by relaying through optical-electric-optical (O-E-O) conversions. Compared with the conventional O-E-O based approach, the proposed all-optical scheme is able to off-load the traffic at intermediate racks, leading to a reduction of the power consumption and cost. The transmission performance of the proposed flex-grid multi-hop all-optical interconnect scheme with various modulation formats, including both coherently detected and directly detected approaches, are investigated by Monte-Carlo simulations. To enhance the spectrum efficiency (SE), number-of-hop adaptive bandwidth allocation is introduced. Numerical results show that the SE can be improved by up to 33.3% at 40 Gbps, and by up to 25% at 100 Gbps. The impact of parameters, such as targeted bit error rate (BER) level and insertion loss of components, on the transmission performance of the proposed approach are also explored. The results show that the maximum SE improvement of the adaptive approach over the non-adaptive one is enhanced with the decrease of the targeted BER levels and the component insertion loss.
This paper presents the large signal modeling and simulation of two segmented travelling wave electroabsorption modulators (TWEAM) as a cascaded TWEAM (CTWEAM) structure. It will be demonstrated that a mushroom shaped mesa structure with low series resistance (0.69 Omega-mm) will have 3 dB bandwidth more than sufficient for 100 Gbps operation. For a CTWEAM device with 990 lam active segment length, 1.1 V bias voltage and only 0.4 V peak-to-peak (Vp-p) modulating voltage has a bandwidth of 110 GHz, extinction ratio >4 dB and flat frequency response. This device would be an attractive candidate for short distance optical fiber communication as well as long distance telecommunication at 0.4 Vp-p and 1 Vp-p input RF signal, respectively.
We study the enhancement of Faraday rotation in a two-dimensional square-lattice magneto-optic photonic crystal at optical wavelengths. We show that on incidence of a TM plane wave onto the magneto-optic photonic crystal, high TM-TE mode conversion takes place in the transmission bands of TM and TE fields. The photonic crystal structure increases the average wave path length, which in turn leads to a growth in the polarization rotation. We also show that associated with this phenomenon is a widening of the photonic crystal transmission band.
We report a novel beam shaping method for laser diodes based on the concept of twisted Gaussian Schell-model beams using GRIN lenses. This method enables a more symmetric pump as well as a compact setup for pumping of solid-state lasers. In the experiment with a standard 2 W diode, the beam quality factors in the two orthogonal directions were equalized to M-x(2) approximate to 24 and M-y(2) approximate to 18, respectively, which pumped an intra-cavity frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser at 946 run with an output of 28 mW at 473 nm.
We present a compact Q-switched Er-Yb:glass microchip laser operating at the wavelength of 1.535 mum using an acousto-optical modulator. A Q-switched peak power of 325 W with a pulse-duration of 38 ns and a pulse-to-pulse jitter of less then 10 ns was achieved. Well-controlled pulses were obtained for repetition rates up to 10 kHz while the maximum pulse energy was 12 muJ. The experimental results are compared with theoretical analysis, which shows how to optimize the laser as well as fundamental limitations.
Passband broadening of an AWG (array waveguide grating) demultiplexer with an MMI (multimode interference) coupler connected at the end of a tapered input waveguide is considered. An explicit formula based on the field propagation of an approximate Hermit-Gaussian beam is used to calculate quickly and reliably the spectral response of the AWG demultiplexer. The widths of the input waveguide, the output waveguides and the MMI coupler are optimized. The optimal design is verified with the experimental measurement.
The third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility (chi((3))) of Au:SiO2 nanocomposite films with different Au particle sizes was measured to be on the order of 10(-10) esu to 10(-9) esu in the off-resonant spectral region, and the particle size-dependent behavior of chi((3)) was observed. The results were found to deviate substantially from those of the conventional Maxwell-Garnet theory. By adapting the modified invariant imbedding method, which takes into account the effect of interparticle interactions on the nonlinear response, we successfully explain the enhanced third-order nonlinear susceptibility of metal-dielectric nanocomposites at off-resonant wavelengths.
In order to offer abundant available bandwidth for radio access networks satisfying future 5G requirements on capacity, this paper proposes a simple and cost-effective palm-shaped spectrum generation scheme that can be used for high capacity radio over fiber (RoF) system. The proposed scheme can simultaneously generate an optical carrier used for upstream and two bands of millimeter wave (MMW) that are capable of carrying different downstream data. The experiment results show that the proposed palm-shaped spectrum generation scheme outperforms optical frequency comb (OFC) based multi-band MMW generation in terms of upstream transmission performance. Furthermore, simulation is carried out with different dual-band MMW configurations to verify the feasibility of using the proposed spectrum generation scheme in the RoF system.
A framework is developed for modeling the fundamental impairments in optical datacenter interconnects, i.e., the power loss and the receiver noises. This framework makes it possible, to analyze the trade-offs between data rates, modulation order, and number of ports that can be supported in optical interconnect architectures, while guaranteeing that the required signal-to-noise ratios are satisfied. To the best of our knowledge, this important assessment methodology is not yet available. As a case study, the trade-offs are investigated for three coupler-based top-of-rack interconnect architectures, which suffer from serious insertion loss. The results show that using single-port transceivers with 10 GHz bandwidth, avalanche photodiode detectors, and quadratical pulse amplitude modulation, more than 500 ports can be supported.
We study the spatial coherence properties of a three-dimensional, primary, quasi-homogeneous, and isotropic source and the far field that it generates. We assess the spectrum, degree of polarization, electromagnetic degree of coherence, and effective degree of coherence of the source and of the far field. We also demonstrate the formalism for a spherical Gaussian Schell-model current source. The polarization properties of light are fully accounted for in the analysis, and it is found that certain results pertaining to scalar coherence theory are reproduced also within the electromagnetic treatment.
Optical directional couplers and Mach-Zehnder interferometers employing surface plasmon polaritons are proposed and their characteristics are analyzed numerically using a finite-difference time-domain method. It is shown that these devices can have transverse size smaller than the incident wavelength and can then be regarded as true subwavelength photonic elements. The ultra-compact characteristic of these devices can be utilized as a basis of next generation of integrated photonic circuits. Furthermore, calculations also show that these devices behave differently from their traditional all-dielectric counterparts. For the proposed optical directional coupler, the phase difference between the two output ports will no longer be 90 degrees even when the two ports have the same power outputs.
Propagation of a flat-topped beam of circular or non-circular (rectangular or elliptical) symmetry through an apertured optical system is investigated. By expanding the hard aperture function as a finite sum of complex Gaussian functions, some approximate analytical propagation formulas are derived for a flat-topped beam of circular or non-circular (rectangular or elliptical) symmetry propagating through an apertured paraxial general astigmatic (GA) optical system or an apertured paraxial misaligned stigmatic (ST) optical system. The derived formulas are very fast to compute. The results obtained by using the approximate analytical expressions are in a good agreement with those obtained by direct numerical integration. The present analytical formulas provide a convenient and effective way for studying the propagation and transformation of a circular or non-circular flat-topped beam through an apertured general optical system.
Flexible migration that reuse the deployed infrastructure and colorless ONUs which avoid inventory problem are two major challenges of next-generation passive optical network (NGPON). In this paper, flexible migration is achieved by the coexistence of legacy PON and NGPON and colorless ONUs is achieved by upstream remodulation. Orthogonal modulation methods such as DPSK, PolSK and WSK are applied for NGPON downstream signal to ensure the constant amplitude. The amplitude-constant NGPON downstream signal induces low crosstalk to the coexisting legacy PON signal and the remodulated upstream signal. The experimental demonstration shows error free transmission and verifies the feasibility of the proposed scheme.
We quantify the amount of information exchanged between a system of two qubit pair and the environment. We find that there is a good chance for an Eavesdropper to distill information from the entangled qubits. This chance decreases for less entangled qubits. In particular, we considered two examples: The first is an entangled pure two qubit state and the second an entangled state from two cavities, with a depolarizing channel as an environment. Also the effect of decoherence due to the channel parameter is studied.
Incoherent broad-bandwidth cw-pumped singly resonant optical parametric oscillator (OPO), in the quasi-phase-matched non-degenerate configuration, may efficiently generate ultra-coherent signal output by the convection-induced phase-locking mechanism in which the incoherence of the pump is absorbed by the idler wave allowing the signal to become highly coherent. In actual nonlinear quadratic waveguide configurations one obtains signal spectral widths smaller than 5 x 10(-4) times the pump spectral width, and a reduction of the average signal intensity fluctuations by less than a factor 10(-4).
Structure-to-property relations for the two-photon absorption intensities of oligothiophenes, oligopyrroles, and oligofurans have been studied using ab initio response theory. Power law dependences of the two-photon absorption intensities with respect to the length of the oligomers have been revealed, and localization lengths at which the intensities are completely dominated by one single state are found.
Making use of the rigorous vectorial far-field theory the generalized radiance of a stationary electromagnetic planar source is derived and expressions for the radiant intensity and the radiant emittance are introduced in terms of the spatial coherence properties of the source. A method for calculating the degree of polarization of the field in the far zone of an electromagnetic planar source is put forward and two examples demonstrating the technique are worked out.
The concept of a plane-wave pulse with a Gaussian spectrum and a Gaussian distribution of correlations between different frequency components is introduced. The temporal coherence properties of such a pulse are related to the spectral coherence properties and equivalence relations between pulses with different spectral and temporal correlation parameters are established.
We make a quantitative investigation of the interferometric side diffraction technique for characterization of fibre Bragg gratings. As opposed to more commonly used non-interferometric alternatives, this method also allows for determination of the grating's distributed phase. It is shown that for weak gratings the detected power and phase are directly proportional to the amplitude and phase of the refractive index modulation in the fibre. While the phase measurement is only limited by the amount of noise present, the relation between modulation amplitude and detected power becomes non-linear when using small probe beam wavelengths and gratings with a modulation depth Deltan approximate to 10(-3) and above. This behavior is inherent to the side diffraction and thus care has to be taken when performing apodization measurements on very strong gratings. The sensitivity to noise is briefly discussed and using a crude estimate for the noise level. the theory indicates that this method is suitable down to a grating modulation depth of at least Deltan approximate to 10(-5).
In Elastic Optical Network (EON), spectrum fragmentation refers to the existence of non-aligned, small-sized blocks of free subcarrier slots in the optical spectrum. Several metrics have been proposed in order to quantify a level of spectrum fragmentation. Approximation methods might be used for estimating average blocking probability and some fragmentation measures, but are so far unable to accurately evaluate the influence of different sizes of:connection requests and do not allow in-depth investigation of blocking events and their relation to fragmentation. The analytical study of the effect of fragmentation on requests' blocking probability is still under explored In this work, we introduce new definitions for blocking that differentiate between the reasons for the blocking events. We developed a framework based on Markov modeling to calculate steady-state probabilities for the different blocking events and to analyze fragmentation related problems in elastic optical links under dynamic traffic conditions. This framework can also be used for evaluation of different definitions of fragmentation in terms of their relation to the blocking probability. We investigate how different allocation request sizes contribute to fragmentation and blocking probability. Moreover, we show to which extend blocking events, due to insufficient amount of available resources, become inevitable and, compared to the amount of blocking events due to fragmented spectrum, we draw conclusions on the possible gains one cart achieve by system defragmentation. We also show how efficient spectrum allocation policies really are in reducing the part of fragmentation that in particular leads to actual blocking events. Simulation experiments are carried out showing good match with our analytical results for blocking probability in a small scale scenario. Simulated blocking probabilities for the different blocking events are provided for a larger scale elastic optical link.
We consider thermalisation and spontaneous decay of a two-level atom beyond the Markovian approximation. While the standard elimination of the continuum of radiation modes results in exponential decay represented by a Lindblad equation of motion, we use a simple toy model that takes into account the finite relaxation rate of the environment and present an exact non-Markovian master equation of the Nakajima-Zwanzig form. Because the exact derivation of non-Markovian equations has proved very difficult for all more realistic (and hence much more complicated) models, we analyze the master equation obtained and also discuss difficulties that are likely to arise with non-Markovian evolution operators.
We report a new stochastic model for studying the polarization-dependent gain in Raman fiber amplifiers with randomly varying birefringence as a function of the pump state of polarization and the polarization mode dispersion parameter. Our theoretical results agree with the previously obtained experimental data.
Making use of a recently introduced degree of coherence of random electromagnetic fields, we show that some well-known results on second-order scalar coherence theory in the space-time domain hold within the electromagnetic context as well. In particular, we prove that for statistically stationary electromagnetic waves the following three properties are equivalent: (i) the field is completely coherent in the space-time domain, (ii) the field is monochromatic, and (iii) the electric mutual coherence tensor factors in the two spatial variables and is periodic in the time difference.


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Today we will make a pan of brownies to take to the gas station down the road. I had a flat tire one day and I pulled into the shop connected to it and they helped me so much and didn't charge me. They even let my kids help the mechanics. It was a fun day. They are always super nice.
We will have our family dinner tonight simply decorated with Valentines Décor. We are having Chicken Parmesan, Penne, and Bread. Hannah is making us cupcakes.
Hope you have a special day. In prayer today I felt so amazed with the most powerful love of Jesus. He is the Best Love story ever told.

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In 1998, Mark Souder authored the Aid Elimination Penalty [10] of the Higher Education Act, a law that denies financial aid to students with drug convictions. Since then, a massive coalition of public health, education, legal, and policy organizations has formed to oppose the law. Their arguments include:
1. College education is proven to reduce drug use. Therefore, forcing students out of college obviously and undeniably increases drug use overall.Rather than attempting to understand these persuasive arguments, Mark Souder simply attacked and disparaged his critics, calling them a "small but determined coalition of drug-legalization groups." He attempted to mislead his colleagues in Congress about the agenda of his opponents. And he did it because he's embarrassed that so many reputable organizations [11] have condemned his terrible ideas.
2. The penalty only affects good students. If you're getting bad grades you can't get aid anyway.
3. Students arrested for drugs get punished in court. It's not like they're getting away with anything.
4. Taking away opportunities from students sends a message that we don't want them to succeed in life. Students must be encouraged, not pushed down.
5. The penalty disproportionately affects minorities due to disparities in drug arrests and convictions.
6. The penalty only targets low-income students. These are the very people the HEA is supposed to help.
7. Judges already have the authority to revoke financial aid if they think that's a good idea.
It is no surprise that drug reform groups oppose the HEA Aid Elimination Penalty. StoptheDrugWar.org is one of them. But to attribute drug legalization sympathies to groups like the National Education Association and the United Methodist Church just makes Souder look like an idiot. His bizarre attacks have now earned him some unfavorable media attention at The Hill [12] and The Politico [9]. Beyond that, he's alienated all of the top organizations working on education and addiction issues; groups he'll have to work with so long as he continues to saunter around ignorantly fighting the drug problem.
It just tells you everything you need to know about Mark Souder to see him spit on organizations that work to educate America's youth and help people recovering from addiction. And it tells you everything you need to know about the drug war's political leaders that Mark Souder is highly regarded among them.


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So, my TI-99 has been relatively fun, but it's been having some issues lately, and I'm looking to try and fix them. The biggest issue is the crashing. Every so often, usually on the first or second boot, the machine will go to a solid blue screen and hang. This is usually on the boot menu, but it has happened in a game/in BASIC. If a tone was playing, that'll hang too. What could be causing this? It's happened with a cartridge in and without. If it happened after running a while I'd assume it's overheating, but this is usually within the first couple of minutes of running it. I haven't taken the machine apart yet, so maybe the issue will be obvious, but knowing what to look for will help too.
Another problem is the keyboard. It's a stackpole unit, and it has some pretty substantial key bounce. Can I reduce this in anyway? I have a Mitsumi keyboard from a broken unit that I've considered using instead. Is it better to type with compared to the stackpole switches? If I replace the stackpole model, what should I do to the Mitsumi (if anything) before installing it?
And as a final question, what should I do to make sure the unit lasts a long time? Are there any problematic parts that can damage the system when they fail? Do any parts (other than the internal power supply) run hot?
Thank you!


text: While pulling parts for another list member my workers found another 8-E. I thought I had 2 in the area, but who knows. Anyway, if you are going to Chicago (VCF) I'm almost 3 hours south of there, but I have several list members who plan on stopping by before or after and might be willing to deliver or get it closer for the right price. I had already planned on selling one, so now I actually have 2. Both are 8-E boxes, H724(I think) power supply, a single omnibus backplane, a switch panel, silkscreen, one has white bezel. They do not have :keys, cover (or lid), slides. I can configure the boards to anything within reason, but I suggest you go with the mos board or kit available on the list. Core is getting expensive. Please contact me off list with questions. Thanks, Paul


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Berkshire Conservation District Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, February 27th, 2019 at 5:30 PM
Pittsfield Public Library & Berkshire Athenaeum
1. Call to Order- Mary Stucklen, Chair, called the meeting to order at 5:32pm
Attendants: Ned Kirchner, Mary Stucklen, Holly Aragi (call-in)
Not in Attendance: Bob Lear
Open Session:
New Business
2. No-Till Grant Updates:
The quotes for the No-Till seeder were not available at the meeting so the discussion about purchasing a no-till machine was tabled until the next meeting. Various insurance policies were discussed, including policies from Liberty Mutual and Russel & Bond. The cost for these policies was perceived by Holly and Ned to be lower numbers than expected, and there were questions about if the policy would cover the machine if it were to be 'totaled'. There was further discussion about making sure a policy would include a full-value replacement for the machine, and possibly discounts on wrapping the district's liability insurance with the no-till insurance. Ned and Holly shared their experiences with Farm Friendly insurance, which is an agriculturally friendly insurance company. Mary will contact other representatives to find a policy that would better suit the district.
3. Other new business – There were none.
4. Announcements – There were none.
Executive Session: Ned made the motion to move into executive session, seconded by Holly. All were in favor.
5. Administrative Assistant Position Interviews
The district had scheduled three candidates for interviews for the Administrative Assistant position. The first candidate did not appear for his interview. The second and third candidate was interviewed on-time and by the District. A discussion occurred after the interviews, discussing the financial abilities of the District and the potential candidates. Upon discussing the candidates interviewed and their professional background, experiences, and availability, the board made a decision to hire one of the candidates. Ned made a motion to all Mary to offer the position to their chosen candidate, as well as to negotiate the compensation for the candidate, with Holly seconding the motion. All were in favor.
Holly made a motion to reenter into open session, with Ned second. All were in favor.
6. Adjournment: Holly made a motion to adjourn, with Ned second. All were in favor.


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Tiger Peanut Butter Candy
This effortless, three-ingredient candy will please any chocolate-and-peanut butter lover. "A good friend gave me this recipe, and I cut it in half to make just enough for me," shares Roberta Taylor of Sharpsville, Indiana.
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 15 min.
Makes3 ounces
- 1/4 cup vanilla or white chips
- 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons milk chocolate chips
- In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt vanilla chips and peanut butter; stir until smooth. Pour into a 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray.
- In another microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate chips; stir until smooth. Drizzle over first layer. Freeze for 5-10 minutes; break into pieces.
Editor's NoteThis recipe was tested in a 1,100-watt microwave.
Nutrition Facts1-1/2 ounce-weight: 263 calories, 18g fat (8g saturated fat), 7mg cholesterol, 102mg sodium, 22g carbohydrate (7g sugars, 1g fiber), 6g protein.
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Dec 11, 2013
I made this as soon as I read the recipe! It was quick and so easy. It fit perfect in my small Christmas tins. Make a big batch and share.
Dec 22, 2012
Amazing and easy!
Oct 19, 2010
just like mall candy. make it with some fresh squeezed lemonade or the orange julius recipe (this site) and save a trip!
May 14, 2009
This was a huge hit a our last PTO meeting. I was in a pinch on time and I also adapted it to make enough to fit in a 9X13 pan, by using vanilla candy coating and a untouched leftover solid milk chocolate easter bunny for the drizzle. Ha! Ha! AWESOME!!!!


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WARROAD, MN -- Marvin Windows and Doors named winners of its seventh Architects Challenge, for the first time judging by category: Best Contemporary Project, Best Transitional Project, Best Traditional New Construction Project, Best Remodel/Addition, Best Commercial Project, and Best in Show, from among 150 entrants.
"This year, the winners include everything from a lakeside mansion to a downtown commercial revival," said Christine Marvin, director of marketing. "This year's winners showcase the depth and breadth of our products and how they can be integrated in a wide variety of architectural projects and styles. I am blown away by the projects submitted each year."
Winners of the 2015 Architects Challenge were chosen by a panel of architectural experts, including Donald W. Powers, AIA, LEED AP, CNU, Founding Principal of Union Studio Architecture & Community Design; Adele Chang, AIA, Principal at Lim Chang Rohling & Associates, Inc.; and Stephen Muse, FAIA, Senior Principal of Muse Architects. Winning projects were chosen based on architectural excellence, creative design and use of Marvin products.
"As an architect, it is very rewarding to be able to see the care and detail that others in my field put into their projects.said judge Adele Chang, AIA of Lim Change Rohling & Associates. It was a tough choice at times, but we believe all the winners show the best of their genres."
This year's Architects Challenge winners are:
BEST IN SHOW: Healdsburg Residence in Healdsburg, Calif., designed by Nick Noyes of Nick Noyes Architecture: This single-family residence is composed of four iconic metal-roofed gabled wings that are connected by an open breezeway and transparent entry and passage zones fabricated from a steel window-and-door system. The employment of passive and active solar strategies, along with the use of salvaged wood and sustainable products such as composite siding, metal roofing and Marvin clad windows and doors, combine to create a maintenance-free exterior and an environmentally responsible building.
BEST CONTEMPORARY: Russian River Studio in Forestville, Calif., designed by Cathy Schwabe of Cathy Schwabe Architects: Designed for a photographer and a writer as a multipurpose space for painting, drawing, writing, photography, hosting small workshops, and overflow guests, this 864-square-foot building with porch and terraced extensions frames the top of the hill above a small existing dwelling. Large, colorful wall panels at the interior serve as accents for the otherwise white walls, and open to reveal workspaces. Two work areas borrow light and space from the main room. Light in the main studio space is brought in from windows and doors on all four sides, as well as through skylights. Options, performance and beauty all played a major part in Marvin Window and Door products being selected for the project.
BEST TRANSITIONAL PROJECT: Minnetonka Masterpiece on Lake Minnetonka in Minn., designed by Mark Larson of Rehkamp Larson Architects: This all-new Lake Minnetonka home is both grand and comfortable. Facing Brown's Bay, a continuous wall of glass looks out over the water while connecting all the public spaces of the home from end to end. Rich wooden texture adds to the cozy exterior feel, while expansive views of the rolling yard open up the interior. An art gallery within the large, ground-level hallway acts as the main spine of the home. Marvin made the continuous wall of windows possible, providing an ever-present view of the lake and surrounding site.
BEST TRADITIONAL NEW CONSTRUCTION: Green Hills Residence in Nashville, designed by Michael Ward and Tyler LeMarinel of Allard Ward Architects: This Nashville, Tenn., home is a modern interpretation of an English country house. The design strived to create a home with a sense of transparency, offering great views and ample natural light. On the exterior, simple rooflines, masonry details, and windows make for a contemporary look reminiscent of an English county house. Inside, the open floor plan and Marvin Ultimate Casement windows pull natural light all the way to the center of the home.
BEST REMODEL/ADDITION: Adirondack Camp in Indian Lake, N.Y., designed by Jacob Albert of Albert, Righter & Tittman Architects, Inc.: With a homeowner who has professional experience as a historian and an education in architecture, this renovated cabin was a truly unique expression of Adirondack design. Taking care to avoid certain cliches and ornamentation, the finished product begs for a closer look into detail. The lake views of this home are stunning, and new windows allowed the homeowner to honor the spirit of the old cabin while providing a more expansive interior. Clad windows from Marvin blended seamlessly with the vibrant color scheme of the original wood windows and trim, preserving timeless details throughout.
BEST COMMERCIAL: The Loretta Building in Fargo, N.D., designed by Lee Dobrinz of JLG Architects: Situated in downtown Fargo, the Loretta Building was once an easily overlooked remnant of days gone by. Now, 100 years after its original construction, the building has become one of the downtown's most vibrant centers of commerce. By using new materials and some existing resources in the renovation, the designers were able to combine the character of yesterday with furnishings that suit modern tastes. Marvin windows recreated the original character with a more efficient design that improved air filtration, reduced heat loss, and increased energy savings. It's clear to see that the Loretta Building has truly been revitalized to become a pillar of historic Broadway Street.
HONORABLE MENTION: Forest Hills Restoration in Newark, N.J., designed by Jennifer Palermo of Palermo Edwards Architecture
HONORABLE MENTION: Madeline Island Retreat on Madeline Island, Wis., designed by Christine Albertsson of Albertsson Hansen
HONORABLE MENTION: Chatham Gambrel in Cape Cod, Mass., designed by Patrick Ahearn Architect
HONORABLE MENTION: Great Camp Lake Retreat in Guntersville, Ala., designed by Paul Matheny of Matheny Goldmon
In addition to the judged projects, the public also participated in the 2015 Architects Challenge Showdown. Over several rounds, participants voted for their favorite project, leaving one victor: The Villa Renewed in St. Paul, Minn. Mark Nelson of Davide Heide Design Studio served as the home's architect, reviving an old duplex with modern amenities. Because of its location in a historic district, certain design elements needed to be met, including replacing the original windows with Marvin products to meet exacting federal standards and guidelines for preservation and rehabilitation. While the renovated house still retains its historic character and integrity, it also features new rainwater collection, geothermal heating and cooling systems, and a modern building envelope. Advanced materials, closed-cell spray foam insulation, and energy-efficient Marvin windows helped to complete the renovation along LEED Silver guidelines.
A premier manufacturer of made-to-order wood and clad wood windows and doors, Marvin offers the industry's most extensive selection of shapes, styles, sizes and options to fit the diverse needs of builders and match the personalities of homeowners. Marvin's tradition of delivering the finest craftsmanship in windows and doors began in Warroad, Minn., a small town just six miles from the Canadian border, where the privately-held, family-owned and operated company is still headquartered today.
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By Harold Moskowitz
When France and Great Britain fought each other in the 1790's, the United States neutrality policy recommended by President Washington was questioned. Some Americans favored France out of dislike for the British and gratitude for French assistance during the Revolution. Others, horrified by reports of bloody executions during the French Revolution, sided with Great Britain.
The United States had signed a neutrality agreement but France wanted the United States to support them against the British. The government resisted their pressure and instead signed the Jay Treaty with Great Britain which settled old issues. The French reacted by interfering with American shipping. President John Adams sent envoys to France in an effort to diffuse hostility. French diplomats responded by seeking bribe money for granting access to their Foreign Minister and a loan for the French war effort against Britain.
When news of the French diplomatic actions reached Adams, he requested and was given Congressional funding for a military buildup. A two-year undeclared war with France followed. It is known as the "Quasi-War." During this time, French naval vessels and privateers attacked our ships. They did all that they could to disrupt American trade with Great Britain.
In order to finance the 'Quasi-War,' Congress needed to raise two million dollars. It chose to impose the only direct tax on personal property in our nation's history. Known as the "House Tax" (1798), it taxed residential structures, land, and slaves. Each state was to be proportionately responsible for its share of the total. Pennsylvania's share was $237,000.
Since there were very few slaves in Pennsylvania, the tax was mostly based upon inhabited residences and land ownership. The taxable amount for homeowners was to be based upon the size of the windows and the number of window panes. Many state residents refused to pay the tax. They claimed that the tax was not being levied equally in proportion to the state's population as was required by the U.S. Constitution.
Many of the settlers in the northeastern past of the state were originally from Germany where they had been forced to pay a "Hearth Tax." It was also disliked because it was for funding a "non-existing" war.
In Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton, and Montgomery Counties, people began to protest the tax. As during the American Revolution, "liberty poles" were erected. Women even threw hot water down from the second floors of houses onto the agents as they counted and measured windows on the ground floor. John Fries became the leader of the opposition. He began to lead a group of about sixty armed men. Their goal was to prevent tax assessors from carrying out their job. Often, tax agents were intimidated and run out of town. Their lives were threatened.
Fries told an assessor that if he did not leave, "700 men would be ready to fight to the end." A few assessors were taken hostage and held for several hours. Upon release, they were threatened with death if they returned. The governor sent the militia to arrest rebels and tax resistors in what became known as "Fries' Rebellion."
Nineteen men were arrested. Fries and 400 men freed them from the custody of a United States Marshal. President Adams called for a militia to be raised. The 1,200 man militia rearrested the 19 freed prisoners. Fries was captured. He and two others were tried for treason. As was the situation in the Whiskey Rebellion (1794) trials, the definition of "treason" was an expanded one. It said that "combining to defeat or resist a federal law was the equivalent of levying war against the United States."The others were tried for misdemeanors such as "opposition to the House Tax," "hindering the assessors in their duties," and "holding unlawful meetings for interfering with the execution of the laws."
Forty-one of the arrested men were tried in federal court. Three, including Fries, were found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. Those tried for misdemeanors were convicted except for one. Two days before the execution date, President Adams pardoned the three condemned men as well as those who had been convicted of misdemeanors.
Fries was seen by many in the nation as a victim of federal power. The handling of the "rebellion" by President Adams damaged the political standing of the Federalist Party. Hostility in Pennsylvania prevented Adams from "carrying" the state in the election of 1800, allowing Jefferson to defeat him. The "House Tax" was repealed in 1802. Armed citizen resistance had made a difference.
By Henry S. Kramer, Tompkins County, New York
How do liberties get lost? Does a nation-state slip into dictatorship and totalitarianism all at once? Experience says that it is a slow process in which, bit by bit, we lose our freedoms.
Unlike many of the readers here, I am not particularly a fan of guns. I live in a fairly safe area and don't believe that I need to be armed. But I realize that many of my fellow citizens do live where they feel a need for protection and they don't feel they can rely on law enforcement alone. So, why am I a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and keeping it robust and in place?
First, because it is an amendment to our Constitution and I believe our Constitution must be upheld. As soon as we lose any of our constitutional rights, all the others become endangered. And consider this, of all the types of property that we have, guns are about the only property that is specifically constitutionally protected (yet we can't carry them easily from state to state).
On a practical level, the statistics show that restrictive gun laws just do not work. Faced with restrictive legislation, criminals do not give up their guns and no law is likely to make them do so. Areas like Chicago with strict gun laws do not have lower crime rates, they have high ones. Conversely, areas like Texas which allow concealed carry have much lower crime rates. I do support strong controls on fully automatic weapons, but they have been highly regulated since the 1930's so that is not an issue any more.
Pastor Niemoller said of the Nazi regime that when they came for the Jews, he didn't care as he wasn't a Jew. When they came for the gypsies, he didn't care, he wasn't a gypsy. When they came for him there was no one left to stand up for him. That was an important lesson and an important reason why I stand for all of the Constitution and do not want to see it dismantled bit by bit.
Admiral Yamamoto, who was the architect of the Pearl Harbor attack by Japan in 1941, told the Japanese leaders that they could never invade and occupy the United States. The reason he gave - too many guns in too many hands.
Now our constitutional republic is under attack. Free speech, gun rights, and even our ability to elect a president and see that president finish his term are under attack. If we are not to become a "banana republic" without the rule of law, we must protect and uphold our constitution - every part of it. Right now, the Second Amendment is under siege. If it goes, how long will it be before our other rights go as well?
By Attilio A. Contini
Does anyone care? What will it take for people to realize what is going on and say "enough with this foolishness"? Actually, it is far worse than foolishness. Call it what you want but I say it is down-right and deliberate subversion and, perhaps, even treason. Our very concepts of national security, citizenship and our Constitution are being undermined.
The elitist leftists call themselves Progressives for a reason. They have a goal, increasing their own power and control, which they systematically and relentlessly work towards with never ending determination. We need to understand that goal and determine if it is right and proper - or even acceptable - for that goal to be entertained and promoted in a constitutional, free, nationalistic, country and society. Our country's constitution exists for the preservation and protection of the rights and safety of its people – its citizens.
Society has boundaries, laws and rules for a reason and these laws and rules must be obeyed; without them we have chaos. Unlimited, illegal immigration is making a mockery of our laws and rules. What is the sense of having laws if illegal immigrants are going to be given all the rights and privileges reserved for law abiding citizens and those who play by the rules?
We have rules to punish people who break the law. Granting privileges to illegal immigrants, such as drivers licenses, creates a snow balling effect that undermines our whole system. How can you deny a citizen the privileged of a driver's license if you give a license to felons who violate immigration laws? To say we must automatically give them a license because they need to drive to work and move about in the community is hypocritical. Now, the proposal in the New York State legislature to automatically register them to vote is an insult and act of national suicide and stupidity. It creates an environment that can destroy the Constitution and norms of society.
We need to step back and ask why are the extreme radical progressives - and those that enable them - advocating and promoting ideas that are so dangerous. Let's be honest. In my opinion, most progressive politicians - and those enabling them while luring in the shadows - are devoted Socialist and Communists. They want to "Fundamentally change our government", subvert our Constitution, limit our freedom, and control our lives from the cradle to the grave. They place very little value on human life, except their own. They want gun control not because they want to stop crimes but because they want to render us defenseless. They want to impose a form of government on us that fosters a class society where they, the elite intelligentsia, can control and take advantage of the masses.
They are bribing and brainwashing the unsuspecting illegal immigrants and other minority groups into supporting them so they can gain total control of our government and alter or destroy the Constitution. They believe the end justifies the means. For some reason they hate our government, our Constitution and everything it stands for.
It is time they be declared what they are: seditious, sabotaging, criminal, treasonous enemies of our nation, our Constitution, and the American People. They should be identified as threats to our National Security, removed from office, and barred from ever running for or holding public office.
By Michael A. Morrongiello, Ph. D.
A hate-filled mentally ill man attacked Hasidic Jews with a machete, in the home of their Rabbi, in the upstate town of Monsey, New York, seriously injuring five. Senate Minority Leader Schumer promptly called for an increase in Federal grants to help secure houses of worship and schools. The attack, New York's Governor Cuomo said, was due to a "scourge of hate in this country" and Cuomo, never to be outpandered, proposed a new state law, the Hate Crimes Domestic Terrorism Act, which makes illegal that which is already illegal. If Cuomo was being consistent, he would have called for a ban on "assault machetes."
New York City mayor Bill DeBlasio, who can out-pander anyone, said, "We New Yorkers have the ability to stop the hatred." Frighteningly, the mayor thinks, or wants you to think, that he has the power to change people's feelings. The new "no bail law" in New York State turns many violent offenders loose. But thankfully, this perpetrator of this crime remains in jail on $5 million bail.
Let's compare the Democrat response to the machete attack in Monsey with the Newtown, Connecticut shooting. The difference in tone and focus is striking. Immediately after the Newtown shooting and long before the facts were known, Schumer, Cuomo, et al. blamed so-called assault weapons. At the federal level, Schumer pushed for tougher gun control laws, while Cuomo shoved the Safe Act through the state legislature in record time. Boosting funding to make schools a harder target was never a priority. Democrats never blamed alienation or mental health services that don't reach everyone. Nor did they blame a collapsing moral structure. The focus of their ire was never the shooter, another mentally ill man who stole his mother's guns and murdered her before going to the Newtown school to slaughter the innocents. No, they blamed guns and, by extension, gun owners. Here in New York, the Safe Act didn't make schools safer - it made gun ownership harder, which was the point.
But New York's ruling ideocracy is at it again with State Senate bill S1412. This monstrosity will require every buyer of a shotgun or long gun to apply for a hunting license first. The bill imposes other burdens such as: taking a 5-hour gun safety course, passing a shooting test with 90% accuracy, notarized proof of a passed drug test and mental health evaluation, and finally, proof of safe storage.
Meanwhile, New York State continues to hemorrhage population. The latest census data paints a bleak picture. New York has lost 1.4 million people to other states since 2010. Cuomo was governor for 9 of those 10 years. New York lost 77,000 people in 2019. I don't know the numbers for the 55 counties upstate, but I know that upstate always takes it on the chin.
The title of this article says it all. We know that the Albany/ Washington ruling class would love to delete the Second Amendment. But Cuomo, et.al. never admit it; instead, they say they want to make us safer. They're obviously lying. Their arrogance knows no bounds; it is gigantic, oceanic, titanic arrogance. Lies and hubris make for bad public policy. Problems are never really defined or solved. People experience the results and they sense that their leaders are dishonest and govern poorly. This is why people flee New York, if they can.
By Tom Reynolds
Quite often, the simplest solution to a problem is the best solution.
In Chapter 11 of former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley's book, "With All Due Respect", she describes the conditions in South Sudan, a country that has been torn apart by civil war. By the fall of 2017, two million people had been displaced and two million more had fled the country. It is the site of one of the United Nations' largest and most expensive (and ineffective) peacekeeping missions.
Thousands of civilians sought refuge near UN peacekeeping bases and the UN set up "protection of civilian sites" outside their gates. These tent cities are ringed by barbed wire and exist in horrible conditions under the unreliable protection of UN peacekeeping troops.
Violence against women is rampant. UN peacekeeping forces are infamous for raping and abusing women under their care and these are the "good guys". In these camps, women must venture outside the security of the barbed wire to collect firewood for cooking. Once outside the compound, they are frequently attacked and raped.
Ambassador Haley had no direct answer to these problems other than continuing to argue for them within and without the U.N. Noble but ineffective.
I have a simple and direct answer: teach these women to shoot and then arm them with handguns. I'll bet the women won't hesitate to use them to protect themselves and their children. Potential rapists will think twice (or several more times) before attacking the women.
Of course, a proposal such as this will bring howls from the left and all sorts of theories about how badly it would turn out. Realistically, some down-side things would happen, but would it be worse than the status quo? Absolutely not. And being self-reliant and protecting themselves would have a major, positive psychological impact on women for which there is little positive happening in their lives. Remember, guns have done more to make women safe that all the feminist movement in the world.
My suggestion for this sort of direct solution to a violence problem is equally lost on New York's governor who won't allow teachers in New York schools to be armed for fear that the students would be caught in a crossfire. He would prefer that a shooter be allowed to fire at will without any opposition. It doesn't take a genius, which Cuomo definitely isn't, to realize that many more student s would be killed by an unopposed shooter than would be injured in crossfire.
The best real-life answer to Cuomo and the anti-gun left is the recent shooting in a Texas church. In a room packed with parishioners, a gunman opened fire and the incident was over in six seconds! Six seconds! An armed parishioner took out the shooter and several others had drawn their weapons but did not fire, either because they did not have a clear shot or the incident was over before they could shoot. If a police officer had been sitting outside in a patrol car, he could barely have gotten out of the car door before the incident was over.
An armed populace is a safer populace and gun free zones only protect the criminal.
By Richard Rossi
Many of us believe that the anti-gun groups and the media have no actual knowledge of how firearms function. One would believe that theory because of the way the media communicates their agenda to the citizens in our country. On the contrary, I believe they know very well what they are saying.
Take for example the term "ASSAULT WEAPON". True, knowledgeable gun owners know, very well, that is a contrived term. It was, of course, made up for a specific purpose; to invoke emotional support for their agenda. This label plays directly into getting support after any mass shooting event where a semiautomatic rifle was used. I have not believed, for some time, that they are so uninformed about firearms that they don't truly understand that there is a difference between an Automatic rifle and a Semi-automatic rifle, when they label both as "Assault weapons".
Let's take this a step further. When you listen to national news media reporting involving police activity, they never use the term Assault Weapon when referring to LEO"s armed with "Black Rifles". They somehow - and I believe intentionally - do not use the term "assault weapon" when talking about these stories. I have heard on many news stories that police armed with rifles are searching the area. Think about that for a minute…
Furthermore, you will notice that these "assault rifle" stories hit immediately, as the event is unfolding, even if details are not known or unclear about the incident. They need to get a jump on the story to invoke emotional support and outrage. Facts don't matter, at this point in time, nor is clarification usually made later, as long as it gets broadcast that another mass-shooting with an assault rifle has happened.
Let's examine the term "Mass Shooting." A more appropriate and accurate term, in my opinion, would be "Mass Murder". However, this wording also does not fit their agenda; they need to include the reference to the weapon in the headline, for obvious reasons. The focus is very simple; one must remove the blame from the individual and place it on the weapon. How can people actually believe that anyone or anything other than the person is solely to blame for these murders? The media wants us to believe that, if we take away an object, the event will not occur. It does not work that way and it never will.
While I blame the media driven agenda for this attack on our 2nd Amendment Rights and Freedoms, we must share some of the blame. While the media was exonerating the individual for his actions, law-abiding gun owners sat quietly and watched. I am sure many of you are as frustrated with this anti-gun movement as I am. However, we need to be positive and speak-out and speak loudly. Get involved and "talk" with your elected officials at all levels of Government. Change can happen if we work together and are active.
By Tim Andrews, S.C.O.P.E. At-Large Director
Do we really have a Second Amendment? Good question and I'm amazed I've never read or heard anyone ask that fundamental question. I even googled the question, and the only thing that came up was the text of the Second Amendment and some academic pro and con debates.
The United States Constitution is the premier law of the land. The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the constitution. The right to keep and bear arms is number two, and the common thread of the first ten amendments is that they all pertain to the rights of the individual. We also have two Supreme Court rulings supporting an individual's right, at least as it exists in the home.
Yet, despite this, we have literally thousands of laws on the books, both on the federal level and state levels, restricting an individual's right, and in many cases outright banning an individual's right to possess certain firearms, including firearm accessories. Many will argue the government has the power to regulate issues pertaining to the Bill of Rights; the "you can't yell fire in a crowded theater" argument. I would agree to give the government the power to regulate for the common good. The question is, where's the line? When does regulation become a violation of our Second Amendment? What regulation is acceptable?
To answer that question, I would argue that regulation begins and ends with criminals and criminal use of firearms and I'd start with someone who's convicted of a violent felony. If you are convicted of a violent criminal offense you should forfeit your right to possess a firearm. However, it's also important that Fifth Amendment due process rights are protected so individuals are not unduly prosecuted. I would also argue that any law-abiding citizen who possessed or purchased a firearm legally cannot be prosecuted retroactively.
We can all agree the very nature of criminal behavior is that they don't obey laws; whether it's jaywalking or murder, criminals are not deterred by laws. The trouble is, many of the thousands of gun laws on the books are not targeted at criminals or criminal use of firearms; they're clearly aimed at law-abiding citizens.
A few examples are, gun-free zones, which criminals laugh at. They more accurately should be referred to as killing zones. What better place to commit murder than a location where the criminal knows no one else is armed? Then there are bans on firearms, magazines or other accessories. Again, criminals will get what they want. Only law abiding citizens, the ones whose rights are supposedly protected by the Second Amendment are impacted. These are only a small sample as there are many other laws, like them, that not only violate Second Amendment rights but they also violate our right to protect ourselves and our families. Regulation of the Second Amendment should focus on criminals not law-abiding citizens.
Gun control has always been about people control going back to the black codes that were intended to control freed slaves following the civil war. Then, there was the National Firearms Act of 1934 that, among other things, effectively banned automatic firearms. This was the beginning of the slippery slope when bans became acceptable. The cliche "slippery slope" aptly applies to gun control, just witness how acceptable bans have become with so many.
So again, I ask, do we really have a Second Amendment? With the influx of red flag laws, do we have a Fifth Amendment which is supposed to guarantee due process rights?
Given the magnitude of the Bill of Rights, what many constitutional scholars refer to as the supreme law of the land, it's troubling how easy it is for legislatures to circumvent them. Just look at the restrictions and bans we've experienced in New York. And when we have sought relief through the courts, we've been met by activists' courts that distort the intentions of the founders or the courts viewed the constitution as a malleable document that doesn't really mean what it says.
Later this year the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on the city of New York pistol license law. It could be a landmark decision for gun rights, but the wild card is Chief Justice Roberts, so time will tell. The silver lining is President Trump, who is changing the federal courts with a record number of appointments. If the president is reelected and a GOP majority is reelected in the Senate, he could change the courts for generations. That may very well be the Second Amendments' last hope.
Until then, it still begs the question, do we really have a Second Amendment?
By Jay Chambers
Jay Chambers is a pro-free speech business owner based in Austin, Texas. Having lived through several natural disasters and more than a few man-made ones (hello 2008), he believes that resilience and self-sufficiency are essential in this increasingly unpredictable world. That's why he started a business! Jay writes over at Minute Man Review.
Superior reliability, ease of manufacture, and popularity among Islamic terrorist groups: those are some of the things that come to mind when you ask anyone what they think of the AK-47.
More than forty years ago, right before the Soviet-Afghan War, the Kremlin started supplying the Afghanistan government with AK-47s, among other Warsaw pact weapons. These automatic rifles were plentiful, thanks to their ease of manufacture and reliable design.
The CIA (and other players who didn't like the idea of the Soviet having significant control over the outcome of the war) did the same. They provided the insurgent mujahideen with armaments as well, but they didn't give AR-15s. Instead, they gave them Chinese-made rifles patterned after the same AK-47s their hostile government counterparts are equipped with.
Fast forward to a few years ago (and up to this date), members of Al-Qaeda and ISIS (at least those fond of filming themselves) are brandishing the very same AK-47 rifles given to their fathers and grandfathers by the Soviet and U.S. cold war players from the late 1970s to early 1980s.
No one could have predicted that the low-maintenance rifle well known for its ease of manufacture and frustratingly high levels of reliability would become the symbol of insurgency and terrorism that we know of today.
But how did it get to this point? Why is it that of all the automatic rifles invented within the last 100 years, it's the AK-47 that earned the kind of notoriety it is known for today? If you find yourself asking the same questions and you want answers, stick around and read through this post.
A Quick History Lesson
Before it became the quintessential terrorists' assault rifle, through much of the cold war era, the AK-47 rifle had developed a reputation as the weapon of choice for insurgents, by communists. Anyone looking to take part in a revolutionary movement against their government was expected to have an AK-47. Purpose-wise, it was a far cry from what the rifle was primarily designed for: as a tool for the government.
The man behind the creation of the AK-47, the late Mikhail Kalashnikov, is considered a genius by many of his countrymen. Born in 1919 to parents in a peasant province in Siberia, Kalashnikov was reportedly fascinated by the inner workings of the crude machines accessible to him in his childhood. As a young adult, he worked as a railroad clerk.
In 1938, just before the Second World War, Kalashnikov joined the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic's Krasnaya Armiya (more commonly referred to as the Red Army). Designated as a tank mechanic, he was assigned to man one of the T34s of 24th Tank Regiment.
When his training was over, he started to exhibit a high level of mechanical expertise by designing modifications for Soviet tanks. Not long after, he was promoted to tank commander. Things were looking up for the mechanic.
In 1941 during the Battle of Bryansk, Kalashnikov's tank was hit by a shell from the Nazis forces. He was badly wounded and had to be hospitalized. That meant he would never be sent back to the front line.
Rumor has it that during that time, all he could think about was the StG-44, the German military's standard issue automatic rifle. It was far more effective than theirs in the battlefield, and that fact brought about a compelling desire for him to act – to help his comrades in battle by coming up with an automatic rifle design that will surpass the enemy's.
Depending on who you'd hear the story from, Kalashnikov would either go on to form the team responsible for building the first working prototype of his automatic rifle design – or he would do it all himself. Regardless, it would take him around five years to finish producing it.
The Cold War Era
In 1947, Kalashnikov would join his rifle in a firearms design contest launched by the Soviet Union's Defense Ministry. The winning design was going to be adopted by the Red Army. Kalashnikov's Automatic, Avtomatni Kalashnikova in their native tongue, won that competition. Immediately after, it received the military designation AK-47.
But contrary to what most people (even some self-confessed gun experts online) think, the original design wasn't anywhere near as reliable/low-maintenance nor was it as easy to manufacture as any of the AK-patterned rifle models we currently have on the market.
All the positive attributes the AK-47 is known for today resulted from years of countless testing, troubleshooting and fine tuning. Consequently, these strengths would lead to the rifle's unprecedented popularity (and its infamy, eventually) – chief among which is its ease of manufacture.
Fine-tuned to become an extremely easy-to-use and low-maintenance automatic rifle, the AK-47 has fewer moving parts especially when compared against its greatest rival, our very own AR-15. This makes for lower production costs and lower barrier to entry particularly in regard to mass production. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eQLFVpOYm4
In the late 1950s, the Soviet started licensing other like-minded communist governments, providing them assistance for the manufacture of AK-47s and other derivative designs. A few years after this licensing, factories were churning out AK-47s non-stop.
The sheer number of manufactured rifles, coupled with the deliberate government corruption within the states stockpiling them and the eventual dissolution of the Warsaw Pact made it impossible to regulate distribution.
From the '70s to '90s, a huge amount of surplus AK-47s were stolen from military arms depots, some were smuggled to countries outside of the Eastern Bloc, and others were just given away to any group that wasn't friends with America or its anti-communist allied countries.
The AK-47 Today
The effects of the unregulated distribution of these surplus communist-manufactured rifles from decades ago can still be observed to this day.
Case in point, it's not uncommon to see drug cartel members in Mexico carrying AK-47s while going about their daily business. And going back to where this post started, members of Islamist terrorist groups ISIS and Al Qaeda also carry them.
What this all boils down to is in the end, it's the AK-47's strengths as a shooting platform that led to its negative reputation. If you're a responsible gun owner and you happen to own one, you're probably not affected by this.
But if you don't own an AK-47 and you're considering legally purchasing one but you're having second thoughts because of all its bad rap, keep in mind that in the end, a firearm is just like any other purpose-built tool that man can call upon, for better or for worse.
By Rob McNally, At Large Director
On November 4, 2019, a Cattaraugus County Supreme Court jury of 12 local residents stood up for this country's right to selfdefense. The jury, overseen by the Honorable Judge Ronald D. Ploetz, handed down the not guilty verdict after only 45 minutes of deliberation.
The trial began October 30 with the prosecution putting on the case of felony Assault against Damien Marvin, a Salamanca resident. Testimony for the prosecution's case attempted to point to Marvin as instigating a confrontation that began at the Villagio, a restaurant and club in Ellicottville, during an employee Christmas party on December 1, 2018; Marvin and his fiancée were attending it. The prosecution attempted to portray Marvin as the instigator who allegedly became jealous after two brothers, Brandon and Bryan Janesz, had been talking to Marvin's fiancée.
The defense, led by Benjamin Smith of the Cattaraugus County Public Defender's Office, presented additional facts that pointed to the Janesz brothers, both in their 40's, behaving as bullies and attacking Marvin, 26. The brothers attacked Marvin, not just once but three separate times, as the club management was trying to calm the situation and remove all three parties from the location.
Part of the defense's case presented facts that revealed the Janesz brothers attacked Marvin inside the club, which prompted their removal. Then, they waited outside the club door for Marvin's removal, where they continued to instigate a confrontation against Marvin, both verbally and with fists. During the last of which, they reportedly ran a distance of 58 yards as Marvin was attempting to leave the scene. They then knocked Marvin to the ground, pummeling his head and face. According to testimony, Marvin once again backed away. When Brandon Janesz attempted to rush Marvin for a third attack, Marvin had already drawn his lawfully carried and possessed pistol and commanded Janesz to stop, three times, alerting Janesz at the same time that he had a gun. As Marvin perceived the threat persisting, he fired a single shot at Janesz which struck Janesz in the abdomen and ended the attack.
The jury agreed with Marvin's actions by acquitting him of all charges
What remains to be seen is whether or not Marvin and his family will have to undergo further persecution through a civil suit by the Janesz. This is, frankly, almost always a secondary threat to criminal prosecution these days. Even if a case is clearly made and accepted for self-defense in such a situation, all believers in the Second Amendment and our rights for self-defense must be prepared to defend ourselves against criminal charges and then against a lawsuit for monetary damages.
While Marvin's conduct was judged by his jury to be right and proper, there are those who will insist that because he fired at an unarmed man, he was wrong no matter what the circumstances. The jury in this case understood the lunacy of this belief and found the proper and lawful verdict in acquitting him.
We all must continue our defense against this state's love of gun control efforts that make this state less safe - not safer. This case seems to confirm that.
While we had members of this organization present during the trial, the attendance was woefully low. An action alert was published to the four surrounding counties of Allegany, Chautauqua, Erie and Wyoming in addition to Cattaraugus County over a week in advance of the trial. Turnout from even Cattaraugus County members was disappointing. We went into this effort without the need for political rant, signs, T-shirts or showmanship. We wanted to simply show support for the defense and did so, but not nearly to the level that would have been appropriate.
This case also identifies the need for our members to educate all citizens on the power of Jury Nullification. In most states if not all states, the law prohibits the jury from being informed during their instructions on their right to this power. Simply stated, Jury Nullification gives the jury the ability to find a verdict of not guilty when their belief is that the law being enforced is unconstitutional in its very existence. That is not to say this is the situation in Marvin's case. We don't believe anyone would disagree with the presence of an assault law that protects the citizens from such conduct. However, in the case of gun controls such as Red Flag laws, mandatory storage laws, clearly unconstitutional pistol permit laws that require the state's permission before purchase and a myriad of others that exist in this state, Jury Nullification can be a very useful tool for the citizens being oppressed.
Jury Nullification is and should be routinely taught and preached. Instead of seeking ways to avoid such duty, as citizens, we must learn that participation in a jury is a valuable means of discarding clearly unconstitutional laws that are forced upon us by a hierarchy of public servants who seem to believe they know what is best for us as 'mere' citizens. This is just another means of the checks and balances within our constitutional form of government and it puts power back into the hands of our citizens, where it rightly belongs. We must all strive to educate ourselves and others on all aspects of our Constitution or we stand very dangerously close to losing it all.
The American Revolution had been successful but the new nation was deeply in debt. Loans from France, Spain, and the Netherlands had to be repaid. During the war, national and state bonds had been issued. According to the U.S. Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service, the nation owed 43 million dollars in 1783, and the nation owed 77.1 million dollars by 1791.
Alexander Hamilton was President Washington's Secretary of the Treasury. One part of his plan for placing the nation on a sound financial footing was repayment of both the national and state war debts. The federal government would redeem all of the bonds in order to establish a good national credit rating.
To raise money for bond redemption, Hamilton proposed an excise tax on whiskey. The law required national registration of all whiskey stills. The owner of the still had to pay the tax. Farmers living on the western frontier converted their grain to whiskey because it was less expensive to ship than the grain. The whiskey was also more valuable than the grain and allowed for a profit after deducting shipping expenses. Kegs of whiskey were used locally as money. Cash was very scarce in frontier areas. The barter system was used extensively.
The small-scale western farm distillers paid a tax of nine cents per gallon. Large-scale eastern distilleries paid six cents per gallon with further tax breaks for correspondingly larger amounts produced. The requirement of paying the tax in cash was a huge burden for the frontier farmers, not for the large commercial distilleries in the East.
Protests immediately broke out in North Carolina, Kentucky, and especially in western Pennsylvania. Many war veterans among the protesters saw the tax as a continuation of the anti-excise tax problem the colonists had faced under British rule. It was viewed as taxation without representation. As isolated frontiersmen, they felt unrepresented by Congress. Cash payment of the tax was a requirement that seemed to open the door to government intrusion into their domestic lives. Furthermore, the tax was considered an abuse of federal authority. They rejected it for wrongly targeting a group of people who, due to their location and circumstances, relied on distilling grain for generating a profit. This perception was accurate.
This is exactly what Hamilton had planned. He represented the interests of the wealthy business community. Business owners needed assurance that the national government would not only pay its debts but that it also could use military force when needed to enforce its tax laws. Hamilton's plan was to raise revenue while provoking an armed rebellion by the fiercely independent frontier farmers. When that occurred, military force could be used to end it and to punish the leaders. The authority of the government would be established.
The first resistance in western Pennsylvania was in September, 1791. Sixteen men assaulted a tax collector. They cut his hair, tarred and feathered him, and left him in the woods. Protests against the tax were held. There were mass meetings to draft petitions to Congress to repeal the tax. In the fall of 1792, several men ransacked the office of the regional supervisor for tax collection. President Washington issued a proclamation condemning the tax resistors. In September, 1792, a U.S. Marshall arrived with federal court summonses for more than sixty distillers. This resulted in a twenty-five minute gun battle in which one resistor was killed.
That incident led to five hundred resistors facing off against ten soldiers from Fort Pitt. At one point, a large group of armed men came close to deciding to attack the city of Pittsburgh. In 1794, President Washington asked state governors to raise a militia for suppressing the revolt.
An army of slightly less than 13,000 men was mobilized. Washington personally led the militia which was larger than any army he had led during the Revolution. He was accompanied by Hamilton. They captured twenty suspects. Ten were eventually tried for treason. Two were convicted because the definition of treason was expanded specifically for the trials. The altered definition now contained "combining to defeat or resist a federal law is the equivalent of levying war on the United States." President Washington pardoned both convicted men in 1795. The excise tax on whiskey distilling was repealed in 1802 under President Jefferson.
The "Whiskey Rebellion" was provoked for the purpose of establishing the authority of the new nation's government. The independent-minded frontier farmers were pawns in Hamilton's scheme. Perhaps firearm owners should be alert to the possibility that at some point a "revolt" might be instigated by the government for the purpose of mass gun confiscation.
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What Are The Best Places To Visit In Brazil?
Everyone wants to visit Brazil, but more specifically, everyone wants to visit Rio de Janeiro and the Brazilian waterfalls at Iguazú.
The Brazil currency is the Real and the Brazil population was 209.3 million in 2017 making it to most populated county in Latin America.
The Brazil language is Portuguese, although you can get by if you speak Spanish to most Brazilians. The Brazil culture is all about music and dance – Samba is the most famous dance in Brazil.
Brazil tourism is always blighted by the safety and security issues in Brazil, so we recommend leaving anything valuable back in the UK before setting out on your travel to Brazil.
It gets very hot in Brazil in the Summer months (December to February), so it may be better to take your Brazil holiday at another time of year if the heat bothers you8 it never gets really cold). You can see an all-round guide to the weather in Brazil here.
What other places, apart from Rio de Janeiro and Iguazú, are worth adding to your Brazil holiday?
Rio de Janeiro
We will start with Rio de Janeiro, famous for its Copacabana and Ipanema beaches, 38m Christ the Redeemer statue atop Mount Corcovado and for Sugarloaf Mountain, a granite peak with cable cars to its summit, the Maracanã football stadium and the world's largest carnival.
It is also known for its sprawling favelas (shanty towns) which overlook your 5-star Rio hotel, and the danger of straying more than a block from the beaten track.
Another bad part of Rio de Janeiro is the traffic. Leave plenty of time to get to Christ the Redeemer statue, and make sure that you have enough time as normally there are long queues for the train. Here you will find an excellent guide.
The best hotel on Copacabana Beach is Belmond Copacabana Palace, but if you do not stay here make sure that you check out its excellent Asian restaurant.
Iguazú Falls
If you visit Brazil (or Argentina), the one place that you must visit is the Iguazú Falls.
Iguazú Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of the Argentine province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná. Together, they make up the largest waterfall system in the world.
The only waterfalls in the world that can be compared to Iguazú are the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, but the Iguazú Falls are much more accessible, and it is possible to cross over into Argentina to view the Brazilian side of the falls.
You can even pop into Paraguay and visit the chaotic Ciudad del Este, affectionately known as 'the Supermarket of South America.
You can read a full guide on the Iguazú Falls here.
The Brazil capital is Brasília, which was inaugurated in 1960, and is a planned city distinguished by its white, modern architecture, chiefly designed by Oscar Niemeyer.
Laid out in the shape of an airplane, its "fuselage" is the Monumental Axis, 2 wide avenues flanking a massive park. In the "cockpit" is Praça dos Três Poderes, named for the 3 branches of government surrounding it.
During your visit to Brasilia, you can explore the Chapada dos Veadeiros, a national park renowned for its exquisite waterfalls.
Also, worth visiting is The Cathedral of Brasilia which is defined by its hyperboloid structure, which starts out wide at the base, curves inwards and then extends outwards at the top.
Atlantic Coast
There are various cities that can be visited on the Atlantic. If you take the cruise from Rio de Janeiro to Miami, then it is certain that you will stop off in one or two of these cities.
Recife is known as the "Venice of Brazil" for its many waterways. Recife has a nice old town while nearby Olinda, is famous for its pastel-colored houses and quaint colonial churches
Fortaleza is the capital of the northeastern Brazilian state of Ceará. Many people travel to Fortaleza because of its beautiful its beaches surrounded by red cliffs, palm trees, dunes and lagoons
Salvador, the capital of Brazil's northeastern state of Bahia, is known for its Portuguese colonial architecture in the Pelourinho neighborhood, Afro-Brazilian culture and a tropical coastline.
Amazon and Manaus
If you visit Brazil, then you must see Amazon River, the key component of the Brazil rainforest.
One option is to stay in Manaus and visit the Opera House and view the rainforest from the Canopy.
Two must do excursions are The "Meeting of the Waters" which is the point at which the Rio Negro meets the Rio Solimões to form the Amazon River and the catching of kayman at night in the Amazon. The Amazon Rainforest is home to a amazing array of wildlife, including macaws, toucans, tyrant flycatchers, sloths, squirrel monkeys, red howler monkeys, jaguars, anacondas and tarantulas!
Another, more relaxing way, is to take a cruise. Several cruise lines offer a cruise from Rio de Janeiro to Miami which includes a week in the Amazon. We can recommend Regent Seven Seas Cruises for this journey.
Typically, the cruise will have two nights in Manaus to enable you to discover the city as well as the river-based excursions.
Sao Paulo
While not as famous as Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo is the financial powerhouse of Brazil. It is quite likely that your flight will stop at Sao Paulo so it is well worth the visit and feels a lot safer than Rio de Janeiro.
Sao Paolo is so large it makes London feel like a village. The city has a vibrant music scene, top designer shopping and delicious fusion cuisine, not to mention museums and galleries on a par with any other world city.
Sao Paulo is one of the most famous football cities in the world, home to Santos, where the legendary Pele played the majority of his career. Competing with Santos are three other massive clubs – Corinthians, Palmeiras and São Paulo.
We recommend staying at a hotel near Avenida Paulista. This major thoroughfare is in the centre of the city, with many shops and relatively safe.
What is the best way to see Brazil on your holiday?
We recommend that your Brazilian holiday is taken in the order of the destinations in this article.


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Sweet Tangled/ Sampled Romantic Lullabies
THIS EVENT WILL BE STREAMED LIVE at www.tulsaartistfellowship.org
The performance will begin at 9:00pm on Saturday, June 6
During Tulsa Pride, Liggett Studio is proud to present a performance by Kalup Donte Linzy entitled "Sweet Tangled/ Sampled Romantic Lullabies". Kalup Linzy is a multi-disciplianary artist currently living and working in Tulsa with the Tulsa Artists Fellowship. His work is included in the public collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art (New York), The Whitney Museum of Art, and Studio Museum in Harlem.
Linzy has described his childhood and place of upbringing has thematically influential for his well-known video and performance work. For example, Linzy has produced a series of soap opera video works, and has described soap operas as having been a key social component for his family and community. He has said that shows such as Guiding Light were a part of daily life when he was growing up, and he often includes soap opera stereotypes in the characters and plot of his videos. His soap opera videos can be characterized by their low-tech quality, themes of community, socializing, family, the church, sexuality and homosexuality.
He would eventually explore sexuality, along with race, gender, stereotypes, and cultural identities, in his art. Linzy pushes the boundaries of gender in his work through dressing himself and other characters in drag, using pre-recorded voices or manipulating voice through video editing, and playing with different dialects. The soap opera character maps are extensive and he charts family trees and detailed personas to bring them to life. He also uses friends with little or no acting experience for some parts. In addition to video work, Linzy performs on stage, writes songs, and collaborates with other artists.
This performance is described by the artist in this way: This video/performance work will include a live band, Kalup will be "performing music from previous albums as alter egos Taiwan Braswell and Kaye Braswell. The performance will open with Kaye and close with Taiwan. Video interludes will be dispersed throughout."
This Project was created with support by Tulsa Artist Fellowship created by the George Kaiser Family Foundation. Tulsa Artist Fellowship supports both local and national artists while enriching the Tulsa community.


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