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RCG 36-45 (7 comments)
[a true respect for the individual. Is a democracy,]
The 1866 "Civil Disobedience" inserts a sentence after "individual" and before "Is": "Even the Chinese philosopher was wise enough to regard the individual as the basis of empire." See "A Note on the Text."
[to discover a pretext for conformity.]
In the 1866 "Civil Disobedience," the following lines appear after "conformity":
"We must affect our country as our parents;
And if at any time we alienate
Our love or industry from doing it honor,
We must respect effects and teach the soul
Matter of conscience and religion,
And not desire of rule or benefit."
They are quoted (with slight alteration) from George Peele, The Battle of Alcazar, 2.2.425-30. See "A Note on the Text."
When I read this paragraph I can't help but think of Thoreau's statements on living deliberately. He doesn't care about the government, he's only going to pay taxes to the parts of society he personally supports. This exemplifies the american 'ideal' of rugged individualism.
[Is a democracy, such as we know it, the last improvement possible in government? Is it not possible to take a step further towards recognizing and organizing the rights of man? There will never be a really free and enlightened State, until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly. I please myself with imagining a State at last which can afford to be just to all men, and to treat the individual with respect as a neighbor;]
This quote I feel embodies everything that happened today at Geneseo, and that is happening all around us. Even with a democracy, where people are free to make choices and voice their opinions in hoping of making a difference, there are still plenty of people who get shut down because of their race. Thoreau wanted us to take a step further and value the individual, something that we are still struggling at doing today. Most people have played off what happened in Yale and Missouri based on the fact that it doesn't happen here, so it doesn't affect us. Yet hearing everyone share their stories on campus today makes it real, and lets people see that this abuse happens right here, all around us. Thoreau says he would be happy if he saw everyone being respectful to another. Here we are two centuries later and still hoping for the same thing. While there are plenty of people trying to move us forward, we are met with plenty of people trying to hold us back. Thoreau was right when he said we still had a long way to go, despite the progress we had already made.
Yesterday, on the college green, we learned that it is very much possible "to take a step further towards recognizing and organizing the rights of man." Living in a democracy, and in America, we are lucky to have it better than many other places in this world. However, that does not mean that we are perfect, not in the slightest. This fact was evidenced by the strong and courageous people who shared their stories with us yesterday.
[I think sometimes, Why, this people mean well; they are only ignorant; they would do better if they knew how: why give your neighbors this pain to treat you as they are not inclined to? But I think, again, this is no reason why I should do as they do, or permit others to suffer much greater pain of a different kind.]
This passage applies well to the recent firing of University of Missouri President Timothy Wolfe. While the President may have not acted with any malicious intent in failing to correctly disciplining the students who acted in a racially insensitive manner, this does not change the fact that he is then ill suited to his job and should be removed.
Here Thoreau shows that he isn't protesting taxes, but rather the allegiance of joining a state that is engaged in war. He disagrees with the killing and slavery in the society he lives and "silently declare[s] war" against these actions. His dedication is seen by him willing to face jail time. Although the work of one person won't stop these actions, Thoreau gains awareness on the situation and shows how people have to lay themselves down and take some risks for reform to take place.
RCG 1-14 (18 comments)
[and, if ever they should use it in earnest as a real one against each other, it will surely split.]
These words do not appear in the 1866 "Civil Disobedience." See "A Note on the Text."
[Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note,]
Thoreau is quoting Charles Wolfe (1791–1823), "The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna." In "Civil Disobedience" (1866), "nor" was changed to "not" and "ramparts" to "rampart." (See "A Note on the Text.") In his edition of RCG for The Works of Henry D. Thoreau, Wendell Glick points to Henry A. Small, The Field of His Fame: A Ramble in the Curious History of Charles Wolfe's poem "The Burial of Sir John Moore" (Berkeley, University of California Press, 1953), p.7 for the authority of "not" and "rampart." It's worth noting, however, that "nor" replaces "not" in some reprintings of the poem, including those of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Vol. I, No. 3 (June 1817): 277-78. and The North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal [Vol. 5, No. 15 (September 1817): 342-43]. The poem originally appeared in the Newry Telegraph on April 19, 1817 with no attribution other than the author's initials. Lord Byron's discovery of it (presumably in Blackwood's) led to a mention in Thomas Medwin's Conversations of Lord Byron and to both the identification of Wolfe as author and some of the "curious history" recounted by Small.
Does this qualify Thoreau as an anarchist? He's certainly advocating for a society without governmental force, and possibly run by natural law. I guess this would make him a philosophical enemy of Locke.
Thoreau is very passionate about a government ruled by conscience and not by the majority. He continues to elude to the idea that the government is only beneficial to some and is only trying to truly help itself. With knowing T's views on slavery, his comment in paragraph 7 isn't shocking in the fact that he's defending black rights, but he is willing to completely turn his back on the government. I agree that T seems to be an anarchist, however, I wouldn't go so far to say Locke's enemy, he seems to agree with Locke's idea of natural rights and revolution.
[But when the friction comes to have its machine, and oppression and robbery are organized, I say, let us not have such a machine any longer.]
This line goes right back to Locke's principles on the dissolution of government. The people are the ones who created the government in the first place, for the purpose of expediency as Thoreau says. Once their creation is no longer serving the purpose for which it was made, there is no longer a use for it.
[Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it]
I think this sentence clearly states what all of this activism, these protests including the ones at Ithaca Mizzou and even here at geneseo are trying to accomplish. These protesters are saying this is not how i want my government to behave, i feel disrespected and i have something to say about it with the hopes that it will illicit change for myself and all those who feel disrespected too. It is the right under our American, democratic government to rise up and say there is disrespect from our government and we want change. And this is the first step towards a better more respectful government. The only issue that is faced now is getting people to listen and actively make the changes needed.
[I believe, — "That government is best which governs not at all]
From the title, one might expect that Thoreau would support the recent protests against administrative inaction at colleges around the country. Perhaps he would, but I also think it should be considered that Thoreau might not want the administrators of colleges (particularly public ones like University of Missouri) to interfere in social affairs at all. For example, Thoreau might have agreed with the Yale staff-member who sent the e-mail questioning whether the university should tell students how to dress on Halloween.
This paragraph relates to the civil rights protest on Friday because it explains how the people in power do not always govern justly, with the rights and dignity of all people in mind when they construct and enforce policies. In our society we are still experiencing gross injustices towards minorities. Thoreau said, "Law never made men a wit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice" and by this he could mean that until the laws are created by a truly accurate representative body with equality, justice, and protection for everyone as their prerogative, we further the injustices faced by those who do not belong to the parties in power.
This quote is applicable to the politicians and celebrities that has maintained a consistent record of fighting for moral reform throughout the years and yet still considered to be on equal (or sometimes lower) platform with their peers. Senator Bernie Sanders has long fought for racial equality since the beginning of the Civil Rights era and yet he is judged for being too old whereas Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is pragmatic in her campaign run regarding the Black Lives Matter movement. Director Spike Jonze is seen as foolish by those who perceive his documentaries are distorted truths regarding racism in America. "When The Levees Broke", Jonze documentary about Katrina was released, critics judged it as an unfair representation of the situation. In reality, the lower, impoverished, and primarily black, class of Katrina did suffer the most.
It is the right and duty of the American citizen to protest and reject the actions or inactions of their government when a wrong is accepted. That had been the case regarding racism on campus locally and across the nation. Here we see though the charge to communicate how we wish to see the change occur. What specifically can be done by government officials (who are inevitably distanced from the problems citizens are raising, based on the current culture of our society). Unfortunately this has proven to be the problem behind movements like Occupy ____, and I can see a similar trend occurring with the Black Lives Matter campaign. Their message is clear, but their solutions are unclear, or radical and impractical at best. On a smaller scale, the protest at Geneseo appeared to be far more focused, and more of a call for social awareness and reflection, though it still lacked the specific requests we may posit would help spark change. This does not take away the responsibility of the government to act on their own accord, or muse solutions that have not specifically been requested, but to claim the rights of citizens, without playing an active part of the productive civil process becomes contradictory, and no longer earns the respect of the government at question, while also failing to help shape the government that citizens are ready and willing to respect.
This quote is applicable to the politicians and celebrities that has maintained a consistent record of fighting for moral reform throughout the years and yet still considered to be on equal (or sometimes lower) platform with their peers. Senator Bernie Sanders has long fought for racial equality since the beginning of the Civil Rights era and yet he is judged for being too old whereas Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is pragmatic in her campaign run regarding the Black Lives Matter movement. Director Spike Lee is seen as foolish by those who perceive his documentaries are distorted truths regarding racism in America. "When The Levees Broke", Lee's documentary about Hurricane Katrina was released, critics judged it as an unfair representation of the situation. In reality, the lower, impoverished, and primarily black, class of Katrina did suffer the most.
It is truly enough said, that a corporation has no conscience; but a corporation of conscientious men is a corporation with a conscience.
Towards the end of his research, Reece notes the kind of government he deems necessary in order to have a "properly" functioning society. I believe the quote above has very similar ideas with the ones that Reece discussed. This sentence states the importance of not just economic awareness, but social and emotional awareness. This kind of idea is not prominent in today's society especially in regards to the economy. Both Thoreau and Reece note how these other aspects are missing from our societies and must be changed if we want to better our lives. Within Reece's research he states some of the different factors that were held within different communes that allowed them to be so "successful". This included "preventing exploitation" which would happen when "people believed in the nobility of work and its value". He also discussed "agrarian communities that acted with great care and stewardship toward the land they tended", this is in comparison to the vast amounts of environmental degradation that takes place for financial gains all across our societies. Being able to look at these communes and see what aspects create harmony within them helps us to understand what we need within our own larger society in order to have a more natural community.
"It is truly enough said that a corporation has no conscience, but a corporation of conscientious men is a corporation with a conscience."
I think this is something Reece was saying at the end of his book. He mentions those who profit off of every worker while there are some in the mining communities who have died, and those corporations turn a blind eye and continue with their work. With corporations profiting so much while the average family struggles to make ends meet, Reece says that "every single societal problem, with no exception, can be tied directly to income inequality." He states that, while the money corporations or CEO's make can be put forward to furthering education and helping lower income families, that money is instead used for the person's own profit. The money is instead used to have government officials "do their bidding." I think that one thing Reece really believes in, is that "a corporation of conscientious men" will change the world. It will help to remedy the problems that he pointed out in the last parts of the book. As he said, "Utopian thinking…must begin by addressing this country's gross disparity in wealth."
I am wondering what Thoreau would make of Twin Oaks' or Oneida's governing structures.
[that is, the right to refuse allegiance to and to resist the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable. ]
This ties in nicely to what Reece had to say about utopian communities which form not just in opposition to the mainstream American society but to live out its members ideals — to live meaningful, purposeful, and generally "happy" lives. I hope as time goes on, especially in this political environment where television stars can become president, we'll see more and more people resist the American government and its corrupt values.
However, as Reece says, it's not necessarily utopian to simply change legislation and reform certain laws. Here, I think Thoreau would very much agree. The principles this country was founded on are deeply problematic. Thoreau protests the enslavement of black people. Reece thoroughly discusses income inequality. Change must be absolute, as Reece argues, so that we no longer rely on the "plutocratic system that doesn't deserve to be salvaged" (329). That has become our response to most things these days; spend money to put bandaids on the symptoms rather than looking at our issues holistically.
I can't help but think of the many NFL players who kneel during the National Anthem before the football game. It makes me sad to say that even people in my hometown have become outraged by this, about the disrespect it seems to display to veterans and to our American flag. In fact, the conversation about kneeling at games has effected one frequent customer's patronage to my family's cafe, a warm and inviting community that is comfortable sharing its opinions with the larger community. Why is it that we can't seem to understand the plight of others if the struggle does not effect us? Why is there such a misunderstanding about the reasons for kneeling at these games? If we are a democracy like we say we are (constantly), then just as much as you have the right to argue with your neighbor about politics, you should stand up or rather kneel when your country seems to have failed you or failed your fellow citizen. Now, maybe that's a bit of a stretch for Reece and Thoreau. They would probably rather us not watch men colliding into each other for entertainment and instead encourage those who feel disenfranchised to start their own community or to live in solitude, as long as it means leaving the problematic nation behind.
Twin Oaks and Acorn like to think of it as abandoning the mainstream society. And at one point, I wondered where their sense of duty was, their sense of actively working to fix these problems. But maybe in their own way they are fixing these problems. They're showing other people that these communities can work on a small scale, that we don't have to think of ourselves as different nations or as people of different political leanings, or as people of different social classes, or as people of different skin color. Why work on a system that's broken?
Here Thoreau expands on the way Reece articulates issues of inequality in modern America. Reece describes as an example the plight of coal mining communities in West Virginia. Thoreau acknowledges the harm caused by such exploitation and goes further to examine the harm imposed on the "beneficiaries" of the exploitation. Those who participate in a system of violence are "commonly esteemed good citizens" but lose their dignity and humanity. As a white, educated young person growing up in the U.S., this is something that I think about often and a big part of my personal stake in fights for the liberation of all people.
The idea of immediately asking for a better government connects well with Thomas Merton's quest to end the War in Vietnam. Merton did not believe that it is reasonable to expect the government to be anything near perfect and that to expect it to be so could lead to ideas such as communism that have failed to realize a perfect or even a good government. However, he did make it clear that governments that deserve respect should respect the basic right of people to live.
If we are a democracy like we say we are (constantly), then just as much as you have the right to argue with your neighbor about politics, you should stand up or rather kneel when your country seems to have failed you or failed your fellow citizen. Now, maybe that's a bit of a stretch for Reece and Thoreau.
Your idea here that kneeling is essentially a way to "stand up" for the principles you believe your country should follow, and therefore as a way to show your respect for those principles while suggesting that your country is failing to live up to them, is backed by a long tradition in which we can see Thoreau as a participant. In her new biography of Thoreau, Laura Dassow Walls describes T at an anti-slavery rally: ""On the Fourth of July 1854, at one of the largest and angriest antislavery rallies, the professed hermit of Walden Pond stepped onto a high lecture platform under a black-draped American flag hung upside down" (313). By a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court recognized an even more extreme use of the flag for this kind of political speech – burning it – as protected by the First Amendment in Texas v. Johnson (1989).
RCG 15-27 (6 comments)
[and they dread the consequences of disobedience to it to their property and families]
In the 1866 "Civil Disobedience," the latter part of this sentence reads, "and they dread the consequences to their property and families of disobedience to it." See "A Note on the Text."
[but if it is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine.]
Mario Savio, 1964: "There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part; you can't even passively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!""
I feel as though this passage relates to what the people were protesting during Wednesday's class and the events that have been going on throughout the country on many college campuses. That very question:
" Shall we be content to obey them or shall we endeavor to amend them?"
I don't believe it's as much as unjust laws exist, but rather the laws are doing enough to protect people, especially minorities in this country. Many people are afraid to stand up for their beliefs because of the dire consequences that could come along with it (further hatred and oppression by people who disagree with their beliefs) which is why many minorities feel as if they should not do anything. But it's prevalent, that idea of not doing anything has ben outdated and it is time for them to stand up for their rights.
This paragraph looks at the idea that government can be considered a machine that will either eventually wear itself out, or if it is not a machine then it is us the people who are in control of the government. This is getting at the point of a higher law that if there is not agreement with the law should you go with it or break the law.
[I have paid no poll-tax for six years. I was put into a jail once on this account, for one night]
Thoreau's decision to not pay taxes, I believe, can be compared to the recent protests of the Mizzou football players. Thoreau stopped paying taxes because he did not want to endorse a government that actively supported slavery. Similarly, the football players of Mizzou chose not to participate in their university's football game with BYU because they did not want to play for a school that did not properly address previous racial and hateful incidents that had been occurring prior to the game. Both of these protests were taking place because the institutions (U.S. government for Thoreau and the University of Missouri for the football players) in control were not doing right by people existing within them. They all have the right to protest or disobey these institutions until they are satisfied that all wrongs have been amended.
[They only can force me who obey a higher law than I]
In a comment on the chapter title "Higher Laws" in Walden, Walter Harding points out that "The phrase Higher Laws' was very popular in the years prior to the Civil War, particularly among transcendentalists and abolitionists in their fight against the proslavery laws passed by Congress." Sandra Harbert Petrulionis examines the political uses of the phrase in "The 'Higher Law': Then and Now," Thoreau Society Bulletin 262, Spring 2008 (5-7), available at the Internet Archive.
RCG 28-35 (2 comments)
In both "Resistance to Civil Government" (1849) and "Civil Disobedience" (1866), the paragraphs on this page (beginning with "The night in prison…" and ending with "This is the whole history of 'My Prisons'") are offset visually from the main flow of the text.
[I saw to what extent the people among whom I lived could be trusted as good neighbors and friends; that their friendship was for summer weather only; that they did not greatly purpose to do right; that they were a distinct race from me by their prejudices and superstitions,]
When reading a passage like this, it is understandable why someone like Kathryn Schulz may be lead to her characterization of Thoreau as a misanthrope ("Pond Scum") . Thoreau's tone in this passage seems extremely bitter. A criticism of Schulz's characterization is that she cherry-picks from select moments of bitterness and translates them into a lifelong disdain towards other human beings. Having a moment to spout off about one's grievances with others does not make them a misanthrope. It makes them human.
A Note on the Text (1 comment)
[subsequent scholarship]
On the editorial issues presented by the text, Rossi cites Wendell Glick, "Scholarly Editing and Dealing with Uncertainties: Thoreau's 'Resistance to Civil Government,'" Analytic and Enumerative Bibliography 2 (1978): 103-15; Thomas Woodson, "The Title and Text of Thoreau's 'Civil Disobedience,'" Bulletin of Research in the Humanities 81 (1978): 103-12; Fritz Oehlschlager, "Another Look at The Text and Title of Thoreau's 'Civil Disobedience,'" ESQ: A Journal of the American Renaissance 36 (1990): 239-254; and James Dawson, "Recently Discovered Revisions Made by Thoreau to the First Edition Text of 'Civil Disobedience,'" Concord Saunterer: New Series 15 (2007).


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Vintage couture sewing techniques- day 1 and 2
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this looks sooo much fun, glad you are enjoying it, those seams are beautiful (the crafting nerd in me :P) they are really neat, and just wow (the ocd in me, doesn't emerge very often) they are so tidily done, wish I could do sewing like thatReplyDelete
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Adopting big data to improve customer experience
"We are seeing the rise of the Chief Customer Experience Officer, and for good reason, too. While organisations recognise that every touch point of the customer journey is important, this is not how organisations are structured. In most large consumer organisations today, teams are only responsible for a particular segment, with different teams seldom interacting with one another. As such, it is fairly common for a consumer to have a different experience at various touchpoints due to this fragmented picture and silo-ed view. In the digital era, where winning the heart of the consumer is paramount, one of the biggest challenges is to create a consolidated platform that looks after the entire customer journey," she expounded.
With big data and analytics, Ng said businesses can identify potential churn risks and give them a better understanding with customer behaviour. "We all know that retaining existing customers is significantly more cost-efficient than marketing to new ones, and that unhappy customers don't remain loyal for very long. So when you discover who is likely to churn ahead of time, you can not only save the individual customer, but also garner important insights to prevent others from churning and even up-sell or cross-sell to the base."
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I came onto this site searching for my fathers side of the family, more of my great grandfather. But i went looking for my great grandmothers side, i don't know much about my great grandmother, but what i do know is her name is Joana Gomes de Abreu, she married Jose Gomes Camacho, they came from Santo Antonio Funchal Madeira. I know of one child they had, my grandfather also known as Jose Gomes Camacho. i know they had more children but i don't know much.


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Ask Not For Whom the Bell Tolls. It Tolls For "Occupant."
Here's a thought.
(written by a live journal user)
It might cross your mind, at some point in the next few days, to write something about how "stupid" the people trapped in the disaster zones have been, or how "lazy" they must be to not have escaped sooner, or how they "deserved what they got" for choosing to live somewhere on the Gulf Coast, within direct reach of hurricanes.
My suggestion is this– sit on your fucking hands. Sit on them until those sentiments no longer make your typing fingers itch.
Natural disasters are ubiquitous. Somewhere in the world, something is always happening… a tornado is touching down, a dam is breaking, a river is surging, an earthquake is trembling, a forest is burning. Some of these events become so routine, that local residents come to view them as quirky inconveniences rather than hellish disasters. Weathering them with a smile becomes a source of pride, an essential element of local character. Inclement weather becomes a feature, not a bug. The national media does goofy human interest stories about it. Locals hook their thumbs in their belts and say, "No sir, them there sulfuric acid geysers ain't never bothered us none. You just keep the kids indoors and wash the dogs with baking soda after you let 'em out."
The Gulf Coast gets hit by hurricanes pretty frequently.
Most of them are nothing like Katrina, or Camille, or Andrew. All of them cause trouble for someone, but most of them pass in a flurry of rain and wind, tear some shingles here and break some windows there, drop a few tornadoes, and then go away. Residents come out of their homes, take the boards off the windows, crack their knuckles, and get to clearing the debris from their streets and their yards. They've spat in Mother Nature's eye one more time and lived to tell about it. Move? Why move, when the weather's really not that big a deal?
They start to think they can handle anything. And then the once-in-a-century Motherfucker Maximus comes along and turns the landscape into a collaboration between Jasper Johns and Gustav Dore.
Quite a few of them weren't stupid, or lazy. They were in fact tough, smart, and brave– and acclimated to expectations that didn't hold true.
Quite a few of them were elderly, infirm, or poor, or without personal vehicles, or families, or anyone out-of-state to put them up even if they could get out.
Quite a few of them were surprised by the speed with which the hurricane gathered force, as was the entire emergency management infrastructure of the entire nation. The state of Louisiana and the city of New Orleans were caught with their pants down, to say nothing of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. So the elderly, the bed-ridden, the poor, and the just plain busy were supposed to gather information how… Ouija Board? Owl Post?
Quite a few of the laggards are no doubt lying through their teeth about why they stayed. Pop quiz– a CNN camera crew shoves a microphone in your face and asks you to tell five million viewers why you stayed behind. What are you going to say– "I just shit my pants and had no idea what to do, so I crawled up on my roof and cried," or "Ha! Yeah, I saw those fifteen-foot waves, and it's nothing I haven't seen before. I lived! Bring it on! Saints are gonna be in the NFC Championship Game, Bay-bee!"
Just reflect on that for a moment. Maybe Peg would've been honest, because she has the introspection of a Jedi Knight. The rest of you, I'm not so sure about. Me, I'm not so sure about.
And the macho speculation? The "Oh, gosh, if that was me in there, why, I'd just get out my trusty rifle and pack up my bags and I'd have walked right the fuck out of there, not like those pussies who stayed behind," bullshit? Don't sit on your hands. Put them together and pray to whatever god you believe in for a spark of empathy. Keyboard strokes are cheap. You are not special. "Skill" has nothing to do with it. "Deserve" has nothing to do with it.
Two weeks ago, half-a-dozen middle-aged folks taking a bus tour of Wisconsin were smeared against glass and metal because a drunk driver blindsided their bus. This happened a mile from my house. Six weekend vacations ended with plastic tubes down throats and helicopter rides to the nearest hospital.
Did they deserve it? Were they stupid? Lazy? What Matrix-esque midair contortions might you have performed in their place, you who are Prepared For All Contingencies?
Two days ago, a bicyclist in his late twenties was struck by a speeding car on the same stretch of road. He was folded up like a Transformer and pounded halfway through the windshield of the vehicle that hit him. He was nothing but a blood sponge when we got him on the stretcher– and the kicker was he had extensive scars on his chest suggesting a previous close brush with death. He reached the hospital but didn't survive.
Surely, in his place, you would have done much better, right? Specialist training? Ancient wisdom? Some sort of machomancy that would render you immune to the laws of physics?
He was just a guy on a bike. He was obeying traffic laws. He didn't do anything to anyone, and he's deader than shit for it.
Yesterday, a motorcyclist and an automobile driver had a disagreement about right-of-way at moderate speed. They were both injured, seriously but not critically. Dozens of motorists behind them were delayed for up to forty-five minutes by the accident. Did they deserve that inconvenience?
One of those motorists began to pass out and experience some of the signs of an impending heart attack. Did he deserve that, for the sin of sitting in traffic on a hot day?
Where do you live, that's so free from natural disasters you can pat yourself on the back for your excellent judgment? The Pacific Northwest? Volcanoes and rain! The Midwest? Tornadoes, blizzards, thunderstorms! The Gulf Coast? Hurricanes! The South/West? Droughts! Major cities? Blackouts! Bangladesh? Typhoons! Malaysia? Tsunami! Japan? Godzilla!
Look, if you get caught in a natural disaster, it's your own damn fault for one primary reason– having been born somewhere on the surface of this fucking planet. Circumstance is chasing us all down, slowly but surely. There's an expiration date stamped on all of us. Empathy, sympathy, and respect all stem from recognition of this. And there's nothing cheaper, nothing less considerate, nothing more full of witless sound and fury, than sitting in comfort and safety and taunting the drowned, the displaced, the diseased, the lost, and the destitute for not being the Awesome Hurricane Warrior you would have been in their place.
Have some common fucking courtesy. Some day, I guarantee, you will find yourself in a situation where you will need the life- or health-saving assistance of others, and there's a good chance some of them might regard you as stupid, or lazy, or foolish, or all three, because of it.
Those judgments will not necessarily be fair. Neither are yours at this moment. So muzzle them.


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Even. More. Bendies. Added. Here.
I know I said I'm feeling twitchy to move beyond bendies. But people keep asking for more. And I can't say no. :-) So it's likely I'll keep making them until people stop buying them or it gets too late to mail them in time for Christmas. Whichever comes first.
I promise to better prepare for next Christmas. Had I known the whole China/recall toy thing was going to happen I would have started preparing Dec. 26th last year. I may just do that this year in preparation for next Christmas.
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Your bus ride to BIA to cost more from January 2011
Earlier, the high tax imposed on diesel was the reason cited for the high fares but now, the blame for the high fare is being shifted to the toll booths that are being developed on the road to the Bangalore International Airport Ltd. (BIAL). According to a senior official at the BMTC, "The toll booths that will be functional near Hebbal will have a direct impact on the bus fares. We are still working on a plan and once we receive a notification from the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), we will enforce the new fares. We will have to put the burden of the fare on the passengers as Vayu Vajra, the company that manages the airport bus fleet, is already incurring losses. There will definitely be some concession for BMTC buses. We are trying to ensure that there is a minimal escalation with regard to hiking the fares."
At present, the fares of the Vayu Vajra buses are anywhere between Rs 80 and Rs 150. It is likely that after the hike, the fares will be increased by 10-15 per cent. "We are still in the deciding phase and have to work on the toll rates that will be collected. We are yet to get a notification from the government on these tollbooths. We are hopeful that the tollbooths will be operational from January 2011," said the project director of the NHAI, Mr R.K. Gupta.
In fact, experts predict that after the bus fares are hiked, the tollbooths will also result in a hike in taxi fares. "Once the toll booth is functional, the taxi fares will shoot up as per the toll collected. We are predicting a hike of Rs 60 and the fares will vary between Rs 560 and Rs 660 for non-AC taxis," said the general secretary of the Bangalore Tourist Taxi Operators Association (BTTOA), Mr K. Radhakrishna Holla.
He further added that, "The irony is that even after the fare is increased in taxis, if two or three people share a taxi, it is almost the same as the bus fare, which only shows the high cost of public transport in Bangalore.
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Climate change ping
Here's yer ding ding ding ping ping ping!!!
it's a funny sort "science" where someone can come up with some statistically based guesses about a temperature and date associated with some long dead biomatter deposited in an ocean core, and then someone later can change the date guesses (oh by say 1000 years or so) based again on some obscure statistical manipulation but of course find nothing wrong with the previous person's temperature guesses.
all the mysterious statistical manipulations, complete with "uncertainty estimates," leading to exactly the opposite result from previous interpretation of the exact same raw data, leading to a fat government payday for the "new" result.
but put your uncertainty aside and be assured, it is all very "scientifical."
Ah, the wonders of Warmist "science." Adjust the numbers until they prove AGW.
Steve McIntyre is a hero.
I have a theory. Every time someone invokes a "hockey stick" prediction; it's bullshit.
"Global Warming" is a myth created by the mental disease of Liberalism. Good luck using facts and reason against it. A cure would involve inpatient treatment.


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The list of the best life insurance carriers (shown below) includes their financial strength ratings issued by AM Best Company, an independent rating service. The financial ratings are an indication of the insurer's financial stability, security and ability to pay their claims.
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The Movin' Mavs wheelchair basketball team has won 8 NWBA Intercollegiate Division national championships.The Lady Movin' Mavs began in 2013 and won their first NWBA Intercollegiate Division national championship in 2016.
They have a rich history of leading the nation in intercollegiate wheelchair basketball, exemplified by offering partial and full athletic scholarships to team players. Team members are consistently being named to the First-Team All-American squads, participating in the Paralympics, and are included in invitations each year for USA men's and women's national team events.
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Tristan Hambleton
BASS-BARITONE"Hambleton is one of the most striking voices of his generation"
Michael White
Representation: General Management
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British bass-baritone Tristan Hambleton is a recent graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, London where he was awarded the inaugural ABRSM scholarship, a Countess of Munster Trust Scholarship and the D'Oyly Carte Trust Award. To date Tristan has performed with companies such as Glyndebourne, the OAE, the Hallé, and the London Mozart Players in major venues throughout the UK and further afield.
Full Biography
Born in London, Tristan Hambleton studied at St John's College, Cambridge, Heidelberg Universität and then at the Royal Academy of Music, London. During his time at RAM, he was awarded the inaugural ABRSM scholarship, a Countess of Munster Trust Scholarship and the D'Oyly Carte Trust Scholarship. Tristan is a Josephine Baker Trust Artist, a Jackdaws Young Artist, and was also a Samling Artist.
After graduating from the RAM Opera School in 2015, Tristan went on to make his professional debut creating the role of Karl in the world premiere of David Bruce's youth opera Nothing at Glyndebourne, a joint commission with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Balthazar in Donizetti's La Favorite for University College Opera at London's Theatre Royal Stratford.
As a keen recitalist and concert performer, Tristan has performed with notable ensembles including the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Hallé and the London Mozart Players in venues such as Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Saint Martin in the Fields, St John's Smith Square, Birmingham Symphony Hall and the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. In Wagner's bicentenary year, Tristan was invited by Sir Mark Elder to sing the role of Hermann Ortel in the Hallé's concert performance of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and was subsequently invited back for Mozart's Requiem at Bridgewater Hall. His oratorio repertoire also includes Haydn's Nelson Mass, Paukenmesse, Theresienmesse, Missa Cellensis and Salve Regina, Mozart's Credo Mass, Coronation Mass, Missa Brevis, and Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, Beethoven's Mass in C, and Symphony No. 9 as well as Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem and Faure's Requiem.
On the operatic stage, Tristan's repertoire includes Re di Scozia in Ariodante, Achilla in Giulio Cesare, Somnus in Semele, the title role in Le Nozze di Figaro, Guglielmo and Don Alfonso in Cosi Fan Tutte, Masetto and Leporello in Don Giovanni, Publio in La Clemenza di Tito, Nick Shadow and Dr. Truelove in The Rake's Progress, Superintendent Budd in Albert Herring, Bottom in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Marullo in Verdi's Rigoletto for Nevill Holt Opera.
Recent engagements included a return to Nevill Holt to sing Angelotti in Tosca, Escamillo in a concert performance of Carmen with Tonbridge Philharmonic Society, Sergeant in Hartmann's Simplicius Simplicissimus with Independent Opera at Sadler's Wells, Messiah on tour with the Irish Baroque Orchestra, Theresienmesse in his debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mozart Requiem with Tonbridge Philharmonic Society, Rossini Stabat Mater with the Hanover Band and Colline (cover) La Boheme and Bonze (cover) Madama Butterfly both for WNO.
This season Tristan sings Angelotti Tosca with The Tobacco Factory Theatre, as well as covering Masetto Don Giovanni, Alcade La Forza del Destino with Welsh National Opera, and Witness 3/Madman Lessons in Love and Violence for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. On the concert platform, he joins the Hanover Band for a performance of Handel's Messiah, as well as Opera National de Bordeaux and the Conservatoire de Bordeaux, to coach students of the conservatoire and perform Messiah at both the Auditorium de Bordeaux and Ars-en-Ré. He also sings Purcell Odes with La Banquet Celeste in Rennes, Haydn's Nelson Mass with the Oxford Bach Choir, St John's Passion at Chester Cathedral and Mozart Requiem at Exeter Cathedral.
Artist Website: www.tristanhambleton.com
Promoters please note: if you wish to include this biography in a concert programme, please contact Hazard Chase to ensure that you receive the most up to date version. Email: Evie Parker
Concerts across the Easter Period
March 23rd, 2018
Hazard Chase artists performing across Holy Week and Easter
Premiere of Hartmann's SIMPLICIUS SIMPLICISSIMUS
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HC welcomes new bass-baritone to roster
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HC is pleased to announce the signing of British bass-baritone Tristan Hambleton
Handel MESSIAH – Opéra National de Bordeaux
'Finally, there is Tristan Hambleton, who impresses with his physical and vocal presence: the picture he draws of the Last Judgment – with the air "The trumpet shall sound" – thrills the audience.'
Emmanuel Andrieu, Opera Online (October 2017)
Puccini TOSCA – Nevill Holt Opera
"A young, clean-shaven bass, Tristan Hambleton, doubled impressively [as Angelotti and Sciarrone]"
Hugh Canning, Opera Magazine (August 2017)
Hartmann SIMPLICIUS SIMPLICISSIMUS – Independent Opera
'Stephanie Corley is supported by a fine ensemble of singers […] Tristan Hambleton's Sergent notable among them'
The Independent, Alexandra Coghlan (Dec'16)
Verdi RIGOLETTO – Nevill Holt Opera
'Tristan Hambleton's Marullo […] lent this production much of its unrelenting energy
Opera Magazine, Roderic Dunnett (Sept'16)
Donizetti – LA FAVORITE
"The classiest voice of the bunch is Tristan Hambleton as Balthazar"
The Times, Neil Fisher
"Tristan Hambleton struck a formidable figure as Balthazar, filling his pronouncements with portent."
Opera Magazine, Yehuda Shapiro
Handel – ARIODANTE
"Tristan Hambleton's King of Scotland was commandeering and crisply voiced"
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"Any man can be a father, but it takes a special person to be a dad." - Proverb
Nick Clooney -- brother of Rosemary, father of George and Ada, husband of Nina -- is a man of many talents. Over the span of his long, successful career, Clooney has taken a turn as a news anchor, starred in his own TV show (The Nick Clooney Show), hosted a local game show (The Money Maze), wrote a column for The Cincinnati Post, hosted a national television show (American Movie Classics), ran for Congress, and, with son George, became an activist for Darfur. The man obviously never sleeps! (And, for the record, he's charming, has a delightful sense of humor and is a true southern gentleman.)
The Kentucky native's look-a-like son is one of the most notable actors on the planet. People pay attention. The headlines never stop. ("Ball ironing"? Seriously? Stop! We're not even going to go there!) The Oscar-winning actor's body of work can be matched only by a select few in the Hollywood community. Nick was kind enough to sit down with The Huffington Post to share his memories of being a father for the past 52 years to that famous guy (whose sense of humor keeps him grounded) -- and perhaps spilled a cute little revelation about the teenage jester, George Clooney, that will bring a laugh or two. Who doesn't like cute kid stories? (If we only had the photos!)
Hey, Nick, how are you?
I'm just fine. I'm better off than you. I don't envy you.
(Laughs) You should. I'm talking to you!
That makes my point for me. I wrote a column for 18 years for The Cincinnati Post -- three a week -- and the one I could never pull off was the cute kid stories.
We're going to pull that off today, how's that?
You can do it. (Laughs)
There's nothing more important in life than being a good parent, as you know. You're a father. I know your son is one of the most famous actors in the world, but he's still your son. So let's talk about the part of his life as it pertains to the two of you.
I must tell you, I've spent most of my life doing the best I could to tell the truth because I've been a reporter all my life, so I have to tell you I think there's a whole bunch of overblown [statistics] of this parent stuff. I think they come out pretty much the kind of people they're going to be. They come out of the womb that way. We have very little to do with it. I tell you, if he were a serial killer, this would be an entirely different conversation you and I would be having, and I'd be running away from you.
But the most important fact is he's not a serial killer. You did a darn good job. He's absolutely one of the nicest actors I've ever interviewed in my life! So polite and gracious! You and your wife obviously raised him right!
It's in his nature. I wonder at it myself. I see him in really tough situations, and he'll make a call. He'll return the call. It's amazing. I would have ducked down and closed the door for a week or two after some of the things he's been through. But he didn't. So I salute him. He's turned out to be kind of a great guy.
In my research, I was looking at some photos, and I was just amazed at how much George looks like you when you were a young man. It's uncanny. Has your son gotten around to thanking you for his good looks?
I always thought he'd outgrow it. (Laughs)
He's like a little clone of you.
Believe me, not on my best day did I look as good as George. Not ever.
I saw the pictures. I beg to differ.
Someone must have retouched them. (Laughs)
OK, I want the cute kid stories. When you're sitting around the dinner table at Christmas or Thanksgiving, do you have a favorite story that you like to keep sharing with the family and friends -- family tales of a young George?
Sure, he did things. George had a kind of a sense of irony and justice from the very beginning. When he was very, very little -- maybe three -- we were at his grandparents, and there was a puppy there. He was playing with the puppy and the puppy snapped at him. That was the first time that had ever happened to him, and he was outraged. And he cried, but he also picked the puppy up and bit it. (Laughs) What a perfect sense of justice. The puppy was just as outraged as he was. That's one of the stories we talk about.
How cute is that. Did the puppy have to get a rabies shot?
(Big laugh) That's the tag of that story. You picked it perfectly. No, neither one of them had to get shots.
When he was a little guy, grade school age, do you have a favorite Father's Day gift he gave you?
When the kids were little, school would just be out, and they would have just made the most important decision, which is what to give mom. Mother's Day is important. Father's Day is an afterthought. (Laughs) And so they would all of a sudden remember, just having started summer vacation, "Oh, good heavens, I've got to get something done for pop." So then they would hurry up and makeshift something, and it would always be great! George is a wonderful caricaturist, and he made wonderful caricatures of me. I have a drawer full of them. All of them, unfortunately, look exactly like me. (Laughs) He captures me perfectly.
How many has he done over the years?
Oh, heaven knows. As a matter of fact, in high school he went to a festival in a nearby town and he sold caricatures. People would sit down, and he would do a caricature for five bucks. I imagine some of those are framed in Kentucky households.
Did you frame yours?
Oh, he signed mine, and as a matter of fact, I put them on the front of my collection of columns that I published 120 years ago. He's very talented. My daughter would make little ties for me. Those [Father's Day presents] are wonderful memories in every household.
When you were guiding George through those teen years from 13 to 18, how did that play out?
The [key] was a sense of humor. Even if we were having a difference about who should get the car and when, even if it got a little heated, we would find something -- either right at that moment or soon after -- that was funny; that always seemed to get us through.
We were a very progressive family in a very red state so that didn't always mix well. The way George tells it now -- they would be very young, maybe going through their puberty years -- we'd be in some restaurant where there would be a gathering, one of those chicken and peas dinners you would go to and you'd bring your family. Somebody would say something that, to me, was outrageous, and I would start a discussion. The discussion would get more heated, and as George and Ada watched, he told me later, as soon as he saw that I was getting pretty upset about what this other person was saying, he would call the waiter over and both George and Ada would make sure that they got their dessert because they knew I was going to be walking out. (Laughs) So they got their dessert first before I stormed out and gave one of these big ridiculous speeches: "Oh, yeah! So's your old man!" (Laughs) George and Ada would be furiously getting the chocolate cake down. He tells that story regularly now.
Are there any other cute stories you'd like to share?
There's one I've never been able to write. The funniest story that I remember about George and his teen years happened on Easter. There was a very, very rare earthquake that occurred in Kentucky. Our little town was not far from the epicenter. It was a significant one, 5.6. The cornices were falling off the houses. Nina and I were gone to the in-laws, and we were driving back. George stayed home because he was going to do a little show for the little kids for Easter.
Up in the attic we had a trunk full of stuff we had used on television, costumes and little props. He was in the attic, and he found a wonderful old full-length rabbit suit with the ears that were crooked and the great big feet and the big fluffy tail. And he thought, "Boy, this would be funny. I wonder if I can get into that thing?"
He put it on in the attic and the earthquake occurred at that moment. Everyone ran out into the street scared to death. And George, in full regalia, in the rabbit suit, came running out into the street, and the lady across the street -- a very religious woman -- looked at him and thought that the pit of hell opened up and all the animals were coming out. She screamed and very near fainted. She sat on the porch, and George finally had to take the head off so that she would see that it was him and everything was OK.
So getting that visual: earthquake in Kentucky and George in a full-length rabbit suit, big feet and all, awkwardly running out into the street, and this woman fainting at the rabbit coming out of hell. (Laughs)
I want that picture. George Clooney in a rabbit suit. You just send that to me. I'll frame that one.
(Big laugh)
I didn't realize that George played baseball and basketball in high school and tried out for the Cincinnati Reds. Were you hoping at that point in his life that he would become a professional baseball player instead of an actor?
I knew that he would in one way or another end up in a public business. That was just in the cards. He was just too gregarious and too talented and too funny not to be in the business. If athletics was the way that went, that would be great. I, naturally, was hoping it would be broadcasting. I was hoping it would be news. He has a wonderful sense of current events. And if sports had worked out, that would be great. I love the Cincinnati Reds. I lived and breathed them most of my life. If it was going to be that, great; if it was going to be news, great; if it was going to be the best disc jockey in Ashland, KY, that would have been fine. Instead it turned out to be what it did.
Did George ever give any serious thought to becoming a news anchor like his dad?
We talked about that a lot. I talked about broadcasting generally. When he first got interested in the idea of acting, which was a little later in his teenage years -- actually after he got out of high school -- I was arguing against it. I was saying how silly that was, what a dumb idea for him to be an actor. I said, "George, let's look at the numbers. How many people are making a real living as an actor right now in the world? In the United States, maybe 5,000?" I said there are probably 50,000 of us making a living in broadcasting. So I was pushing him hard. Of course, the moral of this story is: always listen to your father.
Does your son take advice from his dad now that he's over 50?
Of course not. Never did and never will. (Laughs) And we now know how smart he was not to take my advice.
Do you ever wish he would take your advice now?
I got over that in a hurry. Before things started working for George, you could tell that he had found a place that fit. He was content. Then I butted out.
What's the best advice you gave your son that he actually took to heart?
You know I don't think there was ever a thing that I said to him that ever worked perfectly. I asked him once that same question. I said, "Did I ever give you any advice that was worthwhile?" He thought about it for a minute or two and he said, "You told me never to mix grape with grain."
Well, there you go. He understood that logic, right?
That's one. (Laughs)
I'm a huge fan of your sister, Rosemary Clooney. What a singer! She had a beautiful voice.
You've got great taste.
Do you sing?
I had two sisters and I was the third best singer in the family so I decided I better start talking for a living. I sing like everybody sings at the family reunion. I'm that guy. But, no, I was raised with two world-class singers so I decided I better find out something else to do for a living. Rosemary wasn't just a world-class singer, she was a world-class sister. She also had a vibrant sense of humor. I think that's what I miss most of all. I miss the laughter. We laughed all the time.
Does George have a good singing voice?
He sings like me. He certainly has a presentable voice for a friend's gathering, but, no, he's not going to knock Bing Crosby off the charts.
I think he's doing just fine...
Without singing... (laughs)
He found his niche, and he's pretty darn successful. You must be a proud father.
That I am. I'm very proud the way he handles things and how he thinks. I'm very proud of his priorities. I'm a very lucky dad.
When George was growing up, did you teach him to follow his dreams or his heart?
You know, I don't suppose... I'm not sure those are inseparable, are they really? Let me think about that. I would suppose that would be pretty much the same thing. All I always said, "There are things that you believe and I believe. We believe that we should always help people that have less power than we, and we should always challenge people who have more power. We should always be suspicious of all power, especially any we get ourselves." Every time I look at him and listen to him, I think that he subscribes to that.
I have to ask you about George's pet pig, Max. I love farm animals. Did you get along with Max?
Max, the wonderful pig. Yes, Max and I were pals. At George's house, Max had his own house outside. But he would always come in the morning and lay across the doorstep outside so nobody could get in or out without stepping over Max which was no small [feat]. And he thought he was a great singer. He was a terrible singer, but very loud. He sang all day long.
What's your greatest wish for your two children from this moment on?
What I wish for my children is that what they are striving for comes true. I also hope, at the end of the day, they have as great a life as I've had.


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