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By Sisi Tang
WeNews correspondent
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Turkey's anti-government protests are troubling for some of Erdogan's female supporters, who dominate his voting base. For other women, the protests are an outlet for anger at current policies and a break from the political repression that followed the 1970s mass unrest.
Credit: Sisi Tang
ISTANBUL, Turkey (WOMENSENEWS)– A Reuters photo of a police officer spraying tear gas into the face of a woman in a red dress in Gezi Park in Taksim Square here has forged the impression of a strong-armed reaction by the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan toward protests around the country that are stretching into their second week.
While Erdogan has agreed to meet today with three protest leaders, many expect the demonstrations to escalate after police entered Gezi Park Tuesday, flinging gas canisters and shooting rubber bullets at demonstrators, despite the Istanbul governor's promise earlier that the park will not be touched. People continued filing into Taksim Square, which was bellowing with tear gas smoke and reeling from sound bombs as of Tuesday night.
Last weekend, Kalbiye Uzuner, a middle-aged housewife, was among those walking toward Taksim, joining the crowd's chants calling for the government to resign.
"This is the first time I've participated in something this big," she told Women's eNews. "Even if the P.M. [prime minister] doesn't give into our demands, I think we have still won because we have gathered here such a variety of people."
In the backstreets, older women jutted their arms out of their windows, banging pots and pans and offering the young protesters passing by lemon and vinegar, which they hoped would soothe the bite of tear gas.
These indications of waning support among women concern Erdogan's loyal female followers.
Eda Yilmaz, a young supporter of Erdogan's ruling AKP party, has not yet joined the demonstrations. But she said she was incensed by the Reuters image and felt an instant desire to join those in Taksim Square.
"The police violence needs to be investigated," said Yilmaz, an entrepreneur and industrial engineer, in an interview over the weekend. "It shouldn't necessarily be about the government stepping down, but about it correcting and checking its mistakes."
According to a student protestor's personal account that has been circulated online by his professor, a police officer repeatedly beat a woman inside a police detention vehicle while threatening to rape her and forcing her to shout praises to the police.
Though both men and women have been subject to police violence, videos and interviews showing female protestors in the Aegean metropolis of Izmir being beaten by a dozen or more police have spread like wildfire on the Web and inflamed the public.
A Hovering Question
Will it end with long-lasting political change of any sort?
That's the question hovering over layers of barbecue smoke, smoldering tear gas, spewing water cannons and the red flags of the Republic and its founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
The answer depends, in part, on Turkish female voters such as Yilmaz. Women were 54 percent of those who voted for the AKP during the 2011 general elections, according to an AKP-led survey.
The AKP, a party with Islamic roots, has presided over a phase of economic growth but faces challenges sustaining gains on the heels of the global economic slowdown.
There is no sign yet that the prime minister's response to the Gezi Park protests is costing him female voters. But while his administration can count on female supporters who see his hard-edged ways as a strong, avuncular backing of their religious sentiments, some of those are now seeing his style as edging on authoritarian.
"I've always thought his talking style was very problematic," said Yilmaz. "You can't just order people that you can't do this, you can't do that. You should have referendums, communicate with the people."
Erdogan's female supporters include young, middle-class, well-educated, cosmopolitan and observant women who share the liberal values being voiced by the demonstrations.
At the same time, they are loyal to the AKP for assisting their religious freedoms, with a prime example being the lifting of the ban on headscarves in universities.
"Compared to older times, I think there have been many improvements in the last decade, especially in economic development and with resolving the headscarf issue," said Neslihan Ozdemir, 31, an AKP supporter and housewife who said she did not attend what she saw as an overly politicized conflict that has spiraled into deliberate provocation. "This issue is very important for me: freedom to wear what you want."
Lingering Fears
In the broader population of women, beyond Erdogan's supporters, some older women have avoided street protests–and made their concerns known to their children–out of health concerns about tear gas and fears left from the bloody, political clashes of the 1970s, which killed many civilians and culminated in the 1980 military coup that installed military rule for the next few years.
"My family for instance would not allow me to even attend the smallest demonstrations. Everyone is extremely afraid. People have seen torture," said a 21-year-old law student at Marmara University who asked that her name not be published for fear of backlash. Yet, she has participated in the demonstrations since day one.
Turkey is often analyzed through the polarizing lens of political and religious differences. But these demonstrations, which have swelled up from a small environmentalist protest of plans to raze the leafy Gezi Park in Taksim Square, have become a chance for citizens to share an array of grievances.
For many Turkish women, Erdogan's public condemnation last year of elective Cesarean births and abortion struck a nerve. So did a draft policy to ban abortion from which he later backed away.
In a recent public speech, he also drew ire for reprimanding a couple for kissing on a public metro.
"In the very beginning I took to the streets because of the abortion issue," said the university student who requested anonymity. "It was about women's demands and ownership of their own bodies. We felt that we have been excluded, so in order to be included within, we came to express ourselves."
Hundreds of elderly and young women marched through Taksim this weekend, uniformly chanting, "Tayyip, flee, flee, the women are coming," bearing signs that read "We are on the streets for a life without Tayyip, without harassment," and "Tayyip, keep your hands away from my body."
'Much More Oppression'
"Especially during the period when AKP has been in power, there has been much more oppression and violence against women," said Gunay Demirbas Nas, a coordinator at Imece Kadin Sendikasi, a women's collective based in Istanbul. "Murder of women has been on the rise."
She added that she was also angered by the recent merging of the Ministry for Women and Family with theMinistry of Family and Social Policies.
Protestors have called on Erdogan to "stop acting as if he is everyone's father." Many perceive him to be an obstinate, authoritarian patriarch prone to meddling in female citizens' personal affairs.
He has repeatedly advised families to have at least three children, a gesture which his conservative-leaning supporters see as a reasonable economic measure that would also reinforce family values. Opponents, however, suspect an agenda to reinstate religious law, hamper women's freedom and threaten the nation's secularist foundations.
"This state does what it wants to do, even with issues related to women's bodies," said Rojda Tekin, aspokesperson for the Anti-Capitalist Muslims youth group, based in Istanbul with liaisons all over Turkey.
The Anti-Capitalist Muslims are a group of pious, anti-AKP youths who decry the ruling government for what they see as capitalist policies serving mainly the rich, preferring what they say is a middle way between Islam and socialism.
Headscarved, Tekin huddled with members of her group among the sea of tents and banners displayed at Gezi Park to protest its demolition.
"With women's rights there are some serious issues. But at least Turkey isn't a state that directly oppresses women. We can go out and do as we please. Everything that belongs to God also belongs to the civilians, whether it's women's rights or other issues," she said.
Sisi Tang is a writer and traveler based in Istanbul, Turkey.
Related articles
- Violence flares as Turkey PM cracks down on protests (newsinfo.inquirer.net)
- Turkey Protesters Demand "Erdogan Surrender to the Turkish Nation" (nsnbc.me)


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Sheila Price died November 2022
Enid Price March 1939 - October 2022
Jeffrey Wilkins c 1942 - 18/7/2022
Joyce Winship ( Hicks nee Indge) died 30/7/22 aged 91
Ken Watson 1941 - May 2022
Ian Elsdon Died April 2022
Cliff Garratt 5/3/1936- 20/3/2022
Roddy Benson 11/10/1957 - 6/2/2022
Martin Clifford Webb 3/11/1941 - 21/1/2022
Father of Victoria and Christopher, grandfather to Isabelle, Joshua, Olivia and Martha
Shirley Whenray ( nee Durham) died 25/1/2022
Mairead Boyce died 12/1/2022
Tamara Ann Church ( nee Woolford) died 19/4/2021 age 46
Roger Cox died 27/3/2021
John Lawrence Strowger ( Jack ) 23/04/1938 - 19/01/2021
Missed every day.
Goff Smith died April 2020, age 71
Daphne Mary Saunders 23/11/1939- 1/10/2019
Carla Barnes died 12/1/2020 age 96
Wife of Norman, Mother of John, Frankie and Michael
Frances Rebecca Breakspear died 23/1/2020
Sue France died January 2020
Wyn Robinson 15/5/1922 - 27/7/2019
Robin Debank 4/2/1942 - 3/8/2019
Eileen Pill died 20/6/2019
Anita Christine Thomas 1933-29/6/2020
Born in Salisbury Anita attended South Wiltshire Grammar School for girls and after taking A levels in the 6th form, she accepted a place at Salisbury Teachers Training College (now Salisbury Museum).
Anita was a much loved teacher at Faringdon Infants School.
A lover of music, she taught piano to many children in the area, and was active in the church singing in All Saints choir and playing organ at both All Saints in Faringdon and St Mary's in Little Coxwell.
Anita was also an active fundraiser for Save the Children and the Smile Foundation.
A loving mother and grandmother,
Anita was often described as the "life and soul of the party" with a playful sense of humour.
She will be remembered fondly by all whose lives she touched for her positive outlook and generosity, always giving her time and asking nothing in return.
She died in peace at Oxford John Radcliffe hospital after being admitted on Sunday 28th June with a failing heart.
A private funeral will take place on 16th July 2020 with a Church Memorial when restrictions lift. Donations may be made to the Smile Foundation.
Stanley Gutteridge died 3/1/2020 Age 91 years
my father Stanley Gutteridge passed away on the 3rd January this year age 91. He lived in faringdon in the 1950s. He worked in the cinema as a projectionist and married Noleen Bates eldest daughter of Sid and Nora Bates who ran the international stores. Mum died on the 4th November 2015
Geoffrey Williams died 28/1/2020
Geoffrey Williams died on 28 January 2020 at the Grange. He was known and liked in Faringdon for his witty All Saints' and Probus minutes, his articles in the Folly, the parish magazine, and online here. He was a schoolmaster, maker of model ships, member of FAS, choral singer, charity worker, cricketer and Royal Marine reservist.
Mary Greetham, nee Farmer 25/5/1923- 17/12/2018
Lifelong resident of Faringdon. Wife of Peter, sister to Ruth and Evelyn
Joe Beechey 1923-2018
Aged 95 Joe passed away peacefully at home 21st October 2018. A father, grandfather, great grandfather and a great great grandfather, he will be missed by all of his family.
Lou Boffin. 1927- 27/5/2018
Life long Faringdon resident and butcher. Age 91
Doreen Sharps July 3rd 1943- 8th March 2018
Doreen was a kind and loving lady was a devoted wife to the late Michael Sharps , loving mother to Steve, David, Mark, Peter and Bev and a loving grandmother, great grandmother, and great great grand mother and is truly missed .
Michael Sharps 28th May 1940 - 12th April 2017
Michael was a loving devoted husband to Doreen , father to Steve, David, Mark, Peter and Bev, and loving grand father, great grand father, and great great grand father and is truly missed
Jim Gallant October 1916 - 20th October 2017
- 'a true gentleman' - passed away at his home in Ferendune Court on 20 October. He had reached the age of 101 two weeks earlier, and died peacefully with his family, friends and carers around him.
He was given a fitting send off on 14 November, which was attended by all his family; friends old and new; and staff and volunteers from the Bromsgrove Day Centre, where he had spent many happy hours.
Jim's daughters Maureen (Grimwood) and Lynn (Pettit) would like to thank Jim's friends in Faringdon for their support and kindness at this sad time; and also for their generous donations to the Alzheimer's Society.
Rebecca Taylor (nee Hickmore) 7th May 2016 age 37
Lived in Faringdon with her parents and went to Faringdon Community College, Exeter University, and latterly lived in Hampton, Richmond Surrey, with her husband and 2 children. She ran her own company.
Becky was sadly killed in a car accident together with her young daughter Milly (Matilda) Taylor Age 3
I hope that my 2 beautiful girls are at peace.
Muriel Vi Horton. 1914-2016
Vi passed away on Sunday 26th June peacefully at St Luke's wing of the St Katharines care home in Wantage.
An 102 year old lady with a kind and giving heart, she will be missed by her son Jim, grand daughter Kate and Chrissie, whom she loved and was loved in return dearly.
Michael Macey died 5th May 2016 age 65
It is with sad regret that my brother, Michael Macey sadly suddenly and unexpectedly passed away on the 5th May 2016 aged 65 years old. Michael used to live at Marlborough Gardens and went to Faringdon Primary school and then on to King Alfreds boys school in Wantage.
Fred Hunt died May 2016 age 83
Known by many through his work at Eagle Coaches and then Faringdon Motorparts, and via his affiliation with the Royal British Legion and many other groups and organisations in Faringdon over his 83 years.
He is survived by his wife Freda, son Ivor and granddaughters Philippa and Elizabeth.
Vera Joan Merritt died 31/7/2015 age 92
Died peacefully with her family around her on 31st July 2015
She was 92 years old.
Stuart Tanner died 27/7/2015, aged 94
From Stanford in the Vale, died peacefully. Will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
Juliet Dyer died 30th January 2015, aged 81
Artist, Sculptor and teacher, wife of Robert, mother and grandmother
John Gilman died Friday 21st November 2014
Retired Colonel, Sealed knot, local historian, Town Mayor
Meriel Gilman died Thursday 20 November 2014
Muriel Dawkins died 15/10/2014
Muriel, formerly of Maple Road, Faringdon, passed away at Rushden Park Nursing Home on Wednesday 15 October. Loving mother and grandmother.
W.Keith Harding died July 2014, Northleach
Mervyn Penney died 14/1/2014, aged 90
Ron Woodward 7/1/1945 to 26/7/2013 passed away at his home in Stafford
Ron lived with his parents in Park Road, Faringdon and attended King Alfred's Grammar School, Wantage
He left Faringdon in 1961 to take up an Engineering Apprenticeship in Stafford
He leaves a wife and two grown up children
Robert Frederick Dyer 21/6/1932- 16/9/2013
Local activist, Town Mayor, husband of Juliet, father, grandfather
Margery Florence Mercer 01/01/18 - 31/05/13
A much loved mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be very sadly missed by all, died peacefully at home.
She was a popular lady and well known in Faringdon often seen pushing a pram around the town when doing her shopping.
Gwen Robinson died 16/8/2012
Brian Burgess 3/7/1939- 25/1/2011
Husband of Betty, Father of Shelly, brother of Eileen and Christine.
Tribute to Brian
Nora Richens 14/11/1920 - 06/12/2010
A lovely Mum, Nan and Great Grandmother. Missed every day and loved forever.
Ken (Kenneth George) Stickley 19/5/1932- 11/10/2010
at Horton hospital, Banbury
A larger-than-life character, and part of the fabric of Faringdon for many many years.
Read Ken's obituary
Peter Richens 09/02/1950 – 08/10/2010
Pete died in hospital in Salisbury, he had lived nr Devizes in recent years and is greatly missed by all his family and friends, old and new.
Rodney French 26/1/1943 – 3/10/2010
Rod passed away peacefully at home after a long illness.
The loving husband of Sue and father to Pete, Graham and Andrew who will be greatly missed by us all.
A true gentleman if there ever was one.
Fred Morton age 89 – 3/10/2010
Formerly of Morton's Faringdon
Much loved husband of the late Nora, loving father of Barbara and Patricia, devoted granddad and great granddad.
Don Moorhouse 24/10/1942 – 27/9/2010
Husband of Christine, father to Andy, Chris and Tim and a dear grandfather.
He was a Faringdon Town Councillor for 14 years.
He is sadly missed.
Rosa Proll 8/3/1925 – 9/9/2010
Proud Austrian, loyal housekeeper to Robert Heber-Percy, Faringdon House for over 30 years
Tragically killed in a motor accident.
Read obituary Folly October 2010 (pdf)
Joan Haste 8/3/1934 – 29/6/2010
We have lost a very special lady when Joan Haste passed away on the 29th of June.
She was a mother grandmother sister and a very special sister in law to me.
Joan lived in Faringdon all of her life and will be sorely missed.
James(Hamish) Currie Age 67, died 14/4/2010
Colin Blackwell Age 54, died April 2010
Husband of Judy, father of Mark and Gary.
Marjorie Custance 9/8/1930 – 4/4/2010
Wife of Richard.
Sheila Mary Hunt died 4/3/2010
Joan Buchanan 9/11/1920 – 24/3/2010
Wife of Tommy and mother of Mary and Sandra, 6 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren.
Sylvia Annie Yates died 10/2/2010
Brian Belcher died early 2010
Hazel Edgington Age 94, died 23/02/2010
Wife of Arthur, mother of Geoff, Susan, Andrew
Bill Muir 5/4/1943 – 23/2/2010
Bill will be greatly missed by all of us. His Enthusiasm for life, combined with a Passion for his work, made Bill a unique character to know.
He was the Ultimate Livestock Dealer, a Master of his trade. Bill Muir was more than just a man, he was an Institution!
Richard Speed, PhD 1/11/1935 – 20/10/2009
Husband of Pam, father of James and John
Design and Technology teacher, Advisor, Jazz lover.
Derek Fish 1920s – August 2009
Father of Michael and Tim
Founder of Faringdon Garage.
Rex Norman Age 73 – 11/6/2009
Head master of Faringdon School for 15 years(1978-1995)
Husband of Jennifer, father of 4.
Kathleen Elizabeth Avenell died 20/5/2009
Dorothy Hughes 1920s – 17/5/2009
Wife of David.
May Church died Feb/Mar 2009
Joan Sillence 3/6/1921 – 19/1/2009
In her childhood she lived in Kidlington, Faringdon and Hook Norton but spent all of her adult life in Faringdon.
Wife of Donald, mother of Roger and Terry.
Stephen Shaw 1944- Feb 2009
Peggy Heasman Died Dec/Jan 2009
Michael O'Sullivan Dec/Jan 2009
Vera Leaver Dec/Jan 2009
Clive Davis 22/12/2008
Alan Charles George Bungay 12/1/1934 – 10/12/2008
Sadly missed by his loving daughters Teresa, Debra, Marcia and all his beautiful grandchildren.
Betty Jones 1908 – Dec 2008
100 years old
Terry Carroll 1926 – 12/9/2008
Wife Glenice
Ernest 'Tug' Wilson died Sept/Oct 2008
Ron Pill 12/2/1925 – 6/102008
Wife Eileen and children Ray, Micky and Val.
Pam Boffin died 12/8/2008
Wife of Lou Boffin.
Olwyn Lundregan Age 75, died 7/7/2008
Died in Tarragona Spain
Much loved and Missed by her husband Bob and all her family and remembering Jean Lundregan who passed away May 2008 aged 47.
We all spent Many Happy years in Faringdon.
June Patricia Wearing 1/10/1993- 16/4/2008
Barbara Violet Cornish 1913 - 2008
Sarah Loake Died April 2008
Derek Leggett died Jan 2008
Rev Jack Whittaker 1927- 21/10/2007
Vicar of All Saints Faringdon, and previously of Blackpool, St Helen's, Hensingham,Skelmersdale New Town.
Shirley Edmunds 3/4/1936 - 2007
Sadly missed by all who knew her.
Vera Manners died 2007
William Hutt 1959- 2007
Frank Roberts 1921 – October 2007
Husband of Florence Mary Shepherd
Founder member of Faringdon Association of Residents. A campaigner for Faringdon's swimming pool, and many other local initiatives.
Bertha Chapman 31/10/1905 – 8/8/2007
Dear Mother of Cyril & Harold & Albert who sadly passed away in 1999.
Loving Mother in Law to Binnie Eileen & Mary ,
Loving grandmother & Great Grandmother.
Very sadly missed by us all.
John Turner 14/2/1919-17/7/2007
Lived in the house from the day it was built, (60+years) wife Chris, and father to 4.
Sadly missed.
John R Coombes Aged 79, died 17/7/2007
Ann Foley nee Stallard 28/10/1938 – 25/5/2007
Daughter of Ivy and Rocky Stallard.
Very much loved sister of Tony Chris Gloria Roger Mickey and Martin.
A. George Field Age 71, died 2/5/2007
Wife Christina, son Anthony and grandson.
EH (Pat) Thomas Age 85, died 21/5/2007
Elsie Matilda Taylor (nee Fletcher) 12/8/1911 – 17/11/2006
Born in Faringdon, wife of Albert, who died 7th May 1963.
Youngest of six children.
Father was a baker in London Street.
Daughters, Anna, Elizabeth and Sonia.
Frederick Alfred Butler 7/10/1912 – 23/11/2006
Born Watchfield, lived in Faringdon and Little Coxwell
Police Sergeant for Faringdon until 1967
Children Malcolm, Wendy.
Margaret Rogers nee Maulding 7/5/1929 – 8/11/2006
Married to her loving husband Ray, Auntie Margaret was born at Barcote Cottages and lived there all her life.
They are both lovingly remembered and sadly missed.
Grace Flippance (nee Godwin) 5/8/1912 – 10/6/2006
Born Watford, grew up Lightwater, Surrey.
Wife of Stanley Flippance.
Teacher Girls' School, Secondary Modern School, Infants and Junior School till 1971.
Member Congregational Church then Stanford URC.
Robin Haste 17/5/1927 – 6/5/2006
Robin lived in Faringdon from the early fifties.
He was a long distant lorry driver a bus driver and worked with his wife Joan at Ferendune for many years.
Phyllis Fanny Webb (nee Langham) 18/1/1913 – 15/5/2006
Born in Faringdon, wife of Reginald Webb, lived in Burford, Great Coxwell and Faringdon
Prominent member of the Methodist and later the United Church
Children Judith, Martin, Rebecca, Gene
Read obituary (pdf)
Harry E Gills Age 68, died 4/3/2006
Gladys Lucy Langham (nee Carter) 1/9/1915 – 6/12/2005
Born in Faringdon, wife of Rev Harold Winston Langham
Active member of the Labour party and Methodist Church
Son Nicholas, grandsons Simon and Joe
Read obituary (pdf)
Read press article Methodist Recorder 1965 (pdf)
Laura Mary Boyle (nee Grainger). 29/4/1916 – 20/9/2005
Originally lived in Southampton Street (house was demolished to make way for the building of The Lees) and then Pye Street.
Worked as a cleaner at the Police Station for many years, both in Coach Lane and Marlborough Street.
Affectionately known as 'Kate' by members of the force.
Always gadding about meeting friends or going on day trips in her retirement years.
Now at rest in Canada Lane Cemetery.
Fred Lovegrove 2/1/1935 – 1/1/2005
Born Fernham.
Oldest boy of 15 Children.
Married to Jean for 47 years.
Was the head Gardener at Church House, Little Coxwell for many years.
Father To Kevin, Janet and Andrew.
Much Loved and Sadly Missed.
Gillian Ann Horton. (nee Lovegrove) 28/2/1956 – 10/8/2004
Wife of Jim Horton, mother of Kate.
Donald George Sillence 17/6/1921 – 2/9/2001
Husband of Joan, father of Roger and Terry.
Read eulogy
Edith Sherwood 24/5/1917 – 24/7/2000
Good night, God bless, We love you.
Ray Rogers 21/8/1920 – 17/7/2000
Brother to George, lived in Bromsgrove Faringdon until his marriage to his loving wife Margaret, when he moved
just a short distance to Barcote Cottages.
Uncle Ray was very proud to be a Dunkirk veteran.
Reginald Edward Webb 22/11/1905 – 2/11/1999
Born Foxley, Nr Malmesbury, lived in Burford, Great Coxwell and Faringdon
Car Hire Proprietor.
Read obituary
Joan Butler (nee Grist) 12/2/1917 – 1/11/1998
Born Wokingham, Berks.
Married to Police Sergeant Fred Butler.
Was librarian in Faringdon for many years.
Children Malcolm and Wendy.
Montague Kinch Webb 31/8/1904 – 25/7/1997
Born Foxley, Nr Malmesbury
Farmer at Great Coxwell
Father of John and Jane, granfather of Jeremy and Peter.
Harold Winston Langham 20/05/1911 – 26/12/1997
Born in Faringdon
Methodist minister, Cardiff, Helmsley (Yorks) Leicester, Ormskirk (Lancs) and Banbury
Son Nicholas, grandsons Simon and Joe.
David John Davies.M.B.E. 21/5/1916 – 7/12/1995
Born Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire.
Headmaster Faringdon Secondary Modern School, later known as Tollington and then Faringdon School 1958 - 1978.
Children, Sara and Alisoun.
Ivor Dowell 4/7/1926 – 17/9/1994
Much loved and missed by wife Ruth and children Vanessa and Trevor.
Bet Rogers 23/2/1919 – 8/1/1992
Bet was raised in Kingston Winslow, Ashbury but lived in Faringdon after her marriage to her loving husband George.
Mother to Margaret.
Lovingly remembered and sadly missed.
Susan Temple 7/4/1906 - 1991
Married to Charles, daughter Jean
Member of WI for many years.
Robert Mayall 27/6/1955 – 5/4/1989
Norman Harding Fletcher 13/5/1900 – 26/9/1986
Born in Faringdon. Baker in London Street. Soldier, Sportsman, Footballer, Horticulturalist and Amateur Rose Hybridiser.
Town Councillor, regular churchgoer and deacon of the Congregational Church. Lay Preacher.
Loved Faringdon and the surrounding countryside.
Father of Joan(now deceased) and Bridget.
Bertha Elizabeth Ebsworth 16/8/1897 – 26/3/1983
Always thinking of you mammy from granddaughter Patsy
William Henry Ebsworth Died 6/4/1980
Sadly missed by his granddaughter Patricia Holdway [nee Ebsworth].
Richard Thomas Stevens (Dick) 28/12/1913 – 17/6/1980
Head Teacher of Faringdon Junior School 1959 -1976.
George Rogers 23/12/1914 – 24/8/1979
Loving husband to Bet and father to Margaret.
George lived in Faringdon all his life.
Lovingly remembered and sadly missed.
Charles Temple 31/3/1905 - 1977
Married to Susan, daughter Jean
Lorry driver for the Faringdon Express dairy
Southampton St resident for 60 years.
Charles Stallard 5/4/1886 – June 1963
Wonderful old character of Faringdon. Scrap metal and Ragabone merchant.
Very much loved by all his grandchildren.
Hephzibah Cox 1827 - 1898
Hephzibah was the Great grandmother of my late husband John Cox. She was the wife of the Bailiff of Sand's Farm, Shellingford.
She was a Strict Baptist. Born at Bradford on Avon, Wilts, died Longcot, Oxfordshire.
Abraham Cox 1832 – June 1887
My late husband John Cox's great- grandfather. He was the Farm Bailiff at Sands Farm, at Shellingford.
He was a Strict Baptist. Born at Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire, died Faringdon.
More past Faringdonians
All Saints Churchyard memorial inscriptions (Excel file)
Free Church Cemetery, Canada Lane memorial inscriptions ( Excel File)
Faringdon and area list of deaths from 2002 (Excel File)
World War 1 memorials
World War 2 memorials


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Brownshirts & Republican Wimps
A Commentary By Patrick J. Buchanan
Friday evening's Donald Trump rally in Chicago was broken up by a foul-mouthed mob that infiltrated the hall and forced the cancelation of the event to prevent violence and bloodshed.
Brownshirt tactics worked. The mob, triumphant, rejoiced.
And the reaction of Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and John Kasich?
All three Republican rivals blamed -- Donald Trump.
With his "dangerous style of leadership," Trump stokes this anger, mewed Rubio, "This is what happens when a leading presidential candidate goes around feeding into a narrative of bitterness and anger and frustration."
Rubio implies that if Trump doesn't tone down his remarks to pacify the rabble, he will be responsible for the violence visited upon him.
Kasich echoed Rubio: "Donald Trump has created a toxic environment (that) has allowed his supporters and those who sometimes seek confrontation to come together in violence."
But were the thousands of Trump supporters who came out to cheer him that night really looking for a fight? Or were they exercising their right of peaceful assembly?
Cruz charged Trump with "creating an environment that only encourages this sort of nasty discord," thus offering absolution to the mob.
Friday night cried out for moral clarity. What we got from Trump's rivals was moral mush that called to mind JFK's favorite quote from Dante: The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of moral crisis maintain their neutrality.
As news outlets have reported, Friday's disruption at the University of Illinois-Chicago auditorium was a preplanned assault.
Behind it were the George Soros-funded MoveOn.org, Black Lives Matter, Occupy Wall Street, Hispanics hoisting Mexican flags and cop-haters carrying filthy signs to show their contempt for police.
People for Bernie, a pro-Sanders outfit, tweeted, "[This] wasn't just luck. It took organizers from dozens of organizations and thousands of people to pull off. Great work."
Now, Sanders did not order this assault on the civil rights of Trump supporters. But MoveOn.org has endorsed him and "Bernie" signs and T-shirts were everywhere among the disrupters. Hence, he has a duty to disavow this conduct and those who engaged in it.
If Sanders refuses, he condones it, and is morally complicit.
Can one imagine how the media would pile on Trump if working-class white males in Trump T-shirts invaded a Hillary Clinton rally and shut it down?
Can one imagine how the networks and cable TV channels that host town halls with the candidates would react if hell-raisers snuck into their audiences and shouted obscenities during discussions?
The keening over the First Amendment would not cease for weeks.
Some of us have been here before, and know how this ends.
When the urban riots broke out in the '60s, Hubert Humphrey declared that, if he lived in a ghetto, "I could lead a pretty good riot myself."
At his 1968 convention in Chicago, radicals baited and provoked the cops in the front of the Conrad Hilton, and as this writer watched, their patience exhausted after days of abuse, Chicago's finest tore into the mob and delivered some street justice.
"Richard Nixon," wrote Hunter S. Thompson, "is living in the White House today because of what happened that night in Chicago."
Hunter got that one right.
That fall, Humphrey was daily assailed by the kinds of haters now disrupting Trump rallies. Everywhere he went, they chanted, "Dump the Hump!" At times, Humphrey came close to tears.
That fall, Humphrey realized the monster he helped nurture.
My tormentors, he said, are "not just hecklers, but highly disciplined, well-organized agitators ... some of them are anarchists, and some of these groups are destroying the Democratic Party and destroying this country."
In 1970, when President Nixon sent U.S. troops into Cambodia to clean out Viet Cong sanctuaries, and students rioted, Ronald Reagan called them "cowardly fascists," and declared, "If there's going to be a bloodbath, let it begin here."
Not much Cruz-Rubio-Kasich equivocating there.
When radicals stomped down Wall Street desecrating Old Glory, construction workers came down from the building sites they were working and whaled on them.
Union president Peter J. Brennan was soon in the Oval Office -- and in Nixon's Cabinet. "Secretary Bunker," we called him.
Prediction. Given their "victory" in Chicago, MoveOn.org and its allied nasties will try to replicate it, again and again. And as Americans came to despise the '60s radicals, they will come to despise them.
And, as in the 1960s, the country will take a turn -- to the right.
America has changed from the land we grew up in. But she is not yet ready to allow ugly mobs screaming obscenities at Trump and his folks inside and outside that hall in Chicago, or their paragons like socialist senator Bernie Sanders, to take over the country.
Those raising hell in the street in Chicago and that convention hall are unfit to be citizens of this democratic republic.
For as Edmund Burke reminded us, "Men of intemperate minds can never be free. Their passions forge their fetters."
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If you tear the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in your knee, you may need to have reconstructive surgery. The ACL is a tough band of tissue joining the thigh bone to the shin bone at the knee joint. It runs diagonally through the inside of the knee and gives the knee joint stability. It also helps to control the back-and-forth movement of the lower leg.
ACL injuries
Knee injuries can occur during sports such as skiing, tennis, squash, football and rugby. ACL injuries are one of the most common types of knee injuries, accounting for around 40% of all sports injuries. You can tear your ACL if your lower leg extends forwards too much. It can also be torn if your knee and lower leg are twisted.
Common causes of an ACL injury include:
If the ACL is torn, your knee may become very unstable and lose its full range of movement. This can make it difficult to perform certain movements, such as turning on the spot. Some sports may be impossible to play.
Deciding to have surgery
The decision to have knee surgery will depend on the extent of damage to your ACL and whether it's affecting your quality of life. If your knee doesn't feel unstable and you don't have an active lifestyle, you may decide not to have ACL surgery. However, it's important to be aware that delaying surgery could cause further damage to your knee.
Before having surgery
Before having ACL surgery, you may need to wait for any swelling to go down and the full range of movement to return to your knee. You may also need to wait until the muscles at the front of your thigh (quadriceps) and the back of your thigh (hamstrings) are as strong as possible. If you don't have the full range of movement in your knee before having surgery, your recovery will be more difficult. It's likely to take at least three weeks after the injury occurred for the full range of movement to return.
Before having surgery, you may be referred for physiotherapy to help you regain the full range of movement in your knee. Your physiotherapist may show you some stretches that you can do at home to help keep your leg flexible. They may also recommend low-impact exercise, such as swimming or cycling. These types of activities will improve your muscle strength without placing too much weight on your knee. You should avoid any sports or activities that involve twisting, turning or jumping.
Reconstructive ACL surgery
A torn ACL can't be repaired by stitching it back together. However, it can be reconstructed by grafting (attaching) new tissue onto it. The ACL can be reconstructed by removing what remains of the torn ligament and replacing it with a tendon from another area of the leg, such as the hamstring or patellar tendon. The patellar tendon attaches the bottom of the kneecap (patella) to the top of the shinbone (tibia).
Risks of ACL surgery
ACL surgery fully restores the functioning of the knee in over 80% of cases. However, your knee may not be exactly like it was before the injury, and you may still have some pain and swelling. This may be because of other injuries to the knee, such as tears or injuries to the cartilage, which happened at the same time as or after the ACL injury. As with all types of surgery, there are some small risks associated with knee surgery, including infection, a blood clot, knee pain, and knee weakness and stiffness.
Recovering from surgery
After having reconstructive ACL surgery, a few people may still experience knee pain or instability. Recovering from surgery usually takes around six months. However, it could be up to a year before you're able to return to full training for your sport.
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KABUL, Afghanistan >>Afghans rioted for a second day Saturday to protest the burning of a Quran in Florida, killing nine people in Kandahar and injuring more than 80 in a wave of violence that underscored rising anti-foreign sentiment after nearly a decade of war.
The desecration at a small U.S. church has outraged Muslims worldwide, and in Afghanistan it further strained ties with the West. On Friday, 11 people were killed, including seven foreign U.N. employees, in a protest in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
The protests come at a critical juncture as the U.S.-led coalition gears up for an insurgent spring offensive and a summer withdrawal of some troops, and with Afghanistan's mercurial president increasingly questioning international motives and NATO's military strategy.
Two suicide attackers disguised as women blew themselves up and a third was gunned down Saturday when they used force to try to enter a NATO base on the outskirts of Kabul, NATO and Afghan police said. Earlier in the week, six U.S. soldiers died during an operation against insurgents in eastern Afghanistan near Pakistan, where the Taliban retain safe havens.
President Hamid Karzai expressed regret for the 20 protest deaths, but he also further stoked possible anti-foreign sentiment by again demanding that the United States and United Nations bring to justice the pastor of the Dove Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, where the Quran was burned March 20. Many Afghans did not know about the Quran-burning until Karzai condemned it four days after it happened.
The pastor, the Rev. Terry Jones, had threatened to destroy a copy of Islam's holy book last year but initially backed down. On Friday he said Islam and its followers were responsible for the killings.
In the southern city of Kandahar, the cradle of the Taliban, hundreds of Afghans holding copies of the Quran over their heads marched in protest of the burning. Security forces shot in the air to disperse the crowd, but it was unclear how the protesters were slain, said Zalmai Ayubi, a spokesman for the provincial governor.
The Kandahar governor's office said nine protesters were killed and 81 others were injured in the demonstration that turned into a riot. Seventeen people, including seven armed men, have been arrested, the statement said.
The protests began Friday in Kabul, Herat in western Afghanistan and Mazar-i-Sharif, where thousands flooded the streets.
In Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghan demonstrators stormed a U.N. compound, shooting and killing four Nepalese guards, a Norwegian, a Romanian and a Swede. Afghan authorities suspect insurgents melded into the mob; they announced the arrest of more than 20 people, including a militant they suspect was the ringleader of the assault.
The top U.N. envoy in Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, said the organization was temporarily redeploying 11 staff members from Mazar-i-Sharif to Kabul.
"This is not an evacuation, it is a temporary redeployment because the office is not functioning. We will be ready to go back as soon as we can establish an office that is secure enough," he told reporters.
The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, known as UNAMA, has some 1,500 staff — about 80 percent Afghans — operating in 18 regional and provincial offices across the country and in liaison offices in neighboring Pakistan and Iran.
In late 2009, the U.N. sent about 600 foreign staff out of the country or into secure compounds after three gunmen stormed a Kabul guest house used by U.N. staff and killed 11 people, including five U.N. workers.
Karzai has in recent months increasingly criticized both the international community and U.S.-led foreign forces — the first for being ineffectual and unaccountable, the second for causing unnecessary civilian casualties in its campaign against insurgents.
Some Western diplomats privately say Karzai stoked some of the tension in recent days by making speeches about issues that had not gained much attention in the country, including the Quran burning.
De Mistura, however, said he drew no connection between the riots and Karzai's earlier condemnation of the Quran-burning. He said it takes "two to three weeks for information to percolate. It's not like in the West. Then it goes through the mosque and then through the Friday prayers."
"I don't think we should be blaming any Afghan. We should be blaming the person who produced the news — the one who burned the Quran," he said.
Although the Taliban are responsible for the vast majority of killings in Afghanistan, civilian casualties from coalition operations are a major source of strain in the country's relationship with the United States. The deaths tend to generate widespread outrage and Karzai has said they will no longer be tolerated.
The politicking could be part of an effort to reach out to the Taliban as Karzai tries to build bridges with the insurgents as part of a peace and reconciliation process. He and his advisers no longer refer to the Taliban as insurgents. They are often referred to as armed opposition groups.
The Taliban themselves have no such qualms and openly call for the overthrow of Karzai's government. Last week about 300 Taliban fighters overran the tiny capital of a remote mountainous district in northeast Nuristan province and raised their flag over city hall.
Associated Press writers Deb Riechmann and Amir Shah in Kabul, and Mirwais Khan in Kandahar contributed to this report.


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Branson Bound
Christmas, New Year's, Saints, Carnival, Carnival, Carnival. Enough already. I can't stand no more celebrating. Bring on Lent. I can't wait.
Then I get a better offer.
My mother-in-law, Ms. Larda, and three of her old high school friends are taking a little trip to Branson, Mo.
Branson, in case you don't know, is the opposite of the French Quarter. It is all about nice, wholesome entertainment. Everybody keeps their shirts on. Perfect for families and old ladies.
It was supposed to be Larda, Earline, Dottie and Lunalee. But Lunalee run into an old boyfriend at the Chalmette Emergency Room – they were both there for heart attacks which turned out to be just gas – and they been inseparable ever since. It is their second chance, and Lunalee ain't going to waste a minute of it. So she bows out of the trip.
And they ask me to come instead. Ms. Larda says it's just what I need. I will come home completely relaxed and ready for St. Pat's.
My son, the computer genius, finds me a good deal on the plane ticket and everything else is paid for, even the rustic hotel.
The night before we leave, Ms. Larda warns me not to pack no hangnail clippers or a large snow globe in my carry-on because the TSA says they can be used as weapons. Well. I never travel with any size snow globe, but I do take my nail clippers out of my carry-on. I don't want no trouble.
Earline's grandson, Little Bubba Jr., chauffeurs us to the airport in his minivan. Like a gentleman, he helps us haul our luggage out the back and stack it on the curb before he drives off. Ms. Larda warns the others about hangnail clippers and snow globes, and we get our big bags weighed and checked through to Branson. Then we notice one bag is left over. Ms. Larda opens it, shrieks "OHMYGAWD!" and slams it shut. (She don't say "Oh. My. Gawd" with periods in between, like my daughter does when she is aggravated. This is a panic scream.)
We all peer into this bag. There is one thing inside, and it ain't hangnail clippers. It is a gun. A huge one. I guess you would call it a rifle. We all gasp and clutch ourselves in various places.
We can't take it on the plane. We can't leave it on the curb. I tell Earline to call Bubba Jr. right now. She brings out her cell phone. Then she informs me it's brand-new and she don't know how to use it yet. But Bubba Jr.'s number is programmed in because he did that himself.
Desperate times call for desperate measurements. I see a lady getting out of a cab holding a little boy by the hand, and I ask her if she knows how this phone works. She takes it, looks at it, then hands it to the little boy. He taps the screen a few times, and Bubba says "Hello?" Earline snatches it and screams "Bubba! Come get this (bad word) gun right now!" I go to thank the lady and her little boy, but they have disappeared all of a sudden.
Dottie and Ms. Larda go ahead to the gate, but me and Earline have to stay and guard the bag for 10 whole minutes, until Bubba screeches up to the curbside and grabs it. "Been carrying it around since duck season," he says. "Carry it out of here," I say.
Now we got to run for the plane. We get to security and Earline sails through. I am right behind her, but when I step into the X-ray scanner, the TSA agents suddenly get serious. They take me to one side. They wave their electric wand over me. They pat me up and down. It is almost time to board, and Ms. Larda comes back from the gate to see what's wrong. An agent tells her to stand aside.
"Modine! Did you get rid of that gun?" she yells to me. Everybody freezes. I think fast. "Gum? I spat it out in the trash," I say. "I don't like Dentyne." Everybody relaxes.
Finally, a lady agent reaches under my shirt and feels the waistband of my underwear. "Oh," she says. "Spanx. With metallic thread." And she waves me through.
"Next time, don't wear spangly panties when you fly," she calls as I'm rushing away.
Guns, globes, spangly panties. This ain't relaxing.
And neither is Branson, it turns out. Ms. Larda and them are committed to see all the attractions, and I need to take pictures of them smiling in front of every one: The Maze of Mirrors, the Titanic, the Hollywood Wax museum, "Hits of the '60s"… I had no clue three old ladies could move so fast.
Then, on the morning we leave, I sleep late. Ms. Larda shakes and screeches me awake, and I throw myself together: cotton panties, no spangles, no nail clippers, no snow globe – no time for makeup. And would you believe, the TSA agent tells me I don't look like my government-issued ID. So I got to run to the ladies' and put on my face and run back, and then he laughs and says, "Just kidding, pretty lady." Wholesome family humor. Ms. Larda says he deserves a kick in the snow globes.
I am mad all the way to Houston, where we change planes for home. The last leg of a flight to New Orleans is always the best, because when you get to the waiting area, it's almost like you are home already. Nobody is too skinny or too uptight. Everybody talks normal ("Where y'all been?") and they pass food around and laugh, and somebody is lugging a trombone case. For the first time in a week, I relax.
I should have stuck with Lent.


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This lecture is offered to beginning and intermediate genealogists, as well as for those who wish to pursue genealogy as a career. May be tailored as a course, workshop or keynote speaker lecture.
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Is October almost here already, or are we dreaming? The recent accomplishments of ultrarunner Geoff Roes of Douglas, Alaska are most certainly NOT a dream. Roes, just two weeks after setting a course record at the Wasatch 100, was at it again last weekend, setting another course record – this time at the Bear 100. When it comes to 100-mile races, Roes has been unstoppable, winning all 6 of the 100s he has entered (including 5 course records). Congrats Geoff !
Prior to taking a look at some (and only some) of the events taking place on the weekend of October 3 and October 4, let's take a quick look at the results from 2 of the races featured in last week's edition of TWIR.
Bear 100
1. Geoff Roes (18:43:37) *
2. Nick Pedatella (20:49:11)
3. Troy Howard (21:47:02)
1. Katherine Dowson (27:04:59)
2. Emily Mitzel (28:51:57)
3. Jamie Williams (29:00:08)
Vermont 50
1. Brian Rusiecki (7:12:29
2. Glen Redpath (7:19:06)
3. William Hibler (7:51:13)
1. Devon Crosby-Helms (8:06:16)
2. Sarah Dolven (8:41:39)
3. Serena Wilcox (9:00:49)
That will wrap things up for this week. Come back next week for a look at some events scheduled for the weekend of October 10th and 11th, and let us know if there are any events happening that you would like featured in an edition of TWIR. Happy running !


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Cold Eggplants with Spicy Chinese Peanut Dressing
Adapted from Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian: More Than 650 Meatless Recipes from Around the World
* 4 small Italian or Japanese eggplants (10 ounces), about 6 inches long
For the sauce:
* 4 teaspoons freshly made peanut butter from a health food shop or 4 tablespoons roasted peanuts ground to a paste in a clean coffee grinder
* 3 teaspoons soy sauce
* 4 teaspoons distilled white vinegar
* 2 teaspoons Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
* 1 teaspoon oriental sesame oil
* 2 teaspoons sugar
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon chili paste with soybean or chili paste with garlic, optional
* 1/2 teaspoon very finely chopped ginger
* 4 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro or parsley leaves
Quarter the eggplants lengthwise and then cut them crosswise into 3-inch segments. Steam over high heat for 10 to 15 minutes, or until tender.
Meanwhile, combine all the ingredients for the sauce, except the cilantro leaves, in a bowl and mix well.
When the eggplants are tender, gently lift them out and arrange them neatly in a single layer on a large platter. Stir the sauce. Pour the sauce evenly over the eggplants. Sprinkle the cilantro leaves over the top and serve at room temperature or chilled.


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Hagel Confirmation Likely, Republicans Say
Republicans continued their attacks on Chuck Hagel on Sunday, but they also signaled that the former Republican senator from Nebraska will probably be confirmed as Defense secretary.
"I'm confident that Sen. Hagel will probably have the votes necessary to be confirmed as secretary of Defense," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said on "Meet the Press."
However, McCain said he would not be among those voting to confirm Hagel. After Republicans blocked a vote last week, the Senate will take up Hagel's nomination again next week.
"I don't believe he is qualified," McCain said, "but I don't believe that we should hold up his nomination any further."
Senate Republicans have had numerous questions about Hagel's stance on Israel and his past challenges to U.S. interventions in the Middle East, including the successful troop surge in Iraq.
Appearing on "Fox News Sunday," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., suggested that Hagel had at least put to rest his own questions about reports that Hagel, in a 2007 speech at Rutgers University, had called the State Department an adjunct of the Israeli foreign minister's office. Hagel wrote to him to say he did not recall making that statement, Graham said.
"The letter said he did not recall saying that, and he disavows that statement," Graham said. He added: "If in fact that's true, that ends the matter."
Graham called Hagel "the most antagonistic senator to the state of Israel in history" and "one of the most unqualified, radical choices for secretary of Defense in a very long time."
But, he added: "At the end of the day, this is the president's decision. I give him great discretion."
The nomination fight, the first to block confirmation for a Defense secretary, has been complicated by ongoing GOP questions about the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. President Barack Obama has still not fully answered questions about why the attack was not immediately characterized as an act of terror, as the administration later confirmed, Republicans say.
"There are many, many questions, and we have had a massive cover-up on the part of the administration," McCain said.
Also on "Meet the Press," White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said the administration has answered a series of questions in 20 briefings and 10,000 pages of documents. He added that the administration has demanded that officials find out what happened and make all changes necessary to ensure the safety of Americans in foreign posts.
"There's an ongoing effort, and I think we're making very good progress on that," he said.
As for Hagel, McDonough said he expects him to be confirmed.


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DENVER – Democrats will kneel before the "Temple of Obama" tonight.
As if a Rocky Mountain coronation were not lofty enough, Barack Obama will aim for Mount Olympus when he accepts his party's nomination atop an enormous, Greek-columned stage – built by the same cheesy set team that put together Britney Spears' last tour.
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John McCain's campaign mocked the massive neoclassical set created for Obama's speech at 75,000-seat Invesco Field. Some Republicans have dubbed it the "Barackopolis," while others suggested the delegates should wear togas to fit in among the same Doric columns the ancient Greeks believed would stroke the egos of Zeus and Athena.
"It's only appropriate that Barack Obama would descend down from the heavens and spend a little time with us mere mortals when accepting the Democratic nomination," said Republican National Committee spokesman Danny Diaz.
The McCain campaign quickly dispatched a memo calling the stage the "Temple of Obama."
"We would have expected to read something like this in The Onion. Fortunately for us, it's true. Unfortunately for Obama, it's true," a McCain adviser told The Post.
But the set is designed to evoke the White House and the Lincoln Memorial, not the Acropolis, said staging supervisor Bobby Allen, a Spears set vet.
"We've done Britney's sets and a whole bunch of rock shows, but this was far more elaborate and complicated and we had to do it in far less time," said Allen, of RDA Entertainment.
"The biggest challenge has been making sure we don't damage the playing field underneath."
Asked who is harder to sat isfy – the Democrats or Britney – Allen replied: "I better not answer that."
The curved, columned backdrop does resemble the portico of the White House, and blue carpeting and podium surrounded by white stars is suggestive of the Oval Office, other crew members said.
Democrats quickly pointed out that George W. Bush accepted the Republican nomination before a similar, though less elaborate, stage in 2004.
Obama chose to accept the nomination at Invesco Field and not at the Pepsi Center, where the rest of the convention is being held, so he can reach out to a larger number of supporters – a move John F. Kennedy employed in 1960.
The late decision to move the speech to the football stadium did not give Allen and the other contractors much time to make the Olympian stage a reality.
"We knew about it for only a few weeks, and had only one week to actually assemble this," he said.
The structure has an aluminum frame, and the faux-stone walls and columns are made of wood.
Obama has been called "the biggest celebrity in the world" by the McCain campaign. Republicans say that even though Obama will share the stage with Stevie Wonder, the candidate is proving their point.
Asked about McCain's criticism of the Democratic convention stage, Obama adviser David Axelrod jabbed at McCain for "shooting barbs about the opulence of our convention from the mountaintop in Sedona."
Democratic delegates defended the grandiosity as fitting with the monumental importance of this election.
"If you ask me, it kind of looks like the columns in the White House," Ohio delegate Eileen Krupinski said.
Kathy Knight, a North Carolina delegate, said the Republicans will say anything to bring Obama down.
"All they can reach for is what's negative," she said. "That's just tacky."
Regardless of questions about the temple, people are still clamoring to get inside.
Despite Democratic efforts to stop rampant ticket-scalping for Obama's big speech tonight, craigslist.com has been filled with ads offering the impossible-to-get seats for as much as $1,000.
Standing on this temple podium, Obama will recall Rev. Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech while mourning the victims of Hurricane Katrina when he accepts his party's nomination tonight – fusing two events central to the African-American experience into his call for national unity and change.
"He's going to lay out the case for change. He's going to set the stakes for this election – the risks of continuing down the road we're on," said Axelrod, previewing the speech.
Although Obama was still working on his speech yesterday, he will continue to try to paint McCain as someone who "doesn't get" the struggles of ordinary Americans.
Obama has been refining his text for weeks, working with a team of aides and speechwriters to polish a speech he drafted on his own. For guidance, he has reviewed three speeches of interest: Bill Clinton in 1992, John Kennedy in 1960, and Ronald Reagan in 1980. Obama, who arrived in Denver yesterday, was sharpening his attacks on McCain at a riverside park in Billings, Mont., in preparation for his address.
"Do we have a president who gets that veterans are struggling every day, or do we have somebody who doesn't get it?" he asked.
"Who wants to give more tax cuts to big corporations including ExxonMobil – $300 billion worth – while we get 100 million people without any tax relief whatsoever?" he continued.
"I am going to fight as hard as I can over the next 70 days to make clear to the American people that they deserve a president and a White House that's fighting for them. It's not fighting for the special interests . . . It's fighting for you," he said.
On energy, Obama said McCain was "asleep at the switch" – a dig that hinted at his advanced age.
Additional reporting by Carl Campanile and Leonard Greene


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Sprint doubles profits in Q2
Churn down, ARPUs healthy
Sprint more than doubled its profits in the three month period ending in June 30, posting net income of $600m on revenues of $7.1bn. That's up from $236m in net income and $6.87bn respectively in the corresponding quarter last year.
The telco's wireless division more than compensated for losses in Sprint's local and long distance wireline divisions. Wireless brought home a $625m operating income on revenues of $4.04bn.
In third place in the domestic cellular market, and preparing to swallow rival Nextel, Sprint has 26.6m subscribers,using its network, up 20 per cent from a year ago. 4.4m of these subscribe to Sprint's MVNOs (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) and 3.3m to affiliates. Sprint added 588,000 net cellular subscribers in the period, rather less than Cingular or Verizon, for which it blamed the higher deposit requirements it had introduced. 187,000 of these punters came from MVNOs, of which Disney is the most high profile recent addition.
Sprint's churn is higher than the two leading contenders at 2.2pc, but it's trending in the right direction: downwards. However, Sprint earns more per subscriber: with a monthly ARPU (average revenue per user) of $62, compared to Verizon's $49.42 and Cingular's $50.75.
Sprint says 7m PCS customers subscribe to a data service, adding $6.50 to the monthly ARPU.
Long distance voice and data, and local voice all saw year-on-year revenue declines, although local data (ie, DSL and special access) grew by 17pc to $240m. Sprint has already earmarked the local division for a spin-off after the proposed Nextel merger is consumated.
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Popular country music artist Jason Aldean has been on the scene since 2005. That's when he released his debut album, Jason Aldean, which went platinum in the United States. He followed that up with Relentless in 2007, which went gold, and Wide Open, which went platinum.Jason Aldean came back in 2010 with another new album, entitled My Kinda Party. The album features the single "My Kinda Party" and also the duet he did with Kelly Clarkson called "Don't You Wanna Stay" which has become a real favorite. The album has already gone platinum, and is his most successful to date, as he continues to break into the mainstream and gain a wider audience.This summer and fall Jason Aldean will be on tour, performing dozens of shows, mostly in the United States but also visiting Canada as well. The great thing is that he's playing at all kinds of shows and venues, and will be hitting up festivals and state fairs in addition to standard shows.It looks like Aldean will become a mainstay of the country music scene for the next decade, as he continues to put out successful albums and even branch out with different songs and styles. He could even be country's next breakout mega-star, so don't miss the Jason Aldean tour this summer when it comes to your town. Whether you heard him for the first time with Kelly Clarkson, or you've been a fan from the start, his music is something that all country fans can appreciate.
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WASHINGTON (AP)-- President Barack Obama is congratulating University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban on another BCS championship, joking that "he and the Crimson Tide are beginning to make this a habit."
Alabama won its third championship during Obama's presidency on Monday night, defeating Notre Dame 42-14 in Miami.
Obama called Saban on Thursday afternoon and noted that it was the third time he'd made the congratulatory call to the coach.
The White House says Obama commended Saban "on the incredible organization he has built" and said he looks forward to congratulating the team in person at the White House.


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The Kamloops NorthPaws have added Alexa Cochran to the staff for the 2022 season. Alexa will work closely alongside NorthPaws players to help them maximize their on-field performance. Alexa graduated from the University of BC Okanagan with her Bachelor of Human Kinetics and a specialization in Clinical Exercise Physiology.
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Green (above), Hall and former Canadian junior team star Chee-Aloy join Cats
September 20, 2023
VICTORIA, B.C. — The reloading of the 2023 North Division champion Victoria HarbourCats has started — not surprisingly, given the team's history of finding local and Canadian talent — with three players who have maple leaf passports.
Returning infielders Brandon Green of the Victoria Golden Tide and Tyrus Hall of Bossier Parrish JC are joined by prized Illinois recruit Cameron Chee-Aloy of Toronto as the HarbourCats, who have posted just one sub-.500 record since 2014 and have made the playoffs in five of the last six seasons, get ready for the 2024 campaign.
Hall, primarily a shortstop, is a Victoria product who came through the Eagles program, while Green, who can play any infield position, is in his third year with the Golden Tide, hailing from Olds, Alberta. Both played with the HarbourCats in 2023, part of the team that set a WCL record with 25 home wins in 27 home regular season games — 27-2 counting playoffs.
HarbourCats infielder Ty Hall will return to the HarbourCats in 2024 (Photo: Christian J. Stewart)
"Ty Hall has tremendous potential and a pro-level arm, with blazing speed — and we saw so much improvement with him under WCL coach of the year Todd Haney," said Jim Swanson of the HarbourCats. "He will get better yet in college and being back with us next summer. And Brandon, he was one of the great stories of our season, unceremoniously dumped before the season by a summer team in another league in Alberta and given a chance to stay in Victoria at the WCL level, and all he did was earn the trust of Todd and the staff. He had the summer of his life, and he's not done."
Green became the first product of the third year Golden Tide program to have a notable impact on the WCL club, part of the mandate of the CCBC entry.
In 24 games, Green had two doubles, two home runs and drove in 10 runs, batting .222 and earning stretches of time at second base, with just one error. Hall got into 26 games, his speed of great value off the bench, and hit .250 with 13 stolen bases — caught just once. Hall was a featured part of a league record 150 stolen bases as a team.
Chee-Aloy (pictured right), a product of the Ontario Terriers, is best described as a plus-speed outfielder who plays the game hard, getting the most out of his 6-0/180 pound frame. The right-handed hitter with a right fielder's arm had two stints with Team Canada, where he was teammates with Hall.
"We are exited to add Cameron to the 2024 team," said Head Coach Todd Haney. "His speed will be an asset both offensively and defensively."
The HarbourCats 2024 schedule in anticipated to be released in late October or early November 2023. Stay tuned to our website and social media channels for news on that once it becomes available.
Season tickets are now on sale and can now be renewed for the 2024 season of HarbourCats baseball! Lock in and renew your existing seats, or purchase new seats by October 31, 2023 to guarantee Early Bird Pricing at the 2023 rates:
- General Admission – $375 ($385 after October 31)
- Premium Reserved (Sections 6-9 and 11-12) – $475 ($495 after October 31)
- Grandstand Reserved (Section 10 Rows E and up) – $525 ($550 after October 31)
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- Diamond Club Field Level – $750 (WAIT LIST – CALL FOR AVAILABILITY) ($775 after October 31)
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You can also stop into the office to take care of this at 101-1814 Vancouver Street. We are open in the off-season Tuesday – Friday from 10AM to 5PM.
Cats merchandise is also on sale now at the office at The Cat Shop, or online at https://victoria-harbourcats-official.myshopify.com/
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2023 Fan Experience Survey – Kamloops NorthPaws
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The Kamloops NorthPaws wanted to thank our fans for another great season at Norbrock Stadium – THANK YOU 'PAWS FANS!!!
The organization is looking to fans to share their experiences in order to make improvements for 2024. Fans who choose to include their email will be entered into a draw for a 2024 10-game flex plan, the winner will be contacted on October 6, 2023. All anonymous users will not be entered into the draw. The NorthPaws thank you for your reviews and support of our team, we look forward to improving our operations and welcoming you back to the ballpark in 2024!
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Marsh the first NightOwls' signing for 2024 WCL season
"Aaron is a tough out, gives the team gritty at-bats and is so reliable on defence," said Jim Swanson, GM of the NightOwls. "He brings so many intangibles to UBC and to the NightOwls, is a leader and you can tell he loves to play the game, and loves to play in front of our great crowds in Nanaimo, in front of people who watched him grow up in our city. He's the ideal player to have as our first signing for the 2024 season."
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Atlanta Braves pitcher Kris Medlen has undergone elbow-ligament replacement surgery for the second time.
The Braves said Wednesday that Dr. James Andrews reconstructed the ulnar collateral ligament in Medlen's right elbow a day earlier during the procedure at Gulf Breeze, Fla. Medlen is expected to miss the entire season.
Medlen tore his right UCL while pitching against the New Yorl Mets on Aug. 4, 2010, was operated on by Andrews that Aug. 18 and didn't pitch for the Braves again until Sept. 25, 2011.
The 28-year-old right-hander was 15-12 with a 3.11 ERA last year. He left a spring training start against the Mets in the fourth inning on March 9 when he felt forearm pain.
Medlen has a 34-20 record with a 2.95 ERA in five big leagues seasons and is 30-13 in 61 starts.


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I'm going to graph another transformation of cosine,one of these type y is equals a times cosine bx. As always I like to use my key points, so I've got those drawn out on the table and I'm going to make a second table for the function I'm about to graph. Here's the problem.
Graph y equals 10 cosine pi x over 2. This one looks a little bit harder because there's pi x over 2 but we'll see that it's really not much different from our previous examples we've done.
Let me write this out x, 10 cosine pi x over 12. Actually let me right that a different way. Let me right that as pi over 12 times x. The reason is it's a little easier for me to see what kind of transformation this pi over 12 is going to give me.
Now that's the next step, figuring out what kind of transformations I have here, so I can figure out how to transform this data. This is pretty easy, the 10, the multiplication by 10 out in front means I've got a vertical stretch by a factor of 10. So all the y values of a regular cosine graph are going to get multiplied by 10, so I can write that down immediately. 1 times 10, 10, 0 times 10, 0, -1 times 10 -10, 0, and 10.
But what does this represent? Usually the coefficient in front of the x gives me a horizontal compression or stretching. But pi over 12 is kind of a strange number now just to give you an idea pi is about 3 so this is about 1 quarter that means I've got a horizontal stretch but that's not super helpful. If I had a stretch, a horizontal stretch of 4 rather, I would multiply these values by 4 and I would have a one quarter here. So the key is I've got to multiply the x values by the reciprocal of this in order to get the new x values. So I'm going to multiply each of these values by 12 over pi.
So 0 times 12 over pi is 0, pi over 2 times 12 over pi, pi's cancel 6 pi times 12 over pi is 12. 3 pi over 2 times 12 over pi you can probably guess it's 18 and 2 pi times 12 over pi 24. And so now you can kind of see since this is in period of cosine. One period of this graph is going to be 24, period will be 24.
Let's plot this data and we'll get one nice period of y equals 10 cosine pi over 12x. I'm going to make this value 10, -10 and I'm going to make this value up here 24. That makes this 12, this -12 and this -24.
Let me start with (0,10). It won't matter I might as well graph 24, 10 I'm sorry yeah 24, 10. (6,0) this point (12,-10), (18,0). So these five points will give me one nice period of my new graph. And so if I want to get more than one period, I just duplicate these points over here, so I kind of shift everything over.
So I'll come back down to here then down to -10 again back up to 0 and back up to 10. And I just connect those points and I'll have a second period. And that's y equals 10 cosine pi x over 12. Now what about the amplitude and period? Remember the formulas; amplitude is the absolute value of a. Now a in this case is 10 so the absolute value of a is 10. Period is 2 pi over b, b in this case is pi over 12, so 2 pi over pi over 12 is 2 pi times 12 over pi. When you are dividing fractions, you multiply by the reciprocal the pi's cancel and you are left with 24.
As we noticed before, the period is 24. So when you are graphing the transformation of cosines remember, use your key points and transform them, graph the transformed points and duplicate as much as you need to to get the number of periods your teacher wants. Then for amplitude and period remember the formulas, amplitude is the absolute value of a period is 2 pi over b.