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A good half of "Drawing Now: Eight Propositions" stands as a rebuttal to those who say contemporary art is in the dumps. It is proof that large-scale surveys don't have to be bland, preachy, or prim. In spite of some mediocre stretches, a vexing lack of color, an underlying dryness, overcrowding, and almost no abstraction (you make your own list of missing artists), the show treats its subject in a speculative, nicely nervy way. It's fun to look at, doesn't take itself too seriously, and has enough lively moments to keep things popping.
"Drawing Now" is built around a refreshingly polemical but not altogether provable idea. Its curator, Laura Hoptman (who last spring left her position as an assistant curator in MOMA's drawing department and is currently organizing the 2004 Carnegie International), believes that over the course of the past 20 years, drawing has taken one giant step . . . backward. It is now closer to what it was in the 19th century than what it was in the 1970s. That is, drawing is no longer driven by modernist ideas of progress, formal innovation, or revolutionary inquiry. We've gone from drawing as a "verb," as Richard Serra called it in 1977referring to art that is primarily about process, materials, surfaces, or toolsto drawing that is essentially a noun, a finished, stand-alone product. In short, drawing is more like it was before Picasso and Braque invented collage in 1912.
Hoptman means this as good thing, although artists like Serra, Brice Marden, Mary Heilmann, and Sigmar Polke would probably reject this and think their drawings are objects meant to be savored, too. Also, a number of the artists in this show are quite process oriented. Whatever. "Drawing Now" divides 26 artists into eight pithy, purposely open categories that provide structure and will likely have many contemporary artists thinking, "Hey, I could have been in this, too."
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Sections include "Visionary Architecture," "Science and Art, Nature and Artifice," "Ornament," "Cosmogenies," "Fashion and Likeness," and "Vernacular Illustration." There's no honorary Kusama-dot category, even though there are a slew of post-Kusama dot-meisters out there. It would have been nice if the show had included a dark horse like the late Mark Lombardi, a first-class conspiracy theorist who charted governmental misdoings; the great underground comic artist Robert Crumb or his late brother Charles, who produced maniacal notebooks; or Melvin Way, the extravagantly talented schizophrenic whose alchemical sketches are electric. The list could go on. But at close to 300 works, "Drawing Now" is already big enough.
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Hoptman's catalog essay ends with five very upmaybe radicalwords, resonant with Beatles-like ebullience. She writes, "Drawing is all you need." This doesn't mean that painting, sculpture, or other mediums are passé, only that drawing is more than enough on its own. By now, everyone probably agrees with this. History, however, isn't necessarily on their side. Museum drawing departments have existed for years, but I don't remember ever hearing an artist describe himself or herself as "a drawer." Few careers have happened solely on paper. Brilliant outsiders like Henry Darger, Martin Ramirez, Adolf Wolfli, and Bill Traylor come to mind, as do graphic masters like Piranesi, Escher, Crumb, and Raymond Pettibon (who also paints walls). Paul Klee and William Blake were great on paper, but both made paintings.
"Drawing Now" includes four artists who work only on paper. There are two Brits: David Thorpe, who fastidiously collages colored paper into decorous landscapes that are interesting only up close or in parts (as is much of the work here), and Paul Noble, whose finely rendered delineations of some sinister dystopia are among the more eye-catching pieces on hand. Then there are the two MacArthur winners: Toba Khedoori, whose sensual renditions of architectural fragments on enormous sheets of wax-slathered paper haven't developed much since the mid '90s, but still have an almost metaphysical bearing, and Kara Walker, who not only does all sorts of freakish things to paper and is one of the better artists around, but is the closest this country has come to producing a sensibility similar to Goya's. Although her 21 small watercolors, collectively titled "Negress Notes," are guileful, they are occasionally drab. It's too bad one of her go-for-the-throat silhouette installations wasn't included.
Still, with artists like these last three it would be hard for a show to go wrong, and "Drawing Now" doesn't, exactly. Also good are Kai Althoff, Shahzia Sikander, Ugo Rondinone, Jockum Nordstrom, and Chris Ofili, whose drawings of little faces have real voodoo. Ditto Laura Owens, who approaches every drawing as an occasion to rethink drawing; Neo Rauch, whose works on paper aren't that different from his paintings but are so good it doesn't matter; Barry McGee's turbocharged wall of drawings; Franz Ackermann's 34 studies of a walk through Pittsburgh (with provocative titles like Cinema Beirut and Former Trade Center); John Currin, not because his drawings are so good but because they're so weird; and Elizabeth Peyton, whose drawings aren't as juicy as her paintings but are still captivating. (Besides, it's good to see Peyton in a survey like this, as she's been passed over by nearly all the big biennials.) In the maybe category I'd put Thorpe, Mark Manders, and Russell Crotty, who at 46 is the oldest artist here, and whose large book makes him look better than usual.
"Drawing Now" stumbles in a number of places, however. Firstly, while many of the artists in it are good, not all of them make good drawings. Jennifer Pastor is a canny sculptress, but her drawings aren't anything. Similarly, Julie Mehretu's 10 small drawings lack the tactile, decorative energy of her paintings. Matthew Ritchie is one of my favorite artists, but these seven mid-scale works don't hold the eye. As fanciful as he can be large-scale, Takashi Murakami's nine small "Studies" are almost invisible. His fascinating gallery-mate, Yoshitomo Nara, fares only a little better. And Richard Wright's starlet-eyed wall drawing fizzles. Another problem is the choice of artists: Graham Little and Kevin Appel aren't interesting enough to be in a survey like this. The same is true of the Cuban collaborative Los Carpinteros, although their wall installation is fun in a "festivalist" way.
Additionally, "Drawing Now" defines the second word in its title too narrowly. "Now" should mean all contemporary art, not just art made by artists in their thirties or artists who show in "cool" galleries. This may be traceable to the institution. In the last decade MOMA has excelled at collecting contemporary art and it's done a number of fine "Project" shows, but it hasn't mounted enough big, messy surveys of new art not drawn from the collection. In 1976, it staged the first excellent "Drawing Now" show, which captured the shift toward process-oriented work and included artists like Serra, Bochner, and Marden. There should have been another one recording the changes that happened around drawing in the mid '80s and another in the early '90s. That way all the weight wouldn't have fallen on Hoptman.
"Drawing Now" is unabashedly about artists who emerged in the 1990s and what they did with drawing. Which is greatthey deserve it. This exhibition has been in the planning for five years, and is a little overdue. As it is, for better or for worse, it shows that this generation has combined fantasy and imagination with mannerism, romanticism, academicism, surrealism, conceptualism, architectural drawing, cartooning, mapmaking, illustration, and various crafts. They may not have come up with an overarching, comprehensible style, but it's not about that; they have created a multiplicity of stylistic openings and done more than take drawing a step backwardthey've actually gone forward as well.
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New Friesian yearling. Hi there! I used to have horses years ago. I was into hunter/jumpers for ten years but that was a long time ago. I just recently moved to a place where I could keep horses and I now have a yearling Friesian stallion. Let's see.... he's 15 months old now, and I've had him for a couple of months. My discipline of choice will be dressage. I've never had a youngster before. I'm curious to know what I can be doing with him at this point, and I've gotten conflicting advice so far. He leads pretty well, ties, loads. I've been working on him lifting his feet and we're getting pretty good at that. I bought some natural horsemanship books and I really like the approach. I really need to teach him to respect my space, that's been a bit of a problem, though he respects the lead and follows well. It's like... oh gee, you were standing there? I have a round pen and someone said, oh you have to wait until he's two, and someone else said, heck you can start lunging when they're one. I'd love to get some advice! Thanks. Mairs |
I wouldn't do a bunch of circles when he is young. I'm just posting that so I can say that you have to post pictures since you used New and Friesian in the title. It's mandatory! : ) |
Joe, I haven't gotten around to taking any pictures yet, but I will. :) He's getting fuzzy for winter already. Thanks for the advice too. Pretty horse in your avatar. |
The lunge/round pen debate is a tricky one - I'm not a huge fan of lunging, but we use round pens which I vastly prefer especially for youngsters. In a round pen, they can find their own balance and make their own judgment calls. You don't want to run them in circles, but it's good for learning respect and commands. I typically begin round penning at between a year and 2 years, but they're very short sessions. At this age I'm usually getting them used to everything I can - they can't be ridden, but they can certainly be getting accustomed to a lightweight English saddle and a bridle. A lot of in hand work is invaluable - I like to "mock" train for showmanship, just reaching them to pivot away and give to pressure, to square up and remain still, and all sorts of other goodies you may never use in a showring but will keep your horse focused and learning. If I can't ride 'em, I bombard 'em - loading, clipping, handling, farrier work, getting used to equipment, bathing, tarp work, desensitization, voice commands, etc. Anything I can think of to work on, we do because I find it really help produce a well mannered horse. Nothing is saying these things have to be done, but if you can't ride then why not right? |
I think light lunging would be good at this age - just keep the sessions short and interesting. Don't worry too much about the canter - keep it mostly at the walk and trot, and work more on commands than actually running in circles! Good luck! Im sure he will end up to be stunning!!! |
With youngsters and lunging, I never use a roundpen and never go faster than a walk until they understand what it means when you send them away from you, and when you ask them to stop. Free-lunging in a roundpen can initiate the flight instinct, which you never want to do, especially with a baby ... a lot of people mistake chasing their horse around the rail of a roundpen with a buggy whip for lunging. Once you can establish whoa's and go's on the lunge-line, you can translate that to free-lunging. PS, I second the picture request! :-) |
I would be VERY cautious with lunging a youngster, particularly a friesian youngster as they are a slow maturing breed. There is plenty you can work on in hand, as macabre posted above. I would wait until 2 at least before attempting any circle work, particularly if your round yard is fairly small (less than 20m) |
I wanted to write and thank you guys for this post. This question has come up with training my own 1.5 year old thoroughbred filly. I haven't been sure how much to train her and when to introduce things like lunging because I really don't want to push her too much and end up with health or behavioral problems later. Right now she knows how to walk in hand (I haven't had much success teaching her to trot in hand, some advice there would be appreciated). She is an angel at backing up and giving to pressure. She picks up all feet great and baths. I haven't had to move her much but she doesn't give too much trouble loading into a trailer. I purchased her at just under five months and spent the first three months I had her "sacking" her out daily. She isn't afraid of much at all now and is the first horse to greet you in the field. She's very personable and is eager to learn. What else can I train her now while she is a baby? Thanks so much! God Bless |
Tara, I think now that you've done so much with her, it's always a good idea to turn her out for at least 6 months with a bunch of other horses. It's great to teach them the basics, but they need to learn to be in a herd situation. There have been a few 'backyard breeder' instances where I am, where the owner/breeder has handled the foal/youngsters so much, they they become TOO personable and give a huge amount of grief to break. A horse that has SOME fear is actually far easier to break, than one that is not scared, a confident horse will be the one that gives you an attitude, and you don't want that with a breaker. |
I second the idea that you cannot post without pictures when your title includes "Friesian"..... ;) |
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Here at The Strategy Session we thought it might be interesting to go On the Record with the Power Players who come on the show by asking some questions that you, the on-line reader, may want to know.
On Monday the chairman of Morgan Stanley, John Mack, was our first guest:
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Addie composed this song. Her teacher recorded it at her piano lesson. She still needs a title. Any suggestions?
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Emily, are you going to put up a new link that doesn't go through gmail?
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What a wonderful piece! I'm not sure about a title. To me, it reminds me of a leaf falling into a creek or brook and then it floats downstream through various obstacles and eddies. THAT'S what it's about. ;-) Anyway, very nice work, Addie!
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Canadians are constantly barraged with news stories about Canada's apparently dismal productivity record. They are also repeatedly given news that one politician or another is handing out money for "innovation." In fact, provinces have special advisory bodies attached to their premier's offices to help focus on which sectors to promote, and which regions to invest in.
Canada does not lack for ideas, or for brainpower. Many cities and towns across Canada have clusters of start-up companies bringing new products and services to market.
What we lack, however, are buyers.
Let's say you're a small Canadian start-up firm. You've designed technology that allows tests to be taken online that eliminates the need for supervision to avoid cheating.
That's a product with potentially a global market. Sounds like a probable winner, right?
Maybe not.
The company — which has had to struggle to even get its product to market (Canada's venture and risk capital communities remain tight-fisted and often expect results too quickly) — now starts trying to sell it.
As a potential buyer, what is it you want? First, references — at least three, preferably from close to where you live (from within your industry, certainly from in the country and preferably right there in your region). Second, stability — show me years of operation, millions of dollars in revenue.
Government bodies often add other requirements such as economic development (how many jobs will you create in my province?).
As a seller, all you want are customers. Make no mistake, when you take your product or service to Oman, or Angola, or Bolivia, they aren't interested in how big you are, how long you've been around, or what promises you'll make about opening up branch operations. (They might even be willing to waive translation from English to Arabic, Portuguese or Spanish.)
They will, however, want to have Canadian references. After all, if you couldn't sell your product/service at home, then it's probably no good.
Canada's corporate and governmental procurement practices, on the other hand, preclude buying much of anything from a firm such as yours (which could be started in any small community that has decent Internet connections). So you're stuck.
The same goes for any business in any town, any village or any neighbourhood shopping street in Canada.
While local stores often can and do buy from other local suppliers; chain stores, needing quantity to supply the chain nationwide, will buy centrally. This means you can't get local products in chain stores.
Local organizations are part of their communities. Those communities, in turn, will prosper only if we act like we live there. That means working with local suppliers. If we can go out to the local farmers' market or walk our shopping street buying locally as individuals, we can make changes that work to support the local economy, too.
These don't have to be universally applied. One policy change; say encouraging purchasers to buy locally 10 per cent of purchases (putting supplier locality ahead of the other usual procurement issues) could work wonders to stimulate the local economy.
In Oregon, a city economic development officer acted as the stimulus for this principle, bringing companies together. One largish firm had printing requirements: labels, stationery, and the like. They were buying from a major national printer in Wisconsin. Meanwhile, the local print shop — which could have handled everything required — didn't even get a look in.
By bringing them together, the bigger firm got a "just-in-time" print service, cutting the amount of money they tied up in supplies (they used to order a year's worth at a time), and the small print shop got a major customer that fuelled its growth and created jobs.
All it took was for the procurement process in the big company to be changed to remove some of the "requirements" that locked out the little print shop down the street — requirements that only made sense if you took the attitude that one big shipment a year made sense. (Being local often meant reorders could be filled by tomorrow, often the same day.)
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Claire Danes Cuddles Baby Son Cyrus in First Picture!
Looks like Claire Danes is back in baby world! One day after the Golden Globes, her first big Hollywood event since son Cyrus Michael Christopher Dancy's Dec. 14 birth, the Homeland star, 33, was in full mommy mode again.
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On Monday, Jan. 14 -- Cyrus' 1-month birthday! -- the actress and her husband, Hugh Dancy, caught a flight out of LAX with their newborn bundle-of-joy. Ever the doting mother, Danes cuddled and calmed her baby boy as the family waited to board. His tiny bald head peeked out from a white shirt tucked into dark bottoms, and his little hand swatted the air.
Sporting black leggings and a loose grey sweater, the new mom looked casual and comfortable -- a far cry from her super-glam look at the previous night's awards show. Walking the red carpet in a gorgeous halter-style Versace gown, the petite blonde debuted her stunning post-baby body just a few weeks after giving birth.
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"I am very strapped into this dress," she joked in the press room after accepting the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Drama. "This is Versace, and they are really masters of illusion. I literally can't go to the bathroom unless I take the entire dress off. So, there [are] some serious things involved here."
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Then, opening up about her latest role, as a new parent to baby Cyrus, she said: "It's been a huge joy, this experience of becoming a mom. I don't know how to articulate it yet because it is so fresh."
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Wilson Ramos will be the main catcher for the Red Wings in 2010, as the organization looks for him to get some great experience at the Triple-A level. Ramos, the top catching prospect in the organization, hit .317 in New Britain last season, and is regarded as one of the best young catchers in Minor League Baseball. He will be backed up by Allan de San Miguel, a 22-year old prospect who spent time with Beloit, Rochester, New Britain, and Fort Myers last season. He batted .229 in 63 total games, mostly with the Miracle.
The infield is stocked with some names that are going to be looked at very closely by the big league club. Shortstop Trevor Plouffe is still the team's long-term answer to man the position, and Danny Valencia should be in Minnesota by the end of the season. Matt Tolbert already has a lot of Major League experience, and Brock Peterson looked very good in big-league camp this spring. Erik Lis is a guy who can play first, the outfield, or DH, and can hit for average. Luke Hughes is a jack-of-all-trades type player, and will be counted on if Rochester is to make any noise in the IL this season.
The Twins return a familiar face in their Triple-A outfield in 2010, as Jacque Jones makes his return to the organization. The former fan favorite in Minnesota will be looked at as an anchor in the Rochester outfield, and should be in the big leagues at some point this season. The Twins got Jason Repko to play in Rochester in 2010 as well, and the former big leaguer has looked good in two appearances for the team thus far. Brian Dinkelman is a converted infielder who can hit to all fields, and he seems to hit at every level. Rounding out the outfield is Dustin Martin, a sweet-swinging outfielder with speed. He should have a big season in Rochester.
Anthony Swarzak will lead the starting rotation in 2010, after pitching very well for the Red Wings in 2009. However, he was injured on April 13, breaking a bone in his foot. Former Major Leaguer Mike Maroth joins Swarzak in the rotation, as he tries to make it back to the big leagues. Jeff Manship, one of the top pitching prospects in the organization, will also be in the rotation, and could be called on by the Twins early in the 2010 season. Yoslan Herrera had a terrific 2009 season in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, and the Cuban defector could be a big addition to the Rochester staff. Lefties Glen Perkins and Ryan Mullins will also see time in the starting rotation, with Mullins also working from the bullpen. Perkins will likely be in Rochester for a short time, and will be a big part of the Twins staff.
The bullpen has some of the better relief pitchers in the organization, headlined by Anthony Slama and Rob Delaney. Both have established themselves as some of the better relief pitching talent in all of Minor League Baseball, and Delaney will serve as the setup man for Slama. Two other big-name prospects in the bullpen are Matt Fox and Kyle Waldrop, both of whom are former first round picks. Waldrop will be called on often in 2010, already has four appearances as of press date. Jose Lugo and Tim Lahey round out the bullpen, and both are formidable arms with good experience. Lahey had a rough season in Rochester in 2009, posting a 5.72 earned run average in 41 games, and Lugo, a left-hander, had a 4.00 ERA in nine appearances for the Wings.


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San Diego Union Members Attend San Onofre Hearing For Costco Gift Cards
Friday, February 15, 2013
Dozens of union members showed up at this week's public meeting supporting a plan to restart San Onofre nuclear plant. And they did it after receiving Costco gift cards in exchange.
Special Feature KPBS In-Depth Coverage Of The San Onofre Shutdown
Members of the San Diego Building and Construction Trades Council traveled in buses to the Dana Point meeting Tuesday. Several encouraged the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to allow Southern California Edison to restart San Onofre.
The plant was shut down one year ago after a tube rupture caused a small radioactive leak.
Tom Lemmon, the business manager of the trades council, told the NRC panel, "At the end of the day, we're going to be safe. The workers are going to be safe. If there's a way to get the plant up and running, let's do it expeditiously."
Lemmon said later this week that the union paid for the Costco gift cards for members who attended the public meeting at San Onofre. He declined to answer why they were given or what they were worth, saying he wanted to speak with lawyers first.
Lemmon did not return subsequent calls.
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susanmartha | February 16, 2013 at 7:13 a.m. ― 4 years, 1 month ago
quelle surprise!
i can somewhat empathize with the union on this topic. but the reality is that we (the residents of southern California) should not be forced into participating in SCE's experiment. nor should we have to continue to pay for their mistakes.
marasmom | February 16, 2013 at 1:13 p.m. ― 4 years, 1 month ago
Many of the "workers" were also wearing ballcaps with the logo of SCE's primary contractor at San Onofre, Shaw Stone & Webster. Did Shaw Stone & Webster pay union officials to have bodies present at that meeting?
AuntieNuke | February 16, 2013 at 2:06 p.m. ― 4 years, 1 month ago
Good reporting! No one else covered this so far. Excellent job, Ms. Sharma!
marasmom | February 16, 2013 at 2:26 p.m. ― 4 years, 1 month ago
Mr. Lemmon is the same guy who suggested in the NRC meeting on Tuesday night that Unit 2 would be restarted to "collect data" ... which is exactly what it is -- an EXPERIMENT. One of the NRC Panelists practically shouted, "If we allow Unit 2 to restart, it will NOT be to 'collect data', it will be because we believe it to be SAFE."
RegularChristian | February 17, 2013 at 7:06 a.m. ― 4 years, 1 month ago
Although I support unions as the best way we have to represent isolated individual workers in their negotiations with organized and unified managements, and in this way make everyone better off, this union seems to have become a tool of management.
Thanks for including this detail in the story.
marasmom | February 17, 2013 at 8:32 a.m. ― 4 years, 1 month ago
I've known Tom Lemmon through local Democratic Party circles for the past several years. As so often, it's not that he's a bad guy, just woefully uninformed and not very strategic. He is an unabashed advocate for his union and for decent-paying jobs and benefits for his members -- who taken a HUGE hit in the economic free-fall we've been in since 2008. HE is not the visionary who will lead them to the New World, he's just trying to hang on to what they've got, thinking that is better than the uncertainty ahead.
CaliforniaDefender | February 18, 2013 at 12:09 p.m. ― 4 years, 1 month ago
I have seen this many times. Unions bribe people with gift cards to give a false image that more people are for/against an issue.
Unions will do anything, including bribery and bullying, to make more money. They don't care about the working class unless they are paid to.
All unions in California force their "members" to pay hefty dues which are a condition of employment. No pay, no job. That is absolutely wrong and lead to shady actions such as those at the San Onofre hearing.


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A: First, run with the '-gall -rall' options to see all verbose output. It is probably the underlying RubyGems command that is slow. If you are on a version of RubyGems which is earlier than 1.2.0, there are know cache performance problems, and you should upgrade. This little script may help
Q: Why not just use Rails' config.gems and rake tasks instead of GemInstaller?
A: A few reasons: 1) There are known issues with config.gems, since it attempts to load dependencies while the Rails environment is initializing, resulting in the possibility of circular dependencies. GemInstaller does not have these issues when run from config/preinitializer.rb. 2) Rails itself cannot manage the Rails gems – but GemInstaller can via preinitializer.rb. 3) GemInstaller has more features that config.gems. 4) GemInstaller runs for any app or environment that needs to manage RubyGems, not just Rails. See more discussion on this rails core list thread or this rails ticket
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The Calgary Flames have traded defenceman Dion Phaneuf, forward Fredrik Sjostrom, and defenceman Keith Aulie to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for forwards Matt Stajan, Niklas Hagman, Jamal Mayers and defenceman Ian White.
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WASHINGTON — A group of former U.S. spies and commandos that launched a media campaign this week criticizing President Barack Obama's national security record has extensive links to the Republican Party, public records indicate.
Records filed with federal and state authorities, and material posted on the Internet, show that key players in the campaign by the Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund include individuals with current or former affiliations with national and local Republican Party organizations. These include the group's treasurer, lawyer and TV producers.
Spokesmen for the fund, which uses the nickname OPSEC – spy jargon for "operational security" – have said that it is non-partisan and that its supporters include Republicans, Democrats and independents who are upset at how recent news leaks may have damaged U.S. national security.
In a 22-minute film which it released earlier this week, OPSEC presented soundbites from former U.S. intelligence and special operations personnel – some of whom have Republican or conservative links – who accused Obama of "leaking information to the enemy" and of taking undue credit for the May 2011 operation in which U.S. Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden.
The Obama campaign responded on Wednesday, accusing Republicans of trying to "Swift Boat" the president, a reference to hardball smear tactics used to attack the war record of Democratic Sen. John Kerry when he unsuccessfully challenged George W. Bush for the White House in 2004.
When OPSEC first announced its media campaign earlier this week, one of its representatives, Chad Kolton, who worked as a spokesman for the Director of National Intelligence during George W. Bush's presidency, insisted the group's message was non-political.
"You'll see throughout the film that concern about protecting the lives of intelligence and Special Forces officers takes precedence over partisanship," Kolton said.
E. Mark Braden, a Washington lawyer who advises OPSEC, said the group included Democrats and independents. But the records and web postings show that key people involved in setting up OPSEC and working on its media campaign have current or past direct ties to the Republican Party or related groups.
Braden, the OPSEC legal advisor, confirmed in an interview that during the 1980s he worked as chief counsel for the Republican National Committee, the party's central organization. He said that since leaving that job he has represented numerous Republican-related political causes, though he has also represented non-Republican clients.
Republican consultant
One of the Republican-leaning organizations that Braden represented during the 2008 presidential election cycle, an obscure group called Majority America, listed as its president a Michael Smith of Alexandria, Virginia.
Smith, a Republican political consultant, also was involved in another Republican-related group called Making America's Promise Secure that was involved in redistricting issues.
A spokesman for OPSEC confirmed that the same Michael Smith is the treasurer of OPSEC. Smith, through a spokesman, declined to comment.
Federal Election Commission filings show that one of the principal sources of finance for Smith's Majority America group was a $250,000 donation from the late Carl Lindner, an Ohio businessman who backed numerous conservative causes – including the original 2004 "Swift Boat" campaign against John Kerry.
A Majority America website homepage copyrighted in 2010 says the group is a "non-partisan, non profit" group set up to "serve as a counter-weight to radical left wing message organizations, such as MoveOn.org".
OPSEC has registered as a non-profit "social welfare" group, under section 501(c)4 of the U.S. tax code, a provision that allows it to keep its donors secret.
Braden said he was unaware that Lindner had financed the 2008 group in which he and Smith were involved. He declined to disclose information about OPSEC's finances.
There are other links between OPSEC and individuals or entities involved with the Republican Party.
Greener and Hook, a "strategic communications" firm in Arlington, Virginia, says on its Internet home page that its services include TV production. It lists among its productions OPSEC's main video, entitled "Dishonorable Disclosure", as well as a 30-second trailer for the film and another teaser for it.
Among more than two dozen entities and individuals listed by Greener and Hook as "political clients" are the Republican National Committee, the 2012 Republican National Convention, the Republican Governor's Association, the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Federation of Republican Women. Representatives of Greener and Hook did not respond to a detailed voice mail requesting comment.
Alexandria office
OPSEC rents an office in Alexandria, Virginia from a political consulting firm with Republican ties named The Trailblazer Group. Both OPSEC and Trailblazer said they have no relationship beyond sharing premises.
OPSEC spokesman Chad Kolton said that Dave King, a former special forces soldier who appears in OPSEC's film, is a political independent and that Gabriel Gomez, a former Navy SEAL who is "doing media" for the group, was an Obama donor in 2008.
Gomez said on Friday that he had given money to Obama's campaign in 2008 but that he has supported both Democratic and Republican politicians at the local level. He said he had become involved with OPSEC because the jobs of undercover or commando operatives have been "made harder by these leaks."
Gomez said details of secret operations "don't need to be out in public" and that there had "just been a spike in leaks so that it finally reached a tipping point."
Kolton said the involvement of Republicans in OPSEC, alongside other politically independent veterans, was not in dispute.
But he added that, "No one can also dispute that Democrats like Dianne Feinstein and respected military leaders like Admiral McRaven have said there are more leaks than ever before under this Administration and that these leaks put American lives at risk." Admiral William McRaven, who now heads the U.S. Special Operations Command, oversaw the bin Laden raid.
"The Obama campaign's response hasn't said a single word to acknowledge the problem of leaks or the risk they carry," Kolton said.
U.S. officials point out that the Obama administration has "aggressively" prosecuted alleged national security leakers and that some of the reporters who wrote stories containing alleged leaks have said they did not originate with the White House.


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The 2014 MTV EMA Worldwide Act nominees are:Africa, India, Middle East – Mohammed AssafAustralia, New Zealand – 5 Seconds of SummerEurope Central – RevolverheldEurope East – Dawid KwiatkowskiEurope North – One DirectionEurope South – Alessandra AmorosoJapan, Korea – B.A.PLatin America – Dulce MariaNorth America – Fifth HarmonySE Asia, Mainland China & Hong Kong, Taiwan – Bibi Zhou 2014 MTV EMA Nominees Alessandra Amoroso 1 of 58 B.A.P. 2 of 58 Bibi Zhou 3 of 58 David Kwiatkowski 4 of 58 Dulce Maria 5 of 58 Fifth Harmony 6 of 58 Mohammed Assaf 7 of 58 Revolverheld 8 of 58 Zedd 9 of 58 The Killers 10 of 58 Taylor Swift 11 of 58 Simple Plan Photo Credit: Chapman Baehler 12 of 58 Sia 13 of 58 Sam Smith 14 of 58 Rita Ora 15 of 58 Pharrell Williams 16 of 58 Paramore Photo Credit: Kane Hibberd 17 of 58 One Direction 18 of 58 Nicole Scherzinger 19 of 58 Nicki Minaj Photo Credit: Howard Huang 20 of 58 Miley Cyrus 21 of 58 Lorde 22 of 58 Linkin Park Photo Credit: James Minchin 23 of 58 Lana Del Rey 24 of 58 Kings of Leon 25 of 58 Kiesza 26 of 58 Kid Ink 27 of 58 Katy Perry 28 of 58 Kanye West 29 of 58 Justin Timberlake 30 of 58 Justin Bieber 31 of 58 Jungle Photo Credit: Dan Wilton 32 of 58 John Newman 33 of 58 Imagine Dragons 34 of 58 Iggy Azalea 35 of 58 Hardwell 36 of 58 Flo Rida Photo Credit: Alex Kirzhner 37 of 58 Fall Out Boy 38 of 58 Enrique Iglesias 39 of 58 Eminem 40 of 58 Ellie Goulding 41 of 58 Ed Sheeran 42 of 58 Drake 43 of 58 David Guetta 44 of 58 Cris Cab 45 of 58 Coldplay 46 of 58 Charli XCX Photo Credit: Bella Howard 47 of 58 Calvin Harris 48 of 58 Bruno Mars Photo Credit: Kai Z Feng1 49 of 58 Black Keys Photo Credit: Danny Clinch 50 of 58 Beyonce 51 of 58 B.o.B. 52 of 58 Avicii 53 of 58 Ariana Grande 54 of 58 Arctic Monkeys 55 of 58 Afrojack 56 of 58 30 Seconds to Mars 57 of 58 5 Seconds of Summer 58 of 58 Download All Images Fans can vote for their favourite artist now at mtvema.com. Voting will close at 11:59pm CET on Saturday, 8 November. Previous winners of Worldwide Act include: Chris Lee (2013), Han Geng (2012) and BIGBANG (2011). Global hip hop superstar Nicki Minaj is set to host the 2014 MTV EMA. Enrique Iglesias, Calvin Harris, Charli XCX, Kiesza, Royal Blood, Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran and Nicki Minaj have been previously confirmed to perform at the 2014 MTV EMA. British rock legend Ozzy Osbourne will be honoured with the Global Icon Award and will be in Glasgow to accept his award. Fans can vote now for their favourite artists across all 2014 MTV EMA categories at mtvema.com. Voting will close on 8 November 2014 at 11:59pm CEST. 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text: You people never cease to amaze me. You sound like Revis talking about making 6 mil, when he got all his money front loaded. Cromartie's deal pays him 8 mil a year tops. You can't just go by this year's cap number. Trade him now and take a 10mil cap hit anyway. Btw Revis wants at least 15 mil, plus he'll want it up front, and then he'll want more on the back end. Also there's the fact that Revis is going to want to test FA next year which is why he had it written into his contract.


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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Monday, June 25, 2012
Familiar Faces on Museum Poster
I went over to the museum where I will be presenting my hat program this
Saturday. The main objective of this trip
was to look at the area where I will be presenting and to discuss logistics of conducting
the program. As I entered the museum, to
my right I saw out of the corner of my eye this large poster on this board
advertising my program. "Oh…Grandma!" I
said to myself at my initial glimpse of the familiar face of lady on the right
in the top photo. I had already been
sent a .pdf file of this advertisement, but seeing the enlarged poster of my
maternal grandmother's face on the message board of the Isle of Wight CountyMuseum was a true delight. As if this were my first time seeing this
poster, I stopped to look at it on the board.
To the left of my grandmother is Sister Odell Hayes who was a member of
our church as well as one of my Sunday School Teachers and this photo was taken
around the 1950s. The lady below Grandma
and Sister Hayes is Anna T. McPhillips, a family member Thomas MacEntee and her
photo was taken around 1923. The photo
of the two adorable little girls dressed in their Easter's finest during the
1960s is of Heather Wilkinson Rojo and her little sister. These are all lovely representatives of "Hat
Queens and Princesses" and I look forward to the presenting of my third hat
history program this year. It will be a
year next month since Grandma passed awat and my family and I miss her
dearly. But despite that she has left
this earth, her spirit still lives on through her teachings and her HATS!
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Contributing My Research to a Worthy Cause
I've been busy working all week on an application to the National Park Service (NPS) to nominate the James A. Fields House for inclusion in the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program. This project was initiated by one of Mr. Fields' descendants and I'm helping her to get the application completed by adding the historical research which I've done on her ancestor whose historic house is in my community. We are both thoroughly excited about this joint endeavor and expect positive results from our submission. As a genealogist and family historian, I am thrilled to be able to contribute my research to such a worthy cause.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Hat History Program
I am pleased to announce that I will be doing another Hat History Program later this month at the Isle of Wight County Museum in Smithfield, VA (Home of the Virginia Ham).
Thanks to Thomas MacEntee and Heather Rojo for use of your hat photos.
Thanks to Thomas MacEntee and Heather Rojo for use of your hat photos.
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Motion to remove Killingbeck as city manager fails to receive majority vote
Au GRES — A motion made by Au Gres City Council member Dan Pockrandt to remove Pat Killingbeck from her position as city manager March 4 failed to gain a majority of council votes, as two members did not cast votes and Mayor Tom Ennes voted against the motion.
Pockrandt and Councilman Larry Malace, who seconded the motion to remove the city manager, voted yes to remove Killingbeck, who has held the position for nearly 30 years.
Mayor Pro tem Keith Edmonds and Councilman Cliff Warr refused to vote either way.
Pockrandt said he felt Killingbeck had "stonewalled" city council members when they asked for information in the past.
After the motion was seconded and the issue was opened up for discussion, Malace said most of his concerns with Killingbeck's performance revolved around a lack of action taken in improving operations at the Au Gres City Park.
"The majority of a lot of problems is right down at that park," he said. "I've had I don't know how many people, before I ran for office, complaining about the park. And they're not all liars and BSers, and they're concerned with what's going on there."
"The park is losing money every year and there's no reason it should be losing money,' Malace said.
Edmonds said the complaints about the park were not just local.
"I've got people that work with me in Saginaw that have said they've stayed there, and they didn't pay anybody because they couldn't find anybody," he said.
"Nobody's ever there to meet the needs of the campers," Edmonds said.
Killingbeck said there is one city employee who works 35 hours per week to manage the park, and that the city has started to implement park operation changes suggested by council members in the past.
"Council made some recommendations on some things that they'd like to see done and we are making those changes as recommended," she said.
According to statements made by Killingbeck while the motion to remove her was discussed, since the city council election last May, the city had become a hostile working environment and council had made decisions outside of meetings. She added that members of city council attempted to take over day-to-day duties that the charter says should be handled by city employees.
"During that time the council has not attempted to discuss any concerns with me, other than making inflammatory comments during council meetings," she said.
Killingbeck said it seemed as though some council members had axes to grind and were focusing on that rather than creating policies that would help get rid of vacant buildings and promote economic development in Au Gres.
"We need the council to set those policies. I can't do that. That's your job," she said. "And I agree that things are not right, but when is the last time you came into talk to me"
"I gave up on that a long time ago," Pockrandt responded.
Although Edmonds did not vote to remove Killingbeck from her position, he did say that he felt when he approached Killingbeck for help in the past, he was often belittled.
"I'm to the point that I don't come, because I don't want to be belittled," he said. "I don't want to hear the sarcasm."
Edmonds said he had reached a point where he did not know who he could trust on issues facing the city and it was affecting his job performance as a member of council.
"I don't know what to believe, and I don't know who to trust anymore," he said.
Warr said he could not vote to remove Killingbeck because he would be leaving office in a few months, and he did not want to cause a problem for future council members.
"I'm getting ready to leave office and I'm not going to leave it in disarray with this mess," he said.
"I don't think cutting throats and everything is the answer," Warr added.
Killingbeck said with several city council members being relatively new, it is likely there has not been enough effort put forth to get better acquainted with council members.
"I think for one thing, there's not been enough 'Getting to know you' atmosphere," she said. "We basically have four new council members. By new, I mean someone that doesn't have any more than three years' experience is still learning."
"I'll be honest," Killingbeck continued. "We have not done that as much as we should. We have focused on other things, and maybe some things have gotten shoved by the wayside."
City Clerk and Treasurer LaVonne Pritchard told the Independent although the motion to remove Killingbeck received more yes than no votes, a majority of city council votes were needed for the motion to be approved.
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The Technology Collection of Museum Victoria holds six early personal computers that trace important developments in the history of this remarkable area. There are three computers with separate components (an Altair 8800, a Microbee and an Atari 800) and three early portable computers (a Kaypro, an IBM 'Cubie' and an Osborne II).
The personal computer (PC) has revolutionised business and personal activities, and even the way people talk and think about using information. But it is worth pointing out that computers still range in size from very big supercomputers, used for example to model weather and climate change, to incredibly small computers that can fit on smartcards.
In the early 1970s the idea of a computer for personal use was considered by many to be a ridiculous notion. Even so, computer professionals and hobbyists remained committed to developing a personal computer for home and business that was relatively small and cheap.
In 1975 the Altair 8800 sparked the phenomenon of the personal computer. The machine was built by a small company, MITS, and was designed to be assembled by hobbyists and professionals and used in homes or at work.
At $US 395 the Altair 8800 computer kit was relatively cheap to buy but required considerable work and skill to assemble. Once complete, the Altair 8800 looked very different to the present day desktop and laptop PCs. It came without a monitor, keyboard, disk drive or programs (software). Instead, users had to write their own programs in binary code by flipping switches on the front panel of the machine, one at a time for every binary digit. The output was read in binary on the light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on the front panel.
The Altair 8800 was powered by an Intel 8080 processor and had only 256 bytes of random access memory (RAM) – about enough to store one paragraph of text. But users remained tolerant. Their enthusiasm spawned computer clubs, stores, newsletters, magazines and conventions.
This 1975 Altair 8800 is widely considered to be the world's first personal computerPhotographer: Jon Augier / Source: Museum Victoria
In 1978 the computer video game company Atari entered the personal computer market with the Atari 400 and 800. Both machines looked very similar to a standard home typewriter. The computer systems were a series of components that, when connected to a television set, functioned as a single system. Other components included a tape deck that functioned as a program recorder, and pre-recorded programs on tape cartridges.
The Atari 800 provided graphics and sound quality never before seen in a personal computer system. It was capable of producing up to 256 colours with built-in player and missile graphics and was compatible with all of the Atari 2600 joysticks, paddles and keypads. The console contained the Central Processing Unit (CPU) and memory bank – 10 000 bytes of read-only memory (ROM) and 8000 bytes of RAM. Software included word processing, financial packages, games and educational titles. Despite its age, the Atari 800 is still one of the most powerful, useful and versatile home computers ever produced.
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The Microbee was sold in kit form, and when assembled had the general appearance of a modern-day desktop PC. Its CPU was built into a typewriter keyboard unit, which could be connected to a monochrome monitor for display. Museum Victoria's 256TC model is a more advanced Microbee with larger memory (256K bytes Ram) and includes better graphics, a full size keyboard and numeric keypad along with built in disk drives. The 256TC used the CP/M-80 disk operating system or Microbees' proprietry graphical 'Shell' and was shipped with a bundle of software which included a word processor, disk utilities, serial terminal and the Microworld Basic interpreter. There was a later model which was originally called the 640TC during development and then renamed 'The Matilda' after a naming competition was held. The Matilda was an IBM PC XT compatible design based on an NEC V40 processor and housed in the same case as the 256TC. It ran MS-DOS with EGA level graphics. The Matilda also included special hardware to enable it to run the software that was designed for the Z80 based microbees, such as the 256TC, offering backward compatibility.
The Osborne 1 was the world's first truly portable computer. It was released in 1980 by computer book publisher Adam Osborne. The computer weighed a substantial eight kilograms and was contained in a large box with a handle.
The Osborne 1 used a Zilog Z-80 microprocessor chip, which was a faster and better clone of the Intel 8080 chip. The tiny 13-centimetre black-and-white screen could display only 52 characters across, but special arrow keys moved the display left and right across a wider 'virtual' screen. The Osborne 1 was plagued with operational problems, but tens of thousands were sold.
The Kaypro II portable computer was released soon after the Osborne and became an instant success. Its appeal lay in its large 23-centimetre monitor and the reliable operating system called CP/M (Control Program for Microprocessors). It had two 5<1/2>-inch disk drives and an impressive 64 000 bytes of RAM. The Kaypro was the first portable to be packaged in a durable metal case.
The early personal computers held by Museum Victoria may be viewed by appointment with the Collections Management Department.
Freed, L. 1995. The History of Computers. Ziff Davis Press.
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Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Sexist Hand Behind P46?
On his blog, Paul and co-workers, Richard Fellows offers an explanation of how the curious text of P46 in Rom 16:15 arose.
Whereas most MSS read "Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister" in Rom 16:5, P46 has Paul greet "Philologus and Bereus (Βηρέα) and Aoulia (Ἀουλίαν) and his sister" – the latter two names being nonsensical.
Fellows builds on James Royse's excellent proposal, Scribal Habits (2008), 333-334, that the exemplar of P46 had the reverse order of Nereus and Julia in its text, with an interlinear correction written out with the Greek numerals β (2) and α (1) above the names to indicate the correct order. "However, our scribe [of P46] misinterpreted the letters as being intended to replace the letters of over which they were written, and thus created βηρεα αουλιαν" (334).
However, Fellows points out that Royse's explanation does not account for the addition of ΚΑΙ between the two names in P46. Royse simply thinks the scribe of P46 added it in the process, "as part of his change here," and he considers it to be a separate reading. He thinks this is easier than to assume that the ΚΑΙ was in the Vorlage.
Fellows instead proposes that the exemplar had the normal order, but then a "sexist corrector" came along and added the Greek numerals β (2) and α (1) to have the male name Nereus written before the female Julia, but this would create another problem, "... Nereus, Julia and his sister", so the corrector also added a ΚΑΙ between the name so that "his sister" would refer back to Philologus: "Greet Philologus and Nereus and Julia and the sister of him." The scribe then, did not only reverse the names and add a KAI, but inserted the letters β and α.
The problem with Fellows' explanation is of course the question why the scribe would execute the correction and reverse the order, but at the same time misunderstand the very instruction and insert the letters β and α into the names. Fellows suggests that the corrector gave two distinct indications that the names should be reversed, "above the line and perhaps also in the margin", and the scribe of P46 apparently misunderstood the one above the line.
I think Fellows rightly points out the problem with the extra KAI, but then his explanation becomes too complicated since he has to assume that the corrector used two ways of indicating that the text should be corrected.
This is my alternative explanation:
In the first stage, a scribe reversed the order of the names (for sexist reasons?) but then had to supply the ΚΑΙ to have the reference "his sister" point back to Philologus.
In the second stage, a corrector added the numerals above the names to have them reversed to the normal order (á la Royse), and perhaps also marked the KAI for deletion with underdots (but he could have simply left the KAI because at this stage it has little affect on the meaning). This second stage reflects the Vorlage of P46.
In the third stage, the scribe of P46 completely misunderstood the numerals and copied Bereus (Βηρέα) and Aoulia (Ἀουλίαν) and so retained the order as well as the KAI which was already there. Thus, the scribe did not follow any instructions to correct the text in the variation-unit.
The fact that P46 has Ιουλιαν in Rom 16:7 does not speak in favor of any of these explanations, but it does strengthen the assumption that at some point Ιουλιαν was in Rom 16:15 as well.
Isn't this the simplest explanation? Perhaps it is time for another poll :-).
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Thanks for the discussion. If an attempt was made to revert back to the original text, then how did the additional KAI survive such an attempt? Would it not be easy for a corrector to indicate unambiguously that a KAI should be deleted?
Do you or anyone have a list of the methods that a corrector might use to indicate that words should be swapped? Could you explain why it is unlikely that a scribe would be familiar with one method but not another? Perhaps the second method was verbal communication.Richard, my explanation builds on
(1) the conscious reversal of the names which requires the addition of KAI. This was done before the time of the exemplar of P46.
(2) the misunderstanding of the correction in the total variation-unit including the letters/numerals and the deletion of the KAI. A deletion could have been marked by some points or so. Or, it could have been left entirely, because its presence between the names to be reversed does not matter at all in this stage. However, the KAI was probably not present in the exemplar that the corrector used to correct the MS (I will perhaps clarify this in my main post.)RF: "Could you explain why it is unlikely that a scribe would be familiar with one method but not another? Perhaps the second method was verbal communication."
Did I say that this was unlikely? I thought I said that it is unlikely that a corrector used two ways of indicating that he wished the text to be corrected. I see this as way more complicated than my explanation which is more similar to Royse, with the difference that the KAI was introduced in the first place because the names were reversed – this I see as perfectly logic.- Anonymous3/07/2012 5:17 am
Is "Aoulia" a nonsense name? There were Romans chaps called Aulius, weren't there, and some of their daughters might have been called Aulia.
Gathers Thanks for the clarifications, Tommy. Your version of the hypothesis seems quite close to my 2010 version. Your arguments make sense and I'm now undecided.
Concerning Rom 16:7, it seems strange to have two errors related to Julia in the same manuscript. Some causal link between the 16:15 fiasco and the introduction of Julia to 16:7 would seem likely, wouldn't it?
If the scribe of P46 did not change Junia to Julia then maybe the misogynist did. Junia, who was prominent among the apostles, would have been a big problem for him. Did he demote Junia by changing her name to Julia and by then demoting Julia at 16:15? Or did the misogynist inherit a copy that had Julia instead of Junia at 16:7 and did this motive him to demote her at 16:15?Simon and Christian:
Even if we accept AOULIA as a valid name we have another three or four factors to take into account in the explanation of how the variant arose:
1) The combination of the two names (and I think we will agree that they represent unique substitutions of NEREUS and IOULIA respectively).
2) The reversal of the two names
3) The addition of KAI (also unique)
4) The presence of the subsingular IOULIA in Rom 16:7 (which is to some degree relevant for any explanation that presupposes that IOULIA was present also in 16:15 at an earlier point in this textual stream).RF: "Your version of the hypothesis seems quite close to my 2010 version."
I don't know exactly about your 2010 version, but it is a combination of Royse's explanation and your own point that we have to account for the addition of the KAI. I think my explanation best accounts for the text in P46.On the more general question of tendency, Royse notes that "some changes are more systematic or betray perhaps a deliberate attempt to improve on his Vorlage. Few, if any, of these have any claim to serious consideration as being older than P46 itself, but they do indicate a certain awareness by the scribe of what he was writing, and a willingness to alter what he read."
ReplyDelete"...the history of a certain textual variant is not equal to the history of the manuscripts, but the histories overlap."
I cannot agree more with you on this, Tommy, but only to a certain extent, especially if you're dealing with a singular reading--from a manuscript that has a known profile of committing any mistake, anytime, anywhere :).
While it is not totally unlikely that there maybe some traces of mysoginic tendencies in P46, I find it a bit difficult to attribute this particular variation to a "sexist" motivation, especially in view of the fact that in this page, F21r (and the previous one as well, F20v), P46 has introduced a bunch of variations, including a number of transpositions:
L01: πατροβαν ερμαν to ερμαν πατροβαν (transpo)
L03: ιουλιαν νηρεα to βηρεα και αουλιαν (transpo)
L05: παντας αγιους to αγιους (om)
L09: τα σκανδαλα to σκανδαλα(om)
L10α: ην υμεις εμαθετε ποιουντας to ποιουντας ην υμεις εμαθετε(transpo)
L10β-L11: ποιουντας to η λεγον||τας η ποιουντας(add)
L11β: ποιουντας και εκκλινετε to ποιουντας εκκλεινατε (om)
L11γ: εκκλινετε to εκκλεινατε(gramm)
L16: εφ υμιν ουν χαιρω to χαιρω ουν εφ υμειν (transpo)
L17: θελω to και θελω (add)
L22: λουκιος και ιασων to λουκιος ιασων(om)
These variations on this page betrays an exemplar is significantly different, which shows that the variation in L03 is not an isolated case, with a sexist agendum, but is intricately intertwined with the nature and quality of the whole page, so far as its exemplar is concerned.Edgar, I must remind you that in this case my explanation of what happened in Rom 16:15 presupposes that the scribe of P46 did not understand the correction. The actual change (transposition of the names), whether for sexist reasons or not, was done earlier and in a different MS (in this stream of the tradition). So your overview of introduced readings by this scribe is not entirely relevant.
Nevertheless, it is interesting to note whether and to what degree this particular scribe shows a willingness to change what is in the exemplar.Pleasure, Peter. Indeed, the pull on me towards that direction is stronger, than looking at this particular instance as something initiated by a particular motivation :) Conversely, it seems to me that it is rather more part and parcel of a bigger textual issue that is "exemplaric" in nature than ideological.
On the proposal that α and β were placed over these two names, in a pre-P46 MS(s?), which was then "misinterpreted" by the scribe of P46, this I find very interesting but is to a certain extent also methodologically problematic--it unnecessarily put the burden of presupposing that cases of transposition variations reflected in P46 (whether by the scribe's own doing or the textual tradition it represents) have also been subjected to this convention (it doesn't make sense to me if this case will be singled out)."Nevertheless, it is interesting to note whether and to what degree this particular scribe shows a willingness to change what is in the exemplar."
Tommy, this sounds to me a hint to the "scribal habits" of P46. If so, then a bigger variation profile of this scribe makes more meaningful, consequently :)EE: "On the proposal that α and β were placed over these two names, in a pre-P46 MS(s?), which was then "misinterpreted" by the scribe of P46, ... it unnecessarily put the burden of presupposing that cases of transposition variations reflected in P46 ... have also been subjected to this convention ..."
If, as Peter suggests, this particular stretch of text in P46 comes from a different exemplar, what is the problem of the explanation that the two idiosyncratic names (unattested in the tradition) and their transposition plus a KAI were introduced in a pre-46 MS at some point?
First, do you agree that the introduction of the KAI might well be related to the transposition of the two names?
Second, do you agree that BEREUS and AOULIA are very likely misrepresentations of NEREUS and IOULIA?
Third, is there not a very strong likelihood (in light of the transposition) that the letters B and A originate from an attempt to reverse the names in accordance with the dominant tradition.
Again, this explanation presupposes that the transposition (sexist or not) happened before P46. What about the other transpositions that are singular readings? Well, perhaps there was no attempt to correct them at any point, or the scribe of P46 may be directly responsible for them. I still do not see the direct relevance for the passage in Rom 16:15.Tommy, I agree with you that the transposition and addition variations are pre-P46. However, my point of departure is that the simplest explanation, in view with all the other variations in its immediate environment, is to assume that all these variations are already in the exemplar, which the scribe faithfully copied :)
ReplyDeleteJES: "Royse's explanation still seems best to me."
Well, the only difference between my explanation and Royse's is that the addition of KAI happened earlier with the transposition rather than with the erroneous correction of the names. And the addition of KAI is makes a lot more sense in connection with the transposition.


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