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We, the people of North Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
All men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing and protecting property and reputation; and pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness.
All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for the protection, security and benefit of the people, and they have a right to alter or reform the same whenever the public good may require.
The State of North Dakota is an inseparable part of the American Union and the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land.
The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference shall be forever guaranteed in this State, and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness or juror on account of his opinion on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State.
All persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, unless for capital offenses when the proof is evident or the presumption great. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor shall cruel or unusual punishments be inflicted. Witnesses shall not be unreasonably detained, nor be confined in any room where criminals are actually imprisoned.
The right of trial by jury shall be secured to all, and remain inviolate; but a jury in civil cases, in courts not of record may consist of less than twelve men, as may be prescribed by law.
Until otherwise provided by law, no person shall, for a felony, be proceeded against criminally, otherwise than by indictment, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger. In all other cases, offenses shall be prosecuted criminally by indictment or information. The Legislative Assembly may change, regulate or abolish the grand jury system.
Every man may freely write, speak and publish his opinions on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that privilege. In all civil and criminal trials for libel the truth may be given in evidence, and shall be a sufficient defense when the matter is published with good motives and for justifiable ends; and the jury shall have the same power of giving a general verdict as in other cases; and in all indictments or informations for libels the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court as in other cases.
The citizens have a right, in a peaceable manner, to assemble together for the common good, and to apply to those invested with the powers of government for the redress of grievances, or for other proper purposes, by petition, address or remonstrance.
All laws of a general nature shall have a uniform operation.
The military shall be subordinate to the civil power. No standing army shall be maintained by this State in time of peace, and no soldiers shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, except in the manner prescribed by law.
In criminal prosecutions in any court whatever, the party accused shall have the right to a speedy and public trial; to have the process of the court to compel the attendance of witnesses in his behalf; and to appear and defend in person and with counsel. No person shall be twice put in jeopardy for the same offense, nor be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law.
Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use without just compensation having been first made to, or paid into court for the owner, and no right of way shall be appropriated to the use of any corporation, other than municipal, until full compensation therefor be first made in money or ascertained and paid into court for the owner, irrespective of any benefit from any improvement proposed by such corporation, which compensation shall be ascertained by a jury, unless a jury be waived.
No person shall be imprisoned for debt unless upon refusal to deliver up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law; or in cases of tort; or where there is strong presumption of fraud.
No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligations of contracts shall ever be passed.
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, unless for the punishment of crime, shall ever be tolerated in this state.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrant shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons and things to be seized.
Treason against the State shall consist only in levying war against it, adhering to its enemies or giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the evidence of two witnesses to the same overt act, or confession in open court.
No special privileges or immunities shall ever be granted which may not be altered, revoked or repealed by the Legislative Assembly; nor shall any citizen or class of citizens be granted privileges or immunities which upon the same terms shall not be granted to all citizens.
The provisions of this constitution are mandatory and prohibitory unless, by express words, they are declared to be otherwise.
All courts shall be open, and every man for any injury done him in his lands, goods, person or reputation shall have remedy by due process of law, and right and justice administered without sale, denial or delay. Suits may be brought against the State in such manner, in such courts, and in such cases, as the Legislative Assembly may, by law, direct.
Every citizen of this State shall be free to obtain employment wherever possible, and any person, corporation, or agent thereof, maliciously interfering or hindering in any way, any citizen from obtaining or enjoying employment already obtained, from any other corporation or person, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
To guard against transgressions of the high powers which we have delegated, we declare that everything in this article is excepted out of the general powers of government and shall forever remain inviolate.
The legislative power of this state shall be vested in a legislature consisting of a senate and a house of representatives. The people, however, reserve the power, first, to propose measures and to enact or reject the same at the polls; second, to approve or reject at the polls any measure or any item, section, part or parts of any measure enacted by the legislature.
The first power reserved is the initiative. Ten thousand electors at large may propose any measure by initiative petition. Every such petition shall contain the full text of the measure and shall be filed with the Secretary of State not less than ninety days before the election at which it is to be voted upon.
The second power reserved is the referendum. Seven thousand electors at large may, by referendum petition, suspend the operation of any measure enacted by the legislature, except an emergency measure. But the filing of a referendum petition against one or more items, sections or parts of any measure, shall not prevent the remainder from going into effect. Such petition shall be filed with the Secretary of State not later than ninety days after the adjournment of the session of the legislature at which such measure was enacted.
Each measure initiated by or referred to the electors, shall be submitted by its ballot title, which shall be placed upon the ballot by the Secretary of State and shall be voted upon at any state-wide election designated in the petition, or at a special election called by the Governor. The result of the vote upon any measure shall be canvassed and declared by the board of canvassers.
Any measure, except an emergency measure, submitted to the electors of the state, shall become a law when approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon. And such law shall go into effect on the 30th day after the election, unless otherwise specified in the measure.
If a referendum petition is filed against an emergency petition such measure shall be a law until voted upon by the electors. And if it is then rejected by a majority of the votes cast thereon, it shall he thereby repealed. Any such measure shall be submitted to the electors at a special election if so ordered by the Governor, or if the referendum petition filed against it shall be signed by thirty thousand electors at large. Such special election shall be called by the Governor, and shall be held not less than one hundred nor more than one hundred thirty days after the adjournment of the session of the legislature.
The Secretary of State shall pass upon each petition, and if he finds it insufficient, he shall notify the “Committee for the Petitioners” and allow twenty days for correction or amendment. All decisions of the Secretary of State in regard to any such petition shall be subject to review by the Supreme Court. But if the sufficiency of such petition is being reveiwed at the time the ballot is prepared, the Secretary of State shall place the measure on the ballot and no subsequent decision shall invalidate such measure if it is at such election approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon. If procedlngs are brought against any petition upon any ground, the burden of proof shall be upon the party attacking it.
No law shall be enacted limiting the number of copies of a petition which may be circulated. Such copies shall become part of the original petition when filed or attached thereto. Nor shall any law be enacted prohibiting any person from giving or receiving compensation for circulating the petitions, nor in any manner interfering with the freedom in securing signatures to petitions.
Each petition shall have printed thereon a ballot title, which shall fairly represent the subject matter of the measure, and the names of at least five electors who shall, constitute the “committee for the petitioners” and who shall represent and act for the petitioners.
All measures submitted to the electors shall be published by the state as follows: “The Secretary of State shall cause to be printed and mailed to each elector a publicity pamphlet, containing a copy of each measure together with its ballot title, to be submitted at any election. Any citizen, or the officers of any organization, may submit to the Secretary of State for publication in such pamphlet, arguments concerning any measure therein, upon first subscribing their names and addresses thereto and paying the fee therefor, which, until otherwise fixed by the legislature, shall be the sum of two hundred dollars per page.”
The enacting clause of all measures initiated by the electors shall be: “Be it enacted by the people of the State of North Da kota.” In submitting measures to the electors, the Secretary of State and all other officials shall be guided by the election laws until additional legislation shall be provided.
If conflicting measures initiated by or referred to the electors shall be approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon, the one receiving the highest number of affirmative votes shall become the law.
The word “measure” as used herein shall include any law or amendment thereto, resolution, legislative proposal or enactment of any character.
The veto power of the Governor shall not extend to the measures initiated by or referred to the electors. No measure enacted or approved by a vote of the electors shall be repealed or amended by the legislature, except upon a yea and nay vote upon roll call of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house.
This section shall be self executing and all of its provisions shall be treated as mandatory. Laws may be enacted to facilitate its operation, but no laws shall be enacted to hamper, restrict or impair the exercise of the rights herein reserved to the'people.
The Senate shall be composed of not less than thirty nor more than fifty members.
Senators shall be elected for the term of four years, except as hereinafter provided.
No person shall be a senator who is not a qualified elector in the district in which he may be chosen, and who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and have been a resident of the State or Territory for two years next preceding his election.
The Legislative Assembly shall fix the number of Senators, and divide the State into as many senatorial districts as there are senators, which districts as nearly as may be, shall be equal to each other in the number of inhabitants entitled to representation. Each district shall be entitled to one Senator and no more, and shall be composed of compact and contiguous territory; and no portion of any county shall be attached to any other county, or part thereof, so as to form a district. The districts as thus ascertained and determined shall continue until changed by law.
The senatorial districts shall be numbered consecutively from one upwards, according to the number of districts prescribed, and the Senators shall be divided into two classes. Those elected in the districts designated by even numbers shall constitute one class, and those elected in districts designated by odd numbers shall constitute the other class. The Senators of one class, elected in the year 1890, shall hold their office for two years, those of the other class shall hold their office four years, and the determination of the two classes shall be by lot, so that one-half of the Senators, as nearly as practicable, may be elected biennially.
The Senate, at the beginning and close of each regular session, and at such other times as may be necessary, shall elect one of its members President pro tempore, who may take the place of the Lieutenant Governor under rules prescribed by law.
The House of Representatives shall be composed of not less than sixty, nor more than one hundred and forty members.
Representatives shall be elected for the term of two years.
No person shall be a Representative who is not a qualified elector in the district for which he may be chosen, and who shall not have attained the age of twenty-one years, and have been a resident of the State or Territory for two years next preceding his election.
The members of the House of Representatives shall be apportioned to and elected at large from each senatorial district. The Legislative Assembly shall, in the year 1895, and every tenth year, cause an enumeration to be made of all the inhabitants of this State, and shall at its first regular session after each such enumeration, and also after each federal census, proceed to fix by law the number of Senators, which shall constitute the Senate of North Dakota, and the number of Representatives which shall constitute the House of Representatives of North Dakota, within the limits prescribed by this Constitution, and at the same session shall proceed to reapportion the State into senatorial districts, as prescribed by this Constitution, and to fix the number of members of the House of Representatives, to be elected from the several senatorial districts; Provided, That the Legislative Assembly may, at any regular session, redistrict the State into senatorial districts, and apportion the Senators and Representatives respectively.
The House of Representatives shall elect one of its members as Speaker.
No judge or clerk of any court, secretary of state, attorney general, register of deeds, sheriff or person holding any office of profit under this State, except in the militia or the office of attorney-at-law, notary public or justice of the peace, and no person holding any office of profit or honor under any foreign government, or under the government of the United States, except postmasters whose annual compensation does not exceed the sum of $300, shall hold any office in either branch of the Legislative Assembly or become a member thereof.
No member of the Legislative Assembly, expelled for corruption, and no person convicted of bribery, perjury or other infamous crime shall be eligible to the Legislative Assembly, or to any office in either branch thereof.
No member of the Legislative Assembly shall, during the term for which he was elected, be appointed or elected to any civil office in this State, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased, during the term for which he was elected; nor shall any member receive any civil appointment from the Governor, or Governor and Senate, during the term for which he shall have been elected.
If any person elected to either house of the Legislative Assembly shall offer or promise to give his vote or influence, in favor of, or against any measure or proposition pending or proposed to be introduced into the Legislative Assembly, in consideration, or upon conditions, that any other person elected to the same Legislative Assembly will give, or will promise or assent to give, his vote or influence in favor of or against any other measure or proposition, pending or proposed to be introduced into such Legislative Assembly, the person making such offer or promise shall be deemed guilty of solicitation of bribery. If any member of the Legislative Assembly, shall give his vote or iufluence for or against any measure or proposition, pending or proposed to be introduced into such Legislative Assembly, or offer, promise or assent so to do upon condition that any other member will give, promise or assent to give his vote or influence in favor of or against any other such measure or proposition pending or pro posed to be introduced into such Legislative Assembly, or in consideration that any other member hath given his vote or influence, for or against any other measure or propositiau in such Legislative Assembly, he shall be deemed guilty of bribery. And any person, member of the Legislative Assembly or person elected thereto, who shall be guilty of either such offenses, shall be expelled, and shall not, thereafter be eligible to the Legislative Assembly, and, on the conviction thereof in the civil courts, shall be liable to such further penalty as may be prescribed by law.
The term of service of the members of the Legislative Assembly shall begin on the first Tuesday in January next, after their election.
The members of the Legislative Assembly shall in all eases except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the sessions of their respective houses, and in going to or returning from the same. For wprds used in any speech or debate in either house, they shall not be questioned in any other place.
Any member who has a personal or private interest in any measure or bill proposed or pending before the Legislative Assembly, shall disclose the fact to the house of which he is a member, and shall not vote thereon without the consent of the house.
The Governor shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies as may occur in either house of the Legislative Assembly.
Each member of the Legislative Assembly shall receive as a compensation for his services for each session, five dollars per day, and ten cents for every mile of necessary travel in going to and returning from the place of the meeting of the Legislative Assembly, on the most usual route.
A majority of the members of each house shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members, in such a manner, and under such a penalty, as may be prescribed by law.
Each house shall be the judge of the election returns and qualifications of its own members.
Each house shall have the power to determine the rules of proceeding, and punish its members or other persons for contempt or disorderly behavior in its presence; to protect its members against violence or offers of bribes or private solicitation, and with the concurrence of two-thirds, to expel a member, and shall have all other powers necessary and usual in the Legislative Assembly of a free state. But no imprisonment by either house shall continue beyond thirty days. Punishment for contempt or disorderly behavior shall not bar a criminal prosecution for the same offense.
Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and the yeas and nays on any question shall be taken and entered on the journal at the request of one-sixth of those present.
The sessions of each house and of the Committee of the Whole shall be open unless the business is such as ought to be kept secret.
Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting, except in case of epidemic, pestilence or other great danger.
The Senate and House of Representatives jointly shall be designated as the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota.
The Legislative Assembly shall meet at the seat of government at 12 o'clock noon on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January, in the year next following the election of the members thereof.
In all elections to be made by the Legislative Assembly, or either house thereof, the members shall vote viva voce, and their votes shall be entered in the journal.
The sessions of the Legislative Assembly shall be biennial, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution.
No regular sessions of the Legislative Assembly shall exceed sixty days, except in case of impeachment, but the first session of the Legislative Assembly may continue for a period of one hundred and twenty days.
Any bill may originate in either house of tho Legislative Assembly, and a bill passed by one house may be amended by the other.
Section 58.
No law shall be passed, except by a bill adopted by both houses, and no bill shall be so altered and amended on its passage through either house as to change its original purpose.
The enacting clause of every law shall be as follows: Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota.
No bill for the appropriation of money, except for the expenses of the government, shall be introduced after the fortieth day of the session, except by unanimous consent of the house in which it is sought to be introduced.
No bill shall embrace more than one subject, which shall be expressed in its title, but a bill which violates this provision shall be invalidated thereby only as to so much thereof as shall not be so expressed.
The general appropriation bill shall embrace nothing but appropriations for the expenses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the State, interest on the public debt and for public schools. All other appropriations shall be made by separate bills, each embracing but one subject.
Section 63.
Every bill shall be read three several times, but the first and second readings, and those only, may be upon the same day; and the second reading may be by title of the bill unless a reading at length be demanded. The first and third readings shall be at length. No Legislative day shall be shorter than the natural day.
No bill shall be revised or amended, nor the provisions thereof extended or incorporated in any other bill by reference to its title only, but so much thereof as is revised, amended or extended or so incorporated, shall be re-enacted and published at length.
No bill shall become a law except by a vote of the majority of all the members elect in each house, nor unless, on its final passage, the vote be taken by yeas and nays, and the names of those voting be entered on the Journal.
The presiding officer of each house shall, in the presence of the house over which he presides, sign all bills and joint resolutions passed by the Legislative Assembly ; immediately before such signing their title shall be publicly read, and the fact of signing shall be at once entered on the Journal.
No act of the legislative assembly shall take effect until July first after the close of the session, unless the legislature by a vote of two-thirds of the members present and voting, in each house, shall declare it an emergency measure, which declaration shall be set forth in the act, provided, however, that no act granting a franchise or special privilege, or act creating any vested right or interest other than in the state, shall be declared an emergency measure. An emergency measure shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Governor.
The Legislative Assembly shall pass all laws necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Constitution.
Section 69.
The Legislative Assembly shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases, that is to say:
2. Laying out, opening, altering or working roads or highways, vacating roads, town plats, streets, alleys or public grounds.
3. Locating or changing county seats.
4. Regulating county or township affairs.
5. Regulating the practice of courts of justice.
6. Regulating the jurisdiction and duties of justices of the peace, police magistrates or constables.
7. Changing the rules of evidence in any trial or inquiry.
8. Providing for changes of venue in civil or criminal cases.
12. Providing for the management of common schools.
13. Regulating the rate of interest on money.
14. The opening or conducting of any election, or designating the place of voting.
15. The sale or mortgage of real estate belonging to minors or othere under disability.
18. Creating, increasing or decreasing fees, percentages or allowances of public officers.
21. For the punishment of crimes.
24. Affecting estates of deceased persons, minors or others under legal disabilities.
26. Refunding money into the State Treasury.
28. Legalizing, except as against the State, the unauthorized or invalid act of any officer.
29. Exempting property from taxation.
30. Restoring to citizenship persons convicted of infamous crimes.
32. Creating offices, or prescribing the powers or duties of officers in counties, cities, townships, election or school districts, or authorizing the adoption or legitimation of children.
33. Incorporation of cities, towns or villages, or changing or amending the charter of any town, city or village.
34. Providing for the election of members of the Board of Supervisors in townships, incorporated towns or cities.
In all other cases where a general law can be made applicable, no special law shall be enacted; nor shall the Legislative Assembly indirectly enact such special or local law by the partial repeal of a general law; but laws repealing local or special acts may be passed.
Section 71.
The executive power shall be vested in a Governor, who shall reside at the seat of government, and shall hold his office for the term of two years and until his successor is elected and duly qualified.
Section 72.
A Lieutenant Governor shall be elected at the same time and for the same term as the Governor. In case of the death, impeachment, resignation, failure to qualify, absence from the State, removal from office, or the disability of the Governor, the powers and duties of the office for the residue of the term, or until he shall be acquitted, or the disability be removed, shall devolve upon the Lieutenant Governor.
No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor unless he be a citizen of the United States, and a qualified elector of the State, who shall have attained the age of thirty years, and who shall have resided five years next preceding the election within the State or Territory, nor shall he be eligible to any other office during the term for which he shall have been elected.
The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be elected by the qualified electors of the State at the time and places of choosen members of the Legislative Assembly. The persons having the highest number of votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor respectively shall be declared elected, but if two or more shall have an equal and highest number of votes for Governor or Lieutenant Governor, the two houses of the Legislative Assembly at its next regular session shall forthwith, by joint ballot, choose one of such persons for said office. The returns of the election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be made in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.
The Governor shall be Commander-in-Chief of the military and naval forces of the State, except when they shall be called into the service of the United States, and may call out the same to execute the laws, suppress insurrection and repel invasion. He shall have power to convene the Legislative Assembly on ex traordinary occasions. He shall at the commencement of each session communicate to the Legislative Assembly by message, in formation of the condition of the State, and recommend such measures as he shall deem expedient. He shall transact all necessary business with the officers of the government, civil and military. He shall expedite all such measures as may be resolved upon by the Legislative Assembly, and shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.
The governor shall have power in conjunction with the board of pardons, of which the governor shall be ex-officio a member and the other members of which shall consist of the attorney general of the state of North Dakota, the chief justice of the supreme court of the state of North Dakota, and two qualified electors who shall be appointed by the governor, to remit fines and forfeitures, to grant reprieves, comumutations and pardons after conviction for all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment; but the legislative assembly may by law regulate the manner in which the remission of fines, pardons, commutations and reprieves may be applied for. Upon conviction of treason the governor shall have the power to suspend the execution of sentence until the case shall be reported to the legislative assembly at its next regular session, when the legislative assembly shall either pardon or commute the sentence, direct the execution of the sentence or grant further reprieve. The governor shall communicate to the legislative assembly at each regular session each case of remission of fine, reprieve, commutation or pardon granted by the board of pardons, stating the name of the convict, the crime for which he is convicted, the sentence and its date and the date of remission, commutation, pardon or reprieve, with their reasons for granting the same.
The Lieutenant Governor shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote unless they be equally divided. If, during a vacancy in the office of Governor, the Lieutenant Governor shall be impeached, displaced, resign or die, or from mental or physical disease, or otherwise become incapable of performing the duties of his office, the Secretary of State shall act as Governor until the vacancy shall be filled or the disability removed.
When any office shall from any cause become vacant, and no mode is provided by the Constitution or law for filling such vacancy, the Governor shall have power to fill such vacancy by appointment.
Every bill which shall have passed the Legislative Assembly shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the Governor. If he approve, he shall sign, but if not, he shall return it with his objections to the house in which it originated, which shall enter the objections at large upon the Journal and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of the members elect shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if it be approved by two-thirds of the members elect, it shall become a law; but in all such cases the vote of both houses shall be determined by the yeas and nays, and the names of the members voting for and against the bill shall be entered upon the Journal of each house respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor within three days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, unless the Legislative Assembly by its adjournment, prevent its return, in which case it shall be a law, unless he shall file the same with his objections in the office of the Secretary of State, within fifteen days after such adjournment.
The Governor shall have power to disapprove of any item or items, or part or parts of any bill making appropriations of money or property embracing distinct items, and the part or parts of the bill approved shall be the law, and the item or items, and part or parts disapproved shall be void, unless enacted in the following manner: If the Legislative Assembly be in session he shall transmit to the house in which the bill originated a copy of the item or items, or part or parts thereof disapproved, together with his objections thereto, and the items or parts objected to shall be separately reconsidered, and each item or part shall then take the same course as is prescribed for the passage of bills over the executive veto.
Any Governor of this State who asks, receives or agrees to receive any bribe upon any understanding that his official opinion, judgment or action shall be influenced thereby, or who gives or offers, or promises his official influence in consideration that any member of the Legislative Assembly shall give his official vote or influence on any particular side of any question or matter upon which he may be required to act in his official capacity, or who menaces any member by the threatened use of his veto power, or who offers or promises any member that he, the said Governor will appoint any particular person or persons to any office created or thereafter to be created, in consideration that any member shall give his official vote or influence on any matter pending or thereafter to be introduced into either house of said Legislative Assembly, or who threatens any member that he, the said Governor, will remove any person or persons from office or position with intent in any manner to influence the action of said member, shall be punished in the manner now or that may here after be provided by law, and upon conviction thereof shall forfeit all right to hold or exercise any office of trust or honor in this State.
There shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the State at the times and places of choosing members of the Legislative Assembly, a Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Commissioner of Insurance, three Commissioners of Railroads, one Attorney General and one Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor; who shall have attained the age of twenty-five years, shall be citizens of the United States, and shall have the qualifications of State electors. They shall severally hold their offices at the seat of government, for the term of two years and until their successors are elected and duly qualified, but no person shall be eligible to the office of Treasurer for more than two consecutive terms.
The powers and duties of the Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Ins:ruction, Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioners of Railroads, Attorney General and Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor, shall be as prescribed by law.
Until otherwise provided by law, the Governor shall receive an annual salary of three thousand dollars; the Lieutenant Governor shall receive an annual salary of one thousand dollars; the Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioners of Railroads and Attorney General shall each receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars; the salary of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor shall be as prescribed by law, but the salaries of any of the said officers shall not be increased or diminished during the period for which they shall have been elected, and all fees and profits arising from any of the said offices shall be covered into the State treasury.
The judicial power of the State of North Dakota shall be vested in a supreme court, district courts, county courts, justices of the peace, and in such other courts as may be created by law for cities, incorporated towns and villages.
[ Approved and ratified Nov. 3, 1908, effective Dec. 3, 1908 ]
The supreme court, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, shall have appellate jurisdiction only, which shall be co-extensive with the State and shall have a general superintending control over all inferior courts under such regulations and limitations as may be prescribed by law.
It shall have power to issue writs of habeas corpus, mandamus, quo warranto, certiorari, injunction, and such other original and remedial writs as may be necessary to the proper exercise of its jurisdiction, and shall have authority to hear and determine the same; Provided, however, that no jury trials shall be allowed in said supreme court, but in proper cases questions of fact may be sent by said court to a district court for trial.
Until otherwise provided by law three terms of the supreme court shall be held each year, one at the seat of government, one at Fargo, in the county of Cass, and one at Grand Forks, in the county of Grand Forks.
The Supreme Court shall consist of five judges, a majority of whom shall be necessary to form a quorum or pronounce a decision, but one or more of said, judges may adjourn the court from day to day or to a day certain, provided, however, that in no case shall any legislative enactment or law of the State of North Dakota be declared unconstitutional unless at least four of the judges shall so decide.
[ Approved and ratified Nov. 3, 1908, effective Dec. 3, 1908 ]
The judges of the supreme court shall be elected by the qualified electors of the State at large, and except as may be otherwise provided herein for the first election for judges under this Constitution, said judges shall be elected at general elections.
The term of office of the judges of the supreme court, except as in this article otherwise provided, shall be six years, and they shall hold their offices until their successors are duly qualified.
The judges of the supreme court shall, immediately after the first election under this Constitution, be classified by lot so that one shall hold his office for the term of three years, one for the term of five years and one for the term of seven years from the first Monday in December, A. D. 1889. The lots shall be drawn by the judges who shall for that purpose assemble at the seat of government, and they shall cause the result thereof to be certified to the Secretary of the Territory and filed in his office unless the Secretary of State of North Dakota shall have entered upon the duties of his office, in which event said certification shall be filed therein. The judge having the shortest term to serve, not holding his office by election or appointment to fill a vacancy, shall be Chief Justice and shall preside at all terms of the supreme court and in case of his absence the judge having in like manner the next shortest term to serve shall preside in his stead.
There shall be a clerk and also a reporter of the supreme court, who shall be appointed by the judges thereof, and who shall hold their offices during the pleasure of said judges, and whose duties and emoluments shall be prescribed by law and by rules of the supreme court not inconsistent with law. The Legislative Assembly shall make provision for the publication and distribution of the decisions of the supreme court and for the sale of the published volumes thereof.
No person shall be eligible to the office of judge of the supreme court unless he be learned in the law, be at least thirty years of age and a citizen of the United States, nor unless he shall have resided in this State or Territory of Dakota three years next preceding his election.
Whenever the population of the State of North Dakota shall equal six hundred thousand the Legislative Assembly shall have the power to increase the number of the judges of the supreme court to five, in which event a majority of said court, as thus increased, shall constitute a quorum.
Sec 96. No duties shall be imposed by law upon the supreme court or auy of the judges thereof, except such as are judicial, nor shall auy of the judges thereof exercise auy power of appointment except as herein provided.
The style of all process shall be “The State of North Dakota.” All prosecutions shall be carried ou in the name and by the authority of the State of North Dakota, and conclude “against the peace and dignity of the State of North Dakota.”
Any vacancy happening by death, resignation or otherwise in the office of judge of the supreme court shall be filled by appointment, by the Governor, which appointment shall continue until the first general election thereafter, when said vacancy shall be filled by election.
Section 99.
The judges of the supreme and district courts shall receive such compensation for their services as may be prescribed by law, which compensation shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which a judge shall have been elected.
In case a judge of the supreme court shall be in any way interested in a cause brought before said court, the remaining judges of said court shall call one of the district judges to sit with them on the hearing of said cause.
When a judgment or decree is reversed or confirmed by the supreme court every point fairly arising upon the record of the case shall be considered and decided, and the reasons there for shall be concisely stated in writing, signed by the judges concurring, filed in the office of the clerk of the supreme court and preserved with a record of the case. Any judge dissenting there from may give the reasons of his dissent in writing over his signature.
Section 102.
It shall be the duty of the court to prepare a syllabus of the points adjudicated in each case, which shall be concurred in by a majority of the judges thereof, and it shall be prefixed to the published reports of the case.
Section 103.
The district court shall have original jurisdiction, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, of all causes both at law and equity, and such appellate jurisdiction as may be conferred by law. They and the judges thereof shall also have jurisdiction and power to issue writs of habeas corpus, quo warranto, certiorari, injunction and other original and remedial writs, with authority to hear and determine the same.
Section 104.
The State shall be divided into Six Judicial Districts, in each of which there shall be elected at general elections, by the electors thereof, one judge of the district court therein, whose term of office shall be four years from the first Monday in January succeeding his election and until his successor is duly qualified. This section shall not be construed as governing the first election of district judges under this Constitution.
Until otherwise provided by law said districts shall be constituted as follows:
District No. One shall consist of the counties of Pembina, Cavalier, Walsh, Nelson and Grand Forks.
District No. Two shall consist of the counties of Ramsey, Towner, Benson, Pierce, Rolette, Bottineau, McHenry, Church, Renville, Ward, Stevens, Mountraille, Garfield, Flannery and Buford.
District No. Three shall consist of the counties of Cass, Steele and Traill.
District No. Four shall consist of the counties of Richland, Ransom, Sargent, Dickey and McIntosh.
District No. Five shall consist of the counties of Logan, LaMoure, Stutsman, Barnes, Wells, Foster, Eddy and Griggs.
District No. Six shall consist of the counties of Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Sheridan, McLean, Morton, Oliver, Mercer, Williams, Stark, Hettinger, Bowman, Billings, McKenzie, Dunn, Wallace and Allred, and that portion of the Sioux Indian Reservation lying north of the Seventh Standard parallel.
The Legislative Assembly may whenever two-thirds of the members of each house shall concur therein, but not oftener than once in four years, increase the number of said judicial districts and the judges thereof; such districts shall be formed from compact territory and bounded by county lines, but such increase or change in the boundaries of the districts shall not work the removal of any judge from his office during the term for which he may have been elected or appointed.
No person shall be eligible to the office of district judge, unless he be learned in the law, be at least twenty-five years of age, and a citizen of the United States, nor unless he shall have resided within the State or Territory of Dakota at least two years next preceding his election, nor unless he shall at the time of his election be an elector within the Judicial District for which he is elected.
There shall be a Clerk of the District Court in each organized county in which a court is holden who shall be elected by the qualified electors of the county, and shall hold his office for the same term as other county officers. He shall receive such compensation for his services as may be prescribed by law.
Writs of error and appeals may be allowed from the decisions of the district courts to the Supreme Court under such regulations as may be prescribed by law.
There shall be established in each county a county court, which shall be a court Of record open at all times and holden by one judge, elected by the electors of the county, and whose term of office shall be two years.
The County Court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction in probate and testamentary matters, the appointment of administrators and guardians, the settlement of the accounts of executors, administrators and guardians, the sale of lands by executors, administrators, and guardians, and such other probate jurisdiction as may be conferred by law; Provided, That whenever the voters of any county having a population of two thousand or over shall decide by a majority vote that they desire the jurisdiction of said court increased above that limited by this constitution, then said County Courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the District Courts in all civil actions where the amount in controversy does not exceed one thousand dollars, and in all criminal actions below the grade of felony, and in case it is decided by the voters of any county to so increase the jurisdiction of said county court, the jurisdiction in cases of misdemeanors arising under State laws which may have been conferred upon police magistrates, shall cease. The qualifications of the judge of the County Court in counties where the jurisdiction of said court shall have been increased shall be the same as those of the district judge, except he shall be a resident of the county at the time of his election, and said county judge shall receive such salary for his services as may be provided by law. In case the voters of any county decide to increase the jurisdiction of said county courts, then such jurisdiction as thus increased shall remain until otherwise provided by law.
The Legislative Assembly shall provide by law for the election of justices of the peace in each organized county within the state. But the number of said justices to be elected in each organized county shall be limited by law to such a number as shall be necessary for the proper administration of justice. The justices of the peace herein provided for shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in all civil actions when the amount in controversy, exclusive of costs, does not exceed two hundred dollars, and in counties where no county court with criminal jurisdiction exists they shall have such jurisdiction to hear and determine cases of misdemeanor as may be provided by law, but in no case shall said justices of the peace have jurisdiction when the boundaries of or title to real estate shall come in question. The Legislative Assembly shall have power to abolish the office of justice of the peace and confer that jurisdiction upon judges of county courts, or elsewhere.
The Legislative Assembly shall provide by law for the election of police magistrates in cities, incorporated towns, and villages, who in addition to their jurisdiction of all cases arising under the ordinances of said cities, towns and villages, shall be ex-officio justices of the peace of the county in which said cities, towns and villages may be located. And the Legislative Assembly may confer upon said police magistrates the jurisdiction to hear, try and determine all cases of misdemeanors, and the prosecutions therein shall be by information.
Appeals shall lie from the county court, final decisions of justices of the peace, and police magistrates in such cases and pursuant to such regulations as may be prescribed by law.
The time of holding courts in the several counties of a district shall be as prescribed by law, but at least two terms of the district court shall be held annually in each organized county, and the Legislative Assembly shall make provision for attaching unorganized counties or territories to organized counties for judicial purposes.
Judges of the district courts may hold court in other districts than their own under such regulations as shall be prescribed by law.
No judge of the supreme or district court shall act as attorney or counsellor at law.
Until the Legislative Assembly shall provide by law for fixing the terms of courts the judges of the supreme and district courts shall fix the terms thereof.
No judge of the supreme or district court shall be elected or appointed to any other than judicial offices or be eligible thereto during the term for which he was elected or appointed such judge. All votes or appointments for either of them for any elective or appointive office except that of judge of the supreme court, or district court, given by the Legislative Assembly or the people, shall be void.
Tribunals of conciliation may be established with such powers and duties as shall be prescribed by law, or the powers and duties of such may be conferred upon other courts of justice; but such tribunals or other courts when sitting as such, shall have no power to render judgment to be obligatory on the parties, unless they voluntarily submit their matters of difference and agree to abide the judgment of such tribunals or courts.
Every qualified elector, who shall have resided in the state one year, in the county 90 days and in the precinct 30 days next preceding any election, shall be entitled to vote at such election. Provided that where a qualified elector moves from one precinct to another within the state he shall be entitled to vote in the precinct from which he moves until he establishes his residence in the precinct to which he moves.
The Legislative Assembly shall be empowered to make further extensions of suffrage hereafter, at its discretion to all citizens of mature age and sound mind, not convicted of crime, without regard to sex; but no law extending or restricting the right of suffrage shall be enforced until adopted by a majority of the electors of the state voting at a general election.
Electors shall in all cases except treason, felony, breach of the peace or illegal voting, be privileged from arrest on the days of election during their attendance at, going to and returning from such election, and no elector shall be obliged to perform military duty on the day of election, except in time of war or public danger.
The general elections of the state shall be biennial, and shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November; Provided, That the first general election under this Constitution shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, A D. 1890.
No elector shall be deemed to have lost his residence in this state by reason of his absence on business of the United States or of this state, or in the military or naval service of the United States.
No soldier, seaman or marine in the army or navy of the United States shall be deemed a resident of this state in consequence of his being stationed therein.
No person who is under guardianship, non compos mentis or insane shall be qualified to vote at any election; nor any person convicted of treason or felony, unless restored to civil rights; and the legislature shall by law establish an educational test as a qualification, and may prescribe penalties for failing, neglecting or refusing to vote at any general election.
Any woman having the qualifications enumerated in section 121 of this article as to age, residence and citizenship, and including those now qualified by the laws of the territory, may vote for all school officers, and upon all questions pertaining solely to school matters, and be eligible to any school office.
All elections by the people shall be by secret ballot, subject to such regulations as shall be provided by law.
The Legislative Assembly shall provide by general law for the organization of municipal corporations, restricting their powers as to levying taxes and assessments, borrowing money and contracting debts, and money raised by taxation, loan or assessment for any purpose shall not be diverted to any other purpose except by authority of law.
No charter of incorporation shall be granted, changed or amended by special law, except in the case of such municipal, charitable, educational, penal or reformatory corporations as may be under the control of the state; but the Legislative Assembly shall provide by general laws for the organization of all corporations hereafter to be created, and any such law, so passed, shall be subject to future repeal or alteration.
All existing charters or grants of special or exclusive privileges, under which a bona fide organization shall not have taken place and business been commenced in good faith at the time this Constitution takes effect, shall thereafter have no validity.
The Legislative Assembly shall not remit the forfeiture of the charter to any corporation now existing, nor alter or amend the same, nor pass any other general of special law for the benefit of such corporation, except upon the condition that such corporation shall thereafter hold its charter subject to the provisions of this constitution.
The exercise of the right of eminent domain shall never be abridged, or so construed as to prevent the Legislative Assembly from taking the property and franchises of incorporated companies and subjecting them to public use, the same as the property of individuals; and the exercise of the police power of this State shall never be abridged, or so construed as to permit corporations to conduct their business in such a manner as to infringe the equal rights of individuals or the general well-being of the State.
In all elections for directors or managers of a corporation, each member or shareholder may cast the whole number of his votes for one candidate, or distribute them upon two or more candidates, as he may prefer, provided, any co-operative corporation may adopt by-laws limiting the voting power of its stockholders.
No foreign corporation shall do business in this state without having one or more places of business and an authorized agent or agents in the same, upon whom process may be served.
No corporation shall engage in any business other than that expressly authorized in its charter.
No corporation shall issue stock or bonds except for money, labor done, or money or property actually received; and all fictitious increase of stock or indebtedness shall be void. The stock and indebtedness of corporations shall not be increased except in pursuance of general law, nor without the consent of the persons holding the larger amount in value of the stock first obtained at a meeting to be held after sixty days' notice given in pursuance of law.
No law shall be passed by the Legislative Assembly granting the right to construct and operate a street railroad, telegraph, telephone or electric light plant within any city, town or incorporated village, without requiring the consent of the local authorities having the control of the street or highway proposed to be occupied for such purposes.
Every railroad corporation organized and doing business in this state, under the laws or authority thereof, shall have and maintain a public office or place in the state for the transaction of its business, where transfers of its stock shall be made and in which shall be kept for public inspection, books in which shall be recorded the amount of capital stock subscribed, and by whom, the names of the owners of its stock and the amount owned by them respectively; the amount of stock paid in and by whom, and the transfers of said stock; the amounts of its assets and liabilities and the names and place of residence of its officers. The directors of every railroad corporation shall annually make a report, under oath, to the auditor of public accounts, or some officer or officers to be designated by law, of all their acts and doings, which report shall include such matters relating to railroads as may be prescribed by law, and the Legislative Assembly shall pass laws enforcing by suitable penalties the provisions of this section. Providing the provisions of this section shall not be so construed as to apply to foreign corporations.
No railroad corporation shall consolidate its stock, property or franchises with any other railroad corporation owning a parallel or competing line; and in no case shall any consolidation take place except upon public notice given at least sixty days to all stockholders, in such manner as may be provided by law. Any attempt to evade the provisions of this section, by any railroad corporation, by lease or otherwise, shall work a forfeiture of its charter.
Railways heretofore constructed or that may hereafter be constructed in this state are hereby declared public highways, and all railroad, sleeping car, telegraph, telephone and transportation companies of passengers, intelligence and freight, are declared to be common carriers and subject to legislative control; and the Legislative Assembly shall have power to enact laws regulating and controlling the rates of charges for the transportation of passengers, intelligence and freight, as such common carriers from one point to another in this State; Provided, That appeal may be had to courts of this State from the rate so fixed; but the rates fixed by the Legislative Assembly or Board of Railroad Commissioners shall remain in full force pending the decision of the courts.
Any association or corporation organized for the purpose shall have the right to construct and operate a railroad between any points within this state, and to connect at the state line with the railroads of other states. Every railroad company shall have the right with its road to intersect, connect with or cross any other; and shall receive and transport each other's passengers, tonnage and cars, loaded or empty, without delay or discrimination.
The term “corporation,” as used in this article, shall not be understood as embracing municipalities or political subdivisions of the State unless otherwise expressly stated, but it shall be held and construed to include all associations and joint stock companies having any of the powers or privileges of corporations not possessed by individuals or partnerships.
If a general banking law be enacted, it shall provide for the registry and countersigning by an officer of the State, of all notes or bills designed for circulation, and that ample security to the full amount thereof shall be deposited with the State Treasurer for the redemption of such notes or bills.
Any combination between individuals, corporations, associations, or either having for its object or effect the controlling of the price of any product of the soil or any article of manufacture or commerce, or the cost of exchange or transportation, is prohibited and hereby declared unlawful and against public policy; and any and all franchises heretofore granted or extended, or that may hereafter be granted or extended in this state, when ever the owner or owners thereof violate this article shall be deemed annulled and become void.
A high degree of intelligence, patriotism, integrity and morality on the part of every voter in a government by the people being necessary in order to insure the continuance of that government and the prosperity and happiness of the people, the Legislative Assembly shall make provision for the establishment and maintenance of a system of public schools which shall be open to all children of the state of North Dakota and free from sectarian control. This legislative requirement shall be irrevocable without the consent of the United States and the people of North Dakota.
The Legislative Assembly shall provide at their first session, after the adoption of this Constitution, for a uniform system of free public schools throughout the state; beginning with the primary and extending through all grades up to and including the normal and collegiate course.
In all schools instruction shall be given as far as practicable in those branches of knowledge that tend to impress upon the mind the vital importance of truthfulness, temperance, purity, public spirit, and respect for honest labor of every kind.
A Superintendent of Schools for each county shall be elected every two years, whose qualifications, duties, powers and compensation shall be fixed by law.
The Legislative Assembly shall take such other steps as may be necessary to prevent illiteracy, secure a reasonable degree of uniformity in course of study, and to promote industrial, scientific and agricultural improvement.
All colleges, universities and other educational institutions, for the support of which lands have been granted to this state, or which are supported by a public tax, shall remain under the absolute and exclusive control of the State. No money raised for the support of the public schools of the State shall be appropriated to or used for the support of any sectarian school.
All proceeds of the public lands that have hereto fore been, or may hereafter be granted by the United States for the support of the common schools in this state; all such percentum as may be granted by the United States on the sale of public lands; the proceeds or property that shall fall to the state by escheat; the proceeds of all gifts and donations to the state for common schools, or not otherwise appropriated by the terms of the gift, and all other property otherwise acquired for common schools, shall be and remain a perpetual fund for the maintenance of the common schools of the state. It shall be deemed a trust fund, the principal of which shall forever remain inviolate and may be increased but never diminished. The state shall make good all losses thereof.
The interest and income of this fund together with the net proceeds of all fines for violation of state laws, and all other sums which may be added thereto by law, shall be faithfully used and applied each year for the benefit of the common schools of the state, and shall be for this purpose apportioned among and between all the several common school corporations of the state in proportion to the number of children in each of school age, as may be fixed by law; and no part of the fund shall ever be diverted, even temporarily, from this purpose or used for any other purpose whatever than the maintenance of common schools for the equal benefit of all the people of the state ; Provided, however, That if any portion of the interest or income aforesaid be not expended during any year, said portion shall be added to and become a part of the school fund.
After one year from the assembling of the first Legislative Assembly, the lands granted to the state from the United States for the support of the common schools, may be sold upon the following conditions and no other: No more than one-fourth of all such lands shall be sold within the first five years after the same become saleable by virtue of this section. No more than one-half of the remainder within ten years after the same become saleable as aforesaid. The residue may be sold at any time after the expiration of said ten years. The Legislative Assembly shall provide for the sale of all school lands subject to the provisions of this article. The coal lands of the State shall never be sold, but the Legislature Assembly may, by general laws, provide for leasing the same. The words “coal lands” shall include lands bearing lignite coal.
The Superintendent of Public Instruction, Governor, Attorney-General, Secretary of State and State Auditor, shall constitute a Board of Commissioners, which shall be denominated the “Board of University and School Lands,” and, subject to the provisions of this article and any law that may be passed by the Legislative Assembly, said board shall have control of the appraisement, sale, rental and disposal of all school and university lands, and shall direct the investment of the funds arising therefrom in the hands of the State Treasurer, under the limitations in section 160 of this article.
The county superintendent of common schools, the chairman of the county board, and the county auditor shall constitute boards of appraisal and under the authority of the State Board of University and School Lands shall appraise all school lands within their respective counties which they may from time to time recommend for sale at their actual value under the prescribed terms and shall first select and designate for sale the most valuable lands.
No land shall be sold for less than the appraised value, and in no case for less than ten dollars per acre. The purchaser shall pay one-fifth of the price in cash, and the remaining four-fifths as follows: One-fifth in five years, one-fifth on or before the expiration of ten years, one-fifth on or before the expiration of fifteen years, and one-fifth on or before the expiration of twenty years, with interest at the rate of not less than five per cent per annum, payable annually in advance; provided, that when payments are made before due they shall be made at an interest paying date, and one year's interest in advance shall be paid on all moneys so paid. All sales shall be held at the county seat of the county in which the land to be sold is situated, and shall be at public auction and to the highest bidder, after sixty days' advertisement of the same in a newspaper of general circulation in the vicinity of the land to be sold, and one at the seat of government. Such lands as shall not have been specially subdivided shall be offered in tracts of one-quarter section, and those subdivided in the smallest subdivisions. All lands designated for sale and not sold within two years after appraisal shall be reappraised before they are sold. No grant or patent for such lands shall issue until payment is made for the same; provided that the land contracted to be sold by the state shall be subject to taxation from the date of contract. In case the taxes assessed against any of said lands for any year remain unpaid until the first Monday in October of the following year, then thereupon the contract of sale for such lands shall, if the board of university and school lands so determine, become null and void. Any lands under the provisions of section 158 of the constitution of the state of North Dakota that have heretofore been sold, may be paid for, except as to interest, as provided, further, that any school or institution lands that may be required for townsite purposes, school house sites, church sites, cemetery sites, sites for other educational or charitable institutions, public parks, fair grounds, public highways, railroad right of way, or for other railroad uses and purposes, reservoirs for the storage of water for irrigation, drain ditches or irrigation ditches, and lands that may be required for any of the purposes over which the right of eminent domain may be exercised under the constitution and the laws of the state of North Dakota, may be sold under the provisions of this section, and shall be paid for, principal and interest, in full in advance, at the time of sale, or at any time thereafter, and patent issued therefor, when principal and interest are paid.
[ Approved and ratified Nov. 3, 1908, effective Dec. 3, 1908 ]
All land, money or other property donated, granted or received from the United States or any other source for a University, School of Mines, Reform School, Agricultural College, Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Normal School or other educational or charitable institution or purpose, and the proceeds of all such lands and other property so received from any source, shall be and remain perpetual funds, the interest and income of which together with the rents of all such land as may remain unsold shall be inviolably appropriated and applied to the specific objects of the original grants or gifts. The principal of every such fund may be increased but shall never be diminished, and the interest and income only shall be used. Every such fund shall be deemed a trust fund held by the state, and the state shall make good all losses thereof.
All lands mentioned in the preceding section shall be appraised and sold in the same manner and under the same limitations and subject to all the conditions as to price and sale as provided above for the appraisal and sale of lands for the benefit of common schools; but a distinct and separate account shall be kept by the proper officers of each of said funds; Provided, That the limitations as to the time in which school land may be sold shall apply only to lands granted for the support of common schools.
The legislative assembly shall have authority to provide by law for the leasing of lands granted to the state for educational and charitable purposes; but no such law shall authorize the leasing of said lands for a longer period than five years. Said lands shall only be leased for pasturage and meadow purposes and at a public auction after notice as heretofore provided in case of sale; provided, that all of said school lands now under cultivation may be leased, at the discretion and under the control of the Board of University and School Lands, for other than pasturage and meadow purposes until sold. All rents shall be paid in advance.
Provided, further, that coal lands may also be leased for agricultural cultivation upon such terms and conditions and for such a period, not exceeding five years, as the legislature may provide.
The moneys of the permanent school fund and other educational funds shall be invested only in bonds of school corporations or of counties, or of townships, or of municipalities within the state, bonds issued for the construction of drains under authority of law within the state, bonds of the United States, bonds of the State of North Dakota, or on first mortgages on farm lands in this state, not exceeding in amount one-half of the actual value of any sub-division on which the same may be loaned, such value to be determined by the board of appraisal of school lands.
[ Approved and ratified Nov. 3, 1908, effective Dec. 3, 1908 ]
No law shall ever be passed by the Legislative Assembly granting to any person, corporation or association any privileges by reason of the occupation, cultivation or improvement of any public lands by said person, corporation or association subsequent to the survey thereof by the general government. No claim for the occupation, cultivation or improvement of any public lands shall ever be recognized, nor shall such occupation, cultivation or improvement of any public lands ever be used to diminish either directly or indirectly the purchase price of said lands.
The Legislative Assembly shall have authority to provide by law for the sale or disposal of all public lands that have been heretofore, or may hereafter be granted by the United States to the state for purposes other than set forth and named in sections 153 and 159 of this article. And the Legislative Assembly in providing for the appraisement, sale, rental and disposal of the same shall not be subject to the provisions and limitations of this article.
The Legislative Assembly shall pass suitable laws for the safekeeping, transfer and disbursement of the state school funds; and shall require all officers charged with the same or the safe keeping thereof to give ample bonds for all moneys and funds received by them, and if any of said officers shall convert to his own use in any manner or form, or shall loan with or without interest or shall deposit in his own name, or otherwise than in the name of the state of North Dakota or shall deposit in any banks or with any person or persons, or exchange for other funds or property any portion of the school funds aforesaid or purposely allow any portion of the same to remain in his own hands uninvested except in the manner prescribed by law, every such act shall constitute an embezzlement of so much of the aforesaid school funds as shall be thus taken or loaned, or deposited, or exchanged, or withheld and shall be a felony; and any failure to pay over, produce or account for, the state school funds or any part of the same entrusted to any such officer, as by law required or demanded, shall be held and be taken to be prima facie evidence of such embezzlement.
The several counties in the Territory of Dakota lying north of the Seventh Standard Parallel, as they now exist, are hereby declared to be counties of the State of North Dakota.
The Legislative Assembly shall provide by general law for organizing new counties, locating the county seats thereof temporarily, and changing county lines; but no new county shall be organized nor shall any organized county be so reduced as to include an area of less than twenty-four congressional townships, and containing a population of less than one thousand bona fide inhabitants. And in the organization of new counties and in changing the lines of organized counties and boundaries of congressional townships the natural boundaries shall be observed as nearly as may be.
All changes in the boundaries of organized counties before taking effect shall be submitted to the electors of the county or counties, to be effected thereby at a general election and be adopted by a majority of all the legal votes cast in each county at such election; and in case any portion of an organized county is stricken off and added to another, the county to which such portion is added shall assume and be holden for an equitable proportion of the indebtedness of the county so reduced.
The Legislative Assembly shall provide by general law for changing county seats in organized counties, but it shall have no power to remove the county seat of any organized county.
The Legislative Assembly shall provide by general law for township organization under which any county may organ ize whenever a majority of the legal voters of such county, voting at a general election shall so determine, and whenever any county shall adopt township organization, so much of this Constitution as provides for the management of the fiscal concerns of said county by the board of county commissioners may be dispensed with by a majority vote of the people voting at any general election; and the affairs of said county may be transacted by the chairmen of the several township boards of said county, and such others as may be provided by law for incorporated cities, towns or villages within such county.
In any county that shall have adopted a system of government by the chairmen of the several township boards, the question of continuing the same may be submitted to the electors of such county at a general election in such a manner as may be provided by law, and if a majority of all the votes cast upon such question shall be against said system of government, then such system shall cease in said county, and the affairs of said county shall then be transacted by a board of county commissioners as is now provided by the laws of the Territory of Dakota.
Until the system of county government by the chair men of the several township boards is adopted by any county the fiscal affairs of said county shall be transacted by a board of county commissioners; said board shall consist of not less than three and not more than five members whose terms of office shall be' prescribed by law. Said board shall hold sessions for the transaction of county business as shall be provided by law.
At the first general election held after the adoption of this Constitution, and every two years thereafter, there shall be elected in each organized county in the State, a county judge, clerk of court, register of deeds, county auditor, treasurer, sheriff and states attorney, who shall be electors of the county in which they are elected and who shall hold their office until their successors are elected and qualified. The Legislative Assembly shall provide by law for such other county, township and district officers as may be deemed necessary, and shall prescribe the duties and compensation of all county, township and district officers. The sheriff and treasurer of any county shall not hold their respective offices for more than four years in succession.
The Legislative Assembly shall provide for raising revenue sufficient to defray the expenses of the state for each year, not to exceed in any one year four (4) mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of all taxable property in the state, to be ascertained by the last assessment made for state and county purposes, and also a sufficient sum to pay the interest on the state debt.
No tax shall be levied except in pursuance of law, and every law imposing a tax shall state distinctly the object of the same, to which only it shall be applied.
Taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of property; including franchises within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax. The legislature may by law exempt any or all classes of personal property from taxation and within the meaning of this section, fixtures, buildings and improvements of every character, whatsoever, upon land shall be deemed personal property. The property of the United States and of the state, county and municipal corporations and property used exclusively for school, religious, cemetery, charitable or other public purposes shall be exempt from taxation. Except as restricted by this Article, the legislature may provide for raising revenue and fixing the situs of all property for the purpose of taxation. Provided that all taxes and exemptions in force when this amendment is adopted shall remain in force until otherwise provided by statute.
The legislature may by law provide for the levy and collection of an acreage tax on lands within the state in addition to the limitations specified in Section 174 in Article 11 of the Constitution. The proceeds of such tax shall be used to indemnify the owners of growing crops against damages by hail, provided that lands used exclusively for public roads, rights of way of common carriers, mining, manufacturing or pasturage may be exempt from such tax.
The power of taxation shall never be surrendered or suspended by any grant or contract to which the State or any county or other municipal corporation shall be a party.
All taxable property except as hereinafter in this Section provided, shall be assessed in the county, city, township, village or district in which it is situated, in the manner prescribed by law. The property, including franchises of all railroads operated in this state, and of all express companies, freight line companies, dining car companies, sleeping car companies, car equipment companies, or private car line companies, telegraph or telephone companies or corporations operating in this state and used directly or indirectly in the carrying of persons, property or messages, shall be assessed by the State Board of Equalization in a manner prescribed by such state board or commission as may be provided by law. But should any railroad allow any portion of its railway to be used for auy purposes other than the operation of a railroad thereon, such portion of its railway, while so used shall be assessed in a manner provided for the assessment of other real property.
The Legislative Assembly may provide for the levy, collection and disposition of an annual poll tax of not more than one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) on every male inhabitant of this state over twenty-one and under fifty years of age, except paupers, idiots, insane persons and Indians not taxed.
The Legislative Assembly shall pass all laws necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.
ARTICLE XII. Public Debt and Public Works.
The state may issue or guarantee the payment of bonds, provided that all bonds in excess of two million dollars shall be secured by first mortgages upon real estate in amounts not to exceed one-half of its value; or upon real and personal property of state-owned utilities, enterprises or industries, in amounts not exceeding its value, and, provided further, that the state shall not issue or guarantee bonds upon property of state-owned utilities, enterprises or industries in excess of ten million dollars.
No future indebtedness shall be incurred by the state unless evidenced by a bond issue, which shall be authorized by law for certain purposes, to be clearly defined. Every law authorizing a bond issue shall provide for levying an annual tax, or make other provision, sufficient to pay the interest semi-annually, and the principal within thirty years from the passage of such law, and shall specially appropriate the proceeds of such tax, or of such other provisions, to the payment of said principal and interest, and such appropriation shall not be repealed nor the tax or other provisions discontinued until such debt, both principal and interest, shall have been paid. No debt in excess of the limit named herein shall be incurred except for the purpose of repelling invasion, suppressing insurrection, defending the state in time of war or to provide for the public defense in case of threatened hostilities.
The debt of any county, township, city, town, school district or any other political subdivision, shall never exceed the per centum upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein; provided that any incorporated city may, by a two-thirds vote, increase such indebtedness three per centum on such assessed value beyond said five per centum limit, and a school district, by a majority vote may increase such indebtedness five per cent on such assessed value beyond said five per centum limit; provided also that any county or city by a majority vote may issue bonds upon any revenue producing utility owned by such county or city, or for the purchasing or acquiring the same or building or establishment thereof, in amounts not exceeding the physical value of such utility, industry or enterprise.
In estimating the indebtedness which a city, county, township, school district or any other political subdivision may incur, the entire amount, exclusive of the bonds upon said revenue producing utilities, whether contracted prior or subsequent to the adoption of this constitution, shall be included; provided further that any incorporated city may become indebted in any amount not exceeding four per centum of such assessed value without regard to the existing indebtedness of such city for the purpose of constructing or purchasing waterworks for furnishing a supply of water to the inhabitants of such city, or for the purpose of constructing sewers, and for no other purpose whatever. All bonds and obligations in excess of the amount of indebtedness permitted by this constitution, given by any city, county, township, town, school district, or any other political subdivision shall be void.
Any city, county, township, town, school district or any other political subdivision incurring indebtedness shall, at or before the time of so doing, provide for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest and also the principal thereof when due, and all laws or ordinances providing for the payment of the interest or principal of any debt shall be irrepealable until such debt be paid.
The state, any county or city may make internal improvements and may engage in any industry, enterprise or business not prohibited by Article 20 of the Constitution, but neither the state nor any political subdivision thereof shall otherwise loan or give its credit or make donations to or in aid of any individual, association or corporation except for reasonable support of the poor, nor subscribe to or become the owner of capital stock in any association or corporation.
No money shall be paid out of the state treasury except upon appropriation by law and on warrant drawn by the proper officer and no bills, claims, accounts or demands against the state, or any county or other political subdivision, shall be audited, allowed or paid until a full itemized statement in writing shall be filed with the officer or officers, whose duty it may be to audit the same.
No bond or evidence of indebtedness of the state shall be valid unless the same shall have indorsed thereon a certificate, signed by the Auditor and Secretary of State showing that the bond or evidence of debt is issued pursuant to and is within the debt limit. No bond or evidence of debt of any county, or bond of any township or other political subdivision shall be valid unless the same have endorsed thereon a certificate signed by the county auditor, or other officer authorized by law to sign such certificate, stating that said bond, or evidence of debt, is issued pursuant to law and is within the debt limit.
The milita of this State shall consist of all able- bodied male persons residing in the state, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, except such as may be exempted by the laws of the United States or of this State. Persons whose religions tenets or conscientious scruples forbid them to bear arms shall not be compelled to do so in times of peace, but shall pay an equivalent for a personal service.
The milita shall be enrolled, organized, uniformed, armed and disciplined in such a manner as shall be provided by law, not incompatible with the Constitution or laws of the United States.
The Legislative Assembly shall provide by law for the establishment of volunteer organizations of the several arms of the service, which shall be classed as active militia; and no other organized body of armed men shall be permitted to perform military duty in this State except the army of the United States without the proclamation of the Governor of the State.
All militia officers shall be appointed or elected in such a manner as the Legislative Assembly shall provide.
The commissioned officers of the militia shall be commissioned by the Governor, and no commissioned officer shall be removed from office except by sentence of court martial, pursuant to law.
The militia forces shall in all cases, except treason, felony or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at musters, parades and elections of officers, and in going to and returning from the same.
The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment. The concurrence of a majority of all members elected shall be necessary to an impeachment.
All impeachments shall be tried by the senate. When sitting for that purposes the senators shall be upon oath or affirmation to do justice according to the law and evidence. No person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members elected. When the Governor or Lieutenant Governor is on trial, the presiding judge of the supreme court shall preside.
The Governor and other state and judicial officers, except county judges, justices of the peace, and police magistrates, shall be liable to impeachment for habitual drunkenness, crimes, corrupt conduct, or malfeasance or misdemeanor in office, but judgment in such cases shall not extend further than removal from office and disqualification to hold any office of trust, or profit under the state. The person accused, whether convicted or acquitted, shall nevertheless be liable to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment according to law.
All officers not liable to impeachment shall be subject to removal for misconduct, malfeasance, crime or misdemeanor in office, or for habitual drunkenness or gross incompetency in such manner as may be provided by law.
No officer shall exercise the duties of his office after he shall have been impeached and before his acquittal.
On trial of impeachment against the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor shall not act as a member of the court.
No person shall be tried on impeachment before he shall have been served with a copy thereof, at least twenty days previous to the day set for trial.
No person shall be liable to impeachment twice for the same offense.
Any amendment or amendments to the constitution of the state may be proposed in either house of the legislature, and if the same shall be agreed to upon roll call by a majority of the members elected to each house, it shall be submitted to the electors and if a majority of the votes cast thereon are affirmative, such amendment shall be a part of this constitution.
Amendments to the constitution of the state may also be proposed by an initiative petition of the electors; such petition shall be signed by twenty thousand electors at large and shall be filed with the Secretary of State at least one hundred twenty days prior to the election at which they are to be voted upon, and any amendment, or amendments so proposed, shall be submitted to the electors and become a part of the constitution, if a majority of the votes cast thereon are affirmative. All provisions of the constitution relating to the submission and adoption of measures by initiative petition, and on referendum petition shall apply to the submission and adoption of amendments to the constitution of the state.
The following article shall be irrevocable without the consent of the United States and the people of this State.
First. Perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and no inhabitant of this state shall ever be molested in person or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship.
Second. The people inhabiting this state do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundaries thereof, and to all lands lying within said limits owned or held by any Indian or Indian tribes, and that until the title thereto shall have been extinguished by the United States, the same shall be and remain subject to the disposition of the United States, and that said Indian lands shall remain under the absolute jurisdiction and control of the Congress of the United States; that the lands belonging to citizens of the United States residing without this state shall never be taxed at a higher rate than the lands belonging to residents of this state; that no taxes shall be imposed by this state on lands or property therein, belonging to, or which may hereafter be purchased by, the United States, or reserved for its use. But nothing in this article shall preclude this state from taxing as other lands are taxed, any lands owned or held by any Indian who has severed his tribal relations, and has obtained from the United States or from any person, a title thereto, by patent or other grant, save and except such lands as have been or may be granted to any Indian or Indians under any acts of congress containing a provision exempting the lands thus granted from taxation, which ast mentioned lands shall be exempt from taxation so long, and to such an extent, as is, or may be provided in the act of congress granting the same.
Third. In order that payment of the debts and liabilities contracted or incurred by and in behalf of the Territory of Dakota may be justly and equitably provided for and made, and in pursuance of the requirements of an act of congress approved February 22, 1889, entitled “An act to provide for the division of Dakota into two states and to enable the people of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington to form constitutions and state governments and to be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, and to make donations of public lands to such states,” the states of North Dakota and South Dakota, by proceedings of a joint commission, duly appointed under said act, the sessions whereof were held at Bismarck in said State of North Dakota, from July 16, 1889, to July 31, 1889, inclusive, have agreed to the following adjustment of the amounts of the debts and liabilities of the Territory of Dakota which shall be assumed and paid by each of the States of North Dakota and South Dakota, respectively, to-wit: This agreement shall take effect and be in force from and after the admission into the Union, as one of the United States of America, of either the State of North Dakota or the State of South Dakota.
The words “State of North Dakota” wherever used in this agreement, shall be taken to mean the Territory of North Dakota in case the State of South Dakota shall be admitted into the Union prior to the admission into the Union of the State of North Dakota; and the words “State of South Dakota,” wherever used in this agreement, shall be taken to mean the Territory of South Dakota in case the State of North Dakota shall be admitted into the Union prior to the admission into the Union of the State of South Dakota.
The said State of North Dakota shall assume and pay all bonds issued by the Territory of Dakota to provide funds for the purchase, construction, repairs or maintenance of such public institutions, grounds or buildings as are located within the boundaries of North Dakota, and shall pay all warrants issued under and by virtue of that certain Act of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota, approved March 8, 1889, entitled “An Act to provide for the refunding of outstanding warrants drawn on the Capitol Building Fund.”
The said State of South Dakota shall assume and pay all bonds issued by the Territory or Dakota to provide funds for the purchase, construction, repairs or maintenance of such public institutions, grounds or buildings as are located within the boundaries of South Dakota.
That is to say: The State of North Dakota shall assume and pay the following bonds and indebtedness, to-wit:
Bonds issued on account of the Hospital for Insane at Jamestown, North Dakota, the face aggregate of which is $266,000; also bonds issued on account of the North Dakota University at Grand Forks, North Dakota, the face aggregate of which is $96,700; also, bonds issued on account of the Penitentiary at Bismarck, North Dakota, the face aggregate of which is $93,600; also, refunding Capitol Building warrants dated April 1, 1889, $83,507.46.
And the State of South Dakota shall assume and pay the following bonds and indebtedness, to-wit:
Bonds issued on account of the Hospital for the Insane at Yankton, South Dakota, the face aggregate of which is $210,000; also, bonds issued on account of the School for Deaf Mutes, at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the face aggregate of which is $51,000; also, bonds issued on account of the University at Vermillion, South Dakota, the face aggregate of which is $75,000; also, bonds issued on account of the Penitentiary at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the face aggregate of which is $94,300; also, bonds issued on account of the Agricultural College at Brookings, South Dakota, the face aggregate of which is $97,500; also, bonds issued on account of the Normal School at Madison, South Dakota, the face aggregate of which is $49,400; also, bonds issued on account of the School of Mines at Rapid City, South Dakota, the face aggregate of which is $33,000; also, bonds issued on account of the Reform School at Plankinton, South Dakota, the face aggregate of which is $30,000; also, bonds issued on account of the Normal School at Spearfish, South Dakota, the face aggregate of which is $25,000; also bonds issued on account of the Soldiers' Home at Hot Springs, South Dakota, the face aggregate of which is $45,000.
The States of North Dakota and South Dakota shall pay one- half each of all liabilities now existing or hereafter and prior to the taking effect of this agreement incurred, except those hereto fore or hereafter incurred on account of public institutions, grounds or buildings, except as otherwise herein specifically provided.
The State of South Dakota shall pay to the State of North Dakota $46,500, on account of the excess of Territorial appropriations for the permanent improvement of territorial institutions which under this agreement will go to South Dakota, and in full of the undivided one-half interest of North Dakota in the territorial library, and iu full settlement of unbalanced accounts, and of all claims against the territory, of whatever nature, legal or equitable, arising out of the alleged erroneous or unlawful taxation of Northern Pacific Railroad lands, and the payment of said amount shall discharge and exempt the State of South Dakota from all liability for or on account of the several matters herein before referred to; nor shall either state be called upon to pay or answer to any portion of liability hereafter arising or accruing on account of transactions heretofore had, which liability would be a liability of the Territory of Dakota had such territory remained in existence, and which liability shall grow out of matters connected with any public institutions, grounds or buildings of the territory situated or located within the boundaries of the other state.
A final adjustment of accounts shall be made upon the following basis: North Dakota shall be charged with all sums paid on account of the public institutions, grounds or buildings located within its boundaries on account of the current appropriations since March 9, 1889, and South Dakota shall be charged with all sums paid on account of public institutions, grounds or buildings located within its boundaries on the same account and during the same time. Each state shall be charged with one-half of all other expenses of the territorial government during the same time. All moneys paid into the treasury during the period from March 8, 1889, to the time of taking effect of this agreement by any county, municipality or person within the limits of the proposed state of North Dakota, shall be credited to the State of North Dakota; and all sums paid into said treasury within the same time by any county, municipality or person within the limits of the proposed State of South Dakota shall be credited to the State of South Dakota; except that any and all taxes on gross earnings paid into said treasury by railroad corporations, since the 8th day of March, 1889, based upon earnings of years prior to 1888, under and by virtue of the act of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota, approved March 7, 1889, and entitled “An Act providing for the levy and collection of taxes upon property of railroad companies in this Territory,” being Chapter 107 of the Session Laws of 1889, (that is, the part of such sums going to the Territory) shall be equally divided between the States of North Dakota and South Dakota; and all taxes heretofore or here after paid into said treasury under and by virtue of the act last mentioned, based on the gross earnings of the year 1888, shall be distributed as already provided by law, except that so much thereof as goes to the territorial treasury shall be divided as fol lows: North Dakota shall have so much thereof as shall be or has been paid by railroads within the limits of the proposed State of North Dakota, and South Dakota so much thereof as shall be or has been paid by railroads within the limits of the proposed State of South Dakota; each state shall be credited also with all balances of appropriations made by the Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota for the account of the public institutions, grounds or buildings situated within its limits, remaining unexpended on March 8, 1889. If there shall be any indebtedness except the indebtedness represented by the bonds and refunding warrants hereinbefore mentioned, each state shall at the time of such final adjustment of accounts, assume its share of said indebtedness as determined by the amount paid on account of the public institutions, grounds or buildings of such state in excess of the receipts from counties, municipalities, railroad corporations or persons within the limits of said state, as provided in this article ; and if there should be a surplus at the time of such final adjustment, each state shall be entitled to the amounts received from counties, municipalities, railroad corporations or persons within its limits over and above the amount charged it. And the State of North Dakota hereby obligates itself to pay such part of the debts and liabilities of the Territory of Dakota as is declared by the foregoing agreement to be its proportion thereof, the same as if such proportion had been originally created by said State of North Dakota as its own debt or liability.
Jurisdiction is ceded to the United States over the military reservations of Fort Abraham Lincoln, Fort Buford, Fort Pembina and Fort Totten, heretofore declared by the President of the United States; Provided, Legal process, civil and criminal, of this state, shall extend over such reservations in all cases in which exclusive jurisdiction is not vested in the United States, or of crimes not committed within the limits of such reservations.
The State of North Dakota hereby accepts the several grants of land granted by the United States to the State of North Dakota by an act of congress entitled “An act to provide for the division of Dakota into two states, and to enable the people of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington to form Constitutions and state governments, and to be admitted into the Union on equal footing with the original states, and to make donations of public lands to such states,” under the conditions and limitations therein mentioned; reserving the right however to apply to congress for modifications of said conditions and limitations in case of necessity.
The name of this state shall be “North Dakota.” The State of North Dakota shall consist of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to-wit: Commencing at a point in the main channel of the Red River of the north, where the forty-ninth degree of north latitude crosses the same; thence south up the main channel of the same and along the boundary line of the State of Minnesota to a point where the Seventh Standard parallel intersects the same; thence west along said Seventh Standard parallel produced due west to a point where it intersects the twenty-seventh meridian of longitude west from Washington; thence north on said meridian to a point where it intersects the forty-ninth degree of north latitude; thence east along said line to place of beginning.
The following described seal is hereby declared to be and hereby constituted the Great Seal of the State of North Dakota, to-wit: A tree in the open field, the trunk of which is surrounded by three bundles of wheat; on the right a plow, anvil and sledge; on the left a bow crossed with three arrows, and an Indian on horseback pursuing a buffalo towards the setting sun; the foliage of the tree arched by a half circle of forty two stars, surrounded by the motto “Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable;” the words “Great Seal” at the top; the words “State of North Dakota” at the bottom ; “October 1st” on on the left and “1889” on the right. The seal to be two and one-half inches in diameter.
The right of the debtor to enjoy the comforts and necessaries of life shall be recognized by wholesome laws, exempting from forced sale to all heads of families a homestead the value of which shall be limited and defined by law, and a reasonable amount of personal property; the kind and value shall be fixed by law. This section shall not be construed to prevent liens against the homestead for labor done and materials furnished in the improvement thereof, in such manner as may be prescribed by law.
The labor of children under twelve years of age, shall be prohibited in mines, factories and workshops in this state.
All flowing streams and natural water courses shall forever remain the property of the State for mining, irrigating and manufacturing purposes.
Members of the Legislative Assembly and judicial department except such inferior officers as may be by law exempted shall, before they enter on the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm as the case may be) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of North Dakota; and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of according to the best of my ability, so help me God,” (if an oath), (under pains and penalties of perjury), if an affirmation, and no other oath, declaration, or test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust.
The exchange of “black lists” between corporations shall be prohibited.
The real and personal property of any woman in this State, acquired before marriage, and all property to which she may after marriage become in any manner rightfully entitled, shall be her separate property and shall not be liable for the debts of her husband.
Until otherwise provided by law, the member of the House of Representatives of the United States apportioned to this State, shall be elected at large.
Until otherwise provided by law, the Senatorial and Representative Districts shall be formed, and the senators and the representatives shall be apportioned as follows:
The First District shall consist of the townships of Walhalla, St. Joseph, Neche, Pembina, Bathgate, Carlisle, Joliet, Midland, Lincoln and Drayton, in the county of Pembina, and be entitled to one senator and two representatives.
The Third District shall consist of the townships of Perth, Latona, Adams, Silvesta, Cleveland, Morton, Vesta, Tiber, Medford, Vernon, Golden, Lampton, Eden, Rushford, Kensington, Dundee, Ops, Prairie Center, Fertile, Park River and Glenwood, in the county of Walsh, and be entitled to one senator and two representatives.
The Fourth District shall consist of the townships of Forest River, Walsh Center, Grafton, Farmington, Ardock, Village of Ardock, Harrison, City of Grafton, Oakwood, Martin, Walshville, Pulaski, Ackton, Minto and St. Andrews, in the county of Walsh, and be entitled to one senator and three representatives.
The Fifth District shall consist of the townships of Gilby, Johnstown, Strabane, Wheatfield, Hegton, Arvilla, Avon, Northwood, Lind, Grace, Larimore, and the city of Larimore, Elm Grove, Agnes, Inkster, Elkmount, Oakwood, Niagara, Moraine, Logan and Loretta in the county of Grand Forks, and be entitled to one senator and two representatives.
The Sixth District shall consist of the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth wards of the city of Grand Forks, as now constituted, and the townships of Falconer, Harvey, Turtle River, Ferry, Rye, Blooming, Meckinock, Lakeville and Levant in the county of Grand Forks and be entitled to one senator and two representatives.
The Seventh District shall consist of the First and Second wards of the city of Grand Forks, as now constituted, and the townships of Grand Forks, Brenna, Oakville, Chester, Pleasant View, Fairfield, Allendale, Walle, Bentru, Americus, Michigan, Union and Washington, in the county of Grand Forks, and be entitled to one senator and two representatives.
The Eighth District shall consist of the county of Traill and be entitled to one senator and four representatives.
The Ninth District shall consist of the township of Fargo and the City of Fargo in the County of Cass and the fractional township number 139 in range 48, and be entitled to one senator and two representatives.
The Tenth District shall consist of the townships of Noble, Wiser, Harwood, Reed, Barnes, Stanley, Pleasant, Kenyon, Gardner, Berlin, Raymond, Mapleton, Warren, Norman, Elm River, Harmony, Durbin, Addison, Davenport, Casselton and the City of Casselton, in the County of Cass, and be entitled to one senator and three representatives.
The Eleventh District shall consist of the townships of Webster, Rush River, Hunter, Arthur, Amenia, Everest, Maple River, Leonard, Dows, Erie, Empire, Wheatland, Gill, Walburg, Watson, Page, Rich, Ayr, Buffalo, Howes, Eldred, Highland, Rochester, Lake, Cornell, Tower, Hill, Clifton and Pontiac, in the County of Cass, and be entitled to one senator and three representatives.
The Twelfth District shall consist of the county of Richland and be entitled to one senator and three representatives.
The Thirteenth District shall consist of the county of Sargent and be entitled to one senator and two representatives.
The Fourteenth District shall consist of the county of Ransom and be entitled to one senator and two representatives.
The Fifteenth District shall consist of the county of Barnes and be entitled to one senator and two representatives.
The Sixteenth District shall consist of the counties of Steele and Griggs and be entitled to one senator and two representatives.
The Seventeenth District shall consist of the county of Nelson and be entitled to one senator and one representative.
The Eighteenth District shall consist of the county of Cavalier and be entitled to one senator and two representatives.
The Nineteenth District shall consist of the counties of Towner and Rolette and be entitled to one senator and one representative.
The Twentieth District shall consist of the counties of Benson and Pierce and be entitled to one senator and two representatives.
The Twenty-first District shall consist of the county of Ramsey and be entitled to one senator and two representatives.
The Twenty-second District shall consist of the counties of Eddy, Foster and Wells and be entitled one senator and two representatives.
The Twenty-third District shall consist of the county of Stutsman, and be entitled to one senator and two representatives.
The Twenty-fourth District shall consist of the county of LaMoure, and be entitled to one senator and one representative.
The Twenty-fifth District shall consist of the county of Dickey, and be entitled to one senator and two representatives.
The Twenty-sixth District shall consist of the counties of Emmons, McIntosh, Logan and Kidder, and be entitled to one senator and two representatives.
The Twenty-seventh District shall consist of the county of Burleigh, and be entitled to one senator and two representatives.
The Twenty-eighth District shall consist of the counties of Bottineau and McHenry and be entitled to one senator and one representative.
The Twenty-ninth District shall consist of the counties of Ward, McLean, and all the unorganized counties laying north of the Missouri river, and be entitled to one senator and one representative.
The Thirtieth District shall consist of the counties of Morton and Oliver, and be entitled to one senator and two representatives.
The Thirty-first District shall consist of the counties of Mercer, Stark and Billings and all the unorganized counties lying south of the Missouri river, and be entitled to one senator and one representative.
Sec. 215. The following public institutions of the State are permanently located at the places hereinafter named, each to have the lands specifically granted to it by the United States in the Act of Congress approved February 22, 1889, to be disposed of and used in such manner as the Legislative Assembly may prescribe subject to the limitations provided in the article on school and public lands contained in this Constitution.
First: The seat of government at the City of Bismarck in the County of Burleigh.
Second: The State University and the School of Mines at the city of Grand Forks, in the County of Grand Forks.
Third: The Agricultural College at the City of Fargo, in the County of Cass.
Fourth: A State Normal School at the city of Valley City, in the County of Barnes, and the Legislative Assembly, in apportioning the grant of eighty thousand acres of land for normal schools made in the act of Congress referred to shall grant to the said Normal School at Valley City, as aforementioned, fifty thousand (50,000) acres, and said lands are hereby appropriated to said institution for that purpose.
Fifth: The School for the Deaf and Dumb of North Dakota at the City of Devils Lake, in the County of Ramsey.
Sixth: A State Training School at the City of Mandan, in the County of Morton.
Seventh: A State Normal School at the City of Mayville, in the County of Traill, and the Legislative Assembly in apportioning the grant of lands made by Congress in the act aforesaid for State Normal Schools shall assign thirty thousand (30,000) acres to the institution hereby located at Mayville, and said lands are hereby appropriated for said purpose.
Eighth: A State Hospital for the Insane at the City of Jamestown, in the County of Stutsman. And the Legislative Assembly shall appropriate twenty thousand acres of the grant of lands made by the Act of Congress aforesaid for other educational and charitable institutions to the benefit and for the endowment of said institution, and there shall be located at or near the City of Grafton, in the County of Walsh, an institution for the Feeble Minded, on the grounds purchased by the Secretary of the Interior for a Penitentiary building.
The following named public institutions are hereby permanently located as hereinafter provided, each to have so much of the remaining grant of one hundred and seventy thousand acres of land made by the United States for “other educational and charitable institutions,” as is allotted by law, viz:
First: A Soldiers' Home, when located, or such other charitable institution as the legislative assembly may determine at Lisbon; in the County of Ransom, with a grant of forty thousand acres of land.
Second: The School for the Blind of North Dakota, at Bathgate, in the County of Pembina, with a grant of thirty thousand acres.
Third: An Industrial School and School for Manual Training, or such other educational or charitable institution as the legislative assembly may provide, at the Town of Ellendale, in the County of Dickey, with a grant of forty thousand acres.
Fourth: A School of Forestry, or such other institution as the legislative assembly may determine, at the City of Bottineau in the County of Bottineau.
Fifth: A Scientific School or such other educational or charitable institution as the legislative assembly may prescribe, at the City of Wahpeton, County of Richland, with a grant of forty thousand acres.
Sixth: A state normal school at the City of Minot in the County of Ward.
Seventh: (a) A state normal school at the City of Dickinson, in the County of Stark.
Seventh: (b) A state hospital for the insane at such place within this state as shall be selected by the legislative assembly.
Provided, That no other institution of a character similar to any one of those located by this Article shall be established or maintained without a revision of this Constitution.
[ Approved and ratified Nov. 8, 1910, effective Dec. 8, 1910.]
[ Amendment art. XXI approved Nov. 7, 1916, effective Dec. 7, 1916 ]
[ Amendment art. XXII approved Nov. 7, 1916, effective Dec. 7, 1916 ]
To be submitted to a separate vote of the people as provided by the schedule and ordinance.
No person, association or corporation shall within this State, manufacture for sale or gift, any intoxicating liquors and no person, association or corporation shall import any of the same for sale or gift, or keep or sell or offer the same for sale, or gift, barter or trade as a beverage. The Legislative Assembly shall by law prescribe regulations for the enforcement of the provisions of this article and shall thereby provide suitable penalties for the violation thereof.
That no inconvenience may arise from a change of territorial government to state government, it is declared that all writs, actions, prosecutions, claims and rights of individuals and bodies corporate shall continue as if no change of government had taken place, and all processes which may, be fore the organization of the judicial department under this Constitution, be issued under the authority of the Territory of Dakota shall be as valid as if issued in the name of the State.
All laws now in force in the Territory of Dakota, which are not repugnant to this Constitution, shall remain in force until they expire by their own limitations or be altered or repealed.
All fines, penalties, forfeitures and escheats accruing to the Territory of Dakota shall accrue to the use of the states of North Dakota and South Dakota and may be sued for and recovered by either of said states as necessity may require.
All recognizances, bonds, obligations or other undertakings heretofore taken, or which may be taken before the organization of the judicial department under this Constitution, shall remain valid, and shall pass over to, and may be prosecuted in the name of the state; all bonds, obligations or other undertakings executed to this territory, or to any officer in his official capacity, shall pass over to the proper state authority, and to their successors in office, for the uses therein respectively expressed, and may be sued for and recovered accordingly; all criminal prosecutions and penal actions which have arisen, or may arise before the organization of the judicial department, under this Constitution, <r which shall then be pending, may be prosecuted to judgment and execution in the name of the state.
All property, real and personal, and credits, claims and choses in action belonging to the Territory of Dakota at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be vested in and become the property of the States of North Dakota and South Dakota.
Whenever any two of the judges of the Supreme court of the State, elected under the provisions of this Constitution shall have qualified in their offices, the causes then pending in the Supreme court of the Territory on appeal or writ of error from the district courts of any county or subdivision within the limits of this State, and the papers, records and proceedings of said court shall pass into the jurisdiction and possession of the Supreme court of the State, except as otherwise provided in the enabling act of Congress, and until so superseded the Supreme court of the Territory and the judges thereof shall continue, with like powers and jurisdiction, as if this Constitution had not been adopted. Whenever the judge of the district court of any district elected under the provisions of this Constitution shall have qualified in his office, the several causes then pending in the district court of the Territory within any county in such district, and the records, papers and proceedings of said district court, and the seal and other property pertaining thereto, shall pass into the jurisdiction and possession of the district court of the State for such county, except as provided in the enabling act of Congress, and until the district courts of this Territory shall be superseded in the manner aforesaid, the said district courts and the judges thereof shall continue with the same jurisdiction and power to be exercised in the same judicial districts respect ively as heretofore constituted under the laws of the Territory.
Until otherwise provided by law, the seals now in use in the supreme and district courts of this Territory are hereby declared to be the seals of the supreme and district courts respectively of the State.
Whenever this Constitution shall go into effect, the books, records and papers, and proceedings of the probate court in each county, and all causes and matters of administration and other matters pending therein, shall pass into the jurisdiction and possession of the county court of the same county, and the said county court shall proceed to final decree or judgment, order or other determination in the said several matters and causes as the said probate court might have done if this Constitution had not been adopted. And until the election and qualification of the judges of the county courts provided for in this Constitution, the probate judges shall act as the judges of the county courts within their respective counties, and the seal of the probate court in each county shall be the seal of the county court therein, until the said court shall have procured a proper seal.
The terms “probate court” or “probate judge” whenever occurring in the statutes of the territory shall, after this Constitution goes into effect, be held to apply to the county court or county judge.
All territorial, county and precinct officers, who may be in office at the time this Constitution takes effect, whether holding their offices under the authority of the United States or of the Territory, shall hold and exercise their respective offices, and perform the duties thereof as prescribed in this Constitution, until their successors shall be elected and qualified in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution, and official bonds of all such officers shall continue in full force and effect as though this Constitution had not been adopted; and such officers for their term of service, under this Constitution, shall receive the same salaries and compensation as is by this Constitution, or by the laws of the territory, provided for like officers; Provided, That the county and precinct officers shall hold their offices for the term for which they were elected. There shall be elected in each organized county in this State, at the election to be held for the ratification of this Constitution, a clerk of the district court, who shall hold his office under said election until his successor is duly elected and qualified. The judges of the district court shall have power to appoint states attorneys in any organized county where no such attorneys have been elected, which appointment shall continue until the general election to be held in 1890, and until his successor is elected and qualified.
This Constitution shall take effect and be in full force immediately upon the admission of the territory as a state.
Immediately upon the adjournment of this Convention the Governor of the Territory, or in case of his absence or failure to act, the Secretary of the Territory, or in case of his absence or failure to act, the President of the Constitutional Convention shall issue a proclamation, which shall be published and a copy thereof mailed to the chairman of the board of county commissioners of each county, calling an election by the people on the first Tuesday in October, 1889, of all the state and district officers created and made elective by this Constitution. This Constitution shall be submitted for adoption or rejection at said election to a vote of the electors qualified by the laws of this territory to vote at all elections. At the election provided for herein the qualified voters shall vote directly for or against this Constitution and for or against the article separately submitted.
The board of commissioners of the several counties shall there upon order such election for said day, and shall cause notice thereof to be given “for the period of 20 days in the manner provided by law.” Every qualified elector of the territory, at the date of said election, shall be entitled to vote thereat. Said election shall be conducted in all respects in the same manner as provided by the laws of the territory for general elections, and the returns for all state and district officers, and members of the Legislative Assembly, shall be made to the canvassing board hereinafter provided for.
The Governor, Secretary and Chief Justice or a majority of them, shall constitute a board of canvassers to canvass the vote of such election for all state and district officers aud members of the Legislative Assembly. The said board shall assemble at the seat of government of the Territory on the fifteenth day after the day of such election (or on the following day if such day falls on Sunday), and proceed to canvass the votes on the adoption of this Constitution and for all State and district officers and members of the Legislative Assembly in the manner provided by the laws of the Territory for canvassing the vote for Delegate to Congress, and they shall issue certificates of election to the persons found to be elected to said offices severally, and shall make and file with the Secretary of the Territory an abstract certified by them, of the number of votes cast for or against the adoption of the Constitution, and for each person for each of said offices and of the total number of votes cast in each county.
All officers elected at such election shall, within sixty days after the date of the executive proclamation admitting the State of North Dakota into the Union, take the oath required by this Constitution, and give the same bond required by the law of the Territory to be given in case of like officers of the Territory and districts, and shall thereupon enter upon the duties of their respective offices; but the Legislative Assembly may require by law all such officers to give other or further bonds as a condition of their continuance in office.
The judges of the district court who shall be elected at the election herein provided for shall hold their offices until the first Monday in January, 1893, and until their successors are elected and qualified. All other state officers, except judges of the supreme court, who shall be elected at the election herein provided for, shall hold their offices until the first Monday in January, 1891, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Until otherwise provided by law the judges of the supreme court snail receive for their services the salary of four thousand dollars per annum, payable quarterly; and the district judges shall receive for their services the salary of three thousand dollars per annum, payable quarterly.
The Governor-elect of the state immediately upon his qualifying and entering upon the duties of his office shall issue his proclamation convening the Legislative Assembly of the State at the seat of government, on a day to be named in said proclamation, and which shall not be less than fifteen nor more than forty days after the date of such proclamation. And said Legislative Assembly after organizing shall proceed to elect two senators of the United States for the State of North Dakota; and at said election the two persons who shall receive a majority of all the votes cast by the said senators and representatives shall be elected such United States Senators. And the presiding officers of the senate and house of representatives shall each certify the election to the Governor and Secretary of the State of North Dakota; and the Governor and Secretary of State shall certify the elections of such senators as provided by law.
At the election herein provided for there shall be elected a Representative to the Fifty-first Congress of the United States, by the electors of the state at large.
It is hereby made the duty of the Legislative Assembly at its first session to provide for the payment of all debts and indebtedness authorized to be incurred by the Constitutional Convention of North Dakota, which shall remain unpaid after the appropriation made by Congress for the same shall have been exhausted.
There shall be submitted at the same election at which this Constitution is submitted for rejection or adoption. Article 20 entitled “prohibition” and persons who desire to vote for said article shall have written or printed on their ballots “for prohibition,” and all persons desiring to vote against said article shall have written or printed on their ballots “against prohibition.” If it shall appear according to the returns herein provided for that a majority of all the votes cast at said election for and against prohibition are for prohibition, then said Article 20 shall be and form a part of this Constitution and be in full force and effect as such from the date of the admission of this state into the Union. But if a majority of said votes shall appear according to said returns to be “against prohibition, then said Article 20 shall be null and void, and shall not be a part of this Constitution.
The agreement made by the Joint Commission of the Constitutional Conventions of North Dakota aud South Dakota concerning the records, books and archives of the Territory of Dakota, is hereby ratified and confirmed; which agreement is in the words following: –That is to say–
The following books, records and archives of the Territory of Dakota shall be the property of North Dakota, to-wit: All records, books and archives in the offices of the Governor and Secretary of the Territory (except records of Articles of Incorporation of Domestic Corporations, returns of election of Delegates to the Constitutional Convention/of 1889 for South Dakota, returns of elections held under the so called Local Option Law, in counties within the limits of South Dakota, bonds of Notaries Public appointed for counties within the limits of South Dakota, papers relating to the organization of counties situate within the limits of South Dakota, all which records and archives are a part of the records and archives of said Secretary's office: excepting also, census returns from counties situate within the limits of South Dakota and papers relating to requisitions issued upon the application of officers of counties situate within the limits of South Dakota, all which are a part of the records and archives of said Governor's office). And the following records, books and archives shall also be the property of the State of North Dakota, to-wit:
Vouchers in the office or custody of the Auditor of this Territory relating to expenditures on account of public institutions, grounds or buildings situate within the limits of North Dakota. One Warrant Register in the office of the Treasurer of this territory, being a record of warrants issued under and by virtue of Chapter 24 of the laws enacted by the Eighteenth Legislative Assembly of Dakota Territory All letters, receipts and vouchers in the same office now filed by counties and pertaining to counties within the limits of North Dakota. Paid and canceled coupons in the same office representing interest on bonds of South Dakota which said State of North Dakota is to assume and pay. Reports of gross earnings of the year 1888 in the same office, made by corporations operating lines of railroads situated wholly or mainly within the limits of North Dakota. Records and papers of the office of the Public Examiner of the Second District of the territory. Records and papers of the office of the District Board of Agriculture. Records and papers in the office of the Board of Pharmacy of the District of North Dakota.
All records, books and archives of the Territory of Dakota which it is not herein agreed shall be the property of North Dakota, shall be the property of South Dakota.
The following books shall be copied and the copies shall be the property of North Dakota and the cost of such copies shall be borne equally by said States of North Dakota and South Dakota. That is to say :
Appropriation Ledger for years ending November 1889-90 – one volume.
Treasurer's Cash Book – “D.”
Assessment Ledger – “B.”
The originals of the foregoing volumes which are to be copied shall at any time after such copying shall have been completed, be delivered on demand to the proper authorities of the State of South Dakota.
All other records, books and archives which it is hereby agreed shall be the property of South Dakota, shall remain at the Capitol of North Dakota until demanded by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota and until the State of North Dakota shall have had a reasonable time after such demand is made to provide copies or abstracts of such portions thereof as the said State of North Dakota may desire to have copies or abstracts of.
The State of South Dakota may also provide copies or abstracts of such records, books and archives, which it is agreed shall be the property of North Dakota, as said State of South Dakota shall desire to have copies or abstracts of.
The expense of all copies or abstracts of records, books and archives which it is herein agreed may be made, shall be borne equally by said two states.
Should the counties containing lands which form a part of the grant of lands made by Congress to the Northern Pacific railroad company be compelled by law to refund moneys paid for such lands or any of them by purchasers thereof at tax sales thereof, based upon taxes illegally levied upon -said lands, then and in that case the State of North Dakota shall appropriate the sum of $25,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary to reimburse said counties for the amount so received from said illegal tax sales and paid by said counties into the treasury of Dakota Territory.
This Constitution shall after its enrollment be signed by the President of this Convention and the Chief Clerk thereof and such delegates as desire to sign the same, whereupon it shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of the Territory, where it may be signed at any time by any delegate who shall be prevented from signing the same for any reasons at the time of the adjournment of this Convention.
In case the territorial officers of the Territory of Dakota, or any of them who are now required by law to report to the Governor of the Territory, annually or biennially, shall prepare and publish such reports covering the transactions of their offices up to the time of the admission of the State of North Dakota into the Union, the Legislative Assembly shall make sufficient appropriations to pay one-half of the cost of such publication.
The Governor and Secretary of the Territory are hereby authorized to make arrangements for the meeting of the first Legislative Assembly, and the inauguration of the State government.
The Legislative Assembly shall provide for the editing, and for the publication, in an independent volume, of this Constitution, as soon as it shall take effect, and whenever it shall be altered or amended, and shall cause to be published in the same volume the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States and the Enabling Act.
Done at Bismarck, Dakota, in open Convention, this 17th day of August, A. D. 1889.
Chief Clerk. President.
The Legislative Assembly shall have no power to authorize lotteries or gift enterprises for any purpose and shall pass laws to prohibit the sale of lottery or gift enterprise tickets.
Sec. 121. Every male person of the age of twenty-one years or upwards, belonging to either of the following classes, who shall have resided in the state one year and in the county six months, and in the precinct ninety days next preceding any election, shall be a qualified elector at such election:
First - Citizens of the United States.
Second - Civilized persons of Indian descent who shall have severed their tribal relations two years next preceding such election.
Sec. 127. No person who is under guardianship, non compos mentis or insane shall be qualified to vote at any election; nor any person convicted of treason or felony, unless restored to civil rights; and the legislature shall by law establish an educational test as a qualification, and may prescribe penalties for failing, neglecting or refusing to vote at any general election.
(Ratified by popular vote Nov. 8, 1898.)
Sec. 76. The governor shall have power in conjunction with the board of pardons, of which the governor shall be ex-officio a member and the other members of which shall consist of the attorney general of the state of North Dakota, the chief justice of the supreme court of the state of North Dakota, and two qualified electors who shall be appointed by the governor, to remit fines and forfeitures, to grant reprieves, comumutations and pardons after conviction for all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment; but the legislative assembly may by law regulate the manner in which the remission of fines, pardons, commutations and reprieves may be applied for. Upon conviction of treason the governor shall have the power to suspend the execution of sentence until the case shall be reported to the legislative assembly at its next regular session, when the legislative assembly shall either pardon or commute the sentence, direct the execution of the sentence or grant further reprieve. The governor shall communicate to the legislative assembly at each regular session each case of remission of fine, reprieve, commutation or pardon granted by the board of pardons, stating the name of the convict, the crime for which he is convicted, the sentence and its date and the date of remission, commutation, pardon or reprieve, with their reasons for granting the same.
(Ratified by popular vote Nov. 6, 1900.)
Sec. 179. All property, except as hereinafter in this section provided, shall be assessed in the county, city, township, village or district in which it is situated, in the manner prescribed by law. The franchise, roadway, roadbed, rails and rolling stock of all railroads, and the franchise and all other property of all express companies, freight line companies, car equipment companies, sleeping car companies, dining car companies, telegraph or telephone companies or corporations operated in this state and used directly or indirectly in the carrying of persons, property or messages, shall be assessed by the state board of equalization at their actual value, and such assessed value shall be apportioned to the counties, cities, towns. villages, townships and districts in which such railroad companies, express companies, sleeping car companies, dining car companies, telegraph and telephone companies are located, or through which they are operated, as a basis for the taxation of such property, in proportion to the number of miles of such property within such counties, cities, towns, villages, townships and districts, or over which any part of such property is used or operated within such counties, towns, villages, townships and districts. But should any railroad allow any portion of its roadway to be used for any purpose other than the operation of a railroad thereon, such portion of its roadway, while so used, shall be assessed in the manner provided for the assessment of other real property.
(Ratified by popular vote Nov. 6, 1900.)
Fifth. The school for the deaf and dumb of North Dakota, at the City of Devils Lake, in the county of Ramsey.
Eighth. A state hospital for the insane at the city of Jamestown, in the county of Stutsman. And the legislative assembly shall appropriate twenty thousand acres of the grant of lands made by the act of congress aforesaid for “other educational and charitable institutions,” to the benefit and for the endowment of said institution, and there shall be located at or near the city of Grafton, in the county of Walsh, an institution for the feeble minded on the grounds purchased by the secretary of the interior for a penitentiary building.
Addenda to section 176: The legislative assembly may further provide that grain grown within the state and held therein in elevators, warehouses and granaries may be taxed at a fixed rate.
Sec. 162. The moneys of the permanent school fund and other educational funds shall be invested only in bonds of school corporations or of counties, or of townships, or of municipalities within the state, bonds issued for the construction of drains under authority of law within the state, bonds of the United States, bonds of the state of North Dakota, bonds of other states; provided, such states have never repudiated any of their indebtedness, or on first mortgages on farm lands in this state, not exceeding in amount one third of the actual value of any subdivision on which the same may be loaned, such value to be determined by the board of appraisal of school lands.
[ Approved and ratified Nov. 3, 1908, effective Dec. 3, 1908 ]
Sec. 158. Minimum Price of State Lands. No lands shall be sold for less than the appraised value and in no case for less than ten dollars per acre. The purchaser shall pay one-fifth of the price in cash, and the remaining four fifths as follows: One-fifth in five years, one-fifth in ten years, one-fifth in fifteen years and one-fifth in twenty years, with interest at the rate of not less than six per centum, payable annually in advance. All sales shall be held at the county seat of the county in which the land to be sold is situate, and shall be at public auction and to the highest bidder, after sixty days' advertisement of the same in a newspaper of general circulation in the vicinity of the lands to be sold, and one at the seat of government. Such lands as shall not have been specially subdivided shall be offered in tracts of one-quarter section, and those so subdivided in the smallest subdivisions. All lands designated for sale and not sold within two years after appraisal, shall be reappraised before they are sold. No grant or patent for any such lands shall issue until payment is made for the same; provided, that the lands contracted to be sold by the state shall be subject to taxation from the date of such contract. In case the taxes assessed against any of said lands for any year remain unpaid until the first Monday in October of the following year, then and thereupon the contracts of sale of such lands shall, at the election of the board of university and school lands, become null and void; and no such contract heretofore made shall be held void for nonpayment of taxes accruing on the lands described therein; provided, such taxes shall have been paid before this amendment takes effect; provided, further, that any school or institution land that may be required for town site purposes may be paid for at any time and patent issued therefor.
[ Approved and ratified Nov. 3, 1908, effective Dec. 3, 1908 ]
Sec. 89. The supreme court shall consist of five judges, a majority of whom shall be necessary to form a quorum or pronounce a decision; but one or more of said judges may adjourn the court from day to day or to a day certain.
[ Approved and ratified Nov. 3, 1908, effective Dec. 3, 1908 ]
Sec. 158. No land shall be sold for less than the appraised value, and in no case for less than ten dollars per acre. The purchaser shall pay one-fifth of the price in cash and the remaining four-fifths as follows: One-fifth in five years, one-fifth on or before the expiration of ten years, one-fifth on or before the expiration of fifteen years, and one-fifth on or before the expiration of twenty years, with interest payable at the rate of not less than five per centum per annum payable annually in advance; provided, that when payments are made before due they shall be made at an interest paying date, and one year's interest in advance shall be paid on all moneys so paid. All sales shall be held at the county seat of the county in which the land to be sold is situated, and be at public auction and to the highest bidder after sixty days' advertisement of the same in a newspaper in general circulation in the vicinity of the land to be sold, and also published in a newspaper published at the county seat, and also in a newspaper published at the seat of government. Such lands as shall not have been especially subdivided shall be offered in tracts of one-quarter section, and those sub divided in the smallest subdivision. All lands designated for sale and not sold within two years after appraisal shall be re-appraised before they are sold. No grant or patent for such lands shall issue until payment is made for the same; provided, that the lands contracted to be sold by the state shall be subject to taxation from the date of such contract. In case the taxes assessed against any of said lands for any year remain unpaid until the first Monday in October of the following year, then and thereupon the contract of sale for such lands shall, if the board of university and school lands so determine, become null and void. Any lands under the provisions of section 158 of the constitution of the state of North Dakota that have heretofore been sold may be paid for, except as to interest, as provided herein; provided, further, that any school or institution lands that may be required for township purposes, may be paid for at any time and patent issued therefor.
[ Approved and ratified Nov. 8, 1910, effective Dec. 8, 1910.]
Sec. 216. The following named public institutions are hereby permanently located as hereinafter provided, each to have so much of the remaining grant of one hundred and seventy thousand acres of land made by the United States for “other educational and charitable institutions” as is allotted by law, namely:
First. A soldiers' home, when located, or such other charitable institution as the legislative assembly may determine, at Lisbon, in the county of Ransom, with a grant of forty thousand acres of land.
Second. A blind asylum, or such other institution as the legislative assembly may determine, at such place in the county of Pembina as the qualified electors of the said county may determine at an election to be held as prescribed by the legislative assembly, with a grant of thirty thousand acres.
Third. An industrial school and school for manual training, or such other educational or charitable institutions as the legislative assembly may provide, at the town of Ellendale, in the county of Dickey, with a grant of forty thousand acres.
Fourth. A school of forestry, or such other institution as the legislative assembly may determine, at such place in one of the counties of McHenry, Ward, Bottineau or Rolette, as the electors of said counties may determine by an election for that purpose, to be held as provided by the legislative assembly.
Fifth. A scientific school, or such other educational or charitable institution as the legislative assembly may prescribe, at the city of Wahpeton, county of Richland, with a grant of forty thousand acres.
Sixth. A state normal school at the city of Minot, in the county of Ward; provided that no other institution of a character similar to any one of those located by this article, shall be established or maintained without a revision of this constitution.
[ Approved and ratified Nov. 8, 1910, effective Dec. 8, 1910.]
Sec. 158. No land shall be sold for less than the appraised value, and in no case for less than ten dollars per acre. The purchaser shall pay one-fifth of the price in cash, and the remaining four-fifths as follows: One-fifth in five years, one-fifth on or before the expiration of ten years, one-fifth on or before the expiration of fifteen years, and one-fifth on or before the expiration of twenty years, with interest at the rate of not less than five per cent per annum, payable annually in advance; provided, that when payments are made before due they shall be made at an interest paying date, and one year's interest in advance shall be paid on all moneys so paid. All sales shall be held at the county seat of the county in which the land to be sold is situated, and shall be at public auction and to the highest bidder, after sixty days' advertisement of the same in a newspaper of general circulation in the vicinity of the land to be sold, and one at the seat of government. Such lands as shall not have been specially subdivided shall be offered in tracts of one-quarter section, and those subdivided in the smallest subdivisions. All lands designated for sale and not sold within two years after appraisal shall be reappraised before they are sold. No grant or patent for such lands shall issue until payment is made for the same; provided that the land contracted to be sold by the state shall be subject to taxation from the date of contract. In case the taxes assessed against any of said lands for any year remain unpaid until the first Monday in October of the following year, then thereupon the contract of sale for such lands shall, if the board of university and school lands so determine, become null and void. Any lands under the provisions of section 158 of the constitution of the state of North Dakota that have heretofore been sold, may be paid for, except as to interest, as provided, further, that any school or institution lands that may be required for townsite purposes, school house sites, church sites, cemetery sites, sites for other educational or charitable institutions, public parks, fair grounds, public highways, railroad right of way, or for other railroad uses and purposes, reservoirs for the storage of water for irrigation, drain ditches or irrigation ditches, and lands that may be required for any of the purposes over which the right of eminent domain may be exercised under the constitution and the laws of the state of North Dakota, may be sold under the provisions of this section, and shall be paid for, principal and interest, in full in advance, at the time of sale, or at any time thereafter, and patent issued therefor, when principal and interest are paid.
The legislative assembly is hereby authorized and empowered to provide by law for the erection, purchasing or leasing and operation of one or more terminal grain elevators in the states of Minnesota or Wisconsin, or both, to be maintained and operated in such manner as the legislative assembly shall prescribe, and provide for inspection, weighing and grading of all grain received in such elevator or elevators.
Sec. 25. The legislative authority of the state of North Dakota shall be vested in a legislative assembly consisting of a senate and house of representatives, but the people reserve to themselves power to propose laws and to enact or reject the same at the polls, independent of the legislative assembly, and also reserve power, at their own option, to approve or reject at the polls any act, item, section or part of any act or measure passed by the legislative assembly. The first power reserved by the people is the initiative, or the power to propose measures for enactment into laws, and at least ten per cent of the legal voters to be secured in a majority of the counties of the state shall be required to propose any measure by initiative petition, and every such petition shall include the full text of the measure so proposed. Initiative petitions shall be filed with the secretary of state and not less than thirty days before any regular session of the legislative assembly; he shall transmit the same to the legislative assembly as soon as it convenes. Such initiative measure shall take precedence over all other measures in the legislative assembly except appropriation bills, and shall be either enacted or rejected without change or amendment by the legislative assembly within forty days. If any such initiative measure shall be enacted by the legislative assembly it shall be subject to referendum petition, or it may be referred by the legislative assembly to the people for approval or rejection. If it is rejected or no action is taken upon it by the legislative assembly within said forty days, the secretary of state shall submit it to the people for approval or rejection at the next ensuing regular general election. The legislative assembly may reject any measure so proposed by initiative petition and propose a different one to accomplish the same purpose, and in any such event both measures shall be submitted by the secretary of state to the people for approval or rejection at the next ensuing regular election. If conflicting measures submitted to the people at the next ensuing election shall be approved by a majority of the votes severally cast for and against the same, the one receiving the highest number of afiirmative votes shall thereby become valid, and the other shall thereby be rejected. The second power is the referendum, or the power to order any act, item, or part of any act to be referred to the people for their approval or rejection at the polls, and it may be ordered (except as to laws necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety), as to any measure or any parts, items or sections of any measures passed by the legislative assembly either by a petition signed by ten per cent of the legal voters of the state from a majority of the counties, or by the legislative assembly, if a majority of the members elect vote therefor. When it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety that a law shall become effective without delay, such necessity and the facts creating the same shall be stated in one section of the bill, and if upon aye and no vote in each house two-thirds of all the members elected to each house shall vote on a separate roll call in favor of the said law going into instant operation for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety, such law shall become operative upon approval by the governor.
The filing of a referendum petition against one or more items, sections or parts of an act shall not delay the remainder of that act from becoming operative. Referendum petitions against measures passed by the legislative assembly shall be filed with the secretary of state not more than ninety days after the final adjournment of the session of the legislative assembly which passed the measure on which the referendum is demanded. The veto power of the governor shall not extend to measures referred to the people. All elections on measures referred to the people of the state shall be had at biennial regular elections, except as provision may be made by law for a special election or elections. Any measure referred to the people shall take effect when it is approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon and not otherwise, and shall be in force from the date of the official declaration of the vote.
The enacting clause of all the initiative bills shall be, “Be it enacted by the people of the state of North Dakota.” This section shall not be construed to deprive any member of the legislative assembly of the right to introduce any measure. The whole number of votes for secretary of state at the regular election last preceding the filing of any petition for the initiative or for the referendum shall be the basis on which the number of legal voters necessary to sign such petition shall be counted.
Petitions and orders for the initiative and for the referendum shall be filed with the secretary of state, and in submitting the same to the people he and all other officers shall be guided by the general laws and the act submitting this amendment until legislation shall be specially provided therefor.
This amendment shall be self executing, but legislation may be enacted to facilitate its operation.
Sec. 202. This Constitution may be amended as follows:
First: Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in either house of the legislative assembly; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority or the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendments shall be entered on the journal of the house with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the legislative assembly to be chosen at the next general election, and shall be published, as provided by law, for three months previous to the time of making such choice, and if the legislative assembly so next chosen as aforesaid such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all members elected to each house, then it shall be the duty of the legislative assembly to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people in such manner and at such times as the legislative assembly shall provide; and if the people shall approve and ratify such amendment or amendments by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the legislative assembly voting thereon, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of the Constitution of this state. If two or more amendments shall be submitted at the same time, they shall be submitted in such manner that the electors shall vote for or against each of such amendments separately.
Second: Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may also be proposed by the people by the filing with the Secretary of State, at least six months previous to a general election, of an initiative petition containing the signatures of at least twenty-five per cent of the legal voters in each of not less than one-half of the counties of the state. When such petition has been properly filed the proposed amendment or amendments shall be published as the legislature may provide, for three months previous to the general election, and shall be placed upon the ballot to be voted upon by the people at the next general election. Should any such amendment or amendments proposed by initiative petition and submitted to the people receive a majority of all the legal votes cast at such general election, such amendment or amendments shall be referred to the nest legislative assembly, and should such proposed amendment or amendments he agreed upon by a majority of all the members elected to each house, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of the Constitution of this state. Should any amendment or amendments proposed by initiative petition and receiving a majority of all the votes cast at the general election as herein provided, but failing to receive approval by the following legislative assembly to which it has been referred, such amendment or amendments shall again he submitted to the people at the next general election for their approval or rejection as at the previous general election. Should such amendment or amendments receive a majority of all the legal votes cast at such succeeding general election such amendment or amendments at once become a part of the Constitution of this state. Any amendment or amendments proposed by initiative petition and failing of adoption as herein provided, shall not be again considered until the expiration of six years.
Sec. 216. The following named public institutions are hereby permanently located as hereinafter provided, each to have so much of the remaining grant of one hundred and seventy thousand acres of land made by the United States for “other educational and charitable institutions,” as is allotted by law, viz:
First: A Soldiers' Home, when located, or such other charitable institution as the legislative assembly may determine at Lisbon; in the County of Ransom, with a grant of forty thousand acres of land.
Second: The School for the Blind of North Dakota, at Bathgate, in the County of Pembina, with a grant of thirty thousand acres.
Third: An Industrial School and School for Manual Training, or such other educational or charitable institution as the legislative assembly may provide, at the Town of Ellendale, in the County of Dickey, with a grant of forty thousand acres.
Fourth: A School of Forestry, or such other institution as the legislative assembly may determine, at the City of Bottineau in the County of Bottineau.
Fifth: A Scientific School or such other educational or charitable institution as the legislative assembly may prescribe, at the City of Wahpeton, County of Richland, with a grant of forty thousand acres.
Sixth: A State Normal School, at the City of Minot in the County of Ward; provided, that no other institution, of a character similar to any one of those located by this Article, shall be established or maintained without a revision of this Constitution.
Sec. 185. Neither the state, nor any county, city, township, town, school district or any other political sub-division shall loan or give its credit or make donations to or in aid of any individual, association or corporation except for necessary support of the poor, nor subscribe to or become the owner of the capital stock of any association or corporation, nor shall the state engage in any work of internal improvement unless authorized by a two-thirds vote of the people. Provided, that the state may appropriate money in the treasury or to be thereafter raised by taxation for the construction or improvement of public highways.
The legislative assembly is hereby authorized and empowered to provide by law for the erection, purchasing or leasing and operation of one or more terminal grain elevators in the State of North Dakota, to be maintained and operated in such manner as the legislative assembly shall prescribe, and provide for inspection, weighing and grading of all grain received in such elevator or elevators.
Sec. 176. Taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of property, including franchises within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax, and shall be levied and collected for public purposes only, but the property of the United States, and of the state, county and municipal corporations shall be exempt from taxation; and the legislative assembly shall by a general law exempt from taxation property used exclusively for school, religious, cemetery, charitable or other public purposes, and personal property to any amount not exceeding in value two hundred dollars for each individual liable to taxation; provided that all taxes and exemptions in force when this amendment is adopted shall remain in force, in the same manner and to the same extent, until otherwise provided by statute.
Sec. 179. All taxable property except as hereinafter in this Section provided, shall be assessed in the county, city, township, village or district in which it is situated, in the manner prescribed by law. The property, including franchises of all railroads operated in this state, and of all express companies, freight line companies, dining car companies, sleeping car companies, car equipment companies, or private car line companies, telegraph or telephone companies or corporations operating in this state and used directly or indirectly in the carrying of persons, property or messages, shall be assessed by the State Board of Equalization in a manner prescribed by such state board or commission as may be provided by law. But should any railroad allow any portion of its railway to be used for auy purposes other than the operation of a railroad thereon, such portion of its railway, while so used shall be assessed in a manner provided for the assessment of other real property.
Sec. 216. The following named public institutions are hereby permanently located as hereinafter provided, each to have so much of the remaining grant of one hundred and seventy thousand acres (170,000) of land made by the United States for “other educational and charitable institutions” as is allotted by law, namely:
First: A soldiers' home, when located, or such other charitable institutions as the legislative assembly may determine, at Lisbon, in the County of Ransom, with a grant of forty thousand (40,000) acres of land,
SECOND: A blind asylum, or such other institution as the legislative assembly may determine, at such place in the County of Pembina as the qualified electors of said county may determine at an election to be held as prescribed by the legislative assembly, with a grant of thirty thousand (30,000) acres.
Third: An industrial school and school for manual training or such other educational or charitable institution as the legislative assembly may provide, at the Town of Ellendale, in the County of Dickey, with a grant of forty thousand (40,000) acres.
Fourth: A school of forestry, or such other institution as the legislative assembly may determine, at such place in one of the Counties of McHenry, Ward, Bottineau or Rolette, as the electors of said counties may determine by an election for that purpose, to be held as provided by the legislative assembly.
Fifth: A scientific school or such other educational or charitable institution as the legislative assembly may prescribe, at the City of Wahpeton, County of Richland, with a grant of forty thousand (40,000) acres.
Sixth: A state normal school at the City of Minot in the County of Ward.
Seventh: (a) A state normal school at the City of Dickinson, in the County of Stark.
Provided, That no other institution of a character similar to any one of those located by this Article shall be established or maintained without a revision of this Constitution.
Sec. 216. The following named public institutions are hereby permanently located as hereinafter provided, each to have so much of the remaining grant of one hundred and seventy thousand (170,000) acres of land made by the United States for “other educational and charitable institutions” as is allotted by law, namely:
First: A soldiers' home, when located, or such other charitable institution as the legislative assembly may determine, at Lisbon, in the County of Ransom, with a grant of forty thousand (40,000) acres of land.
Second: A blind asylum, or such other institutipn as the legislative assembly may determine, at such place in the County of Pembina as the qualified electors of said county may determine, at an election to be held as prescribed by the legislative assembly, with a grant of thirty thousand: (30,000) acres.
Third: An industrial school and school for manual training, or such other educational or charitable Institution as the legislative assembly may provide, at the Town of Ellendale, in the County of Dickey, with a grant of forty thousand (40,000) acres.
Fourth: A school of forestry, or such other institution as the legislative assembly may determine, at such place in one of the Counties of McHenry, Ward, Bottineau and Rolette, as the electors of the said counties may determine by an election for that purpose, to be held as provided by the legislative assembly.
Fifth: A scientific school, or such other educational or charitable institution as the legislative assembly may prescribe, at the City of Wahpeton, County of Richland, with a grant of forty thousand (40,000) acres.
Sixth: A state normal school at the City of Minot in the County of Ward.
Seventh: (b) A state hospital for the insane at such place within this state as shall be selected by the legislative assembly, provided, that no other institution of a character similar to any one of those located by this Article shall be established or maintained without a revision of this Constitution.
Sec. 135. In all elections for directors or managers of a corporation, each member or shareholder may cast the whole number of his votes for one candidate, or distribute them upon two or more candidates, as he may prefer, provided, any co-operative corporation may adopt by-laws limiting the voting power of its stockholders.
The legislative assembly may by law provide for the levy of a tax upon such lands as may be provided by law of the state for the purpose of creating a fund to insure the owners of growing crops against losses by hail; provided, that such tax shall not affect the tax of four mills levied by the Constitution. The Legislative Assembly may classify such lands of the state as may be provided by law, and divide the State into districts on such basis as shall seem just and necessary, and may vary the tax rates in such districts in accordance with the risk, In order to secure an equitable distribution of the burden of such tax among the owners of such land as may be provided by law.
Sec. 89. The Supreme Court shall consist of five judges, a majority of whom shall be necessary to form a quorum or pronounce a decision, but one or more of said, judges may adjourn the court from day to day or to a day certain, provided, however, that in no case shall any legislative enactment or law of the State of North Dakota be declared unconstitutional unless at least four of the judges shall so decide.
Sec. 25 (in Article 2 as Amended by Article 15 of Amendment). The legislative power of this state shall be vested in a legislature consisting of a senate and a house of representatives. The people, however, reserve the power, first, to propose measures and to enact or reject the same at the polls; second, to approve or reject at the polls any measure or any item, section, part or parts of any measure enacted by the legislature.
The first power reserved is the initiative. Ten thousand electors at large may propose any measure by initiative petition. Every such petition shall contain the full text of the measure and shall be filed with the Secretary of State not less than ninety days before the election at which it is to be voted upon.
The second power reserved is the referendum. Seven thousand electors at large may, by referendum petition, suspend the operation of any measure enacted by the legislature, except an emergency measure. But the filing of a referendum petition against one or more items, sections or parts of any measure, shall not prevent the remainder from going into effect. Such petition shall be filed with the Secretary of State not later than ninety days after the adjournment of the session of the legislature at which such measure was enacted.
Each measure initiated by or referred to the electors, shall be submitted by its ballot title, which shall be placed upon the ballot by the Secretary of State and shall be voted upon at any state-wide election designated in the petition, or at a special election called by the Governor. The result of the vote upon any measure shall be canvassed and declared by the board of canvassers.
Any measure, except an emergency measure, submitted to the electors of the state, shall become a law when approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon. And such law shall go into effect on the 30th day after the election, unless otherwise specified in the measure.
If a referendum petition is filed against an emergency petition such measure shall be a law until voted upon by the electors. And if it is then rejected by a majority of the votes cast thereon, it shall he thereby repealed. Any such measure shall be submitted to the electors at a special election if so ordered by the Governor, or if the referendum petition filed against it shall be signed by thirty thousand electors at large. Such special election shall be called by the Governor, and shall be held not less than one hundred nor more than one hundred thirty days after the adjournment of the session of the legislature.
The Secretary of State shall pass upon each petition, and if he finds it insufficient, he shall notify the “Committee for the Petitioners” and allow twenty days for correction or amendment. All decisions of the Secretary of State in regard to any such petition shall be subject to review by the Supreme Court. But if the sufficiency of such petition is being reveiwed at the time the ballot is prepared, the Secretary of State shall place the measure on the ballot and no subsequent decision shall invalidate such measure if it is at such election approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon. If procedlngs are brought against any petition upon any ground, the burden of proof shall be upon the party attacking it.
No law shall be enacted limiting the number of copies of a petition which may be circulated. Such copies shall become part of the original petition when filed or attached thereto. Nor shall any law be enacted prohibiting any person from giving or receiving compensation for circulating the petitions, nor in any manner interfering with the freedom in securing signatures to petitions.
Each petition shall have printed thereon a ballot title, which shall fairly represent the subject matter of the measure, and the names of at least five electors who shall, constitute the “committee for the petitioners” and who shall represent and act for the petitioners.
All measures submitted to the electors shall be published by the state as follows: “The Secretary of State shall cause to be printed and mailed to each elector a publicity pamphlet, containing a copy of each measure together with its ballot title, to be submitted at any election. Any citizen, or the officers of any organization, may submit to the Secretary of State for publication in such pamphlet, arguments concerning any measure therein, upon first subscribing their names and addresses thereto and paying the fee therefor, which, until otherwise fixed by the legislature, shall be the sum of two hundred dollars per page.”
The enacting clause of all measures initiated by the electors shall be: “Be it enacted by the people of the State of North Da kota.” In submitting measures to the electors, the Secretary of State and all other officials shall be guided by the election laws until additional legislation shall be provided.
If conflicting measures initiated by or referred to the electors shall be approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon, the one receiving the highest number of affirmative votes shall become the law.
The word “measure” as used herein shall include any law or amendment thereto, resolution, legislative proposal or enactment of any character.
The veto power of the Governor shall not extend to the measures initiated by or referred to the electors. No measure enacted or approved by a vote of the electors shall be repealed or amended by the legislature, except upon a yea and nay vote upon roll call of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house.
This section shall be self executing and all of its provisions shall be treated as mandatory. Laws may be enacted to facilitate its operation, but no laws shall be enacted to hamper, restrict or impair the exercise of the rights herein reserved to the'people.
Sec. 67. No act of the legislative assembly shall take effect until July first after the close of the session, unless the legislature by a vote of two-thirds of the members present and voting, in each house, shall declare it an emergency measure, which declaration shall be set forth in the act, provided, however, that no act granting a franchise or special privilege, or act creating any vested right or interest other than in the state, shall be declared an emergency measure. An emergency measure shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Governor.
Sec. 202. Any amendment or amendments to the constitution of the state may be proposed in either house of the legislature, and if the same shall be agreed to upon roll call by a majority of the members elected to each house, it shall be submitted to the electors and if a majority of the votes cast thereon are affirmative, such amendment shall be a part of this constitution.
Amendments to the constitution of the state may also be proposed by an initiative petition of the electors; such petition shall be signed by twenty thousand electors at large and shall be filed with the Secretary of State at least one hundred twenty days prior to the election at which they are to be voted upon, and any amendment, or amendments so proposed, shall be submitted to the electors and become a part of the constitution, if a majority of the votes cast thereon are affirmative. All provisions of the constitution relating to the submission and adoption of measures by initiative petition, and on referendum petition shall apply to the submission and adoption of amendments to the constitution of the state.
Sec. 176. Taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of property; including franchises within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax. The legislature may by law exempt any or all classes of personal property from taxation and within the meaning of this section, fixtures, buildings and improvements of every character, whatsoever, upon land shall be deemed personal property. The property of the United States and of the state, county and municipal corporations and property used exclusively for school, religious, cemetery, charitable or other public purposes shall be exempt from taxation. Except as restricted by this Article, the legislature may provide for raising revenue and fixing the situs of all property for the purpose of taxation. Provided that all taxes and exemptions in force when this amendment is adopted shall remain in force until otherwise provided by statute.
Sec. 177. The legislature may by law provide for the levy and collection of an acreage tax on lands within the state in addition to the limitations specified in Section 174 in Article 11 of the Constitution. The proceeds of such tax shall be used to indemnify the owners of growing crops against damages by hail, provided that lands used exclusively for public roads, rights of way of common carriers, mining, manufacturing or pasturage may be exempt from such tax.
Sec. 182. The state may issue or guarantee the payment of bonds, provided that all bonds in excess of two million dollars shall be secured by first mortgages upon real estate in amounts not to exceed one-half of its value; or upon real and personal property of state-owned utilities, enterprises or industries, in amounts not exceeding its value, and, provided further, that the state shall not issue or guarantee bonds upon property of state-owned utilities, enterprises or industries in excess of ten million dollars.
No future indebtedness shall be incurred by the state unless evidenced by a bond issue, which shall be authorized by law for certain purposes, to be clearly defined. Every law authorizing a bond issue shall provide for levying an annual tax, or make other provision, sufficient to pay the interest semi-annually, and the principal within thirty years from the passage of such law, and shall specially appropriate the proceeds of such tax, or of such other provisions, to the payment of said principal and interest, and such appropriation shall not be repealed nor the tax or other provisions discontinued until such debt, both principal and interest, shall have been paid. No debt in excess of the limit named herein shall be incurred except for the purpose of repelling invasion, suppressing insurrection, defending the state in time of war or to provide for the public defense in case of threatened hostilities.
Sec. 185. The state, any county or city may make internal improvements and may engage in any industry, enterprise or business not prohibited by Article 20 of the Constitution, but neither the state nor any political subdivision thereof shall otherwise loan or give its credit or make donations to or in aid of any individual, association or corporation except for reasonable support of the poor, nor subscribe to or become the owner of capital stock in any association or corporation.
The qualified electors of the state or of any county, or of any congressional, judicial or legislative district may petition for the recall of any elective congressional, state, county, judicial or legislative officer by filing a petition with the officer with whom the petition for nomination to such office in the primary election is filed, demanding the recall of such officer. Such petition shall be signed by at least thirty per cent of the qualified electors who voted at the preceding election for the office of governor in the state, county or district from which such officer is to be recalled. The officer with whom such petition is filed shall call a special election to be held not less than forty or more than forty-five days from the filing of such petition.
The officer against whom such petition has been filed shall continue to perform the duties of his office until the result of such special election shall hnve been officially declared. Other candidates for such office may he nominated in the manner as is provided by law in primary elections. The candidate who shall receive the highest number of votes shall be deemed elected for the remainder of the term. The name of the candidate against whom the recall petition is filed shall go on the ticket unless he resigns within ten days after the filing of the petition. After one such petition and special election, no further recall petition shall be filed against the same officer during the term for which he was elected. This article shall be self executing and all of its provisions shall be treated as mandatory. Laws may be enacted to facilitate its operation, but no law shall be enacted to hamper, restrict or impair the right of recall.
Sec. 161. The legislative assembly shall have authority to provide by law for the leasing of lands granted to the state for educational and charitable purposes; but no such law shall authorize the leasing of said lands for a longer period than five years. Said lands shall only be leased for pasturage and meadow purposes and at a public auction after notice as heretofore provided in case of sale; provided, that all of said school lands now under cultivation may be leased, at the discretion and under the control of the Board of University and School Lands, for other than pasturage and meadow purposes until sold. All rents shall be paid in advance.
Provided, further, that coal lands may also be leased for agricultural cultivation upon such terms and conditions and for such a period, not exceeding five years, as the legislature may provide.
Section 183. The debt of any county, township, city, town, school district or any other political subdivision, shall never exceed the per centum upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein; provided that any incorporated city may, by a two-thirds vote, increase such indebtedness three per centum on such assessed value beyond said five per centum limit, and a school district, by a majority vote may increase such indebtedness five per cent on such assessed value beyond said five per centum limit; provided also that any county or city by a majority vote may issue bonds upon any revenue producing utility owned by such county or city, or for the purchasing or acquiring the same or building or establishment thereof, in amounts not exceeding the physical value of such utility, industry or enterprise.
In estimating the indebtedness which a city, county, township, school district or any other political subdivision may incur, the entire amount, exclusive of the bonds upon said revenue producing utilities, whether contracted prior or subsequent to the adoption of this constitution, shall be included; provided further that any incorporated city may become indebted in any amount not exceeding four per centum of such assessed value without regard to the existing indebtedness of such city for the purpose of constructing or purchasing waterworks for furnishing a supply of water to the inhabitants of such city, or for the purpose of constructing sewers, and for no other purpose whatever. All bonds and obligations in excess of the amount of indebtedness permitted by this constitution, given by any city, county, township, town, school district, or any other political subdivision shall be void.
Every qualified elector who shall have resided in the state one year, and in the county ninety days, and in the precinct thirty days next preceding any election, shall be entitled to vote at such election; provided, that where a qualified elector moves from one precinct to another within the same county, he shall be entitled to vote in the precinct from which he moved, until he establishes his residence in the precinct to which he moved.
Section 121. Every person of the age of twenty-one years or upwards, belonging to either of the following classes who shall have resided in the state one year and in the county ninety days and in the precinct thirty days next preceding any election shall be a qualified elector at such election. First, citizens of the United States; second, civilized persons of Indian descent who have severed their tribal relation two years next preceding such election.
Sec. 215. The following public institutions of the State are permanently located at the places hereinafter named, each to have the lands specifically granted to it by the United States in the Act of Congress approved February 22, 1889, to be disposed of and used in such manner as the Legislative Assembly may prescribe subject to the limitations provided in the article on school and public lands contained in this Constitution.
First: The seat of government at the City of Bismarck in the County of Burleigh.
Second: The State University and the School of Mines at the city of Grand Forks, in the County of Grand Forks.
Third: The Agricultural College at the City of Fargo, in the County of Cass.
Fourth: A State Normal School at the city of Valley City, in the County of Barnes, and the Legislative Assembly, in apportioning the grant of eighty thousand acres of land for normal schools made in the act of Congress referred to shall grant to the said Normal School at Valley City, as aforementioned, fifty thousand (50,000) acres, and said lands are hereby appropriated to said institution for that purpose.
Fifth: The School for the Deaf and Dumb of North Dakota at the City of Devils Lake, in the County of Ramsey.
Sixth: A State Training School at the City of Mandan, in the County of Morton.
Seventh: A State Normal School at the City of Mayville, in the County of Traill, and the Legislative Assembly in apportioning the grant of lands made by Congress in the act aforesaid for State Normal Schools shall assign thirty thousand (30,000) acres to the institution hereby located at Mayville, and said lands are hereby appropriated for said purpose.
Eighth: A State Hospital for the Insane at the City of Jamestown, in the County of Stutsman. And the Legislative Assembly shall appropriate twenty thousand acres of the grant of lands made by the Act of Congress aforesaid for other educational and charitable institutions to the benefit and for the endowment of said institution, and there shall be located at or near the City of Grafton, in the County of Walsh, an institution for the Feeble Minded, on the grounds purchased by the Secretary of the Interior for a Penitentiary building.
Sec. 162. The moneys of the permanent school fund and other educational funds shall be invested only in bonds of school corporations or of counties, or of townships, or of municipalities within the state, bonds issued for the construction of drains under authority of law within the state, bonds of the United States, bonds of the State of North Dakota, or on first mortgages on farm lands in this state, not exceeding in amount one-half of the actual value of any sub-division on which the same may be loaned, such value to be determined by the board of appraisal of school lands.
Every qualified elector, who shall have resided in the state one year, in the county 90 days and in the precinct 30 days next preceding any election, shall be entitled to vote at such election. Provided that where a qualified elector moves from one precinct to another within the state he shall be entitled to vote in the precinct from which he moves until he establishes his residence in the precinct to which he moves.
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Blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
The Book of Genesis tells us the story of Isaac, a father blinded to his son’s wickedness. Isaac could have been fooled by Jacob’s ruse but Rebecca his wife had been given a prophecy about the future of her two children. Did Isaac know about this? And how could Isaac be oblivious to Esau’s marriages with several Canaanite women? It seems also that Isaac was unaware of the birthright-for-‘red-stuff’ (that it how the dish was called in the Hebrew text) deal between Esau and Jacob.
Many Talmudic commentators attribute Isaac’s blindness to an act of God’s mercy to spare him the distress of seeing his son Esau’s wicked behavior. Some also suggest that it was due to Esau’s smoke-screen of hypocrisy, pretending to be so righteous in front of his father. It could also simply be that he was old and had cataracts.
Interesting elements are unveiled when we look at this story as the prophetic foreshadow of a future situation, as the microcosm of a larger concept. Not only was Isaac blinded to Esau’s wickedness, but so was he to Jacob’s righteousness. Here we have Isaac, the promised seed of Abraham, blinded to the righteousness of he who in essence would carry the seed of Messiah in him, which caused him to leave his mother’s tent for exile. We must remember also that Rebecca lived in Sarah’s tent which was in the eyes of the sages compared to Jerusalem. Jacob therefore is exiled from ‘Jerusalem’, and we never hear of Rebecca again. Jacob later returns to the Land with an angelic escort (Genesis 34).
Two thousand years ago, Hashem ‘blinded’ the eyes of Israel to the early messianic movement (Romans 11:7, 25). The apostle Paul also started out blinded to the fulfillment of the promises made to the fathers. This forced the Messianic believers of Israel, which were mostly a Temple sect of Jerusalem found gathering by Solomon’s Portico, to leave the Land and go into exile.
Today, as Jacob escorted by angels (Genesis 32:1) that seed is returning to the Promised Land as a growing Messianic movement. Though they face many ‘Esau’s, angels also escort them and will see them to destination in conquering the Land until, as in the story of old, The Messiah who is also called David (Hoseah 3:5) arrives and establishes his Kingdom in Jerusalem from where the whole world will learn to live by the Torah of God.
May it be soon Abba, even in our days!
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Kardiolita Hospital is known to be performing the highest number of orthopedic surgeries – and is being chosen by many international patients. About half of the patients for these surgeries come from abroad. Many of them choose Kardiolita Hospital after being referred by their family members and friends. Hip joint replacement surgery is one of the top surgeries performed at Kardiolita Hospital.
Kardiolita Hospital employs only the most professional and qualified orthopedic surgeons, many having over 20 years of experience in operating daily.
Not only hip replacement surgeries, regularly performed at Kardiolita Hospital, are successful – we have many patients coming to us for knee surgeries, with great results. Countless patients have been able to walk without pain again after having hip replacement surgery at Kardiolita Hospital.
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For overweight people, losing some weight before the surgery may be recommended by the operating surgeon.
It is recommended for at least two weeks before the surgery to not take any aspirin or other pharmaceuticals which cause blood liquefaction. Avoid flaxseed, vitamin E, fish oil, green tea, chia seeds, primrose oil, ginger and garlic as it can increase the risk of bleeding as well.
It is recommended to quit smoking at least two weeks before the surgery in order to get the best possible results, as nicotine affects blood flow and can slow down your recovery. Moreover, it can cause complications.
Patients may be given some exercises to stretch and strengthen the muscles surrounding the knee, which could help to recover after surgery faster.
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At Kardiolita Hospital, we use only the newest hip implants of 4th generation that have been approved worldwide and are being used at the world’s best hospitals. Implant price is from 3000 euro.
The surgery is performed under general anesthesia. Hip replacement surgery, depending on complexity, takes about 1-2 hours. It is recommended to stay in the hospital for 6 nights after the surgery.
Full recovery period may take from several weeks to several months. Some patients are able to fully walk and get back to their regular routines in 5-6 weeks after the surgery, while for some, recovery may take up to 6 months. This depends on the age of a patient, general health condition and the difficulty of the surgery performed.
Most patients are able to stand and walk with assistance on the first day after the surgery.
It is recommended to move your foot and leg in order to prevent swelling and activate blood flow.
Recommended exercises and activity plan are provided to the patient for easier recovery.
Pain medicine may need to be taken for 7-10 days after the surgery.
Specific rehabilitation program is recommended for each hip replacement patient for easier recovery. Patients can choose to have rehabilitation in their home country or at Kardiolita Hospital – we recommend 10-14 days of rehabilitation.
Lithuania is known as #2 country in the world for the lowest number of complications after orthopaedic surgeries. Although our patients rarely ever face any complications at all, possible complications after hip replacement surgery include:
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I’ve always been independent, so needing to take care of my family and drive my kids everywhere began to impact my personal endeavors – especially with ministry. There were so many opportunities at my finger tips, but it all became overwhelming and I needed to start turning them down.
Resentment began crouching at my door.
Thankfully, it didn’t take long for Love (God) to awaken me to a profound and vital reality. Motherhood is my number one ministry and opportunity. This is a phase of life that is critical for my girls and I don’t get do-overs.
This realization came when I watched a brief clip by Lisa Bevere where she shared a similar time in her life. She gave up “amazing” opportunities because she chose her boys. It’s been more than 2 years ago now since I watched that clip, but I vividly remember it because it had a huge impact on my thought process.
What I was seeing as a burden, suddenly became a privilege.
Stepping back and re-evaluating everything in my life over the last couple months has left me in a very awkward place. I don’t know what’s going to happen or where I’m going – personally.
What I do know is that I’m a mom who has the responsibility to raise two young ladies who were created and formed by God. They are at a crucial age and I want to be a part of it.
The next 6ish years, my girls are at the top of my priority list. Between practices, games, and events, my evenings are full. And I’m okay with that – for many reasons. But, I’d like to share a list of some that involve sports.
I read this the other day and it expresses my feeling towards investing in the sports they enjoy. They both have sports that are highly committed to, and it is my honor to invest in them. It was something that I wish I had a stronger sense of when I was a teen. Instead I was in church 6 days a week and experienced a whole lot of drama and not a lot of Jesus. My girls will learn to have a whole lot of Jesus everywhere they go – not just in church.
This was not written by me, and as soon as I’m in front of a computer I will add the name of the person who wrote this.
To all the sports mommas out there – I salute you. I never thought I had what it takes, but seeing my girls mature through the lessons of sports is priceless.
So, if I have to say no to an event, or miss your call, or don’t respond to your text/message right away, know that it’s not personal. I’m out living life and enjoying the family God gave me.
People always asked “Why do you pay so much money for your kids to do all their sports”? Well I have a confession to make; I don’t pay for my kids to to do sports. Personally, I couldn’t care less about what sport they do.
So, if I am not paying for sports what am I paying for?
I pay for those moments when my kids become so tired they want to quit but don’t.
I pay for those days when my kids come home from school and are “too tired” to go to their training but they go anyway.
I pay for my kids to learn to be disciplined, focused and dedicated.
I pay for my kids to learn to take care of their body and learn how to correctly fuel their body for success.
I pay for my kids to learn to work with others and to be good team mates, gracious in defeat and humble in success.
I pay for my kids to learn to deal with disappointment, when they don’t get that placing or title they’d hoped for, but still they go back week after week giving it their best shot.
I pay for my kids to learn to make and accomplish goals.
I pay for my kids to respect, not only themselves, but others, officials, judges and coaches.
I pay for my kids to learn that it takes hours and hours, years and years of hard work and practice to create a champion and that success does not happen overnight.
I pay for my kids to be proud of small achievements, and to work towards long term goals.
I pay for the opportunity my kids have and will have to make life-long friendships, create lifelong memories, to be as proud of their achievements as I am.
I pay so that my kids can be in the gym instead of in front of a screen…
I pay for those rides home where we make precious memories talking about practice, both good and bad.
-I pay so that my child can learn the importance of time management and balancing what is important like school and keeping grades up
…I could go on but, to be short, I don’t pay for sports; I pay for the opportunities that sports provides my kids with to develop attributes that will serve them well throughout their lives and give them the opportunity to bless the lives of others. From what I have seen so far I think it is a great investment!”
Published by Andrea John
A writer with a desire to share the love and truth of God demonstrated through Jesus Christ. View all posts by Andrea John
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I’ll start out with stating that I refuse to go and see the live action remake of my favourite Disney Animated Feature. It’s probably inevitable that I will see it, but my FB feed is full of nothing but how the live action movie is better than the original, because of the ‘problematic content’ (Stockholm syndrome, Belle’s supposed snobbery, etc). If you know me at all, I happen to be a fan of animation and puppetry in general, and, while I don’t think it’s wrong to be critical of something, I think there is something to say for, “That’s obviously not what they were going for, but mmmkay.” This is my quiet bit of rebellion, talking about the original.
The town’s calling her odd, but she’s not trying hard enough to win them over. *SLOW CLAP*
But we’re here to discuss… Gaston isn’t supposed to be bright, but is he dumb?
Gaston, among other things, doesn’t come across as brilliant, but that doesn’t mean he’s a basic bro jock. Making him stupid diminishes his threat factor somewhat. What’s my argument, other than that perhaps there’s more to this character than meets the eye (as per the theme of the film, dur hur).
1) Maurice suggests that Belle should try talking to him
When Belle mentions there’s no one in town she can really talk to, Maurice suggests Gaston. Child me thought it was because he was an important character and Disney with your average Disney film, this counts as character development. Grown up me suspects Maurice isn’t a complete nitwit – he’s an eccentric inventor ahead of his time, but still – if the pickings in town are slim, Gaston isn’t the dullest knife in the cupboard.
The actual biblical quote is along the lines of, “Whoever is not against us is for us”. I’m not saying you have to be brilliant to twist something out of context to get it to suit you; but it’s a quick bit of rhetoric when he’s already got the town riled behind him.
This, to me, is more about good writers hiding things rather than really alluding much to Gaston. However, he must have heard it from somewhere…
Small girl-child knew this mindset was backwards and meant to make the audience dislike Gaston. Minutes later, he thanks Belle for calling him “Primeval” it’s probably assumed that he doesn’t know what this means… but, what if he does, and he takes it as a complement? For all we know, he’s fully aware of a world out there that’s more, but he represents the sure thing – he’s a practical hunter, afterall.
5) The Plot against Maurice
He tells Le Fou that he has been thinking – a dangerous past time. HOWEVER, he downplays it. He’s downplaying his threat – society likes manly biting, losing at chess Gaston.
Gaston knows this, and he wants approval and everybody to love him. He’ll get what he wants, but he plays the game. He’s strong enough to put a boot to Maurice and force Belle down the altar. He’s not doing it that way. Why? (Other than that it’s a Disney movie…) Because in his own mind, he’s the good guy, the hero – he’s a product of the world.
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Like many Canadians born in the second half of the twentieth century, I spent a small but significant part of my childhood watching CBC-TV’s The Friendly Giant. As a preschooler, every weekday morning I was transfixed for fifteen minutes as Friendly invited us all to join him in his castle, chatted to his puppet buddies Rusty and Jerome, and read a book to us all. These days it’s difficult to imagine that any kid’s show could ever be focused around the reading of books. Reading a story with your friends – what a concept! Created by Wisconsin-born Bob Homme, who played Friendly, the show played in Canada for over twenty-five years and was marketed in parts of the US during the latter part of its run.
The other regular occurrence on The Friendly Giant was Music Day, when Friendly would play recorder trios with Patty and Polly Piper, two other puppet friends of indeterminate species (raccoons, I thought, or maybe cats). Once a week, with tiny toy recorders of various sizes, they tootled, bobbed and weaved to music from the courts of Henry VIII or Charles II, dance tunes published in the 1500s, and/or something penned by J.S. Bach. Go figure. You couldn’t get away with that on TV these days even if you paid for the privilege.
Pre-school days ended and I abandoned Friendly for Yogi the Bear, Top of the Pops, Batman and the Addams Family (Carolyn Jones, may you rest in peace, you are still my hero). Then came high school, university, study overseas, and the return home to try making a living as a musician. I’d been doing that for a year or two when one day I got a call asking if I could come down to the CBC studios on Jarvis Street to play a session for an episode of [gasp] The Friendly Giant. The other people on the gig were my former teacher Hugh Orr, who had played on the show for years, and Bob Homme of course. I was over the moon – pretty close to where the cow flew in the show’s closing credits.
At this time they were still recording all the show’s music in the TV studios, with the mics and music stands set up three feet away from where the show was shot. So when I walked into the studio and saw the set with the ‘real live’ Jerome the Giraffe puppet lying inert on the floor, the distant past collided with the present in a good way and I pretty much went into an altered state. There right in front of me were the castle walls, the window through which Jerome visited, the shoe bag where Rusty the Rooster lived, and the miniature living room into which viewers were invited, with its fireplace, rocker and the big armchair ‘for two of you to curl up in’…and there was Friendly himself. I remember making some Obvious Gig Novice comments such as ‘oh wow, look, those little chairs are so CUTE!’ and, ‘OMG was Jerome always orange and blue?’ but everyone seemed understanding of this, having had many other star-struck visitors on the set before me. Introductions were made, the session’s music was discussed, and then Bob, Hugh and I sat down and ran through a few Praetorius dances a couple of times while the tape rolled. (Jerome lay on the floor without moving.) And that was that. Luckily for me I was part of several more shows over the next few years. As time passed Patty and Polly expanded their musical skills, sometimes played different types of music on other instruments, and I think they underwent name and character changes at some point, but early music continued in the repertoire loop until the show ended. And that was pretty cool.
Bob Homme was such a lovely man, unpretentious, laid back and kind, and he was an enthusiastic recorder player – he could always hold his own in consort music, and it was he who played the show’s theme song, Early One Morning. He was a clarinet player who grew up playing jazz, and a consummate professional with a real devotion to his work and a genuine respect for the intelligence of children. No dumbing down or talking two octaves higher for him.
Playing for that show was one of the most pleasant and easy-going yet totally professional gigs I’ve ever had the good fortune to be involved in. Not surprisingly it’s also proven to be one the most meaningful career credits in my bio for people who happen to read it. Popular culture in general, and a direct connection to happy childhood memories in particular, trumps just about everything else from CDs on fancy labels to concerts in fancy places. Food for much thought there. The music wasn’t flashy, the technology wasn’t much, the audience was very young, but the impact of Bob Homme’s vision and inventiveness was far-reaching and powerful. He received the Order of Canada in 1998, two years before his death, and in 2005 the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada designated the show as a Masterwork.
After the show ended a number of its puppets, props and costumes were put on display at the small museum in the CBC building down on Toronto’s Front Street. It was always fun to catch a glimpse of them whenever I was in the building. In 2007 most of the Friendly memorabilia was removed from the museum and a farewell afternoon reception was organized so people could drop by for a final look. Someone at the CBC called to ask if some recorder duets could be played throughout the event, and it was very touching to provide those with Colin Savage as people wandered in and out. There were a lot of visitors that day.
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4 thoughts on “Fun Times with The Friendly Giant”
Marg Trethewey on May 10, 2014 at 1:27 pm said:
Alison, this is a lovely tribute to a gentler time. thanks for posting it. Marg Trethewey
Alison on May 10, 2014 at 10:24 pm said:
Thanks for reading it, Marg!
Doug on June 6, 2015 at 5:16 pm said:
I am 56 and I grew up in Presque Isle, Maine, close to the Canadian border. One of the 4 channels we could pick up off – the – air, CBC, broadcasted The Friendly Giant. It was a morning ritual and the opening theme and hearth scene was so gentle and comforting. I showed the youtube videos to my three children 6, 10, and 12 and they were glued to the screen. The love music, puppets, and miniature things. I’ll try to get hold of the biography. Thanks for the post.
Alison on June 7, 2015 at 1:28 pm said:
Glad to hear how your children responded! It’s sad that these days there aren’t any TV shows for kids which feature story-telling or encourage reading. Maybe I’m mistaken about that but there doesn’t seem to be anything out there like that. (Bring back Friendly!)
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So I'm new to Sins and have been playing it quietly against the AI and learning what's going on. I've formerly played lots of StarCraft and WarCraft 3 so I get the gyst of the game style. However, one thing that's stumping me is micromanagement - and I'll explain precisely what I mean by that. I have a number of questions that aren't really filled by any of the comments I've seen online or any of the guides I've read here (including the two really big ones on TEC and Vasari). Yes, there is a post where people ask what ships to focus-fire, fleet or capital...but that's not where I'm going with this. Just between a number of features in the game that are unique, to how one splits one's attention on various points on the map, I'm not clear on the best way to direct my attention. Allow me to simply field a bunch of questions and see where it goes.
A. Exactly how do FLEETS function? Yes, I've done the Tutorial, and I've clicked the button in-game, but for the most part I still don't get what's happening here. All I'm sure of is that ships I didn't include in part of a fleet initially are suddenly part of it, and then I end up giving orders to units I didn't think were supposed to be getting them.
B. For the competitive players - how do you use fleets? What for and in what circumstances?
C. How are fleets different than using Control-#'s? Obviously I Control-# various aspects of my forces (Capital ships whose abilities I want to use, portions of my fleet with a special ability, etc...), but I can't help but wonder if I'm missing something here in terms of execution. Moreover it only goes so far if I'm controlling multiple actual combat fleets at the same time (e.g. three-pronged attack), and I just run out of Control-#'s. How do you deal with this?
A. To what extent do you use grouped jumping or ungrouped jumping for one thing or another? On the one hand, grouping can slow down a force reaching its destination but ensure that it comes in force, on the other hand ungrouping makes sure stuff gets there ASAP. What motivates some of these decisions for you?
B. Do you use Unit Follow for jumping? (e.g. ordering your fleet to "move" to your Titan - the Titan jumps first and then everything else comes a little bit after) I find this is nice early on in the game when fighting Neutrals as they will focus on the Capital ship and ignore my Frigates. Later on it's a question mark whether the rest of the fleet actually comes together or not.
C. More on Unit Following - how useful is this during battles? Units SEEM to do OK here, but I'm not really sure...obviously managing the fleet directly is better, but here it's really a question of which things should GET my attention and which things should NOT get my attention in a battle.
3. Gravity Well Targetting & Ship Behaviour
A. What I notice with a lot of my ship's behaviour is that they can be incredibly stupid very easily. For example, if I have some Vasari healer ships, or some Hoshikos from TEC - they might charge right at the enemy and not even do much healing. So I turn Auto-Attack off. Then they sit around in the back until something is hurt and take forever to get where everything else is. So I need to babysit them and make sure they're in the right area. And this all assumes that they're even doing their job at all - my Vasari healers often just heal NOTHING at all even on auto-cast and I just need to manually assign all of them to do stuff. (too bad Sins didn't incorporate the WarCraft 3 micro item whereby each time you hit a command in a group it assigns the next unit to do it...whereas in Sins you need to tab through each unit to give the individual orders)
B. When do you change the Gravity Well attack range? Example using the whole Gravity well will make the whole fleet charge immediately when entering a system (say with a Star Base) and I don't necessarily want the ships to do that. I could micro the ships, but in order to keep them from charging they all turn around and then have their backs to things and it screws up the offensive. So turning it to "Local" is helpful - but then too often in a battle I will forget about something only in order to find some of my ships sitting around doing nothing (often healers) - so once again I need to babysit them and make sure they're sort of in the right area to do anything.
C. All this is besides the fact that the Gravity Well attack sequence is behind another item and seems like a lot of attention to click on, especially if I want some of my force to access the whole well and others not to. How do others manage their large fleets in battle?
A. I haven't started playing on Fastest income rate and stuff yet because frankly Normal is plenty fast for me. Attention on a single battle and I suddenly have far too much money to spend and don't know where it all came from, so I can't imagine what I would be doing with even more money in the same time frame.
B. Anyways, having said that - how do you direct your attention to various things when fighting a battle? I think my main issue is that I haven't familiarized myself with the whole tech tree for each race yet (because there is a LOT there) and so sometimes I'm just searching for an item whose location I have forgotten (in order to be able to click on it). Too often though I'm in a battle that's substantial enough that researching anything just gets neglected (and since research takes a LONG time, it's useful to have something being researched at all times). How do you keep on top of all your planets, and research, and fleet actions simultaneously? Is this something about "Fleets" I'm missing? Because once again - I find all the ships in battle so dumb that I need to manage all of them to do anything right at any time.
A. When do you zoom? This might seem like a banal question, but it makes a big deal. In many other RTS, zooming just isn't a thing - you might be able to control the camera angle, but that's about it. I can see how the way Planets are structured makes Zooming necessary in this game, but it does feel disorienting overall (certainly at no point have I ever felt the "thrill" of battle in Sins watching things die as I have in other games, because the need to have an overview of everything in the battle for tactical purposes necessarily makes the camera zoom be out just enough to see nothing shooting anything else ever, so meh). Obviously I zoom in order to place buildings. And I zoom in order to...
B. Focus fire. This one is tricky. It's not a question about WHAT to focus fire, but HOW to focus fire. Let me clarify. When zooming, sometimes it will focus on a ship (near my cursor when I zoomed), and sometimes not (if my cursor was near nothing). The zoom on top of a ship is nice to focus fire because it stays in the middle of the screen and so is functionally "stationary" - but as soon as ships of another type need to be focused we need to zoom out again, zoom in, zoom out, to nail certain ones. I actually don't mind it at all when it DOESN'T zoom in on a ship and instead I have a zoomed-in overview of a part of a battle, and I can pick out the ships I want who are moving in whatever direction. The problem is...
C. Ships are never quite where they are. The place where you need to click to focus on something seems to be a tad BELOW where you think it's supposed to be?!? You'd think bigger icon acceptance would be a thing here. Is it just me, or does everyone else suffer from the problem of clicking on an enemy ship in what seemed to be a clear click, only to find out that your fleet is moving to a location instead?
D. My only question about focus-firing - when is it time to not focus fire anything and let your fleet just shoot it out? (I find need for the "stop" button of course, in case the target runs away into a place I don't want to be)
I probably have more questions presently that I just don't remember. Yes, I'm still learning so am disoriented at times and I know this slows me down (Like - what was my Capital Ship's ability again?!? Oh yeah that's what it was...). Nevertheless, lots of items just could use some sharpening, and while this is an RTS like other RTSs, the way certain aspects work is sufficiently different that at least for me some clarification is required - and I need to ask, because every guide I read seems to just *assume* that these items are clear for everyone. I get build orders, and why a certain set of ships has a strong advantage, and so on...but actually executing the orders for a master fleet is a different story. Also, in other RTS, you don't always have this many troops to command. Things are larger in scope here, so it's something to adjust to.
5. What's the deal with Corvette mass? Every time I build a million Corvettes, they just instantly die to anything all the time. Splash damage for sure, but normal ships too (even when I get behind the enemy fleet and nullify their guns because they're facing the wrong way). I'm obviously missing something - once again, it's one of those items that I see in guides, but nothing about execution is actually explained.
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A. Exactly how do FLEETS function? Yes, I've done the Tutorial, and I've clicked the button in-game, but for the most part I still don't get what's happening here. All I'm sure of is that ships I didn't include in part of a fleet initially are suddenly part of it, and then I end up giving orders to units I didn't think were supposed to be getting them.
B. For the competitive players - how do you use fleets? What for and in what circumstances?
C. How are fleets different than using Control-#'s? Obviously I Control-# various aspects of my forces (Capital ships whose abilities I want to use, portions of my fleet with a special ability, etc...), but I can't help but wonder if I'm missing something here in terms of execution. Moreover it only goes so far if I'm controlling multiple actual combat fleets at the same time (e.g. three-pronged attack), and I just run out of Control-#'s. How do you deal with this?
Fleets are a bit more dynamic than control groups, and in my opinion not in a good way. It's possible for ships to try and auto join a relevant nearby fleet. Also, the fleet likes to try and keep formation, even in the middle of battle when I really wish they would just keep shooting the enemy.
Personally I don't like to use them.
A. To what extent do you use grouped jumping or ungrouped jumping for one thing or another? On the one hand, grouping can slow down a force reaching its destination but ensure that it comes in force, on the other hand ungrouping makes sure stuff gets there ASAP. What motivates some of these decisions for you?
B. Do you use Unit Follow for jumping? (e.g. ordering your fleet to "move" to your Titan - the Titan jumps first and then everything else comes a little bit after) I find this is nice early on in the game when fighting Neutrals as they will focus on the Capital ship and ignore my Frigates. Later on it's a question mark whether the rest of the fleet actually comes together or not.
C. More on Unit Following - how useful is this during battles? Units SEEM to do OK here, but I'm not really sure...obviously managing the fleet directly is better, but here it's really a question of which things should GET my attention and which things should NOT get my attention in a battle.
It seems you already understand how it works. Group jumping in commonly used. I don't often use following but that might just be because I haven't tried.
3. Gravity Well Targetting & Ship Behaviour
A. What I notice with a lot of my ship's behaviour is that they can be incredibly stupid very easily. For example, if I have some Vasari healer ships, or some Hoshikos from TEC - they might charge right at the enemy and not even do much healing. So I turn Auto-Attack off. Then they sit around in the back until something is hurt and take forever to get where everything else is. So I need to babysit them and make sure they're in the right area. And this all assumes that they're even doing their job at all - my Vasari healers often just heal NOTHING at all even on auto-cast and I just need to manually assign all of them to do stuff. (too bad Sins didn't incorporate the WarCraft 3 micro item whereby each time you hit a command in a group it assigns the next unit to do it...whereas in Sins you need to tab through each unit to give the individual orders)
B. When do you change the Gravity Well attack range? Example using the whole Gravity well will make the whole fleet charge immediately when entering a system (say with a Star Base) and I don't necessarily want the ships to do that. I could micro the ships, but in order to keep them from charging they all turn around and then have their backs to things and it screws up the offensive. So turning it to "Local" is helpful - but then too often in a battle I will forget about something only in order to find some of my ships sitting around doing nothing (often healers) - so once again I need to babysit them and make sure they're sort of in the right area to do anything.
C. All this is besides the fact that the Gravity Well attack sequence is behind another item and seems like a lot of attention to click on, especially if I want some of my force to access the whole well and others not to. How do others manage their large fleets in battle?
A. Healing ships will heal while in battle. They might not be able to tell what ships need healing the most at any given moment, but in my experience they do a decent job. Most healing ships will only heal targets that have taken X amount of damage FYI, so they won't heal targets with only minor hull damage.
B. Sieges usually, where enemy defenses make it really important where the battle is fought. You have to micro to deal with a properly fortified planet without taking loses, unless they have absolutely no fleet or many fighters and you just want to leave some carriers there a while.
B. Anyways, having said that - how do you direct your attention to various things when fighting a battle? I think my main issue is that I haven't familiarized myself with the whole tech tree for each race yet (because there is a LOT there) and so sometimes I'm just searching for an item whose location I have forgotten (in order to be able to click on it). Too often though I'm in a battle that's substantial enough that researching anything just gets neglected (and since research takes a LONG time, it's useful to have something being researched at all times). How do you keep on top of all your planets, and research, and fleet actions simultaneously? Is this something about "Fleets" I'm missing? Because once again - I find all the ships in battle so dumb that I need to manage all of them to do anything right at any time.
Practice, and learn to use the Empire tree for ship/planet management in battle
You can pause the game in single player while you are learning.
Your units will at least keep shooting and using abilities. Micro will always give better results, but its not strictly necessary. The AI you're fighting against has the same behavior for battles.
When do you zoom? This might seem like a banal question, but it makes a big deal. In many other RTS, zooming just isn't a thing - you might be able to control the camera angle, but that's about it. I can see how the way Planets are structured makes Zooming necessary in this game, but it does feel disorienting overall (certainly at no point have I ever felt the "thrill" of battle in Sins watching things die as I have in other games, because the need to have an overview of everything in the battle for tactical purposes necessarily makes the camera zoom be out just enough to see nothing shooting anything else ever, so meh). Obviously I zoom in order to place buildings. And I zoom in order to...
Empire tree can mitigate a lot of need to zoom out mid battle. You can also auto place buildings to not need to look at a planet at all, though you should probably only do this for logistical structures.
Ships are never quite where they are. The place where you need to click to focus on something seems to be a tad BELOW where you think it's supposed to be?!? You'd think bigger icon acceptance would be a thing here. Is it just me, or does everyone else suffer from the problem of clicking on an enemy ship in what seemed to be a clear click, only to find out that your fleet is moving to a location instead?
I've not had this problem. Maybe check your camera options.
What's the deal with Corvette mass? Every time I build a million Corvettes, they just instantly die to anything all the time. Splash damage for sure, but normal ships too (even when I get behind the enemy fleet and nullify their guns because they're facing the wrong way). I'm obviously missing something - once again, it's one of those items that I see in guides, but nothing about execution is actually explained.
Corvettes are fast and high micro ships, but fragile. You will need to learn to constantly order replacements for them if you use them, but their speed lets them chase down and hunt any fleeing units in mass. They also do good damage to LRFs and Titans. A lot of casual players do not like them due to the high casualty ratio, but they are very effective in PVP.
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5. What's the deal with Corvette mass? Every time I build a million Corvettes, they just instantly die to anything all the time. Splash damage for sure, but normal ships too (even when I get behind the enemy fleet and nullify their guns because they're facing the wrong way). I'm obviously missing something - once again, it's one of those items that I see in guides, but nothing about execution is actually explained.
Cheers and thanks,
I think you aren't missing anything - the people who have written the guides are writing primarily for the multiplayer meta, which isn't always necessarily the best way to play and comes with its own set of assumptions. Perhaps the guides were correct for a prior version of the game, but now they are not accurate.
So for example, supply for supply, a level 1 Ragnarok will be killed by corvettes. But a level 1 Ragnarok supported by say, 10 Garda frigates and a pair of Hoshikos will easily defeat the equivalent supply in corvettes.
Perhaps the PVP crowd simply don't build the Garda to counter the corvette swarm, because that cohort widely recognises the Garda as useless.
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I have been reading with interest the sonar usage (right sensor, etc.) because I had already purchased the previously recommended sensor (EZ0) but had yet to add it to my quad. After reading the posts by Maxbotix and others, I went ahead and took the plunge. I added a 100uF capacitor directly to the board (photo above) as recommended and put a 100ohm resistor on the +5V line.
I created a cable and hand-braided it in an attempt to eliminate as much noise as possible. I know Maxbotix recommends a shielded cable but I didn't have any. The cable is also a little too long. I also temporarily mounted it to a paint stir and put it on the opposite side of the air-frame from the receiver. But as you can see from this photo, it is darn close to one of the prop tips too. But enough of that - how did it perform?
Here is the result of a test flight in pretty high wind.
The red is the sonar height, the green is the barometer height. At no time did the actual height get above 10m during my test.
First, I am continually surprised at how accurate the barometric height is. Second, the sonar trace has some decent readings for much of the flight, but sometimes is has crazy readings. I can't tell exactly what is going on here yet, but I'm going to track it down. I know the sonar I have is ultimately too sensitive and is probably picking up things like the mailbox (which was certainly nearby). Additionally, I wonder how likely it is to be hindered by heavy winds?
I'm going to do some more testing soon. I want to shorten the boom to get it further from the prop. If anybody has any testing methods they think are good for sonar units, please let me know.
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Scott Shaffer March 12, 2013 at 1:40pm
@Christian - I'm with Gary - it would be interesting to see a picture of your quad and where the sonar sensor is too.
@Gary - thanks for the link - I didn't realize the AE sensors were more noise tolerant in addition to having a different beam pattern. It makes me like the MB1000 a lot less.
Gary McCray March 12, 2013 at 1:11pm
And both types have analog outputs.
And Hugues, that actually looks really good, that close to the ground I am surprised that prop wash turbulence didn't cause more spikes. The one set you did get happened when you were descending and possibly prop noise caused it. Basically looks like your good to go though.
The separation of Baro from actual altitude is very minimal considering you are reading absolute air pressure.
Especially indoors with prop wash turbulence actually affecting local air pressure.
It can easily vary far more than that from moment to moment and outside on a gusty day can change easily by 10 or more feet over a few seconds. This is the reason why pilots of real planes have to pay attention to pressure altitude.
and Christian, Your plots look a lot like mine. Those spikes are definitely caused by noise, but what kind of noise, hard to figure.
The fact that the spikes do not make up a high percentage of the total waveform means that aside from being a bit twitch it probably flies on the SONAR in Alt Hold pretty well, but the noise still needs to be addressed.
I'm guessing either EMF from your ESC's or acoustic noise / vibration from the props or airframe still getting in.
Since it doesn't seem to get worse in close proximity to the ground, in your case id doesn't seem like prop wash is the likely culprit.
A software filter could probably alleviate this level of problem.
Scott Shaffer March 12, 2013 at 12:01pm
@Hugues - OK, but take a look at my plot - the barometer looks better good and I never got above 10m too. It is interesting in any case regarding how the barometer works versus the sonar.
Hugues March 12, 2013 at 10:04am
@Scott : the baro looks different from my sonar alt because I flew so low to the ground and below 10m high the barometer is not reliable (and not used by APM if sonar enabled). There will be always some noise left as it is impossible to totally filter out everything interferences. However look at my result versus Christian and you clearly see the positive effect of good EMI shielding , noise protection, prop wash protection!
Scott Shaffer March 12, 2013 at 8:31am
@Gary - I would like that to be true, but I suspect the XL line needs the current to power its analog outputs.
@Hugues - overall looks very good, but then at about line 4900 I see noise on the sonar plot.
I also think it is interesting that your barometric altitude is so different than the sonar plot. I wonder if the barometer needs calibration or something?
Christian Blum March 12, 2013 at 7:35am
I mounted the MB1240 today and did some test runs. They were all flown semi-indoor in a three storey high roofed area over even gravel and wood planks about 2m away from the next wall. I tried to be have to copter as stable as possible. The sonar was mounted with velcro and some plastic bolts next to the battery under the base plate. An old USB cable was used as a shielded cable.
First I thought I can be lazy and skip the RC filtering (also I forgot to connect the shielding to ground) and this were the results:
After that i decided to add the proposed RC filter, connect the shielding to mass and try again. This are the results:
Not really satisfactory. They work ok with some nasty errors below 6m but show spurious measurements outside their range.
Hugues March 12, 2013 at 12:17am
@Scott : here is a graph of the sonar and baro parameters. It is a small flight (max 2 meters high), but did not have the chance to get out yet for better flight:
Gary McCray March 11, 2013 at 8:11pm
Hi Scott, I hadn't seen the 2 different filters.
The LV EZ does take less current than the XL so can get by with a 100 ohm resistor.
There would probably be too much voltage drop on the XL EZ.
I do believe the XL is a bit more noise immune.
Scott Shaffer March 11, 2013 at 4:39pm
@Gary - I read that a 100ohm resistor was needed for the MB1000 so that is what I used (this is what Maxbotic recommends here: http://www.maxbotix.com/documents/MB7961_Datasheet.pdf). It isn't in the photo because I put it inline with the +5V line further down the cable.
Scott Shaffer March 11, 2013 at 4:35pm
@Hugues - select CTUN, then Sonar Alt. I like to put Baro Alt on the same graph in order to compare the two, but Sonar is all that's really needed. Thanks!
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Regular readers of my blog will remember the remake, remodel and restyled jewellery posts I've done recently. My Mum loved them all and they were a great gift for her birthday. This week she was visiting again for my son's 21st birthday and she brought along some more jewellery for a makeover. Yippee! I'm loving this!
The latest piece is a re-string. She had bought four strands of moonlight and pearl beads.
Photographing the moonlight beads was a little difficult. It's like photographing the moon; I just about needed a moon filter to get rid of the glare!
Anyway, what she wanted was a double strand necklace. And with a beadboard, this was easy to do. By simply laying out the strands of beads in the channel it was obvious how many more beads were needed in the outer strand.
I also added a few more to the inside length and eliminated the extension chain. I'd measured this on Mum beforehand to make sure I'd have it the right length for her. This is one of the real benefits of making your own jewellery.... being able to customise the lengths of your necklaces!
The original necklaces were strung on beading thread and I decided this was the best solution for this particular project... being able to hide the knotted thread inside a calotte is a neat and tidy way of ending each strand before connecting it to the double stranded clasp.
And here it is: from single to double - a simple makeover but a very elegant necklace!
I think a pair of elegant earrings are in order here. Stay tuned.... I have lots of beads left over.
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Thanks Jen. I have really loved doing these make overs.... and I know my Mum loves it too!
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Here is a creative spin on the typical picnic setups I feel like I typically see. Hopefully this inspires you to be more creative when it comes to setting up a picnic! This picture carousel is divided into nine pictures. Below I give more details about each picture such as why I set it up the way I did and the brands of the products.
This vintage crimson colored picnic basket is pretty unique from most modern ones because of its rich colour so I complemented it with a blush blanket and white bed sheet. I love using throw blankets for decorating tables and other set ups. They are an affordable option for decorating and are also of course functional for your home too. You would be surprised at the things you might already have around your house you can use as decoration for an adorable setup!
Here you can see a bird’s eye view of the setup and how the pink blanket and red basket pair very well together. I used cutting boards to display everything for a nice cohesive aesthetic. Ideally I would have liked to have used all wooden boards but I ran out of them and had to use one small black one.
3. This small cutting board and two others pictured are from a set of various sizes. These boards are perfect for food photography and honestly get so much use! The wine opener and cake spatula or vintage so I don’t know the brands.
Light colored wooden cutting board set: Care
I split up the sweet and savoury foods onto separate cutting boards. Three small cutting boards were for the sweets and two other boards for the savoury foods. When starting this project I did not realize about exactly half of the food would be sweet and the other half savory but my guests were so happy about this because they have sweet tooths!
5. This vintage white wooden crate holder is perfect for these mini sparkling drinks. The white towel is for any spillage from opening the drinks or wine and is from a set from Home Depot. A great hack to know is that basic white towels like this are always more affordable at stores like Home Depot or Lowe’s.
6. This mini black cheese looking board is perfect for some veggies and sandwiches. This board is actually from the 99 Cents store! You would be surprised at the decent props you can find on a budget there!
7. In this picture you can see some sweets on a small cutting board from the same Care set mentioned before.
8. The large charcuterie board is actually a handmade one specifically made just for charcuterie but honestly any large in a long cutting board for charcuterie will work fine. A cutting board is preferable for charcuterie because any greasy or slimy ingredients will tend to slip and fall off a plate but will stick to a wooden board.
For the meat and cheese I used circular Tofurkey slices and Violife cheese blocks so to me it made sense to roll the meat up and cut the cheese into cubes. I also just happen to like how this looks. Mini toasts are perfect as crackers but I also have a French baguette that was meant for the charcuterie as well.
9. Here is another close up of one of the cutting boards filled with more sweets. Funny enough at the beginning of this I was not sure whether I wanted to keep the sweets, veggies and sandwiches in their packaging or display them on the boards like this but I have to say I am so happy I decided to place them on the boards!
Taking time to create a certain vibe to your picnic really sets the mood for a nice time in my opinion. Despite all of this at the end of the day as long as there is delicious food accompanied by a few great friends the picnic will be a success! What do you think of this picnic set up? How do you like to set up yours? #picnic #picnicfood #charcuterie #foodpop #homepop
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My oh my wow that’s a lovely picnic set up !! I haven’t had a picnic in a few years this definitely brings me back some nice memories :1-2-heartEyes:
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I’ve never seen those martinellis bottles before! They look so chic :0-fire::1-smiling-face-with-hearts:
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The new Pennsylvania state record for walleye almost went to hell in a bucket, literally. Richard “The Breeze” Nelson came home from a day of fishing with the giant fish in a 5-gallon bucket and was just getting ready to cut some big, fat fillets when his son, Richard Jr., stepped in and pumped the brakes.
“We had the fish home when my son looked up the state record, and said, ‘Dad, we better get this thing weighed,'” Nicholson said.
It’s a good thing, too. On a certified scale at the local grocery store, the freakishly large walleye weighed in at 18 pounds, 1 ounce and it taped out at 34 inches with a girth of 21.5 inches.
The fish dethroned a 41-year-old record held by angler Mike Holly of Bradford, Pennsylvania, who caught a 17-pound, 9-ounce walleye from the Allegheny Reservoir in 1980.
Richard “The Breeze” Nicholson caught the new Pennsylvania state record walleye on Oct. 28, 2021. It was almost filleted before it got weighed. Richard Nicholson
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The accomplishment was bittersweet for the elder Nicholson.
“I’m tickled about the fish,” he told a local news outlet. “I’m glad it beat the record, but it’s a shame to beat an old record like that. It’s just a matter of time. I truly believe it’s not the only big fish in the river.”
The two men had been fishing from the bank of the Youghiogheny River and Nicholson Sr. was after walleyes with a live creek chub attached to a number two hook under split shot and a slip sinker.
“We were fishing the bottom along the edge of a sandbar, just having a nice time being on the river,” he told the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. “Conditions were good, and we were catching fish right away. Before we knew it, we landed a big sauger and then a 27-inch walleye that weighed about 9 pounds. It turned out it was only the start of the best day ever.”
A look at the creek-chub-grabbing business end of a walleye — and this guy is probably 1/4 of the size of the record fish. Adobe Stock
Since you never leave fish to find fish, Nicholson stayed on the same hole until roughly 6:45 p.m. when his rod doubled over.
“I grabbed it and just started reeling,” said Nicholson. “I knew right away it was something big, and I thought maybe it was a musky. It fought me for about 25 minutes before I got it up on the bank and my son got it in the net. It was so big that it actually broke the net.”
Nicholson plans on getting a molded replica of the fish made by a friend who is a taxidermist. The walleye is on ice for now, but he intends to share the meat with friends and family.
“I like to eat fish, so I wasn’t after the record, but if this inspires somebody else to get out there and fish, then it’s all worth it to me,” Nicholson said. “We need more people out there fishing. That’s what it’s all about.”
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And the little annoyances and problems of every day life that normally don’t phase me seem to be overwhelming.
These recent events brought a post to mind that I wrote for the Valleydale Women’s Ministry blog last year. If you’re stressed out, or anxious, or have ever been in the past, I hope you keep reading. I hope it brightens your day as you realize that He can use your stressed out, anxious self for good and for the glory of His name.
I had a delightful opportunity to teach Breaking Free From Fear. Ironically, I had to take a couple of sessions off because I was struggling with anxiety.
(God has the most wonderful sense of humor. Don’t you think?)
I’m still not sure what was going on, but for a few weeks I felt like I was being tortured from the inside out. Physically, I thought I was going to jump out of my skin.
I couldn’t focus.
I was exhausted.
I can’t articulate properly how much it pained me to struggle with fear while I was supposed to be teaching on that very topic. I mean…I knew all the church answers.
I tried to take every thought captive (2 Corinthians 10:5).
I prayed for peace that transcends all understanding (Philippians 4:7).
I recited every scripture I could possibly think of that had to do with fear.
But still my anxiety persisted and Satan had a field day. He tried to convince me that I had no business teaching. He tried to persuade me that people would think I was crazy. He told me my God wasn’t faithful and His Word was ineffective. All of these things compounded my anxiety.
Mercifully, my symptoms dissipated after I quit taking some medication, but the questions in my heart still haunted me. I felt like a failure. I beat myself up for letting my fear overcome my faith, and because of this, I was certain I had disappointed God and that He could never use me. In three words: I was crushed.
I took these hard feelings to God. Immediately, in my mind, I saw an image of Peter sinking. He was waist deep in rough seas with fright filling his face, and an arm reached out to save him.
It was the last lesson I taught before taking a break, and it was crystal clear in my mind.
Peter – perhaps sinking more in panic than in the waves – might not have found his faith that day, but what he did find was grace.
You see, Jesus didn’t give up on Peter because his faith wasn’t perfect. He didn’t walk away from him because of his fear (Matthew 14:25-31). He didn’t just save him.
He used him.
He used him as the rock on which to build His church (Matthew 16:18).
Sure. Peter’s story teaches us how to step out in faith and walk on water. It teaches us how to keep our eyes on Jesus instead of looking around at the raging storm. But it also teaches us that God doesn’t give up on us. He uses those whose faith might falter momentarily. He uses people willing to persevere when they think they’ve failed.
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Throughout history women were revered along with our traits and habits. As time advanced that changed from a matriarchal society to a more patriarchal society. Now we are just starting to reverse this trend and again place value in the matriarch approach.
As women it’s so important for us to be in tune with our bodies and understand what it’s like to take care of ourselves. In our fast paced world it can seem selfish to slow down and take time for our mental health, to enjoy the warmth of the sun on our skin or to take in the beauty around us.
“Let your body express itself the way she wants to.”
In this episode Dr. Nikki Cohen sits down with us and helps us better understand our womanhood, and how to really get back into our feminine sides, and why that is so critically important not just for our well being but also for our fertility journey.
“With autoimmune disease it feels like your body hates you.”
Listen here: How to Take Back Your Sexuality During Infertility with Dr. Nikki Cohen
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Thank you for joining me for another episode of the finding fertility podcast. I want to remind you that every Tuesday I re launch one of my favourite episodes that we've done in the past. So if you hear any funny dates, offers or even the podcasts being called the infertile diagnosis, this is why I hope you forgive me for this and enjoy the amazing content we're putting out here on the podcast. And whenever you're ready for more guided support, make sure you go over to the website and check out the fertility formula. This is where I take you through the six vital steps you need to overcome your fertility issues. The formula is an exclusive 10 week online programme packed full of everything I did to get pregnant naturally, using science backed functional medicine, you'll discover the method I take with my one to one clients without the high price tag. start boosting your fertility naturally by maximising all areas of your health today, the monthly membership includes special access to me your fertility health coach, so check it out over at the website, www dot fining fertility.co backslash fertility formula. Hello beautiful and welcome to finding fertility. I'm your host Monica Cox from finding fertility.co And I created this podcasts to help get you to start thinking outside of the box and realise that your infertility might have nothing to do with your lady but rooted in functional medicine and personal experience. Finding fertility is all about looking at the whole body and finding the root cause of your infertility. Finding fertility does not diagnose, prescribe or treat any issues of infertility. But what we do is take a holistic approach and improve your diet and your lifestyle to get you steps closer to creating your dream family. Just by being here with me listening to this podcast. You're already going down the right path to making your dreams come true. Let's do this together. Happy Friday all it is September 18. I hope you've had a beautiful week. Thanks for tuning back in. Today we have a special guest is Dr. Nikki Cohen. Dr. Nikki is a Doctor of Physical Therapy who has been specialising in women's health for the past 10 years. She is the owner of a successful private practice organic PT out of San Diego, my home town country state San Diego's a town right. She offers women a holistic approach to healing through traditional and non traditional methods. She believes that the woman's body has an infinite intelligence and the source of her power. she educates us and empowers us to reconnect with our bodies and take back our power. So without further ado, let's get to today's episode. Today we have Dr. Nikki on the podcast. I'm super excited to have her on because she is going to help us reclaim our vaginas. Because for a lot of us, especially going through fertility treatment, sometimes it doesn't even feel like our own anymore. So welcome to the podcast. Nikki.
Thank you, Monica. I'm so happy to be here.
Tell us a little bit about your story. Because for a lot of our listeners, we're dealing with unexplained or autoimmune issues and you have your own personal story with autoimmune issues.
I do Yes, about six years ago, I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. And by the time they had found it, it was in that severe category, which was shocking to me. And they immediately put me on all sorts of medications and whatever. But it was the most life altering experience to date of my life. In my 40 years on this planet so far, maybe like some of your other listeners, I felt as if my body was not my own. I felt as if my body was doing its own thing, and I had absolutely no control over it. And through the process of experimenting with different other types of modalities and dabbling more into spirituality and energy work. It really allowed me to see that it wasn't that my body had a mind of its own. But my mind was completely disconnected from my body. I was doing things and living my life in a way that I thought was the right way to be. I was vegetarian at the time. I was doing yoga two or three times a week I was meditating every day. I still got this disease and I just threw my hands up and threw Are several fits of tears and screams. I recognise that it. Like I said, it wasn't that my body was betraying me those were the words that I used for years, it was that I was betraying my body
100% Because infertility itself feels like your body just hates you. And it's very much so like that with autoimmune disease. So you're a doctor. So you obviously went through a lot of schooling. And you had this autoimmune disease during the schooling, as well. No, it
happened after I received my doctorate in physical therapy. And that was I think, I graduated oh, five. And this didn't happen till 2014. So I had been a working professional, very properly trained by Western medicine, to deliver all of the physical therapy techniques for people, you know, again, I thought I was doing everything right. I was living the high life I had a doctorate, I was working at Kaiser, I had a well paying job, probably the most well paying job in the world of physical therapy in America. I had all the benefits like it was, you know, on paper, it was perfect.
Yeah. Did you feel sick? No.
I felt great. I mean, I'd always had some history of digestive issues growing up, you know, little bouts of constipation and bloating and things like that. But nothing I'd ever write home about. I mean, and as a woman, you get a menstrual cycle. So a little bit of lower abdominal pain was not going to send me to the doctor. Yeah, but it wasn't until the pain you know, the normal menstrual cycle pain, if you will, started. And it was it was this was a new pain. It was not a period pain. And it was not all I haven't pooped in a few days pain. It was this new, sharp stabbing, I can't move pain that went misdiagnosed for months and months, because my main symptoms at the beginning of the Crohn's journey was in my vagina and in my pelvis. So I thought, I have something wrong kind of psychologically. So I went to two different gynaecologist and obstetricians. And I was like, I feel like something is falling out of my vagina. And I thought I had a prolapse. And they looked and they were like, You have no prolapse. Everything looks fine. And I was like, Well, why does it feel like there's a brick inside of my body that I am carrying around with me everywhere. And they were like, I don't know. And then eventually, after the third gynaecologist, it was, well, maybe you need to see a psychologist. And I was like, this is not in my head. And I'm fully aware that there is a mind body connection. But then I started to really think I was crazy. And I did go see a psychologist, and I couldn't sit in the chair because it hurts so bad, and paste in her office and talk to her about how I can't focus at work, because I have this pain in my vagina. And so she threw her hands up and basically told me I was crazy to not in those words, of course, I mean, more professional than that. Yeah.
I mean, I don't we are laughing now. Because we can but for for many of us, I mean, I've been in the same situation where I've been in OBGYN office, I told her about my theory of this autoimmune issue, how was it, like affecting my fertility? And she basically like she laughed at me and told me that was made up science. And like, when you are dealing with that physical pain, that mental pain, that emotional pain, and professionals who are there to guide you and help you and we kind of have given them this godlike status, are basically telling you that you're crazy. I feel like it compiles on to the issues you already have.
Absolutely, absolutely. Yeah. I mean, if the doctors were trained that if the doctors can't find something, either with their eyes or on the tests, then there's nothing there. Yeah. And what they actually teach and it might be different now because it's been almost 20 years since I've graduated, but what they even teach in physical therapy school is that those diagnostics, the bloodwork the MRIs, the CT scans, and the X rays are only about 85% accurate anyway. And especially with bloodwork, it puts you into a huge range of what normal is, it doesn't take into account me, it just takes into account that I'm a 35 year old female. That's it.
That's it and most of the people who are getting that bloodwork done, are sick because they need it. So the ranges over the years just been pushed and pushed and pushed and pushed. And yeah, everyone's kind of normal. And then they come to see people like us, and I'm like, Whoa, your thyroids, crazy. They're like, Oh, they say it's normal. It's like, it's cool.
Yeah, yeah. And I had some markers in my bloodwork that were abnormal, but they were like, well We'll just keep an eye on things. So you know, to be more specific, as you probably know, with an autoimmune condition. Oh, wait, did you have
The AMA count was really high on me. It was like, really high. I'm trying to remember I think it was in the 1000s, when it's supposed to be nothing. But they were like, well, I don't know, we'll see. We'll just wait. And I was like, You don't understand. And over those months, the pain that was in my vagina started to move backwards into my rectum. And that was when it became severe, it felt like not to get too graphic, but it felt like there were shards of glass within my butthole at all times. Every time I moved every time I walked. And then whenever I would sit, it was like a scalpel was being jammed up there. Though I had that in addition to this brick sensation, and like this falling out sensation in my vagina, and that was like, nothing is showing up anywhere. Like, how is this possible? And then finally, thanks to my sister who talked me into going to the hospital because they hadn't ordered any MRIs or anything like that yet, because I don't know why that was when they finally gave me some God's saving meds. And there is a place in medicine for Western drugs. Let me tell you, they saved my life in that moment, and then they did a colonoscopy and an MRI. And that was when they they saw it, and they were like, the doctor actually apologised. She was like, I'm so sorry. But your presentation was so not Crohn's disease. I had no blood in my stool. I had no diarrhoea, I had nothing. In fact, I was pooping every day, twice a day, and everything was great. I had a normal menstrual cycle, like everything was fine, except for this unexplained pain. And so I think that was one of the reasons why I felt this huge disconnect between what I was doing right in my mind and what my body was actually communicating to me. And then that got reinforced and validated and supported by my godlike doctors, right of all of that. And then finally, it was this very odd, ironic moment when they told me that I had Crohn's disease, and I almost felt well, at first I was devastated because I had a cousin who had Crohn's disease, and I saw what she went through, and she's been she's on her six abdominal surgery. And that was the norm for Crohn's. And I was like, Oh, my God, my life is doomed. And at the same time, I was like, see, I'm not crazy. I was almost kind of happy
like 100% Yeah, anyone dealing with unexplained infertility, once they get that, like, this is your issue. You're just like, you're so thankful you're almost willing the test to come back of normal, so you have something to focus on and fix and explain. Explain that you are not crazy.
Yeah, exactly. When I was creating my private practice and physical therapy, I've wanted that to be my tagline as you're not crazy. I wanted all those women to feel like they were heard and validated and they had a safe place to come.
Yeah 100% Now dealing with it over the six years so you've obviously you were already vegetarian, which when people hear the word vegetarian they think health like automatically but in reality you could be pretty unhealthy on a vegetarian diet. What What's your thoughts on your your journey with food?
Well, I am I have tried every diet on the planet. I was normal, right? Grew up meat and potatoes, family, whatever, no vegetables, most of our fruit was in adult fruit cup. Like the healthiest upbringing with regards to nutrition, but that was why I was taking the reins of my own health and decided to go vegetarian after watching some of those, you know, a boring documentaries and all that good stuff. Yeah, in my mind, I thought I was being super healthy. I wasn't eating sick, tortured animals. And I was doing this but when I look back, I was like, I was drinking beer a lot. I was in my late 20s I was eating a tonne of cheese and grains. And like still vegetables and real fruit. This time. There is a place for animal products. I think that a person's diet or a woman's diet is kind of like unique to them, like your body needs things that my body might not need, because we have different bodies and different chemistries. And some people can't break dairy down very well like me, which may have contributed to a lot of that it can be very inflammatory. I also don't tolerate histamines very well, so all of the tomatoes and the eggplant and the zucchinis and the cashews that I was eating that were super healthy for you. Were probably contributing to the manifestation of the Crohn's. When in reality had I eaten some chicken or some fish? I probably would have been healthier. I'm not saying I would have staved off the illness, but it allowed me to see my relationship with food and how what they say is healthy is not necessarily what my body needed at the microbiotic level to perform at its best.
Exactly, and I think are people who get, you know, diagnosed with Crohn's later in life, because my husband's father actually got diagnosed 70 with Crohn's. Wow. So he dealt with symptoms for a really, really long time. But I think like you, they were just kind of like, well, usually you're born with Crohn's. Right? Like, it's, that's now getting disproven. But he, the school of thought is like you're born with it, where I think that's a really big problem with the fertility diet world is everyone has this opinion of like, this is the perfect fertility diet. And I'm sitting there going like, No, you have to find your inflammatory foods, I don't care what they are. You have to find those and eliminate them. Because just like you, I can't eat tomatoes, I can't eat over jeans, I can't eat paprika. And it wasn't like I was born that way. It was very similar to your story. I grew up on Pop Tarts, and Kellogg's cornflakes and chef for D and we didn't eat out like McDonald's every day. But it was just that 7080s generation where it's just easy, convenient, really shared highly processed food. And even though it didn't look unhealthy, for us, it was just like the catalyst for late onset autoimmune disease, and then you you put the 20s in there and party like, I can't even tell you. Like, I'm glad I just like dealt with infertility. Like, I'm glad I'm not dead, or like have a severe case of cancer or, you know. So yeah, it's really, it's harsh. And it sucks, when you find out, you now have really done way too much damage to your body to even reintroduce, because if we would have known this in our 20s, we could have maybe had a different path. Not that we could have listened, I probably would have told you to fuck off. Like, I mean, I can eat a tomato and drink beer. That's ridiculous, you know, but yeah, you we would definitely have a different journey of to where we are now, if we would have just known the truth about food. And I'm hopeful I'm hopeful for people like us. And I feel like the whole functional medicine side of science is getting out there. You know, like, it's, it's breaking through, it might take another decade, but it's getting there.
I agree with you. And I think that yeah, I mean, people of our generation, we did grow up on convenience foods. I mean, a TV dinner was my meal, like my dinner for a couple nights a week. And that was just and but that was accepted by society, you know, it was the norm. And so, you know, and it is what it is, right? And food, though it is a huge piece, I believe, to the way your body works. It's really not. It's not the only way. You know, it's not the only thing. I mean, there's childhood stressors, of course, which we could probably talk about for that dozens of hours more, which I did have, you know, some traumatic experiences as a child that I think primed my body to not be able to break down the food I was giving it and use it for all of its good. So things that maybe aren't inflammatory by science standards, were inflammatory for me, because of those reasons. You know, there, there really is that give and take and flow of your emotional status and how you view the world and how you view yourself and your body's ability to literally digest life and food and experiences and all of that.
Yeah, I mean, that is a totally another episode but I feel like that in the infertility world people do get on these perfect diets for them like like, let's say they even eliminate 50% of their inflammatory foods like the corn the dairy, sugar, soy, the emotions when it comes to it, you know, they the whole community hates when they say like stop stressing or just relax and like stress doesn't cause infertility. And I'm sitting there going like, yeah, I can does. Like you can have the perfect diet but if you're not, you know if you're still because I would say a large majority of people dealing with infertility and probably autoimmune issues to our type a man like we have stressed the shit out of ourselves. polls, and always going and going and having a doing and just pushing ourselves. And that 100% contributes to, you know, that buildup of these big issues that we're having.
What 100% 100% I am one of those self proclaimed type A people as well. And I realised that my lifestyle that I was living that was this societally accepted way of being is, you know, very type A right it's the type A personality is the honoured revered, you know, go getter person that gets all of this emotional support and validation from your peers of like, oh, wow, look at her, she never sleeps. Wow, look at her, she's just a machine. And when you get confirmation and validation, and praise, for those ways of being, you don't think there's anything wrong with it. And so to sit and stop and meditate for an hour a day is now like, lazy, like, why on earth? Would you do that? Why? Why are you gonna, you know, it's the our mind is much more valued than our bodies, actually, in this day and age and taking care of your body is seen as a privilege, right? Or it's self care is selfish. I hear that all the time from the women I work with. And a lot of times when people struggle with infertility, or autoimmune diseases, or basically anytime something isn't going the way you think it should go, it is an opportunity for us to stop and look, and really get honest with ourselves about what is not working for me. And when I did that for myself, I realised that working in corporate healthcare was not working for me. Even though I was making the bucks, and I loved making the bucks. It wasn't working, I was seeing eight to 10 people a day back to back five in the morning, lunch break, three or four in the afternoon, go home. And I found that the way I work it switching so quickly from you know, this woman, and then going and hurrying and charging a couple of notes, and then switching gears and changing the sheets and going to see another woman and doing with her for 40 minutes and going back and doing some notes. And that constant day to day, five days a week was exhausting me. Exhausting me. And when I would complain to my closest friends about it, you know, a would just be like, Well, don't sweat the small stuff, Nick, you know, you've got a great job. Now, you know, for years, I was like, You're right. I do have a great job. Why? Why is this bothering me so much. But then it would end? I wouldn't allow myself that further investigation as to why is this bothering me so much? Why is this not feeling right? Yeah. And it was once I started to actually, well, it was really once the Crohn's hit and forced me to stop and look, because I literally couldn't walk I had I couldn't go back to work. I went on state disability. And I had all the time in the world then to lay in bed and go, What the hell? Something has to change? And what is it? And that became a whole journey of is it this? I don't know. Let's try it. Let's switch things up. And yeah, that helped a little, but I'm still getting flares. Okay, there's something else still, that's not working. And through that process, I created, you know, a different lifestyle, which is not the norm lifestyle, right, that socially accepted way of being, but it it works for me. And I had to get okay with that.
Yeah, I think that brings up a really good point is that, you know, with all the self help out there, nowadays, I think people get frustrated because it just maybe doesn't click with them. And they're like, well, that doesn't work. And the point is, there's so many different ways to reconnect with yourself, you have to like, almost try them all, to find something that you know, sits with you like some people don't like meditation, it's doesn't do it for them. So you have to find a different way to, you know, slow down and reconnect and all those things, but it's about just keeping going. Right? Like if you would have given up the first year figuring out what you needed to do to be more holistic and manage your Crohn's. You probably be a medic, you know, a boatload of medication and unwell because you just think, well, it doesn't work. It didn't work in six months. So fuck it, right. So like, infertility is the same way like people get so frustrated. It's like, No, I'm not pregnant this month. It's like give us 30 days like your body literally has had the last like 25 to 35 years of being hammered. You know, if you break your leg, it's not fixed. Once you put a cast on it, you know, you have weeks and months recovery. Sometimes if it's a really bad break, you have years of recovery, and it really comes down to how much damage you've done to yourself either most of the time. him unknowingly and then giving your body that time and like you say, it's people think you, you're like you've gone fucking nuts. Right? Like people still to this day are like what? You don't eat tomatoes? I was like, yeah, they don't fucking do it like it that's just a kid Ito and I think more people are coming out. So it's like the norm like when I went gluten free, like people were really like, Oh, you're just doing gluten free. It's the trend. It's not you know, it's a cool thing to do. Now I'm like, No, my ass thinks when I eat gluten, like deep, like I could clear the like, I'm a little five foot five girl, and I could fart like the drunken sailor. Know, Like, oh, it just worked for me.
Oh my gosh, that's how I would dairy.
Right, and realising that those things aren't normal, like people think they're normal. It's like, no, they're not normal, like having really severe pain. You know, even if it's just during your periods is not normal. That's not how the woman's body was created. And I know we had this little chat about the Egyptian time and this, this documentary that you've watched, I would like you just like kind of explain that for everyone where they were very feminine and very, like picture oriented. And then it kind of moves into this more masculine age and where I feel like hopefully we're at the end of this masculine age,
I agree with you. I think we are towards the end of this masculine age where and because of all of the current social status and things that are happening right now with you know, we're questioning everything and but yeah, so back to that. So one of my passions in this ongoing journey of exploring myself and my auto immunities and and my womanhood really is in looking back into the history and seeing how things have evolved to be the way they are today. And when you look back towards the beginning of mankind, maybe not quite like early homo sapien days, and I'm not a history buff, so like, if you're a historian listening to this, don't quote me on any of these numbers. But I want to say somewhere like 50,000 years ago, you know, humans were inhabiting the planet and everything was a very matriarchal woman centred society. And you can, there are pictures that archaeologists have found, like cave pictures, and really primitive drawings of woman and a woman's body being revered. And it was because of her fertility. They compared her to Mother Nature, which is a very feminine, you know, nature is feminine, and she is the mother and because a woman could birth, a human being, and then nourish it with the milk from her breasts, the society was like you are like a god. And so for 1000s and 1000s of years, the woman and her body was revered and worshipped. And it wasn't until it like things started to change. And no one really knows exactly why things started to change. But we did slowly move into more of a patriarchal versus a matriarchal society. And nature and the woman were no longer the source of worship, it became more about knowledge and seeking and writing and reading, linear science, you know, linear ways of thoughts. And in doing so, the written word became the now worship thing, knowledge and wisdom, actually, not wisdom, knowledge, and science became more important than age old wisdom, and the written word became more important than the spoken word. And so you start to see this evolution of masculine and feminine qualities emerging as a separation and as a division, and we are still living in the aftershocks of that shifts. And so that documentary that you were referring to, I forget the guy's name, but it was I think it was called the alphabet and the goddess or something like that. And his philosophy is that it was one the written word became more available, and people were going to school more and people were reading more that the linear way of thinking of creating letters that creek eight words that create sentences that create paragraphs was very methodical and very structured, which is a very masculine trait versus cave drawings and hieroglyphics. And you could interpret messages via a singular image, which is very feminine. And so you know that that separation started to exist. And in doing so, just as the way I think human beings are, when one thing gets revered, the other thing gets shamed. And so part of a woman's power back in those days, was her physical body the ACT of giving birth, the act of nourishing another human being. And so those things started to become shamed and vilified. And now we have this society where it's not appropriate to talk about your periods, it's not appropriate to talk about sex, or your vaginas or your breasts. In fact, everything is covered up and shamed. And you wear bras to smush them down, and you wear underwear to like, hide any smells. And it's like, everything about a woman's natural womanhood is,
is gross. Basically, I can speak to that, you know, I think most women in this day and age now have this disconnect that I was talking about in the beginning of this call, be with their bodies. And you know, it took being in the hospital being diagnosed with Crohn's disease for me to actually see that I was completely disconnected from my body. And once and that spiritual journey of going back and connecting with that feminine, right not girly, feminine, like you know, lipstick and heels and all that but like that Mother Nature divine feminine, and infusing that into my way of being and going through practices to reconnect with her, helped me reconnect with my physical body and vice versa. When I became very in tune with my physical body, specifically the female parts of me, my breasts, my vagina, my labia, the pubic hair, like all of it, when you see how much kind of you have towards your bone anatomy, no wonder there's this loss of power, and this loss of sensuality. Because, you know, even though those womanly feminine things were suppressed and oppressed, it's still the thing that the guys can't handle, right? Like, that thing that is like, super duper sexy, but it's shamed at the same time. So we are brought up in this culture in this society of like, flaunt it, but not too much be empowered, but don't use your body. And like, there's just this constant dichotomy. And I am in the process now of like, forgetting all of those rules, and letting my body express herself the way she wants to not the way I think she's supposed to.
And it starts so young, right? Like, as women, we are taught how not to get pregnant, and that is don't have sex, or get on the birth control pill. There's a little little anatomy maybe that you get shown like, this is a Venus and this is a vagina, but you don't get taught about why you have menstrual cycles. So really late, you know, a lot of women, when they start trying to conceive, they actually have to look up ovulation. And when the perfect time to get pregnant is you know, where it's like, we should know, all this information, when we're young women to know that that information is just so powerful, and it just gets suppressed and suppressed. And then when you when you're doing fertility treatment, I would say like 90% of women doing fertility treatment have a full time job. They schedule around their job and their other commitments to do IVF, which is an insane motional physical procedure that lasts a really long fucking time. I mean, I used to get up at 6am, to drive to the clinic, get my blood work done, drive straight to work, work an eight hour day. And it's just like, No wonder my body was like, this is not working for me. And I'm not saying you have to be like a Buddhist monk to get pregnant. We all know that that's not true. But when you are dealing with fertility issues, you have to realise it's highly unlikely you're going to be the one who can be super stressed to the max and get pregnant. Even with fertility treatment, it's really, you really have to take a step back. And then I think like this whole not knowing your body and knowing your power and trusting your intuition and you know, believing that that's what you were born like you say like women were born to have other babies, that was our job in nature, right, and to be the carer and be the hub of the family and I think women still are, but you have to work a fucking 80 Hour Work Week on top of that.
Yeah, we definitely don't live in a society that supports a woman in her natural state. Right and we could probably talk for another podcast about like feminism and the you know, the rise of feminism and I am a self proclaimed feminist but I think that us trying to be Eat like men back to that masculine way of being of being the high ranking CEO and being, you know, working the eight hour work week and all of that I'm not saying women shouldn't be at all. In fact, it's amazing that we are yet it's very time consuming. It's one dominant way of being the type of energy and mental state and physical demand to climb the corporate ladder is not the same energy that is required to become pregnant and be with your body and nurture a family home. It's just one is not better than the other, they're just different. And so yeah, like you said, scheduling IVF sessions in between your 40 Hour Work Week is adding to that masculine way of being it's not fostering that beingness right, that that that Mama, right that like mother, that oak tree that is being it is rooted, and allowing things to come into you, pun intended. to tap into the different side of life, the feminine way of being a whole new world opens up for you, a whole new world and a relationship with your body and a relationship with your time or relationship with your purpose in life. It's really just this whole it's like a whole other world like Wizard of Oz became colour, like it's literally an entire different planet.
Yeah. 100%. So most of your work has been really with pregnancy. And after birth, have you noticed a big trend of the wear and tear of a woman's body physically and mentally when they haven't really taken that time to slow down? During one of the most amazing and underrated activities or events in our lives? You know, like when you're pregnant now, like back in the day, like, you were the goddess, you got tooken care of you, you know, they waited hand and foot on you you had and it wasn't the men doing it. It was your sisters and your auntie's in your we don't like we don't have that anymore. And it's not anyone's fault. That's just how we became and it's not the men's fault that they don't know how to take care of us. But we don't even know how to take care of ourselves. We don't even know so. So when people don't take care of their health, physically and mentally, they get pregnant, they have the baby, what are kind of the aftermath that you see,
usually, and everyone is different. But if there isn't that presence of body during the process, and when we overthink things or things should be this way when people should on themselves. And when people are trying to analyse the process versus feeling the process, whether it's during pregnancy and definitely in the act of giving birth, there is again a continuation of that disconnect of the body. And in such a vulnerable physical and emotional mental state of being postpartum. It creates a feeling of helplessness of a feeling of disability that starts to manifest in the physical body itself. So women who aren't connected with themselves and with their female community, right, like you were saying the sisters and the aunties, they have a higher incidence of bladder leakage. They have a higher incidence of pelvic pain. They have a higher incidence of dyspareunia, which is the fancy medical term for pain with penetration or they can't return to having sex without pain. There's an ongoing, it can manifest not just in the vagina and pelvic region, but it can manifest as headaches, jaw pain, low back pain that doesn't go away a feeling like something's missing a feeling like I should be happier. It's not just a physical thing, but I am a physical therapist. So that is my expertise. But over the decades that I've been working with that population, I think providing that safe space for a woman to work through those emotions within another woman. And to have that hands on contact with her physical body while we're discussing emotions, helps to bridge and reconnect her to her body, and therefore connect her to her family and that that sense of being who she is. And so it's both a physical manifestation and an emotional journey. And then to add on that, I think, again, because of this demand to hurry up and get back to work, and our government only gives us six weeks of paid maternity leave which is absolutely ridiculous in my mind because it takes six weeks for the physical body to actually heal. Not to mention, you know, the emotional stress and caring for an infant. And then if you have another kid, and then your marriage and like all the other things that are going on at that time, physical tissues take six to eight weeks to heal and a healthy body that is getting the sleep that it needs that isn't having rages of hormones, and all the other things that a postpartum female has, in doing. So also, we have this expectation to hurry up and lose the baby weight, hurry up and get back to exercise. And the women who don't give themselves that full six weeks to actually let their physical tissues heal, again, have more incidents of prolapse, which is where organs kind of fall down and potentially out of the vagina. More incidents of back pain and tailbone pain, hip pains, hip tears, the body's just not ready for the demands that we put on it.
Yeah. 100% And so what can we do when we're dealing with infertility? You know, our sexuality kind of almost gets beaten down a little bit more, right? Sex becomes a chore, very time rigid. If you're doing fertility treatment, you know, sexism, even really on the card, you feel kind of you know, you don't have your power because it's been taken away, you know, you have sticks up your vagina eggs are taken out and all that stuff. So what what are a few tips that you can give the listeners to hone in on their own sexuality themselves, while they're going through these issues?
First, I would say that your sexuality is your power. And your body is the source of that. And finding moments outside of actual sex, to connect to your sexuality is huge. And some of the little ways that you can do that is by tuning into your five senses, right, your physical messengers, so touch, smell, taste, sound, and sight, put yourself in positions or appreciate moments where something feels good, not emotionally, but literally in your body, the warmth of the sun, right as you feel it on your skin, and literally take a moment to be like, Oh, that feels really good. And let that Bayview for that 20 seconds. Or when you're eating, you know, a peach or a strawberry or a piece of just delicious fruit, like really feel how delicious and sweet and juicy it is in your mouth. When you see a beautiful flower or a sunset, like really connecting that and feeling where that beauty feels in your body is an act of sexuality, and sensuality. And so connecting with that side of yourself outside of sex helps to reframe you, and that your body and your vagina is not just for your partner's penis to impregnate you to have a baby. Right? That's, that's such a medical way of looking at things. So when you allow yourself to experience your body sensation and your connection to pleasure through your five senses, you will probably turn around and look at the act of sex different and that sex is a form of expressing your sensuality and of honouring your body. And when you can approach it that way that this is an opportunity for me to experience pleasure in my body in a very specific way. And allow that to be expressed through you in whatever way it is. I think that reframe will make it seem less of a chore because it is your powerful expression that is being manifested through the sex. It's not your duty.
I mean, infertility does it feels like a duty like you have to perform and I know there's times where I'm like, Oh my God, my husband is going away for three days. I'm going to ovulate a young and obviously in those three days, so we have to have sex really quick because he's about to leave work. Okay, what position gets him off the most? You know, and it's just like, oh my god, like, oh, like life is supposed to be created, right? It's a crazy thing. I think we can sit here and talk all day to each other absolutely adore you, Nikki, tell the listeners where they can connect with you because you really help women reconnect with their body at every single stage of infertility, fertility pregnancy after pregnancy. You were all about you know, just waking us up and getting us comfortable with our vagina. So let us know what
Yes, I would love that. Yeah, you can find me at my website of course. which is Dr. Nikki cohen.com You can follow me on Instagram at Dr. Nikki cohen.com. I also have a YouTube channel if you want to start it's mostly more pelvic floor physical therapy, pee, poop and sex stuff, but feel free to educate yourself for free in one plus videos. That is also Dr. Nikki cohen.com or not.com just Dr. Nikki Cohen. And of course on the website, there's a Contact page or you can DM me on Instagram. If you have any personal questions about yourself. I am more than happy to hop on a phone call with you and and see if there's any way I can help you. Yeah, 100%
and I'm sure anyone listening with Crohn's as well. I'm sure they can contact you with any tips and advice because it's a big thing and people do miss that disconnect when you do have a big issue like that, that that impacts your fertility or can do.
Absolutely. Yeah. Well
thank you so much again, Dr. Nikki. It's been a pleasure and I am sure we will reconnect soon and talk more about vaginas at a later stage. Pleasure is all my Monica, thank you for having me. Thank you once again for tuning in to the finding fertility podcast. If you're loving this podcast, please leave us a rating in review and let us know how this podcast is supporting you to get steps closer to creating your dream family. I hope you have a beautiful weekend and we will see you next Friday for another episode of the finding fertility podcast.
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The wait is over for episode 11! Honestly, the last few days felt extremely long for me, especially after the absence of preview at the end of episode 10. That didn’t make the wait any better, but it does make me anticipate this week’s episode even more. While I’m enjoying this episode and cackling, I can’t ignore the fact that we’re really getting closer to the secrets of the drama, and it doesn’t seem that we’re in for a beautiful childhood story. Maybe I should get ready and buy lots of Kleenex for the next few weeks…
[Episode 11]
“Why did you bother me? Did you know how hard it was for me? My father..”
Those lines were uttered by Se-gi, as he paid a visit to his father and his hand reached for the oxygen tank..
..but when the guards sent by Chairman Seo arrived at the nursing home, Se-gi had disappeared, bringing along his father with him. The CCTV there were all destroyed by Se-gi. Ri-jin was still at home, making some coffee as she recalled her conversation with Dr. Seok earlier. She wondered if Do-hyun was abused during his childhood, because both Se-gi and Madam Shin’s reaction suggested so, but Dr. Seok only knew that Do-hyun had extreme fear of the basement but that was the limit of Do-hyun’s memory. Ri-jin was sure that Se-gi was holding on to Do-hyun’s lost memories, and it was possible that Se-gi was born out of Do-hyun’s strong desire to seal the memories of his childhood. She received a call..and it’s from Do-hyun!
Ri-on was in the middle of burning his documents and pictures of Do-hyun when he overheard Ri-jin talking to someone else outside the house…and it was Se-gi, who somehow found his way to Ri-jin’s house. He asked her, if she would like to take away Seungjin and he offered to give it to her. Or if she didn’t want it, then he could take it away and destroy it with his own hands. Ri-jin only thought that he was trying to cause trouble again, but his eyes were different this time.
Se-gi: Then, don’t kill me. I don’t want to disappear. It’s okay for me to be Cha Do-hyun’s illusion too, as long as I can stay beside you. Let’s go..with me. Let’s go.
Ri-jin didn’t say anything; her tear rolled down her cheek and Se-gi held out his hand. She held his hand, but Ri-on stopped her before she could do anything. Ri-on warned Se-gi not to cause any problem but Se-gi could only recall Ri-on’s words before tearing up. Unlike his usual demeanor, Se-gi let Ri-jin’s hand go and didn’t even stop Ri-on from bringing Ri-jin into the house. Se-gi yaaaa
Ri-jin demanded to know why on Earth Ri-on was acting like that, not to mention his strange actions lately, but he only explained that he’s doing it for her sake. Although he used to tell his sister that he will always believe her, Ri-on was firm with his decision this time, pleading for Ri-jin to have some faith in him, because she would thank him later when she remembered the moment in the future. Awwwh Ri-on, stop torturing yourself!
The secret investigation by her bodyguards at the nursing home yielded a single CCTV recording there, showing Se-gi entering the place and passing through the camera…but he noticed it and knew that someone would be watching it, and pointed out at the person, who was Chairman Seo. That was…kinda creepy, and Chairman Seo probably felt like that too, since she fainted out of shock after watching that recording.
Ri-on didn’t actually lock Ri-jin inside her room and later that night, Ri-jin went to his room and apologized, knowing that he’d be listening to her.
Ri-jin: Sorry. No matter how I think of it, I have to go. You said it to me back then, “You’re pro, so you have to make the choice.” I’d like to be responsible of my choice until the end. Although I don’t really know how this will turn out, to me, it’s impossible for me to quit this game. It might be that I have been immersed into the game. It feels like I have a responsibility too.
Ri-jin decided to leave without saying goodbye to their parents as she might change her mind after looking at them, so she asked for Ri-on to help her this time. Ri-on mulled over her words on the other side of the door and Ri-jin walked out…before Ri-on smacked her head, offering to give her a ride to Do-hyun’s house since she didn’t bring her car. Ri-jin tried to make him piggyback her but failed. How can you not love these two siblings?! They arrived in front of Do-hyun’s box house and Ri-jin suggested that they did something they used to do back when they were kids, but Ri-on refused to do it…
..but he did the ‘opening’..and was that a parody of Team Rocket from Pokemon? I LOVE THESE TWO.
Ri-jin went inside the house without looking back and Ri-on was there, sending her off with teary eyes and a smile. Gosh, stop it You’ll break your heart, Ri-on!
The house was quiet and Ri-jin thought that Se-gi had already went to sleep, but he was sitting in the living room. She wondered why he was still up…and Se-gi was afraid that he would disappear if he slept. Ri-jin recalled her conversation with Dr. Seok again, this time about her getting confused between Se-gi and Do-hyun. She used to, but now she didn’t, because Se-gi would become Do-hyun and vice versa in the future. They resembled each other and she’s hoping that they would come to understand and make up with each other. After all, wasn’t Se-gi the broken piece of Do-hyun’s wounded self? Perhaps, the scar Do-hyun wanted to hold hands with and give a hug the most was Se-gi, after all.
Se-gi then asked Ri-jin the reason she returned; was it for Do-hyun or him? He concluded that she was still unable to make up her mind, but Ri-jin offered her shoulder for him to lean on and told him to just sleep. He coolly refused her offer, saying that a man shouldn’t borrow a woman’s shoulder. Heh, trying to be a real men, Se-gi? He hid his face from her but Se-gi looked so calm and closed his eyes with a smile plastered on his face.
They slept in the living room (I hope their legs won’t be asleep when they tried to stand up!) until the next morning and Se-gi went “Guess Who?” at Ri-jin when she woke up. Ah, as if she couldn’t tell it’s him from his voice alone! Se-gi’s all smiles after the good sleep, but Ri-jin wondered if Do-hyun would never return at this rate. Please don’t lose hope, lady!
The news about Chairman Seo reached Ki-joon’s father, who told his son about it. Ki-joon was advised to try and bring some more people to their side, as it was the best time to do so and it would be more helpful with his upcoming engagement. Secretary Ahn talked to Ri-jin through the phone and decided that he would make the excuse for Do-hyun not to come to the office, but Ki-joon overheard everything and told him to bring Se-gi to his office. Yeeesh.
Meanwhile, at the house of Do-hyun, now co-owned with Se-gi…
..Ri-jin was presented with a wheel of fortune to help her in making her decision, choosing between Do-hyun and Se-gi. LOL it was nowhere near fair but because Se-gi insisted on turning the wheel together with Ri-jin, so she played along with him, giving it a try..and the pointer landed on Do-hyun’s tiny, tiny region. HAHAHAHA! That’s what people call karma, Shin Se-gi! And his changing face? Hilarious.
(Some kids need to learn their lessons the hard way)
Ri-jin had to make Se-gi calm down after the sudden turn of event and consoled him that it was void. Hahaha! He totally looked like a kid whose toy had been taken forcefully from him! But then, Ri-jin made a proposal to him: how about giving it a try to persuade her with his best point? He refused to do so at first and Ri-jin demanded to know why he posed as Do-hyun and tried to destroy Do-hyun’s life, and Se-gi insisted that Do-hyun destroyed his world first by taking her away. LOL Ri-jin shouted that she’s not his yet and he should try to maintain Do-hyun’s pride as long as he’s there. Who knew, maybe he could fare better than Do-hyun? He had to follow three simple rules: not to get angry, not to use violence when he’s angry, and not to tarnish each other’s reputation, or else..she would treat the unfair wheel’s result as the final outcome. Se-gi stopped her (like Do-hyun did!) and agreed to her conditions, albeit being so reluctant about it. Do it for her! Hahaha!
First step: to abandon his golden jacket and bling-bling shirt for Do-hyun’s boring suit for the sake of Do-hyun’s reputation, and the boy couldn’t even tie his necktie. Hehehe. Luckily Ri-jin’s there to help him..and it’s kinda cute to see them like that! Awwwwwh~! Ri-jin suggested that they toned down the hair a bit but Se-gi wasn’t going to let her touch even a single strand of his perfect hair. That’s his joy and pride, and their negotiation would end if she mess with his hair. Nope, no one could mess with Se-gi’s signature hair except he himself!
Chae-yeon was having a fitting session for her wedding dress (or engagement dress?) with her mother and Madam Yoon, but her mind was not entirely with her enjoying the moment like a normal bride should be. Her mother could see that something was off with her but she made an excuse to use the washroom, and we got to hear what Se-gi told her on the night he went to her house. He basically poured Do-hyun’s heart content and congratulated her for her engagement, but made an irresistible offer: they could still meet each other secretly, even after she got engaged to Ki-joon. It was a temptation that wasn’t easy to ignore!
Se-gi and Ri-jin made it to the office safely but Se-gi loosened up the necktie once they entered the building. Heh. He tried to make Ri-jin throw away the bribe bag (the one she received from Madam Shin) and took off the necktie. These two were rapping/arguing in the middle of the building’s lounge and thank God for the kindergarten teacher Secretary Ahn, as was there to save the day from the two kids. Se-gi needed to meet Ki-joon at that moment and the obedient kid chanted his motto of the day: no anger, no violence, maintain the reputation as he headed towards Ki-joon’s office. Trust Ri-jin to control him!
Se-gi was all ‘I’ll show you the sole of my shoe!’ at Ki-joon, sitting like he had all the time in the world, while Ki-joon was giving him the next task he needed to complete: to renew the contract with Rocking’s leader, J.I. The problem was the idol demanding the leading role in a movie under their company as his condition to sign the contract, and it was impossible since his acting was not the best. Se-gi had to make it happen since the contract was worth 80 billion Won. Dang, that’s a lot of money! Se-gi thought that Ki-joon was trying to mess with him but he’s holding his anger, at least this time around.
This Rocking was the same group whom Yo-na was a big fan of and Ri-jin was worried since Yo-na and her had a brawl in front of the group during their fanmeeting, so the leader might be able to recognize them. Se-gi was focusing on getting his job done and went to meet J.I. (LU:KUS J-one), whom he called as Nae-ai (my child?). HAHAHAHA! Not a good way to start the conversation with a wrong name! J.I. soon realized that the person in front of him was the fanatic ahjusshi fan he saw before and thought that Se-gi disguised himself as a fan to make him sign the contract. Ohhhh you don’t mess with, or point your finger at Se-gi like that!
J.I. walked out of the room after deciding that the discussion was over, but Se-gi chased after him and grabbed his collar, threatening to bury him underground silently if he didn’t comply with him. Ri-jin walked out…and Se-gi switched into his gentle self, grabbing J.I.’s arm like he was so in love with the idol. LOL for one second, I thought Yo-na had appeared! J.I. wondered if Se-gi really liked him and Se-gi, putting on his best puppy eyes as he could, asked if the idol really wanted to act in the movie.
I couldn’t believe that Se-gi actually gave J.I. the chance to show off his acting chops (he had none) and even complimented the kid as matching the latest trend of bad acting. LOL did Se-gi spent most of his time watching gag shows? He walked out after ordering both contracts for the movie and the renewal to be prepared with a satisfied look on his face. Ri-jin followed him out and she blurted out that Do-hyun would be the one facing the consequences later, causing Se-gi’s mood to turn sour at once. He was disappointed that after what he had done, she still brought up Do-hyun’s name in front of him. He had enough of playing Cha Do-hyun at the company and decided that it’s time to play with Ri-jin.
Off they went to the arcade, playing virtual fishing (Ferry would like this!) and car racing games. Why did they look like students ditching school? It had to be those coats! They fooled around in the photo booth and couldn’t they be any cuter?! They doodled over the photos, with Se-gi writing “You’re my star” and “Choose me!” while Ri-jin drew ears on his photos. Kekekekeke! Se-gi then kept staring at Ri-jin and decided to bring her to a place..
..which turned out to be the cosmetics shop, because he thought that her makeup was horrible. Hahahaha! He offered to buy the whole set for Ri-jin and she accidentally brought up her worry over Se-gi spending Do-hyun’s money. She tried to cover it up, offering to pay it herself but Se-gi was still annoyed to hear Do-hyun’s name again. He suddenly got curious about the lip gloss and applied some on his lips. Hehehehe was that Yo-na unconsciously making him pick up one for her?!
The two of them passed by the place where Ri-jin told Do-hyun about her reason to help him and her wish to see his personalities to merge into the one and only Cha Do-hyun. She made a request to Se-gi, suggesting that it’s time for him to share with Do-hyun the memories and the pain he had all this while, so that both Do-hyun and him could be at ease. Unlike Se-gi, Ri-jin thought that Do-hyun grown stronger and Se-gi should give him a chance. Se-gi decided it’s time to go back to the company since it felt like he’s in a love triangle with Ri-jin and Do-hyun. Awww did you just realize that now?
Ri-jin apologized for her mistake of being too nosy when they got off the car and Se-gi seemed to have recovered from his anger, but Secretary Ahn approached them with the news that Chairman Seo was looking for Se-gi. Se-gi made the decision to drive back home Secretary Ahn, while Ri-jin was to stay at his office. But then, Ri-jin received a call from Mama Ji, threatening to come and find her wherever she was if she didn’t come home at once. She was let off the hook thanks to Daddy Oh and she showed the cosmetics she bought earlier. When asked about the chaebol she worked for, Ri-jin made her mom promise that she won’t tell anyone about it. Gosh, really?! But then, Ri-jin only told her mom that she couldn’t tell her. Phew!
On their way to Seungjin mansion, Secretary Ahn wondered if Se-gi had something to do with Chairman Seo suddenly losing her consciousness the night before. Se-gi didn’t even try to deny it and the secretary warned him that it won’t benefit him at all if the fact about Do-hyun suffering from DID was known to the elders, so he should be careful. Se-gi was curious on who would be at more disadvantage if the truth was unveiled to others: Do-hyun or him? Chairman Seo was alive and well, going into her chamber of secrets behind the huge portrait of her late husband to retrieve a document of the company with a 50 billion Won cheque. So…would Se-gi get Seungjin to fall into his hands??
The chairman was expecting Se-gi when he arrived at the mansion and he went into the study alone, asking about her decision. He remained nonchalant when asked about his father’s whereabouts and Chairman Seo grew agitated at Se-gi, who turned a blind eye on his father who saved his life because of his greed. Se-gi exploded when his grandma brought up the fire incident 21 years ago, pointing out that he shouldn’t be the one saved; instead, they should had saved the child to be considered humans. Chairman Seo made up her mind not to hand over the company to him and Se-gi bid his goodbye, since his grandma had chosen Seungjin over her own son’ s life. Chairman Seo had her bodyguards ready to follow after Se-gi this time.
Ri-jin was looking for Ri-on and entered the messy bedroom of her brother. While she was trying to clean up the mess, she knocked down a box on his desk, revealing his notes and documents related to Seungjin, complete with pictures of Do-hyun. Ouch. Ri-jin confronted Ri-on, demanding to know the reason why he was following after Do-hyun with such interest. She could sense that it was related to Ri-on’s warning for her not to bring up anything about Seungjin in front of their parents. Uh-oh! What are you going to say, Ri-on??
Se-gi drove back but his mind was still focused on the thoughts of the child, repeating over and over again that they should have saved the child instead of him. Chairman Seo’s doubt about his memories sent him into another fit of headache and Do-hyun started to take over his mind, waking up in the basement again. Do-hyun saw his young self with another child there, but someone opened the door to the dark basement, ready to hit the child. Little Do-hyun protected the child, and the dark figure was revealed to be his father, Cha Jun-pyo (Ahn Nae-sang)…
Se-gi somehow ended up safe and sound on his father’s bedside but it was Do-hyun, finally regaining his consciousness after a while. He was taken aback when he realized that he was there with his father, but he grew restless when his father’s fingers started to move. Do-hyun put his arms over his head in a defensive mode and he fell from his chair, begging for his unconscious father’s mercy like a helpless child..
[END of Episode 11]
I wanted to believe that it was Do-hyun, but a tiny part of me was still in doubt, thinking that it could be Se-gi, whose fear might have been triggered when he saw that his father could move, even just a twitch. For now, I’m still hoping that it’s Do-hyun, because he needs to prove to himself that he will be able to stick with his promise, that is to face his own fears and be honest with himself.
Chairman Seo’s words got me thinking: what if Se-gi’s memories were not accurate? Human brains tend to believe what they want to believe and there’s a possibility that the memories were somehow twisted along the line. What if Do-hyun’s guilt made him believe that he was also abused although he was just a witness at that time? It’s not clear whether he himself was the victim, but the abuse did take place and it didn’t matter who became the victim; it was very unfortunate, and I just feel even more heartbroken with more clues being unveiled about the secret past.
It was worth wondering too, about the reason why Chairman Seo kept hiding her son Jun-pyo from the other family members. Was he declared dead officially, or was he hidden for the sake of covering the ugly past? Was she afraid that Madam Shin, or even Do-hyun, would do something to her precious son, especially after Do-hyun regain his long-lost memory, like what Se-gi threatened to do?
EDIT: 4-hour sleep was probably enough…right?
I like how Ri-jin sees Do-hyun and his broken pieces; instead of treating them like different persons, she knows how to deal with them, because she has gotten to know more about Do-hyun when she was beside him. She tries to be rational with Se-gi and tolerate his behaviour, but she knows when to be persuasive and when to be submissive. She has to be given the credit to be focused on bringing the broken pieces of Do-hyun together, especially in persuading the most difficult one, Se-gi. She never give up. Although she can be seen as slacking when she follows his every wish, that is probably one of her ways to make Se-gi at ease. Why she picked the place Do-hyun kissed her as the place to convince Se-gi? I think that it was a brilliant move by her, because deep down, Se-gi is still a part of Do-hyun and he did seem to be tamer than usual. Although he’s still avoiding the subject, at least he didn’t do anything and decided to walk away from the place with the ‘love triangle’ vibe.
It might be a bit of a stretch to believe that Ri-jin is the only person who can control Se-gi and wrap his around her fingers at times. Se-gi existed because of Ri-jin in the first place; she was his world, and he’s basically orbiting himself around her. Se-gi insisted that Do-hyun made him to become his pain vessel but it could be that Se-gi was ‘born’ out of his earnest desire to protect Ri-jin. She was the reason he could exist, so there’s no wonder why only Ri-jin could appease him, and he would somehow become weak in front of her. That’s why..he wanted to stay beside her no matter what it takes. He probably hated Do-hyun for being too weak and unable to protect Ri-jin. He wanted to replace Do-hyun not only because he wanted to live as the one and only Shin Se-gi and escape Do-hyun’s shadow, but also to make up for his mistakes and his shortcomings when he was young.
Who doesn’t miss Do-hyun? I am missing him a lot (LOTS!), but I think the drama did well in giving Se-gi as much screen time as Do-hyun. It’s time for us to realize that in the end, they’re the same person with different faces, under the name Cha Do-hyun. No matter how much Se-gi wants to run away, he can’t deny that it will be impossible for him to escape from Do-hyun and his past. Instead of picking one out of the two personas, the drama is trying to talk some sense into us the viewers, persuading us into choosing them all – Do-hyun and his alters – instead of only one, just like what Ri-jin did. All of them deserves a big hug! And Ri-jin too!
Ri-on, oh Ri-on, the hunter Orion! What will you do now? Will you protect your sister with your lie again, or will you spill the beans..one by one? It will be even more heartbreaking if he doesn’t have any connection to the whole secret except for being Ri-jin’s adopted sibling but he ends up with more scars. Am I really going to see lots of tears (and shed even more) in the next episodes??
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49 thoughts on “Kill Me, Heal Me – Episode 11”
February 12, 2015 at 5:06 am
Not going to read the recap – got work to do – awwwwwwww so tempting (gotta be strong)
Nessie says:
February 12, 2015 at 9:21 am
I know what you mean! I’ve read it during my lunch break haha. Things are getting really good!
February 12, 2015 at 11:54 am
LOL I hope I’m not distracting you guys from your work and lunch!
Mocha says:
February 12, 2015 at 5:48 am
February 12, 2015 at 6:40 am
aww thank you! i need a break before the exam
February 12, 2015 at 11:54 am
Woot woot! Best of luck for your exam! ^^v Fighting~~
February 12, 2015 at 7:10 am
It was so intense today! Can’t wait for tomorrow!
Now we kinda know what happened before the fire??? At least that kid SeGi is talking about is RiJin, although we don’t know if the child the elders are talking about is the same. We also know that DoHyun got abused by his father, which might have been the reason why SeGi was created.
February 12, 2015 at 11:56 am
Episode 12 will probably be even more intense!
If there’s another child involved, then it will get a bit complicated before we reach the conclusion! The abuse part is surely going to be painful for us
February 12, 2015 at 12:32 pm
I mean is there a not intense episode when SeGi is around???
SeGi was so adorable this ep thou. Hehe
February 12, 2015 at 12:47 pm
He knows how to be cute too! Well…isn’t he a part of the adorable puppy Do-hyun? Heeee
Jo says:
February 12, 2015 at 8:20 am
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS!! Truly appreciate ur work Cant wait for tomorrow to come
February 12, 2015 at 11:57 am
February 12, 2015 at 8:47 am
OMG!!! I was soooo caught in the reading that I didn´t notice that my boss was calling me at my phone ooopppss!!! :S.I enjoy today episode, was cute and sweet, still miss Do Hyun, but Se Gi is lovely. I specially enjoy the tide and bickering part
I notice that the child in the basement is a little girl and she was abuse by Do Hyun´s dad. Do Hyun was there protecting her, but the confuse part is that he´s telling her “don´t go, to stay and play”. Well, tomorrow is another day and a new episode, can´t wait!!!
Thanks again for you hard work!!! sleep and rest well. Read you again tomorrow
February 12, 2015 at 12:02 pm
Hahahaha! Oops tell your boss I’m sorry for distracting you Se-gi is stealing hearts left and right (as if he isn’t doing that already!) but Do-hyun will return soon-ish, so be patient!
It was probably the child who was abused at first but little Do-hyun got involved when he tried to protect her. He was probably telling her that line when she was thought to be dead during the fire, because she suddenly left him behind.
February 12, 2015 at 9:18 am
Thanks do much for the fat and lovely recap.
Never knew I would end up liking this drama so much. What I love is how the deep moments are interspaced with lighter moments.
February 12, 2015 at 12:08 pm
Me too! It was love at first sight with this drama…and here I am, obsessing over this drama! Heee the comedic intervals are gold and balance the intense scenes. At we can go back to the funny moments when the plot gets heavier…ah, I have to prepare my heart and tear ducts in advance!
February 12, 2015 at 10:31 am
Ok, so I think that Ri Jin/Na Na is definitely the child in the basement with Do Hyun. My guess is Do Hyun father might actually be mentally ill, a fact that the Chairman never wanted to recognize of her son, and after President Min died he started taking revenge on her daughter or something, which resulted in Ri Jin being locked up in the basement and being abused by him. Do Hyun was always there to protect her, but along the way his memories of those events got twisted up. It might also be that when the fire happened, Do Hyun thought that she died, which resulted in his heart almost literary being shattered into pieces (I just die when I think about that). A different scenario would be that they were both abused as children by the insane father.
Although I am 98% sure the child is Ri Jin, the scenario would basically be the same with Ri On, except it wouldn’t explain why Do Hyun and Ri Jin knew each other as children (which is why I think she is the child).
Phew, this episode was basically great, and tomorrow cannot come faster.
February 12, 2015 at 12:17 pm
Ohhhh I like your theory there! It makes sense if there’s something wrong with Do-hyun’s dad..if not, why did Chairman Cha prefer his daughter-in-law than his own blood? The more makjang-ish explanation would be Jun-pyo being Chairman Seo’s son with another man, but that is more like a weekend drama’s plot. Heh.
Jun-pyo being insane will explain lots of the questions, especially why he abused Do-hyun and then saved him from the fire, hurting himself in the process..everything about the past spells disaster and pain for almost everyone Will it be better if they just live on without digging the buried past and chasing after the lost memories. It’s my wishful thinking but this is a drama, after all…
February 12, 2015 at 12:40 pm
At this point I feel like my happy ending for the drama would be Do Hyun and Ri Jin just leaving for America together and living there happily ever after away from everything.
But damn it, then I remember Se Gi and I am so conflicted! He is such a lost and sad puppy, my heart breaks for him! I don’t want him to die!!
February 12, 2015 at 12:50 pm
My thought exactly. Leave all those company stuff and chaebol life behind and just live on the island together, dear Do-hyun and Ri-jin!
Saying goodbye to the alters won’t be easy but I believe that the brand new, stronger, improved Do-hyun will live his life to the fullest in his alters’ stead. :’) Uggghh why I get all teary thinking about this?
February 12, 2015 at 10:48 am
February 12, 2015 at 12:18 pm
Me too~ i want to hug both of them!
maryxiah says:
February 12, 2015 at 1:06 pm
Ok, I just finished reading the recap, boy I’ve got TONS of things to say, but I’m gonna hold up til I get off work. Love this episode! Brilliant as always.
February 12, 2015 at 1:41 pm
Hahaha I’ll be waiting for your thoughts!
half-assed Otaku says:
February 12, 2015 at 1:11 pm
Dear… KMHL fever never leave me started from episode 1 (since Shin Se Gi appear!) I really have too much feels for this drama. kyaaaa Fell in love with every personalities! badass Se Gi, funny-satori-ajushi Perry, OMG Yo Na -chasing-kpop-oppa! haha.
And yes I reaally LOVE your recap!! Thank you for recapping every episode faster than other goddess recappers :p
Since i’m working during the day, I’ll watch this episode tonight! yay can’t wait to see adorkable Se Gi!!
February 12, 2015 at 1:43 pm
Kekekeke we’re all like that, aren’t we? The drama dragged us into its world without us realizing it! You’re welcome, and thanks for dropping by and leaving your comment! It’s much appreciated Enjoy your ‘date’ with Se-gi later!
February 12, 2015 at 1:32 pm
Thanks for the recap!!! It’s my first time comment here after delurking your website for a while…
Since the early time i watched KMHM, I wished that some of the actor/actress from Moon Embracing The Sun or Royal Family will make a cameo scene in here. And my wish is granted!
Ahn Nae Sang and Kim Young Ae are starred in both of the drama, and Jung Eun Pyo ( my favorite eunuch!!) also appear. Is it push my luck if I wish Yeom Jung Ah also make a cameo??
As for the episode, it’s really breaking my heart watching the scene where both adult and child Se Gi (or Do Hyun?) try to shield himself from his father. And your point about Se Gi’s memory being not accurate got me thinking, is there anyone who trully know the truth about what happened without any biased feeling or intention? But i guess that would be a little bit against the nature of the mystery side of this drama.
I hope those preview where Grandma Seo slap Do Hyun is not an indication that Cha Do Hyun’s world already ruined by Se Gi…
February 12, 2015 at 1:59 pm
Awwww thanks for leaving a comment :3
Hehehe glad that I’m not the only one who thought that this drama is like a mash-up of Royal Family and MoonSun! Ji Sung, Kim Yoo-ri, Kim Young-ae, and Ahn Nae-sang were in Royal Family and not to forget the MoonSun cast! We can dream, right? Gaaahh Yeom Jung-ah, or even Jeon Mi-sun..OMG I’m so excited already!
The wound must be so deep for him to feel the terror even after 20+ years Poor kid…
It won’t be weird if the memories of each of the people who were involved in the events were altered accordingly to what they wanted to believe and/or hide…but then, the drama might be too short to deal with the complexity of the altered memories! Hoping that the writer will be able to provide a good explanation and give us a satisfying closure to this story!
I’m quite worried about Do-hyun and the mess he have to clear after Se-gi but it seems like our puppy Do-hyun is growing stronger during his time away! I believe he will try his best to take care of the situation!
se-gi says:
February 12, 2015 at 5:59 pm
Oh my!!!i really love this drama!!!thanks for the beautiful recap!!!this is my first time comment here after becoming a silent reader for a long time..hehe..what make me confuse here in this episode is if se-gi is appeared because of the guilt by not get to save rijin (as we assume the child in basement) why did he said his father should save that child that he thought was died on the fire since he know that rijin still alive and growth as a beautiful girl..and this make me think the child in basement can be rion too..what you guys think?
*i wish i should be curious like this too while doing my thesis..hahaha
February 12, 2015 at 7:09 pm
Se-gi probably appeared in the first place, back when Do-hyun was young, out of his guilt of being unable to protect the child/Ri-jin. I guess that the guilt stays until today and he couldn’t stop blaming his father for not saving the child, although he recently found out that the child is still alive and well. Maybe Se-gi still thinks that he doesn’t deserve to be alive all this while.
I used to think that Ri-on could be the child, but looking at how he’s trying to hide everything from Ri-jin, she might be the child. Just my two cents, but if the drama want to surprise us (and they’re going to do it in a decent way), then why not? I’m looking forward to the explanation!
se-gi says:
February 12, 2015 at 7:57 pm
Yeap..me too!!!..on this episode when se-gi ask rijin does she want the company or if not he will destroy the comp…that’s make me feel that child is rijin..also my two cent opinion just like you..hehehe..thank you for your reply my dear (^^,v)can’t wait for tonight episode!and even i’m not understand what they are talking about since it’s not subtitle yet just looking interaction between rijin and dohyun make me happy!kekeke
February 12, 2015 at 8:33 pm
There’s no reason for Se-gi to ask Ri-jin that question if she’s not the child, right?! Haaa I’m waiting for tonight’s episode with bated breath! Maybe Mr. X will make his appearance tonight towards the end of the episode?
Ouch, thinking about watching the alters disappearing at the end alone makes my heart ache..at least we know they’re going to live through Do-hyun :’)
se-gi says:
February 12, 2015 at 8:03 pm
*i love all dohyun alters especially shin se-gi (thats explain my nickname..kekeke)and can’t wait for mr.x and nana appearance and i think i should prepare a lot of tissue when they become one which is cha dohyun T.T
February 13, 2015 at 1:36 am
I still want Mr. X to be Do-hyun’s inner sex pot. Why is he called Mr. X? Because there’s x in sex. Duh. <- pervy fangirl thoughts (in regards of the Mr. X comment because I can’t reply to that argh)
February 13, 2015 at 7:42 am
HAHAHAHAHAHA this made me laugh out loud!
I’m honestly curious how he’s going to drink the wine and eat the food in front of him in the teaser…when he’s wearing that mask. Hummm
Nadd says:
February 12, 2015 at 9:27 pm
My heart was shattered to pieces seeing Du Hyun shielding his head from his comatosed father. How scarred and wounded he must’ve been!
That last line in the preview sounds promising, though. Is Cha Du Hyun finally teaming up with Shin Se Gi? I sure hope so! I thought that was eventually bound to happen since the last episode. Although, they have their disagreements, Shin Se Gi still went to work, saw and resented the way Cha Du Hyun was treated by his cousin and successfully put him in place. So despite it all, he still had Du Hyun’s back. After all, they are in fact one. Also, the imaginary tattoo that’s gotten simpler, I presume, means that he’s starting to come to terms with the truth of what they are. Inseparable. Him showing his sweet side every now then is just like Du Hyun showing occasional annoyance.
Regarding the preview, I hate seeing Du Hyun begging for forgiveness from the grandma. Seriously? If it’s anyone, HE should the one begged for forgiveness. This puts all Se Gi’s efforts in vain. I honestly hoped he’d go along with the plan and carry out the revenge, just not as severe as Se Gi would. sighs
This episode has to be my favorite yet. Lot’s of anticipation for the next episode.
February 12, 2015 at 9:55 pm
It was hard to watch that scene, really
Your thoughts are spot on. No matter how much Se-gi hates Do-hyun, he still tried (using his own ways, of course) to set Do-hyun’s life straight, dealing with the people who made Do-hyun’s life difficult. They’re like siblings who take care of each other. Do-hyun and Se-gi’s overlapping behaviour shows that they are indeed becoming one.
I can’t really blame Do-hyun at this point for doing so, because he’s still unaware of the whole picture..maybe when he recalls the past, he will deal with the matter and the people involved in the events! Let’s keep believing him ^^v
maryxiah says:
February 13, 2015 at 12:07 am
I’m back to comment! Haha. I’ve been following this drama closely since the beginning, I feel a certain attachment to it that I’ve been stalking so much threads of this drama. This week’s waiting felt noticeably long because we were deprived of preview last week, and I resisted my urge to read the live recap on soompi last night because I wanted the episode to eat me raw. Crazy, I know. I only finished watching this episode a couple hours ago (as soon as I get off work), but couldn’t resist my temptation to read your recap earlier though. >_<
Wow, I don’t even know where to start on today’s episode. I’m loving every moment of this drama because it hits all the right notes for me, not that it’s without flaws, but it’s entertaining in the level that brings laughter, pain, anguish, love and dilemma all in one sweet episode! I find myself going back and forth between two characters when they’re really just one guy with his broken pieces. I was so enourmed by Dohyun in episode 8 & 9 that I missed him greatly in episode 10, and I find myself couldn’t properly enjoy Segi’s presence. Today’s episode changed all that for me, I find myself feeling Segi’s pain so much I just want to jump into the screen and hug him!
I’m just going to go ahead a list a few things I love in this episode:
-I love that instead of treating Dohyun’s alters as different personalities, Rijin’s been seeing them as his broken pieces and that they are one and will be one once they start to accept each other. I’ve been seeing Dohyun and Segi as two personas despite sharing one body because Jisung really brings them to life as characters, and their striking differences only make it hard for me to choose between them. But Rijin never made a choice because she has always been seeing them as one (as she had said to Segi in episode 5 when he asked her to choose between him and Dohyun), and it made so much sense why she didn’t have to choose because she’s basically loving (she hasn’t admit to this as much) him/them as a whole! It just warms my heart that the choice is invalid because Segi’s been tugging at my heartstring today. And we all know that while Segi was primarily created to cope with the traumatic pain, his existence has also been revolving around Rijin and loving her whole-heartedly, which is why I cried a silent tear when he said to Rijin he was willing to become Dohyun’s shadow as long as he can be around her!
-I love how tamed Segi is in front of Rijin, and how she cleverly manipulates him into agreeing to her terms, albeit begrudgingly.
-I love the reaction on Segi’s face when the wheel of fortune stopped at Dohyun tiny tiny region! And I was totally expecting that twist and it still caught me off guard!
-I love the scene where Rijin was tying Segi’s tie, and he was smirking blissfully like a puppy! (Totally reminded me of Dohyun) I kept wishing he’d sneak a kiss right then right there.
-I love the rap battle (totally echoed from their argument of touching) and Secretary Ahn coming to the rescue. I just love every comical relief between Rijin and Dohyun with his alters, because without them, this would be one drama choke full of anguish and pain!
-I love how Rion didn’t objected to Rijin going back to Segi, because even as a brother, I don’t think he has a right to tell Rijin to stay away from Dohyun. Rijin made the choice to become Dohyun’s secret doctor, and I think she reserves the right to decide when she’d like to stop being his doctor and keep her distance. Plus I was so sad when our OTP was separated so suddenly in previous episode. I wanted more of housemate hijinks between our OTP.
-I love that the moment when Segi earnestly plea to have Rijin by his side. It’s so ironic that Segi fight so hard for his existence (so he can be with Rijin), yet at the same time he fights for Dohyun’s breakthrough subconsciously (by challenging Dohyun to come out and fight in previous episode). It’s heartbreaking that we’re beginning to see the true motivation of Segi’s actions, and his love for Dohyun, but Dohyun has yet come to realize the same of Segi.
-I love the blissful look on Segi’s face when he was watching Rijin sleep. I don’t know why some people find it creepy to watch someone sleep, but I find it endearing when someone look at a sleeping person with loving gaze. It makes me wish Segi and Dohyun integrates sooner because we’ve been seeing them overlapping each other so much, I want them to get their happy ending with the girl they both love.
I think I can go on forever about everything I love in this episode or this drama as a whole, but I’m going to withhold. There’s just so much layers to this drama, despite being a rom-com, that we get to analyze and dissect every aspect, every motivation, every character and its development, it’s like a never-ending cookie treats. I love a drama that keep its viewers on their toes, trying to figure out and speculating, and take out the thinking hat.
I was also watching the poster shoot and some bts earlier, I love how comfortable Jisung and Jungeum are with each other, I think that mainly contributed to their insane chemistry on screen. When they were shooting the poster, Jisung was wrapping Jungeum in his arms, and when the shoot ended, he didn’t quickly let go of her, his hand stayed on her waist as he carried her down the stairs they were on. It was very gentleman of him, and I was swooned! And during the bts of the kissing scene in front of the snowman, they were rehearsing for the scene when Jisung pulled her in and Jungeum commented “are you pulling me in?” and he said “eung” with a loving gaze. I know they were getting into characters, but it felt real for me. I kind of wished Jisung and Jungeum really paired up in real life, sorry Boyoung sshi! These two definitely need to get into another drama after this ends, I’ll be waiting like rabid fans. Hihi.
maryxiah says:
February 13, 2015 at 12:27 am
I wanted to add this, when Rijin was trying to fix Segi’s hair, he stopped her and said it was his last pride, and I was staring at his face thinking, wouldn’t his last pride be the guyliner? I don’t know why but Segi proved to be really comical, with a straight and angry face, I’ve been enjoying him from most of Dohyun’s alters.
February 13, 2015 at 7:09 am
“It’s like a never-ending cookie treats”
I love how you describe this drama, because it really is!
Se-gi made me like him more in the recent episodes and while I always imagine them eventually merging into one Do-hyun, I realize that I did see the alters as distinct persons at times. This episode made me realize that it was time for me to reset my view, because they are all, in the end, the one and only Cha Do-hyun. Se-gi proved that he could become Do-hyun, and Do-hyun has to make an effort too to understand his alters, in order to embrace the broken pieces of him.
Heh, Se-gi was putting his tough guy exterior during the necktie scene but he did smile for a short moment! And he was a bit nervous too because he kept looking away! Heeeee~ I think he knew that Ri-jin won’t simply wipe off his manliner…and his hair was cool, so I kinda understand why he was so proud of it! Although he did sacrifice it before for the sake of persuading Ri-jin in episode 5.
Their good relationship outside the drama translates really well in front of the camera, and they match really well in terms of acting and emotions. Ji Sung seems to be a really sweet guy and a gentleman in real life, so I always think that Do-hyun is almost like his real persona!
Saema says:
February 13, 2015 at 12:53 am
Thank you for this Wonderfully written recap.
From your comments at the end of the recap, it looks like you’re implying that the other child in the basement was ri Jin? May I ask how you arrived at that conclusion?
This is what I was referring to . Se-gi existed because of Ri-jin in the first place; she was his world, and he’s basically orbiting himself around her. Se-gi insisted that Do-hyun made him to become his pain vessel but it could be that Se-gi was ‘born’ out of his earnest desire to protect Ri-jin. She was the reason he could exist, so there’s no wonder why only Ri-jin could appease him, and he would somehow become weak in front of her.
February 13, 2015 at 7:10 am
The doubt is still there but judging from the clues the drama has shown to us so far, I’m 90%+ sure that Ri-jin is the basement child
February 13, 2015 at 1:31 am
This was probably the best episode yet. It flew by in a heartbeat! I didn’t expect Se-gi to be the one that brings the most laughter but the man does something to me that I don’t quite understand. And reading your recaps made me laugh even harder. I missed Do-hyun too though, even when I was enjoying Se-gi so much. Glad that during the ending we get to see more of him, and can’t wait for what unravels in the next episode (which should be tomorrow!).
Also, I secretly (okay, maybe openly) want the missing child to be Orion but I think based on what has happened that’s a bit of a stretch. Incest, especially the not-so-fauxcest types, pisses me off a lot. But I suppose it wouldn’t make sense for Orion to be the missing child since Orijin triggers so much out of Do-hyun and his little personality tag team. I’m guessing Orion does play a part in these two’s past somehow though since he seems to be a little bit too obsessed with the Seungjin Group. Was this all for Orijin’s sake or does he have his own agenda?
(Conspiracy theory: Orijin is actually the daughter-in-law’s child with grandpa president. The dad beats her up because he knows she’s not his and Do-hyun, the nice boy that he is, gets beaten up alongside her. When someone was starting to figure out this love affair, in this case Orion’s parents because conspiracy, Grandma wants to bury the evidence to save the company. First she eliminated the perpetrator in a supposed car accident ala Princess Diana. Then it was time to get rid of the passing documents. Someone was stupid to use arson so the house caught on fire. The dad, while abusive, still loves his kid so he saved him and left the girl because he never liked her anyways. So plot twist: Orijin is technically Do-hyun’s aunt and things get complicated. I think I just made my own makjang. Score.)
I’m loving how things are beginning to unravel though, bit by bit, all flowing naturally. And despite things going even more dark and complicated, the tone is still light and funny (or hilarious, in the last couple episodes). I’m really looking forward to the whole mystery and just hope that the ending has been as good as the beginning. 11 episodes in and it’s getting even better, sadly a rarity in K-dramaland, so hopefully the trajectory is on the up and up.
One more, I’m glad that Ki-joon and Chae-young are getting a little more action in the past couple of episodes, even when they’re mostly shedding their own selfish light. But hey, that’s better than nothing. As with grandma who’s showing more dimensions to her stony demeanor. I have a feeling she’s really not as mean as she portrays herself to be and has solid justification as to why she hates Do-hyun as much as she does. If I continue with my made-up makjang, maybe because of her discord with her husband, she becomes overprotective with her son, thus everyone doesn’t matter aside from him. I’m amazed by Kim Young-ae’s acting chops. She’s a veteran for a reason. When she got angry with Do-hyun (or Se-gi, I suppose) she showed lots of fear despite desperately trying to remain strong. Aside from Do-hyun discovering his past, I want her to become more vulnerable and honest. I want tears. I demand it.
(Whoa okay that was a long comment sorry but this episode was so good! Lots of ups and downs in the best possible way. Tomorrow can’t come sooner! Maybe if I go to sleep it will be. It’s getting late. Yikes. The habits you obtain when you’re a drama fan.)
February 13, 2015 at 7:36 am
Hahahaha the charms of Se-gi can’t be described using words. He just creeps into your heart and TA-DA! You’ll love him! His stoic expression even when he’s doing the most ridiculous pose cracks me up and Ji Sung must have enjoyed filming his scenes
Yup. Ri-on being the missing child will be a bit weak at this point of the story, to be honest, because Ri-jin is the trigger and we’ve seen it happening for a number of times already. HA, your conspiracy theory is really interesting! Will the writer go down the makjang route?? Hehehe! Though it will be painful to see Do-hyun and Ri-jin ending up as aunt and nephew with a complicated family ties..
There’s another theory on DC..Do-hyun’s father was the grandma’s illegitimate son with another man while Ri-jin’s mother was Chairman Cha’s daughter with another woman. That spells complicated with a capital C and has to be the most messed up family ever in kdrama history, if it ever happen!
I am happy to report that episode 12 will be even better and I have hope that the drama will be able to carry its strength until the end. We will probably have more emotional and heavier scenes in the upcoming episodes but if they can keep up with the light moments to balance the pain, then we’re in good hands! Ahhhh hopefully the ending will be good too!
I’m a bit wary of Ki-joon and Chae-yeon since they can be pushed to the sideways since we’re focusing more on Seungjin family’s secret. I am so curious about the family members: Chairman Seo, Do-hyun’s parents, Chairman Cha, and President Min Seo-yeon. The elders’ stories will be interesting to be explored: Chairman Seo’s side of the past, and her excessive maternal love too! Although she seems like an iron lady and it’s almost impossible to see her cry, I hope we can see her justification of her acts!
(I havent’ slept for 20+ hours =.= I don’t think I can fall asleep after watching episode 12!)
lynda says:
February 13, 2015 at 5:20 am
I couldn’t read it during the day because of work but I can read all I want during the night this movie is killing me thanks a lot for the recap it is well appreciated since I couldn’t watch those episodes
February 13, 2015 at 7:37 am
hugs Hopefully your day is good and you;ll be able to catch up with the drama soon!
February 13, 2015 at 5:36 am
Does anyone know what coffee maker brand Ri Jin is using?
February 13, 2015 at 7:38 am
Do you mean the one she uses at Do-hyun’s house or the one she uses at home?
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A game concept should ideally fit on a bar napkin. That said, Pac-Man probably didn’t fit on a bar napkin. The only way Tooru Iwatani could have spelled Pac-Man out was to write up the concept and draw the maze. Games were young then; we lacked conceptual vocabulary. The simple duality of a character being hunted through a maze by enemies and every so often being offered the opportunity to turn the tables and become the hunter had to be spelled out in terms of math, logistics, and visual flow: what happened if all the enemies died? How much time would elapse before they appeared again? Two decades later, Pac-Man was an archetype, both with regard to pop culture and with regard to game design. Some people hear “Pac-Man” and think of the munching sound effect; some think of terrible cartoons; some people think in very concrete mathematical terms, of the turning of tables, of hunted becoming hunter, of ensuing score multipliers.
If Treasure’s Ikaruga fits on a bar napkin, it’s not because Treasure stocks unreasonably large bar napkins. It’s because it’s made by people who know exactly what each other are talking about. The concept for Ikaruga probably originally occurred to its creator Hiroshi Iuchi (also the music composer and 3D background graphic modeler) as a bullet-pointed list:
3. Ship has two colors: black and white
9. Press both buttons at once to fire super-weapon
He passed this along to his trusted colleagues, and they probably had a playable level up and running within a week. A month later, they had a videogame. Several months later, it was a masterpiece. Years down the road, it’s an official Action Button Dot Net Manifesto Selection.
A lot of things can go wrong when you plan a game from the concept up. Or, at least, that’s what games-industry types will tell you. They say you need strong characters, an affecting story, a good marketing push. Fans of Treasure games — perhaps-ironically the videogamer community’s equivalent of an Illuminati — know that precisely none of this matters. They want mechanics that demand skill. Treasure games never fail to provide such mechanics. They have, however, in the past, fallen flat in other areas. In attempting to be “cute” in the 16-bit era, Treasure filled Dynamite Headdy with a suffocating amount of personality. That game was like a cat dropping a dead bird in your lap. A year previous, they’d held themselves back, developing a solider-than-rock core system in Gunstar Heroes (a 2D side-scrolling run-and-gun where touching enemies not only does not result in death, it allows you to execute super-powerful throwing moves with magically delicious physics), and then turning all of the game’s stages into explorations on distinct concepts or themes. There was an on-rails mine-cart-racing level, an upward-scrolling aerial fortress level, a level where you actually control a ship in outer space, a final level where you see the enemies watching you on a TV monitor, and a dice-rolling “board game” level (which we here at Action Button Dot Net cannot wholeheartedly salute), in which the game engine’s infinitely deep potential for endless kinetic motion was squandered by making the player participate in one-screen disconnected challenges. Only in stage five, the one called “DESTROY THEM ALL”, did the game make sense: the player runs to the right on a seemingly endless horizontal plane, killing hundreds upon hundreds of rampaging enemy soldiers. When Gunstar Heroes received critical love, Treasure plopped out Dynamite Headdy, repulsed many, retreated deeper into the shell that birthed Gunstar, released Alien Soldier, flipped officially to the “dark side” of hardcore appreciation, and lay in hiding for several years. They released a top-down 2D shooter called Radiant Silvergun, in which the ship has six weapons that can be used at any time; the game was and is extremely rare. (We hope they put it on PlayStation Network or Xbox Live sometime. That’d be nice.) Playing it leaves no one without the impression that this is a game made by a bunch of awesome, friendly dudes who just want to make the games they want to play.
When at last Treasure dared to attempt to ensnare the general public again, they poured oodles of money into Sin and Punishment, which was a brilliant game that failed because it had a story where it shouldn’t have had a story. Generally, it was a problem of graphic design: in a game with core mechanics so slim and iconic, our main character should not be a bustier-wearing blade-haired anorexic young man who can transform into a blood-gushing giant robot. The omnipresence of huge, flashing, yellow “PRESS START TO SKIP” during all the machine-translated English-scripted voice-acted cut-scenes serves to highlight the problem: they knew we were going to skip. Who were they trying to fool? One day, they produced a bar-napkin game called Rakugaki Showtime, a fighting game where one button throws the nearest object at the nearest enemy, one button throws the nearest enemy at the second-nearest enemy, a third button throws the nearest enemy at the nearest object, and the fourth button throws the nearest object at the second-nearest object. That game was about precisely as awesome as it sounds on paper. If you have read our one-sentence description, you are as entitled to award it a star rating as we are. (We’d give it three and a half.)
Eventually, there was Bangaioh, in 1999, and then, there was Ikaruga. Though Bangai-oh Spirits for the DS is Action Button Dot Net official One Game To Take To A Desert Island, we must concede that Ikaruga is the more important game.
Back to the bullet-pointed list. As you can see, the game’s specific genre is item #1. This is because “genre” is actually a very loose concept when you’re dealing with a Treasure game. Ask any groundling rube, and they’ll tell you “Treasure makes action games”. This is not true: Treasure makes videogames; it’s just that they all require timing, skill, and (to a lesser extent) pattern recognition. More often than not, Treasure isn’t thinking of making a “shooting game” or an “action game” or a “fighting game”: they’re thinking of making something that they are very certain they themselves (at the very least) will enjoy playing. Some will groan and call this method “self-absorbed”. These people are, in fact, arrogant. This “self-absorbed” method is how Quentin Tarantino makes motion pictures, for example. How much more human and generous can you get, than to make something that you are dead confident you will like, in the hopes that others will like it as well? If you call this method “self-absorbed”, then you are assuming that the creators of entertainment consider themselves better than normal humans, and that highlights a problem with your personality.
The “genre” of 2D top-down shooter, to be bottom-line honest, isn’t interesting at all. The current pioneers are Cave, whose games are less about shooting than moving as little as possible while avoiding bullets. There’s hardly a shooting game alive these days where the player is ever tempted to not hold down the fire button at all times. In other words, you never pick your shots. There’s never an incentive not to shoot. Why do we even have to press a button at all? It’s silly. Enemies spit out bullet patterns — pink, purple, easily visible to the player’s eyes — and the player dodges while keeping that fire button held down, certain that damage is being done somewhere. Walk up behind a bespectacled Japanese man sitting before a luxurious tall-screen cabinet of any modern Cave shooter, and witness the approximate distance between his nose and his avatar. Now go look at a fighting gamer, legs crossed, chest forward like a peacock. These are games for certain types of people: those who look closely. These people will often remark on such-and-such game’s bullet patterns as being better-looking than other games’ bullet patterns.
Hold down that fire button, feel out the cracks in labyrinthine bullet patterns, twitch, twitch. Enemies explode, gold coins / medals / amber chips / what-have-you scattering. So as to not insult the player’s intelligence by requiring him to go forth and pick these things up, they fly toward his avatar with great fanfare, huge yellow numerals fireworking all over the screen: “x100”. “x1000”. “x10000”. “POWER UP”. The laser blasts echoing out of the player’s ship multiply. The Eurobeat drones on. On another day, with another cigarette in hand, these same slaves might have decided on a whim to go to medical school, just so they can scream out names of medicines as they run alongside a gurney into a surgery ward, just like the doctors on “ER”.
(Side note: the default (not-powered-up) gun in Cave’s latest Dodonpachi fires literally thirty-two bullets per button tap. That is not a typo. This might be a self-parody of the shooting genre, though really, when everything produced by the monopoly-holding champions of a specific genre is self-parody, what are you living for?　That said, Cave’s Ibara is still probably one of the best action games of the decade.)
Ikaruga is not, precisely, a game for those people. It’s a game for the man who made it. Other people are welcome to share. You have one weapon. It does not upgrade. Tap the button, and one laser shoots out of your ship. Hold the button, and two fly out in a side-by-side stream. Everything in Ikaruga is either black (glowing red) or white (glowing blue), and your ship possesses the unique ability to change colors. Changing the color of your ship from black to white or vice versa, as laid out above, changes the color of your bullets, which changes which color of enemy they are most effective on. Your ship can also absorb bullets of its current color. Absorb bullets to charge your smart bomb. Fire the smart bomb while white to send white blasts to home in on black enemies. Fire the smart bomb while black to send black blasts to home in on white enemies. You don’t have to use this attack if you don’t want to. In fact, there’s hardly a single core element of Ikaruga that you have to participate in if you don’t want to. This is usually the case with Treasure games: these are games made by and for the people who heard Shigeru Miyamoto say “if you want extra challenge, you can try playing Super Mario Bros. without collecting a single coin” and immediately stood up with clenched, trembling fists, sparks exploding in their awakened brains.
You can play Ikaruga without changing colors. (You have to move more.) You can play Ikaruga without absorbing fire. (You have to move a lot more.) You can play Ikaruga like a straight-ahead shooting game (just firing and dodging and absorbing). You can play Ikaruga for the combo system (fire single shots, kill three white enemies, three black enemies, three white enemies, et cetera). You can play Ikaruga without firing a single shot (they call this “dot-eating” (the bosses are polite enough to die automatically if you survive their onslaught long enough)). You can play Ikaruga simultaneous cooperative-style with a second player. If that’s the case, either player can use any of the possible rules laid out in this paragraph. You can coordinate your actions with that of the second player, progressing through certain passages where one player absorbs black bullets while the other absorbs white bullets. The permutations of enjoy styles number at least a dozen. We’re not going to count. Suffice it to say, it’s a generous game.
Ikaruga‘s generosity was not “planned” from the beginning. There’s no way. These days, game designers will sit around their boardroom tables and say, “We need to make this game generous. Replayable. We need to give it modes.” With Ikaruga — as with all things Treasure — there are no “modes”. There’s just “GAME START”, your whims, and infinitely wise level design. A team of iron-pumping men sat very still, in meditative poses, for hours on end in the name of assuring that the enemy patterns were compelling, that the difficulty level of maintaining a combo climbed gradually, that the conceptual hearts of the bosses increased in complexity, and that — as with Sin and Punishment (which turns into Missile Command) and Halo 3 (which turns into a racing game) — the ending moments challenge the player who has proved his worth at this one game to now adapt to another. Only it’s less pronounced than in Sin and Punishment: basically, Ikaruga gives you an invincible opponent and a psycho-labyrinth of bullets, and tells you to just survive. The key here is that, if you want, you can play the whole game the way you play the final boss.
This is to say that Ikaruga‘s generosity was simply inherent in its bar-napkin concept. That’s how you make a “deep” and “replayable” game: by being pure of heart, by keeping the design gloriously slim, by sticking to your guns, and by expressing your game’s novelty through rigorously fine-tuned level design. You design those levels, you lay out those situations, until you can think of absolutely nothing else to do with your mechanics. If still your game feels lacking, it’s because it was always destined to be so.
Here, if we were feeling mean, we could list a dozen games that fail to be Treasure-esque, like Panzer Dragoon Orta, which offers the player the choice to switch between three dragon types for three different situations. Speedy dragon with rapid fire, big dragon with strong fire, normal dragon with normal everything. However, by visually differentiating the dragons so strikingly, the game only enunciates the forcedness of the design. That the game requires you to use certain dragon types in certain situations is beyond worrying: it kills the game. Shoots it in the head. It’s a lot like the iron boots in modern 3D Zelda games: you have these 200kg boots in your inventory; you’re swimming in water; you open the menu and choose to put the boots “on”; you sink to the bottom of the water. Are the boots only heavy when they’re on your feet? (Maybe they’re magical.) It’s not a puzzle; it’s not “thinking”. It’s just “there”. With Ikargua — with All Things Treasure — nothing is ever just “there”. How awfully nice of them.
“Videogame journalists” are often quick to attribute the creation of their favorite games to one man — Thief and Deus Ex to Warren Spector, ICO and Shadow of the Colossus to Fumito Ueda, Metal Gear Solid to Hideo Kojima, and Rez to Tetsuya Mizuguchi, to name just a few. This is really silly (we’ve met the man who really made Rez, for example. He’s great.) No one, however, ever attributes Ikaruga to Hiroshi Iuchi, who — and we say this with gong-pounding confidence — really did kind of make this entire game on his own. He designed the game, coded the engine, wrote the “story”, planned the stage progressions and bullet patterns, designed all of the 3D backgrounds, and even composed and programmed the music, for god’s sake. He wasn’t alone, per se — he had a team of the most experienced action-button-happy programmers in history at his disposal — though really. Let’s give him credit. Let’s speak his name. His name is Hiroshi Iuchi. Hiroshi Iuchi. Hiroshi Iuchi.
This review would not be complete without mentioning that this is the game that coined the term “frothing demand”. Namely, gaming journalism’s Wall Street Journal — IGN.com — said of the game, in a preview, “Our frothing demand for this game increases.” This would mean nothing — seriously, IGN — if some marketing fiend at Atari hadn’t snapped his head up sharply from the mirror on his desktop, snorted hard, and screamed “FrrrROTHY!”
The quote ended up on the box. The front of the box. In large font. Large italic font.
The back of the box is even more peculiar, because we get to see some of Cokey Marketman’s original work. According to the back-of-box copy, Ikaruga is a game which “combines fighter pilot heroics with manga-style storytelling”. Uh, if you say so! “Fighter pilot heroics” — what does that mean? Maybe he’s indicating that, if you beat the game straight through, in one shot, then the performance of the on-screen ship actually does come to look kind of “heroic”, death-defying. The game is about one ship taking on an armada. Then again, so are all of these other games. It’s kind of novel to think that the guy who wrote this might have never seen a 2D shooting game before — then again, he wouldn’t have had to. Ikaruga is the alpha and the omega.
The bit about manga, even after all these years, is still a little confusing.
Truly, the game aspires to tell a story. Yet the story is so visual, so backseated, so confined to the instruction manual, that we might never notice. Before some boss battles and at the introductions to stages — we fly seamlessly from one location to another — a vertical black bar extends along the side of the screen, with a chapter title and super-cryptic text. They didn’t even translate the text for the English release. That probably says something right there.
The game ends with the player’s ship absorbing tens of thousands of bullets (over the course of the final sequence), and self-destructing as it expels a hurricane of gunfire on the final boss.
The final moments show birds flying over lush green wilderness and stoic blue waterfalls. The first time you see it, it doesn’t mean much. The second time, you want to play again.
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In the world wherein we find ourselves, where the politics we practice put you as either a Republican or a Democrat, every other ideology does not matter. The media in America is quite fond of using liberal and Democrat as being the same. This is however quite wrong because Democrats stand for a party while Liberals are simply an ideology. Also, the politics played by the democrats is not always liberal or left but is often far-right. But the thing is that a lie that is perpetuated soon begins sounding like the truth. This is why we must remind ourselves of what the difference between liberal and democrat is.
Difference between liberal and democrat
A liberal is someone that believes in the concept of liberalism which is an ideological and political philosophy. They often have an array of viewpoints, but their core belief centers on equality and freedom. These may range from gender equality to freedom of speech. The concept of liberalism has been in existence for several centuries now and has always supported point of views which are in favor of equality. A democrat, on the other hand, is a person that is in support of the Democratic Party and does not make reference to their ideologies. The major difference is in seen the moment you leave mainstream American politics. It is worthy of note that communists and Socialists are also liberal by nature. Both categories of groups have liberal views even though they do not engage in American politics. It, therefore, suffices to say that most Democrats are liberal but not all Liberals are Democrats.
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To better appreciate who liberals are, it is important to know what the stand for and the various types of liberals. But as we rightly pointed out earlier, a Liberal is someone who supports a political philosophy that is founded upon the ideas of equality and liberty.
There is first the conservative liberalism which is a type of liberalism. This type of liberalism simply combines all the liberal policies and values using conservative stances. There is also the Classical Liberalism which is a socio-political philosophy that advocates for the freedom of parliamentary systems of government, individuals, socio-economic institutions as well as government guarantees of human liberties and rights.
Economic liberalism simply talks about a belief in organizing the economy along individual lines in such a way that most of the economic policies are made by private persons and not by established institutions. Then there is social liberalism which is a belief that liberalism ought to include the concept of social justice and the role of the state should factor in tackling certain issues such as healthcare, unemployment, and education.
In summary, Liberalism is a political system that focuses on promoting and protecting the freedom of a person. People who belong to the school of thought are often of the opinion that the government is required to shield the individual from getting harmed by other people. They, however, know that the government could also be a threat to the freedom of the people.
They are two main founders of the concept of liberalism. The founders were John Locke who came up with the concept of political authority based on the natural rights of an individual as well as the consent of those being governed. There was also the Scottish philosopher and economist Adam Smith who came up with the argument that societies tend to thrive when the people have the freedom to chase after the things that interest them and have private ownership of the means of production which is not controlled by private monopolies or even the government.
In the theory proposed by John Locke, the consent of the governed gets secured via a system of majority rule wherein the government would implement the will of the people. It is worthy of note that during the time of John Locke in England, not everyone was considered to be a part of the electorate. Therefore based on Locke’s theory of democracy, there is no direct link between liberalism and any form of democracy.
Also referred to as libertarians, Classical Liberals view the state as the main threat to the freedom of individuals and as such advocate for a limit to the powers of the state. Modern liberals, on the other hand, have also posited that the government itself poses a threat to the people.
The concept of liberalism is derived from two connected western culture. The first of them is the preoccupation of the west with the individual which is a departure from what is obtainable in other places. It, therefore, suffices to say that liberalism is simply the culmination of the happenings in the west which has given more impetus to the concept of the individual. This marks a deliverance of the individual from the bondage of subservience to a group. It also represents a relaxation of the hold of law, custom, and authority as far as this is concerned.
Furthermore, liberalism also takes its root from a practice of adversarial which is common in both European economic and political life. This system is one that created an air of competition. An instance of this is the competition that exists between different political parties in an electoral process.
The thing about such adversarial systems is that they have always quite precarious. One of the core basis of the liberal belief in the adversarial system is that there is a conviction about the fact that human beings are rational creatures that have the unique ability to settle their disputes via compromise and dialogue. Liberalism has always had a rather close but uneasy relationship with democracy. In a democratic system, there is a popular belief that the government derives its power from a popular election by the people. Liberals have always shown great fear of democracy due to the belief that it could lead to tyranny by the majority.
A democrat is simply someone that belongs to the Democratic Party which is one of the two main political parties in America along with the Republican Party. Its origins date back to the time of Thomas Jefferson. The modern-day Democratic Party began in 1828 thus making it the oldest existing political party anywhere in the world.
During its early days, the Democratic Party supported state sovereignty and limited government. It also opposed banks and supported acts of slavery. However, since the era of Frank Roosevelt with his New Deal, the party has advocated a social-liberal platform. Going into the 20th century, the party possessed Southern conservative and conservative pro-business wings. However, following the new deal, the conservative wing of the party soon fizzled out.
The Democratic party possesses a Philosophy of modern liberalism that promotes economic and social equality as well as a welfare bases state. It also attempts to make available governmental regulations that seek to promote the interest of the public. Certain policies such as the support for organized labor and environmental protection mark them out. There is also the continued advocacy of affordable college education, equal opportunities, and consumer protection.
On the social arm, it advocates for reforms on campaign finances, immigration reforms as well as the legalization of Marijuana among others. So far, fifteen of the past American presidents have been democrats. The first Democrat to hold that office was Andrew Johnson the seventh American president. The most recent Democrat to hold the office of the president of America is Barack Obama. Currently, the Democrats hold a majority number in the House of Representatives. Also, four of the sitting Justices in America were appointed by a Democratic president.
What Is The Ideology Behind The Democratic Party?
Upon its creation, the Democratic Party was in support of Agrarianism and this meant placing great focus on the needs of American farmers and rural interests. However, the coming of the 1890s saw the party supporting more liberal views. The Democratic Party currently holds influence across different demographics.
The party has a unique history of representing laborers, farmers, and ethnoreligious minorities. This is seen in the fact that it greatly opposes unregulated finance and businesses and instead favored a rather progressive system of taxation. In the aspect of foreign policy, liberalism was a dominant idea starting from 1913 down to the middle part of the 1960s.
Though once strongest in the Southeastern part of America, the Democratic Party now has it’s forth in the Northeast. They are also quite strong in the major cities.
It may seem to most people that liberals and democrats are the same. But a closer look at both concepts will reveal to you the underlying ideological differences. Both concepts have their unique peculiarities and we believe we have done justice to that in this piece.
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When I was a 4th-grader at Island View Elementary school in Anacortes, the big kids (i.e. the 5th and 6th graders, who were giants) played flag football during recess. I wanted to play; but I was scared.
Fast forward to sixth grade: I had just transferred to a new elementary school, Fidalgo, and I didn’t know many people. I found refuge inside the library with a cool bunch of girls; we were the librarian’s helpers, laminating new books, shelving misplaced ones.
But sometimes I’d peek outside and see the other sixth-grade boys play flag football. I can’t remember if I actually ever joined them.
But in this story, I did.
Alan Brownville stood outside the big south window of the school library. It felt strange, standing outside and looking in. Most days during his lunch break, he would be inside, helping shelve books. But today was different.
Today was the first game of flag football. Alan was finally in sixth grade, and the rule said that any sixth grader was allowed to play flag football. No tryouts needed. In all his years at Pinewood Elementary, Alan had never tried out before. He knew he’d never make the team.
Alan was clumsy, slow, and couldn’t seem to make his hands do what his mind wanted: In second grade his father made him play tee-ball. He never once hit the ball off the tee.
But ever since the end of last year’s season, when the boys dropped their flags in the box for the last time, and trudged off the field full of laughter and memories … ever since then, a wish had rooted in Alan’s brain.
I want to be one of them, whispered the wish.
All summer, at sudden times, when he read in his room or rode in the car to the beach with his brothers, Alan would summon the wish and wonder: could he do it? Next year, could he leave his cocoon in the library and stride onto the football field?
Now that the day was here, and he saw the other boys strut their way outside, Alan trembled. He feared the other boys, especially Brad Armstrong.
Brad was the strongest kid in the sixth grade, and he could get mean. He always threw a few insults Alan’s way, calling him “weenie”, “momma’s boy” and “book baby.” But mostly he left Alan alone because Alan didn’t get in his way.
So why did Alan want to play? If you asked him, he would probably say he just wanted to play the game once before going on to middle school. Just to say he had done it, that he was more than a library nerd. That he could do more than just read about adventures; he could live in them, too.
But the truth was worse. Deep down, Alan hoped that once he got on the field he would somehow blossom into a sports star; that somewhere inside him lurked instincts that would explode and Alan would snatch the football from the sky, sprint and dodge down the field like a bullet, and win the respect of the boys and the adulation of the girls.
Deep down Alan dreamed he could be a hero.
So, Alan took a deep breath and marched toward the field, straight to the keeper of the flags, Ms. Shirley. She had been volunteering at the school since Alan’s parents were little. She knelt by the box of flag belts and handed them out to the players. Alan got in line. Standing in line wasn’t that hard. No one had called him out, said you don’t belong here, geek. o far, so good. But then the person in front of Alan turned around.
Oh, no, thought Alan
It was Peter Dane, Brad’s chief henchman. He wasn’t as big as Brad, but he was meaner.
“Are you lost?” said Peter.
“No,” mumbled Alan, barely audible.
“Go back to the library with the rest of the girls,” said Peter. He turned his back on Alan, confident his command would be obeyed.
Alan looked back to the library. He was tempted to slink away, and flee to his nook in the library. But a little blossom of courage still remained in Alan’s chest, and he decided he wasn’t going to let that fire go out. He stood his ground.
“I’m going to play,” Alan said, still quietly, but more clearly this time.
Peter turned back to Alan, towering over him.
“Get out of here!” snarled Peter. “Before you regret it, turd. I mean it.”
A boy standing nearby was watching this little scene and shook his head. His name was George Alman. He was tall and lanky, too big to be a target of the bullies, but too decent to be part of their gang. George never picked on Alan, or anyone, but that didn’t make him Alan’s friend.
Alan was on his own, and he his heart thumped like a tribal drum.
There was no mistaking the look in Peter’s eyes. He wanted to hurt Alan, and he would too, just as soon as he got the chance. There was no bluster in those eyes, no empty boasts; just an iron-hard promise of blood and bruises.
By now they were near the front of the line, close enough that Ms. Shirley had overheard Peter’s threat. She looked the two boys over.
“Is there a problem?” she asked, nonchalantly.
“This twerp here is lost,” said Peter, unafraid of Ms. Shirley’s adult powers.
“I’m, I’m here to play,” stuttered Alan. He didn’t want to be in line any longer. He felt like he was in the middle of a bad dream, almost like he was floating outside his body. He was afraid to stay, and afraid to leave, to suffer the humiliation of tucking his tail and running. People would point and laugh.
“Every eighth grader has a right to play, Peter, no exceptions,” said Ms. Shirley in a bored voice as she continued to toss out flag belts.
“Once you’re out there, you’re dead,” Peter said.
Alan felt completely numb. He stood like a statue as Ms. Shirley held up two pairs of tattered flags: one pair yellow, the other red.
“Which is it?” asked Shirley.
“Huh?” said Alan.
“Red team or yellow team?”
“I get to choose?” said Alan.
“As long as there’re flags left for the team you want,” said Ms. Shirley.
Alan hadn’t known about this part of the game, this choosing. He had assumed Ms. Shirley was the one who picked the teams. He looked up and quickly searched the field for Peter. Peter stood at one end of the field. He wore red flags, as did the swarm of kids around him. Brad Armstrong towered over them all. Peter put on arm around Brad and pointed back toward Alan. He said something, and both boys laughed.
“Yellow,” said Alan. Better to be as far away from them as possible, Alan decided. Even if it did land him on the opposing team, fit to receive the full brunt of Brad’s rush.
Ms. Shirley handed Alan the flags and belt which velcroed together. The Velcro was so worn that the flags barely stuck.
Alan didn’t know what came next. He had watched parts of the game several times, but only at sporadic moments from the library. He didn’t know all the rules. Why didn’t I read up on it during summer? He saw a bunch of kids with yellow flags gather at the other end of the field, far from Peter and Brad. George Alman was one of the kids wearing yellow.
Alan ran toward George as fast as he could. Then he realized he was the only one running that fast. So he slowed down and jogged. But the brief sprint already left him huffing and puffing by the time he reached the end of the field where George stood waiting. Alan was out of shape.
“You gonna have a heart attack, Brownvilled?” laughed a kid named Billy Barsh.
“Happy to hear it,” said Billy. “I guess all that heavy breathing is just your way of telling me you wanna go somewhere we can be alone together.” A bunch of kids nearby heard the crack and started to chuckle.
Billy Barsh had a loud mouth that often got him in trouble. It wasn’t uncommon to see him running laps in the parking lot, the typical punishment handed down by Mr. Sawyer, Billy’s fifth grade teacher. Ordinarily, Alan didn’t mind Billy’s wisecracks. Today it was different. Alan was scared and very self-conscious out on the field. He was stung by Billy’s remark.
So instead of his usual habit of not saying anything back, Alan shot back.
“Not all of us get the same practice running as you, Billy,” said Alan.
Now the boys nearby laughed at Billy. Billy did look kind of silly running around in the parking lot, getting red-faced and sweaty, panting as he came back to class. It wasn’t something to be proud of.
Billy turned red in the face and stalked off. Alan started to feel a little better. Maybe he could survive on the football field after all.
“That was dumb, man,” said George Alman quietly.
“What do you mean?” asked Alan.
“Turning on your teammates.”
George Alman was a bit of a loner, but he was too tall and strong to be messed with. Even Brad Armstrong never bothered him. He didn’t seem to have any friends, and he didn’t seem to care about that either. He didn’t talk much, in class or out, so when he did, you tended to pay attention.
“He did it first,” said Alan, even though he realized how childish it sounded.
“Billy is an idiot. Everybody knows that. Who cares what he says?”
“Are you saying I should just take it?” asked Alan.
“I’m saying it’s not a good idea to make enemies your first time on a team.”
With that, George walked away.
Alan really felt alone now. Nobody stood near him. Alan wasn’t sure what to do, and there wasn’t any one he could ask. Billy, like George said, was an idiot, but Alan had always got along with him. But Billy wouldn’t help him now. And George had made clear what he thought of Alan. Alan couldn’t expect any help from him either.
And Alan wasn’t friends with any of the other kids on the team. They were the kind of kids who played for after-school baseball and football teams for the Parks and Rec department. They didn’t hang out in the library.
So, not knowing what to do, he stood and stared.
The other end of the field was very far away. He was supposed to run all that way? Maybe he would have a heart attack. At least he couldn’t see Brad and Peter and the others very well. Maybe he could just wait at this end of the field, kind of hang back, and wait for the ball to come this way, and … block it?
That was one of the jobs in football, wasn’t it? It had a specific name Alan couldn’t remember – the guard? Gate keeper? No, that sounded too much like Dungeons and Dragons. It started with the letter “g”, though.
Goalie! That was it. Alan could be the goalie.
Alan approached the closest kid, a boy named Jerry who rode the same bus.
“Uh, did anyone else call goalie?” asked Alan.
Jerry glanced his way, annoyed. “What?”
“Goalie, uh, anyone call dibs? ‘Cause I … I mean if no one else want to … I could play goalie.”
“Are you serious?” asked Jerry, loo.
Alan felt stupid. Did the goalie have some kind of special marking on him already? Something Alan should have noticed? He quickly scanned the other players. They were all wearing the same tattered yellow flags. No special shirts, either. Maybe first timers weren’t allowed to play goalie? Maybe the goalie had to be really good.
“No big deal,” said Alan. “I haven’t played much, so I thought maybe I should just, you know, hang back and play goalie,” said Alan, the words tumbling out in a rush. “But, I mean, if someone else already has dibs, that’s okay –”
“Are you some kind of moron? This isn’t soccer, you idiot. There’s no goalie in football! Get off the field, loser!”
“I’m playing,” said Alan resolutely, though his face had gone a deep shade of scarlet.
“Then stay the hell away from the ball,” snapped Jerry.
Stay away from the ball. That seemed like a good plan. He should probably do like Jerry said and leave the field. It would be humiliating to leave now, but the game hadn’t started yet. Alan could pretend he was sick, maybe hold his stomach as he walked off. Sure, he’d look stupid, but better than getting creamed on the field. Right?
A whistle blew. Ms. Sherry picked up her bullhorn at the center of the field.
“Listen up. We play till one team leads by ten points, or, if that doesn’t happen, we put the ball down five minutes before lunch ends. Everyone make sure to put your belt and your flags in the box when we’re done. Make sure to pick up your flags! And no tackling. I’m talking to you, Peter Dane. Red won last time, so they throw first.”
Before Alan could escape, she blew her whistle again. There was some movement at the other end of the field. All the kids near Alan looked up at the sky. Alan looked up too. At first he didn’t see anything. Then he saw a little blur of brown that grew bigger very fast. The football. Falling.
“Catch it!” someone yelled.
The football struck the ground right in front of Alan, bounced up, and hit him in the chest. Somehow, the ball ended up in Alan’s hands.
“What do I do?” he asked.
A wave of boys from the other team rolled Alan’s way. Brad and Peter were at the crest. Alan couldn’t get his legs to work.
“Give it to me!” said Jerry. He made a grab for the ball. Alan pulled away and began to move. He ran. Ran as fast as he could, but it felt like he was hardly moving at all. He would remember the noise later: boys screaming, the wind rushing past his ears, the thud of feet on the grass, and the ragged breath wheezing in and out of his chest.
Alan realized he wasn’t alone. A group of his teammates, led by George, formed a wedge in front of him. Even Billy was up there. George looked back and made a pushing motion. Alan understood: his teammates would push the other team out of his path.
George led the way. He took them across the field diagonally, away from the screaming boys rushing towards them. George was fast, the fastest one on the field, and Alan did all he could to keep up.
For a brief moment, right about the middle of the field, it looked as though they might scrape past the other team. Alan could see their faces: Peter and his sneer, running a little out to the side; other boys behind, yelling, making angry faces.
And then there was Brad. Brad ran at the center of the pack, but he was the only one who didn’t yell or scream. He locked eyes with Alan, a dead-eyed stare. Alan’s fingers twitched and the ball slipped from his hands. It hit the ground and bounced.
Peter lunged for the ball. George blocked him with his chest and Peter fell sprawling into the grass. The ball rebounded off Alan’s chest and hit the ground again. Alan grabbed for the ball again and again, but it kept slipping out; and somehow the ball kept bouncing forward.
Brad was suddenly a few feet to his left. He zeroed in on the ball, ignoring Alan now. In a flash of realization, Alan knew he could just hang back and Brad would pass him by. It would be the easy thing to do. Just stop running and collapse on the field, suck in grateful gulps of oxygen, and, he would be safe.
He would be safe and comfortable. Just like inside the library, where it was warm and there were plenty of soft chairs to recline and read the lunch break away. There were no Brads or Peters in the library; just nice, pleasant people like Alan. And when the ball rang, and he had to leave the safety of the library and venture into the crammed hallways, he would just have to blend into the wall when Brad passed by. Keep his head down, look the other way.
A fire ignited in Alan’s chest. He refused to hide any more.
Alan put on a burst of speed. He reached the spinning ball seconds before Brad and snatched it with his right arm. He slammed his left arm into Brad’s chest. A “stiff arm” – that’s the name, Alan suddenly remembered. He had seen Brad drop several kids to the ground with the move. He had never seen anyone do it to Brad.
Brad didn’t fall to the ground, but he did stumble, whether from the blow or from surprise. It gave Alan a few seconds advantage. He spent his last ounces of energy and ran as hard as he could.
He was almost there. Twenty more feet and victory would be his. Alan had never run this hard in his life, not in all the times he had run from kids like Brad and Peter. All those time he had run away, in fear. And always he was caught. Now he ran toward something he wanted, in hope.
Alan reached ten feet from the goal line when he felt someone behind him. Very close. A cheek pressed against his.
Even Alan knew that in flag football you don’t tackle, you just grab the other player’s flags to stop him. If you tackled, you were taken out of the game. Brad and his friends had ways of hitting without tackling, though. They would ram into you as they grabbed your flags, and from what Alan could see, it hurt. So Alan was prepared for bruises.
But it seemed Brad didn’t care about even pretending to obey the rules. He grabbed Alan’s neck and wrenched backward, violently halting Alan’s progress. Alan’s head snapped back. But he still held the ball in his right arm. Brad threw all of his weight into Alan, keeping hold of his neck. Alan’s knees buckled and he started to fall, with Brad on top of him.
This isn’t so bad, thought Alan almost giddily as he toppled. Sure, my neck feels like it’s broken and Brad’s going to squash me like a bug when we hit the ground in less than a second, but other than that, I’m doing all right.
One thing bothered him, though. He wasn’t going to reach the goal line. No touchdown.
Alan managed to lift his right leg in front of him just before he hit the ground. Brad’s weight slammed down on him, but Alan’s leg held. Brad’s momentum carried him forward, over Alan’s head and onto the ground. He landed face first into the dirt. Alan jumped over him and jogged the last few feet to the goal line.
A hundred voices exploded. George was the first to reach him, grinning, slapping him on the back. Jerry and Billy followed, and the rest of the team soon after. They were shaking his hand, slapping him high fives, telling him he was One Bad Dude. Billy puffed his chest out and grabbed at Alan, only to slip and hit the ground, face first, in parody of Brad. For this moment it was safe to mock even the gods. Alan burst out laughing and almost regretted it. He hurt all over.
Halfway down the field, Peter caught his eye. He drew a finger across his throat and stalked off.
Brad was still lying on the ground. Ms. Shirley ran up to him and crouched down.
“Bradley? Bradley, can you hear me?”
Ms. Shirley reached into her pocket and pulled out a white packet of smelling salts, which she opened and held under Brad’s nose. He scrunched up his face and groaned.
“Uh, now might be a good time to leave,” said Billy.
It seemed Ms. Shirley was thinking the same thing.
“All right everyone, clear out,” she said, looking at Alan. “Game’s over for today. Drop your belts into the box. And don’t leave any flags on the ground!”
Alan returned his belt to the box and limped off the field.
“Hurt?” asked George.
Alan nodded wearily. “Guess I’ll have to get used to it.”
George raised an eyebrow.
“You planning on making this a habit?”
“You think I could?”
George thought for a moment, shrugged. “Guess so.”
Alan nodded, slowly. He drank in the moment. He was one of them. “Thanks,” he said. He took one last look at his field of triumph, smiled, and limped back into the world.
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Wondering if most casinos will frown on wonging in and out of shoes more than with someone who ranges their betting about 1to10. In my past experience wonging into a hot shoe drew big attention from the pit and got some sarcastic comments upon leaving whereas with a 1to10 spread and a big win it barely received a second look. Just wondering what others from the boards have experienced and what kind of suggestions you might have in regard to staying under the radar when wonging in especially to a hot shoe. Also, does this vary depending on the casino as well.
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pit vs eye, instant vs slow
A guy wongs into a shoe with a huge bet and very often he will be met by a pit who tells him (depends on casino and sometimes just the pit person) that their is a limit to a bet for someone entering mid shoe, even though there is no mid shoe rule in this casino. They are aware of backcounting and teams signaling in big players. Action, if taken, must be immediate so it becomes pit responsibility.
The guy who grinds away, playing all but perhaps wonging out of a few bad shoes, never gets the same kind of attention. With the passing of time and his spread, the pit may call the eye or someone in the eye may take it upon themselves and they will evaluate him. Often he may not be even evaluated till they run back his session after he leaves. It is a reason why we say short sessions are best but in comparing both senarios the big difference is the instant heat that wonger gets.
A few years back on a huge count during a shoe at a place where table limits were $3,000 but seldom fielded a bet of over $500, I put out two bets of $400 and a guy comes in on my left and wants to play cash for the table max. Pit comes up and first asks him for a player's card, which he did not have and then tells him that she will not accept a bet higher than $300 from someone entering mid shoe. Guy actually tried to deflect some heat onto me by mentioning that I had $800 on the table but the pit said I had played the whole shoe. The guy left. At the end of that shoe I played and lost the first couple of hands of the next shoe and decided to leave before someone started thinking about my beggining the good shoe with one hand of $25 and ending it with a few rounds of two hands of $400.
He got the instant heat and I figured I was going to get the delayed heat.
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I am hesitant to go back to this place but do you think that when I do I can just get back to grinding it out or do I now have to worry about being a marked man? I play this place quite a bit and I am wondering if I should cool it for a while after getting such obvious heat. Not sure how close they were to asking me not to play anymore.
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Jan 27, 2011, 8:29:04 AM
Saw a guy recently
who was chummy with the pit. He was "frustrated" about the NMS over a certain bet amount and he showed it. He finally "caved" saying awright, awright, I guess it beats just sitting here.....". You can probably act naturally and just jump in as he did. Try wong in and wong out approaches in the same session. Just be "that kind of player". Do you ever walk by and plop a medium/big bet off the top, like/dislike the result, and stay/walk accordingly. If you're there a lot and play long sessions, they know you anyway, so don't fight it. Be known and be sure your act is how you actually play. Otherwise, hit and run every time.....the wife is cooking dinner, gotta be at a meeting for my MLM business, etc...
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Ever wonder how a lot of African Americans have Irish last names? Is not because of Irish slave owners, no erase that foolishness……don’t think Gone With The Wind and the O’Hara plantation. What a lot of people don’t know is that Irish were slaves too, hundreds of thousands were sent to work in the West Indies and they blended with the black slaves thus we have Irish names like McFadden, McDonalds, etc.
They came as slaves; vast human cargo transported on tall British ships bound for the Americas. They were shipped by the hundreds of thousands and included men, women, and even the youngest of children.
Whenever they rebelled or even disobeyed an order, they were punished in the harshest ways. Slave owners would hang their human property by their hands and set their hands or feet on fire as one form of punishment. They were burned alive and had their heads placed on pikes in the marketplace as a warning to other captives.
We don’t really need to go through all of the gory details, do we? We know all too well the atrocities of the African slave trade.
But, are we talking about African slavery? King James II and Charles I also led a continued effort to enslave the Irish. Britain’s famed Oliver Cromwell furthered this practice of dehumanizing one’s next door neighbor.
The Irish slave trade began when James II sold 30,000 Irish prisoners as slaves to the New World. His Proclamation of 1625 required Irish political prisoners be sent overseas and sold to English settlers in the West Indies. By the mid 1600s, the Irish were the main slaves sold to Antigua and Montserrat. At that time, 70% of the total population of Montserrat were Irish slaves.
Ireland quickly became the biggest source of human livestock for English merchants. The majority of the early slaves to the New World were actually white.
From 1641 to 1652, over 500,000 Irish were killed by the English and another 300,000 were sold as slaves. Ireland’s population fell from about 1,500,000 to 600,000 in one single decade. Families were ripped apart as the British did not allow Irish dads to take their wives and children with them across the Atlantic. This led to a helpless population of homeless women and children. Britain’s solution was to auction them off as well.
During the 1650s, over 100,000 Irish children between the ages of 10 and 14 were taken from their parents and sold as slaves in the West Indies, Virginia and New England. In this decade, 52,000 Irish (mostly women and children) were sold to Barbados and Virginia. Another 30,000 Irish men and women were also transported and sold to the highest bidder. In 1656, Cromwell ordered that 2000 Irish children be taken to Jamaica and sold as slaves to English settlers.
Many people today will avoid calling the Irish slaves what they truly were: Slaves. They’ll come up with terms like “Indentured Servants” to describe what occurred to the Irish. However, in most cases from the 17th and 18th centuries, Irish slaves were nothing more than human cattle.
As an example, the African slave trade was just beginning during this same period. It is well recorded that African slaves, not tainted with the stain of the hated Catholic theology and more expensive to purchase, were often treated far better than their Irish counterparts.
African slaves were very expensive during the late 1600s (50 Sterling). Irish slaves came cheap (no more than 5 Sterling). If a planter whipped or branded or beat an Irish slave to death, it was never a crime. A death was a monetary setback, but far cheaper than killing a more expensive African. The English masters quickly began breeding the Irish women for both their own personal pleasure and for greater profit. Children of slaves were themselves slaves, which increased the size of the master’s free workforce. Even if an Irish woman somehow obtained her freedom, her kids would remain slaves of her master. Thus, Irish moms, even with this new found emancipation, would seldom abandon their kids and would remain in servitude.
In time, the English thought of a better way to use these women (in many cases, girls as young as 12) to increase their market share: The settlers began to breed Irish women and girls with African men to produce slaves with a distinct complexion. These new “mulatto” slaves brought a higher price than Irish livestock and, likewise, enabled the settlers to save money rather than purchase new African slaves. This practice of interbreeding Irish females with African men went on for several decades and was so widespread that, in 1681, legislation was passed “forbidding the practice of mating Irish slave women to African slave men for the purpose of producing slaves for sale.” In short, it was stopped only because it interfered with the profits of a large slave transport company.
England continued to ship tens of thousands of Irish slaves for more than a century. Records state that, after the 1798 Irish Rebellion, thousands of Irish slaves were sold to both America and Australia. There were horrible abuses of both African and Irish captives. One British ship even dumped 1,302 slaves into the Atlantic Ocean so that the crew would have plenty of food to eat.
There is little question that the Irish experienced the horrors of slavery as much (if not more in the 17th Century) as the Africans did. There is, also, very little question that those brown, tanned faces you witness in your travels to the West Indies are very likely a combination of African and Irish ancestry. In 1839, Britain finally decided on it’s own to end it’s participation in Satan’s highway to hell and stopped transporting slaves. While their decision did not stop pirates from doing what they desired, the new law slowly concluded THIS chapter of nightmarish Irish misery.
But, if anyone, black or white, believes that slavery was only an African experience, then they’ve got it completely wrong.
Irish slavery is a subject worth remembering, not erasing from our memories.
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emcfields on February 4, 2015 at 4:59 pm
Leonard Shanks on October 21, 2015 at 9:38 am
My last name is Shanks n I just learned from my dad that iam part Irish. N I was really grateful to lean this. Am Afro-American.
Leeanne Harkin Mc Kerr on October 25, 2015 at 9:09 pm
My mother in law was called Shanks. We are Irish from the north of Ireland. The subject of Irish slavery is not spoken about too much.
Leeanne Harkin Mc Kerr on October 25, 2015 at 9:11 pm
my mother in law was called Shanks, we are Irish from the north of Ireland. This article is interesting as the subject of Irish slavery seems to be erased from history.
Madnewyorker914 on September 29, 2016 at 7:28 am
I don’t know why you are so proud because they don’t claim you!!! At least they were able to join the white establishment due to their color. And when the draft riots kicked off in New York city a lot of those Irish and Italians turned their hatred and attention on the African Americans!!! They didn’t want to go to war on behalf of the African American, well that’s what they thought it was about,, even though we all know that the civil war wasn’t about the liberation of the black slaves. I have some European and native American ancestry, but I claim African American only!!!
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eyeontorah on September 29, 2016 at 4:21 pm
I understand what you’re saying ny brother. However, let me respond.
Africa was named after a so-called white man by the name of Scipio Africanus.
America was named after another so-called white man by the name of Amerigo Vespuci.
By calling yourself African-American you are still claiming to come from two so-called white men. The byword “African-American” was just adopted by our ppl in the 1980s due to the counsel of our so-called black “leaders” a Jesse Jackson. On December 21, 1988 Jesse Jackson and a group of other black “leaders” officialy declared their support for the term ‘African American’.
The truth is African-American is not your true nationality. Africans (Hamites) did not sell their own ppl. Africans sold Israelites. Our ppl fled into west and central Africa (Khem aka Ham) after Jerusalem was destroyed by Rome in 70 CE. We were dwelling in Africa before being sold to the so-called white man (Edomites) by the hands of Africans (Hamites, specifically Tyre and Sidon) and Arabs (Palestine). This is what we know today as the Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Saharan slave trades.
The truth is, you are an Israelite. It was prophesied that our people would go into slavery on ships because we broke God’s commandments.
Read Deuteronomy Chapter 28 and visit http://www.israelunite.org to learn more.
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Pj on July 10, 2016 at 4:36 am
The Healy familiar is a wonderful exemplar. Father indentured from Ireland mother African slave. Not allowed to marry in Geirgia. Children sent north. Sons James Catholic bishop of Pirtland Maine Patrick Jesuit priest who made Georgetown University. Healy Hall. Tim the first Commodore of the Ciast Gusrd. Sisters founded orders if nuns. Amazing people
Terry on August 5, 2016 at 4:25 pm
Slavery in any format is wrong. So if Irish slavery and African slavery the same why aren’t the Irish suffering the same fate as blacks today. My theory contrary to the hypotheses here is America has made any skin color not light or white a lower lifeforms hence Irish are white I’m I wrong.
Lee on August 21, 2016 at 12:46 am
Nope you’re absolutely right.
My Creole Belle on October 10, 2016 at 12:28 am
Bullshidt!!!! Louisiana is one hundred apologetically AFRICAN roots. One in every eight so called white person in the state of Louisiana has negro ancestry that can be traced back to the past 11 generations. What have the IRISH contributed to Louisisana’s unique and amalgamated cultural heritage like the Cajuns, Creoles and blacks have?!!!!! I am tired of the Irish and their historical lies!!!!! They resented having to serve in the civil war and dis honored black soldiers but they fly Confederate flags proudly. They always had a love-hate relationship with blacks and were quick to terrorize backs to prove their “whitness”. I read “How the Irish Became White”. Take their bone head, broad cranium, drunken, red neck selves and lie to somebody else. They are the dregs of the white race. I’d gladly accept a Cajun than a damn IRISH redneck!!!!!!!
jai99 on June 13, 2017 at 1:36 pm
@My Creole Belle – You are a perfect example of exactly why the oppressed Irish and blacks never came together and united against their common oppressors; because the oppressors (the ruling class of white racists) loved nothing more than to play the ‘lesser races’ off against each other. This is nothing new, look throughout recorded human history at every time one group has oppressed several other groups – rather than unite as brothers-in-arms and the oppressed groups turn against each other in the hopes of receiving their ‘masters” favour.
THAT’S why many Irish treated blacks in America and it’s also why many blacks treated Irish badly. And not just black and Irish, but other races/groups as well. All the while the ruling class was laughing at us all.
Your overt and brazen bigoted comments against the Irish – the kind of comments that would instantly be called ‘racist’ if they were reversed – are a perfect example of this ‘playing off the inferior races against each other’. You see Irish people as part of your ‘oppressors’ because they have the same skin colour, and you resort to the exact racial slurs and derogatory comments that the white English used against them – the same white English that oppressed YOUR ancestors.
I’m getting pretty sick of people (of all races) whitewashing the oppression of the Irish from history because it doesn’t fit with the ‘white skin = oppressors, everyone else = victims’ narrative. The point that you all seem to be continually missing is that AT THE TIME Irish people weren’t considered to be ‘white’.
Kate on July 14, 2018 at 2:02 am
You are full of hate just as the Brits have planned, well done you have fallen for the divide and just by giving us the label of white you are empowering us. By calling yourself black you are giving your power away. Words are powerful, they are spells (we are spelling) the word black in middleages means ‘pale’. And you never were shipped anywhere. The brits found you in the new world, the so called African Americans are really the native americans- the moors. But nowadays American people ( so called african americans and redneck irish) are all dumbed down, thats why you are fighting to be the worst treated slaves. Most of these people in america are full of hate poisoned by their governments through their food, water and air. And dont realise you are all from the one race- the human race. Of which you can incarnate into any body next time around. So you hate redneck irish americans? You’ll probably end up as one next lifetime. From a real Irish person, who didnt get shipped over to America but who’s ancestors have fought against the oppression of Britannia and ultimately Rome (the Pope) for over 800years. Don’t hate, this is the game they play against us- the game of colours, divide by colour but I have yet to see a human coloured black or a human coloured white- there is no such thing. Namaste
Laura on October 11, 2016 at 8:12 pm
Where did you find this information? I am a history teacher and I’d like to provide my students with good primary and secondary sources. Please advise.
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Mary on October 26, 2016 at 12:31 pm
That’s a very open minded attitude. Apparently it’s perfectly OK to disparage the Irish but don’t make any bigoted remarks that could be interpreted as racist. How hypocritical but typical of the current climate in this country.
Cay James on October 28, 2016 at 2:52 am
1) It wasn’t hundreds of thousands of them that were put to work.
2) Even if it were 100,000 of them (which it wasn’t) , it is already documented that many of them were indentured servant’s-not slaves and there’s a huge difference! Had you read the history on it you know this but even without a history lesson you should’ve been able to logically reason this out abecause in order for us to have their last names it would HAVE TO MEAN THAT THEY WEREN’T SLAVES AT THE TIME because slaves aren’t allowed to have their name live on – only free people did
3) even if they were 100,000 Irish slaves (which there were not) how dare you attempt to chastise us for talking about the African holocaust? How dare you compare 100,000 indentured servants and criminals to the kidnapping of 12.5 million people? People who were no longer allowed to speak their own language, practice their own religion, marry who they want to marry, raped, murdered, separated and had absolutely no control over their lives for over 250 years? Why would you even mention those in the same breath?
You should be ashamed of yourself and I suspect that this is a troll site rather than a site ran by a person of African descent. An African would know better.
Friend on June 5, 2017 at 2:13 am
Who were you responding to? I have a hard time following the discussion here, but I have made many replies. Regarding #3 who was making a dare? We shouldn’t be in the business of a numbers game when it comes measuring ils with a much smaller indigenous culture (the native Gaelic Catholics) of Ireland with as compared to the West and Sub-Saharan African regions. Ireland has rather bloody history like these regions of Africa. It might be better to compare them to certain tribes that were all but decimated out would it not?
I think you should be careful in your condemnation of what you apparently aren’t aware of, Gaelic Catholic culture of Ireland was subjected to English Protestant Supremacy, and Penal Laws imposed by the English Parliamentarian Cromwell in his brutal conquest of Ireland saw to it that the Gaelic Catholic culture be prohibited.
Did you assume the Irish always spoke English? 250 years you say? Well, invasion, land stealing and slaughter have a good 800 year history in Ireland.
Let’s not forget the largely convenient (for the British) “Great Famine” (one of many actually, and not the greatest either) with saw 1 to 2 million starve to death, and several more million emigration since the Plantation, settlement and colonization of Ireland.
When such a small society is reduced in such a short time by nearly half (during the “famine”) there’s a whole host of socio-phycological problems that ensue, one you’ll be familiar with we often make light of now a days when it comes to “The Irish” is: “alcoholism”, but also extreme poverty, broken families, etc, which I’m sure you can relate with as a member of the African American community in the United States am I right?
If you’d like to learn more about my opinions on “indentured servants” I’ve provided some explanation and sources on this tread in several replies too. Sure there is a difference, but servant is a perhaps a misnomer. “Indentured” is a form of slavery. If you don’t think so then sign over your person to an employer for a while and tell me if that feels like service.
It’s a shame that Whites and Blacks who were both subjected to British Imperialism have such trouble relating to each other because of the culturally enforced color-lines we’ve all be assimilated into. Maybe it’s time we stop fighting with each other and start learning from each other?
SonofaSonofaSlave on December 20, 2016 at 10:50 pm
The Irish were never slaves, they were indentured servants. There is a very large difference between the two terms and are often conflated. Indentured servitude was a poular way of dealing with criminals theoughout the entirety of the British Isles. They entered into an indentured agreement, which was recorded (and can be viewed on many online resources) for a fixed period of time and were subject to the same laws as all subjects of the King. Slaves were never considered to be humans, but rather, chattel, and were subject to the whoms of their masters.
We must stop perpetuating that the Irish were slaves, it is a fallacy.
To answer the question that is proposed in the headline, it was primarily due to Irish slave masters and testing the Y chromosome provides evidence of this. In many cases freed slaves took the surname of people who were also kind to them.
This type if reporting saddens me and is quite irresponsible.
Susan A Carroll on February 23, 2017 at 6:01 pm
Not really, because it’s obvious, in which sickins me, I grew up born and raised in San Francisco CA. And I didn’t look at the color of the skin of my brothers nor sisters. I was raised a Catholic.. however one day in cadycissim the nuns instructions were to draw Jesus as we seen him in our eyes, Simple one would think , were talking 4th grade ! So I picked up those big fat ugly crayons .. Wants take a guess on my choice of colors ; Brown, White, Blue, and Black …. I was slapped on the hands with a ruler as she demanded, screaming , and hitting me,!! You changed that right now!!!! I was crying, but I wouldn’t changed the colors of how I seen Jesus. She was so angry, that’s not what Jesus looks like, so I said how do you know,? Have you met Jesus . She RIP up my pictures and took me by the gaur to the principal office where he took his turn and that’s just one example. There were school busses, city busses in which I stood my ground my grandmother let me be she was not of color ,but she wasn’t white nor racist.. I have been enjoying ancestry. 8 years now however something’s were very apolling, sad, disgusted me.shamed me. For I come from many origins but the one of royalty is bmy great grandfather’s, Mother’s, Aunts , Uncle’s whom colonized , partaken in this horrible, horiffic , cruel in human act of the wealthiest plantations and plantation owners.My heart aches for what you’ve been put through and each and every descendants and ancestors.. I know for some sorry isn’t enough and I agree .However I’m more concerned with my family that was shackled, bound, branded raped, sold. I would love to know who you are to me , I want to know my roots from the mother of all mother’s Africa .The Carroll’s missing abd forgotten children..
Black O'Hara on March 18, 2017 at 4:44 am
Wrong. We got our hands on slave ledgers. There were Irish owners.
Friend on March 18, 2017 at 7:28 pm
Hi, Black O’Hara,
I don’t expect people to spot the difference between the Scottish Planters who shared Gaelic names and were approved to move into Ireland and take the land to quell the natives. Nor do I expect people will understand who the English landlords (a.k.a. “Anglo-Irish”) were in Ireland.
There are points of contention with this article don’t get me wrong, I’m debating the “who suffered” which is not really a secret except it seems in the white-washed Protestant nation that is the United States to which many Blacks seem to be connected with. Let’s recall the words of Dr. King:
” ….Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: “Free at last!” ”
The predominant slave owners were not “Irish”. Irish was not even a nationality at the time… Catholic hovel living tenant farmers who couldn’t vote, couldn’t hold office, were taxed for their religious beliefs, couldn’t pass the land to their children, couldn’t learn in Catholic schools, had their language officially prohibited, subsisted on the potato, and were largely ignored when they were starving to death by their ruling government (Britain), evicted from their homes, sent off to die in the workhouses of Ireland, women shipped out in the scheme of assisted emigration, did I forget something? Probably.
So ledgers are a great place to start, but the the ending point.
jai99 on June 13, 2017 at 1:09 pm
And a minority of slave owners were also black. What’s your point?
Darla Eboh on March 21, 2017 at 11:40 am
Dudley or Dudlly is my family name . Does anyone have any further information regarding my family name?
Friend on March 21, 2017 at 2:42 pm
Did you have some knowledge of your name already? This is what I could find so far:
No statistical reference to Ireland at least on Ancestry:
Claims its origins are Anglo-Saxon name associated with Worcestershire, England:
Originally, this was a surname coming from Dudley in Worcestershire, England. It became a first name in the nineteenth century, and was used in Ireland to anglicise Duald, Dubhdaleithe (‘black man of the two sides’), and Dubhdara. It continues in use.
The name Dudley in Ireland is often of immigrant origin having been introduced into Ulster Province by settlers from England and Scotland, especially during the seventeenth century. The native Gaelic O’Dubhdaleithe Sept of County Cork also sometimes anglicized their name as Dudley, as well as the more usual Dowdall.
All of those point to it being English, British, Anglo-Saxon in origin not “Irish” or Gaelic or Irish-Gaelic for that matter. Unless you know more about your name I would assume it association with immigrant Scottish planters and settlers of Northern Ireland, but it could have been adopted by some of the natives.
Friend on March 21, 2017 at 2:51 pm
Just to add the most interesting reference was to “Dubhdaleithe” adopted in Ireland as a first name according to that link. So ran another search on that and got this:
There looks to be much more valuable information available if you search on this form of the name.
Camtrayer on April 27, 2017 at 3:18 pm
This is incorrect information. There were no Irish slaves in what is now America. The Irish were indentured servants, similar to Africans in the 1600s. I am black American and have African indentured servants in my lineage. I also have enslaved Africans in my lineage who have an Irish surname. They were owned by an Irish family. If you have not already, you need to do some actual genealogical research on your family to see if you are indeed genetically Irish and if so, if that occurred due to your ancestors being enslaved by an Irish family or the Scots-Irish (they both come up on DNA tests as “Irish”). The Irish and Scots-Irish did indeed own slaves in America and many of their emancipated slaves took their surname. I have about 3 lines of my family in which this happened.
Please note that the Irish Slave myth is frequently spread online by white supremacist in an attempt to diminish the effect of chattel slavery on black Americans in this country.
Though slavery did and still occurs worldwide, chattel slavery was an American created tradition whereby the condition of the mother indicated whether or not a child was born free or enslaved. There were no Irish people born in America as a slave based on their mother being a slave. Also the codification of slavery based on race and as a condition of the mother did not fully take effect until the 1700s. Until then, Africans were primarily indentured servants, just like the Irish and other white immigrants to the New World.
Posting this post is perpetuating the ideology of white supremacy.
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Friend on April 30, 2017 at 8:22 pm
“They were owned by an Irish family. If you have not already, you need to do some actual genealogical research on your family to see if you are indeed genetically Irish and if so, if that occurred due to your ancestors being enslaved by an Irish family or the Scots-Irish (they both come up on DNA tests as “Irish”). The Irish and Scots-Irish did indeed own slaves in America and many of their emancipated slaves took their surname. I have about 3 lines of my family in which this happened.”
Close, you’d do well in not stopping there. Who where these owners? We’re they Anglo-Irish landlords? Norman-Catholic gentry? Protestant landholders? Presbyterian freeholders? Certainly not the native potato-eating Catholic tenant farmers with no inheritance.
Although I’m sure a few were clever enough to rise above and assimilate overseas using their color as an advantage. Just as some Black weren’t slaves, but that is neither representative of the story of American slavery or their lot I would suspect.
“Though slavery did and still occurs worldwide, chattel slavery was an American created tradition whereby the condition of the mother indicated whether or not a child was born free or enslaved.”
I’d not opt to tell a modern day slave (servant?) that because they weren’t born into chattel their plight isn’t worth acknowledgement. The terminology is important, which has been duly noted and exaggerated on both ends of the discussion. Indentured servitude is a form of slavery not *voluntary servitude*. Chattel is another form, but we don’t call it chattel servitude, on the other hand slavery and servitude has been used interchangeably with indentured, mostly semantics in regards to an individual vs “a people”. Prisoners whether for rebellion or minor offenses ended up “in service”.
“Posting this post is perpetuating the ideology of white supremacy”
Exaggerated claims aside, I’m not sure how unless you give that stuff more credibility than it’s worth. You don’t have to accept their politics any more than you should be insisting on your own when interrupting the past. I’ll make no apologies for White supremacy. History is on the table not politics, but I fully embrace the author of the blog to provide sources in effort to clear up all the confusion that’s been created.
“There were no Irish people born in America as a slave based on their mother being a slave.”
I guess that depends on what you consider Irish? Is a Black slave with an Irish father any less Irish than African? I think we have a Black and White view of slavery in general that fails to embrace the reality of admixture insistent on purity much like Jim Crow laws. Sure the law condemned them, but do they have any less right to their heritage than a “White” person? We need to revisit the discussion from a fresh perspective.
Zombie World Order-The Series on May 13, 2017 at 11:37 am
So, in a nutshell, after killing millions in an engineered genocide in Ireland, the ruling class developed a conscience suddenly and Irish people got full human status in Antigua? This seems to be the deniers and minimizes position.
On this issue, as often happens, the ignorant aspirants to “house nigguh” status are still carrying water for the masters. This is a larger issue that could unify people against those who are demonically possessed but still call shots.
Oh, and by the way, my Irish ancestors fought for the North at Gettysburg, for three hundred dollars and a ticket out of Ireland. They fought their fellow Irishmen in the Confederate army who had similiar motivations.
Sell whatever lies you like, but if you think the Irish were not deeply involved in some of the fiercest fighting of The Civil War (for both sides), then why would any other opinion you hold be deemed worthy of merit?
(To the author- great article, well expressed. Thanks for trying to provide some historical fair play to the memory of Irish Slaves.)
KITTURA DIOR on May 15, 2017 at 7:10 pm
Irish were never “enslaved”.
They were INDENTURED SERVANTS as were the very first Africans brought to the colonies that became the USA… which meant 1) they entered a voluntary agreement to exchange their time for passage to the USA or for some type of apprenticeship or training, 2) after a period of time their SERVICE ended – usually about 7 years. 3) their children and grandchildren were not automatically enslaved or indentured from birth and were free, 4) they were not forced to forget their history, culture religion during their agreement to be indentured.
That’s just off the top of my head.
Ben Frankin was indentured for a time to his own cousin.
As poor people in the same boat, yes there were relationships, marriages etc. that came out of these early times.
As things evolved though the change from “indentured” to “enslaved” came in a big way because of the darker skin tone making it easier to identify runaways… and the popularity of black Africans entering a lifetime period of slavery is why “indentured servitude” was replaced with full on actual “slavery”.
Oh and as part of an undergraduate class on American History of Business, I spent a significant portion of that class looking at actual microfilm of ads for at first, RUNAWAY INDENTURED SERVANTS in the USA… and had to evaluate what changed in those ads for runaways as the business of getting help changed from INDENTURED temporary workers to ENSLAVED PROPERTY owned by those placing ads.
Friend on May 15, 2017 at 8:45 pm
Always a good idea not to counter generalizations with more generalizations and no sources. I’ve called for sources supporting the article although I am not entirely in disagreement with it, I’ve provided a source on – Irish indentured *slaves – in this discussion that doesn’t fit with your narrative of “voluntary” service. Are we interested in championing numbers or political views here? I’m confused.
British Penal Code offenders, Irish Rebels and, the destitute hardly have the power to enter into “voluntary servitude” (whether some poor actually did or not), it would be like calling your dog a voluntary pet. Unless you don’t feel there’s any systematic oppression, which if you take some time studying the oppression of Catholics in Ireland you’d understand.
“The Snow Hawk, burthen 140 tons, with her apparel boats, *apprentices*, etc., will be sold by publick auction on Monday next, at twelve o’clock in the morning at the Market House in Belfast.”
“If white apprentices could be sold as part of a ship’s chattels, it is not surprising to learn, according to a further announcement in the same paper, that:
“A Black Negro man, well qualified in labour and industry, for a gentleman’s house, garden or stable, who has seven years eto serve this nation is now to be disposed of. Inquire at——-”
— Cathal O’Byrne – As I Roved Out: A Book of The North
The Merchant Princes of Belfast (West India Traders) where rebuked by Thomas McCabe the Watchmaker of North Street for attempting to establish the slave trade there. This was a passage from the book noted above.
Were these apprentices chattel? Did they have a say in being sold off to a new master? Was that part of their original contract? How did they enter said contract in the first place? Lots of questions still to be answered. Best we can all do is read.
nydiasimone on October 18, 2015 at 9:37 pm
Its a shame that people can create whole new histories. and then share it for the world to see. smh
Bob Zyerunkl on October 24, 2015 at 11:25 pm
History is only created in the past . Forgetting the past opens the door to repeating its horrors . Do you not believe that the Irish people suffered for centuries under British domination ?
redshoes51 on October 25, 2015 at 8:27 pm
You would be amazed at what all of history has been ‘created’…
Jill on March 19, 2017 at 7:19 pm
There have always been slaves, everywhere, all over the world, just as there has always been war and violence. It’s my understanding that there are still people enslaved, although it is done secretly, and/or the laws are manipulated to accommodate it…but it’s still happening, yet today. And of course, if you’re starving, and there are no jobs anywhere, and there’s no healthcare…well, what difference does it make if you’re not “enslaved”? If you’re essentially dying a slow death, it might as well be slavery. There are still people living under those conditions, especially in Africa…Sierra Leone, for example. People don’t make it to age 40 there.
jai99 on June 13, 2017 at 1:18 pm
It’s also a shame that some people can choose to ignore whole real and existing histories because they don’t fit with those people’s world views.
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mandiamanda on October 18, 2015 at 10:04 pm
Reblogged this on poems.
Susan Rivera on October 18, 2015 at 10:56 pm
I’m so saddened and grateful for all of your research on this. Another part of history that is not covered in our history books.
eduardo716 on October 19, 2015 at 1:59 am
This is news to me
mgray23 on May 17, 2017 at 11:10 pm
This has already been disproven. THe Irish slavery myth is a white supremacist’s push back against the very real phenomenon of southern slavery.
eduardo716 on October 19, 2015 at 2:00 am
This is news to me thanks
ladystclaire on October 24, 2015 at 7:58 pm
The powers that be, have kept a lot of the truth where history covered up because, its all so ugly as well as in humane!!!!!!!!
Hell is running over, with the evilness of man’s inhumanity to their fellow men, women and children.
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Alearner on October 29, 2015 at 11:04 am
Anna McKnight Ellis on December 19, 2016 at 10:43 am
Please stop, bad mouthing people, that sacrifice their time to look through many books to put stories together in order to bring us something new. if you don’t believe it, then so be it, I want to believe it because I know the lady very well, that shared another ladies work for us, be kind to one another, because the good book says we are all related, because of Adam and Eve. Jesus was born in the mid east, why do people believe that his hair is blond and straight, and have white skin, even hanging on the walls of black people, along with Martin Luther King, Malcolm x, John Kennedy. My maiden name is Mc Knight
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Sarah Harris on January 10, 2017 at 4:31 pm
You are so wrong common sense should tell you how did all colors come from 2 people. It didn’t GOD made all the races and it was good. Adam and Eves bloodline was where JESUS came through, if people only knew this all this hatred for each other skin color would not exist. But you will find out the truth when JESUS comes back to reign for a thousand years to teach his people the truth, because they have been believing a lie about a rapture theory.
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Antonio Bowser on October 18, 2015 at 11:34 pm
Wow! I guess that’s why they call it history. I never heard of this before, yes, of course, I’ve heard of the indentured servant history, but not the actual brutal enslavement of the Irish people. This reveals another cruel and inhumane treatment of the human family towards each other. The strong over the weak. Sad!
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Tekknight on October 18, 2015 at 11:45 pm
Slavery is age old and always horrific. I’m just now learning the depth of how horrible Irish slavery was. We should remember this and not let one injustice isn’t used to counter the other.
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Carole Willis on October 19, 2015 at 12:01 am
I enjoy being educated, there is so much to learn that I wish our young people were taught, so they would love instead of hating each other.
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Tanycha on October 19, 2015 at 12:08 am
Thank you for this information. My grandparent on my mother’s side has an Irish maiden name and said her mother married twice, both times to Murphies. Her first husband was White and her second husband was Black. I never learned the whole story of how though unrelated, both husbands had the same Irish surname. Do you have any references from which I can further research this? Very interesting.
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Marianne Holt on October 19, 2015 at 4:24 am
Perhaps I missed something in the text. I’m curious to know how/why the Irish slaves were able to keep their Irish last names?Traditionally slaves had to take on their owner’s last name.
Mildred pierce on October 19, 2015 at 8:48 am
Really good point. This is further evidence that despite the evil of Irish slavery, Irish slaves were strangely still seen as human. Well, human enough to retain their own name. Whereas black African slaves were COMPLETELY stripped of their identity and had to assume the surname of their master. Thus leaving no question that they were property and not human in the eyes of planters
Ann Marie Fallon on October 25, 2015 at 4:33 pm
The Irish already had last names in English, most Irish names are now written in English. The Irish language was systematically eliminated in Ireland until the resurgence in the 1920’s. Africans had names that made no sense to the English speaking enslavers, so they gave them English names. For example, I am irish and my name in Irish is Aine Maire O’Fallanhaim, but it was Anglicized to Ann Marie Fallon by the British. So, no, Irish did not get to keep their names, they got to keep their anglicized names, just like African slaves
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Jason Anthony Trotter on October 26, 2015 at 4:45 pm
Good question.
I mean,….
Yes, why were the Less valued Irish allowed to keep their last names, But Blacks were completely stripped of everything, even their identity.
But we still must take into consideration that the Irish were hated for being Catholics, and that this was the main reason behind making them into slaves.
Is what happend to the Irish also a fulfillment of prophecy?
Or was it an indirect outcome of the permition of owning slaves?
Did the heathen of the earth not only enslave the physical Israelites, (those being blacks and Native Americans),
But even also his own people as a mere result of the kind of things that happen when the wicked are in rule?
Or was the heaten allowed to do this in a kind of prophetic way?
Could the Irish in specific have something to do with what the most High is doing in (“phisical”) (black) Israel?
Or,… Is what happened to the Irish just a mere part of what happens to all, and to any of the different nations of men who are affected by the wicked works of the heathen?
Carrie on October 27, 2015 at 12:06 am
From what I understand, the African slaves didn’t have or use last names during that time period. When they came to America they where made to take the last name of the slave owner. I assume many of the ones the worked side by side with the Irish slaves used their last name in hopes of not being made to take the slave owners name. I could be totally wrong on this but it’s what I’ve read when I did my research.
Rez on October 29, 2015 at 4:40 am
Or the African names were difficult to pronounce and not common to them so they gave them a name that was easier?
Nina on October 30, 2015 at 3:19 pm
Maybe because the African names were too hard to pronounce.
Georgia on August 27, 2016 at 12:38 pm
Unlike the African slaves, the Irish were physically indistinguishable from the English. Keeping their Irish surnames would help to differentiate the two groups.
c0d3m4u5 on October 19, 2015 at 1:15 pm
^ this. everyone in my family has Irish last names and when looking at my family tree, the ones who are listed as mulattoes in my family have no father listed, but have their mother listed as “negro”. in addition, when i go back as far as i could to the 1800s, i have relatives still with Irish and Scot last names so that’s why I don’t think this article is entirely accurate about the last names. I think the more realistic story of how many Blacks got Irish last names is that there were rich Irish who owned slaves too. Maybe wealthy Irish weren’t common, but they they did exist.
Marie on October 20, 2015 at 10:16 pm
I totally agree with you that all Irish were not slaves.
My Great great great grandmother was the daughter of an Irish Slave Owner.
Paddyboy on October 25, 2015 at 7:03 pm
Wealthy “irish” were Protestants who were placed there by England to control and rule the Native population. True Irish (native non-protestants) were not even allowed to own property in Ireland until the early 1800’s. Even then these were primarily “yes men” and traitors, easily disposed of and replaced. Although there were Irish Pirates who participated in the slave trade on behalf of France, they did not discriminate and would take Irish or African slaves to sell. Native’s did not participate in the slave trade.
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MEB on June 30, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Paddyboy, and a lot (not all, obviously) of the Irish coming to the colonies weren’t Irish either, but came from UK families who spent a few generations in Ireland, then moved on. That’s what the bulk of my “Irish” ancestors really were: Scottish, English, Cornish, etc.
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I can trace my Ancestry on my Maternal Grandmother’s (Father’s) side of the Family Tree back to Ireland. The Surname is MAY and the earliest records indicate……1704 in the US. GG Father, May , a wealthy man owned African/Native American Slaves in parts of Georgia and sired two sets of children. The Anglo-Saxon offspring he openly acknowledged. The latter he did not.
Joey on October 24, 2016 at 1:34 pm
The Irish landowners where Protestant and therefore considered British. They owned the land in Ireland too where Catholic Irish worked on their lands. No Irish Catholic had the right to own land in Ireland. Read up on the potato famine. Interesting read on the landowners and the British rule in Ireland
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Arlinda on October 19, 2015 at 7:11 pm
If they were able to keep their names and their identities, there is no way that Irish people were treated as poorly as African people. I am sure that the Irish were treated as “less than” other white settlers, but to say their treatment was equal to or worse than the treatment of African slaves is not probable. And I would love to see references that prove that White Irish people were less expensive to “purchase” than African slaves.
Mary Palmer on October 21, 2015 at 12:27 pm
Well than do research and prove yourself right instead of arguing out of not knowing.
Jeff on October 24, 2015 at 6:31 pm
If I had to hazard a guess, I’d say familiarity. “I can say MacIntyre, I don’t know what a Mwanajna is, I’ll call you Mo.” Similar to many of the “Americanized” name changes coming through Ellis Island.
Again, just a guess.
Sligoir on October 26, 2015 at 2:11 pm
Why because only blacks get to claim such horrible treatment of their people? The Irish were treated as less of a person than blacks, maybe not worthy of the slave owner’s name! Maybe blacks were named because they didn’t speak english! To doubt that the Irish could be treated worse and be so adamant about it because of what you have been told your whole life makes you a bigot!
Nina on October 30, 2015 at 3:29 pm
We’ll never know for sure. Maybe in a generalized way, but can never say for each individual. A less cruel owner with black slaves who do not forget we’re more valuable, would treat them better than a meaner person with Irish, and visa versa. But animals of higher value are often treated better than less. It would be the same with people. The whole thing is rotten no matter who. White people can treat their own quite horribly, history tells. English treated Irish deplorably. But this should not turn into a contest of who had it worst. Since the black slavery prevailed, likely it was worse. As far as the name changes it was probably due to pronunciations not so much of stripping the names, doubt the traders/owners cared either way, whatever would be easiest.
Mary on June 27, 2016 at 1:47 pm
The fact that you refer to them as “settlers” is disturbing. Also, what is the point if making a caste system of victims. I am quite sure that being held against you will is inhumane regardless of your color or religion. Should we question if being enslaved was not as horrific for those who were lighter skinned because the may not have has as harsh living conditions? Why can’t we acknowledge all the suffering that occurred without saying whose may have been more painful. Why do we continue to ignore the pain of others?
aine on April 29, 2017 at 6:40 pm
look im from ireland we are not racist people. if you go to a protestant area in belfast they are putting polish and africans out of the area. the protestants in belfast are from scottish/english back gronds. you go to an irish catholic area and you will see paintings of nelson mandela on the walls and other people we support the oppressed always have. and yes we did get it hard from the british in our own homeland of ireland occuppied for years 800 years of rape murder and torture. the ira was formed so we could have more rights. we live beside the english and have been treated badly for a long time.
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Paul on October 22, 2015 at 6:53 pm
Maybe those books can help you…there’s many more, this is not something made up by one person on one website…
Gerwill on October 25, 2015 at 6:57 pm
the Germans claimed that no Jews were being murdered but they were lying too.
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OneHanded on October 28, 2015 at 10:28 am
Yeah, well done Harrison, first bit I read about James II’s proclamation 8 years before he was even born cracked me up! If you can’t even get that right!!!!
chrisanthemum7 on October 21, 2015 at 2:02 am
Okay, good cuz I was like, “huh??” Irish slaves suffered as much as black people did… so they married each other?? Like, I’m confused.
Irish on October 21, 2015 at 8:47 am
Agreed. I have an Irish last name
Catherine Wood on October 27, 2015 at 4:11 am
It had to do with language. No one could understand the African language. They could understand the Irish.
Tony on October 29, 2016 at 8:39 pm
Not really. The native Irish spoke Gaelic. The English settlers (the masters in Ireland, supported by the English/British army) spoke English. Gaelic would not have been understood any more than African languages in the new world.
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plookster on September 6, 2016 at 1:42 pm
Erm, just a thought, but most Irish of the day would have had some knowledge of English, or been fluent. Their names would have been familiar enough to any English masters. Communicating with an African would have been a completely different matter, and names would have been unpronounceable and incomprehensible to any white slave owner. i.e. it made things a whole lot easier to change their names.
Stephanie Shannon on October 19, 2015 at 4:30 am
Thank you for sharing the madness and anger that lives within my Irish family. They don’t even notice it (MEAN). I met this white Irish woman she said we were labeled as the mean black Irish.
John-Wesley on October 19, 2015 at 6:25 am
…the Irish along with other white Europeans were considered ‘Indentured Servants’…Indentured Servants were those people who owed money..or inherited family debts..and could work off the debts..some of these people were brought over to do just that..after they earned their way out of debt they were free from obligation…furthermore their day to day lives while being indentured were less stringent than that of the African slave….this articles conflates the status of slave and indentured servant as being similar when they were absolutely not…indentured servants actually had rights..yes they were treated miserably..but their status was far higher than that of a black man or woman…furthermore the statement that there were no Irish slave owners in the Americas is absolutely inaccurate…so to infer that every black person with an Irish last name is the result of the mixing of these indenture servants who lovingly gave their last names to offspring is simply off base…and perpetuates serious misinformation…
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John-Wesley Walker on October 19, 2015 at 6:54 am
THE MYTH OF ‘IRISH SLAVERY’ is A LIE “…The tale of the Irish slaves is rooted in a false conflation of indentured servitude and chattel slavery. These are not the same. Indentured servitude was a form of bonded labour, whereby a migrant agreed to work for a set period of time (between two and seven years) and in return the cost of the voyage across the Atlantic was covered. Indentured servitude was a colonial innovation that enabled many to emigrate to the New World while providing a cheap and white labour force for planters and merchants to exploit. Those who completed their term of service were awarded ‘freedom dues’ and were free. The vast majority of labourers who agreed to this system did so voluntarily, but there were many who were forcibly transplanted from the British Isles to the colonies and sold into indentured service against their will. While these forced deportees would have included political prisoners and serious felons, it is believed that the majority came from the poor and vulnerable. This forced labour was in essence an extension of the English Poor Laws, e.g. in 1697 John Locke recommended the whipping of those who ‘refused to work’ and the herding of beggars into workhouses. Indeed this criminalisation of the poor continues into the 21st century. In any case, all bar the serious felons were freed once the term of their contract expired.
“White indentured servitude was so very different from black slavery as to be from another galaxy of human experience,” as Donald Harman Akenson put it in If the Irish Ran the World: Montserrat, 1630-1730. How so? Chattel slavery was perpetual, a slave was only free once they they were no longer alive; it was hereditary, the children of slaves were the property of their owner; the status of chattel slave was designated by ‘race’, there was no escaping your bloodline; a chattel slave was treated like livestock, you could kill your slaves while applying “moderate correction” and the homicide law would not apply; the execution of ‘insolent’ slaves was encouraged in these slavocracies to deter insurrections and disobedience, and their owners were paid generous compensation for their ‘loss’; an indentured servant could appeal to a court of law if they were mistreated, a slave had no recourse for justice. And so on..”
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wolfsilveroak on October 27, 2015 at 5:20 pm
English landowners would literally pay pirates to come and raid entire villages on the Irish land they owned, to get rid of the renters so the landowner could do as he wished with the land. Whole towns disappeared into the MIddle East and North Africa as a result.
Irish slavery is *not* a myth, nor is it a lie. What may be a mytth, however, is the numbers posited in the original article.
aine on April 29, 2017 at 6:46 pm
go and read about cromwell in ireland. the diffrence is the irish support other oppressed nations not cry that they were treated worst. we were brought up to fight oppression we refused to fight the mexicans when sent there by americans. as we see them as brothers no matter what skin tone you have.
buttacup972 on October 19, 2015 at 7:31 am
Thanks 4 Sharing I Got My DNA I have 21% Irish blood and My last Name is Sharp its good 2 know but it’s still so much hatred in the world.!!
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Rirhandzu Marivate on October 19, 2015 at 8:18 am
As a South African, I know slavery was never just of the African people. This country was built on slavery of Asians, Indians, and Africans followed by the systematic oppression of those people by the English and Dutch…
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Mildred pierce on October 19, 2015 at 8:40 am
Interesting. But you lost me where you said ‘Irish slaves were treated worse than African slaves’. There is far too much historical EVIDENCE of the inhuman way Africans were treated. Example, the habitual practice of African slaves being thrown off ships in transit and subsequently drowned/murdered , so slave owners could claim insurance. You were right that African slaves were an expensive commodity, doesn’t mean they were valued by being treated well in any capacity.
Remember the sexual abuse of African slaves was the key to keeping the slave population going. And so white planters were secured in their thinking that slaves were disposable because they could easily be created. You also haven’t delved into how racism could have played into how African and Irish slaves were treated. Irish slaves were still white. Since their skin looked like their masters skin did they benefit from any type privilege- no matter how small? Bear in mind black African slaves had the stigma of being likened to animals, mentally backwards and being treated as savage- Which was part of the propaganda system to justify black Africans being enslaved.
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TAL on October 27, 2015 at 12:09 pm
You all talking rubbish, Under 800 years of English rule millions of irish died at the hand of the British. Dont think for one second that Irish were liked by their british landlords. They were dispised, were not allowed practice thier own religion, keep their own gaelic name, Own any kind of property, and denied the use of thier own language. This is not about which was treated worse, seems like a game your all going on about, This is about the systematic destruction of nations by the British in these times, i hear noone talking about how ruteless and horrific the British were, they make the Nazi’s look like Saints. The article highlights the horrors that happened, The extent of which is nightmarish. Condem slavery not the people trying to highlight history.
wolfsilveroak on October 27, 2015 at 5:19 pm
It appears that everyone, including you, completely ignored my comment where I pointed out that the British would hire pirates, specifically Barbary Pirates from North Africa and the Middle eatern areas, to raid entire Irish villages with the intent of wiping out said village so the British could take over the land and do with it as they wish. And they did this systemically and repeatedly.
Des Ekin’s The Stolen Village is about the village of Baltimore where this in particular happened.
It does not, however, change the fact that the *numbers* of Irish taken and sold into indenturehood or outright slavery in this article are not born out by any factual evidence.
Very few are disputing that the British were horrific to the Irish, and to some extent, the Scottish as well. We are, however, disputing the numerical ‘facts’ posited in this article. And the extremely vague, tenuous claims as to how blacks may have acquired Irish or Scottish surnames.
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Egads! on March 22, 2016 at 2:35 am
@wolfsilveroak I suggest you re-read the book. Baltimore was an english town, the pirates were directed to it by an Irishman (Hackett), and the english inhabitants were shipped off to North Africa. The pirates let the Irish Gaels go free.
There’s no question that the Irish weren’t treated very well. But this example is of the opposite. Hackett was later hung for what he did.
aine on April 29, 2017 at 6:49 pm
could not agree more british took irish men in the 70s and 80s in belfast beat and tortured them the british government was later charged with crimes of humanity by the european courts.
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Pat Drennan on October 19, 2015 at 12:19 pm
Some good explanations of the term Black Irish:
Louis Vaughn on October 19, 2015 at 1:09 pm
Only problem – how did the irish slaves keep their names. Africans were renamed, what about the irish? After they were freed, when their slave trade ended, they were made overseers, given african slaves, made to believe they were part of the white establishment.
Jackie on October 19, 2015 at 1:16 pm
I was born in Jamaica & was told a little about this by an Irish funeral director. The bad words Jamaicans curse originated from Ireland. I watch an old Irish movie years ago and when the old lady washing her clothes in a pan was cursing someone saying “what the rass cloth,”
mack carter on October 19, 2015 at 1:52 pm
So when the Irish were sold off in the West Indies, Jamaica, America, Australia and these other countries. They were allowed to keep their last names? McDonald, McFadden, and not take the last names of the slave owners, of Smith, Washington, Jefferson, like the black slaves did. And this is how blacks ended up with Irish last names.
Mary Palmer on October 21, 2015 at 12:30 pm
No, they liked they Irish accents so much that they took on the names out of respect
Tomas on May 10, 2016 at 3:29 pm
Irish version of McFadden = MacPáidín, Irish version of McDonald = MacDhòmhnaill. All Irish were given English translated names and forced to use them. Today there are lots of Irish people reverting to their original names and not the English versions.
aine on April 29, 2017 at 6:56 pm
go and watch the black irish of monsaretti they are proud of there irish hertiage and know that there ancsters were from ireland and africa
Eddy P. Hamelin, MLIS on October 19, 2015 at 2:26 pm
Reblogged this on A Day in a Life of a Military Archivist *Eddy Hamelin* and commented:
Quite interesting piece of history here – I just had to share with all of you.
gary dingle on October 19, 2015 at 3:46 pm
This may have some truth but how does this compare with Jim Crow and the continued racism experienced by Blacks in 2015? There has been slavery of some form for as long as humans have been homosapiens. My last name is Dingle. The slave owners of my ancestors were Dingles. Dingle is English but common in Ireland.
How did Blacks end up with Irish names? The article failed to explain that.
Also, there is one difference between White Indentured servants or slaves and Black slaves in a country where Blacks are legally considered property. When a White indentured servant or slave walked away or escaped his master or owner, he or she could go just about any place they choose and live their lives as free White people. Simply put, they could blend in and have a life. However, Black slaves were oppressed intellectually, religiously and physically if they attempted to escape or did anything wrong. Blacks could not blend in to normal society because most Blacks where slaves and most were not educated and they were not accepted in major segments of the country as entirely human.
I think it is dishonest to compare slavery based on race with indentured servitude or slavery based on economic status or country of origin. But, the tone of the article seemed to suggest that Blacks should not feel like they have been singled out bullied because the Irish was also subjected to indentured servitude or slavery. It is a shallow attempt and more nonsense than anything. There were no Jim Crow laws restricting Irish. If they existed they were unenforceable because Irish did not have to change their race to blend in and be accepted. Also, this foolish comparison fails to acknowledge the differences between indentured servitude and real slavery.
The main difference is that 600,000 people died in a civil war to end Black slavery, not Irish indentured service. The South seceded from the Union because they wanted to keep their slaves that provided them with human field animals, human sex toys and the freedom to do anything they wanted with their human property. Often, female Blacks slaves were impregnated by their masters to create more slaves. Impregnating Black slaves was a way to increase the wealth of the slave owners.
African Americans where emancipated because they needed it. Irish indentured servants were not emancipated. Jim Crow laws where formulated to keep Blacks in their place, not the Irish.
When Blacks succeeded in creating wealth and communities that allowed Blacks to have good lives, they were systematically destroyed by angry envious bigoted white people of every background including Irish. Personally, I am offended not by the story and the facts, but by the dishonest comparison. You could have provided the information minus the dishonest comparison if the facts of the story are accurate.
Slavery was a terrible condition to place on any people. Slavery is a terrible condition to place on people. Slavery of some form exists now. However, most Blacks in the USA don’t have to deal with slavery. Slavery is not the problem we have to endure. Black people don’t think or worry about slavery. Though we don’t want that ugly past to be forgotten, rewritten or soften to make Whites feel better about them-selves, the issues we worry about are those we have to deal with currently. Those issues are the racism, the bigotry and the discrimination we face daily.
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Roman Szwaba on October 19, 2015 at 8:38 pm
… well said …
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armand catenaro on October 19, 2015 at 9:26 pm
good reply. there is another book to read; which indicates that the so-called American Revolution was spurred on by slave revolts in the west indies. “The Counter-Revolution of 1776: slave resistance and the origins of the United States of America.” And yes, it is as long as its title….I’m still trying to wade through it
Karen on October 19, 2015 at 10:12 pm
I agree. This article tries to make it seem as if black slaves had it far better than Irish slaves or indentured servants. No need to compare the two as slavery in any form or fashion is wrong…no matter to what extent it was practiced.
mystique on October 19, 2015 at 10:27 pm
arlene3215 on October 19, 2015 at 10:49 pm
I’m curious please describe the discrimination that you face everyday personally?
arlene3215 on October 19, 2015 at 10:50 pm
I’m curious. Please describe discrimination that you personally face everyday?
Rashid Hasan on October 28, 2015 at 6:12 pm
I would ask when was the last time a police-person STOPED you just because you looked the part of something bad O or you go to a nice store and your treated as if your a thief
MsReed on October 19, 2015 at 11:12 pm
Omg. So incredibly well said and so true. You cannot ‘water down’ the mistreament of black slaves and the CONTINUED systematic/institutional oppression of black people. There really is no comparison! Smh.
Digital Heritage ireland on October 21, 2015 at 7:26 pm
good response Gary for putting a Blog into perspective.
Tomesara de Gradde on October 22, 2015 at 6:49 am
There is truth in what you say. My only counter comment would be that slavery still exists in 21st century US through its prison industrial complex ….. According to Antonio Moore in his Huffington Post article, “there are more African American men incarcerated in the U.S. than the total prison populations in India, Argentina, Canada, Lebanon, Japan, Germany, Finland, Israel and England combined.” There are only 19 million African American males in the United States, collectively these countries represent over 1.6 billion people.[8]The Black Male Incarceration Problem is Real and Catastrophic – Huffington Post. How do prisoners spend their time? fulfilling government and community contracts for various agencies varying from state to state….
James F on March 7, 2016 at 3:45 pm
If they committed a crime that warranted jail time, they deserved the sentence. No one forced them to commit a crime. As far as Slavery in jail(BS) They can do their time sitting in their cells doing nothing or they can work to earn money for the commissary or to help pay money they owe to the people or places on which they committed their crimes. Hardly slavery, it’s a choice. I don’t care what race you are, if you want to commit crime be ready to do the time and stop crying that you got caught and the other criminals got away.
James F on March 7, 2016 at 4:03 pm
If These men are in jail serving time for committing a crime, I have no sympathy for them or anyone else serving time. As far as calling them slaves for working while serving their sentence (BS). Working is a choice and they get paid for their work. It’s usually done to earn money for the commissary or to pay back a debt to the person they committed the crime on.
1stGenCan on October 25, 2015 at 11:21 pm
Very well said.
Jonathan Vallot on December 17, 2015 at 10:34 am
I cannot speak for what may have happened in America and it is true that we Irish don’t suffer from racism in this day and age. But during the times of slavery in America the Irish people (in Ireland) were subjected to the penal laws, which I suspect were similar the the Jim Crow laws. http://library.law.umn.edu/irishlaw/subjectlist.html
And this documentary shows the conditions of life for Irish catholics during that time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDVhUQXElTE
I will never make any claim of who was better off or who had it worse. Such things only serve to bring further division among human beings. I will just say that both existed and as such proves that anyone who is racist and thinks they are justified in being racist is wrong because even with differences of culture, tradition and society all people are the same and we should all treat each other equally and with equal respect. Racism is one of many mechanisms designed to keep people divided and oppressed, and it only serves to further the interest of evil people.
BryanClay on August 11, 2016 at 8:15 pm
Excellent points. Truth well stated.
Jack on October 19, 2015 at 4:31 pm
Terence J. Hughes on October 19, 2015 at 5:57 pm
There were three waves of Irish immigration to America, the 17th century Irish slaves described above, the 18th century Irish immigrants who settled along the Appalachian frontier and were shepherded by Presbyterian ministers because Catholic priests had a 5 pound bounty on their heads, and the mostly Catholic 19th century immigrants who settled in cities and took over the Democrat Party.
William Ramsey on October 19, 2015 at 6:43 pm
Black Scholar on October 19, 2015 at 6:47 pm
It should be titled “How SOME Blacks Have Irish Names” the “Who, When, Where” matters.
Arlinda on October 19, 2015 at 7:15 pm
If they were able to keep their names and their identities, there is no way that Irish people were treated as poorly as African people. I am sure that the Irish were treated as “less than” other white settlers, but to say their treatment was equal to or worse than the treatment of African slaves is not probable. And I would love to see references that prove that White Irish people were less expensive to “purchase” than African slaves.
Roman Szwaba on October 19, 2015 at 7:38 pm
Despite my Polish name I am from Irish heritage on my mother’s side (O’Kanes) and knew how much she and the family still spoke of the atrocities of Cromwell … so much as I would like to believe this it doesn’t stand up to the evidence … this does … https://www.opendemocracy.net/beyondslavery/liam-hogan/%E2%80%98irish-slaves%E2%80%99-convenient-myth
spinmas on October 19, 2015 at 7:59 pm
a male black slave cannot transfer an Irish last name….so it would have had to be a male Irish slave mating with an African slave women who would not have been the owner of the slave child , it would have to have the name of the white owner, so riddle us that??
spinmas on October 19, 2015 at 8:03 pm
As I said an Irish female slave mating with an African slave could not transfer his last name because it was the name of a white owner, if an Irish male slave mated with an African slave she would not get his slave name, it would be the property of the white owner, riddle us this…???
Sharon on October 19, 2015 at 8:21 pm
I have heard of some of the stories of the Irish slave trade; however, the black slaves in American took their last names from their ‘masters’; who usually had Scottish, Irish, or English last names. The Irish in this group would be the ones who were protestant (sometimes referred to as Scot-Irish) and were pro-England. The Irish Catholics did not not migrate voluntarily to the America’s until the 1850’s when the Irish Potato Famine hit their country.
Shelia Horne on October 19, 2015 at 8:33 pm
I think there is lots of information here that people should know about. The history of the Irish enslavement should not be swept under the rug. The Irish were treated HORRIBLY, often just as horribly as Africans—but not always.
The way you glossed over this with comments like “The settlers began to breed Irish women and girls with African men,” as if the African men (and women and children) weren’t also being raped, and bred with each other and Irish people and slave owners.
Saying that the Irish were treated worse because they were Catholic might be so on the occasional individual basis, but as a group, they didn’t have their history, their names, and even the memories of their religions and homelands stripped from them. They can still go back to Ireland and see where they came from and even meet distant cousins.
They were abused and belittled for being Irish and Catholic; they were considered worthless and heathen—but they were seen as worthless and heathen *humans*, at a time when being heathen was a much bigger deal than it is now, even while being traded as property.
Africans were *things*. The Africans were considered less than apes, incapable of learning, and the forced inter-breeding with the Irish women was eventually made illegal because it was considered an abomination to force even the “least among White women” to copulate with an animal. And the traditional double-standard was upheld even there, because as long as it was circumspect and everyone turned a blind eye, it was still common, un-punished behavior for White males to rape or copulate with African females, but a blasphemous abomination for a white woman to voluntarily “have relations” with an African man, and could result in death for both.
When did the Irish get declared “human”? When did the law stop saying that “one drop” of Irish blood could give people the legal right to kill, segregate, or abuse you? At what point did marrying an Irish person stop being illegal and considered bestiality? There are no dates for these events, because these were not, and are not, issues faces by Irish slaves and Irish indentured servants.
(And, yes, it is a fact that that term, “indentured servitude,” was mostly just used as a polite term for “*slightly* less brutal slavery from which there was actually hope of escape”.)
I think it was disingenuous to tell their story by minimizing the horrors experienced by African slaves. There wasn’t even a need for comparison, let along doing so while ignoring all the other colors of people who were enslaved and abused.
This entire article reads like those oh-so-learned-sounding pieces that explain why women are simply not suited to traditionally male jobs, or why Black Americans by design and selection are simply not suitable for the sciences or for generic “corporate America,” and should stick to sports and physical labor. It could easily be claimed by any of those writers who like to push their political agendas by denying facts in evidence and making up effects and results that sound plausible, but simply did not happen, or do not have the meanings that those writers freely attach to them.
A few known facts and a few overstated kernels of truth give a false, gleaming varnish of Truth Exposed when twisted around implications and presumptions based on false logic, when they’re confidently stated as reality, and lead the non-critical reader to unquestioningly believe exactly what the writer has skewed their words to lead them to believe. Politicians and ad writers do it daily.
You don’t have to deny the history of one people’s suffering to expose that of the other.
aine on April 29, 2017 at 7:38 pm
well said
EttaD on October 19, 2015 at 8:51 pm
Reblogged this on Simply Etta D. and commented:
This is so true, Africans have claimed slavery as their own. However, there have been many others who suffered in slavery.
EttaD on October 19, 2015 at 8:53 pm
I’ve often had arguments on the very same topic, because blacks have claimed slavery as our own. But there are many others who have suffered under slavery, the Irish as you mentioned here, also the Scottish, Jews (black, German, French…..).
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JAHJAH on October 19, 2015 at 10:09 pm
Haddon Musings on October 19, 2015 at 10:11 pm
Oh my, I never heard about this. I always wondered why so many African Americans had the same last name as I did when I was single. Thanks for this fascinating post.
Jay Bee on October 19, 2015 at 10:54 pm
Brannon is my maiden name and it is an Irish name. Thanks for this powerful information.
CarMen on October 19, 2015 at 11:15 pm
The writer of this article conflates two different things – geographical/national origin and skin colour/illusionary race category. At the time the Irish were indentured or enslaved or some similar term, the Irish were not yet categorized as “white” but as just “Irish.” Read “How the Irish became white.” Then also read “The Invention of the White Race.”
Tamir nixon on October 19, 2015 at 11:43 pm
Good information and horrible pass but good to know and tell others about it
Nicole on October 20, 2015 at 3:22 am
This is absolutely fascinating. I have never heard of these Irish. I do know my last name Orr is Scottish Irish but I don’t know much else. All of the people I have ever met with the last name Orr have been white, I’m a brown girl. I would love to know more, this has opened a window in my life. Thank you
ELLA WIMBUSH on October 20, 2015 at 8:53 am
Instead of using the word slaves, they were paid $per head and this made their enslavement different from that of blacks,so they became Indentured servants so were..the Asians mostly Indians..all the Mcdonald McCain McCoy all the Mc are Scottish ..to increased the whites population they send debtors ,who couldn’t pay what they owe, and repeat criminals , the later date up to 1918 children were removed from orphanages from all across England. .Ireland Scotland Wales ..even babies. .were…not left out..some of those babies are in their 80ts 90ths now..but the whites in this categories are ashamed and don’t talk about it..the kkk originated from the fear of free slaves coming to take their jobs..as some black slaves were doing better than the indentured servants. .and the slaves owners trusted their long time slaves than the white indentured servants who could killed the plantation owner and pass for his newly arrived cousin .
idiot849 on April 25, 2017 at 2:02 am
No, Irish were slaves and Indians were just in parts of Trinidad and Guyana that too from areas of south India. Also Indians are not Asians either
Tara Smith on October 20, 2015 at 10:34 am
Interesting read. In response to the comment that the Irish did not lose their culture, language etc is inaccurate. The english continued to try to extinguish the Irish through starvation, oppression etc in Ireland. Enter the time of the Irish Famine or genocide. The Irish language was nearly extinct and was only spoken in very remote parts of the country for a long period of time. Today the language is making a comeback. My ancestors were lucky to survive this part of history. I am in no way minimizing the African slave part of history, it is through this history of the Irish to say we can relate and understand an awful part of human history. It is not a contest it is a reminder that many people suffered under the ruling monarchies of England. Perhaps this is were we can find common ground and open the conversation of race relations.
wolfsilveroak on October 20, 2015 at 4:34 pm
English landowners would literally pay pirates to come and raid entire villages on the Irish land they owned, to get rid of the renters so the landowner could do as he wished with the land. Whole towns disappeared into the MIddle East and North Africa as a result.
Yes, the Irish were treated horribly by the English, but they were not ‘sold’ as slaves, per se, to the West Indies. An indentured servant is not a slave. An indentured servant has the chance to earn their freedom, a slave does not.
So while many where likely shipped to the new colonies and the West Indies, it was likely as indentured servants, not slaves. And most defintely not at the numbers cited in this article. Otherwise, there would not have been near as many who immigrated, as well as died of starvation and disease, during the Great Potato Famine as there simply wouldn’t have been that many left!
And it is entirely possible that they formed families with the native peoples there, or when the slaves were finally freed by England in the English colonies of the West Indies, in the 1830s, with them and that could be how so many African Americans have Irish surnames.
Paul Brown on October 20, 2015 at 7:19 pm
I think that this article is an insult to the horrors that blacks had to go through during slavery. There is a new drive by whites all over Europe and the UK, stating that they are the real “Jews” or “lost tribes”. This article is merely an attempt to connect whites to Deuteronomy within the KJV Bible.
The numbers and the periods have also been exaggerated to make the act look gross and longer. I am a Jamaican and I do know, based on teaching, that whites were experimented as slaves for a short period; however they failed to be productive in the climate and harsh conditions.
Black slaves were the alternatives because they could bear these conditions, and also knew farming techniques which they carried with them to the “New World”.
glen bodden on October 20, 2015 at 8:58 pm
Not believe this give me books
Chloe on October 20, 2015 at 9:37 pm
Both explanations for why blacks have Irish last names are only partially true. Most blacks who lived on plantations did not have last names. If you look at census lists or the property lists of white planters, you will see that their human property were only given first names. No last names are listed as none were given. Since enslaved blacks did not have last names at the time the Civil War ended, many were catalogued on freedmen’s lists and forced to adopt last names. These last names chosen were often those of Union soldiers whom were primarily Irish. Only a few took on the last names of their former owners, some took names from the Bible. The notion that plantation owners fathered most mixed children is also false. While plantation owners certainly did rape and father children by enslaved women, many were absentee owners who only visited their plantations seversl times a year, this is especially true in the Caribbean. The fact is that any white male could sexually assault a black woman with impunity. The master, overseer, slave driver and all of their male relatives or any white male visiting a plantation for business purposes could access any black woman and rape her. Also, many black women were impregnated on the slave ships and were pregnant by the time they reached the Americas. Many of our foremothers were raped by the ships captains and the dozens if not hundreds of white crew members. They were also raped by their white captors and dealers while in the holding cells that lined the coasts of Africa. So no, they weren’t only raped by the master but any children born of these rapes became the property of the plantation owners. As far as Irish slaves being treated worse than African slaves, not true. The mortality rate of enslaved Africans during the slave trade was so high that white planters had to replace entire popoulations of 30,000 plus people every 5-7 years. The turnover would not be that high if whites treated enslaved blacks with even a modicum of kindness. Most planters were multimilionaires by today’s standards so purchasing thousands of enslaved blacks every 5 years to replaced the thousands who died from starvation, dehydration, disease, exposure, infection, brutality, suicide and mutilation was a minor expense. Slavers were greed driven sadists.
Ray Taylor on October 21, 2015 at 1:41 am
So if Irish slave girls intercoursed with black slave men, how did the Irish names carry through?
halimah watson on October 21, 2015 at 6:06 am
Oliver Cromwell lived in Henry Tudor’s time around 1536 when Anne Boleyn was beheaded. So what’s this about 16 something and king James?
ktplez on October 21, 2015 at 2:05 pm
I wish the writer had included some references. As a lay person, it’s hard to know who to believe. Here is an article written by 3 people: Liam Hogan, an independent scholar and librarian, Laura McAtackney, an associate professor in sustainable heritage management (archaeology) at Århus University, Denmark, and Matthew Connor Reilly, a postdoctoral fellow in archaeology and the ancient world at Brown University. http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/irish-slaves-myth-2369653-Oct2015/
emcfields on October 21, 2015 at 3:28 pm
I want to thank everyone for reading my post……it was a topic I’ve been pondering for a while…..I was tired of being asked the same questions over and over…..”your last name is Irish but you are black”. I Will keep the research going and will write another post that you will love.
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Sanderson Rowe on October 22, 2015 at 1:46 am
Extract from the book, “A Journey from Bridgetown to Belfast”
“……….History appeared to have been a bit unfair to the Irish, in terms of slavery. Unlike African slavery ,the Irish’s story was not widely publicised. Even to this day many still believe that Irish slavery only affected a few thousands. Sometime in the 17th century after the battle of Kinsale in County Cork, in Ireland which took place between 1601 -1602, the English was faced with the huge problem of looking after 30,000 men taken as Prisoners-of War. Their solution to this problem was to start a system of banishment,not unlike what Stalin had done later in the 1930’s ,banishing peasants , kulaks, political opponents and others deemed as undesirables and enemies of the state to prison camps and salt mines in the desolate Siberia.
Banishment did not solve the problem completely, so King James , the second gave his blessing and encouragement to the selling off of Irish men and women as slaves to the English planters who at this time were becoming entrenched and very rich. The 1625 Proclamation gave the order for Irish political prisoners to be shipped off and sold to the plantation owners in the West Indies. This proclamation lasted 200 years ,ending some 9-13 years before Black Slavery Emancipation.
The African slave “adapted” readily to the tropical conditions of the West Indies,but they had to be purchased, whereas the Irish were hunted down like rabbits in their homeland, and were free of charge for the taking.
Johnny boy on October 24, 2015 at 12:31 am
Wow Sheila horn you can really write
Darren on October 24, 2015 at 9:27 am
It seems some people are trying to argue as if only black people were ever slaves?? Ever heard of Spartacus? How about the Hellenic slaves in Sparta who were not only slaves but hunted and killed by Spartans in training. The Romans were very efficient slave masters and after brutally conquering most of Europe and enslaved people to build roads and cities – where did gladiators come from?
By the time we reach the 1600s the non roman Europeans have been assimilated into a romanic style world where most are commonly white (although this seemed to exclude the irish who were treated very badly and if they weren’t forced into servitude died of starvation or spent their lives as serfs). At this point eyes are cast around for new slaves, from somewhere that isn’t yet a taboo source.
African tribes were happy to take slaves during wars, and more than happy to sell them on to arab and european traders. This then started a huge trade as the US opened up as a new world demanding labour.
In the 1940s what were the Jews in Germany? What happened to 6 million of them? Where they not slaves in labour camps? Where they not forced to build railroads and gassed and burned in ovens?
What do we see here? That Slavery is colour blind but profit centred. Today black people are assimilated into western culture, et slavery hasn’t ended. In the middle east a milder form of it still exists. In parts of India the caste system locks some segments of society into servitude.
We need to move past focusing on just one point in history to see the big picture. And to recognise that slowly humanity is discovering the idea of liberty, equality, human rights. Spreading these values will end modern slavery, and help us make the entire history of slavery a thing of the past.
Ajkyle on June 20, 2016 at 3:13 pm
Remember England was also enslaved by the Romans. It is safe to say that if we knew all of history everyone’s ancestry has been enslaved at sometime. Don’t forget modern recorded history versus older nonrecorded history or minutely recorded history. Adam and Eve are my ancestors as well as yours DNA has proven that we all tie to the original humans they lived in Africa. We are truly brothers and sisters let’s keep recording history and see if we can make the future better for everyone. I am a Kyle from Scotland I am scotch-Irish they were indentured servants and free men. I’m English Scandinavian Western Europe Eastern Europe, European Jew Irish my oldest ancestry comes from Africa I along with all of you are the human race we are imperfect people frail to a fault trying to make life better for each other
FARQUHARSON, E on October 25, 2015 at 10:39 am
very interesting.
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Karen on October 25, 2015 at 3:15 pm
I would like to share this article on Facebook but do not see a Facebook icon to share the link. Please advise. Thank you.
emcfields on October 27, 2015 at 3:52 am
Karen, first and foremost thank you for your reply. I added the Facebook icon to my blog so you can share the link.
1stGenCan on October 25, 2015 at 11:09 pm
My entire family ancestry is from the island of Montserrat. I always wondered why a lot of families there had Irish last names (Riley, Dubbery etc.) & why St.Patrick’s day is arguably one of the most celebrated holidays on the island. Although they did suffer as the Africans, they were also afforded certain privileges not afforded to African slaves. I wonder if the Irish will be told to ‘get over it already’ the same way African Americans and Canadians are told.
debunkingthemyths on October 26, 2015 at 1:10 am
There is a book called White Cargo. I got it on Amazon..there is a complete history of the Irish Slave trade. The Irish were hated because they were catholics. What is there for any of you to gain by denying the atrocity of the abuse of the Irish? In the sixteen hundreds EVERYONE came as indentured servants including Africans. The first slave owner in the colonies was Anthony Johnson, a black African. He gained his freedom in 7 years and bought land. He had several indentured servants. One of them reached his 7 year mark, and went to work on another mans farm. Johnson took him to court and the judge ruled that Anthony Johnson did not have to release this man. That is the first recorded slave in the colonies. What ya’ll ;need to figure out is why this history has been buried and who is gaining from that. If you notice, there is nothing said at all about color in the constitution concerning slaves. I have to go back and check to see if the word slave is even in it.
scottytreid on October 26, 2015 at 4:51 am
Here is the thing though, when they hooked up with Africans to rebel, Bacons Rebellion, they struck a deal with the English colonists to become the slave patrols and plantation overseas. Of course police departments came from the slave patrols and why in some states you got a lot of Irish cops. So they forgot where there came from, slavery and became slavers or helped them. So, f**ck the traitorous bastards.
Gary Kelly on October 26, 2015 at 6:25 pm
Having the last name ‘Kelly’ seems to place me directly in the cross hairs of this discussion. Now is it Irish or Scottish. I think the Scots are the O’Mally’s and O’Conner’s and the like…..
Ajkyle on June 20, 2016 at 3:51 pm
Kelly is Scotland argyle or Ayrshire area originated there just like Kyle does
Mac on October 26, 2015 at 8:14 pm
in order to be enslaved it didn’t matter whether you were Irish, English, Welsh, Scots, Black, White. or any other colour or race, you just needed to be POOR. and that has not changed. slavery is not in the past,
Mac on October 26, 2015 at 8:33 pm
it didn’t matter whether you were Irish, English,Welsh, Scottish, Black, White, or any other race or colour, you just needed to be POOR. That has not changed and the enslavement of the poor is as relevant today as it was at any other time in history. Poverty is the great enslaver.
Jared W. on October 26, 2015 at 9:31 pm
Word of warning: My commentary rivals the original article in length.
There is a prevailing debate amongst the commentators that leaves me with strong feelings of indignation. The argument is as follows: “…the Irish… had an advantage because of their skin color.” In this way of debate it subdivides the issue of slavery in degrees of worse and worse-er. Its effect with regard to the subject of slavery on a whole only minimizes the atrocities of slavery and bigotry. Therefore, this preposterous on-going debate only goal is to keep the Blacks monopolizing the atrocious history of slavery. What utter pointless nonsense is this!? Slavery, in any oppressive, dehumanizing form is wrong! Debating its distinctions is appalling and only has in place in academia and never in culture or politics. The only qualifying factor is; if it’s dehumanizing and/oppressive then it’s wrong! It doesn’t matter how ‘well’ you claim they were treated nor what advantage you say they had by the color of their skin. In fact, you could make the argument the latter point is a bigoted racist statement. This is not a racial issue; it is humanitarian issue!
What is Black? What is White? There are many different races from different parts of the world, all with their own diverse history that share the same or similar skin colors. So what is it that makes all so called White skinned folks exactly like one another? Likewise, what makes all Blacks the same? Africa is a huge continent. Each induvial from different areas of the continent have unique differences. Are the Australian Aborigines to be categorized in this same way although, willingly or unwillingly, they didn’t participate in the same slave trade and share no (at least within the past several thousand years) common history with the African Blacks? Although I reject the implications of these labels, for the sake of the argument and simplicity, I’ll continue to use them. I do so only under protest.
In America and even somewhat in Europe, Black skinned people enjoy a monopoly of the history slavery and its oppressive effects. Many people tend come to the belief that African Blacks were the only ones in the entire world to fall victim to Slavery. Although, the much to the contrary; if you’ve ever studied world history, you’d realize that slavery has happened in just about every culture at one time or another and has been happening at every point in time in mankind’s history including the present.
This fact is recorded in ancient China, Egypt and Mesopotamia. Vikings had plenty through their bloody history and called them thralls. The Romans… anyone? The Huns and Mongols did it. Many Native American tribes would enslave other tribes that they’d conquer. Aztecs and Mayans were no exception. And, yes, African tribes did it as well!
In fact, some African tribal leaders were profited from the slave trade by allowing and assisting slave traders in raiding their enemies land. Some would conquer their enemies to gain power, land, wealth and additional wealth by selling their slaves to slave traders. They became very wealthy and powerful at the expense of their foes and rivals. They were dictators and if they felt it to their advantage they’d sell off members of their own tribe and simply call it their right as ruler. Even today the continent is littered with tribal dictators and warlords and they oppress the people below them and still treat them as slaves.
The only notable distinction is that the import/export of slaves reached a pinnacle during the colonization of the America’s era and Blacks were the main ‘slave stock’ being exchanged at the time. Then, for many of the world’s most powerful and influential nations of the time, this is where slavery was put to an end. This is the most recent history and this is, what I’d argue, is the reason why Blacks are accredited as being the ‘slave race’.
In contrast, however, at this same period in history, predominately, the Portuguese and Spanish were colonizing and enslaving the indigenous population of the South America continent. Although some of the indigenous people eventually earned their way up in status and they imported slaves from the African slave trade, the overwhelming majority of the oppressed was still the South America natives. To reiterate; we’re talking about the entire South American continent. The only major distinction was that these slaves were not being exported outside of their continent likened unto cargo as they were in the African Slave trade.
But still many commentators’, and even thought our recent political history, make topics like these into racial issues. Though bigotry definitely had its’ part to play, the root of the issue, was nevertheless mostly about making a profit at the expense and exploitation of these slaves. If it wasn’t profitable, they wouldn’t have done it. This is a human issue, not a race one. In part, bigotry came into play in order to ease the conciseness of individuals who partook of the benefits of slavery. Some aspects of racism are religious others are cultural but in most cases have nothing to do with something as simple as skin color and are definitely not limited to Blacks. Other aspects of racism and bigotry are far too complicated to touch on here.
To pick on Chloe (Admittedly, I Enjoy picking on ignorant bigots); she mentions how Whites suppressed Blacks and sites example after example and doesn’t fail to continue to mention color over and over again. Clearly this makes it a Black vs White issue. Let’s not forget the Red vs White; Yellow vs White; and Brown vs White. It seems by your statements that Whites are the only skin color capable of being bigots, slave traders/owners, and oppressors. I reject this and say that the skin color labels are themselves, at best, a statement of a bigot.
This is an ignorant recitation of a much more complicated history than Chloe suggest. She and many other commentators suggest and maintain that this is a racial issue, Black against White. This regard of history and overall attitude only serves to further perpetuate the divide between skin color and bigotry. This slave trade, and the bigotry in the past and now, is very complicated issues; don’t oversimplify them by making it an issue of Black vs White. Doing so further divides races and intimates that being white is bad and that you’re somehow guilty of past crimes. This is not a race issue! It’s a human one!
“The main difference is that 600,000 people died in a civil war to end Black slavery, not Irish indentured service.” There you go again, oversimplifying a complicated issue. First of all, the reason for the Civil War was the Confederate’s secession from the Union. This was brought about by many different factors and not just slavery as most people seem to think. One issue was the Federal Government vs Individual State’s rights. Another was the prevailing feeling among the Southern States that they were not being representing and that their votes didn’t count. Indeed, they legitimately had reasons for their grievances too.
Slavery was not only their chief concern but certainly serves as a great example. The impact of freeing the slave would be felt much more to the Confederates than the Union. In other words, the South stood more to lose. This is how many other current events were going at the time, that is, not in the favor of the south. January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate. But it wasn’t until January 1, 1863 that Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. This historical issue is clearly more complicated than most people give it credit for being.
Second, how does the Civil War, even if it were just about slavery, diminish the atrocities of slavery, war, and maltreatment of the Irish? The article is pointing the finger at the British Empire. The same empire founded the North American Colonies. The same empire, including the Spanish and French, therefore, initiated the slave trade in North America.
Further, the statement, “… I am offended not by the story and the facts, but by the dishonest comparison.” this is an insult to intellect! (I feel it necessary to elaborate because of your intellectual handicap. What I’m saying is that you’re complete idiot.) It’s a circular statement! Just like her arguing the distinction between different slave treatments. It’s like saying, “I’m personally offended by you not because of your genetics but because of your race!”. Idiotic! Not only are the facts part of the story but so is the comparison. But I digress; apparently what Chloe’s real point is by this previous statement is that, when/if Whites talk about how a part of their race was oppressed and enslaved at one point in history that it somehow diminishes and lessens the Black’s slave history and only serves to “…to make Whites feel better about them-selves…”. Case and point, to her it’s all about race. FYI: ‘Themselves’ need not be hyphenated by the way… just saying.
And at last; nowhere in the article did the author claim that the treatments to the Irish were worse. In fact he intimated that the conditions were at least just as bad when he said, “We know all too well the atrocities of the African slave trade.”. Therefore, this is a moot point and if you’ve somehow drawn that conclusion on your own, it speaks more to your intellect and character than true facts.
1. Throughout history, all nations and races are guilty of slavery.
2. The worst and qualifying factors for slavery are oppression and dehumanization.
3. Blacks are/were not the only slaves.
4. Blacks participated and also were complacent in the slave trades.
5. Blacks are still enslaving one another and so are Whites, it needs to stop.
7. Regardless of the disputable facts of this particular article; Whites have been/are subjected to same level of cruel slavery as well. Blacks do not collectively own a patent on cruel slavery.
8. Slavery is still happening today and not prevailing with just Blacks.
9. Don’t continue to nourish the seeds of bigotry by oversimplifying complicated historical issues and happenings into Blacks and Whites or any other shade of color.
10. Nowhere in the article did the author claim that the treatments to the Irish were worse.
Conclusion: With regard to the article.
Although, I recognize that the facts of this article are in dispute, with regard to the treatment of the Irish by the British Empire, knowing what I do about history, it is not entirely unlikely that much of this is true. As for how, I insist on the qualifier ‘some’, of the ‘Blacks’ got their last names, I think this may just be embellished truth.
Thank you,
L on February 5, 2016 at 2:49 pm
Yes they did. They said the Irish were treated better. Read it again.
Catherine Wood on October 27, 2015 at 4:20 am
When the KKK did not get enough traction in the south in the early part of the 20th century they moved North and preyed upon the Irish and Catholic immigrant. My Uncle Lon, born in the U.S. was shot in the head by the KKK in Sudbury Massachusetts back in the twenties. The KKK was waning so they turned their hatred back to the Irish. Some of us blow it off, move on, and create a better life for our families. We fight hatred with success. One generation after another. Some people wallow in the past and stay the victim. https://sudbury.ma.us/services/news_story.asp?id=259
P.Ausems on October 27, 2015 at 9:01 am
I’m Dutch and this is only the second time I’ve read about this in my life..
Maybe this should spoken more of, because I’m sure I didn’t learn this in my student years. No.. this is skipped when you learn about politics and English/Irish relationships (IRA was very active at that time), but actually more understandable if only 100yrs before centuries of abuse were stopped..
Schools should teach more about this stuff, because it’s part of a neighbouring history which may not be NOT told. Instead the only thing of Ireland you learn is that Dublin is its capital..
So with that in mind I guess history allready was rewritten in favour of the British
Thanks for sharing
OneHanded on October 28, 2015 at 10:32 am
IRA was very active at what time and why are you bringing terrorists into this?
Rita Etheridge on October 27, 2015 at 7:48 pm
My grandmother had told me this when I was a little girl, If you come from a family who is of mixed race, and they know the old family school and is not afraid to tell you, cause this was known but your not suppose to talk about it..but I always knew cause of the red hair, but eyes and freckles..the freckles are a sure sign my grandma would say..I learned sp much from her said she wasn’t allowed to talk are educate anyone of it, once my grandfather died she told everything..she was a Creole borne in Baton Rouge La. Giving in exchange for a debt that was owed to my grandfather, he didn’t want anyone to know his family history, did you know there were Germans who were held in prison in N.Orleans La. because of there race ? My family history is very interesting..anyway they can’t sweep all this under the rug anymore thanks to documents of proof which are online for the world to see now!! I love it !! All this purity has got to go, and the truth come out!!! Period
Kev Somers on October 27, 2015 at 10:22 pm
Barbados has an enclave on the island, the descendants of Irish slaves who never integrated with others, they speak with a slight Irish accent but as a race they suffer from alcoholism and diabetes and inbreeding.
They live as second class citizens and are called red-legs and red-necks etc by the rest of the population due to their fair skins getting burned by the sun.
aine on April 29, 2017 at 8:24 pm
that is not true they are mixed rihannna the singer her father is of irish desent . they did mix that’s why they have lighter skin its luck of the draw with genetics if your great great great grandmother was white your chid could be white. Rihanna was also bullied for her lighter skin. get your facts right
Thoughty Thursday: Things that made me go hmmmm on the interwebz, Oct 18-24, 2015 | Writerly Goodness on October 30, 2015 at 3:09 am
[…] Why blacks have Irish last names. Note: It was pointed out to me that there is a difference between indentured servitude and slavery. Something to keep in mind as you read. I’m not looking to be inflammatory. […]
John Thomas on October 30, 2015 at 11:56 pm
We took slaves too, St Patrick was a slave! Nile of the nine hostages was a bit of a devil
C T on November 1, 2015 at 2:44 pm
Unlike Africans, Irish indentured servants could buy their way out of slavery. So not forgotten but definitely no true or meaningful comparison. There were thousands of indentured white servants in England during the same time.
Maggie on November 11, 2015 at 11:37 pm
Liam Hogan does a pretty good job of refuting this pseudohistory. http://www.academia.edu/9475964/The_Myth_of_Irish_Slaves_in_the_Colonie This story has been circulated amongst white supremacist sites and through social media, has found its way into mainstream conservative consciousness. It’s now being used to paint the picture of white persecution and victimization and to deny historic institution racism in the US. Disgusting lies like this are akin to Holocaust Denial, and it’s no surprise that one of the authors circulating this myth, Michael Hoffman, is in fact an outspoken Holocaust Denier. Whether you think indentured servitude and slavery are the same is a matter of semantics, but it was on no way even close to the chattel slavery faced by blacks. The Cromwell era, which saw a few thousand Irish servants brought to Barbados, is where most of this false narrative is focusing on. The large wave of Irish immigrants to the US in the 19th century has no direct lineage with the Barbados group, were granted the status of whiteness very early, and were actively involved in violent attacks on Blacks, Asians and other ethnic groups competing for jobs. There was discrimination and stereotyping of Irish, and there were many Irish supporting the abolition movement, and later solidarity with the civil rights movement. But this narrative of Irish victimization is being used by racist whites to oppose social progress
A second article.
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familytreegirl1 on November 25, 2015 at 2:12 am
Interesting write up Eddie McFields. A blog to follow. I have a very Irish last name…Murphy, enjoy and thanks for sharing Konnetta! I know where mine came from. Enjoy! Do you know where you Irish surname came from?
Jamika McLilly on December 31, 2015 at 3:26 pm
I am African American and my last name is Mclilly.
KayeKaye on February 4, 2016 at 11:25 am
Excellent writing and a great read. Thanks for your research. You did not cite any sources and I’d love to research even further. Do you still have your list of sources?
theTruth on February 5, 2016 at 2:13 pm
“slaves thus we have Irish names like McFadden, McDonalds” ~ I think you will find McDonals is a Scottish name.
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shun jackson on February 5, 2016 at 2:43 pm
Irish were indentured servants,which lasted 7 years. After which they were given the title of “white” and used as overseers on plantations.
Leah Renee on February 6, 2016 at 9:17 am
As an African American woman with an Irish last name, i knew the Irish were slaves and figured that’s how i got my last name. I have been unsuccessful with finding all the data you have, will you please site the sources from your research? I’ll take everything you have, thank you! Such a great read!
Vaughan on February 6, 2016 at 3:45 pm
Horrific story, and the things the Irish went through shouldn’t be forgotten. But it seems that your fellow Irish forgot both about the atrocities done to them and working side by side with African slaves. Once they were accepted as “white” around the Depression, they quickly became as racist as any other white person during that time and hurriedly left the neighborhoods they were living in with Blacks. Also:
1) A good number of slave masters were Scotch-Irish
2) Irishmen were used as Overseers
The Phoenix on February 6, 2016 at 6:39 pm
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I had learned of indentured servitude among the Europeans. I never heard of Irish chattel slavery until the last few years. It started with a video of the Black Irish of Montserrat. From there I started seeing more videos and posts speaking on Irish slavery. I always thought that the Jamaican dialect sounded like a version of an Irish dialect. I assumed it had transferred from plantation owner to slave but instead it seems like it transferred from Irish slave to African slave.
Even though our histories converged and should have caused extended cooperation between the groups, Irish Americans have become stereotyped as extreme racists. Some of that comes from atrocities visited upon African Americans during the 19th and 20th centuries such as the union riots that rocked many northern urban centers. Or the violence committed by Irish American youth against POC in places like Boston and New York.
Whether the stereotype is based on truth or not, I have no personal knowledge. I just know that it opens a lot of questions as to how groups behave based on class status. It is also fascinating to see that American society changed its caste system from strictly class based to skin based in just a couple of centuries.
Nurah on February 6, 2016 at 10:19 pm
My grandfather gave me His name..I lived with him in the flesh
He said a freed man works for no man.
Desire Street Car on February 7, 2016 at 9:29 am
There were black slave owners as well, so to say that you doubt that they were slaves because such and such was an Irish slave owner is crazy. My ancestors great great great great great grandparents, one French, one black, moved to new Orleans together (after his wife died) and owned slaves. And i agree. They got to keep their last names because they were easy to pronounce….. Its common sense guys. People hardly wanna learn African names now and wanna say “I’ll call you _______” but anyway I have an Irish last name because of my mom’s dad but I also have a French last name that originated in Germany. Anyway, this was a great read.
Brian welsh on February 7, 2016 at 9:03 pm
My grandmother was an indentured servant who came over here from Ireland to work with an English family later on my grandfather saw her or met her and decided to purchase her freedom from that English family so she so she was actually a slave / indentured servant herself
1venus11 on February 8, 2016 at 7:32 pm
I was under the impressionthat the Irish came to America as indenture slaves. That meant they came here and worked their debt off and paid for their freedom. Only a few blacks were able to do this. Then after a time the law change and blacks were considered chattel so therefore were unable to buy their freedom. That is really a big difference between being a black slave compare to other slaves who was really indenture slaves. One can work and but back their freedom, and the other one was considered less then an animal
Sobleek on February 10, 2016 at 8:19 pm
If so then where’s the genetic descendantcy of white besides the colonizing unaltered British or whatever bloodline in the West Indies today? The slaves that came over from Ireland where already black. Blacks where all over the world.
Walter Carmickle on February 29, 2016 at 6:59 pm
Well my last name is carmickle. Family of three here by underground railroad. One man and two kids made it. Ive seen the pictures of long ago. My great great great great grandfathers name is the same as mine. To keep it going. So for me. Its about connecting the dots.
Chaines on March 7, 2016 at 4:34 am
I would like to recommend ‘People’s History of the United States’ by Howard Zinn to anyone who is interested in this type of hidden history.
Louisiana Culture on March 15, 2016 at 5:00 pm
I get so tired of hearing about these damn Edomites (ie the Irish) and how they have suffered. The Irish have, throughout history been very cruel to African Americans so let them the many of them wear the title of red neck like it is their badge of honor. They have suffered nothing but a lack of potatoes and cabbages. They should be and “should have been” more like the Cajuns and quit they need to stop trying to corrupt the Cajuns. The Irish are ignorant beasts of the field!!!! I would claim nothing from their bloodline!!!!!
eyeontorah on August 13, 2016 at 1:40 am
All Caucasians are Edomites. Not just the Irish
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Luis on March 17, 2016 at 12:19 pm
That’s the type of history that should be taught in schools.
Fran McCarthy on March 23, 2016 at 4:42 am
I got my answer. I was investigating the origin of my very Irish name “FRAN MCCARTHY”! Although my name has awarded me a lot of great opportunities because it looks great on paper; I’m a 6’0 tall African American from GEORGIA .I HAD TO KNOW!!!!!!!
Leon Phelps on April 14, 2016 at 1:50 am
Riddle me this, if a irish woman is bred with an african man, would the child not take the last name of the MAN?! #DoesntAddUp
TRUE on April 14, 2016 at 4:47 pm
That’s what I was going to ask. How would the Irish name get passed down, if the Irish parent was the mother.
I still choose not to use the Irish name my Black family still carries.
The Anon on April 19, 2019 at 1:41 pm
Not if the mother were a prostitute and father disappeared.
Liam Kelly on April 14, 2016 at 7:24 pm
The English Welsh and Scottish peoples all suffered by the hands of the elitist British. No one in the homeland was safe. If you didn’t have money you had nothing. It’s not to different to the world we have today. The names and places may change however the game and the crimes remain the same.
dayshia96 on April 27, 2016 at 8:41 pm
This is not new information, I have always known about this since I was a small child, my family has always spoke about it, we always wondered why the Irish themselves did not voice it more, was it to securely assimilate into the other parts of white culture, they have done just that, not sure if it is secure or not, but sometimes you won’t know if someone is Irish unless you ask them. I think slavery regardless of color is disgusting and shameful, but even more is to come out of slavery and help the oppressor with the same oppression that was previously placed upon you.
Tom Shea on May 3, 2016 at 11:00 pm
I’m reading these blogs and I’m thinking to my self, what does this article have to do with irish slaves? Yet, let me put it this way, why does it seem like every black person wants to deny irish history? Remember one thing and one thing only…..irish slavery did happen in the Americas and in the West Indies! Did irish people have it worse than blacks??? It depend ends on how you look at it!!!!!!! If we were going Per capita I would 100 percent say yes!!! However, this isn’t auditing who had it better and who had it worse!!! Obviously African-Americans had it worse if you look at it in a way where most of their race went into slavery….yes, their own people were involved in the slave trade…..but again I’m just stating facts!!!! The reason why African-Americans have irish last names is literally because of the English men, they rounded up thousands upon thousands of irish enslaved woman, so they could breed more expensive slaves…..yes, there you go!!! Everyone knows a mulatto slave is more than a pure irish slave or pure African slave!!!!!! One last point, as a professor in irish studies…….here are some accredited sources on irish slavery, you shouldn’t get your sources from Wikipedia or any other non accredited website!!!!!!
One last thing, the only person / historian if you can really call him that ,since he is really just a flippin’ Englishman from Ireland ….really he is descended from English lords which is why he is on ten different websites promoting “irish slavery is a myth”……. His name is Liam Hogan or should I say Lord Hogan lol. Everyone google irish slavery is a myth and tell me who it’s written by or sourced by……you got it it Liam Hogan….yes he is one of the millions of English trying to deny our history!!!!!!!
Tom shea on May 5, 2016 at 7:39 pm
Anyone using liam hogan as a source, whom is the only one, literally the only one trying to debunk irish slavery besides the hundreds of thousands of African americans (which is why irish come off as “racist”…… Imagine irish saying African slavery never happened, when you know 100 percent it did happen??). I will admit, some of this is said by a very very very small percentage of the “real irish” population worldwide, they see it as being weak !!!! Especially admitting anyone enslaved them!!!!!! Think about their rage…” The fighting irish” especially 100 years ago you wouldn’t have not one Irishman admitting they were ever slaves ( they would talk about it amongst themselves, but never with outsiders whom weren’t “real irish”…. who wants to admit that, it’s not something to be proud of……in fact irish people when they arrived as “immigrants” in the late 1800s ……..after the irish slavery of the 1600s in New England and Virginia, South Carolina,etc….they were given guns to go fight a war right after they landed, literally!!!!! Then they faced the Nina signs( no irish need apply) etc etc…..basically, the irish tried so hard to fit in, after 800 years of oppression,real oppression……they wanted to fit in bad…..they wanted to be white!! However it took a while for them to be recognized as equals, even when JFK was elected as the first ” real Irishman” to be president!!!!!….(no scotch-irish has no irish blood in them at all,they are descendants of Scotland and England whom were given land in Northern Ireland by the English crown…..they kicked out and burnt down “real irish” villages to establish their land in the north with the backing, again of the crown!!!!! Again , please don’t source liam hogan lol haha, he is a librarian….not a historian!!!!! I thought it was funny when he came out with this B.S. All the people who were desperately trying to find something or someone to debunk irish slavery never looked at his credentials lol …..Liam hogan again isn’t a irish historian, he is a self taught librarian,yet he is on 20 some odd websites and 30 some odd blogs lol hahahaha like are u guys serious????? Again get creditable sources!!!!!!!! Not Wikipedia, or self proclaimed historians with B.S. Blog where a high school dropout or even a liam hogan can go and change irish slavery to irish indentured servitude on a daily basis lol……to those who used him as your source grow up!!!!!!
joy2yah on June 9, 2016 at 7:31 pm
This must end with the entire group of humans~~or else look forward to the re-boot of the planet~~~so if there is not change~~~I well I guess I will see all of you in the next life-time~~~lyrics from Erykah Badu~~~
Judy McDonough on October 26, 2016 at 11:27 pm
James II was not born in 1625.
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Connor on March 25, 2017 at 2:06 pm
This is a good example of the saying “this is a load of _______” (insert rude word or expletive).
Irish slavery is not often talked about because it’s hard to find people who are stupid enough to believe that bullshit. Yes, Irish were often seen as lower than low, called “black Irish” or “Irish niggers”, but don’t confuse abusive language with being a slave. There are absolutely no records of this crap, only modern lore that is bandied about as long lost truths. The Irish may have been treated like shit way back when, but nobody sold even one of them. Where they were made to feel unwelcome, they headed for the hills, which is why we have the Appalachian populations, and others like them, populating those hills to this day. Ever wonder why those hillbillies talk funny? Much of their strange language is left over from the Gaelic that once was spoken widely in those hills. Moonshine? Gee, did the Irish ever make whisky? Did they live off the land, eat a lot of potatoes? If you look at it carefully enough, you will see how the Irish escaped their persecution and went into the hills to make their own way, and still do. Sure, some of their names have changed, but there are still plenty of McCoys, Buchanans and other very Irish last names out there in them thar hills.
Irish slaves. So stupid it’s almost funny, but instead it’s depressing cuz it’s so ignorant and shows how gullible these liberal assholes are, just looking for someone else’s cause to bear cuz they gotta help those poor, downtrodden folks recover their true histories, and file a lawsuit against the government so they can assimilate into modern society and buy organic and get a job in IT or in the arts or a good non-profit…..fuck you. Get your heads out of your collective asses and out of all those others. Stick to your own life, quit looking for your next cause celeb.
Friend on March 25, 2017 at 6:35 pm
While you certainly do make some points, you also seem to be confusing a few. If you want to refute the facts surrounding Cromwell’s conquest of Ireland, Irish rebel imprisonment, British penal system convictions, Barbary slave trade, and raids on mainland coastal Europe and the British Isles I’m interested to review your scholarly work.
There’s ample others who would be willing to debate this with you. However, conflating the Scot-Irish with those who were the predominant focal point of British intolerance: Irish-Catholics (to include any and all Presbyterians and Dissenters among them however small a minority), as the focus of this article however factual is misdirected just as well. Scot-Irish synonymous with Ulster Scots of partitioned Ireland not natives of Ireland in the recent sense of this discussion.
Let’s also not confuse slavery with meaning only chattel slavery. It did not begin that way even for Blacks/Africans. It began as indentured slavery otherwise known as servitude. Here’s a case for you to review (take your time):
Master Samuel Symonds against Irish slaves: Law Case, Master Samuel Symonds against Irish slaves. William Downing and Philip Welch. Salem Quarterly Court. Salem, Massachusetts. June 25, 1661. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, vol. II, 1656-1662. The Essex Institute: Salem, 1912.
The terminology is interchangeable, while there are cetainly differences in forms of slavery to say there was none is a tad rich, unless you’ve been an indentured servant yourself perhaps you know the benefits? Your comment about liberals is also misdirected, they don’t seem to be making the argument for “Irish slavery”.
Otherwise, I agree there needs to be some factual citations presented with the article.
aine on April 29, 2017 at 8:52 pm
ack sure the English were only RAPEING women and children for 800 years talking are homes are lands hanging us for are religion we were slaves to the English for years ack and sure only 1 million people died of starvation watching there kids dieing one by one resorting to poor houses were you worked for food. and to the edjit who called the ira terrorists. that’s the label the brits give them. now what were we to do not fight back the ira would never of been invented had the brits not tortured us and refused us basic human rights. also England is a lot rougher place to live than Ireland the ira keep the drugs out of catholic communitys. are streets are a lot safer for kids to grow up that’s a fact gangs of kids running about with guns you wont get that hear unless its the paramilatarys
KnowlageDrop on April 22, 2017 at 9:01 am
I agree with people that don’t want to be called African american, who were never born in Africa, I refuse to be called black because my skin is brown, I believe the calling of our race black is to degrade us because there is belief that whomever picked the name of the brown indigenous people from Africa named the race black because it was the most negative color
al on June 4, 2017 at 11:20 pm
many of the Irish expelled to the New World were “Black Irish”……
many were actually dark skinned ‘black’ irish. Cromwell’s cruelty was a race and ethnic cleansing…..ridding the Kingdom of the remnants of its ancient Black population.
naturally, that population mixed in with the newly arrive slave blacks as well as the indigenous blacks.
plenty an irish female “married” black african men. (skip gates, wanda sykes, ……all have traced their roots to irish women who paired up with african men.)
the first anit miscegenation laws were passed to prevent such mixing. The Black men were getting all the women.
don on December 3, 2017 at 11:50 am
why do so many people dismiss the truth about irish slave black and white people dismiss the truth
Brody Jackson on January 4, 2018 at 4:09 pm
This answers a hell of a lot for me. I am in my late 40’s. I have noticed since I was very young that a full one-third or more (approximately) of mixed race couples I see there will be a black male and a red headed white female. It’s really amazing to see once you notice it. To add to it the female is usually severely overweight about half the time. I am not judging anyone here I am just making observations and that is what I have observed. It would be interesting to know why they are attracted to each other. I have always found that a fascinating sociological subject, whether it’s worthy of study is doubtful.
Jude on January 7, 2018 at 6:51 pm
Is Hare an Irish name?
My dad is African-American and his last name is Hare.
My Mom is Caucasion and Scottish.
COLM Maher on March 6, 2018 at 3:12 am
Great to hear the truth that MOST BRITISH don’t want to hear COLM MAHER.
mgray23 on March 6, 2018 at 7:15 am
There were NO WHITE OR IRISH SLAVES IN THE US. THEY WERE INDENTURED SERVANTS. This is a damn sight different than chattel slavery. I don’t know why white people are in such a hurry to prove they’re oppressed but this just isn’t true.
Uncadoo on April 15, 2018 at 4:21 pm
What people seem to be missing is the point of contention that exists today. The black people of today are not harmed by the slavery of decades ago any more than I (an Irish-American) or any other Irishmen are. It was the Jim Crow laws and the Redlining that did the most damage. For decades Black people were not allowed to own property in the affluent areas and could only own property in poorer areas. Now White people want to say “Okay, no more racism, you keep what you have and I’ll keep what I have” after tilting the field in their favor for decades. Thus, Black people don’t have anything of value for the most part. This is where the resentment mostly lies, in the distinct advantages given to the White people, Irish or otherwise. The field needs to be tilted in the other direction for a few decades before we can be on level ground. Just don’t take my stuff from me!!
Allegedly Dave on April 21, 2018 at 5:51 am
More White Supremacist bullshit… there were no white slaves, the Irish and Scots were originally black people, they descend from black Hebrew Israelites called the Iber (Heber or Eber, vowels are interchangeable… and are the same people who travelled to Africa and called themselves the Ibo or Igbo).
The Iber inhabited Spain/Portugal which they named after themselves, the Iberian Peninsular, they were later chased out by barbarians into a new land they also named after themselves, Hibernia (Literally the land of the Hebrews) which is Ireland. The Irish are Iber-ish (Hebrew man)
When Britainnia was taken over by the English (Germans) they immediately attacked the Irish and Scots and deported these black people to the West Indies, the women that remained were raped and whitenised by the red haired German invaders.
Read Whence the Black Irish of Jamaica by Joseph R Williams
mgray23 on April 21, 2018 at 7:47 pm
The mental gymnastics required to equate having Irish last names and black Americans with the Irish having been slaves right along side us is astounding.
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Mary on May 10, 2018 at 8:00 pm
Were Irish babies sold to another people as black babies were sold to white slave owners?
Where are the runaway slave notices posted for Irish slaves (as there were for black slaves)? Or did the Irish enjoy being slaves and never ran away from their ‘slave masters’?
If Irish and blacks suffer slavery together, why is it only the blacks that lost their surnames and the Irish somehow retained their surnames and a knowledge of who they were [IRISH]?!?
We have to stop making up excuses for white slaveholders and the damage they inflicted onto their black captives, including the removal of our names and stripping us of even the knowledge of knowing where we are (specifically) from as the Irish, English, Spaniards, Scottish, etc. knew their origins. Enough is enough.
Linda on May 16, 2018 at 7:18 pm
If black slavery came subsequent to Irish slavery, why do blacks still go on about their “rights”? Irish women were forced to have black children (enslaved first in the West Indies & Monserrat), because black slaves were costly, whereas Irish slaves cheap. Why aren’t those of Irish slavery equally claiming discrimination or expecting reparations? Weird!
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aghorishaivite on July 21, 2018 at 3:09 pm
Lies. Shame on you. People, do your google search before you believe nonsense. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/us/irish-slaves-myth.amp.html
Terrance T Doyle on July 30, 2018 at 12:07 am
My last name is Doyle since I been on Facebook I’ve learned there is alot of people in Jamaica with last name as mine I am in Chicago and it’s alot of us scattered through the city but it very nice to know we are Doyle’s all over the world beautiful black people
Leonidas on September 6, 2018 at 1:06 am
Excellent article, sadly but all true. What Oliver Cromwell did in Ireland was a genocide. And he made a profit out of it. African slaves were very expensive, slave trade controlled by Spain/Portugal/Netherlands, all enemies of Cromwell so he created another ‘supply line’. Captured irish were SLAVES, and nothing but slaves, no matter how these hysterical (fake) leftists are trying to ‘prove’ otherwise. Sure, later on, some were indeed ‘indentured servants’ (not really that much different from common slaves) but in Orwell’s time vast majority were slaves.
But why are these fanatics so triggered and butthurt about this, why they try to deny this crime so obsessively? Irish victims are not victims enough? Disgusting hypocrites and totalitarians, that’s what they are.
Sandra Green on October 21, 2018 at 7:41 pm
This is very informative. Why wasn’t this taught in highschool American history class?
Dee Pol on December 18, 2018 at 6:29 pm
The more I think about this article, the sadder I become knowing that most of you believe its lies. Please do your own research to find out about white slavery in the Americas. The Irish were brought over as indentured servants. This article attempts to make little of the term, indentured servitude, but the term has legal and Biblical definitions that give it limitations. If it were slavery, as the Africans suffered, it would have been called slavery. Google how and why enslaving whites/Christians was outlawed in the U.S. I’m not going to do the research for you. What I will do is to remind you that GOD gave us all an ability that sets us apart from lower animals and that is the ability to reason, use common sense instead of instinct, as lower animals do. Think about this; slavery is a serious business and slaves are property like cattle, horses, sheep etc. If a slave owner named Washington or Jefferson bred an Irish slave with an enslaved African, why would he give the surname of the Irish slave to the offspring? That is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. Do this; check the census records and slave owner property records. You’ll find that most often the enslaved are identified by age and gender only. Rarely you’ll find them listed by age, gender and a first name… NEVER A LAST NAME. This article is not stretching the truth, it is flat-out lying to you. When enslaving whites/Christians became illegal in the U.S., the newly released white indentured servants became crackers/overseers and many became slave owners themselves. That is why African Americans carry Irish surnames today.
Dee Pol on December 17, 2018 at 9:31 am
This is BS. This is sometimes used to by Irish to distance themselves from the slaveholdinhs in America. Dirst the Spaniards/Portuguese outlawed enslaving Christians long before British had slaves in the Americas. The Irish were endentured servants. Endentured servitude is not some made up concept, as this article implies, it was a legal term with legal and Biblical limitations. In short, when enslaving Christians became illegal in North America, some of the newly freed white slave became slave owners and overseers. The term “cracker” refers to a poor white overseer. Blacks who have Irish last names got them from their IRISH slave owners. Not from being bread with Irish. That is sooooo stupid.
Dee Pol on December 17, 2018 at 1:24 pm
The more I think about this article, the sadder I become knowing that most of you believe its lies. Please do your own research to find out about white slavery in the Americas. The Irish were brought over as indentured servants. This article attempts to make little of the term, indentured servitude, but the term has legal and Biblical definitions that give it limitations. If it were slavery, as the Africans suffered, it would have been called slavery. Google how and why enslaving whites/Christians was outlawed in the U.S. I’m not going to do the research for you. What I will do is to remind you that GOD gave us all an ability that sets us apart from lower animals and that is the ability to reason, use common sense instead of instinct, as lower animals do. Think about this; slavery is a serious business and slaves are property like cattle, horses, sheep etc. If a slave owner named Washington or Jefferson bred an Irish slave with an enslaved African, why would he give the surname of the Irish slave to the offspring? That is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. Do this; check the census records and slave owner property records. You’ll find that most often the enslaved are identified by age and gender only. Rarely you’ll find them listed by age, gender and a first name… NEVER A LAST NAME. This article is not stretching the truth, it is flat-out lying to you. When enslaving whites/Christians became illegal in the U.S., the newly released white indentured servants became crackers/overseers and many became slave owners themselves. That is why African Americans carry Irish surnames today.
Robert on January 8, 2019 at 10:43 pm
Indentured servitude did not last as long as or was as vast as outright chattel race based life long slavery in America. Many Irish were American slaveholders, some had even once been indentured servants at one time and after serving their indentured term went on to own a slave or two or several.
eunique McCLure Grisby on January 14, 2019 at 9:04 am
McClure here and I am proud of my black and Irish ancestry. I am mixed with other things but my maiden name is McClure
Susan on February 11, 2019 at 3:44 pm
Man’s inhumanity to man is breathtaking!
sableindian on February 12, 2019 at 12:20 am
This explains why many of my DNA ancestors carry Mitochondrial ‘European’ DNA and such high percentages. And why so many Georgians have stories about helping that White boy run to the mountains.
TheHistorian on March 18, 2019 at 9:52 pm
Slavery was not born purely out of racism; racism was a later byproduct or justification for slavery. Was there a negative view of the non romanized world, by the nations of that empire? Yes. Was that what drove the slave trade in the last millenia? No. The real culprit is blind greed, economic opportunism, and plain availability. If the Irish were the easiest way to fill the positions needed to produce agricultural quotas then they would be used. After Cromwell there was such a situation, that later was deemed less desirable in a cost/benefit calculation, because of Irish poverty they could get the same benefit by using indentured servitude.*footnote
The African slave trade was a better deal. Instead of having to round up the rebellious and often unreliable Irish, the African trade was already packaged and ready for sale. The European’s did not enslave Africans, they did not have to, Africans were already enslaved (they were prisoners of war) by more powerful Africans. The West, wrongly puts Africa, which is a continent not a country, as all the same people. Truth is, there was and is a huge ethnic and national diversity in Africa, and between those groups some had conquered others. It was these conquerors who sold off the conquered to the Europeans.
A total of 455,000 Africans out of 12.5 million were brought to America from the 17th century till it stopped in 1820. That is less than the African migration per decade to the United States today. Not all Africans in America descend from slaves. The majority of Irish did not immigrate till after the close of the atlantic slave trade, and towards the civil war, or until the opening of the 20th century. The likelihood, if you are Irish, or of African descent to be involved with any of this is smaller than you think. Racism based on the color of your skin post dates the bulk of African slavery, and predates the arrival of most Americans’ ancestors. There are good apples and bad apples in every group of people, and people tend to do things based on more local things than racial ideology. The Irish rioted against the draft board in the 19th century, because war is horrible, and they were being forced into something that had nothing to do with. Could they have not read the plight of slaves in the newspaper? No, most of them could not read… most of them did not know what was going on beyond a three block radius. What about the Irish in the south? Did they feel they had a moral obligation to not support slavery? No, most were poor and fought because their homeland was invaded, and not for some big ideological reason.
The origin of Irish sounding names in America comes from four places. First, there was intermarriage in early America before slavery. Second, there was intermarriage in the caribbean with descendents from the cromwellian slave trade of the Irish and African slaves. They either came to America as slaves, or moved to America in more modern times. Third, the names come from the Scots-Irish slaveholders. 37% of African American men can also trace their paternal ancestors, their Y-DNA, to European men who impregnated an African American female, most probably in the context of slavery. The Scots-Irish are not Irish. They are lowland Scots (not highlanders, more English in their culture. No bagpipes or Kilts) who were part of the English invasion of Northern Ireland. They were opposed by the native Irish (as they still are today), and as compensation given land and status in the New World. When someone thinks of “American” culture they think of Scots-Irish. Not all of them were slave owners, not all were wealthy or priviledged or educated. They account for a lot of the Irish sounding names in the south, whether they were Scots names, or co opted Irish names, they do not belong to the Irish family system. Fourth, historically the highest amount of interethnic marriage between two ethnic groups post civil war are Irish and African. Modern examples of Irish/African being Barack Obama, Muhammad Ali, Dr Martin Luther King, Dr Henry Louis Gates, Colin Powell etc… Even in modern times the two groups live in a lot of the same places, vote the same way politically, and both historically have been devalued unfairly by the Romanized world. The difference being, that African Americans are one of the oldests ethnic groups in America, and the majority of Irish being relatively new.
What is NOT true is the absurd Idea that slavers bread African Slaves with Irish women to create more profitable slaves. There is no logic in that a hybrid race slave would be any more profitable than a hard working African slave, and has no basis in historical fact. African to African forced breeding was not even a thing, much less from another race. After the end of the atlantic slave trade ended in the early 19th century, breeding was encouraged, and more fertile women were preferred over non birthing prolific women. None of this was forced, as that would have hurt productivity, rather than helped, and the incentive of a female slave having reduced work during pregnancy encouragement enough.
This whole conversion of who had it worse is nonsensical. Judging history, or whole groups of people through myopic glasses is not only intellectually dishonest but harmful in the modern practice of superimposing everything over the wrongs of the past. You did not do it, I did not do it, you did not go through it, and I did not go through it, you are shaped more by the world around you now, and I am shaped more by the world around me now.
It was not until the late 18th century that physical traits alone was being shopped around as an identifier of race, and much later till that idea would even flirt with the consciousness of the mainstream. The division of humans was more to do with social characteristics, rather than physical ones. The Irish, Native Americans, Africans and those native to the islands were classified as “savages”, not because of skin color, but because they did not ascribe to the supremacy of Protestantism. Race was judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Racism was a mischaracterization of that content. It was not until Darwin that the belief that physical traits identified race. Protestants believed that all Races came from one source. Physical race traits such as skin color were used much later as a justification for slavery, not a motivation to start it. They changed things to cover up the greed, it is that cover up that is racism today.
The Anon on April 19, 2019 at 6:38 am
Irish were indentured servants, never slaves. They served for an agreed amount of time (usually seven years), the agreements were not always honored. The Irish often were poor and condescended by society but they were legal citizens and had a better status than a slave. The two terms, slave and indentured servant, should not be interchanged. A slave was property and could be killed if the owner chose to do so. The Irish faced discrimination for being ethnically Irish and being Catholic but there was no widespread allowance to murder an indentured servant or an Irishman as there was for black slaves.
While the Irish did not have it good they had much better circumstances than slaves. Please do not confuse the two. Thank you.
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The summer blew open with a bang! Opening Day brought bright and blustery skies as we welcomed 20 brand new campers, and a whole bunch of old ones. The sun shone upon us as we climbed to Council Fire that night to open Camp and share with everybody Oh Wha Ta Goo Siam!
Monday found the boys busily attending their morning activities and then taking Bar Lake by storm for our annual swim test. The Bar Exam!
Tuesday dawned with rain in the sky, but a little rain can’t slow down Camp Leelanau for Boys. The sky’s parted in the afternoon for a beautiful Phat Tuesday, which always ends with a picnic at the Shallows and Captain elections.
The Spirit of the Manitou descended while the boys slept, and Wednesday morning found all of our new campers soundly assigned to the North and South Teams. Wednesday also brought our first Cabin Day of the summer and the boys explored all corners of Camp on various bike rides, scavenger hunts, and fort building missions.
Thursday we finally settled into the good old routine of morning activities, bowl meeting, Senior Store day, rest hour, afternoon activity, beach period, flag, dinner, and evening activities. Four days deep, and finally our new campers have a glimpse of a normal schedule.
This whole normal schedule thing flew right out the window, as the heavens opened upon us once again, and Friday found the campers searching Camp with well placed clues for our morning Counselor Hunt. The afternoon brought more sheets of rain and an enjoyable, though high volume, indoor beach period in the lodge. Rest assured, the rain cleared out by dinner and ET Ball and Bombardment were not missed out on for evening activity.
Saturday brought cooler temps, but no rain, so normal morning activities were made up, and a trip with the whole Camp to the Backside of the Dunes for a little Dune Football was in order before Saturday Night Soccer, Performance, and Movie.
One week down. Six to go.
One other note: The CT boys gave a wonderful, though unseen, gift to Camp this week. They worked hard, learned to use carpentry tools, and learned a thing or two about precision and having to redo substandard work, as they created copious shelving in the basement of the new farmhouse. Thank you CTs!
And thank you, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, Sunday School Teachers, and friends that sent their young men to Leelanau this summer, for committing to an amazing spiritual journey and a significant step towards being a Man of Character. A Man of Leelanau.
From the desk of HQ
Boy, oh boy this week was HOT! Like fire! Week 5 was chock full of joyous activity, much of which revolved around the waterfront to keep everybody nice and cool.
This is one of the things we love about having four or seven weeks with these kids, we can just keep hitting them with true substance.
Sunday we enjoyed our waterfront with a North/South Beach Carnival followed by a spirited Council Fire. Monday became Super Monday with Water Polo and a Picnic at the Shallows. For dessert we came back to camp and had Soda Bar in the Lodge followed by the real cherry on top with Weldon sitting everybody down in front of the fireplace to tell the history of Camp Leelanau and welcome the current generation to their heritage of excellence.
Tuesday may very well have been the hottest day of the summer, and every single activity ended up on the beach before the end of the period. We even popped the clutch on evening activity in favor of opening the beach, dragging out sail boats, kayaks, and paddleboards and having a grand old time until the sunset.
Wednesday we emptied the Camp of youngsters by sending every cabin in the Junior Section and Iroquois out on Cabin Trips. Argosy headed to the Cradle Campsite, Tortuga and Barbados braved the Platte River, Sea Hornet stomped through the swamps and slept In the Back Meadow, while Iroquois hiked through the Platte Plains and camped along Lake Michigan.
While the Juniors were away the Seniors had rocking Cabin Days, including mountain biking the VASA trail in Traverse City, grilling burgers and handing out high-fives in Empire, and floating (literally with just lifejackets and smiles) the Crystal River.
Thursday found the big boys trying out for their respective Flag Teams, while Friday brought the team competition into focus once again with a little tradition we like to call “The Ole Ball Game”. A great evening at the ballpark was had by all, as South took the game 5-9.
We are all wishing the Flag Trip boys good luck next week as we gear up for week number 6 at Camp Leelanau for Boys.
The Men of HQ
Can it really be the end of Week 3? Time flies as we fill our days with amazing moments.
One young man in Black Swan swung by the head table this week and informed HQ that they ran a fantastic camp. We would have to agree! Camp IS fantastic!
The bright sunny skies of week three found the whole camp on the Big Blue Bus on Tuesday evening soaring over dunes at the Frontside, and tackling with abandon at Water Polo, – we even let two Junior Cabins in on the game, while we sent the oldest boys to play with the youngest boys in the big all sand pile we call Sleeping Bear Dunes. Not surprisingly the bus seemed to have a “liggiter valve” come loose right in front of Riverfront. Don’t worry Mom and Dad, a small twist of soft serve fixed it nicely.
Wednesday found all of the boys hither and yon for the last Off Camp Cabin Day. The Blue Bus made deliveries all over the greater M-22/ M-109 metropolitan area for the kids and counselors to make lasting memories together once more.
On Thursday the cannon reported America’s Independence, not once, not twice, but six times as we ran down to the beach for dips. In the morning fog the American Citizens (campers) fought once more for their independence from Britain (counselors) in a spirited re-enactment of the War of 1812. A nautical battle ensued, involving paddle boards, bombardment balls, water balloons, and the King’s Flagship (the rescue boat) eventually being overrun by the American Citizens, and The Crown (Weldon and Kathleen) standing in the stockade (lifeguard tower).
With that much excitement before 10 AM, the parade and group games in the afternoon were a sunny breezy joy!
On Friday we packed up our three week campers, celebrated them with a Final Banquet, and exchanged both hilarious and tender funny awards, sending each one home with an assignment to use the good lessons learned at camp among their friends and classmates at home.
Thank you three weekers for a wonderful first session! We have loved every moment and cannot wait to see you back here on the shores of Pyramid Point!
The Men of HQ
Can the second week of camp have happened so fast? Holy smokes! We are on a roll!
Sunday brought a good old fashioned North v. South Track Meet. The Council Fire Run, the Leela-Stone, and the High Jump all made an appearance. The team spirit, the camaraderie, and the expression of graceful athleticism were unparalleled.
Monday celebrated our second official totally normal day of Camp this summer. We had morning activities, afternoon activities, and played Human Foosball for the Juniors, and Foxes and Hounds for the Seniors for evening activity. Everybody even got a shower on Monday. Hurray for Normal Camp!
Tuesday saw an end to normalcy in a right hurry. At 6 in the morning we waved goodbye to the the adventurous crew heading for the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula, in order to hike along the Lake Superior Coast, or kayak below the famous rocks. [Spoiler alert] They had an awesome trip, but technically we don’t know that until Friday at Dinner.
In other news, Tuesday saw the Junior Flag Trip head to “Canada” to play a fierce game of Capture the Flag while our Senior Quartermasters took excellent care of their bellies’ needs. While that left around 10 kids back in Camp, we were able to have a fun backyard style cookout and picnic with Root Beer Floats to round out the evening.
Wednesday saw the return of the Junior Flag Trip with many tales of healings and adventures. Followed by a surprising number of Pirate themed on Camp cabin days. The eye patches and scavenger hunts abound as the knaves of the Argo lead the theming on the Zip-Line and Water Slide. And oh, the testimonies on Wednesday night flowed like the Mighty Crystal River. A steady stream of good and gratitude was shared by the boy!
Thursday and Friday proved to be our third and fourth almost totally normal days of camp for the session! The Juniors were able to indulge in some good old fashioned Thursday Night Soccer, while the Seniors headed to a Christian Science Lecture in Glen Arbor. On Friday after enjoying the tradition of Pizza and Milkshakes the whole Camp played a version of the Hunger Games that the CT’s had invented in their spare time learning how to canoe and training for their wilderness trip to Canada next week. The kids loved the game, and it gave the camp an opportunity to come together a large family, play together and then honor our 2 two-week campers that sadly departed on Saturday.
It is hard to believe how quickly the time has flown. With one week left in the three week session we are going to raise the bar and ask even more of these kids. The shakedown cruise has concluded, and we are going to give more of ourselves, be more selfless, be more sportsmanly, and seek opportunities to help each other in as many ways as possible. These are very exciting times!
From the Desk of HQ
KA-BOOM!! Summer at Camp Leelanau has begun with a BANG!
Opening Day dawned with a cool fog over Port Oneida Road. As the campers arrived the Brigadoon style mist parted and Camp Leelanau was born again for another amazing summer, ripe with potential for growth and goodness all around!
Monday and Tuesday blurred into one extravaganza of getting to know each other and camp activities like the Famous “Bar Exam” swim test at Bar Lake, Phat Tuesday water polo and picnic at the Dune Climb and Shallows, and morning activities launching into earning levels and, for returning campers, dusting off a few hibernating skills like archery and knot tying in Border Camp.
Wednesday The Lake warmed up by two degrees and the entire cabin of Argosy made a bid for all being perfect dippers on Wednesdays. (we’ll have to see what happens next week). Cabin Day found kids hiking on the Empire Bluffs, the backside of the dunes, and playing sports at Myles Kimmerly Park. Also two trips departed for the Back Property and the Manistee River respectively.
Thursday kicked off the first officially “normal” day of camp with morning activities, afternoon activities, and evening activities all planned by the counseling staff, with zero erroneous influence from HQ. Friday started in that manner, but then we couldn’t not pause to celebrate the boy’s innate humor with the 10th annual “War of Comedic Attrition”!! This competitive comedy show presented by the members of the North and South Teams was one for the ages. All of the stops came out as boys donned dresses, impersonated counselors, and expressed their musical talents. Leelanau has Talent!
On Saturday we brought out the good old fashioned Counelor Hunt in the morning, and practiced tackling in preparation for the Jr. Flag Trip in the afternoon. And of course the age old tradition of Saturday Night Soccer was not to be missed.
Camp Leelanau for Boys is off and running at full tilt, and we cannot wait for the continued unfoldment of only good as we launch into week number 2!
Thanks for reading, and as always,
The Men of HQ
Ka-Boom! The cannon roars and the campers head to the beach to start another day and another summer of Camp Leelanau. The first week seems to go by the fastest because of all the special activities, including some of the camper’s favorite parts of camp.
The Bar Exam (our annual swim test at Bar Lake) was a huge success on Monday afternoon. Phat Tuesday (a day designed to shake off any cobwebs and get the campers fully engaged in camp) brought Water Polo, GaGa with the youngsters, and most important of all…a Super Chicken Picnic at the Shallows. We finished the night with captain elections, which gave us CTs Ben Bradshaw and Ian McCullough for South and CTs Ben Austin and Phil Sholeen for North. The Spirit of the Manitou visited all of our new campers and assigned them teams with felt-tipped gusto.
On Wednesday the heavens opened up and we had to forgo Cabin Day in favor of donning our camos and playing a hardy game of Espionage. Espionage is played with two large teams that each defends a building that acts as the other team’s “embassy” while simultaneously attempting to get pieces of a message to their code breaker, who is inside the embassy, which the other team is guarding. The game was a big hit with all of the campers and the afternoon became warm and sunny which brightened everyone’s spirits.
Thursday brought a return to more normal camp activities, and Friday included Jr. Soccer for evening activity. On Saturday we loaded the boys on the bus for an afternoon of dune soaring at the backside of the dunes. The dunes were a huge success because the campers were able to display their jumping and climbing skills on a particularly steep section close to the water. After a refreshing dip we raced back to camp to eat dinner and play some good ‘ol Saturday Night Soccer.
Sunday morning the boys cleaned extra hard and then stood outside of their cabins for Sunday Inspection. Sunday is such an important day for clean up because it counts as double in the tally for Honor Cabin that is announced at Council Fire. Sunday afternoon was filled with an all camp game based on characters from the Amazing X-Men. Magneto (Weldon Rutledge) and the Mutant Brotherhood “kidnapped” Professor X (David Libbe), so the campers were forced to complete activities on the zip line, water slide, and soccer field to earn points and find Professor X. The game ended with all of camp launching soaking wet foam tennis balls at Magneto to banish him from this land. Everyone had fun running around in the sun avoiding the “bad guys”.
Then Sunday night we trudged up the hill for our weekly celebration of success in activities at Council Fire. HQ started the night out by talking about over coming any sins that might enter our daily existence such as laziness or disobedience. The new youngsters learned “What Gooses” they truly are when the Spirit of the Great Siam overtook Eric Olsen and Weldon, and Fred “Calves” Morrison defended his title as Indian Leg Wrestling Champion against rising star Ben Hanson. We closed by singing together the Council Fire Song and Taps, ending the night, and week, on a reverent tone as we all looked forward to joys and surprises yet to come.
Ka-Boom! Rise and shine, the long wait is over because the campers are here! But to share a little known secret, it takes lots of work, with a whole lot of fun thrown in, to get Camp ready for the boys to arrive. Pre-Camp kicked off Friday evening with mandatory deck time, knockout and a rousing game of kickball, pitting the young bloods against the has-beens. The young guns started off strong, but the has-beens managed to score enough to end the game in a tie. After the game we went on an inspirational hike to Pyramid Point. The next morning we got to work with the daunting task of waterfront set-up. Our task seemed extra challenging due to the brisk waters of Lake Michigan, but with some excellent teamwork the job was finished in no time.
Saturday afternoon the guys left on our annual staff trip. This year we mimicked the Junior Flag Trip, taking Big Blue (our big blue school bus) to the back meadow to run around the woods in our camo and capture flags! After we were all tuckered out, we spent the evening sitting around the fire telling stories and basking in good company. Sunday morning we hiked down to Gethsemane to enjoy one of Slim’s breakfasts of eggs and pancakes prepared over an open fire by Hickory (Weldon Rutledge) and his assistant Mule (Paul Olsen). We hustled back from church to start preparing all the ins and outs of our activities. The day ended with the long walk up Council Fire Hill.
The cannon went off bright and early Tuesday morning so we could begin our staff bonding and learning day, affectionately known as Two’s Day. As we chugged up the hill to the Dune Climb in Big Blue, Weldon decided to start the challenges right away by running out gas and empowering the counselors to push the bus to the side of the road. Big Blue Number 2 was called in and we all eventually made it to the dunes and breakfast. After eating, six groups of counselors hiked across the dunes, from the Dune Climb to the Back Side, stopping along the way for lesson study and intense dune jumping. The rest of the day consisted of teambuilding as pairs of counselors attempted to cross the ropes course and make it to the top of the climbing tower without breaking contact with each other. The groups then reconvened and competed in an Iron Chef competition. Various unmarked sauces and a few pounds of beef made this competition one for the books. Our kitchen staff judged the meals, with Josh and Jan leading the force. The evening ended with a skit and song from each team.
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday were chock full of meetings and prep time. Our two practitioners, Carla Stillman and Mark McCurties, shared thoughts about how to practice daily defense and better teach Sunday School and Quite Time, General Manager Marc Murphy presented an instructional manners skit, and Leelanau gathered together to reflect on why we decided to come back to camp this summer. Friday morning we met with the Board of Directors and discussed the different aspects of our activities. Then to prove we could still have fun, both staffs loaded into Big Blue and headed to the Back Side for an intense game of Dune Football. On the way home Big Blue again “broke down”, but this time in front of Riverfront so we could end the day with some delicious soft serve ice cream cone.
Saturday we had our all-staff metaphysical meeting led by Carla and Mark. We soaked in a lot of good thoughts on the art of healing, as well as learning more about Mary Baker Eddy. Saturday night we played soccer and debriefed another great week of Pre-Camp. With that done we were ready for the boys to arrive Sunday morning! The day was full of campers arriving, games on the field, and an open beach. After cookout we ended the night, and officially started the summer, with the walk up Council Fire Hill and a great fire provided by the CT Class of 2011.
A big BOOM from the cannon began Monday and the three week session. After activities and rest hour we piled into Big Blue for the ride to Bar Lake and our annual swim test. Our camp photographer Fred Morrison put together a fantastic video to capture the moment, check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYDKJvW01-k.
KABOOM! And the first week is passed! It has blown by. Well we left you at the Bar Exam in the last Report, so I’ll pick up there. Bar Lake was under perfect conditions for the swim test, digging in the sand and tackling, throwing, and diving with the football. PHAT Tuesday, a modern, mainstay kick-off of the camp season, saw the youngest boys out for a sail on Lake Michigan, lots of tie-dye, the other Juniors climbing the Rock Tower, and the Seniors heating up the Glen Lake Shallows with some Water Polo! The entire camp met together at Little Glen for a picnic dinner – gotta love that chicken!
Our first Cabin Day on Wednesday, had the boys on the camp property playing, (or building, for some), and getting to know one another. One cabin even had an interactive, brownie-baking scavenger hunt! Later, we basked in nature’s glory on top of the hill; the whole camp was together for our first evening Testimony Meeting.
Trips launched on Thursday. Canoeing on the classic Pine River accepted boys from the cabins of Tortuga through Shoshonis. And the oldest boys of the cabin of Cherokee tested out a new hybrid adventure – rock climbing on real cliffs in southern Michigan and then canoeing on the Pere Marquette River! Lots of trips to look forward to next week, including the annual favorite, Pictured Rocks.
Saturday evening, we christened the new soccer field in all of its level glory. A big THANKS to everyone who has helped make the field renovation possible and thanks to all who will come enjoy it! We continued our celebration of football (soccer) with World Cup Day on Sunday afternoon. The energy and hilarity could not be contained!
Council Fire was a perfect summation of our week, continuing the vivacity and Love always present. We heard a lesson on the fearlessness and protection granted by trust in God, as expressed by Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. We closed with a reminder of the longevity of friendships begun and started at Leelanau.
Alright, time to get back into it!! Good week and good luck…
Summer of 2010 has finally arrived. We had a sunny and eventful opening day. As many of you know, we have a new building in camp this summer: The Leelanau Lodge. On Sunday, Camp’s Board of Directors hosted the opening ceremony. Special guest, Clark Shutt, drove up from St. Louis to be here for this celebration and shared a few words of inspiration. Also sharing words of wisdom were Board Chair Marilyn Rinker, Whip Weaver-Member Emeritus, and our Camp Practitioner Don Wallingford. Jim Cooley was also on hand whose company, Cooley Construction, erected the building over the course of the last year.
After the ceremony, the campers and staff headed down to the beach for fun in the sun. The lake was refreshing and our new (at least for the three week session) water slide provided campers with lots of memorable moments. Following Flag Lowering, we were joined by Kohahna at the new lodge for our weekly cookout. With level picnic tables and a newly leveled playing field, kids of all ages enjoyed the food and our traditional game of elbow tag.
Our first Council Fire commenced with the telling of the David and Goliath story to highlight the importance of overcoming the obstacles in our life no matter how big they seem to be. Don Quitter, a camp alum, was on hand for his son Cole’s first Council Fire, and he shared an exciting account of his first senior Flag Trip that illustrated the need for taking advantage of each moment. Glenn Johnson, our camp director, also spoke about challenging ourselves to be excellent and to improve upon each day.
With a full week of camp ahead of us, we have set the bar high. Here at Camp Leelanau for Boys, excellence is our standard, and we strive for it in everything that we do.
It’s time to head off to the Bar Exam, and another beautiful day here at Pyramid Point.
Nothing is more potent, more in accord with being God-like than filling our thought with gratitude; even if the task seems challenging. What better time is there to expand our gratitude than during this time, the Thanksgiving holiday? It is a special time to think to reflect on the past 11 months of this concluding year and fill our thought with the rigor, intensity and grace of what we’ve witnessed during four wonderful seasons. We’ve all witnessed lots of good!
Gratitude has been in my thinking quite a bit this autumn on my journey through India with a College Abroad group. It’s been an incredible experience for me, and it begs me to ask each of us to be more grateful than ever for the supply we have in the United States. Everyday pictures of poverty, famine and corruption came to us in India. We were also challenged individually by our workload and the travel. However, the experience has also made clear the absolute reality of Love’s substance. Half-way around the world and hearing a different language and experiencing a different culture, there is a universal language we all understand – both those traveling and at home – the language of love, charity and gratitude.
The clearest demonstration of this fact is felt in acts of charity and selflessness, two qualities we certainly work on during Camp. Countless times was invited to walk home with someone and eat dinner with their family, with the result that over time I was welcomed by an entire family as an unexpected guest. Countless times I saw my group find incredible joy as a result of talking with beggars and street dwellers. While the communication was difficult, the results were always joyful, fulfilling and surprising. It became clear to me as a result that the only reality – the only true substance – is that of Love, charity and gratitude.
I realize that not all of us can travel thousands of miles in order to understand that what we have at home begs our constant gratitude, but I think about the immense amount of gratitude we witness at the camp during each summer. Every camper knows how wonderful we feel at camp when we’re surrounded by good friends, supportive counselors, and the little bit of paradise called Pyramid Point. I say this even after traveling around the world and back a few times: we have a special spot in Northern Michigan! We say this often during the summer sessions at Leelanau, and now it becomes meaningful. Good work is easy to do when you’re surrounded by friends and family, but in challenging situations we need to stay focused on doing our good work. We left camp three months ago and Thanksgiving is a good time to feel a jump-start – to share what we feel with the world, and doing so begins with gratitude.
Honestly filling our minds with gratitude can be difficult at times, and we’re asked to do it cheerfully! II Corinthians reminds us to “give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.” How we all love the cheerful giver! We recognize such an individual when we feel the love in simple acts of charity. We know that we, too, can spread warmth and love. We’ve learned how at camp; and if those with less than us and in worse situations can do it, so can we. Now is a special time of year share our gratitude!
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Chief executives around the world expect a return to strong economic growth over the next two years and are betting on digital transformation, AI technology, and corporate activism to help make it happen.
Some 60% of CEOs polled for Gartner’s 2021 CEO Survey said they anticipate a return to economic growth this year and in 2022. That follows pandemic-ravaged global economic performance in 2020, the research firm said. Gartner on Tuesday released its annual survey, which over six months last year polled 465 CEOs and other senior business executives employed at companies of varying size, revenue, and industries located in North America, EMEA, and APAC.
“CEOs’ top priorities for 2021 show confidence,” said Mark Raskino, research vice president at Gartner. “Over half report growth as their primary focus and see opportunity on the other side of the crisis, followed by technology change and corporate action.”
“This year, all leaders will be working hard to decode what the post-pandemic world looks like, and redeveloping mid- to long-range business strategy accordingly. In most cases, that will uncover a round of new structural changes to capability, location, products, and business models,” Raskino said in a statement.
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AI, quantum computing, 5G are strategic priorities
Respondents cited business growth, technology change, and corporate actions such as mergers and acquisitions as the top three priorities for their companies over the next two years. Technology is a particularly strategic concern for CEOs — digital capabilities were the only area where a majority of respondents said they planned to increase investment in 2021.
Gartner found that more CEOs than ever are citing digital change and investment as a priority for their organizations. When they gave answers about top strategic business priorities in their own words, 20% of CEOs used the word “digital,” up from 17% in 2020 and 15% in 2019. The unprompted citation of digitization as a priority has been steadily increasing in Gartner’s survey over the past several years, growing from just 2% of citations in 2012.
Drilling down to specific technological areas where CEOs expect to invest, respondents cited AI as the “most industry-impactful technology” over the coming years, Gartner said. Some 30% of respondents said quantum computing would be “highly relevant” to their companies’ long-term plans, but a majority weren’t certain how that would look. Respondents also cited blockchain and 5G as technologies they were focused on.
While a majority of CEOs polled did not have designated data officers such as chief digital officers or chief data officers, 83% of respondents said they employed chief information officers. A majority of CEOs surveyed by Gartner said their “top ask” of their CIOs is digitalization.
The United States-China economic rivalry and trade relations between the countries was another area of concern for Gartner respondents. One-third of surveyed CEOs said that “evolving trade disputes between the two nations” over core technologies like AI and 5G were “a significant concern for their businesses.”
CEOs see M&A opportunities, remote work in store
Global CEOs also cited M&As and other corporate actions, social and environmental issues, and new workplace conditions resulting from the pandemic as primary areas of focus.
Interestingly, fewer respondents than in previous surveys cited “sales revenue” as a growth priority, while more mentioned “new markets.” Gartner’s Raskino suggested that this shift, plus the increased emphasis on M&A opportunities, “shows that CEOs and senior executives seeking advantage from a cyclical downturn are going shopping for structural inorganic growth” rather than counting on incremental sales growth “using the strategies that have served them well in the past.”
“‘Techquisitions’ can bolster digital business progress, while also providing access to potential fast-growth market sectors,” Raskino said.
Meanwhile, more than 80% of CEOs believe “societal behavior change” taking place during the pandemic to become more or less the “new normal.” Most expect hybrid work-from-home arrangements to become permanent for many workers, while expenditures on travel-related activities will remain lower than before the pandemic.
These developments, as well as nearly half of surveyed companies’ prioritization of sustainability to mitigate climate change, will further increase companies’ reliance on digital technology and digital channel flexibility in the coming years, said Kristin Moyer, Gartner research vice president.
“This suggests that continuing to improve the way customers are served digitally will be vital,” Moyer said.
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New York (Tadias) – I recently ventured to Gansevoort Street, the heart of the Meatpacking District in Manhattan, to interview Marcus Samuelsson at Merkato 55, his new restaurant venture named after the largest open-air market in Africa. Samuelsson’s dishes, a sundry assortment of appetizers and entrees hailing from all four corners of the African continent are paving the way for Pan-African fusion to be the next big thing for New York foodies.
Certainly, traditional African cuisine has long been around in this city, teeming with immigrants, and we have had our share of authentic Senegalese, Moroccan, or Ethiopian dishes, but what Samuelsson’s Merkato 55 aspires to provide to our palates is a distinct culinary adventure. It is as much a subtle re-introduction of traditional African flavors to the western taste as it is an advertisement for the continent’s food contribution to the world.
Simulating the architectural hues, warm brown colors and landscapes across the African continent, Merkato 55′s interior, designed by Dutch architect Menno Schmitz, is a two-story restaurant and bar, capable of holding approximately 150 people. It is the largest African restaurant in New York. It’s menu is equally daunting in its extensive offerings.
Above: The bar downstairs. Photo by Jeffrey Phipps for Tadias.
Samuelsson, who was born in Ethiopia and raised in Sweden, is best known as the co-owner of New York’s finest Scandinavian restaurant, Aquavit. After having excelled at the Swedish side of his culinary heritage, Samuelson travelled extensively throughout the African continent, culminating his trips by sharing with us some of the most profound lessons that he learned about food and the sharing of food within African cultures, in his award-winning book aptly entitled The Soul of a New Cuisine.
Merkato 55 offers this new cuisine – a fusion of the old and new tastes, flavors, colors, and even sights of the scintillating diverse heritage of Africans.
“This is about adding something new to the New York landscape of restaurants”, Samuelsson says to me. “It’s an ambitious and grand New York African restaurant”.
It is indeed daring to launch the largest African restaurant in New York, bound not to one region or ethnic food, but rather infusing Africa’s indigenous foods with Samuelsson’s own chef-inspired artistic experiments.
on Monday, April 14, 2008 at Merkato 55. Photo by Jeffrey Phipps for Tadias.
Samuelsson is unpretentious about the fact that his African-inspired dishes might not have the same authentic taste as those dishes that he watched being prepared, and which he tasted on his travels. He points out that what most New Yorkers consider as African restaurants mainly consist of Ethiopian, Moroccan and Senegalese ethnic eats. He mentions to me some of the great ones such as Ghenet, Queen of Sheba, and uptown Senegalese eateries.
Merkato 55, however, is very much an effort to introduce the flavors of various African cultures not only to Westerners but also to each other as Africans. Samuelsson points out, “We are very proud of our own food, but we know very little about each other’s food. We know pan-African music, but we don’t know pan-African cuisine. An Ethiopian might know music from Mali, but not food from Mozambique”.
I can recall, in my case, not hesitating to mix an occasional meal of Mexican black beans and rice alongside Caribbean-inspired deep fried plantains, all in one sitting. But when it comes to Ethiopian food, I usually wouldn’t venture to use our kibe (spiced butter) or the fiery mitmita pepper on anything more than my favorite kitfo (beef tartar) or our traditional stews.
In true fashion, I had carried this same cautious tradition when I dined at Merkato 55 with Tseday Alehegn, editor of Tadias, and our friend Assefa, an Ethiopian New Yorker from Brooklyn. After scouring through the menu for something ‘Ethiopian’, and hence familiar, we settled on a main entree of Dorot Wot (chicken stew) and Dulet (spiced tripe) preceded by an appetizer of Plantain Chips and Spicy Shrimp Chili. The Doro Wot was familiar enough with the traditional injera bread and cottage cheese in the pot, but the Dulet took us all by surprise. It tasted nothing like the tripe we grew up eating in our parents’ and grandparents’ homes so we spent a few minutes debating whether it was really Dulet or not. Yet, it was the dish that we unanimously voted was the best tasting one. Needless to say, the only thing that mattered is that it was simply delicious. Now, of course, we know that we can eat Dulet in more ways than one.
This is the genius of Marcus Samuelsson’s fusion of African cuisine that brings creative “unity and harmony through food.” Samuelsson’s Merkato menu plainly asks us to be more assertive in our choices: How about a Berbere rack of Lamb with Grains of Paradise and Spring Garlic instead of the traditional Berbere with Injera? Perhaps even Grilled Shrimp Piri Piri as a side dish?
Beyond the borders that we place on what is or is not authentically African, there is a space, where Africa’s culinary gifts are not left relegated to basement ‘mom & pop’ stores – segregated into national and ethnic enclaves.
Samuelsson puts it more succinctly, “We are trying to show Africa in a different light, without the masks.”
How many of us know, for example, that the peanut butter that we fondly call ‘All-American’ was introduced to us straight from West African traditional cuisine? Rice, now a necessary global staple, has been part of the traditional West African diet since the 1500s and was successfully cultivated in the New World by the first Africans in the Carolinas. Spices such as coriander, grains of paradise and tamarind, and vegetables such as cucumbers and okra originated in Africa. Grains such as millet, quinoa, sorghum and teff, now popularly re-introduced in natural food stores as alternatives to wheat, have a long tradition of being served alongside spicy currys, breads or beans in East and West African cuisines. Even the beans for our daily fix of coffee are said to have originated in the Ethiopian highlands.
When we pause to reflect, we are already familiar with many of the ingredients commonly found in African-inspired menus. But Merkato 55 is bold – not only for mixing East and West, North and South, but also for unveiling the depth of African variety, the richness of the flavors, both those which are indigenous and those brought over to the continent through historical and colonial trade routes.
“I do know food and I have deep knowledge and love for African food” Samuelsson says.
And indeed it’s time for a true connoisseur of food to give Pan-African cuisine its limelight and to break down our self-imposed restrictions of how to savor African cuisine.
I have learned my lesson. After my interview, Samuelsson prepared for us Grilled Shrimp Piri Piri Baby Romaine, inspired by a dish from Mozambique. I also had a taste of North African Hummus and Baba Ghanoush, Spicy Shrimp Chili and Apricot Blatjang with Mint from the Kidogo Sample, which includes an assortment of African Breads.
Above: The Kidogo Sample. Photo by Jeffrey Phipps.
Monday, April 14, 2008. Photo by Jeffrey Phipps for Tadias.
Next time I am in the Meatpacking District, I may just as well try the Steak Dakar with Coriander Butter and Merkato Fries, and a glass of South African Wine.
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Liben Eabisa is Founder and Publisher of Tadias Magazine.
Additional reporting by Tseday Alehegn
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1 John Apr 24th, 2008 at 6:24 am
I’m very proud to see successful Ethiopian like Marcus Samuelsson…and
the food looks delicious! Yummmmmmmmmmy!
2 Yonathan Apr 25th, 2008 at 8:18 am
Liben, wonderfully written article.
I’ve heard that the Addis Ababa Merkato is the largest open-market in Africa. Now Merkato 55 is the boldest amalgamation of African cuisine under one roof. This one is for the ages. I’m in awe…
It’s just that I’m afraid there won’t be anything else left for Marcus to do. I know Einstein left his brain behind for scientific inquiry. We came to learn it has a lot more grooves than most human brains. I can’t think of anything else that Marcus can do now, save offering his tongue for progeny. I am tongue-tied for not knowing what to say.
I just pray that my tongue may find its brief, repeated ecstacies at Merkato 55. Yet I doubt whether it’s worth going back on a decade-long vegetarian pledge. I have only gone back on this determination twice, the last time for a tongue sandwich at Katz Deli (really!). I have not had this much of a dilemma on this question since. That dulet you mention. Damn that Marcus. I mean, seriously.
(happy to live in NYC)
3 lilli Apr 25th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Wow. I love Africa so this is so nice. The food looks so healthy.
I hope to visit it one day.
4 worku Feb 13th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
I am proud of Ethiopian traditional foods and I hope all of u feel the same way. Above all, come and taste it here !
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Anastasia Hopcus wrote her first book in the 2nd grade. It was entitled Frederick the Friendly French Ferret and was seven pages long. During high school she wrote numerous short stories and started (but never finished) three screenplays, all as an alternative to doing actual school work. At the very wise age of twelve her career ambition was to drive a Mack truck, but when that didn’t pan out, she tried acting, bartending, and being a receptionist in a dojo before finally returning to writing. Anastasia loves horror movies, Joss Whedon, obsessing over music, and British accents. She lives in Austin, Texas but you can visit her on her Goodreads page.
Can you tell us about the book you’re working on? Is it coming easily or have you run into road blocks?
My most recent WIP has been much more of a struggle than anything I’ve written before it. It has two separate points of view, which means I have to spend time getting inside the head of each character. Because it is a time travel novel, I had to do even more research than usual, which is quite a lot as it is. Keeping the word length down has been the most difficult. But I think it’s a really good project and I’m excited for other people to get to read it.
How many words have you written in one writing session?
The most I’ve written in one session was 7000 words, but that’s very abnormal for me. I usually do about 1000-2000 words at one time.
Who was the hardest character to develop?
Probably Colt, the main female character in my WIP, because she’s very different from me, whereas Phe’s personality is a lot closer to my own, which makes it easy to determine what she would do in different circumstances. But I do feel like all the hard work on Colt paid off, and I think she’s a very multi-dimensional person.
When was the last time you went bowling? Was it fun or total disaster?
I don’t remember the exact date, but I’m always terrible at it, but it still ends up being a lot of fun.
Do you come up with your book titles?
Yes, that’s something I really enjoy.
What is the easiest part of the writing process? Hardest?
Dialogue is the part of writing that’s the most fun for me. I don’t know if it’s the easiest, but it’s the part I enjoy the most. Structuring the story is definitely the hardest part and something I’m always working to improve on.
Can you tell us about your challenges in getting your first book published?
The most challenging part was trying to find an agent who had the same vision for my story as I did. Luckily, I found Meredith Kaffel, who I work well with. That search was probably five times longer than it took to find a publishing company for Shadow Hills. But it was well worth it!
What is your very favorite part of the day?
Would you rather plan a party or attend one? Why?
I’d rather attend one. As with structuring my novel, I find the planning phase of anything to be the most difficult.
Any advice to share with aspiring writers?
I think that learning many different methods to approach the writing process is very beneficial. Even if you don’t agree with some of the advice, it can help clarify what does or doesn’t work for you. That way you are better equipped to tailor your own writing experience, which seems to be very different for each individual.
Are you a person who makes the bed in the morning?
No, definitely not. I’m lucky if I make the bed once a year.
Are there certain characters you would like to return to?
All of the Shadow Hills characters, especially my absolute favorite, Brody. Luckily I was able to reconnect with all of them recently while writing a Shadow Hills novella. The novella Holiday Spirits will be out in late fall and here’s a taste of what’s in store for my favorite group of characters:
Winter break is fast approaching, and Persephone Archer is looking forward to one weekend at Devenish Prep where she doesn’t have to worry about her new supernatural powers or the mysterious affliction that plagues her boyfriend Zach. All she wants is to lounge around with her friends, and, even more tempting, spend some alone time in front of the fire with Zach.
So when the friends are forced to work as stagehands by the school’s drama department, the group concocts a prank to convince the Devenish Players that the theater is haunted. The thing they didn’t count on was that the ghost stories might actually be true…
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Starting from 1980s different religions “went public” all around the world and reclaimed their agency in the public sphere. However, while in this process of ‘deprivatization’ certain religious traditions such as Catholicism became the focus of many research initiatives, the Eastern Orthodox tradition attracted little scholarly attention.
Starting from 1980s different religions “went public” all around the world and reclaimed their agency in the public sphere. However, while in this process of ‘deprivatization’ certain religious traditions such as Catholicism became the focus of many research initiatives, the Eastern Orthodox tradition attracted little scholarly attention. The book Religion, Identity and Politics in Poland and Russia, which is based on Sevinç Alkan Özcan’s Ph.D. thesis submitted to the Marmara University in Istanbul in 2010, does justice to these two traditions with its focus on the role and stance of the Polish Catholic Church and Russian Orthodox Church within the context of church-state relations, public space, civil society and democratization in two post-communist countries: Poland and Russia. In these two countries, Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity, despite interruptions during the communist rule, play a determining role in church-state relations, political patterns, national identity and social sphere. The book offers a well-structured comparative analysis and valuable insights into the experiences of these two major representatives of Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity in Eurasia during the pre-communist, communist, and post-communist era.
The book consists of five chapters. The first chapters, which is also the introductory chapter of the book, consists of a detailed discussion of church history, the schism of 1054, evolution of church-state relations in modern European history with a particular focus on the relations between Polish Catholicism and Russian Orthodoxy with their respective states. The second chapter, which is the main theoretical chapter of the book, elaborates on the secularization theories and analyzes the link between the secularization process and evolution of public space and civil society in Europe. The role of religion in modernization and nation-building in Russia and Poland are also discussed in the last section. The third chapter focuses on the relations of the Polish Catholic Church with the Polish state after the 1990s and the Church’s direct intervention into the democratization process as a de facto state church. The fourth chapter seeks to address how the relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the state in the Russian Federation evolved with the dissolution of the Soviet Union from coop-eration and reciprocal support into an ”unholy alliance.” In the last and concluding part the author, careful to avoid generalizations and emphasize particularities of the two cases, pro-vides a concise comparative analysis and evaluation.
Theoretical discussions on secularization after the 1960s form the theoretical basis of this work. Through a thorough theoretical discussion of the concept and processes of seculariza-tion in Europe, the author poses important questions on the processes of secularization in Poland and Russia, particularly focusing on the close relations between the Polish Catholic Church and Russian Orthodox Church with their respective states. Elaborate discussion of these two cases is important, as it allows the reader to question whether secularization is an irreversible process that every society has to go through in the same way, to what extent the experiences of Eastern European societies differ from that of the West in terms of seculariza-tion, and whether the revitalization of religion in post-communist societies and easing of tension between the state and religion pose a challenge to the secularization theory and secu-larization model that was foreseen by the communist regimes.
As the author clearly points out the secularization theories, based on the assumption that modern secular institutional structure of the West (Western and Northern Europe) would be emulated in different parts of the world, have disregarded the experiences of Islamic societies and Central and Eastern Europe with secularization. While classical secularization theories poses modernization and religion as opposites and secularization as an important precondi-tion for the modern state, the role that the religion and particularly the main traditional churches played in the modernization and nation-building processes of the countries in Eastern Europe from the 19th century onwards present us with different secularization pat-terns. As the author aptly describes secularization emerged and followed a different course in Poland and Russia than in Western Europe. This different course has a lot to do with mod-ernization, religious reform, and nation-building processes in these two countries. Moreover, the revival of religion in the region after the 1990s presents a challenge to the secularization thesis. Owing to the first among equals status of the Polish Catholic Church and Russian Orthodox Church vis-à-vis the other religious denominations, the author also describes the church-state relations in the post-communist societies as accommodation, rather than sepa-ration between religious and worldly affairs. The book, therefore, makes a valuable and im-portant contribution to the debate on secularization through a comparative analysis of the two different secularization patterns and transformation of church-state relations in Poland and Russia after the 1990s, and reveals that secularization process is not a universal irreversi-ble process but something specific to a certain period of the European history.
After the discussion of particular secularization experiences of two countries, the book sets to compare the evolution of relations between the Polish Catholic Church and the Polish state and Russian Orthodox Church and Russian state. Both Poland and Russia are mono-confessional countries and these two churches in both countries are closely associated with the national identity. Division of Poland due to foreign interventions, while separating the Polish Catholic Church from the state, led to the identification of the Church with the nation and its definition as the symbol of national unity. While the author rightly criticizes definition of church-state relations in the Byzantine Orthodox tradition as caesaropapist, she argues that starting with Peter the Great’s reforms and Westernization attempts the Church became a state institution and an instrument of the state’s Russification and assimilationist policies in Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine.
The book provides sharp insights into the tension between these two Churches’ urge to gain a privileged public actor status and the requirements of the democratic civil societies in transition to liberal democracy. The Polish Catholic Church under communist rule, par-ticularly after the Vatican Council II (1962-65) and Cardinal Karol Józef Wojtyła was elected as the Pope in 1978, became a constitutive element of civil society. This was not the case for the Russian Orthodox Church, as its main concern was to preserve its unity, rather than resisting against the communist regime and forming a proto-civil society. However, with the fall of the communist regimes both Churches, despite differences in their tradi-tions, started acting against civil society as they both focused their energies on getting their churches and properties back from the state, finding new financial sources, shaping relig-ious education, becoming more active in the political sphere and/or carrying the church agenda to the public sphere.
The author also clearly shows that in the case of Poland and Russia the public space is not a place where different actors fully participate on equal terms. In both countries, new constitu-tions and legal arrangements introduced the separation of state and religious affairs, new regulations on human rights and religious liberties. Despite these regulations the new political authorities in these countries established special relations with the traditional majority churches. Both the Polish Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church dominate over the other actors in the public space with the backing of the state, media, and in the case of Po-land political parties and politicians. The Polish Catholic Church came out of the communist era as the highest moral authority and the strongest institution in Poland. With the Concordat it signed with the Polish state in 1993 it gained a privileged status and with the 1997 Law on Freedom of Religion and Conscience, it gained first among equals status. However, simulta-neously the Church started to lose backing of the people as it directly intervened in politics and adopted an aggressive stance on matters related with religious education, anti-abortion laws, Christian values in the media, anti-semitism, church finances and constitutional debates. Similarly, the religious organization that benefited most from the liberal atmosphere right af-ter the dissolution of the Soviet Union was the Russian Orthodox Church. Even though at-tendance in the Russian Orthodox Church is quite low, it is among the most trusted institu-tions in the post-communist Russia. The 1997 Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations recognizes the Orthodoxy’s special role in the history, spirituality, and culture of Russia. The author argues that with the end of the Cold War, church-state relations took the form of reciprocal support under Yeltsin, which later on was transformed into an alliance and even a symbiotic relationship under Putin. However, despite the Church’s influence in the public and social sphere, its influence over Russian politics remains limited. Regarding relig-ious pluralism, the author refers to the Polish Catholic Church as an outlier and exception in the Catholic model, but attests that the least pluralist model is in Russia. The Russian Ortho-dox Church has acted as the biggest impediment in the way of religious pluralism in Russia in the post-communist era, alarmed by the challenge posed by the new religious movements, particularly the neo-Protestant churches that became active in Russia after the 1990s as well as demands of separation by the Ukrainian, Estonian, and Moldovan Orthodox Churches.
The book is a theoretical work based on a meticulous interdisciplinary research process and opens up new research avenues for comparative studies on religion and secularization. Therefore, it could be of interests to the reader working in different disciplines ranging from political science, history and international relations to sociology and sociology of religion. The length of the book, detailed account of events and theoretical discussions at certain points could be somehow distractive for the general reader. However, this does not under-mine the valuable contribution it makes to the understanding of the role of religion in Euro-pean history, identity, politics, and public space.
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I love Windwalker. I have devoted thousands of hours into playing Windwalker, writing about Windwalker, theorycrafting about Windwalker, talking about Windwalker, teaching about Windwalker, and thinking about Windwalker. Windwalker is my side-hustle, years ago the money I get out of the game passed the money that I have put into it. Windwalker is sometimes a job, sometimes a hobby, and sometimes an obsession. I don’t mean to drive people away from the spec; as by-the-numbers, the Windwalker population has gone up due to the complaints that I am going to rant about. This is merely why I’m not enjoying Windwalker as much as I want to and why I’ve put more time into my Feral Druid than I have into any alt in the last few years short of the DH I swapped to for a few months.
I also don’t give a flying fart about Mythic+ or PvP. I’m sorry, but they’re a means to an end for me when it comes to raiding
So one of the things that I’ve written about plenty has been the history of Windwalker and all the changes that have happened. I have written at least 6 articles in the last three years that discussed some aspect of Windwalker’s problematic past, whether its the prevalence of changes, the problems with SEF, the constant threat of scaling, or how Havoc DH had an effect on the Windwalker population, was basically Windwalker 2.0, or are different in some of the worst ways. And that doesn’t include the ones I’ve written in years past that are archived.
Windwalkers have seen some of the highest heights for the some of the shortest times, like Antorus, and some of the lowest lows for some of the longest times, like most of Battle for Azeroth. Windwalkers have seen some of the fastest rates of changes for some things, like fixing Swift Roundhouse a day after I posted about it, and fixing Grong Core cheese, but also some of the slowest rates of changes for others, like saying we’ll get an update “next week” then taking 28 days.
Sometimes its been a very exhausting spec to write for and care about. Other times its exciting. Sometimes its both. But eventually that stuff gets pretty tiresome and boring, when I feel like anything I write about will change the second I write about it if its a good thing, and stay forever no matter how much I do, if its bad.
Now we get down to the reason that I’m writing this article. I absolutely, positively, fucking loathe the existence of the “AOE-Niche” and how far into that ridiculous rabbit hole Windwalker has fallen. In 9.0, Windwalker was very good at AOE damage on a fight like Stone Legion Generals, and decent at single target damage on a fight like Hungering Destroyer. Then 9.0.5 came and Windwalker stayed pretty good at Stone Legion Generals, but became pretty bad at Hungering Destroyer. So then Sanctum comes out and Windwalker becomes OMGWTFBBQOPAF on AOE fights like Soulrender Dormazain, but stays pretty bad at single target like Guardian of the First Ones. Things are a little better now that you can go to Kyrian for more single target damage, but it still doesn’t look great.
So this is where my feathers get ruffled; being good at AOE damage is fine, being great at AOE damage is even better, but both of those are awful if you do crap single target damage. Windwalkers have shined like a supernova on Soulrender this tier, and may shine just as bright, if not brighter, on Xymox next tier. But at some point it may get to the level of Windwalker’s single target damage being so behind that it doesn’t matter how strong their AOE damage is. Raiding is ultimately about kill bosses, and killing bosses almost always means doing damage to said boss. On occasion there will be multiple bosses to AOE, but currently Windwalker’s “niche” is to kill everything else so that the rest of the raid team can kill the boss. Its great to be useful, but anyone who has killed Soulrender or Painsmith knows that as soon as progression is over, its a mad dash to beat everyone else out in AOE damage.
This is what I loathe, this is what’s pushing me away from the spec more and more every passing week. Admittedly, my distain for this style of competitive damage made me stop caring almost immediately, but my highest overall DPS parse on Soulrender remains my first kill, when everyone was told not to touch the adds, but focus on the boss because I’d take care of them. After that kill, even if we told people not to, they couldn’t resist AOEing just a little bit more, which eats into my damage potential. My 2nd highest kill was an alt run we did where I brought my Monk because I had played my druid in main raid and, again, everyone was told to just focus boss so that I could handle adds, even though they clearly didn’t.
I believe that this damage distribution leads to nothing but toxicity. Players are forced to hope that their teammates fail, or do worse, so that they can do better. It takes any semblance of “team” out of the situation and becomes a winner take all fight. Whoever is slightly faster, plays slightly riskier, or sacrifices a little bit more elsewhere, can get the edge in an AOE situation like Soulrender or Painsmith or Fatescribe. And when a spec like Windwalker has to sacrifice a large portion of its single target in order to do maximum AOE, if you’re slightly slower, don’t play as risky, or don’t sacrifice elsewhere, then not only do you do shit for ST, but all your AOE gets stolen. So then you resent your teammates that little bit, you hope next week the comp doesn’t have them in it, or they’re running chains, or hit by a spike wall, all so you can parse better on the colored bars. This is only exaggerated in a spec like Windwalker that has to do some setting up for your AOE where other specs don’t.
This isn’t the same as Mythic+, or even a fight like Sylvanas, where everyone is fighting the boss at the same time and everyone is fighting the mobs at the same time. This is a zero-sum situation where you have to choose between being great at what you’re great at or being OK at what you’re bad at, except you can choose to be great at what you’re great at and have that greatness stolen by someone else.
This is why I don’t care about my overall damage on fights. Its why I held boss DPS in P1 of Sylvanas for weeks and just focused on arrows, its why I switched to single target setups as soon as I could. I don’t want to have to hope that my guild-mates do poorly so I could do well, I want to focus on what can do to make them succeed better. As of writing this, I’m the #6 Windwalker in the world for boss damage in Sanctum, #3 in the US. THAT is what was important to me. THAT is what I could look at and say “this shows I was playing better” rather than “this shows that others were playing worse.” My success is their success, and their success is my success. If they do enough AOE damage, they get their good ranks, and it means that I can better ignore the adds and focus on getting my timings right, my rotation more flawless, and making less mistakes. Boss damage is how I can see that I’m improving, rather than just hoping that I play better AND others play worse.
But it doesn’t feel great to have to focus on what my spec is crap at. My best Guardian parse was still #7 on my team that day, including being behind fucking Grayhound who got a 43rd percentile for Assassination Rogues. I’d love to be able to aim to maximize what my spec shines at, rather than have to “settle” for what I can control and what doesn’t make me want to kill my meatball raid-mates.
So… what’s a Babs article without solutions that will likely never happen? Basically my opinion boils down to this:
For anyone who doesn’t know how a Punnett square works, educate yourself you uncultured swine.
If your spec is great at both ST and AOE, you’re getting stacked, you’re getting swapped to, you’re getting the FotM, and the loves.
If your spec is great at ST and terrible at AOE then you are still valuable, since bosses still need to die and bosses still take ST damage.
If your spec is terrible at ST but great at AOE, you’re playing Windwalker right now and need to engage in some toxic shit to be successful, slowly ruining your humanity.
If your spec is terrible at both ST and AOE, wtf are you doing playing that spec? Or you’re playing a Windwalker in the latter 75% of Battle for Azeroth and just hang on there a little bit longer, it gets better.
A few months ago I asked on Twitter if people would prefer the spec they play be the Best at ST and worst at AOE, Best at AOE and Worst at ST, or Perfectly average at both. The majority said Perfectly Average at both, at 46.6%, but the runner up was Best at ST, Worst at AOE at 31.8% over the opposite view with 21.6%. I personally expected it to be different, expecting most people to want to be better at AOE damage since those are the bigger numbers, but people surprised me. So, the obvious answer is that FotM rerollers don’t follow me on Twitter, because I’ve never heard of someone rerolling to a spec because it was really great at boss damage despite being crap at AOE, but I’ve seen plenty of times where the opposite is true.
The obvious solution is to buff Windwalker’s ST damage. A spec can be great at AOE and good at ST, a spec can be great at ST and good at AOE, a spec can be great at ST and bad at AOE, but a spec really can’t be great at AOE and bad at ST as it just leads to bad choices, its the gateway damage distribution.
However, my solution has been to level and gear up a Feral Druid, because if any spec knows about being great at ST damage and bad at AOE, its Feral Druids. Feral’s been fun for me; its slower than WW, it does shit AOE so I don’t have to worry about what’s going on outside of the boss, and it does really strong boss damage and has historically. I probably should have looked more into Assassination Rogues, but we’ve long had a rule about playing “all the specs” of your class’s role, so while I can get away with not playing Boomkin most of the time, I couldn’t really get away with ONLY playing Assassination if it were ever to fall behind Subtlety or Outlaw. At least with Feral I can dig my heels in to being a melee.
So that’s my plan right now, and may change at any moment. If Windwalker gets some nice single target buffs, I’ll probably stick with it, but that seems like a big IF. I’m not sure I care if those ST buffs come in the form of numbers, legendaries, tier sets, or (preferably) talent changes, but they pretty much have to come if I am going to stick with Windwalker for the time being and not just go with Feral and become the boss damage focused DPS I’ve always been meant to be.
So not quite the angry article I expected, and no less long than my normal ones. Just had to get it off my chest. Now fuck off, I’m going to bed.
Pandragoon on December 22, 2021 at 9:23 pm
I hear what youre saying. I’ve been considering switching to my rogue. Playing WW since MoP beta has ruined me for 1.5 second GCD classes, and Ferals energy regen and rotation is just too slow for me. So, Rogue it is. Good thing I like Rogue, and all 3 specs. Problem is, it’s such a pain in the ass to gear up melee from how uppity and elitist so many people are. I cant stand spending 7 hours in M+ queue until someone finally decides to invite me, and raid pugs are impossible to join. I love WW so much, but I’m so sick of Blizzard crapping on us. I mean, our Tier set is just a damage bandaid.
However, right now I am my guilds only monk. We do have one healer who used to main MW, then switched to Shaman at the start of SLs. Not sure if he is going back to monk or paladin right now.
Michael on December 26, 2021 at 9:35 pm
Biggest problem is that you only raid. That’s not to say your points are not valid. They are – but WW shines in other areas of the game. Bliz is just terrible at balancing the 3 aspects of the game. Raids, M+, and PVP. It’s a sad reality.
Babylonius on December 26, 2021 at 10:19 pm
I strongly agree with all of that
Phoenix on December 27, 2021 at 1:55 pm
I agree as well. The worst thing is that I dont think it was even intentional to make ww aoe master. It kinda happened. All we need tbh is rising sun kick conduit. DH has it, arms so does retribution and many other. Code is there just copy it from legion. double kick was cool.
Houston David Hudson on March 1, 2022 at 10:33 am
To me it seem blizzard hates melee take DoS dungeon the boss is souly a ranged DPS boss I never finished sanctum because of pain master and is spiked meatballs. I good a st but great at burst AOE. A little tip I’ve learned on st release the clones and your kitty first then go in for the kill. I’m Necro so bonedust while active release your inner ballerina and spin til bonedust runs out by that time the kitty is ready to be released for the final takedown. I didn’t not use deathshot that often but fist and sun work is n st. When I start wind I was doing 3k DPS now 4 years later im hitting up to 30-50 DPS on st. When I raid with my guild I don’t get put on add duty I’m up there with the tanks helping take down the boss when my health run low I back of vivify and go play with the adds for fun. Wind Walker is the most versatile spec in my honest opinion. Case in point during legion tw lfr in a dungeon with 2 monk a demon hunter and I forget the shit bags I believe it was a druid n mage those 2 left half way through the dungeon so 2 dps and tank only we said f it and gave finished that dungeon with time to wind can heal res and even tank it’s in our spells. Don’t fall into the hype of kyrian smurfs are best for monks no I started as a Necro got talked into changing to the smurfs and suffer all 9.0.5 I changed back to Necro and weapons of order have nothing on fleshcraft and bonedust when I want an npc following me around I grab a construct not an owl human mutant. Most importantly wind brew and mist are the most op specs I threw rotation out the window I play by what my ui shows me and what I learned from borgast and the maw rotation are for new school players I’ve been playing since the TBC as a warlock when mop came I test the new spec fell in love with I rage quit during wod and came back at the end of legion beginning of bfa play a brew monk loved it but I couldn’t get the tank role down switched to wind mid way through 8.2 and loved the spec I even change from undead to a nightborne at the beginning of 9.1.5 undead run to slow. This is my final word of advice don’t worry about how much damage you do throw the rules book out the window think like a monk do as you please and have fun after all it’s a game.
A Real Monk on March 20, 2022 at 4:46 pm
Just remember you are one of the main reasons WW is in the place it is in.
You advocated for the 1.5 sec GCD nerf.
You advocated for the ranged spec of WW.
You advocated for the venthyr zoo NERF in alpha and beta. (Which was a literally god level dps spec beating every other coven by miles but you hated the pets)
You are the leading cause to the sad state of WW today.
If you had ever been a martial artist IRL instead of a failed guidance counselor or even focused on monks from other games, you would have seen we needed to be the high speed, high skill cap, but insanely high return, monk you see in other games and real martial arts. A class so fast your average player can’t keep up with.
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Group think was the real cause of the 2008 financial crash. “As someone who had a front-row seat,” she explains, “there were no evil geniuses pulling the strings.” Just guys who all look and think alike, and as a result, “didn’t see it coming.”--Sallie Krawcheck
Feminists are never born. They are forged in the fire of experience. Sallie Krawcheck’s story, as told to an audience of 370+ mostly women business leaders at the Rotman School of Management in Toronto on Jan. 12, is a case in point.
Sallie Krawcheck, now 51, a celebrity ex-Wall Street CEO-turned entrepreneur, led a charmed life growing up. Her father was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives. She was a homecoming Queen, cheerleader, track star and member of Tri-Delta Sorority; she received a full scholarship to complete her undergrad in journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned an MBA from Columbia Business School. Both parents raised her to believe she could do and be anything if she worked hard. She believed them.
And for awhile it seemed true. But once in the workforce in her 20s, reality hit. Having the “balls” to endure sexism was still part of the job-not of part the past. Krawcheck recounts how photocopies of penises were left on her desk each morning (apparently just for laughs). Years later, having built a stellar reputation on Wall Street as a gifted analyst with legendary work quality, integrity, and ethics, Krawcheck was fired twice, both times from high-profile public roles. And she is pretty direct these days about why: She was fired because she was a woman, or more accurately, because she brought a woman’s perspective to the CEO suite.
Up until then, she had not considered herself a feminist.
“In fact, if you had asked me four or five years ago, based on the business books coming [out] about women, [I thought] we were on our way! We were going to have a woman President in the White House! Well, that didn’t happen. Today, we have a misogynist in the White House.”
Today, Krawcheck believes that progress for women has stalled, and in some areas, even been rolled back. She questions whether having women on corporate boards will make a difference—if those women also think like the men around them. She is convinced a new approach is needed to advance women’s equality to the next level.
What is Krawcheck’s “New” Approach?
In her new book, Own It: The Power of Women At Work, Krawcheck starts with the idea that women need to stop pretending to be men.
In Krawcheck’s view, the old practice of acting and thinking like a man to get ahead and stay on top has only served to perpetuate pervasive and often noxious “white-men group think”, which, in her view, was the real cause of the 2008 financial crash. “As someone who had a front-row seat,” she explains, “there were no evil geniuses pulling the strings.” Just guys who all look and think alike, and as a result, “didn’t see it coming.”
For Krawcheck, the antidote to this kind of destructive group think is diversity. Yet, the reason even companies that embrace diversity policies fall short of promised potential is that corporate leaders “count” diversity versus truly “listening”, rarely reward or are truly open to diverse points of view. Krawcheck believes women also hide or hold back their differences, and in so doing, actually undermine the potential diversity might deliver. For diversity to work, someone actually has to say something, out loud, that challenges the status quo or calls out questionable behaviour. And that, Krawcheck says, doesn’t happen often enough.
Feminist anti-essentialists would take issue with Krawcheck’s view that women are intrinsically different from men, but she holds that we need to learn to leverage the “six things we naturally have going for us.” These include: relationship skills, love of learning, proclivity to think about the long term, being more risk-aware, better at managing complexity, plus giving weight to meaning and purpose when making career and money decisions. Krawcheck says we don’t need more empowerment. We HAVE power. We just need to believe in its legitimacy, potency, and use it.
She also says women need to initiate the “courageous conversations” required to foster real change. As for fear of reprisal, Krawcheck reminds us that women have more options than ever before to take their talent elsewhere—and perhaps even become a freelancer or entrepreneur (though I am sure that with time, she will soon learn that these options are not gender barrier free either, nor do they necessarily result in better personal financial outcomes).
Finally, Krawcheck suggests women need to get control of their finances, learn to invest what they’ve earned and may soon inherit, and leverage their growing financial clout to create change. Money, after all, still talks.
While Krawcheck rejected feminism in her earlier years, today, she fervidly brandishes the term around as part of her personal and new enterprise’s brand ethos. She talks proudly about how her son calls himself a feminist, and she has named 2017 as the year of the financial feminist. She interviewed Gloria Steinem (and noted in her talk that Steinem still has Macrame on her walls). Meeting rooms at Ellevest, the digital advising company for women she co-founded last year, are named after women feminist leaders (G for Gloria Steinem and A for Alice Walker).
Her earlier book, Mind the Gender Gap, is an excellent financial management resource that identifies where women are paying more due to gender, and what to do about it.
However, on the question of how to drive much-needed systems (political, economic, social and cultural) change, Krawcheck seems less sure of herself, her answer toned by an air of resignation.
“Well, we have to take control of what we can take control of,” she said in response to a question from the audience. “I think we have to work on the big stuff (like a parental leave in the U.S.), but we can only go so far.” She adds that we should elect more women, mentor women leaders, and write more often to elected representatives.
But let’s be honest. We all know from decades of doing these things that these approaches haven’t moved the needle as far, or as permanently, as we would have liked. We also know that any progress made can be summarily flattened by one single election or world event.
That is why feminism is not just about dealing with surface issues like corporate glass ceilings, or “living the life one chooses”. Fundamentally, it is about building better economic, social and political systems which as a result of enlightened design, inherently ensures equal political, social and economic power between the sexes, regardless of race, creed, colour or religion, for the benefit of all people and ultimately, the planet.
Will “Owning It” and Using Financial Power Bring on Equality?
Krawcheck’s own story shows she “owned it”, and had financial power. But that didn’t stop the men in charge from silencing her. So the answer is: Not likely.
Notwithstanding, Krawcheck’s advice for women to present authentically is refreshingly different from most of the women’s advice books out there. And it certainly is a break from the type of advice hocked by other female role models in positions of power such as real estate mogul and Shark Tank investor Barbara Corcoran, who says women should “hike up their skirts” to get ahead, or uninformed dismissal of feminism by women like Canadian celebrity entrepreneur Arlene Dickenson.
I also welcome Krawcheck’s efforts to help women recognize and use their financial power to create social change. And I am encouraged to see a wealthy, privileged, influential women like Krawcheck get ”woke” by reality and, as a consequence, re-engage with feminism. Feminism needs women from all walks of life and points of view to get on board with the movement—especially now.
That said, Krawcheck and others like her also need to remember that feminism is a long-standing, diverse and international movement (in existence since the 1600s) comprised of thousands of small grassroots organizations working for equality with scarce resources. I hope her philanthropy is well aligned with her new feminist identity
Also, there is no such thing as one feminism, nor a dispassionate feminist. Thus, choosing low cost, high volume strategy for a “women’s centric” product-based enterprise that also aims for outsized investor returns while flying a feminist flag is risky. It reduces the addressable market. Polls (there are many, all similar conclusions) indicate that only somewhere between 18-23% of women openly identify as feminist.
And then there is the wide open ‘net. White male CEOs in secluded 40th-floor corner offices are one thing; radicalized internet trolls, male and female, who are everywhere, and know where you live, are quite another. The persistence, tactics (e.g.: calling for boycotts, generating negative publicity, hashtag campaigns) and recent growth of the women’s anti-feminist movement and men’s rights activism (MRA) movement is also worrisome. Krawcheck’s profile and feminism will likely draw their attention.
Andi Zeisler, author of We Were Feminists Once, wrote “The problem is – the problem has always been – that feminism is not fun. It’s not supposed to be fun. It’s complex and hard, and it pisses people off. It’s serious because it is about people demanding that their humanity be recognized as valuable.”
By mixing business with feminism, I hope Krawcheck, her board of directors and investors know they are in for an interesting ride. Building a business is one thing, but learning how to constructively deal with activism and gender politics is quite another.
As Gloria Steinem said, “Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke . . . She will need her sisterhood.”
Related Readings:
“The F-Word and Why We Need to Get On With Embracing Equality” by Valerie Hussey
“A Conversation with “We Were Feminists Once” Author Andi Zeisler” by Margaret Webb
“Meaning is the New Money“, by Vicki Saunders, Founder, She-EO
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A series of multimedia pieces by Peninsula Press staff documenting what life is like under the stay-at-home order.
On March 16, 2020, seven Bay Area counties announced a shelter in place to stem the coronavirus outbreak. It was the most restrictive rules in the nation. Days later, two more counties, cities and states followed suit. Below are a series of multimedia pieces by Peninsula Press staff documenting what life is like under the stay-at-home orders. By mid-May, California businesses have started to re-open, but certain counties make the call on how the process happens.
Artists of varying mediums have been faced with the unique challenge of adapting their work to be suitable for current times. Going into 2020, Blasfemmeous (Stanford University ’19) and Mo McKynzie (Texas State University ’21) had projects planned and were ready execute them. But COVID-19 presented challenges and restrictions. Both artists managed to adapt, create, and release art to the masses during the pandemic. Blasfemmeous, a New York City based electronic DJ and producer, consistently released mixes and brilliant sounds, including their debut single, Half of Me (feat. Mayuka). McKynzie transformed her theatrical practice and continues to work on plays suited for the digital landscape.
Around 600 students stayed on the Stanford University campus during spring quarter of the 2019-2020 school year. Campus life was different: dorms were empty, the Row was silent on the weekends, students were sequestered in their rooms for the majority of the day, and the dining hall provided pre-packaged, take-home food only.
This may very well be the reality of what students will experience come fall.
Many students who left campus before Santa Clara County’s shelter-in-place policy have no concept of what it is like to live and be a student at Stanford under the regulations. Some students hope to come back and resume their lives at Stanford as they left them, when it is increasingly clear that this will not be the case.
This fall, students will be subject to a vastly different Stanford experience. There will be no frat parties on the weekends — the Row will not be populated at all this year. Every residence on the row has been reserved for isolation beds in case students contract COVID-19. Sports events may be limited to watching a live recording. Almost all classes will be taught online. Guidelines set by the university, such as mandatory face masks in public, ensuring that every student has their own room, and prohibiting social gatherings and activities, will fundamentally change Stanford academically and socially.
While students who left campus may have quarantined with friends in an AirBnb, or gone home to states with looser social distancing enforcement, Stanford students who lived on campus lived under very strict policy regulations.
This “vlog” that represents the experience and opinion of a student – me – who has remained on campus for spring quarter (and is still here for summer). The video provides insight on what Stanford may look like when students arrive on campus come fall, and more generally gives a perspective of what campus is like during the coronavirus pandemic.
Note: This video reflects my personal experience, and may not be representative of every student who has remained on campus for spring quarter.
Reframe: [Un]muted
Along Highway 1, the small coastal town of Moss Beach found itself with 11 new residents. Ten are first-year design students in Stanford’s Design Impact Master’s Program (the 11th person is someone’s fiancé). They’ve all decided to shelter in place together amidst the pandemic. The students roam the grounds of three houses, one of which boasts a sliver of an ocean view. They’ve found themselves in a perpetual cycle of Zoom calls, filling their breaks with livestream-led group workouts, late night gastronomical gatherings in the kitchen and breathtakingly windy ocean sunsets.
Each year, the Design Impact Program hosts an exhibition called “Reframe” to feature individual projects from students in the program. Formerly called the Joint Program in Design, this tradition dates back nearly 60 years. The idea behind the exhibition is that it presents a chance for students, who typically work in group settings, to express their individual “maker” chops. All program alumni, as well as family and friends, are typically invited to join in person. However, when the pandemic struck California in March, the exhibition was put on hold. But the program and its students decided that Reframe will not be lost to the pandemic, and instead held the event online. The Zoom-based venue has presented new challenges for the students, many of whom are creating physical pieces that need to be translated to an onscreen format. The theme this year: Reframe [Un]muted, is a playful reference to a well-known jargon in the virtual world. The video below documents how students created and supported each other in the last 48 hours leading up to the event, all while juggling classes, CA-ships and a rapidly changing world.
Celebrating Eid during a pandemic
Due to the coronavirus pandemic and state-wide state-at-home orders, a mosque in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, set a “Drive-Thru Eid” to celebrate the end of the fasting month, Ramadan on May 24th, 2020. The Muslim Unity Center announced the Eid al-Fitr event on their Facebook page, with a sign-up sheet that was completely filled out by the next day.
The masjid set up a pathway spiraling through their parking lot, allowing cars to drive through and stop by “stations” along the way, picking up food, candy, and drinks. Throughout the visit, passengers would roll down their windows to yell “Eid Mubarak!” to the mosque’s volunteers. With over a hundred families showing up, music was playing and spirits were high.
Mosques across the country have also participated in “Drive-Thru” celebrations, from New York to Florida to New Jersey, allowing the community to get together in a safe way.
The mosque, The Muslim Unity Center, invited people a “Drive-Thru Eid” celebration in lieu of an in-person gathering. The center set up a path in their parking up for cars to go through and pick up candy, food, and drinks from volunteers. (Peninsula Press/Nisa Khan)
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Small business owners in San Antonio, Texas discuss their thoughts on health vs. wealth amid the pandemic
Rachel Conaway, operator of a hair salon, and Ray Caldwell, who runs basketball events for girls, both halted their businesses during Texas’ coronavirus shutdown.
Note: The author is a customer of Conway’s and has played basketball for Caldwell.
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Kiana Williams pictured with her coach Ray Caldwell in July 2014 at a basketball tournament in San Antonio, Texas. (@SAFinestbball/Twitter)
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San Mateo County deputy on shelter-in-place order enforcement
San Mateo County in northern California has had a shelter-in-place order for nearly two months and it has been some of the strictest regulations in the country. Sgt. Ron Albertson, who works for the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, is stationed at the Moss Beach Substation along Highway 1. He shares how the sheriff’s office is enforcing the rules and the reaction from community members and visitors.
Children and their families have left out chalk drawings and encouraging messages to essential workers throughout the Historic District in Sunnyvale. In neighborhoods throughout the US, chalk art and homemade signs have become ubiquitous during shelter-in-place orders.
Essential workers art
Children’s art conveys appreciation to essential workers and grocery shopping at Sprouts in Sunnyvale, Calif. May 6, 2020. (Vanessa Ochavillo/Peninsula Press)
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Texas musician, student continues to thrive while quarantining
In the world absent of COVID-19, award winning artist, Damoyee Janai, could be found working on new music in a recording studio, performing at one of the country’s many music venues, or studying in Boston at Berklee College of Music.
With colleges and universities shifting to virtual learning and the closing of venues, Janai returned to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, where she has continued to release her magical sounds to the world through a number of virtual music festivals and Instagram live sessions.
In this interview, Damoyee discussed how she is using this unique time to further develop her sound, study new musical genres, and grow as an individual.
Public parks during the shelter-in-place
With California’s statewide stay-at-home order still in full effect, parents must find other ways to entertain their children. Most play areas at public parks are closed, cautioned off like a crime scenes. Attention signs warn that violators of the counties orders will result in a misdemeanor for offenders.
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An empty swings sit still on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 in Stanford, Calif. (Tylar Campbell/ Peninsula Press)
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About 600 undergraduate students have been permitted to remain on Stanford’s campus during the 2020 spring quarter because of the coronavirus crisis. Santa Clara County has imposed a mandatory shelter-in-place policy that severely limits the ability to go outside except for essential outings. The following set of photos is a collection of a day in the life of an undergraduate remaining on campus during COVID-19.
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Amy Xiong, a first year Master’s Student in Design Impact at Stanford University, captures the following photos. She is currently sheltering in place in Moss Beach with nine other members of her cohort. This photo series documents her experience living in a small and fairly isolated community during the COVID-19 crisis, as well as, her and her classmates’ educational experience during the spring quarter.
A community member paints a seascape during the COVID-19 shelter-in-place. I’ve seen him painting in this spot for the second day in a row, and would like to go talk to him, but am not sure what is appropriate during this time. There were lots of people outside taking in nature on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 during a rare sunny day in Moss Beach, Calif. (Amy Xiong/Peninsula Press)
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Sunnyvale farmers market
The Sunnyvale farmers market happens every Saturday — even during the pandemic. The farmers and the other vendors selling baked goods and hot meals are essential businesses according to the state shelter-in-place mandate. But operations are not unchanged. Some vendors have elected to prepackage their goods. Others are simply relying on buyers to temper their handling of fresh produce. All are careful to maintain a six-foot distance from those around them.
Farmers market vendors
Mo Yang leaves her farm in Sanger, Calif., about a three-hour drive away, every Saturday at 2:30 a.m. to get to the Sunnyvale farmers market in time to sell her mix of Western and Asian produce. April 11, 2020. (Vanessa Ochavillo/Peninsula Press)
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Emptiness on Caltrain and California Avenue
This notebook explores how people are navigating the world around them in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Photos taken on April 16, 2020 of California Avenue reveals the emptiness and lack of people riding public transportation. Although many people are abiding by the stay-at-home order put in place by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the same rules do not apply for those deemed as essential workers.
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Have you ever tried to prepare or eat a meal without a knife? We are very sure that the answer is no and that knives are indispensable to the process of cooking and eating. But it can be quite daunting to decide what to add to your collection. There are so many varieties with complex descriptions and each one with a different purpose. And that purpose is what should guide your decisions. Do you bake, regularly serve fish, or prefer fresh veggies vs prepacked or frozen? Knowing the answer to these questions is important.
While we believe that it would be nice to have every type of knife in your collection, we also believe for most people you can do just fine with a small collection. If you are just starting your kitchen knife collection, then hands down your first knife should be the Chef knife. If you are going to start with a collection, we recommend you start with what we believe are the 3 most important knives, which are the Chef, Santoku or Nakiri and Utility knife. You can get a Nakiri instead of the Santoku if you like, some chefs prefer one over the other. For a 5 piece set we recommend adding the paring and bread knife. If you want to add more to your collection, adding a Boning, Carving and Cleaver knife really adds more capabilities to your kitchen and collection. In another blog post we will talk more about specific specialty knives like Cheese, tomatoes, and Sushi knives. We have prepared this guide to take the guesswork out of your purchase.
If you could only purchase one knife this would be the one we recommend. In fact, if you could only take one thing onto a deserted island this would be it. No knife is quite as versatile as the Chef’s knife. It could perform at least 80% of the cutting in your kitchen.
Although they can come in 6” to 12” the range we stock is on average 8” which is thought by many to be the perfect length for comfortable handling. It has a curved blade which makes it easy to finely chop your ingredients whether they are herbs or vegetables.
Uses: Professional Chef Knives can be used for almost every kitchen task from cutting meat to chopping vegetables and everything in between.
As with the Chef knife, this is another knife you want to add to your collection because it has so many qualities that will make cooking a dream. It has a blade that is slightly thinner than a Chef knife.
It also doesn’t have a tip, which influences how it operates. It tends to be shorter than a Chef’s knife which may be more comfortable for some.
Uses: It can do most things a Chef knife does but produces a thinner slice which may be preferable in certain types of cooking but it really stands out as a great vegetable knife.
The utility knife is a great all-purpose knife, smaller and thinner than a Chef knife but with a long list of ways, it can be used. It is particularly useful when you don’t need the heft of a Chef’s knife.
Uses: It is ideal for peeling and chopping smaller vegetables and herbs. Mincing up shallots and chopping herbs will be an absolute dream with this knife.
Paring knives are excellent for fine work like peeling vegetables or creating intricate designs out of them. It is the knife most commonly used for these specialized purposes. They are very versatile and can often be spotted in a professional chef’s kitchen. In fact, many chefs would recommend this knife because of how much it can be used.
Uses: Whether you need to slice vegetables into small pieces or peel a potato this is the right knife for the job.
Experience the pleasures of slicing bread effortlessly. These knives are designed to slice through crusty loaves without ripping or tearing them apart. Bread knives are typically long with serrated edges to make them easier to use.
Uses: Bread knives are used for slicing and cutting baked goods especially different types of bread but could also be used for cutting meat in a pinch.
A cleaver is a large blade that is usually square and heavy for easy chopping and slicing. It is ideal for tasks that require weight and force. Think of the last butternut or chicken you had to cut through, a cleaver may have benefitted you then.
Uses: A cleaver is a perfect knife for chopping, slicing, or dicing all types of vegetables as well as tough cuts of meat, bones, and sinews.
It goes without saying that a carving knife is exactly what you need when you are slicing up a roast along with other meats. These are meant for people more comfortable wielding a knife and those used to carving up dense meats. It is perfect for cooks who like to experiment with larger meals.
Uses: A carving knife slices the most beautiful thin slices from your weekend roast. It is mainly meant for handling meats whether it is a chicken or a leg of lamb.
A Nakiri knife has a rectangular blade and is most ideal for managing vegetables. It is similar to a Santoku in that it is quite large and versatile. It tends to look like a more sophisticated version of the Chinese cleaver with a straight blade edge that enables precise cuts.
Uses: Slicing, dicing, and chopping vegetables like a pro. In fact, just about anything to do with a vegetable works well with this XinZuo knife.
It is quite an ominous-sounding name but the purpose is well known. Boning knives have long, thin, flexible blades with a sharp tip to make piercing meat easier and safer. They are incredibly tough and will last ages if treated well. The wicked sharp edge is what makes it so attractive.
Uses: As the name implies boning knives are used to remove bones in various cuts of meat. It performs the job easily and quickly with a long sharp blade.
Have you ever tried to eat a steak with a butter knife? Probably not and there is a reason for that. Steak knives possess all the qualities you need to enjoy your steak dinner. They're usually constructed from metal or stainless steel, and will often feature a very slightly serrated edge to help with tougher foods.
Uses: It is specifically designed to easily slice through the meat in your meal whether that be a steak or a lamb shank.
Browse our range for a wide variety of Damascus Steel Knife set to suit every collection. And let us know if there are any questions you need to be answered. We would love to help with making decisions about the next member of your kitchen repertoire.
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As I mentioned last post, Nay Nay and I are on our own for the next 3 weeks. Free to learn a lot or make a lot of mistakes. Only time will tell which path we chose…
Prior to my trainer leaving, I asked for homework. What do we need to work on? Or rather, what should we work on? The answer? Jumps. Getting over them. First time. Getting confident.
See, remember back to that unfortunate incident of the brown boxes? That might have wrecked my confidence a bit… I’m not sure if it did anything to Nay, but me? Maybe… Since then Nay has been pretty good and has learned a LOT.
Someone got a new girth on Saturday too…
We’ve added spurs and he’s learned that when I add spur he is to go FORWARD. So, if I add them before the jump? He needs to go forward OVER the jump. For the most part, this works. But, sometimes? We die. The thing is, Nay isn’t being bad. His rider is being indecisive and NOT adding spur/leg and as a result, NOT telling him forward. Nay he then left to decide on his own, do I go left? do I go right? do I stop? do I go forward? While he CAN walk over everything, he generally doesn’t because he’s convinced he can’t because his rider is convinced he can’t and it’s a bad combo. If I’m not confident, he’s not confident… And, after one skirt around, time 2 is harder.
So, at the end of our last lesson, my trainer basically told me, I need to get over this first jump thing and fix it now before it is an issue. That’s my job for the next 3 weeks. I can set up as many small fences as I want and just repeat. He can walk**, he can trot, he can canter, but he needs to go forward before I ruin* him (*my word). ** he can supposedly walk over ANYTHING in the ring, barrels included, I disagree so we’re not trying that! LOL
Learning is hard work!
Saturday it was FREEZING. Literally. But, I dragged Nay’s sorry butt out and we rode. I set up a couple of tiny fences. A single, a pole to flower boxes and decided that was good. We started off walking over everything because why not? They were tiny and Nay was stiff from the cold so it made our warm-up more interesting. Needless to say, he didn’t care. We had a lovely trot and worked over the pole and then a trailer pulled up next to the indoor right as we were about to canter bringing back a horse. In the past? Nay would be gone mentally. And while he was distracted and our left lead canter wasn’t great, I didn’t lose him. But the right lead? Best right lead canter EVER. We even had a nice circle at the canter! Seriously! Then we started our jump practice and had zero issues. We jumped everything both ways, added leg at the base (whether needed or not), and called it a day.
Sunday things warmed up some so we were back out to try it again. Nay was less than thrilled (I interrupted his morning snooze), but tough luck. He fell back to sleep in the cross ties as I decided to have a long chat but we quickly got to work in the ring where I decided to tackle my demons.
These flowers? No issue problem!
Instead of sticking to a pole and flowers, I decided we’d tackle the scary brown boxes we struggled with so much that fateful lesson. I removed the gate, but we WERE going to jump it! The single was set to a small vertical with flowers and kept it that way and I left the flower boxes as flower boxes (no pole) after the brown boxes.
Like the day before, we warmed up with a nice trot where Nay had no energy. That said, energy finally came out at the canter where he let me know his displeasure at being asked to work. Once again, our left lead sucked, but eventually, he settled into a decent enough (though very forward) left lead canter and cantered a nice enough circle. But the right lead? Once again? AMAZING. Last lesson I was told to shake my reins at him approaching the first corner to get him to keep the canter. Who the hell knows why, but ever since doing this, his right lead canter has been strong and consistent. We can hold the canter, canter circles, and his balance is improving each time out. His canter circle was super balanced too. SO PROUD!
We trotted over the small vertical once to warm up and it was super easy. The headed up to the boxes…
But we jumped THIS LINE TOO! Including these scary boxes!!!!
We casually looked at the boxes because I needed to… This wasn’t part of my homework, I admit it… But, we did it without approaching it if it makes sense? We came at it from the plain side. So, maybe we jumped it backwards, but whatever, I had a ground line, but first time up to it, he was gunning to go up and over. I added spur and without hesitation? Up and over. Next time, we WILL do it without looking at it first. We continued to the flowers and cantered out of those where he got so much praise. We repeated a few times before he got a bit lazy and almost took out one of the boxes…
Next, we did the vertical around to the in of the outside line which was a small verticle/plank. That wasn’t an issue but Nay didn’t find that one very exciting either (and barely saw a need to pick up his feet). After one more trip over his brown box line, we called it a day.
Sunday’s ride also was the first ride that didn’t include any screaming from Nay!
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February 17, 2020 at 11:29 am
So glad you are riding and look how he is improving!!
That is so great her facility is so close to you!! I wish I had one so close cause Remus could be home then!! UGH
February 17, 2020 at 2:56 pm
sounds like he’s doing well! sometimes it’s good to spend a little time just the two of you getting to know each other better
February 18, 2020 at 8:49 am
I love homework. I’m sure it makes me a geek but it helps me to be focused. The nice thing about it s that you can work your way to it without pressure.
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In an ideal world, to practise self-care, I would swaddle myself in a luxurious Egyptian cotton towel, smother myself with a face mark that’s so expensive it could be liquid gold (although, I’m not sure that would work wonders for my pores), and dunk myself into velvety, bubbly waters. Like most struggling students, however, this is financially a little out of my depth.
The self-care industry continues to grow and is now a $450 billion market. That being said, it has been morphed by capitalism, resulting in a distorted perception of what self-care really entails. When googling the term ‘self-care’ the first half-dozen results are all adverts.
Self-care poses a threat to capitalism because taking time for ourselves opposes the notion that we must work ourselves tirelessly and to the point of burnout. The solution, according to capitalism, is to monetise this practice and exploit our inevitable burnouts.
These days, self-care has become almost synonymous with the familiar chime “treat yourself”. Contrary to popular belief, a £50 Jo Malone candle will not be the cure to chronic stress. How many times have you justified buying something all in the name of “treating yourself” as a means to practise self-care?
Whatsmore, self-care has been adopted by TikTok and has resulted in a strict conception as to what self-care looks like. I feel inundated by gorgeous montages of skinny white girls waking up at 5am, cycling to see the sunrise, preparing some gorgeous breakfast, etc. In other words, this year has seen the growing emergence of ‘that girl’.
Urban dictionary describes this type of girl as someone who “meditates, drinks smoothies, …eating only healthy food, goes to the gym every day, and is successful in many ways…most likely rich too’.
Bewitched by these girls, I desperately wanted a life like theirs, and so on particularly difficult days where just getting out of bed was a challenge, I felt so far away from the life I wanted for myself. Somehow, my happiness became dependent on whether or not I could be ‘that girl’.
Nonetheless, as much as I wanted to be the archetypal modern woman, I don’t have the money, nor the time to have such a lifestyle, but this should not be a barrier to self-care. At its core, self-care is the practice of doing anything that can help you look after yourself as you would a friend.
It shouldn’t be an exclusive, elitist ritual, but one everyone can participate in. Exploiting our desperate need for a break when we are on our last legs from burnout, the capitalist notion of self-care offers an attractive solution for us to solve our problems by spending obscene amounts of money.
Similarly, the capitalist solution for taking time away from work is to frame self-care as a means to re-energise yourself so that you can return to work more efficiently. We effectively invest in our own burnout. We pay for expensive bath bombs that momentarily give us peace, rather than devoting real time to ourselves to avoid future stress.
What we should be doing is participating in practices that protect our future selves. With more energy and happiness, perhaps together we can rebuild a community that never promotes burnout in the first place.
In the meantime, I’ve put together a small list of activities to practise self-care that won’t break the bank and will hopefully lead to long-term support for yourself:
Make yourself a plan. Perhaps this sounds boring, but growing up, my Dad always repeated this phrase to me: “Failing to plan is planning to fail”, and I think if you opened up my skull you would find these words engraved into my brain. I am grateful, though, because I believe creating a plan is truly a powerful and effective act of self-care. Plan your time and that way you can really plan time for yourself. Even if you don’t stick to the plan, I am always comforted by the realisation that there is time to do everything and I can visualise my goals more easily, rather than watch my ever-growing to-do list spin around in my head.
Cook food for the soul. I have a little list on my phone of foods that really nourish my soul, meaning they feed my heart, as well as my belly. Some examples from my list are: soup, baked beans, roast dinner, anything cheesy, and many more. This is, of course, quite a personal preference, but try to think of foods that make you feel comforted. Perhaps they remind you of home, perhaps they remind you of a friend, or perhaps it’s just mouth-wateringly and irresistibly tasty.
Take a minute to ground yourself. Put your two feet onto the ground and really look at where you are.Your life does not have to be perfect for you to be happy. Whether you made it to the new, hip yoga class, or you’re still struggling to make your way into the shower, your actions do not define your happiness.
Take time to do nothing in particular. Your happiness should not be dependent on your productivity. Take a nap, dance around to some music, watch a film (or two, or three…)
Sometimes self-care can feel like it must belong to a certain list of attributes, but it can be almost anything. It doesn’t have to be productive, expensive, high-energy, low-energy… It is simply what can heal yourself internally a little.
Most importantly, all these activities should be done guilt-free. Self-care is by definition an act of defiance against capitalism, and so sometimes it’s easy to forget that your life needs balance, including time for yourself.
I wish everyone the best of luck with the rest of the semester and hope everyone is able to stay calm and relaxed. This semester seems to be flying by, and the distant whisperings of deadlines seem ever louder, and so more than ever it is important to give yourself the gift of time. Remember that there is no comprehensive list of objects or habits you need to fulfil in order to find happiness. It requires effort and time invested in yourself in order to build a better, happier version of yourself, and in turn, a better community.
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Beware of Child Abduction to Egypt
Mum trapped in Egypt with no way out after rescuing abducted daughter
August 26, 2014 8:48PM
A MELBOURNE woman who travelled to violence-plagued Egypt to rescue her abducted daughter has been trapped in the country for more than a year — and the Australian Government says there is nothing more it can do to help her.
Amaal Finn’s five-year-old daughter, Zareen, is unable to leave Egypt due to a travel ban placed on her by her father — Ms Finn’s estranged husband, Mazen Baioumy.
Ms Finn says Zareen was left in Egypt with Mr Baioumy’s family against her wishes in January last year.
Ms Finn travelled to Cairo on August 17 last year to recover her.
Now, 12 months on, Ms Finn is still battling to get the ban dropped so the pair can return home, despite Mr Baioumy being ordered to remove it last year.
Amaal Finn and her estranged husband, Mazen Baioumy, are involved in a court battle.
The mother of three is in the midst of court proceedings in Benha, Egypt, which she says have cost her and her family almost $100,000.
Ms Finn said she had written to Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop pleading for her to help them leave “two or three times”, but was yet to receive a response.
A Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokeswoman said the Government had “no standing” to intervene in court matters involving Australians overseas.
But she said consular officials were providing Ms Finn with “all appropriate support”, maintaining consistent contact with her.
The Australian embassy in Cairo had also supported Ms Finn in discussions with Egyptian authorities, helped her lodge documents and find local legal representation, the spokeswoman said.
Ms Finn has already been away from her two oldest children — a daughter, 14, and son, 12 — for more than a year and says Zareen is missing out on her childhood.
She said she has been forced to homeschool her daughter, who should have started kindergarten this year, as they are too afraid to leave the small apartment where they are holed up.
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London is one of the most vibrant, cultured, global cities in the world. But anyone who’s pounded down a couple beers in the last minutes before midnight or sprinted to catch the last train realizes that London is not what you’d call a “24-hour city.”
However, that may soon change. London Mayor Sadiq Khan along with Chair of Night Time Commission Philip Kolvin QC and Night Czar Amy Lamé have unveiled a plan to turn London into a “leading 24-hour global city.”
Provide vibrant opportunities for all Londoners, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation or means.
Promote all forms of cultural, leisure, retail and service activity.
Promote the safety and wellbeing of residents, workers and visitors.
Promote welcoming and accessible nightlife.
Promote and protect investment, activity and entrepreneurship.
Promote domestic and international visits to London.
Be strategically located across London to promote opportunity and minimize impact.
Become a 24-hour city that supports flexible lifestyles.
Take account of future global and domestic trends in leisure, migration, technology, employment and economics.
Evidently, this plan is not focused solely on bars and nightclubs. The architects of this strategy are working to not only make the city safer at night on all fronts, but also to make London more accessible at night for all manner of activities and for all manner of patrons.
The announcement from the mayor’s office also makes note that the expanded opening hours they are trying to encourage are, in part, a reaction to the business rate increase that has put a strain on the city’s businesses, particularly the nightlife economy.
These actions fit a pattern that Khan began with creating and expanding Night Tube service to expand London’s £26 billion night time economy that the city says employs “one in eight jobs in the capital and is set to grow in the coming years.”
Read the full press release plus all the statements by all the important people here.
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Got the Day 16 blog title mixed up with today’s for some reason. Probably trail happy. However, today was the marathon mileage with the Ben Nevis ascent figures – and boy do my legs know it.
I had a breakfast of flapjacks and room brewed tea at 05:00 and crept out of the Byrness b&b at 05:25, with the sun still stuck behind the hills to the east. My breath clouded as I put my boots on, but the weather guessers had “forecast” that it would be a warm one today – for once they were right!
I’d decided to select a slightly different start path for the walk today. Despite the good natured banter from Steve last night. I’d chosen the Border County Ride as my path – this is a forestry track that runs from Byrness, to the PW just before Cocquet Head. It rises a little more gently and is much more consistent underfoot than the PW path.
Unfortunately, it’s also subject to forestry operations and as I started along the road I saw several signs along the lines of “No access to unauthorised personnel”, which I guess sort of meant me. It was early though – I thought – no-one will be around to enforce these signs. Wrong.
I saw two cars pass below me on a parallel road, both of which slowed to have a look at me, but neither one stopped. A bit further in I passed a huge tree moving machine and the driver also gave me a good look over. I was dreading being stopped and forced to turn round and go back the way I’d come. It would add miles to my journey and cost me a load of time. I was inuck though – either they didn’t care about a lone walker, or they didn’t have the authority to approach me and enforce the signage. I’d fairly belted along that road, in my mild panic, so had a huge head-start on my schedule. Logging operations had made the last 1/4 of a mile of path a bloody nightmare, but I eventually rejoined the PW at about 06:30.
I could see a line of footprints in the dew-laden grass, so someone had already passed this way. I guessed it was Tony, as he’d said he wanted to get an early start this morning.
I followed the faint trail in the grass as it picked up the newly signed “alternative route” that avoids the drop down to Chew Green Roman camp and saves about 1/2 mile into the bargain. I’d already decided to go this way – I hadn’t even realised it was now an official alternative.
I could see a walker a long way ahead on the path, but too far ahead to discern who it was. The early morning mist in the valleys was beginning to burn away and the sun was starting to dry the grass out slowly. But I had a bead on him now and it was only a matter of time before I caught him.
I could soon see it was Tony, his now familiar walking style, large pack and twin poles made for easy identification. I caught him about 08:00, perhaps a couple of miles or so from the first Refuge Hut. He was walking quite slowly, but I stayed with him and we chatted as we walked into the hut.
I’d sort of estimated about 3.5 hrs to get this far and it had actually only taken 3 hrs. I was quite pleased. The sun was beginning to take hold of the morning and my caramel chocolate shortcake biscuit had started to melt. I’d packed enough for two breaks – one in each Hut, but I wished I’d added more Diet Coke to the lunch bag, so I had to ration myself to leave some for lunch.
Tony suggested I walk on, he knew I’d slowed down to walk with him and didn’t want to slow me down anymore. I agreed and headed off up Lamb Hill to the first trig point of the day. There were 5 possible, if I diverted to the Cheviot and made a small diversion off the final hill to bag another (I thought they were both unlikely to happen).
I got into a rhythm and despite the almost constant change in altitude of the path (it was either rising or falling for almost all of the day) I felt the miles falling away. As the day progressed the heat built up and the ascents seemed to become higher, steeper and harder.
Beefstand Hill came after Lamb Hill and then Mozie Law and then the long climb up to Windy Gyle with the huge Russell’s Cairn and the trig point sitting proudly amonst the stones of the cairn. I took a shirt breather here and I could see Tony a long way behind on the path.
Just before 11:00, about a mile or so further on. I met a couple relaxing by the path at the point that a 4WD track joins the PW path – they’d been staying at the b&b in KY that picks people up from Cocklawburnfoot and then brings them back to the same point next morning – this was the b&b Steve was using tonight. They’d walked about 2.5 miles up to rejoin the Way and were having a coffee break. They were on their last day, having taken 21 I think they said. They were incredibly impressed that I’d come from Byrness that morning. I must admit, so was I.
The rolling green hills of the walk so far were now replaced by rolling peat haggs and much of the route is covered in slabs from here onwards. The heather is still brown and drab, but at least it’s mostly dry between the slab sections. The slabs make a great motorway.
I almost missed the third trig point on King’s Seat – mostly because it’s nit really a proper summit, but also as I had my head down and was concentrating on crunching the miles rather than admiring the scenery. The trig point was slightly off the path, just the other side of the fence and I guess it was some sort of sixth sense I’ve developed while I’ve been hunting these little concrete monuments that prevented me from marching straight past it.
There always seemed to be one more climb ahead, no matter how many I’d done, there was always one more left. I panted to the corner where the path turns right to the Cheviot or left to Auchope Cairn and met three guys planning their next move, they were day walkers (sounds like some sort of special vampire doesn’t it?) and didn’t really have any time for me. I decided not to do the Cheviot (Duh!) and turned left along the duckboards.
I’d been using a small flannel to wipe the sweat out of my face and it was becoming flooded and useless and that was despite my broad brimmed sunhat soaking up huge quantities of sweat as well. It was very warm. Sweat ran almost continually into my eyes and mouth and even my trousers were becoming damp – my base layer and shirt were almost completely wet. Did I mention how hot it was?
I’d put as much water as I could in my 3 litre Platypus and I’d been trying not to glug it all down, but this was thirsty work. I’ve become much more adept at judging water usage with the Platypus since my first walk with it along Offa’s Dyke in 2007 and I reckon I got into KY with about 200ml left – an absolute bare minimum, without actually running dry.
Although it doesn’t look it on the map, it seemed like a tough climb from the Cheviot turn up to Auchope Cairn and I gasped all the way. As I got there I saw three people coming up from the other direction. They were foreign students studying in Gloucestershire a German girl a French lad and a Spanish girl. They had full packs with all sorts of kit hanging off them. They looked shattered. They said they were hoping to get to Byrness today, but they’d not left KY until 08:00 and it was already 12:10. I estimated they had at least another 7 or 8 hrs to go. They were planning on doing the Way in 15 days. I told the German girl that there was a countryman of hers a little way behind me on the path and asked her to greet him with “Hello Tony from Bonn” – it appears she did too! In fact Tony told the girl about Suzi who was behind him on the path and asked her to do the same! Steve also met the students later, still a long way from Byrness with the day moving on.
As I dropped down the steep slope to the second Refuge Hut I could see the Schil ahead – it looked huge, with a long steep, double climb to the summit. I wasn’t looking forward to having to do that in a few minutes. I stopped at the Hut and had my second lunch. I’d packed the wrong stuff. I’d have killed for a nice red apple, but I’d left that in my luggage and the caramel chocolate thing had completely melted and tasted awful. I did have some Fruit Pastilles which were some consolation. I wanted to drink a gallon of something cold, but I settled for a sip of warm water from my bladder instead.
As I left I passed a miserable woman who didn’t respond to my hail of “good morning”. She didn’t even look at me. I must have slipped the magic ring on by accident again.
The Schil was tough. Normally it would be okay probably, but after almost 20 miles and in this heat it was hard work. The scenery was breathtaking though – huge craggy valleys surrounded me and rolling hills in all directions – awesome.
I staggered up the climb, stopping several times for gasping breaths, before collapsing at the top for a rest. The flies at the top were rampant though and offered no respite, so I pushed on downhill now at least. At least that was until another short climb to the col between Black Hag and The Curr, where the the low level alternative footpath leads down to KY.
My mind told me I was almost done, but the map told me I had at least another 4 miles to go. 4 miles in the hottest part of the day, with very little water left and with feet that felt like lead weights.
Ateaat jt was mostly downhill to the end. The path runs through fields an past a couple of farms before meeting a minor road which feels very hard underfoot. The sting in the tail of the PW though is the 200 foot climb, as the road rises around the lower slopes of Staerough Hill. This I ground out in true PW style, with sweat streaming, before dropping down into the welcoming village of KY.
The guide book tells you that no-one in KY cares that you’ve finished the toughest path in England – and it’s right. I arrived in the Border Hotel bar, a dripping, sweaty mess and no-one batted an eyelid. One of the locals laughingly asked me if it had started raining – but other than that – nothing.
I ordered a pint of Diet Coke (the first of 8 that night) and sat panting in the corner. I’d done it! I’d finished the Pennine Way. It felt great – it also felt sort of disappointing – as much as I wanted to get home and see the family, I would miss the daily routine of walking.
I asked for the PW book and was given a certificate and a free half-pint of bitter an I added a small malt whisky and another Diet Coke. I finished them all and went up for a bath. A huge bath – long enough for my legs and most of my body and I stayed there for almost an hour, soaking and relaxing.
I had a great evening with Tony, Steve and Suzi and we swapped best and worst stories. Steve had also fallen in the tunnel on the start of Day 2 and he’d hurt himself quite badly. He’d almost given up in fact. He’d also missed what everyone else thought was the best moment of the walk – the sight of High Cup – the cloud had descended just as he approached High Cup and he’d seen nothing of it.
Suzi had met the mad woman in Edale as well. Steves best bit was the first few steps out of Edale, setting out.
I will tidy these reports up in the next few days and post them as a journal on the website.
I’d really like to thank everyone who left a comment – they really helped, especially when I was being all girly and emotional after Keld. Thank you.
25 May, 2010 at 23:13
Very well done stuart!!! Loved reading your diary when the kids had gone to bed pint in hand,.almost feel like saying dont touch up the diary, your words at that moment in time! great reading as always.
Congratulations on your finish. Now that I am back in the states, I’ve been able to read all your blogs and really enjoyed them.
Fantastic meeting you in Carlisle and getting to know you in person after all this time on the internet. After my long dash across the pond under the ash, my jet lag has dissipated and I almost feel normal again.
23 May, 2010 at 21:39
Well done Stu. I have been reading along with interest. I’ve tried calling several times, but it’s always gone straight to voicemail. That’s quite some achievement you’ve conquered, be very pleased with yourself. Hope to catch up soon. All the best, Rog
LizA
23 May, 2010 at 21:13
Congratulations! I will miss reading your blog, it brought back a lot of memories, even though my own last day was spent battling wind, rain, and fog. Could have been worse!
23 May, 2010 at 21:43
There were times, from the second refuge hut onwards that I would have been happy with some rain – low cloud even – just a respite from the heat of the sun would have been nice. However, on the whole I’m not complaining – like Pete said – I’ve probably grabbed all this summer’s good weather
I will now spend the next few weekends in the Dales, bagging the hills that are normally the boggiest – while they’re dry – I may even start to repost some walk reports – depends how the mood takes me.
Watch out for the full journal – with more pictures – appearing on my webpage shortly.
Thanks again for all the comments.
23 May, 2010 at 14:50
Nice one Stuart – hope you haven’t taken all the good weather for this year.
Great blogging as well….I’m almost tempted. Hope you don’t feel too exhausted for the next few days.
Well done! Such an impressive feat and engaging diary. After all these years of cursing my bad luck in having to endure a driving November rain and wind during a punishing last PW day, i relaise conditions could have been worse — with a relentless sun overhead and water supplies dwindling. You did it, and with great spirit and good humour Once again, congratulations Stuart!
22 May, 2010 at 18:58
Three years to go before my Golden Jubilee attempt.
Maybe I’ll have mastered blog technology by then!
Well done Stuart,it has been great checking on your progress. Hope you get home ok.
Jim
22 May, 2010 at 14:32
Congratulations & welcome to the club! Your postings have been very enjoyable and are tempting me to have a go at walking the Way for a 3rd time.
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The Bank of Canada increased its target overnight rate to 1.5% and will continue quantitative tightening.
The Bank is prepared to raise rates further if needed to bring long-term inflation in line with its 2% target.
Ongoing supply disruptions is weighing on economic activity while boosting inflation.
As most anticipated, the Bank of Canada (BoC) once again raised its target for the overnight rate by 0.5% to 1.5%. Its quantitative tightening program will also continue, where maturing Government of Canada bonds held by the BoC will not be replaced.
Of note, the BoC stated that “the pace of further increases in the policy rate will be guided by the Bank’s ongoing assessment of the economy and inflation, and the Governing Council is prepared to act more forcefully if needed to meet its commitment to achieve the 2% inflation target.” In line with market expectations, we still anticipate an additional three-to-five 0.25% rate hikes for the rest of the year, with two of those (i.e., 0.50%) expected in July.
Inflation remains a key risk
Measures of inflation continue to rise in Canada and across the globe, largely driven by higher food and energy prices. The Bank stated that the risk of elevated inflation becoming entrenched has risen. Tracking well above the Bank’s own forecasts, Canadian CPI inflation hit 6.8% in April and is likely to move higher in the near term before beginning to normalize.
Pandemic lockdowns and the invasion of Ukraine are slowing the global economy and fanning inflation
In a one-two punch to the gut, the increase in inflation is happening while the global economy slows. Ongoing supply chain disruptions brought about by China’s pandemic-related lockdowns and the Russian invasion of Ukraine has increased uncertainty, weighed on economic activity and placed upward pressure on energy and commodities prices.
Conditions in Canada remain strong, but rates will need to move higher
The BoC reported GDP growth of 3.1% in the first quarter of 2022 – in line with the Bank’s projection from the April Monetary Policy Report (MPR). The Bank stated that the Canadian economy is “clearly operating in excess demand,” meaning demand is still outpacing supply.
Growth in the second quarter is expected to be strong as well. Companies are reporting labour shortages, wage growth is picking up, housing market activity is moderating, consumer spending remains robust, and exports are expected to strengthen.
The announcement was in line with expectations
Global equity markets traded lower, and bond yields higher on Wednesday (June 1, 2022). It’s important to recognize that the decision was widely anticipated and already priced-in to markets; however, the language supporting future hikes is viewed as modestly hawkish.
We remain underweight equities and fixed income in our portfolios. Our view is supported by the BoC’s actions as financial conditions and monetary policy continue to tighten and risks associated with the pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine persist. We recently increased our allocation to cash as we are slightly underweight Canadian equities, overweight U.S. equities, underweight international equities and underweight emerging market equities.
For the fixed income side of the portfolios, we are targeting a flatter yield curve in Europe with the European Central Bank poised to move away from emergency-level rates. We also have a slightly long duration (interest rate sensitivity) bias in North America with expectations that longer-dated yields will come in from current levels as central banks tighten lending conditions amidst slowing economic growth.
While interest rates have risen materially in 2022, it is important to remember that rates remain low historically. However, if you are wondering how rising rates will impact your finances beyond your investments, here’s what interest rate increases could mean for physicians. If you have any questions about this announcement, our positioning or how it will impact you, please contact your MD Advisor*.
The BoC’s next interest rate announcement is scheduled for July 13, 2022, and it will be accompanied by the latest MPR.
* MD Advisor refers to an MD Management Limited Financial Consultant or Investment Advisor (in Quebec).
The above information should not be construed as offering specific financial, investment, foreign or domestic taxation, legal, accounting or similar professional advice nor is it intended to replace the advice of independent tax, accounting or legal professionals.
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More and more often I find myself searching my DNA matches for clues to my brick wall ancestors. I run cluster reports and try to construct family trees for my matches, hoping to find a familiar surname. I jot down information as I run across it, but these stacks of notes and trees were getting out of control. I needed a new system.
This week I worked on the record-keeping problem.
First, I found some space in a file cabinet drawer. I know, I know, I am a Luddite who likes to work with paper files. For me an electronic file is a file lost. The file cabinet works best for me.
I began by creating folders for DNA related information:
I have attended numerous presentations and webinars on DNA research. I gathered the notes from these in a folder.
I have run several auto cluster reports for my Dad. I put them all in a folder.
The testing companies periodically update our ethnicity reports, and I print out this helpful information. Monitoring these has already assisted in identifying one unknown ancestor. For example, when the companies began separating English and Irish ancestry, I realized my mystery great-grandfather must have been Irish. Ethnicity reports went into another folder.
I made folders for printouts of match lists from each of the companies we have used for DNA testing.
In the cabinet behind these folders, I placed alphabetical dividers. As I work on a particular match, I can alphabetically file the notes and trees for that person.
Organizing my work this way accomplishes two things:
I can retrieve information with ease.
I have less office clutter with everything in neat files.
As work evolves, so must organizational systems. My DNA research was overdue for a re-do. I should have done it a long time ago.
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Some days I write early just to get “write on blog” off my to-do list and today is definitely one of those days. Yesterday morning everything was fine, but after church (like, literally right after church when we were driving to Bryan’s parents’ house for dinner), Olivia threw up so many times. We thought she was just carsick, but after it lasted well into the night and early morning, it’s clear she caught some kind of bug. Luckily she’s been doing better since she woke up around 7am this morning, but we’re still in rest and recovery mode around here.
On top of that, Felix is still getting over a small cold and poor Bryan seems to have caught it. Saturday night he said he wasn’t feeling so good and then Sunday was the opposite of restful for him. Like a saint he let me sleep in Sunday morning while he got up with the kids around 6am. Then at church he was asked to help out in primary, so he soldiered in and smiled and was patient with the kids even though he wasn’t feeling so good. He usually drives when we go anywhere together just because I don’t love driving, but he was feeling so crummy after church that he asked me to drive so he could get a break. Little did we know he was sitting in the hot seat and would end up having to turn around to help Olivia as she threw up three separate times in the space of just a 40 minute drive. It was gross and miserable all around. Pile on top of that a not-super-restful night of him getting up to help a barfy Olivia for several hours and then he still got up and went to work this morning. Poor guy. I almost wonder if he was willing to go into work when he wasn’t feeling great just because he knew it would be calm there and he might finally get a break from everything. But of course Olivia’s been feeling much better and hasn’t thrown up once since he left.
Felix is down for a nap now and Olivia’s just reading a book while I write this. I told her she could stay up until Bry gets home for lunch and then she needs to take a nap too. I, on the other hand, slept in later than everyone today (until like 8am or something), ate breakfast, and then immediately felt like I was about to fall over I was so sleepy again. Cut to Felix wandering around the main floor playing with toys on his own and Olivia watching hours of My Little Pony while I slept on the couch for two and half hours. I still feel mysteriously wiped out. I don’t know whether I’m coming down with something too or if it’s just regular pregnancy tiredness.
All this to say, I’ve already read scriptures and I really just wanted to knock this off my to-do list so I can be done with the list and guiltlessly keep laying around for the rest of the day.
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March 21, 2017 at 8:05 am
Oh no! I’m so sorry you all haven’t been feeling well! I hope y’all can have a restful and healthy rest of the week! Feel better everyone!
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March 21, 2017 at 6:31 pm
Thanks! Everyone seemed to take a turn yesterday evening & we’re all doing much better now.
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March 21, 2017 at 9:32 am
It’s probably about time to send Bryan’s name to the Pope or somebody so his saintliness can be officially recognized. What a guy. And YOU are a trooper too and don’t you ever forget it. Even if you did manage to avoid barf-catching duty with Miss O. I hope everyone is better soon!!
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March 21, 2017 at 6:33 pm
Haha no, please don’t. They’ll want him for ceremonies and stuff and I just want him here at home! Luckily we’re all doing a lot better today. We kept olivia home from school again just to give her another day to rest, but I fully intend to bring her to target for grocery shopping.
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I never said consistency was my thing – it’s not. But missing Bloggy Linky Goodness last week wasn’t really my fault. The internet was out. Cuz, as I’ve mentioned a time or two, money’s tight and choices must be made. So we ate mediterranean style green beans* and did without the internet. I didn’t even check my email for 4 days straight! I don’t think that’s ever happened before in the history of the whole internet. Sometimes being piss-poor (well, ok – house poor) has its upsides. It was a good break. And eating is always better than internet, believe it or not. At any rate, I’m back. For at least another month by which time my husband’s long promised raise or settlement from his back-injury might have arrived. And life will be easier again. Maybe.
So, this week’s Bloggy Linky Goodness is a little lite because, as I mentioned, I didn’t have an internet connection for a week. But, the links I have are extra good. Which is a totally fair and awesome trade-off if ya ask me. So here goes!
Six Surprising Ways That Jesus Changed the World – John Ortberg Back when I attended Willow Creek Community Church, John Ortberg was my favorite teacher by far. He has this very funny joke he tells about Norwegian girls and chest hair that I can never remember correctly, but just thinking about it still makes me laugh. And he was meaty – he dug into the bible and had challenging and enlightening things to say about it. I have several “ah-ha” moments that were significant to me which came out of hearing him teach. Which is all to say that I really like John Ortberg and was happy to see this piece he wrote about how Jesus changed the world. We Christians need to do a better job of recognizing and proclaiming this fact, imo.
How to Really Live – Ann Voskamp I have good news! I found the “pause” button to stop the music on Ann’s site. Unfortunately, it seems to be the last thing to load on the site which is why I’ve never seen it before. But it’s right up at the top between the post title and date. Anywho, I’m linking to this post because Ann shares the incredible story of Maximillian Kolbe. He was a Christian interred in Auschwitz. And he did something that no one else ever did. You’ll have to go read the post to get the whole story, but grab a hanky first.
Are the Culture Wars Real? A Case for Heresy – Christian Piatt Love it. I really do think that the church is on the edge of something really big. And something really good. All those people who are fretting about the decline of the church and losing the youth and all that jazz make me want to laugh and say, “oh ye of little faith.” Christian makes his case for heretics and new birth here.
God Is. And Maybe That’s All – Chrystal St. Marie Lewis A beautiful meditation on God as “I Am”. I don’t know what else to say about it go read it. (It’s short – it won’t take long!)
Abel Was a Creative – Drew Downs Drew takes another look at the story of Cain and Abel and comes up with some surprising and remarkable conclusions. He even makes a very credible argument that this story foretells the enmity that often exists between those who value tradition and those who are driven to try new things. Very good, interesting stuff.
And finally, something you might want to set aside some time to read. This past weekend, I caught an interview of French geologist, Christian and spiritual thinker Xavier le Pinchon with Krista Tippett on On Being (formerly Speaking of Faith). The broadcast was excellent and is well worth downloading and listening to if you do that sort of thing. When I got back online, one of the first things I did was download his essay Ecce Homo (“Behold Humanity”). It’s really long. (You can download it as a pdf file for your reader.) But it’s amazing. So worth reading. In it, le Pinchon examines the vital role that vulnerability and weakness have played in the emergence of humanity. He goes through evolution and geology and the Axil Age prophets and philosophers and the commitment of husband and wife through aging along the way. As I said, it’s long, but you will be very glad that you took the time to read it.
So there’s this week’s bloggy linky goodness. Now before I sign off, I have a small favor to ask of y’all. This past month, I passed 2200 email subscribers to my blog. Which is pretty darn good for a housewife . But just over 100 of y’all have “Liked” my facebook page. Which is frankly, a little pathetic (for me – not you!). So, if you do facebook, could ya take just a minute to like The Upside Down World. I promise not to annoy you. And I’d love to interact more with my readers which facebook is really great for. So, please? Would ya do it just for me?
*Mediterranean green beans – I just discovered these and we’ve been gorging ourselves on them. Here’s the recipe:
Put 2 lbs trimmed, fresh green beans, 1 large diced onion, 2 cloves of minced garlic, 2tbsp oil, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp salt and 2/3 C water in a pot. Cook, covered over medium heat for 1 hour. Add a drained can of diced tomatoes or 2 fresh diced tomatoes. Cook for another 15 minutes. You truly won’t believe how good they are.
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If it weren’t for Internet support forums, I’d never know the stories of other epileptic people. Guilt lifts through catharsis when you realize that so many of the things you blamed yourself for were really none of your fault, or not as much of your fault as you–as I–thought.
I’ve read versions of my own story so many times, often nearly verbatim. Many of us wallow in retail, like me. I went from studying political theory to selling granny panties. Computer coders find themselves coding whether you want fries with that.
I’ve been ashamed and angry at myself for years. But I realized, we can only make informed choices on how to act when we have all the facts.
I have focal epilepsy and wasn’t diagnosed until age thirty (2018). Up until then, I thought I just had epic panic attacks on steroids. It wasn’t obvious because I don’t have tonic-clonics. I was afraid of it happening in public because I was terrified I’d not be able to escape a room and collapse. I have a license but have never driven alone and haven’t driven at all in thirteen years because I am afraid of blacking out for a few seconds while driving. I’m borderline agoraphobic. My fear of seizures caused me to cramp my life and miss out. I was even afraid of how I looked during episodes.
But restricting my life out of shame and secrecy only led to more lies and shame and secrecy—and missed opportunities.
When I left class or work early, I would lie and say I was having a migraine because I thought it held more social cred than panic attacks.
Grad school was a waste because I didn’t take advantage of anything that it had to offer. I commuted by train to my school in New York City. Being deathly afraid of having a “panic attack” on a city street or in school, I spent all my mental focus and energy on getting from Point A to B to C and so on. Survive the train to Grand Central. Get out of Grand Central alive. Get to the bus stop without collapsing in the middle of the avenue. Ride the bus without being a victim of the knock-out game. Get to school, park my ass somewhere safe until class. Get through class without fainting. Now run as fast as I can to the bus stop to catch the express.
It is possible for some people to ward off seizures with fierce concentration but the energy drain involved in this almost makes it the same difference. I can’t remember if I had a seizure at my grad school; I don’t think I did, actually, although short stories I wrote during that period featured students having these episodes. I know I had them in college and at work.
If my life hadn’t revolved around my fear of these episodes, I could have put my energy into writing papers and attending lectures and conferences, or applying for teaching assistant jobs. By the time I finished my master’s, I no longer had any energy to continue. I had hoped to earn a Ph.D. and become a professor, but lack of money, concentration, and passion put an end to my academic career. I was losing my ability to comprehend texts and write creative research papers. My acceptance letter to the Ph.D. program, what I had dreamed of for years, was dead on arrival. It felt cold.
And by then, I wasn’t in love with the subject anymore. I couldn’t have cared less about contemporary thinkers. And there are probably five tenured jobs open in the entire country at any given moment anyway, so good luck with that.
I am not writing these things for sympathy, only to be candid. That was the life of an undiagnosed epileptic. It messes up your plans, kills your memories, tangles up your self-esteem and mental health. And then the drugs make you stupid. But read this post in a matter-of-fact, even optimistic tone.
Why be optimistic when I’ve done nothing but languish in retail for years now? Because I have finally realized the need for acceptance, acceptance as a principle of life. I can’t point to my college self any longer and demand, why can’t you be like her? Why are you so damned slow now?
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August 15, 2021 at 6:17 am
Hugs. I see a brave and ambitious Soul, gifted and talent, that has achieved a master and PhD ( even if you don’t have it, you were and qualified for it). With the challenges of health ( undiagnosed) , that stupid social cred we face in our 20 that just stops so much potential. But, it is never too late, never. Our young age, and pain, physical or emotional stop us. But even though you have gone through much and so much fear. I see a very accomplished Soul, bright, clever and full of potential. So go for your dreams, evaluate your dreams, they may be different now. There is no social cred or timeline that is set. Set your timeline and cred, your own free will, and go for it. Your blog is a beautiful platform to share your story, your learning, your teaching , your thoughts, at your pace that allows for health issues, and space.
I think you are amazing. And you have achieved a lot on top of health issues and fears. See your greatness
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August 15, 2021 at 8:59 am
Thank you so much, Bella. Each and every word of yours lifts me up. I have had a shift on perspective over the last year and a half which is helping me realize that I can reevaluate things from other angles, that even if one path is closed, there are still many others. I used to be very rigid about this, believing that things have to be done a certain way and certain requirements must be met. I’ve learned a lot about the need for positivity, flexibility, faith, and not being so afraid. Any success I have, though, I have to credit my support system, the people in my life. I’m very fortunate that way. BTW the Ph.D. would’ve taken another six years so I had a long road ahead before earning it, although I’m grateful I at least was admitted. Anyway, thanks again for your kind praise, I have spent a lot of my life beating myself up and it’s taken time to learn how to appreciate kind words.
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thoughtsnlifeblog says:
August 15, 2021 at 9:40 am
Welcome. As you said in your post, others people stories are so similar to yours, even verbatim. I get the beating myself up, and life should be like xyz… and that I always say was my 20’s. Life gets harder as we get older, but life gets easier as we get older and wiser. Wiser is the learning, flexibility and adaptability to life. I am sure you will be true to your potential.
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August 16, 2021 at 9:38 pm
I like how you say life gets harder as we get older, but easier as we get wiser. I can see a difference from my twenties. Things don’t feel like the end of the world, things I used to flip out over barely make an impression. It’s a relief, actually.
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thoughtsnlifeblog says:
August 17, 2021 at 12:34 am
It is a funny thing, but our 20’s really- our headspace. Sometimes I wonder if its a female thing too. 🤔
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August 17, 2021 at 4:16 pm
Let’s blame our hormones. “I didn’t mean to kill him! I have PMS!” “Oh okay, you can leave then.”
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thoughtsnlifeblog says:
August 17, 2021 at 5:27 pm
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August 15, 2021 at 11:32 am
There was a doctor in Fort Worth. Well, back up. A musician I knew started feeling bad. Really bad. He went to the doctor, she ran some tests, said she’d call him. She did. He asked her what it was, and what he should do about it, and she said, If it was me, I’d go buy a bottle of tequila and take it and a shotgun into the woods.
In your case I’d call confusion masquerading as “mindfulness” of your situation and unworthy of either tequila or a shotgun. There is no shame in illness. I have this. I might swallow my tongue or bite Mrs. Jones, but it’s nothing personal. okay?
We all spend way too much time wondering what is wrong with us and how we can fix it back to “normal.” Which is a complete waste of time and energy. Like Gus the dog, we should take our meds, take a nap and go look for a tennis ball and someone to throw it. Who or what we were is gone. There is no understanding it, partitioning it, justifying it, labeling it… There is only where do we go from here with what we have to work with. Nice that you’re pondering it, but I’d bet all this self evaluation is about as beneficial as watching Gomer Pyle reruns. You’re a Catholic. As the man said ,”Count your fucking blessings.”
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August 16, 2021 at 9:58 pm
I dunno, I think self-analysis can be beneficial when we use what we’ve figured out about ourselves. It’s useless when we don’t learn. I agree 100% that we must ask where do we go with what we have. That’s a step up from what I used to be and has taken years, more than it should have, to realize. I’m an introvert, and I live in my head. Change occurs more slowly in the inner world than outside. Maybe I secretly enjoy the endless ruminating about myself. Or maybe not so secretly. No, that’s only half too, because pointless ruminating is indeed not beneficial and is in fact detrimental to progress in life and general happiness. There is a balance between thinking and action. I think.
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August 17, 2021 at 7:05 am
I am an introvert who lives in my imagination. I would be living under a bridge or dead by now if I hadn’t discovered vocational theater. A way to be myself in public situations without taking them seriously. All of the personal discovery journeys are long but once we learn we inflict a great deal more pain on ourselves than is really there it gets a lot easier.
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August 17, 2021 at 4:21 pm
Now this is a revelation–Phil’s an introvert. What is vocational theater?
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August 17, 2021 at 5:53 pm
Like all class clowns and overly “cool” guys.
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August 17, 2021 at 6:30 pm
Anonymole says:
August 15, 2021 at 12:26 pm
Yeah, any longer and I’d have started nodding off. (Kidding.) That’s the trick of the serial: spoon feeding works if you give them only a few bites. “If you’re good, I’ll give you three more bites tomorrow.”
Seems you could have used a friend during your school commutes.
What of the others you found online? Any that you connected with?
Fictionalizing your bustle through Grand Central could be a fun write/read. Or on the train. What about a full-on seizure where your fictionalized self wakes up in the basement of the subway… Some pasty-skin guy is spoon feeding you, your arms and legs are tied. You have another seizure and wake up in a pool of blood, the arms of the chair are broken away and Mr. Pasty is lying there, blood still oozing from the gouge on his neck.
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August 16, 2021 at 9:44 pm
I don’t get this–whenever people suggest I fictionalize something, it always involves violence and gore. I must give off a very strange vibe. I do like your scenario, however. I won’t steal it from you in case you need it next month. With online support stuff, honestly just reading stuff and knowing I’m not nuts and all our neurologists really are stupid is enough to satisfy me. I am fortunate that I had someone waiting to pick me up at the station when I got back. At school I had a friend from Chile who was having her own struggles, so we struggled together. Grad school is nothing but unnecessary mental turmoil inflicted on you by these pygmy wannabe philosopher professors. I am not bitter about academia at all.
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Anonymole says:
August 17, 2021 at 2:26 pm
Once a story idea is released it cannot be used again…
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August 17, 2021 at 4:27 pm
Fifty Shades of Gray fanfiction (itself being fanfiction) says otherwise.
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Anonymole says:
August 17, 2021 at 6:57 pm
I jest, of course, nothing new under the sun.
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August 16, 2021 at 11:43 am
Well written! This thing about epilepsy, I couldn’t explain it any better than you could. I didn’t hide it because I was/am used to telling people about my hearing loss, so of course I told them about my epilepsy. Your focal epilepsy sounds similar to what they called mine, PNES, psychosomatic non-epileptical seizures. Basically, pseudo seizures. Triggered by anxiety. I never knew when it would happen, because unbeknownst to me, it wasn’t neurological, it was anxiety that induced them. And I didn’t have a handle on the anxiety. As a result, work was extremely difficult, not just because of the hearing loss, but also because of the seizures. So I know exactly what you meant when it can control your life.
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August 16, 2021 at 9:49 pm
Hey Joe, nice to see you. Glad to see a fellow epileptic here! Focal seizures and anxiety attacks have massive overlap. I have read your posts about PNES. Yours started as childhood absence seizures, right? I didn’t have those, I just started getting the deja vu when I was around twelve and then it escalated badly in college into the panic attack style ones. You reach a point where you don’t know where anxiety ends and the seizure begins. And stress can bring it on, too. Getting a diagnosis was such a relief, to be able to put a name to it. It relieved a large portion of my anxiety. It’s always exciting, what can I say.
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August 16, 2021 at 9:54 pm
I’m VERY glad that you found out your diagnosis. It was a game changer for me. Yeah, I had childhood seizures aka petite mal epilepsy, but I have no clue when it changed over to PNES. The anxiety covered it up well. But I’ve only had two seizures since I found out and that was three years ago. Yeah, I found your posts, and got caught up reading. My phone wasn’t telling me when you were posting, I found you in my spam folder! Love your style, keep it up!
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August 16, 2021 at 10:14 pm
“Game changer” is definitely a great way to describe it. Having a name for something gives you some power over it. BTW I’m glad you found me in the spam folder! Er, I mean glad I’m glad you found my posts but not that they were in the spam folder .
August 16, 2021 at 10:17 pm
LOL Yes, me too!
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August 16, 2021 at 6:31 pm
Bummer of a story. At my site, I try to keep it on the up-and-up so viewers don’t get downcast. It’s amazing how words — even written words — can affect one’s mood.
Still, they’re also a cathartic form of therapy so it’s a balance of sorts. You can keep it bottled up and suffer, or you can share and hope others benefit as well from the sharing. Hmm … yeah, well, I’m doing okay so I’ll just keep the bad days bottled up until they pass. Just my personal choice.
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August 16, 2021 at 10:07 pm
I don’t intend to be a bummer. I do my best to emphasize I’m not fishing for sympathy and I hate when people think I am. I do however cherish when other people take the time to bitch. Complaining on your blog is different than in real life, I think. In real life, I think it’s better to keep things to yourself and only share them with one close person who understands you. I like bitching about work but I don’t like to bother people with heavy-duty stuff. I prefer to let them talk. People think you’re a great conversationalist when you do that, by the by. On a blog, people can skim what you wrote or click away altogether. You’re not holding them hostage. I am grateful for every commenter and everyone who reads, but I don’t hold it against anyone if they don’t.
August 17, 2021 at 8:42 pm
Alright, that’s sensible, Hetty. The persuasive power of blogs is an incredible tool, we can agree on that.
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August 17, 2021 at 11:28 pm
Indeed I am an eminently sensible human being.
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Roy says:
August 17, 2021 at 10:01 am
I actually can NOT relate, and it feels insufficient to offer sympathy–“thoughts and prayers”–but I know you and others with the same condition who adapt and keep going, which I admire greatly. I keep coming by to see how you’re doing, and I enjoy your writing, both content and style! I hope you have a good day today. OH and I guess I could offer a little wisdom from someone who is older by a factor of some unnamed cardinal number, and it’s not much: it almost doesn’t matter in one small, specific way, because happiness and those various things that we think add up to a “good life” really only consist of moments, here and there, and we all get that–if only we would notice–and in between, we just do whatever it is we need to do. So, again, here’s to good days.
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August 17, 2021 at 4:26 pm
Hey Roy. I appreciate your well-wishes and your stopping by. I hope you’re having a good day as well. You are right about the little moments. One thing that turned depression around for me was keeping a gratitude journal. I thought it was the dumbest thing but I tried and I’ve kept up with it for almost two years. I do it every night and record four to six things, no matter how I have to scrape the barrel for something tiny. This is most necessary on the shittest days.
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August 24, 2021 at 3:27 am
This might actually be the best review I have seen for the notion of keeping a gratitude journal. I too, have thought it sounded like the silliest idea, but it’s not as if I have made great strides keeping my depression in check by doing anything else. You may have just convinced me!
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August 24, 2021 at 11:22 am
And remember, the secret is no “buts,” “even thoughs,” or “excepts.” Don’t say, “I am grateful I went to yoga today, even though I’ll always be a lardass.” (NOT saying you are–it’s the sort of thing I used to say to myself.) Just say, I’m grateful I went to yoga today.
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August 24, 2021 at 7:24 pm
I get it. I too am very used to disclaiming my successes and happiness. Then I’d get accused of needless self-deprecation and I’d be like, “no, this is just disclaiming for accuracy”, etc. I appreciate the expert tip
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August 24, 2021 at 7:36 pm
Yes!! I love how you worded that–“disclaiming for accuracy,” as though someone’s gonna call you out for not telling the whole horrible truth about yourself. I hope the journal thing could work for you.
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August 17, 2021 at 7:36 pm
Acceptance is key to everything in life, and I’m glad you’re exploring that. I, too, am trying to explore acceptance in the various parts of my life, at the very least to move on and better my situation. I can’t do that if I dwell on my problems.
I appreciate your candour for this post, and I’m glad you wrote about it, because you do it so well. It’d be a shame if you stopped writing and depriving the world of your words. Thanks for this post!
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August 17, 2021 at 8:38 pm
Thanks, Stuart. I’m glad you understand the points I’m trying to make. Sometimes we just have to think our way through things to help us understand them better so we can move on, having put it all to rest.
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August 20, 2021 at 6:25 pm
Some rough life passages indeed, Hetty. Praying much growth and joy this year and beyond for you.
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August 20, 2021 at 7:40 pm
Thanks so much, Mitch. It’s nice to see you. Your prayers are appreciated.
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August 24, 2021 at 3:34 am
Oof. Such excellent writing, and such a difficult story to share.
Honestly, getting to that place of acceptance is probably the highest level of achievement, I’d argue even higher than a prestigious PhD or impressive-sounding career. (I can’t speak to the former, but I have the latter and can confidently say that does absolutely nothing with respect to getting to self-acceptance).
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August 24, 2021 at 11:25 am
Thanks for understanding my points. JYP. These worldly achievements can be nice, but don’t do a damn thing unless we respect ourselves first. And if we do that, we put them into the proper perspective in our lives.
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September 12, 2021 at 4:48 am
“I’ve read versions of my own story so many times, often nearly verbatim”
How strange. And here I am another one! I bought a telescope when 16, becoming extremely passionate about astronomy and space exploration. At the same time though I was struggling with knee problems and being a naturally active person, that made everything more difficult and my choices weren’t necessarily what I would’ve taken. I studied astrophysics at university and my initial plan had also been to do a PhD and just work in that forever. Then my knee recovered through surgery, time and exercise, and I became less and less passionate about the degree itself and was lucky to get it over the line in the end. But I got the Master’s degree. I went on a 3 month trip in the states, couchsurfing with strangers. Then I came back and got a job in…retail! For 18 months. At university I’d got really into computer programming, and after getting bored with retail I got a job doing that. But instantly regretted it because sitting in an office is not for me, and I’d already learned that at university. I simultaneously re-injured my knee though.
Anyway long story short by the age of 30 (2018) I’d been struggling and struggling and hit a wall, and with my knee problems terminable there was no way to resolve the conflict. That was also when I discovered ADHD and mental health stuff in general, then OCD, then autism. The parallels I have with this post are ridiculous. In my own way, I could also never reach the same cognitive heights as before because exercise for me was like putting on glasses for my brain. And now OCD and PTSD are making me slow and dumb.
I would also write 20 pages to list all the things I related to here lol, but:
“I have had a shift on perspective over the last year and a half which is helping me realize that I can reevaluate things from other angles, that even if one path is closed, there are still many others”
This made me happy to read! Because I’ve also been going through that realisation and self-rediscovery. It was on a similar timescale too, though it continues.
That’s what it’s all about! You aren’t your circumstances or what you’ve done in the past— they make up who you are but the ability to reinvent is one of the most powerful qualities you can have. And it’s an act of great humility and dignity. And that’s what comes across— you are dealing with this with great strength and dignity!
P.S. you have a huge talent for writing, you could potentially write an awesome book about your experiences with undiagnosed epilepsy.
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September 12, 2021 at 6:39 pm
Dang Robin we really do have some scary parallels! Barely getting over that MA finish line. Physical/mental pain or illness can really sap your energy for life when you’re just busy dragging your ass from day to day. It wasn’t my knee, but my foot that I hurt that’s screwed up a lot for me physically. And then I’ve suffered from the anxiety and depression…. It’s funny you mention writing about the epilepsy, I have found that when I write about it I usually get a polite F you, get over it. Not from everyone of course. If you look above, a fellow commenter named Joe Valente gets it. I think you understand what I mean when I talk about being affected by a misbehaving brain even if you don’t have epilepsy. Thanks for understanding so much! I am always happy to see your comments.
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In fact, they’re having another one right now. I bought these books in the spring. I’ll be glad when the Dover Pictura site is up and running. I hope I’ll be able to buy the images I want without buying a whole book. I already have a flash drive with a “Dover Images” file so I’m ready when they are.
Of course, I had to round out my order to get free shipping. I added a few items for my grandson, Peter James:
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Won’t she make a lovely silkie for a Bible cover some day?
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I printed up these 4 new silkies over the weekend. The photo in the upper right corner is my grandmother’s 1927 college yearbook portrait. She taught me to embroider and crochet so I think a crazy quilt pillow adorned with those two artforms and her portrait are in order.
The red and gold ones are from a book I picked up for $4.00 at the Ooops store in Myrtle Beach this summer. The little blue butterfly is a freebie from Dover Publications.
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H.Henry emailed Iman to let I know that he has been blocked from posting on the forum. He asked Iman to post this email to Zionlioness and others. I dont know if this will get deleted. It shouldn't but if it does, I will post it again. RasIfree emailed Iman also to say that he has been banned from "AfrikaSpeaksRastaSpeaksRastafariSpeaks"
Here is H. Henry's email he wanted Iman to forward.
Subject: de-blind the people them..
I am now in exile but still read the posts that is been posted by bredren and sistren,I tried to post but I keep getting rejected with words as I must create a profile even when I had created one already and post two reasonings with the past letters that they gave I,I try to post using the same methods as before but failed,before this rejection started I decide to go in exile for a while,so I guess too much fiyah is burning,some of them get afraid even when they keep quoting the biblical fire all times,I notice whenever something is posted for RASTAFARI CHILDREN to do some tapping those post are always been iradicated from the post,eg,the SOLOMON and SHEBA runnings,how could they say that SHEBA had it was to visit jerusalem to be introduced by SOLOMON to the true and living god,since god is the almighty then ETHIOPIAN would bound to have been educated about him by means of handed down knowledge from elders before,ETHIOPIA is prooven to be the cradle of humans,so then god would must have been surfaced or lived,dwell in ETHIOPIA,why is it that SHEBA would have to leave to go look for someone dwelling in her home town,when their is no evidence to state that god had migrated from ETHIOPIA?
With the ark of the covenant,they stated that the son of SOLOMON had taken it to ETHIOPIA,was the ark on a returning mission to ETHIOPIA whereas they claims that it contains god,was the ark a casket?If god is for ETHIOPIANS and also their father,did he abandon his children and he did with jesus?why did it have to take the messengers of evil to come telling them who is their father without a mother,remember that ETHIOPIANS were introduced to the word god by catholics missionaries rejecting our rituals calling it pagan,where am I going with this?AFRICANS or positive people have to shake off the god thing SELASSIE I is far greater than god,recycle the reasoning and check it for your self,also ZIONLIONESS ask I a question,post to her for I that, staff of the message board is swallowing the popes anti-biotics,whenever uplifting reasoning is posted dem eraced dem,it seem as if they are working with and for the pope,post this for I seen bredren...
From H. Henry
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Since I was a little girl, I’ve been an avid reader. I remember coming home from the library, barely able to balance on my 10-speed because of my huge load of delightful reading. Even earlier than that, I remember my mom sighing as I climbed into bed, struggling with the stack of books I expected her to read to me before bedtime. Memories like these come back to me when I take the kids to the library and I pick myself up another couple of books from The Royal Diaries series. I had been searching the library shelves for some good summer reading books for my (now) 3-grader when I found The Royal Diaries: Anastasia. The story of Anastasia has always intrigued me, but as I looked further, I saw there were tons of these books! I went home with two of them and have been reading them all summer.
Each book is based on the life of a young, royal girl. The books are written like a diary would be. They are fictional books, but each one is written based on facts. These stories are all exciting, factual, and chalk-full of learning potential! I’m pretty sure Charlotte Mason would agree
Besides the fact that there are 20 princesses in this series, such as…
Mary, Queen of Scots…just to name a few
…each book offers tons of information at the end of each exciting story. The diaries are written when the girls are around the ages of 12-14, before they are famous. Then the story ends right as something big in their life begins to happen, such as a royal marriage. After the diary, each book includes:
an Epilogue explaining how the story continues or ends
Historical Notes, giving more information about the royal families and the effect they had on that period in time
A Family Tree with continuing pages explaining each person on the family tree and their role in history
Drawings, paintings, photos, or statues of the royalty depending on the point in history
Maps showing the area that the princess was talking about in the story
About the author section where it explains their research for the book (there are several authors in this series)
Pronunciation of difficult words found in the book
Glossary of characters, which is very helpful since many of the books have lots of characters
You can purchase the entire series from Amazon.com here. There are also several VHS tapes based on the books that can be purchased here and here.
Overall, these are absolutely fabulous books to include in your homeschool curriculum. At our house, we are studying the Middle Ages this year so I think I could use several Royal Diaries in our studies. I think these would be great read-alouds for middle-elementary kids and then even better books to assign to upper elementary and middle-school kids to read on their own. Of the several diaries I have read there has been some violence, but very minimal and I tend to over look some of that for the sake of history and learning. I would highly recommend these lovely, historically-rich books!
-Alicia can be found either reading classic literature to her three busy kids or blogging over at La Famille.
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August 27, 2010 at 4:38 pm
My nine year old daughter and I love the royal diaries. We used them last year as read-togethers to spice up our world history.
I have always been intrigued by the story of Anastasia, too!
Yolanda West says
August 7, 2020 at 2:07 am
Where can I find the complete collection?
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During the early 1980s, a radical new toolset was exploding on the scene… a sort of paleo-Google that was primitive by modern standards, but was life-changing for those who could adapt and learn to incorporate online information retrieval into their work. I covered this industry for Online Today and a few other magazines, and the article below was an overview of the entire field… slanted to the business community. From the perspective of a few decades later, it is fascinating to recall a time when online databases were rigidly structured, expensive, and very intimidating to the non-technical user. Here is some history of that early age of online-information systems…
by Steven K. Roberts
October, 1983
Not long ago, a couple of basement experimenters with an exciting new product idea approached an investor in Columbus, Ohio. “We’ve figured out a way,” they said, “to completely revolutionize the car stereo industry.”
The investor, though unfamiliar with high technology, has heard enough of these classic success stories to be intrigued. His eyes lit up. “How?”
The inventors explained their concept for a digital audio disk machine that would use a laser to play prerecorded media, very much like the videodisks that were appearing at the time (mid-1982). Four hours of music could be stored on a small and rugged disk, they claimed, and the sound reproduction would be of unprecedented quality. The units could even be made programmable for selection of desired musical “cuts,” eliminating one of the traditional complaints about magnetic tape.
Fascinated, the investor called a few of his friends. He discovered that the potential market was huge and saw no reason why the idea had to be limited to car stereos. Here was his chance to get in on the ground floor of a big one! They began negotiating.
Later, as he was discussing the matter with his attorney, the investor was advised to have the technology independently researched before risking $50-75,000 in the proposed startup. The attorney knew of a small on-line searching firm that might be able to help.
“Sure, why not?” The investor and his newfound associates appeared at the door of the Information Institute — and during the following hour suddenly found themselves face-to-face with reality.
They discovered that many companies (among them Philips, Mitsubishi, and Sony) had already announced working prototypes of digital audio disk players that had been under development — and in the news — for four or five years. In less than 30 minutes of on-line searching via Lockheed’s DIALOG system, the dismayed trio was treated to a succession of technical article abstracts, news stories, conference papers, and patents having to do with their “hot new idea.” The investor was billed for $32.60 in on-line time plus a consulting fee; the designers walked away crestfallen, and it was business as usual for the information broker.
This sort of thing goes on daily. Have you ever scooped rotten leaves out of your gutters, for example, and dreamed up an expandable-arm gutter cleaner that could simplify the job and make you a fortune? Forget it. There are over 20 patents on variations of that idea already.
Have you ever moved in the wrong direction, discarded a good idea, settled for a “shotgun” marketing approach, or failed to accomplish a critical business objective — simply because you were unable to locate a few particularly critical facts? If so, you’re not alone: there’s hardly a company in existence that could honestly deny it.
The business world abounds with unanswered questions. How many typesetters are in Massachusetts? What is the U.S. market for medical razors? Are there any lawsuits pending against Tandon Corporation? Is there a correlation between chiropractic cervical manipulation and stroke? What are the latest rulings by the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks affecting prior use of an unregistered logo? Is there a book about organo-tin compounds that explains barnacle-proofing? How has Chrysler been advertising lately? Is there a trade association for maraschino cherry producers? What does it take to weld bismuth? Are nitinol heat engines viable? Where can one find an expert in robot vision systems? Should you lease or buy a punch press? Is your product marketable?
Traditionally, such questions have been a pain (to put it gently). Many of them still are, but every one is directly approachable through on-line searching.
How? This article will acquaint you with a technology so powerful that you might even want to change the way you do business… before your competition does.
Our subject is on-line information retrieval. Before going any further, it would be wise to agree upon a preliminary definition of that term.
The words “on line” have been applied to a lot of computer-related phenomena, including everything from communication with timesharing services to the current condition of a computer terminal. None of those traditional meanings adequately express the kinds of capabilities we will be discussing.
We will be talking instead about a new business resource of staggering significance: an “information utility” that can give you access to more collected human knowledge than any library in the world. You’ve been hearing about the “information explosion” for years, but only recently has it become practical enough to be truly relevant to the individual.
It has become common knowledge in recent years that one of the powerful trends affecting the American business community is an unmistakable shift from an industrial to an information economy. This has manifested itself in many ways: the personal computer explosion, the effect that Megatrends author John Naisbitt called the “collapse of the information float,” the relocation of the workforce away from manufacturing, and more. All of it affects your business in a variety of ways.
When we talk about business information, two broad categories come to mind. First, there’s the “internal” information associated with your company: financial records, payroll data, word processing files, production reporting, and so on. Some of this may reside outside your physical premises in a timesharing system, but it is nevertheless your information — and definitely not for public consumption.
The second kind of information that affects your business concerns the rest of the world: the latest publications about robotics, recent legislation on leaseback arrangements, what your competition is up to, and so on. Without access to this, you operate in a vacuum and risk unpleasant surprises from your market or your competition.
The traditional “ear to the ground” has involved careful scrutiny of everything from trade journals to the rumor mill. It has never really been possible (without substantial effort and expense) to track industry activity in a timely and accurate fashion until relatively recently.
The information that interests us here is almost entirely of this second variety. We won’t be discussing ways to get extra mileage out of your accounting system or build your own in-house databases of corporate information. Instead we will be giving you the tools necessary to tap a resource that has grown within a decade from obscure academic roots into a $2-billion-plus industry. Your “ear to the ground” can now be exquisitely sensitive, global in scope, and remarkably affordable.
Information: Where it comes from
Imagine, if you will, an organization of many people with various specialties, each sitting at a computer terminal. All day, every day, they work through thousands of magazines and journals, keying bibliographic references and abstracts for every article into the system. On a regular basis, these records are integrated into an expanding computer resident database of similar information — perhaps already consisting of well over a million items going back 10 to 15 years.
Imagine further that this database is housed in a computer system that has been equipped with the software to search through it very efficiently, allowing someone to request, for example, “all articles since 1975 that mention both Subchapter S corporations and profit-sharing plans.” Or, perhaps, “all articles in TODAY Magazine that have something to do with French videotex systems.”
When such requests can be made easily, and if the results can be had in a few seconds, then this stored database of bibliographic references and abstracts becomes a powerful research tool. No longer is it necessary to go to the library and painstakingly scan the table of contents or annual index of every magazine (a process that is not only notably inefficient but also incapable of yielding good results). Suppose that the search for information about profit-sharing plans in Subchapter S corporations yields 44 articles, and that one of the more interesting ones is entitled. “New Tax Legislation Closes Loophole.” Any manual search of titles that picks that up is a very careful one indeed.
Now suppose that this imagined database is one of a thousand or so, and that some of the others cover such diverse sources as:
All U.S. patents since 1950
Various directories of manufacturers
10,000 reports on all SEC filing corporations
Economic and marketing forecasts
and hundreds of other collections of information totaling over 100-million records. Imagine them all in the same system, readily accessible by phone from your office, and you have a reasonable image of on-line information retrieval.
The implications of this capability tor the business community are profound. Some of the sample questions in the introduction would be almost unapproachable without either an online terminal or a huge research budget.
The opening scenario in which the investor saved himself a bundle by exposing the naïveté of the audio disk “inventors” is not fiction. During the on-line session, some 2,600 technical journals abstracted in the INSPEC database were scanned all the way back to 1969, as were U.S. patents and other sources of information.
Clearly, this kind of capability implies a remarkable resource for the business community. Actual execution of the INSPEC search, including printout of promising “hits,” took a little over seven minutes. The cost?
That’s not bad. Compare it with any other kind of business research — keeping in mind human time, transportation, and overall effectiveness — and you will see why the on-line phenomenon is causing a stir. Of course, it hasn’t been much of a stir as far as the world at large is concerned, because the information industry has traditionally been one of those “incestuous,” academically flavored subcultures. It has been growing in sophistication at a remarkable rate, but has lacked good public relations. Publications have been mostly internal, and the conferences, though spirited, have only recently started attracting outside business and industry.
Yet the on-line world has spawned a set of well debugged resources that have staggering market potential. As one information industry executive noted recently, “You can assume that more than 95 percent of all information published in the last 12 to 15 years is accessible online.” Now that it has “come out of the closet,” online is proving to be indispensable — and the implications for those who ignore it are not pleasant.
Let’s look at some of the reasons why the field is suddenly growing so rapidly:
Scope. We have already hinted at the sheer quantities of information to be found in on-line databases; Nearly two million records on agriculture. Over a million conference papers. Over a million in the Department of Energy file. Over 10 million records in the Electronic Yellow Pages. Over two million in the Funk & Scott index of companies. Four and a half million in just one of the many scientific files. This adds up to a wealth of multidisciplinary information that is readily available to anyone with a terminal — and it is updated daily.
Interactiveness. Much of the effectiveness of on-line searching is directly attributable to the dynamic and interactive nature of the system. In the Old Days, one had to operate in a batch mode, wherein requests for information were submitted, run by the system operator (often overnight), and answered many hours later. This was frustrating not only because of the time delay, but also because much of the art of good research comes from the ability to continually refine one’s inquiry based upon intermediate results.
You could, for example, find over 2,500 articles on equipment leasing in the ABI/INFORM database. But this is far too much information for the question that inspired the search, so you can restrict the choices by date, language, type of leased equipment, and even article slant. If you are interested in the lease/purchase trade-offs in a hospital’s acquisition of an X-ray machine, for example, you can quickly restrict the choices to a single article:
81004686 Buying Diagnostic Imaging Equipment: Points to Ponder, Pitfalls to Avoid
In the past, hospital radiologists have enjoyed almost complete authority for selecting diagnostic imaging equipment because this equipment has been considered too complex and specialized for the normal purchasing routine. However, in the last few years, as a direct result of increasing pressures from government and consumer agencies to control health care costs, hospitals are now more likely to handle capital equipment acquisition. To participate effectively in the decision making for this type of purchase, there are certain things that a materiel manager must know. Diagnostic imaging equipment may be classified into 4 categories:
The simplest way to acquire capital equipment is the straight purchase in which the manufacturer agrees to deliver and install a system at a fixed price. Managers need to consider preparation of a room, delivery and installation, and clarification of purchase terms. Leases, warranties, and equipment service are other matters that materiel managers must analyze in the purchase of diagnostic imaging equipment.
Speed. Swiftness of information retrieval is a major boon in a business context where questions are seldom the result of idle curiosity. It is possible to be on the phone with a potential corporate client and quietly call forth on your CRT screen his latest balance sheets and income statements, pending litigation, news about the company, a description of its products, plant information, recent acquisitions, names and salaries of officers, and so on. This can be very disquieting to the person on the other end of the line, subtly shifting the balance of a negotiation.
Cost. On-line searching seems expensive at first glance. Idle perusal of current database catalogs will reveal hourly connect time figures ranging from $35 to over $300 an hour. Searching chemical patents can cost you as much as $5 per minute — although the average database runs only a little over $1 per minute.
But you can get a lot done in a short time. It is doubtful that even an expert manual researcher in the most complete library in the world could have found all those articles and audio disk patents — and certainly not in less than half an hour!
Extra Features. There are a number of interesting things you can do to extend the system’s usefulness beyond “straight” searching. One of these deserves particular mention — the SDI service (Selective Dissemination of Information) offered by both DIALOG and ORBIT.
Suppose you are in the toothpaste business and are concerned with ongoing work in amorphous precipitated siliceous pigments. (They make great clear toothpaste abrasives.)
You would certainly kick off your research with substantial on-line time, but it might become too expensive if you signed on every week to check for new patents or publications in the field.
No problem. Execute the search once, but instead of simply logging off the system, type END/SDI (if you are on DIALOG). Henceforth, you will automatically receive a monthly mailing containing abstracts of the latest information that meets the criteria of your search. The cost is minimal, and it keeps you up-to-date in a way that no other kind of information resource can.
Capabilities such as these suggest that the long promised “Information Revolution” is becoming enough of a reality to take seriously. It is no longer necessary to be a computer wizard to become constructively involved in system use. although in all fairness, it must be admitted that the available services do require the development of some expertise before they can be used effectively. It is for this reason that database “intermediaries” have sprung up all over the country to give you the unmistakable business advantages of on-line use without having to pay for a learning curve.
But that learning curve is not particularly long or steep, at least for the average business’ requirements, and there is enough information available to help you take off on your own if you see no need to support the overhead of a consultant, Take your pick.
All that knowledge…
This talk about huge storehouses of readily accessible information calls to mind the attitude with which many people still approach computers. “Have you got anything in there on me?” “Can I ask it something?” “Gosh, how does it know?”
The fact is, of course, that it doesn’t know. It is tempting when dealing with computers that contain vast amounts of human knowledge to expect a modicum of human wit, but this is unfortunately not the case. When you type in a search strategy with the intent of extracting a desired piece of knowledge, you will be taken literally. An example will demonstrate this:
One of my first experiences with the DIALOG system took place during the research phase of an article about on-line searching. Armed with a password and amazed by what I had already seen, I decided to have a look at the U.S. patent files. Being of a somewhat lascivious frame of mind, I inquired about sex-related inventions by simply searching for the word “sex.” There were hundreds, of course. Trembling with anticipation, I ordered the first one to be typed…
It was a method for inducing the early flowering of young deciduous trees.
As you learn on-line searching technique, it becomes apparent that much of your success depends upon constant awareness of the fact that the machine is not intelligent. It won’t automatically provide plural forms, overlook misspellings, give you articles about GE when you ask for General Electric, look for “paraffin” if you are trying to find “kerosene” in England, or understand that Steven K. Roberts is the same person as Steven K Roberts. It can be annoying. All that knowledge — and so little sense.
From difficult and obscure beginnings in the late 1960s, there has evolved a complex and fiercely competitive industry. The annual National On-line Meeting this year attracted some 3,000 registrants and hosted over 100 exhibitors — each actively purveying databases, on-line services, private file support, consulting, and more. Let’s look at the classes of information service and the entities that have appeared to market and support them.
There are four major categories of on-line information vendors:
Database Supermarkets. Typified by DIALOG, ORBIT, and BRS, these systems offer dozens, sometimes hundreds, of different databases. These are perhaps the most visible entities in the on-line world because of their diversity and size.
Specialized Services. These systems, such as Mead Data Central and Data Resources Inc., host their own files rather than those from a variety of producers. Many offer unique high-quality services unavailable elsewhere, such as Dunsprint from Dun & Bradstreet.
Timesharing Services. These would not even be mentioned here but for the fact that they overlap the on-line industry in many places. A number of companies that have traditionally been in the business of marketing computer time to business customers now offer a number of database services as well.
Personal and Videotex Services. These are a relatively recent addition to the on-line world. With less sophisticated search capabilities but a much wider range of services, these systems are significantly less expensive and address a broader market — yet they overlap the “hard core” database services in many areas.
These four classes of on-line information resources represent the logical divisions within the industry (the major types of “product lines,” if you will), but they do not, alone, tell the whole story. As in any industry, there are manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, consultants, trade organizations, and various classes of end-users.
Database producers are the original publishers of the information that is intended for marketing via an online system. One of the premier general business bibliographic databases, for example, is ABI/INFORM. Although you access this on a “supermarket” system such as DIALOG, the database is produced by Data Courier Inc. of Louisville, Ky. Other databases are simply machine readable versions of printed publications. Database producers may be thought of as the manufacturers.
On-line vendors are the systems with which you actually interact — whether they are supermarkets, such as DIALOG, or specialized services, such as the International Monetary Fund database. These services can be loosely compared to wholesalers in the traditional marketing chain.
Intermediaries are something of a cross between retailers and consultants, and are becoming an increasingly significant part of the on line industry. One of the options that you have as a consumer of information is the use of a trained intermediary to do the searching for you. In this category we might include document delivery vendors who will locate and provide copies of the original documents discovered during an on-line search.
End users, of course, are the ultimate consumers of the information. Not much of the foregoing would be significant without a market, and it is the rapidly growing population of end users that provides it.
The on-line industry is young and still suffers from many of the standardization and philosophical arguments that affect other new businesses. One issue not likely to be so easily resolved is the cost of searching. For a variety of reasons, the traditional method of charging for information — hourly connect time — is becoming less and less useful.
What price information?
If you ever want to get a spirited conversation going, just wander into a large library and start talking about how patrons should be charged for on-line searching. Perhaps because libraries are traditionally free, this has become a major issue. In 1977, in fact, the American Library Association asserted that “the charging of fees and levies for information services, including those services utilizing the latest information technology, is discriminatory in publicly supported institutions providing library and information services.”
While this may not be a critical issue to the average business user of on-line services, it is indicative of the seriousness with which this new technology is being received among the traditional purveyors of information. Libraries are, in effect, being asked to subsidize the high costs of on-line searching if they wish to offer the best possible service to patrons.
Many openly defy this policy, of course, and have begun adopting alternative approaches. Some split the costs between library and patron, others have established flat fees based on the cost of an average search, and still others offer a limited amount of free on-line time and then pass through all vendor charges after that. The ones staying with subsidized on-line services have begun to notice that they are losing money at an alarming rate: Not only are vendor charges regularly increasing, but free searching encourages sloppy techniques and allows inefficient methods to proliferate.
Outside the library, the question of free on-line searching seldom arises. But the cost of information is every bit as difficult an issue in the business world.
One of the reasons for this is that people are generally accustomed to making only a single payment for a printed volume of information — a book — which may be used for years and passed around without further cost. This renders $1/minute information retrieval costs a bit startling at first glance.
It turns out, however, that the efficiency of on-line searching coupled with the human cost of manual alternatives renders on-line charges quite reasonable for most applications. But suppose you need frequent access to the same database? A directory, for example, such as Books in Print, which would otherwise take the form of a set of bound volumes? This is available on-line for $65/hour, which might seem a questionable alternative to the printed version until you consider the host of extra searching features.
This discrepancy between traditional and new information costs has led to some interesting problems. In the case of the directory, there is nothing to stop you from doing a very general but well-tailored search once, storing all the results on disk in your own computer. With easily-available database software, you can subsequently search this to your heart’s content without any additional charges, perhaps signing on to the big system once a month to update your copy of the file.
Database producers look unkindly upon such copyright violations, but are apparently powerless to do anything about it. This is a situation comparable to that of software piracy that has surfaced in the personal computer world — there is ample economic incentive to cheat, and the chances of getting caught are slim (see “Database Downloading,” August TODAY, pages 27-31).
Additionally, on-line charges in systems such as DIALOG are primarily based on connect time. If you buy a 1200 baud modem to replace your 300 baud unit, you have improved your communication speed by a factor of four and substantially cut your searching costs. A local microcomputer can slash them further by retransmitting previously prepared search strategies in a fraction of the time it would take you to key them in online.
None of this is particularly pleasing to the on-line vendors, who have moved out of academia into the business world and are correspondingly more attentive to the bottom line. Ideally they would like to charge users up front for the privilege of using their system (still at a stiff hourly rate, of course), thus recouping production costs immediately and acquiring tangible data about the size of their user population. Some systems — notably the more specialized ones such as DRI’s econometric databases — manage to get away with this, charging front-end subscription fees of $20,000 and up.
But users prefer the “pay as you go” approach, although the straight connect time basis is becoming undesirable from even their standpoint. The problem here is that the more users a system has, the slower it gets. It is, in fact, contrary to my own best interests to write about the field: Every time someone else gets enthusiastic and signs on with a database service, my average searching costs increase slightly! The vendors try to control this with ever-faster computers and communications processors, but system behavior at peak times is still noticeably sluggish.
The net effect is a trend away from straight connect-time charging toward a scheme that is based more upon the actual amount of information delivered. This will likely evolve into a basic charge for the time spent on the system, plus a fee based upon the number of records or abstracts actually displayed or printed.
Whatever happens, you can expect considerable flux in the coming years; this industry, though already sophisticated and immensely useful, is still suffering growing pains.
It is entertaining in any new and fast-growing technology to speculate about the future. Where is the information industry going?
In general, we can observe that the systems will become more responsive as problems of user overloading are solved, and that more data will continue to become available online every month. Further, it is safe to predict that there will be more full text databases appearing — those that provide not only a bibliographic record and abstract of an article, but also the article itself. Mead Data Central’s Nexis (news) and Lexis (legal) databases have always been this way, and others will surely follow as storage costs continue to decrease.
The technological changes are perhaps the most obvious. Information handling systems are continuing to develop at the same dizzying rate that has characterized the last decade, and this will affect on-line information retrieval in a number of satisfying ways.
First, as noted a moment ago, we can expect ongoing increases in the amount of data available. With the average annual 30 percent decrease in the per-bit cost of mass storage, it is only reasonable to assume that more information sources will be brought online.
Second, we can expect an extremely sharp drop over and above this 30 percent soon — laser disk technology is promising mass storage costs of .00000001 cents/bit within the next five years. Already it is possible to store 108,000 video frames on a single low-cost disk, and this is being used in the on-line industry as a delivery vehicle for patent drawings (Video Patsearch from Pergamon). In this system, standard methods are used to search the remote patent database, whereupon a local processor notes the patent number, accesses the videodisk, and displays the applicable drawings on a TV screen. The drawings for the nearly 850,000 U.S. patents issued since January 1971—along with over 10,000 foreign patents — occupy only nine videodisks.
But this is only one of a host of new techniques for information delivery. At present, most on-line searching takes place at either 30 or 120 characters/second — hardly sufficient for cost-effective retrieval of full text documents. New transmission methods involving satellite links, coaxial cable, and fiber optics will be tried, yielding long overdue alternatives to the present slow data transmission schemes.
Meanwhile, terminal costs are finally decreasing, making those traditional slow methods easier on the pocketbook. There are already a number of portable terminals on the market which, while not easy on the eyes, do allow on-line access no matter where you are. Briefcase computers such as the Radio Shack Model 100 are softening the financial burden of terminal ownership.
But some of the most exciting changes occurring in the information industry involve new software techniques. More than simple extensions of old methods, these involve such provocative research areas as artificial intelligence (AI), natural language understanding, and knowledge engineering.
In particular, AI is making some meaningful contributions to that over advertised but under achieved phenomenon called “user friendliness.” Present on-line command protocols, while certainly understandable by any reasonably intelligent person, are nevertheless counter-intuitive and somewhat arbitrary. Improvements are being made in on-line “help” facilities (you can become reasonably proficient on DIALOG’S “Knowledge Index” system without a manual). But it would still be nice to enter information requests in relatively unstructured English and expect to be understood.
Intelligent software will also be useful at the terminal end. Customized through experience with a given user and the appropriate subset of all possible applications, it will accept high level commands, translate them, and interact with the remote database system as necessary to satisfy the user’s stated need. Encouraging developments along these lines are already appearing in the form of micro based “intelligent database access machines” such as SDC’s SearchMaster system.
Another trend to watch for is equally desirable: the replacement of the current profusion of command protocols on different systems with one universally applicable style. As with any standardization issue, there are approximately as many points of view as there are participants, and you can be sure that few online vendors will be in any hurry to make their systems look like someone else’s. But the demands of the market are rigorous.
Some other new developments are likely to affect the data communications part of the on-line picture. Not only will the networks begin to offer features of their own, but they will be come larger and more pervasive, reducing on-line costs for those unfortunate folks who do not presently live within a local telephone call of a network node. Data communication charges via Telenet average only $8/hour, but long distance rates on top of that can be painful.
Along with the enlargement of data communication networks will come a proliferation of “gateways.” At present, you access most databases by communicating directly with whatever on-line system hosts them. If you are signed on to the DIALOG system and want to change from Management Contents to Standard & Poor’s News Daily, you simply enter the command “B 133” to begin searching in database number 133. That is possible because both of them happen to reside in DIALOG.
But if the file you want to switch to is Accountants, which exists on ORBIT, then you have to log off of DIALOG, log on to ORBIT and take it from there. It’s not particularly difficult — but it would be nice to issue a simple command and let the network worry about what computer you happen to be talking to.
The logical extrapolation, and one that makes sense for a lot of reasons, is a move toward more and more distributed databases and away from massive systems hosting hundreds of different files. With large size comes a bewildering array of problems, not the least of which is the impact upon users when the system is down. If gateways between intelligent networks and small database systems can be easily managed, then every mom ‘n’ pop operation with information to sell could make their database available without having to meet the profitability criteria of a supermarket service.
All of this raises some interesting business issues. It has been estimated that on-line information retrieval will represent a 1990 market in excess of $10 billion, and major vendors such as ITT, IBM, Xerox, AT&T, and GTE are currently positioning themselves to participate. In addition, large traditional publishers such as McGraw-Hill and Prentice-Hall are frantically trying to align themselves with this field, since the potential for erosion of their print market is significant. Electronic publishing will begin to appear less and less strange — especially when the costs go down and computer facilities exist to deal with it efficiently.
All this growth implies trouble, of course, since well-established industries usually don’t give up without a fight. You can expect some extended legal battles, including lawsuits about restraint of trade, monopolistic practices, and labor disputes. Also, sticky copyright issues are beginning to surface, with no one in the industry sure of the best way to control ownership and reproduction of information once it is in machine-readable form.
With these events occurring, something that is still a rather obscure phenomenon for the average citizen is likely to become a major social issue. Who controls information? When on line services penetrate the home, how will they compete with newspapers and magazines? How will the existing network of authors, publishers, wholesalers, distributors, and readers deal with an unprecedented reduction in the volume of print media?
One thing is certain: On-line information retrieval is on the rise. Everything is increasing — the number of databases, the number of terminals, the number of users, the number of searches performed, the revenues, and even the number of mergers and acquisitions in the on-line field. Information is easily available from sources once obscure; the Bangladesh Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research can appear in your search results right next to Scientific American. The small business operator no longer struggles under the information disadvantage that has handicapped him in the past — if anything, he is more likely than his Fortune 500 competition to stay current with the applicable trends and technologies. National borders mean less and less, and it is more dangerous than ever before to assume that your current technological advantage in the market is likely to continue without ongoing effort. The number of secrets you can keep about your business is decreasing — but at the same time, you can keep your eye on the competition better than ever before. These trends will continue and should be woven into an intelligent business plan in the 1980s.
Next month, we consider the smorgasbord of services that are available in the on-line world — from ABI/INFORM to the Zoological Record.
Steve Roberts is a Columbus-based free-lance writer and consultant who has written extensively about on-line information retrieval, microcomputer design, and artificial intelligence. He is currently working on his fourth book (Garland Publishing Co.) Roberts’ CompuServe User ID is [redacted]
by Steven K. Roberts
Online Today — October, 1983 (same issue as above feature)
The recent emergence of on-line information retrieval services, such as Lockheed’s DIALOG and SDC’s ORBIT, has spawned a new breed of entrepreneur. Bridging the technical gap between commercial databases and end users, these information brokers are carving out a necessary (and profitable) niche in the information business.
Demand for “on-line intermediaries” is increasing rapidly. On-line information retrieval systems are complex, rapidly changing, and somewhat intimidating to the inexperienced user; nevertheless, they are becoming ever more essential to almost every type of business as the only efficient means of tracking the world’s prodigious output of specialized literature. This has created an interesting problem: A growing number of people are starting to realize that they need to use databases, yet they are reluctant to take on the learning curve that is required to do so.
Enter the information broker. Trained in the fine points of on-line searching and conversant with a wide range of subject areas, these quintessential generalists will find out — for a price — just about anything you want to know. Intermediaries have researched subjects as diverse as the tastes of cocktail waitresses, the viability of nitinol heat engines, the molecular structure of a paint sample, and the marketing of kerosene heaters in Scotland. This sort of flexibility would not be possible were it not for the databases themselves, which now contain, according to some estimates, references to roughly 95 percent of all the world’s literature published in the last 10-12 years.
The information brokerage business is a growing and healthy one. but it has its share of problems. One of the most frustrating ones is trying to explain to the public just what, exactly, information brokers can offer. Explanations of the capabilities offered by services such as DIALOG are often met with incredulity, and most business people have the conviction that they are already keeping up with their fields quite well.
Anji Brenner, an information broker in Minneapolis, doesn’t seem to have that problem. “People call me with their information needs,” she said. “I don’t have to try to convince them any more.” A former librarian, Brenner is quite familiar with the “head-in-the-sand” attitude many people have when it comes to information. But her acceptance by the business community has changed much of that; now she finds that a much greater problem is simply keeping up with the demand for her services.
The rise of the intermediary is evidence that the information industry is maturing. Originally catering only to academic, library, and research clientele, on-line services are now reaching out to the business community at large. The difference is dramatic, since only rarely does this new class of information-consumer have the expertise to access the services directly. Stockbrokers and real-estate brokers evolved long ago for similar reasons; now the information broker has appeared as an essential part of the emerging information society.
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Significant progress was made on the filming of The Rosenwald Schools on December 3rd and 4th when Aviva and her Chicago crew filmed a slew of interviews in the home of Peter Ascoli, grandson of Julius Rosenwald. Our thanks go out to Peter and his wife Lucy for graciously hosting us and our interviewees.
The Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments
Three wonderful individuals who had lived in the Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments agreed to speak to us: former Chicago school superintendent Manford Byrd, Ralph Metcalfe Jr. and Lauranita Dugas. Mr. Byrd grew up in southeast Alabama but moved to Chicago in the mid-1950s in search of work. He explained the situation in Chicago at the time, and the significance of the Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments.
There certainly has been an improvement in housing for African Americans in Chicago, but when I came it was really tight and really restricted. The real estate concerns controlled the movement of blacks very tightly and at many of the places, they cut up the apartments and made kitchenettes of them. We were at that time at the tail-end of another one of the great migrations into the city, so it was just very tight. But here was this oasis, here was this Mecca in the middle of the community… (Manford Byrd)
Byrd had only been living in the city a short time when he heard about “The Rosenwald,” as the apartment building was known around town. He and his fiancee were looking for a place to live and, after months on a waiting list, Byrd was able to secure an apartment in the Rosenwald by persistently reaching out to the building manager, Gwendolyn Minerbrook.
The waiting list at the Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments was lengthy because the apartments there were greatly superior to many found in the rest of the community. Indeed, as Ralph Metcalfe Jr., son of Olympian and Congressman Ralph Metcalfe Sr., put it, “In 1946, the Rosenwald building was the place to be.” Metcalfe was born in the Rosenwald Apartments and talked about the celebrities (including his own father) who called it home: Joe Louis, Jesse Owens and more. Above all, he stressed what a great place it was to grow up, a view that was echoed by our next interviewee, Lauranita Dugas.
Dugas is the daughter of Robert Rochon Taylor, who was the first manager of the Rosenwald Apartments and later the chairman of the Chicago Housing Authority. Although she was only a child, she was extremely aware of the inner workings of the building and related many details about what the building used to hold: a nursery school, a goldfish pond, a dance studio and many small businesses. Dugas also shared with us a humorous anecdote about Julius Rosenwald, chairman of Sears Roebuck and namesake of the building:
One day, Mr. Rosenwald came to the building […] and was supervising and observing the painters. Just making conversation, he said, ‘Is that Sears paint?’ The painter didn’t know who he was [and] said, ‘Oh, no. We don’t use the Sears paint. It’s no good. We wouldn’t put it on this fine building.’ Mr. Rosenwald was just absolutely astonished. He went back over to Homan Avenue [Sears headquarters] and said, ‘What kind of paint are we using that’s so cheap that the painters don’t want to put it on?’
Aviva conducting a pre-interview with Lauranita Dugas
Next we talked to Dr. Irving Cutler, author of several books, a native of Chicago’s North Lawndale and probably the foremost historian on Jewish Chicago. Cutler ranks Rosenwald the most influential Jewish citizen in the city’s history, largely because of his work to bring together the Eastern European and the German Jews of the city, who at that time were often at odds and lived in separate communities. Rosenwald, whose family was part of the older wave of German Jewish immigration, reached out to the more newly arrived community of Eastern European Jews in Chicago in several ways, but perhaps most visibly by engineering the combination of the two communities into the new amalgamated Jewish Charities of Chicago, which spearheaded support for Jewish relief causes in the wake of World War I.
Rosenwald passed away in 1932, but the Rosenwald Family Association (a philanthropy ran by his children) were able to help a sizable number of their extended family members escape Nazi Germany in the days leading up to World War II. Ursula Jonas, our next interviewee, was one of these fortunate individuals, and she immigrated from Germany with her family in 1936 thanks to the assistance of William and Lessing Rosenwald and the Adler family. Jonas, who still lives in the Chicago area, spoke about the lasting bond she formed with the Adlers during her early years in the USA:
[They] were just the most wonderful, warm, generous, giving people that anyone could have. [They] took care of everything: they set up apartments. […] they helped with jobs for the family, they were there with advice and help. My mother became ill in 1939 after my sister was born [and] they hired someone to stay with us, so we had someone there helping out for actually several years. We attended Thanksgiving gatherings […] and actually later on, when I was ready to go to college, I got some assistance from the Rosenwalds, helping out with my college tuition. (Ursula Jonas)
Ursula Jonas on our set (with Peter Ascoli in the background)
We also interviewed Kathleen McCarthy, director of exhibits and collections at the Museum of Science and Industry, on the topic of Rosenwald’s impact in Chicago. Ms. McCarthy explained the fascinating details of Rosenwald’s inspiration for and founding of the museum, a topic that will be expanded upon in a future post on this blog.
Kenneth Warren, a professor at University of Chicago and an expert on African American literature and Ralph Ellison in particular, brought out the context of the Rosenwald Fund’s philanthropy and talked about the impact of Rosenwald grantees on the broader culture of the Jim Crow South. He also had an interesting rumination on Rosenwald’s legacy, which he said had occurred to him while in a department meeting in the campus’s Rosenwald Hall:
I suspect that it might be true that your Fund sought to achieve a vision that included the idea that the University of Chicago Department of English would include among its faculty African American scholars studying African American literature and that this would be an important part of the [curriculum]. (Dr. Kenneth Warren)
Aviva with Dr. Kenneth Warren
After Dr. Warren, we met with two economists, Daniel Aaronson and Bhash Mazumder, from the Chicago Federal Reserve who have done creative and significant research on the impact of the Rosenwald schools. Aaronson and Mazumder used census and military enlistment records to track the heretofore uncharted effects of Rosenwald schools on Southern communities, and found a wide range of positive effects on communities that built schools with the help of the Rosenwald Fund.
Aviva Kempner with Bhash Mazumder and Daniel Aaronson
Finally, Oyekunle Oyegbemi spoke to us about the compelling connection he feels to the Rosenwald school he attended in Prentiss, Mississippi. The Rosenwald Fund provided funding for the campus’s iconic Rosenwald Hall, a beautiful stone building that had many purposes.
[We] were actually proud of that campus and that particular building, because it was the centerpiece […] and I would later learn that that was one of the larger Rosenwald buildings. All the activities were centered around that building. We would go to Vespers services on Sundays, graduation services, the community would [have] meetings, we would have entertainment there. I was in a little band and we would perform there. Not only that, we had classrooms and a library there and on the lower level, they had the administrative offices. So that building was kind of like a catchall for everything and everything was centered around that building.
Oyegbemi, whose family helped found the school, also worked as a handyman on campus during his time at Prentiss. For Oyegbemi, a native of rural Mississippi, the Rosenwald school was a place of discovery; of art, music and his African ancestry. The school was so important to him that years later, in 1989, upon hearing that it was slated to be closed, Oyegbemi packed up and left his current home and job in Chicago and moved back to Mississippi, where he spent months attempting to save the school. Although he was ultimately unsuccessful at saving the school for its original purpose, the campus is still standing and he hopes one day to be part of a rehabilitation campaign there.
Many thanks to our fantastic interviewees for relating their fascinating stories and illuminating details about Julius Rosenwald’s life and impact.
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It is the news time of the week again. We put our hands into the "week-old Halloween candy bucket" of news and pulled out an interesting article discussing the lack of arcades in the world but their apparent prominence in Japan. Do you have any fond arcade moments? Do you miss the arcade? Your comments are highly encouraged.
Scott: This week, let's talk about the state of arcades.
Scott: So they say that because arcades are in more public areas, people play them more.
Jorge: I could see that, but would putting an arcade next to the BART (Subway) station bring in that many more people?
Scott: Would you play on your way to work? I notice that I usually can't resist a game or two of Ms. Pacman when I'm at the laundromat.
Jorge: I have my DS. So even if there was one next to BART, I'd just sit there and play that. I think it has something to do with money. Arcades are kind of expensive.
Scott: Good point. The money-making aspect of video games is at its most blatant at the arcades.
Scott: But maybe it's more about getting an experience you can't get outside of an arcade cabinet, like Time Crisis?
Jorge: That's true, and Time Crisis is a great game, but it's still too expensive. They charge a dollar for a game like Time Crisis now, and they ratcheted up the difficulty intentionally. They don't want you to play for a very long time on fifty cents, so why even bother?
Jorge: Whenever I played arcade systems I never got past the first or second level because I would run out of me. I had to go the movie theater with the intent to blow thirty dollars on Jurassic Park arcade cabinet.
Scott: Yeah, you might as well just buy a game at that point.It just seems like the social aspect of arcades is being co-opted by the Internet.
Jorge: I don't think online gaming has replaced the social aspects of arcades completely. I admit, I probably romanticize arcades. I imagine them to be nerd havens where you can chat it up with other gamers and find people with a similar interest, or maybe bump into a friend and go grab a sandwich before some Guilty Gear.
Scott: But unfortunately, I don't think that has been either of our experiences.
Jorge: That never really happened to me. The only time I interacted with someone was on a competitive level. Someone would come own me at Tekken and essentially take my fifty cents.
Scott: Which was always the problem: there was no way of stratifying skill levels. I always felt inadequate in comparison to those that just lived in the arcade.
Jorge: In that case, internet gaming in the home has arcades beat. You can just boot people who are too good or, as many games do, filter games so you play with people at a comparable skill level.
Scott: It also seems like the kinds of games we like playing now don't translate well to the arcade format.
Scott: The kinds of games I'm playing these days (like Okami or LittleBigPlanet) just don't work in an arcade setting. They are largely solitary and they are time intensive games.
Jorge: But there are the games that do work, hence Xbox Live ARCADE. You could easily put World of Goo in a cabinet and have it fit right in with other arcade titles. Plus, it's not like Japan doesn't have online gaming. I think the reason it is still popular there has more to do with the niche market that comes out with weird titles strictly for the arcade.
Jorge: Also, again I'm sure I'm romanticizing arcades, but I think there is something there, some social aspect, that we just don't get from online console play, at least not yet.
Scott: I think there is a good political-science influenced argument there:in order for gamers to grow in their tastes and habits, they should be exposed to games and fellow gamers that they normally wouldn't seek out by their own choosing.
Jorge: I agree, expand your gamer cultural awareness.
Jorge: Interestingly enough, there are still arenas for that in the form of gaming stores with LAN setups. I have an account to one near the university that has a great computer and table-top setup and I've had some good times there with people I would never have met in another environment. It's not an arcade in the classical sense, but it fulfills the same purpose.In all honesty, I don't go there often at all, but it comforts me to know such a place exists. I've got a gaming sanctuary to run to if my power goes out, or if I'm in need of like minded company.
Scott: I think it's telling that we don't really think of these places as arcades though.
Jorge: Less money per hour and a less tacky atmosphere: I don't consider them as arcades either.
Scott: Even though arcades may be past their prime, we still have them to thank for certain innovations. Rhythm games are a great example: without arcades we probably wouldn't have Rock Band, seeing as how it arose in a climate created by games like DDR.
Jorge: Who knows what kooky, perverted games are evolving in packed and sweaty Japanese arcades right now, just waiting for a console market.
Scott: It seems like we want arcades to exist but we don't really want to go to them.
Jorge: It's like retired superheroes: I don't want to forget they exist, because one day we may need them.
Written by Jorge Albor at 11/05/2008 05:45:00 PM
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Will November 5, 2008 at 8:11 PM
Well, now that I'm living in Korea, I am surrounded by arcades. However, I expected them to be the crazy, neo-modern arcades I see in "Lost in Translation," yet they are the complete opposite. Every single arcade has Tetris, and Bubble Puzzle (my favorite), Aerofighter, Tekken, and a ton of old games. It is actually kind of hard to find new games unless I go to downtown. Even then, they have the same simple games at 20 cents a pop. It seems true that the only true innovation comes from the rhythm based games. An extremely popular one here is a dj game, where you have to hit buttons and spin a turntable at the same time along with the song (it looks insane). I did see an arcade version of mario kart which I have yet to try, but still, I am kinda glad that anytime I want I can go across the street from my house and spend my loose change trying to match colored bubbles.
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Scott Juster November 7, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Hi Will! Good to hear from you! I guess the classic arcade games die hard, eh? Thanks for the comment!
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Saudi new King Salman walks alongside President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama after the Obamas arrived on Air Force One at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on January 27, 2015. Obama landed in Saudi Arabia to shore up ties with King Salman and to offer condolences after the death of his predecessor Abdullah. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
Michelle Obama’s absent headscarf on a visit with President Barack Obama to pay respects to the late Saudi King Abdullah Tuesday has sparked outrage among some members of the U.S. media, who called it disrespectful.
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The Associated Press reported Tuesday that the first lady did not wear a headscarf or veil, noting that it was an unusual move in Saudi Arabia because it’s one of the few countries on Earth where women are expected to cover their heads. The story went on to cite more than 1,500 tweets using the hashtag #ميشيل_أوباما_سفور (roughly, #Michelle_Obama_unveiled).
But Vox’s Max Fisher points out that the first lady was merely following in the footsteps of her White predecessors, who never experienced media backlash. Further, he notes that the controversy is fundamentally racist and “rooted in the idea that Arabs are such inherently backward cavemen that even top government leaders would somehow be shocked to see an unveiled woman.”
Vox reports:
American officials in Saudi Arabia typically do not wear headscarves, including at formal government functions. Michelle was following normal protocol.
Former first ladies Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton did not wear headscarves on similar official visits to Saudi Arabia. Neither did former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Saudi Arabia is officially ultra-conservative, but it is also heavily integrated into the global economy; unveiled Western women are extremely common in elite government circles like this one. Unveiled female Western leaders are common sights on Saudi media.
Vox also notes that Saudi’s twitterverse is rather large and the number of complaining social media users barely tips the scale toward a mass reaction.
Despite reports of a Saudi social media backlash against the first lady for going unveiled, tweets complaining about her appearance appear to have been quite limited. As the Wall Street Journal’s Ahmed Al Omran put it, “Saudi has millions of Twitter users. When a few hundred of them talk about something, that’s not a backlash. It’s hardly a flicker.”
The piece went on to slam social media users who seized the moment to promote stereotypes and Muslim fearmongering.
The American media’s assumption that Saudis are all cavemen whose faces would melt on seeing an unveiled woman is not just overly simplistic, but is rooted in racist assumptions about Arabs and Muslims as inherently and universally backwards. Unsurprisingly, many in the US have seized on this to perpetuate Islamophobic fearmongering about Muslims, such as when US Senator Ted Cruz tweeted, “Kudos to @FLOTUS for standing up for women & refusing to wear Sharia-mandated head-scarf in Saudi Arabia.”
If she had worn a headscarf, just imagine the momentum it would have given to the birther movement, Vox notes, citing an excerpt from a Facebook post by Nidal Diaz, an Ottowa-based analyst:
The unfortunate truth is that this had little to do with her making a stand for a woman’s right to not wear a veil and/or the Saudi government’s institutionalized sexism but more to do with attempting to avoid further perpetuating the American Right’s obsession for stigmatizing Obama and family as Muslims, and, approaching an election year, to prevent the Democrat administration from appearing to submit to the way of life of the vilified Saudis/Wahhabis. Beyond that, I highly doubt that whatever vitriol she got on Saudi social media and blogosphere would have even compared to the backlash she would have gotten had she been pictured wearing a veil at Abdullah’s funeral.
Vox notes that in its rush to find fault with the first lady, the media ended up focusing on the wrong issues:
The Saudi government is indeed a despotic dictatorship and horrific human rights abuser — it has beheaded three people in the week since the king died — particularly when it comes to women. It is unfortunate and ironic that, in an attempt to highlight this problem, much of the American media has instead only perpetuated the different but very real American problem of Islamophobic and anti-Arab stereotyping.
Indeed, this is not an issue about the absence of the first lady’s headscarf, but a push to find fault where there is none to avoid tackling weightier matters like human rights abuses.
Michelle Obama Headscarf “Scandal” Draws Fire was originally published on newsone.com
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For many kids, the school bell has officially rung and the 2021 school year is officially on. The 2020 school year was one for the record books. Many kids spent the majority of time learning from home instead of sitting in a classroom while parents worked remotely. By the end of the school year, vaccinations were in full swing and businesses were slowly getting back to normal. For the first time in a year, families could actually make travel plans while continuing to wear masks and having added protection from COVID thanks to the three vaccines.
Like many families, it looked like the 2021 school year would have a sense of normalcy. Instead, like a repeat of a nightmare, COVID resurged in the form of a delta variant which originated overseas.
Even with teens 12 through 17 now eligible for the vaccine, many parents are still hesitant about vaccinating their children given the unknown side effects and how they affect children. Additionally, the hyper-political issue of mask wearing has now reached school districts, where administrators and educators must contend with keeping students and staff safe while not infringing on the rights of parents who don’t agree with mask mandates.
With all this in mind, what can kids look forward to this school year and how should parents prepare their kids for another strange year of learning?
A Return to the Classroom
Even with the rate of vaccinations waning in the US, the start of the school year for many schools was looking bright. Students would be returning to the classroom taking simple preparations such as mask wearing and practicing social distancing. In many large cities and towns, infection rates were low and it appeared COVID was well under control.
That sense of security and safety gave school districts the confidence to believe kids would be returning to the classroom. There was practically no talk of remote learning and parents began buying up school supplies in preparation for that first day of school.
But by the middle of summer vacation, the country watched as the Delta variant of COVID finally arrived. A far more infectious version of the virus Americans dealt with last year, schools braced themselves for new health restrictions and decisions from their school boards on how to operate.
Before the start of the school year, parents worried their child’s school would experience the same issues from 2020. This meant the potential for schools to be shut down because of a mass outbreak of COVID or returning to remote learning because of high infection rates. While having children learning at home was safer than sending them to campus in 2020, it created a major inconvenience for essential workers who couldn’t leave children at home alone.
Probably one of the most controversial and contentious issues parents and students are likely to experience this year is the debate about school districts mandating masks in schools. While the effectiveness of masks has been talked about ad nauseam, there are still many people who believe they restrict breathing and cause more harm than good. As such, many parents refuse to have their children wear masks and have become vocal at school board meetings where the topic of mask mandates is the main discussion.
While it’s safe to say that parents will make the best decisions for the health and safety of their children, the debate over mask mandates has become a politically polarizing issue and parents on both sides of the issues are passionate about their views.
What is certain is school districts where masks are optional are likely at the highest risk for spreading the virus to students, regardless of their vaccination status. This potentially puts schools at risk for returning to remote learning in order to prevent further infections.
Some school districts have implemented mask mandates in defiance of state bans on mask mandates. Because of this, it’s important for parents to stay informed on how their school district is handling the health and safety of students at their child’s school.
Additionally, parents will need to be extra careful sending a child to school with a simple case of the sniffles. Schools will likely ask children to be kept at home if they are showing the symptoms of COVID in order to prevent accidental infections. It may also mean having children test negative for COVID before kids are clear to go back to the classroom.
On the bright side, schools have had plenty of time to become masters at disinfecting classrooms and offices to make sure students have a clean environment to learn. Many desks are now kept six-feet apart and are equipped with clear plastic shields. Teachers were some of the first people to be vacated and school districts made it easy for them to get their vaccines quickly. Sanitization stations are no common place and allow kids to have access to hand sanitizer and wipes. These small steps can play a big part in keeping infection numbers in schools as low as possible.
Remote learning proved difficult in 2020 as teachers rushed to get curriculum in place and assign tablets and laptops to students. It also exposed the technological divide faced by many families across the country. The pandemic left many families unable to pay for internet service and non-technologically savvy parents found themselves frustrated using technology that didn’t always work as intended.
Still, despite all the issues and the frustrations of teachers trying to get students to complete assignments, there are still parents who are more comfortable having their children learn at home versus taking the risk of sending them to school with the Delta variant spreading quickly.
However, not all school districts are offering remote learning for students. Many districts currently offer limited remote learning opportunities or have done away with it all together. Remote learning has also become a contentious issue among political leaders and state governments have threatened school districts by refusing to release funds if schools do not limit or completely do away with remote learning.
Because of this, it’s important for parents to reach out to their child’s school and find out the policy on remote learning for the 2021 school year. There may be exemptions for some students parents can take advantage of if they have medical issues which place them at a higher risk than others.
More than First Day Jitters
Junior high and high school students who have already dealt with a year of pandemic procedures and having their lives flipped upside down thanks to COVID. It should come as no surprise to parents if their students feel a bit hesitant going back to school.
While conversations have focused mostly on preventing infections, 2020 also taught us to focus more on the mental health of teens and kids. High school is an important time in the life of a teenager. They develop deep friendships, create childhood memories, and they learn how to interact with their peers and learn to deal with various social issues for the first time. Instead, 2020 kept many of them at home, locked up in their rooms and learning via computer.
For the majority of teens, there were no football games, school dances, parties, or even graduations, an important event in the life of a teenager.
The year-long isolation has had a major effect on the mental health of teens who couldn’t do the typical things teens do. This lead to an increase in teen depression. An increase in anxiety was also prevalent in teens hoping to get into the college of their dreams or making sure their grades wouldn’t suffer under remote learning. Many felt like years of hard work could simply go down the drain by no fault of their own.
Thankfully, acknowledging these increases has started a more in-depth conversation between kids, parents, and educators. It has also brought about more conversations among adults who also suffer with depression and anxiety.
Despite all the new challenges both educationally and politically, parents should do their best to make the school year as fun and rewarding as possible. Fully vaccinated kids and parents have a bit more protection from COVID, and when combined with masks and proper hygiene, the risks of infections drop significantly.
The pandemic has given educators the opportunity to teach young kids about caring for others and being supportive. It has also forced school districts and leaders to do more to address the technological divide and mental health issues among their students.
While schools are doing their best, parents should also work hard to not only keep their kids safe and healthy, but also make sure they’re getting the positive reinforcement they need to tackle another challenging school year. Thankfully, 2021 has something 2020 didn’t have to offer. And that is a vaccine available to millions of adults and now teens.
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By a strange turn of events, about a month ago, I found myself taking the Metra from Chicago to Aurora. About a year ago, this wouldn’t have been so weird… I used to commute from Elburn to Chicago and vice-versa when I first started working at Groupon. But now that I’ve secured a residence in a neighborhood bordering the city of Chicago, I find myself making the trek less and less. It takes something special, like my family, or an awesome opportunity, to inspire a train ride back to the suburbs after putting in a full day at Social Media Beast.
A live #Foodiechats experience ranks amongst one of those awesome opportunities that you just can’t say no to. One of my clients at Social Media Beast is Phil Stefani Restaurant Group. When we first started working with them, they had a very talented social media intern named Taylor. We worked with her to take their social media game to the next level. Nowadays, Taylor has graduated and moved on to starting hew own integrated marketing company, Deck Media. I’m excited to see where she takes it!
Anyways, as a member of the Chicago foodie community after being so involved with Stefani Restaurants, Taylor followed many influencers in the industry, including Steve Green, founder of #Foodiechats. For those not in the know, #Foodiechats is a weekly Twitter Chat (soon to be an app!) that happens Mondays at 7pm CST. For those who don’t understand the concept of Twitter Chats, check out the article I wrote for my company blog. Anyways, the topic always centers around food, and usually is sponsored by a company related to the industry or a restaurant. Taylor saw that Steve Green was looking for local foodies to take part in the latest live event, made her interest known and invited me along for the ride.
On this particular occasion, the sponsoring entity was Two Brothers Brewing. Although I love their beer (Sidekick all the way), I’d never been to the Roundhouse – even though it’s practically in my backyard! Once I got off the train, I walked straight in – passing various bars, a coffee shop, and a beautiful courtyard. Apparently it’s the type of venue that a lot of people get married – a choice I completely understand.
Steve Green was a gracious host and made sure everyone was properly introduced and facilitated conversation, while simultaneously capturing photos and tweeting out to his loyal following. See that’s the thing about a #Foodiechats live event… you have to be a master of talking to your fellow foodies and tweeting to contribute to #Foodiechats at the same time. At one point, the owner jokingly said “Get off your phones!” It took me a minute to realize he wasn’t serious.
In this particular #Foodiechats event, Two Brothers was promoting a summer food festival (which unfortunately for you is now over). The food was absolutely incredible – a gourmet take on American comfort food favorites. And the BEER! Can you imagine having unlimited access to all that Two Brothers has to offer? It was a dream. In fact, I had the opportunity to grab a six pack of their new Wobble IPA beer. My boyfriend, a home brewer, is writing up a review that will be on the blog in the near future! Stay tuned
Unfortunately I had to skip out before the event was completely over to catch the train. But little did I know, this wouldn’t be the last of my #Foodiechats experiences.
Fast forward to a few weeks ago. Steve reached out to me right before the Fourth of July weekend about an event happening after everyone returned to work. This event was at Frontier and was sponsored by the Better Burger Project. The Better Burger Project is a contest from the James Beard Foundation, which tasks chefs from all across the United States to create a gourmet burger. Here’s the catch – the Burger has to be composed of 25% mushrooms! Now I’ll be completely honest with you… I’m not a huge mushroom fan. But, I am a trooper. I tried the burger and it was damn good. The fact that the burger didn’t focus on the mushrooms, but merely incorporated them, was what made it a good situation.
I also ate my first oyster. Probably also my last oyster. But I put myself out there in the name of food adventures!
I was a little more comfortable and familiar with what to expect at this event. I met some pretty incredible people who I hope to see again soon. I’m grateful to have had these experiences as I grow my Chicago blogging empire and continue to explore the food scene!
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On Friday, September 23rd, Bayou Place in Downtown Houston played host to the 100 Black Men of Metropolitan Houston‘s 2022 Knights in Shining Armor Black-Tie Gala. It was an evening to remember: Featuring a live performance by R&B singer Eric Benet, special attendees included Mayor Sylvester Turner, U.S. State Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, NBA Hall of Fame Legend Tracy McGrady, to name a few.
Members of the 100 Black Men and esteemed guests filled the event hall, taking time to celebrate members of the community who have a positive impact throughout the City of Houston.
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Following the red carpet premier and gathering inside the venue, attendees were greeted and treated to fine dining and live music. So it goes without saying that as the evening went on, The Gala transformed into a vibrant celebration, as the honors and awards came to a close and the dance floor opened up for dancing.
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Ancient European design. This mollegabet is a light bow, perfect for a beginner archer. The bow is 25lbs @ 28 inches and can safely be drawn to 30 inches if needed. The bow comes with twine decorations, it is made of Hickory from a natural stave not a board and dyed in a redish color. The handle is very narrow and aids in consistency and accuracy.
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In May 1940, Ron was working in a large apartment in New York City, at 243 Riverside Drive, overlooking the Hudson River. He was using a new IBM electric typewriter and pounded out close to a hundred words a minute.
Known for his well-deserved reputation as one of the fastest writers in the business, Ron was working with added urgency. In two months, no later than July, he planned to be at sea, sailing the tortuous waters of British Columbia and Alaska under the flag of the Explorers Club.
He had multiple objectives for the voyage: to help the US Navy Hydrographic Office re-chart the especially dangerous route from Puget Sound to Ketchikan; to test and develop a new experimental system of radio navigation; and to conduct ethnological studies among tribes that lived on those shores, continuing his long-standing research into the nature of different cultures.
With the coming sea expedition on his mind, it’s no surprise that his next novel was Typewriter in the Sky, a pirate tale set in the Caribbean. It appeared as a two-part serial in Unknown magazine’s November and December 1940 issues.
Typewriter in the Sky is the story of Michael de Wolf, a dilettante piano player who, after an unfortunate mishap, suddenly finds himself living a pirate adventure novel being written by his friend Horace Hackett. Obvious anachronisms and intentionally sloppy details add to the humorous nature of de Wolf’s journey back in time. He comments about his own stilted dialogue, how his surroundings blatantly change as the writer pounding on his “typewriter in the sky” remembers belatedly to include necessary details.
The setting is the West Indies in 1640—the romantic Spanish Main with its buccaneers, its conflicts between Spaniards, French, and English, and naturally, its beautiful women.
Ron was familiar with the setting. Eight years earlier, in the summer of 1932, while a student at George Washington University (GWU), he had organized the Caribbean Motion Picture Expedition—a hundred-day journey aboard a chartered 200-foot, four-mastered schooner, the Doris Hamlin. The goal had been to photograph the flora and fauna of the islands, as well as the active volcanoes such as Martinique’s Mount Pelée, and to visit the old pirate strongholds.
Students were procured through a series of advertisements in college newspapers, such as: “Restless young men with wanderlust for Caribbean Motion Picture Expedition … No tea-hounds or tourist material need apply.”
GWU’s The University Hatchet later proclaimed that it was a “Glorious Adventure.” Contacted years later, some participants still remembered it as the greatest adventure of their lives.
A little more than a month after his return, Ron again headed back to the islands, this time to conduct a mineralogical survey in Puerto Rico. Lasting more than six months, this was the first complete mineralogical survey of the island undertaken while under US protection.
Ron also drew on other personal experiences to pen Typewriter in the Sky. He used his then-current experience as a working writer, using self-parody to great effect. He brought his own pen names to life; Winchester Remington Colt, René Lafayette, and Kurt von Rachen are all characters in the novel.
The main thing about Typewriter in the Sky—as true now as in 1940—is that it’s a fun read.
“It goes as fast as ever, the laughs haven’t diminished over the years, and it’s just too much fun to hold in academic awe as you’re reading it.”
author of Starship: Mutiny
“Typewriter in the Sky is one of the most influential books in the history of fiction. I’ve written some recursive fiction myself, and I think of Hubbard every time I sit down at my keyboard in my tattered bathrobe.”
author of When Gravity Fails
“Fans and other writers were doing variations on that for years.”
author of Gateway
Abridged | 2½ hours | Narrated by Jim Meskimen
“Typewriter in the Sky has been a huge influence on the field and is still vastly entertaining today.” —Tim Powers
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Welcome to LADY BLUE EYES: RENA SOFER ONLINE, your ULTIMATE source for everything on actress Rena Sofer, who currently plays Quinn Fuller on Bold and the Beautiful! Lady Blue Eyes features a lot of resources for Rena fans including a gallery that boasts over 500,000 images! The site will always continue to grow so please enjoy your stay and come back often!
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Merry Christmas evening everyone! I have a lot of captures of Rena from Bold and the Beautiful to add to the gallery. I have started that long process tonight.
Captures added to the gallery include the following episodes: B&B – October 8, 2013, B&B – September 12, 2014, B&B – October 3, 2014, B&B – October 2, 2014, B&B – November 26, 2014, B&B – November 4, 2014, B&B – November 11, 2014, B&B – May 30, 2014, B&B – May 19, 2014.
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Emmy award-winning Rena Sofer is a talented actress, wife, mother, and business woman who has appeared on several soap operas and shows. She appeared on soap operas such as Another World, Loving, General Hospital, and is currently featured on Bold and the Beautiful. She has also appeared on top shows such as 24, Heroes, NCIS, Bones, Ghost Whisperer, Seinfeld, Two and a Half Men, and so many more!
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The Elephants have failed to win the tournament in 23 years despite boasting some of the continent’s greatest players of recent times
Group D boasts the bookmakers’ favourites to win this year’s Africa Cup of Nations, Cote d’Ivoire, but has plenty of other fantastic storylines to offer too.
Cameroon and Mali will both fancy their chances to go deep in the tournament, while outsiders Guinea will be hoping to pick up a scalp or two along the way.
To many people, the lack of silverware for Cote d’Ivoire over the past decade remains one of football’s great mysteries. Despite boasting some of the greatest African players of the modern era, the Elephants have significantly underachieved in both the World Cup and the Afcon.
While the draw has not been their friend in the World Cup overall, their failures in this tournament are more stark. They were finalists in 2006 and 2012, and reached the semi-finals in 2008, but given the talent at their disposal their fans naturally expected them to go all the way at least once.
This time around they have as good a chance as ever. They have some of the greatest firepower available on the continent in the likes of Wilfried Bony, Gervinho, Salomon Kalou and Yaya Toure, who was recently named African Footballer of the Year for 2014.
Add to that a midfield filled with both power and panache and a hugely experienced defensive department, and it is clear to see why so many back them to finally break their 23-year duck in the continental competition.
Cameroon may not be stocked with the wealth of talent they enjoyed in the 1980s and at the turn of the century, but coach Volker Finke will still be confident of taking the Indomitable Lions into the knockout phase at the very least.
Without Samuel Eto’o, Sevilla midfielder Stephane Mbia dons the armband for his country these days. He will find himself carrying much of the responsibility for his side’s progression, while they will look to strikers Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Vincent Aboubakar for goals.
The outsiders – Mali, Guinea
Seydou Keita may well still be turning it on when called upon for Roma in Serie A, but aside from the veteran skipper there are few men in the Mali from whom a whirlwind tournament is expected. Giant target man Cheick Diabate misses out after suffering a knee injury so Metz striker Modibo Maiga, on loan from West Ham, will be crucial if Henryk Kasperczak’s side are to progress into the quarter-finals and beyond.
Guinea, meanwhile, are clear outsiders in Group D, having failed to qualify for two of the previous three editions. With no Ismael Bangoura in their final 23-man squad, Sheffield Wednesday’s Kamil Zayatte is their most capped player with just 46 to his name. Michel Dussuyer has also picked more teenagers than thirty-somethings in a relatively inexperience selection.
Having recently been named as the best player in Africa for a fourth successive year, much is expected of Yaya Toure in Equatorial Guinea. The Manchester City man has been a driving force for both club and country in recent years, and a strong tournament for the midfielder could well go much of the way to securing the crown for the Elephants.
After a career-best goalscoring campaign in 2013-14, Toure is again in the goals domestically. Add in the fact he has scored nine of his 17 career international goals in the Africa Cup of Nations, including four in the finals tournament, and a healthy contribution in the final third can also be expected.
While Cote d’Ivoire should have enough to come out on top of the group with a little to spare, it will be crucial for the hopes of the rest to take points off one another. As such, neither Mali nor Cameroon will want to get off to a bad start in Malabo on January 20, with a loser being left with an uphill battle to progress to the quarter-finals. Both teams will be looking to get off to a good start in order to make their clash with the group favourites a bonus rather than a win-or-bust contest.
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“Broadly-speaking, reference pricing is the act of offering a set amount of money for the purchase of a good, where the reference is an amount that can reasonably said to offer meaningful coverage for that good.”
Mitt Romney’s/Paul Ryan’s premium support/voucher plan was heavily derided during the dark days of Campaign 2012, but the devil was always more in the details than the theory. While the re-election of President Obama left premium support dead on the Medicare level, health insurers are increasingly turning to the ideas that drove it – choice, competition, and the power of a (carefully regulated) market – to address high costs on the procedural level. Call it the micro-voucherization of health insurance.
This is known by wonks as reference pricing, and its recent results in California are promising: the costs of hip and knee replacements fell by 19%, with no attendant decrease in quality. Using reference pricing is an assault on the status quo that holds the promise of “bending the curve” in a meaningful way, but it faces technical and political concerns that may consign it to the graveyard of promising-but-unfulfilled ideas.
Broadly-speaking, reference pricing is the act of offering a set amount of money for the purchase of a good, where the reference is an amount that can reasonably said to offer meaningful coverage for that good. Sometimes, reference pricing is focused on a given procedure – what I’ll refer to as “inputs-oriented reference pricing”; other times, a given outcome, or “outputs-based reference pricing.”
That’s pretty vague, so let’s use the colonoscopy procedure (which has recently received a lot of attention thanks to an informative New York Times article) to help color this in. The inputs-oriented approach would see the payer asking: given the choice to have a colonoscopy – a procedure which varies wildly in cost without varying wildly in quality – what’s a reasonable price to pay? It would decide this based on some combination of price, quality, and geography, and would inform consumers of its spending cap.
Say it finds that most of its insured population can reasonably access a high-quality colonoscopy for $10,000; if a consumer choose provider that charges $15,000, he or she would pay the $5,000 difference out of pocket. Choice is preserved, but at a cost. The simple chart above shows how this may work.
But, if you read the colonoscopy article, you may be asking a separate question: why pay for a colonoscopy at all?
A fecal occult blood test (FOBT), for example, is said to be just as effective as a colonoscopy for colon cancer screening, but it’s cheaper to perform. The outputs-oriented approach is procedure agnostic, and identifies only what is most cost-effective; if a high-quality colonoscopy in a geographic area is $1,200 and a FOBT is $200 (just as a stylized example; these aren’t actual prices), the insurer would pay for $200 of the total cost; chart below[1]. Again, the consumer has freedom to choose what procedure he or she would like, but would pay the difference out of pocket.
Stylized examples aside, reference pricing is catching on in America. The 19% decrease referenced above came from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s (Calpers) use of reference pricing for hip and knee replacements. To accomplish this, Calpers went to individual hospitals and made an agreement: charge no more than $30,000, and the hospital will be included in the health plan. Those that didn’t agree weren’t included in the plan[1].
Safeway, the self-insured grocery chain, has also used reference pricing in limited circumstances, including for colonoscopies and lab tests.
And it’s very common in the formularies of pharmaceutical reimbursement; generics are often covered 100% but brand-name drugs will cost the insured extra. A variety of systematic reviews have found that reference pricing typically leads to reductions in pharmaceutical expenditures without an attendant decrease in health outcomes or increase in physician office visits.
So, if scaled to many procedures, reference pricing looks a bit like an insurance plan that contains a bundle of vouchers: one for hip replacement, one for FOBT, et cetera. It’s the micro-voucherization of health insurance[2].
Reference pricing comes with controversy, and it’s unclear if scaling it to hundreds of procedures is even feasible. It not dealt with, these concerns will seriously hinder the opportunities to use reference pricing to bend the cost curve.
For starts, reference pricing can seem arbitrary: who decides on what the optimal mix of cost, quality, and access is? The analysis is complex, pulling in massive amounts of difficult-to-obtain data from participants who may be unwilling to divulge it. And getting that information to the consumer is also a heavy lift; it’s unclear how a consumer would know he or she will only get a certain amount for a given procedure. The current system doesn’t appear up to the task.
There’s controversy surrounding the outputs-oriented approach, which relies on comparative effectiveness research (CER) to choose between interventions. CER has become a political football and is disparaged for a variety of reasons – some of which are clinical, some of which are political, and some of which use the words “death panels.”
Finally, reference pricing is most effective in situations where cost variation is significantly greater than quality variation; understanding which procedures fit that description is more difficult than it seems. Time-bound/emergency procedures bring up similar concerns.
That’s a pretty daunting list of concerns, and simple answers remain elusive. But it’s clear that reference pricing, at some level, can exert downward pressure on the costs of some procedures, and bending the curve will ultimately result from 1,000 small changes, not 10 big ones. If recent trends continue, the micro-voucherization of health insurance may be one of those small – but significant – changes.
1. Theoretically, the insurer would first decide a) which procedure is more cost-efficient, then b) use the inputs-oriented approach to define the appropriate reference price for that procedure.
2. This isn’t pure reference pricing, but it provides one path for large insurers to exert downward influence on the price of health services. A purer form would be to simply set the cap – to provide the micro-voucher for a procedure – and let the market drive down costs, as health care consumers choose.
3. To a point, of course; some procedures don’t seem a good fit – emergency surgery comes to mind. It’s not mean to be all-encompassing.
Mike Miesen is a former hospital operations consultant and current freelance journalist, covering American health policy and international development from east Africa. Follow him on Twitter @MikeMiesen. An earlier version of this post appeared at Project Millenial.
In our opinion, Reference Based Pricing with limited balance billing advocacy and legal defense services is the “grown-up” way of offering employer sponsored health insurance.. We have all been worried about the effects of balance billing…………..upset employees, lawsuits, dinged credit, etc. But, if an employer educates his workers (Ah yes, just another chore for HR), for the first time plan participants will understand that they have skin in the game. It’s called individual responsibility……………money changes behavior.
Balance billing advocacy and legal representation could continue to be important for emergency hospital admissions, while non-emergency services can be shopped for the best pricing and outcomes.
There are service providers active in this market and more to enter, we expect.
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Facing a wall of online anger over an online art contest it designed without a cash prize for winners, Ferry Market in New Hope on Thursday decided to “eliminate” the competition altogether.
Two winners of the contest would have been allowed to paint large murals on the walls of the much-anticipated upscale food center, along with receiving a plug in the Herald, but no cash compensation would be awarded.
That outraged local artists, who took to Facebook to air their grievance, only to see many of their posts also eliminated. The social media heat became so intense by Wednesday, that Ferry Market appeared to disable its entire Facebook page, along with several hundred followers. On Thursday, Ferry Market was still nowhere to be seen on Facebook, but the company web page contained an announcement on the demise of the ill-fated contest:
To the people of this community, we have cancelled the Murals in the Market art decorating idea. Please understand that Murals in the Market was developed to mirror a very successful event in Detroit that honors graffiti. We have great respect for the outstanding community of artists in the New Hope/Lambertville area and hoped this idea would be embraced here. Because of the strong and unexpected reaction, we have decided to eliminate the contest and continue our focus on creating the best possible market for the community.
Ferry Market, the former Four Seasons Mall at 32 S. Main St. bought in 2015 by Bucks County Playhouse and Playhouse Inn owners Kevin and Sherri Daugherty, began promoting the “mural design and execution contest” in early September, when they encountered similar artist community pushback on Facebook.
“Calling all artists, creative minds, and visionaries,” read the Ferry Market publicity material. “Ferry Market, the culinary experience you’ve been waiting for, needs the artistic touch of two lucky local artists. Murals in the Market is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become a permanent part of this new, unique, artisanal market.”
“Fellow artists…. please do not compete to ‘win’ the prize of doing nearly 300 square feet of UNPAID original art,” responded Solebury artist Dar James on Facebook. “Working artists deserve to be paid just like everyone else who is making the Ferry Market come to life. Shame on them. Competition = Free Art.”
James’ posts on multiple Facebook pages helped set off an online fury by those who likened the contest to the whitewashing of the picket fence in “Tom Sawyer.” A second wave of rage was ignited by what some saw as the whitewashing of critical Facebook posts on several pages.
Sketch of finished Ferry Market.
James said that when she first visited the contest website, it touched a nerve.
“It felt like another one of those cases where artists are supposed to be grateful for doing free work,” she recalled. “What’s really sad is that Ferry Market missed an opportunity to make us part of building something, just like the contractors and designers. We’re professionals — this is our work.”
“Is Ferry Market a for-profit business, charging rent for their space?” asked Susan White of New Hope in a post. “If so, they should pay for interior/exterior decor, not ask for volunteers. Ask artists to apply for the job & then pay them as you would any contractor.”
“Was there a contest for the construction crew?” she added.
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September 29, 2017 at 6:32 pm
The idea of a contest like the one here is insulting to working artists. Perhaps they should have tried to get free labor from a local high school student. Terry you don’t understand the work and life artists. The owner’s of this market are completely tone deaf.
September 29, 2017 at 5:55 pm
If an artist chooses to do this work for free, even after reading about Rebecca’s experience, that is their choice. Other artists should respect that. I know free speech is getting attacked, but now your free will?
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September 28, 2017 at 9:22 pm
It’s too bad they didn’t take the opportunity to engage in a productive discussion with the art community and come to a solution of compensation that rewards the artists for their work. There is smething to be sajd for the emotional fragility of ego mixed with entitlement that leads companies and individuals to believe that artists exist to serve them for free.
When I was an emerging artist I was sucked into a similar contest thinking the exposure would be amazing. I never received one single inquiry about the mural, received zero business from it, the store owners put a fixture in front of my signature and contact information and during the painting process there were dozens of criticisms and adjustments they wanted made. About 4 hours into a 110 hour project I realized the huge mistake I’d made by applying for the contest.
September 28, 2017 at 6:53 pm
I see it differently. If I was given the opportunity to
Paint a large mural on the wall that will be seen by thousands & thousands of visitors, I’d think I would JUMP at the opportunity. I’d be very proud &
Would receive incredible publicity.
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For those without comedic tastes, the so-called experts at Wikipedia have an article about Pierre Fermat.
“I have a great idea to show who Pierre Fermat is, but I don't have enough space in the interweb thing”
Pierre Fermat (1812-1988) was born in Anchorage, Alaska as a result of the Great Orgy of 1811. He was a dainty fellow with fluffy white plumage, who was said to come out of hiding in the early dusk when the cock would crow -- or maybe it was the dawn. Perhaps best known for co-plagiarising the "1812 Overture", Pierre's father, Hermann Munster Fermat, was a coal miner born during the Aleutian Potato Famine. Sickly in nature, Hermann was forced to frequent brothels, because he was very handsome (according to some). Others say he had a slight harelip, some allege that he had a mustache, everybody agrees that he had a nose. Very little is known about his mother, or whether he had one, since he was born 'motherless'.
According to local legend, Pierre is said to have "sprung from his father's head" along with the legendary Zeus, Mercury, and Pee Wee Herman, although this allegation could be incorrect; a coffee spill could have smudged the word "loins", making it look like "head".
Some people ask: what is Pierre Fermat? who is Pierre de Fermat? He is the one and same person, and if necessary these idiots can read the preceding paragraphs over and over again until they reach enlightenment.
4 Some Very Important Stuff He Did
5 Notable Inventions
Fermat worked his way through high school by selling used toothpicks on the streets of Hudson, Missouri. However, his potato obsession got the better of him and he ended up on the wrong side of the tracks, although he would stick potatoes in his but he was also anally gay for the rest of his life. In a frighteningly short time, he became addicted to potatoes, and squandered his 'used toothpick' fortune on 1,000 tons of tater tots 1. During this sad part of his life, he began solving mathematical problems on the streets of Hudson in exchange for small bags of Charles Chips.
In 1828, his "services" were solicited by leading chicken farmer Colonel Sanders 2, who had a peculiar and perverted need for Fermat's mathematical talents. Sanders would visit with Fermat on a weekly basis, and would always bring a large canister of chips or potato sticks, and a "family size" bucket of KFC. Feeling revived and energised, Fermat immediately converted to Buddhism and took some spinning and elocution classes. It was during this period that he wrote his Last Theorem. Ironically, he would later write several others, and came to regret calling this one his "last". It may even have been his first, but that doesn't sound very interesting.
This famous theorem states that for every number n > 2 {\displaystyle n>2} there are infinitely many natural numbers not necessarily different from each other a 1 , a 1 , . . . {\displaystyle a_{1},a_{1},...} such that for every ϵ > 0 {\displaystyle \epsilon >0} there exists enough books with n {\displaystyle n} pages with margins wide enough in the page a i {\displaystyle a_{i}} so you can become famous for a theorem written there by you without proof and such that its solution is not discovered 1 / ϵ {\displaystyle 1/\epsilon } years after you state the theorem.
By induction in n {\displaystyle n} . For n = 3 {\displaystyle n=3} it is proved by the well known Pythagoras theorem that states that for every k > 2 {\displaystyle k>2} there is no non-trivial integer solutions of the equation a k + b k = c k {\displaystyle a^{k}+b^{k}=c^{k}} Suppose the theorem is true for some number n > 2 {\displaystyle n>2} and let T {\displaystyle T} be an arbitrary number. Since it is arbitrary it will tell you that the theorem is true -- Q E D {\displaystyle QED}
The details are left to the reader 3, since this is a family article, safe for work.
Although his spastic colon prevented him from fulfilling his lifelong goal of becoming an airline stewardess, Fermat was able to become a professor of mathematics in some Frog backwater . Hired in 1952, at the ripe old age of 140, he proved himself in the hallowed halls of DeGrassi Junior High, and was able to work his way up to become a physics teacher. In 1954, he succeeded in proving to nine decimal places that the world was theoretically flat. This calculation has since been discredited, as it involved several instances of dividing by zero.
Fermat died in 1988, drunken and alone in a strip club in Waco, Texas. His body was exhumed two years later by Michael Jackson for use as spare parts in an attempt to rehabilitate his collapsing nose (Jackson's, not Fermat's) .
In addition to his Last Theorem, Fermat is credited with the invention of KFC's popular "popcorn chicken", the "pet rock", and suntan lotion. Also notable is his 1982 cameo on "Diff'rent Strokes" (as Tootie), and his 2002 posthumous appearance on MTV's "Pimp My Ride".
Notable Inventions[edit]
Cheese
Fermat's potato addiction is often attributed to his father's having been born during the Aleutian Potato Famine. His father often saw potatoes go without eating for days, which was very traumatic.
See Extremely Complicated Mathematical Stuff (With Detailed Proofs) (1st Edition, 1988, by Alexander Kasperov, 192 pages, Harcourt, Brace, and Stinkonovich) for a detailed proof.
This is usually attributed to Ben Franklin, but in reality Franklin just copied Fermat's idea. The two look very similar (except for the bifocals and the lightning strike), and so everyone believed Franklin.
one of the most useful inventions that he thought worked very well for him was the vibrator.
Fermat's 410th birthday was celebrated by Google, who on the 17/08/2011 made him their Google Doodle.
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Halloween is a few days away, but for BYU football, the month of October could not have been any more haunted.
The Cougars — who entered the month 4-1 and ranked No. 16 in the nation — have all but fallen apart since, dropping three straight games to slip out of the AP top 25. Most frustratingly, for the first time since 2019, BYU isn’t relevant. That’s definitely not the direction you want to go just before entering the Big 12 next summer.
Expectations for this team were sky high in the preseason. Some pundits even picked BYU as a sleeper New Year’s Six or playoff squad, but now the Cougars may not even be eligible for a bowl game.
What happened?
Well, what hasn’t happened? There have been injuries everywhere, captains quitting midseason, kicking controversies, questionable quarterback health, underwhelming play-calling, inability to run the football, a defense as firm as Casper the friendly ghost, no discipline on the field, players-only meetings ending angrily, coaches switching roles and assignments midseason, a locker room growing increasingly hostile and no sort of solution in sight.
Simply put, it’s been a collapse, meltdown, disaster or whatever else you want to call it. It’s the lowest point of Kalani Sitake’s tenure in Provo by far. It’s something that “love and learn” can’t fix.
Between 2020-21, BYU lost four games total. In 2022, it’s only taken eight weeks to match that number.
Zach Wilson’s New York Jets — the JETS, for crying out loud! — have won more games than the Cougars, and the post-fire sale tank-it-’til-you-make-it Jazz roster has somehow squeezed out four wins in five tries. No, this isn’t the Twilight Zone. It’s BYU’s frightening reality where everyone can win except the Cougars.
Even a near-immediate 14-3 lead over Liberty this past weekend wasn’t enough to push the Cougars forward, as the Flames rallied for (brace yourselves) 38 UNANSWERED POINTS to flat out embarrass BYU. Losses to Oregon, Notre Dame and Arkansas can be justified, but BYU should never be losing to Liberty. That’s not a knock on the Flames, who have a strong program, beautiful facilities, classy fans and plenty of talented athletes, but when Liberty is recruiting more explosive, capable athletes than BYU, something is terribly wrong.
By the way, on any given play, BYU’s defense averages 3.1 walk-ons and another 3.6 players who only held offers from BYU. So basically, on an average play, BYU trots out 6.7 players out of 11 who no other FBS program deemed worthy of a scholarship. Just wanted to throw that out there.
BYU has allowed more points than it’s scored, which is almost impossible to believe considering the amount of supposed NFL talent the Cougars possess on offense and the fact that Ilaisa Tuiaki brought back 10 defensive starters from 2021. It almost doesn’t add up, but the results speak for themselves: BYU is broken.
Here’s a scary thought: If you walk from the duck pond south of campus up to the Marriott Center, that distance is still less than what BYU’s defense has surrendered in the past three weeks. The Cougars have given up 1,687 yards in October, equating to 0.95 miles of offense. Judging by the need for 11-man substitutions on defense, I’m not even sure BYU is sufficiently conditioned to run 0.95 miles in practice.
Jaren Hall carried this team through September, but now the load has become unbearable. Hall’s past month has seen an uptick in interceptions and incompletions, a drop in passing efficiency and a seismic shift in his projected draft position. You’ve got to give credit to Hall, who’s played through several injuries in October and had to deal with limited personnel on offense, but he can no longer carry this team on his own. These problems have grown far beyond his reach.
The Cougars will have the chance to snap out of their funk Friday night against East Carolina, but that game is far from a gimme. The Pirates have scored more than 33 points per game while converting third downs at the ninth-best rate in the country (52.3%), while BYU’s defense has failed on 30 of 43 third down tries in October (69.7%). If Friday comes down to third down success, the Cougars are cooked.
Oh, and if BYU loses to East Carolina, where are its other wins on the schedule?
Time is running out for the Cougars to clinch bowl eligibility, where they need to finish 2-2 in order to do so. They’ll beat Utah Tech in the home finale, but where will they find another win? BYU likely won’t stop East Carolina on third down, has to face a 5-2 Boise State team on the blue turf — where the Cougars have won just once before — and while BYU should beat Stanford to close out the regular season, if the Cougars are 5-6 heading into Palo Alto, they may be too broken to even want to play another game.
Can BYU rally to save its season? Or are the Cougars doomed to continue their current slide and begin the Big 12 era even further behind?
Anything can happen, but my internal Magic 8 Ball tells me “outlook not so good.”
Jackson Payne is the lead columnist at Daily Universe Sports. Follow him on Twitter @jackson5payne.
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Remember when we shut down in April, and people were rescheduling events for Sept/Oct/Nov… Well shit, Nov is just about over, December is pulling up, 2021 is on her way, and we’re in worse shape now! Who would have thought protecting ourselves and others would turn into a political issue, with people saying their rights are being violated for asking them to take precautions? United States, my ass. In the words of Kandi Burruss “this is crazy”.
Any-who! On my last personal update I believe I mentioned teeter-tottering between being fine and losing it. My psychiatrist had even suggested increasing my medication to help with my mood, which I did, and it helped. As of recently though, I’ve gone back to my previous dosage. Things have been cool overall. I’ve done little projects around the house, still have a few in the works. I’ve done a little bit of gathering with friends; we did outdoor dining, a picnic, a bbq, Top Golf, and we’ve gone bowling a few times. Even tried to date a little bit, but that fell flat (I did sign up for Match.com, so we’ll see).
With 2020 wrapping up and vaccines on the horizon, I am optimistic about 2021. I do feel like some things will forever be changed, so we’ll just adjust to our next new normal. For the remainder of this year, I want to focus on getting my eating habits and cooking skills together. I want to read more. I want to break away from social media a bit; already working on Facebook. And, I want to work on my friendships and communication.
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It’s very grim right now. I had several things postponed too from March and April. One event got postponed three times, and it’s now scheduled for July 2021. As for the vaccine, I’m wondering about potential side effects. Any medicine you take lists the side effects, but I haven’t heard anybody talking about the side effects for this COVID vaccine. That makes me kind of nervous. Hopefully they won’t be too bad. Finding home projects is one great way to help deal with anxiety. I’ve gotten into house plants lately. It gives me great joy caring for them and watching them grow. That calms my nerves. I have about a dozen or so. I’m glad you’re better and in a good place with your mood and did some socializing. I’ve been very paranoid about this virus, so I haven’t done much socializing at all. I only did one thing. Maybe I’m overreacting, but I feel safer when I stay home. The sacrifice now I think will be a good thing in the long run. With 2020 soon ending, I try to keep a positive outlook and look for a better 2021. Maybe I’ll be able to use these travel miles and hotel miles I have accumulated. I was just looking at the few trips I had planned that got cancelled this year. Bring on 2021 with new beginnings.
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> GillySJ posted: ” Remember when we shut down in April, and people were > rescheduling events for Sept/Oct/Nov… Well shit, Nov is just about over, > December is pulling up, 2021 is on her way, and we’re in worse shape now! > Who would have thought protecting ourselves and ot” >
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I want to inspire the wounded believer to join the ancient adventure, to encourage the faithful not to lose heart, and to engage the skeptic in a dialog about the perfect God who loves an imperfect church. I write essays about faith designed to unsettle the hobbit in all of us and inspire us to forget second breakfast long enough to join the adventure. Writing is the best way to say everything I have to say without being interrupted.
I read everything I can get my hands on so I’m challenged to only name a few. Certainly the Biblical writers Mark and John, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, G.K. Chesterton, A.E. Tozier, Hannah Hurnard, and Oswald Chambers. Contemporary writers who influence me are James L. Rubart, Randy Alcorn, and Stephen Lawhead. A kind of quirky thing I realized only recently is much of the rhythm and style of my writing is heavily influenced by the writing of Rudyard Kipling.
I wrote my first book, Running from a Crazy Man (and other adventures traveling with Jesus), to encourage the believer who has encountered troubles and trials in the Christian life, the weary believer who has pulled to the side of the narrow road and needs encouragement (or a kick in the pants) to continue. I hear from readers that reading the book is like sitting across from a good friend over a cup of coffee and having a real conversation. That means so much to me! I hope you’ll love this collection of short, short chapters filled with humor, Biblical insight, and the struggles of the weary Christian’s heart worked out with the power of Jesus.
My next book, Red Pen Redemption, is a Christmas novella. Helen Bancroft is not a sweet woman and this is not a sweet story. What would you do if God took you up on a dare? Helen Bancroft’s led a good life and feels no need for her daughter’s Savior. When God accepts Helen’s dare to edit her autobiography and prove her righteousness, she’s in for a lesson in her own history. One woman’s journey from unbelief to acceptance turns into the Christmas Eve adventure of a lifetime beneath the red pen of Christ’s mercy and grace. I wrote this story with love for all my friends who pray for unsaved parents and hold out the hope of Christ to them even into their eighties and nineties. God has surprises for us even when we think the adventure is close to an end.
My latest book is Jesus and the Beanstalk (Overcoming Your Giants and Living a Fruitful Life). What if a fairy tale and ten Bible verses could free you to live an effective, fruitful life in Christ? We live in a world populated with giants. Giant obstacles to sharing faith. Giant barriers to godly lives. Giant strongholds of sin. We come from a long line of giant-killers so, why aren’t we dodging more fallen giants? “Jack and the Beanstalk” could hold part of the key. Jesus and the Beanstalk explores 2nd Peter 1:1-10 using fairy tale, humor, and modern culture to show today’s believers how to unleash that promise of an effective, fruitful life. Designed for both individuals, discipleship, small groups, or ministry retreats, readers will find this fresh take on spiritual growth engaging and motivating. Are you ready to topple the giants in your life?
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Karnataka CM Yediyurappa, who took oath 26 July, is expected to induct about 13-14 ministers Tuesday.
Bengaluru: The expansion of the Karnataka cabinet will take place on Tuesday and 13-14 ministers are likely to be inducted, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said on Monday.
“The cabinet expansion will take place between 10:30 and 11:30 am tomorrow. I have already written a letter to the Governor in this regard. I have asked Chief Secretary to make all arrangements,” he said.
Speaking to reporters here, Yediyurappa said after the expansion, a cabinet meeting will be held.
Having run the government with a “one-man cabinet” for over 20 days, Yediyurappa on Saturday got a go-ahead from BJP national president Amit Shah to undertake the exercise on August 20.
Yediyurappa, who took oath as chief minister on July 26 and proved his government’s majority on the floor of the Assembly on July 29, is yet to induct any minister into his cabinet.
The chief minister and the state leadership is expected to get clear instructions from the high command about those to be inducted into the Ministry, by Monday afternoon.
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“By Monday afternoon we will get a clear instruction on who all to be inducted, I have held discussions with Amit Shah and other leaders. We will get to know by the afternoon,” Yediyurappa had said soon after his return from Delhi on Saturday night.
Asked about the number of ministers likely to be inducted on Tuesday, he said, “13 to 14 people are likely to be inducted in to the cabinet in the first phase, there may be plus or minus one or two, we have now recommended 13 to 14 of them.”
Yediyurappa has a tightrope to walk during the cabinet expansion as he has to craft a fine caste and regional balance, in view of large number of aspirants, sources said.
However, with no decision yet by the Supreme Court on 17 disqualified Congress-JD(S) MLAs, whose resignation from the Assembly paved the way for the BJP to gain power, the chief minister has no immediate compulsion to accommodate them.
Amid pressure from within, opposition parties, the Congress and JD(S) too had hit out at the BJP over the delay in cabinet expansion, and had even raised questions about the government’s “existence”.
The Congress had even said that Yediyurappa’s one-man cabinet administration “resembled President’s rule.”
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I have been talking about relaunching my blog with a personal style section for a very very long time (years). There was always a good reason why I couldn't, didn't or simply just wasn't making it happen. Then my mom passed away suddenly and unexpectedly this August and it was a reminder that we are not promised tomorrow and there is no time like to present to make your dreams a reality. So here I am and I hope you enjoy!
This is dedicated to you mommy!!!
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This is one of my favorite dresses. I feel like it is just perfect for almost every occasion. I've worn it to run errands, grocery shopping, to work, to cocktail mixers, to networking events, on a date. It just so comfy and this style just looks really good on my body type. Just throw it on and go. And the best part is that I didn't even pay for it. My big sis Kim gave it to me years ago when she was cleaning out her closet. (WINNING!) One woman's trash is another woman's treasure.
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There is a global misperception often forwarded by Amhara expansionists that Ethiopia has been a nation for centuries. But instead the area we call Ethiopia came into being less than 200 years ago when Amharic kings become dominant over the Tigrayan monarchy and then conquered Cushitic peoples in Oromia, the Southern Nations, the Afar, and were “gifted” part of Somalia by European powers. In reality the Tigray have always thought of themselves as a nation in an empire.
Recently the world was stunned when the very small region of Tigray managed to retake most of its territory back from the federal forces of the Ethiopian national government last summer who had one of the largest armies in Africa. To those who know the past 100 years this is not so surprising. A look at the recent history of the Ethiopian empire, a collection of many ethnic groups struggling for dominance, over the past century lends insight to current events.
How Western Civilization Has Looked at Ethiopia
Many scholars had looked at what had happened to Ethiopia in the 19th and 20th centuries trying to understand its evolution and how it would progress. Donald Levine wrote in his work Greater Ethiopia: The Evolution of a Multiethnic Society that Ethiopia would develop a national identity due to experience of war, famine, religious conflict, trade development etc. The dominance of Amharic emperors during this time period until the late 1960s favored the development of an idealistic concept of Amharic elitism as a central theme as well.
Although many languages both Cushitic and Semitic are spoken in Ethiopia, for approximately the past 150 years the Amhara leadership of the country (beginning with the monarchy) as well as the Ethiopian orthodox church essentially mandated that the Amhara language would be the official language of commerce and government. Elite schools and universities taught in Amharic thus its speakers were seen as superior to the non-speakers of Amharic. Those wishing to become “educated” had to learn Amharic. Political ideas and policies thus became mostly associated with this Amharic elitism. Until just the past two decades attendance of the prestigious Addis Ababa University was limited to the Amhara.
What is the Tigray Identity
The Tigray people claim their ancestry to the Axumite empire which was started by the Queen of Sheba, a Biblical figure, who lived thousands of years ago ( an aristocrat of the ancient Saba people who lived about the eastern and western areas bordering the Red Sea and spoke a Semitic language). Legend has it she conceived a son with King Solomon of Israel and converted to Judaism. Centuries later the Axumite empire converted to Christianity under King Ezana. Although early kings of Northern Ethiopia were Tigray they eventually lost power to the Amhara whose background is also related to that of the Tigray. The Tigray have a long tradition of being a warrior clan. In fact going back centuries in both domestic battles and battles against foreign invaders their abilities as fighters and commanders of armies were always sought. At same time these qualities have always fostered suspicion by other ethnic groups especially when the military services of the Tigray were no longer needed. Most recently the term Tigray is most often used to describe the region while the term Tegaru is coming more into use to describe its people and now even being used to differentiate them from Eritreans.
The rise of the Tigray who make up only 6% of the population of Ethiopia to lead an alliance that would topple a powerful government without any outside assistance starting from essentially no resources was unexplainable to scholars. Daniel Young a journalist with the Sudan Times began to follow their rise in 1988 and eventually wrote the definitive scholarly work, The Peasant Revolution of Ethiopia.
He did numerous interviews with peasants after gaining their trust. He noted then as did others that although there has always been talk about a greater nation for the most part over the past century there have always been nationalist movements within Ethiopia. Ethiopia has always been a empire and not a nation. Although the goal of the Tigray (Tigray Peoples Liberation Front) was primarily to overthrow the Derg (a quasi communist-socialist multiethnic movement which included many military leaders and was supported by the Russian communist party) the TPLF developed the concept that to be successful they had to gain great support from the countryside peasants. One important component was they incorporated educated Tigray women into leadership roles. The Tigray were remarkable for developing and sticking to their ideals and goals, creating alliances, strong action against dissent for which they have been criticized, and finally for basing their strength from a bottom up approach which is significantly different then the Amhara elite model which is a top down scenario.
From a social science perspective there has always been controversy over whether a revolutionary movement can be driven by perceived peasant led initiatives (bottom up) or by elitist lead initiatives. The successful revolt of the Vietnamese against French Colonialism and American interference is often demonstrated as a model of the bottom up approach. Thus what we are seeing now is a repeat of this ongoing struggle in Ethiopia of peasant based vs elite based focus and empire vs nation identity once again. How will it turn out?
This article has been updated from its original form
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Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual practice or discipline. There is a broad variety of schools, practices and goals in Hinduism, Buddhism (including Vajrayana and Tibetan Buddhism and Jainism. The best-known are Hatha yoga and Raja yoga.
The origins of Yoga
The origins of Yoga have been speculated to date back to pre-Vedic Indian traditions, but most likely developed around the sixth and fifth centuries BCE, in ancient India’s ascetic circles, which are also credited with the early sramana movements. The chronology of earliest texts describing yoga-practices is unclear, varyingly credited to Hindu Upanishads and Buddhist Pāli Canon, probably of third century BCE or later. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali from first half of 1st millennium CE is one of a key surviving major texts on Yoga. Hatha yoga texts emerged around 11th century CE, and in its origins was related to Tantrism.
Yoga gurus from India later introduced yoga to the west,following the success of Swami Vivekananda in the late 19th and early 20th century. In the 1980s, yoga became popular as a system of physical exercise across the Western world.Yoga in Indian traditions, however, is more than physical exercise, it has a meditative and spiritual core.One of the six major orthodox schools of Hinduism is also called Yoga, which has its own epistemology and metaphysics, and is closely related to Hindu Samkhya philosophy.
Yoga is my favourite way to pretend to work out.
The ultimate goal of Yoga is moksha though the exact definition of what form this takes depends on the philosophical or theological system with which it is conjugated.
According to Jacobsen, “Yoga has five principal meanings:
Yoga as a disciplined method for attaining a goal;
Yoga as techniques of controlling the body and the mind;
Yoga as a name of one of the schools or systems of philosophy (darśana);
Yoga as the goal of Yoga practice.”
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Yoga came to the attention of an educated western public in the mid-19th century along with other topics of Indian philosophy. In the context of this budding interest, N. C. Paul published his Treatise on Yoga Philosophy in 1851.
The first Hindu teacher to actively advocate and disseminate aspects of yoga to a western audience, Swami Vivekananda, toured Europe and the United States in the 1890s. The reception which Swami Vivekananda received built on the active interest of intellectuals, in particular the New England Transcendentalists, among them R. W. Emerson, who drew on German Romanticism and the interest of philosophers and scholars like G. F. W. Hegel the brothers August Wilhelm Schlegel and Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Max Mueller, A. Schopenhauer and others who had interests in things Indian.
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This video will introduce you to just a few of the many options you have for pickup testing that do NOT require settings changes inside the relay.
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Matthew Connellan May 4, 2017 at 11:11 am
Once again, this depends on customer requirements. You must be living on the west coast I presume, because all east coast utilities require Doble test plans submitted and these test plans require passing marks in the test plan, which is impossible without making a pickup a controlled output. Saying “the light was more on than off” is not acceptable.
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Chris Werstiuk (Administrator) May 4, 2017 at 5:56 pm
Thanks again for your comment, but I completely disagree with just about every part of it. I have read A LOT of relay testing specifications and trained relay testing personnel from all over the world. Most commissioning test specifications:
• State that the relay must be tested
• An even smaller subset specifies that the relay contacts, inputs, and analog I/O must be tested
• An even smaller subset specifies that you must perform a pickup test and a timing test with more than one timing test on inverse elements.
I have yet to read a single testing specification that gave specific testing instructions beyond this.
In fact, this comment is related to other complaints that other relay testers have about NERC testing like:
• Test reports have to be generated by test-sets and computers
• You have to re-test all your CTs within a certain time frame
• Relay testers have to be certified
None of these statements are true from NERC. I usually ask the person who tells me that something is required (like “I have to test this relay a certain way”) to show me the document where the requirement comes from. I’ve yet to see a single document. Feel free to send me yours. I truly would like to see one of these unicorns if anyone else reading this has a relay testing specification that goes to this level of detail.
Now let’s look at each of your statements in order:
I worked for a Doble competitor and we sold, and lost orders to competing test-sets that weren’t Doble, to several east coast utilities. Not everyone uses Doble. In fact, Enoserv/RTS opened the door for competing test sets in many large utilities across North America. If you go even further afield to Europe, they are building universal testing standards in organizations similar to IEEE that only specify dynamic testing.
“and these test plans require passing marks in the test plan, which is impossible without making a pickup a controlled output”
The videos in this seminar show you several ways to perform pickup tests that do not require re-programming outputs, such as:
• Dynamic testing (Con Edison, a NY utility, actually pioneered this style of testing in North America. Their papers around 2007 on the topic allowed me to confidently start applying dynamic testing to everything I did. Before I had justification in these papers, I was afraid of the customer questions (That never occurred) you mentioned in your earlier comment.
• Replacing the contact with your eyes, ears, and hands.
• Manually saving the values (Doble has a great series of macros called creep I, V, F that allow you to do this. We demonstrate how to do it with Manta and Omicron in these videos. Enoserv/RTS has the functionality to add it to any test when the simulate button doesn’t appear automatically)
“Saying “the light was more on than off” is not acceptable”
As I stated before, your test procedure requirements probably don’t have that level of detail. If there are no specifications for things like sense delay, sense duration, debounce, ramp rate, contact programming, relay programming, etc., I can make my test result be anything I want them to be with no-one being the wiser. Don’t like the result you get with the first pulse your automated test set records, add some debounce. Anyone can pencil whip any test regardless of how the test is performed. Adding debounce is probably more accurate because the relay actually doesn’t start timing until the light is more on than off. A manual determination is definitely more accurate.
In fact, I had a customer who had a requirement similar to your initial complaint. They wanted me to use a Doble test-set to do the maintenance testing on their relays because they would know that “the relay was tested correctly and they’d get a report of the tests” Normally I would have just refused the job, but I was doing a favor for a friend and didn’t want to make waves for him. So I borrowed a Doble test-set and started performing dynamic tests on their generator relays. It turns out I found a whole bunch of problems with the relays they had no idea they had. After several conference calls with the design engineers from the utility and the generator manufacturer, we got all the problems resolved. They asked me why the previous relay testers didn’t find the problems before, and I explained why standard testing doesn’t work. Another maintenance interval came around three years later and they asked me to come back and do the testing. I told them I didn’t want to because of the Doble requirement, and suddenly Doble test-sets were no longer required. I went back there several more times and they would call me before scheduling multi-million dollar maintenance periods to make sure they fit my schedule, as several of my customers did. Why didn’t they require Doble testing after that job? Why didn’t they just hire a local Doble tester who would jump to their schedule instead of jumping through my hoops?
In the end, this seminar is to help relay testers become craftsmen instead of button pushers.
Feel free to contact [email protected] to request a full refund if you don’t think this seminar is right for you.
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Matthew Connellan May 5, 2017 at 7:44 am
I am not saying this isn’t a valuable course. Quite the opposite actually. I agree with all of the philosophies you espouse and have for a long time. I WISH I could test this way, as this is the way I used to test when I was in Washington and Arizona.
I am glad that you are the LeBron James of relay testing and can get multi-million dollar utilities to change their requirements for you, but that’s not a practical approach. I do dynamic relay testing and find all the problems you would (well maybe not all since I have not been doing this as long as you have, clearly since you’re giving the training and I’m taking it) but in the end I’m going to do it the way the customer wants, spec or no spec.
Maybe next job I will use this method to record pickup and see if anyone makes a fuss. Maybe they won’t. It certainly is smarter and faster.
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Chris Werstiuk (Administrator) May 6, 2017 at 8:28 am
Glad to hear you’re sticking around.
I encourage you to try performing smarter tests. Like I mentioned in my comment, I was afraid of what the customers would say as I transitioned to newer test techniques. It turned out to be a non-issue.
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Muhanad Jasim August 23, 2017 at 9:58 am
I’ve started my first relay commissioning right after I finished this seminar and it was Siemens relay 7sj62 really the seminar was so useful for me and also the handbook for relay testing thank you so much Chriss for this great opportunity that you gave to me cause i was tired looking for online training luckily I find theses courses of yours thanks again
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Jacob Blotter April 10, 2018 at 5:58 pm
I’ve never used a Manta only Doble and Megger, but are you able to have formal PDF test results showing the test’s you ran and showing that the relay passed the test? Or are your results only hand written as completed and passed? Just curious cause the Utilities Ive worked for (AEP and Duke) require the formal results showing passed test.
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Chris Werstiuk (Administrator) April 11, 2018 at 9:01 am
All test sets have some form of reporting feature. Some, like Protection Suite, require that you use a Macro or automated test procedure. Manta allows you to record any test that you run from any window and then export the tests into a windows program to organize and print. I’m not sure what the limits of Megger are. I used spreadsheets because they’re typically better looking and more flexible.
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Teng Shuen LIEW July 26, 2021 at 9:54 pm
Hi Chris, I like your practical approach to doing things. After reading your comments on the pick up test. I started to wonder about testing simple relays that has no whatsoever pickup indicator/output at all accept a trip signal. They do allow IDMT/DT setting by dial. How would you suggest testing these relays? I remember coming across some circuit breakers with such built-in features & hey Chris…would be nice if the comment section could allow inserting pictures.
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Chris Werstiuk (Administrator) July 27, 2021 at 7:59 am
I don’t see a point in testing a pickup setting that can’t be adjusted and doesn’t have a obvious pickup display, especially if it is a digital relay where the pickup and time delay are interlinked.
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(Reuters) -The Russian central bank said on Wednesday that some stock market trading would resume on Thursday after a near month-long hiatus, with 33 securities to be traded on the Moscow Exchange for a limited time and with short selling banned.
Trading in blue chips, including state lenders Sberbank and VTB and energy majors Rosneft and Gazprom (MCX:GAZP), will take place between 0650 and 1100 GMT, the central bank said.
Russian stocks last traded on the Moscow Exchange on Feb. 25. The central bank then curbed trading as Western sanctions over events in Ukraine threw markets into turmoil.
Trading of OFZ government bonds restarted on Monday, with the central buying OFZ papers in an effort to limit volatility. The return of equities trading has taken longer as the bank seeks ways to clear a backlog of transactions while avoiding a market collapse.
Yields on some OFZs, including benchmark 10-year treasury bonds, spiked to almost 20%, or the level of the central bank’s benchmark interest rate, on Monday, before settling between 14% and 17% in subsequent days.
Volatility has left some players exposed to losses, according to Univer Capital, a mid-sized Russian brokerage, and which on Monday faced a mandatory sale of OFZs it held on behalf of its clients by Russia’s National Clearing Center (NCC).
Artyom Tuzov, executive director in the capital markets department at Univer Capital, said falling OFZ prices, which move inversely to yields, triggered margin calls and a liquidity shortage at the brokerage as a result.
“NCC has blocked the company’s trading limit and… is selling (our OFZ) assets as a result. The trading limit will be unblocked after (mandatory) sale is over,” Tuzov told Reuters.
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