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Posted bymairead collett March 1, 2021 November 2, 2022 Posted inpeople
Judge and Author of The Hard Coal Docket
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John P. Lavelle's mother Sarah Ann McBride came from Creeslough before emigrating to Philadelphia, USA. Where she married John Lavelle from Co. Mayo they had two children John and Joseph.
John P. Lavelle became "The Honourable John P. Lavelle President Judge of Carbon County" when he was sworn in on 3/1/ 1978
A 1953 graduate of Villanova University with an AB degree in Philosophy and Literature, he received his Jurist Doctor (JD) degree from Villanova University School of Law in 1958.
As a member of the U.S. A. Army Signal Corps he carried out military assignments in Italy and Austria in 1954 and 1955.
For eighteen years Judge Lavelle had a distinguished career as an active municipal and trial lawyer. He served as Carbon County Solicitor from 1971 to 1978. His extensive involvement in numerous community and charitable causes demonstrated his high energy and commitment to public service.
During his twenty-two years on the bench, he has been dedicated to improving the Court system with computer technology and innovative case management techniques.
Judge Lavelle and his Wife Marianne live in Lehighton, Pennsylvania, USA. and have four children, Marianne, John, Jacqueline and James.
In 1996 Judge Lavelle wrote and published "The Hard Coal Docket " which is a history of Carbon County as seen through the prism of the legal system. The book features his due process analysis of the famous "Mollie Maguire" Trials in Carbon County in the late 1870's.
The six Irish men of Mollie Maguire's (AOH) were convicted of murder. Five were hanged: Doyle, Kelly, Campbell, Donahue and Fisher, Mc Kenna got nine years in jail.
When the film of the Mollie Maguire Trial was being made, Bill McClafferty from Creeslough worked as an extra on the film.
The Carbon County seat has changed it's name to Jim Thorpe. It is in eastern Pennsylvania about 80 miles North of Philadelphia and 100 miles west of New York City. This town is also historically known as the burial site for the body of Native American sports legend Jim Thorpe.
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The homie Rolo aka dunksrnice shared this photo of blue Supreme Nike SB Dunk Highs that he got for retail. That was a long time ago, and even back then coppin Supreme Nike collaborations wasn't easy.
Around the same time when Supreme released these Dunks, the 1st Game Air Zoom Generations dropped. That was my first time getting scammed on eBay. This was so long ago I didn't have PayPal yet - I sent a money order.
I "copped" 1st Game AZGs off eBay, but they never showed up. I remember eyeing the blue Supreme Dunks too, but I couldn't afford both pairs. It turns out I should've sent the money order to a Supreme Dunk reseller.
That said, it's crazy to see this pair with the original Supreme New York receipt. The retail price was $178 ($198 after tax), and this was way back in 2003. November 1, 2003 to be exact. The last blue pair to sell at Flight Club went for $1800.
I know Rolo is glad he got his pair for retail. Ha!
So, what's a sneaker you're glad you were able to cop for retail?
The Air Trainer SC High 'Atlanta '96 Olympics'. Living in Georgia my whole life, and my dad being security during the Olympics, these were going to be a must cop either way.
I would say it's a tie between my Net/Net Air Yeezys and my Air Max 1 DJ Clark Kent 112 pack joints.
Hello, Dunk SB low Diamond : bought in Bordeaux's skateshop Workshop (France) back in 2005, retail price 90€, and my 4's toro bravo.


Portable GPS devices can do things that paper maps can't, such as tracking precise locations and providing spoken turn-by-turn directions that will get you from point A to point B, while showing the nearest coffee shops along the way. But navigating the GPS market can be tough. Consumer advocate Amber Bouman helps you find your way to the perfect GPS device.


Michael: Let's get started, our first lick is based on a common blues bass type run.
Michael: This is a common chromatic bass run. Now we can add the open B string to enhance the sound.
Michael: Notice how you can play the open B string each time you play the chromatic notes.
fenderbluers: Hey teach did jimmy page do a lot of shredding or just blues licks.
Michael: He uses all kinds of techniques fender, we'll cover some in this lesson. Now we can use a descending bass line while you play the open B string.
robbie: What key is this in?
Michael: Good point Robbie, this is all in the Key of E. Notice the chords at the end of this lick, it's the E7 #9 or otherwise known as the Jimi Hendrix chord used in "Purple Haze" and "Foxey Lady."
robbie: Can you transpose this lick to the key of A??
Michael: Sure you can transpose it, let me give you a jam track to play over.
esph100: Are you finger picking this song, or switching between pick and finger.
Michael: So we basically follow the I, IV, V blues progression E, A, B, so all the licks are based on each of these chords. Now you can add a guitar lick at the end of the progression in the E Minor Pentatonic scale pattern on the 12th fret, the chords for the lending of the progression is A, Bb, B and you add a few licks in-between each chord.
fenderbluers: Didn't he just slide up after he played it.
Michael: Yes he did, the last chord is the A7 #9 played on the 12th fret.
esph100: how far did you slide up though?
fenderbluers: Hey teach what kind of amp and/or effects do you use to get that page sound.
Michael: I'm using a Tele through a Korg Pandora Box. OK, here's the entire progression with all the parts we covered so far and a jam track to practice over.
Michael: The E7 #9 is a good chord to know. You'd be surprised how many bands use that chord; Hendrix, SRV, Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, etc. etc. etc.
esph100: What guitar do you prefer teacher?
Michael: Depends on the sound I want to get. Various guitars have different personalities, on these licks I'm using a Fender Tele, Page used a Fender Broadcaster for most of his early recordings.
Michael: Here comes a jam track for the last tab, you can even play lick in the E minor pentatonic scale I sent earlier. OK let's try another lick, this is a common blues lick.
Michael: Here's a jam track for that lick.
Michael: Well time to go, hope to see you all next lesson, good bye!!!


Not far west of St. Louis the Lake of Creve Coeur dimples in the breezes that bend into its basin of hills, and there, in summer, swains and maidens go to confirm their vows, for the lake has the influence to strengthen love and reunite contentious pairs. One reason ascribed for the presence of this spell concerns a turbulent Peoria, ambitious of leadership and hungry for conquest, who fell upon the Chawanons at this place, albeit he was affianced to the daughter of their chief. The girl herself, enraged at the treachery of the youngster, put herself at the head of her band–a dusky Joan of Arc, and the fight waged so furiously that the combatants, what were left of them, were glad when night fell that they might crawl away to rest their exhausted bodies and nurse their wounds.
Neither tribe daring to invite a battle after that, hostilities were stopped, but some time later the young captain met the girl of his heart on the shore, and before the amazon could prepare for either fight or flight he had caught her in his arms. They renewed their oaths of fidelity, and at the wedding the chief proclaimed eternal peace and blessed the waters they had met beside, the blessing being potent to this day.
Another reason for the enchantments that are worked here may be that the lake is occupied by a demon-fish or serpent that crawls, slimy and dripping, through the underbrush, whenever it sees two lovers together, and listens to their words. If the man proves faithless he would best beware of returning to this place, for the demon is lurking there to destroy him. This monster imprisons the soul of an Ozark princess who flung herself into the lake when she learned that the son of the Spanish governor, who had vowed his love to her, had married a woman of his own rank and race in New Orleans. So they call the lake Creve Coeur, or Broken Heart. On the day after the suicide the Ozark chief gathered his men about him and paddled to the middle of the water, where he solemnly cursed his daughter in her death, and asked the Great Spirit to confine her there as a punishment for giving her heart to the treacherous white man, the enemy of his people. The Great Spirit gave her the form in which she is occasionally seen, to warn and punish faithless lovers.
Early in this century a restless Yankee, who wore the uninspiring name of Tompkinson, found his way into Carondelet–or Vuide Poche, the French settlement on the Mississippi since absorbed by St. Louis and cast about for something to do. He had been in hard luck on his trip from New England to the great river. His schemes for self-aggrandizement and the incidental enlightenment and prosperity of mankind had not thriven, and it was largely in pity that M. Dunois gave shelter to the ragged, half-starved, but still jaunty and resourceful adventurer. Dunois was the one man in the place who could pretend to some education, and the two got on together famously.
As soon as Tompkinson was in clothes and funds–the result of certain speculations–he took a house and hung a shingle out announcing that there he practiced medicine. Now, the fellow knew less about doctoring than any village granny, but a few sick people that he attended had the rare luck to get well in spite of him, and his reputation expanded to more than local limits in consequence. In the excess of spirits that prosperity created he flirted rather openly with a number of virgins in Carondelet, to the scandal of Dunois, who forbade him his house, and of the priest, who put him under a ban.
He grasped a scalpel and advanced upon his victim, who, supposing that he intended to cut her throat open to extract the obstacle, fell a-screaming with such violence that the bone flew out. What was supposed to be his ready wit in this emergency restored him to confidence, and he was able to resume the practice that he needed so much. In a couple of years he displayed to the wondering eyes of Dunois so considerable an accumulation of cash that he gave Marie to him almost without the asking, and, as Tompkinson afterward turned Indian trader and quadrupled his wealth by cheating the red men, he became one of the most esteemed citizens of the West.
It was Twelfth Night, and the French village of Cahokia, near St. Louis, was pleasantly agitated at the prospect of a dance in the old court saloon, which was assembly-room and everything else for the little place. The thirteen holy fires were alight–a large one, to represent Christ; a lesser one, to be trampled out by the crowd, typing Judas. The twelfth cake, one slice with the ring in it, was cut, and there were drink and laughter, but, as yet, no music. Gwen Malhon, a drift-wood collector, was the most anxious to get over the delay, for he had begged a dance from Louison. Louison Florian was pretty, not badly off in possessions and prospects, and her lover, Beaurain, had gone away. She was beginning to look a little scornful and impatient, so Gwen set off for a fiddler.
"He has me," Louison was heard to say, yet seemingly not in fear. Lights were brought. Louison and the fiddler were gone, the stranger's cloak and half of a false mustache were on the floor, while Gwen was jammed into the barrel and was kicking desperately to get out. When released he rushed for the river-side where he had seen the boat. Two figures flitted before him, but he lost sight of them, and in the silence and loneliness his choler began to cool. Could it really have been the devil? An owl hooted in the bush. He went away in haste. There was a rumor in after years that Beaurain was an actor in a company that went up and down the great river on a barge, and that a woman who resembled Louison was also in the troupe. But Gwen never told the story of his disappointment without crossing himself.


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The Essential Guide To Buying A Vegan-Friendly Car
Some car manufacturers are starting to take the environment seriously
by Giles Kirkland 6th March 2018 Updated 1st October 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutes ?Tesla offers non-animal leather interiors (Photo: Matt Henry)
When it comes to buying a car, and staying true to your vegan ethics, the market can seem like a minefield.
Luckily, there are modern green car manufacturers who have taken this into consideration – and are starting to build cars with the environment in mind.
This extends beyond lowering the direct emissions associated with running engines, to the materials used in the interior.
'Luxury'
Traditionally, animal products have been used for luxury interiors like seat upholstery and dashboard covering.
However, in recent years these things have sadly become less luxury, more standard practice, as the fabric is used in more and more cars.
The manufacturers listed below offer vegan-friendly models.
Toyota has built a solid reputation based on its environmentally-focused approach to car manufacturing.
This reputation stems primarily from the sales of its popular Prius model – one of the best selling hybrid cars of all time.
The Toyota Prius is not only more environmentally-friendly than a standard vehicle, but is also probably the most affordable new cars on the market for those looking to go vegan.
In the car, Toyota uses a material called SofTex – a synthetic fabric that mimics leather. Not only is this a great alternative to leather, but it has also proven to be more breathable than its animal-based alternative.
On a different level, in terms of price, is Tesla.
Tesla has been hailed as one of the most innovative and forward-thinking car manufacturers, leading the way in automotive technology.
Tesla also offers options for vegan-friendly cars.
Although Tesla's Model X comes with a leather option, the company offers alternative ultra-white synthetic leather seating. If you want a car to feel good about, that still looks and feels luxurious and sporty, it's a very credible option.
With a starting price of $74,000, it isn't the most affordable option – but low budget vehicles are not what we expect from Tesla.
Although it's not necessarily known for its environmentally-friendly vehicles, the BMW i3 model is one of the greenest cars on the road.
Again, this car does come with an animal-based interior option.
However, BMW also offers a vegan-friendly version. In addition, the kenaf fibres used in the door panels are known to be one of the most sustainable fibres in the world, 25 percent of the plastic used in the vehicle is recycled, and nearly 100 percent of the seat fabric is recycled.
Another surprising contender for the vegan conscious car buyer's dollar is Mercedes Benz.
The C-class models are available in a faux-leather which has been described as so good that most people don't even realise it isn't traditional leather.
This alternative is called Artico, a name derived from the term 'artificial cow'.
It's great to see that this material actually comes as standard in many of the cars in the C-class and E-class range.
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Some Mercedes come with a leather-alternative interior
Car manufacturers will often claim that their vehicles are vegan-friendly based on the absence of leather in their interiors.
However, if you want a truly 100 percent animal-free vehicle, then the safest option is to contact the manufacturer directly.
This might be the only way to ensure that no animal products are used elsewhere in the car. Most notably, these unwelcome ingredients often creep into cars through the glue used to fix materials into the interior.
Vegan drivers with a strong concern for the environment will also want to take into consideration other elements of their chosen vehicle – like hazardous emissions, energy efficiency of the manufacturing process, and the use of other eco-positive elements such as environmentally-friendly tyres.
The above are important considerations for those who want to buy a car while ensuring they stay true to their vegan ethics.
Being aware of the possible risks and animal ingredients commonly used in car production will help you achive this.
Knowing what's out there on the market will also help you make the right choice when opting for manufacturer and car model.
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Throughout her 20 years in executive search, she has handled searches in corporate communications, public relations and corporate boards. She wrote the book called "The Board Game–How Smart Women Become Corporate Directors (published in June 2013 by Angel City Press) to advise and inform women about strategic career choices and visibility needed in order to serve on boards. Betsy chairs the Los Angeles/Orange County chapter of Women Corporate Directors (WCD), has served on the board of Southern California Leadership Network (SCLN) for 20 years and is a member of the Society of Corporate Secretaries. She is also an active member of Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), Hispanic Corporate Council and National Association of Women Business Owners-California (NAWBO-CA).
Betsy had followed her communications-related career pathway since graduating from UCLA in history and journalism, working for newspapers and TV. She was a publicist for Disney Studios, before owning of her public relations agency. Through decades of experience, she has developed the networks, knowledge and track record that give her the ability and judgment to assess what client organizations need, and find the executives who can solve their problems.


Lyrics are one of the most important parts of a rap song, and traditional hip hop culture rewards people like Kendrick Lamar and Jay Z for their lyrical genius.
A rapper's skill is judged based on many factors, but a rapper's lyrical ability is often their most judged quality. Rappers who do not write their own lyrics are often shunned and considered lesser than their peers. In "King Kunta," a song by Kendrick Lamar, he calls out rappers who don't write their own lyrics.
This criticism of ghostwriters is not exclusive to rappers. It is also present among fans of hip hop. In a video titled "Ghostwriting: Rap's Messiest Secret" on the Youtube page of popular rap site HipHopDX, one commenter expressed his dislike for the practice.
"No respect for rappers with ghostwriters ever. if i found out my favorite rapper had one id stop listening to them," they wrote.
It has long been assumed that every rapper writes their own lyrics, but is this true? Has every great rapper written their own lyrics? The answer is no.
While several pinnacle figures of the genre write their own tracks, many of the most influential rappers have utilized ghost writers. From groups like N.W.A. to solo performers like Kanye West, many of them have collaborated with writers to help them write songs and finish albums.
Another key factor to note is that above all, rappers are performers. Lyrics, while important, are only one of the many factors that make a rap song good. A rapper might have the best lyrics in the world, but if they can't perform them well, they mean nothing.
Legendary musicians like Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson did not write all of their lyrics, but still found incredible success in the music industry because they were more than just people who spewed out words. They were performers who lit up stages and inspired crowds of people to love their work. Why should Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West be held to higher standards than these legends?
One component of rap music is sampling, which involves taking music that someone else made and using it in another song. In a video on ghostwriting, popular music reviewer Anthony Fantano argues that sampling is almost the same as ghostwriting. While ghostwriting is frowned upon, no one looks down on samples. If it is okay to use other people's music, why can't a rapper use someone else's lyrics, as long as proper credit is given?
The negative stigma surrounding ghostwriting is certainly not going away. "Collaboration" will still be utilized by many rappers to create some of the most popular songs and records in the genre, and there isn't much fans can do to stop it.


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The empty world of Palestine-set BBC drama "The Honorable Woman"
Sarah Irving The Electronic Intifada 12 September 2014
Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Honorable Woman
The Honorable Woman, shown on TV in Britain and the US this summer and now released on DVD, has been heralded by mainstream critics as a rare attempt to tackle the issue of Palestine in a serious television drama.
The title, like much of the series, seems deliberately multi-faceted. Does it refer to the ennoblement of central character Nessa Stein (played by Maggie Gyllenhaal), a British-Israeli businesswoman elevated to the British House of Lords for her efforts towards "peace in the Middle East?" The term "honorable" has overtones of the British House of Commons, where Members of Parliament address one another as "the honorable member."
Or does it refer to Nessa's stubborn adherence to her principles in the face of corruption and double-dealing (a key theme)? Is there a nod to John Le Carre's 1977 spy novel The Honourable Schoolboy, since many of the series' tropes seem to draw on his work, as well as on-screen inspirations such as Homeland and (less salubriously) long-running BBC spy drama Spooks?
The main storyline (and there are innumerable sub-plots and tangents to grapple with) is this: Nessa Stein's father, an Irgun terrorist during the Nakba and then a weapons manufacturer for the State of Israel, is murdered in front of her and her brother Ephra when they are children.
They grow up to inherit the family empire, which Nessa refocuses on communications rather than armaments, with Ephra heading up a foundation which builds universities and hospitals in the occupied West Bank and present-day Israel.
But, we learn, Nessa has a "secret," and this is being used against her, and against Stein Group's supposedly noble aims to bring high-speed Internet to the West Bank.
Since this is all very high-profile and internationally significant, the US, British and Israeli secret services are in it up to their necks. There are also major businessmen — Israeli and Palestinian — bidding for the Internet contracts (one might expect such projects to be targeted by US, Japanese or EU companies, but none appear. That wouldn't work, plot-wise).
The story's many convolutions and layers are drawn out over eight episodes, each spanning an hour (minus advertisements). A major problem — before we get to issues of politics and representation — is that the material simply doesn't warrant it.
One suspects that writer-director Hugo Blick has indulged in a few too many French noirs, but there are only so many shots of Gyllenhaal's manicured hand draped over a chair-back, or of Ephra Stein's wife and his housekeeper staring at one another down white corridors, that one can take.
The Honorable Woman takes place in a curiously empty world; in the few outdoor scenes, whether in central London or downtown Rafah, there are never any passers-by doing ordinary things (witnesses, one senses, might be inconvenient to the storyline and the aesthetic).
This heavily stylized manner also seeps into the script and acting. Gyllenhaal's performance is, at times, almost valium-laden. Supposedly the head of a multi-million dollar business, she never appears to do any work, and has two main settings — speech-making or looking blankly at people trying to bully information from her, and then bursting into tears. Dialogue remains minimal, replaced by people making stylized, often stilted proclamations at one another.
Similarly unconvincing are the various spies (British and US) who, despite having senior roles in Middle East departments, seem to know almost nothing about the region.
The result is that it is difficult to engage with The Honorable Woman on an emotional level — and it's hard to watch eight hours of TV about a bunch of people one doesn't care about. There are exceptions — especially Rachel, Ephra's wife, movingly played by Katherine Parkinson as a woman whose marriage is being torn apart and children threatened by other people's secrets.
Since The Honorable Woman purports to be a serious dramatic take on Palestine, it seems fair to critique its depiction of the situation.
The Guardian's take on this was that Blick "seeks to insure himself against the political incorrectness of the whole oriental stereotype by making the CIA and its British lackeys the meanest and most deceptive baddies of all."
On one level this is true. It is the British and US secret services which are depicted as pulling the strings, and as being most willing to manipulate, corrupt and cold-bloodedly kill off pretty much anybody.
The degree, and style, of stereotyping of the Palestinian and Israeli characters is, however, more problematic. They aren't the only cardboard cut-outs (Hugh Hayden-Hoyle as George Smiley's even more hangdog younger brother?) — but what these stereotypes do in these more delicate circumstances is disturbing.
Almost every Palestinian — with one sort-of exception — is either a fighter ("terrorist") or a slick government spokesman who mouths clichés about "martyrs for the cause." The exception is Atika Halibi (Lubna Azabal), a translator who shares Nessa's captivity in Gaza and then comes to the UK with her as part of the hostage deal. She is the main Palestinian voice in the series, but remains cold and secretive until the penultimate episode.
One of the effects of this is that, in contrast, we see plenty of Jewish personal interaction — warm and caring or angry and conflictual. Shlomo Zahary (Igal Naor), an Israeli businessman and friend of the Stein family, is the key stereotype: a big, family-loving, hard-talking tough guy. He doesn't quite go around saying "oy vey," but he's not far off.
But no Palestinians in The Honorable Woman quite attain the status of "human being." They are "bad" "terrorists" or "good" grateful recipients of Stein Group aid and — even more improbably — admiring audiences at Nessa's excruciatingly patronizing speeches as she launches another phase of her Internet project.
Misrepresentations
The whole Internet discourse is, meanwhile, laughable. Doesn't anyone associated with this series know how well-wired the West Bank is? Have they not witnessed Palestinian use of social media in recent years? Don't they realize that the West Bank has plenty of universities and hospitals — it's just that people can't reach them, or they are closed down or bombed by Israeli occupation forces?
This ignorance of the basic facts of daily life in Palestine pops up throughout, whether in checkpoint procedures or the overall depiction of Palestine as an impoverished charity recipient.
The most troubling misrepresentation of Palestinian actions lies, however, at the heart of the plot. Nessa's big secret (this is a bit of a spoiler, but you'd have figured it out pretty quickly) is that she was raped after being kidnapped by what is meant to be (however improbably) a renegade Fatah splinter group hiding out in southern Gaza just after Hamas was elected in 2006.
The rape isn't a random act, but one ordered by the faction's leader (a Blofeld-like villain with a medical drip instead of a white cat) and carried out by his son, with the express intention of getting Nessa pregnant so that she will bear a child who will be the grandson of the Palestinian fighter who ordered her father's assassination.
There are various major problems with this plot device, beyond its biological improbability. Firstly, it reduces the Palestinian cause to the level of a tiny, breakaway splinter group impelled by personal hatreds, rather than a resistance to occupation and oppression.
Secondly, proven cases — even credible accusations — of sexual violence by Palestinian armed factions are vanishingly rare, if not non-existent. There are plenty of examples of rape being used as a weapon of war by western armies, but it is no whitewash to say that it is not an allegation that stands up against the Palestinians, and to use it in a supposedly serious drama like this is deeply troubling.
What, then, can be said in conclusion? The Honorable Woman is a tightly (if sometimes improbably) plotted thriller. It is often beautifully (perhaps too beautifully) shot and, if one can handle the stylization, there is some interesting acting.
But as a dramatic effort to tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time, its inability to grasp basic facts make it ultimately a failure. Hugo Blick obviously has some interesting ideas about how to make modern TV thrillers, but his ambitions outreach his abilities, or at least his research skills.
Sarah Irving is the author of a biography of Leila Khaled and of the Bradt Guide to Palestine and co-editor of A Bird is not a Stone, a collection of contemporary Palestinian poetry in translation. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh.
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Permalink No Placer replied on Sat, 09/13/2014 - 04:26
To me, the show as an entertainment media was exceptional. But context wise was.. flawed, to say the least. I've had lots of bones to pick, but you covered most of that.
Also, I still can't believe people go through the trouble of creating a fully-fledged series or a majestic blockbuster film but still fail to find someone who can speak Arabic properly, or even worse, can't bloody write it. Seeing someone in this day and age write Arabic in separate letters is laughable.
Peter Kosminsky's "The
Permalink Anonymous replied on Sat, 09/13/2014 - 05:04
Peter Kosminsky's "The Promise" was a much better attempt at grasping the intricacies of the conflict. I recommend everyone watch it.
If I got it right, this rubbish was aired exactly when Gaza was
Permalink lidia replied on Sat, 09/13/2014 - 06:39
one more time bombed by Zionist war criminal with BBC giving the massacre a cover-up?
And regarding Hugo Blick - he probably knows his trade, but he and his masters on BBC sure know even better how NOT to tell a truth about Zionism and its backers in UK and USA.
Permalink Jill replied on Sat, 09/13/2014 - 10:23
I agree with the main thrust of your article. The fibre broadband premise was laughable and the narrowest view of Palestinian society imaginable.
However, my understanding of the title was that ATIKA was actually the honourable woman: anything for the cause but nothing for personal hatred. An honour so deeply held that Atkia is as prepared to die for it as she is to die for the cause.
Actually, I thought that inversion - we assume NESSA is the honourable woman throughout for all the reasons you mention, plus the incomplete picture of the Palestinian side - was the entire point of the series. And in that interpretation, there is some room for the optimist in me to think that perhaps it wasn't as bad as you suggest?
Permalink Sam Simpson replied on Sat, 09/13/2014 - 10:54
Excellent piece - an insightful and comprehensive review of a typically Anglo-centric drama from the BBC. Quality production, some outstanding acting performances, but genuinely marred by the disturbingly shallow depiction of Palestinians - they remain virtually de-humanised in this drama, with the main charachter turning from the pathological hatred depicted as the motivation of Palestinian resistance, ultimately only finding redemption in her martyrdom in the cause of true honour.
I watched this programme after seeing Channel 4's 'The Promise' - a less pretentious, far more balanced and satisfyingly instructive drama.
A drama like this...
Permalink Mike Davies replied on Sat, 09/13/2014 - 12:00
A drama like this was always going to be an archetypal template of stereotypes and cliches, pandering to It's target audience desire to feel high brow and informed without having done 'the hard yards'. Understanding of Palestine in this context would be approaching zero and/or Israel-centric. An education beyond the constraints of popular media and BBC entertainment often leaves a programme viewer feeling empty and unfulfilled.
I wouldn't have watched this
Permalink maggie replied on Sat, 09/13/2014 - 12:30
I wouldn't have watched this even before reading the plot line and review. You have to know it couldn't possibly be anything but nonsense.
Yes, absolute rubbish, just
Permalink Tess replied on Mon, 09/15/2014 - 15:29
Yes, absolute rubbish, just another way of supporting the twisted zionist thinking.
It was a welcome hour spent for me on Thursday evenings.
Permalink Reiver replied on Sun, 09/14/2014 - 15:14
Yes there were some inaccuracies and some untold factors within the plot but given the audience what would you expect? The same is true of The Tudors and other such mini series. Creative license and budgetary constraints have much to answer for! That said, I felt the plot itself was good and opened opportunities for discussion on the Israeli-Palestinian situation with people who wouldn't ordinarily engage on the subject. Not everyone knows how to research!
This show enabled me to point people in the direction of further screen interpretations of middle-east based fiction such as Omar, Paradise Now, Bethlehem, Rana's Wedding and ultimately Jenin Jenin! and 5 Broken Cameras.
Fiction can raise awareness on issues in a way that news simply can't so I welcomed the broadcasting of this show in the UK during the most recent Gaza attacks.
The Tudors is not contemporary show, no matter the quality
Permalink lidia replied on Mon, 09/15/2014 - 15:18
This serials are about the modern people dispossessed, killed and tortured, and also slandered.
I wonder what if BBC had a serial about how Africans were happy under UK colonialism, without even letting on African to say what s/he really thinks. Would it also OK?
Poetry steeped in sarcasm and politics
Sarah Irving 19 September 2017
Palestinian art after Darwish
Sarah Irving 4 August 2017
Nostalgia with a political edge
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Romance and realism merge in Jerusalem-focused radio play
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New York Times joins slander campaign against Carter book
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Letter from Tuwani
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Q: Spring AngularJS upload file functionality - 400 error Bad request I'm trying to upload the file using Spring and AngularJS, but I'm getting a 400 Bad request error:
> error: "Bad Request"
> exception: "org.springframework.web.multipart.support.MissingServletRequestPartException"
> message: "Required request part 'file' is not present."
> path:"/project/ffl/newDocument

I went through different example of how to implement the functionality (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5 and few more) and followed all of them. Although, I'm still getting the 400 error.
My request:
Request URL:https://localhost:8443/project/ffl/newDocument
Request Method:POST
Status Code:400 Bad Request
Remote Address:[::1]:8443
Response Headers
view source
Cache-Control:no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate
Connection:close
Content-Type:application/json;charset=UTF-8
Date:Wed, 16 Dec 2015 18:24:08 GMT
Expires:0
Pragma:no-cache
Server:Apache-Coyote/1.1
Strict-Transport-Security:max-age=31536000 ; includeSubDomains
Transfer-Encoding:chunked
X-Content-Type-Options:nosniff
X-Frame-Options:DENY
X-XSS-Protection:1; mode=block

Request Headers
view source
Accept:application/json, text/plain, */*
Accept-Encoding:gzip, deflate
Accept-Language:en-US,en;q=0.8,uk;q=0.6,ru;q=0.4
Connection:keep-alive
Content-Length:75515
Content-Type:multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundarylcovac73AQDt1CNW
Host:localhost:8443
Origin:https://localhost:8443
Referer:https://localhost:8443/project/
User-Agent:Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/47.0.2526.80 Safari/537.36
X-Requested-With:XMLHttpRequest

Request Payload
------WebKitFormBoundarylcovac73AQDt1CNW
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="test.pdf"
Content-Type: application/pdf

------WebKitFormBoundarylcovac73AQDt1CNW--

HTML:
<form ng-submit="uploadFile()" class="form-horizontal" enctype="multipart/form-data">
   <input type="file" name="file" id="file" ng-model="document.fileInput" onchange="angular.element(this).scope().upload(this)" >
   <button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>

JS:
    $scope.document = {};
      var file = {};
      $scope.upload = function(fileInput) {
        file = fileInput;
      };

  $scope.uploadFile = function(){
    var formData = new FormData();
    formData.append("file", file.files[0]);

    $http.post('ffl/newDocument', formData, {
       headers: {'Content-Type': undefined },
       transformRequest: angular.identity
            }).then(function (response) {

            }, function (error) {
                console.error('Error: ', error.status, error.data);
                });
       };

Java:
@RestController
@RequestMapping("/ffl")

@RequestMapping(value="/newDocument", method = RequestMethod.POST, consumes = {"multipart/form-data"})
public @ResponseBody void uploadFile(@RequestPart("file") MultipartFile file) throws IOException {

Any help will be appreciated.

A: 1. List item Change the method on the Spring Controller to use this:
    RequestMapping(value = "/newDocument", method = RequestMethod.POST)
    public @ResponseBody Object uploadFiles(MultipartHttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {

        Iterator<String> iterator = request.getFileNames();
        MultipartFile multipartFile = null;
        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
            multipartFile = request.getFile(iterator.next());
            //do something with the file.....
        }
    }

2. And your Angular controller:
    console.log(files[0]);
    $http.post( '/myEndpoint', formData, {
        headers: { 'Content-Type': undefined },
        transformRequest: angular.identity
    }).success(function (result) {
        console.log('Success');
    }).error(function () {
        console.log('Failure');
    });

3. You should have following Dependency:

commons-fileupload

4. Add this bean in your servlet-configuration.xml
    <bean id="multipartResolver" class="org.springframework.web.multipart.commons.CommonsMultipartResolver" />

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Elisabeth Young-Bruehl goes to Venezuela
Filed under: Venezuela — louisproyect @ 8:47 pm
Psychoanalyst on a dubious mission
After the outcry generated by Joaquin Villalobos's hatchet job on Hugo Chavéz, you'd think that the Nation Magazine would be more circumspect. Unfortunately, they have seen fit to publish another atrocity on their website. The author is Elizabeth Young-Bruehl, a 61 year old psychoanalyst from New York City who has written biographies of Anna Freud and Hannah Arendt. Her connection to Arendt prompted a Venezuelan study group called Hannah Arendt Observatorio to send her an invitation. Her write-up on the trip is titled "Reading Arendt in Caracas", a salute to "Reading Lolita in Tehran," a book that Columbia professor Hamid Dabashi described as "reminiscent of the most pestiferous colonial projects of the British in India."
Much of Young-Bruehl's piece is focused on the student opposition to Chavéz, who are distinguished from the "disaffected middle-class opposition party supporters" that had opposed him in the past. After making this distinction, Young-Bruehl allows that the universities they hail from are overwhelmingly "middle class and white." I know that consistency is the hobgoblin of foolish minds, but this is ridiculous. For a class analysis of the university system in Venezuela, I recommend George Ciccariello-Maher's Counterpunch article "Behind Venezuela's "Student Rebellion":
But, as Metropolitan Mayor Juan Barreto recently emphasized in a response to the mobilizations, Caracas boasts 200,000 students, whereas these demonstrations have not managed to mobilize more than 5,000. And these mobilizations had been largely concentrated in the wealthy East of Caracas, with no student protests in the sprawling barrios that house half of the city's population. Who are the rest of these students? It is here that we see another piece of the puzzle, and another crucial sector which opposes the policies of the Bolivarian Revolution.
As a response to the entrenched elitism and conservatism of the existing Venezuelan university structure, and lacking the political weight to attack the long-cherished tradition of university autonomy head on, Chávez's government opted for a different strategy. Rather than attempting to change institutions like the UCV, the government has funneled resources into the creation of new, alternative educational institutions like the Bolivarian University (UBV), among others. In all, the government has created 8 new free universities and plans 28 more (11 national, 13 regional, and 4 technological institutes) as a part of the recently-baptized Mission Alma Mater. And this isn't even to mention the vast network of already existing educational missions which stretch from preschool to post-graduate education, and whose participants are currently demanding that they, too, be recognized as "students." As it stands, these new universities reach approximately 1.5 million students, and the educational missions a further 3.8 million, together representing more than 8% of the Venezuelan population, a figure which will only continue to grow.
Let's do the math. Only approximately out of forty students from the universities that Young-Bruehl herself describes as "white and middle-class" took to the streets against the government. Meanwhile, nearly 6 million students from the barrios attend new universities built with oil revenues. We can assume that they were not interested in toppling the government. We can also assume that Dr. Young-Bruehl had little motivation to find out what this riff-raff had to say. She is obviously more comfortable with members of her own social class. Hannah Arendt Observatorio is led by one Heinz Sonntag, who is described as finding the Venezuelan universities quite comfortably Marxist. As we shall see, Young-Bruehl uses a by-now-familiar tactic to attack the Bolivarian revolution by invoking "socialist" or "Marxist" opponents of the government.
She must have taken her cues from Nation Magazine contributors Christopher Hitchens and Marc Cooper who also wrap imperialist propaganda in leftish phraseology. Sonntag took an anti-Chavéz position in a debate at the U. Cal/Berkeley in 2003. He said that the mass media used Chávez's "inflammatory" rhetoric against him. He added, "The way in which these criticisms were received brought the first disappointments with the regime. Instead of giving coherent explanations or accepting responsibility for their wrongdoings, Chávez and his followers attacked the media, committing the additional error of personalizing these attacks by focusing on certain journalists and media owners."
This is what Malcolm X called turning the victim into the criminal. The private media in Venezuela was not involved with "criticisms." It was closely allied with the abortive military coup in 2002. It is obvious that Sonntag, despite Young-Bruehl's assurances about his Marxist proclivities, had gone over to the counter-revolution. Sonntag is just one of a number of self-proclaimed "Marxists" or "socialists" who have made common cause with the section of the bourgeoisie that wants to turn back the clock. They are not necessarily old men like Sonntag. Some are quite youthful, like the student leaders who Young-Bruehl is so smitten with. George Ciccariello-Maher has them nailed down pretty well:
That the "student leaders" are tied to the opposition is far from controversial: for example, spokesperson Yon Goicochea is a member of Primero Justicia and the aptly-named Stalin González belonged until recently to the strangest of opposition organizations, Bandera Roja. BR is a nominally Marxist-Leninist group which made the unlikely transition from a respectable guerrilla organization to the attack dogs of the far right, claiming to use the opposition as a vehicle to topple the fake communism of Chávez and institute a true dictatorship of the proletariat.
Teodoro Petkoff, who shares Heinz Sonntag and Stalin González's nominally socialist credentials, is described as "a guerrilla fighter" who "did a few stints in prison." In the 2006 election campaign, he ran for president as a democratic socialist, according to Young-Bruehl. Nowadays, the term "democratic socialist" can mean practically anything. Norm Geras has cheered the US invasion of Iraq in the name of democratic socialism, for example. In my own view, democratic socialism is a redundancy since socialism is by necessity rule by the people, something that Hugo Chavéz gives every indication of supporting. Indeed, it is probably the spectacle of ordinary people asserting themselves that gives people like Heinz Sonntag the willies.
Notwithstanding Young-Bruehl's assurances of Petkoff's leftist bona fides, there is another part of his CV that she conveniently omits. Petkoff was economics minister under Rafael Caldera in 1996, a government that imposed a harsh neoliberal regime on the poor. The August 16, 1996 Caracas Daily Journal describes Petkoff's unsuccessful attempts to persuade the poor that austerity measures were good for them in the long run:
Heralded on Wall Street as the agent of free-market reform, Planning Minister Teodoro Petkoff is finding it more difficult to win over people on his own turf than big-time foreign investors. Petkoff, the flamboyant spokesman for Venezuela's economic reform program 'Agenda Venezuela' , heard the ills of community leaders Friday but had little luck in quelling them. "He is giving us the same responses we are hearing on TV,"said Father Thomas Mulcahy of the Santa Cruz Paris in the Propatria barrio. In an event sponsored by the Foreign Journalists' Association (APEX), Mulcahy and other social workers met with Petkoff at the church.
While the State of an economic turnaround, the estimated 80 percent of Venezuela living in poverty remain in a perpetual down spiral, said Mulcahy. Lack of funding for schools, poor health facilities and a frighteningly high crime rate are the reality for the barrios surrounding Caracas. "I've been robbed in the middle of the afternoon right outside the church … this is the worst I've ever seen things."
Mulcahy, who has worked with Venezuela's poor for 24 years, said. Running water can stop for up to three months at a time, the social workers complain. The closest hospital, Los Magallanes de Catia, is in dire straits for lack of State funding and the neighborhood's last remaining pharmacy is about to close shop.
But Petkoff, an ex-communist guerrilla turned economist and politician, remained staunch that President Rafael Caldera hasn't forgotten the poor… "What he's talking about we just don't see up here," said Oswaldo Borjes, who teaches construction trades to unemployed youth.
Next on Young-Bruehl's itinerary is a meeting with the students at Simon Bolivar University where she had "an intense conversation about why Hannah Arendt had distrusted revolutions that try to solve problems of social injustice without first achieving a stable, constitutional republic." Now it must be said that Hannah Arendt was definitely committed to stable, constitutional republics–including ones that saw the wisdom of States Rights. In 1959, Arendt wrote an article titled "Reflections on Little Rock" that warned about the consequences of forcing segregation on the South. Her article betrayed the same kind of sanctimoniousness found in Young-Bruehl:
Another issue involved in the present conflict between Washington and the South is the matter of states' rights. For some time it has been customary among liberals to maintain that no such issue exists at all but is only a ready made subterfuge of Southern reactionarieswho have nothing in their hands except "abstruse arguments and constitutional history." In my opinion, this is a dangerous error. In contradistinction to the classical principle of the European nation state that power, like sovereignty, is indivisible, the power structure of this country rests on the principle of division of power and on the conviction that the body politic as a whole is strengthened by the division of power.
When poor Black people in Little Rock or Caracas decide to stand up for their rights, white, middle-class philosophers and psychiatrists get terribly upset.
I must strongly urge that people have a look at Reuven Kaminer's very fine critique of Hannah Arendt on MRZine titled "On the Concept 'Totalitarianism' and Its Role in Current Political Discourse." I offered Reuven some suggestions on background material on Arendt and her husband Heinrich Blucher, who was my professor at Bard College from 1961 to 1965. Like the students that welcomed Young-Bruehl in Caracas, I too had a head filled with middle-class, anti-Communist prejudices that Bluecher helped to reinforce back then. It was only when I left Bard College, faced the military draft, and began working as a welfare caseworker in Harlem that I began to wake up to the true nature of American society. That required unlearning a lot of the cold war mythology that I had picked up from Heinrich Bluecher.
Let me conclude with Reuven's clarion call to action:
Marxists present their own counter-narrative regarding the crises of wars, revolutions, and counter-revolutions that characterize the last century.Hannah Arendt argues that the content of the century is the assault launched by totalitarianism against freedom.This overarching metaphysical description is characteristic of bourgeois ideology in that it completely ignores the central social and economic crisis of our time.The crisis of modern society is the internal contradiction of capitalist society whose relations of productions are an objective obstacle to human progress.The content of the century is not a parable of good and evil (which is, of course, a generalized form of Christian myth) but the long and tortuous efforts to overcome and overthrow capitalism-imperialism.Humanity is still faced, to this very day, with the choice between socialism and barbarism.
Louis Proyect: Elisabeth Young-Bruehl goes to Venezuela
After the outcry generated by Joaquin Villalobos's hatchet job on Hugo Chavéz, you'd think that the Nation Magazine would be more circumspect. Unfortunately, they have seen fit to publish another atrocity on their website. Author Elizabeth Young-B…
Trackback by www.buzzflash.net — August 21, 2007 @ 4:39 am
My eyes misted over reading the conclusion you quoted: "Humanity is still faced, to this day, with the choice between socialism and barbarism." How neat and how abstract! Your post of Aug. 20 gave us twenty or so paragraphs devoted to Venezuela. These concerned infighting amongst Marxists but also pursued a feud with the Nation, an organ of slight interest internationally. So much for abstractions. You said nothing at all about the concrete news out of Venezuela on Aug. 15. Chavez proposed constitutional changes that would allow him to remain in power indefinitely – doubtless in order to fight off barbarism.
Comment by Peter Byrne — August 21, 2007 @ 1:37 pm
Actually, term limits are anti-democratic. If the Venezuelan people wanted to re-elect Hugo Chavez for another 2, 3, or 4 terms, why should they be stopped?
Comment by louisproyect — August 21, 2007 @ 1:44 pm
You criticize Arendt by saying, "Now it must be said that Hannah Arendt was definitely committed to stable, constitutional republics–including ones that saw the wisdom of States Rights. In 1959, Arendt wrote an article titled "Reflections on Little Rock" that warned about the consequences of forcing segregation on the South."
But, hasn't the lack of progress on real racial inequality in the US actually vindicates Arendt's stance, namely that top-down change forced down from above will not lead to the desired results?
Comment by Ninja Turtle — August 21, 2007 @ 2:42 pm
The student movement against Chavez reminds me that the class dynamics of the education system of other countries is a lot different than in the U.S. In fact, it seems like Venezuela's education system is a lot more early 20th century Russia's than 21st century America's in the sense that higher ed. (high school and above) is very much dominated by the bourgeoisie and petty-bourgeoisie.
Venezuela's revolution of the poor, the workers, and the indigenous people is provoking a counter-revolutionary movement among the children of the corporate lawyers, bankers, officers, CEOs, and other connected with the old regime. It's outrageous that the Nation is taking their side, but then again, they are liberals, what do you expect? Phil Ochs had it right when he sang about them.
I wonder if Jon Stewart of the Daily Show reads the Nation? He's always making fun of Chavez, although he had Gabriel Kozloff author of "Hugo Chávez: Oil, Politics, and the Challenge to the U.S." on last night for more serious and substantive discussion.
Comment by Binh — August 21, 2007 @ 2:59 pm
"She must have taken her cues from Nation Magazine contributors Christopher Hitchens and Marc Cooper who also wrap imperialist propaganda in leftish phraseology."
Cooper's still fighting the Pacifica war. I figure the only reason he attacks Chavez is that someone on a Pacifica station once said something positive about Chavez. This is how petty & pathetic Cooper has become.
Comment by Adam Payson — August 21, 2007 @ 4:22 pm
Thank you for this! I read that piece yesterday and was apoplectic in my cubicle. The Nation just keeps getting worse. Anything with Hannah Arendt's name attached should be read with caution, as that wonderful article on MRZine so adeptly points out.
Comment by praxenakis — August 21, 2007 @ 4:41 pm
In response to the "vindication" of Hannah Arendt's theory on social change forced from above that Ninja Turtle alludes to:
Arendt's theory is only vindicated if one is willing to completely invalidate the rights of blacks to not be "governed from above", or from the side, or wherever else Arendt or Ninja Turtle and other anglo apologists for institutionalized race relations want to "govern" us from. It is an unfortunate reality that the ruling classes of the south- and, as Malcolm X used to comment, if you live south of the Canadian border, you're in the southern states- have succeeded in co-ordinating the energies of liberal ruling class whites and ruling class blacks in this country, and hence, the hard work of the fifties and sixties has been nearly completely inverted. But all that is truly "vindicated" by this reality is the marxist assessment of the situation, which is that only a social transformation led by the multiracial working class majority and its allies will begin to resolve the problem of institutionalized race segregation in the United States.
Orthodoxies are something else. When I was in D.C. a few weeks back visiting the Lincoln memorial, I heard a high school history teacher telling his students that old saw that the Civil War was about "state's rights". As though the "rights" the Confederate states weren't fighting to maintain wasn't the "right" to retain an agrarian production system based upon chattel slavery. What it really comes down to is that many whites to this very day, the late Hannah Arendt and our friend Ninja Turtle included, have a hard time believing that people of color have rights they are bound to respect, in the words of the unlamented Roger Taney. It's much easier to fret about "being governed from above" then it is to think dialectically about governance.
Comment by Michael Hureaux Perez — August 22, 2007 @ 12:43 am
Sorry louis, but your "revisionist history" of the Venezuelan student movement is a bit shallow. The student movement mobilized hundreds of thousands…of Venezuelan students and citizens opposed to the closure of RCTV all across the country. I "saved" a whole load of coverage of their so-called tiny-all-white-movement at my blog.
The white-hands protests were popular AND MASSIVE. Don't believe me. Go here. I'll take the posts down again in another week or so… but I've got it all saved. History will not be "revised" by the likes of you.
Comment by Farmer John — August 22, 2007 @ 1:06 am
The only reason why we have presidential term limits in the United States is because of a misguided effort by the GOP to exact revenge against Franklin Roosevelt (who was dead by the time that presidential term limits were enacted as a constitutional amendment), who had managed to get himself elected president four times. I see no compelling reason why the electorate, whether in the US or Venezuela should be prohibited from electing and reelecting as president whomever they see fit, as many times as they see fit. As has often been noted, the Republicans in the US probably shot themselves in the foot over this. Eisenhower probably could have won a third term.
Comment by Jim Farmelant — August 22, 2007 @ 1:48 am
Very good piece, Louis.
In thinking of lesson plans for the upcoming schoolyear, I took a look at Origins… a bit before casting it aside as an unworthy usage of class-time. Perhaps I'll use the essay you've cited above instead – very good stuff.
I don't read MR nearly enough.
Anyway, after their various shopping mall protests in support of CoupTV, Uncle Sam's little Vanilla Revolutionaries in Venezuela seem to have gone underground – probably in shame after having embarrassed themselves before the entire nation! Since then, they've not found that much to squawk about. I'm sure they'll soon be whooping it up – abetted by Uncle Sam's welfare checks – against the proposed constitutional changes.
The Nation will almost certainly take the Washington Post line on them, so what better time for to resurrect them!
Comment by John Brown — August 22, 2007 @ 3:19 am
"It is highly unlikely that there can be 6 million of them in college right now."
But of course, you didn't take dialectic materialism into account!
Bwa ha ha ha ha
This entire post was nothing but a collection of adhomenim attacks masquerading as "leftist intellectuality". (Whatever the hell that would consist of.)
What it did show was the ability to distort, toucher and disavow reality in the face of bankrupt Marxist ideology.
Comment by Warren — August 22, 2007 @ 3:23 am
Venezuela has more than 90 institutions of higher education. Granted that many have student populations well in excess of 40,000 (and one close to 200,000), you do the math.
Comment by Zach — August 22, 2007 @ 8:04 am
There's a rather good take-down of Petkoff in Tariq Ali's PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN.
I must admit, however, 6 million university students is a very intimidating concept, and I speak as a lecturer. The Nuremberg rallies were quite bad enough.
Comment by MFB — August 22, 2007 @ 11:40 am
Communist propaganda?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Venezuela
The standard of education in Venezuela is one of the highest in the region. Of Venezuelans aged 15 and older, 93.4% can read and write, one of the highest literacy rates in the region. The literacy rate in 2003 was estimated to be 93.8% for males and 93.1% for females. Although the Venezuelan education system is overextended and underfunded, the Venezuelan government remains committed to the idea that every citizen is entitled to a free education.
Nine years of education are "compulsory" education. The school year extends from February to November. The student population and the education budget have increased, but many children do not attend school because they are undocumented aliens or because of "poverty". An estimated 20% of the population is without any formal education. The Ministry of Education of Venezuela's efforts are aimed at adapting the curriculum to the demands of an increasingly technological society, expanding compulsory education, and upgrading teacher qualifications.
Many children under five attend a preschool. Children are required to attend school from the age of six. They attend primary school until they are eleven. They are then promoted to the second level of basic education, where they stay until they are 14 or 15. Public school students usually attend classes in shifts. Some go to school from early in the morning until about 1:30pm and others attend from early afternoon until about 6:00pm. All schoolchildren wear uniforms. Although education is mandatory for children, some poor children do not attend school because they must work to support their families.
Venezuela has more than 90 institutions of "higher education", with more than 6 million students. Higher education remains free under the 1999 constitution and was receiving 35% of the education budget, even though it accounted for only 11% of the student population.
Comment by Louis Proyect — August 22, 2007 @ 1:29 pm
Although it doesn't say, that wikipedia article probably uses this pdf as its source: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Venezuela.pdf (top of page 8).
Comment by John — August 22, 2007 @ 3:16 pm
This is not about "facts". It is about politics and you have a fucking nerve, Mr. Farmer John, lecturing us about democracy. As a supporter of the war in Iraq and the Zionist occupation of the West Bank, you are the epitome of hypocrisy. Counterpunch has a much better reputation on accuracy than an anonymous blogger like yourself will ever achieve. In fact, most of your shitty blog consists of information that is available elsewhere on the Internet. I don't mind the fact that you are a rightwing stupid-head. I only wish that you were capable of putting together an analysis of Venezuelan politics. Your blog is a collection of links that any moron could put together. If people wanted to read rightwing bullshit about Venezuela, there are far more intelligent sources. I would recommend "The Devils Excrement" on Salon.com for one: http://blogs.salon.com/0001330/. This is written by a Venezuelan who is at least capable of coming up with his own analysis, as opposed to a Free Republic drooling imbecile like yourself.
the article begs for a close textual analysis which, I regrettably, lack the time to perform
of course, yours is quite fine, but, in a way, too serious, because there are some really bizarre things in the article that border on parody
for example, there is a passage where Young-Bruehl suggests that the children of the oligarchy are so ravenous for knowledge of past social movements that they have been inspired by . . . yes, the 1962 Port Huron statement of the SDS!
also, the origins of the Observatario are interesting in itself, at least as related by Young-Bruehl
it appears that some Caracas intellectuals created the Observatario after Chavez began to more closely align himself with Iran (after a history of verbal support for the Palestinians) and made his admittedly tasteless remark about "Christ killers" in 2005
at the time, efforts to tar Chavez as an anti-semite went nowhere, as there is nothing in his public political life to support it, but, even so, it did apparently inspire Zionists within Venezuela to awaken from their slumber and suddenly discover that he possessed authoritarian tendencies as profiled by Arendt about 50 years earlier
Comment by Richard Estes — August 23, 2007 @ 12:52 am
Louis writes above in response to a comment, Actually, term limits are anti-democratic. If the Venezuelan people wanted to re-elect Hugo Chavez for another 2, 3, or 4 terms, why should they be stopped?
Actually, the Athenians, the world's foremost experts on outright democracy, thought term limits – and very short terms – more democratic than doing without them.
But they also thought that filling offices by lot rather than by election was even more democratic, since they could see no way the process of election would not give unacceptable advantage to the rich and the mighty.
Case in point? General Chavez.
None of which is to say he will not do great and noble things with his undemocracy.
And none of which is to deny the people can sometimes prudently prefer the rule of a benevolent semi-dictator to that of a bitterly obstructionist and reactionary legislature.
All the same, the demos are not always right. If they were, white majorities would never have tolerated, much less fought to maintain, the enslavement of Africans in the Americas.
And both the legislature and the Constitution Chavez is subverting are of his own creation, anyway.
Could the Bolivarian Revolution, already firmly in control of the whole government, not proceed successfully without a quasi- (or outright, eventually) dictatorship of El Numero Uno?
Are not the cemeteries full of indispensable men?
Comment by Gaius Sempronius Gracchus — August 23, 2007 @ 12:17 pm
Not General, Lieutenant is more like it.
'Actually, the Athenians, the world's foremost experts on outright democracy, thought term limits – and very short terms – more democratic than doing without them. "
Really? Does 'outright' democracy entail the right to own slaves?
Advertising the long-ago surpassed political achievements of a 3,000 year-old civilization as the pinnacle of democracy is plainly ridiculous. The Athenians might have been the forefathers of democracy, but the political system they created would hardly be considered democratic in our times.
Comment by Pepito — August 23, 2007 @ 1:38 pm
You've got to love people who cite a slaveholders' democracy where only the male minority could vote as a shining example of how to do things right against anyone who has the gall the support Chavez and the Venezuelan revolution!
Pilger's documentary on Latin America, which starts in Venezuela with Chavez, can be viewed here:
http://leninology.blogspot.com/2007/08/pilger-war-on-democracy.html
And on a side note, the abolition of term limits will be voted on by THE PEOPLE before it can be ratified. Any guesses by how big a margin it passes? I'll wager 60% vote for it.
Not quite. Or have you forgotten why the legislature is full of Chavistas? A hint: it has something to do with the opposition parties and the advice that they took from the US. Advice that they declined to follow during the subsequent presidential election, one that they lost handily. And the constitution? A lot of people had a role in its creation.
Personally, I have concerns about the removal of term limits from a different perspective, primarily because it presents the prospect that the Bolivarian movement will become sclorotic, a form of leftist Gaullism, and we all know what happened there. But to hear people from political backgrounds who either recognized the 2002 coup plotters as the new government of Venezuela, or were, alternatively, silent, all of a sudden insist that term limits are the essential feature of democracy, is a bit much, especially as, in the US, they oppose them for the Congress, or, in Britain, would have permitted Tony Blair to govern indefinitely.
This is, however, a common strategy when it comes to Venezuela, the elevation of questions of related to political philosophy and administration, ones in which there have been disagreement within academia and the society at large for decades, if not centuries, one in which some countries have made one choice, and other countries another, into ones that, by definition, become signs of autocracy when implemented by Chavez.
And, that was clearly the purpose of Young-Bruehl's visit to the Observatario, indeed the creation of the Observatario itself, and the publication of her article in The Nation, to indict Chavez for authoritarianism precisely because he doesn't organize society according to their principles and values, and allow the oligarchy to preserve their influence for their benefit and the benefit of their children. Young-Bruehl and the invocation of Arendt by both her and the Observatario are the means by which this project is legitimized.
Does anyone doubt that the removal of Chavez would result in a violent upheaval in Venezuela, as he has displayed the consistent support of about 60% to 65% of the populace? Strangely, this subject is missing from Young-Bruehl's article, and for good reason, as it would require her to acknowledge that her new found radical friends would happily attempt to implement the most severe sort of Pinochet repression to retain power, a real violent, bloody repression, not the imaginary wish fulfillment kind that they perpetually accuse Chavez of, something that her inspiration, her good friend Hannah, wouldn't have looked upon too kindly.
Indeed, one suspects that the Hannah Arendt Observatario would probably change its name to something like the Strauss Observatario or the Kirkpatrick Observatario, as many of its members elevated themselves into positions of power within the new government. In this hypothetical, though, I don't think that they would be there long, Chavez purchased all those rifles from Russia to make sure that people would be able to effectively resist.
Comment by Richard Estes — August 23, 2007 @ 3:35 pm
Sure, the boycott gave him the legislature. But now he's got it and he does well to use it.
And the very popularity that suggests he can keep winning repeated terms as president suggests his majority in the legislature will remain adequate to his needs for a good while, through future elections in which the oppostion is not quite so stupid as to keep up a boycott.
As you know, people in America support or oppose changes to our Consitution as they support or oppose decisions or interpretations from our Supremes, generally on short term considerations of whose ox gets gored rather than longer term.
The GOP wanted term limits when Newt was new so as to force out Kennedy and the long-time Democrat leaders. George Will at the time, for instance, wrote vigorously in support of the idea in about every other column.
As soon as the same suggestion would have forced them out of office, as well, the GOPsters who took office favoring the idea simply stopped talking about it.
As for me, I think they're a good idea for both houses of the American Congress, as well as the president and VP.
And when HC and his supporters wrote a term limit into their Constitution for the presidency some years back, that was a good idea, too.
Comment by Gaius Sempronius Gracchus — August 24, 2007 @ 7:48 pm
Louis, I am new to your site having arrived via research of Young-Bruehl's pure propaganda piece in the Nation. Marc Cooper, writing as a Nation editor, effusively endorsed Y-B's piece on Aug. 25 in a web letter. This is no small issue to both of us, and I hope that you can update yourself on such madness from the Nation and Cooper. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070827/young_bruehl
Comment by gerald spezio — August 28, 2007 @ 3:15 pm
Louis's view that "democratic socialism is a redundancy, since socialism is by necessity rule by the people" is not only very anti-Marxist, but also anti-historical, and in itself a crucial theoretical error.
As Hal Draper for example describes in his book "The critique of other socialisms", Marx was very aware that bourgeois society generated all kinds of socialisms; and while Marx was supportive of some, he rejected other kinds of socialisms absolutely. The depiction of socialism as "sugar and spice and all things nice" by Louis is naive, not to say puberal and imbecile. In addition to that, what democracy means is anyone's guess. We can of course say "rule of the people, by the people, for the people" but this does not tell us a great deal, since that goal can be pursued in all kinds of ways; even despots and dictators are not averse to throwing an election every now and then to endorse their own rule.
In another famous (although flawed) essay, Hal Draper identifies the "two souls of socialism" – on the one hand, socialism "from above", and on the other hand socialism "from below". His essay suggests, that socialism need not be democratic at all; it need not even necessarily represent the will of the people, i.e. it could be a dictatorship "over" the proletariat. Of course, Hal Draper did not draw the logical conclusion, i.e. that Stalin was a socialist, be it a despotic socialist. He wanted to argue that the Soviet Union was not socialist, but a form of "bureaucratic collectivism." In that sense, Draper contradicted his own argument.
The Soviet Union was socialist allright – a hundred million people living there thought so – but it was a heavily bureaucratized (and rather despotic) socialism. The Trotskyists and neo-Trotskyists felt that "if this is socialism, nobody wants it" and so they starting to argue that the USSR was not socialist at all – even although that idea flies in the face of the facts. No wonder, then, that there hardly exists any workable theory of socialist society even today. The socialists want a reading of history where only their opposition does nasty things, and where socialists are only "sugar and spice and all things nice." But that is not how it is, in the real world.
Comment by Jurriaan Bendien — December 6, 2011 @ 5:36 pm
[…] One of the books was Elizabeth Young-Bruehl's biography of Hannah Arendt that was written in 1982. I had mixed feelings about her value since I knew her only from her hatchet job on Hugo Chavez. (https://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/08/20/elizabeth-young-bruehl-goes-to-venezuela/) […]
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[…] review, Young-Bruehl has targeted the Bolivarian movement in Venezuela as inimical to human freedom. I wrote about her trip there back in 2007 and noted that she held a meeting with the students at Simon Bolivar University where […]
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With instagram full of morning selfies and no-makeup looks, the trend about posting bare skin makeup looks are here to stay. We know Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor have no qualms about showing their no makeup selfies, but some of our TV actresses are equally cool about making appearance sans makeup.
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2. Hina Khan: She is as much of a social media star as a TV celeb. From playing a bahu in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, Hina Khan appeared in Bigg Boss 11, to break the stereotype of a timid bahu. Most importantly, she brought back night suits into fashion by flaunting more than 100 night suits during the show.
3. Jennifer Winget: This pretty actress started out as a child actor on TV and also in films such as "Kuch Na Kaho." She then went on to star in powerful dramas such as "Beyhad" and "Saraswatichandra."
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What Are the Best Guns for Bear Defense?
By: Spencer Durrant
Bear encounters are thrilling. I've had two, neither of which turned into anything life-threatening. My positive bear experiences were mostly due to luck, but were also a result of a lifetime living in the Rockies and a general knowledge of bear behavior.
After the first encounter, I started religiously carrying a firearm with me whenever I went into the backcountry. I usually have my sidearm at hand, but I haven't ventured off the beaten path at all without a gun on one hip.
I recently wrote for GPM that guns aren't very helpful in stopping a bear attack – especially compared to bear spray. I still believe that; however, I also believe in redundancy, and if your bear spray doesn't work, a gun is the next best option. Mostly, though, I carry a "bear defense" gun – not to shoot the bear, but to scare it off.
Most bear attacks are a result of bears acting on natural instincts, responding to perceived threats on their home turf. Usually, the crack of a gunshot is enough to dissuade the bear from attacking.
That's what the fishing guides I recently spoke to in Alaska use their guns for. Most of the guides I met carried either a Smith & Wesson .44 mag or a .454 Casull/.45 Long Colt. And most of them said when bears get a bit too close for comfort, a warning shot fired in their direction usually sets the bear on a run in the opposite direction.
But those guides carried other guns as well – their "Oh, s***" guns. These are the weapons they use when a bear has no fear of humans and is clearly charging in the direction of said human. If your bear spray hasn't worked, or won't fire, these guns are the next best option for defending against a bear attack.
Let's look at both the guns I'd pick as my "dissuasion" pieces – those meant to scare off a bear – and the ones I'd carry as a last-resort, life-flashing-before-my-eyes kind of situation.
The Dissuaders
The 1911 is the world's most enduring pistol because it's nearly impervious to bad conditions, heavy use, and always seems to work well under pressure. There's a reason these guns were standard service issue for the U.S. military for so long.
I prefer the Springfield Armory 1911 Mil-Spec or the Smith & Wesson 1911 E-Series. Both guns are priced well, built as good as you'd expect, and function pretty flawlessly. For a gun that'll be riding on your hip or in a chest holster while in the rugged backcountry, it doesn't make sense to spend more than $1,000 on this gun. Obviously, the .45 ACP is the recommended cartridge here, but the 10mm isn't a bad option either. Ammo is usually more expensive and harder to find for 10mm, but it gets the job done.
.454 Casull/.45 Long Colt
The .454 Casull is the souped-up always-ready-to-party uncle to the .45 Long Colt. The .45 was developed for the Colt Peacemaker single-action revolver, and its age shows only by the fact that other, similar cartridges fire faster and hit harder.
A .45 Long Colt is a perfectly good option for a dissuasion gun in a bear situation. A 185-grain FTX Critical Defense .45 Long Colt round from Hornady has the following ballistics:
Nothing crazy, but enough to make a bear jump a bit. Now, the .454 Casull is a different story. This is a cartridge you can count on to scare bears and potentially put them down. A .454 is only a bit longer than the .45 Long Colt, and as such, you can fire a .45 Long Colt out of a gun chambered for the .454 Casull. It doesn't work both ways, though, as the .454 Casull is pressurized exponentially higher than the .45 Long Colt.
Ballistics on a .454 Casull 240-grain XTP Mag cartridge from Hornady are:
Quite the difference in power, but about three times the recoil. Make sure you shoot a .454 before you buy one.
The 12-gauge
Shotguns are arguably the best all-purpose defense/hunting gun around. I know a guy who hunts elk in Wyoming every year with 3-inch 12-gauge slugs. He rarely comes home without some meat for the freezer.
The other benefit to shotguns is that you don't need to be a great aim to hit what you're shooting. In a bear attack, where you have seconds to make a decision, that kind of surety is calming.
After speaking with a lot of guides in Alaska, I came to the consensus that something like the Mossberg 590 Shockwave is your best bet. It's a compact pistol-grip shotgun that measures just over 26 inches long and holds six rounds. Carry six spares in your pocket and you'll be in good shape.
The next question is which shotgun shells to use. Some people swear that slugs are all you need, but that's a flawed line of thinking. Slugs present some of the best stopping power you'll get out of any gun, but the point of guns for bear defense isn't necessarily to kill the bear. One slug usually won't do it either, so you'd have to bank on two or three slugs putting a halt on a charging bear.
Instead, chamber three rounds of double-aught buckshot and three slugs. Alternate the shells, starting with buckshot. This give you the best of both worlds a 12-gauge shotgun offers, while minimizing potential bear fatalities when they're not needed.
At the end of the day, I'll still reach for my bear spray first, in any bear situation. It's so much more effective and, importantly, doesn't kill the bear. As I said earlier, most bear attacks are a result of bears acting on instinct. We're the ones in tir home, and we have to expect a certain level of retaliation for that.
If spray doesn't work, though, or you can't get to it in time, the guns listed here are your next best choice, in my opinion.
Spencer Durrant is a fly fishing writer and outdoors columnist from Utah. He's the Managing Editor of The Modern Trout Bum and Owner/CEO of Cutthroat Creative Media. Spencer's work has been published in multiple national magazines, including Field & Stream, Sporting Classics Daily, American Angler, and more. Connect with him on Twitter/Instagram, @Spencer_Durrant.
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Anna LaCazio è stata cofondatrice, insieme a Peter Kingsbery, del gruppo Cock Robin, fondato a Los Angeles nel 1982 e con il quale ha registrato tre album e partecipato a tour assieme, tra gli altri, a Bryan Adams, The Bangles e James Taylor. Il gruppo si è sciolto nel 1990 e si è riformato nel 2006.

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Durante gli anni '90, Anna LaCazio ha fatto da vocalist per artisti come Corey Hart e Purple Mountain Matinee. Nel 1992 ha registrato l'album Eat Life, pubblicato solo nel 2009. Ha cantato anche per Kingsbery nel 1997 nell'album Pretty Ballerina, nel brano More Than Willing. Nel 2008 ha contribuito leggendo il poema A Song for Lost Blossoms nell'album omonimo di Harold Budd e Clive Wright. Nel 2013 ha eseguito una canzone in duetto col francese Tristan Décamps.

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Couple Get Married at Border of Two Countries to Allow Bride's Family to Witness Nuptial
Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 5:21 PM by Ebenezer Quist
Karen Mahoney and her husband Brian Ray went to the extreme to ensure the bride's parents witnessed the biggest day of her life
The two got married at the US-Canadian border due to COVID-19 restrictions imposed by both countries
The couple met 35 years ago but became an item in 2020 after going through 19 years in other relationships
A couple decided to get married at the border of two countries in order to allow the bride's parents to witness their wedding.
Brian and Karen on the US side as they say their vows with her parents and grandma on the Canada side. Photo: CNN.
Karen Mahoney and her new husband, Brian Ray, decided not to wait any longer for COVID-19 restrictions to be lifted, as they wanted to be an item as soon as possible.
According to CNN, the two met 35 years ago over a love for skiing but only engaged in March 2021.
This was because they were only friends and married to other people, with each having two kids.
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However, they got divorced around the same time, and after 19 years, they decided it was time they pursued their relationship after their first meeting in 1985.
Karen could not leave out her parents and grandmother on the best day of her life, and the only way they could witness the nuptial was at the border.
Despite her family being fully vaccinated, the US has reportedly been limiting non-essential travel with Canada at the land crossing, and the restrictions keep adding every month.
Karen's family could have opted for air travel, but she felt it would put her very old grandma at great risk.
They contacted a friend who works for the border patrol and was able to get them a nice space without any obstacles for a nice experience.
On Friday, September 24, a day before their planned wedding, they met at the border with Karen's family on the Canadian side and the other party, including the officiant, on the US side.
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They were not allowed to have close interaction but still enjoyed the wedding, with the only thing not done being the signing of the certificate, which was to take place at their planned, bigger wedding on the following day in New York.
Karen's parents were able to hand over their daughter to Ray, and they noted the experience was emotional.
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In other wedding news, a couple in Malaysia did not allow the coronavirus pandemic to stop them from holding a big wedding as 10,000 guests attended their nuptials.
According to the COVID-19 restriction in Malaysia in 2020, weddings did not exceed 20 people, but the couple decided to hold a drive-thru wedding, Yahoo! News reports.
Tengku Muhammed Hafiz, the son of former cabinet minister Tengku Adnan, got married to his bride Oceane Alagia on Sunday, December 20, 2020.
Guests at the event, which took place outside a grand government building in Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur, adhered to social distancing rules.
The newlyweds were seated outside the building while guests slowly drove past in their cars. The guests only got a distant wave from the wedding party.
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Water flowing through a little canal.
Water, water, everywhere a not a drop to drink.
That's an old saying. It suits this particular water. It looks fresh. it looks clean. But, it is not. It's been working its way through all kind of man-made systems. I have no idea what's in the water.
It is pretty and it makes a nice little picture. In fact, I think it's given me a project idea. About water. Normally, I approach these things from a storytelling perspective. This time, I think I'll do it through pure art. There will not be a beginning, middle and end. Or, a process. Instead, just a portfolio of water-inspired pictures.
Funny thing. We had a lot of rain this morning. I think it started around 3am. Rainfall lasted until about 9am. With my new-found interest in all things water, you'd think I'd have been out working.


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