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Book Review - Guns, Germs, and Steel
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies is a Pulitzer Prize winning book by Jared Diamond. To quote from the book itself, it is "A short history about everyone for the last 13,000 years." Diamond has attempted to explain why world history has taken the course it has. But he's more interested in large scale trends and causes, as opposed to battle by battle or even war by war tracking of history. Or, to put it another way, he was taking a more scientific approach to history, as opposed to just stamp collecting. Wikipedia has a good overview of the book, so I'll only present a brief summary here.
To use an example, we all learned in school of the European conquest of the Americas, even though the Europeans were vastly outnumered. We've been taught many of the factors that lead to that result, most notably the superior weapons technology of the Europeans, horses, and the diseases that Europeans brought with them. Diamond noted all these proximate causes (and a few others), but then moved on to ask why the Europeans had developed those advantages, and not the other way around. Why hadn't Motecuhzoma sent ships to conquer Spain?
According to Diamond, much of the advantage of certain regions was a result of geography and the indigineous plants and animals. To help support his case, Diamond looked at native plant species around the world, how nutritious they were, and how easily they could be domesticated. Wheat, for example, is a very nutritious crop, with a fairly high protein content for a plant. It required only a single mutation in wild wheat, inhibiting the seeds from falling off the crop when ripe, to make it suitable for agriculture. Teosinte, by comparison, required many more mutations to become domestic corn (maize), which isn't as nutritious as wheat. As it turns out, Eurasia has a greater number of nutritious, easily domesticated plants than any other region.
Eurasia also had a higher number of potential livestock candidates. In many regions of the world, the Pleistocene extinction event killed off most large mammals at the end of the last ice age (there is debate over the cause of this extinction, but that's largely irrelevant to Diamond's hypothesis). If you don't have large wild mammals, you can't domesticate them into livestock. But you can't just domesticate any large animal. In this section of the book, Diamond quoted Tolstoy, "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." There are many traits an animal has to have to make it suitable for domestication (diet, behavior, lack of aggression, social structure, etc.), but missing any one of them would make an animal unfit for domestication. Diamond used this reasoning to show why, for example, zebras weren't domesticated in Africa like horses were in Eurasia, or why bears or rhinos weren't suitable to domesticate for food or as draft animals.
Diamond went on to argue how differences in geography allowed agriculture and domestic animals (referred to collectively as food production) to spread more easily in some regions than others once they had been developed. Eurasia, without any great barriers such as deserts, and with an east-west axis that meant the climate was more similar along its breadth, facilitated this spread more so than other regions.
Once regions had developed food production, they could maintain higher population densities. Initially this gave them a military advantage just through shear numbers. But eventually, by providing for an artisan class that didn't have to grow its own food, it led to technological advantages, as well. The high population densities, along with domestic animals, also contributed to those regions having endemic diseases that didn't exist elsewhere.
As an example of how Diamond was attempting to explain the grand patterns in history over tens of thousands of years, he pointed out that someone could ask why, out of all the areas of Eurasia, Western Europe currently dominates the world stage, and not Eastern Asia. He stated that this simply might be a short term 'blip', and not part of the long term trend (just look at the resurgence of modern China).
As I said, this is only a brief summary of the book. Diamond had many more reasons and examples that he used to support his hypothesis.
Some parts were more convincing than others. It also didn't help that in a few examples he brought up that I already knew a bit about, I saw some mistakes. For example, when discussing ancient human history, he compared the Out of Africa hypothesis to the multiregional hypothesis. The weight of evidence strongly favors the 'Out of Africa' hypothesis, but Diamond seemed a little more ambiguous in the book. In another section, discussing why cultures might be resistant to adopting certain technologies, he brought up the old QWERTY/DVORAK controversy, claiming that DVORAK is clearly superior to QWERTY, but market forces have kept it from being adopted. This is an old urban myth that isn't true. There haven't been many actual studies comparing the two keyboard layouts, and the studies that have been done don't show a very big advantage of one design over the other (certain advantages of each layout are offset by different advantages of the other layout).
Overall, I thought the book was very interesting, and that Diamond did a good job of presenting his case. I'd definitely recommend it.
Update 2010-03-29 - Slightly revised wording in 4th from last paragraph.
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Managed Retreat
National Adaptation Forum: Leaving Me with More Questions Than Answers – and That's Good
This post was written for the Urban Resilience to Extremes Partnership: https://urexsrn.wordpress.com/2017/05/26/national-adaptation-forum-leaving-me-with-more-questions-than-answers-and-thats-good-by-joyce-coffee/
As with the best exchanges of ideas in higher education, the bi-annual National Adaptation Forum of the adaptation minded left me with more questions than answers. Four days, 100 people and over 60 sessions held the potential to solve my adaptation conundrums and unveil fresh areas to investigate. Here are five of the most challenging and exciting ideas gleaned from the three-day forum:
Anne Siders – social scientist, lawyer building adaptive governance solutions for climate change and a Stanford University Ph.D. candidate – cited Federal Emergency Management Administration data showing that over the past 17 years, over 1,000 communities in 40 cities have experienced managed retreat. See here.
Now, in a general sense, MR is the deliberate setting back of the existing line of defense to obtain engineering and/or environmental advantages. More specifically, MR is the deliberate moving landward of the existing line of sea defense to obtain engineering or environmental advantages. It often refers to moving roads and utilities landward in the face of shore retreat.
So, the puzzler: Why are we not considering managed retreat for (to pick one of hundreds of communities that are candidates) Hollywood, Calif.?
Mental trauma and climate change
Joe Hostler, an Environmental Protection Specialist with the Yurok Tribe Environmental Program in Northwest California, revealed the multigenerational trauma among salmon fishers from the collapse of the Chinook and Coho salmon fisheries along the Klamath River. It promises misery for four fishing tribes along the river. Already a suicide crisis has emerged among young men bereft because they can't provide for their families. This, of course, indicates that climate change, a contributor to the lack of salmon, can trigger mental health issues.
The puzzler: What preventive measures must our public health systems adopt to prevent further suicides and mental health-related challenges?
Public health and climate change
Related to the mental health challenge, climate change is impacting public health – whether it's concern that tropical diseases such as malaria and dengue to, say, Europe or North America or the impact of vanishing salmon on the lives of fishing tribes. This piece offered by Emily York, Climate & Health Program Lead at Oregon Health Authority, explores how health-related adaptation messages can inspire action.
The puzzler: How can the adaptation field piggyback on the general acceptability of public health advancing adaptation principles?
Water Risks
Raj Rajan, Ph.D., Ecolab's RD&E vice president and Global Sustainability technical leader, offered a way to monetize water risks. And Trucost, the London company that estimates the hidden costs of companies' unsustainable use of natural resources, has worked with industry to derive it. See here.
The puzzler: If major financial market influencers such as Trucost (now a part of Standard & Poor's) are embracing ways to put a dollar value on risks to water, how can we increase the uptake in measures beyond carbon reduction for, say, green bond evaluation?
Adaptation and Build
Designers have many ways to conceive of adaptation in buildings and three different ways were presented. They included architects Perkins+Will's RELi, presented by Senior Associate and architect Doug Pierce; Arup engineering consultants' Weathershift, presented by Associate Principal Cole Roberts, and the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED resilience credits.
The puzzler: With these assets available, is it time to move to city ordinances to make resilient design required as standard?
I don't intend to wait another two years for NAF 2019 to find answers to these questions. Through work with my clients, I have opportunities to work with practitioners and academics to create and encourage solutions.
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Q: How do you check the integrity of downloaded open source files? I would like to start checking that the open source projects that I am using in my apps are what the developers released. I noticed that many projects have a SHA1 and MD5 digests presumably these can be easily tampered with for example if a hacker replaces the orginial zip file on a mirror they can also replace the .md5 and .sha1.
How can I check the integrity of third party open source libraries that I depend on?

A: I think , there is No trusted way for this, since the hacker may change the source files and its (md5 or sh1) files. He simply may replace the whole  project with another one.
so , download the source from trusted sites such as sourceforg and code.google.com and codeproject and mirrors recommended by these sites.

A: typically an open source project, although open to all to download and modify themselves, the ability to actually change the uploaded files is restricted to certain individuals governed by the project owner.
A good example is https://github.com/thecodemine/formwizard, where you can see a read-only link, but cannot modify directly unless authorised.
However you can fork the project to your own account and modify as you wish, for example https://github.com/AlexKey/formwizard
I'm also guessig on large open source projects like linux distributions for example, even code / files uploaded by authorised individuals will also go through stringent reviews before official release.
A hacker of course on comprosising a system could change files at will, but this isn't a weakness of an opensource model but instead could be a problem for any project.
Also things like Code signing help detect unauthorised modification.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_signing

Code signing is the process of digitally signing executables and
  scripts to confirm the software author and guarantee that the code has
  not been altered or corrupted since it was signed by use of a
  cryptographic hash.

A: You have not Googled your question. If you do so you'll get a lot of content about it. The link below will teach you how to check the integrity of a downloaded file.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM
You may also check the following link, which shows that it is very difficult to modify or replace the .md5 and .sh1 files.
Here's the link.

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SkyEurope filed for bankruptcy on 31 August 2009 and suspended all flights on 1 September 2009.
SkyEurope Airlines was a low-cost airline based at M. R. Stefanik Airport (BTS) in Bratislava, Slovakia, with other bases in Kraków, Prague, Budapest and Vienna. SkyEurope services from Budapest were operated by its wholly-owned subsidiary airline called SkyEurope Airlines Hungary.
With bases in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia it was the first multi-based airline in Central Europe. The airline operated short-haul "point-to-point" scheduled and charter passenger and cargo services.


This is just a little interlude from my regular postings to pimp my local wargames club: The Gravesend Wargamers Club.
The club meets Wednesday nights from 7:30 at The Northfleet Veterans Club, The Hill, Northfleet, Kent, DA11 9EU. On a regular club night there will be about three tables going, with at least of these being a participation game that anyone's welcome to join. We get gamers from all over Kent, and even some weirdos from the barbarian lands across the water (Essex).
I've recently returned to wargaming and did a bit of a scout around the local clubs. This one gave me by far the warmest welcome, new faces are always encouraged and there are guys ready to lend you their toy soldiers and let you join in on games. Currently there's a lot of ancients and dark age being played with the War and Conquest rules, WW2 using Chain of Command, X-Wing, black powder-era stuff such as Muskets and Tomahawks, British Grenadier and a home-brew rule set for 2nd Afghan War. There's also usually at least one board gaming table with the likes of Pandemic, Zombicide or frankly hundreds of others. What you won't see a lot of is CCGs or 40K, if that's what you're after you probably want to head over to the Gravesend Gamers Guild as they seem to do pretty much exclusively those. The guys will generally play anything though, if you've got a game you're looking for opponents for come down and bounce it off us, we might be keen.
One thing I will say stands out about the club is the generally excellent standard of the armies you see on the tabletop. It's rare you'll see a shiny metal miniature, and most of what you see (apart from my stuff) is painted to an impressive standard. These guys love the hobby, and enjoy putting on a good-looking game. The club has also got a reasonable amount of generic terrain available.
If you're in the area, definitely pop in and say hi. The first night won't cost a penny (£5 thereafter) and you'll probably be able to jump in and enjoy a game straight away.


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State Supreme Court Upholds Washington's Estate Tax; Frank Blethen Rolls Over in His Grave*
by Goldy — Thursday, 10/2/14 , 3:02 pm
Back in 2013 the Seattle Times editorial board repeatedly advocated against a technical fix to Washington's estate tax, calling it both "legally and economically wrong."
Given the current crisis of income inequality in America they are certainly welcome to continue to argue the latter. But as for their stoopid, stoopid legal arguments, well, the Washington State Supreme Court has once again proven the editors to be constitutionally incapable of interpreting the constitution:
The state Supreme Court has upheld the Washington estate tax as it was amended by state lawmakers in 2013.
The court handed down its unanimous ruling Thursday. The opinion was authored by Justice Charles Wiggins and leaves in place a tax-law change that was meant to preserve an estimated $160 million in the current biennium.
I'm not sure what's worse—that the editors arrogantly thought they knew better than all the lawyers advising state legislators, or that they didn't think they knew better and just decided to fake it in an effort to snow readers?
* No, Seattle Times publisher Frank Blethen isn't technically dead, just the five-generation family media empire that's been pissed away on his watch.
Libertarian spews:
Thursday, 10/2/14 at 3:14 pm
Looks like the gross estate tax in WA kicks in for those estates in excess of $2,000,000.
Teabagger spews:
You expect Nazis to know what the Constitution is or to follow it?
@2
I don't expect anybody in our own government to do that even though they all swear to "support and defend the Constitution," much less anybody in the Nazi Party.
@2 Speaking as a retired goverment lawyer, fuck you.
Jack spews:
Did Teabagger offend you?
czechsaaz spews:
Shorter Seattle Times Editorial
"We're not lawyers but we think this is how the law reads and so that is what the law is."
Reading the Times editorials on legislation and Court decisions is like putting a legal question on 4chan and expecting accurate legal advice.
Puffy Butt spews:
@5 I guess so. Not sure why he was offended. I was referring to Republicans. They are the biggest hypocrites going. The say they defend the Constitution but then they want to ban gay people from getting married. They say they are for freedom, but want to deny rights. Just about every judge, liberal and non liberal, are calling the bans unconstitutional. Why are people still trying to defend the bans and deny people rights.
We have bigger issues like the spread of Ebola and radical Islamists. Wake up people.
The fact that politicians (and voters) actually put gay marriage bans to a vote is a travesty and flies in the face of freedom. People should be ashamed of themselves if they think they are for freedom and conformance to the Constitution and want to take a popularity vote on individual rights.
@5 No, just a typo; @4 replies to @3, but I think you knew that.
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No, but this guy is rolling over in his grave…
http://www.historylink.org/ind.....le_id=1681
Friday, 10/3/14 at 7:41 am
No, I was curious because it didn't exactly match-up.
Friday, 10/3/14 at 2:10 pm
@10 It does now.
Saturday, 10/4/14 at 8:47 am
Speaking as a retired military guy, fuck you.
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Viorel Trifa
Viorel Trifa was a Romanian Iron Guard leader who helped begin the 1941 fascist revolt in Bucharest that led to a pogrom action against the city's Jewish minority. Hundreds of Jews were murdered in the mob violence and Jewish homes and shops burned.
Before 1941 Trifa edited the anti-Semitic newspaper Libertate and served as the president of the National Union of Christian Students.
In July 1950, Trifa arrives in New York as a displaced person and then moves to Cleveland, Ohio. On May 11, 1955, at the height of the anti-communist frenzy in the United States, Trifa was allowed to deliver the convocation prayer in the U.S. Senate.
Norman J.W. Goda. "Nazi Collaborators in the United States: What the FBI Knew," in Richard breitman, et al. ed.s U.S. Intelligence and the Nazis. Cambridge University Press. Pp. 237-243.
Historians: US Intelligence Services Protected Nazis
U.S. Welcomed Nazi Sympathizers
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11 Stupid-Ass Decisions That Prove The Censor Board Is A Bunch Of Class-A Morons
Certified 'I' for idiots.
Posted on June 19, 2017, 08:48 GMT
Andre Borges
BuzzFeed Staff, India
1. When the censor board thought "menstruation is an adult subject" and we should not discuss periods.
Kapoor Film Inc.
Pahlaj Nihalani gave self-aware and socially progressive film, Phullu, an 'A' rating because of its open discussion of menstruation.
2. When they cut the "Hanuman Chalisa" in Phillauri because it failed to scare away the ghost protagonist.
Clean Slate Films
3. When they thought bleeping out the word Punjab as well as mentions of drugs in a film highlighting the very real and rampant drug problem in Punjab was a smart call.
Phantom Films
4. When the censor board was against a film that was "lady-oriented" and about "their fantasy of life".
These were the Censor Board's reasons for not certifying Lipstick Under My Burkha: "The story is lady oriented, their fantasy about life. There are continuous sexual scenes, abusive words, audio pornography and a bit sensitive touch about one particular section of society, hence film refused."
5. When they muted the word "lesbian" from Dum Laga Ke Haisha because it is not appropriate.
6. When they felt that showing a transgender protagonist was "controversial and unsuitable for children".
According to a CBFC board member, The Danish Girl wasn't aired on Sony TV because "the whole subject is controversial, and it's unsuitable to be viewed by children. It talks about a man who wants a sex change and has a genital operation to become a woman. The subject is sensitive and how do you edit a subject like that?"
7. When they issued that the word "Bombay" not be used in films.
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8. When the board deleted a phrase from a film because it is also the name of Narendra Modi's monthly radio show.
Dakxin Chhara
In the upcoming film Sameer, the line "Ek mann ki baat kahoon? Tum character accha bana lete ho!" has been completely deleted because it contains "mann ki baat".
9. When the CBFC refused to clear Malayalam film Ka Bodyscapes because it "glorifies gay relationships".
Jayan K. Cherian
The board stated: "It glorifies the subject of gay and homosexual relationships and portrayed the Hindu religion in a derogatory manner by showing Hanuman in poor light as gay".
10. When the Censor Board cut out "trendy language" from an animated reimagining of the legend of Hanuman.
R.A.T Films
The board cut scenes out of Hanuman Da Damdaar because "the trendy language applied to religious mythological characters need not be taken in the right spirit by everyone". "Yes, we've cut quite a few of the dialogues. But better safe than sorry," they also added.
11. And when the man in charge – Pahlaj Nihalani – said he doesn't care about what people think after cutting same sex kiss scenes from a film about a gay man trying to find himself.
"The Censor Board can't determine that. Also, this particular movie focusses on a black man trying to understand the psyche of a gay man. Since, homosexuality is illegal in India, it's a possibility that the Censor Board used that as an excuse to cut certain parts of the movie," said filmmaker Onir.
Andre Borges is a social news reporter for BuzzFeed and is based in Mumbai.
Contact Andre Borges at andre.borges@buzzfeed.com.


When I first saw the video of people playing basketball, I counted each pass — and missed the obvious. You?
Think it's just something to make you go, "Hmmm"?
As he says beginning at around 3:30, it has implications for things like driving while talking on a cell phone, security screeners at airports, lifeguards on duty, and more.
Even scarier implications, actually — especially in this age of drivers with tablets or phones showing video clips and headlines and images of presidential candidates comparing the size of their junk. Yes, I'm talking about using Facebook while driving.


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When John Edwards got nailed for cheating on his wife, Bill Clinton gave him a call and asked, "How'd you get caught?"
Since Edwards was a lawyer by training, here's his methodology of his affair:
Get a cell phone and use it exclusively for your affair. Once the affair took off, Edwards bought a cell phone to take calls exclusively from Hunter, which he dubbed the "Batphone." Edwards failed, however, to keep the phone hidden from his wife. Elizabeth discovered it ringing one night in his bag, answered it, and heard Hunter launch into a "romantic monologue." That's when Edwards confessed to Elizabeth that he'd had a "one-night stand." (An understatement.) From then on, Edwards and Young arranged handoffs so Edwards wouldn't have the Batphone while Elizabeth was around.
Use your calling plan's enhanced features. When Edwards didn't have the Batphone, Young set up three-way conference calls and had both Edwards and Hunter dial-in. That way there would be no record of the call when Elizabeth would check Edwards' call log, as she routinely did.
Make fake hotel reservations. When Hunter traveled with Edwards, Young would reserve a room in his own name and tell the hotel staff that his "wife" would be checking in on that account. That way, there would be no evidence Hunter stayed in the hotel. Hunter would then join Edwards in his suite and leave before aides came to wake him up.
Use separate doors. And don't forget to stagger your entrances. Heading back to the campaign office in South Carolina after a rally, Edwards had Young drop him off in the parking garage, and he took the elevator up. Hunter entered through the front, where she ran into Elizabeth. Elizabeth later "confronted her husband about the glowing blond woman who had obviously arrived with him from the road."
Use cash. When Edwards gave Hunter his bank card, Elizabeth noticed money inexplicably withdrawn in New York. From then on, Edwards—through Young—gave her cash stipends and her own separate credit card. As one Edwards donor tells Young: "Old Chinese proverb: Use cash, not credit cards."
Funnel money. When Edwards started paying Hunter's living expenses, the money came from the nonagenarian philanthropist Rachel Lambert "Bunny" Mellon, who didn't ask any questions about where the cash was going. Mellon would pay her interior decorator, who would pass the money along to Young. The cash would be concealed in boxes of chocolates.
Destroy all evidence. Edwards was not as careful as he could have been. At one point, Edwards' nanny discovered a Marriott key card on the kitchen counter. Young noticed that when Edwards would receive notes from "eager women" on the campaign trail, he "occasionally pocketed" them instead of handing them off for disposal. And many nights, Edwards would take mysterious 2 a.m. "jogs."
Seriously, destroy all evidence. Elizabeth spent days going through the footage Hunter shot for the never-aired "Webisodes" of the Edwards campaign, searching for evidence of cheating. However, she was never able to find the tapes shot at the Edwards house while she was away. Young and his wife later allegedly found a half-destroyed tape, allegedly shot by Hunter, of her and the senator allegedly having sex. Allegedly. (Hunter has now filed for a restraining order to keep Young from releasing it.)
Don't canoodle in front of aides. While Elizabeth was on a book tour in 2006, Hunter came over to Edwards' house and the two spoke openly in front of Young about getting married in a rooftop ceremony with music played by the Dave Matthews Band. (The band didn't like her when they met her.) Hunter and Edwards would kiss in front of Young and cuddle in front other another aide, prompting him to ask Young, "What the hell is going on?"
Choose a discreet lover. Hunter was a noticeable presence on the trail, according to Young. She dressed in bright colors, talked loudly, and flirted constantly. She spoke to "close friends" about their affair, but trusted them because of their "spiritual connection." She recounted their sexual exploits to Young and his wife. She even talked to Newsweek's Jonathan Darman about having an affair with a powerful man whom she wouldn't name. (Darman knew she worked with the Edwards campaign.) When rumors of the affair started circulating, she continued to risk getting spotted in hotel lobbies and grocery stores. "I think she wanted to get caught," Young writes.
Maintain plausible deniability. Even after Young learned about the affair, Edwards continued to use vague language while on the phone with Hunter—just in case he or Young, who overheard them, had to deny it. When Hunter said she loved him, Edwards "would say only, 'Me too.' And if she asked him if he missed her, he would say, 'That's correct' … but never, 'I miss you.' " On calls with Young, top Edwards donor Fred Baron would refer to Edwards as "the principal" and to Hunter as "her."
Don't sign any cards you send to the new mother of your child. When Hunter gave birth to their daughter, Frances Quinn Hunter, Young asked Edwards if he wanted to send her flowers. "Yeah, that's a good idea," Edwards said. "But don't sign it from me. Someone might see it.
Wear a condom. Edwards claims that Hunter told him she couldn't get pregnant. You know the rest.
How many women have used the baby trap since time immemorial??
Incredibly, it still works.
Women commonly say yes they took contraceptives or no they can't get pregnant. Women are sinister liars on par with wall street ceo's.


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The Annapolis Convention
Posted on September 14, 1786 June 2, 2021 Author CongressPosted in Congress, The Early Republic2 Replies
Commissioners to Remedy Defects of the Federal Government
Proceedings of the Commissioners to Remedy Defects of the Federal Government
Annapolis in the State of Maryland. September 14, 1786.
At a meeting of Commissioners, from the States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Virginia–
Alexander Hamilton New York
Egbert Benson
Abraham Clarke New Jersey
William C. Houston
James Schuarman
Tench Coxe Pennsylvania
George Read Delaware
Edmund Randolph Virginia
James Madison, Junior
Saint George Tucker
Mr. Dickinson was unanimously elected Chairman.
The Commissioners produced their Credentials from their respective States; which were read.
After a full communication of Sentiments, and deliberate consideration of what would be proper to be done by the Commissioners now assembled, it was unanimously agreed: that a Committee be appointed to prepare a draft of a Report to be made to the States having Commissioners attending at this meeting–Adjourned 'till Wednesday Morning.
Wednesday September 13th. 1786
Met agreeable to Adjournment.
The Committee, appointed for that purpose, reported the draft of the report; which being read, the meeting proceeded to the consideration thereof, and after some time spent therein, Adjourned 'till tomorrow Morning.
Thursday Septr. 14th. 1786
The meeting resumed the consideration of the draft of the Report, and after some time spent therein, and amendments made, the same was unanimously agreed to, and is as follows, to wit.
To the Honorable, the Legislatures of Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York–
The Commissioners from the said States, respectively assembled at Annapolis, humbly beg leave to report.
That, pursuant to their several appointments, they met, at Annapolis in the State of Maryland, on the eleventh day of September Instant, and having proceeded to a Communication of their powers; they found that the States of New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, had, in substance, and nearly in the same terms, authorised their respective Commissioners "to meet such Commissioners as were, or might be, appointed by the other States in the Union, at such time and place, as should be agreed upon by the said Commissioners to take into consideration the trade and Commerce of the United States, to consider how far an uniform system in their commercial intercourse and regulations might be necessary to their common interest and permanent harmony, and to report to the several States such an Act, relative to this great object, as when unanimously ratified by them would enable the United States in Congress assembled effectually to provide for the same."
That the State of Delaware, had given similar powers to their Commissioners, with this difference only, that the Act to be framed in virtue of those powers, is required to be reported "to the United States in Congress assembled, to be agreed to by them, and confirmed by the Legislatures of every State."
That the State of New Jersey had enlarged the object of their appointment, empowering their Commissioners, "to consider how far an uniform system in their commercial regulations and other important matters, might be necessary to the common interest and permanent harmony of the several States," and to report such an Act on the subject, as when ratified by them "would enable the United States in Congress assembled, effectually to provide for the exigencies of the Union."
That appointments of Commissioners have also been made by the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and North Carolina, none of whom however have attended; but that no information has been received by your Commissioners, of any appointment having been made by the States of Connecticut, Maryland, South Carolina or Georgia.
That the express terms of the powers to your Commissioners supposing a deputation from all the States, and having for object the Trade and Commerce of the United States, Your Commissioners did not conceive it advisable to proceed on the business of their mission, under the Circumstance of so partial and defective a representation.
Deeply impressed however with the magnitude and importance of the object confided to them on this occasion, your Commissioners cannot forbear to indulge an expression of their earnest and unanimous wish, that speedy measures may be taken, to effect a general meeting, of the States, in a future Convention, for the same, and such other purposes, as the situation of public affairs, may be found to require.
If in expressing this wish, or in intimating any other sentiment, your Commissioners should seem to exceed the strict bounds of their appointment, they entertain a full confidence, that a conduct, dictated by an anxiety for the welfare, of the United States, will not fail to receive an indulgent construction.
In this persuasion, your Commissioners submit an opinion, that the Idea of extending the powers of their Deputies, to other objects, than those of Commerce, which has been adopted by the State of New Jersey, was an improvement on the original plan, and will deserve to be incorporated into that of a future Convention; they are the more naturally led to this conclusion, as in the course of their reflections on the subject, they have been induced to think, that the power of regulating trade is of such comprehensive extent, and will enter so far into the general System of the foederal government, that to give it efficacy, and to obviate questions and doubts concerning its precise nature and limits, may require a correspondent adjustment of other parts of the Foederal System.
That there are important defects in the system of the Foederal Government is acknowledged by the Acts of all those States, which have concurred in the present Meeting; That the defects, upon a closer examination, may be found greater and more numerous, than even these acts imply, is at least so far probable, from the embarrassments which characterise the present State of our national affairs, foreign and domestic, as may reasonably be supposed to merit a deliberate and candid discussion, in some mode, which will unite the Sentiments and Councils of all the States. In the choice of the mode, your Commissioners are of opinion, that a Convention of Deputies from the different States, for the special and sole purpose of entering into this investigation, and digesting a plan for supplying such defects as may be discovered to exist, will be entitled to a preference from considerations, which will occur, without being particularised.
Your Commissioners decline an enumeration of those national circumstances on which their opinion respecting the propriety of a future Convention, with more enlarged powers, is founded; as it would be an useless intrusion of facts and observations, most of which have been frequently the subject of public discussion, and none of which can have escaped the penetration of those to whom they would in this instance be addressed. They are however of a nature so serious, as, in the view of your Commissioners to render the situation of the United States delicate and critical, calling for an exertion of the united virtue and wisdom of all the members of the Confederacy.
Under this impression, Your Commissioners, with the most respectful deference, beg leave to suggest their unanimous conviction, that it may essentially tend to advance the interests of the union, if the States, by whom they have been respectively delegated, would themselves concur, and use their endeavours to procure the concurrence of the other States, in the appointment of Commissioners, to meet at Philadelphia on the second Monday in May next, to take into consideration the situation of the United States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the Foederal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union; and to report such an Act for that purpose to the United States in Congress assembled, as when agreed to, by them, and afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State, will effectually provide for the same.
Though your Commissioners could not with propriety address these observations and sentiments to any but the States they have the honor to Represent, they have nevertheless concluded from motives of respect, to transmit Copies of this Report to the United States in Congress assembled, and to the executives of the other States. By order of the Commissioners.
Dated at Annapolis
Resolved, that the Chairman sign the aforegoing Report in behalf of the Commissioners.
Then adjourned without day–
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Q: How can a demon hunter wear a dagger and a hand crossbow? This top one player  is wearing a dagger and a hand crossbow. How is it possible ? When I try to wear both of them I have the message that I can't equip a hand crossbow in my off hand slot if I have a dagger.

A: This is a bug, and is fixed now. The guy on leaderboards did climb there before the fix, and now no one can catch up with him, probably.
The bug was that you could equip a Hand Crossbow if you already held a broken Dagger - the game checked that the hero is not using a dagger and then allowed the crossbow. Then, of course, you just repair your items and voila.
Btw, guy's nickname means "Piglet's gun" :-)


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The expo will feature 93 vendors – double the number from last year – with many offering give-aways, such as free T-shirts, water bottles and kitchen tools. A number of vendors will be doing screenings, including ones for blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose and stress.
In November 2017, the Nashville-based Sycamore Institute released a study that found Tennessee's higher rates of chronic diseases cost state taxpayers more than $5.3 billion in 2015. In May, Tennessee was named the state with the highest rate of childhood obesity in the nation.
Kingsport achieved bronze status by implementing wellness initiatives in places of work and worship, focusing on health in early childhood, building a robust volunteer coalition, and directly engaging more than 10 percent of the community in their efforts.
The Kingsport animal shelter is encouraging community members to participate in its new program, called "Doggie's Day Out." The program allows you to check out a shelter dog for a day of exercise and fun.
Last year, Healthy Kingsport issued a Million Mile challenge to our community, asking folks of all ages and physical fitness levels to come together and log a collective one million miles of exercise. The challenge ran from November to November with Kingsport logging nearly 1.6 million miles.
In Tennessee, 37.7 percent of children ages 10-17 are considered either overweight or obese. This is not only the highest rate of any state in the country; it's also well above the national average, which is 31.2 percent.
More than 890 million steps have been logged by more than 1,300 participants in the Million Mile City Challenge. The challenge, issued on Nov. 5, 2016, runs through Oct. 30, 2017, and is in an attempt for Kingsport to become only the second city in the United States and the first city in Tennessee to reach the milestone.
Healthy Kingsport will kick-off its second annual Walk for Wellness Expo this Saturday at the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is designed to educate and engage residents and visitors alike on the importance of healthy living.
The Live Sugar Freed campaign is an effort by local health and community leaders to combat obesity and type 2 diabetes, the rates of which continue to rise in the Tri-Cities region. Officials are encouraging people to drink water or other healthier beverages instead of sugary sodas, sweet tea, fruit-flavored drink and "energy" or "sports" drinks.
The Model City's grass-roots-level health and wellness efforts are being led by Healthy Kingsport — a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a community actively embracing healthy living by promoting wellness, enhancing infrastructure, and influencing policy.
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Sherry Ebrahimi's term as President of the ACCED-I Board of Directors concluded at the ACCED-I 39th Annual Conference in Pittsburgh and she passed the gavel on to Mary Kay Baker. Mary Kay will serve as President through the 40th Annual Conference next year. Sherry has moved into the role of Immediate Past President where she will serve for one year.
Each addressed attendees at the 39th Annual Conference. Following are their remarks.
I hope everyone here feels as motivated, excited, and invigorated as I do after spending a few too short days here in Pittsburgh with your extended work family. If this was your first conference, I hope this conference is the beginning of a long relationship with ACCED-I and that you come back—to an Educational Forum, a Peer-to-Peer Conversation, a Drive-In, and to next year's Annual Conference. If this is your 2nd, 5th, 10th, or 20th conference, I hope you feel the same amount of energy and excitement as the others, and continue to share this experience with others in the field.
It has been a great pleasure to spend the last year serving as the President of the Board of Directors. We have had a great year where we have begun thinking about what is next for the organization and the industry in the years ahead. I have been fortunate to have colleagues that I have met through ACCED-I as close personal and professional confidants, and I am excited about who will emerge as these friends in the future. The industry is changing, our roles often change on campus, but the one thing that is steadfast is this amazing organization. I have a colleague on campus who left this field 20 years ago, and almost every time he sees me he reminisces about his days as a member of ACCED-I.
I have to take some time to give some thanks. To those of you who I have served on the Board with me, past and present, thank you for being a great colleague I have learned so much from all of you and serving on the Board has been such a gift for my own professional development. I can't begin to say how excited I am for the future of this group in the next few years. I also have to give a special shout-out to Jim Hodges, my predecessor for Regional Director, Board, and Board President, and now Past President. He has always been there for me and is certainly in the top 1% of people who get me and his friendship means everything. I also want to thank Dan Dykstra, who is the colleague who introduced me to ACCED-I and answered all of my questions during my first year on the job. I am so fortunate to have you as a colleague.
To Elijah - the most patient human being on the planet- thank you for always supporting me and listening. I have learned so much from working with you, and I hope you know how much I admire you as a professional. To Amber, the other third of the dream team, thank you for also being patient with me-as a new professional you came into the office during my busiest year. You have an amazing talent for reading me, and I promise I will slow down when I need to now that I am passing the torch.
And most importantly, thank you to the staff. The best part of serving as President is being able to get to know the people behind this great organization and conference. Sandy Brock, our Accountant and Lori Everhart, our Communications and Marketing Manager, are back in Colorado holding down the fort. These two women give the Association their all and you would never know they are part-time employees. Jennifer Trumper, our Meetings and Membership Manager is often who you might speak to if you call the office. Devin Shelby, our Director of Membership, and Diana Hakenholz, our Director of Meetings and Education, are also here with Jennifer and Karen, and have worked non-stop to make this conference a huge success. They are both excellent at what they do, and it is such a true joy to work on projects, meetings, and initiatives with these staff. Last but not least, is Karen Nedbal - the woman who brings the team together. I cannot thank you enough for everything you have done this year, Karen. Karen has brought a wealth of knowledge to running our Association and formed this dynamic team. She has brought in resources for the Board and staff to make us better. She is a fierce leader and I will miss our conversations—and she is such a professional, I am sure she will not publicly tell any of you that she WON'T miss our conversations.
And now, I have the great pleasure of introducing your new ACCED-I President of the Board of Directors, Mary Kay Baker!
2019 has started off pretty nicely for me…a memorable trip to Jamaica in January, three great days in Fort Collins spending time with the staff, and (for the handful of people who don't know this!), I became a grandmother in February to beautiful Liam Jameson Connolly. I can now add this opportunity – standing here at the podium as your new ACCED-I President - as a truly memorable moment.
I would like to begin by telling a quick story about a "friend" of mine – who shall remain nameless for now – this "friend" joined ACCED-I a long, long time ago (1996 to be exact) – and spent about 12 years occasionally dropping In on an Annual Conference, occasionally engaging with some of the other members of our organization, and occasionally peeking at the website to see what was new. Let me just say – "occasionally" will not get you what you want, need or can benefit from the organization. The light switched on for my "friend" somewhere around 2007 when this person decided to join a committee – but you'll note it took over 10 years to do this. The committee membership turned into being that committee's chairperson for a few years, which turned into a board nomination and election, which turned into …..well, you've probably figured out by now, that "friend" is me! And now here I am – completely and totally humbled to be standing before you as the 2019-2020 ACCED-I Board of Directors President.
Folks – DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT, let this happen to you – not the presidency part – but the waiting for 12 years to become involved. Honestly, some of my most important and memorable professional growth has resulted from my involvement with ACCED-I. I want every single person who is a member of this organization to feel the energy, the enthusiasm, and the knowledge that can be gained from belonging and being engaged. There's an old saying (I'm old, so I can share old sayings) – "you get what you give"….this could not be truer in this situation. ACCED-I is about participating and volunteering: participating here this week; participating in one of the Educational Forums this fall; volunteering to host a Drive-In meeting; volunteering to present a session; contacting your regional leadership and volunteering to help lead your region.
Go home and tell your supervisors and colleagues about the educational and networking opportunities you have experienced. Tell them how much fun you had (well, be careful about emphasizing how much fun!)…… but be sure to tell them how much you learned – and help them understand the value of your ACCED-I membership.
I am blessed to be working with a board of volunteers who see the importance of ACCED-I and who fully support the mission and goals of our organization. We will continue reviewing the offerings and services that enhance your experience. We have been approached by a few members who have an interest in further developing affinity groups and we look forward to working with those individuals to further operationalize our statement on diversity and equity.
The 2019-2020 board is comprised of so many talented, committed individuals who I would like to recognize: Jason McClellan, Sarah Goodrich, Michelle Wu, Kelly O'Neal, Lina Layiktez, Meghan Webb, Kim Araya, Heather Roden, President-Elect Cal Seelye, and Sherry Ebrahimi, Immediate Past President.
This dedicated group works to chart the course for our Association….but we can't do this alone and we all depend heavily on the professional staff at the home office in Fort Collins to help make this happen. These folks work tirelessly helping us move the Association forward. I cannot emphasize enough the hard work and dedication of these awesome individuals – please help me thank Karen and her team – Diana, Devin, Jenn, Lori, and Sandy for their efforts.
Tomorrow, next week, next month will be the times to implement what you have learned these last few days. Go home, work hard, and remember to use your ACCED-I resources – they are invaluable. And…..DON'T be like me in my younger years – act now, do now, get involved now. I promise you, it will pay off in both personal and professional ways.
I am looking forward to the year ahead and to seeing you all in Providence in 2020 – when ACCED-I celebrates its 40th anniversary!


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Roger David Kornberg is an American biochemist and professor of structural biology at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Kornberg was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2006 for his studies of the process by which genetic information from DNA is copied to RNA, "the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription."
Kornberg was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the eldest of three sons of biochemist Arthur Kornberg, who won the Nobel Prize, and Sylvy Ruth (Levy) who was also a biochemist. He earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Harvard University in 1967 and his Ph.D. in chemical physics from Stanford in 1972. He became a postdoctoral fellow at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England and then an Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry at Harvard Medical School in 1976, before moving to his present position as Professor of Structural Biology at Stanford Medical School in 1978. His closest collaborator has been his wife, Professor Yahli Lorch.
Scientific discoveries and Nobel Prize
Roger D. Kornberg with Andrew Fire, George Smoot, Dick Cheney, Craig Mello and John C. Mather All organisms are controlled by their genes, which are coded by DNA, which is copied to RNA, which creates proteins, which are sequences of amino acids. DNA resides in the nucleus. When a cell expresses a gene, it copies (transcribes) that gene's DNA sequence onto a messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence. mRNA is transported out of the nucleus to ribosomes. The ribosomes read the mRNA and translate the code into the right amino acid sequence to make that gene's protein. The DNA is transcribed to mRNA by an enzyme, RNA polymerase II, with the help of many other proteins. Using yeast, Kornberg identified the role of RNA polymerase II and other proteins in transcribing DNA, and he created three-dimensional images of the protein cluster using X-ray crystallography. Polymerase II is used by all organisms with nuclei, including humans, to transcribe DNA.
Kornberg and his research group have made several fundamental discoveries concerning the mechanisms and regulation of eukaryotic transcription. While a graduate student working with Harden McConnell at Stanford in the late 1960s, he discovered the "flip-flop" and lateral diffusion of phospholipids in bilayer membranes. While a postdoctoral fellow working with Aaron Klug and Francis Crick at the MRC in the 1970s, Kornberg discovered the nucleosome as the basic protein complex packaging chromosomal DNA in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells (chromosomal DNA is often termed "Chromatin" when it is bound to proteins in this manner, reflecting Walther Flemming's discovery that certain structures within the cell nucleus would absorb dyes and become visible under a microscope). Within the nucleosome, Kornberg found that roughly 200 bp of DNA are wrapped around an octamer of histone proteins.
Kornberg's research group at Stanford later succeeded in the development of a faithful transcription system from baker's yeast, a simple unicellular eukaryote, which they then used to isolate in a purified form all of the several dozen proteins required for the transcription process. Through the work of Kornberg and others, it has become clear that these protein components are remarkably conserved across the full spectrum of eukaryotes, from yeast to human cells. Using this system, Kornberg made the major discovery that transmission of gene regulatory signals to the RNA polymerase machinery is accomplished by an additional protein complex that they dubbed Mediator. As noted by the Nobel Prize committee, "the great complexity of eukaryotic organisms is actually enabled by the fine interplay between tissue-specific substances, enhancers in the DNA and Mediator. The discovery of Mediator is therefore a true milestone in the understanding of the transcription process.
At the same time as Kornberg was pursuing these biochemical studies of the transcription process, he devoted two decades to the development of methods to visualize the atomic structure of RNA polymerase and its associated protein components. Initially, Kornberg took advantage of expertise with lipid membranes gained from his graduate studies to devise a technique for the formation of two-dimensional protein crystals on lipid bilayers. These 2D crystals could then be analyzed using electron microscopy to derive low-resolution images of the protein's structure. Eventually, Kornberg was able to use X-ray crystallography to solve the 3-dimensional structure of RNA polymerase at atomic resolution. He has recently extended these studies to obtain structural images of RNA polymerase associated with accessory proteins. Through these studies, Kornberg has created an actual picture of how transcription works at a molecular level. According to the Nobel Prize committee, "the truly revolutionary aspect of the picture Kornberg has created is that it captures the process of transcription in full flow. What we see is an RNA-strand being constructed, and hence the exact positions of the DNA, polymerase and RNA during this process.


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Volunteer to Cuddle Babies in the NICU
Meghan Moravcik Walbert
Photo: Wayne Evans (Pexels)
When Carol Skrysak's daughter gave birth to premature triplets in Illinois, she got a months-long, inside look at how preemies are cared for in the NICU. Besides the exceptional care she witnessed on a daily basis, one other thing stood out to her: Some of the babies' parents were unable to spend as much time holding their babies as they would like.
Skrysak saw how parents often struggled to balance work and the needs of their other children with their desire to spend as much time as possible with their baby in the NICU. Some parents may live outside of the city where their baby is being cared for, making it more difficult to visit on a daily basis. In other cases, a baby might be in foster care and have limited family visitation.
So, when Skrysak returned to her home in San Diego after visiting her daughter, she contacted the NICU at a local children's hospital and asked: Can I come cuddle the babies?
"It's the highlight of my week," says Skrysak, who cuddles babies for a few hours every Friday morning. "Even if they just sleep the whole time, they know someone is holding them."
NICU-cuddling has become a popular way to volunteer in recent years thanks to some viral cuddling action. Remember the "ICU Grandpa" who stole our hearts?
Skrysak says she might hold one baby during her entire volunteer shift or a few different babies—it all depends on what is needed that morning.
"A lot of times, I'll just walk around and if there's a baby crying or uncomfortable, I'll ask (a nurse) if they'd like me to cuddle them," she says.
Babies benefit greatly from human touch, particularly as it relates to their brains, bodies and immune system. Dr. Jerry Schwartz, medical director of neonatology at Torrance Memorial Medical Center near Los Angeles, told CBS News that positive physical interactions can enhance brain growth.
The benefit "at the most superficial level" is obvious, he said. "A baby is crying, mom's not there, the nurse is busy with other sick babies, and it's an unpleasant life experience to be crying and unattended to, and, voila! A cuddler comes over and the baby stops crying."
The support it provides for parents at such a challenging time is critical, too.
"When parents come in and I'm holding their child, they're so appreciative," Skrysak says. "I just feel terrific when I leave. I feel like I've really helped someone, and I feel like I'm giving the babies a good start."
By now, many hospitals with NICU units have cuddler programs in which volunteers are trained, background-checked and immunized before they can begin. To volunteer, contact your local hospital and inquire about their cuddler program qualifications.
For more from Lifehacker, be sure to follow us on Instagram @lifehackerdotcom.
Meghan is Lifehacker's Parenting Editor. She is a former newspaper journalist and author of the Foster Parent Diary Series for the New York Times.
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You would think this would be the one volunteer position at the hospital that would be completely booked up all the time with Street Fighter II tournaments to determine who gets the next shift.


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George Eastman House appoints Jurij Meden as curator of film exhibitions
Former head of film programming at Slovenian Cinematheque comes to Rochester to cultivate the museum's cinema and media program
Rochester, N.Y., September 22, 2014—George Eastman House announced today that Jurij Meden will join its Moving Image Department as curator of film exhibitions. Meden comes to Eastman House after serving as head of the film programming department at the Slovenska Kinoteka—a member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF)—in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Meden will start in his new role with George Eastman House this fall and will be responsible for developing and managing the film and media programming for the Dryden Theatre and other exhibition spaces at the museum.
With more than 15 years of experience in the field, Meden has curated and presented film and media programs around the world, including Austria, Portugal, Germany, and the United States. In addition to his former role at the Slovenska Kinoteka, he currently serves on the editorial board of the international KINO! magazine and worked as an adjunct professor of experimental film and video art at the School of Arts of the University of Nova Gorica. Meden, also an award-winning experimental filmmaker, has been a member of the jury at numerous film festivals in Europe and Asia. His works have been premiered or exhibited in Europe, including at the Rotterdam International Film Festival.
"Jurij has the in-depth knowledge, the intellectual integrity, the vision, and the drive we are always seeking in a cultural entrepreneur," said Paolo Cherchi Usai, senior curator, Moving Image Department, George Eastman House. "Jurij has so much to offer the Rochester community, in particular to our fellow scholars at the University of Rochester and the Rochester Institute of Technology, as well as to the film and media field in general. He is an exemplar of film curatorship in the purest and most dynamic sense of the term. We are delighted and honored to welcome him to George Eastman House."
In addition to his curatorial and filmmaking activities, Meden has written or co-written more than 250 published essays on cinema and recently completed a specialized training program at the FIAF Restoration Summer School in Bologna, Italy.


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Art & Design|A Comfortable Maine, Ruggedly Depicted
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A Comfortable Maine, Ruggedly Depicted
By KEN JOHNSON NOV. 1, 2012
Winslow Homer's renovated property on Prouts Neck, Me., from which he made some of his most famous paintings. Credit Cheryl Senter for The New York Times
PROUTS NECK, Me. — There he is, the old man and the sea, out on his lonesome, storm-battered spit of land, paintbrush in hand, canvas rattling on its easel, and looking out to the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean, which crashes and explodes onto nearby craggy rocks. This was the Winslow Homer (1836-1910) of my imagination, where he lived like a hermit, braved the elements and made the best paintings of his career, those luxuriantly sensuous, unpeopled pictures of rocks, waves, ocean and sky.
If this also was your vision of Homer on Prouts Neck, you will be in for a shock if you visit his studio here, which is owned and was recently restored by the Portland Museum of Art. (Tickets for this fall are sold out, so you will have to be patient.) Prouts Neck today is a gated, fully occupied resort community for people of means, some of whose names are of the boldface sort. Elegant homes ensconced among the fir trees look out over the water to Cape Elizabeth to the northeast and, to the southeast, Old Orchard Beach, a seven-mile stretch of shore lined by summer cottages, cheap hotels and souvenir shops with a honky-tonk amusement park at its center.
How different it must have been when Homer had it all to himself, you might think. You would be wrong. Prouts Neck was already a destination for vacationers when he began spending time there in the early 1880s. Thanks largely to canny real estate investment and development by Homer and his brother Charles Jr., the peninsula boasted six hotels and about 60 private cottages by the time Winslow died. When he was here during the warm season, he had tea every day with friends and relatives in his father's big cottage next door to the repurposed carriage house that was his studio — a building that he had moved 100 feet closer to the ocean from its original location and commissioned the up-and-coming young architect John Calvin Stevens to renovate. In the winter Homer migrated south to Florida to go fishing with Charles.
The studio itself is a lovely little wooden box of a building with a mansard roof and a second-story balcony running along two sides. It is set on a neatly groomed lawn that slopes gently toward the sea. A path winds along the oceanside rocks. You can clamber down to the exact spots that Homer pictured in his paintings. But on the warm, sunny, nearly windless October day that I visited, it was nothing like what Homer's stormy paintings would lead you to expect.
The rocky shoreline in front of Winslow Homer's home was the kind of inspiration he used to created oil canvases like "Eight Bells." Credit Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts
Expectations are not met inside either. The studio is mostly empty and, for reasons of security and indoor climate, devoid of any original art. (Ticket buyers are informed about this beforehand.) There are a few pieces of furniture and an assortment of photographs of the evidently convivial Homer with friends and relatives, but no effort has been made to recreate what it was like when he lived here. Of the handful of objects on view, including moose antlers and the business end of a saw-tooth shark, the most revealing is a roughly hand-painted sign that Homer displayed outside when he was painting, to discourage nosy people. It warns, "Snakes! Snakes! Mice!"
The second floor is an undivided space under an intricately constructed cathedral ceiling, all of unpainted wood. It is more like an upscale hunter's lodge than a studio. Here visitors are invited to watch videos about Homer on flatscreens and to venture out onto the narrow, wraparound porch to enjoy its wide-angle views of the ocean and distant islands and shores to the south.
While the faux-rustic comfort manifested here punctures the myth of Homer's hermetic, rugged individualism, it brings to light a more complicated background against which to consider his late paintings, a superb selection of which make up "Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine" at the Portland Museum of Art. The exhibition was organized by Thomas Denenberg, former chief curator at the museum and now director of the Shelburne Museum in Vermont, and Karen Sherry, the Portland Museum's curator of American art.
A viewer who has been to Prouts Neck and learned its history may find it remarkable that none of the 38 paintings and works on paper in the show that Homer made during his time here picture what his life was actually like. Nor do they so much as hint at his keen entrepreneurial bent. He advised someone trying to sell a painting to an indecisive client, "Watch the stock market — & spring it on him at the first rise." In an 1890 letter to Charles he referred to his studio as "my Factory." Tongue in cheek, no doubt, but still.
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The trajectory of his paintings is, rather, toward an increasingly intense confrontation between man and nature. In works from the 1880s like "Eight Bells" (1886), in which one sailor in rain gear takes readings with a sextant while another makes notes in the log against a background of turbulent sea and sky, men are heroic explorers of the uncharted wild. Then in the next decade people begin to disappear. In "On a Lee Shore" (1900) the canvas is filled with foam breaking on dark rocks while far away, near the heaving horizon, the pale silhouette of a small ship struggles against the wind and the waves. Perhaps his greatest painting, "West Point, Prouts Neck" (1900), a relatively peaceful scene of rocks, shining water and crepuscular red, yellow and purple sky, has no people in it. Instead, a serpentine spout of froth from a breaking wave hovers in the foreground like a misty spirit.
To appreciate where Homer was going and coming from, you have to recall that in his time modern civilization was gearing up for its effort to achieve total dominion over nature. He belonged to a compensatory, Romantic tradition that has had artists from Caspar David Friedrich to the Abstract Expressionists re-connecting to the sublime in both the material and spiritual worlds. Homer was neither a realist nor a bourgeois faker; he was a modern myth maker. No other American painter has ever so vividly registered the awesome inhumanity of nature and, in so doing, made so indelible an image of the Anglo-Saxon mind's roiling soul.
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Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine
WHEN AND WHERE Through Dec. 30. Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland, Me. Fall season studio tours are sold out but resume April 2 and run to June 14, leaving from the museum.
MORE INFORMATION (207) 775-6148, portlandmuseum.org.
WHERE TO STAY Morrill Mansion Bed and Breakfast, (207) 774-6900, morrillmansion.com; Portland Harbor Hotel, (207) 775-9090, portlandharborhotel.com; Portland Regency Hotel and Spa, (207) 774-4200, theregency.com.
WHERE TO EAT Fore Street, (207) 775-2717, forestreet.biz; Old Port Sea Grill, (207) 879-6100, theoldportseagrill.com; Petite Jacqueline, (207) 553-7044, bistropj.com.
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U-M campuses to receive one-time 5 percent state funding increase
By Don Jordan
Each of Michigan's 15 public universities will receive a double dose of one-time funding increases that will add up to 5 percent more than last year's state appropriation.
Some of the increase — 1 percent — will come as part of a state higher education budget deal between Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican leaders in the Legislature for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.
The second part of the increase comes in the form of an additional one-time, 4 percent increase for the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30.
"Higher education is a critical component of providing greater opportunity for Michiganders and greater prosperity for our state," said Chris Kolb, U-M vice president for government relations. "This spending plan will help the University of Michigan and all of the great universities in our state do what they do best. It is a promising first step toward making the necessary investments in higher education to prepare our students and grow our state."
The budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1 allocates $326.3 million for U-M's Ann Arbor campus. UM-Dearborn will receive $26.6 million, and UM-Flint will receive $24.2 million.
The full appropriations are contingent on in-state undergraduate tuition increases of no more than 4.2 percent or $590, whichever is greater. This is twice the current rate of inflation.
The additional 4 percent increase in funding for the current fiscal year provides a one-time supplemental payment of $12.6 million for the Ann Arbor campus. UM-Dearborn will receive about $1 million, and UM-Flint will receive about $926,000.
In her budget proposal earlier this year, Whitmer called for a 2 percent increase for higher education in the upcoming fiscal year.
The Board of Regents approved a university budget for Ann Arbor in June that assumed a flat state appropriation and included a 1.4 percent tuition increase for in-state students. It also included a 6.4 percent increase in financial aid that covered the tuition increase for most in-state students with financial need.
The board also approved extending the Go Blue Guarantee — its landmark promise of four years of free tuition for qualifying Michigan residents — to the Dearborn and Flint campuses. Tuition at UM-Dearborn increased by 1.9 percent this year, while UM-Flint opted to freeze tuition and fees.
In addition to university appropriations, the state budget includes a 3.6 percent increase for the Tuition Incentive Program, adding $2.5 million to a state financial aid program targeted toward low-income students.
The budget maintains the same funding for the fourth straight year for the Michigan Competitive Scholarship, a grant awarded statewide to students with a qualifying SAT score and demonstrated financial need.
Also included in the spending plan is a requirement that universities with a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy provide exemptions for medical reasons, religious convictions and "other consistently held objections to immunization."
The state will also require universities to submit a report by March 15 on the total number of student exemption requests and requests granted.
U-M currently allows students to apply for medical or religious exemptions.
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Sentencing and the Severe Potential Penalties Associated With Aggravated Vehicular Assault
If you have been charged with Aggravated Vehicular Assault in Ohio, you need an attorney who can help fight the accusations that have been made against you or work to mitigate the potential consequences you face at sentencing.
What Is Aggravated Vehicular Assault?
Under Ohio Revised Code (O.R.C.) section 2903.08, Ohio's aggravated vehicular assault statute reads:
No person, while operating or participating in the operation of a motor vehicle, motor snowmobile, locomotive, watercraft, or aircraft, shall cause serious physical harm to another person or another's unborn…[a]s the proximate result of committing a violation of division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.
This means if an individual is driving impaired, and as a result causes serious physical harm to another, the individual will be charged with aggravated vehicular assault. It is important to note that there is a difference in the law between "physical harm" and "serious physical harm." Please be sure to speak with a competent and experienced criminal defense attorney to determine whether you have an argument that the harm caused did not rise to the level of serious physical harm.
Sentencing Guidelines and Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Aggravated Vehicular Assault
Aggravated vehicular assault is a third-degree felony and carries with it a mandatory minimum one year prison term and a potential range of prison between 1-5 years – any time imposed is mandatory time. The judge is required to suspend the defendant's driver's license for at least 2 years and could suspend the license for 10 years.
Aggravated vehicular assault is elevated from a third-degree felony to a second-degree felony if any of the following apply:
At the time of the offense, the individual was driving under a suspended driver's license.
The individual had previously been convicted of or pled guilty to a violation of aggravated vehicular assault or vehicular assault.
The individual had previously been convicted of or pled guilty to any traffic-related homicide, manslaughter, or assault offense.
The individual had previously been convicted of or pled guilty to three or more DUIs.
The individual had previously been convicted of or pled guilty to a second or subsequent felony DUI.
A second-degree felony is more serious than a third-degree felony. As such, the consequences and mandatory minimum sentencing requirements associated with a second-degree felony aggravated vehicular assault include a mandatory 2 years in prison (up to maximum 8 year prison term) and a mandatory 2 year license suspension. However, if the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to vehicular assault or aggravated vehicular assault, any traffic-related homicide, manslaughter, or assault offense, or any traffic-related murder, felonious assault, or attempted murder offense, the individual faces a mandatory minimum 3 year driver's license suspension and a maximum lifetime driver's license suspension.
What Must the State Prove in Order to Convict an Individual of Aggravated Vehicular Assault?
For an individual to be found guilty of aggravated vehicular assault, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt the individual operated a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and as a result caused serious physical harm to another person. In simple terms, this is an OVI resulting in serious physical harm to another person. (Ohio calls all DUI cases "OVI.")
First, the state must show the individual operated his or her vehicle. Under Ohio law, operation does not mean driving; rather, it means 'to cause movement.' While 'causing movement' obviously includes driving, driving is not necessary to cause movement. This is hardly ever an issue as nearly every DUI and aggravated vehicular assault charge is associated with the defendant's driving.
Second, the state must prove the individual was "under the influence." Under Ohio law, this means the individual consumed alcohol or used some drug that negatively affected the individual's actions, reaction, or mental processes and stripped the individual of the clear thinking he or she would have possessed at the time had he or she not consumed alcohol or used drugs.
The state can prove the individual is "under the influence" in one of two ways: First, it can show this through circumstantial evidence — for example, the individual's lack of control of the vehicle; the individual's poor judgment; the individual's statements that he or she consumed alcohol or took drugs (whether prescribed or unprescribed); the odor of alcohol coming from the individual; the individual's slurred speech; the individual's bloodshot eyes; the individual's unsteadiness on his or her feet; or the individual's poor performance of the field sobriety tests. Alternatively, the state can prove the individual was "under the influence" by submitting to a chemical test (blood, breath, or urine) and testing over the legal limit. If this is the case, regardless of whether the individual meets the above definition of being "under the influence," the law assumes an individual is "under the influence" if the individual tests over the legal limit.
A skilled criminal defense lawyer can spot important facts in the case that may justify filing a motion to suppress (discussed below). On an aggravated vehicular assault charge, an experienced criminal defense lawyer will file a motion to suppress chemical test results to see if the state has properly complied with regulations and rules of law. If the state did not, the test results are compromised, not credible, and should be excluded.
The last thing the state must show is that serious physical harm resulted from the individual's operating a vehicle while under the influence. Thus, the state must show not only physical harm, but serious physical harm. What is "serious physical harm?" Under Ohio law, the definition of "serious physical harm" is surprisingly broad. It includes:
Any mental illness or condition of such gravity as would normally require hospitalization or prolonged psychiatric treatment;
Any physical harm that carries a substantial risk of death;
Any physical harm that involves some permanent incapacity, whether partial or total, or that involves some temporary, substantial incapacity;
Any physical harm that involves some permanent disfigurement or that involves some temporary, serious disfigurement;
Any physical harm that involves acute pain of such duration as to result in substantial suffering or that involves any degree of prolonged or intractable pain.
The state must prove the alleged victim's injuries fall within one of the above categories. Typically, the state will call a doctor on the stand to show the injuries fall into one of the above categories. The question of whether serious physical harm occurred is a question for the jury. The defense is entitled to put on evidence at trial showing that the harm was not serious physical harm.
Motions to Suppress
Experienced lawyers will always explore the option of filing a motion to suppress evidence in alcohol-related traffic offenses. A motion to suppress filing and subsequent hearing will allow your criminal defense attorney to cross-examine government witnesses to determine whether constitutional rights were violated or regulations and rules of law were not followed. There are many legal grounds to justify filing a motion to suppress. In an aggravated vehicular assault case, if filed, motions to suppress are usually filed to show the arresting officer either: (1) stopped the individual without probable cause to believe a crime was being committed; (2) searched the individual without probable cause to believe a crime was committed; (3) arrested the individual without probable cause to believe he or she committed a crime; or (4) administered a standard field sobriety test or chemical test improperly.
A motion to suppress hearing is not a trial, but it is like a trial in that it can be case-determinative.
Experienced and Successful Criminal Defense Lawyers
Aggravated vehicular assault carries severe consequences. If you or someone you know has been charged with aggravated vehicular assault, it is important to hire a skilled and experienced criminal defense attorney who understands the complex factual and legal issues associated with the case.
If you have any questions, please contact a criminal defense attorney at Rittgers Rittgers & Nakajima. We have offices in Lebanon, Cincinnati, and West Chester, Ohio.
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