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Lost Brook Dispatches:
Telecommuting Today and Tomorrow
by Pete Nelson
Having previously shared a vision for Adirondack telecommuting, my plan this week is to describe the current state of broadband and telecommuting in the park in some detail and then point towards the future, laying out a handful of important issues related to its long-term viability.
That plan has gotten a big boost from the readers of the Almanack. A number of you wrote in to illustrate the current state of telecommuting far better than I could have, in comments written in response to last to last week's Dispatch. They were wonderful, revealing that while telecommuting in the Adirondacks is not commonplace, there is no question that its future is already here, thanks to these pioneer Wild Workers (this label, after the suggestion of a reader, is perfect for the situation, plus it is kind of charming). Choosing to live in the Adirondacks while working elsewhere is something that is happening right now. That fact should give a big shot of optimism to those who worry about the economy of the park. » Continue Reading.
Cabin Life: A Day At The Cabin
by Justin A Levine
A reader recently asked me what a normal day out at the cabin was like. Unfortunately, most of my days consist of getting up, going to work, and coming home to go to bed. But on the weekends and when I'm not working, I've settled into a nice routine mixed with plenty of different chores. No, not chores. Activities.
Pico or Ed usually wake me up on the weekend, so I get to sleep in until about six. After ignoring them for an indeterminate amount of time, I relent and get their food. Then Pico and I take a walk up the Right Trail to the Upper Camp. I check the log cabin that's another quarter mile or so into the woods. I live in the middle of nowhere, and Upper Camp is even closer to the center of the middle of nowhere. » Continue Reading.
Watertown's Leonard J. Farwell: Wisconsin Governor
by Lawrence P. Gooley
A few weeks ago, I wrote here about Joel Aldrich Matteson, a Watertown native who became governor of Illinois―and among other things, established a level of corruption perhaps matched by recent governor/inmate Rod Blagojevich. To balance the scale, here's a look at another Watertown native who, during Matteson's tenure, served as governor of Illinois' neighbor to the north, Wisconsin. Though there was plenty of corruption in Wisconsin's government during that time, the governor was not believed to be directly involved.
At worst, the wrongdoings of others may have soiled his good reputation, but he left plenty of accomplishments behind as well. He also became tied to a pair of signature events in American history. » Continue Reading.
Lost Brook Dispatches: Rinkema's Auger
Before embarking upon our extended July visit to Lost Brook Tract (where we are as you read this) Amy and I made our food list. Per my recent Dispatch it is quite a list, including a fair number of fresh or perishable items. At the top of the list is bacon, we have to have bacon. Now we both love bacon as much as the next person, if not more, but normally we wouldn't opt for it as it is unwieldy, doesn't keep well and makes a real mess.
But we need it: not for the bacon itself, but for the bacon grease. » Continue Reading.
Charlotte Smith:
A Groundbreaking Advocate for Women's Rights
In the world of women's rights, there has been great progress across many issues that are still being debated. A North Country native stands at the forefront of the ongoing battle, taking on a number of concerns: jobs for single mothers; equal pay for equal work; the negative effects of drugs and cigarettes on young women; the horrors of trafficking in women for sexual purposes; food labeling; the restriction of food additives; the rights to patented and copyrighted works; women's ability to serve in the military; and the issues faced by families of soldiers serving overseas.
If you follow the news, you'll recognize most of those topics from current or recent headlines. They are the very same issues that were current between 1880 and 1900, when St. Lawrence County's Charlotte Smith was American's groundbreaking and leading reformer in the fight for women's rights. » Continue Reading.
John Donovan: Buried Twice in a Month
In a tragic story compounded further by a shocking turn of events, a North Country woman once buried her husband twice in less than thirty days. Admittedly, that seems impossible without some sort of extramarital shenanigans going on, but that wasn't the case. In fact, there were actually three burials in the story within that short span of time, capping a series of highly unlikely occurrences. To complicate matters even further, the woman actually had only one husband.
Before reading further, if you like solving puzzles, read that paragraph again and try playing detective. How could all that be true? At this point, everyone should be sufficiently confused and anxious for an explanation. And here it is. » Continue Reading.
John Brown Day Planned for May 5th
Frederick Douglass' great-great-great grandson Kenneth B. Morris, Jr., will give the keynote address at the annual John Brown Day celebration to be held on Saturday, May 5, at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site in Lake Placid, NY. Morris will talk about the friendship and enduring legacy of Douglass and fellow abolitionist John Brown.
The two men first met in Massachusetts in 1848, a decade after Douglass successfully escaped from slavery on a Maryland plantation and eleven years before Brown's history-changing raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. By the time they met, Douglass had become one of the most eloquent and sought-after champions of freedom and equal suffrage for women and men, regardless of race.
Founder and President of the Frederick Douglass Family Foundation, Morris will also discuss the Foundation's work today to create a modern Abolitionist Movement in schools all over the country through the vehicle of Service-Learning.
There are an estimated 27 million men, women and children held in some form of slavery in the world today, generating billions of dollars along the supply chain of labor and products that make much of our daily lives possible.
Joining Morris will be Renan Salgado, a Human Trafficking Specialist based in Rochester, who will shed light in his remarks about slavery and trafficking in New York State today. According to the U.S. State Department, there are approximately 17,500 people trafficked into the U.S. each year. Along with California, Texas, and Florida, New York ranks among the states with the greatest incidence of documented slavery in the country.
Young, award-winning orators from the Frederick Douglass Student Club in Rochester will recite from Douglass' speeches and excerpts from Brown's letters. The folk quartet The Wannabees and the hip-hop recording artist S.A.I. will also perform.
John Brown Day revives the tradition dating back to the 1930s of making a pilgrimage to remember and honor Brown by laying a wreath at his grave. Over the last 13 years, the grassroots freedom education project John Brown Lives! has worked to keep that tradition alive and relevant.
John Brown Day 2012 is free and open to the public and it is held outdoors. A brief reception will follow in the lower barn at the site. Donations will be appreciated.
For more information, contact Martha Swan, Executive Director of John Brown Lives! at 518-962-4758 or mswan@capital.net.
Visit the John Brown Lives! Friends of Freedom on Facebook.
Incredible Stories of North Country Linemen
It's sometimes surprising what catches my attention or sparks an interest, and the subject of this piece is a good example. After all, why would anyone want to hear about North Country linemen, those workers who climb power poles or telephone poles as part of their daily job? Well, their daily routine might be as boring as any other job most of the time, but linemen have a measure of danger built into their profession, beginning with working high above the ground.
When something goes wrong, the results can be spectacular. The stories that follow do not address tragedies, which were once frequent. These instead are amazing stories of survival, coming from my category, "No bones were broken."
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Adirondack Philosophy as Field Work
by Marianne Patinelli-Dubay
What happens to philosophy when we liberate it from the Ivory Tower and from the confines of coursework, academic publications and specializations that can feel like falling head-long down the rabbit hole? What does a philosopher become when she isn't simply a teacher of curriculum, evaluated and validated by measurable outcomes? What is to be done when the hand-wringing and concerned looks of parents and friends turn into real questions like how in the name of all the esoteric nonsense will the rent get paid? Or more to the point: what are you going to do with this training?
Not to worry. When all else fails there's always a coffee bar (been there). Or a low-level editorial job at a local newspaper (done that). And if the Gary Larson cartoon my mother sent to me years ago when I declared my intentions showing a "Philosophy and Bait Shop" is any indication, entrepreneurial opportunities abound. But all kidding aside, there is a reason that thousands (yes, thousands!) of us choose this route and my reasoning may be a little surprising: I am a philosopher because I want to be of service. The question of what becomes of philosophers and philosophy when we cut loose from careers that can be easily described and universally understood becomes yet more pronounced when we think about philosophy as a public profession. But there is rich precedence for this and I follow in the wake of great practitioners.
One such colleague is the 19th century philosopher William James who argued that the pragmatic (philosophical) method is a useful way to gain greater understanding about the world. For example, one perennial question that reaches into the culture of crime and punishment is whether we have free will or whether everything, and thus all of our behaviors, are predetermined. Another contemporary favorite played out in the vicious discourse between science and religion asks whether the world is material or spiritual? Philosophers in the pragmatic tradition continue to assert that we can use pragmatic principles to get a handle on what the practical consequences would be, if one or another of these claims about the world are true. But what comes after this "all the way down" thinking that we owe to James is where it gets interesting, and where the contribution of a public philosopher can be seen. Once we have traced the practical consequences of an idea and we have a working understanding of what those consequences mean for humanity, for environment etc. then philosophers are obligated to do something to advance whatever we resolve to be right or good! Only when we see the method through to its end, have we done justice to the term pragmatism that is from the Greek pragma meaning action, practice or practical.
This is on my mind because I've just returned from a conference dedicated to the work of American pragmatic philosophers. Here most of the attendees were "theoretically" committed to what could be called practical philosophy or philosophy that is focused on questions of agency and experience including what compels us to act in the face of injustice or conflict, what happens in that moment when we are not merely thinking but acting according to an ethical or moral code? Why do we sometimes fail to act and when we do (or don't) what criteria can we measure our behavior by? As an applied and a public philosopher myself, I had high hopes for this crowd. From my work in the Adirondacks for the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry I take a mandate for action seriously. I've learned to appreciate the urgency of real situations that don't present a clear path of right or wrong, of yes we should or no we'd better not. I understand that more often, like any complex set of realities, the way forward doesn't resemble one well-marked trail and indeed the closer we look, the more possible directions are revealed.
If this kind of work is undertaken with and for the benefit of a range of communities, and if it is done in service to the public good, what does it look like for us in the Adirondacks and for me in particular? The answer is simple and I think, powerful. SUNY ESF owns more than 20,000 acres of land in the Adirondack Park, with an institutional mission to support research dedicated to advancing the scientific knowledge of Adirondack ecosystems. Through close collaborations with a variety of government and non-government agencies and organizations, ESF has had extraordinary success putting scientific data in the hands of policy makers. Policy makers have translated these findings into guidelines and strategies that continue to direct the future of the Park. With this kind of influence comes a three-fold responsibility: to ESF students dedicated to the pursuit of science, that they understand how their work will guide practical decisions on the landscape; to the Adirondack community who will be impacted by the policy implemented based on the findings generated through ESF; and to regional agencies and organizations, that they understand the ethical considerations involved in using this information to enact regulations that impact the complicated balance between culture and nature in the Park. SUNY ESF is on the leading edge linking good science with care for the communities that it impacts through a commitment to provide a representative entrusted with addressing the range of human impacts of this unusual partnership between scientific research and the policy that it advances.
During the conference I had a chance to talk about my work at ESF and the variety of publics that I interact with. In the process I realized that we at ESF, and in the Adirondacks more broadly, are doing what many in attendance and across the discipline are merely talking about doing. As the conference drew to a close, the Society's President urged an audience of hundreds of academic philosophers to become involved in public discourse, to bring the philosophical method to bear on practical questions of ethics and moral right-doing, to reach out to communities in an effort to bring them into discussions and deliberations and to enrich the public space through competent and thoughtful facilitation of contentious issues. In effect, what William James said of Pragmatism can be said of the practice of philosophy, that it unstiffens all our theories, limbers them up and sets each one at work.
Marianne is a philosopher living, working and writing in the Adirondacks
Study: Environmental Protection Fund Builds NY Economy
New York's Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) supports industries that generate approximately $40 billion annually for the State's economy and sustain hundreds of thousands of jobs, according to a recent analysis.
The report, prepared by The Trust for Public Land (a national conservation organization) in collaboration with the New York Environmental Leaders Group, concludes that the EPF generates jobs, supports local economies, and elevates property values. The analysis also concludes that for every $1 invested to protect lands under EPF, $7 in economic benefits is returned to New York through "natural goods and services," such as filtering air and water of pollutants, and flood control. » Continue Reading.
Cabin Life: The Decision to Live 'Off The Grid'
There's a half dozen black capped chickadees hanging around the cabin now. They finally found the bird feeders, though the blue jays have been scarce. One of the jays was hanging out in an apple tree this morning, but I haven't seen them at the feeders in a few days.
I was recently asked why I decided to live off the grid. Long story short: It's free and I can't afford to pay rent. But when I really think about it, this has been a long time coming.
The idea of being self sufficient has always appealed to me. I just couldn't afford to buy a piece of land to do this on, and until this winter, I had never been lucky enough to have someone just offer to let me live in a place for free. When Amy asked if I wanted to stay out here, I didn't even think about it. I just said yes.
I've usually moved around a lot, mainly because I get restless, and the grass is always greener somewhere else. In 2006, when I moved to Florida, I was in desperate need of a change. I had battled depression most of my life, and Jacksonville seemed like a good escape. Eventually, I manned up and sought help for my depression. And part of my therapist's plan was to help me realize that I could do what I want with my life and not be afraid of the consequences. After all, it was my life to screw up.
The more I thought about this new, happier phase, the more I knew that I couldn't keep living in Florida. I gave up two jobs, health insurance, vacation time, a pension, lots of friends, and agreed to a long-distance relationship all to move back to the mountains and work a seasonal job with no benefits so that I could hike and play with my dog Pico. I knew that I would be broke and I didn't care.
I think that's why I am adjusting so well to living off the grid; because I've been mentally preparing for it for years. And now that I'm actually doing it, I couldn't be happier. Sure, I'm broke, single, and have to ask friends if I can take a quick shower at their houses (They always say yes!) but what could be better than having an adventure like this? When I look back twenty years from now, I know that this time will have been a major turning point in my life.
The experience I'm having is already shaping the future me. I'm making plans for a cabin of my own, looking for land, and reading and taking classes on farming, homesteading, food preservation and draft horse handling. I'm not shy of hard work, and when I can afford some land, I plan on building a log cabin and living off the grid. But, since I'm not the Unabomber, I will also have solar panels, running water and indoor plumbing. Plus I'm pretty sure the Unabomber didn't have a blog.
Justin Levine is living off the grid in a cabin in the Adirondacks with his dog Pico and blogging at Middle of the Trail.
Locally Funded Albany Ice Rink Draws Fire
by John Warren
A plan to spend $100,000 to fund free ice skating in the City of Albany is drawing the ire of a local Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) workers who have been without a contract for nearly three years.
"CSEA workers at Gore, Whiteface, and the other Olympic facilities have spent the last three years without a contract making wages commensurate to the working poor," says a mailing that arrived in local mailboxes this week from the Civil Service Employees' Association (CSEA), the union that represents ORDA workers. "As they struggle to support their families here in the North Country the ORDA CEO Ted Blazer is spending $100,000 for an ice skating rink in the City of Albany!" » Continue Reading.
Franklin County Inventor Eliakim Briggs
In the 1830s, hundreds of inventors around the world focused on attempts at automating farm equipment. Reducing the drudgery, difficulty, and danger of farm jobs were the primary goals, accompanied by the potential of providing great wealth for the successful inventor. Among the North Country men tinkering with technology was Eliakim Briggs of Fort Covington in northern Franklin County.
Functional, power-driven machinery was the desired result of his work, and while some tried to harness steam, Briggs turned right to the source for providing horsepower: horses.
This particular branch of the Briggs family had many members across New England, descended from Irish ancestors who fought in America's Revolutionary War. A number of them later moved to New York in southern Washington County, which is where Eliakim was born in 1795.
Dozens of Vermonters and eastern New York State residents were among the first to move farther north and settle along the border with Canada from Clinton County to western Franklin County. Several members of the Briggs clan, including Eliakim, made the journey around 1820.
With a background in foundry work, young Eli began experimenting with building a "traveling threshing machine." Around this time, he married Chateaugay's Russina Allen (a descendant of Vermont's Ethan Allen), who had moved there from Ticonderoga. They settled in Fort Covington, and by 1827, Russina had given birth to five children. Only the fifth, Janette, survived infancy.
Eli's inventive efforts proved successful, and he began patenting his creations. Unfortunately, a fire in December 1836 destroyed 80 percent of the Patent Office's 10,000 records. Among the documents to survive were those covering Eliakim's "Horse Power Machine" (patented July 12, 1834), and his machine for "mowing, thrashing, and cleaning grain," patented February 5, 1836.
The 1834 machine was an improvement in design and function of the existing horse treadmill, which was subsequently used to power his threshing machine. Looking to the future, Briggs perceived all sorts of possibilities from harnessing the power of horse-driven treadmills.
In the following year, on the Saratoga and Schenectady Railroad (one of New York's very first rail lines) was a most unusual sight. Instead of the customary single rail car being towed along by a horse, the car was moving silently forward with no visible means of propulsion.
Gawkers could hardly believe their eyes, but the secret lay within, where a horse on a treadmill propelled the car forward at the then blazing speed of 15 miles per hour, prompting one reporter to observe, "This is indeed an age of wonders." He was witnessing the handiwork of Eliakim Briggs of Fort Covington, whose remarkable invention was being manufactured and sold in Ogdensburg at the time.
Briggs felt that the greatest potential for financial success was in agriculture, and after a trip to the West (which was Indiana, since there were only 26 states at that time), he was convinced. The family pulled up stakes and relocated to Dayton, Ohio.
In 1839, Thomas Clegg, one of Dayton's pioneer industrialists, operated the Washington Cotton Factory, which had an extensive machine shop. Clegg partnered with Briggs in producing his automatic threshing machine, to the great financial benefit of both men.
Eliakim became one of the leading entrepreneurs of Dayton, but after three years he moved on to Richmond, Indiana for a year. In 1841, the family settled in South Bend, and it was there where Eliakim really made his mark. The fledgling settlement of perhaps 700 citizens soon experienced rapid growth, driven in part by Briggs' threshing manufactory (powered by windmills), one of the first industries in the town's history.
After three years of success, the company outgrew its quarters. Briggs built a large new factory, providing employment for many residents, some of whom later became leading businessmen themselves (the famed Studebakers are one example).
Briggs' traveling threshing machine was a big success, and not only because of the inventor's great abilities. Eliakim's charisma was evident in his open, friendly treatment of customers who came from Indianapolis, Lafayette, Richmond, and other western locations. He opened his expansive home to visitors and customers alike, earning a reputation far and wide as the most hospitable and generous of businessmen.
He also remained a family man to a brood that had grown to nine by 1844, including sons John, George, and Charles, who eventually followed business pursuits as aggressively as their father had. John caught gold fever and ventured to California in 1849. As his brothers became old enough, they joined him in several business exploits, including mining. One part of their legacy, still producing gold today, is the Briggs Mine, about 20 miles north of Denver.
Successful in business, Eliakim combined his personal beliefs with financial profits in pursuit of a personal passion: the anti-slavery movement. He was a fervent abolitionist who sought freedom for all. Briggs abhorred slavery and was a longtime, ardent supporter of the Underground Railroad, despite the inherent dangers.
In early 1861, at the age of 66, Eli was still securing patents on new devices, while his horse-driven machines remained very popular. That same year, previous failures in the effort to process sugar cane in the West finally met with success when new equipment was introduced: "…a horizontal, three-roller, horse-power press for expressing the juice, manufactured by E. Briggs of South Bend, capable of pressing out sixty gallons per hour …"
Eventually, the development of steam and other power sources would replace Eliakim's creation, but during his lifetime, it remained an important component of industry.
Briggs died in September 1861, still successful in industry, and still battling for the abolition of slavery. A year later, in September 1862, his wife, Russina, passed away as well. Much of the family fortune was placed in the hands of daughter Janette, a widow whose husband had also done quite well for himself.
Janette became very well known for philanthropy in South Bend. When she died in 1916, several bequests were included in her will, including $15,000 to an orphanage and $12,000 to the YWCA. Those two bequests alone were equal to approximately $500,000 in 2011, reminiscent of the generosity her father exhibited throughout his life.
Photo: Patent drawing of Eliakim Briggs' horse treadmill (1834).
Lawrence Gooley has authored ten books and dozens of articles on the North Country's past. He and his partner, Jill McKee, founded Bloated Toe Enterprises in 2004. Expanding their services in 2008, they have produced 19 titles to date, and are now offering web design. For information on book publishing, visit Bloated Toe Publishing.
Lawrence Gooley: Occupy Movement History Lessons
A major issue of the day is the concentration of great wealth in the hands of a few. By its very nature, great wealth confers great power, and we all know what absolute power does. Today's media bombards us with the fact that the concentration of wealth has skyrocketed in recent years, which once again reminds us, "Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it." We've been here many, many times before.
Why are the "experts" not looking to the past? This concentration of wealth in America is not a recent, nor even a 20th-century, phenomenon. The following citations would fit perfectly on any CNN, Fox, or other broadcast, but their dates of origin might surprise you. (The headline above is from 1891.)
This first commentary sounds like it was voiced by an Occupy Wall Street spokesperson: "We want more light on these great social and economic questions. The people must be made to understand that when the property and wealth of a country is controlled by a small fraction of the people, popular self-government is no longer possible in that country. … When the time arrives in this free land when great wealth will be regarded as a paramount qualification for office, the end of American liberty is not far distant. We will then have a government of classes and oligarchies, in which the struggle for official position will not be between the rich and the poor … but between the wealthy classes alone, and in that struggle, caucuses and elections will be a farce, for the man with the largest bank account will be a predestined winner from the start. Capitalists themselves should be taught that … the preservation of the government … and the perpetuation of their own exertions … depend upon a happy, contented people, and that people are most happy and contented where the results of labor (wealth) are as evenly distributed as the circumstances and conditions of men will permit." (1882)
Here are several others from different eras, but with similar concerns:
"And the constant tendency of the rich to use their wealth for the acquisition of influence and political power … of all the modern schemes of employing wealth, that of banking possesses the most attraction. Wealth … is in itself an element of power, and consequently an unequal distribution of property has a constant tendency to disturb that equality in the social condition of the community, which is the basis and support of equality of rights. But to incorporate wealth is to impart to it many attributes of power not belonging to it when … in the hands of individuals. … The large amount of wealth possessed by corporations is controlled by a few persons." (1835)
"That the sub-Treasury scheme, now under consideration in the senate of the US, is calculated to create an alarming moneyed aristocracy, consisting of men in power … is not only opposed to the principles of a republican government, but is hostile to the interests of the people." (1838)
"Sir, the shocking abuse of the banking which pervades the land … it is only by radical change of their conduct that they can ever regain the public confidence. … The honorable senator from Virginia … asks us to [again] place the public funds in them, after their recent breach of faith, their violation of all law, their outrages upon the monies of the nation, as well as upon the deposits of individuals, committed to their safekeeping. … They now look to a single and splendid government, founded in banks and other monied institutions …" (1838)
"The alarming tendency in this country is to the accumulation of capital in a few hands. The increase of wealth in the country is not over 5 percent per annum, while the interest in capital is nearly 10 percent. Consequently, the rich are growing richer and the poor poorer. … class against class, poor against rich, labor against capital. The interests of the two seem to be diverging more and more from year to year." (1872)
"… the concentration of wealth represented by the gigantic moneyed corporations of the country, which seemed to grasp without resistance all power … and which threatened the destruction of the liberties and institutions of this country. … It controlled the press; it swallowed up legislative assemblies; it dictated its will and its purpose in public assemblies; and wherever it appeared, it seemed to be and indeed was without a rival in power, and without a limit in its purpose." (1873)
"The great financial institutions of the country have been … largely allowed to direct the financial policy of the government. The strong arm of Wall Street has reached to Washington, and its heavy hand has been felt in our national councils. … wealth incalculable and ever increasing … placed in the hands of very few men … is not something wrong in that state of things which produces such unhappy results? … No wonder the workingmen of our country are in a state of unrest, and are groping around to find out how it is that when the land is filled with wealth, their lot is so cheerless and hard, and that such vast disparities in fortune exist …" (1886)
"The swift growth of large fortunes is the … cause of the impoverishment and the degradation of the masses. A great fortune is like a great snowball which boys roll down a hill on a mild day in winter, and which grows bigger and leaves bare a wider swath at every turn." (1887)
"… the times which try men's souls are here once more. European and American capitalists have bound the country in chains. The declaration of independence from British arrogance needs to be supplemented by a declaration of independence from the powers of concentrated wealth." (1891)
"No manipulation of money can cure the evil of the concentration of wealth in a few hands, as it is not the cause. …After the Civil War, there were two millionaires in the US, and now there are 7000 such men, and one-half of the wealth of the people is in possession of 30,000 men." [4% of the population] (1891)
William J. Stone, ex-governor of Missouri, commenting on the idle rich who possess wealth, but do no work and create no product: "When those who produce least, acquire most; when mere absorbers become the rulers; there is something essentially wrong in social and economic conditions. The enormous concentration of wealth which has taken place during the last thirty years has raised up a moneyed class in this country. …This is not only a moneyed class, but to a large extent, it is also a nonproductive class, for its wealth is represented mainly by investments in public and corporate securities in mortgages on real estate and manufacturing plants and in the stocks of banks and similar institutions. This colossal accumulation of wealth in a few hands is of itself a startling thing to contemplate. Patrick Henry, the great orator of the Revolution, once said, 'We can only judge the future by the past.' Look at the past. When the great empires fell, ownership of wealth had consolidated to a tiny fraction of the population. When Egypt fell, 2 percent of the population owned 97 percent of the wealth … in Persia, 1 percent … in Babylon, 2 percent … in Rome, a fraction of a percent owned all the known world." (1898)
From the book Who Owns the United States by Sereno S. Pratt: "One twelfth of the estimated wealth of the United States is represented at the meeting of the board of directors of the US Steel Corporation when they are all present. The 24 directors are: Rockefeller, Morgan … They represent as influential directors more than 200 other companies. These companies operate nearly one-half of the railroad mileage of the US … plus Standard Oil, International Harvester, GE, Pullman, International Mercantile Marine, US Realty and Construction, American Linseed … the leading telegraph systems … banks, insurance companies, express companies …" (1903)
From the Foreword in Dynastic America and Those Who Control It by Henry H. Klein: This book proves that wealth is concentrated. History records that the decline of civilization in a nation begins with wealth concentration. Dynastic Europe is dead, but the dynasties in America flourish. Theirs is the power of life and death over the whole human race." (1921)
If things are ever going to change, those who mobilize need to know what has gone before. Those in power know that change has been attempted many times. When they recognize history repeating itself, they need only guide the movement in the same direction from years past in order to maintain the status quo.
Photo Top: Newspaper headline, 1891.
Repeating Past History: The Occupy Movement
Despite the wisdom of elders and some noted quotations ("Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it"), we are often caught up in another axiom that defines insanity: "Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." When I was much younger, both of those ideas impressed me as I read books about French Indochina and France's miserable, lengthy, disastrous attempt to rule, particularly in Vietnam.
It fueled my anti-war sentiment when the US decided to ignore the past and repeat the mistakes of the French. After another decade of slaughter, the results were the same. It struck me recently that "Occupy Wall Street" should read pertinent history to avoid the results of the past.
If you follow the media stories covering today's movement (the 99 percent vs. 1 percent), you've heard about this new idea that the extreme wealth and corporate greed of the 1 percent should have limits. Likewise, you've heard claims from those favoring the 1 percent that by trying to raise taxes on the rich, the 99ers are waging class warfare against our wealthiest citizens.
Clearly, these are all new ideas resulting from a situation like no other. However …
If you enjoy history, you'll probably enjoy this headline from 105 years ago, appearing in The New York Times of January 6, 1907: "The Country's Wealth: Is 99 percent of it in the Hands of 1 percent of the People." Similar stories appeared in many other publications.
What happened then is happening again today: supporters of the 99ers are speaking out on behalf of the unemployed, the underemployed, the underpaid, and the poor, while the other position is defended by those who feed off the 1 percent and must serve as their bullhorn. And, as usual, the 1 percent itself remains largely silent, content to have others speak out for them.
As for those siding with the 1 percent, who have declared the Occupy Wall Street movement as class warfare against the wealthy—it's certainly a novel idea, right? These three quotations support that premise.
On the side of the 99: "The cry of class warfare was raised against us by the government and wealthy classes, as pure propaganda, in the hope of enlisting sympathy of the public against labor."
On the side of the 1 percent, regarding tax loopholes for the wealthy: "… to collect the taxes, the administration now seeks to attack the rich and the thrifty … This becomes part and parcel of the class warfare which has been waged … to gain popular favor with the masses…"
And finally, against the 99, portrayed variously as troublemakers, lazy, shifty, drug abusing, etc.: "A peculiarity of all professional agitators of class warfare in the United States is their personal aversion to toil. Many of them never did a day's work at manual labor. They know no more about the working people of America than a pig knows about Christmas, yet profess to be the tireless champions of the working class … and have hit upon a plan for feathering their nests without ever laying an egg. They just cackle and collect."
Those who are involved in today's issues would be well served by researching protests of years past, which might prepare them for arguments made against the movement. Read the three quotations again, and consider that they came from 1920, 1937, and 1949, respectively, but could just as well have been uttered by any number of talking heads who ramble on in today's media, especially the day-long "news" shows.
Perhaps by knowing the questions that have been asked so many times in the past, and the answers that were given, there might be the possibility for change.
But for observers who look at history to see what has gone before us, it's hard not to subscribe to another famous axiom: "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose." General translation: "The more things change, the more they stay the same."
Photo Top: NY Times headline, January 6, 1907.
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57 Underground presents an exhibition by Sharon Algozer and Karen Duckles.
Both artists are dealing with the idea of nature as manifested by plant life.
Location: dA Center for the Arts, 252 D. Main St., Pomona, Ca 91766
Dates: March 3-25, Fridays and Saturdays, 1-4
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Karen's paintings are inspired by natural phenomena, in this case, plant life such as flowers and leaves. Though the subject matter is loosely based on the botanical, the
paintings are abstract, and arise from the intersection of the conscious and the unconscious minds. Karen initially allows an image to flow freely from the unconscious, and then acts upon it from the vantage point of the conscious mind. This movement back and forth allows the paintings to evolve in unexpected ways. As surprising effects and marks occur, they are incorporated and change the painting, creating constant focus and imparting vitality. Karen works in a gestural style, often using her hands directly on the canvas, imparting a sensuous quality of touch to the work.
Karen graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from U.C. Davis, and went on to complete a Master of Fine Arts degree from Washington State University. While completing her M.F.A., she spent an exchange year in Japan, which greatly influenced her. The meditative quality of Zen and the immediacy of Sumi painting resonated with her and found their way into her work.
Karen has been working and exhibiting in the Los Angeles area for many years. She is currently a member of 57 Underground in Pomona, Los Angeles Art Association in Los Angeles and ArtShare L.A. in Los Angeles.
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In the Botanical Series Sharon examines the parallels of the world of nature to the sources of energy and power within human beings. Just as trees and plants move and react to light and moisture, so too can individuals create unique lives by responding to the forces of society and the environment around them. In this series the twisting and turning of the colored segments can remind one of starts and stops, reaching out and retreating back in the emotional, spiritual, and intellectual journeys people take to arrive at a personal state of equilibrium.
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We want our hair to look good from the top to the bottom, so many of us cover our scalp in conditioner in an attempt to make this happen.
The unfortunate thing is that it's actually the wrong thing to do.
Try to visualize your hair as a scale of age. The hair at the roots is the newest, youngest part, while the hair at the end is the oldest. You only need to use conditioner on the older, damaged parts of your hair which are near the bottom.
Using conditioner at the top is like applying anti-wrinkle cream to a baby. It's unnecessary and can even end up over-conditioning leading to damage.
Products like shampoo and conditioner are only recent inventions. Your body does have a system in place to self-regulate and clean your hair itself up to a certain point.
Shampoo traps the oils in your hair leading to drying it out and damaging it if used all the time. Often, all your hair needs is a good rinse with some water.
How much you use shampoo depends on your hair type but for most people only two to three times a week is necessary.
This is by far the most disheartening news because hot showers feel amazing.
But the truth is that hot water is terrible for your hair and makes it lose its natural texture and become coarse. It is also bad for your skin because it takes away essential oils leaving it dry and itchy.
If possible, save the hot showers for special occasions and have shorter, colder showers more often to help keep your hair and skin healthy. It also will save you a lot on heating and water bills!
We get it, you're in a rush and want to get all that loose moisture off so it doesn't dribble down your face, neck, and back. But rubbing your head tugs the roots of your hair over and over again and causing friction which can cause it to break.
The best ways to keep it healthy is with soft gentle pats that press the water out into the towel or let it air dry if you have the time.
You love the shape your hair is in when it's wet and you want it to stay that way so you bust out the hair straighteners or curling iron and get to work.
The problem with doing this is that when it's wet, your hair is a fragile state. By applying heat, you evaporate the water which expands and can break your hair.
It's annoying and takes more time, but waiting until your hair is dry before styling it is the best thing you can do to keep it strong.
That doesn't mean of course, that you can go overboard when it comes to styling. Unsurprisingly, using heat and chemicals on your hair is a terrible way to treat it.
Not everyone is blessed with their ideal look, but more often than not, your natural hairstyle will suit you as it is. It's usually just about figuring out the right cut for your face shape and style.
If possible, you should try to find a natural look that uses little to no styling products.
It's absolutely necessary to have your hair up in a bun or ponytail sometimes. But if it becomes a habit or style you do often, you risk pulling on the roots so much that it damages the foundation of your hair and loosens it.
Just like with styling, it's better to do this when the situation demands it rather than something you do all the time.
Despite the benefits of brushing your hair, there is definitely a risk of overdoing it.
And just like with having it up, brushing from the roots tugs and pulls on them in a bad way. You may also become impatient when you find tangles and tug on them until they untangle.
The issue here is, again, that you pull on the roots too hard. The best thing to do is brush your hair slowly and with patience. To spare your roots, it's also often better to just brush from the middle down instead.
Growing your hair long feels like a process of one step forward and three steps back.
It's finally starting to get to a length you like but then you see split ends and realize you need a dreaded trim. So to avoid it, you just pick out the split ends and leave your hair alone.
The problem with doing this is that it actually causes even more split ends to occur.
Know that just because getting a trim feels like a huge step back doesn't mean it actually is. Getting a cut when it's time will ensure your hair stays much healthier and can grow to a lovely length without issue.
Unfortunately, there is nothing worse than using hair dye.
While it's safer to go darker than lighter, it doesn't change the fact that chemicals are being applied to over your hair and right up to the roots and scalp.
Studies have shown multiple adverse effects not only to the hair but to the person's body too. Often women who went for the bleach-blonde look when they were younger end up with dead, coarse hair that needs to be cut short.
If you want to dye your hair, really consider the long-term risks and do thorough research to find the least damaging products available.
While this seems like a lot, the overall advice from this article is fairly simple.
Your hair is at its healthiest when you wash it with water, shampoo it occasionally, let it dry naturally, and leave it alone. The more you add chemicals, heat, and twist and scrunch it, the more hair damage you will cause.
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IT specialist Denwa is bringing employment opportunities to Pendle, in a recruitment drive that will see the business grow their team further, through the introduction of an additional ten roles across their sales and service departments.
Denwa is particularly keen to grow its sales team and is looking for four young people to join its Sales Fast Track programme, which is a great opportunity for graduates.
The Sales Fast Track programme progresses through six essential modules and endeavours to provide the necessary resources and knowledge required to develop new sales executives until they are at the top of their game. On completion of the three-month on-boarding period, each sales exec will be rewarded with a brand new Apple Watch as a welcome gift.
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A large handmade flour tortilla stuffed with a blend of melted Mexican cheeses and beef and grilled to perfection. Served with shredded romaine lettuce, Pico de Gallo, sour cream, and hand-scooped guacamole. It's what happens when you send your grilled cheese to Cancun on Spring Break, but it enrolls in the study abroad program and comes back with a PhD instead.
A large handmade flour tortilla stuffed with a blend of melted Mexican cheeses and green chile pork and grilled to perfection. Served with shredded romaine lettuce, Pico de Gallo, sour cream, and hand-scooped guacamole. It's what happens when you send your grilled cheese to Cancun on Spring Break, but it enrolls in the study abroad program and comes back with a PhD instead.
A large handmade flour tortilla stuffed with a blend of melted Mexican cheeses and habanero hatch chile pork and grilled to perfection. Served with shredded romaine lettuce, Pico de Gallo, sour cream, and hand-scooped guacamole. It's what happens when you send your grilled cheese to Cancun on Spring Break, but it enrolls in the study abroad program and comes back with a PhD instead.
A large handmade flour tortilla stuffed with a blend of melted Mexican cheeses and habanero hatch chile chicken and grilled to perfection. Served with shredded romaine lettuce, Pico de Gallo, sour cream, and hand-scooped guacamole. It's what happens when you send your grilled cheese to Cancun on Spring Break, but it enrolls in the study abroad program and comes back with a PhD instead.
A large handmade flour tortilla stuffed with a blend of melted Mexican cheeses and chicken grilled to perfection. Served with shredded romaine lettuce, Pico de Gallo, sour cream, and hand-scooped guacamole. It's what happens when you send your grilled cheese to Cancun on Spring Break, but it enrolls in the study abroad program and comes back with a PhD instead.
A large handmade flour tortilla stuffed with a blend of melted Mexican cheeses and steak grilled to perfection. Served with shredded romaine lettuce, Pico de Gallo, sour cream, and hand-scooped guacamole. It's what happens when you send your grilled cheese to Cancun on Spring Break, but it enrolls in the study abroad program and comes back with a PhD instead.
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October Road is singer-songwriter James Taylor's fifteenth album, released in 2002 on CD only. Reaching number four in Billboard 200, the album has been certified Platinum. Now available on vinyl for the first time!
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October Road is singer-songwriter James Taylor's fifteenth album. It was released in 2002 on CD only. Reaching number four in Billboard 200, the album has been certified Platinum. Now available on vinyl for the first time!
That warm (if slightly deepened) tenor, singing in its odd accent which combines New England and the North Carolina Piedmont, and that acoustic guitar, with its sparkling, unhurried fingerpicking, remain the most prominent elements in the sound.
October Road finds Taylor seemingly intent on evoking his own past. The title track, of course, recalls his song "Country Road," and "Caroline I See You," (even if it refers specifically to his wife), inescapably echoes "Carolina in My Mind." Throughout, on what seem like the most personal songs he has written in decades, Taylor appears to be commenting on a second chance he feels he has received.
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Phil Donahue to screen new film
Television talk show host and University of Notre Dame graduate Phil Donahue will screen his first film, "Body of War," at the Browning Cinema of the University's DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at 7 and 10p.m. Dec. 7 (Friday).
Directed and produced by Donahue and award-winning director and cinematographer Ellen Spiro, the film tells the story of Tomas Young, an American soldier who was severely wounded in the first week of the Iraq war. The very personal account is interspersed with footage of the Congressional debate that led up to the war.
The film has been called "unbearably moving" by Time magazine and "riveting" by Fox News.
The winner of several awards, "Body of War" features two new songs written and performed by Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam.
Donahue will be present between the screenings to meet the audience and answer questions.
Described as the "father of the modern television talk show," Donahue hosted the nationally syndicated "Phil Donahue Show" from 1974 to 1996. Spiro is a prolific documentary filmmaker who is a film professor at the University of Texas.
Donahue's appearance will be his second visit to his alma mater in recent months.
"I attended my 50th Notre Dame reunion in June as a proud member of the class of 1957," he said. "After half a century, the Notre Dame legacy is more vivid to me than ever. The older I get, the brighter the spirit lives within me."
Donahue said he wanted to show the film at Notre Dame before it was released to theaters in 2008.
"I recently offered a private screening of our film to Bob Graham (a two-term governor and a retired three-term senator of Florida)," Donahue said. "When the movie ended, he said, `This film should be shown at every college and university in this country.' So I thought, what better way to start than at my own alma mater?"
Donahue said there is a connection between the values he learned at Notre Dame and the issues the film addresses.
"The tenets of my faith, shaped here in theology class and on winter nights as I knelt at the Grotto, find expression in my film," he said. "They are most visible in the character of Tomas Young as he copes with a new life in a wheelchair. His body can no longer rise, but his voice can. As he speaks above the noise of the war drums, it becomes clear what his voice – and ours – can do."
This event is sponsored by Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the DeBartolo Center.
Contacts: Joan Fallon, Kroc Institute, 574-631-9414, jfallon2@nd.edu , or Jon Vickers, Browning Cinema, 574-631-2725, jon.vickers.6@nd.edu
Originally published by Joan Fallon at newsinfo.nd.edu on November 26, 2007.


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Earl sweatshirt 'blacked out' and created doris
Nadeska Alexis, MTV.com
Jay Z once joked that he'd "inspired a generation of bad writers" when he gave up on penning lyrics in favor of spitting full songs off the top, but we'd like to think that he inspired a generation of quick thinkers instead. Earl Sweatshirt's introspective single "Chum," for example, was a result of one of those golden moments, or what producers Christian Rich described to MTV News as lyrical "blackout."
Earl enlisted twin brothers, Kehinde "Rich" Hassan and Taiwo "Christian" Hassan, to handle the a bulk of production on his debut album Doris, including "Chum," which was birthed during a memorable studio session.
"Most of the sessions were about five hours of talking crap — what artists you like and you don't like, having fun — and then he'll just black out and be like, 'OK I got a verse,'" Kehinde explained. "That's how 'Chum' worked."
"We were just playing around and I didn't even think the beat was done yet, and he's like, 'Yo I got a whole song.' He goes in the booth and just spits it in one take. One take. What happened to that dude was chillin' and talking crap? He said 'I'm gonna do this in one take, and he really did."
During his time working with Christian Rich and The Neptunes, who assisted on "Burgundy," Earl continued to improve his production skills. In that particular session he watched Pharrell take a 20-minute break from recording what would eventually become Robin Thicke's hit "Blurred Lines" to knock out the "slowest beat he's ever done" for "Burgundy."
Now the Odd Future rapper continues to experiment with his own beats (he worked on "Hive" with co-producer Matt Martians) and he credits Christian Rich for showing him the ropes. "When he came back from Samoa he was messing around on Logic, so [we] gave him some sounds and just showed him how to quantize it," Taiwo explained. "The bass on 'Chum'…he played the bass, fell in love with that bass and used it for everything."
"I didn't realize that we were teaching him how to make beats. I didn't even know he was trying to be a producer, and then before we even got in the studio he already did 'Hive.' "
"Him and Mac Miller have been working on some stuff that I heard that was pretty good," Kehinde added, noting that Earl is a quick learner. "We just showed him the basics, and he just ran with it."
Earl's Doris is due on August 20 and he tells MTV News that he hopes it will help take the focus off of his personal life.
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Eragrostis chiquitaniensis är en gräsart som beskrevs av Timothy John Killeen. Eragrostis chiquitaniensis ingår i släktet kärleksgrässläktet, och familjen gräs.

Artens utbredningsområde är Bolivia. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Cambridge Analytica whistleblower alleges Facebook is spying on users
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He says they use phone microphones to gather contextual information.
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie suggested before a committee of British members of Parliment that Facebook is spying on its users.
Wylie claimed the social network uses phone microphones to gather "environmental context," or where the user is located. For example, it would determine whether someone is at the gym, in an office, or watching TV. He clarified the data is used for ad targeting, not to listen in on conversations.
"It's not to say they're listening to what you're saying. It's not natural language processing," Wylie said. "That would be hard to scale. But to understand the environmental context of where you are to improve the contextual value of the ad itself is possible."
The social media company has denied such allegations in the past after users documented instances where they were served ads for products they had spoken of but never written about online.
Rob Goldman, vice president of ads products at Facebook, denied the allegations in an October 2017 tweet.
I run ads product at Facebook. We don't - and have never - used your microphone for ads. Just not true.
— Rob Goldman (@robjective) October 26, 2017
"I run ads product at Facebook. We don't – and have never – used your microphone for ads. Just not true," Goldman wrote. "That includes Facebook-owned Instagram."
Wylie did not provide evidence for the allegations.
Phillip Tracy is a former technology staff writer at the Daily Dot. He's an expert on smartphones, social media trends, and gadgets. He previously reported on IoT and telecom for RCR Wireless News and contributed to NewBay Media magazine. He now writes for Laptop magazine.
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A collaboration with international engineer, Aurecon has ensured a hugely successful outcome in Aurecon's own Darwin workplace. A key contributor to the success of the design was the collaboration between Hames Sharley and Aurecon - who performed the role of the project manager. The newly designed workplace speaks to the brand and actively represents the local and natural environment in Berrimah, Northern Territory.
With an aspiration to create a collaborative space, the workspace is multi-functional that is conducive to staff building close working relationships while encouraging effective communication. This principle of workplace ecology was a core element of the client's brief, with consideration given to the inter-relationships between and among people in the office and the various systems in place at work to improve productivity.
Technology and audiovisual were also well-considered throughout the project, which also aligned with Aurecon's original brief. Technology in the design needed to be seamless and work with existing Aurecon platforms, a key element to assist in flexibility throughout the working environment.
The result of Aurecon's workplace design was an open-plan office that successfully integrates into central hub areas of the environment. These areas include a kitchen, collaboration and break-out spaces, multi-purpose rooms, and utility areas. The design also allows for 64 workstations that fit into a 600m2 floor plate.
Aurecon's workplace is a contemporary office space that is productive, active and engaging for the current staff of 50. It is an environment that puts people first, builds a sense of community and fosters collaboration. The result of the collaboration between Aurecon and Hames Sharley is a workplace that promotes a feeling of comfort, pride, and trust in staff, and is a professional and welcoming space.
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Amazon picks up 5% stake in Shoppers Stop
Our Bureau Mumbai | Updated on January 10, 2018 Published on September 24, 2017
Amazon's strategy to tap into India's offline market has got a boost with the firm picking up 5 per cent stake in Shoppers Stop.
The two companies have also signed an agreement under which Amazon Experience Centres will be opened across Shoppers Stop's network of 80 stores.
Arun Sirdeshmukh, Head, Amazon Fashion said: "This partnership enables Amazon.in to further extend its leadership on selection in fashion category...and enables Shoppers Stop to access Amazon.in's nationwide customer base and expand its reach to newer geographies."
On Saturday, the board of directors of Shoppers Stop Ltd approved the issue of 4,395,925 equity shares of the company to Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings LLC, at a price of ₹. 407.78 per share, aggregating to ₹. 179.26 crore on a preferential basis. Shoppers Stop shares had closed at ₹416.45 per unit on the BSE on Friday.
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Sony today announced that the ultra-portable MP-CD1 Mobile Projector is arriving in Europe in Spring this year.
Sony will return to The Photography Show at the NEC from the 17th – 20th March, with a redesigned stand, showcasing our ever expanding Imaging product line-up, as well as hosting a programme of talks on the Sony Stage. A pro-support desk and dedicated pro video area will also feature on the stand.
XF90 Series models are the first 2018 Sony 4K HDR televisions to hit retailers in Europe, available now.
This new XAV-AX205DB car audio receiver from Sony will keep you listening clearly to your favourite radio stations for years to come. With a built-in DAB/DAB+ tuner it will make sure you are ready for broadcast changes ahead. The AX205DB is Sony's first visual receiver model with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto™ connectivity as well as DAB.


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