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Belle Baruch: Champion of Hobcaw
March 10, 2016 March 10, 2016 / Between The Waters
I am Corrie Jolly, a media management intern for SCETV's Between the Waters project, graduating from Columbia College this spring with a Bachelor's degree in Leadership and Professional Communication and a minor in writing. I am excited to contribute to the Between the Waters blog in order to help tell the story of the Baruchs, an affluent and influential family that is often overlooked despite their considerable contributions to their home state of South Carolina. In particular, Bernard Baruch achieved worldwide recognition as a Wall Street financier and "Park Bench Statesman". While he never ran for public office, Bernard Baruch served as a presidential advisor to presidents from Woodrow Wilson to Harry Truman and was the first U.S. representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission under President Harry Truman.
The story of Bernard's eldest daughter, Belle, is not as well known. At a staggering 6'2", Belle Baruch was a powerful woman with an athletic talent unmatched in early 1900s South Carolina. Deemed the "Southern Diana" by the Georgetown Times, Belle was an exceptional hunter and equestrian, winning competitions around the world with her beloved horse, Toto. Upon graduating from high school, Belle's classmates recounted her preference for equestrianism over academics with a stanza in the graduation yearbook:
Belle Baruch with sailing trophy c. 1917
There is a young lady named Belle
Who can ride a fine horse very well;
If studies were horses
She'd lead in all courses
This much-liked maiden, our Belle!
Belle's time at Hobcaw Barony was usually spent riding horseback, sailing, and hunting. She much preferred the marshlands, teeming with wildlife, to her parents' formal dinner parties. In fact, many of Belle's preferences defied cultural expectations for women at the time. In addition to her exceptional athleticism, Belle was a suffragist and a lesbian, much to her namesake grandmother's dismay. Belle's grandmother, Isabelle Baruch, was opposed to woman's suffrage and preached of women's subservience to men, stating in a New York Times article that, "Men have always guided and protected us" (Undated clipping in scrapbook, BWB papers). While Belle's mother was more supportive of her daughter's activism, she refused to acknowledge her sexuality, dismissing some of the most important romantic relationships in her life as mere friendships.
Her mother's disapproval of her love life undoubtedly left her heartbroken, but Belle Baruch did not let this deter her from living a full and rewarding life. After inheriting $1 million on her 21st birthday, Belle seized the opportunity to experience the world. Belle left for Paris in 1926, and she later travelled with Edith Wilson, Woodrow Wilson's widow, across Europe. During one of her hunting excursions in Europe, Belle met Paul Larregain, a renowned horse breeder and trainer. Larregain recognized Belle's talent as a rider almost immediately, and they began to train for show jumping competitions. By 1928, Belle was ready and eager to compete in international competitions. However, in order to compete, Belle needed a license, which the United States embassy refused to issue to a woman. Furious, Belle was forced to obtain a man's license from the French government. Despite her frustration with the U.S. embassy, Belle represented the United States in all of her competitions, earning an impressive reputation for herself and her country in a sport usually dominated by European men.
Belle Baruch and Souriant III in France c. 1928-1931
In 1935, Belle became interested in the future of Hobcaw Barony, particularly with the construction of U.S. Highway 17 underway. The completion of the Lafayette Bridge in July of 1935 crossing Winyah Bay created an accessible gateway into Belle's beloved home. No longer would tourists have to brave the treacherous waters of the bay to gain access to the idyllic barony. A conservationist well before her time, Belle realized the fate that awaited Hobcaw Barony if she did not take action. Belle had asked her father many times for a share of Hobcaw to no avail. Finally, in December of 1935, Bernard Baruch agreed to sell her Hobcaw Barony under the condition that Belle become the manager. Belle's parents were concerned for their eldest daughter, a young woman of Jewish descent living in Europe on the Eve of World War II. Appointing Belle as the manager of Hobcaw was Bernard Baruch's best effort at convincing his daughter to return the United States, and it was certainly effective. In 1936, Belle left Europe and commissioned the construction of her new home in Hobcaw from her New York City apartment.
Lois Massey, Belle Baruch and Dickie Leyland at Bellefield c. 1943
Belle's years as manager of Hobcaw Barony were spent hunting, fishing, and exploring the vast property- much like the days of her youth. Even after her death to cancer in 1964, Belle's devotion to Hobcaw Barony was immortalized through the Belle W. Baruch Foundation, established in her will. Thanks to Belle's keen sense of conservation, Bellefield and Hobcaw Barony remain undeveloped to this day.
Clemson University and the University of South Carolina both have close partnerships with The Belle W. Baruch foundation, ensuring that South Carolina scholars have access to the ecosystems of Hobcaw Barony for scientific research. The North Inlet estuary at Hobcaw Barony was named a National Estuarine Research Reserve by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and a long-term ecological research site by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Thanks to the foresight and generosity of Belle Baruch, the beauty and historical significance of Hobcaw Baronyare accessible to future generations of Americans.
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Impact of the coronavirus on travel to India
By EWN • 18 May 2021 • 15:44
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Whereas in Britain and other European countries the coronavirus appears to be largely under control, the same cannot be said for India. The country is currently dealing with a massive second wave of infections, which has impacted previous relaxations regarding travel, both domestic and international. In this article we'll go over the impact of the coronavirus on travel to India, including tips regarding the mandatory Indian visa.
Covid-19 situation in India
India was among the countries to take the most rigorous approach to the initial outbreak of the coronavirus outside China. Near the end of last year, infection numbers started decreasing and many expected India to have the virus under control.
Today, however, India is facing a massive second coronavirus wave, with the number of infections and deaths rapidly rising each day. The healthcare system is under increasing strain and unable to cope with the situation. There is a shortage of beds, medical equipment and, most importantly, oxygen. The latter has led to the number of fatalities being very high in recent weeks. Medical oxygen is being brought to India from all over the world to help remedy the shortage
Travel advice India
Due to the massive outbreak of Covid-19, India has been placed on the Red watchlist by the British government. Travelling to countries on this list is strongly advised against, and comes with extra restrictions for returning travellers. From 4am on Friday 23 April, people who have been to India (or any other country on the Red watchlist) in the previous 10 days are not allowed to enter the UK. Exceptions apply to British and Irish nationals, who will be required to quarantine in a special hotel.
The travel advice for India is expected to remain in place for the foreseeable future, even as travel restrictions are relaxed for other countries. Until India manages to get the virus under control, travelling to the country is strongly advised against.
Indian vis application
Usurpingly, India has put a temporary stop on the issuing of visas. Electronic and paper visas for tourism are currently not being issued, even if you meet the Indian visa requirements. You can, however, already fill in and submit the application form. This will then be put on hold until the situation is more stable. If you plan to travel to India near the end of this year or perhaps next year, this might come in handy, since you won't have to deal with visa issues should the system get buried under applications once travel becomes possible again. It is still unknown whether the validity of visas granted last year will be extended by the Indian government.
From April 2021, e-visas for business travellers (eBusiness) and medical travellers (eMedical) are being issued once more by the Indian immigration authorities, but these can only be used for urgent (medical) cases. The business variant of the Indian visa has a validity of one year, which starts at the moment of issuing. The medical variant of the visa has a validity of 60 days. On entry, a recent, negative PCR test with a filled in Self Declaration Form must be presented.
Applying for a future trip
The Indian tourist visa is valid for one year. This means that it can already be applied for for a trip later this year or even next year. It is recommended waiting a little while until the current outbreak of coronavirus in India becomes more manageable, as then the Indian authorities can give estimates on when travel to the country will be possible again, and the British government might take India off of the Red watchlist.
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Following a season in which he won America East Midfielder of the Year, senior Martieon Watson (Vessigny, Trinidad) was named ECAC Offensive Player of the Year, as announced by the conference on Tuesday.
Watson tallied seven assists to go along with two goals in the 2018 campaign, giving the defensive midfielder 11 total points. His season got off to a quick start when he dished out three assists in the team's first two games.
He picked up a season-high three points in the Seawolves' 2-1 win over Binghamton on October 6, dishing out an assist and scoring the game-winning goal in the 85th minute.
This isn't the first honor Watson has received this season; the Trinidad native earned the America East Midfielder of the Year Award and was named to the First Team All-Conference and All-Academic Team. He was also a member of the All-America East Tournament Team.
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David Roitman (November 1, 1884 – April 4, 1943) was a Russian-American hazzan and composer. Early in his career he worked as cantor in villages and cities in Russia such as Vilna and Odessa. In 1921 he immigrated to the United States and eventually joined the Congregation Shaare Zedek. Renowned for his lyric tenor compositional recordings and cantorial recitatives, Roitman became known as "the poet of the pulpit".

Biography
Roitman was born to Mordecai and Mariom Roitman on November 1, 1884 at the Jusefpol village in the Russian province of Podolia. At the age of 12, he became the choral assistant to a cantor at the nearby town Lidvinke. He was then apprenticed to a series of cantors starting with Yankel Sorover and including Zeidel Rovner. Roitman would remain with Rovner throughout his teenage years. He studied music at Yeshiva College and continued his studies as a post-graduate at the Leningrad Conservatory.

Roitman worked as a cantor for five years at the Jewish Temple of Elisavetgrad, starting in 1904. From 1909 to 1912, he worked as cantor at Vilna. He became the chief cantor at the Ginsbourgh Synagogue in Leningrad starting in 1912, until the October Revolution of 1917 destroyed that congregation. During a 1918 pogrom, Roitman fled from Elisavetgrad to Odessa and there organized the Hebrew Music School, which the government would soon dissolve. Roitman lived in Kishinev, Moldova around the year 1920, making concert tours throughout Romania.

Roitman emigrated to the United States in 1921 and spent two years with the Congregation Ohev Shalom in Brooklyn. In 1924 he joined the Congregation Shaare Zedek in Manhattan, with which he would officiate until his death. During this time, he made concert tours in Europe and South America. After a long illness, Roitman died in New York City on April 4, 1943.

Musical career

Roitman's voice was a lyric tenor, mellow in quality. He used mezza voce with a highly developed coloratura and falsetto. Roitman's renditions are noted for their clarity and improvisational simplicity. His style used a canonized system of practice and refinement known as nusaḥ hat'filla.

Roitman's earlier compositions reflected the sad fate of his people, while his later work emphasized a more dramatic and prophetic idiom. He made records while at Leningrad and Vilna, most of which remained unknown to the United States until archival releases in the 1970s. His only published composition during his lifetime was "Rachel Mevakkah Al Baneha" [Rachel Weeping for Her Children], which he wrote in Odessa. An unattributed recording by Yossele Rosenblatt made the composition popular in the United States even before Roitman immigrated there. Roitman's compositions "Ashamnu Mikol Am" and "Cantorial Anthology 2" also achieved widespread popularity during his lifetime.

References

External links

David Roitman sound archives, digitized by the Florida Atlantic University Library

1884 births
1943 deaths
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States
American tenors
Hazzans
Jews from the Russian Empire
Jewish American composers
People from Podolia Governorate
Russian tenors
Singers from New York City
20th-century American singers
20th-century American male singers

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Жозе Мендонса дос Сантос (; 19 марта 1928, Мосоро, Риу-Гранди-ду-Норти — 23 марта 1997, Аракажу, Сержипи), более известный как Декинья () — бразильский футболист, полузащитник.

Карьера
Декинья родился в городе Мосоро в семье Луиса Гонсаги дос Сантоса. Там же он начал играть в футбол, одновременно работая учеником известного в городе механика Терту Айреса. Декинья начал карьеру в 1945 году в клубе «Атлетико Мосоро», где выступал на позиции левого нападающего. Через три года футболист перешёл в «Потигуар», где играл уже в полузащите. Затем он играл за АБС, а потом в конце 1950 года перешёл в клуб «Америка» из Ресифи.

В конце 1950 года игрок перешёл в стан «Фламенго» 17 сентября Декинья дебютировал в составе команды в матче Лиги Кариоки против «Америки» из Рио-де-Жанейро (2:2). Игрок быстро смог вытеснить из стартового состава команды парагвайца Модесто Брию. А спустя пару сезонов стал одним из лидеров команды, вместе с Жадиром и Жорданом составив центр полузащиты «Менго». Он выиграл с клубом три подряд Лиги Кариоки с 1953 по 1955 год. В 1958 году Декинья получил тяжёлую травму, из-за чего долгое время не выходил на поле. За «Фламенго» Декинья провёл 374 матча (234 победы, 70 ничьих и 70 поражений) и забил восемь голов. Из «Менго» полузащитник ушёл в «Ботафого», где долгое время продолжал лечение. С клубом игрок выиграл Лигу Кариоку в 1961 году. А завершил карьеру в «Кампо Гранде» в 1963 году.

В 1960 годах Декинья недолго дважды работал тренером клуба «Атлетико Минейро», который под его руководством провёл 4 матча.

Международная статистика

Достижения
 Чемпион штата Риу-Гранди-ду-Норти: 1947
 Чемпион Лиги Кариоки: 1953, 1954, 1955, 1961
 Обладатель Кубка Освалда Круза: 1955
 Обладатель Кубка О'Хиггинса: 1955

В искусстве
Декинья был упомянут в песне «Samba Rubro-Negro» Уилсона Батисты.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Профиль на сайте «Torcida.com.ru»

Футболисты Бразилии
Игроки сборной Бразилии по футболу
Игроки ФК «Потигуар»
Игроки ФК АБС
Игроки ФК «Америка» Ресифи
Игроки ФК «Фламенго»
Игроки ФК «Ботафого»
Игроки ФК «Кампу Гранди»
Футбольные тренеры Бразилии
Игроки ФК «Атлетико Минейро»


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Home > World > British postal workers begin national strike
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ORIGINAL FRENCH ARTICLE: Les postiers britanniques démarrent leur grève national
by London Special Correspondant Peter Avis
British postal workers begin national strike
Translated Wednesday 28 October 2009, by Clare Faulder and reviewed by Clare Faulder
The already extremely unpopular privatisation of the Royal Mail now comes up against the mobilisation of public sector workers opposed to the ruinous effects it will have in terms of jobs.
Some 120,000 British postal workers decided to stop work for two days, starting a long-expected strike action yesterday to save jobs, increase salaries and defend the oldest public service in the country. At the same time, last-gasp negotiations between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail management broke down, which has already caused the postal workers to schedule a further three day strike for the end of next week.
Royal Mail management is obviously tempted to force an outcome: it announced a few days ago the immediate employment of 30,000 temporary, untrained workers in order to break the action already underway at regional level with numerous localised walk-outs. Some 42,000 sorting office workers kicked off the action yesterday. They will be joined today by their 78,000 collection and delivery worker colleagues.
Postal workers oppose the reorganisation prompted by the Government's privatisation project, which is currently deferred due to the opposition of 140 Labour MPs. The most profitable sectors of the postal service are targeted by the project. And Royal Mail management continues to head in this direction, undaunted by proceeding with job cuts. In total, a further 60,000 jobs are threatened, following a first round of 40,000 job cuts over two years.
The union accepts the importance of modernising the service, but it denounces the Government's method. It intends to go through Acas, the national industrial relations conciliation service.
One hundred MPs — mainly Labour — have appealed to the Government to do all it can "in order to ensure that the Royal Mail responds positively to the union's proposals for conciliation". But the Government and Enterprise Minister Lord Peter Mandelson are not budging for the moment, except to condemn the action.


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Lancashire artist shortlisted for Turner Prize
Turner Prize
Wednesday 3 May 2017, 10:24am
Credit: Edmund Blok for Modern Art Oxford/PA
A Lancashire based artist is on the shortlist for this year's Turner Prize.
Lubaina Himid, who was born in Zanzibar, is 62.
Himid celebrates black creativity and the African diaspora with her work, which includes paintings, prints, drawings and installations.
A key figure of the Black Arts Movement, she currently lives and works in Preston.
Her work, along with that of the three other shortlisted artists, will be displayed in an exhibition at the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull as part of the UK City of Culture celebrations from September 26 2017 until January 7 2018.
The winner - who will receive a £25,000 prize - will be announced at a ceremony aired live on the Turner Prize's broadcast partner the BBC on December 5.
Named after the landscape painter JMW Turner, the prize has attracted heated debate since its inception in 1984.
Previous winners have included Damien Hirst, famous for his pickled shark, Chris Ofili, known for incorporating elephant dung into his paintings, Martin Creed, who displayed a light going on and off, and transvestite potter Grayson Perry.
It is awarded annually to an artist born, living or working in Britain, for an outstanding exhibition or public presentation of their work anywhere in the world in the previous year.
Since 2011 it has been staged outside London every other year.


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The judging of livestock, mainly by eye, is always going to have a strongly subjective element for we are all individuals with conscious bias and subconscious preferences. Being involved in the breeding and showing of pedigree farm animals I find comparatively a greater number of stumbling blocks in the judging of dogs at conformation shows. I am aware too, of more knowledgeable judges on the flags at houndshows and better trained judges on the continent. I also sometimes come across widely differing interpretations of the written description of what is desired in pedigree breeds of dog between judges, a breed club and a number of the breeders. Far too many breed standards are not exactly masterpieces of the written word, some are open to misunderstandings, a few to abuse. And if words are not used accurately, to convey clear guidance to both breeder and judge, then it is possible for a standard to do more harm than good.
It has been difficult throughout this century to get unanimity of view over the wording of breed standards in Britain, especially when a popular breed has a multitude of breed clubs, sometimes geographically far apart. But it is not really fair to criticise a judge, especially a multi- or all-breed judge, if, assuming the judge makes himself familiar with the various breed standards before undertaking his appointed role, a breed standard means something to him which is different from the understanding of the exhibitors or breed clubs involved. I do not believe in criticising any judge for a decision in which he alone has to place in order of merit a collection of good dogs. It is irrational to enter any competition with a fallible human being making judgements and then not be prepared to accept his decision. But it is also irrational to expect that judge to assess a breed on the guidance provided by a vaguely-worded, imprecisely-phrased or just inadequate breed standard. And some of our pedigree breed standards simply do not withstand scrutiny. Some contain guidance which is obviously ignored.
In the gundog group, the field spaniel is supposed to have its tail "customarily docked by 1/3"; all the fields I see have their tails docked by 2/3rds. The cocker spaniel's ears are described as "extending to nose tip", I see many winning with ears long enough to wrap around the nose tip. The phrase "extending to" can only mean one thing, unless qualified. The American cocker spaniel is expected to have ears extending to its nostrils. Those I see have ears extending way beyond the nostrils, which must contravene the standard.
In the hound group, the beagle is required to have ears "reaching nearly to end of nose when drawn out". It would surely be reasonable therefore to expect the beagle's ears to be only very slightly shorter than a cocker spaniel's...but this is, in reality, not so. The basset hound is expected to have ears "reaching well beyond end of muzzle of correct length, but not excessively so". Every basset hound I see in the show ring has excessively long ears. The bloodhound is supposed to have eyes that are not sunken but a high proportion of the show bloodhounds that I see have sunken eyes. What is the point of having a breed standard if its wording is ignored?
In every group there is considerable vagueness in the wording of the standard. The fieldspaniel should have a moderate stop, moderately long ears, legs of moderate length, stifles moderately bent and ribs moderately well sprung. I'm all for moderation, but isn't its use here...immoderate? Judges of this breed however are asked to regard any fault with a seriousness in exact proportion to its degree. How can you judge in exact proportion to its degree a stop described only as moderate?
A Brittany and an English springer spaniel dog can each be 50 cms high. The former however is described as small and compact, the latter as symmetrically built and compact...but not small. What is the point of calling a Brittany small in this way? You can get small great Danes and small Yorkshire terriers and all Yorkshire terriers are small when compared with a Brittany. Does the word "small" in the interim standard of the Brittany have any worth? The chest of the Irish setter is expected to be as deep as possible; is that really intended?...as deep as possible! The shoulders of a curly-coated retriever are required to be very deep, unlike any other retriever, but what does that mean to a beginner in the breed, or a novice judge?
Luckily for the dog, the neck of the German wire-haired pointer is expected to be "of adequate length". The neck of the American cocker spaniel has to be long and muscular; so does the neck of the Irish wolfhound, the Pharaoh hound, the greyhound and the whippet. Are we seeking in these breeds a neck that is other than expected? The bloodhound's standard does not waste words on the subject of the neck, it says it should be..."long". I'm all for brevity but, truly, can just one word be enough to describe with any meaning a part of a dog's anatomy? No other breed club thinks so, evidently. The bulldog's head needs over 270 words to describe it, but some might say not to the bulldog's benefit.
Many of our breed standards were drafted when the breed was emerging and a blueprint was needed in order to get fanciers to breed to type. But for a breed that has been recognised for fifty years or more, there are other considerations too. Being more interested in dogs as functional animals and very much wanting them to be true to their heritage, I always want to know certain definite facts when I come across a breed I'm not familiar with. These are: its origin, its purpose, its essential 'type', its key characteristics and on which of these it should principally be judged. Medium-sized eyes, medium-length neck, teeth very strong, moderately large ears, chest strong and deep, moderate stop, well-turned stifles, hocks well let down and forelegs of medium length convey no impression of one breed rather than another to me. I want to know why its a breed in its own right.
I like therefore to see descriptive phrases such as:..."hunting ability of paramount concern" in the Weimaraner, ..."generously endowed with natural gundog ability" in the flatcoat,..."a merry hound whose essential function is to hunt...by following a scent" in the beagle,..."bred for hunting fur and feather,pointing and retrieving from land and water" in the vizsla,..."bright, enquiring expression is a distinctive feature" in the beardie and ..."giving the appearance of a happy dog, full of character" in the wheaten terrier. I can more easily visualize the dog from phrases like these. The purpose of a breed should always be kept in mind when being judged; we may not require our terriers to go to ground or our salukis to course gazelle but, if true to type, they should have the anatomy to do so.
Of course, there are mixed opinions on the origins of our various breeds; I believe it is absurd to claim as its standard does that the English springer spaniel has pure origins; land spaniels have been inter-bred and cross-bred throughout their history. I do not see why a bloodhound should "possess in a most marked degree every point and characteristic of those dogs which hunt together by scent" when for over three centuries its principal use has been as a highly proficient limier or leashed hound, used alone...because it was so good. Original and eventual use can be different.
The characteristics we expect in our breeds should reflect their purpose without too much hyperbole. The dachshund is expected to be "courageous to the point of rashness"; a working badger dog wouldn't live long with that attribute. The cavalier King Charles spaniel is required to be "absolutely fearless"; when I was an infantry officer I found men with this characteristic to be not only unbalanced but a menace. We expect a lot from our dogs but must be reasonable about it!
Many years ago a very distinguished hound show judge showed me what he called his little "visualization book". In it he had pasted a photograph of an outstanding specimen of each breed he covered and around the edge of each photograph he had made notes with arrows pointing to the part of the hound's anatomy referred to by the words. You could see at once what the words "slight stop" meant or the angulation required in the limbs. At the end of each breed section he had written a few highly pertinent questions, really to test himself: "Will this hound hunt? Does it look as though it wants to? Would I want to breed from this animal?" these are the kind of questions, the fundamental questions, to be posed surely by any of us seeking to judge the essential qualities in a functional creature.
Or lesser breeds without the Law."


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Gilbert Holme Sissons (20 March 1870  - 27 December 1940) was Archdeacon of Gibraltar from 1916 to 1929; and of Italy and the French Riviera from 1929 to 1934.

Biography
Sisson was born in Barton, Lincolnshire in 1870, the son of William Harling Sissons, a surgeon. He attended Sir John Nelthorpe Grammar School in Brigg, and subsequently graduated from Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1892, and was made deacon in 1896, the same year in which he received his M.A. During a curacy at St Luke's, Leicester, he was ordained as a priest in December 1897. From 1902 to 1905 he was a curate at Duddington, Northamptonshire.

He was appointed chaplain to the English congregation in Bern, Switzerland, at the end of 1904, and took up his post in April 1905. He stayed for a little over two years.

During this time, his mother, Jane Thompson Sissons, who was about 65, attended Professor Kocher's clinic, presumably for a goitre operation. Through her contact with the mother of a fellow patient, Mrs Castleman, the money which was being appealed for to build the new church of St Ursula's, Berne, at Jubiläumsplatz was eventually donated.

He subsequently moved to St John's, Menton, where he stayed from 1907 until 1916. He next moved to All Saints', Rome for four years, and became Rural Dean for Italy and Malta, as well as the French Riviera. In 1921 he moved to Venice, in 1922 to Alassio, and from 1932 to his retirement in 1934 he was at Bordighera.

He died on 27 December 1940.'

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Archdeacons in the Diocese in Europe
Archdeacons of Gibraltar
1870 births
1940 deaths


Posted on Mon, Jul 27, 2009 : 2:14 p.m.
Whether it's Tate Forcier, Denard Robinson or Nick Sheridan, one thing is certain: Michigan needs better play out of its quarterbacks this year.
"We have no chance - no team will have a chance to have success if you don't get solid play out of the quarterback," Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez said Monday at Big Ten football media day. "We're better if we just don't turn the ball over. We'll win more games just by taking care of the ball. And that's all positions."
Sheridan and the since-departed Steven Threet split the starting quarterback duties last year, but neither fit in Rodriguez's spread offense. They accounted for 16 turnovers (four fumbles, 12 interceptions) and 11 touchdown passes.
Rodriguez said Sheridan remains in the starting mix this year, but Forcier and Robinson appear to be the favorites entering fall camp.
"They're going to be competitive," Rodriguez said. "It's going to be fun to watch."
While Forcier took part in spring practice, Robinson has been on campus for only about a month. Already, he's turning heads with his speed.
Director of strength and conditioning Mike Barwis "said he's fast, which I figured," Rodriguez said. "Now I obviously haven't seen him throw or anything like that, so I'll have to wait until practice starts to see how quickly he'll pick up the system and how he throws."
Mon, Jul 27, 2009 : 10:53 p.m.
Forcier and/or Robinson are the best hope Michigan has to improve this year. Quarterback play last year was poor at best and terrible at times. It all starts in the quarterbacks' hands - he has to be a vital productive part of the scheme. Sheridan is not an option.
Mon, Jul 27, 2009 : 7:20 p.m.
Mon, Jul 27, 2009 : 7:15 p.m.
"Michigan's success may hinge on better quarterback play this season." This also in: Water is wet. On a serious note, did Rodriguez indicate that Forcier and Robinson were the favorites, or is that just your sense?
Mon, Jul 27, 2009 : 6:49 p.m.
I'm guessing Forcier 1, Robinson 2, and Sheridan 3 on the depth chart, and maybe Gallon getting a little wildcat action as a change-of-pace. Gallon would be pretty funny as a wildcat. He isn't as fast as Robinson, but he probably changes directions a little faster and is certainly harder to find. Here's hoping Sheridan gets a head start on the fast track to being a GA, and eventually a head coach.
Mon, Jul 27, 2009 : 1:38 p.m.
Sheridan has gotten more playing time at UM than he ever should have. I believe he got shutout badly at his last regular game at Saline High. I think that was against South Lyon? If he is the hope of this team, we are doomed.


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Grandma trapped in 'home jail' needs emergency services to manage stairs
By Alison Piotrowski
Every time Mahassan Faraj needs to leave her apartment, a team of emergency service workers are called in to help her navigate the stairs.
Faraj has been living in her Rockdale public housing unit for twenty years, but her deteriorating health has left her a prisoner in her own home.
The 86-year-old grandmother suffers from chronic diabetes, has undergone a recent hip replacement, and has ongoing knee problems.
Grandmother Mahassan Faraj needs emergency services help to get down the stairs. (A Current Affair)
"She's in home jail basically. She doesn't see sunlight," her grandson Alex Faraj told A Current Affair.
Mr Faraj estimated his family has had to call emergency services more than 200 times to assist his grandmother.
He also claimed that they have been requesting a ground floor apartment for his grandmother through the NSW Housing Department for seven years.
Grandson Alex Faraj said Ms Faraj was trapped in "home jail". (A Current Affair)
"It's always, 'you're on top of the list', it's always 'you're on top of the list'," Mr Faraj said.
"God help the people under the list, they're gone basically."
Ms Faraj's family have told A Current Affair that they are frustrated that they are wasting the resources of the emergency services.
Ms Faraj has lived in the public housing unit for 20 years. (A Current Affair)
They also say that in recent years the ground floor apartment in her building became available, yet Ms Faraj was overlooked.
"You could understand if it could take some months, but for it to have taken years and years, and that kind of response is misinformed and arrogant," Council on the Ageing chief executive Ian Yates said.
"If I were emergency services in New South Wales, I'd be sending the housing department a bill every time they have to do that."
The government is now seeking alternate housing for Ms Faraj. (A Current Affair)
A spokesman for the NSW Department of Communities and Justice has told A Current Affair that they are now urgently seeking alternative housing for her.
"The Department has apologized to Ms Faraj and will work closely with her and her family to locate suitable permanent accommodation as quickly as possible," the spokesman said.


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Distinguished by their unique dialects and folklore traditions, the Ukrainian highlanders in the eastern Carpathian Mountains are divided into several ethnographic groups: the Lemkos, in the Low Beskyd and the western part of the Middle Beskyd; the Boikos, up to the Bystrytsia Solotvynska River; and the Hutsuls in the Hutsul region further east.
he central part of Transcarpathia is settled by the Zahoriany (tramontanes) or Dolyniany (lowlanders), who are related to the Boikos and speak a central Transcarpathian dialect.
The Hutsuls are renouned for their colorful, richly ornamented folk dress and their handicrafts, such as artistic wood carving, ceramics, handmade jewelry, vibrant handwoven textiles, embroidery, and distinctive wooden folk architecture.
Engaged primarily in animal husbandry and agriculture, the Boikos have preserved many ancient folk customs and rites that have disappeared in other parts of Ukraine.
The Lemkos are a distinct ethnic group within the Ukrainian nation. Their dialects and spiritual and material culture preserved some unique archaic elements that have been lost by other Ukrainians. Almost all Lemkos were resettled from their native territory to the USSR (in 1944-45) and western Poland (in 1947).
HUTSULS. An ethnographic group of Ukrainian pastoral highlanders inhabiting the Hutsul region in the Carpathian Mountains. According to one theory, the name hutsul was originally kochul (`nomad,` cf literary Ukrainian kochovyk) and referred to inhabitants of Kyivan Rus` who fled from the Mongol invasion into the Carpathian Mountains.
Other scholars believed that the name derives from a subtribe of the Cumans or Pechenegs-the ancient Turkic Utsians or Uzians-who fled from the Mongols. Since the 19th century the most widely accepted view has been that the name comes from the Rumanian word for brigand, hotul/hot.
Archeological evidence of human existence in the region dates back 100,000 years. Certain localities (eg, Kosiv) were settled as early as the Neolithic Period (6,000-4,000 BC). The Slavic White Croatians inhabited the region in the first millennium AD; with the rise of Kyivan Rus`, they became vassals of the new state.
References to salt mines in the region are found in the Galician-Volhynian Chronicle, and the earliest recorded mention of a settlement there (1367) is that of the salt-mining center of Utoropy. Many other Hutsul settlements and monasteries are mentioned in charters and municipal and land documents beginning in the 15th century...
HUTSUL REGION (Hutsulshchyna). A region in the southeasternmost part of the Carpathian Mountains of Galicia, Bukovyna, and Transcarpathia (the basins of the upper Prut River, upper Suceava River, upper Bystrytsia Nadvirnianska River, and upper Tysa River valleys), inhabited by Ukrainian highlanders called Hutsuls. Except for eight settlements in Romania, the Hutsul region lies within the present-day borders of the Ukraine.
In the southeast the Hutsul region borders on ethnic Romanian lands; in the west, on the region of the Boikos; in the north, on the region of the Subcarpathian Pidhiriany; and in the southwest, on long-cultivated Transcarpathian Ukrainian lands.
The region is located in the most elevated and picturesque part of the Ukrainian Carpathians. The gently sloping mountains are densely populated, and the land there is cultivated to a considerable height owing to the moderating climatic influence of the Black Sea and the massiveness of the ranges, which make summers in the region warmer than in other parts of the Carpathians. Highland pastures (polonyny) are widespread, and herding, particularly of sheep, has traditionally been widely practiced.
BOIKOS. A tribe or ethnographic group of Ukrainian highlanders who inhabit both slopes of the middle Carpathian Mountains, now in Lviv oblast, Ivano-Frankivske oblast, and Transcarpathia oblast. The name boiko is thought to be derived from the frequent use of the particle boiie by the population.
The Boikos are believed to be the descendants of the ancient Slavic tribe of White Croatians that came under the rule of the Kyivan Rus` state during the reign of Grand Prince Volodymyr the Great. Before the Magyars occupied the Danube Lowland this tribe served as a direct link between the Eastern and Southern Slavs.
The Boiko region occupies all of the High Beskyd, the eastern part of the Middle Beskyd, the western part of the Gorgany Mountains, and the Middle Carpathian Depression south of these mountains. In the north the limits of the Boiko region coincide with the borderline of the Carpathians; in the south the region borders on the Middle Carpathian territory, inhabited by the lowlanders (dolyniaky), whose dialect is considered the archaic Boiko tongue.
In the west the Boiko population extends as far as the Solynka River, which is a tributary of the Sian River and marks the border with the Lemkos, and in the east it extends to the Limnytsia River valley.
LEMKOS. A Ukrainian ethnic group which until 1946 lived in the most western part of Ukraine on both sides of the Carpathian Mountains and along the Polish-Slovak border. The name seems to be derived from the frequent use of the word lem `only` by the Lemkos. They usually call themselves rusnaky or rusyny (Ruthenians). Scholars and the intelligentsia began to use the name Lemko for the western groups of Ukrainian highlanders in the mid-19th century, and by the end of the century some Lemkos had accepted the name.
It is not used widely in the Presov region of Slovakia. The intrinsic conservatism of the Lemkos preserved them from Polonization but at the same time impeded the rise of Ukrainian national consciousness. The Old Ruthenian cultural mainstream, led mostly by local priests, turned in a
Russophile direction in the 1900s and received support from the Russian tsarist government. The Ukrainian national movement gained strength among the Lemkos only toward the end of the 19th century and was centered in Nowy Sacz and Sianik...
LEMKO REGION (Lemkivshchyna). The territory traditionally inhabited by the Lemkos forms an ethnographic peninsula 140 km long and 25-50 km wide within Polish and Slovak territory. After the deportation of Lemkos from the northern part in 1946, only the southern part, southwest of the Carpathian Mountains, known as the Presov region in Slovakia, has remained inhabited by Lemkos.
The Lemko region occupies the lowest part of the Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains-most of the Low Beskyd, the western part of the Middle Beskyd, and the eastern fringe of the Western Beskyd. The landscape is typical of medium-height-mountain terrain, with ridges reaching 1,000 m and sometimes 1,300 m. Only small parts of southern Low Beskyd and the northern Sian region have a low-mountain landscape. A series of mountain passes along the Torysa River and Poprad River-Tylych Pass (688 m), Duklia Pass (502 m), and Lupkiv Pass (657 m)-facilitate communications between Galician and Transcarpathian Lemkos.
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The Power of Invisible Leadership: How a Compelling Common Purpose Inspires Exceptional Leadership
Presenters: Gill Hickman and Georgia Sorenson
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Join Gill Hickman and Georgia Sorenson for this webinar on the power of invisible leadership and its implications for the study and practice of leadership. They will introduce the concept of invisible leadership and explain how a compelling common purpose moves people to take action on its behalf. Learn how 21 companies and nonprofits are using this concept to achieve remarkable results in their organizations and discover several key practices that promote and sustain invisible leadership.
Gill Robinson Hickman is currently professor emerita in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond. She was an inaugural faculty member of the Jepson School and participated in its institution building and course development. Dr. Hickman has held positions as dean, professor of public administration, and human resource director. She has published several books including: Leading Change in Multiple Contexts: Concepts and Practices in Organizational, Community, Political, Social, and Global; Leading Organizations: Perspectives for a New Era (1st and 2nd editions); and Managing Personnel in the Public Sector: A Shared Responsibility with Dalton Lee. She has used her expertise over the years to advise countless leadership studies programs nationally and internationally.
Georgia Sorenson is currently visiting professor of Leadership Studies at the Carey School of Law at the University of Maryland. She envisioned and launched the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland—the first academic program devoted to public leadership. She is the author of several books, and co-edited the four-volume Encyclopedia of Leadership, published by SAGE in 2004. Before launching her career in academia, Dr. Sorenson was a senior policy analyst for employment issues in the Carter White House and later worked as a consultant to the Executive Office of the President. During her White House tenure, she served on the White House Productivity Council and on Vice-President Mondale's Youth Employment Council. She continues to be politically active and has served as a speechwriter or consultant to three presidential campaigns.


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Hot young director Cary Fukunaga recasts Jane Eyre, getting back to what really makes the romantic masterpiece live and breathe.
Instead, he took a meeting with the BBC and chose to make a new, improved screen version of Jane Eyre. Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel inspired a genre of bodice rippers that shows no signs of letting up; with the eventful romance between a quiet young governess and her stormy upper-class employer, who keeps a madwoman locked in the attic of his stately home, at the core of the story, the 21 previous film and TV versions have mostly been bodice-ripping too. How could they not? Better than anyone who came before, Fukunaga shows us how—by making a movie as fresh and almost as smart as Brontë's enduringly brilliant novel. He gets help from an A-list Brit supporting cast that includes Judi Dench, Jamie Bell, Sally Hawkins, Simon McBurney, and Imogen Poots. But it's his leads—Mia Wasikowska as Jane and Michael Fassbender as Edward Rochester—whose presence instantly signals that this is not your grandma's cozy gothic.
Narrated by its heroine, Jane Eyre is a big novel, more than 500 pages full of incident, beginning with the orphaned Jane's painful childhood, first in the disdainful clutches of a rich aunt (Hawkins) and her bullying children, and later at Lowood, a Spartan charity school where Jane loses her best friend to consumption. But she rises to become a teacher there, making it possible to seek work as a governess in the outside world. The movie opens at a provocative moment deep into the story, when she's literally running away from Rochester, his little ward, Adele, and his grand, gloomy Thornfield Hall, eventually finding refuge with a young missionary, St. John Rivers (Bell), and his sisters (St. John will prove to be Rochester's rival for Jane's affections). Fukunaga is a cinematographer turned director, and the thoughtful way he cuts back and forth in time keeps the story moving even while augmenting it and further piquing our curiosity. But what emerges most vividly is Jane herself. It's her story, after all, but on-screen she has seldom been allowed to fully claim it—her sympathetic goody-two-shoes character overshadowed by that dubious object of desire, the far more vivid Rochester, smoldering away on the battlements.
That template was set by one of Fukunaga's favorite versions, Hollywood's 1943 Jane Eyre, with Orson Welles and an unsuitably beautiful Joan Fontaine in handsome if melodramatic black-and-white. "You wouldn't make a film like that anymore," Fukunaga told an interviewer. Actually, there's still a lucrative female TV audience for just that sort of thing, but Fukunaga has broken the mold of the towering, glowering all-powerful male and the meek but lovable little woman sitting wistfully in the corner while he dances with someone richer and better-looking.
Much in demand at 33, following his brilliant turn in Inglourious Basterds, Fassbender is showing signs of limitless talent, but he banks his fires here, letting anger and bitterness flicker just beneath Rochester's surface. He's also of medium size, nicely made but unlikely to tower over anyone. So instead of a satanically tormented hero, we see a flawed, unhappy man trapped by a life-blighting circumstance.
That's what Brontë saw too. It being the Victorian era, she had to sign her novel with a man's name, Currer Bell, but she was a bold spirit nonetheless, and for all her demure exterior, so is Wasikowska's Jane. Wasikowska, now 21, drew notice for her work in Alice in Wonderland and The Kids Are All Right. But this is a breakthrough. She owns this part—it's her Jane, and Brontë's as well. For starters, she's reserved rather than meek, and she speaks her mind as needed. She also solves the problem of the heroine's famous lack of beauty, which defies Victorian and movie conventions alike. With Wasikowska seemingly devoid of makeup, cinematographer Adriano Goldman's camera finds the plain yet luminous features that make her the beacon of light and moral courage that Rochester craves. Better yet, she perfectly dispenses the soft-spoken but mischievous wit that makes Jane someone we want to know as much as he does. Calling himself "a stickler for raw authenticity," Fukunaga has said he spent a lot of time rereading the book, trying to feel what Brontë felt as she wrote it. Like the original, his Jane Eyre is a love story, as fiercely intelligent as it is passionate. He uncovers what the bodice rippers miss: that these lovers are equals and, as such, equally deeply felt aspects of their creator.


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I'm currently in the beginning phase of my carp fishing. I'm planning on picking up a couple 7 foot ugly stiks and using a simple Carolina rig with a hair rig on the hook.
Most of the waters I'll fish are pretty unpressured so I was planning on running mostly hair rigs but I wanted to have a second choice as a backup. What other rigs would be a good second choice? I was looking at a 360 but I've recent read about it damaging mouths.
Do tactics differ much between the two or is it pretty much the same way of fishing?
All good ideas. Thanks for the help.
What are some other methods of bite indication if you don't have or plan on using alarms?
New guy from the Lansing area. I've caught a few carp by accident fishing the Grand but never specifically targeted them. I've been watching a lot of European carp videos lately and the whole way they fish fascinates me.


We, as Elips Tasarim set in motion our architectural journey in 1999. We witnessed the birth of many dreams by putting our signature under thousands m2 projects.
Feza Ökten Koca completed her high school education in Darüşşafaka High School and her college education in I.T.U. Faculty of Architecture. In 1994, she graduated from I.T.U. Institute of Science and Technology Instıtued as an Architect, MSc. During her education she started the business life and worked in Orhan Çakmakçıoğlu Architecture Office, Emlak Bankası architecture group, Can Construction, and Percy Thomas Partnership, London office.
In 1999, Koca founded Elips Tasarım Architecture. In addition to architectural projects, she began to concentrate on interior design and application works. In 2005 she founded Elwo wood manufacturing plant with Halil Ökten. She defines architecture as not just designing buildings and spaces, but designing a life for the user. While searching for the most diverse in her works, she tries to make designs that are user-centered, sustainable, suitable for the day and embracing the future. In 2018, she won the European Property Award with the No1903 project.
She works on industrial design as well, under FEZA brand. Her designs were exhibited in 2013, 2014 ve 2015 Alldesign fairs, Design Week 2017, 3th İstanbul Design Biennial and Backtohome 2018 events. In 2016, she won the A'Design Award in Milan with one of the pieces of her FLY Collection, Boomerang chair design.
Between 2012-2017, she served as a Board Member in the Darüşşafaka Society. She is still in the project committee in Darüşşafaka Society.
Since 2017, she is a part-time academician in Istanbul Medipol University Faculty of Architecture, Design and Fine arts.


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Marxism and the Open Mind
IDEALISM AND IDEOLOGIES
[The basis of this essay appeared under the title Marxism
and Modern Idealism in the Marxism Today Series edited by
Professor Benjamin Farrington. A section has been added
criticizing Zhdanov's views on Partisanship in Philosophy.]
1. DOES IT MATTER WHAT A MAN BELIEVES?
PHILOSOPHY has been conceived to be a purely academic pursuit of no possible interest to the man of action, the speculative activity of curious minds with nothing better to do. Its subject matter is supposed by many to be that which lies beyond everyday experience and is therefore in its very nature either unknowable or non-existent.
But as a matter of fact the man in the street has more philosophical notions in his head than he knows and they affect both his thinking and his actions. It has been well said that 'we have no choice whether we shall form philosophies for ourselves, only the choice whether we shall do so consciously and in accord with some intelligible principle or unconsciously and at random. The man who is contemptuous of philosophy may be merely a man with an unexamined philosophy, whose assumptions are uncritically held and many of whose judgments are prejudices. 'The unexamined life', said Socrates, 'is not worth living,' and an unexamined philosophy may prove to be equally unsatisfactory.
A moment's reflection reveals the extent to which modern thinking is saturated with unexamined philosophical notions [ . . . .]
VI. ON PARTISANSHIP IN PHILOSOPHY
It is the contention of Marxists that idealism has become a reactionary philosophy, 'the means for preserving traditional dogmas and illusions, the ally of clericalism and superstition'.
If this is so then we shall expect to find the conflict between materialism and idealism constituting the ideological struggle which runs parallel to and interacts with the social struggle, with the class war. It is indeed remarkable how in our time idealism in its many forms plays a reactionary role.
It would not be difficult to show how many forms of idealism, from the subjectivism that reduces the world to sensations in individual minds to the scepticism which declares that we cannot know reality or the laws of its working and therefore throws doubts on the scientific control of nature and society, all play a definitely reactionary role today. [1] The vindication of science, trust in reason and experiment, the confidence that we can know and master not only nature but life and mind and society are all part of the advance of man and have to be fought for and established on the plane of thought.
This is what is meant by partisanship in philosophy. It is nothing new in the history of philosophy, for the great ideological battles of the past were part and parcel of the social struggles of those times.
But the struggle against idealism frequently takes a polemical form which does it less than justice. It is sometimes asserted that 'idealism has at all times been the means for preserving traditional dogmas and illusions, the ally of clericalism and superstition'. [2] Does this mean that wherever in history we find idealism as a philosophy, and in whatever form we find it, it is to be condemned? Is this consistent with the fact that idealism presents aspects of truth neglected by materialism, that it does more justice to the qualitative aspects of the world, to development,
1 See the essay in this volume entitled The Marxist Answer to the Challenge of Our Time.
2 Cornforth, loc. cit., p. 395.
to human consciousness and human history? Can we at one and the same time allow this to its credit and yet declare that idealism is nothing more than a form of superstition? Nor is it enough to argue as some Marxists do, that these aspects of truth are really 'materialist elements', for they most certainly are not. They have of course contributed to the modification of the older mechanical materialism into its dialectical form, but when they first appeared they were indissolubly united with the very idealism which is rejected. The good and the bad in philosophy do not lie side by side in an easily separable manner so that one can simply pick out the true and reject the false. Kant's theory of the forms or categories of the mind without which we cannot think objectively at all, is both idealist and a contribution to scientific thought; but of course it can be reinterpreted in non-idealist terms, and is thus freed from its subjectivist form.
And what about Plato? His rejection of sense experience as illusory and his demand that we should seek for the general law behind the data in a world of transcendental forms or ideas is both scientific and idealist at the same time.
In the case of Galileo the situation is a very curious one. Galileo made the fundamental scientific discoveries which constitute the basis of our modern understanding of the physical world, yet he held, with Locke and Russell, that physical objects are known by their mental effects. Two results follow: (1) that apart from our sense organs things have no colour, sound, and, as Berkeley would add, solidity and shape; (2) our perceptions are only the way our minds react to quantitative differences. Of course this led straight to Berkeley's idealism which reduced the physical world to mental events. Descartes saw clearly enough what Galileo and Locke missed, that if mind and matter are distinct you cannot sense matter and matter cannot impress itself on mind, nor can thought make matter move. They cannot affect one another in any way. For these men matter was one thing and mind was another. Are these philosophers idealists? Galileo and Locke are thoroughly scientific. They are responsible for the rejection of various forms of supernaturalism and of the idea that truth can be substantiated by ecclesiastical authority. But they are really the founders of modern idealism; for the whole of Berkeley's position and
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after him the idealism of Kant and Hegel stems from this root.
It is not at all convincing to try to separate the materialism from the idealism. These men were children of their own time and could not but think in the categories of that time. It is impossible to translate their thought into our rigid dichotomy of materialism and idealism. We cannot therefore simply condemn the idealist element in their thought as a means of preserving traditional dogmas and fostering superstition. That was not the effect of their ideas in their day. That is what idealism can be in our time, but 'ideas sometimes change their character with the movement of society', the same idea which is reactionary today may have been in essence progressive at its first appearance.
VII. IDEALISM AND REACTION
If idealism has been described as at all times an ally of superstition, it has been claimed that materialism is essentially scientific and has always been the weapon of those who are fighting to change society and who are therefore hostile to the ideology in which the existing social order is enshrined. [1] But Marxists also point out that in the eighteenth-century materialism was mechanistic; and mechanistic materialism, they say, is really a form of idealism. It is itself 'a product of an idealist approach'. It retains much of the idealist position. 'It lapses into idealist illusions.' 'It sought to interpret the world in terms of a metaphysical scheme of ideas.' It made 'man into the passive object of abstract laws which are one more idealist disguise of the power of the bourgeois state'. Thus mechanistic materialism is at the same time materialistic and progressive, and a form of reactionary idealism. This is a little difficult to understand.
I think it is confusing to treat the older materialism as a form of idealism. It is stretching the term too widely. Whitehead has given us a much better evaluation of the strength and achievements of mechanistic materialism and of its errors. He says 'in the first place, we must note its astounding efficiency as a system of concepts for the organization of scientific research. . . . It [. . . .]
1 Cornforth, 'Partisanship in Philosophy', Communist Review, Jan. 1948
SOURCE: Lewis, John. Marxism and the Open Mind. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books, 1957. Chapter 1: Idealism and Ideologies, pp. 1-23. Excerpts: pp. 1, 14-16.
Note: This essay differs substantially from Marxism and Modern Idealism. The section that was specifically added for this chapter, on partisanship, is reproduced here.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police say the two suspects in Sunday's Quebec City mosque shootings were not previously known to police. One of the suspects is believed to be a French-Canadian and the other, a man of Moroccan heritage. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) Two suspects were under arrest after a shooting at a Quebec City mosque on Sunday evening killed six people and wounded eight, police said on Monday, and a source said one was French-Canadian and the other was of Moroccan heritage. At least one of the suspects in the attack by two gunmen was a student at nearby Université Laval, the source said. One suspect was identified as Alexandre Bissonnette, a French-Canadian, the other as Mohamed Khadir, who is of Moroccan heritage although his nationality was not immediately known, according to the source. Police declined to give details of the suspects' identities or possible motives for the attack during evening prayers at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec. "Legal procedures are now underway and we cannot make any comment on the identity of the suspects," Royal Canadian Mounted Police national security superintendent Martin Plante told a news conference. He added the suspects, both men, were not previously known to police. One suspect was arrested at the mosque, where police were called at about 8 p.m. local time, and the other turned himself about an hour later, Quebec City Police Inspector Denis Turcotte said. Police said they were confident there were no other suspects involved in the attack. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier called the shooting "a terrorist attack on Muslims." The shooting came over the weekend that Trudeau said Canada would welcome refugees, after U.S. President Donald Trump halted the U.S. refugee program and temporarily barred citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States on national security grounds.


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Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology Jennifer Doudna, who invented a gene-editing tool that has taken the research world by storm, was named one of five laureates of the 2016 L'Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Awards in the field of life sciences.
Listen to the BBC Natural Histories Radio Feature "Anenome" that features Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development Daniel Rokhsar. The show highlights how Rokhsar and his team conducted the first analysis of the genome of the sea anemone, which revealed it to be nearly as complex as the human genome.
The Department of Molecular and Cell Biology is soliciting applications for a faculty position in Cellular and Molecular Physiology at the level of Assistant Professor (tenure track). We seek applicants studying how communication within and between cells supports physiological function and enables cells, tissues, and organisms to respond to changes in their environment and maintain homeostasis.
The MCB Scientific Facilities will be hosting an open house and vendor show for the campus research community on Thursday, October 8th from 4-6pm on the 3rd floor of Barker Hall. As these are campus recharge facilities, any students and/or researchers on campus are welcome.
Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development Nipam Patel will be presenting a free public lecture, "The Physics and Development of Beauty: Structural Colors in Butterflies," on Homecoming. All are welcome! Saturday, October 3rd, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Alumni House on the Berkeley campus.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology Ahmet Yildiz has received the American Society for Cell Biology's ASCB-Gibco Emerging Leaders Prize. He is recognized for advancing the field of single molecule biophysics, including his work on understanding the mechanism of the motor protein dynein and maintenance of chromosomes' telomeres.
The Intellectual Property and Science division of Thomson Reuters has named Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology Jennifer Doudna as a citation laureate for her development of the CRISPR-Cas9 genome-editing method.
A new book is the result of a collaborative effort between UC Berkeley faculty in the departments of Molecular & Cell Biology and Integrative Biology. Size Control in Biology: From Organelles to Organisms, from Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, examines our current understanding of the intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms that precisely regulate the sizes of biological structures so that they can function efficiently in their cellular, organismal, or ecological context.
Dr. Rebecca Heald and Dr. Iswar Hariharan from MCB, and Dr. David Wake from IB edited the book and contributed two chapters. Dr. Marvalee Wake from IB and UC Berkeley alumni contributed as co-authors.
MCB Lecturer of Immunology, research scientist, and co-PI, P. Robert Beatty, is lead author on a recent paper published in Science Translational Medicine. His research identified novel effects of a key dengue virus protein, nonstructural protein 1 (NS1), that is secreted by infected cells and circulates throughout the bloodstream.
James P. Allison has just received the 2015 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for the discovery and development of a monoclonal antibody therapy that unleashes T Cells to fight cancer -- work he did in the 1990s while a Professor in the UCB Department of Molecular & Cell Biology.
Read more about how the project began with mechanistic studies by then MCB graduate student Max Krummel, and about the first experiments directly showing the potential of the approach that were done by then postdoctoral fellow Dana Leach -- all supported by Berkeley's Cancer Research Lab.
Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology, Christopher Chang, and collaborators have taken a promising new material that captures and stores carbon dioxide and altered it to convert the captured carbon into a chemical useful to industry.
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Polina Lishko, is being recognized by the Biophysical Society for her pioneering and creative work in the field of sperm physiology and innovative application of technologies.
We are proud to announce our annual recipients of the MCB Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow Awards. Each year, the department honors five postdocs (one in each division) for excellence in research, contributions to the division and department, mentoring and outreach.
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology recently announced its 2016 Awards, including Howard Hughes Investigator and UC Berkeley Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology Eva Nogales, who received the Mildred Cohn Award in Biological Chemistry, and also a visiting scientist currently on sabbatical leave in the Thorner lab, Associate Professor Christer S. Ejsing from the University of Southern Denmark, who received the Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research.
An international team of scientists, co-led by Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development Daniel Rokhsar, and scientists from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) and the University of Chicago, have revealed the secrets hidden in the genome of an octopus.


It can be easy to get caught up in the day-to-day noise of deadlines, meetings, and endless emails. However, no matter how busy you are, it's always important to take the time to celebrate employee milestones in the workplace. Whether you reward an entire department or give a shout-out to an individual employee, appreciating even the smallest details can do wonders for company morale and employee engagement.
A study from O.C. Tanner Company notes that nearly 80% of people who quit their jobs do so because of a lack of appreciation at work. And, a study from Price Waterhouse and Cooper's Saratoga Institute found that many people who have key roles in organizations prefer appreciation, purpose, and autonomy, rather than promotions and raises, to feel engaged.
When team members view their work as exciting and challenging and are recognized for their hard work, they're more likely to become inspired to do great work. Failing to provide a workplace environment of appreciation and recognition can have negative consequences on employee engagement.
"When people aren't having fun, when they're not recognized for outstanding performance…when no one says 'thanks,' they do become disengaged and feel unimportant," said Wells Fargo Chairman Richard Kovacevich in O.C. Tanner's white paper.
One of the most effective ways to cultivate loyalty and engage employees in their work is by building a culture of appreciation. This, in turn, will have an effect on productivity.
When team members see that their work is having a direct impact on the success of a company, it motivates them to contribute their best work. Celebrating workplace milestones shows employees that, not only are they a valued and honoured member of the team, but they are also contributing meaningful work to their organization and its purpose.
For those not being recognized, sharing in the success of their teammates and seeing that hard work does not go unnoticed can help further your culture of appreciation and motivate the entirety of the team.
Plus, if you tie that individual's achievements to the values and purpose of your organization, it can be a great opportunity for you to further embed your core values and make sure your mission is clear to the rest of the team. This helps create a unified team that will stand firmly in their resolve to move the company forward.
As Liz Jazwiec, author of Eat That Cookie!: Make Workplace Positivity Pay Off…For Individuals, Teams, and Organizations, explains, "The bottom line is that workplace celebrations foster relationship building, improve morale, enhance retention, and encourage employees to achieve results." We couldn't agree more.
Related reading: Organizational Structure: Which is Best For Your Business?
When it comes to celebrating workplace milestones, there are no real "best practices." The way you reward and celebrate your team members should depend on the team members themselves and on your company.
When you have fewer than 10 or 15 employees, it may be relatively easy to recognize people on a case-by-case basis. But as your team grows, it helps to have a system in place so that your culture of appreciation can scale with your company. Team leaders need to keep track of upcoming milestones, projects that deserve recognition, team members' personal goals, and each person's preferential form of appreciation. Setting expectations around what deserves reward and recognition and communicating those expectations to team members can help keep your company's values and mission top of mind.
In addition to setting up systems to celebrate individuals, it's also important to celebrate as a company. Coming together to celebrate everyone's contributions and the value of your collective work can effectively inspire your team as you move towards the next quarter with renewed vigor.
Building a culture of appreciation is not a one-step process: it's something that takes time and effort from every member of your team. Making sure "Great job!" and "Thank you!" are regular parts of your teams' vernacular is vital to building an appreciative work culture.
Too often, leaders assume gratitude is implied, or they save positive feedback for when they need to soften the blow of constructive criticism. However, studies show that the neurological effects of gratitude not only benefit the person on the receiving end, but they also help the gratitude-giver feel more engaged and satisfied, too.
"Gratitude rewards generosity and maintains the cycle of healthy social behaviour," says Antonio Damasio, director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at USC, in Psychology Today.
Many articles on workplace celebrations and milestones say you should do away with the generic birthday cake—and for good reason. Celebrating milestones and achievements doesn't always mean organizing a big event. A celebration, be it for a workplace anniversary or an outstanding achievement, should be personalized towards that team member or group.
While cash rewards might seem like a good idea, money might not be the strong motivator you think it is. Tying payment to the appreciation for good work rather than work for work's sake can actually hinder team members' desire to be productive, so offering cash awards often misses the mark when it comes to awards for workplace milestones. Not to mention, bonuses and perks can still be taxable to team members.
However, some people are incredibly motivated by the promise of tangible rewards. Some creative examples include spa days, donations to a team member's chosen charity, or awards that tie into employee health and wellness programs.
At Groupon, work anniversaries never go unnoticed. At a certain work anniversary milestone, every employee gets a bright green Adidas tracksuit jacket to wear with pride around the office. Each employee may also customize the jacket with their name or nickname to make each one as personal as possible. It's a gesture that makes the milestone fun for employees that reach it.
Appreciation is wonderful, but acknowledging the positive impact a team member's work has had on the company can instill a sense of pride and gratitude within them and help them feel like a more valued member of the team.
When you position and celebrate these workplace milestones as success stories, you encourage the entire team to reflect on their own contributions. In turn, this can have a positive impact on overall workplace productivity. Given the opportunity, they might just surprise you with how great they are.
At Zappos, teams are given an extra $50 to award to the team member who went beyond the call of duty that month. Doing so puts power in the hands of the employees to recognize whoever they believe deserves it the most. Most importantly, it's a decision made by the group to bring everyone closer together.
Everyone needs a little appreciation once in awhile. Celebrating workplace milestones helps your team feel appreciated for their contributions and can give them a stronger sense of purpose, driving team member engagement and helping each person reach their full potential.
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We share some valuable insights from top HR industry experts on how company leaders can boost employee morale in the workplace.


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"You quoted the wrong source."
"She quotes scripture all the time."
"The author quoted the source directly."
"He quoted us a fair price."
"The author quoted her directly."
"She was accurately quoted as saying that."
"He often quotes from the Bible."
"He was quoted as saying that."
"That quote is from Shakespeare."
"The plumber gave us a quote."
"We got a quote from the contractor."
"That was a direct quote from the author."
"The salesman gave us a free quote."
"This quote is from the story."
"We received a quote for the repairs."


Inspired by this blog entry, here's artwork I did last Wednesday for The Sydney Morning Herald (above) to illustrate a columnist's projection for the New Year.
Whatever, money is handy but not always fun. For me money is compressed human energy and human energy is precious so I try to trade wisely. Fun doesn't necessarily need money but it's good to have fun with or without money.
So let's start the new year with fun. To attract more circles, doodle on circles;-) Try to do something similar to my doodle (above image) and show me your works. (Send them to my Gmail account below; not more than 150 kb in jpeg format. Use contrasting colours, using a different ink from 2008). I hope to publish doodles I receive in this blog.
I got a few submissions of 2008 doodles, including two from brother Ricky (Baby Brandon & Big Break ).
Also from Rod Samonte (above image) and Ed Labadia (below) who submitted wonderful digital illustrations (something like developed doodles;-). Both are members of Banggaan Art Group.
Tante Tagamolila, also a Banggaan member sent us this one (below). Are they cheeseballs on its back?;-) It's going to be a happy Year of the Rat after all.
My partner also took a video of me doodling around with the numbers 2008 and the possibilites are limitless.