Can the Defense Ask a Maryland Criminal Witness About His Expectation of Leniency for Testifying?
In a recent case, the petitioner was convicted of multiple counts of second-degree murder, first-degree assault, and use of a handgun, among other things. He was sentenced to imprisonment plus 170 years.
The case arose when two men were shot and killed. There were several witnesses who testified on behalf of the State. Before his trial, one witness was sentenced to probation for charges of attempting to distribute an illegal substance. He was also charged with possession of a firearm and sentenced to six months. He was given some leniency in his jail stay because he was scheduled to testify at the petitioner's trial.
Before trial, the State asked that the petitioner not be able to question any of its witnesses regarding prior arrests. The defense objected on the grounds that one of the witnesses had an agreement for leniency. The State claimed there was no plea and the witness had asked for a release because he was a witness to his brother's murder and was frightened during his jail stay. The court agreed with the State that it was a safety issue.
When the defense tried to cross-examine the witness about his motives for testifying, the inquiry was prevented. After the witness' testimony, the defendant asked again to cross-examine him on his motive to testify. The issue was just whether he believed he would receive any benefit at the hearing for testifying. The court would not permit the questions, explaining the defendant had given a statement before winding up in jail.
The trial lasted 3 1/2 days. The jury deliberated for 5 1/2 days. On the second day, the jury told the judge via a note they hadn't reached a unanimous decision on any of the counts and asked what they should do. They then sent another note stating they'd reached a verdict as to two counts.
The judge urged the jury to continue consulting and trying to come to agreement. The jury again submitted a question, this time about whether the use of a handgun related to each of the victims. Other notes were sent subsequently, including one about lack of juror cooperation and one that suggested one juror felt bullied by the majority of jurors.
Finally the jury returned its verdict against the defendant. The defendant appealed on the issue of whether the trial court should have allowed him to cross-examine the witness on the issue of leniency. The Court of Special Appeals agreed with him, but found the error harmless. It reasoned that the witness' identification of the defendant was cumulative — there were other similar witnesses.
The defense argued at oral arguments that the length of time the jury took and its notes reflected a serious attempt to reach a reasonable decision and the difficulty of doing so. It argued that the jury deliberations supported a finding that it was not a harmless error.
The Court of Appeals agreed to hear the case to answer whether the trial court's error was harmless or not. An error is harmless if an appellate court is satisfied that there isn't a reasonable basis for believing the evidence could have contributed to the guilty verdict.
The appellate court explained that the harmless error analysis requires the court to ensure that what evidence to believe, the weight to be given to it and the facts that may be inferred from the evidence were given to the jury to determine. It noted that the defense should be able to impeach a witness's credibility. Accordingly it reversed the lower court.
If you are arrested or charged with a crime, you should call a knowledgeable Maryland criminal defense attorney. We will develop the best strategy we can to defend your case. Contact us at 301-519-2801 or via our online form.


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Richmond: State task force will hold forum on refinery safety
By Chris Treadway | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: December 5, 2014 at 4:46 pm | UPDATED: August 15, 2016 at 10:16 am
RICHMOND — The first in a series of forums on refinery safety will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 11 in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 440 Civic Center Plaza.
Discussion topics will include emergency warning and notification systems, air monitoring systems and transportation of petroleum by rail and other means.
The series "offers an opportunity for the public to obtain facts and insight, ask questions, and discuss how refinery operations impact the community," according to the California Interagency Refinery Task Force, which is hosting the event with the city's Planning Division.
Participating organizations will include local, state, and federal agencies; labor and contractor organizations; refineries; academia; and community and environmental groups.
Spanish and Lao translators will be available.
The task force, which includes 10 state agencies, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and local agencies from areas with refineries, was formed by Gov. Jerry Brown in response to the August 2012 fire at the Chevron refinery in Richmond.
Future forums are planned in areas with refineries.
To RSVP for the Richmond forum (not required) send an email to refinery@calepa.ca.gov or call 916-327-9558.
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Chris Treadway is a former reporter, columnist and editor for the Bay Area News Group, specializing in community news and local history.
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April Company Member Forum to Focus on Emerging Strategic Standardization Issues
Topics to include standards management and best practices, China and international highlights, smart manufacturing, and unmanned vehicles
The American National Standards Institute's (ANSI) 2017 Spring Company Member Forum Meeting (CMF) on April 25-26 is set to highlight emerging strategic standardization issues.
The CMF event, to be held at National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) headquarters in Quincy, MA, will feature a keynote address by Laurance Stuntz, director of the Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech, on "Private and Public partnership initiatives: Massachusetts Digital Healthcare Council." Also on the agenda are presentations and interactive discussions on standardization for unmanned vehicles, issues related to the new administration, China standards reform, and more.
Attendees will also have a unique opportunity to tour the MIT Media Lab (optional tour), where researchers design technologies for people to create a better future, as well as opportunities to collaborate with colleagues to address industry-wide challenges faced by many other CMF members.
In addition to the keynote, featured presentations on the agenda include the following: *Speakers/sessions subject to change.
Tuesday, April 25:
NFPA Presentation and Discussion will be presented by Christian Dubay, vice president and chief engineer, NFPA.
Standards Management and Best Practices: Jim Matthews, director of technical standards & standards policy at Corning Incorporated, will moderate the session. Panelists will include Jennifer Kitchen, technical regulatory & standards advocacy leader, GE; Jason Matusow, general manager, international standards, Microsoft; Tim West, manager, engineering standards, Deere and Co.; and Alan Manche, vice president, external affairs, Schneider Electric.
Unmanned Vehicles: To be moderated by Jennifer Kitchen, technical regulatory & standards advocacy leader, GE, the session will cover existing standards, needed standards, and regulations for unmanned vehicles and address the challenges that companies and standardizers face as new technology emerges. Panelists will include Carole Franklin,director, standards development, Robotic Industries Association, Mary Mikolajewski, manager, technical committee Operations, ASTM International, Kenneth Witcher, Ph.D., associate professor and dean, College of Aeronautics, Embry-Riddle, Ed Conlin, division manager, Public Fire Protection, NFPA, and Tom McMahon, vice president, Advocacy and Public Affairs, Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI).
China Standards Reform will cover the latest on China's standardization system reform, ANSI and U.S. industry engagement with China, and more. Jim Matthews will moderate, with panelists S. Joe Bhatia, ANSI president and CEO; Jason Matusow, general manager, international standards, Microsoft; Hung Ling, director of standards policy, Nokia; and Jing Liu, China trade specialist at the International Trade Administration.
International Highlights will be presented by John Kulick, Ph.D., manager of standardization at U.S. Siemens, and will cover hot topics in Europe, Asia, and the Americas, and issues of interest for companies emerging in international standards.
ANSI CMF Business will be presented by George Gulla, vice president of membership and publication sales, ANSI.
Wednesday, April 26:
New Administration, Trade Policy/Standardization & ANSI: Mary Saunders, vice president of government relations at ANSI, will present on how the CMF can better understand and anticipate how their companies may be affected by changes driven by new legislation as well as new administration and trade policies affecting national, regional, and global standardization.
Smart Manufacturing will feature updates and highlights from the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), national initiatives, and breakout discussions.
Lunch and tour of MIT Media Lab
In addition, a networking reception and ANSI-sponsored dinner will take place on Tuesday, April 25 (location TBD).
The ANSI Company Member Forum (CMF) provides a venue for ANSI members representing the broad spectrum of U.S. industry to come together to discuss national, regional, and global standards and conformity assessment issues and collectively shape and influence U.S. policy in the domestic and international arena.
For more information on the April event, please visit the CMF Spring 2017 Meeting page or register now.
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Announced today, Pakistani Lahore-based edtech Edkasa has raised about $320K in a pre-seed funding round. The round was closed a couple of months ago and it was led by i2i Ventures, but the announcement was made today instead. The round was joined by Zayn Capital, Walled City Co along with some of the most strategic Southeast Asian angel investors. They've also announced about launching their newest app for high school students for exam preparations. The app already went live on Google Play Store this week.
The company was founded back in 2017 by Fahad Tanveer and his wife Annum Sadiq. The duo formed the platform after coming to a realization that most of the high school students in Pakistan don't do well in school standardized exams when they reach high schools for the first time. Their aim was to fix this problem by launching Edkasa as an edtech in Pakistan.
Annum Sadiq stated on Edkasa, "We empathize with the fact that parents, teachers, schools, and society at large have a lot of resources, time, and effort vested in high-school students. We want to see students get top marks, continue their higher education, and increase our country's knowledge-based economy."
The husband and wife duo first started their journey on their edtech by providing lo-fi but extremely focused educational products along with a YouTube channel of their own to figure out how students manage to engage with the platform. Fahad Tanveer, the CEO of Edkasa stated about the platform, "We set goals on what success would look like and when we knew enough to aggressively go after our dream of helping millions of high school students prepare and do well on their exams."
The edtech section was developing since last year and their first product is the exam preparation app for high school students. Even before the app came live on Google Play Store, they did manage to reach thousands of students along with working with more than 40 schools directly. And by doing that, their services are being appreciated as the growth of their business rising constantly. And with their exam prep app, they're hoping to reach millions of high students within Pakistan.
The mobile app is reaching a very high amount of downloads on the Android platform with help for high school students ranging from Grade 9 to 12. It helps them to prepare properly for the standard board exams also known as BISE. The platform straight-up covers all twenty exam boards in Pakistan. In other words, the platform is pretty much offering an alternative to private tuitions for the students since they rely a lot on private tutors to do well in their tests and board exams.
The edtech sector is rapidly growing in Pakistan and Edkasa is one of the most popular ones to bring as many regional students to their platform. But that's not all, the app already contains more than 4.5k amount of educational content covering all the topics including Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and English. The educational videos are featured by one of the most qualified and passionate teachers teaching different concepts of all the subjects. The app also includes a lot of quizzes to help students to sharpen their skills on the subjects.
"We've known Annum and Fahad since Edkasa was a part of the i2i Accelerator, and they are exactly the kind of founders we like to back at i2i Ventures — focused on solving a large problem in a thoughtful and innovative way, learning from their large student user base which has informed the design of their new app. We are bullish about the edtech opportunity in Pakistan, especially in the exam prep space, highlighted by the impact of the pandemic on shifting students into online learning and validated by the growth of edtech in neighboring markets like India and Indonesia," said the co-founder and General Partner of i2i Ventures, Kalsooom Lakhani.
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"Pictorialism never really had the same interest for me as the real snapshot – that is, people and things as the man on the street sees them." – Paul Martin
Paul Augustus Martin was born in Herbeuville, France in 1864 in Alsace-Lorraine, but in the wake of the Franco-Prussian war and experiencing dire poverty during the Paris Commune fled with his family as a child to England in 1872. There, from 1873-1878, he attended an English school, then returned to France to continue his schooling 1878-80 at École Gosserez, Châlons-sur-Marne, before being apprenticed to a wood engraver 1880-1883.
Martin's strong talent in drawing brought him work in Fleet Street as a wood engraver where much of his work would have involved copying photographs, wood engraving being then the means of reproducing them in newspapers. He had first experimented in photography when he was ten years old, but he was nineteen before he purchased his first dry-plate camera in 1884 and joined camera clubs to learn as much as he could about the medium.
The camera Martin used, the Fallowfield Facile detective camera, became available in 1889 and was considered a 'hand camera'. Constructed of mahogany with a simple reflex viewfinder on the top, rendering a waist-level view, it weighed only 1.8 kg, and was camouflaged in brown paper to resemble a parcel. Plates were stored in an internal rack and flipped down once exposed. His camera presents us with a waist-level view, a child's perspective on the scene in effect, and equally inquisitive. Though modest and shy, during his lunch hours Martin started photographing on the surrounding streets of London, as a means of improving and testing his technique; "It is impossible to describe the thrill which taking the first snaps without being noticed gave one," he said. The people he photographed were workers and craftspeople, working class subjects less confronting than the gentry who would have felt entitled to challenge him. Though his imagery of the less privileged is sympathetic, it not motivated by any urge for reform which inspired the later work of Jacob Riis, for example.
The viewfinder of the camera Martin used was rudimentary and served only to aim, rather than to compose, so his pictures have a snapshot appearance, with the subject placed at centre in the frame and inclusions of unintended detail at the edges. Martin reported that reaction from fellow camera club members…
In the middle of the 1890s, Martin adapted his process of making images for lantern slides; this was the final product which he showed at club meetings and in competitions. These he would mask with opaque material and a high contrast copy negative made so that the subject was isolated from the busy backgrounds for which his photographs are now so highly valued as honest records of Victorian life. The strategy also protected him from any legal issues that might arise from what else the images might show, such as copyright commercial signs and from intruding on the privacy of especially upper-class who might stray into the frame.
As Martin explained in an article in Amateur Photographer in 6 November 1896, ''When I first saw one of these slides the idea struck me . . . that living objects might be substituted for the statues." His purpose shows in the centralised compositions which he intended later to crop and mask. Despite this stricture, and in an appeal to the prevailing Victorian taste, Martin has an eye for the anecdotal genre, the theatre of interactions between his subjects, and this is sometimes reflected in his titles, such as Ice-Cream Barrow, An Altercation (1893–96). Cecil Beaton dubbed him the 'Charles Dickens of the lens'.
Martin was awarded the Royal Photographic Society's Royal Medal in 1896, not for his lantern slides but for his series of pictures shot at night during the winter of 1895-6; London by Gaslight, one of the first serious attempts at night photography that attracted the admiration of Alfred Steiglitz, who produced his own series on Manhattan at night (1898), and prompted the formation of the amateur Society of Night Photographers. In an article for The Photogram, Martin described his experiments; his photographs on isochromatic plates required exposures of ten to fifteen minutes. Given that his was the first photography of the city at night, his unfamiliar activities with a camera in the dark aroused the curiosity of passers-by and he was often followed by the police.
From 1893 to 1909, Martin was an active member of The Linked Ring group of art photographers. However, in 1899 he set up a photographic firm in partnership with H.G. Dorrett as Dorret & Martin in Westbourne Terrace, after which he no longer had time to make street photographs. His most lucrative business was portraiture and a sideline in producing button badges containing portraits of popular military figures during WW1. He also photographed historic events such as the funeral of Queen Victoria (1901), the great frost of 1895, and the coronation of Edward VII (1902). Though he sold such pictures to the press, few were published. He continued to photograph for recreation in the Cornwall, Brittany and Swiss landscapes. He closed his studio in 1926, and when his street photography started to attract the interest of collectors including Helmut Gernsheim, he gladly and cheaply sold them his remaining negatives. The producer of a number of inventions that improved the medium,[1] he nevertheless died poor, in London in 1942.
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About Hall of Fame
Note to Coaches/ADs
Banquet Recaps
Notable Past Keynote Speakers
2017: Masaki Matsumoto
2016: Jen Mueller
2015: Brock Huard
Jon Ryan, Seattle Seahawks punter
Steven Hauschka, Seattle Seahawks placekicker
Keith Gilbertson, Jr. (UW)
Charlie Young (USC)
Garland Bryant (UW)
Randy Van Divier (UW)
Jim Lambright (UW)
Chuck Nelson (UW)
Brad Westering (PLU)
Rick Fenney (UW)
Jim Livengood (WSU)
Reggie McKenzie (Seattle Seahawks)
Dick Baird (UW)
Dennis Erickson (WSU)
Hugh McElhenny (UW)
Mike Price (WSU)
Frosty Westering (PLU)
Dough Wollard (WSU)
Mike Levenseller (WSU)
Rob Smith (WWU)
Bob Robertson (WSU)
Tony Ventrella (Local Television Sports Anchor)
Nesby Glasgow (UW and Seattle Seahawks)
Curt Marsh (UW and Oakland Raiders)
Bruce Brown, Director of Proactive Coaching
2014 Banquet Recap
The 2014 SCFOA Hall of Fame Banquet (33rd Annual) honored 46 deserving student athletes, their parents and coaches from 23 high schools at the Rose Hill Community Center in Mukilteo.
It was one of the largest gatherings in its history The event began with a dinner catered by Shawn O'Donnell's, followed by our guest speaker, Mike Rohrbach.
"People say, 'The sky is the limit,' but there's footsteps on the moon. I really take that to heart," Nick Alonso said. "If you put your mind to it anything is possible."
We recognized all of the student athletes in attendance, five of whom were awarded scholarships to help them further their education.
2014 GUEST SPEAKER: Mike Rohrbach
Mike Rohrbach is the Founder & Director of Run To Win Outreach, a youth sports outreach program. He served as State Director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for 14 years before establishing Run the Win in 1992 along with his wife Karen. Mike attended Ingraham High School and the University of Washington. As a scholarship football player at the UW he played as a fearless, hard hitting linebacker and was Co-Captain of the 1977 and the 1978 Rose Bowl champion Huskies.
Mike was also the volunteer chaplain for the UW Huskies football team for 17 years and is currently the chaplain for the Husky Men's Basketball team. He is author of the book, "Run 2 Win - Chapel Talks For Athletes, Coaches And Sports Fans". Mike also is the Recipient of the 2009 President's Council on Physical Fitness & Sports Community Leadership Award and also the recipient of the 2012 University of Washington David Cohn Award for service to the UW Athletic Department.
Isaac Westlund - Archbishop Murphy High School - Everett, WA
Gareth Henderson - Arlington High School - Arlington, WA
Nick Alonso - Marysville Pilchuck High School - Marysville, WA
Dyonte Law - Mariner High School - Everett, WA
Bryan Strachan - Stanwood High School - Stanwood, WA
Archbishop Murphy—Isaac Westlund, Kody Coop. Arlington—Connor Bovard, Gareth Henderson. Cascade—Hamilton Kendrick, Kelsi Colon. Cedarcrest—Adam Golden, Duncan Robertson. Darrington—Trent Green, Tyler Davis. Edmonds-Woodway—Nick Morales, Brandon Hohengarten. Everett—Thien Ngo, Andrew Caindoy. Glacier Peak—Spencer Pettit, Mosese Fifita. Jackson—Alex Cheesman, Ken Day. Kamiak—Jared Pexton, Connor Mitchell. Kings—Ryan Fransen, Calvin Kispert. Lake Stevens—Justin Brown, Kolby Jones. Lakewood—Drake Chaves, Alex Golovin. Lynnwood—Andrew Katzenberger, Mahdi Shahhosseini. Mariner—Dyonte Law, Jeremiah Bell. Marysville-Getchel—Brendan Hofmann, Andrew Degraff. Marysville-Pilchuck—Nick Alonso, Hunter Trueax. Meadowdale—Caleb Tingstad, Payton Smyer. Monroe—Andrew Zimmerman, Alex Vidican. Snohomish—Aidan Kutsch, Alex Fairhurst. South Whidbey—Parker Collins, Angus Jones. Stanwood—Mitchell Wells, Bryan Strachan. Sultan—Matt Baller, Deion Bonilla.
A BIG thank you to all of the sponsors and those who donated along with the members of the Snohomish County Football Officials Association. The Hall of Fame Banquet and scholarships awarded are funded entirely by donations from individuals, local businesses and SCFOA Hall of Fame Golf Tournament. You can read more about this years event in the Everett Herald by clicking here. If you are interested in making a tax-deductible donation, sponsoring a table, participating in our 3nd annual fund raising golf tournament or attending future Snohomish County Football Officials Scholar Athlete Banquets please contact Jim Carter (425) 327-5732.
The 32nd Annual Snohomish County Football Officials Hall of Fame Scholar Athlete Awards Banquet took place at the Rose Hill Community Center in Mukilteo.
Cheer squad from Cascade High School greeted guests We honored many deserving student athletes from 24 high schools. The event began with a dinner catered by Shawn O'Donnell's, followed by our guest speakers. The Seattle Seahawks helped the Snohomish County Football Officials honor the student athletes in attendance, five of whom were given scholarships to help them further their education.
Seahawks punter Jon Ryan and placekicker Steven Hauschka were the featured speakers at this year's celebration. "High school was probably the most memorable years of playing sports in my life," Jon Ryan said to those in attendance. "Really cherish these times. Really enjoy each other. These are the times you'll never forget."
The evening included a Q&A with Seahawks punter Jon Ryan and placekicker Steven Hauschka. SCFOA Hall of Fame Banquet athletes, parents and coaches listen to guest speakers.
The evening concluded with honoring all the student athletes accomplishments and the award presentations:
Archbishop Murphy--Foster Wade, Conner Longoria; Arlington--Max Gray, Sean Patnode; Cascade--Nathan Elliot, Randin Crecelius; Darrington--Garrett Green, Colin Davis; Edmonds-Woodway--Davis Giles, Travis Bakken; Everett--Pablo Yeo-Torres, Lucas Arnestad; Glacier Peak--Zachary Petersen, Nick Hensley; Jackson--Nicholas White, Jake Miles; Kamiak--Nicholas Taglialavore, Henderson Belk; Lake Stevens--Gavin O'Neil, Tanner Krenz; Lakewood--Eric Murray, Jacob DeWitt; Lynnwood--David Vo, Hunter Lord; Mariner--Nickolas Smith, Curtis Billen; Marysville-Getchell--Brandon Stickels, Tanner Wilcoxson; Marysville Pilchuck--Ryan Spiva, Ben Northrop; Meadowdale--Isaiah Barhoum, Aaron Yared; Monroe--Hunter Bingham, Lucas Waller; Snohomish--Michael Sanders, Corey Rodgers; South Whidbey--Nick French, Beck Davis; Stanwood--Drew Wright, Alec Scappini; Sultan--Christopher Branham, Taylor Comfort.
"That was the first Seahawk I've ever seen in person, and to have them shake my hand & say congratulations to me is pretty exciting." Lucas Waller - Lineman & award winner
2013 HOF Award Winners
Nicholas Taglialavore - Kamiak High School - Mukilteo, WA
Lucas Waller - Monroe High School - Monroe, WA
Brandon Stickels - Marysville Getchell High School - Marysville, WA
Hunter Bingham - Monroe High School - Monroe, WA
Tanner Wilcoxson - Marysville Getchell High School - Marysville, WA
2012 Banquet Speaker
The 2012 Annual Hall of Fame Scholar Athlete Awards Banquet was held on Wednesday December 5th 2012 in the Edward Hansen Conference Center at the Comcast Arena in Everett Washington. Legendary coach and Snohomish product, Keith Gilbertson, Jr. was the guest speaker for the 31st annual banquet.
Keith Gilbertson JrKeith Gilbertson Jr.. "Gilby" is currently a scout with the Cleveland Browns of the NFL. He has served as the head football coach at the University of Idaho (1986–1988), the University of California, Berkeley (1992–1995), the University of Washington (2003–2004) and an assistant coach for the Seattle SeaHawks.
He may have brought some luck to a couple of Snohomish Panthers in attencance. Kyle Gionet and Tanner Perry from Snohomish High School each won scholarships from the Snohomish County Football Officials Hall of Fame. Along with Kyle and Tanner, Mountlake Terrace's Alex Hansen, Granite Fall's Thomas Eadie III and Lake Stevens Blake Sander, who all took home a scholarship.
Gilbertson said after the ceremony. "All of these young people are incredible, it's just amazing to me the quality of the resumes. All of the things they've done. Not just athletically, but academically as well. And giving back to the community too. I was really overwhelmed by all these student athletes."
Jim Lambright is best known for his long association with the University of Washington football program. Jim played for the Huskies from 1960-1965, and graduated with a degree in education. After graduation, he began his coaching career at Fife High School and later at Shoreline Community College. In 1969, Jim joined the UW coaching staff under the coached he played for, legendary coach Jim Owens.
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Gaidar, Arkady Petrovich. (Real family name, Golikov.) Born 22 Jan (9 Jan, Old Style) 1904 in the town of Lgov, Kursk guberniya, Ukraine, into the family of a teacher. He had three sisters, Natasha (b. 1905), Olga (b. 1908), and Katya. Although not yet members of the party, Arkady's parents--Pytor and Natalya Golikov--assisted the Bolsheviks in hiding caches of illegal literature.
In 1908, the family moved to Nizhni-Novgorod. To help with the family finances, Arkady's mother became a midwife-doctor's assistant. In 1912, when Arkday was 8 years old, the family moved to Arzamas.
When World War I began and his father was drafted into the army, the young Arkady ran away from home and tried to join his father at the front. Four days and ninety kilometers later, he was apprehended and returned home.
Back in school, he listed his favorite activity as "books". First among the authors he admired was Gogol, followed by Pushkin, Tolstoy, Goncharov, Pisarev, Dostoevsky, Shakespeare, and Mark Twain.
After the February 1917 Revolution, Arkady's father, still in the army, was elected a regimental commissar, and then later a divisional commissar. He spent the entire Civil War at the various fronts. Arkady himself was also drawn to the Bolsheviks and helped the local Arzamas organization as a type of intelligence agent, gathering information on the streets and passing it on to the Party committee. On 29 August 1918, Arkady became an official member of the Party. In December 1918 he enlisted in the Red Army "to fight for the shining kingdom of socialism."
Arkady was sent to a school for Red commanders, but before studies could be completed, he and other students were pulled out of school and sent off to fight the various bands warring throughout Ukraine. On 27 August 1919, the commander of Arkady's company was killed, and Arkady, only 15 years old, was promoted to replace him. In December 1919, now a platoon commander on the Polish front, Arkady received a shrapnel wound to the leg. He was sent home on leave, where he contracted typhus. Around this time, his mother became a member of the Party, and his father was fighting on the eastern front against Kolchak.
After his recovery, Arkady returned to battle as a company commander, first in the Kuban, then in the Tambov region, where he was given command of a regiment engaged in the battle against Antonov and his forces.
Despite the squeaky-clean reputation which was later to spring up around Gaidar, there is evidence that, during the Civil War, he was responsible for some excesses, ordering and engaging in the execution of innocent peasants. These accusations came to the attention of higher-ups, and Gaidar was tossed out of the Party.
In 1924, shell-shocked and ill, Gaidar was demobilized. The scene then shifts to the Nevsky Prospect, where, Konstantin. Fedin remembers:
In 1925, a tall, well-built, light-haired, bright-eyed young man entered to editorial offices of the Leningrad almanac Kovsh. He laid several notebooks on the table and said, "I'm Arkady Golikov. This is my novel. I want you to print it."
To the question, had he written anything before he answered, "No. This is my first novel. I've decided to become a writer."
"And what were you before and what are you now?"
"Now I'm a Red Army soldier demobilized because of shell-shock. I used to be a regimental commander."
The manuscript Arkady Golikov handed over to Fedin was his first work, V Dni Porazheniye i Pobed ("Days of Defeat and Victory"), based on those whirlwind, post-Revolutionary days in Ukraine. The first to read it was Sergei Semenov, whose reaction was favorable, noting, "We can make a writer out of him [Golikov]." Fedin, while also encouraging, was a bit more blunt, telling Arkady, "You don't know how to write, but you can write, and you will write."
Fedin, M. Slonimsky, and particularly Semenov helped Arkady rework his manuscript, line by line, and the work was published. The reaction of reviewers was negative. Mikhail Levidov wrote:
We are interested with the question: On what basis did Arkady Golikov expect that any reader would enjoy his work? The subject matter? Instead of that there's a banal episode. The characters are not alive. There's no language, only grey dust.
The most positive review came from the journal Oktyabr, which described the work as slightly better than cliche. Golikov continued to write and produced his second work, R.V.S..
Golikov then decided to travel, to work and study life. A friend invited him to Perm to work on the Party newspaper Zvezda. He accepted the offer and on 7 November 1925, the 8th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, the paper printed his story Uglovoi Dom ("House on the Corner"), and for the first time he used the pen-name of Gaidar.
Gaidar never explained how he arrived at this pseudonym, but one theory relies on the fact that, while in school, he studied French and always enjoyed peppering his speech with French words. Accordingly, the pseudonym is constucted from the first letter of his last name Golikov (G), the first and last letters of his first name, Arkadii (A, I), the French possessive (D'), and the first two letters of his home town, Arzamas (A,R). In short, G-AI-D-AR = Golikov-Arkadii-From-Arzamas.
Gaidar produced mainly feuilletons for Zvezda, which printed 115 of them between 1925 and 1927. He was even sentenced to a week in jail for one which displeased a local court investigator. In addition, Gaidar wrote 13 stories, 12 sketches, and four tales for the paper.
Gaidar then went wandering again. Between December 1928 and February 1930, he was working in the north for the Arkhangel paper Volna. It was here in the north that he wrote Chetvyorti Blindazh ("Fourth Dug-out"), a tale about some children being accidentally exposed to artillery fire. In addition, he scored a major success with publication of the semi-autobiographical tale Shkola ("School", 1930), which recounted the stern, heroic school of life through which the children of the Revolution passed.
Following his demobilization, Gaidar had married and had a son, Timur. However, the marriage broke up and in 1931 Gaidar moved to Khaborovsk to work for the newspaper Tikhookeanskaya Zvezda. It became apparent to his co-workers there that the horrors of the Civil War had left their mark on Gaidar's psyche. He suffered from alcoholism and depression and even attempted suicide. He was capable of great rage and once, in a fit of anger, smashed up an apartment. His friends persuaded him to seek help at a local psychiatric hospital, but Gaidar had trouble getting admitted, because the doctor had never before heard of someone turning himself in voluntarily.
1932 saw the publication of Dalniye Strany ("Distant Lands"), a story in which the hum of construction comes to a backwoods village, where the children dream of distant lands.
Gaidar is considered one of the founders of Soviet children's literature. He was a firm believer in Communism and felt it important to convey a message in his works. Gaidar's grandson, the perestroika-era economist and politician Yegor Gaidar, has this to say about his grandfather's sense of mission:
My grandfather's sense of his world was shot through with premonitions of another terrible war soon to come. And so he considered it his duty as a writer to prepare young readers for the grave trials ahead. It would be a fierce fight; they would need all their strength in the struggle against the enemy.
A good example of this thinking can be found in Gaidar's Skazka o Voennoi Taine ("Tale of the Military Secret", 1935). In this story, the peaceful Soviet motherland is subjected to a perfidious sneak attack by bourgeois forces. As the Soviet fathers and older brothers are killed, little children have to join the battle. One such child is the Malchik-Kilbachish. He is captured and tortured, but remains true to his word and does not reveal the great military secret of what makes the motherland and the workers of the world so strong. His bravery gives the Red Army the time it needs to ride to the rescue.
Other works by Gaidar include Vsadniki NepNep Gor ("Horsemen of the Inaccessible Hills"). Golubaya Chashka ("Blue Cup"), Sudba Barabanshchika ("Fate of the Drummer"), Dym v Lesu ("Smoke in the Forest"), and Chuk i Gek.
Gaidar's most lasting contribution is the tale Timur i evo Komanda ("Timur and His Team", 1940). It is the story of a gang of kids who sneak around a village secretly doing good deeds, protecting families whose fathers and husbands are in the Red Army, and doing battle against nasty hooligans. This story was part of the curriculum in every Soviet school even up into the 1990s.
On the second day of the Great Patriotic War, Gaidar was given an emergency assignment. He was to write the screenplay for the patriotic film Klyatva Timura ("Timur's Vow"). He was given 15 days to complete the job. He took only 12 days.
Immediately upon finishing the script, Gaidar volunteered to reenlist in the army and be sent to the front. This request was refused. Instead, he found his way to the front as a war correspondent for Komsomolskaya Pravda. The detachment he was with became surrounded by fascist forces, but Gaidar refused evacuation and fought on as a machine gunner. He was killed in battle near the Ukrainian village of Lyaplyavaya on 26 October 1941. That, at least, is the official story. In 1979, Soviet journalist Viktor Glushchenko discovered a woman named Khristya Kuzmenko in the village of Tulintsa, who claimed that Gaidar and another comrade had escaped the encirclement and spent the winter hiding out in her home. According to Kuzmenko, who sought neither fame nor reward, Gaidar left only in the spring of 1942, hoping to make it back to Soviet lines. In attempting to verify this story, Glushchenko contacted the Gaidar Museum and the Soviet Military Archives. Both sources assured him that there was no basis to question the official version of Gaidar's death, which was confirmed by eye-witness testimony. Glushchenko then received a call from the Obkom Director of the Department of Propoganda who insisted that he drop the investigation, asking pointedly, "Are you tired of living a peaceful life?" The reported got the hint and did as he was told.
Left unfinished at the time of Gaidar's death were the tales Bumbarash and Siniye Zvezdy ("Blue Stars"). During his lifetime he won two orders and many medals.
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A Detailed Look at Cannabis Sales in Illinois, Maryland and Massachusetts
We are pleased to share with our readers overviews on three Eastern cannabis markets compiled by BDSA for the month of September. BDSA offers a full understanding of the evolving cannabis market though several offerings, including its GreenEdge Retail Sales Tracking, Consumer Insights, Industry Intelligence and CBD Market Monitor divisions.
The BDSA data set now extends for more than a year for Illinois, Maryland, which is medical-only, and Massachusetts. Each of these relatively new limited-license markets are very different from the more mature Western cannabis markets, which BDSA has profiled at New Cannabis Ventures as well.
Here is a closer look at each market, as detailed by BDSA:
In October 2020, Cannabis sales in Illinois's medical and adult use channels totaled $108.4 million, growing over nine percent since September. Year-to-date through October, sales have reached $807.4 million.
Flower sales accounted for over 43 percent of overall monthly revenue in October with $46.7 million in sales. Pre-rolled Joints, which are tracked as a separate category, accounted for more nearly seven percent of revenues with $7.4 million in sales. Compared to the trailing month, Flower sales increased by 12 percent and Pre-rolled Joints grew by two percent.
The Concentrates category, which is the second largest segment of the Illinois cannabis market, accounted for nearly 33 percent of total October revenues with sales reaching $35.6 million for the month. Vape products, the largest segment of the Concentrates category, generated $27.5 million, accounting for over 77 percent of the Illinois Concentrates market and 25 percent of sales across all categories.
The Ingestibles category includes both Edibles and Sublinguals while also distinguishing the two subcategories. The Ingestibles category made up 16 percent of overall sales in October with $17.3 million in monthly revenue. In October, the $16.9 million in Edibles sales accounted for over 97 percent of Ingestibles sales overall, while Sublinguals made up the remaining three percent. Compared to the trailing month, Edibles sales increased six percent and Sublingual sales grew by over 16 percent.
In October 2020, Cannabis sales in Maryland's medical dispensaries reached $42.8 million, increasing by over six percent from September. Compared to the previous October, sales in Maryland grew by nearly 86 percent. Year-to-date through October, sales reached $365.8 million, representing a $166.7 million increase from the same period last year.
Flower sales accounted for almost 52 percent of overall monthly revenue with $22.2 million in sales. Pre-rolled Joints, which are tracked as a separate category, accounted for seven percent of revenues with $2.9 million in sales. Compared to the previous October, sales of Flower grew by 83 percent and Pre-rolled Joints increased by 48 percent.
Concentrate sales accounted for 28 percent of overall October revenues totaling $12 million for the month, representing a four percent increase from September. Vape products, the largest segment of the Concentrates category, generated $8.5 million in sales, making up 71 percent of the Maryland Concentrates market and nearly 20 percent of sales across all categories. Compared to October 2019, sales of Dabbable Concentrates grew by 69 percent, while Vape sales grew by 114 percent.
The Ingestibles category contributed almost 12 percent of sales in October with $5.1 million in revenue. In October, sales from Edibles generated 91 percent of Ingestibles sales overall, growing by nine percent from September. Sublinguals sales made up the remaining nine percent and increased by seven percent from the trailing month. Compared to the previous October, Edibles sales grew by 124 percent and Sublingual sales increased by 42 percent.
In October 2020, Cannabis sales in Massachusetts's adult use and medical channels reached a combined $104.7 million, growing by three percent since September. Year-to-date through October, total market sales have exceeded $717.6 million.
Flower sales accounted for 46 percent of overall monthly revenue in October with $48.5 million in sales. Pre-rolled Joints, which are tracked as a separate category, accounted for nearly 13 percent of revenues with $13.1 million in sales. Compared to the trailing month, sales of Flower declined by six percent and Pre-rolled Joints increased by 16 percent.
Concentrate sales accounted for nearly 25 percent of overall October revenues with sales totaling $25.8 million. Vape products, the largest segment of the Concentrates category, generated $18.7 million in sales. The category made up 73 percent of the Massachusetts Concentrates market and 18 percent of sales across all categories.
The Ingestibles category includes both Edibles and Sublinguals while also distinguishing the two subcategories. The Ingestibles category made up 15 percent of overall sales in October with $15.8 million in monthly revenue. In October, the $14 million in Edibles sales generated nearly 89 percent of Ingestibles sales overall, while Sublinguals made up the remaining 11 percent. Compared to the trailing month, Edibles sales grew by 17 percent and Sublingual sales increased by one percent, respectively.
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On Wednesday, 14 November, the Secretary of State announced projects worth nearly £18 million to improve children's early communication skills and provide tools for parents to encourage learning in and around the home.
One of these projects which received particular media interest was the Scouts Early Years Pilot Programme, which will work in partnership with Action for Children to create and test a national volunteer-led Early Years Scouts programme for children aged four and five. This will allow for more younger children to join the organisation to develop 'skills for life'.
As the vast majority of children's time is spent at home, we need to think about how we support parents with learning in the home environment. This could be seen as the last taboo in education, and certainly no one wants to be lecturing parents.
But it is a persistent scandal that too many children are starting school unable to communicate effectively, and we know that what happens at home makes a big difference in that.
Working with businesses and organisations we are looking to support parents with practical help and advice. This includes the development of a set of easy, everyday activities for all families, from playing with numbers to songs and poems, in order to support children's development.
As a parent, I'm also conscious that while we think about screen time limits for children, we find it harder to limit it for ourselves – but that one-to-one time without gadgets getting in the way is so valuable.
The pressures of work and the modern world mean putting phones away is far from easy but I think it's an important area to talk about, particularly as we consider ways to support parents with children's learning at home.
This doesn't mean technology is the villain of the piece - indeed, if used well it can actively support a child's learning. Technology is something we must harness to use in our mission to improve communication skills, not be something that gets in the way.
Today, Thursday 15 November, the Local Government Association issued a report on support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). This was covered in the Guardian.
The report in question took findings based on 73 councils, so may not represent the full picture. Even so, in 2018-19 councils will receive £6 billion in funding for young people with complex SEND, which is a £5 billion increase from 2013, as we continue to offer further support for local authorities.
Our ambition for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is exactly the same for every other child – to achieve well in education, and go on to live happy and fulfilled lives. This is why we've introduced Education Health and Care plans, tailored to each individual, to ensure they are supported while they study.
Local authorities and schools have statutory duties to support children and young people with SEND. In 2018-19 councils will receive £6 billion of funding for young people with more complex SEND – an increase from £5 billion in 2013. However, we recognise that local authorities are facing cost pressures on high needs which is why we are monitoring local authority spending decisions and keeping the overall level of funding under review. As part of this, we will be very interested to see the LGA's final report.