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Exclusive: Mexico eager to lure firms from Asia under new trade deal
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has spoken to a host of foreign companies, particularly steelmakers, in an effort to lure business from Asia to capitalize on a new North American trade deal, Economy Minister Graciela Marquez said on Monday.
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA) took effect at the beginning of this month, replacing its quarter-century-old predecessor, as the coronavirus pandemic wallops the global economy and international trade.
The new deal includes tougher content rules both for autos and steel and aluminum than when the North American Free Trade Agreement was launched in 1994.
"In steel we see the biggest opportunity," Marquez, a Harvard-trained economist, told Reuters in an interview. "We want to show these companies the opportunities that open up with this increase in regional content requirements."
Marquez said the government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has held talks with foreign steelmakers, including South Korea's POSCO (005490.KS), Japan's Nippon Steel Corp (5401.T) and Mitsubishi Corp (8508.T) and Ternium (TX.N), about investing in Mexico to produce steel for the auto sector.
She said there is a possibility foreign steelmakers could partner with or take a stake in Mexico's Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA.MX). A spokesman said the Mexican company is not currently in talks.
None of the other steelmakers immediately responded to requests for comment.
Considering Mexico's diverse manufacturing base, Marquez said the government was interested in attracting a range of companies from across the globe.
She said the government also would seek to speak with Apple (AAPL.O) and other U.S. firms about relocating their supply chain to Mexico.
Retelling a recent conversation with Lopez Obrador, Marquez said she pointed to the cellphone she was holding in her hand and said, "These phones don't have to be produced in China, ... there is an enormous opportunity to produce them" in Mexico.
The government is looking to attract North American and European firms producing in China, Singapore and Vietnam.
Marquez said the new trade deal came into force at a "critical" juncture for both the Mexican and the global economy and that it could help Latin America's second-largest country recover from the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
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A look back at the Cold War, 30 years after it ended
My daughter just interviewed me about growing up during the Cold War for a school project. The way I described it: It was constantly in the background and a source of great concern, kind of like Global Warming is now.
As a young kid in the 70s, awareness of the Cold War was driven by some types of activities, such as drills in our elementary school to file down to the school basement which was supposedly a fallout shelter. I was also aware of news events driven by Cold War conflicts, such as the Boat People crisis, defectors or athletes crossing over or seeking asylum, the 1980 Summer Olympics being cut short, and concern when Brezhnev died or stepped down - would someone even more grim take over the USSR?
As a teen in the 80s, we knew about the risk of a full-on nuclear war breaking out and M.A.D. ("mutually assured destruction" IIRC). And there were the hot wars and conflicts popping up, usually in hot places. Grenada, Afghanistan, Guatemala, Angola ...
We were the good guys and they were the bad guys, as evidenced by our value on freedom and the fact that they kept their people in line with fences, minefields, and cruelty. Hollywood played up this good guy/bad guy thing too, from Rambo to Rocky to Red Dawn.
But there were some questions in the backs of our young minds when it came to things about the Cold War that didn't quite make sense. Like: the leaders in client states we backed and gave free reign to oppress and kill in the name of "freedom." Were our strongmen morally superior to their strongmen? Were their policies and goals all bad?
And what about the people who lived under these regimes? The media was good at concentrating our loathing on the evil leaders, military forces, and the extensive police-state apparatus. We didn't know much about the ordinary people, except that some went to great lengths to get out. But most of them didn't. Was it because they were incapable, didn't want to go, or didn't care?
Sometimes media made us ponder the divide. The ending to the movie "Wargames" was kind of corny, but it made a point. And that Sting lyric: "Do the Russians love their children too?" I had issues with Sting breaking up his fun pop band and turning into a pretentious artiste, but nevertheless that particular line struck a chord, and made me think.
What are your Cold War memories or stories?
Posted by I Lamont at 5/30/2019 10:13:00 PM No comments: Links to this post
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Chinese Summer Camp Review (2018)
In the summer of 2018, our son returned to National Taiwan Normal University to attend the NTNU Mandarin Training Center summer program for children and teens. We liked the Chinese summer camp in Taiwan experience the first time around when both of our kids attended.
This time, we wanted to help our son's Mandarin improve while having a special cultural experience in Taiwan. This is a review of his 2018 Chinese Summer Camp experience at NTNU. I will also talk a little about other things to do in Taipei and Taiwan while you are on the island.
The 2018 Chinese summer camp experience
My son was in the "Little 1" group four years previously; this time he was in the "Big 3" group as his Chinese had improved in the interim, thanks to classes in his American middle school.
One issue I noticed this time is the program has many students can actually speak Mandarin quite well (thanks to exposure at home) but cannot write. As a result, at the "big" levels for older kids, many students are bunched up at the big 2 and big 3 level, but they don't have enough kids to attend the higher level classes (4 and 5). As a result, they encourage kids from the middle levels to attend the higher-level classes.
On the one hand, this really challenges the kids to improve rapidly on their spoken and written Chinese. On the other hand, it may be too much for some. My son was placed in the level 4 class, but it was just too hard -- his written Chinese was better than many, but his spoken Mandarin was not as good and he couldn't understand the level 4 vocabulary. The program is very good about moving kids up or down in the first week, so he dropped down to level 3 which was just right.
My advice to anyone attending the Chinese summer camp program in 2019 or beyond is to really pay attention to what the kids are saying (too easy, too hard) in the first few days. Also ask for feedback from the teachers and assistants. If it doesn't seem like a good fit, let the teachers know in the first week and they can reassign your child.
Not many things changed in terms of the structure or approach to education. Mandarin is spoken almost all of the time at the middle and higher levels. The quality of the instruction was identical, and a very high level. But some of the learning materials did change -- I actually preferred the older Chinese textbooks for the beginner levels as the printing was better quality and they had side-by-side simplified and traditional versions of each lesson. My son was able to learn a lot regardless -- in fact his aunt and uncle were honestly quite impressed at the improvement over one month.
Even better: The 2018 summer experience at NTNU in Taiwan supercharged his Chinese writing and speaking ability for his middle school Chinese class in the Boston area. It made a huge difference. He was average in his 7th grade Chinese class at school before he went to Taiwan, when he came back in the fall for 8th grade he was advanced. He surged ahead and qualified for honors-level Chinese for 9th grade, when he starts high school. I asked him how/why he thinks he was able to do so well in 8th grade Chinese, and his answer was "Chinese summer camp."
Taiwan summer camp: side trips
One other thing about this trip that is worth mentioning: I made a point of doing a lot of extra stuff with him over the four-week period. Almost every night we went somewhere to eat, and two or three nights per week we did special excursions to night markets or other attractions. He was older, and our apartment (an Airbnb about 15 minutes' walk from National Taiwan Normal University) was far more convenient for getting on the MRT subway system and getting to the Taipei Main Train Station. Sometimes we went with relatives, but most of the time we were on our own using public transport or sometimes a rented car. Our 2018 excursions included:
Ximending markets and arcade at night (twice - so much fun for teens)
CKS Memorial, Taipei
Jilong night market
Tamsui night market
L'Amigo Monkeys professional baseball game in Taoyuan (bought tickets at convenience store, took high speed train to and from Taoyuan)
Many restaurants all over Taipei
Three-day excursion to Taroko Gorge, Taitung County (rift valley and coast), and South Cross-Island highway.
For the last side trip, I pulled him out of the summer camp on a Friday (it was field trip that day, not classes) and took a train to Hualian, where I rented a car from Avis and did all of the driving. It was a lot of driving that weekend, but it was utterly spectacular mountain and country scenery and an amazing experience for us both. You can also take tour busses to Taroko directly from Hualian, too. It's amazing and worth a side trip!
There are many more opportunities for trips near Taipei or further afield: Shopping, Taipei 101, fishing in cement pools, travel to the beach, travel to other cities and towns ... there are too many things to list!
During the day while he was in camp, I usually worked at a coworking center in Taipei (I have my own publishing and consulting business) but I also made a point to do a hike in the nearby hills on my own or with friends once per week. How many other chances will I get in my life to do something like this?
A few photos from our summer in Taiwan are below:
Northern style Chinese restaurant in Taipei
Our Airbnb
Taiwan professional baseball game in Taoyuan
Doing homework on the balcony of our Airbnb
Taroko gorge
Tea harvest, Taidong county
Chinese summer camp homework project
Cliffside temple, Xindian, New Taipei City
Hiking markers near Maokong station, Taipei
Puppet show on the last day of the Chinese summer program
Tang Dynasty sculpture at National Palace Museum
Notes: I was not paid money to write this post, and we don't have any affiliation with NTNU other than sending our kids to camp there in the summer of 2014 and again in 2018. I just wanted to share my experience, after finding it so difficult to locate real reviews about the program!
However, since posting this review, I have added affiliate links for Amazon and Airbnb on this page. I get a small commission or travel credit if you click on them and spend money on those sites. If you don't want to use the links, here are the plain old links: Amazon/Airbnb. I also use advertising on the page, which you can turn off by switching to reader view in Firefox or Safari, or by using an ad blocker.
Posted by I Lamont at 11/03/2018 06:54:00 AM No comments: Links to this post
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One week in Taiwan in autumn: Where to go
A friend who lives in Singapore recently wrote me, asking about places to visit in Taiwan to see fall foliage and good beaches.
The question about foliage was interesting. I lived in Taiwan for 6 years and don't recall autumn scenes, other than some yellowing leaves on a few types of trees in the parks and hillsides near Taipei. Most of the island remains green throughout the winter, at least at the lower altitudes.
I did a little Internet research and found that there are a few places on Taiwan to see autumn foliage. Can it compare with what I'm used to, here in New England? Probably not. But where Taiwan excels in natural scenery is in the mountains, which cover 50% of the island.
Over the summer, I took my son to Taroko Gorge (太魯閣) in eastern Taiwan and the first 25 kilometers of the South Cross Island highway in the southeast, which follows another massive gorge deep into Taiwan's interior. They are quite amazing -- possibly two of the most spectacular roads outside of the Himalayas or southwest China. Here's a brief clip from our drive through Taroko:
Another area which is spectacular and has lots of hiking areas is Alishan National Scenic Area in Chiayi County. I used to like to go up to Hehuanshan (合歡山), too, for hiking and scenery, which includes the "sea of clouds" phenomenon. The advantage of going to these areas in the fall is there are fewer tourists, the air is drier, and there are probably opportunities to see some foliage, especially at the higher altitudes.
As for beaches, unfortunately the once-sleepy beach town of Kenting in the southwest has been totally overrun by commercial development in the past 20 years, including hotels somehow cordoning off sections of the beach for private use, even though it's within the grounds of a national seashore. However, this summer when I drove down to the southeast there were many beaches between the industrial city of Hualian (you can rent a car right outside the train station) and Taitung in the southeast, about a three hour drive along route 11. The ones close to Taitung are rocky, but the small towns and cities on the coast further north from Taitung are sandy and look deserted for the most part ... which is good if you like deserted beaches but not so good in terms of a lack of lodging and infrastructure for tourists (there might be some B&Bs, though).
There are alternatives to beaches which I think would make a fun fall vacation in Taiwan. B&Bs in the countryside around Ilan County are easy to get to from Taipei and are quite striking. I stayed in one about ten years ago right in the middle of the rice fields, and you can do things like rent bikes, go to local town markets, etc. There are also similar B&Bs in the rift valley north of Taitung. The scenery there is really beautiful with many Taiwanese and Aboriginal farming communities and mountains on either side. It's possible to rent bikes and travel these roads and lanes, and I think in the fall it would be really nice as the temps are moderate and the air is dry. Here's a clip of the tea harvest in early August in the rift valley:
Bottom line: If you only have a week in Taiwan in the fall, I would recommend going to Hualien, renting a car, driving to Taroko Gorge where there are some hiking opps of varying difficulty and you can stay in Tianhsiang (or Tianxiang) about 25km up the gorge. After a few days, drive back down the gorge and head south on Route 11 in the direction of Taitung, finding some B&B to stay at near the beach, and exploring around by car or bike. You can also do the return trip to Hualian via the rift valley mentioned earlier. Taroko is one of the natural and man-made wonders of the world -- there's nothing quite like it that I am aware of outside of remote parts of China or India or Nepal, and it's something adventurous travelers should try to see once in their lives.
YIMBYs in Newton co-opted by developers?
There's an article in Commonwealth magazine that's worth reading to understand some of the forces at work trying to promote affordable housing. Members of the YIMBY movement (Yes In My Back Yard) among other things are demanding local governments remove restrictions on building apartment buildings and other "dense" housing in areas where it doesn't exist now, such as in certain neighborhoods in Boston as well as Newton and other nearby suburbs of eastern Massachusetts.
The idea is, if a massive amount of new housing hits the market, prices will come down and young people and others will have more housing options close by to where they want to live and work (preferably using public transport and other shared transportation resources). The movement has also taken off in Washington D.C., San Francisco, and other space-constrained areas where a lot of young professionals want to live.
The idea of making more affordable housing is admirable, but there's a big problem. From the Commonwealth article:
A coalition of low-income tenant groups says unbridled growth only promises to worsen the affordable housing crisis in Boston and make for more losers at the bottom of the economic ladder. The YIMBY effort "often finds ways to make it easier for developers to build, and that often leads to housing that people can't afford," said Darnell Johnson, coordinator for the Boston chapter of Right to the City, a national alliance advocating for low-income tenants.
He's right. Developers want free reign to maximize profits, and they are leveraging the YIMBY movement, sympathetic politicians, and the local media and business communities to get their way. The figures in that article show that 20% of permitted construction in Boston since 2011 has been set aside for affordable housing, another ~22% for middle income people (up to $125k/household income) which means all of the rest is "market rate"/luxury.
In Newton, the numbers are far worse, and its exacerbated by the relentless teardown phenomenon that removes relatively affordable units from the marketplace -- the types of places that young people, new families, and seniors could live. This has translated to an onslaught of luxury/"market rate" condos and multimillion dollar single family homes where modest houses or apartments once stood. What little affordable housing is being made available is utterly insufficient for the need, and it turns into a convenient negotiation point for other developer giveaways.
YIMBY proponents in the article are sensitive to the criticism that they are "mindless shills" for developers. I can't blame them for wanting to find a solution to the affordable housing problem in the Boston area. I do, however, disagree with the way they are going about doing it, which includes the demand that developers be given free reign to build high-density, market rate/luxury housing and often attacking anyone who questions such plans. Follow the #newtonma Twitter hashtag and you will see this attitude in action.
I am also very disappointed in how the administration of Mayor Ruth Fuller and the previous Warren administration have tried to ram through a "vision" that lets developers maximize profits at the expense of ordinary people in Newton. We are now witnessing the impact--large luxury condo buildings planned along Washington Street, at the Riverside T stop, and elsewhere, while McMansions go up in once-modest neighborhoods in Auburndale, West Newton, Newtonville, Newton Corner, and Nonantum. I've observed that developers in the north side of Newton who are unable to build by right almost always get what they want when they go to the city to ask for a break.
As for Fuller's "Washington Street Corridor" plan, here's one of the proposed building scenarios:
I don't believe the city was serious throwing this out there, and many of the notes express similar skepticism. Rather, this is an attempt to get residents to accept something less outrageous put out by city planners and developers -- say, a five story "market rate" development instead of 12 stories.
I am not the only one who is skeptical of how this is being carried out. The residents of Newtonville have been highly critical of the city's support for the Korff family and other development partners over the past 5 years. Here's an excerpt from one letter to the local paper from 2016:
Like many residents of Newtonville, the looming Korff development makes me very uncomfortable.
The 20 existing affordable residential units would be replaced by 171 units, 85 percent of which, by implication, would be unaffordable. The existing residential tenants would be forced out. A sizeable number of long-term and well-loved local businesses would be forced out, and they will not be able to return either. What good does this do for Newtonville?
A few weeks ago the TAB had a delightful article about the mother and daughter team of Jill and Jackie who run the The Paint Bar on the northeast block of the intersection of Washington and Walnut. I bet Jill and Jackie are counting their lucky stars that they aren't located on the northwest block, soon to be the Korff block, or they would be spending their time now looking for somewhere affordable to relocate.
At the end of this week's article on the Orr block plan, Mr. Korff's attorney Steve Buchbinder was quoted as saying that while "not everyone's going to be happy" about this project, "...others see this as something, frankly, that's exciting." I wonder who those people are? Korff and his team, looking forward to the profit on investment that they hope will be coming their way? Tax assessors at City Hall? The residents of Newtonville? I don't think a lot of them are looking forward to this project with excitement.
Of course, the developer knew a 15% affordable, six-story building wouldn't fly. In the "negotiations" that followed, most members of the Newton City Council gave the developer just what he wanted: A giant building with 75% market rate/luxury, and 25% reserved for everyone else.
If big developments are built in Newton, those numbers should be flipped if there is to be any hope for low-income, young families, young professionals, seniors, and people with fixed incomes to move to Newton. It's the right thing to do, and I think it's something that most people in Newton --YIMBY and otherwise -- would agree with.
For this to happen, the developer land-grab for luxury/market rate housing needs to stop. Things will only get worse unless the people of Newton and their local representatives stand up to developers and find a way to make more affordable housing without turning Newton into a sea of McMansions and condos for the rich.
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Facebook, fake news, and the impact on our children: A hard lesson learned
Many years ago, I laughed when The Onion parodied a TV talk show discussing Facebook as if it were a CIA-devised surveillance and pacification tool.
No one is laughing anymore. In the past several years, and especially after the 2016 U.S. election, people have come to realize that Facebook is not just a tool to connect with friends, neighbors, and family members. It's one of the most powerful communication platforms ever devised, and like other platforms before it, has the ability to propogate false information on a massive scale. Unlike earlier platforms, however, Facebook's masters have handed over control to other parties, given these parties pretty much an open pass to say and share whatever they want, and "automated" account oversight and discussion.
The "Houston, we have a problem" moment came right after the election. That's when Zuckerberg let loose this gem:
"The idea that fake news on Facebook—of which, you know, it's a very small amount of the content—influenced the election in any way, I think, is a pretty crazy idea."
Until that point, I naively assumed the company knew how its platform was being used, and had safeguards in place to moderate abuse and scammy behavior ... not just in the United States, but in other countries, where the potential outcomes can be far more serious. That's clearly not the case. (Among other things, Facebook contributed to the demonization of Rohingya in Myanmar, which morphed into ethnic cleansing).
In reality, this platform -- as well as YouTube, Twitter, etc. -- are being played like fiddles. The comment revealed that he did not realize what was going on, or totally underestimated how pervasive it is.
Sometimes it even seems Zuck wants to appease those who would rather use social media as a tool for spying and information control -- surely his charm offensives in China are paired with back-room discussions with Chinese companies and the Chinese government about partnerships and acquisitions, which would require Facebook to help authorities curtain discussion of sensitive topics and turn over the identities of people who dare to speak out against widespread nepotism and corruption, Tibetan occupation, the illegal occupation of islets in the South China Sea, and other sensitive topics that supposedly "hurt the feelings of the Chinese people."
The other thing that's going on is how we personally are impacted by this platform. I've been on since 2004 and still enjoy the opportunity to see what friends and relatives are up to. But the downside of the platform has really taken a toll. It's not just fake news or political stories favoring one group or another. This platform is optimized for outrage and obsessive use. What I see in my friends' feeds makes the early waves of viral games and chain-letters seem quaint now. I really worry how technology will affect our children - something that MIT's Sherry Turkle has been warning people about for decades but has only emerged into the public conciousness in recent years.
I think it's easy to say this is little different from the wake-up calls and inevitable transformations related to earlier forms of mass media (incidents involving "yellow journalism" in the 1800s, Leni Riefenstahl and Orson Welles in the 1930s, the impact of TV on youth in the 60s and 70s, debates over video games in the 1990s and 2000s) but I really feel we as a society are crossing into new, more dangerous territory with some of the new digital platforms. We are starting to see the long-term impact, and the future doesn't look good.
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James F. Frechette, Jr.'s wood carvings stands in two worlds, that of art and that of the Menominee culture. His artistry interprets Menominee culture and joins the two with fidelity. To grasp the meaning of these Little Menominee it is necessary to understand the cultural milieu from which they have emerged. I have drawn up this brief guide in the hope that understanding of the one world will make the other world more meaningful to you.
As with any effort to provide cultural understanding in so brief a compass, much has had to be omitted and much has had to be shortened to meet the practical use of the space available. It is hoped that a cultural perspective has been set down for you.
The hand carved figures are from wood, chiefly Menominee white pine, with some birch, ash, and other tribal species employed from time to time. They are painted with acrylic. Each feather, object, skin, drum, and so forth, is entirely from wood and authentic to the Menominee. The designs, colors, and forms are also genuine.
The art of the Indian people of Wisconsin belongs to the Woodland cultural tradition. This is characterized by use of certain materials, designs, motifs, and colors taken from the region's forests and waters that coalesce into a distinctive identity. Out of wood, for example, they formed over one hundred and fifty objects, ranging from canoes, cradles and maple sugar molds, to wigwams, feather boxes, and baskets, each decorated and made into elements of beauty. Numerous other categories exist, such leatherwork, quillwork, weaving, and copperwork. Woodland art is largely unknown by Americans whose minds are dominated by the great attention the media and scholars have given to the Southwest and Plains traditions. Many perhaps do not even realize that a fully developed art exists in Wisconsin, encapsulating the aesthetic ideal of the human species and worthy of appreciation, necessary to preserve, and ideal for collecting and displaying.
The depiction of the trees shown here on this page do not specifically relate to any clan in particular. They are merely representative of the various kinds of wood used by the Menominee Clans from the forests they inhabited.
An example of this would be the Bear Clan and Maple Tree. The Beaver Woman, member of the Bear Clan, is shown making birch bark baskets for collecting maple sap from the maple trees for the production of maple sugar.
Example: The Golden Eagle Clan and the hickory tree. The Red Tailed Hawk, member of the Golden Eagle Clan, is shown making bows from the wood of the hickory tree.
Example: The Wolf Clan and the basswood tree. The White Tailed Deer, member of the Wolf Clan, is seen with storage bags woven from from the inner bark fibers of the basswood tree.
Example: The Crane Clan and the butternut tree. The Loon, member of the Crane Clan, is depicted carving a dugout canoe from a large log of the butternut tree.
A final example would be the Moose Clan and the white birch tree. The Elk, member of the Moose Clan, is portrayed washing the wild rice in a large dish made from the bark of the white birch tree.
The Great White Pine tree shown here is the tallest tree in the forest and its needles grow in clusters of five, symbolic of the five primary clans of the Menominee Nation.
One of six tribes on eleven reservations presently resident in Wisconsin the Menominee have had a continuous presence in the state that traces back to the beginning of time while in recent years they endured phases of non-Menominee history, French (1634-1763), British (1763-1783), United States territorial (1783-1848),and state (1848+). Indeed they came into being as a people—genesis—in the extreme northeast corner of the state along the banks of their beautiful and sacred Menominee River. Their name translates as "The People of the Wild Rice."
Menominee traditional lands extended from a portion of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan along Lake Michigan to Milwaukee, then sharply narrowing reached to the Mississippi River, including the cities of Marinette, Green Bay, Appleton, Marshfield, and La Crosse. Through a series of treaties with the United States, they ceded most of their domain, keeping a portion of their land to form their present reservation at the headwaters of the Wolf River where they have resided since 1852.
Menominee art not only belongs to the general themes of Woodland art, but also possesses distinctive cultural elements that clearly set it apart from the work of other tribes. One of these traits is wood carving.
Among the Menominee, a tradition of carved wooden figures existed, executed in an old style manner that the artist has drawn upon to express the cultural life of the people. So, too, the Menominee had developed a unique, intricate system of clans, highly complex, with origin accounts, functional structures, and cultural forms. Basically, the clan system served as the organizing principle of Menominee society around its structure that embraced politics, defense, family, economics, education, and other facets of life.
While the majority of the carvings discussed here are totems, or clan symbols two represent the origin story. Each clan figure unites in its form three elements: the clan symbol, the tradition of carved wooden figures, and the distinctive interpretation of that culture by Jim Frechette. He remarked:
Symbolism is an important part of any culture.
We all use symbolism in our lives. I think we
have to be careful not to place the value on the symbol
and forget about what it stands for.
Within Menominee society each Menominee had a place and a responsibility. For some members the defined tasks might be mundane and for others they might be much more demanding; yet, all duties, be they great or small, functioned only in a larger system of the tribal structure where all activities have to be referred to be ultimately understood. If the tribe was to achieve its purposes, everyone had to be governed by the ordering principles of the society. The story tellers, the pipe makers, the hunters, the cooks, the warriors, and on and on, had to function in order that all obtained a meaningful life. In that ordered whole the individual found his life enhanced.
The Menominee found liberty to be attained in the organizational life of the tribe, in the culture rightly related to. No idea is more fundamental to the cultural form than this intensely held love of personal freedom. The culture expresses it in a thousand ways. The first European explorers and traders to the tribe set down in letters and published in journals their perceptions of and experiences with the Menominee's great love of freedom coupled with an abhorrence of slavery or other types of authoritarian forms.
James F. Frechette, Jr.
A Menominee born on the Menominee reservation Jim grew into adulthood when many tribal elders yet lived, men and women steeped in the tribal culture whose memories went back to the generation that had first moved onto the reservation. From them he acquired many insights and much knowledge of the old Menominee culture. From the elders, too, he received training in some of the traditional arts of the tribe, especially wood carving.
Mama:ceqta:hsak, or the Little Menominee, faithfully represents that traditional culture and art handed down to Jim. Each design, motif, color, and cultural instance is authentic, from the type of pipe in The Great Light Colored Bear's hand, to the manner the leggings were laced, to the way the maple tree was tapped. Taken as a whole, they capture in art the traditional way of life as well as the culture of the Menominee.
In accordance with the natural rhythm of the earth and the rule of time and the blessings of Grandfather's gifts the vital tribal clan system unfolded. The Five Principal Clans depict the interpretation of this component. As we view each figure, we shall have the occasion to return many times to this striking element of inter-relationships within the order, but we direct our attention now to the method of cultural transmission.
The Menominee confronted the problem of how to transmit from one generation to the next their accomplishments, lore, religion, traditions, history, and insights into life gained at considerable difficulty and held to be significant. To meet this challenge, their culture developed the mechanism of story telling. It was the factor that established continuity on a rational basis and became the indispensable feature of their culture. Without the story-telling system, they perish; with it, they thrive.
How often do we pause in our daily affairs to contemplate what links one generation in society to the next? During the pace of our ordinary activities most of us rarely pose the question to ourselves, leaving the task more or less blindly to the erstwhile efforts of church, school, television, and the like. But the old time Menominee viewed the subject with great intensity, for it was ever a live issue for them, one they met with in their daily tasks and reticulated frequently in conversations.
The tribe gave elders the task of handing down the culture from one generation to another. Elders accomplished it by telling stories and legends, scores and indeed hundreds of tales repeated to youth whenever they found them and whenever opportunity arose. They repeated them "exactly" as they had received them from their elders, who in turn had received them from their elders all the way back to the beginning of time and the origin of the Menominee. Story telling had several characteristics that elevated it to an art. Elders accompanied the telling of stories not only with absolute fidelity to the tale as they had heard it, but also when a particular story involved natural, bird, or animal sounds and motions, they dramatically and accurately reproduced them along with gestures where appropriate.
Two illustrations of the ancient method of story telling convey the social sense and critical importance of this philosophy-art. In a summer camp of an evening with the fire banked into a bed of red coals, that fragment of celestial eternity (Grandfather's fire or the sun), with the stars above stark and white against a black canopy of the heavens, tribal members, youth, and older Menominee, men and women flocked to hear once more exciting legends and stories. They would govern their lives by the principles they contained. At the same time they were witnessing as they participated in the preservation of the tribe as the words flowed forth. The elder began with the ritual opening words.
Another typical method involves a teaching story. After receiving a gift from the youth the story teller required the young person to stand before him so that he or she might focus and listen attentively. When the elder finished he would inquire of the youth: "What does the story mean?" If the youth failed to give the correct meaning, the elder would then re-tell the legend and at the conclusion once again propound the same question as before. The meaning of the story penetrated to the principle of the culture, a point not often obvious in a well told and thrilling story.
Story telling then had this secondary but vital benefit for the tribe. It sharpened the mind. To recount the story properly, an elder had to think; likewise, to listen in the right way, the youth or listener had to think. In the act of telling the story, the elder invigorated the culture; through this method, the life systems kept themselves constantly fresh and flexible.
In summary, the elders became the vitalizing element of the Menominee culture.
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Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
Nbr. 2011, January 2011
COURTHOUSE RECORDS.
Position: LOCAL NEWS
COLUMN: COURTHOUSE RECORDS
Worcester Superior Court
Judge Janet Kenton-Walker
Conan Gentile, of 429 Mechanic St., Leominster, was sentenced to 3 to 5 years in Walpole state prison after being found guilty by a jury on a charge of receiving stolen property over $250. He was sentenced to 2-1/2 years in the House of Correction, to begin upon his release from the first sentence, after being found guilty by a jury on a charge of receiving stolen property under $250. The sentence was suspended for three years with probation. As conditions of probation, he was ordered to stay away and have no contact with the victim, to pay $90 victim witness fee, and $65 monthly probation fee. He was found not guilty by a jury on three counts of receiving stolen property over $250, two counts of possession of a firearm without a firearm ID card, and two counts of firearm violation with three prior violent or drug crimes.
Worcester Central District Court
Criminal and Traffic Sessions
Judge Martha A. Brennan
James P. Ingram, 21, of 60 Old Spencer Road, Charlton, charged with assault with a dangerous weapon (knife), continued to Dec. 6 on $500 cash bail.
Michael S. Gensler, 34, of 3 State St., Worcester, charged with vandalizing property, continued to Dec. 19.
Jonathan G. Davis, 23, of 56 Esther St., Worcester, charged with breaking and entering into a building in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony and threatening to commit a crime (to murder), continued to Dec. 22.
Manuel Marlin, 49, of 122 Winfield St., Worcester, charged with driving with a suspended license, continued to Dec. 19.
Justyne J. Pereira, 18, of 2 Henrietta St., Worcester, charged with shoplifting and receiving stolen property under $250, continued to Dec. 21.
Sherry L. Rice, 48, of 76 Copperfield Road, Worcester, charged with assault and battery, continued to Dec. 20.
Shawn S. Stevenson, 42, of 2 Litchfield St., Worcester, charged with assault and battery, continued to Dec. 19.
Nicholas J. Schippers, 20, of 6 Bill Graham Drive, Millbury, charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot), disturbing the peace, and assault and battery, continued to Dec. 19.
William P. Moss, 19, of 24 Knollwood Circle, Millbury, charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot) and disturbing the peace, continued to Dec. 19.
Patrick J. Remy, 19, of 31 Martin St., Millbury, charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot) and disturbing the peace, continued to Dec. 19.
Hao Pham, 21, of 72 Seymour St., Worcester, charged with receiving stolen property over $250, continued to Dec. 20.
Obadiah D. Horton, 23, of 12 Dartmouth St., Worcester, charged with possession of cocaine, continued to Dec. 19.
Richard A. McBride, 25, of 95 East Central St., Worcester, charged with disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest, continued to Dec. 5.
Indira Tobarran, 44, of 127 Clover St., Worcester, charged with larceny over $250, continued to Dec. 15.
Amanda R. Farrell, 26, of Billerica, charged with driving with a suspended license, continued without a finding for 3 months, $50 victim witness fee.
Garrett M. Dunn, 20...
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It's coal people like miner Steve Knotts, 62, who make West Virginia Trump Country. So it was no surprise that President Donald Trump picked the state to announce his plan rolling back Obama-era pollution controls on coal-fired power plants. Trump left one thing out of his remarks, though: northern West Virginia coal country will be ground zero for increased deaths and illnesses from the rollback on regulation of harmful emission from the nation's coal power plants.


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Lake Querococha (possibly from Quechua qiru ceremonial drinking vessel, or q'iru wood and qucha lake; "qiru lake" or "wood lake") is a lake in Peru located in the Ancash Region, Recuay Province, in the districts Ticapampa and Catac. The lake is situated at a height of , about 2.43 km long and 0.87 km at its widest point. Lake Querococha lies on the western side of the Cordillera Blanca, southwest of Yanamarey and Pucaraju, northwest of Mururaju and Queshque and east of Recuay.

See also
 Queshquecocha
List of lakes in Peru

References

Lakes of Peru
Lakes of Ancash Region

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The Report Trailer and Poster Featuring Adam Driver
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Amazon Studios has debuted the new trailer and poster for The Report, coming to theaters on November 15 and available on Amazon Prime Video on November 29. Directed by Scott Z. Burns, the film stars Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Ted Levine, Michael C. Hall, Tim Blake Nelson, Corey Stoll, Maura Tierney and Jon Hamm.
The Report is a riveting thriller based on actual events. Idealistic staffer Daniel J. Jones (Adam Driver) is tasked by his boss Senator Dianne Feinstein (Annette Bening) to lead an investigation of the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, which was created in the aftermath of 9/11. Jones' relentless pursuit of the truth leads to explosive findings that uncover the lengths to which the nation's top intelligence agency went to destroy evidence, subvert the law, and hide a brutal secret from the American public.
The film, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2019, was also written by Burns. The producers include Steven Soderbergh, Jennifer Fox, Scott Z. Burns, Kerry Orent, Michael Sugar, Danny Gabai, and Eddy Moretti. The executive producers include Nancy Dubuc, Shane Smith, Natalie Farrey, Lila Yacoub, Michael DiVerdi, Vincent Landay, and TJ Rinomato.
Scott Z. Burns' credits include producing An Inconvenient Truth and executive producing An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power; writing The Bourne Ultimatum, The Informant!, Contagion, and Side Effects; and directing Pu-239.
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import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.AddSeleniumUserAgent;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.ClientConfig;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpRequest;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpResponse;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest.BodyPublishers;
import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;

import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;

class JdkHttpMessages {

  private final ClientConfig config;

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    this.config = Objects.requireNonNull(config, "Client config");
  }

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          break;

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        break;

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    }

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      for (String value : req.getHeaders(name)) {
        builder = builder.header(name, value);
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    builder.timeout(config.readTimeout());

    return builder.build();
  }

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}

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One last time, Scarsdale's James Nicholas put on a show
Josh Thomson
jthomson@lohud.com
Nicholas rallied from behind to win the state championship by one shot.
The senior finished a standout career at Scarsdale as an all-state performer in three sports.
Nicholas plans to play football and golf at Yale.
As he worked around the short game practice area at last month's KPMG Women's PGA Championship, James Nicholas caught the eye of Lydia Ko, at the time the world's No. 1-ranked player.
"Do I know you?" Ko asked. "Are you the kid from the water shot?"
"It was pretty cool," said Nicholas, a former junior club champ at Westchester Country Club, where the tournament was held. "I had the No. 1 player in the world come up to me."
For someone who spent most of his four years glaring into the local spotlight, the Scarsdale senior never earned more attention than in the final season of a storied three-sport all-state career.
Nicholas won the state title, and did so with a memorable flair. His pitch shot from the water on the 17th hole in the first round helped save bogey in a tournament he eventually won by one shot.
For the Westchester/Putnam golfer of the year — also a two-time hockey player of the year — the moment soon went viral. The six-second video shot on his father's cell phone spread around the internet and TV like wildfire after The Journal News' Mike Dougherty posted it on his Twitter account, @lohudgolf.
"I made it on SportsCenter. I made it on Fox 5," Nicholas said. "That's been one of my dreams to get that kind of fame. It's pretty cool."
Of course, as always, Nicholas brought plenty of substance to the big stage as well. That the well-traveled shot sparked his run to a state championship was not lost on anyone.
Nicholas' late bogey save gave him momentum going into the second and final round of states, leaving him just three shots off the lead. He double bogeyed the second hole and fell six back when leader Alec Bard birdied the first, but Nicholas lapped the field coming home. He played the final 16 holes in 2-under on a rain-soaked afternoon that saw everyone else move backward.
Nicholas' determination in the poor conditions didn't surprise anyone. All these years, he juggled a competitive academic workload with the burden of starring in three varsity sports, each of which took a backseat at times. Yet Nicholas played at a high level in all three.
"Any time in all the sports in the seasons I coached James, any time I knew he was healthy, I knew we had a chance to win or he had a chance by himself to win," said Andy Verboys, who coached Nicholas in football and golf. "He's not the fastest guy in the world. He's not the strongest guy in the world. But he's a fierce competitor."
Nicholas went on to finish second at the Federation tournament at Bethpage Black to complete his career. He plans to play football and golf at Yale, but has already begun to bear the fruits of intensifying his golf training in recent years. He has worked the last two years with Gary Weir — the director of golf instruction at Westchester — to hone his natural gifts.
"Golf is a game of precision," said Nicholas, who has also won a junior club championship at Winged Foot. "I really haven't focused on it that much. To see how good I've gotten in the past few years, shows how good I can be one day."
Even though his focus in college will be on football, Nicholas might have the brightest future in golf.
"His ceiling in golf far outweighs his ceiling in the other sports," Verboys said. "He's excited about it and motivated to put in that work now."
And it shows. Just check the tape.
Twitter: @lohudinsider
Christian Cavaliere, Jr., Somers
Connor Daly, Jr., Bronxville
Brent Ito, Jr., Ardsley
James McHugh, So., Rye
James Nicholas, Sr., Scarsdale (player of the year)
Paul Terminello, Jr., Stepinac
Coach of the year – Chris Lockwood, Bronxville
Bear Carlson, Sr., John Jay
Bobby Diforio, Sr., Iona Prep
Chris Gay, Jr., Bronxville
Josh Goldenberg, Sr., Scarsdale
Matt Minerva, 8th, Valhalla
Justin Stagg, Sr., Harrison
Honorable mention: Matt Bettino, Jr., Bronxville; JP Collins, So., Stepinac; Brendan Cooney, Jr., Stepinac; Nick DelFico, Sr., Fox Lane; Jonny Emmerman, Jr., Scarsdale; Mike Glatstein, Jr., Solomon Schechter; Jack Maresca, Sr., Rye; Aidan McDermott, Jr., Pleasantville; Jay Milch, So., Fox Lane; Harrison Moyle, Sr., Briarcliff; Taikan Nakada, Jr., White Plains; Lewis Raboy, So., Solomon Schechter; Jordan Sanyshyn, So., Brewster; Kris Scarfone, Sr., Rye Country Day; Phil Servider, Jr., Carmel; Sol Thompson, So., Scarsdale; Jake Trotta, Sr., Iona Prep.
Westchester/Putnam boys all-stars golf fan voting
W/P Boys golfer: Christian Cavaliere, Somers (1,488 votes)
W/P Boys first team:
James Nicholas, Scarsdale (1,073 votes)
Justin Stagg, Harrison (26 votes)
Bear Carlson, John Jay (20 votes)
Josh Goldenberg, Scarsdale (18 votes)
Chris Gay, Bronxville (16 votes)
W/P Boys coach: Chris Lockwood, Bronxville (278 votes)
All-star schedule
Sunday, June 28: Baseball
Monday, June 29: Softball
Tuesday, June 30: Tennis
Wednesday, July 1: Golf
Thursday, July 2: Girls track
Friday, July 3: Boys track
Saturday, July 4: Girls lacrosse
Sunday, July 5: Boys lacrosse


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Condition: Good - in Poor DJ. Unlaminated DJ a little edgeworn and faded with several closed and open tears, tanned at the spine. Price Clipped. Previous owners inscription to ffep. Top edges of text block dusty.
Size: 9" x 5¾". Black boards with Silver titling to the Spine. 628 pages.


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2. Does the password comply with the aging and automatic lock of accounts after 3 consecutive fails?
I'm going to implement ALfresco shortly but I want to make sure I assumed correctly.
1) Yes. You can audit calls made to any public service. See http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Audit.
2) It depends ….. Not in the default implementation. We/you can provide an authentication component and linked DAO to support this, as the implementation is pluggable. It may be that this requirement is enforcd externally - e.g. if you have configured this in your ldap server …or SSO layer etc…..or back end JAAS authentication ……and you are not using the inbuilt alfresco authentication.
Is this required of the inbuilt authentication component?
Where do the 3 logins count - all applications using the account or just Alfresco?
The 3 logins are in a per application basis. I've been trying to make the authentication work with active directory but no luck so far. Waiting for more detailed info from IT to check if the info I provide to the bean is incorrect.


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Sonny Liew (nascido em 26 de setembro de 1974) é um artista e ilustrador de quadrinhos nascido na Malásia, radicado em Singapura. É mais conhecido por seu trabalho "A Arte de Charlie Chan Hock Chye", a primeira graphic novel a ganhar o Prêmio de Literatura de Cingapura, na categoria ficção, em 2016.

Em 2014, ilustrou The Shadow Hero, escrito por Gene Luen Yang e publicado pela First Second, uma história de origem para o obscuro super-herói The Green Turtle, que é considerado o primeiro super-herói asiático-americano.

Em 2017, por "A Arte de Charlie Chan Hock Chye", foi premiado com três prêmios Eisner: Melhor roteirista/desenhista, Melhor design de publicação e Melhor edição americana de material estrangeiro (asiático).

Infância e educação
Nascido em Seremban, na Malásia, Liew frequentou a escola Victoria School e o Victoria Junior College, em Cingapura. Posteriormente passou a estudar filosofia no Clare College, na Universidade de Cambridge, no Reino Unido, e estudou ilustração na Escola de Design de Rhode Island, em 2001.

Alunos do Clare College
Ganhadores do Prêmio Eisner
Homens ganhadores do Troféu HQ Mix


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Home / Section: Conventions
A Q&A with NCS Foundation President Steve McGarry on the New 'NCS Fest'
Posted by Daily Cartoonist Staff
The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) recently announced a change in format for their Reubens' Awards weekend from a closed membership-only event to an open-to-the-public European-style comics fest. The Daily Cartoonist interviewed former NCS President and current NCS Foundation President Steve McGarry on the updated event.
TDC: This is a big change from the Reubens weekend we've all known. What was behind the decision?
SM: There were a number of factors at play.
The National Cartoonists Society was formed in 1946 and for almost 40 years, the Reuben Awards were presented at an annual dinner in New York. But in the early 1980s, the decision was taken to stage the awards in a different city each year. That was a pretty dramatic change at the time.
By the late 1990s, the event had evolved from those simple gala dinners to a three-day extravaganza that included seminars, presentations, roasts and elaborate stageshows. Venues have included practically every major U.S. city, as well as Toronto … but every so often, the NCS has really let its hair down and tried something dramatically new, whether that was taking over a cruise ship and sailing to the Bahamas or hiring dueling disco pirate ships off the coast of Cancun. We felt it was time to shake things up again.
The Reuben weekends are a great excuse for cartoonists to get together each year, see old friends, make new ones and get a little rowdy. But there is also a serious side.
Obviously, the actual Awards are a celebration of the best and brightest in our profession, and the seminars and presentations are an intrinsic part of the weekend. But the NCS exists, in part, to raise awareness and appreciation of the art of cartooning and so we include at least one public event in the weekend's program.
We usually stage a free signing session and invite the public in to get sketches, autographs and meet the cartoonists … and they are a huge success. We found that our members enjoy these events as much as the fans, so we wanted to find ways of expanding this aspect of what the NCS does.
There are a plethora of Comic Cons all across the States now and the NCS has a presence at most of the majors. We have a huge booth at San Diego and WonderCon, a strong presence at New York … but what we don't have in North America is a European-style Comics Festival.
Typically, a ComicCon is held in a sterile, windowless convention center where the public has to buy a ticket to wander around a grid of booths. Events like Angouleme in France and Lucca in Italy are completely different animals. They are these wonderful, free, festive celebrations of comic art where cartoonists and cartoon fans congregate in a town and the local population and businesses get fully involved.
So we decided that the NCS should throw a free festival and invite everyone to come and celebrate cartoons and comic art with us!
TDC: Is the plan to continue with the same format and venue in 2020?
SM: The honest answer is that we don't yet know.
There's an element of "if we build it, will they come?" This is quite an audacious undertaking. The European festivals are typically government-funded. We don't have that luxury in the States and will have to rely on grants from arts foundations and corporate sponsorship to underwrite this. If it's successful, we will have created what could grow to be one of the world's biggest and best comic art festivals and a major event on the calendar.
If it works, then it would be an annual event with the Reuben Awards at its core, just as the Oscars are held in L.A. each year. In that case, we then envisage that we would stage a signature event on the East Coast later in the year so that we don't disenfranchise NCS members on the other side of the country.
Of course, worst case scenario is that we will simply have staged an incredibly memorable Reuben weekend. It will be a case of "remember when we threw a festival one year?" just as we now reminisce about partying on disco pirate ships in Cancun or having a picnic lunch on a private island in the Bahamas!
TDC: You mention the festival in Angouleme in France and Lucca in Italy … and the NCS is bringing in help from The Lakes Comics Festival in the UK … can you be more specific beyond what you've said already as to what makes a festival more European than North American?
SM: Conventions are more like trade shows. They are held in a giant halls where artists, publishers and vendors set up their wares at booths and the public buys a ticket to attend and walk the convention floor. In truth, there is very little difference between a comics convention, an electronics expo and a dental equipment trade show.
Festivals are completely different in that the entire town plays host to a celebration of comic art. At The Lakes, for instance, they hold workshops, seminars, lectures and exhibitions at the Arts Centre, artists and small press take over the Town Hall, you'll stumble across live art demonstrations, street theatre and there are pop-ups at venues big and small all over the town.
The local businesses participate, giving over their window displays to comic art, with many staging in-store signings. The festivals attract a huge influx of tourists and those local businesses – the pubs, the restaurants, the shops – benefit from the crowds that the festival attracts.
In Huntington Beach, the city has given us use of the pier and we will have marquees and tents just yards from the beach and the Pacific Ocean. They are closing down main street to vehicles, we have full use of the arts center and the library and we are taking over the Hyatt Regency, where we will have programming in three ballrooms and various small halls.
We will be creating a giant mural running the full length of the pier and inviting all our luminaries to participate … families will be able to sign up in advance to have free cartooning classes at the library with world-renowned artists … there will be a parade (that's top secret right now) … it's going to be amazing!
TDC: Will there be individual booths or chances for members to engage in commerce?
SM: Absolutely. Instead of a small enclave at the back of a convention hall, our "artists alley" will be tented tables running the length of main street (which, as I said, will be restricted to pedestrians.) We are charging non-NCS members $200 to table all day Saturday and Sunday, NCS members $100 and if the NCS member is also registered for the Reuben Awards events then the table is free! There will also be official NCS tables where NCS members who don't want to table all two days can book blocks of time to sign and sketch and sell their wares.
We are also going to be putting a lot of focus on children's and young adult books. We anticipate that the festival will attract lots of families and we want to be able to give them the opportunity to meet the people who create the books they love.
I also believe that many NCS members would prefer to "appear" at the Reubens, rather than just "attend." So, we are going to try to accommodate as many NCS members in the programming as we can possibly can, whether that means them actually conducting a seminar or workshop, participating in a panel discussion or being part of our Pechakucha events – which, for the uninitiated, are these mini-talks where an artist gets 20 slides and 20 seconds per slide to talk about anything they want.
"Pechakucha" means "chit chat" in Japanese and I first encountered this idea in Tokyo last year. It's a brilliant way of showcasing artists and it's loads of fun.
TDC: How did you arrive on the dates? Was there an opening you saw in the traditional fest schedule? Was there feedback from the membership to move it off of Memorial Day or did the idea of Fest change a part of the intended audience and necessitate a move?
SM: The Reubens were always traditionally held in late April or early May. We regularly used to get complaints if the event fell on Mother's Day weekend! It was moved to Memorial Day weekend in 2000 when it was realized that the financial district in New York would be deserted that weekend and we were able to negotiate really favorable rates with the World Trade Center Marriott.
From then on, we fell into a pattern of holding the Reubens over the holiday weekend because the theory was that people could travel Monday and not worry about taking a day off work. But that meant that while we could usually get good rates if we held the Reubens in a city, resorts were not particularly motivated to fight for the business because they were already expecting good business.
As Huntington Beach is a destination resort, it was easier to stage the event mid-May and avoid a weekend where the hotel would have less capacity.
TDC: The opening guest list: Daniel Clowes, The Hernandez Brothers, Penelope Bagieu … is stellar … but is it a signifier of a conscious decision to open the doors even more to cartoonists and formats that may have been under-represented in the NCS? Or are they just great guests that will draw a good crowd?
SM: That's just the first wave! We have more incredible names lined up and will be rolling them out over the next few months! And yes, it's a conscious decision to celebrate comic art, in all its many guises.
I tell people that the NCS was a wonderful organization for the 20th century but it is important that we make sure that we are also a great 21st century organization. Our profession has changed dramatically in a relatively short space of time, but the one thing that remains constant is that all professional cartoonists are comic art fans at heart – that's why we all got into the business in the first place!
Perhaps the NCS does need to a better job of underscoring to all artists that there is respect and admiration for what they do, no matter what avenue they choose to work in. The main aims of the NCS are to promote the art of cartooning to the public at large … to use our talents to educate and inspire aspiring artists … and to foster good fellowship and solidarity between professional cartoonists.
Hopefully, NCSFest will help further all those ambitions.
#1 Kevin Siers
August/3/2018
Sounds interesting and fun. Columbus and Billy Ireland Library at Ohio State does something very similar with their Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) Festival :http://cartooncrossroadscolumbus.com/


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Propaganda Masquerading as Fluff
"As a form of withheld truth, propaganda can be 90 percent true. It's the deceptive 10 percent that gets you" (14).
I picked up Sue Ellen Browder's fascinating tell-all book, Subverted: How I helped the Sexual Revolution Hijack the Women's Movement, to keep me company on my plane ride last weekend and found myself enthralled with it in the hotel room as well. Books as a Glance will be posting my full review, but I had some further reflections to share as well.
A major theme in the book is the "menacing power" of propaganda. We are well aware of our exposure to propaganda, and yet it is still so darn effective. Browder shares the unapologetic fabrications of sources and fictitious experts that was pretty much mandated from the top down in her work as a writer for Cosmo Magazine, perpetuating the illusion of the "Cosmo Girl" lifestyle. And yet the Cosmo girl didn't really exist. Browder deems her a marketing fairy tale, fueling the cause of the sexual revolution.
Maybe you think yourself above falling for propaganda. I think it affects even the most discerning people more than we know. And that's because it's often 90 percent true. Not only that, propaganda is attractive because it preys on our desires. It even creates desires and tells us we should have them. Browder pinpoints the manipulative power of propaganda is that it uses that 10 percent of falsehood to create an illusion to which we then become enslaved.
One way to identify propaganda is in its sloganeering. Browder highlights the rallying cry Larry Lader used to amp up the sexual revolution: "
"No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her own body." On its face, the slogan is true. Who could deny it? But what does it mean? "Owning and controlling one's own body" is one of those empty phrases that could mean anything from dieting to lose weight to schussing gracefully down a mountain slope.
"That's the whole point of good propaganda," media critic Noam Chomsky points out. "You want to create a slogan that nobody's going to be against and everybody's going to be for. Nobody knows what it means because it doesn't mean anything. It's crucial value is that it diverts your attention from a question that does mean something: Do you support our policy? That's the one you're not allowed to talk about." (54)
This kind of manipulation isn't only employed for liberal causes like the sexual revolution. I don't know how many Christian titles, promotions, and articles I have read, asking myself, What does that even mean? All too often, the message underneath is pushing through that 10 percent of falsehood. For example, who can argue with a title like Love Wins? And yet in between the lines we take in universalist propaganda. Many in the Reformed church were wise to this manipulation. But even in more conservative circles I find myself having to take a step back from the headlining phrases that are appealing to my convictions to take a closer look at what is being pushed behind the curtain.
And yet there is another type of propaganda I see prevalent in women's books that bothers me even more. When describing the types of articles she would write for Cosmo, Browder confesses that the ones she fabricated were most often those that pushed the Cosmo sex-revolution philosophy. She gives an example of a story she invented titled, "Ambition: Yours and His":
Mia (an ambitious, twenty-five-year-old attorney) met Rob (a laid-back, thirty-eight-year-old documentary filmmaker) in Paris at a Jewish deli on the Champs-Élysées. He was struggling to order a pastrami sandwich. Mia came to his rescue with her flawless French. He asked her out for a cup of café au lait…and after that afternoon and a night of gentle lovemaking in a hotel on the Left Bank, Mia knew she was in love. (40)
Browder notes that this isn't what we call spin, "This was hard-core sex-revolution propaganda masquerading as fluff" (40). While I'm not seeing sex-revolution propaganda in bestselling Christian books for women, I am seeing a lot of fluff. We must ask what is behind this fluff. Is it harmful?
Do you know what I fear? It is that while the church abhors the commodification of women in the sex-revolution, we have no problem perpetuating them as a target in the market of sentimentality. Sentimentality sells. I fear that women's ministry is just another commodity. We are being targeted for our empathy. And this is all a distraction from the problem that there are still many questions about how the church can better invest in women and engage with their intellectual contributions to the covenant community. The Christian bookstore and parachurch ministries may reject the sexual revolution, but it seems evangelical women are still subverted to the "pink-collar ghetto" when it comes to what we are often invited to write and speak about (26). I fear that everyone is just fine drowning us in fluff.
Browder says, "Propaganda—withheld truth—cuts off democratic discourse, blocks genuine dialogue, and keeps the public from participating in reality" (14). One thing that I have found as a writer and a speaker is that it is much harder to join a conversation, to receive genuine dialogue and engagement, when I ask questions on some of these issues. The sound of crickets may reveal that while the language about women's value sounds good, we still have some unanswered questions when it comes to our personhood.
*Originally published on March 16, 2016.
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The carols are playing, there's plenty of delicious food and you're finally relaxing with family and friends.
The last thing you want is to chip your tooth and need emergency dental care over Christmas!
The festive season provides the perfect opportunity to indulge, but that doesn't mean you should neglect your oral health.
We enjoy less responsibility in many facets of our lives over the silly season, but dental hygiene must never join that list. If anything, this is one area demanding extra diligence, in the face of the food onslaught coming your way.
If brushing your teeth feels like a chore, you might want to buy an electric toothbrush, which delivers powerful cleaning. It also helps to boost children's oral health, by adding a touch of novelty to the routine.
2. Don't be a sugar addict – enjoy in moderation!
At the risk of sounding like the Grinch, go easy on the sugar. You should still get into the spirit and enjoy your favourite treats, but don't go overboard.
You don't have to resort to sugar-free Christmas desserts (although you can find delicious recipes on healthy eating websites). If you indulge in sugary food, avoid frequent snacking. It's best to consume sweets during meal times, as your mouth will produce more saliva to neutralise excess sugar.
Candy canes, nuts, toffees, mince pies, dried fruit and more. There's no escaping the temptation of hard foods that wreak havoc on our teeth.
If you crave a Christmas treat, opt for softer varieties. You'll be surprised by how many visits we get from people who chip their teeth after chewing into hard foods!
If that Christmas brittle is calling your name, go ahead, but approach with caution and take small bites!
On a similar note, don't use your teeth as a tool to open beer bottles or other objects. This can cause a lot of damage, and you may even chip or lose your tooth.
What do lemons, red wine, orange juice, soda, pickles and tomatoes have in common? They're examples of acidic products that can weaken your tooth enamel, if you're not careful.
It's a good idea to use a straw when drinking acidic beverages, to guard your teeth. Drinking water can also help to wash away bacteria, by neutralising acids in your mouth. Chewing on sugar-free gum is another way to do this!
If you enjoy cranberries or cheese, especially around Christmas, we have good news. These are some of the best foods for healthy teeth and gums. Cranberries are acidic (eat in moderation), but they contain beneficial compounds.
Our mouths love soft cheeses, which help to restore acid balance and keep tooth decay at bay.
By all means, enjoy a drink or two, but don't get carried away, since excess alcohol increases the risk of gum disease. This is a common dental problem for people over 60.
Alcohol dehydrates your oral cells, which gives carcinogens more freedom to wreak havoc. Smoking also drys out your mouth and it's a leading cause of oral cancer.
Research shows there's a strong link between diet and cavities. Alarmingly, high numbers of Australian children are being treated for rotting teeth. Children's oral health should never be compromised, and neither should yours, no matter the time of year.
As a nation, we can do better than this. Make the most of this festive season, but look after yourself too.
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