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Unionism and the Conservative Brexit deal rebellion
Posted on February 1, 2019 by The Constitution Unit
This week, MPs voted in favour of renegotiating the parts of the Withdrawal Agreement that relate to the 'backstop'. The backstop and the land border between the UK and Ireland has been one of the most divisive Brexit issues for the Conservatives. Jack Sheldon and Michael Kenny discuss what this tells us about the party's attitude to the Union.
'Something ghastly called UK(NI) has been created. Northern Ireland will be under a different regime. That is a breach of the Act of Union 1800'. Owen Paterson MP
'I am concerned about the prospects of a Northern Ireland that risks being increasingly decoupled from the United Kingdom, and about how that could undermine the Union that is at the heart of the United Kingdom'. Justine Greening MP
'I would really like to support the deal of this Prime Minister and this Government, but the issue for me is the backstop. I served in Northern Ireland and I lost good colleagues to protect the Union. I will not vote for anything that does not protect the Union'. Sir Mike Penning MP
Concerns about the implications of the Irish backstop for the integrity of the domestic Union contributed significantly to the scale of the 118-strong backbench rebellion that led to Theresa May's Withdrawal Agreement being defeated on 15 January, by the extraordinary margin of 432 to 202. Following a debate and vote on 29 January, the Prime Minister has now committed to seek legally binding changes to the backstop, in the hope that this might win over at least some of the rebels before the next vote.
What do the arguments that have been made about the backstop tell us about the nature of the 'unionism' that prevails in the contemporary Conservative Party? This is a pertinent question, given that the sincerity of professed support for the Union from Conservatives has regularly been called into question by academic and media commentators in recent years, with increasing numbers of critics suggesting that leading figures from the Tory Party have harvested 'English nationalist' sentiments and are willing to put the future of the Union at risk. Continue reading →
Posted in Brexit, Devolution, Europe	| Tagged backstop, Between Two Unions, Brexit deal, Brexit negotiations, Conservative Party, Conservatives, Daniel Kawczynski, david lidington, Democratic Unionist Party, DUP, Irish backstop, Jack Sheldon, Justine Greening, Mike Kenny, Mike Penning, Northern Ireland, Owen Paterson, unionism, unionists, withdrawal agreement
Understanding English identity and institutions in a changing United Kingdom
The current devolution settlement has left England as the only UK country subject to permanent direct rule from Westminster, which has the dual role of governing both the UK and England. In their new book, Akash Paun, Michael Kenny and Iain McLean have been exploring some of the key arguments concerning the status of England within the Union, who speaks for England politically, and the concept of an English national identity.
Governing England, a new volume published today by the British Academy and Oxford University Press, explores whether, why and with what consequences there has been a disentangling of England from Britain in terms of its governance and national identity. The book concludes that the English have grown dissatisfied with their constitution and relationship with the wider world (as reflected in England's decisive vote in favour of Brexit), and less content for their nationhood to be poured into the larger vessel of Britishness. But England's national consciousness is fragmented and embryonic – unlike the other UK nations, it has yet to engage in a reflective national conversation about how it wishes to be governed – and, as Brexit unfolds, England is struggling to reshape its relationship with the other UK nations and the wider world without a cohesive national narrative to guide the way.
England, alone among the nations of the UK, has no legislature or executive of its own, and remains one of the most centralised countries in Europe. It is ruled directly from Westminster and Whitehall by a parliament, government and political parties that simultaneously represent the interests of both the UK and England. Correspondingly, at the level of identity, the English have historically displayed a greater propensity than the Scots and Welsh to conflate their own nationhood with a sense of affiliation to Britain and its state. As Robert Hazell noted in 2006, writing for the Constitution Unit on The English Question, 'in our history and in our institutions the two identities [of English and British] are closely intertwined, and cannot easily be unwoven'.
As a result of devolution to Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, Westminster and Whitehall frequently oversee legislation that applies entirely, or predominantly, to England. But the government and most politicians at Westminster tend to elide these territorial complexities, talking of setting policy or legislating for 'the nation' or 'the country', whatever the precise territorial application of the announcement in question. Governing England is rarely considered as an enterprise separate from the wider governance of the UK. Continue reading →
Posted in Brexit, Devolution	| Tagged Akash Paun, Brexit, Brexit and devolution, Brexit referendum, British Academy, Britishness, devolution, England, England and Brexit, English Conservatives, English devolution, english identity, English Labour Party, English nationalism, English parliament, English Question, english votes for english laws, EVEL, Governing England, Governing England: English institutions and identity in a changing United Kingdom, Iain McLean, IGR, intergovernmental relations, Irish border, John Denham, Michael Kenny, Mike Kenny, Northern Ireland, OUP, Oxford University Press, Scotland, the english question, Tony Travers, UKIP, Wales
Monitor 70 — Brexit: the uncertain road ahead
The latest issue of Monitor, the Constitution Unit's regular newsletter, was published today. Since the last issue, the prospects of a Brexit deal occurring before March have oscillated, calls for a 'people's vote' have increased in volume, and Brexit differences have led to relations between the UK government and politicians from Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland (still without a government) becoming increasingly strained. Allegations of a bullying culture in the House of Commons have coincided with concerns about digital campaigning and the alleged malfeasance by key players in the Brexit referendum campaign, causing concern about the state of the UK's democracy. This post is the opening article from Monitor 70, and you can download the full issue (as well as past editions) here.
Exit day – when the UK is scheduled to leave the European Union – is now little more than four months away. Yet all bets are still off as to what form it will take, or indeed whether it will even happen. This is partly because the UK–EU negotiations on a Brexit deal remain ongoing, and partly because how parliament will react to the outcome of those talks is far from clear.
Just as the last Monitor went to press, and after months of delay, the government finally published a white paper in July, setting out its proposals for Brexit and the UK's future relationship with the EU – the so-called 'Chequers plan'. Even before publication, two key cabinet ministers – Brexit Secretary David Davis and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson – had resigned, arguing that its proposals would bind the UK too closely to the EU yoke. Many Brexit supporters – both MPs and voters – agreed: polls found the plan's opponents among the public outnumbered its backers by around three to one. European leaders were also critical, and finally killed off the plan at the disastrous Salzburg summit in September.
Since then, UK and EU negotiators have been working frantically to resolve the crucial blocking point, regarding the Irish border (see pages 2–3). Whether the mooted November summit to sign off a deal can be resurrected will be known by the time this edition of Monitor is published. If not, agreement could potentially still be reached in December or even January. Continue reading →
Posted in Brexit, Devolution, digital democracy, Elections and referendums, Europe, Events, Freedom of information, Government, International, Judiciary and human rights, Parliament, Parties and politicians, Public Engagement and Policy Making	| Tagged boris johnson, Brexit, Brexit endgame, Brexit negotiations, Brexit talks, Brexit white paper, Chequers Agreement, Chequers plan, David Davis, Dominic Grieve, exit day, Irish backstop, Irish border, Justine Greening, Labour party conference, meaningful vote, Monitor, Monitor 70, no deal, no deal Brexit, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland backstop, Salzburg European Council, Salzburg summit, Sarah Wollaston, UK in a Changing Europe
Challenges to good government in Northern Ireland: charting a future course
Posted on October 5, 2018 by The Constitution Unit
The first part of this blog looked at Northern Ireland's troubled experience with government without ministers for the last year and a half; while the Renewable Heat Incentive Inquiry offered colourful but not uplifting revelations about the way it had been conducted under devolution; and Westminster's conduct of its responsibilities was widely questioned. Alan Whysall asks what lies behind these problems?
A lack of interest in good government and public policy has long been part of the Northern Ireland political culture. The dialogue in politics and the media has always readily reverted to the traditional issues – and more now that the parties are not constrained by the need to work together.
Partly, this illustrates the seriousness of the political and community divide that politics must seek to bridge. But the reflection of that divide in the structure of politics in Northern Ireland also means that no alternative government is on offer during elections, so misconduct in government is harder for the electorate to sanction. If the great priority of most electors is to support their community's champion against the other side, the detail of the champion's conduct in government gets lost. Continue reading →
Posted in Devolution, Government	| Tagged Alan Whysall, Arlene Foster, committee on standards in public life, CSPL, Democratic Unionist Party, devolution, direct rule, DUP, first minister, Good Friday Agreement, Head of the Civil Service, Karen Bradley, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, Northern Ireland Civil Service, Northern Ireland Executive, Renewable Heat Incentive Inquiry, RHI inquiry, secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin, Spads, Special advisers, unionists | Leave a comment
Challenges to good government in Northern Ireland: all shapes and sizes of icebergs
With no ministers in charge since March 2017, public administration in Northern Ireland faces serious challenges. Civil servants have been attempting to keep things running, but on collapsing legal foundations. A public Inquiry has raised issues about competence, commitment and propriety in the old devolved government. There is little energy behind restoration of devolved government, and little lead from London. The lack of attention to good government, suggests Alan Whysall, is a serious weakness in Northern Ireland political culture that must be tackled. The first part of this blog outlines the current challenges; the second, what might be done about them.
There is a side of Northern Ireland that revels in its disasters. A whole quarter of Belfast is after all named after the Titanic, rather than the many Harland and Wolff ships that did not sink. So there was resentment when the Guinness Book of Records recently denied Northern Ireland's claim to have gone for longer than anyone else without a government (on grounds of Westminster's ultimate ability to intervene).
There has been no government at all as respects devolved matters since January 2017. The position is worse than in most states 'without government', including Guinness' reigning champion Belgium, which have had ministers exercising caretaker functions. Northern Ireland has a legal void.
The larger political stakes around the collapse of devolution and profound disagreement over Brexit have been outlined in earlier pieces. They have continued to worsen. The focus of this blog is issues of governance – which however bear closely on future prospects of sustaining political progress. Continue reading →
Posted in Devolution, Government	| Tagged Alan Whysall, Arlene Foster, Democratic Unionist Party, Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment, deputy first minister, Deti, DUP, first minister, Ian Paisley Junior, Karen Bradley, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, Northern Ireland Executive, power-sharing, recall petition, Renewable Heat Incentive Inquiry, RHI inquiry, Sinn Féin, Sir Patrick Coghlin, Spads, Special advisers | Leave a comment
The Good Friday Agreement at 20: what's next for Northern Ireland?
Yesterday, in the first of two blogs on the Good Friday Agreement, Alan Whysall discussed where the Agreement had gone wrong and the benefits it has brought Northern Ireland since it was signed in April 1998. In this post, Alan looks at the future of the Agreement, a document he was involved in negotiating and implementing during his time as a civil servant at the Northern Ireland Office.
As conflict with the EU mounted over the Northern Ireland issue, some pro-Brexit voices in Great Britain began to argue that the Good Friday Agreement ('the Agreement') had 'run its course'. They proposed no alternatives, however, for a position that broke a 20 year consensus in mainstream British politics.
Few in Northern Ireland, beyond established ultras, have gone so far. But some, predominantly unionists, argue in the short term for direct rule; some for changes to the mechanisms of the Agreement. There is also increasing talk of a border poll opening the way to a united Ireland.
Direct rule
Some see direct rule from Westminster as a good government safety net that Northern Ireland can fall back on, as in the past. From one perspective, it is remarkable that has not happened. Extraordinarily, no one has been in charge of government for over a year, as though having government is discretionary. The civil service carries out the administration on the basis of established policy, in a legal quagmire.
Nonetheless the British government has resisted the temptation to reinstate full-blown direct rule. This is understandable, as its own role would be seriously contested, given its dependence on the DUP for a Commons majority; so would the role the Agreement foresees for the Irish government. Most damagingly, it might be seen as the end of efforts to revive the institutions, unleash further negativity and probably drive the best people from politics. Direct rule, once turned on, is hard to turn off.
The present situation cannot endure indefinitely. At some point, much more government will have to be done. Continue reading →
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The Good Friday Agreement at 20: what went wrong?
The Good Friday Agreement (also known as the Belfast Agreement) is 20 years old today, but recent events in Northern Ireland have shown that power-sharing has proven a difficult exercise. Alan Whysall, who was involved in the negotiations that led to the Agreement as well as its implementation, examines what has gone wrong since the Agreement was signed. A second blog, to be published tomorrow, will discuss what can be done to get the Agreement back on track.
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, ('the Agreement'), but the system of power-sharing government it established in Northern Ireland has not functioned for over a year. It was widely seen in Britain, as elsewhere, as a significant act of statesmanship, supported by both main parties. But it now appears at risk, as the Irish border becomes a critical issue in the Brexit negotiations.
What has gone wrong?
The Agreement was a political construct to underwrite the ending of a conflict and address the divided politics of a divided society. Progress in those three areas – conflict, politics and society – is interlinked. There was a hope that the division would reduce. In society it has, to some degree, though the progress is now in danger; in politics, less so.
The Agreement covered a wide range of matters besides devolved power-sharing government, but the main focus has been on that issue. The institutions were troubled from the start. Power-sharing government was not established until late 1999. Dogged by unionist reluctance to be in government with Sinn Féin while the IRA continued in being, it collapsed in late 2002. Five years' direct rule followed, during which the IRA declared its war over and decommissioned weapons, and political negotiations culminated in the St Andrews Agreement of 2006 (with minor changes to the Agreement institutions). Re-established in 2007, the institutions functioned for 10 years.
Sinn Féin pulled out of the Executive in January 2017 citing lack of 'respect' from the DUP, essentially around Irish identity. Its key demand became an Irish Language Act, much debated though little defined by either proposers or opponents. Political negotiations appeared to be leading to agreement in February this year, when the DUP abruptly pulled out, its base apparently unhappy at the prospect of the (rather modest) language legislation proposed in the draft text.
DUP figures now speak of restored devolution being impossible this year; no further negotiations are in prospect. The new Secretary of State, Karen Bradley, has brought forward legislation at Westminster on the Northern Ireland budget.
Since last January, opinion in Northern Ireland is much polarised; the rhetoric of the parties, and to some degree the print media, has plunged into a partisan downward spiral. The spirit of partnership that was once to the fore in politics, and at times won votes, is withering, with few vocal proponents in the political realm. Continue reading →
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Barza neagră (Ciconia nigra) este o  pasăre migratoare din ordinul ciconiformelor (Ciconiiformes), familia ciconiidelor (Ciconiidae) cu o talie foarte mare, de culoare neagră cu partea inferioară albă, răspândita în pădurile de foioase și rășinoase aflate lângă marginea apelor din zonele temperate ale Europei și Asiei. Are ciocul, gâtul și picioarele lungi; nu are glas, clămpănește prin deschiderea și închiderea ritmică a ciocului; cuibărește în arbori, mai rar pe stânci abrupte și se hrănește cu vertebrate (mai ales cu pești, dar și cu broaște, tritoni) și nevertebrate (insecte mari). Cuibărește rar în România și pleacă în sezonul rece.

Descrierea
Are o lungime de 95–100 cm (între curcă și curcan), anvergura aripilor 144–155 cm; cântărește 3 kg.  Aripile, gâtul și coada sunt negre cu reflexe metalice arămii și verzui; abdomenul este alb. Tinerii sunt lipsiți de luciul metalic.  Ciocul este roșu închis; la tineri verde-cenușiu.  Picioarele sunt roșii închis; la tineri verde-cenușiu.

Habitat
Trăiește în pădurile de foioase și rășinoase lângă marginea apelor și în regiunile mlăștinoase, cu păduri în apropiere.

Răspândire
Cuibărește în Europa Centrală și de Est, peninsula Iberică și zonele temperate din Asia. Iernează în regiunile tropicale din Africa și Asia. Există o populație rezidentă separată în Africa de Sud.

Hrana

Hrana este aceeași ca la barza albă: broaște, tritoni, insecte mari, dar cu preponderență pești, dintre care preferă țiparii. Localizează vizual prada, înhățând hrana cu o lovitură înainte a capului. Umbrește apa cu aripile întinse în timp ce vânează.

Comportamentul
Barza neagra este mai solitară decât alte berze. Este o pasăre zburătoare agilă, poate zbura prin coronamentul pădurii. Clămpănește din cioc, emițând diverse semnale: șuieraturi și fluierături.

Reproducerea
Sunt păsări monogame

Cuibul este construit în copaci înalți, mai rar pe stânci abrupte. Același cuib este adesea folosit în mai multe sezoane. Cuibul nou este destul de mic; devine însă tot mai cuprinzător prin reamenajări anuale, ajungând la 90–120 cm în diametru. Este format din crengi și consolidat cu pământ și mănunchiuri de iarbă și este căptușit cu mușchi, iarbă sau paie. Uneori adoptă alte cuiburi de păsări, cum ar fi cele de vulturi negri (Ictinaetus malayensis).

Ponta începe de obicei pe la mijlocul lui aprilie și durează până la mijlocul lui mai. Ouăle, în număr de 3-5, sunt depuse la interval de 2 zile și sunt de culoare albă la suprafață și verde-aprins pe partea internă a cojii.

Incubația durează 30-38 de zile. Clocirea este asigurată în majoritatea timpului de femelă și începe de la primul sau de la cel de al doilea ou depus.

Puii sunt nidicoli; ei rămân în cuib 62-71 de zile și se reîntorc apoi pentru alte 14 zile. Pielea este golașă în jurul ochilor, de culoare cenușie, ciocul galben, apoi devine verde-cenușiu, tarsurile și picioarele sunt de culoarea cărnii.

Starea de conservare
Figurează ca o specie neamenințată pe lista IUCN. Populațiile sunt în declin la nivel local din cauza vânătorii și a defrișărilor, mai ales în Europa.

Semnificația pentru om
Este intens vânată, în special în timpul migrației prin sudul Europei și Asia.

Prezența și răspândire în România
Cuibărește rar la noi și pleacă în sezonul rece. Este mult mai rară decât barza albă și este răspândită în pădurile de amestec din Carpați (rășinoase și foioase), uneori și în ținuturile mai joase, împădurite, cu întinderi de ape în vecinătate (în apropierea Deltei Dunării etc.). Este un oaspete de vară; sosește mai târziu și pleacă mai târziu decât barza albă.  Pe lângă populațiile mici ce cuibăresc în România, se întâlnește în special toamna, ca specie de pasaj, când migrează în Africa, la sud de Sahara.

Referințe

Bibliografie
 Dimitrie Radu. Lumea neștiuta a pasărilor din Delta Dunării. Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, 1988
 Dimitrie Radu. Păsările lumii. Ed. Albatros, București, 1977
 Dimitrie Radu. Păsările din Delta Dunării. Ed. Academiei R.S.R., București, 1979.
 Dimitrie Radu. Păsările din Carpați. Editura Academiei RSR 1967
 Dimitrie Radu. Mic atlas ornitologic. Ed. Albatros. București, 1983
 Dimitrie Radu.  Păsările din peisajele României. Ed. Sport-Turism, București, 1984
 Enciclopedie ilustrată. Păsările lumii. Editura Aquila. 2009
 Lumea animalelor după Brehm. Prelucrată după ediția a II a a lucrării Viața animalelor de către Rietschel, Hauke, Lotz, Merkel, Modes, Ed. Științifică, București, 1964
 Dan Munteau, Peter Weber, Aurel Papadopol. Atlasul păsărilor clocitoare din România. Ediția a II a, Cluj-Napoca, 2002, publicație S.O.R.
 Victor Ciochia. Dicționar de ornitologie. Ed. Pelecanus, Brașov, 2002
 Victor Ciochia. Mic tratat de ornitologie. Ed. Pelecanus, Brașov, 2007
 Victor Ciochia. Dinamica și migrația păsărilor. Ed. Științifică și Enciclopedică, București, 1984.
 V. Ciochia, V. Cotleanu, Victorina Ciochia. Păsări, cuiburi, ouă și puii din România. Ed. Pelecanus, Brașov, 2009.
 R. R von Dombrowski, "Ornis Romaniae", Fundația regală pentru literatură și artă, traducere din limba germană , prelucrare și completare Dionisie Linția, vol II, 1954
 Animale. Ghid vizual complet al lumii sălbatice. Editura Aquila. 2007
 Bruun, B., Delin, H., Svensson, L., Munteanu, D. Hamlyn Guide: Păsările din România și Europa, determinator ilustrat, Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, Londra. 1999
 Victor Ciochia. Păsările Dunării de la izvoare până la vărsare. Ed. Pelecanus. Brașov. 2001.
 George D. Vasiliu și L. Rodewald. Păsările din România (determinator). Institutul National Zootehnic. 1940
 Vasile Ionescu. Vertebratele din România. Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, 1968
 M. Talpeanu. Maria Paspaleva. Aripi deasupra Deltei. Editura Științifică. 1973

Legături externe

 Ageing and sexing (PDF) by Javier Blasco-Zumeta & Gerd-Michael Heinze

Păsări din România
Păsări din Republica Moldova
Păsări descrise în 1758
Taxoni clasificați de Carl Linnaeus

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Fashion Shows Where Kids In Care Are Paraded For Adoption? Welcome To Middle America.
Featuring some of the most offensive content on adoption we have seen in some time, and stemming from a film called Catwalk Kids, this documentary highlights the practice of pushing adoptive children down a catwalk in front of prospective parents with a view to finding children in care a permanent home.
Unable to find secure placements for children in need, those interviewed for the documentary explain that as the current strategy to find homes was not working, a new and radical plan was needed. Rather than look for an intelligent solution, the authorities involved decide to glamourise the adoption process by making these children 'perform' up and down a makeshift catwalk.
No one seems to have considered what damage this is doing to their self-esteem, or general development. At best, these children may grow up thinking that in order to be loved they must be fun, glamorous and engaging. At worst, those children who are not 'chosen', may develop mental health difficulties that will linger on into adulthood.
The stupidity of this practice just takes our breath away.
The documentary also touches on adoption practices around the world, including the UK's own National Adoption Week, when the Sun newspaper runs ads with children's photos and details about them with a view to securing adoptions. This practice, which is not exclusive to The Sun, continues to raise serious concerns about children's right to privacy and just as importantly their safety. These images are circulated to The Sun's 5 million strong readership, and more once the Sun's website, which they also use to 'advertise' children, is included.
The name of the film is of course designed to grab your attention and upset you, but much like the practice of throwing children onto a catwalk the premise is lacking in substance and completely misses the point. Making a sale is not equal to a happy ending.
Catwalk Kids is available to watch on Amazon, and is free for those with Amazon Prime or Amazon's monthly video package.
In the UK parents are gagged with the threat of prison if they speak out, and yet some years ago kids for adoption were being sold by a TV program then parents are told to take their kids pictures of off face book, so all back to control of the population and Governments can do what they want with the children even to hear say in the courts and the judges telling FAMILIES, THIS IS MY COURT DO AS YOUR TOLD shut up or get out. poor little kids sold in every way then thrown onto the streets as a teenager, I have said it a million times that the whole of the British Nation need to protest together.
To add to David's comment above, "and pass them on to couples that meet a need in THEM, not the child! Frankly, with what we now know about this child protection racket, that may mean anything!
It has been admitted that adoption is fast track trafficking and the new practice above is akin to displaying people for slavery. Kids have no say in how they are treated but no doubt has been sold on the idea of happy families, but who knows what really happens! Yes some people might be very nice but too many who adopt are not and we read about them in the papers after the damage is done.
The UK adoption policy is no better! The adoption "parties" are just another guise of the catwalk! Cameron's adoption policies, along with all the child protection policies show just how ill informed he was as a Prime Minister!
Work with the birth families should be the government's mantra. We could set the standard for the rest of the world to follow! If only they didn't have a vested interest in keeping the status quo!
Hello… There was an undercover documentary re: the adoption industry in america, it was filmed by a tv crew from Australia about 2 years ago…? does anyone know the name or where i could find it please?


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As we all wish Debbie Harry a Happy Birthday, the time has come to do a 'Blondie At Their Best' page
As we wish, today, American singer Debbie Harry a 'Happy @|#} th Birthday,' the time has come to playlist the 'BESTS' of her band : Blondie Video Tracklist : 1 . Heart of Glass (The Midnight Special) 2 . Maria 3 . Call me 4 . One Way Or Another 5 . Rapture 6 . The Tide Is High 7 . Sunday Girl (1979) 8 . Hanging On The Telephone 9 . Denis 10 . Union City Blue 11 . Dreaming (Apollo Theatre 1979)…
Fergie meets Debbie Harry at 'Fashion Rock's' (2008)
May 9, 2008 - Fergie will cover a Blondie "Call Me" song during this year "Fashion Rocks" charity fundraiser event and (surprise! surprise!) Debbie Harry will join her for the chorus
Sting, Bruce, Debbie et al support the rainforest (2019)
December 9, 2019 - Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Debbie Harry, Eurythmics, John Mellencamp, Ricky Martin, Bob Geldof, MJ Rodriguez, DMC, Adrienne Warren. They all take part in the "Rainforest Benefit Concert" at the Beacon Theater in New-York City
'Vous Avez Dit Bizarre' N°294 – Vintage 80s Music Videos
Meat Loaf, Nick Heyward, A~ha, Lloyd Cole And The Commotions, The Cure, Debbie Harry, Double, Yello, Paul McCartney, Culture Club, Alice Cooper, Bryan Adams
Rod Stewart, Godley & Creme, Adam Ant, Debbie Harry, Talk Talk, Blue Zoo, Visage, Skid Row, Pale Fountains, Tracey Ullman, Tears For Fears, Depeche Mode
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Willie Nelson, Diana Krall, Debbie Harry, Fiona Apple, Lucinda Williams, Elmo, Paul Mccartney, Jenny Lewis, Anne Sofie Von Otter, George Jones, Sheryl Crow, Lou Reed, The Police
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Vengaboys, Gloria Estefan, The B~52's, D:Ream, U.S.U.R.A. , Sean Maguire, Zig and Zag, Innocence, Adamski's Thing, Debbie Harry, Moby, Crystal Waters
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This week In One-Off Collaborations 19/52
Snoop Dogg & Charlie Wilson, Rick James & The Temptations, Steve Winwood & Stevie Wonder, Carole King & James Taylor, Fergie & Debbie Harry, Bono & Kylie Minogue, Eric Burdon & War, Madonna & Anthony Kiedis, Sheryl Crow & Lyle Lovett, Ben Harper & Ellen Harper, Van Morrison & Chet Baker, Pat Metheny & Antonio Carlos Jobim
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Private Stock publish 'Blondie,' their eponymous debut album featuring 'In the Flesh' (1976)
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On 19th of August, 2014 Prof. Roald Hoffmann, a Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, will conduct the public lecture "Chemistry's Essential Tensions: Three Views of a Science in Culture".
The lecture is organized by Samara State University and Samara Center for Theoretical Materials Science in collaboration with the Fock Meeting on Quantum and Computational Chemistry within the Megagrant of the Russian Government.
Mr. Roald Hoffmann is the Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters Emeritus, at Cornell University (Ithaca, USA). He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1981, jointly with Kenichi Fukui) for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions. Prof. Hoffmann contribute to chemistry could be called "Applied Theoretical Chemistry", a particular blend of computations stimulated by experiment to investigate both organic and inorganic substances, molecules or solids. With R. B. Woodward developed rules for elucidating organic reaction mechanism (the Woodward-Hoffmann Rules) and introduced the isolobal principle. He is a winner of prominent awards from the American Chemical Society, the US National Academy of Sciences, the American Crystallographic Association, the Russian Academy of Sciences RAS and many others. He is also foreign member of the RAS.
Prof. Hoffmann is author of numerous scientific publications in Chemistry, as well as popular scientific, philosophic and poetic works translated into several world's languages. He is co-host of TV series on introductory Chemistry "The World of Chemistry" aired in the 1990s. The series is widely used in teaching Chemistry at American high schools and universities as well as abroad. Prof. Hoffmann strongly contributed to promotion and interpretation of Chemistry to society, discovering in his publications and lectures its social, cultural, psychological and artistic dimensions.
Samara State University invites all interested to attend the lecture, which will be held at 7:00 pm at the conference hall of Renaissance Hotel (162B, Novosadovaya St.) on the 19th of August.
In this generously illustrated lecture several views of chemistry will be presented, stressing its artistic and psychological dimension: First of all, chemistry is, as it has always been, the art, craft, business of substances and their transformations. It is now also the science of microscopic molecules, both simple and complex. And then there are people's perceptions of chemistry - the ambivalence about benefit and harm that figures in these perceptions may be viewed as a problem, but it is also a life-giving tension. For it is the way we feel about people too. The underlying psychological tensions of chemistry will be explored, as will the strong element of creation or synthesis in chemistry, which brings chemistry close to the arts.
R. B. Woodward and R. Hoffmann The Conservation of Orbital Symmetry, Verlag Chemie and Academic Press, Weinheim and New York, 1970.
R. Hoffmann Solids and Surfaces: A Chemist's View of Bonding in Extended Structures, VCH, New York, 1988. Translated into Russian by A. L. Tchougreev, Mir, Moscow, 1990.
Roald Hoffmann and Vivian Torrence Chemistry Imagined, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1993.
The Same and Not the Same, Columbia University Press, New York, 1995.


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Jacqueline Feldman, MD, DLFAPA for APA President-Elect
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Conversations with Dr. Jackie
4116 River View Cove, Birmingham, AL, 35243
JJMFeldmanMD@gmail.com
Professional Interests
Mental Health Equity, Public Psychiatry, Schizophrenia, Emergency Psychiatry, Crisis Systems of Care, Systems Management (transforming systems to focus on recovery), Criminal Justice and Mental Health, Atypical Antipsychotics, Public Policy Development, Resident and Medical Student Education, Climate Change and Mental Health, Advocacy
Duke University Medical Center (DUMC,) Residency, including Executive Chief Resident (1983-1987)
University of Texas Medical School at Houston (MD) (1979-1983)
University of Texas at Austin (graduate work in psychology/behavioral genetics) (1976-1979)
University of Iowa (BS) (1972-1976)
Licensures/Certification
Medical Licensure: Licensed in Alabama, North Carolina
Board Certification in Psychiatry: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, issued 1988
APA Special Presidential Commendation (2019)
Best Doctors in America (2008-2020)
Argus Awards for Recognition of Excellence in Teaching Clinical Psychiatry (2002, 2006)
Exemplary Psychiatrist: National Alliance on Mental Illness (1993, 2005)
America's Top Psychiatrists (Public Psychiatry) (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Fellow – Hedwig van Amerigen Executive Leadership Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women (2001-2002)
UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology (1990-present)
Professor Emerita (2015-present)
Patrick H. Linton Endowed Professor of Psychiatry (1999-2014)
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs (2012-2014)
Medical Director, Center for Psychiatric Medicine (UAB Psychiatric Hospital) (2012-2014)
Director, Division of Public Psychiatry (1991-2014)
Executive Director, Medical Director: Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center (1990-2014)
Psychiatry Director, GRACE Clinic (pre/postnatal depression clinic) (2003-2012)
Board of Directors, Center for Research in Women's Health (2002-2014)
Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) (1987-1990)
Clinical Associate in Psychiatry
Medical Director, Open general adult psychiatric unit
Director of Emergency Psychiatry Services
Private practice, DUMC
4 years of psychoanalysis
Grants and Research (Highlights)
Principal Investigator, Supportive Permanent Housing for Jefferson County's Chronically Homeless with Serious Mental Illness, funded by HUD (2006-2008)
Co-Investigator, Genetic Liability for Schizophrenia in African-Americans in South-East United States, Multi-site, 5-year grant, funded by NIMH (2002-2006)
Principal Investigator, Developing a CCISC (Comprehensive Coordinated Integrated System of Care/Dual Diagnosis), Model in Alabama, Funded by CMHS/SAMHSA (2003-2005)
Sub-Investigator, numerous psychopharmacology efficacy/safety studies (Aventis, Lilly, Zeneca, Abbott) (1992-2000)
Co-Investigator, National Coordination Research Team, Transition from Head Start Demonstration Project, Funded by Civitan International Research (1992-1994)
NIMH Block grant reviewer (1994-1997) (Chair for US Territories reviews 1997)
Academic Committee Memberships
UAB:
SOM: Credentials Committee (ongoing), Task Force on the Status of Women (2 years)
Department:(truncated list) QI; Clinical Leadership; Advancement, Promotions and Tenure; Residency Training; Psychiatry Residency Curriculum Committee, Public Psychiatry Task Force, Emergency Psychiatry Task Force
DUMC (1987-1990)
Psychiatry Residency Curriculum Committee
Inpatient Psychiatry Executive Committee
Psychiatry Residency Education Committee
Professional Memberships: (Leadership roles in bold)
Alabama NAMI (1990-present), State Board (2006-2014, 2019-present)
American Psychiatric Foundation, Board of Directors (2002–2007)
Alabama Psychiatric Physicians Association (District Branch) (1990–present); President (2012-2013)
American Association of Community Psychiatry, Board (1996-present); President (2000-2004)
American Association of Psychiatric Administrators, Board (1998-2000)
APA (1983-present)(See Background for APA Service)
Association of Women Psychiatrists (2002-present)
Birmingham Psychiatric Society (1992–present;) President (1995-1996)
Caucus on Psychiatrists Practicing in Criminal Justice Settings (1996-2000)
Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) – Committee on Psychiatry and the Community (1996–present); Board of Directors (2016–2018)
National Alliance on Mental Illness (1990–present); Associate Medical Director (2014 – present)
Journal Leadership
Community Mental Health Journal: Reviewer (1993–present); Editorial Advisory Board (2003-present); Editor-in-Chief (2008-2019)
Local/State/National Service/Consultation: (Highlights)
N.E. Miles Jewish Day School, Board member (2020-present)
Temple Emanu-El, (Reform Jewish temple) Executive Committee; Board Member; Chair, Education Committee
Committee; Member, Rabbi search committee (2016-2019)
The National Council: Mass Violence Initiative, member (2018-2019)
NAMI-National Associate Medical Director (2014 – present)
Alabama Department of Medicaid: P&T Committee (2003-2005); Consultant (2001-2005); Citizens' Advisory Committee/RCO (2014-2018); Providers' Standards Committee (2015-2018)
Alabama Department of Corrections: Medical Advisory Committee (1995-2004)
Federal court monitor for womens' mental health in Alabama prisons (2005-2010)
Alabama Department of Mental Health: Indigent Drug Program (1993-2012); Chair (1999-2012)
Adult Mental Illness Task Force (1994-1999); Wyatt Mental Illness Working Group (1993 – 1994)
State Mental Illness Planning Council (1993 – 1997)
US Department of Justice: Lead psychiatrist, Investigation of state hospitals in Georgia (2007 – 2009)
Recent and Selected Publications:
Named as co-section editor for 5th Edition of Tasman's Psychiatry, section on "Prevention, Systems of Care, and Psychosocial Aspects of Treatment." In preparation.
Feldman, JM. Achieving Mental Health Equity: Community Psychiatry. In Stewart, AJ, Shim, RS (Eds.) Achieving Mental Health Equity. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 43. 511-524. https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1bYWR,4QFJBKCu
GAP Committee on Psychiatry and the Community (all committee members contributed to the manuscript). Minkoff, K, Feldman, JM (Eds). Getting to the Ideal Health Crisis System: Essential Elements, Measurable Standards, and Best Practices. In preparation.
Sowers, W, McQuistion, H, Ranz, J, Runnels, P, Feldman, JM (Eds.) Textbook of Community Psychiatry (2nd Edition). New York City, NY: Springer, In preparation.
Sowers, W, McQuistion, H, Ranz, Feldman, JM (eds.) Handbook of Community Psychiatry. New York, NY: Springer, 2012.
GAP Committee on Psychiatry and the Community (all committee members including myself contributed to the book). People with Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System. Arlington, VA: APPI, 2016.
Feldman, JM. Chronic Mental Illness. In Ruiz, P, Primm, A (Eds.) Disparities in Psychiatric Care: Clinical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams and Williams, 2009.
Feldman, J, Goldfinger, S. HIV/AIDS Among the Homeless. In Fernendez D, Ruiz, P (Eds.) Psychiatric Aspects of HIV/AIDS, First Edition. New York, NY: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2006.
Feldman, JM, Keltner, NL Culture, Ethnicity, and Psychopharmacology. In Keltner, NL, Folks, DG (Eds.) Psychotropic Drugs, 4th Edition. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Press, 2005.
GAP Committee on Psychiatry and the Community (all committee members including myself contributed to the booklet). Now That We Are Listening: Psychiatrists Report on Letters to Dear Abby from People with Schizophrenia, 2000.
Feldman, MD, Feldman, JM, Stranger Than Fiction: When Our Minds Betray Us. Washington, D.C.: APPI, 1998.
Over 140 presentations on topics including: Community Psychiatry; Expanding Medicaid (to Alabama State legislators); People with Mental Illness in the CJ system; Crisis Systems; Building the IPS into a Meeting of the Future; Leveraging Intergenerational Differences and Strengths in Developing Psychiatric Leaders; NAMI: Understanding the First Person and Family Experience; #MeToo: Women Patients and Female Psychiatrists: Evolution in Empowerment 1844-1944; Recovery (many different iterations); Increasing Your Chances of Publishing; What to Expect in a Psychiatry Emergency Room; State of Mental Health in Alabama; Changes to Approaches in Early Psychosis; Family View and Impact of Mass Violence; Health Care Reform and Psychiatry; Shared Decision Making; Prenatal and Postpartum Depression; Advances in the Treatment of Anxiety and Depression in Women; Public Mental Health Systems; Pros and Cons of Polypharmacy; Perinatal Depression; Evolving Treatment in Schizophrenia; Adherence; Treatment for Bipolar Disorder; Medicare Part D/Medicare Modernization Act (with Sam Muszniski of APA); Womens' Mental Health; Picasso's Bulls and Public Psychiatry: Moving From Vision to Reality; New Freedom Commission Report; Mental Health Courts; Managed Care and the Seriously Mentally Ill; CQI; Presented at APA meetings, fall meetings of the APA; Alabama Psychiatric Physicians meetings, invited grand rounds and conferences across the United States, to NAMI groups (local, state, and national meetings), local and regional hospitals, US Psychiatric Congress, and International Conferences (Korea)
Jacqueline Feldman, MD, DLFAPA for APA President-Elect,


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What If Tudor Edition- Catherine of Aragon
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England, ER, Northern Europe
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Arthur, Prince of Wales ca 1501. Photo Credit- Scanned from Tomas P. Campbell, Henry VIII and the Art of Majesty: Tapestries at the Tudor Court, Yale University
There are always points in history where a different choice could have been made and the end would have been very different. There are many what if points in the Tudor time period. In this post, I will address two of the most tantalizing.
Prince Arthur lived and became King of England
Arthur Tudor was the first born of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. He was meant to be the embodiment of the golden age of England, and the flower of the Tudor dynasty. He was married to Catherine of Aragon on November 14, 1501. The newly married pair traveled to Ludlow and administered Wales from that castle. In real life, Arthur died of an unknown illness not long after their arrival setting in motion a train of events that led to the troubled reign of Henry VIII that has fascinated many people over the years. But what if Arthur survived?
Catherine and Arthur could have had a line of healthy children including a son and heir. This would solidified the alliance between Spain and England against France. Catherine was quite active in pillow side diplomacy with Henry, so it is reasonable to theorize she would be with Arthur as well. With a bevy of healthy children with both Spanish and English royal blood running in their veins, he would have no reason to go against Spain. This takes the Spanish armada coming against England out of play.
However, it is theorized the illness that laid him low at Ludlow would have weakened him. Also, Catherine had difficulty carrying a child to term, and this may not have been due to a problem with Henry. We have no way of knowing. Therefore, this casts doubt on their ability to have healthy sons. Arthur and Catherine may have been in the the same succession crisis as Henry and Catherine, however, this is no doubt Arthur would have handled it differently than Henry. Arthur had been trained more closely by his father, Henry VII, and was said to take after him in his cautious nature. It is doubtful he would have put aside his wife, and if he did it would not have been for a commoner. Arthur would have made a powerful European alliance with his second marriage.
Catherine of Aragon. Photo Credit- Wikipedia
Without the tantalizing prospect of Anne Boleyn and her slender white hands pushing books on reform into Henry's hot hands, the reformation of the English Church would have not been so violent. The will to reform the church was there, but would spring not from the government or the monarchy. In this scenario, it would come from a more grassroots level. And who knows what Bishop Henry, the king's brother and defender of the faith, would think of it?
Catherine and Henry's first son lived
Born on January 1, 1511, Henry, Duke of Cornwall, was the son and heir of Henry VIII and his wife Catherine of Aragon. The couple had already lost a stillborn daughter, and were overjoyed at the birth of this healthy boy. The public called him "the New Year's Price" or "little Prince Hal" and toasted him with wine and bonfires and dancing in the streets. He was christened a few days later with all the pomp and circumstance of a prince of England at the Chapel of the Observant Friars at Richmond. His father, King Henry, jousted at a tournament in his honor carrying the motto "Sir Loyal Heart" as a tribute to the prince's lady mother. Then it all went wrong.
Henry VIII of England Photo Credit- Wikipedia
In real life, the wee babe lived only fifty-two days. No one knows for sure what happened to the child, but infant mortality was high in the those days. But what if the little prince had lived? Henry had his heir. There would be no pressure or rush for him to get rid of his older wife Catherine. When the lovely Anne Boleyn came back to court, she would have no card to play to convince the king to put her on the throne. It was mistress or nothing. Perhaps she would have passed through his arms like her sister did. Or perhaps she would merely flirt and end up happily married to Henry Percy. It is highly likely that Henry would have continued the grand tradition of having a mistress, but no one would have faulted him for it. Both Charles V and his son Philip as well as Francis of France had their share of extramarital affairs. It was the way of the times. But as long as Catherine did her duty and gave the King an heir, there would be no reason to get rid of her. No Great Matter.
Their daughter Mary would have a much happier life as the younger sister to the heir apparent. Her childhood would have been much happier as she would never be forced to chose between her two beloved parents. As the legitimate daughter of the King of England she would have had her pick of eligible princes and been the wife and mother she longed to be.
As in the previous scenario, religious reform would be bottom up not forced from the top down. It is unknown how Henry would react. Henry was always against Lutheranism, but it is possible he could have listened to other reforms. Perhaps Catherine would have brought a moderating influence to his decisions. However, she was a daughter of the monarchs who instituted the Inquisition, so it is possible she could have pushed him to a more hard line position.
However, none of this was meant to be and a beautiful young woman named Anne Boleyn strayed into the King's gaze and the rest as they say was history.
Sources available on request
Thomas Wyatt the Younger


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News - October 2018 - School of Business Administration
»Lihong Qian, Business faculty, presented the paper "Licensing to Your Competitor, But to Whom? Value Creation, Competition, and Performance" at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management in Chicago, Aug. 10-14.
»Shung Jae Shin, Business faculty, presented the paper "The Feedback-Seeking Behavior and Individual Creativity in Team Contexts" at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management in Chicago, Aug. 10-14.
»Ellen West, Business faculty, presented "Gifts that Improv Offers" and was a member of the team that presented the professional development workshop "A Contemplative Arts Salon for Individual and Organizational Well Being" at the annual meeting of the Aca
»Amaradri Mukherjee, Business faculty, authored an article titled "Investigating the Effectiveness of Retailers' Mobile Applications in Determining Customer Satisfaction and Repatronage Intentions? A Congruency Perspective" in the Journal of Retailing and
»Talya Bauer, Business faculty, was named among the top 100 most influential authors in the field of Organizational Behavior (out of a total of 16,289 who were cited at least once) based on the number of citations in 13 Organizational Behavior textbooks. S
» Scott DuHadway, Business faculty, received the 2018 Best Reviewer Award at the Academy of Management for the Operations and Supply Chain Management division.
»Berrin Erdogan, Business faculty, was named among the top 100 most influential authors in the field of Organizational Behavior (out of a total of 16,289 who were cited at least once) based on the number of citations in 13 Organizational Behavior textbooks
»Melissa Appleyard, Business faculty, presented "Unpacking interdisciplinary R&D in Nanomedicine" in the symposium Conducting Academically Rigorous Research with Industry and Government to Address Big Social Issues: Cross-Sector Collaborations at the annua
»Talya Bauer, Business faculty, was a presenter in an HR Research Roundtable Forum and an HR Division Late Ph.D. Consortium. She was also a discussant in the symposium "Leveraging an Interactionist Perspective to Understand Newcomer Socialization" at the a
»Tianxu Chen, Business faculty, presented the papers "We Are Friends, But We Are Also Rivals: The Role of Competition on CVC Tie Formation," "Look Far, or Look Close? CEO Time Horizon and Firm Corporate Venture Capital Strategy" and "Leadership Identity Cl
»Jeanne Enders, Business faculty, presented "Best paths for Failure: ePortfolio Implementation Strategies that Do not Work" at the Association of Authentic, Experiential and Evidence Based Learning annual meeting in Vancouver, BC, on July 23.
»Berrin Erdogan, Business faculty, was presenter in Organizational Behavior Doctoral Consortium and HR Division Late Ph.D. Consortium. She also presented the papers "Implications of Perceived Overqualification for Employee's Close Social Ties" and "Leader-
»Brady Firth, Business faculty, presented the papers "The costs of proactivity: Proactive employees and the challenge-hindrance stressor framework" and "When and why team-level voice impacts individual-level performance" at the annual meeting of the Academ
»Sejin Keem, Business faculty, was a speaker in the symposium "Searching for Love at First Sight: First Day of Class and First Impressions" at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management in Chicago, Aug. 10-14.
»Desiree Pacheco, Business faculty, was a presenter at the Iberoamerican Academy of Management Doctoral Student and Young Faculty Consortium, a discussant in the professional development workshop "Social Movements, Stakeholders, and Non-Market Strategy and
»Mellie Pullman, Business faculty, presented the paper "Social Impact Supply Chain Management" in the symposium "Not For-Profit Focal Firms in Supply Chain Management: Future Research Directions." She was also the chair of the session at the annual meeting
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Discussion in 'Introduce Yourself' started by Dox, Oct 31, 2007.
Hello, you may have seen me around, I'm Dox!
But since A lot of games don't allow you to use a name that long I shortened it.
My favorite map is 2fort. Probably just because I like CTF better than CP.
In real life Im a Marine.
My hobbies include Graphic design. And I dabble in Audio Editing. and im trying to learn how to make models.
Once the SDK gets out and I get comfortable with changing images into materials, give me a hollar if you need some custom ones made.
Dox: a bit like Cher.
The first time I saw you nickname Dox, I though about "Reboot" the 3d animated cartoon ! Probably due to the name of the character Dot ! Anyway, glad to know you ! See ya !
I didnt break down, I just have the brushwork made. Im still too stubborn for my own good.


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Berne, 08.10.1999 - The national roaming agreement between Orange Communications and Swisscom does not contravene the provisions of telecommunications law. This is the conclusion reached by the Federal Communications Commission (ComCom). It thus brings to an end the supervision procedure initiated against Swisscom and Orange.
Since launching its services on 29 June 1999, Orange Communications has made up for the currently partial coverage of its network by means of a national roaming agreement with Swisscom. National roaming allows Orange to cover 90% of the population. With this roaming agreement, the conditions were created to allow Orange customers to use the Swisscom network without actually being Swisscom customers - for the time being and when they are in a location which is not yet covered by the Orange network. Swisscom then bills its services not to the customer who has taken advantage of roaming but to Orange.
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The Swedes Come Out of the Weeds
Post author By Todd Rathkamp
In October, 2009 I wrote THIS POST about my Great Grandmother, Olive (Hassel) Rathkamp, my dad's grandmother. Olive died in 1926, 16 years before my dad was born. Until last week she and her Swedish ancestors continued to be a complete mystery. I've accumulated some anecdotal evidence, but nothing concrete. I've long suspected her father was Charles Hassel, knew she lived in Michigan, suspected she was born in Sweden, and suspected her mother died when she was young. That's it. Not exactly something a genealogist would hang his hat on.
I have literally had three different people listed as possibly being her mother. This death record seemed to indicate her mother was Anna (Erickson) Hassel who apparently died in childbirth on December 17, 1892 a date which coincides with the birth of Olive's sister Ella.
Anna would have been 8 years younger than Charles and would have only been 16 when she had Olive. Not out of the realm of possibilities.
I knew I'd have much better luck finding Olive's mom if I could find a birth record from Sweden. This was no easy task. The only thing I had to go on was Charles' obit from 1937. This obit states that he was from Nora, Westmanlan (Vastmanland), Sweden. If this was true it would have helped. But Charles lied. Actually he probably didn't lie. It's amazing how facts are distorted through the lens of time. Soon tiring of finding the needle in the haystack, I decided to try my old trick of working sideways.
Iron Mountain, Michigan was an iron mining town and went through a boom during the late 1800's. Similar to what's happening now in North Dakota and the tar sands in Canada, workers were recruited to Iron Mountain from other areas of the world. Even today, looking through the Iron Mountain phone book, you'll notice two distinct ethnic groups: Swedes and Italians. It's not a coincidence that skilled miners could be found in both Sweden and Italy. These young men, searching for opportunity, ended up working together in the iron mines of Iron Mountain.
Knowing this, I started searching emigration information for some of the other Swedes that had settled in Iron Mountain. One town that seemed to show up on more than one occasion was the town of Grythyttan, Örebro, Sweden. Plugging this town into Google Maps, I soon discovered Grythyttan was only some 20 miles away from….Nora, Örebro, Sweden. Grythyttan is a small town. A small town, along with an uncommon Swedish surname would surely make my life easier. And it did.
Ancesty.com has done a nice job of integrating the Swedish Genline database. I quickly was able to find this gem: From there, I was off to the races. I now knew my Swedish ancestors were from Grythyttan and soon I was able to find Olive's birth record too. It seems her first name wasn't Olive. No surprise. Olive was her middle name and her first name was Ingeborg. Now that sounds Swedish.
So who is Olive's mom? Charles married Josephine Bergquist on January 7, 1892, three weeks after Anna's death. But it turns out Anna wasn't Olive's mom either. For years, I've had a copy of a ship's manifest showing a Sofie and Olive Hassel coming into the U.S. in March of 1888. But because I stuck on the possibility that Olive's mom was Anna, I dismissed this record.
It turns out that on May 17, 1884 (two years before Olive was born), Charles married Sophia Sax in Grythyttan.
The ship's manifest was correct. Sophia was Olive's mother. Since then, I've found another record. This record shows Sofia and Olive made the trip with Charles' brother Andrew. It shows they were from Grythyttan. And it shows there destination was…Iron Mountain, Michigan.
So here's my best guess…Charles and Sophia marry in 1884, Olive was born in 1886. Charles emigrates without his wife and young daughter, to Iron Mountain, then his brother Andrew, Sophia, and Olive are sent for. Sometime between their arrival and 1890/91, Sophia dies and Charles, finding himself unable to work in the mine and care for Olive, marries Anna. Anna dies in 1892, Charles again finds himself in a bind and marries Josephine.
My great aunt, Grace Larson often took me up to her cabin between Merrill and Tomahawk, Wisconsin. In 1974 during one of our trips "up north", Grace and I drove up to Iron Mountain. I was 10. In Iron Mountain, we toured the Chapin Mine. While writing this post, I recalled this tour and vaguely remembered these pictures being tucked away in a photo album Grace put together for me. Grace's sister was Alice "Pat" Rathkamp, my grandmother. Pat was married to Bill Rathkamp, my grandfather. Bill's mother was Olive, my Great Grandmother. Olive's father was Charles, my Great Great Grandfather. Charles and his brother worked in this mine. I think Grace may have taken me to Iron Mountain for a reason.
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Walker urges standing, not kneeling, during…
Walker urges standing, not kneeling, during national anthem
By Scott Bauer and The Associated Press |
PUBLISHED: September 6, 2018 at 2:36 p.m. | UPDATED: September 18, 2018 at 6:31 a.m.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker took a page out of President Donald Trump's playbook Thursday, calling on all NFL players to stand during the national anthem.
Walker's tweets elicited a quick comeback from the Democratic lieutenant governor candidate, who questioned Walker's patriotism and asked why he never served in the military.
The back-and-forth played out in a series of tweets that came hours before the Thursday night kickoff of the NFL season. Walker, a Republican seeking a third term, punctuated one message with a cartoon image of himself known as a bitmoji in front of an American flag, hand on heart.
In another tweet , Walker asked whether Democratic candidate for governor Tony Evers supports "NFL players blatantly disrespecting our flag and the Wisconsin men and women in uniform? If he wants to be the leader of our state, he owes them an answer."
Walker retweeted a January message from Evers' running mate Mandela Barnes where Barnes posted "Take a knee" in reaction to a story about whether Trump knew the words to the national anthem.
Barnes, who is African American, issued a stinging response , saying that "your president should learn the words" and "you just don't get it."
"Also, you could have served in THREE wars, why didn't you stand up then?" Barnes tweeted to Walker.
Walker, 50, has been in elected office since 1993 when he was 25 years old.
Walker's campaign had no immediate response. Evers' campaign also did not immediately respond to questions about whether Evers supports players who kneel during the anthem.
GOP Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch did weigh in, tweeting that "neighbors have told me" Barnes kneels during the national anthem. Barnes responded by calling Kleefisch a liar.
Barnes also posted an image of himself wearing a Colin Kaepernick jersey. The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback began a wave of protests by NFL players two seasons ago, first sitting on the bench and then kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial inequality.
The protests have grown into one of the most polarizing issues in sports, with Trump loudly urging the league to suspend or fire players who demonstrate during the anthem.
Walker first weighed in publicly on the national anthem debate in October, sending a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith that said he believes kneeling players are showing disrespect for the flag and veterans.
This story has been corrected to reflect that Walker wanted players to stand, not take a knee.
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Brighton teaching assistant Sophie Field takes on cancer
A TEACHING assistant was given a shock brain tumour diagnosis after suffering a seizure while driving.
Sophie Field was at the wheel when she heard a strange noise she thought was a mechanical fault in Brighton.
But then after pulling over she suffered a severe seizure and had to be taken to hospital.
She was told she had a brain tumour the size of a peach.
Sophie Field with boyfriend Liam Alexander
At first Sophie, 25, from Ovingdean, was told it was benign. She was given a brain op and applied to get her licence back.
As she started to get her life on track last year, she started having more small seizures and went back for checks.
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In December teaching assistant Sophie, who also loves ballroom dancing, was told the tumour was growing again.
She had another operation, but within a fortnight she was given the news the tumour was cancerous.
Before the coronavirus lockdown she had to start chemotherapy treatment to beat the cancer.
It has forced her life to change because of the impact of treatment and surgery, forcing her to stop competitive dancing and to stop work.
Now she wants to warn others to get symptoms checked after figures showed fewer people are starting treatment for cancer as a result of the pandemic.
Sophie is standing up to cancer
Sophie said: "I had constant headaches for nearly a year and put them down to dehydration or stress. Around six months before my diagnosis, I started to have seizures. MRI scans were declined for another month but one month later I was diagnosed.
"I want to make people aware of how mild symptoms can be so much more serious. When symptoms are persistent, I cannot stress enough how important this is.
"Even when you are worried or too scared to go to get it checked, It'll ease your mind and the sooner you can take the next step when it's needed."
Now alongside boyfriend Liam Alexander, 24, and their dog Opal, Sophie has taken part in the Cancer Research UK and Channel 4 fundraiser for Stand up to Cancer on Sunday Brunch.
She said she previously loved the glitz and glam of competitive dancing and the pride she felt when she attained first place, but has had to retire.
"Now I love to take my little sisters out with my boyfriend when I can and we all love of a game of bowling," she added.
Sophie and Liam are turning up the heat on cancer by doing a sponsored cook for Sunday Brunch, with Channel 4 set to showcase the best examples.
Cancer Research UK spokeswoman Lynn Daly thanked them and said: Cancer doesn't stop in the face of a pandemic. It can affect anyone's life, at any time."
To donate, take part, or find out more visit: su2c.org.uk/brunch.
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PING Junior Solheim Cup
Expect an intense battle for qualification into the European PING Junior Solheim Cup team this year. Captain Iben Tinning believes there will be more competition for places than there has ever been before.
Qualification starts in Spain this week for this year's match at Golf Club St. Leon-Rot on September 14-15.
"It's going to be a tough team to get onto," said the four-time Solheim Cup player. "We have a lot more strength in depth than we used to and the players now seem to come from all over Europe.
"A lot of our most experienced amateurs are no longer eligible but there are more than enough younger players to take their place. There's a strong nucleus of 16-17 year-olds but also quite a few 14-15 year-olds who are already playing well enough to challenge for the top girls' titles."
Altogether there are a total of eight qualification events with the Spanish International Ladies' Amateur at Real Club Pineda de Sevilla, Spain (Feb 25-March 1) being followed by the French International Lady Junior Championship at GC St Cloud, France (April 2-6), the German Girls' Open at GC St. Leon-Rot Germany (June 5-7), the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship at Portstewart GC, Northern Ireland (June 9-13), the European Girls' Team Championship at Golf Resort Kaskada Brno, Czech Republic (July 7-11), the European Ladies' Team Championship at Helsingør, Denmark (July 7-11) and the ANNIKA Invitational Europe at Bro-Bålsta, Sweden (August 4-6) before being completed at the Girls' British Open Championship at West Kilbride, Scotland, on August 10-14, 2015.
At the end of the qualification process the first six players on the Ranking will earn an automatic place on the European team with the team being completed with six Captain's picks.
″It's a long haul so I would advise the girls not to get upset if they don't get off to a great start in Spain and France,″ said Tinning. "I'd also like to take this opportunity to wish the girls all the best as they try to qualify for this year's team. I know a lot of the European girls will be desperate to make the side but if I had one bit of advice it would be to relax and play their own games rather than try to chase a place.
″I remember I did that back in 2009 when Alison Nicholas was captain of our Solheim Cup team. I was desperate to play on her side but all that did was to increase the pressure on me and I ended up missing out. I'd recommend that the girls focus on their own games", she added. ″I'm sure if they can do that they will have a much better chance of making the team.″
PING Junior Solheim Cup founder, John Solheim, the Chairman and CEO of PING, is looking forward to following the qualification process and to the subsequent match at St Leon-Rot in which Europe will be bidding to cut the American's 4-2-1 lead in the series.
"Representing Europe and their home country on a PING Junior Solheim Cup team is an honour few girls are privileged to experience," said Solheim. "With eight qualifying events in eight countries, we'll be watching with great anticipation as the best compete to earn the 12 coveted spots on Captain Tinning's European team.
"The girls who make the team will experience a thrilling competition in Germany against their American opponents, while forming friendships that will last a lifetime."
This year's Spanish Ladies' International Amateur has attracted a strong field from all across Europe. It includes Switzerland's Albane Valenzuela, Spaniard's Maria Parra and Alejandra Pasarin, France's Eva Gilly and Agathe Laisne, Ireland's Olivia Mehaffey, England's Sophie Lamb and Hollie Muse, Germany's Esther Henseleit and Sweden's Filippa Möörk all of whom meet the age requirement to qualify for this year's team.


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Stop Motion Magazine: Japan Issue of Stop Motion Magazine Available for Download!!!
Just took a look at it--HOLY COW!!! This is a fantastic issue, John. Each article is incredible. And behind the scenes on Komaneko?!!! CRAZY! Yuji turned me on to the series and it's been very rare and difficult to find anything in English about them.
And the master ball joint maker--inspiring!
It was a great collection of interviews. I'm glad you like it.
I agree with Shelley. Really fantastic issue. I never even knew about japanese stop motion. Thanks a million. Cheers!
Great issue! I love Domo! so much so that I have a tattoo of him!