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November 13, 2013 News » Features
Turmoil at the Museum: Inside the Affair, Suicide and Abrupt Resignation That Rocked the Cleveland Museum of Art
By Sam Allard and Doug Brown
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Photo Courtesy of Pat McGrath, Ottawa Citizen
David Franklin, the former director of the Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art in University Circle is one of Northeast Ohio's flagship cultural institutions. It is home to an impressive collection of major paintings -- by Degas, Monet, Caravaggio -- and boasts one of the fattest endowments of any museum in the country. It was established in 1913 "for the benefit of all the people forever," and remains largely free to the general public. Thanks to ongoing support from individual and corporate mega-donors, the museum's lavish $350-million expansion is nearly complete. It is governed, as institutions of its ilk often are, by a board of trustees.
The board is generally comprised of the city's CEOs, wives of CEOs and scions of monied families with ties to the East Side. Most of them live in Gates Mills and Shaker Heights. They tend to be more deeply acquainted with law firms and corporate affairs than museums. Few, if any, have more than a dilettantish appreciation for or sophistication about art. At the risk of sounding overly theatrical, they represent Cleveland's Power and Prestige in concentrate. They socialize in "donor circles."
David Franklin is the former CMA director who resigned under murky circumstances in October. Those circumstances had become much clearer in the weeks that followed as Scene and others reported that Franklin's "personal reasons" for stepping down from his post centered on an affair with a former CMA staffer named Christina Gaston. The young woman was found dead in her apartment in April from an apparent suicide and Franklin was the one to find her -- he made the 911 call the night of her death.
There were glaring inconsistencies and questions in the Cleveland Heights police report, as well as in what the CMA board had been serving up to Plain Dealer reporter Steven Litt.
Litt is the city's only regular art and architecture writer. He broke the news on Monday, Oct. 21, that David Franklin was resigning as CMA director for personal reasons. In a prepared statement, Franklin said that he wanted more time for research and writing. His resignation, after only three years at the helm, would be effective immediately. The resignation was characterized as a major blow in part because CMA had seen so much turbulence in its top position since 2000.
At the time, board chairman R. Steven Kestner told Litt he couldn't elaborate (though in fact he wouldn't elaborate) on Franklin's "personal reasons." He expressed little more than vague surprise.
"This is not something anybody plans for," Kestner told Litt.
When Scene reached a trustee in early November, he wasted no time in defending the board's actions over the past few weeks -- "Everything was done in the best interests of the institution" -- and praising Kestner's leadership.
"Steve is one of the most honest and transparent people I know," the trustee said.
But Kestner's comments had mutated every time a new story appeared, contradicting earlier statements and fudging timelines.
"We fucked up, okay? We fucked up," the trustee admitted. "We tried to control the story and we couldn't control the story."
The story the board tried to control was simple enough, but the board's paranoia and press ineptitude had complicated the narrative. And a complete lack of transparency or cohesive comment from the museum itself only muddled matters more. On Nov. 6, CMA attorney Stephen "Josh" Knerly sent an email to all trustees, life trustees, trustees emeriti and other museum officials with directives to not talk to Scene. According to Knerly, board discussions that took place in the presence of counsel were subject to attorney-client privilege. Furthermore, wrote Knerly, the board ought to speak with "one voice." (Multiple attempts to reach Knerly and Kestner for comment were unsuccessful.)
But the board wasn't speaking with any voice at all, and without an explanation, the public couldn't help but speculate. The assumption was that something insidious and underhanded had happened between the beginning of the affair and the abrupt resignation, and that the museum was shielding its reputation. "This was absolutely not a cover-up," the trustee told Scene. "What there was was ignorance. And I don't know that that's any better."
The trustee confirmed that information had been laundered for both the public and museum staff -- "It was more leaving out information than trying to mislead" -- in part because the details of the affair and Christina Gaston's death seemed too personal, too voyeuristic.
Odd, then, that this trustee claimed he was "offended" people thought the affair itself led to the museum's "parting of ways" with Franklin. After all, that was the museum and Kestner's line, trumpeted repeatedly by the Plain Dealer. If not the affair itself, then...
"[Franklin] lied to us!" the trustee said. "He lied to us directly, with no lack of clarity, over a protracted period of time. He ruined any trust there was there."
The irony, of course, is that lying -- directly, with no lack of clarity -- and ruining trust is precisely what Steve Kestner and the board leadership have been doing since long before the Franklin story broke.
Ignorance and lying plagued all aspects of the sordid story, from media coverage of the bombshell news to the board's investigation of the affair, from how Cleveland Heights police handled the crime scene to how the board of the Cleveland Museum of Art has and continues to conduct its business. At the focal point of it all is the nexus of power and art in Cleveland.
TROUBLE IN THE NORTH
David Franklin had a checkered executive past, though his questionable performance was never mentioned in PD editorials celebrating his arrival in Cleveland in 2010.
Steve Kestner chaired the CMA search committee in 2010 that ultimately "found" Franklin and brought him to Cleveland with no shortage of fanfare. Franklin was something of a dark horse in international circles after a controversy in Canada had garnered unwanted headlines. He was a Renaissance scholar, sure, and had curated a critically acclaimed Caravaggio exhibition, but he wasn't a schmoozer or a go-getter. He was a "mumbler" who'd never run a major institution before. He was "not particularly dynamic" in group settings. He was fond of strong drink.
But he was, at the very least, a family man. Franklin's two young children and outgoing wife were seen as character assets. The board leadership hoped those assets might endear him to Cleveland and encourage him to establish roots. What the board wanted, desperately, after former CMA director Timothy Rub had jumped ship for Philadelphia without advance notice in 2006, was a long-term guy, a company man. Franklin was weak perhaps -- a man who "made bad jokes" and "wouldn't look you in the eye" -- but his weakness meant that he would not abandon them.
Plus, as former trustees have told Scene, Kestner assured the board prior to a unanimous vote that Franklin had been exonerated of all allegations in Canada. The search firm Phillips-Oppenheim, which consulted for the museum during the search, did not respond to multiple requests for comment about the process.
Franklin's "triple-deleted emails" were something of a cause célèbre in a 2008 case that resulted in his dismissal from the National Gallery of Canada, where he served as deputy director and chief curator. Franklin was in fact fired twice (in immediate succession) and reinstated shortly thereafter when he challenged his firing in Federal Court.
The triple-deleted emails (deleted from Inbox, Sent, and Trash folders) revolved around a curatorial assistant named Erika Dolphin. At the time, her position was being eliminated, according to court documents, in a cost-cutting move.
The contents of the original Dolphin emails -- emails that former National Gallery HR director Lise Labine called "embarrassing to Dolphin and the institution," and which Franklin politely dubbed "unflattering" -- have never been made public.
But many of the other documents have, thanks to an appeal by the Ottawa Citizen when the case was sealed from the public eye. That appeal, by the way, hinged on the idea that risk of institutional embarrassment didn't constitute a legal justification to infringe upon the freedom of the press.
Revealed in those documents, and in a series of stories that took the art world by storm in 2008, was a rivalry at Canada's National Gallery that the press likened to civil war. Franklin and then-director Pierre Theberge were the warring factions, enlisting allies and creating a "toxic" atmosphere at the Gallery, a Federal Institution in Canada not unlike the Smithsonian here.
From conversations with reporters in Canada -- a truly approachable lot -- the prevailing feeling at the time was that Theberge, an aging director set to retire at the end of the 2008, was using the email controversy as a smokescreen to veil his primary motive: ensuring that Franklin did not succeed him. The New York Times coverage of the story in December 2008, arrived at the same conclusion.
But the whole "horrible misunderstanding," as Franklin himself described the summer of 2008 in a PD story soon after he was appointed at CMA, turned out to be much more serious. In 2010, the Canadian federal information commissioner determined Franklin broke the law when he deleted the emails, in direct defiance of the Canadian Access to Information Act. The Canadian Justice Minister ultimately exonerated Franklin from a penalty that carried up to $10,000 in fines and two years in jail. So Kestner was technically correct, but the fact remains: Serious questions about whether or not Franklin would be disciplined were circulating mere months before his appointment in Cleveland. The attitude of National Gallery leadership regarding Franklin's reinstatement in 2008 should have been a preeminent red flag for any search committee later considering Franklin for a leadership position.
Here's a taste of the National Gallery's Federal Court submission in the Franklin case:
"It would be irresponsible and insubordinate for any employee to conduct himself in the manner Mr. Franklin has over the past two months; but it is inexcusable in the case of Mr. Franklin, the gallery's chief curator and a deputy director. An intolerable situation would result should the gallery be forced to reinstate Mr. Franklin who has set such a poor example for other employees. To do so would undermine the gallery's integrity in the eyes of its employees and the general public."
This was Kestner's knight in shining armor.
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Joseph Kuilema, a professor of social work at Calvin University, is increasingly an exceptional employee. Both fellow faculty and supervisors note his passionate faith and commitment to students and the mission of the college. But despite his excellent work record, he is likely to be out of work soon.
The reason? Kuilema performed same-sex marriage last year for another evangelical university employee. And this is not his first fight with Calvin over LGBTQ + rights.
Kuilema was denied tenure in 2018 for his advocacy for LGBTQ + rights. Instead, it was a two-year cycle of renewable appointments.
Last autumn, Kuilema performed the wedding of Nicole Sweda, who was a research associate at the Calvin Center for Social Research. Sweden violated Calvin's policy of preventing same-sex marriages for employees, but instead of replacing them, the university dismissed the research center as an independent entity. Exit Sweden anyway. Now Kuilema may also be out of office: the Calvin Professional Status Committee has recommended that he be reappointed for a third term.
Memoranda detailing the decision to reject Kuilema 's reappointment note his commitment to his students, his excellent work record and the support of his peers, but ultimately cite his role as a same – sex marriage official, as a direct violation of university policies established by Christ. Amended. Church, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
Although Kuilema intends to appeal, he knows that Calvin's may limit his days.
"I love teaching in Calvin. I love my colleagues. I love our students. As someone who went to the institution [as an undergraduate], and as someone who identifies as a Christian, I really enjoy being able to integrate my faith and professional practice, "said Kuilema. "Calvin's has given me the opportunity to do that work in ways that are not possible elsewhere."
When Sweda tied the knot with his girlfriend, Annica, on October 15, 2021, the culmination of the eight-year relationship that began when the two were juniors in high school. This may interest you : Gay activist sentenced in LA Area sentenced to 30 years after killing two men.
An act that was explicitly forbidden by a Swedish employer, Calvin University, their marriage, prompting a meeting with college officials who told her she was violating staff policy. As a result, Calvin turned his research arm into a separate entity, enabling Sweden to remain on the team. But in the end, Sweden resigned so that it could speak freely on LGBTQ + issues.
And not only has Sweden lost its job; she also lost her faith along the way.
"I would no longer be called a Christian," Sweden said. "I would say I am a spiritual person, but I am not very religious – mainly because I have been beaten by many different Christians. At this point, I personally no longer feel this is a positive thing for me. "
He remembers being there and discussing his own rights in class as Calvin's student. But now it's a debate she refuses to have, noting that U.S. law allows her to marry her female partner. She upholds her work record and considers Calvin wrong to deny her civil rights as the Supreme Court affirmed when it legitimized same – sex marriage nationwide in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015.
"Honestly, Calvin has nothing negative in my file," Sweden said. "I did a lot of good for a lot of people there, and for the students I supervised, and it really comes down to the fact that I openly queere why this is all happening, and I think it's disgusting. "
Sweda is a former student of Kuilema's, and said he considers her a friend. He was aware of the risks involved with her wedding officials but said that after praying for her — and in consultation with her chiefs, her program director and the chair of the department — he decided to do so anyway. . As a supporter of LGBTQ + rights, he saw the opportunity to practice what he preached. Kuilema understood the lofty promises of holding a marriage ceremony while working for a church affiliated with a church that believes it's okay to be gay but a sinner to physically act on those desires.
Kuilema is no stranger to the religious system that governs Chalvin University: in addition to attending the institution, he grew up as a member of the Reformed Christian Church. But he also believes that the prohibition on same-sex marriage is based on a misreading of the scriptures. Doubt came in when he was young and that only increased over the years.
"I started to have real questions, and for me as a Christian, the way through those questions was always deeper involvement and deeper study," Kuilema said. "Over time, I have come to understand what I think the Bible actually prohibits as abusive, coercive forms of sex, including ritual costume sex, essentially gender trafficking or religious sex in temples, and not [prohibiting] a loving, committed person, a covenantal relationship between two consented adults. "
Sex attraction is a touching issue in some Christian communities. While many churches in the U.S. believe that the Bible forbids same-sex activity, many congregations interpret the scriptures differently and, like Kuilema, welcome and uplift members of the LGBTQ + community. them. But the first camp contains the Christian Reformed Church, which also has an affiliated Chalvin University.
Calvin officials will not answer questions whether Kuilema violated any specified policy. The university also turned down an interview request from Inside Higher Ed. Answering questions by email, Calvin spokesman Matthew Kucinski declined to comment on personnel matters. In response to questions about doctrinal disagreements, he stressed the position of the church.
"The university's position on human sexuality is based on the teachings of the Scriptures, the confessions, and, because of its covenantal ecclesiastical partnership with the Reformed Christian Church (CRC), the stated positions and pastoral guidance of denomination. The CRC and the university are of the view that human sexuality is a gift from God and that sexual intercourse is maintained exclusively in the context of marriage between a man and a woman, "he wrote. "The CRC also teaches that sexual orientation is not a sin and that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people – like everyone else – are created in the image of God and, as valuable members of the human family, should be treated with together. respect, grace, understanding and love. "
Kucinski also said that Calvin's employees are required to be Christian and that faculty members must sign an agreement to "teach, speak and write in harmony with the Reformed apostles". While faculty members may disagree with certain positions, they are expected to adhere to them.
Aside from his own pending end, Kuilema also worries about LGBTQ students at Calvin – a sentiment that Sweden also echoes. Both are concerned that such students come to Calvin – or other religious institutions – with an incomplete picture of how they will actually be treated.
"Religious higher education institutions have long lacked transparency about these policies for incoming LGBTQ students," Kuilema said. "LGBTQ students from religious institutions deserve more clarity and transparency, as to whether or not they are fully welcomed in orientation but not in relation to relationships. I think LGBTQ youth are making these decisions about four years of their lives, perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars, with imperfect information about how they will or will not be accepted by these institutions. If religious institutions are to continue to say, 'Hey, come here and attend, but you would not be able to work here if you get married,' students deserve to know in advance. "
When asked about these concerns, Kucinski cited the Calvin Code of Student Conduct, which explains that students are accountable for church standards regardless of sexual orientation or gender. He added, "Calvin University expects students to follow Bible guidelines for sexual intercourse and sexual intercourse. The student code of conduct prohibits sex outside of marriage, casual sexual contact, cohabitation, involvement in pornography, and cyber sex on the internet. "
While Kucinski stated that the university aims to welcome and treat members of the LGBTQ + community "with respect, justice, grace and understanding," he acknowledged "those who wish to assert Calvin As far as homosexual behavior is concerned, it is understandable that Calvin may not feel as welcome as they would like. "
In the university community at large, fellow faculty members came together to support Kuilema, and dozens of letters signed a petition urging the Board of Trustees to cancel the decision to reject his reappointment.
The Trustees responded, without directly addressing the letter, by emailing students, faculty and staff addressing LGBTQ + issues in name, as opposed to in substance. That email, received by Inside Higher Ed, notes that "Calvin has a responsibility to uphold the positions of the church." While the letter states that the church's teaching states that sexual orientation is not an option, it is of the same sex interest. The letter states that "sexual acts are a choice, and… those that do not fall outside a covenantal union between one man and one woman do not reflect God's intentions or desires for God's people."
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Sara Moslener, a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Central Michigan University, said the battle for LGBTQ + rights in the church has been fought for many years and represents a divide between mainstream Christians and their evangelical counterparts. Read also : Disney revealed: leaked videos show officials pushing LGBT agenda, saying DeSantis wants to "wipe out" gay kids.
But she sees that Christianity, in general, is more accepting of LGBTQ + rights.
"There are more and more churches where LGBTQ Christians can be welcomed and their families and spouses can be welcomed, and those churches are becoming more prominent," Moslener said. "And that has been the case for the last 20 years. But also people within evangelical schools and churches are speaking up and trying to challenge from within, or they are leaving. "
One obstacle to declaring LGBTQ + relationships, she said, is whether a church or college even has the independence to do so, depending on its denominational membership.
The overall change Moslener has seen on LGBTQ + rights at U.S. Christian institutions extends to Calvin, where she earned her undergraduate degree in 1996. In her time there, she said, she did not know anyone out there, but she's less now just being gay. of secret on campus.
"The evolution took place among the faculty, among the students," Moslener said.
Brie Loskota, executive director of the Martin Marty Center for Public Understanding of Religion at the University of Chicago, notes that support for LGBTQ + rights among individual Christians in the U.S. is relatively strong, especially among the youngest staff. But it's harder to move institutions.
"It is about not only how a community engages with its scripture, but also what it claims to teach and claim their tradition, how they think under constant spiritual guidance and movement," Loskota said in an email. "There are specific verses that are used as tools to underpin each community's approach to how it treats LGBT people. Churches claim 'biblical literacy' in their favor, while others argue that those who claim to view the Bible as literal in their own interpretive and chosen form. In many ways these questions are at the heart of how religions work. How they respond to and shape their text, traditions, interpretive framework, cultural contexts, the people within them. "
Some churches note that she sees "LGBT inclusion as a problem of a secular culture that should be strengthened and actively opposed." Others adopt a "don't ask, don't say" policy, and some have used this moment to try to redress the harms of LGBT lack to welcome these members and their families. back in the fold. " Still others were always welcoming.
Kuilema is concerned about the treatment of LGBTQ + students and employees, wondering if discrimination against them could violate civil rights law now that gay marriage is legal in all 50 states.
It draws attention to cases such as Loving v. Virginia, which legalized interfaith marriage in 1967. However, Bob Jones University implemented a racist policy that banned interracial dating for decades, leading the Supreme Court to uphold a 1983 decision revocation of tax – exempt status. (It took until 2000 for Bob Jones to end his ban on interracial relations, following a public crackdown.)
Like Loving v. Virginia, Obergefell v. Hodges allowed people to marry whoever they wanted. With that ruling, Kuilema thinks about how far colleges can deny certain civil rights.
"We have created a civil right," Kuilema said. "And now the question is whether religious higher education institutions can continue to discriminate against people, demanding freedom of religion, when those people are just trying to access basic civil rights."
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If you are planning to have a wedding in Las Vegas you will need to register with the Clark County Clerk's office. The AMM website provides a page detailing how to successfully register as a wedding official in Las Vegas.
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Can anyone run a wedding in Nevada? NRS 122.062 states that a licensed, ordained or appointed minister, or church or religious official may be authorized to perform a particular marriage in the county in which the ceremony takes place if he is in good standing with his church or religious organization.
Do you need an officiant to get married in Nevada?
Once you have a Nevada marriage license, you must have a wedding ceremony within the state with a legal marriage official.
The application fee is $ 30 (Cash, Credit Card, Money Order, Cash Check or Traveler Check).
What do you say when exchanging rings?
Vocabulary of Modern Ring Exchange
"This ring is a sign of my love for you. …
"I give you this ring as a reminder that we face this world together. …
"I give you this ring as a gift that lasts forever. …
"With this ring, we take a new path to our adventure together.
What does the officer say about the rings? It is a circle; for the love given it comes back again. Your rings are precious because you wear them with love. They symbolize your commitment in marriage. They remind you of who you are, where you have been, and where you are going.
What does the officiant say after the ring exchange?
After the Wedding Ring Exchange This is where the priest, minister, justice of the peace (or whoever you have chosen as activist) will announce you as the newlywed couple, usually with the well-known phrase, "I say now. husband and wife.â €
What should officiant say during ring exchange?
"May this ring be a symbol of my promises to you and a reminder of my loyalty to you. It is a great honor for me to call you my (wife / husband)." "With this ring I married, and with it, I give you all the treasures of my mind, my heart and my hands." (Name), I give you this ring as a symbol of my love.
What comes after the ring exchange in a wedding?
After the Wedding Ring Exchange Once you have exchanged votes and exchanged wedding rings, the pronunciation is the last part of the wedding ceremony.
What happens after the ring exchange?
After exchanging votes and rings, you both seal your marriage with a kiss. You are officially married!
What do Christians say when they exchange rings?
Let us pray: Blessed, Lord, give these rings, so that those who wear them together may abide in your peace and grow in each other 's eyes. " (Each sentence together) "I give you this ring, as I say. give yourself, with love and affection. Always throw it in peace. "
What does pouring sand at a wedding mean?
What is the Unity Sand Ceremony? The unity sand ceremony is a tradition in which a couple pours sand from individual vessels into a unified, central one. It shows two people coming together in a marriage.
What do the ceremonial colors of sand mean? White Ceremony Color Meaning Sand: Purity, spiritual values, devotion. Yellow: Harmony, balance, friendship. Pink or Red: Love, passion, romance, happiness. Green: Health, luck, prosperity. Purple: Power, dignity, strength.
What does sand symbolize in a wedding?
Apart from the unionist candle, the sand ceremony is perhaps the most famous unionist wedding ceremony. Both partners are meant to pour sand into one container, which demonstrates their commitment to a lifetime and the combination of the two worlds. Sometimes parents are also included, as a symbol of family unification.
What do you say at a sand ceremony?
_______________ and ______________, today you are in your separate life together. The two separate bottles of sand represent your individual life, your particular family and your unique friends. They represent all that you are and all that you will ever be as an individual. They also reflect your life before today.
What does the color sand mean?
A step-by-step guide to color engraving The first thing you need to do after applying the clear coat (and allowing it to heal properly) is color engraving. Color engraving is where you smooth out the clean coat so when it's time to soften the paint, you get the mirror – like finish.
Who pours the sand at the wedding?
The officer will first pour his / her claims into the unity vase, to show the basis of the faith. Then the bride and groom pour their sand into the unity vase at the same time. (Note: if you pour at exactly the same time, your sand will be one big mix instead of the nice layers you see in photos.
Who does wedding sand ceremony?
The officer explains the meaning of the ceremony and how it relates to the couple getting married. The officer invites the groom to pour some of his sand (so-called blue sand) into the empty vessel. The officer invites the bride to do the same with her sand (let 's say it's pink).
How do you do a family sand ceremony?
Creating a Family Sand Ceremony The bride, groom, and baby use their own color of sand and pour them into a central vase, creating a souvenir that can be displayed in your home for years to come. If more than one child is involved, they can all use the same color of sand, or each child can pick their own color.
What does the officiant say for the sand ceremony?
UNION SAND CEREMONY – Votes 1 Vocabulary The two separate sand bottles are a symbol of individual lives, families and friends. They represent all that you are and all that you will ever be as an individual. They also reflect your life before today.
What do you say in a sand ceremony?
What does the sand ceremony symbolize?
The flowing sand and blending the colors in the Unity Sand Ceremony is about bringing two worlds together in one. The two sands symbolize all that the bride and groom had or will have in the future.
How do you introduce sand at a wedding?
Two people take sand from their individual vessels and combine the grains into one. The Act stands for twinning and the creation of a new union and family. The combined vessel symbolizes the marriage of hope, dreams and values of both parties.
Does sand ceremony come before or after vows?
Like a union candlelight ceremony, a sand union union ceremony involves the newlywed couple indicating that they have officially come together as one union. Typically, the event takes place during the vows, and the bride and groom choose to remain silent or give a speech during the process.
What do you say during Unity ceremony?
I will ask each of you to pour the contents inside your own vase into the middle vase together. As the glass from each vase blends together it imagines your unique life, your friends and family, united in one union, the beginning of your journey as husband and wife.
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Traditional Austrian carol, arranged for intermediate piano solo.
This is just one of your lovely arrangements that have brought joy to more than one of my Presbyterian congregations over the last several years. Thank you for sharing your talents freely with the world.
So beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful music!


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Lypotigris reginalis is een vlinder uit de familie van de grasmotten (Crambidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst gepubliceerd in 1781 door Caspar Stoll.

De soort komt voor in Florida, Cuba, Trinidad en Tobago, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama en Suriname.

Dier uit het Neotropisch gebied
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Els refugiats de la guerra civil siriana o refugiats sirians són els civils que han marxat buscant asil a causa de l'escalada de violència en la guerra civil a Síria des del 2011. S'han refugiat en països veïns, com Jordània, Líban, Turquia, Iraq i el Kurdistan del Sud.

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William Dean Howells and the Gilded Age [excerpt]
The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896
By Richard White
Through his writing, novelist and critic William Dean Howells captured the political and social aftermath of the Civil War. Given his limited involvement in politics, Howells' works focused on the lives of common people over the uncommon, whom he deemed "essentially unattractive and uninteresting." In the following excerpt from The Republic For Which It Stands, acclaimed historian Richard White draws on the writings of William Dean Howells as he examines American Reconstruction and the Gilded Age.
Abraham Lincoln, the politician whose memory and legacy dominated the Gilded Age, died as this book begins, but he never really vanished. The novelist and critic William Dean Howells captured part of the reason when he reviewed John Hay's and John Nicolay's monumental biography of the president in 1890. Howells wrote that "if America means anything at all, it means the sufficiency of the common, the insufficiency of the uncommon." Lincoln had come to be both the personification of the American common people and the nation's greatest—and most uncommon—president. Howells thought it was the nation's common people and common traits that most mattered.
Howells, famous then and largely forgotten since, knew most everyone, but he always remained detached. He watched, and he wrote. His interventions in politics remained minor. Howells was a Midwesterner, and this was the great age of the Midwest. Originally a committed liberal, he came to acknowledge liberalism's failures and insufficiencies, and then struggled to imagine alternatives. He did so as a writer, and he and his fellow Realists created invaluable portraits of the age. In his confusion, his intelligence, and his honesty, he reminds us that for those living through the Gilded Age it was an astonishing and frightening period, full of great hopes as well as deep fears. When Howells cryptically embraces the common, it is worth listening to him. Understanding his judgment of the "sufficiency of the common, the insufficiency of the uncommon" provides a lens for assessing the Gilded Age.
"W. D. Howells" by Underwood & Underwood, featured in The North American review. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.
The Gilded Age produced uncommon men and women. They abound in this volume, but in Howells's lifetime, and during the twentieth century, businessmen who amassed wealth on a scale never seen before in American history became the face of the period. Contemporary caricaturists and later historians named them the Robber Barons, but this, as well as their later incarnation as farsighted entrepreneurs, gave them too much credit. They never really mastered the age. When Howells wrote of "the insufficiency of the uncommon," he probably had them in mind, seeing them as insufficient to the demands of the period for the same reasons as Charles Francis Adams, who had aspired to be one of them and then dismissed them his Autobiography.
I have known tolerably well, a good many "successful" men—"big" financially—men famous during the last half-century, and a less interesting crowd I do not care to encounter. Not one that I have ever known would I care to meet again, either in this world or the next; nor is one of them associated in my mind with the idea of humor, thought or refinement. A set of mere money-getters and traders, they were essentially unattractive and uninteresting.
In a period that began with such exalted hopes and among a people so willing to proclaim their virtue as were Americans, sufficient seems condemning with faint praise, but a sobered Howells writing in the midst of what seemed a prolonged economic, political, and social crisis expressed a restrained optimism. Howells did not romanticize the "common people." The failure of Reconstruction in the South was, in part, their failure. They often at least consented to the corruption of democratic governance. And for most of the Gilded Age the "common people" questioned whether they really had much in common as race, religion, ethnicity, class, and gender divided the nation. Yet their actions transformed the country, even if they undertook perhaps the most consequential of these actions—the movement into wage labor—unwillingly and under duress.
In judging them sufficient, Howells settled down in between the dystopian and utopian fantasies that marked the age. Millions of ordinary Americans had remade the country with their work, their movements, their agitation, their tinkering, their broad and vernacular intellectualism that neither aspired to nor created a high culture, and even with their amusements. They had not succumbed to the long economic and social the crisis that threatened to overwhelm the country. What they accomplished was sufficient. It was a foundation on which to build.
Howells and his contemporaries never escaped the great gravitational pull of the Civil War. The era began with the universal conviction that the Civil War was the watershed in the nation's history and ended with the proposition that the white settlement of the West defined the national character. Changing the national story from the Civil War to the West amounted to an effort to escape the shadow of the Gilded Age's vanished twin and evade the failure of Reconstruction. Rewriting the Civil War as a mere interruption of the national narrative of western expansion minimized the traumas and vestiges of the Civil War and downplayed the significance of the transformation of Gilded Age economy and society. But too much had changed, and too much blood had been spilled in the War, for such a simple story of continuity to be fully persuasive. The twin, never born, shadowed the Gilded Age. A vision of a country un-achieved lingered, and quarrels over what should come next remained unresolved.
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Richard White is Margaret Byrne Professor of American History at Stanford University. He is the author of numerous prize-winning books, including Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America, The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815, "It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own": A New History of the American West, and most recently The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896. He is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Mellon Distinguished Scholar Award, among other awards.


Miklós Koren is an associate professor in the Department of Economics of Central European University and a research fellow at the Institute of Economics. His research interests are in international trade and economic growth. His current research focuses on the firm-level effects of imported inputs and imported machinery, the dynamics of export flows in disaggregate data, and the diversification of volatility across trading partners.
Miklós received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2005. He also holds an M.A. from Central European University (2000) and a B.A. from Corvinus University Budapest (1999). Before coming to CEU, he worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and was the 2007 Peter Kenen Visiting Fellow at Princeton University.


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The Record of Wrongs: Vanderbilt Commodores
By Joel Hollingsworth Feb 14, 2009, 11:00am EST
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Yeah, we just did this back in January, but for those of us who are either forgetful, superstitious, or adamant about the establishment of and adherence to Tradition, here again is the Official Reading of the Record of Wrongs of the Vanderbilt Commodores:
Totally true
Last year about this time, Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings called Bruce Pearl an "idiot a------." He apparently didn't like the whole shirtless, paint-your-chest thing.
As I mentioned in the totally serious game preview, the Commodores stole the Vols' only No. 1 ranking in the history of the program. Tennessee climbed to No. 1 after the Pearlfection game and just three days later, lost by three points to Vandy and their crazy court.
That loss to Vandy I just mentioned? Rigged. I give the floor to the esteemed Fulmer's Belly for the recap:
Seriously though, just in case you guys didn't get the memo, here's the officiating rundown for the game.
1. First off, we've got Tennessee. Whenever they do anything… like say, pointing? That's a foul.Yep, if they're wearing any kind of orange, and do anything to even get CLOSE to anyone wearing a white jersey, go ahead and blow your whistle. In fact, when orange has the ball, just breathe through your whistle. It'll just be easier, mmkay?
2. Next up, we've got Vandy's side of the ref's manual. If white does anything to orange, see if there is any way to foul orange. If it looks too too TOO bad, go ahead and don't call anything. I know, it might seem weird, especially if people are being tackled to the ground, but still, trust me, it's better to not blow any whistles, because you want to save the 'ole cork ball for orange (see point 1).
As Will has already pointed out: It's not just February 26, 2008, it's also January 10, 2007.
Totally fabricated, but TRUE!
Back in 2003, an overzealous engineering student in the Vanderbilt student section got some help from a friend and threw an eight-pound encyclopedia at Chris Lofton as he was heading for the locker room at halftime. Fortunately, Duke Crews was there to intercept it. He ate the thing and vomited it back out onto the entire section. Let that be a lesson to ya, kids.
In 2002, Commodore fans hired Cletus T. Judd to sing his entire catalog of country parodies during the Vols' pre-game walk-through. American Psychology Television later devoted an entire episode to finding Judd, who fortunately was never seen in public again.
Disclaimer: Chill. We're just having fun, okay?


Michael Vick's peers appreciate his tough journey back to the NFL.
Vick won the Ed Block Courage Award, voted on by his teammates on the Philadelphia Eagles. The once-disgraced star quarterback returned to the league after spending 18 months in a federal prison for his role in a dogfighting ring.
"It means a great deal to me," Vick said Wednesday. "I was voted unanimously by my teammates. They know what I've been through. I've been through a lot. It's been great to come back and have an opportunity to play and be with a great group of guys. I'm just ecstatic about that and I enjoy every day."
The Ed Block Award honors players who exemplify commitment to the principles of sportsmanship and courage. All 32 NFL teams select a recipient, and each winner will be honored at an awards ceremony in Baltimore on March 9.
"There's always consequences behind certain things and repercussions behind them, too. And then you have to wake up every day and face the world, whether they perceive you in the right perspective, it's a totally different outlook on you. You have to be strong, believe in yourself, be optimistic. That's what I've been able to do. That's what I display."
The Eagles were criticized by animal rights activists for signing Vick less than a month after he was released from prison. Dozens of protesters voiced their outrage outside the team's practice facility the day after Vick was signed, and many fans threatened to give up their tickets.
"The Philadelphia Eagles fumbled when they gave Michael Vick the Ed Block Courage Award, which was named after a man who advocated in behalf of abused children," the PETA statement read. "Michael Vick should not be the person anyone points to as a model of sportsmanship, even though he has now exchanged dogs for touchdowns after serving time for extreme cruelty to animals. We wish him well in educating others, but this is not appropriate and does not mark a joyous moment in NFL history."


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Home News Onecom signs bumper £2.8m deal with Co-op
Onecom signs bumper £2.8m deal with Co-op
Dealer will provide 450 UK stores with "total connectivity" solution including IT and fixed line
B2B dealer Onecom has won a three-year deal worth £2.8 million with the Co-op to provide its 450 stores in Central England with a 'total connectivity' solution, including fixed line and IT.
The contract had been held by managed service provider Redcentric for the past 12 years.The Fareham-based Vodafone platinum partner, which beat six other high-profile providers in the tender, which could not be named, as part of the deal.
Onecom has installed a VPLS WAN Network for the company providing bandwidth management and super resilience.
The in-store model being deployed is a combination of fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC), ADSL and 4G internet con- nections meaning if the fibre broadband goes down, it fails over to ADSL and if that goes down, it fails over to 4G. Onecom has provided each store with routers to support this.
Onecom solutions director James Bannister (pictured) said the firm won the contract because of the innovation the connectiv- ity solutions it can provide, as well as the mix of experience in mobile and fixed line it can bring.
"Where we bring our experience of mobile into the fixed line space, we were able to come up with a solution that combined the two in stores, hence the 4G deployment."
Co-operative Central England head of IS operations Mark Woodyatt said: "We are customer service-focused so wanted someone to really wow us. Onecom's solution was way in excess from what we saw from anyone else.
"We were also blown away by the promise of customer ser- vice from Onecom. It is some- thing they are superb at and that extends to project man- agement. There have been no issues with accountability and getting things done. They have engaged the Central England IS team really well and become an important partner really quickly."
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Paul Henry Nitze (16 de gener de 1907 - 9 d'octubre de 2004) va ser un oficial d'alt rang dels Estats Units que va ajudar a donar forma a la política de defensa nord-americana durant la Guerra Freda.

Nitze va participar en la negociació dels grans tractats sobre armes atòmiques (donant el seu suport al SALT I, però oposant-se al SALT II) i va ser cofundador del think tank anomenat Equip B, les conclusions del qual van tenir una gran influència en el rebrot de la Guerra Freda durant la presidència de Ronald Reagan.

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US battleship 'Missouri' is pulled off sand bank by tugs.
Performing chimpanzees: riding motorbikes, horses and roller skating!
A dog and two chimpanzees play together at St Louis Zoo.
The panda in St. Louis Zoo having his once yearly bath.
Terrible floods hit the area around Kansas and Missouri.


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HBO Max Dropped A New Teaser For Their 2023 Schedule
Posted on December 22, 2022 December 22, 2022 inENTERTAINMENT, HBO MAX, SERIES, TV SHOWSLeave a comment
HBO Max unveiled a teaser for their 2023 schedule, which includes new looks at The Last of Us, Succession season 4, Love and Death, The Idol, True Detective: Night Country, Velma series, Barry season 4, and more. Check out the teaser below.
HBO Max Release Schedule For 2023
1. The Last of Us (January 15, 2023)
The Last of Us is based on Naughty Dog's 2013 video game of the same name. Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann created the HBO series. The show will feature Joel (Pedro Pascal), a smuggler charged with escorting the teenage Ellie (Bella Ramsey) across the post-apocalyptic United States.
2. Succession Season 4 (Spring 2023)
Succession season 4 is coming to HBO Max in spring 2023. The series explores themes of power, politics, money, and family. Logan Roy (Brian Cox), the tough, powerful, aging patriarch, is head of Waystar Royco, a family-controlled international media conglomerate. He is married to his third wife, Marcia (Hiam Abbass), a loving, formidable partner.
3. Love and Death (Spring 2023)
Love and Death is based on the true tale of Candy Montgomery, a Wylie, Texas housewife accused of the brutal axe murder of her friend Betty Gore in 1980. The series' lead actors are Elizabeth Olsen as Candy Montgomery and Jesse Plemons as Allan Gore.
4. The Idol (Spring 2023)
The Idol is created by Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye, Reza Fahim, and Sam Levinson for HBO. The series follows Jocelyn (Lily-Rose Depp), an aspiring pop idol who, after having a nervous breakdown that causes her last tour to be canceled, resolves to reclaim her title as the sexiest pop star in America and begins a complicated relationship with The Weeknd, who plays a self-help guru and the head of a contemporary cult.
4. True Detective: Night Country (Spring 2023)
True Detective: Night Country is the fourth installment of the True Detective anthology. The series' leads are Jodie Foster and Kali Reis. After a cold winter night in Ennis, Alaska, the six men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace, the series picks up. To solve the case, Detectives Liz Danvers (Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Reis) must face their own darkness and delve into the haunted truths hidden under the eternal ice.
5. Velma (January 12, 2023)
The Velma series is based on the Scooby-Doo character Velma Dinkley. The series will center on Velma Dinkley and the other members of Mystery Inc. before their official formation, with a "love quadrangle" amongst them.
6. Barry Season 4 (Spring 2023)
The series stars Hader as Midwestern hitman Barry Berkman, who travels to Los Angeles for assignment and ends up discovering and gaining an appreciation for the LA theater scene.
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The Trust for Public Land announced today that 6,043 acres of Cienega Ranch has been protected through the purchase of a conservation easement. The land will conserve high-quality native grasslands and critical wildlife habitat, while keeping the land as a working cattle ranch. The protected land is immediately adjacent to important federal lands, the Fort Bowie National Historic Site owned by the National Park Service and the Bowie Mountain Scenic Area of Critical Environmental Concern owned by The Bureau of Land Management.
Cienega Ranch lies in the Southern Sulphur Springs Valley just northwest of the Chiricahua Mountains, which form the eastern boundary of the valley and are the largest of the "Sky Island" mountain ranges in the United States. The ranch is also next to the Dos Cabezas Mountains, where a new jaguar was photographed last November by a BLM remote trail camera. The Southern Suphur Springs Valley contains the Willcox Playa, located near the ranch and the site for the hugely popular annual "Wings over Willcox" birding and nature festival, and is the main destination for the approximately 30,000 Sandhill Cranes that winter in Arizona.
The conservation easement on the ranch was purchased from Josiah Austin, who is committed to long-term land protection and restoration efforts on this ranch and across the landscape, using funds from the Natural Resource Conservation Service's (NRCS) Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). Another important funder in this effort was the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust. The Charitable Trust's funds were instrumental in providing a local source of matching funds needed to apply for and secure the federal funds. The funding will be used to place a perpetual conservation easement on the property, which means Mr. Austin will continue to own and work the land, but it will never be subdivided or fragmented.
The landowner intends to reinvest the funds from the sale of the conservation easement in additional land protection and restoration efforts. Part of the proceeds are being used to acquire eight 40-acre "ranchette" lots that were previously subdivided and are adjacent to the ranch and a 360-acre property located less than a mile from Fort Bowie National Historic Site. Mr. Austin is also working on multiple land restoration and wildlife projects across the ranch, including a project with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on efforts to restore the watershed and bring back cienegas and wetlands in Cienega Canyon.
Mr. Austin has been working to conserve and restore land in this valley for decades. On the nearby El Coronado Ranch in Turkey Creek Canyon of the Chiricahua Mountains, the successful techniques developed by Mr. Austin and Anna Valer Clark to reduce erosion and restore the vegetation, soils and creek – through the building of gabions and tricheras across the landscape -are being replicated elsewhere in southeast Arizona as a model for restoration of lands in the arid Southwest. His prior work with government partners and organizations like University of Arizona and National Wild Turkey Federation has also included the reintroduction of the Gould's turkey to the Chiricahua Mountains and the protection on the El Coronado Ranch of several federally-listed fish. On another large grassland ranch, the 14,000-acre Bar Boot Ranch located between the Chiricahua Mountains and the Swisshelm Mountains, he had previously sold a conservation easement to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as an addition to the nearby Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge. He has also been very involved in scientific research on these ranches and providing environmental education initiatives for youth.
In July 2016, Congresswoman McSally sent a letter to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation calling for them to support the Cienega Grasslands Ranch in their Acres for America Program for Protection.
The ACEP funds are provided by NRCS through the Farm Bill, passed by Congress in 2014. This program assists private landowners to conserve agricultural lands across the country.
"NRCS is pleased that our partnership with the Trust for Public Land has allowed this important grassland to be preserved for both a conservation benefit and to maintain a working ranch into the future," says Keisha Tatem, AZ-NRCS State Conservationist.
The Trust for Public Land's mission is to create parks and protect land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come. Millions of people live within a ten-minute walk of a Trust for Public Land park, garden, or natural area, and millions more visit these sites every year. To share your story or learn more, visit www.tpl.org.
The Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust seeks to help people in need, especially women, children and families; to protect animals and nature; and to enrich community life primarily in metropolitan Phoenix and Indianapolis. The Trust has awarded more than $283 million in grants and student scholarships since its inception in 1997.


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Meet the new so-called "Leisure Class" in America = professors??
Posted on March 28, 2012 by hatshepsut
Greetings all. We were discussing hours worked, salaries, and workload of professors in the PFP course and this issue came up of professors being considered the "new leisure class"?? Here is one of several articles about the so-called "new leisure class" professors?? It is hard to believe that these articles were written/published. So it seems that there are some grievances out there.
http://www.cm-life.com/2001/08/31/meetamericasnewleisureclasshighpaidprofessorswhodontteach/
Meet America's "New leisure class": High-paid professors who don't teach
By Tom Nugent on August 31, 2001 12:00 am in Voices
After 14 years as a "migrant worker" in higher ed, I recently resigned
from my full-time, $12,500-a-year job as an "adjunct" journalism professor
to begin a new career as a full-time, free-lance writer.
Why quit college teaching? For starters, I can no longer survive on $12,500
a year — not with three children to raise.
Nor can I continue to teach without health insurance, life insurance, disability
coverage and the promise of at least a small pension when I reach retirement
Like most of the other 350,000 "adjuncts" in American higher education
today, I was slowly starving to death as a college writing teacher — while
the tenured professors, who teach far fewer students than the adjuncts, continued
to enjoy salaries of $50,000, $60,000 and even $80,000 per year for the senior
members of this very exclusive club.
Protected by the "tenure" system, and "safe" from firing,
most of these pampered profs teach only one or two courses a semester.
How outrageous is the continuing ripoff of the U.S. university system by what
the Wall Street Journal recently described as "The New Leisure Class?"
According to several authoritative surveys, the fat-cat profs are stealing shamelessly,
The average university professor today spends fewer than nine hours a week
teaching, according to data from the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI).
The typical prof these days puts in fewer than eight hours a week in one-on-one
"office" sessions with his or her students.
Although the average U.S. college professor today spends fewer than 20 hours
a week working with students, the average annual paycheck is more than $40,000
a year in 1998 — with "full" professors averaging more than
$65,000 per year.
Shocking, isn't it?
But you can be sure that there's a price to be paid for this "professorial
gravy-train" — and that it's being paid in college classrooms all
across America. How? According to many critics of American higher ed, these
inflated pay scales and midget-sized workloads frequently combine to cheat students
out of services to which they're fully entitled, after paying for most of these
steep salaries (through tuition and taxes) in the first place.
Of course, the professors invariably attempt to blunt any attacks on their Royal
Perks by insisting that they're required to "spend endless hours in research,"
in addition to teaching.
Yet several recent higher ed surveys show that for almost half of the professoriate,
such research consumes no more than five hours per week — while a full
45 percent of the nation's professors publish no scholarly writings, whatsoever,
during any given two-year period.
In addition, a 1996 HERI survey found that more than 60 percent of all college
faculty members have never written or edited a book — and one-third have
never published a single journal article.
So much for the "research" argument.
So how does the professoriate attempt to refute these embarrassing numbers,
which now loom as the dirtiest little secret in higher ed?
Ask the blowhards on campus that question, and they'll immediately begin to
huff and puff about "The glory that was Greece, and the grandeur that was
Rome" — while scrambling to hide their yawning indolence behind "the
glorious tradition of the Humanities, which require endless reflection and meditation,
along with yearly, all-expenses-paid trips to Honolulu for academic conferences."
The Great Student Ripoff seems especially outrageous when you realize that these
"royal privileges" work to undermine good teaching … since the Leisure
Class profs enjoy their idle hours only because a huge percentage of the college
teaching load is carried on the backs of the "part-timers."
The adjuncts are the university equivalent of "Kelly Girl Temporaries."
And these days, nearly half of the nation's 800,000 college teachers are
wearing Kelly green.
Because the "temporaries" uniformly make about one-fourth of the wages
paid to the Leisure Class, and because they receive almost no "benefits"
(health insurance, for example), many wind up racing from one campus to the
next … with some teaching eight, nine and even 10 courses per semester to
survive.
And because the "temps" only work from semester to semester, their
contracts can be "cancelled" the moment a particular course falls
short of maximum enrollment, leaving them without expected income virtually
overnight.
The impact on students is easy to observe. Just ask any harried freshman
to describe what it's like to study under a platoon of exhausted part-timers
who never seem to have a moment to spare.
Meanwhile, the Privileged Profs go right on taking their opulent lifestyles
for granted — while frequently treating their students with snooty contempt.
Example: One evening a few semesters ago, a graduating senior at my former
school, the University of Maryland, made the terrible mistake of calling a veteran
English Department professor at home.
Because he faced a dilemma that might prevent him from graduating that semester,
the worried student dared the unthinkable: He telephoned the prof about 9:30
And the result?
"Who the hell do you think you are?" roared the supposed teacher,
"to call me at home like this? Do you know what time it is?"
Stunned, the student quickly apologized and hung up.
Too late, the shell-shocked senior realized that he should have replied with
a question of his own:
"Say, prof, who the hell do you think is paying that salary you don't
earn, anyway?"
EDITOR'S NOTE: Tom Nugent is the author of "Death At Buffalo Creek,"
published by W.W. Norton. He is now a free-lance writer living in Hastings,
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The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) today demanded answers from the authorities on the underground secret cells at the Trincomalee navy camp, in light of an admission by former navy Commander Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda that those cells were used to detain people.
In a highly charged speech in Parliament today during the debate on the 2016 budget, Parliamentarian M A Sumanthiran questioned as to why people like Karannagoda are not being investigated over the cells.
Sumanthiran said that the authorities must investigate where those people detained at the cells are now and if they were tortured.
Sumanthiran said that the refusal by the former Government to allow the UN Working Group to visit Sri Lanka during its term in office was clearly to prevent information like that on the Trincomalee hidden cells from being exposed.


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package esgi.project.wehud.fragment;

import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.text.TextUtils;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.squareup.picasso.Picasso;

import esgi.project.wehud.R;
import esgi.project.wehud.activity.ContactListActivity;
import esgi.project.wehud.activity.MessageListActivity;
import esgi.project.wehud.activity.SettingsActivity;
import esgi.project.wehud.activity.UserActivity;
import esgi.project.wehud.model.User;
import esgi.project.wehud.utils.APIUtils;
import esgi.project.wehud.utils.AppUtils;
import esgi.project.wehud.utils.SharedPreferencesUtils;
import esgi.project.wehud.webservices.WBUserByToken;

public class ProfileFragment extends Fragment implements View.OnClickListener, WBUserByToken.IUserByToken {

    private static final String KEY_USER = "user";

    private Context mContext;
    private ImageView mProfileUserAvatar;
    private TextView mProfileUsername;
    private TextView mProfileMessages;
    private TextView mProfileContacts;
    private TextView mProfileSettings;
    private TextView mProfileSignOut;

    private User mCurrentUser;

    public static ProfileFragment newInstance() {
        return new ProfileFragment();
    }

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_profile, container, false);
        mContext = view.getContext();

        AppUtils.setToolbar(this, view, getString(R.string.title_profile));

        mProfileUserAvatar = (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.profile_userAvatar);
        mProfileUsername = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.profile_username);
        mProfileMessages = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.profile_messages);
        mProfileContacts = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.profile_contacts);
        mProfileSettings = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.profile_settings);
        mProfileSignOut = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.profile_logout);

        mProfileUsername.setOnClickListener(this);
        mProfileMessages.setOnClickListener(this);
        mProfileContacts.setOnClickListener(this);
        mProfileSettings.setOnClickListener(this);
        mProfileSignOut.setOnClickListener(this);

        if (savedInstanceState != null) {
            mCurrentUser = savedInstanceState.getParcelable(KEY_USER);
        }

        return view;
    }

    @Override
    public void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        if (mCurrentUser == null) {
            this.fetchData();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
        outState.putParcelable(KEY_USER, mCurrentUser);
    }

    @Override
    public void onClick(View view) {
        Intent intent = null;
        switch (view.getId()) {
            case R.id.profile_username:
                intent = new Intent(mContext, UserActivity.class);
                Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
                bundle.putParcelable(KEY_USER, mCurrentUser);
                intent.putExtras(bundle);
                break;
            case R.id.profile_messages:
                intent = new Intent(mContext, MessageListActivity.class);
                break;
            case R.id.profile_contacts:
                intent = new Intent(mContext, ContactListActivity.class);
                break;
            case R.id.profile_settings:
                mCurrentUser = null;
                intent = new Intent(mContext, SettingsActivity.class);
                break;
            case R.id.profile_logout:
                this.logout();
                break;
            default:
                break;
        }

        if (intent != null) {
            startActivity(intent);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onUserObtained(User user) {
        mCurrentUser = user;
        String avatar = mCurrentUser.getAvatar();
        String username = mCurrentUser.getUsername();

        if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(avatar)) {
            Picasso.with(mContext).load(avatar).resize(256, 256).into(mProfileUserAvatar);
        } else {
            mProfileUserAvatar.setImageResource(R.mipmap.ic_launcher);
        }
        mProfileUsername.setText(username);
    }

    @Override
    public void onUserError(int status) {
        switch (status) {
            case APIUtils.NO_HTTP:
                AppUtils.toast(mContext, getString(R.string.error_noResponse));
                break;
            case APIUtils.HTTP_NOT_FOUND:
                AppUtils.toast(mContext, getString(R.string.error_notFound));
                break;
            case APIUtils.HTTP_SERVER_ERROR:
                AppUtils.toast(mContext, getString(R.string.error_server));
                break;
            default:
                break;
        }
    }

    private void logout() {
        AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(mContext);
        builder.setTitle(R.string.dialog_logoutTitle);
        builder.setMessage(R.string.dialog_logoutMessage);
        builder.setPositiveButton(android.R.string.ok, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                dialog.dismiss();
                getActivity().finish();
            }
        });
        builder.setNegativeButton(android.R.string.cancel, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                dialog.dismiss();
            }
        });
        builder.create().show();
    }

    private void fetchData() {
        String token = SharedPreferencesUtils.getSharedPreferenceByKey(mContext, APIUtils.SP_KEY_TOKEN);

        WBUserByToken task = new WBUserByToken();
        task.setIUserByToken(this);
        task.execute(token);
    }
}

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