Download "Beacon Hill Sewer District Standard Specifications"
2 Residential Gravity Side Sewer Design Criteria 1. Provisions A. It shall be unlawful to construct, extend, relay, repair, and make connection to or the disconnection of any side sewer inside the property line without contacting the District. A determination will be made upon that contact as to whether a permit shall be required for the work to be done. B. Due to extraordinary debris entering the BHSD system during the process of connecting side sewer laterals BHSD must be notified prior to making connection. Property owners may be held responsible for failure to do so. C. No side sewer trench shall be filled or any sewer covered until the work has been approved by the District. PLEASE CONTACT THE DISTRICT 24 HOURS BEFORE INSPECTION IS NEEDED 2. Illegal Connections A. It is unlawful to divert or cause to be diverted any storm sewer, surface runoff, or underground drainage to any sewer, manhole or other appurtenant structure or portion of the sewer system. B. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm sewer, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, sub-surface drainage, cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process water to any portion of the sewer system. C. No roof drains or yard drains of any type shall be connected to the sanitary sewer in this manner. BEFORE COMMENCING ANY EXCAVATION, NOTICE MUST BE GIVEN TO OWNERS OF ALL UNDERGROUND FACILITIES THROUGH A ONE NUMBER LOCATOR SERVICE. NW UTILITY NOTIFICATION CENTER Excavation A. Excavation should be made at the measurement given by the District at the time the permit is issued, but the side sewer contractor shall prospect two (2) feet in all directions from the distance and depth given. B. The side sewer contractor or other persons doing the work shall prevent any damage to the sewer main, tee or stub out. C. ANY TAP TO THE MAINLINE SHALL BE MADE BY THE DISTRICT.
3 D. Manholes shall be accessed by District personnel only. 4. Trench Safety A. Should it be necessary for a BHSD employee to enter a trench with a depth greater than four (4) feet, the trench shall meet safety requirements referred to in W/AC Chapter , Part N- Excavation, Trenching and Shoring. B. In many cases benching or sloping of the trench walls is sufficient to meet safety requirements for trench safety greater than four (4) feet in depth, there is always the chance that site inspection will show shoring is needed. Should this be the case, there will be no entry until shoring has been put in place. C. A representative of BHSD shall be on site during the excavation to inspect the trench and soil conditions. The representative will decide what safety measures are necessary for entry by BHSD employees. D. If water is entering the ditch or water is standing in the bottom of the ditch, shoring and a de-watering system will be required before a BHSD employee enters the trench. E. It is the responsibility of the homeowner/contractor to contact BHSD prior to any excavation to eliminate any possible delay associated with Trench Safety requirements. 5. Trench Preparation A. The bottom o the trench must be smooth and free of large rocks which may cause damage to the side sewer pipe. Where unsuitable bedding is found, as determined by the District, the contractor or other persons doing the work, shall over excavate and prepare a bedding as follows: 1. Soft Foundation Over excavate as directed by the District and install 1 2 inches of base rock, to a point 3" below the pipe. From this point to the pipe, install properly graded sand or 5/8" minus gravel bedding. 2. Hard Foundation over excavate a minimum of 3" and install a bedding of properly graded sand or 5/8" minus gravel bedding. 6. Alignment A. Pipe shall be laid with a minimum grade of 1/4" per foot for 4" pipe and 1/8" per foot for 6 " pipe, on uniform line and grade between bends and connections. B. Any grade less than this may be approved at the manager s discretion upon execution of a signed release holding BHSD harmless from any and all damage.
4 7. Materials A. Pipe and fittings must be PVC Schedule 3034 or ABS Schedule 40, with solvent weld or rubber casketed joints. B. NO 90 DEGREE FITTINGS ARE ALLOWED. C. NO FERNCO FITTINGS ARE ALLOWED FOR PLASTIC TO PLASTIC CONNECTION UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY BHSD PERSONNEL. D. Eccentric reducers are required for connection to PVC mainline. E. Alternate materials must be approved by the District on a case by case basis. F. Minimum pipe size for single family residence is 4" diameter. 8. Installation A. Sewer pipe shall be laid true to grade with the bells upgrade. B. Pipe shall be firmly bedded for the full length of the pipe in the prepared trench bottom. C. Pipe shall be centered prior to the joining. Joints shall be installed in strict compliance with the manufacturer's recommendations. Spigot ends shall be thoroughly cleaned before applying glue or lubricant to the pipe or rubber gasket. The interior surface of the bell or sleeve previously laid shall be thoroughly cleaned and coated with glue or lubricant as recommended by the manufacturer. After the section being laid has been carefully aligned, the joint shall be completed. 9. Clean Outs A. Clean outs shall be constructed of the same material and size as the service run. B. A clean out is required within the first pipe joint off the mainline, immediately outside the foundation at least 2' from the house or connection point and for every 100 feet and/or 135 degree change in direction. C. The clean out off the main shall be constructed of a wye and 45 degree bend with the branch installed upward. D. The clean out outside the foundation shall be constructed of a two way sani-tee or a wye and 45 degree bend with the branch installed upward. E. If a riser is desired above ground for the clean out, it must be protected with a casting and cover.
5 F. BHSD has the discretion to require the clean out at the foundation to be raised based on the length of the lateral or the site conditions. G. DO NOT GLUE RISERS INTO ANY CLEAN OUT PRIOR TO BHSD LATERAL INSPECTION AND AIR TEST. 10. Backfill Trench A. After the line has passed the 4 psi air test and the installation has been diagrammed by BIISD personnel, the line shall be bedded and backfilled in a manner which will prevent damage to the pipe. B. Keep rocks and large debris away from the surface of the pipe to prevent long term damage.


"A Survey of Psychologists' Attitudes Towards and Utilization of Expos" by Carolyn Becker, Claudia Zayfert et al.
Although research supports the efficacy of exposure therapy for PTSD, some evidence suggests that exposure is under-utilized in general clinical practice. The purpose of this study was to assess licensed psychologists' use of imaginal exposure for PTSD and to investigate perceived barriers to its implementation. A total of 852 psychologists from 3 states were randomly selected and surveyed. An additional 50 members of a trauma special interest group of a national behavior therapy organization were also surveyed. The main survey results indicate that a large majority of licensed doctoral level psychologists do not report use of exposure therapy to treat patients with PTSD. Although approximately half of the main study sample reported that they were at least somewhat familiar with exposure for PTSD, only a small minority used it to treat PTSD in their clinical practice. Even among psychologists with strong interest and training in behavioral treatment for PTSD, exposure therapy is not completely accepted or widely used. Clinicians also appear to perceive a significant number of barriers to implementing exposure.
Becker, Carolyn; Zayfert, Claudia; and Anderson, Emily, "A Survey of Psychologists' Attitudes Towards and Utilization of Exposure Therapy for PTSD" (2004). Psychology Faculty Research. 7.


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On 75 years of Hiroshma-Nagasaki, online events you can participate in
1. Webinar commemorating the 75th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings hosted by the Princeton-based Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA)
Speaker: Dr Daniel Ellsberg, the famed whistleblower who released the Pentagon Papers during Vietnam and early in his career was a US nuclear war planner. His latest book is The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner.
When: Sunday, 09 August 2020, 07:00 PM, Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Here's the event page
2. 75 Years: Canada, Nuclear Weapons and the UN Ban Treaty, organized by the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Day Coalition.
– Setsuko Thurlow, who jointly accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons in 2017
– Peace activist and historian Phyllis Creighton, will sketch Canada's role in creating the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, its nuclear industry's reckless endangering of Dene workers, severely impacting the Indigenous community, Canada's continued sale of uranium and nuclear reactors enabling more countries to become nuclear armed, and its full commitment to NORAD and NATO, both nuclear alliances relying on nuclear weapons.
When: Thursday, August 6 — 7:00-8:30 pm EDT Here's the event page
3. Online commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of Hiroshima Day, hosted by the New Mexico 75th Anniversary of Hiroshima/Nagasaki Committee and Pace e Bene
When: AUGUST 6, 2020, 8 P.M. EASTERN / 5 P.M. PACIFIC
4. 'Managing Nuclear Memory': Webinar Panel on 75th Anniversary Commemoration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, hosted by the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS), Temple University, Japan Campus
– Norma Field is a professor emerita, University of Chicago, Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations. She is the author of In the Realm of a Dying Emperor: Japan at Century's End. She is editor and co-translator of Fukushima Radiation: Will You Still Say No Crime Has Been Committed?
– Robert (Bo) Jacobs is a historian of science and technology at the Hiroshima Peace Institute and Graduate School of Peace Studies at Hiroshima City University in Japan researching the history of nuclear technologies. He is the author of The Dragon's Tale and Nuclear Bodies (forthcoming in 2021 in Yale University Press), and also has been the lead researcher of the Global Hibakusha Project since 2010, conducting field research at radiation affected sites around the world, and,
– Yuki Miyamoto is Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at DePaul. The courses she regularly teaches at DePaul are "The Atom Bomb Discourse" and "The Atomic Age." She has led two-week study abroad trips to Hiroshima and Nagasaki seven times since 2005. She is the author of Beyond the Mushroom Cloud: Commemoration, Religion, and Responsibility after Hiroshima (2011).
When: on August 7, 10:00am Chicago (CT) | August 8 12:00am Tokyo (JST).
Here's the event page, and, webinar access link
5. Webinar on the 75th Anniversary of the Bombing of Hiroshima, hosted by Hiroshima Day Sydney
When: August 6, 2020 at 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM UTC+10
6. 'Music of Remembrance' webinar commemorating the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings
[BROADCAST] Music of Remembrance: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Shinji Eshima – August 6th
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Snow Falls
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Passage
Watch the broadcast here
Also join a special webinar on August 6th at 3:00 P.M. PST to hear stories about these works from MOR's artists, reflections from Consul General of Japan Yoichiro Yamada, and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto.
When: Thu August 6, 2020 3:00pm
7. 2020 World Conference against A and H Bombs – "With the Hibakusha, Let Us Achieve a Nuclear Weapon-free, Peaceful and Just World – for the Future of the Humankind and Our Planet", hosted by the Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs
When: August 6 (Thur) and August 9 (Sun): 10:00-12:30 (JST)
PLEASE JOIN THE PEACE WAVE, AUGUST 6 – 9, 2020
8. Peace Wave, organized by Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs. Peace Wave logo (jpg). You are free to adopt and feature the logo in your flyers, banners, infographics, actions, images/movies online or in-person, showing that your activities are part of the global Peace Wave
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As we had suspected Charlotte was not going to be ready for chemo. She was as white as a ghost and I thought she may have needed a blood transfusion. So when we went in for bloods, clinic and chemo on Tuesday the bloods confirmed that her platelets were too low for this round and a transfusion would not work in time. So we are back in next week and hopefully her body will bounce back.
Having said all that she is really happy and doing well being out of SC.


Some 4,000 Prudential agents turned up at Prudential Tower in Kuala Lumpur yesterday to protest their slash in bonus and commision. But globally, insurance agents are facing a challenge, the digital disruption, as more products move online. This is yet another threat of digitalisation affecting the current workforce.


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Observer group outlines need for PNG election review
7/10/2017 Headlines, PNG News
THE Electoral Commission needs to conduct a review immediately after the elections and improve the accuracy of the Common Roll, Commonwealth Observer Group chairman Sir Anand Satyanand says.
Sir Anand said in Port Moresby yesterday that the Government should provide adequate resources to enable the commission to carry out its mandate throughout the entire electoral cycle.
"We are concerned with reports of incidents of election-related violence," he said.
"We call on the security forces to uphold the rule of law and for everyone to exercise restraint while the process is ongoing.
"Our group is of the view that despite the considerable challenges with the common roll, which was observed in all the four regions of the country, there were some positive aspects of the process and the results should reflect the wishes of the people who participated in the elections."
The group arrived in Port Moresby on June 17 following an invitation to the Commonwealth secretary-general by Prime Minister Peter O'Neill.
Sir Anand said a key issue and challenge in the election was the significant number of eligible voters' names missing from the roll.
He said the group was "very disappointed" to note that despite previous reports highlighting the issue, it had yet to be implemented.
"It is critical that adequate expertise and funding required by the Electoral Commission for creating a credible roll should be provided in a timely manner before the next election," Sir Anand said.
"The people deserve better, and eligible voters must be allowed to exercise their democratic right and participate in the elections."


Sorry things haven't been the best, but this week must be picking up! Congrats to your lad on his achievement. I reckon I'd be dead after 100 metres!
Your pouch idea is awesome and I hope it works out really well for you and your friend.
I'm cutting up fabric at the moment to make Emma and Pam Jansen's Liberty Stars quilt. I'm going to a retreat in June and I think this will be my project. I've decided to make a large queen size, so there is lots of cutting to do! Instead of getting the metreage that was suggested in the pattern, I've gone through my stash – seeing its all fabric from Emma's shop, Ballarat Patchwork – and selected about 32 fat 1/4s for the stars, and I bought 5.8 metres of white on white for the background. It all has to be chopped up into little squares that are then cut into triangles. Lots and lots of cutting going on here. I have to take a break after a bit as the arthritis in my hands makes long sessions too uncomfortable.
Anyway, have fun with your new project.


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Flashback review – The West Wing 2×17-2×18: 'The Stackhouse Filibuster' and '17 People'
August 16, 2012 by Bitch Stole My Remote
Courtesy of leavemethewhite.com
Welcome to the show people! With one little tip of the hand by Veep John Hoynes, the election changes course entirely and Toby's whole world seems to crumble around him.
"What's next?" Find out after the jump…
We the audience have known since the first season that the President (Martin Sheen) has M.S., that the public doesn't know, and that Leo (John Spencer), is the only West Wing staffer who knows. So it seems improbable that the revelation of the President's condition simply to another staffer would hardly make great television, and yet the set up and reveal that plays out over these two episodes is stellar.
On its own, "The Stackhouse Filibuster" is an enjoyable hour. It's a nice reprieve that reveals just a bit more about the private lives of our main characters through emails with their families. As they wait for Senator Stackhouse to give up on his nine-hour-plus filibuster, we see a guilty CJ (Allison Janney) apologize to her dad for being late to his birthday. And it's great that we pick up on Sam's (Rob Lowe) family upheaval from the previous episode as he changes the greeting of his email from "Dear Jackass" to "Dear Dad." He may not have entirely forgiven him, but he's trying to keep him involved in his life at the very least.
But what makes this episode so interesting and gives it more impact than the normal stand-alone episode is what's brewing in the background. Toby (Richard Schiff) investigates some unusual behavior by Vice-President Hoynes (Tim Matheson), and discovers that Hoynes is having public polling done to help improve his image. Toby's inquiries barely total a few minutes of screen time, and yet as he grow from merely intrigued to openly concerned over the implications of this polling, he becomes exponentially more compelling. Of course it helps that Schiff can play this complexity so well, imbuing each look and hand gesture with a thousand different emotions and worries.
It all comes to a head in "17 People," scored ever so elegantly by the repeated thumping of Toby's rubber ball (and a motif that has been quietly and brilliantly worked in to the last couple of episodes). Toby's investigation into Hoynes's polling has forced Bartlet into a corner, and what could have merely been a confession about a hidden illness becomes an epic showdown between two strong wills in the Oval Office. Schiff carefully builds Toby's anger over the course of the episode, so that when he bellows at the president for essentially allowing Leo to stage a coup d'etat during a past M.S. episode, we're right there with him. But Sheen doesn't allow Schiff to steal the episode out from under him. Beneath Bartlet's arguments that he has a right to privacy and no need to justify his decision to hide his illness, Sheen layers his readings with a hefty dose of guilt, humiliation, and fear. The scenes in this episode between the two of them are beautifully complex, and they foreshadow a fascinating story arc to come.
Is it me or does Donna get shafted again in "The Stackhouse Filibuster"? It's Donna (Janel Moloney) who figures out that the reason that Stackhouse is preventing the Family Wellness Act from passing is because of his own grandson's autism. It's also Donna who figures out that they can give him a rest without yielding the floor by sending in a senator to ask him a question. Yet it's CJ, Sam, and Josh (Bradley Whitford) who get to do the self-congratulatory voice overs about how great they can be sometimes at the end of the episode. Where's the love for Donna?
I admit that I'm a sucker for Josh's schoolboy charms, and yet there is something particularly endearing about him pointing out to Donna that he correctly stated "an hysterically funny person." It's cute that he's so proud, that he thinks it would be a turn on to her!
CJ wins for best rejoinders in these episodes: "Well, I wouldn't want you to miss a legitimate 'Dude!' sighting" and "I have the ancient curse of Bast on me, so get off my back, Sparky!"
Now it's your turn. Who wins in the Bartlet-Toby showdown? Is Donna Washington's unsung hero? And how far would you travel to experience a "Dude!" sighting by Mike Piazza? Sound off below!
Join me again next week as we wade into the MS mess further with "Bad Moon Rising" and "The Fall's Gonna Kill You."
Filed Under: The West Wing Tagged With: Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Dule Hill, Flashback review, Janel Moloney, John Spencer, Martin Sheen, Richard Schiff, Rob Lowe, The West Wing, Tim Matheson


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By Stephanie Tsoflias Siegel on Oct. 12, 2017 - 9:37 AM
Longtime WNEM-TV general manager, Al Blinke, is stepping down as general manager and vice president after 40 years.
"The last 13 years at WNEM TV 5 have been some of the most rewarding of my career. I've been blessed to oversee a great station through drastic changes in technology that reshaped the business I grew up in—all while being the market leader in ratings," said Blinke about his time at the Saginaw, Michigan station.
Blinke is the longest-serving general manager in WNEM, which is part of the Meredith Corporation.
"Al has been a tremendous leader in broadcasting and a huge asset to WNEM and the whole family of Meredith stations," said Paul Karpowicz, President of Meredith Corporation's Local Media Group.
Blinke started his career in radio as a reporter, writer and producer at WWJ-News in Detroit. He moved into television as an Assignment Editor at WJBK-TV then as an Assistant News Director at WTNH-TV in New Haven, CT. He was also News Director at WPXI-TV in Pittsburg and WSB-TV in Atlanta. He served as a consultant for Frank N. Magid Associates before returning to news directing at the KDKA-TV/WNPA-TV duopoly in Pittsburgh for three years.
Meredith is conducting a national search to replace Blinke.


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Winter is as much about dry, unmanageable and frizzy hair as it is about flaky and dehydrated skin. To fight winter's double wrath of static & frizzy hair, we have got you covered some super amazing and easy-to-do home remedies that will make these everyday hair headaches a thing of the past. Follow our step-by-step guide to beautiful hair and say bye frizzy hair forever.
Opting for home remedies for frizzy hair is any day a better option as compared to expensive saloon treatments. Also, there are more chances of your scalp getting dry and flaky due to excessive use of chemicals and so to prevent it from falling prey to various skin conditions like itchiness, infection, eczema and dandruff etc., always put more stress on trying home remedies for dry and frizzy hair before anything else.
Besides, home remedies for frizzy hair that are made using ingredients from your kitchen cabinet ensures your hair and scalp will remain healthy and side-effect proof. So, without much ado, get on to trying these fantastic and super easy frizzy hair home remedies and give your hair a chance to grow and look beautiful this winter.
If your frizzy and dry hair are giving you sleepless nights, then look no further. This avocado and olive oil hair mask will nourish and condition your hair from deep within and make them look strong, beautiful & naturally shiny on the outside.
As a home remedy for dry frizzy hair, this hair mask works best. Bananas are a rich source of nutrients and help in treatment of split-ends. Yogurt is rich in protein, which is the key to keeping your hair thick, healthy & strong. Together, these two ingredients are good enough to add strength and nourishment to your brittle & frizzy strands.
Also read about various banana benefits for hair .
Coconut milk is a rich source of protein and can do a world of good for your dry and frizzy hair by providing them with the right amount of moisture and nourishment. To try this frizzy hair home remedy, heat 5-6 tbsps of coconut oil till it reaches lukewarm temperature. Massage the milk all over the scalp and hair from root to tip. Cover the head with a shower cap and leave it on overnight and rinse it off with a mild shampoo the morning after.
Honey mixed with lemon can help you get rid of the frizziness in the hair and provide your hair will all the nourishment and care it deserves. Just take equal quantities of both, mix well, apply all over the scalp and hair and let it rest for 30 minutes before washing it off using a mild shampoo.
Need more information on how to create your own frizzy hair home remedies? Keep following our blog for more such interesting and easy home remedies for frizzy & dry hair.


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Please distribute this information to your faculty and eligible PIs who may have an interest in submitting an application to this program
Simons Foundation
Simons Award for Graduate Students
in Theoretical Computer Science
http://www.simonsfoundation.org/funding/funding-opportunities/mathematics-physical-sciences/simons-award-for-graduate-students-in-theoretical-computer-science/
Institutional Eligibility: Grants are awarded to the student's home institution. There is a limit of two applications per university. Please coordinate with the relevant university officials. For-profit organizations may not apply.
PI Eligibility: To be eligible, the applicant must be a graduate student who has completed two, three or four years at a U.S. or Canadian institution of higher education at the time of the award start date. A track record of outstanding results in theoretical computer science is the key criterion. There are no citizenship requirements.
Summary: The Simons Foundation Division for Mathematics and Physical Sciences invites applications for the Simons Award for Graduate Students in Theoretical Computer Science program. These awards will be made to graduate students with an outstanding track record of research accomplishments.
Rationale: Theoretical computer science is unique in that graduate students working independently produce some of the best results in the field. With the Simons Award for Graduate Students in Theoretical Computer Science, the foundation seeks to identify and support these emerging stars by providing additional support to enable them to freely pursue their research interests. The award is not intended to replace the regular academic-year support of these outstanding students.
Basis for Awards: The intent of the program is to support graduate students who have already produced outstanding results. A selection committee of distinguished scientists will consider the applications. Awards will be based on the quality of the applicant's research contributions, as outlined in the student's list of publications and research statement, and on the strength of the letters of support.
Level and Duration of Funding: A Simons Award for Graduate Students is awarded for a period of two years for up to $24,000 per year. The award will commence June 1, 2015, and end May 31, 2017. An awardee must be a graduate student for the duration of the award.
Be prepared to upload your internal proposal. The sections will include:
A two-page research statement summarizing the applicant's research contributions, research plans for the immediate future and career goals. References do not need to be included within the page limit but should not exceed an additional page.
A curriculum vitae (two-page limit) that includes institution, advisor and a list of publications.


"Concentric" – A devious way to gain permission for something.
"Wattage" – Precisely calibrated level of incredulity.
This alternative definition occurred to me at the same time as last week's, so it'll be interesting to see if this offering is less of a stretch, for those of you who couldn't get your head round that one.
"Priory" – Similar to before.
"Chronological" – Deductive reasoning of cackling old women.
"Expensive" – Formerly reflective and thoughtful.


In spring 2009 I spent two weeks working with Sight 4 Africa, a charity promoting eye health and providing spectacles and low visual aids to people in remote areas of Uganda.
The most common cause of visual difficulty in the world is not having access to a pair of spectacles. Spectacles can allow a child to see and so be able to attend school, or allow many over 40 years of age to work or even to read again.
Uganda has a population of 31 million people and only 9 Optometrists. This was the most rewarding experience and one which I hope to repeat next year.
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Grant Geiger
#10 Midfielder - San Diego
6' 3" Height
200 lbs Weight
Hometown: Palos Verdes, CA
High School: Palos Verdes Peninsula HS
Eligibility: Freshman
Statistics By Season
2016 San Diego 10 21 11 4 0 0 0 - 0
2016 Player Statistics By Game
01/30/2016 Cal State San Marcos W 12-5 4 1 0 0 0
02/20/2016 USC L 6-9 0 0 0 0 0
02/27/2016 @ Concordia-Irvine L 9-14 2 0 0 0 0
03/04/2016 Western Oregon W 21-9 0 0 0 0 0
03/05/2016 MSU Denver W 13-12 0 0 0 0 0
03/07/2016 Southern Methodist L 5-15 2 0 0 0 0
03/16/2016 Minnesota L 7-19 0 0 0 0 0
03/18/2016 Utah Valley L 11-14 1 1 0 0 0
03/19/2016 @ Cal State Fullerton L 8-14 2 0 0 0 0
03/21/2016 @ Notre Dame de Namur University L 10-11 0 0 0 0 0
03/23/2016 @ Sierra Nevada L 4-7 1 0 0 0 0
04/07/2016 @ UC San Diego W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0
04/09/2016 Cal State Long Beach W 17-15 0 4 1 0 0
04/10/2016 @ UC Irvine W 23-6 1 2 1 0 0
04/17/2016 @ San Diego State L 8-11 2 0 0 0 0
04/23/2016 Biola W 26-8 5 1 2 0 0
04/30/2016 @ Cal State Fullerton L 11-14 1 2 0 0 0
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Almost weekly, the news is full of stories about disappearing retail chains. From House of Fraser and BHS to Toys'R'Us and Sears, recognised names are vanishing overnight - as such large organizations disappear, so the malls, shopping centres, high streets and main streets become emptier and less appealing to visit. The retail sector is hugely important in terms of job numbers: in the US, it employs around 30 million people (directly and indirectly); in the UK, around 10 million.
As such, anything that jeopardises the retail sector will have a deep and lasting impact on millions of lives, as well as on public policy. While many blame the `Amazon effect', this is an oversimplification. Deeper forces are at work that are changing people's relationships with brands, the balance of power between producers and consumers, and the whole nature of the supply chain that has existed since the industrial revolution.


Bit of a boring game to watch if I'm honest and thought the win was certainly there for the taking, but as usual a late goal against us strikes again.
Grant MOTM , Haynes & AAH also looked good.
Not often an FA Cup game is boring but that was a terrible watch.
Blimey, this new gaffer really does know how to take the life & soul out of a game of football. The masterplan will certainly be no strikers any time we face anyone decent home or away - great stuff. This wasn't Spurs or Liverpool, it was struggling Stoke City from just one league above. Don't get me wrong, it's a good result really but Jesus, it's hard work isn't it?
I can only hope Ricketts tactics change when he has his own players rather than LJL, Holloway, Laurent, Bolton etc. He's getting the worst out of Docherty but hopefully that's just a dip in form for a youngster.
you dont need to be a football expert to see that Stoke look at a team with low confidence, Ince looked to be there best player.town made a bright start but took 26 minutes before a shoot forced a save.town looked there most effective when they pressed high up the park.so many moves broke down from a combination of poor distribution and players been caught off side.
Norburn was poor and had a bee in his bonnet about one of there midfielders, he was warned twice and then got a booking.Lewis looked to have got his studs stuck in the pitch and twisted his knee he was clearly in a lot of pain. a well taken penalty with a deserved lead.
i thought Haynes and grant played really well.
were trying to get back in the game.a lovely cross put Holloway in on goal and missed the best chance of the game, i was sorry for him because he worked hard and won so many headers.
a triple substitution had an impact the new winger was causing Bolton all kinds of problems and after doing a number on him his cross resulted in a goal.
Saddler went off with an injury after a clash of heads and i thought Beckles did well. Angol came on and managed to get miles off side twice.
town blew a really good chance of progressing in the cup. after the turgid Fleetwood game whilst it was an improvement , not sure about sitting deep with 30 minutes left in the game but anyone could look wise with hindsight .tactically one area we failed to exploit was there number 5 looked rattled and error prone when pressed.
some of towns players looked tired so i do hope he rests key players for the tin pot and focuses on the league.
Nothing to do with the formation regarding Docherty, he has been playing there for a while and was doing well, there's no expectation for him to do well every game, he would always have a slight dip.
I thought Laurent did very well today, their best player was their RB and Laurent covered loads of ground to keep him quiet plus got forward to support Holloway.
Just back from the match and surprised at the comments so far, but that could be my inexperience re tactics etc. I thought Town played well, gained possession of the bal and ran rings round Stoke first half. If we could have got away with them not putting Crouchy on we probably would have won, but it wasn't to be.
I agree that we still give away balls to easily and too often our attackers are off side, but there is improvement, it's just annoying that improvement isn't continuous as we seem to take 2 steps forward 1 step back. The team played really hard today and wanted to win. MOM Haynes who is getting better each game he plays. Norburn good, but needs to take control of his temper, Docherty had some good spells, but not his best, Holloway had a huge chance but didn't take it. Gillead did well first half, but tired 2nd half, but more game time could see him improve. Waterfall did well too and of course Grant was superb as always.
Radio shrop saying that fans criticising Rickets, but imo he is doing ok with the team he has inherited. Just need to give him time imo I think he will eventually be good for us, but of course we need to get up the league to be safe from relegation, so I understand why some fans are getting a bit tetchy.
We are still the FACup for now COYB.
Good result but we should definitely have had more of a go at them. We seemed happy to just sit back and get everyone behind the ball which was disappointing.
Contrary to popular opinion I thought Docherty had a good game, very busy and always good on the ball. Gilliaed looked sharp going forward and was our biggest threat I thought, but he was the absolute opposite without the ball, lazy and not really interested in closing down. Haynes and Waterfall both had good games, and a typical top drawer performance from Grant.
You cant expect to win games if your centre forward is missing the kind of chance that AAH headed over in the second half. Head it down and make sure you hit the target.
what we needed in the last third was a player to really get a grip of things and just go for it. Stoke were there for the taking and we blew it.
At least Fey will be available for the replay!
Pride. Passion. Belief. I follow Shrewsbury Town.
according the stoke fans forum the three players subbed were worth £30 million !!
What on earth is the matter with Angol?
Holloway may as well have stayed on. Angol looked completely disinterested, wasn't prepared to run to close down players even though he was fresh on the pitch, and failed to concentrate on staying onside.
No wonder they made a difference then - they dam well should have done!!!!!
2nd booking today after having picked up an earlier yellow card when we were away at Salford.
Do not argue with an Idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
Christ on a bike, cannot be.ieve some of the comments. Stoke are a poor Championship side, they have the players but their attitude is poor. When they decided to " play" their power and pace was evident. Overall we played very well, closed them down, played good football and should have scored a second through Holloway. I thought we played well 1- 11. Norburn was superb first half, but faded second half, Holloway was excellent, held the ball up well and won most of his headers.
I have given Waterfall a lot of stick over the past few weeks, but fair play he did very well again today.
I fail to see just what the support of this team want. If we don't win easily, then it seems that most think we have played poorly. We were Stoke's equal throughout the match, and better for most of it. We are what we are, a mid- table side with an outside chance of a top seven finish. I have witnessed far more turgid displays over past seasons, this was a good game.
Most on here talk absolute bollox.
i agree the off sides were totally avoidable ,it was frustrating because he was off side by a country mile .i have no idea what is going on with him but he needs to buck his ideas up .
Totally agree with Haughmond on here, wtf do people expect and what do they choose to see, unbelievable sometimes. This goes for the dopes who messaged radio shropshire afterwards and started an inane thread regarding the result and certain players not being adequate.
Dave Edwards might tho !!
Frustrating that. Stoke there for the taking, but not good enough in the final third. When we finally get a decent cross in AAH misses an absolute sitter.
Mind you easy to say that stood in the stand.
Highlights here. The Holloway miss looks even worse on here than at the time..and it looked bad then!
As for the game itself, I thought we showed well at times but we are just lacking that extra little bit of quality in the final third. Holloway is not a bad target man but unfortunately he's not a natural finisher.
I've been banging the drum for Lee Angol but he failed to convince today. Not sure what's going on with him to be honest.
There's a general feeling of being underwhelmed at drawing to a team in the league higher.
I'm not sure what to make of today's game, for me it showed what we're good at but also massively highlighted our weaknesses. We could do with seeing some transfer activity this month.
The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.
That said, I thought Holloway had a good game and won a fair number of headers.
But with LJL likely to be out for some time, and the problems we've clearly had with Angol, bringing in at least one new striker becomes even more of a priority.


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Disney Sing It: Pop Hits è un videogioco musicale dove cantare in karaoke, sequel di High School Musical: Sing It!, Disney Sing It e Disney Sing It! - High School Musical 3: Senior Year. È stato distribuito il 6 ottobre 2009 per diverse piattaforme.

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Disney Sing It: Pop Hits presenta un buon numero di canzoni non affiliate a Disney oltre a quelle prese da Hannah Montana e High School Musical 3: Senior Year

 7 Things (Miley Cyrus)
 Fly on the Wall (Miley Cyrus)
 The Climb (Miley Cyrus)
 Hoedown Throwdown (Miley Cyrus)
 Get Back (Demi Lovato)
 La La Land (Demi Lovato)
 Don't Forget (Demi Lovato)
 Hold On (Jonas Brothers)
 S.O.S. (Jonas Brothers)
 When You Look Me in the Eyes (Jonas Brothers)
 Lovebug (Jonas Brothers)
 Burnin' Up (Jonas Brothers)
 Realize (Colbie Caillat)
 Bubbly (Colbie Caillat)
 Sneakernight (Vanessa Hudgens)
 It's Over (Jesse McCartney, solo edizione nordamericana)
 How Do You Sleep (Jesse McCartney)
 I'm Only Me When I'm With You (Taylor Swift)
 Change (Taylor Swift)
 Apologize (OneRepublic)
 Warwick Avenue (Duffy)
 Mercy (Duffy)
 Violet Hill (Coldplay)
 Emergency (Steve Rushton)
 Don't Wake Me (Love & Theft, solo edizione nordamericana)
 Let It Go (Mitchel Musso ft. Tiffany Thornton, solo edizione nordamericana)
 The In Crowd (Mitchel Musso, solo edizione nordamericana)
 Let's Do This (Hannah Montana)
 Let's Get Crazy (Hannah Montana)
 It's Amazing (Jem)
 Right Here, Right Now (High School Musical 3: Senior Year, solo edizione europea)
 Scream (High School Musical 3: Senior Year, solo edizione europea)
 Dame Besos (Ismael, solo edizione europea)
 È tardi (Jacopo Sarno, solo edizione europea)

Collegamenti esterni

 Sezione su disney.go.com

Videogiochi di High School Musical

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Andy had such a wonderful voice!
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Thank you very much for sharing this viedo of Dionne back in 1964!!!
Burt and Hal knew what they had in Dionne as the the years went by!!!
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Q: sentence structure of 'That is what I believe it means'
That is what I believe it means

Is 'what' here the object of 'I believe'? Or is there a wh-word omitted?

A: Let's take a look at how questions are formed with phrases like I think, I believe, etc. Here's what Swan's Practical English Usage (Unit 264.8) says about it:

A wh-question usually refers to the main clause which starts with the question word. However, questions can also refer to subordinate that-clauses after verbs like wish, think or say.
Who do you wish (that) you'd married, then?
  How long do you think (that) we should wait?
  What did you say (that) you wanted for Christmas?
That is usually dropped in cases like these; it must be dropped when the question word refers to the subject of the subordinate clause.
Who do you think is outside? (NOT Who-do-you think that is outside?)
What do you suppose will happen now? (NOT What do you suppose that will happen now?)

In other words, let's take this statement:

He thinks (that) you'll have to wash the dishes.

To turn it into a wh-question, you'll have to change the verb think and put the question word before it, even if you're asking about something after it:

What does he think (that) you'll have to do?

To form an indirect question, remove the auxiliary do and put the verb into the tense of the auxiliary:

What does he think (that) you'll have to do?
  What he thinks (that) you'll have to do.
How long do you think (that) we should wait?
  How long you think (that) we should wait.
What did you say (that) you wanted for Christmas?
  What you said (that) you wanted for Christmas.

The second example in each pair can't be used on its own, but it can be used as a subordinate clause. Subordinate clauses of this type can function as objects of verbs. For example:

I told him what you said (that) you wanted for Christmas.
He said how long he thought we should wait.

In your example, the verb is is.

That is what I believe (that) it means.

As PEU says, a wh-expression can refer to the clause right after think, believe, etc. Therefore, the what in your sentence refers to it means, not I believe.

A: No, 'what' is an object of the verb 'mean' in the sentence.

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Again, not much. I keep thinking I'll get something more than my update posts up (at least Saturday Snapshot and Menu Plan Monday happened), but then it doesn't happen. I am, however, hoping to get the chance to put up a giveaway this week. I had a giveaway a while ago and the winner never claimed their book, so I'm doing it again. Stay tuned!
I also am getting back into The Summer List by Amy Mason Doan. I am enjoying it, but I had to take a break because my severe dry eye issue was acting up again. When that happens, reading print gives me a headache very quickly (I do much better if I read on Kindle for some reason. I actually fare the best reading on my Kindle Fire, but it's heavier and I keep forgetting to charge it!). I had planned to have a review up for it by now, but now I'm aiming for sometime next week.
When I get a chance to watch something, it has been either Harlots or Anne with an E. Harlots is an incredibly underrated show and I highly recommend it--although it is definitely NOT something you want to be watching with the kids underfoot! Since Hulu drops its episodes weekly, I'm caught up and just waiting for a new one to arrive on Wednesday (if you haven't seen it, the entire first season is available on Hulu).
I could watch Anne with an E with the kids around, but I'm saving it for my evening viewing. But then I only get a few nights when I can wrangle the remote from my husband (who is currently obsessed with watching the Mission Impossible movies on an endless loop), so I'm still only a couple of episode in.
I've been trying to catch up on podcasts, and I really need to spend some quality time with Eleanor and Park...my book club is this Thursday! If I don't finish it, it will be okay--I've already read AND listened to it, but it is nice to have the refresher.
Nothing too exciting, although I did get a number of cookbooks from the library and am trying to incorporate some new recipes (no hits yet!).
Also, I'm not doing a Menu Plan Monday this week, only because the air conditioning situation is forcing me to sort of play things by ear. With any luck, we'll get it fixed quickly but, until then, I'm going to try to stick with meals that either don't need to be cooked, are cooked by someone else, or are cooked in a way that it doesn't heat up my kitchen any more than it already is.
I did escape my non-air conditioned house today by going hiking in 90+ degree weather! Crazy, I know--but it was a trip that was planned with my daughter's Girl Scout troop (although only 2 girls ended up going) long before we knew the weather forecast. It was a lovely, but beastly hot, hike. I'll have pictures in the future for Saturday Snapshot and we'll be going back to that trail again with my husband when it is cooler.
I am trying something new this week, inspired by an especially good sermon at church today (our minister always has great sermons, but this one hit home). She spoke about spiritual rest and how we need it and are not getting it and what we should do to make it a priority. She challenged us to give up 1 thing for a week and start 1 rest-promoting thing. I am going to be turning my computer off at 8pm each night--well, it will be a little later tonight, only because I want to link up with Kathryn first--as my "give up" item. I'm still trying to think about what I'm going to start.
I only mention this because I won't be able to check out some of your blogs until tomorrow (or later in the week). But it is my priority to touch base with you all--I missed it last week, but I should have more time this week to follow up. I really enjoy seeing what everyone is reading and doing, but I also need to get some perspective on things. So, if I don't respond to you until Friday or so, please don't take it personally! I'm just "resting"!
And now, my friends, I'm off in search of a rotisserie chicken. And possibly some ice cream.
I'm linking up with It's Monday...What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Book Date.


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PEEKING INTO THE PAST – Robert Griffin and Mamie Eisenhower
Published 8:14 am Saturday, October 31, 2020
Former First Lady Mamie Eisenhower is escorted by Robert Griffin of Stanly County.
Robert Griffin was born in Albemarle but grew up and went to school in New London. He later graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1965.
According to his sister, Griffin worked for the United States Health Department for a year or two before entering the Air Force.
He then spent about four years in the Air Force. He worked in Intelligence and was primarily located at the Pentagon.
While serving with the Air Force he was chosen to serve as a military social aide at the White House under President Richard Nixon.
According to the White House website, "White House Military Social Aides serve as an extension of the President and First Lady in their roles as official host and hostess of the United States."
Their job is to help important dignitaries at White House parties, dinners and other functions to be sure they have an enjoyable experience.
Today's photo shows Griffin escorting former first lady Mamie Eisenhower at a White House function.
{Lewis Bramlett – Stanly County Historical Society}
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: North Carolina economy continues to excel
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Фрідрих Теодор (Федір Іванович) Шуберт (, ; 1758—1825) — німецько-російський математик, астроном, геодезист і популяризатор науки. Академік Петербурзької академії наук (1789).

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Народився в Гельмштадті у Німеччині в родині відомого вченого богослова і оратора Йоганна Ернста Шуберта, в 1783 переїхав до Росії, спочатку в Ревель, де отримав посаду ревізора Гапсальского повіту, а в 1785 був назначений географом при Петербурзькій академії наук, причому першою його справою у зв'язку з цією посадою був устрій пошкодженого пожежею Готторпського глобуса. Ад'юнкт Петербурзької академії наук з 1786 і академік з 1789. З 1804 завідував академічною обсерваторією. Займався питаннями морехідної астрономії, з його ініціативи були створені морські астрономічні обсерваторії в Миколаєві і Кронштадті.

В астрономії основні праці Шуберта відносяться до практичної астрономії та небесної механіки. Розробляв теорії руху Марса, Місяця, Урану, Церери. У 1805 разом з сином брав участь у невдалій російській експедиції в Китай. Здійснив магнітні спостереження за маршрутом Петербург—Казань—Тобольськ—Іркутськ. Поряд з науковою роботою, займався популяризацією астрономії, в Петербурзі в 1798 вперше опублікував курс теоретичної астрономії, який за пропозицією П'єра-Симона Лапласа був перекладений французькою мовою і виданий у Західній Європі. Автор «Керівництва до астрономічних спостережень…» (1803, німецькою мовою, переклад на російську мову здійснив І. І. Фіцтум). Широку популярність мала його книга «Популярна астрономія» (частини 1-3, 1804—1810), в якій описана історія астрономії від давнини до появи «Небесної механіки» Лапласа.

У математиці праці Шуберта (пов'язані з астрономією і картографією) відносяться до сферичної геометрії, де він вивчив властивості локсодроми, у роботах 1788-89 ввів терміни «конформна проєкція». Крім того, у Шуберта є праці з алгебри та теорії особливих точок кривих.

З 1808 по 1818 видавав календарі «Кишеньковий місяцеслів» і «Морський місяцеслів» для потреб морського флоту, з 1810 по 1825 редагував газету St. Petersburger Zeitung, котра виходила в Санкт-Петербурзі німецькою мовою.

У 1813 Шуберт був прийнятий до числа почесних членів державного адміралтейського департаменту. У 1816 став дійсним статським радником. Нагороджений орденом Святого Володимира 4-го ступеня, згодом орденом Святого Володимира 3-го ступеня і орденом Святої Анни 2-го ступеня з алмазами.

Його син, Федір Федорович Шуберт, був вченим-геодезистом, генералом від інфантерії і керівником Корпусу військових топографів Російської армії. Правнучка — Софія Василівна Ковалевська — відомий математик.

Примітки

Література

 Воронцов-Вельяминов Б. А. Очерки истории астрономии в России. — М., Физматгиз, 1956

Німецькі астрономи
Німецькі математики
Російські астрономи
Російські математики
Геодезисти
Дійсні члени Санкт-Петербурзької академії наук
Члени Шведської королівської академії наук
Популяризатори науки
Масони Росії
Дійсні статські радники
Члени Американської академії мистецтв і наук


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SYRIZA rising: what's next for the movements in Greece?
A left-wing government may provide breathing space to the movements, but it can also accelerate their demobilization and assimilation by state power.
By Antonis Broumas and Theodoros Karyotis
First published at ROAR Mag
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For us the content of the revolutionary project is for people to become capable of taking social matters in their hands, and the only means for them to attain this capability is to gradually take social matters in their hands more and more.
~ Cornelius Castoriadis (1979)
[W]hat is emerging is another society: the objective is power, not state power, but for people to organize themselves as powers in a different social context.
~ Raul Zibechi (2010)
Nowadays, social antagonism occurs in martial terms. Capitalist domination resolves its contradictions not by granting certain rights and privileges to the oppressed, as it has done in the past, but by imposing a permanent state of exception, where all measures of social engineering are justifiable and all protest is perceived as an initiation of hostilities. Reaching a new equilibrium remains a challenge, which will be addressed only by the social counter-power entering — or not entering — the center stage of political life.
In this socio-historical context, the possibility of a left-wing government emerges in Europe, with the left-wing coalition of SYRIZA in Greece and newcomer Podemos in Spain in its vanguard, as a response to the prospect of neoliberal authoritarianism consolidated on a nationalist basis.
Periods of crisis are moments of social antagonism, in which the positions of contesting social forces are liquefied. In the present crisis, autonomous social movements emerge from the contradictions of modern capitalism as the main collective subjects with a potential for radical transformation and social change. They constitute the main opponent of capitalist domination in the present social confrontation and any conflicts inside the state and government apparatus are essentially a reflection of the ebb and tide of social mobilizations.
Despite being aware that the new world we long for can only come about through the struggles from below, we have to seriously contemplate the possibility of a left-wing government. The effects of such an electoral victory would be equivocal for grassroots movements, since, on the one hand, such a victory may tilt the power balance and, thus, provide breathing space to the movements in their confrontation with capitalist domination, but, on the other hand, it could accelerate the disquieting trend of co-optation and assimilation of social movements by the logic of state management.
Left-Wing Bureaucracy and the State
In theory, the communist left relates with the state in instrumental terms. The conquest of the bourgeois state is presented as a necessary evil on the road to workers' power. This approach, however, is immersed — even on a purely theoretical level — in a series of contradictions. Even in its most sophisticated versions it fails to address the issue of the dialectic relation between the vanguard party bureaucracy and the autonomy of the world of labor, or the possibility of achieving a transition towards an egalitarian society, when there is such disparity between the means employed and the goals proposed.
But in social praxis, the historical experience of the relationship between left-wing parties and the state is even more complex and contradictory. In the 20th century, nearly half of the planet was governed by left-wing bureaucracies that exercised power separated from the social classes they were supposed to represent. In most victories of the left — electoral or otherwise — popular forms of organization, be they soviets, workers' councils or assemblies, were summarily superseded by the centralized power of the new managerial class. But even where they did not capture state power, left-wing bureaucracies operated merely as agents of mediation and delegation of political power, rather than as a genuine expression of the collective subject of the labor movement. In an attempt to defeat the bourgeois state with its own weapons, they modelled their organizational structures on the most reactionary and hierarchical elements of the bourgeois state, thus stifling any attempt of the workers at autonomous self-expression.
Nevertheless, today much has changed since the heyday of the workers' movements. In the European context, a possible conquest of state power by a left-wing party is no longer seen as a necessary evil, but as a strategic objective for mitigating the impact of the neoliberal onslaught on the social fabric. In modern left-wing mythology, the state is implicitly seen as the last frontier of "real" politics in opposition to the burgeoning social power of capital; hence the criticism of the essentially bourgeois nature of state power can easily be overlooked. This conception of the state, held by a majority of contemporary left-wing parties, is lagging even behind earlier approaches of the social democratic left, which at least retained a minimal connection with the strategic goal of social transformation.
Yet, the strategy of social salvation through the conquest of state power remains appealing to a part of the oppressed strata, who still preserve memories of the North European-style welfare state and think of collective mobilization as a means of pressure in order to extract concessions from the main agent of mediation of social antagonism, i.e. the state. Whereas it is tempting for many people to think nowadays of the post-war welfare state as the only meaningful and effective means of guaranteeing social and economic rights for the bulk of the population, it is evident today from a historical perspective that such an equilibrium was nothing but a temporary arrangement, limited in its scope, designed to appease the increasingly restless working classes of the post-colonial powers and avert the soviet menace.
Likewise, the present-day left-wing bureaucracies are not striving to represent the emerging radical social subjects in systemic politics, nor are they trying to foster the bottom-up emergence of novel conditions for our common existence, which are now pervasive in social mobilizations in every continent of the planet. Instead, they attend to the expectations of the vulnerable middle classes of returning to the welfare state of the past, where capitalist domination was still exercised in terms of social consensus and power equilibrium rather than crude imposition.
It is understandable that SYRIZA's ambitious program of wealth redistribution in favor of the middle and lower classes arouses the imagination of European social movements; after all, in the present context, there is a certain quixotic heroism in SYRIZA's neo-Keynesianism as set against the backdrop of an omnivorous neoliberalism, which, having plundered the Global South for decades, is now consuming the European periphery and will soon advance towards the center. This explains the near-mythical proportions of SYRIZA's fame outside of Greece and the great expectations the electoral ascent of this party has created. Contrast this to the pragmatism of its local supporters, who know very well that, even if they manage to capture state power, the party's capacity for radical reform will be extremely limited.
We adduce that the aspiration of the compressed middle classes to return to a "humane" form of capitalism will not be fulfilled. The contemporary nation-state is undergoing a severe crisis, both because of the inherent contradictions in its institutions of representation and because of the expansion of the social power of capital and its non-state structures. Today, more than ever, the conquest of state power does not mean the conquest of social power. Besides, the contemporary confrontation is played out between the increasingly consolidated social power of capital and the social counter-power of the oppressed.
The radical social transformation of tomorrow will not be a product of the bourgeois state and its institutions of representation, but of the subversion of state institutions and the emergence of social structures of power immanent to society and inseparable from it. Under these conditions, the conquest of the bourgeois state by a left-wing bureaucracy can prove detrimental to the autonomous movements, if it does not help expand the vital spaces of development of their social power against the power of nation states and international capital.
Nevertheless, our rejection of the reformist avenue advocated by contemporary left-wing parties does not entail an uncritical adoption of revolutionary politics as defined in the 20th century. In a late capitalism of immaterial and fragmented labor, of disciplining through debt and scare tactics, of opaque centers of power far removed from the population they rule, there is no Winter Palace to storm and no prospect of defeating the enemy in military terms. The neighborhood, the street and the public square have largely replaced the factory as the epicenter of social and class antagonism. Reconceptualizing community, breaking out of social isolation, creating horizontal and participatory structures based on equality, solidarity and mutual recognition, and building networks among these structures are social acts that today constitute revolutionary praxis.
As has always been the case, truly radical social transformation can only be the product of a confrontation of a widespread and pre-existing mode of social existence with the structures of domination, not of the actions of an enlightened few who will redesign society in the interest of the many. Hence the newest social movements do not seek to reform the existing political and economic structures, but to build alternatives in the thousands of cracks of the current system, i.e., the places where capitalist values cannot prevail. They set the collective administration of common goods, through the self-management of the horizontal communities that emerge around them, against the atomism of the capitalist market and the bureaucracy of the state. Thus, they construct the material conditions of political autonomy, ensuring the social reproduction that the state and the market are no longer willing to provide and creating new imaginary meanings of social cooperation to substitute the dominant values of individual social mobility and material prosperity.
Autonomous Movements and Left-Wing Governments
The strain between autonomous movements and left-wing governments has been made evident in South America in the previous decade, with the re-emergence of the state-oriented left in the subcontinent. The tradition of autonomy has strong roots in Latin America, largely because of the political organizing of indigenous peoples, the most prominent — but not the only — example being the Zapatistas, but also because of the practices of a series of rural and urban movements whose struggles do not follow the beaten path: the landless in Brazil, the recovered factories or the piqueteros in Argentina, the water wars in Bolivia, and so on.
While these movements grew strong under conditions of neoliberal invasion, in the previous decade they had to face a series of progressive governments, themselves products of the social unrest caused by the neoliberal onslaught: from the modest social democracy of Lula in Brazil and Kirchner in Argentina, to experiments in radical political transformation such as that of Chávez in Venezuela.
A first obvious result of the predominance of left-wing governments was the mitigation (but not the complete elimination) of repressive tactics. The withdrawal of government support from the thugs of the landowners and the paramilitary organizations, the decrease in instances of torture and imprisonment, made a big difference for these movements, which have paid a heavy toll in blood for their political action.
Another positive aspect was the cessation of many spectacular and destructive neoliberal projects. However, many "progressive" governments, using the discourse of "economic development", reinstated those grandiose plans disguised as "investments of national interest." Admittedly Venezuela, where a certain kind of popular autonomy flourished under the rule of Chávez, constitutes a special case within this paradigm. However, the insistence on fossil fuels as the motor of economic growth is most often pursued at the expense of local and indigenous populations. It is evident that all governments, right-wing or left-wing, remain committed to the capitalist imaginary of unlimited growth at any cost.
However, the largest threat presented by left-wing governments to grassroots movements is the loss of their autonomy. Left-wing governments admire the social movements for the solidarity bonds they form within them, for their connection to society, for their imagination and creativity in problem-solving and, most importantly, for how big a change they can bring about with scant or nonexistent financial means. In this spirit, many Latin American governments tried to utilize the movements to pursue social policy objectives, turned many of the most prominent activists into bureaucrats, used assistencialist policies to appease the radical sectors, and waged a covert war on the movements that did not want to align themselves with the government line — even going so far as to accuse them of being agents of the right-wing forces.
Through this carrot-and-stick kind of politics, not only is the state not "enhanced" with the dynamism of the social movements, but the latter are subordinated to state priorities, losing their momentum and often dissipating. A similar situation was experienced in Greece when a "radical" social democratic PASOK rose to power in 1981, signalling the end of the political effervescence that characterized the period after the democratic transition of 1974, and assimilating many social movements within the corporatist regime it established. A similar case can be made about Spain and the Socialist government of Felipe González around the same time.
Contemporary Movements as Collective Subjects for Social Change
At the time of writing this article, a long cycle of social mobilization is coming to a close in Greece and around the world, leaving behind an important legacy of structures operating through direct democracy (workers' cooperatives, local assemblies, social centers, solidarity networks, movements in defense of the commons, endeavors in solidarity economy) but also great fatigue and frustration, since the program of neoliberal reform is being carried out to the letter despite the best efforts — at great personal cost — of innumerable social activists. It is easy for this frustration to plunge collectives into introspection and allow certain parts of the movement — already prone to such practices — to return to the pursuit of "ideological purity" and the "real" revolutionary subject; a quest that in the 20th century has proven to be a one-way ticket to political insignificance and sectarianism.
The political vacuum brought about by this frustration and by the lack of a concrete vision of social transformation from below, is exploited by parliamentary left parties to reinforce the logic of political mediation and to turn themselves fundamentally into proxies of the desire for social change. Reiterating the practices of the 20th century, they use their hegemonic position to appropriate the political surplus value of social mobilization and to create structures of representation within the movements, curtailing or marginalizing the demands that do not fit into their political agenda and thereby diverting the action of social subjects towards the parliamentary road.
Admittedly, there is a long way ahead for the nascent horizontal movements before they manage to transcend their local and particular circumstances, connect with the wider political becoming, and create new political spaces where the terms of our common existence can be shaped — that is, progress from coexistence to cooperation. However, horizontal and prefigurative movements, despite being a minority, constitute today the main antagonistic force to the current system of domination that is quickly reaching its social and ecological limits.
Autonomous movements are inclined not to capture power, but to disperse it: imagining new decentralized institutions for the governance of social and economic life to replace bourgeois democracy, which is immersed in a deep structural crisis of social reproduction, political representation and ecological sustainability. That does not entail laying out a well-defined program of exercise of power, but forging bonds and institutions that will allow the synthesis of the specific and local with the general and universal. The struggles for the commons, for knowledge, land, water and health, leave behind a legacy of accessible and participatory institutions, which can form the backbone of a new kind of power: a power of the people, not of the representatives.
The endeavors in libertarian communitarianism point towards the creation of politically active communities and the use of local institutions as a bulwark against globalized capitalism and as an appropriate field of application of precepts of de-growth and localization. The promise of the self-management of labor, of worker cooperatives and peer production, indicates a path within, against and beyond the state and the market. In any case, the new constituent power will be diverse, reflecting the infinity of militant subjectivities that the domination of capital in all aspects of social life engenders.
Certainly there is nothing inevitable in the emergence of this new world, no teleological certainty that this will come about, in the same way that the deterministic predictions of the advent of a free society made in the 19th century remain unfulfilled. The struggle of the people to prevail over the dominance of capital will take place in the contingent field of social antagonism, and will depend on their determination to turn frustration into social creativity, to break free from restrictive identities and ideological certainties, to ignore the promises of mediation and to reinvent themselves as an instituting social subject.
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The early 21st century has brought to the foreground a number of ideas that are pointing beyond the state and the market, that are trying to imagine a world beyond capitalism.
Armed with combative spirit, patience, perseverance and a willingness to experiment, movements inspired by autonomy, libertarian municipalism, direct democracy, solidarity economy, cooperativism, worker self-management and the commons, take small but firm steps towards the construction of a new world in the cracks of the old world that is dying.
At the same time, through their practices, they question the values and institutions that are the pillars of liberal capitalism: individualism, competition, waged labor, private property, political representation.
This website is an attempt to map these roads, unite the dots that make up the image of a new world based on solidarity, mutual recognition, equality, diversity, proximity and freedom.
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A Homily for Fr. Bruce Swift, (1932-2014)
December 31, 2014 / John Benning
The following homily was delivered by Abbot James Albers at the Mass of Christian Burial for Fr. Bruce Swift.
"We're meeting at the Connor's at 7 o'clock for pot luck."
Fr. Bruce Swift, (1932-2014)
This seems like a rather innocuous invitation to an evening dinner, almost matter-of-fact, "If you can be there, we hope to see you; Oh, and bring a dish."
However, if that invitation came from Fr. Bruce during one of his 17 trips to Saudi Arabia recruiting students for Maur Hill, it meant he would be offering Mass for the Catholics in the area, an illegal act in that country. As he would gather people for Mass, he was putting his life in danger, and these Catholics were choosing to do the same; attending this Mass had potentially a great cost.
But it was the Eucharist, the source and summit of our lives, the sacrament that brings us together as the Body of Christ; it was what Fr. Bruce had to do. Providing for the faith life of those with whom he was charged was central to the monastic life for Fr. Bruce.
Whether he was teaching and prefecting at Maur Hill; offering himself in prison ministry at the Lansing Correctional Facility, or the Atchison and Topeka Juvenile Correctional Facilities; whether he was forming men in the monastic life here at the Abbey; or providing spiritual direction and hearing confessions of college students, he understood that the purpose of his ministry was to bring these individuals closer to Christ, even if the individual didn't always realize the need for growth in faith.
First and foremost, Fr. Bruce was concerned with whether one was doing what was needed to grow in relationship with Christ. While he may have come across as gruff at times, his intentions were always to encourage one in striving to do better. It followed the wisdom of St. Benedict who said, "…mercy [should always] triumph over judgment… remembering not to crush the bruised reed," however, "give the strong something to strive for, and the weak nothing to run from."
While Fr. Bruce was a tough teacher he desired to see his students succeed and ushered them in gentle ways, yet at times needing to push them rather sternly, toward Truth and the good that was in them.
Father Bruce and an Atchison businessman would laugh over the only "C" this former Maur Hill student received, receiving it in freshman religion with Fr. Bruce. "After giving me a 'C'," he said, "… [Fr. Bruce] motivated me, and strongly encouraged me to be the best I could be and live up to my potential."
And then there were the times when one of the foreign students at Maur Hill would be asked to leave because of disciplinary reasons. Knowing that these students couldn't easily return to their home country, Fr. Bruce would arrange to have them stay with his sister in South Central Missouri until the new semester when the student would hopefully be readmitted.
Father Bruce understood what St. Paul wrote in our second reading this morning from the Letter to the Hebrews, "For we do not have a high priest, [Jesus,] who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has similarly been tested in every way."
Whether Fr. Bruce was dealing with a student at Maur Hill or at Benedictine College, one of the novices, or an inmate at the Lansing Correctional Facility, he understood that he himself was in need of the mercy of God, and so desired that others know that mercy also.
It is knowing that we each are created in the image and likeness of God, yet we have at times made poor decisions through our weakness, or through just plain stupidity. Yet St. Paul reminds us that it is in embracing our weakness, in learning obedience through what we suffer, that the virtue of humility begins to grow in us and we are able to approach God and ask for his mercy so that we might be restored to his image and likeness.
Our first reading from Lamentations reminds us that God's mercy will always be there if we seek it out. "The Lord's acts of mercy are not exhausted, his compassion is not spent; They are renewed each morning—great is your faithfulness."
And each morning with his holy hour, and Vigils and Morning Prayer, Fr. Bruce sought to renew that relationship with Christ, because he knew that he could not give what he himself had not received. It was Christmas morning coming from his holy hour to Morning Prayer when he collapse.
God's mercies are renewed each morning—great is his faithfulness. This unexhausted mercy was played out day after day in Fr. Bruce's willingness to hear a confession at the drop of a hat.
In the great Jubilee Year 2000, Fr. Bruce volunteered, and was permitted by Abbot Barnabas, to spend six months at St. Paul's Outside the Walls, the Benedictine Basilica in Rome, hearing confessions eight hours a day in English and French.
It was a rare day if you couldn't find Fr. Bruce in the north confessional before an Abbey Mass, or down in one of the Guest House parlor rooms meeting with a student who needed advice and the mercy of God. And his loyalty to the men incarcerated at the Lansing Correctional Facility—in good weather and bad, if he was scheduled to be there and there wasn't a lockdown, he was there.
As his ability to walk began to deteriorate because of the genetic disease Fragile X, it was incredible to see him at the Lansing Correctional Facility maneuver through the security doors, up and down steps and down long hallways, just to get to the big prison yard, only then to have to make the long walk across the yard to the other side where the chapels are located.
And then to see how the inmates would take care of him, making sure everything was in place for the Mass. The afghan with the Abbey Coat of Arms you see draped from the north confessional, was made by one of the inmates at Lansing.
This inmate, after nearly 25 years in the prison system, was scheduled to be released this morning; however, because of the holiday, he will be released on Friday. This man hopes to visit Fr. Bruce very soon in his final resting place in the Abbey Cemetery.
Father Bruce liked to tell the story of how he was given his monastic name.
Given the name Robert at birth by his parents, William and Loretta, when young Robert entered the novitiate, Abbot Cuthbert announced that his name would be Bruce.
Kind of bewildered at the time by the choice, he never asked Abbot Cuthbert until some years later why Abbot Cuthbert chose to give him the name "Bruce." Abbot Cuthbert admitted that he didn't think Fr. Bruce would make it in the Abbey, and so he didn't want to waste a good name on him.
For all the Bruces out there, I think it is a perfectly good name, a derivative of Ambrose, whose feast day is December 7th.
Whether or not one appreciates the name Bruce, let's imagine the number of people who experienced the mercy of God because Fr. Bruce persevered, and because Abbot Cuthbert was wrong.
We recognize today that this invitation is given to us. This invitation to receive God's mercy and grace in our lives, reminding ourselves of St. Matthew's call in the Gospel, "'Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?' [Jesus] heard this and said, 'Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and learn the meaning of the words, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.'"
As Fr. Bruce would put it, "We are all good people who have just made bad choices, and are each in need of God's mercy."
As we lift up Fr. Bruce – our confrere, teacher, confessor, mentor, and friend – we offer our prayers for his eternal rest. And when we hear that invitation from the Lord, "We're meeting at the Connor's," may we respond in the words of St. Paul to the Hebrews, "Let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help."
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