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Tag: Mina Loy
It's been a while and a while before that. So, I thought I would introduce myself to newcomers making their way here from the BBC3 interview that aired today, "I Arrive Without Leaving–A Discussion on Women Surrealist Poetry."
I am a writer, a lit nerd, music and art lover. I studied Art History in college with an emphasis on Poe and French Symbolism, Dadaism and Surrealism. This is when I first began my studies of the women surrealists, but I had fallen in love with Mina Loy at the end of high school, which I shudder to think was about 22 years ago.
I get bored easily, so I am enthusiastic about a lot of different things. I think that is reflected in my eclectic career in publishing over the past 18 years. But for the sake of algorithms, let's say I'm a Weird Surrealist Grrl who likes to write about women's history and lost history in general.
My work has been translated in France, Spain, Brazil, and Turkey, and has been published in the U.K. and Australia. It has been nominated for the Pushcart, Colorado Book Award, Best of the Net, the Hugo Award, and World Fantasy award (twice). Recent bylines include Literary Hub, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, The Debutante: Women Surrealists Art Journal, and BBC3.
My recent works/projects are:
Calls for Submission, my weird historical fiction collection from Pelekinisis, which you can buy here.
33 1/3: Babes in Toyland's Fontanelle, out January 2023, and available for pre-order here.
"The Lillith Assimilations: An Exkphrastic Appreciation," will be appearing in modern surrealist painter Carrie Ann Baade's forthcoming book, Carrie Ann Baade: Scissors and Tears.
Most of my writing on surrealism is internalized within my fiction, which you can find in the above mentioned short story collection. In the BBC3 discussion, I discuss my need for a Women Surrealist Survival Kit. This was for an essay/listicle turned manifesto that was publish on Literary Hub in 2017. My other writings in this vein include a meditation on Leonora Carrington and Brexit for the amazing feminist surrealist arts journal, The Debutante.
I am not terribly active online. The best way to keep up with me is either by subscribing or dropping a comment on this blog, subscribing to my Substack, or following me on Twitter where I check DMs @BasBleuZombie.
Claude Cahun, Self portrait as Elle in Barbe Bleu, 1929
Today is a little unusual. I will be on BBC3 at 18.45BST (1:45EST) as part of their Sunday feature: "I Arrive Without Leaving–The Story of Women Surrealist Poets." I will be talking about Mina Loy, Claude Cahun, and my mini-manifesto about building my own Surrealist Survival Kit that was published at Literary Hub in 2017.
Here's the run down:
"Drawing on rare recordings including an interview with Leonora Carrington as well as readings of poems by Méret Oppenheim, Joyce Mansour, Gisèle Prassinos, Claud Cahun and Suzanne Césaire, Alexandra examines how these women writers' confronted issues of gender identity, the erotic, colonialism and power structures using the tools of surrealism to reimagine the world.
With contributions from contemporary surrealist poets and writers Penelope Rosemont, Beatriz Hausner, Rikki Ducornet, Selena Chambers, Aja Monet and Professor Robin DG Kelley."
I want to thank the episode's producer Sarah Cuddon for having me on this illustrious panel and I hope the episode inspires many more people to build their own women surrealist's survival kit!
Reading Notes: More recommendations for the Women Surrealist Survival Kit
Wow. What a day! The response to "The Women Surrealists Helping Me Through Our New Political Reality" received a great response! I have spent the day nerding out about Women Surrealists, and finding out many other people have been dealing with similar feelings about how to creatively approach the nonce insanity. Thank you so much to everyone who read, commented, tweeted, retweeted, and shared on FB!
As a thanks, I'm posting a little bonus addendum to the piece. First, if you'd like to read more about Leonora Carrington's quote about the Surrealist Survival Kit, it was part of a series of conversations Penelope Rosemont had with Carrington towards the end of her life. Published as "A Revolution in the Way We Think and Feel—Conversations with Leonora Carrington," you can find it in Ron Sakolsky's Surrealist Subversions: Rants, Writings and Images by the Surrealist Movement in the United States.
While I recommended 3 books in the article, my original draft had 5. I cut two of them for length, but still find them essential writings for my kit.
Insel, Mina Loy, Melville House, 2014
An interesting aspect about Women's Surrealism is that many members evaded the Feminist label. Not Mina Loy. She made it her mission to polish the flaws she saw in its ideology not only writing blatantly about enjoying sex, but also by observing, documenting, and subverting the various roles of womanhood. You could say that she set down the intellectual premise all women surrealists would follow in her "Feminist Manifesto,": "Leave off looking to men to find out what you are not —seek within yourselves to find out what you are."
Insel is a feminist response to Breton's Nadja, and the male Surrealist concept of amour fou and the femme enfant applied to the Surrealist Woman. In Insel, these dynamics are flipped. The narrator Mrs Jones is not a woman-child, but a widow in her fifties, dependent on her children, firmly established in her career, and creatively bored. The one thing she has is an established reputation and far-reaching influence, which attracts a young, German junky mystic, Aaron Insel. While he then, becomes the homme enfant, he is physically repulsive. It is Insel's unhinged perspective that appeals to Jones, and eventually she begins supporting him. It doesn't end well, of course, but what is important is that throughout the novel, Mrs. Jones holds all the cards—she has all the money, she has the career, connections, and experience Insel most covets.
That isn't why I have this in the kit, though. While this is something of an anti-romance, Loy uses the notion of mad love to show its true delusion. Mrs. Jones uses her relationship with Insel to distract and confront her aging, as well as how society and art movements dismissed women of a certain age.
The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait, Abrams, 2005
You won't find any gossip here. Reproduced in full-color facsimile and in translation, Khalo's diary is a full testament to internal fulfillment. It has no concern for dates or time and is a straight connection to her creative mind. On the page you can see her exploring and meshing Greek mythology with Meso-American folklore, lists of associations and puns, days described only in nouns, and poignant spatial mediations like that on the loss of her leg.
While it's part of legend that Kahlo used her art as therapy to cope with lifelong health complications and mobility limitations, in this diary you see the messy and raw work that went into the final finessed products. You also get to see all of the doubts and anxieties that echo our own creative worries. Towards the end of her life, after having only seven operations on her back in one year, she reprimands herself for not doing enough, or being relevant enough: "Above all I want to transform it [her work] into something useful for the Communist revolutionary movement, since up to now I have only painted the earnest portray of myself, but I'm very far from work that could serve the Party." And yet…and yet! Those earnest portrayals that analyzed her most intimate tragedies while upcycling Mexican folklore and remixing post-colonial history, have served, nourished, and inspired within more than one political ideation. It achieved a new universality, and that universality was feminine.
Publishing Notes: Literary Hub and my Women Surrealist Survival Kit
An essay I wrote about my "Surrealist Survival Kit" for Literary Hub.
I'm doing a mini-Guest Blog tour for Calls for Submission, and my first stop is at the incomparable Literary Hub! I am very pleased to share that "The Women Surrealists Helping Me Through Our New Political Reality" is now live.
My original intention, and pitch, for this piece was to be a discussion about the last ten years effort at a Women Surrealist Revival. An effort I believe is at its apex, what with the Leonora Carrington centennial, a first ever monograph of Eileen Agar, and the two new Claude Cahun books coming out this summer, including Exist Otherwise, the first English biography of the gender-bending photographer.
But as I started drafting, the essay took a different and much more personal route. I'd been re-acquainting myself with these artists since the election, and fully realized in the writing of this piece how they were helping me reassess and reaffirm what I believe the potential of art truly can be. Something I had been struggling with all year, and as a result lead to a lot of dead ins and head-wall banging.
But as I started to look at what and who I had been dipping back into–Carrington, Cahun, Césaire, Kahlo, and Mina Loy–all women who commented on the political by drawing upon the personal, I realized I had to step up and go there myself. The Revival turned into Survival.
So, here then, is an achievement of a few things. First, it is the first finished thing I've produced since the election; Second, it is both a celebration of the internal resistance of the past, and advocation of its exploration in the future; three, it's on LITHUB!
I hope you'll take a few minutes to check it out, and if you liked it, please share it widely with your friends on Facebook and Twitter!


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Well what a day it was....This event started with a great depart from Blayney. I knew it would be tough because the pace was on from the start. I managed to keep in the main group over just about the entire course until we came to a junction where the short course peoples merged with the long course peoples. Due to the light rain during the event, it made for a slippery course and there were quite a few accidents along the way. Where the two courses merged was no exception, and soon after there was an accident on a narrowing of the road. (My average speed was about 37 Kph for the event,so our group was moving quite quickly during this merging). I was separated from the main group at this chaotic point just before the rocklea mountain climb. As always, the sign at the bottom of the climb was there. "The pain starts here". I successfully managed the climb and headed for Bathurst with two ladies on my wheel. I finally made it with a time of 2:58:32 for the 110Klm course. Incidently my group 55-59 Male was about 5min slower than the elites, and 5min faster than the 19-31yo, as an indication of our speed during the event. I am sure that I qualified in my age group for the World Masters Gran Fondo with this result (Yet to be confirmed by mail invite to event) so am pleased with my efforts.
It was great to see other members of the ADFCC at this event, and as always great to represent Defence at such a high profile ride.
Nice work, was hoping to compete this year but had already locked in a trip to Brisbane.
Waiting official news regarding qualification for World Masters Gran Fondo.


The Nagaland Government has provided 14 highway patrol vehicles to curb criminal activities along the highways in the State.
The keys of the vehicles (Maruti Gypsy) were handed over to the district enforcement units by Nagaland Deputy Chief Minister Y Patton at Dimapur.
The vehicles are meant for highway patrolling in Kohima and Dimapur districts besides for interior police stations in other districts.
Two vehicles each were allotted to Kohima and Dimapur districts while the other 10 were for the other districts.
Crimes such as extortion, kidnapping, intimidation etc along the highways in Nagaland are a commonplace.
Notably, the driver and handyman of an oil tanker were abducted by unknown miscreants in Tuensang district on April 22 last.
Meanwhile, four associations – Kohima Petroleum Dealers association, Dimapur Petroleum Dealers association, Nagaland Tanker Transport Association and Oil Tanker Drivers Union – had called for an indefinite closure of all oil pumps and transportation of oil in the State on April 30 demanding safe release of the driver Tularam Buragohain and the handyman Adman Surin.
However, the security agencies secured the release of the duo on May 2 last.


The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often inadvertently called the "Mormon Church," teaches true principles about the plan of happiness, which is God's course of spiritual and physical progression for His children. During this life on earth, many people wonder: Where did we come from? What is the purpose of life on earth? What happens when we die? God's plan of happiness answers these questions.
Latter-day Saints ("Mormons") believe that mankind existed before this lifetime in the presence of God, our Heavenly Father, as His children. "All human beings—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and … has a divine nature and destiny" (The Family: A Proclamation to the World). Instead of having physical bodies, each soul lived as a spirit.
In that sphere, called premortal life, Heavenly Father taught His children about His plan for them to return to live with Him again. Earth would be created for God's children to receive a body, experience mortality, and use their moral agency to choose how to live their lives. Ultimately, life on earth would determine each soul's eternal destination. God chose His Son Jesus Christ to be the Savior and Redeemer of the world, for He knew mankind would sin on earth and need a way to repent and return to Him.
Lucifer, one of God's spirit children, rejected God's plan and offered an alternative of his own, saying he would force everyone to return to live with God again. Because his plan would save all of God's children, he wanted all of God's glory. God cast Lucifer and all who followed him (one-third of the hosts of heaven) out of His presence for their rebellion. Lucifer, also known as Satan, and his followers attempt to lure mortal people away from the pathway back to God.
The earth was created and Adam and Eve were placed in the Garden of Eden. They still walked and talked with God. God commanded them to multiply and replenish the earth and not to eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Satan tempted them to eat of the fruit. Eve realized that she and Adam would not be able to keep the first commandment to multiply and replenish the earth without partaking of the fruit. She partook of the fruit. Adam partook also. Adam and Eve were cast out of the Garden of Eden. Sin and death entered the world. Adam and Eve began to have children. All mankind are their descendants.
"Eve…was glad, saying: Were it not for our transgression we never should have had seed, and never should have known good and evil, and the joy of our redemption, and the eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient" (Moses 5:11).
Mortality offers each person an opportunity to receive a physical body and to choose to follow God's commandments. Living a righteous life is a process. God knew every person would sin while in this life and so provided a Savior, Jesus Christ, to overcome sin and death. Jesus sacrificed His perfect, sinless life to redeem man from the requirements of eternal laws and enable him to return to God's presence.
Every tenet and doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reflects the mission and atoning sacrifice of the Savior Jesus Christ. The Savior Himself revealed commandments, covenants (two-way promises of an obligation fulfilled by man and a promised blessing by God), and ordinances (ritual acts, like baptism, that teach literally and metaphorically of man's journey back to God's presence). Heavenly Father requires compliance with His commandments, covenants, and ordinances because He knows they enable each person to overcome the lusts of the flesh and to become more like Him. Knowing that decisions in this life affect eternal outcomes strengthens a Latter-day Saint's resolve to be obedient to all of God's commandments.
Latter-day Saints ("Mormons") believe that family relationships can continue after death. Procreation through marriage relationships is the avenue Heavenly Father designed for His spirit children to be born on earth.
While on the earth, many people live and die without ever hearing the name of Jesus Christ. God's plan of happiness is also merciful and every soul will have the opportunity of learning everything required to return to His presence.
Part of Heavenly Father's plan of salvation and happiness includes life after death. After death, the body and spirit separate. While the body is buried in the ground, the immortal soul goes to the Spirit World. The Spirit World is divided into two parts: Paradise and Spirit Prison. Those persons who adhered to God's commandments during mortality go to Paradise. Those persons who choose to reject God's commandments or who did not have the opportunity to learn of God during mortality go to Spirit Prison. People from Paradise are sent to Spirit Prison to teach everyone there of Jesus Christ and God's commandments to ensure that every soul has the opportunity to learn everything necessary for his or her salvation. Those who reject Jesus Christ must pay the price for their own sins while in Spirit Prison.
Latter-day Saints believe that at a future time, Jesus Christ will return triumphantly to the earth and will reign for a thousand years. These two events are called the Second Coming and the Millennium.
Eventually, every soul who lived on the earth will be resurrected, meaning their spirits and perfected bodies will be reunited forever. God's final judgment will then occur. A soul's eternal destination will be determined based on his or her life choices, which includes correctly accepting Jesus Christ's grace and atonement. Based on God's judgment of his or her life, each man or woman will be sent to one of three kingdoms of glory named the Celestial, Terrestrial, and Telestial Kingdoms. These three kingdoms are symbolized, respectively, by the glory of the sun, moon, and stars. God dwells in the Celestial Kingdom, and there family relationships sealed by ordinances will continue eternally.
God desires that each of His children return to live with Him again, but the precious gift of agency, or free will, allows everyone to truly direct his or her own life.
I am grateful for the opportunity to choose! I have made many mistakes and sometimes the choices seem difficult, but God is so merciful! Through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, I can repent of my sins and become clean before God again. Because of God's plan of happiness, my life has purpose and an eternal goal.
I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness. O remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it (Mosiah 2:41).
Understanding and following God's plan of happiness brings peace in this life and hope for the next. I invite you to learn more by asking Mormon missionaries to teach you about God's plan of happiness!


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A Merry Christmas beckons for Newcastle United?
Posted on December 14th, 2020 | 20 Comments |
With two victories against Crystal Palace and West Bromwich Albion already under their belts, the Christmas fixtures could be a very good period for Newcastle United if they can keep up the momentum in the run up to Christmas. All of their next three opponents, Leeds, Fulham and finally, Championship side, Brentford, in the League Cup Quarter Final are all below them in the league. Can Steve Bruce take the bull by the horns, silence the doubters and make the most of this opportunity?
Looking back at the last two games, One of the most salient features has been the improvement of Joelinton, who was instrumental in both victories with a goal, two assists and more besides. His performance in the victory over Crystal Palace was one of the best by any Toon player this season, and according to whoscored.com, one of the best by any player this season. Hence it's a very important time in his development, if he can keep it up his confidence can grow and who knows? maybe his career at Newcastle can take a whole new turn?
Leeds United vs Newcastle United – Weds, 16th Dec
The next game for Newcastle, against Leeds, could be an interesting proposition. Under manager, Marcelo Bielsa, Leeds play the kind of football that many Toon fans berate Steve Bruce for not playing. It's exciting and dynamic, like this, but as yet results have been erratic, which is why Leeds currently find themselves two places below Newcastle United in the table in 14th, with the Geordies having a game in hand. It will be a clash of opposing styles, Leeds' unstoppable force against Newcastle's immovable object. If Leeds are at their best, they will probably be our toughest opponents.
Newcastle United vs Fulham – Sat 19th Dec
Managed by former Toon player, Scott Parker, Fulham, like West Brom, are another team promoted last season who are finding the going tough. As a player, Parker always seemed the kind of sensible chap who might do well as a coach, and he probably will but right now he is still very inexperienced, having only managed 76 games in his career so far, and only 21 of those in the Premier League, where his record is P20, W5, D1, L17. Having written that, another relatively inexperienced manager of similar vintage, Frank Lampard, seems to be doing alright with Fulham's 'noisy neighbours' at Chelsea.
One Fulham player of particular interest to Geordie fans would be former Toon striker, Aleksandar Mitrovic, who was sold to the Cottagers in July 2018 for over £20 million. It might be comforting to know that Newcastle didn't lose the Serbian Alan Shearer after all. Whilst he is highly effective at Championship level, so far, the Premier League has been far more of a struggle for him. His record for this season has been 2 goals in 10 games, with an overall return of 3 goals in 12 appearences.
Brentford (League Cup QF) – Tues 22nd Dec
Which brings us to the final game, a League Cup Quarter final against Championship side, Brentford. The big question for this game will be how strong a side dare Bruce select? Would he dare to risk Callum Wilson? St Maximin etc? That might depend on the result of the previous two games. Two more wins would see Newcastle United with 23 points after only 13 games. On the other hand, Newcastle will have a tough period over the New Year period, when they face Manchester City, Liverpool and Leicester. But why shouldn't a team like Newcastle United win a trophy when teams like Swansea and Wigan have in the modern era? With over fifty years since the last trophy, last even a League Cup could transform the spirit of Newcastle United after over 50 years of Cup misery. It would give a psychological lift to the whole club, and most of all, the fans.
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These games are doing my head in. I missed the game live with Leeds because I thought it was on this evening.
Chuck, I suppose you'll be happy that Newcastle United lost, because of your sweetheart, Marcelo Bielsa? I suppose you think it's a victory for the beautiful game or whatever?
Worky
No I expected Leeds to win being the difference between the two clubs is
obvious, one playing like a BSA coached side the other playing an attacking approach, meaning Leeds can rely on The Toon to barely cross the half way line, even if they wanted too, no it's not just against the top sides that they play this game it's a policy of quite a few lower ranking sides unfortunately.
Something that has been ignored and eliminated from the Leeds game, who although not exactly taking over the league are leaving a number of clubs scratching their heads and who may be the club who are about to force their way up the league, almost beating Man City recently.
So far not one pundit I know of has described exactly their style of play other than the fact they don't play a defensive role , a pleasant surprise being their fans are assured of an interesting game.
While brother Brucie sticks to a form of
eighties football played in Italy score an early goal and lock the door, or park the bus as it has been renamed, another form of boring football, trouble is playing defensively for 90 minutes is
boring to the fans, who want to see something imaginative and exiting, hardly worth the entrance price right now and when the crowds return, I'm sure they will let Bruce know all about it .
Yes, Chuck, Leeds can be a pretty picture at times, but we're still ahead of them in the League, and the goals were going to both sides until 70-80 minutes. We could have had a debatable penalty too which might have made it 3-3.
As for this evening, It was a game of two halves, with Fulham dominating the first and Newcastle the second, though not to much effect on either side if it hadn't been for a strange own goal and a penalty. None of it makes any difference to you though, you just keep chuntering regardless. No Chuck not 'Catenaccio' again, we've already been through that several times. Not all boring, defensive football is 'Catenaccio.'
Look we are all wrong at times, but the idea is to admit it instead of continuing to magnify the fact you are wrong, NUFC are definitely going to struggle
once again this year, with a manager
no better than his predecessor's, but who fits into Ashleys plans being both cheap and gives him no problems, other than the fact he is not a quality
manager, however the fans may have more patience with, being he's a local boy.
Well I got news for you he will never be a good manager as Ashley has already given the word that "HE" is in charge
Look Ashley only wants to take his annual cut from bums in seats, however he is aware of the fact he cannot sell a continuously loosing side playing awful football, people will just refuse to show up, that's if they ever allow spectators back into the stadiums.
We need both a decent manager and there are enough young managers around who could certainly do better than Bruce, followed by a a mass selling of the present mediocrities we have, yes folks why hide the fact,
for instance how come we can't even beat a side like Fulham?
Hey amuse yourself, but that doesn't mean nufc are about to go anywhere except the bottom part of the league and if they continue as being directed by Bruce, may end up being relegated.
Look I recall when you boasted that Williamson our worst ever defender who playing regularly under that outstanding manager whom Ashley gave an unprecedented eight year contract before even "he" decided on an offer from Palace who soon fierd him, talking about Paerdew here.
Shortly following we finally got rid of Williamson, though I recall you defending him claiming he was a decent player during his stay.
Look all the Newcastle fans want is a side that is competitive and play at least an interesting style not being coached by someone whom I believe could be the last of the British retreads.
Though didn't BSA just get an offer from a PL side, I find that unbelievable
but I also find your statement we may be about to push our way up the league to be nothing but wishful thinking.
Well, Chuck, your sweetheart really took one hell of a beating against Manchester United. He couldn't change his tactics, and we are well ahead of Leeds in the table, considering we have a game in hand. I was disappointed with that first half against Fulham, they were just so laid back and let Fulham, a team they should have been havibg a go at, have the ball most most of the time. It was total role reversal in the second half though, Newcastle dominated but the only goals were a daft own goal and a penalty.
Football is supposed to be entertainment not a case of watching some of the most boring games available.
And it appears those clubs (apparently , Leeds excepted) are now playing this defensive game, that is the bottom ten sides in the PL, claiming it's the only way they can survive in the EPL
Yes some of the more recent additions to the PL, have shown us they can compete in the top league , however there are sides like Nufc who simply bore you to death, I mean what do they do in practice play only defensive football'
I'm really surprised that the fans put up with it and lets see what happens when they are allowed into the stadiums, where I'm sure they will vent @the boring display that is being served up .
The side is as usual, not in the least competitive, in fact they are an embarrassment, which makes me wonder why any fans have attended games at all.
Face it cousin Bruce was hired because he came cheap and one still gets what they pay for, plus I suppose being a local didn't hurt.
The blame for this can only be placed on our owner who runs everything, from buying players then taking his annual cut from the club, but is now in a bind with his real business, he needs cash to buy more big box stores and he could almost taste the offer made by the Saudis, which will never be replicated, therefor has opened an investigation as to why. which could be an further embarrassment and was not meant for general distribution.
Unless the club is bought by an owner with ambition and a bit of money, we are destined to become like both Sunderland and Boro.
in which case no one will care.
In spite of having a three goal Brazilian striker who the club payed over forty million quid for and should be sold as soon as possible, can you imagine paying that amount for a guy who score three goals in a season and a half and is still pencilled in on the sheet every game, face it folks there's been no improvement at this club since Ashley took over, in fact the club has been relegated twice
under his stewardship and will likely be relegated again before we get rid of him.
And forget about winning anything, unless we end up being owned by a megabucks owner, hey! what about the Saudis ?
Chuck, I get frustrated sometimes too, eg why does Andy Carroll still get shoved out there in the final part of games as if he's still some kind of goal threat? Why did Bruce experiment with formations he never uses in the PL in the League Cup? It's true that we got to the Quarter Finals but we had great luck in the draws and still struggled against teams like Newport County as Bruce tinkered around with his (unfamiliar) 4-3-3s and 4-2-3-1s. Most of all, why doesn't he play Dwight Gayle more? You have to be balanced though. You just decide you don't like someone and never have a good word to say about them, or the opposite, you cannonise them into infallible Saints who can do no wrong, like St Bielsa. You need to grow up, Chuckles, FFS you've had enough time to do that now!
Soh ! we got beat by Brentford and Fulham and we are slowly but surely going down the table, facing some of the top sides over this winter schedule and will probably go down if we can't beat sides like Fulham.
While our manager claims the side are tired and other excuses, we know whats wrong, lousy and injury prone players some permanently like Dummit, who should have been replaced long ago.
That and the fact they like their manager are a waste of money, a forty + quid striker that couldn't hit a barn door at five paces.
While this blog is advocating we are doing well and about to climb up the table, just what are they thinking and have they actually seen any of the clubs recent games, or does the club have to be among the bottom four or five before attention to relegation kicks in.
Truth is we have a lousy cheap side, with a manager that makes BSA look like an outstanding performer while I can't see the fans having any respect for him either and can't begin to figure out why
they attend such boring games, surely there are better attractions than going to watch some of the most boring football anyone has seen at St. James' in years.
Now is the time to exert a bit of pressure (a Boycott) on our owner by forcing him to buy some talent, only this time no three goal center forwards,
a season, as I would like to know who the hell is responsible for some of our lousy signings, who don't come close to Carrs picks, with some of them still playing for top sides.
Not a bad idea actually buying top players and selling them on, as it was the only time we could play against top sides, without automat-
icily expecting to lose, but Ashley needed his cut and sold them all.
The club that once had at least respect, is now a laughing stock in the division and unless there are major changes will as I believe end up like both Sunderland and Boro.
No, Chuck, we weren't beaten by Fulham. You're so determined to have a go at poor Steve Bruce that you're just making stuff up now. I didn't say that we're doing 'well' neither, just average, considering.., You just make everything sound like the days of McClaren and Carver and we're in the bottom 3. We're still 13th with a game in hand, that's the same as Benitez.
I was going to say I hope you had a Merry Christmas, but of course, you wouldn't know what the word 'merry' means you old Scrooge!
Chuck, re your comments on Brexit (which for some reason you posted below another blog on here), you are the kind of person George Orwell might describe as a negative, transferred Nationalist. As the great man pointed out, Nationalism isn't always chauvinism about ones own nation, it could be for other nations, eg a British Communist in Orwell's day who thought that the Soviet Union could do no wrong. It can even be for an idea, eg pacifism. It can also be positive, negative or transferred – The 'Communist' example being transferred Nationalism.
For whatever reason, you have an obsessive hatred of England, you have provided ample evidence for that throughout the life of this blog, and you are willing to take up the cudgels for any nation or group who happen to be having a go at the old country, whether it is Ireland and the EU over Brexit, the Saudi butchers in their dispute with the English Premier League or whatever. One side is always completely, 100% in the right and the other is always 100% in the wrong. Also, actions that you would praise if one side did them, you would attack if the others did. It is impossible to debate seriously with a Nationalist.
what brought that about ?
Are you really so enraged you have to resort to insult in reply to the fact I stated NUFC are a poor side, that have a useless manager, being it just happens to be what the majority of fans think, along with the other well known fact that as long as Ashley runs things this club will never be a contender for anything more than a relegation spot.
As for reminding you of your history of three hundred years in the slave trade, the so called famines of both India and Ireland, resulting in millions of deaths .
the introduction of concentration camps and the fact that it was only recently that the final payments to former slaveowners was paid by the British government, no not the deserved descendants of slaves, but too the descendants of those slave owners for losing their services,
It appears only you and Nial Ferguson "the present apologist for the Empire" are the only ones, being the facts are available if anyone doubts it.
It's just not revealed in the whitewashed history of the empire offered by most school curriculums.
Ah well if you wish to ignore such things and resent someone who does, that's up to you.
I still don't get what was obviously an insult in describing me as a negative transferred Nationalist and please leave George Orwell out of the equation, being he's a writer I happen to like.
As for having a hatred of England, that's unfair and face it Brexit was a long drawn out failure due to a poor judgement on the part of former PM
Cameron who fully expected the electorate to vote "no" to leaving the EU, which was rejected by mainly older voters, those who remember the UK as a white country not the multi-racial one that now exists.
Fact is the UK will find it more difficult
and would have been better off to stay
within the EU, most people understand that and would have found it almost impossible to operate under WTO Rules by not reaching a deal with the EU.
Actually there's little difference following the deal, though I would say the EU courts are more liberal and would possibly be preferred by most.
All that really occurred was not a real separation, but most things will remain much the same as both parties wanted and could be called a draw were this a football game.
Chuck, I was referring mostly to your comments on Brexit which you posted under another blog for some reason.
So why don't you bang on about the US's more recent transgressions then? Pretty much every country in Europe has a beastly history, and the US certainly does, being built on stolen land and genocide (of both humans and beasts). People only have to read your posts to know that your hatred of England is rather obsessive. Why are you so gleeful about what you see as the imminent destruction of the UK? Think of me as one of those psychoanalists you have so many of over there, I want to get to the heart of your nationalist neurosis!
I even remember one example where you posted a glowing account of the notoriously racist South African Boers, as usual because they went to war with your most hated enemy in the 1900s.
'A nationalist is one who thinks solely, or mainly, in terms of competitive prestige. He may be a positive or a negative nationalist – that is, he may use his mental energy either in boosting or in denigrating – but at any rate his thoughts always turn on victories, defeats, triumphs and humiliations. He sees history, especially contemporary history, as the endless rise and decline of great power units, and every event that happens seems to him a demonstration that his own side is on the up-grade and some hated rival is on the down-grade. '
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Calm down after all this is a blog that allows anyone to state what they believe, regardless of how others feel about it.
You can deny it, or even get nasty about it (which you have) or simply ignore it.
Anything I might have mentioned about Brexit is for the most part true, it being an embarrassment to the Torys who got things wrong and will come out of this as a poorer economy, but still linked to the EU.
Of course staying as Cameron had expected wasn't the result and caused enough embarrassment to the party with Theresa May giving an awful performance until Boris outed her. Fortunately a majority of the deal had been agreed upon by then and it was a wait and see who cracks first situation
which was expected by any sane person.
Of course both sides claimed they had
gotten the best of their opponents, but we are really aware that both sides were hoping for such an outcome, being both needed each other .
However as little damage as possible was done to the actual members, other than the UK who will take a loss economically but France will not suffer as they will be allowed to fish in the UK's waters and The ROI who have the largest trade deal with the UK will not suffer economically and being the six counties of NI will become part and parcel of the EU being the EU has taken them (as part of their customs zone) for a number of years.
Whatever one states about the deal, it's the best that could be expected from the EU, who were aware that Brexit was the result of an accident
and had to play the hand dealt to them.
Yes it was all the result of PM Cameron's belief that the British electorate would bring a result of the UK staying, dangerous things those referenda's, however it's a sad sight to watch the goings on within the Labour Party who even after seeing the screw- ups of both Theresa and Boris still easily defeated Labour in the general election.
Doesn't say much about that loser Corbin, now happily ensconced back among the back benchers and safely criticizing his own party and aggravating Jewish voters .
Ah well such is life I suppose !
chu says:
Actually I apply the same attitude to the US as the UK, whether in regard to history or politics, for instance there's no way I believe in the old shibboleths of American exceptionalism or Manifest Destiny, or a constitution written by and for slave-owners, but at least their is a constitution, not some vague reference to the
Magna- Carta, from medieval times.
And I recall the fact that there was a system referred to as segregation, "Separate but Equal", which was separate for many but in no way Equal, and lasted until 1964, of course in mainly states below the Mason Dixon line., much like South Africa, with separate drinking fountains and if a Afro- American needed food he had to find a segregated restaurant that served them, even though it may mean they had to go to the back door.
Yes ! that was life in the USA, though throughout history there have been slaves though the significance of their color was ignored. As claiming"Racism"indicated any lack of humanity, which if one reads the original declaration and constitution, claims that African Americans owned by US citizens were in fact not considered 100% human, and why not as that's how the country was built, due to the free labor of those very slaves, which until the British Empire ended slavery in the early 1800's was readily available.
Again this took place mainly below the Mason-Dixon Line but those former slaves had to live in a racist country being the armed forces
which claimed to exclude racism didn't segregate races but assigned people to jobs that were considered non fighting jobs , such as cooks etc.
And of course there are other formerly English speaking countries that refused people of color from immigrating, mostly those in both
Australia and New Zealand and of late the mother country the UK,
As for your claim I liked the racist South Africans, not really I just preferred them to those from the UK, who took over the settlement on the cape which allowed themselves a partial freedom from British law who trekked north to get away from the now British owned Cape area.
However if one examines that conflict, they will undoubtably find a number of white immigrants to South Africa (which was the latest
get rich country, discovering diamonds and gold) who joined forces with the Boers against the Empire, which had reached it's zenith @ the time.
The rest is history, though I'm not sure if it gets taught, being few can tell you why the British Empire went to war against the Boers of South Africa .
Ah well !
Segregation, until 1964, when the civil rights amendment to the Constitution
At least Leeds play an interesting style of football and their tactics are far from the norm, but one is assured of enjoying the game fortunately.
Unfortunately NUFC and the way they play is awful, a reflection of the managers one who is recognized by such people as Guardiola
and Pochetinno, who claim they learned so much from Leeds manager Bielsa and our most recent( Local Boy )manager Bruce.
Who has not impressed and is resented for the awful style of play.
Who most recently has been rejected for playing mostly a ten men behind the ball football and along with other candidates for relegation believe is the only alternative when playing against the top ten sides.
The problem with that is will the fans show up when allowed, being ten men behind the ball is both boring and a recipe for defeat, not exactly something the fans look forward too, I certainly wouldn't
attend any home game to watch it.
Yeah Bruce's recently voiced remit is to keep the Toon in the PL, obviously because the price of football clubs depends on the division they play in and now Ashley is desperate to sell, well I got news for him, it will not be easy, being we have a crap side with only the goalkeepers worth saving and unless he buys some decent players it's back like WBA an elevator side to the second tier.
As for Bruce, no way he should be a manager in the top league in Europe, but he's a local (though not really backed by the fans) and came cheap like everyone else working for Ashley.
This will only be taken care of by new ownership and obviously football clubs especially those with owners who care about how they both finish in the league and whether they play a pleasing style of football are not that rare, there's still hope for NuFC, as opposed to playing the present defensive crap, which doesn't
do much apart from boring the fans, which could be the beginning of a slide downwards and end up like the Mackems and Boro
Ah well !.
problem is
Yo Bro ! On Any given day there are tales of defeats of big name clubs, by those not considered good enough.
And as a result the recent draw against Liverpool by nufc, a side patched together because of it's stringent and admitted spending habits which guarantee it's owner an annual profit from the bums in seats and a couple beers @half time crowd.
Which brings to mind , well now we are all seated,( a sensible choice ) "how about doing away with segregation of fans" and have
them served beer as they seat , distributed by vendors ,all of which is both available and will be willingly accepted, I have witnessed it over the last fifty years.
Well actually to not appear one sided some of that time was during
prohibition where the selling and distribution of alcohol was verboten !
Where was I ? Oh yeah I loved to go to yankee stadium, especially when they still played afternoon games and Whitey Ford backed by Puerto Rico's, Luis Arroyo if needed. (being in the day it was not un common for the starter to end a game),
Yeah , I can visual it all, sitting in the bleachers, shirt off and enjoying it all.
It was like beating the system. or sumt'n !
Well, Chuck, you are certainly well ahead of me when it comes to your American version of 'Rounders.' I've heard of two chaps called 'Babe' Ruth and Joe DiMaggio, but I believe they plyed their trade quite some time ago. I also know that DiMaggio was married to Marilyn Monroe for a while, which is a bit better than Coleen Rooney!
As you know, it's mostly about TV now, it's a far bigger factor than 'bums on seats. Nowadays the fans are in there to provide a bit of 'atmosphere' for the TV cameras as much as anything.
But what about the Capitol? It reminds me of the time I was arrested and thrown in a dungeon in the Houses of Parliament. That was fun. Are they going to have another go, not the same thing but some other kinds of disturbances? I saw something puporting to be a video of riots happening in Portland but it looked like it was staged for the video. Antifascists don't paint 'Antifa' on themselves for a start.
Wasn't prohibition in the 20s? Al Capone and all that? Even you don't go back that far!
'Worky
I would argue with any of that but he hasn't won much outside of Argentina, just the Championship with Leeds and an Olympic gold medal with Argentina and he's 65 now. I used to like the other Bielsa, Jorge Sampaoli, who also managed Chile and Argentina. I wanted him to be a Newcastle manager. He was a little radgie, he was only about 5 1/2 feet but he was great to watch on the touchline with his eyes popping out of his head and the fooball was non stop attack, pretty much. The fans would have loved him.
Well, from examining the present state of affairs @ NUFC, I would say it's just about time for Ashley to spring for a goal-scorer, being the latest results (a most recent defeat in a series) that was actually praised by our astutest provider of defensive (read boring) football.
Any manager voicing approval of any kind, following a series of defeats has to be questioned.
Of course our owner though not really that knowledgeable about the game, certainly understands that for any club to be in fifteenth place
at this time of year certainly needs help!
I suppose we will just have to await the eventual takeover by the Saudi's, but it should prove worthwhile, after all the Geordie fans have done their part and getting rid of our present owner will be cause to celebrate.
With a brand new venture as a competitive EPL club.
Look whatever you may say about Bielsa, he in many people's
opinion and certainly it's the opinion of Citeh's and former Spurs manager's that they learned from him and respected his tactical astute style and there's no doubt they (Leeds) play an attractive style of football, unlike NUFC
who play a purely defensive game, yet have one of the highest goals against totals.
Unfortunately there are still a few of the older managers who usually get a call from some sinking team that needs to avoid relegation.
BSA being typical, but their will always be a need for replacement managers,
And regardless of time there are those who will never be good managers and we are just unfortunate to have one, surely the fans understand this as obviously there's a possibility of crashing out of the PL.
I mean who the hell agreed on a forty thousand flop who has scored what is it three goals ?
I'm disgusted !
And look there are managers sprouting up all over, younger ones obviously and some with different approaches like Southampton
a well run club, with a young manager.
Soh ! what are we doing with a manager who has won "nowt" and never will , oh yeah I remember now , he came "cheap" !
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The purpose of SVR shall be to encourage the ownership, operations, and preservation of sports cars, to act as a source of technical information about automobiles, to provide and regulate competitive events and exhibitions for owners and drivers of sports cars, to encourage careful and skillful driving on the public highways, and to own real and personal property which is essential to the foregoing.
Section 3. Emblem
The SVR emblem shall be a front view of an MG-TD beneath which are the letters "SCCA" with both design elements mounted on the hub portion of a three-eared, knock-off hub nut over a background of a wire wheel on the tire of which is lettered "SAGINAW VALLEY REGION."
Section 4. Corporate Seal
The corporate seal of SVR shall be circular in form and inscribed with the name of the organization, 1967 (the year of its incorporation), and the word "MICHIGAN."
ARTICLE II -- Membership Dues
Section 1. Original Members
All members in good standing of the Saginaw Valley Sports Car Club, Inc. or the Sports Car Club of America, Inc. at the time of incorporation as the Saginaw Valley Region constitutes the original membership. Other than the honor of being known as "Original Members," no special privileges are due them.
Section 2. Membership
Membership in SVR shall be restricted to members of SCCA.
Section3. Dues
The Regional annual dues are due and payable with the National annual dues. Special assessments may be established by the Executive Board at any time.
Section 4. Termination and Suspension
A. A member may resign by letter addressed to the Secretary of SVR. This resignation shall be effective upon receipt thereof, but he/she shall forfeit all dues and fees already paid.
B. Membership shall automatically lapse for non-payment of SVR or SCCA annual dues.
C. The membership of any member indebted to SVR or SCCA and delinquent for more than 60 days in such indebtedness shall automatically lapse and such member shall there upon forfeit all dues and fees already paid. Membership shall be re-instated upon payment of his/her indebtedness.
D. The SCCA Board of Directors or the SVR Executive Board may suspend a member at any time for infraction of any Club or Region rule or for any other due cause. The suspending body shall immediately notify a member so suspended, in writing, of the suspension. The suspended member shall thereafter be entitled to a reasonable opportunity to be heard in person or through a representative, by the suspending body or a committee appointed by it concerning his/her suspension. The suspending body may thereafter continue for a definite term, terminate or rescind the suspension, or it may expel the member. The SCCA Board of Directors shall be the last resort and its decision shall be final.
ARTICLE III - Meetings of the Members
Section 1. Regular Meetings
Meetings of the members of SVR shall be held at such a time and place as is chosen by the Executive Board. This will be decided at every Board Meeting and will then be published in the CHECKPOINT and will be listed on the SVR Hotline.
Section 2. Special Meetings
Special meetings of the members may be called by a majority of the Executive Board.
Section 3. Notice of Special Meetings and Elections
All members shall be advised in writing of the time and place of all special meetings and elections at least 48 hours in advance. Publication in the regular SVR news letter shall constitute due notice so long as the 48 hour requirement is met.
Section 4. Quorum
At all meetings of the members, 25% of the members in good standing shall constitute a quorum.
ARTICLE IV - Voting
Section 1. Normal Business
Voting by the membership on all actions except amendment of the Articles of Incorporation, amendment of these By-laws, and election of members of the Executive Board shall be by a majority of those voting. Voting on such normal business shall be done only when a quorum is present and only votes cast in person shall be counted. Voice votes, show of hands, or written ballots may be used at the discretion of the Regional Executive. In the absence of general membership meetings, normal business of the Club will be handled by the Executive Board.
Section 2. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation and By-laws
Voting on duly proposed amendments to the Articles of Incorporation or to these By-laws shall be by secret ballot only. Such ballots will be mailed to all members in good standing at least two weeks prior to the meeting at which they will be tallied. Only those ballots delivered to the Secretary before the tally begins shall be counted. Before adoption at least two-thirds of the members voting must vote in favor of the amendment.
Section 3. Election of Executive Board
Voting for candidates for the Executive Board shall beby secret mail ballot or an anonymous internet-based survey tool chosen by the board that ensures each member can only vote once. If there are not enough candidates to fill the six open seats the Executive Board has the right to decide how many Elected Board Members will constitute the Executive Board for the new year.
A. General Membership Meeting Method
Nominations will be conducted at the September General Membership Meeting. Only members with SVR SCCA Region of Record are eligible for nomination. After confirmation of the nomination, a ballot is put together with all of the nominees listed. Ballots must be mailed to all members in good standing, at least two weeks prior to the October Meeting, along with a pre-addressed, postage paid return response. All SVR SCCA members, including dual members, may vote. To serve on the Executive Board the candidate must show SVR as his/her Region of Record. A member may vote for any number of candidates not to exceed the number of seats open, and the six candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected. If there are not enough candidates to fill the six open seats, the Executive Board has the right to decide how many Elected Board Members will constitute the Executive Board for the new year
B. Board Meeting Method
In the absence of General Membership Meetings, elections will be conducted by mail for both nominations and voting. The process will begin in September by mailing a solicitation packet to all members of SVR SCCA. Included in the solicitation packet will be:
1) SVR SCCA current membership list — indicating dual members and stating their Region of Record, 2) List of rules and regulations for nominating/voting procedure, and 3) Timetable for completion of the nomination/voting procedure.
September — solicitation for nominations mailed to all SVR SCCA members (including dual membership). Candidates must be nominated at or before the October Board Meeting.
Potential nominees must be confirmed -- that will be done by the
R.E. (or designee) by contacting each nominee to verify that they would serve on the Executive Board if duly elected.
Ballots — must be mailed to all members in good standing at least two weeks prior to the November Board Meeting, and only those delivered to the Secretary before the tally begins at the November Board Meeting shall be counted.
Voting ~ members may vote for any number of candidates not to exceed the number of seats open, and the six candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected. If there are not enough candidates to fill the six open seats, the Executive Board has the right to decide how many elected Board Members will constitute the Executive Board for the new year.
Results — shall be tallied and announced at the November Board meeting and printed in the next scheduled CHECKPOINT publication.
ARTICLE V -- The Executive Board
Section 1. Election and Term
The Executive Board shall consist of seven members. Six members, or as provided in Article IV, Section 3, shall be elected by the membership to serve for one year, or until their successors are elected, or until they have missed a total of three non-excused meetings of the Executive Board at which time their seat shall be declared vacant, or until they have been recalled by the membership according to the procedure contained in Section 9 of this Article The member, who served as the previous year's Assistant to the Regional Executive shall become the new
Regional Executive. The member, who served as the previous year's Regional Executive, if not continuing to serve as an elected member of the Executive Board, shall serve as Member-At-Large, a non-voting board member whose meeting attendance is optional. A joint old/new Executive Board Meeting will be held in December and the new Board will assume duty on January 1 of the following year.
Section 2. Business
The Executive Board shall convene monthly open meetings to conduct the business affairs of the Region. In exceptional circumstances, special Board Meetings may be held. The Board shall publish the official minutes of each and all of its meetings in the Club publication (CHECKPOINT).
Section 3. Competition Regulations
The Competition Committees shall establish the regulations under which competitive events organized and sanctioned by the Region shall be conducted. The Chairperson of each event and the Chairperson of each type of event (rally, solo event, speed event, etc.) shall be held responsible and accountable to the Executive Board for adherence to these rules.
Section 4. Protests
The Executive Board shall have the final disposition of all protests to a decision of the chairperson of any regional non-speed event. Any member of the Executive Board who is a party to such a protest or shall benefit materially by the success or failure of a protest shall refrain from voting on same.
Section 5. Changes in Competition Regulations
Any change in rules or regulations set up by the Executive Board can be made by vote of the membership as provided in ARTICLE IV, Section 1 provided proposed changes are furnished to the Secretary in writing at least 10 days prior to the membership meeting or in the case of no membership meetings, to the Executive Board Meeting so that the Secretary may prepare sufficient copies for distribution to all parties at that meeting.
Section 6. Regional Executive
The previous year's Assistant Regional Executive shall become Regional Executive when the new Executive Board is installed. The new Executive Board will then elect an Assistant Regional Executive to serve under the Regional Executive.
Section 7. Vacancies
Vacancies on the Executive Board from whatever cause shall be filled from the candidates offered at the last election in order in which they received votes (most votes first, etc.). Should this list be exhausted without filling the existing vacancies, the vacancies shall be filled by appointment made by the remaining members of the Board. The new Board Members shall serve the unexpired term of the vacancy.
A minimum of three-quarters of the Board Members will constitute a quorum of the Executive Board.
Section 9. Recall
Recall of any member of the Executive Board shall be initiated by a petition signed by at least 25% of the members, in good standing, and delivered to the Secretary at any regular meeting of the membership, or in the absence of regular meetings, at any Board Meeting. Voting on the recall shall be by secret mail ballot sent to all members, in good standing, at least two weeks before the next meeting. Only those ballots delivered to the Secretary before the tally begins at the next meeting shall be counted, and a majority of affirmative votes is necessary for recall.
Section 10. Officers
A. The regional Executive will be the Chief Officer of the organization and member ex-officio of all its committees. He/she shall preside at all Club and Executive Board Meetings and vote only in the event of a tie. He/she will appoint committee Chairpersons and, with the approval of the Executive Board, his/her own Secretary and Treasurer who will serve at his/her pleasure.
B. The Assistant Regional Executive will perform all the duties of the Regional Executive in his/her absence and in the event of permanent absence of the Regional Executive shall so act until the Board shall elect a successor.
C. The Treasurer has responsibility for Club funds. He/she shall promptly pay all Club obligations. He/she shall render a complete report of Club finances at all Executive Board Meetings. An audit committee will certify the financial records at the end of the Treasurer's term of office, every two years, or at the direction of the Executive Board.
D. The Secretary shall keep an accurate record of all Club meetings.
ARTICLE VI -- Fiscal Policy
The fiscal year of the Club shall be the calendar year.
All financial commitments of the Region must be approved by the Executive Board in regular meetings. Any fiscal authorization extended by any committee or representative shall be specified by the Board as to amount and purpose.
ARTICLE VII -- Personal Liability
All persons or corporations extending credit to, contracting with, or having any claim against the corporation or the officers or Executive Board Members shall look only to the funds and property of the corporation for payment of any such contract or claim or for the payment of any debt, damage, judgment, or decree, or any other money that may otherwise become due or payable to them from the corporation or the officers or Board of Directors, so that neither the members of the corporation nor the officers or Board of Directors, present or future, shall be personally liable therefore.
ARTICLE VIII -- Amendment of Articles of Incorporation and By-laws
The Directors of the Club — or a minimum of 25% of members in good standing by written petitions submitted to the Secretary — may propose an amendment to the Articles of the Corporation or the By-laws. Upon such proposal being made, the procedure in ARTICLE IV, Section 2 shall be followed.
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Section 3: Establishing Communication Resources
Patient Notification Toolkit
Section 1: Developing Documents for a Patient Notification
Section 2: Planning Media and Communication Strategies
Writing for Media
Media & Patient Notification Letters
Section 4: Best Practices in Conducting Patient Notifications
Setting up a Call Center
Depending on the size of the notification, e.g., a thousand patients or more, it may be necessary to establish a call center to respond to questions and concerns from the community. A call center can manage the flow of information to and from a large number of callers, enabling health department staff to focus on conducting the investigation. Even with a small notification, local resources can quickly become overwhelmed. Regardless of the size of the notification, patients often want to speak with a knowledgeable resource after receiving the letter. This section contains resources that will help you determine the need for and establish a means to handle public inquiries.
Call Center Considerations
External Resources for Contact Center "Communities of Practice"
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Frequently Asked Questions Used by the Nevada Call Center, 2008external icon
Most Frequently Utilized FAQs
Which clinic are we talking about? (17% of callers)
Where can I get tested? (12% of callers)
When were the known cases exposed? (5% of callers)
Can you tell me if I'm on the list and should I receive a letter? (5% of callers)
I am uninsured.
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The purpose of a call center is to rapidly handle a surge of inquiries by telephone and/or email. The call center must efficiently handle a large number of calls or emails from the general public as well as healthcare professionals, and should have all necessary information related to the notification. Call centers should also be able to provide special services such as English-to-Spanish translation, TTY for the hearing impaired, and support beyond normal business hours. With large notifications, it may be necessary to contract with a large independent call center such as a regional poison control center.
The following is a list of general considerations for setting up a call center.
Be ready to respond to questions from the general public as well as healthcare professionals.
Develop pre-cleared, accurate material specific to your event that is:
Question and answer format
Specific to your patient notification and investigation
Easily read and understood
Available in multiple languages
Choose a call manager whose job will be to quickly integrate new information into call center responses. Call center personnel must have access to updated information as quickly as possible.
Tailor special accommodations to your population, e.g., for hearing impaired or non-English speaking communities.
Assign and train personnel to answer calls and direct people as needed. These personnel should know where to send callers who have additional questions that cannot be answered by the phone operators.
Decide between the use of an existing number or a "new" toll-free number designated for your response.
Consider the time of day – patients will call after 5p.m. and on weekends. Even for a small notification, it may be necessary to staff phone lines after normal business hours, at least for the first week (e.g., 5p.m. to 8p.m.).
Make sure your call center is expandable – be prepared to increase the number of call lines and respondents to handle a larger volume of calls on short notice, e.g., immediately after a media release of new information.
Provide monitoring and statistics in order to measure standards of performance.
Assess the need for an outside source to handle overflow and surge calls (e.g., health department, CDC)
Consider accepting email inquiries – Some patients may prefer this form of communication.
Follow these links to performance measures, practices and approaches used to guide and improve contact center service to citizens.
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Arup Mitra
Professor & Dean
Faculty of Economics (FE)
Akbar Bhawan, Room No. 231, Chankyapuri,New Delhi- 110021
Before joining SAU Dr Arup Mitra worked as Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), Delhi. He was also the Director General of NILERD (formerly IAMR), GOI. His research interest includes development economics, urban issues, labour and welfare, corruption, industrial growth and productivity, services sector, and gender inequality. He completed his B.A. (Hons.) from Ravenshaw College, M. A., M. Phil. and Ph D from Delhi School of Economics and post-doctorate from Northwestern University (USA). He has also been a consultant to a number of international organizations and worked as a senior researcher at ILO, Geneva. He held the Indian Economy Chair at Sciences Po. Paris in 2010. He has also been a visiting scholar at Institute of Developing Economies, Japan and visiting professor at Nagoya University, Japan. He was awarded by the Indian Econometric Society Mahalanobis memorial Gold Medal for his outstanding contribution to quantitative economics. He has been a member of several expert committees. His book on Inclusive Growth, Employment and Wellbeing published by Springer has received Professor S. R. Sen best book award, 2019. His work is cited in the Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, 1999. He has also been an author in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, (UNESCO) and Encyclopedia of Sustainability, (Berkshire Publishing).
Post Doctorate from Northwestern University, Evanston, USA , in 1995
PhD from Delhi School of Economics , in 1993
M.Phil from Delhi School of Economics , in 1985
M.A. from Delhi School of Economics , in 1983
Growth, Health and Gender Imbalance: Evidence from India, Area Development and Policy, 2019 (jointly with Kumar, Abhishek)
City size, deprivation and other indicators of development: Evidence from India, World Development. Vol. - 106, 2018. pp 273-283 (Jointly with Jay Prakash Nagar)
Migration, Caste and Livelihood: Evidence from Indian City-slums. Urban Research & Practice, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2018.1426781 (jointly with Chandrasekhar, S)
1. Migration, Caste and Livelihood: Evidence from Indian City-slums. Urban Research & Practice, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2018.1426781 (jointly with Chandrasekhar, S)
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Regulation and employment: assessing the wage elasticity in Indian manufacturing. Labour and Industry. 2017 (Jointly Singh, Jitender)
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Do Neighbourhood Facilities Matter for Slum Housing? Evidence from Indian Slum Clusters. Urban Studies. 2016 (Jointly with Das, Saudamini; Mitra, Arup and Kumar, R.)
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Why Wage Differences Exist across Sectors? Explanations Based on India's Industrial Sector. Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. – 51 (38), September 17, 2016.( Jointly with Singh, Prakash)
Labour Force Participation in India, Springer Brief in Economics, Springer, 2018 (jointly with Aya Okada)
Corruption and Development in Indian Economy, Cambridge University Press, 2016. (jointly with Chandan Sharma)
Industry-led Growth: Issues and Facts, Springer Brief in Economics, Springer, 2016.
Insight into Inclusive Growth, Employment and Wellbeing in India, Springer, 2013.