Melbourne ruckman Max Gawn was not surprised by his club's stunning performance in its first final in 12 years last Friday night, and believes the Demons are now more confident they can win the premiership this year.
Melbourne blew Geelong off the park in the first quarter of their elimination final at the MCG, opening up a 31-point lead at the first change and maintaining control for the remainder of the match to run out convincing 29-point winners.
Gawn has felt for a while that the Demons belonged in the finals, despite the club's lengthy September drought, but he didn't dwell on the impressive victory over the Cats for too long.
"I've had confidence all year, but in terms of some people in the group, I reckon after the West Coast game and then that one (against Geelong), they've probably got a fair bit more confidence that they can go the whole way," Gawn told RSN on Tuesday morning.
"I've been relatively bullish with some of our performances this year that we can play and can play well in finals, but those last two or three games have probably put an exclamation mark on it.
"I lived in the now in that point and you forget that you were a bad club for a long time when you're out there, I thought that I belonged and post-match I thought about the win and then thought about the Hawks almost straight away.
"I didn't have time to take it all in, that could happen in October or November potentially when you're looking back on the season, but it's finals, that's what we're in, that's a 'we deserve to be here' sort of feeling.
Melbourne's next assignment is Hawthorn in a blockbuster cut-throat semi-final at the MCG on Friday night, with the winner booking a trip to Perth the following week to face West Coast in a preliminary final at Optus Stadium.
The last time the Demons and Hawks met, Hawthorn scored a thumping 67-point win in round four as they booted 15 goals to one after trailing by 12 points at quarter-time.
But Gawn said Melbourne learnt a lot from that humbling defeat and is adamant that they are a different team from the one that played in that game, and the following game, which they lost to Richmond by 46 points on Anzac Day eve.
"Our midfield got smashed in both games and we sat down and it wasn't quite 'home truths,' but it was a really honest conversation post the Richmond game and the Hawthorn game as well," Gawn said.
"We've been a different side since then. We did go on and win six in a row straight after that Richmond game for some instant success, but then there's been some ups and downs throughout the whole year but we've sort of stuck to the same thing throughout the year and we've been a different side to what we've been in those first five rounds.
"I'm excited to see what we've got now as a club can stack up against Hawthorn at their best.
"Sometimes with a contested ball team that's been trained to win the hard ball and keep doing it and keep doing it and keep doing it, you can just get really focused on that and there's so much more to an AFL game and that's what the Hawks are really good at.
"They've got a couple of bulls on the inside that can really stand up in contested footy and then some of their guys on the outside like Isaac Smith and Luke Breust and (Jack) Gunston and guys like that who also can win a ball on the inside.


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Businessman Fred Lawder, attorney Arthur E. Spencer, Boone Jenkins, Captain Marion Staples, and "Ike" Simon left Joplin in August. Although they planned to pedal from Joplin to Louisville, they decided to ship their bicycles to St. Louis and then pedal to Louisville. They made the trip in four days with stops at Vincennes, Indiana, and Cincinnati, Ohio. They spent a considerable amount of time in Louisville before heading west on their bicycles, passing through much of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. They returned to St. Louis where Simon and Spencer, citing pressing business concerns, caught a train back to Joplin. The remaining three men made the trip back to Joplin by bicycle.
The remaining three men returned to Joplin in September, but not before Captain Marion Staples appointed himself a missionary for presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan, and preached the gospel of free silver to curious onlookers during the trip. Staples was a surprisingly spry fifty years of age when he made the trek. It was reported that while the other riders were young men, Staples "stood the trip as well if not better than his companions and reached home in better physical condition than he was when he left." He lived to the ripe old age of 78.
What an auspicious group of bikers! I recognize all of these names. They were the movers and shakers of Joplin. BTW, Boone Jenkins was the son of Eleven Jenkins. I always wondered if he was the eleventh child and they just ran out of names. Or perhaps the others were named One, Two, Three….


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A gloomy new report on the pandemic has just been released. CNN reports:
The new coronavirus is likely to keep spreading for at least another 18 months to two years—until 60% to 70% of the population has been infected, a team of longstanding pandemic experts predicted in a report released Thursday.
They recommended that the US prepare for a worst-case scenario that includes a second big wave of coronavirus infections in the fall and winter. Even in a best-case scenario, people will continue to die from the virus, they predicted.
"This thing's not going to stop until it infects 60 to 70 percent of people," Mike Osterholm, who directs the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota, told CNN.
"The idea that this is going to be done soon defies microbiology."
I bring this up not to ruin your morning, but to call attention to a quote near the end of the story. It's from Marc Lipitsch, a Harvard School of Public Health epidemiologist who's one of the authors of the report.
Lipsitch and Osterholm both said they are surprised by the decisions many states are making to lift restrictions aimed at controlling the spread of the virus.
"I think it's an experiment. It's an experiment that likely will cost lives, especially in places that do it without careful controls to try to figure out when to try to slow things down again," Lipsitch said.
Plus, he said, some states are choosing to lift restrictions when they have more new infections than they had when they decided to impose the restrictions.
"It is hard to even understand the rationale," Lipsitch said.
If you pay attention to politics, it's not hard at all to understand the rationale. This is being done on behalf of a sociopathic plutocrat class that has no qualms about sacrificing thousands of American lives for increased profits. It's being embraced by most of the officeholders and other officials of one political party, the Republican Party, who have now demonstrated that they're willing to kill ordinary Americans if the result is that the rich get richer and the libs are owned. The rank-and-file of the Republican Party enthusiastically supports the ending of lockdowns because it increasingly embraces crackpot theories about the virus, gleaned not just from fringe websites, but from Fox News and from the president of the United States.
To us, all this is obvious. But to much of America, it's invisible.
If a Democratic officeholder does something that offends some voters, Republicans immediately place the action in the context of a carefully maintained narrative of ongoing liberal/Democratic treachery. This narrative is in the foreground of every American conversation about what Democrats do.
But when Republicans act, much of America sees what they do as just the work of individuals. It's not seen as being connected to a movement or an ideology. The next Republican will be trusted even if the last dozen acted in ways that offended much of the country.
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Chattin' with Ellis Hall
On Sunday night, singer Ellis Hall will join the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra for an unforgettable tribute to Ray Charles as part of Wood Buffalo Alive with Culture activities planned for the weekend. I had the honour to chat with Ellis on the phone this morning from his home in Los Angeles, California. It wasn't a long conversation, maybe 12 minutes from start to finish, but in that short time I got a sense of the man and his music.
Born in Savannah, Georgia, Ellis grew up in the community of Claxton, the self-declared fruitcake capital of the world about 50 miles inland.
His laugh is Ray Charles-esque - robust, soulful, sincere - as he fondly recalled the claim to fame of the town of his youth.
I asked him what his earliest memory was of hearing a song on the radio or on record that made him stand up and take notice.
"Harry Belafonte," he answered immediately. "I remember the Banana Boat Song drifting through the air on day from the vicinity of my parent's bedroom. That stands out for me. Sam Cooke, too."
He was 8 years old when he discovered that maybe something was special with his voice. He was standing on a street corner with some friends just singing for the sake of singing, when passersby started to throw money. But it was at the age of 14 when he snuck into a Savannah club and started singing with the band. It was the looks of the musicians - he still had some sight at this point - not the audience, that signaled to him that he had a gift.
By 18 he was completely blind thanks to the ravages of glaucoma.
Determined to give music a serious run, he moved to the Boston area - Watertown to be precise - where he attended the Perkins School for the Blind. "That's the same place that Helen Keller went," he shared.
I didn't have a chance to ask how Ray Charles came into the picture, but it was clear that the two of them were very close, before the death of the R & B legend in 2004.
"I spent hours talking to Ray about great lyrics," he said. "We had a common love for music that brought us together. Of course, listing to Papa Ray was like listening to church on the radio."
There is no question that his love of music and performing runs deep, into a life filled with deep-southern roots, a north-eastern coming of age, and a current comfortable base of operations on the west coast. Excited to perform in our community, Ellis knows a little about Fort McMurray, from what his life-partner Karen has shared with him from her research on the computer.
"She tells me that Fort McMurray is a boomtown," he said. "That you have lots of oil, and that you love your music."
Scratch out boomtown and replace it with hometown, and Karen got it exactly right.
Ellis Hall June 5, 2012 at 3:14 PM
Hey Brotha Russell,
Great talking to you and laughing!
Oh, btw, Karen likes the term "boo"...a vernacular that makes her laugh.
You are an exceptional writer!!
We had a blast in both Edmonton and Ft. McMurry! Your hometown is full of warm people, fabulous trees [we miss that living in LA] and open space. Karen described all the clouds to me: how amazing, God's paintings.
We hope to see you in person, next time!
Chakalaka!
Ellis Hall
Karen, assisting boo! :-)
Russell Thomas Art June 5, 2012 at 3:23 PM
Thank you so much Ellis! Either you or Karen were the 90,000 visitor to my blog site. How cool is that?
My son Ben (9) was absolutely captivated by your performance. "Phenomenal" was the word he sent as a text message to me, as I was attending a convention in Saskatoon.
My wife Heather texted "It was amazing. Ellis Hall was incredible! So energizing. People were dancing up by the stage."
Thank you for the incredible gift you gave to the people of Fort McMurray and our region.
Karen Ferguson June 5, 2012 at 3:16 PM
ps. I forgot to mention...great additional graphics!! What a nice touch and so appreciated!!!
Karen!
Thanks Karen! I love the blog format for sharing positive stories about our community. I so wish I could have been there, because from everything I hear, it was absolutely wonderful. All the best!
SHEPHERDS September 2, 2012 at 3:26 AM
Hey Ellis
Guess what? what? even my son Ben is captivated by you.........maybe you know him???
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La Paleta de Tehenu o Paleta de las Ciudades es una placa votiva de pizarra, datada en el periodo Predinástico de Egipto (Naqada III), donde se considera que está representada una batalla y la conquista de varias ciudades, que se identifican como ciudades libias. En la paleta aparecen los nombres de algunos soberanos predinásticos egipcios, en opinión del egiptólogo Dreyer.

Tiene unas dimensiones de 18,5 cm de alto y 21 cm de ancho, aunque se calcula que originariamente medía 70 x 21 cm. La paleta se encontró en Abydos y se conserva en el Museo de El Cairo.

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Refinishing wood on a cottage deck is mandatory if you do not want the boards to turn gray. Despite claims by some stain manufacturers, there is not a product on the market that will withstand Manitoba's harsh climate for more than two to three years before fading or peeling.
If you are one of those people who does not like the barn-board gray of a weathered deck, then be prepared to spend several days of your summer holiday removing old stain and preparing the surface for a fresh coat of lightly tinted oil or — the worst choice — a semi-transparent or solid product that contains pigment.
Horizontal surfaces lose their colour quickly because they are subjected to standing water and melting snow, as well as direct ultra-violet sun rays that combine with moisture to rapidly deteriorate stain and wood cells. This means deck boards, stair treads and railings are the first to fade or blister, depending on the type of stain used.
For those who insist on refinishing, there are products on the market that make the process a little easier by eliminating hand or machine sanding. Benjamin Moore sells a three-part system called Remove, Restore and Brighten. Remove is applied to a wet deck with a brush, roller or sprayer and should remain on the deck for about thirty minutes, then scrubbed off with a bristle brush and housed down. Restore can be applied in the same manner. It removes dead wood cells, mold and mildew responsible for graying deck planks. Brighten reverses the darkening effect of Restore on some woods, as well as cleaning the deck and preparing it to accept a new coat of stain by opening the wood's pores clogged by dirt and organic debris from leaves and wind-borne particles.
For decks covered with several layers of peeling solid or semi-solid stains, sanding may be the only way to remove all the accumulated pigments. In such a case, it is easier on the back to rent a square-buff sander from a big-box store that can be operated in the standing position. Stay away from drum sanders because they take away wood unevenly, leaving round gouges that are visible when the wood is finished.
If there is only a small amount of pigment on the deck, it can often be removed with a palm, belt or pole sander with 60-grit paper. A power washer can be used to clean away sawdust; the spray is especially good for blowing out accumulated vegetation and other debris from spaces between deck boards.
Be careful when using a power washer as a needle-like high pressure spray can cut into wood like a laser. It's best to take your time and use a wider spray that will not damage anything.
Some people claim that pressure washers are capable of removing paint pigment from wood, but my experience is that these machines are of limited use on badly blistered decks. Moreover, the high-pressure spray will fur or raise wood grain, necessitating sanding with 100-girt paper and a pole sander to smooth the surface before staining.
For those who choose to re-stain their decks, my experience suggests that a tinted oil such as Penofin is far superior to products that contain pigments. It is a one-coat product consisting of Brazilian Rosewood oil available in three natural wood tints. It is formulated for pressure-treated lumber and will penetrate wood rather than sit on the surface like pigmented stains. Penofin is sold in Winnipeg by Park City Paints for about $55 per gallon.
The advantage to this type of stain is that when it begins to fade, the colour can be renewed by cleaning the deck with water and then adding a second coat. Moreover, the tinted oil highlights the natural figure of a wood deck instead of hiding it like pigment.
Finally, the oil can be used over top of a new pressure treated cedar-tone deck to enhance the colour and add extra protection from water and ultra-violet light.
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As for my cottage decks, I've decided that gray is beautiful and I will allow them to turn gray naturally, like my hair.


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Information and application forms for running a camp or caravan site, marriage ceremony premises, food premises or auction premises.
Camp site licences
Caravan and camping site licence
Civil marriage and civil partnership premises
Cooling tower and evaporative condensers
Environmental permits
Food premises
Pavement licence for the hospitality sector
Public weighbridge operator
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A pavement licence permits a business to use furniture placed on the highway to sell or serve food or drink and/or allow it to be used by people for consumption of food or drink supplied from, or in connection with the use of the premises.
Businesses that are eligible to apply for a pavement licence include: public houses, cafes, bars, restaurants, snack bars, coffee shops, and ice cream parlours.
The furniture which may be used is:
Counters or stalls for selling or serving food or drink
Tables, counters or shelves on which food or drink can be placed
Chairs, benches or other forms of seating
Umbrellas, barriers, heaters and other articles used in connections with the outdoor consumption of food and drink
Furniture is required to be removable i.e. not a permanent fixed structure but able to be moved easily and stored away of an evening.
The granting of a pavement licence only permits the placing of furniture on the highway. Other regulatory frameworks still apply such as the need for alcohol licenses and the need to comply with registration requirements for food businesses.
There is no fee for this application and the licence will be issued for 12 months. The pavement licence scheme is being extended until September 2022.
On submitting an application for a licence you will be asked to provide the following:
Public liability insurance certificate
Proof of ownership or other right to occupy the premises to which the shop front trading application relates
Location and site layout plan
Furniture appearance - sketch/photograph/manufacturer's brochure showing furniture proposed
Pavement licence trading guidelines
The latest guidance on social distancing must be complied with and reasonable crowd management measures implemented.
A 'COVID-secure' risk assessment must be carried out and reviewed regularly.
Pavement cafés will need to cease operating and/or be removed for any period of time in order to permit maintenance, installation, special events, improvements to the public highway by the council and other bodies.
Tables and chairs must not be placed in position outside of the permitted times. When the licence is not in use, all tables and chairs and other furniture must stored securely inside a premises.
Should any of the licence conditions be ignored or any furniture be left out on the pavement outside the permitted hours it will be removed and stored or disposed of at the cost of the licensee.
An unimpeded pedestrian route must be maintained at all times for people wishing to use the pavement.
Emergency routes to the premises and adjacent buildings must not be obstructed.
A Pavement Licence should not extend beyond the width of the premises frontage.
Tables and chairs should be of an approved type and should be kept in a good state of repair. Placement of tables and chairs must allow pedestrians to use the footway parallel to the frontage of the premises.
Furniture should be placed so as not to obstruct driver sightlines, or road traffic signs. Care should be taken in the use of hanging baskets, awnings and protruding umbrellas.
The area must be operated in a safe and orderly manner so as to minimise any safety risk or nuisance.
The operation of the area must not interfere with highway drainage arrangements.
All food and drink remnants, spillages, bottles, cans and wrappers must regularly be removed from the pavement to reduce hazards to pedestrians. Arrangements must be put in place to regularly check for and to remove litter and rubbish on pedestrian walkways, caused by persons using the licensed area, for a distance of up to 10 metres from the boundary of the licensed area.
Tables must be cleared in an efficient manner during the hours of operation.
No fixtures, or excavations of any kind can be made to the surface of the highway without prior written approval of the council. Any costs incurred as a result of damage to the highway, due to the positioning of tables and chairs etc, will be recovered in full from the licence holder by Hillingdon Council.
A premises not licensed under the Licensing Act 2003 must not allow the consumption of alcohol within the licensed area.
A premises licensed under the Licensing Act 2003 must not allow the consumption of alcohol within the licensed area outside the hours in force for the premises itself.
The licence must be displayed on the premises with a plan of the agreed layout of the pavement café.
The conditions of the licence and any other necessary permissions and regulations are to be adhered to.
The highway is to be used solely for the purpose of the licence, in line with the provisions of this licence and for no other purpose whatsoever.
Clear routes of access along the highway must be maintained, taking into account the needs of disabled people, and the recommended minimum footway widths and distances required for access by mobility impaired and visually impaired people as set out in Section 3.1 of Inclusive Mobility.
Clear 'smoking' and 'non-smoking' areas, with 'no smoking' signage displayed in designated 'smoke-free' zones in accordance with Smoke-free (signs) regulations 2012.
No ash trays or similar receptacles to be provided or permitted to be left on furniture where smoke-free seating is identified.
Licence holders should provide a minimum 2 metre distance between non-smoking and smoking areas, wherever possible.
Apply for a pavement licence
You are required to fix a notice to the premises on the day you submit your application to the council. The notice must be easily visible and legible to the public. The notice must remain in place for the duration of the public consultation period, which is 7days beginning the day after the day that the application is submitted to the council. Public holidays are not included when calculating days.
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We will process your licence in 10 working days from the day after the application is made (excluding public holidays). This consists of 5 working days for public consultation and 5 working days to consider and determine the application after the consultation.
If you have not heard from Hillingdon Council within the 10 working day period the application will be deemed to have been granted for 12 months.
Failed application redress
If you wish to discuss the council's decision to refuse your licence application, please contact: licensing@hillingdon.gov.uk or call 01895 277433.
Licence holder redress - licence revocation
The decision to revoke a licence will be made in consultation with the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the council's Licensing Sub Committee. There is no statutory appeal process.
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Having used abilox® on other high profile projects including Federation Square, we were confident that the range of oxides could meet not only the colour requirements of the "Site Office" design team, but also exceed the quality requirements of the end customer, City of Port Phillip.
For the design team this project was very much about colour and the impact that it could bring to the overall look, while for the City of Port Phillip, the high priority was for longevity of colour.
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As usual, the whole team at Ability went out of their way to assist us and our clients in the supply of products for a first class paving outcome'.
'Crafted landscapes has been trading for 30 years.
We choose to use Ability's abilox® oxides in all our concrete works - I find them very consistent and even in colour through the concrete, whether it is a slightly textured wood float, smooth steel float, non-slip stippled broom finish, or used in extremely popular washed exposed aggregate finishes for drives and other pavement surfaces.
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Professionals, The (1966)
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1. Proposition for the Professionals-Main Title (03:40)
2. Start of the Quest (01:52)
3. Dolworth's Word (02:25)
4. Hacienda Intrigue (03:24)
5. Rigging the Pass (02:16)
6. Train and Raza (02:33)
7. Hacienda Happenings (02:23)
8. Chiquita's Dance (01:55)
9. Hacienda Ole (02:05)
10. The Escape and Storm (03:01)
11. Maria and Intrepid Dolworth (03:45)
12. Desert Sun and Ehrengard's Collapse (02:35)
13. Chiquita's Demise (02:23)
14. The Road Back-End Title (02:47)
Total Duration: 00:37:04
Track listing contributed by Gary Watson
Juergen H Beensen
Colgems COSO 5001
9. Hacienda Ole' (02:05)
14. The Road Back - End Title (02:47)
Track listing contributed by Thomas Kutt
mister_gs
RCA Victor 86.951
Original Release Title
Professionnels, Les
Collection: 2
1. Proposition For The Professionals (03:40)
2. Hacienda Ol� (02:05)
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RCA Victor SF 7876
1. Proposition for the Professionals - Main Titles
2. Start of The Quest
3. Dolworth's Word
4. Hacienda Intrigue
5. Rigging the Pass
6. Train and Raza
7. Hacienda Happenings
8. Chiquita's Dance
9. Hacienda's Olé
10. The Escape and Storm
11. Maria and Intrepid Dolworth
12. Desert Sun and Ehrengard's Collapse
13. Chiquita's Demise
14. The Road Back - End Title
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Silva Treasury STD 5002
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1. Proposition for the Professionals - Main Title (03:42)
Track listing contributed by micjo197
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Played by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Nic Raine.
Also contains music from:
Magnificent Seven, The
Wild Bunch, The
Wild Rovers
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How The West Was Won - Classic Western Film Scores 1
1. The Magnificent Seven (05:50)
2. High Plains Drifter: Theme (04:12)
Dee Barton
3. Gettysburg: Main Title (04:50)
Randy Edelman (Tracks 3-6)
4. Gettysburg: Fife and Gun (02:00)
5. The Gettysburg Address (03:11)
recited by Daniel Massey
6. Gettysburg: Reunion and Finale (05:46)
7. The Professionals: Overture (05:24)
8. Buffalo Girls: Suite (07:29)
Lee Holdridge
9. The Wild Bunch: Train Montage (06:47)
Jerry Fielding (tracks 9-10)
10. The Wild Bunch: All Fall Down (05:43)
11. Wild Rovers: Bronco Bustin' (02:12)
12. Prelude (03:20)
Tracks 12-17: How the West Was Won (Alfred Newman)
13. The Land (03:54)
14. Cleve and His Mule (02:06)
15. Intermezzo (05:17)
16. Cheyenne Attack and Aftermath (08:07)
17. Finale (01:30)
Passage To India, A
Villa Rides
Fixer, The
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Soleil Rouge
Mosquito Coast, The
Year Of Living Dangerously, The
Paris Br�le-t-il?
Ryan's Daughter
Fatal Attraction
Blechtrommel, Die
Enemy Mine
Night Of The Generals
Condor, El
Man Who Would Be King, The
Doctor Zhivago: The Essential Maurice Jarre
Disc/Cassette 1
1. Lawrence of Arabia (04:23)
2. Doctor Zhivago (09:11)
3. A Passage To India (02:23)
Adela's Theme
4. Jesus Of Nazareth (08:21)
5. Ghost (04:26)
6. Villa Rides (03:28)
Main Theme
7. The Fixer (07:11)
8. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (05:00)
Fanfare / 'I Ain't Captain Walker'
9. Red Sun (06:59)
Main Title / the Samurai
10. Topaz (02:36)
11. The Mosquito Coast (03:34)
Allie's Theme
12. The Year Of Living Dangerously (04:03)
Kwan's Sacrifice
13. Witness (05:01)
Building the Barn
14. Is Paris Burning? (06:26)
The Paris Waltz
2. Ryan's Daughter (08:53)
3. The Professionals (05:23)
4. Fatal Attraction (04:59)
5. The Tin Drum (06:56)
6. No Way Out (03:29)
7. Enemy Mine (09:25)
8. The Night Of the Generals (03:53)
9. El Condor (03:20)
10. The Man Who Would be King (04:24)
Building The Barn ( Orchestral Version )
12. Lawrence Of Arabia (04:39)
Track listing contributed by David Watkins
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Silva Screen FILMCD 1108
Silva Screen FILMCD 173
Track listing contributed by Chris
Tadlow Music TADLOW014
Performed by the 100-piece City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Nic Raine.
Life And Times Of Judge Roy Bean, The
Cimarron Strip
Villa Rides! The Western Film Music Of Maurice Jarre
1. Main Title � Villa Rides! (02:44)
2. Much More Money / Lee in Gonzales House (02:38)
3. Lee and Fina at the River / The Plane is Repaired (03:59)
4. Lee Gives the Burro to Gonzales (00:43)
5. Colorados in the Village / Too Many Guns / Ramirez Kicks the Chairs / The Villistas are Appearing (06:20)
6. Hacienda Dance / Fierro After the Execution / Much More Money (03:20)
7. After the Marriage / Lee Teaching Villa to Fly / Waltz in the Clouds (03:56)
8. The Villistas Attacking the Train (01:28)
9. After the Battle / Love in the Boxcar (03:13)
10. Villa Has Taken Parral (01:08)
11. Cantina Dance (02:51)
12. Fina and Lee (01:02)
13. Villa in Mexico City / Villa and Madero (03:42)
14. Before the Battle (01:17)
15. The Battle (04:10)
16. Victorious Army / Much More Money (02:15)
17. Execution / Villa is to be Shot / Huerta Reads Madero�s Message (03:29)
18. Go to Chupadero / El Paso (02:45)
19. Petite Cafe Concert (01:40)
20. End Title � Villa Rides (03:25)
21. Main Title (04:37)
22. Marmalade, Molasses And Honey (02:28)
tracks 21-23 - from The Life And Times Of Judge Roy Bean
from El Condor
from Red Sun
from Cimarron Strip
26. Overture (05:12)
from The Professionals
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Cârlomănești este un sat în comuna Vernești din județul Buzău, Muntenia, România. Prima atestare documentară datează din 14 iunie 1541, într-un act emis de Radu Vodă.
Pe teritoriul localității, în punctul Cetățuia, se găsește o importantă stațiune arheologică cu vestigii de locuire din epoca bronzului (cultura Monteoru) și din epoca geto-dacică, stațiunea fiind cercetată arheologic din 1967 și până în prezent. Un alt obiectiv arheologic este constituit din cimitirul din epoca bronzului (cultura Monteoru), situat în punctul La arman, unde în cursul săpăturilor arheologice dintre 2001-2007 au fost descoperite 24 de morminte precum și vestigii din secolele al VI-lea — al VII-lea d. Hr.

Bibliografie
 DRH seria B, vol IV, București 1981, doc. nr. 113;
 Enciclopedia Arheologiei și Istoriei Vechi a României, vol. I A-C, București 1994, p. 313-314;
 Mousaios 10, 2005, p. 131-43.

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Cârlomănești, Vernești


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Are smoothies good for IBS?
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It's easy to believe anything that goes down the hatch well is promoting your digestion. Your body has less groundwork to do, the bowel isn't as under strain, etc. etc.
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Smoothies are great for quick absorption of lots of nutrients and are great for busy on-the-go consumers. If you're struggling to get all your fruits and vegetables into your diet because, on an individual level, whether they be raw or cooked, cause you abdominal pain. They also spike your blood sugar which, if you're down on energy due to lack of nutrients from your IBS diet, could be a great helping hand when you need that kick.
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ACLU Issues Report On Africans In The US
NEW YORK - A report examining the state of human rights of people of African descent in the United States was presented to the U.N. Human Rights Council today. The U.N. Working Group on the Rights of People of African Descent reported that, while the U.S. government has taken some steps to promote the rights of people of African descent, much more needs to be done to bring the U.S. into compliance with international treaty obligations. The international group of experts visited the United States last January at the invitation of the U.S. government, meeting with local, state and federal officials and human and civil rights groups including the American Civil Liberties Union and conducting a thorough examination of laws and policies and their impact on people of African descent.
According to the working group's report, "due partially to the legacy of slavery, racism and discrimination, African Americans have had economic, social and educational disadvantages, as well as challenges to the enjoyment of basic human rights." The report noted that people of African descent in the U.S. continue to face unequal access to quality education, electoral disenfranchisement and discrimination in the justice and legal systems, among other issues.
The ACLU called on the Obama administration to implement the working group's recommendations, including by reforming the existing U.S. Commission on Civil Rights into a civil and human rights commission that oversees compliance with human rights treaty obligations.
The following can be attributed to Laura W. Murphy, Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office:
"This report serves as both a marker of our achievements and a reminder of our failures when it comes to protecting the rights of people of African descent. In order to lead by example, it is imperative that the U.S. establish monitoring mechanisms to uphold civil and human rights in the U.S. The Obama administration should work with Congress to reform the existing U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to include a mandate to monitor our human rights treaty obligations."
The following can be attributed to Chandra Bhatnagar, staff attorney with the ACLU Human Rights Program:
"As the working group report shows, there are still many obstacles to equality facing people, and especially children, of African descent in the United States. The U.S. government should take heed of the group's important recommendations and bring the U.S. into compliance with our international treaty obligations, including taking steps to outlaw racial discrimination and protect the rights of children."
The working group report is available online at: www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/racism/groups/african/docs/A-HRC-15-18.pdf
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Nine Recent Books That Capture a World in Flux
December 20, 2013 by Warren Hoge
What kind of world emerges in the vision of the authors of the books presented in the nine events hosted by the International Peace Institute (IPI) as part of its 2013 Beyond the Headlines series?
It is a world in which national borders are receding as definers of political and cultural movements; in which the West, and, in particular, the United States, is struggling to maintain influence in the face of growing distrust; and one in which extremism, and the efforts to combat it, distort and undermine entire societies. It is also a world where high profile acts of terror go unaccounted for and unpunished, where Muslim women are rising to leadership and overcoming traditional discrimination, and one in which humanitarian affairs are increasingly the focus of United Nations attention.
Two authors dealt with the perception of declining American leadership and what to do about it. Richard N. Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, recommended "less nation-building abroad, more at home" in his book Foreign Policy Begins at Home. He argued the Mideast is no longer the center of US foreign policy or great power rivalry, and that Asia/Pacific is. Vali Nasr, Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, sounded a cri de coeur for renewed international engagement in his book The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat. He deplored what he saw as America's growing reluctance to provide global leadership and urged a policy less reliant on military means and domestic partisan concerns and centered instead on trade and development and multilateral diplomacy.
Robert D. Kaplan, author of The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate gave an IPI audience a tour d'horizon in which he argued that the Sahara should be thought of as beginning at the southern border of Europe, and that North America actually extends down through the Caribbean all the way to the jungles of Venezuela. And Kaplan used geography to forecast which countries in the Middle East and North Africa have the best chance of prospering from the Arab spring uprisings. And which don't.
The Arab spring was also a focus of a book by Shibley Telhami, the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland and a trailblazing surveyor of Arab public opinion. In The World Through Arab Eyes: Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East, Telhami said that, during the past decade, access to international media and communications tools such as Facebook and Twitter and other social media have transformed the region into "a massive Arab chatroom." He also said that while the Palestinian–Israeli conflict is not necessarily the immediate priority in Arabs' daily lives, it is "the prism of pain through which most Arabs view the world."
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict was also addressed by Rashid Khalidi, the author of Brokers of Deceit: How the US Has Undermined Peace in the Middle East. Khalidi, the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, said his purpose was to show "how in American political discourse, lies about Palestine are made to sound truthful; how crimes against a people and against humanity are made respectable, and how the pure wind of terms like the 'peace process' are given the appearance of solidity."
Husain Haqqani, a former Pakistani ambassador to the US, lamented that his country's relationship with Washington has become so poisoned that America is the most disliked country in the world among Pakistanis, and Americans view Pakistan as negatively as they do North Korea. His book, Magnificent Delusions: Pakistan, the United States and an Epic History of Misunderstanding says the future association will remain rocky because while the two countries are yoked together by a dependence on one another, "Pakistan and the United States have few shared interests and very different political needs."
One of the most shocking acts of public terror in recent years was the subject of a talk by Heraldo Muñoz, the Chilean and United Nations diplomat who was tasked by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with conducting the UN inquiry into the December 2007 suicide bomb assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The book is called Getting Away with Murder: Benazir Bhutto's Assassination and the Politics of Pakistan and points up how impunity thrives in a political culture of unconsolidated democracy, corruption, and religious fanaticism.
Karima Bennoune, an Algerian-American human rights lawyer, said she took inspiration in writing her book from a young woman in Karachi who complained, "The fundamentalists who are killing people are the only ones who are visible. We have not made ourselves visible." The result is Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism, a book based on interviews across 26 countries in the Muslim world that is a powerful rebuke to those in the West who say that moderate and secular Muslims are almost complicit with the violence in their midst by their alleged silence and inaction. And surprising numbers of the people she cites as risking death to combat extremism are women, who represent a particularly bold brand of defiance given the attitudes about women in many of these societies.
And John Holmes, the Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator from 2007 to 2010, returned to the UN community to talk to a Beyond the Headlines audience about his book The Politics of Humanity: The Reality of Relief Aid. He wrote the book, he said, because he wanted to show the difficulties and complexities of humanitarian policy and practice, particularly in conflict settings, and to promote better understanding between humanitarians and governments.
Warren Hoge, Senior Adviser at the International Peace Institute, hosts IPI's Beyond the Headlines series. IPI also publishes the Global Observatory.
by Warren Hoge
Warren Hoge is Senior Adviser for External Relations at the International Peace Institute.


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These suggested management practices will help you care for your St. Augustinegrass lawn throughout the year. Since location, terrain, soil type and condition, age of lawn, previous lawn care, and other factors affect turf performance, adjust these practices and dates to suit your home lawn.
March Through May
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Before greenup, remove dormant grass leaves by mowing to 21⁄2 inches with a rotary mower that has a newly sharpened blade. Maintain the lawn at 21⁄2 inches, mowing before it gets to 4 inches. Leave clippings on the lawn.
Apply 1⁄2 pound of nitrogen (N) per 1,000 square feet in May or 2 weeks after greenup, whichever is last. Use a complete (N-P-K) turf-grade fertilizer with a 3-1-2 or 4-1-2 ratio (12-4-8 or 16-4-8). Yellow appearance may indicate an iron deficiency. Spray iron (ferrous) sulfate (2 ounces in water per 1,000 square feet) or a chelated iron source to enhance color as needed. Submit a soil sample to determine nutrient requirements, if you haven't already. Contact your county Extension agent for details. Apply lime if the soil-test report suggests it.
Actively growing St. Augustinegrass requires about 1 inch of water per week, all at once, if possible. If you don't get enough rain, you will have to water. Sandy soils often require more frequent watering (1⁄2 inch every third day). Proper irrigation may prevent or reduce pest and other problems.
If crabgrass and goosegrass have been a problem, apply preemergence herbicides by the time dogwoods are in full bloom. Control broadleaf weeds as necessary with postemergence herbicides. St. Augustinegrass is sensitive to certain herbicides (2,4-D and MSMA), so follow label directions and use caution.
Control any white grubs. If drought symptoms or yellow spots occur in a sunny location, check for chinch bug activity. Push a coffee can (with both top and bottom removed) into the ground and fill it with water. Any chinch bugs present will float. Treat for chinch bugs if you have 20 or more chinch bugs per 1,000 square feet (see White Grub Control in Turf, AG-366, and Insect Management in Turf, AG-447, for more information).
If circular patches of brown grass up to several feet in diameter appear, you may have brown (large) patch. Gray leaf spot also may be a problem. Control both diseases as necessary with proper fungicides (see Turfgrass Pest Management Manual, AG-348, for more information).
Heavy clay soils or heavily trafficked sections of lawn may benefit from aeration. If it is needed, aerate in late spring or early summer when the grass is actively growing and capable of recovery.
Replant large bare areas in May (or when daytime temperatures are continually above 60°F) using plugs planted on 12-inch centers or sprigs space-planted at the rate of 11⁄2 bushels per 1,000 square feet. One square yard of turf pulled apart is equivalent to 1 bushel of sprigs.
Skip to June Through August
Same as March through May guidelines.
Apply 1⁄2 pound of nitrogen per 1,000 square feet in June and August and 1 pound of nitrogen in July. In the absence of a soil test, use a complete (N-P-K) fertilizer with a 3-1-2 or 4-1-2 ratio.
If thatch was 3⁄4 inches thick last summer, mow grass to 21⁄2 inches and use a power rake with 3-inch blade spacing.
Apply postemergence herbicides to control summer annual and perennial broadleaf weeds, such as knotweed, spurge, and lespedeza. Since St. Augustinegrass is sensitive to certain herbicides (2,4-D and MSMA), follow label directions and use with caution. Do not apply herbicides unless weeds are actively growing and the lawn is not under drought stress. If crabgrass and goosegrass are present, make a note to apply a preemergence herbicide next spring.
If drought symptoms or yellow spots occur in a sunny location, check for chinch bug activity. Push a coffee can (with both top and bottom removed) into the ground and fill it with water. Any chinch bugs present will float. Treat for chinch bugs if you have 20 or more chinch bugs per 1,000 square feet (see Insect Management in Turf, AG-447, for more information.)
Check for gray leaf spot and brown (large) patch. See Diseases of Warm Season Grasses, AG-360.
September Through November
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DO NOT fertilize St. Augustinegrass after August 31.
Water to prevent drought stress while the grass is actively growing and after the lawn goes dormant to prevent excessive dehydration.
Follow June through August guidelines.
Check for thatch layer in early September. If the thatch layer is 3⁄4 inches thick, plan to dethatch in the spring.
If crabgrass and goosegrass are present, plan to apply a preemergence herbicide next spring.
Check for brown (large) patch. See Diseases of Warm Season Grasses, AG-360, for more information.
December Through February
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Pick up debris (rocks, sticks, leaves, etc.) from lawn. Do not try to remove excess debris by burning. This could injure the lawn and is a fire hazard.
Do not apply fertilizer or lime.
Although the lawn will be dormant, water occasionally to prevent excessive dehydration.
Apply broadleaf herbicides to control chickweed, henbit, etc. St. Augustinegrass is sensitive to certain postemergence herbicides like 2,4-D and MSMA, so follow label directions for reducing rates, and use with caution. Selected herbicides like atrazine and simazine can be applied in November or December to control annual bluegrass and several winter annual broadleaf weeds. Read the label and follow directions carefully.
More About St. Augustinegrass
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This fast growing grass has a medium to dark green color and very coarse leaf texture. With proper maintenance, it provides a dense, lush lawn. A warm-season grass, it's best in warm, humid areas not exposed to excessive or intense periods of cold weather. The Raleigh variety has the best cold tolerance and is best suited for the eastern piedmont and coastal plains.
St. Augustinegrass can only be planted vegetatively. It grows best in fertile, well-drained soils. It has excellent tolerance to shade and good salt, heat, and, to a moderate extent, drought tolerance. It does not tolerate heavy traffic or cold weather.
Since it is fast growing, St. Augustinegrass needs to be mowed frequently. It should never receive more than 4 pounds of nitrogen per 1,000 square feet in a year. With high fertilization rates and irrigation, thatch buildup may be a problem. Thatch can lead to other problems, such as disease and insect damage. Chinch bugs are often a problem, causing leaves to wilt and turn brown. Yellow spots are often associated with chinch bug activity. In addition, brown (large) patch can create brown circular patches up to several feet in diameter that usually warrant treatment.
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Guest Editorial: Arizona Technology Council Shows Courage, Leadership on DACA, Dreamers
By Recker McDowell
Arizona Technology Council President and CEO Steve Zylstra has penned a new column in the Business Journal on the issue of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and the estimated 661,000 Dreamers who grew up as Americans but were brought into the U.S. by their families when they were very young.
The fate of those Dreamers is sitting with the U.S. Supreme Court as it considers the DACA program started by former President Barack Obama and its potential end via President Donald Trump.
Zylstra points out that Dreamers are productive contributors to the economy and society.
"For example, nearly 30 percent of [the] roughly 30,000 DACA recipients in Arizona are working in the electronic component and product manufacturing sector," Zylstra writes in his Business Journal column.
Zylstra said Arizona's tech community needs to support the DACA program and Dreamers not only because of their economic contributions but also because of what getting rid of DACA protections will do to families and communities.
That is the type of community minded and forward-thinking other business groups and major employers need to be doing on this issue.
Immigration has been divisive nationally and in Arizona. But the state and country have a chance to come together and find a solution on DACA and for Dreamers and for what it really means to be an American.
The Arizona Technology Council is showing common sense, courage and decency on the DACA issue. Let's hope others follow that lead.


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The U.N. War Document
The United Nations has been based, from its very inception, upon lies, deception and half-truths. The first lie was the notion that the U.S. could legally accept membership into the United Nations viz the treaty making power of the U.S. Senate and the president. In fact, a treaty is a contract entered into by two or more sovereign states, and the United Nations has never been a sovereign state. The reason the agreement to join the United Nations is presented to the public as a "treaty" is because per U.S. law, treaties are on equal footing with the U.S. Constitution as establishing the governing "Law of the Land." Without setting itself on equal or higher footing, the U.N. Security Council would have no power or mandate to circumvent the Constitutional requirement that Congress, and only Congress, has the power to move the United States of America into war.
More duplicity is clearly evident by causually perusing the U.N. Charter. Article 2 of the Charter states that the United Nations "is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members." In the first place, the words "equality of all members" should raise Communist alarm bells among those who have ears to hear. Only in socialism and Communism does one strive towards "equality among all." The U.S. Constitution certainly does not recognize all (sovereign) States (of the Union) as being "equal," as California clearly sends more delegates to Congress every two years than Delaware does. Nor does the U.S. Constitution recognize "equality" among individual citizens either, as the political rights defined in the Constitution are very closely tied to an individual's property rights, and only under Communism do we all share "equal" property.
Even more obviously, though, by the time you get to Article 25, the U.N. Charter manages to contradict itself by stipulating that all member nations "agree to accept and carry out the decisions of the Security Council." How a nation manages to simultaneously (a) retain its sovereignty; and (b) accept and carry out the decisions of the Security Council is not adequately explained anywhere in the document.
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A more aggressive contradiction can be found by comparing Article 1 of the U.N. Charter, in which the words "peace" or "peaceful" appear six times in the first four paragraphs, with Articles 52 through 54, which grant member states permission to establish "regional arrangements" so as to counter any possible military aggression. In fact, both NATO and SEATO were created in this manner, and both were (ironically) sold to the American public as a bulwark against the very same Communist forces that were responsible for their creation in the first place.
President Truman cited NATO as his excuse for committing U.S. troops to Korea, and his successors cited SEATO as theirs for doing the same in Vietnam. In so doing, these chief executives treasonously betrayed U.S. military plans and strategies to the very countries against whom the U.S. was engaged in combat with, and who (like the U.S.) were member states of the United Nations.
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Resolution 1441 in Baghdad, March 2003
The most appalling slip back down into barbarism can be found in the "Orwellian" U. N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Unlike the founding documents of our own nation, which take it as a "self-evident" truth that all humans are granted certain inalienable rights by their Creator, and that the reason we institute governments among men is to preserve and protect these rights and liberties, the U.N. Declaration decides instead to adopt the Soviet model, whereby all "rights" are granted by a "constitution or by law," and that these rights shall furthermore be subject to "such limitations as are determined by law."
Sounds like a recipe for tyranny to me. It also sounds like the lawyers who drafted these documents might have been struggling with basic English skills. Last time I checked, the "right" is by definition something which cannot (by definition) be granted by anyone or anything (including constitutions and laws). Rather, a right is that power which is vested in the sovereign to begin with. But then again, what more could we expect from a legacy that's left us with a couple of C-students from Yale running the country?
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Assessing the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
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by Sean Carleton, Crystal Fraser, and John Milloy
Earlier this month, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) opened its physical and digital doors to the public. The Centre is located in Chancellor's Hall at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and its online archive contains "Terabytes of Testimony," including 35,000 photos, five million government, church, and school documents, 7000 survivor statements, and a host of other materials (art, poems, music, and physical items) collected by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). It is an impressive and important collection. The NCTR's mandate is to "preserve the memory of Canada's Residential School system and legacy. Not just for a few years, but forever."
It is hard to believe that less than twenty years ago, the Indian Residential School (IRS) system was still operating and the vast majority of Canadians were in the dark about the history and ongoing effects of the schools. In contrast, the volume of traffic to the NCTR's digital archive was initially so high that the site crashed on multiple occasions in its first week. People's interest in the history of residential schools "broke" the internet, so to speak. Given the long and hard-fought battles by former students, survivors, advocates, and academics to bring Canada's residential school system to the public's attention to facilitate redress, the opening of the NCTR and the public's positive response so far, is a significant step towards reconciliation and healing.
As emerging and established scholars of Canada's IRS system, we are heartened to witness the opening of the NCTR, and we are optimistic about the Centre's potential as a powerful resource to ensure these varied and complex histories are not forgotten. Yet, we approach the NCTR cautiously and not uncritically. Much work remains. The archive is still incomplete and it is limited in significant ways. Given the Centre's importance, we offer an assessment of the NCTR by way of briefly tracing its background and outlining our initial thoughts on its many strengths and limitations. Our aim is to spark a conversation about how historians might critically engage with this new resource to help shape the future of residential school research and to aid meaningful reconciliation.
Background and Vision
The creation of the NCTR is a result of the long and courageous fight of thousands of former students to pressure the Government of Canada and settler Canadians to come to terms with the history and ongoing deleterious effects of residential schools for Indigenous peoples. The NCTR's specific roots can be traced back to 2007. In that year, the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA), an agreement which was signed by representatives of former students, the Government of Canada, Churches, the Assembly of First Nations, and the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, was implemented. Established as a result of the largest class action lawsuit in Canadian history, the IRSSA had a number of components, including the apology to former students by the Government of Canada, the Common Experience Payment (CEP), the Independent Assessment Process (IAP), and the TRC. While bringing closure for many Indigenous peoples, the IRSSA has not been without controversy and criticism.[i]
Under the settlement agreement, the TRC was given the mandate to establish a permanent archive for all of the materials and testimonies it collected. The idea was to improve former students' access to information, while also increasing public awareness. Now, almost ten years later, with the TRC having issued the executive summary of its report in June, the NCTR has opened to better facilitate public engagement with historical records and materials related to residential schooling. The NCTR aims to ensure that:
Survivors and their families have access to their own history
Educators can share the Residential School history with new generations of students
Researchers can delve more deeply into the Residential School experience
The public can access historical records and other materials to help foster reconciliation and healing
The history and legacy of the Residential School system are never forgotten
Evaluating the NCTR
The NCTR has many strengths and limitations, and we should engage the archive optimistically but also cautiously and critically. The Centre's digital collection of materials on one central site is, in itself, invaluable. Previously, pertinent records related to residential schooling were scattered in different church and government archives and researchers had to deal with a host of access restrictions. Historians, researchers, and the public will no longer be required to undergo tedious archival searches, penetrate archival gatekeepers, and travel, sometimes extensively, in order to access materials. The accessibility and breadth of the Centre's collection will be a boon for researchers. Among the NCTR's online holdings are transcripts of oral testimonies, photographs, administrative records, government documentation, and school newsletters.
Screenshot taken by author of NCTR Residential School Map.
The NCTR site also includes research tools to help people access its holdings. The searchable database, for example, provides ample information and the many photographs (especially recent ones depicted in colour) demonstrate the micro realities of everyday life for children who were institutionalized. As well, the site includes an impressive interactive map that represents the IRS system visually and allows visitors to find information about specific schools with ease. Finally, the timelines and school narratives available on the site contain previously uncovered data that shed light on various government and church policies, legislation, and operational tactics. This is all very positive. But while such digital research tools are useful for uncovering details, we must be cautious about accepting whiggish interpretations of these histories or linear understandings about change over time. The NCTR deserves closer scrutiny.
While the NCTR is a ground-breaking and exciting initiative in many ways, its collection is not without controversy. As reported in the November issue of University Affairs, questions are being raised about the Centre's decision to include testimony from the IAP, in which former students seeking compensation provided confidential testimony. An Ontario judge ruled that such material may be kept for 15 years, but that identifying information must be redacted and people should have the option to give permission to leave their testimony in the archive. The NCTR launched an appeal of this decision arguing that it is best positioned to hold and preserve the documents in perpetuity. There are certainly ethical concerns here about preserving sensitive testimony in ways inconsistent with the IRSSA. Former students have suffered enough indignities, and hopefully the Centre can work with people to balance its desire to have a complete record with its ethical responsibilities.
In addition, it is important to recognize the NCTR as an incomplete resource. By its own admission, the Centre is still quite makeshift; only a fraction of the collection's materials have been uploaded online and difficult work still needs to be done in terms of identifying and labeling important sources, such as photographs. It will take years, and steady and reliable funding, for the digital archive to be complete. As well, some churches and different levels of government continue to withhold important documents.
It will be important for historians to work with the NCTR and to support former students and Indigenous communities to access the most complete set of documents possible. In particular, the NCTR will need to work with archivists, historians, and teachers to create online tutorials and other resources to help survivors and the public navigate the site and access the collection.
The NCTR is also a limited resource. The Centre, like any archive, is not merely a passive repository; it produces knowledge and shapes what is knowable.[ii] It will be tempting for future researchers to turn to the NCTR as the source of residential school research. This is troubling, especially considering the difficulties the TRC had in obtaining records from the government related to, for example, the RCMP, the military, and child services. Moreover, only officially recognized "Residential Schools" are listed on the site's main page/map, which reflects the fact that many boarding and day scholars have been left out of the IRSSA and "Truth and Reconciliation" process.
As well, the map, as the portal to the archive, ignores the many small hostels, receiving homes, orphanages, and sanatoria that Indigenous children attended as a part of their educational experience throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is, therefore, important for historians to critically engage with the NCTR in ways that can challenge some its operating assumptions and call attention to its gaps in an effort to open new avenues of historical research and political action.
Perhaps, though, it is most important to consider what the NCTR might symbolize and provide for Indigenous peoples themselves. Bringing much of the IRS collection into one space allows former students, survivors, and families the opportunity to consider their histories and those of loved ones, ancestors, and those who remain strangers due to the tragic consequences of Indian education policy. Yet, although the online tools will be useful to some, there are many Indigenous communities, especially in northern and 'remote' locations, that lack reliable internet access or online capabilities and thus will not be able to access the Centre's resources.
Further, travelling to the Centre in Winnipeg comes at a steep financial cost, one that many Indigenous peoples cannot afford, particularly those coming from communities where basic human rights of clean drinking water, healthcare, and affordable food are not provided. Finally, for those who are able to access the records, but continue to suffer the lived and intergenerational effects of colonialism, we wonder what kind of supports, if any, will be offered by the NCTR. Researching and writing about traumatic histories – histories that continue to unfold before our eyes – can be trying for settler Canadians, let alone Indigenous people themselves.
After so many years of denial, disrespect, and delay, the recent acknowledgement of residential schools culminating in the opening of the NCTR is certainly a welcomed development in Indigenous-settler relations in Canada. The Centre's physical space and digital platform will facilitate a greater understanding of the history of residential schooling in Canada, which is desperately needed.
We are confident that the NCTR will play a vital role in creating greater awareness about Indigenous issues and strengthening relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples today and in the future. Nevertheless, as Crystal Fraser and Ian Mosby and Sean Carleton have recently suggested on this site, there is still so much to learn about colonial schooling in Canada. As people engage with the NCTR it is imperative to be aware of its controversial, incomplete, and limited nature, and to think critically about how it might shape the future of residential schooling research.
Sean Carleton is a PhD Candidate in the Frost Centre for Canadian Studies & Indigenous Studies at Trent University and an executive member of the Canadian History of Education Association (CHEA/ACHE). His research looks at the history of colonialism, capitalism, and education in Canada.
Crystal Fraser is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta. Gwich'in and originally from Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Crystal's research analyzes the lived experiences of Indigenous peoples at residential schools in the Northwest Territories during the second half of the twentieth century.
John Milloy is a Professor Emeritus at Trent University, a former Director of Research for the TRC, and the author of 'A National Crime': The Canadian Government and the Residential School System, 1879 to 1986.
[i] For more on the problems with the IRSSA and the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, see John Milloy, "Doing Public History in Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission," The Public Historian, 35, no.4 (November 2013): 10–19. See also, Glen Sean Coulthard, Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2014).
[ii] Linda Tuhwai Smith, Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples (Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 1999); John Lutz, Makúk: A New History of Aboriginal-White Relations (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2008; Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain: Epistemic Anxieties and Colonial Common Sense (Princeton: University of Princeton Press, 2009).
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Pioneering Pianists of Southeast Asia, presented by Steinway Gallery Singapore on June 3 and 4 at Victoria Concert Hall, is a platform that recognises the efforts of a generation of pianists who have established a presence for the region in the international music scene through their pianism and advocacy of cultural heritage through the piano.
Through this platform, Steinway Artists Dr Raul Sunico from the Philippines and Nat Yontararak from Thailand will celebrate their legacies using the latest Steinway's proprietary technology to perform, record and perfect their artistry, thus demonstrating the widened possibilities for the promotion of cultural heritage.
"Steinway's culture of innovation has truly reached its pinnacle through SPIRIO|r, which provides artists with the capabilities to perform, record, and perfect their performance in a groundbreaking new way," states Steinway & Sons' President and CEO, Ron Losby.
Both Dr Sunico and Yontararak first established their careers in their inimitable performances of the Western classical repertoire. Yet while they still continue to do so – Sunico for instance is lauded for being the only pianist to perform all four Rachmaninoff piano concertos in a single evening and Yontararak runs the Siam International Piano Competition – they have turned towards making arrangements of the popular and folk music from their respective cultures in the vein of Western classical idiom to popularise Western music as well as music of their own cultural heritage.
"Pioneering Pianists of Southeast Asia showcases the rich cultural music heritage from the Philippines and Thailand. Through this cultural exchange experience, we hope to cultivate a greater sense of local cultural identity in our younger generations andto develop cultural intelligence through music," says Celine Goh, general manager of Steinway Gallery Singapore.
The latest evolution of Steinway's SPIRIO innovation enables any pianist to record, edit, playback, and save their performances in a high-resolution format. The SPIRIO|r records and delivers the most accurate reproduction of a live performance ever achieved on a Steinway. This opens up a world of possibilities not just in terms of performance but also in teaching and innovating, allowing musicians such as Dr Raul M Sunico and Nat Yontararak to pass on their legacies to future generations. At their concerts, the two Steinway Artists will thus demonstrate the high-resolution performance, recording and editing capabilities of the SPIRIO|r.
"The artists have provided vital leadership in cultural philanthropy by demonstrating different ways of passing down cultural music heritage using Steinway's latest SPIRIO|r. Their experiences, to us, embody the most ideal relationship between generations," Ms Goh adds.
"Never before have artists been able to capture the nuance and soul of their playing so precisely on a Steinway. As the maker of the world's finest piano, we are proud to introduce this new evolution of our beloved instrument, and look forward to opportunities this technology will bring to professional and amateur pianists alike," Mr Losby adds.
About the Pioneering Pianists of Southeast Asia concerts
The two artists will be performing at Victoria Concert Hall on June 3 and 4 respectively. Over two nights, western classical pieces will be performed alongside the artists' own compositions and arrangements.
In Love Letters From Home on June 3, Dr Raul Sunico will play a series of familiar classics as well as his renditions of Filipino folk music.
Besides playing Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor, op. 3 no. 2 and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, the Steinway Artist will also play familiar Filipino folk songs, such as Buhat and Bato sa Buhangin.
On June 4, The Light of My Homeland will be a heartfelt expression of Thai pianist Nat Yontararak's love and respect for the late King and his homeland. Yontararak will be playing his arrangements of the late King Bhumibol's "Love in Spring" and "Somewhere, Somehow" as well as his own compositions inspired by Thai folk music on the SPIRIO|r.
The Silpathorn Award recipient, an award presented by the Thai Ministry of Culture in recognition for his dedication to music, will also have Thai traditional dancers accompanying his composition, Piano Sonata No.1 "Glory to our Great Kings", 4th movement.
Launch of video trailers recording the pianists' milestones and legacies
In the lead-up to their concerts, Steinway Gallery Singapore will launch six short video trailers on the two pianists. The 3x180second segments (total 9 minutes) for each musician to be launched over three weeks in May will offer insights into their life's work, and how they are passing on their legacies with the SPIRIO|r.
The video trailers will focus on these themes: Playing Back a Legacy, Recording a Milestone, and Passing on the Touch and Virtuosity.
The video trailers for Yontararak will introduce how Thai royal patronage helped develop his career, how he established himself as a classical musician in a country not known for Western classical music, and his contributions to the teaching of music in Thailand. The trailers also explore how he would use the SPIRIO|r to teach and pass on his musical legacy to his students and a wider audience.
The video trailers for Dr Sunico will showcase the milestones of his career and how he has merged Filipino folk music into a Western classical framework, how SPIRIO's recording function is able to capture the sonic fidelity and virtuosity of his playing, and how the editing function allows him to experiment during his compositional process.
"With the availability of such technology in the SPIRIO|r, more people would now be able to hear the sound and tone of Thai characteristics on the SPIRIO. It allows me to share and exchange new ideas for my original compositions with a wider audience. I believe this will be my legacy -- not only for Thai people, but for people abroad as well," notes Yontararak.
"The new SPIRIO|r from Steinway is an amazing instrument and musical tool for musicians at every level. Whether they're professional pianists or still developing musically," says Dr Sunico.
"Being able to hear the nuances of my own performance immediately, through the high-resolution playback that can change many things, it allows me to hear what the audience hears so I can refine my performance. Such in-depth review was never possible before," he notes.
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