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Russian-German-Swiss artist/ Expressionist painter
Born Sept 10, 1860
in Tula, Russia
Maiden Name: Marianna Wladimirowna Werewkina
Died Feb 6, 1938
in Ascona, Switzerland
Biographical Detail:
Grew up in a wealthy family, mostly spent travelling across Russia due to her fathers assignments to different locations
1874 Started taking private drawing lessons from the age of 14
1880 Started studying with the famous Russian Realist painter Ilya Repin
1896 Moved to Munich, studied art history
1897 Formed the St. Lukas Brotherhood, an informal artists' salon; Wassily Kandinsky amongst its members
1903 Werefkin and her partner Jawlensky spent a year and a half in Paris and the south of France
1905 Returned to Munich, Germany
1908 Moved south of Munich to the small Bavarian town of Murnau am Staffelsee; amongst the painters Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky
1909 The four "Murnau artists" as well as Franz Marc and August Macke founded the Neue Künstlervereinigung München
1913 Werefkin joined the "Der Blaue Reiter" group, becoming known as "Blue Riders' woman rider"
1914 Outbreak of WW1: Werefkin emigrated to neutral Switzerland; first close to Geneva, then Zurich and later Ascona
1924 Founded an artists' group names The Big Bear or Ursa Major
Artistic Work: Paintings, multiple self-portraits
Selection of Works:
Lettres à un Inconnu ('Letters to a Stranger')(1902)(journal)
Self-Portrait in a Sailor's Blouse (1893)
Portrait of Helene (1909)
Return Home (1909)
http://www.theartstory.org, Marianne von Werefkin (Link to Website)
http://www.fembio.org, Marianne von Werefkin (Link to Website)
http://www.artnet.com, Marianne von Werefkin (Link to Website)
Artist's Estate:
Fondazione Marianne Werefkin at the Museo Comunale d'arte moderna, Ascona (Link to Website)
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Edward Kofler (November 16, 1911 – April 22, 2007) was a mathematician who made important contributions to game theory and fuzzy logic by working out the theory of linear partial information.

Biography
Kofler was born in Brzeżany, Austrian-Hungarian empire (now western Ukraine) and graduated as a disciple of among others Hugo Steinhaus and Stefan Banach from the University of Lwów Poland (now Ukraine) and the University of Cracow, having studied game theory. After graduation in 1939 Kofler returned to his family in Kolomyia (today Kolomea in Ukraine), where he taught mathematics in a Polish high school. After German attack on the town 1 July 1941 he succeeded to escape to Kazakhstan together with his wife. At Alma-Ata he managed a Polish school with orphanage in exile and worked there as mathematics teacher. After World War II ended he returned home with the orphanage. He was accompanied by his wife and their baby son. The family settled in Poland. From 1959 he accepted the position of lecturer at the University of Warsaw in the faculty of economics. In 1962 he gained a Ph.D. with his thesis Economic Decisions, Applying Game Theory. Then in 1962 he became assistant professor at the faculty of social science in the same university, specializing in econometrics.

In 1969 he migrated to Zürich, Switzerland, where he was employed at the Institute for Empirical Research in Economics at the University of Zürich and scientific advisor at the Swiss National Science Foundation (Schweizerische Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung). In Zürich in 1970 Kofler developed his linear partial information (LPI) theory allowing qualified decisions to be made on the basis of fuzzy logic: incomplete or fuzzy a priori information.

Kofler was visiting professor at the University of St Petersburg (former Leningrad, Russia), University of Heidelberg (Germany), McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) and University of Leeds (England). He collaborated with many well known specialists in information theory, such as Oskar R. Lange in Poland, Nicolai Vorobiev in the Soviet Union, Günter Menges in Germany, and Heidi Schelbert and Peter Zweifel in Zürich. He was the author of many books and articles. He died in Zürich.

See also

 Linear partial information
 Fuzzy logic
 Game Theory
 Fuzzy set
 Decision making
 Stochastics
 Probability
 Information theory
 Lwów School of Mathematics
 List of Swiss people

References

Bibliography

"Set theory Considerations on the Chess Game and the Theory of Corresponding Elements"- Mathematics Seminar at the University of Lviv, 1936
On the history of mathematics (Fejezetek a matematika történetéből) – book, 339 pages, Warsaw 1962 and Budapest 1965
From the digit to infinity – book, 312 pages, Warsaw 1960
Economic decisions and the theory of games – Dissertation, University of Warsaw 1961
Introduction to game theory – book, 230 pages, Warsaw 1962
Optimization of multiple goals, Przeglad Statystyczny, Warsaw 1965
The value of information – book, 104 pages, Warsaw 1967
(With H. Greniewski and N. Vorobiev) Strategy of games, book, 80 pages, Warsaw 1968
"Das Modell des Spiels in der wissenschaftlichen Planung" Mathematik und Wirtschaft No.7, East Berlin 1969
Entscheidungen bei teilweise bekannter Verteilung der Zustände, Zeitschrift für OR, Vol. 18/3, 1974
Konfidenzintervalle in Entscheidungen bei Ungewissheit, Stattliche Hefte, 1976/1
"Entscheidungen bei teilweise bekannter Verteilung der Zustande", Zeitschrift für OR, Bd. 18/3, 1974, S 141-157
"Konfidenzintervalle in Entscheidungen bei Ungewissheit", Statistische Hefte, 1976/1, S. 1-21
(With G. Menges) Entscheidungen bei unvollständiger Information, Springer Verlag, 1976
(With G. Menges) "Cognitive Decisions under Partial Information", in R.J. Bogdan (ed.), Local Induction, Reidel, Dordrecht-Holland, 1976
(With G. Menges) "Entscheidungen bei unvollständiger Information", volume 136 of Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems. Springer, Berlin, 1976.
(With G. Menges) "Stochastic Linearisation of Indeterminateness" in Mathematical Economics and Game Theory, (Springer) Berlin-Heidelberg-New York City 1977, S. 20-63
(With G. Menges) "Die Strukturierung von Unbestimmtheiten und eine Verallgemeinerung des Axiomensystems von Kolmogoroff", Statistische Hefte 1977/4, S. 297-302
(With G. Menges) "Lineare partielle Information, fuzziness und Vielziele-Optimierung", Proceedings in Operations Research 8, Physica-Verlag 1979
(With Fahrion, R., Huschens, S., Kuß, U., and Menges, G.) "Stochastische partielle Information (SPI)", Statistische Hefte, Bd. 21, Jg. 1980, S. 160-167
"Fuzzy sets- oder LPI-Theorie?" in G. Menges, H. Schelbert, P. Zweifel (eds.), Stochastische Unschärfe in Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Haag & Herchen, Frankfurt-am-Main, 1981
(With P. Zweifel)"Decisions under Fuzzy State Distribution with Application to the dealt Risks of Nuclear Power", in Haag, W. (ed.), Large Scale Energy Systems, (Pergamon), Oxford 1981, S: 437-444
"Extensive Spiele bei unvollständiger Information", in Information in der Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Band 126, Berlin 1982
"Equilibrium Points, Stability and Regulation in Fuzzy Optimisation Systems under Linear Partial Stochastic Information (LPI)", Proceedings of the International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems, AFCET, Paris 1984, pp. 233–240
"Fuzzy Weighing in Multiple Objective Decision Making, G. Menges Contribution and Some New Developments", Beitrag zum Gedenkband G. Menges, Hrgb. Schneeweiss, H., Strecker H., Springer Verlag 1984
(With Z. W. Kmietowicz, and A. D. Pearman) "Decision making with Linear Partial Information (L.P.I.)". The Journal of the Operational Research Society, 35(12):1079-1090, 1984
(With P. Zweifel, A. Zimmermann) "Application of the Linear Partial Information (LPI) to forecasting the Swiss timber market" Journal of Forecasting 1985, v4(4),387-398
(With Peter Zweifel) "Exploiting linear partial information for optimal use of forecasts with an application to U.S. economic policy, International Journal of Forecasting, 1988

"Prognosen und Stabilität bei unvollständiger Information", Campus 1989
(With P. Zweifel) "Convolution of Fuzzy Distributions in Decision Making", Statistical Papers 32, Springer 1991, p. 123-136
(With P. Zweifel) "One-Shot Decisions under Linear Partial Information" Theory and Decision 34, 1993, p. 1-20
"Decision Making under Linear Partial Information". Proceedings of the European Congress EUFIT, Aachen, 1994, p. 891-896
(With P. Zweifel) "Linear Partial Information in One-Shot Decisions", Selecta Statistica Vol. IX, 1996
Mehrfache Zielsetzung in wirtschaftlichen Entscheidungen bei unscharfen Daten, Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, 9602, 1996
"Linear Partial Information with Applications". Proceedings of ISFL 1997 (International Symposium on Fuzzy Logic), Zürich, 1997, p. 235-239
(With Thomas Kofler) "Forecasting Analysis of the Economic Growth", Selecta Statistica Canadiana, 1998
"Linear Partial Information with Applications in Fuzzy Sets and Systems", 1998. North-Holland
(With Thomas Kofler) Fuzzy Logic and Economic Decisions, 1998
(With L. Götte) "Fuzzy Systems and their Game Theoretical Solution", International Conference on Operations Research, ETH, Zürich, August 1998
"Forecasting and Optimal Strategies in Fuzzy Chess Situations ("Prognosen und Optimale Strategien in unscharfen Schachsituationen"), Idee & Form No. 70, 2001 Zürich, pp. 2065 & 2067
(With P. Zweifel) "One-shot decisions under Linear Partial Information" - Springer Netherlands, 2005

External links
How to apply the Linear Partial Information (LPI)
Linear Partial Information (LPI) theory and its applications
Applying the Linear Partial Information (LPI) for USA's economy policy
Practical decision making with the Linear Partial Information (LPI)

One-shot decisions applying the Linear Partial Information (LPI)

1911 births
2007 deaths
People from Berezhany
20th-century Swiss mathematicians
20th-century Polish mathematicians
Game theorists
Information theorists
Set theorists
Probability theorists
Academic staff of the University of Zurich
Polish emigrants to Switzerland

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DUI Case Thrown Out After Officer Does Not Use In-Vehicle Camera During DUI Stop
In a recent Florida DUI case (not in Jacksonville), a defendant charged with driving under the influence of alcohol had his case thrown out of court because the police officer failed to turn on the camera in his police car during the DUI stop, in violation of police department policy.
Like many police officers do, particularly specialized DUI police officers, this officer had a video camera in his vehicle designed to record encounters with suspects. In DUI cases, the cameras are particularly helpful to judges and juries because the evidence supporting a DUI arrest is so subjective and based on the observations of alleged impairment by the police officer. In just about every DUI arrest since the history of time, police officers say that the defendant had slurred speech, had bloodshot eyes, was swaying and failed the field sobriety exams. In-vehicle cameras can help a judge or jury determine whether those routine claims by police officers that appear in every arrest report are true in a particular case.
In this DUI case, the officer had a camera in his vehicle but did not turn it on to record his DUI investigation and subsequent arrest. When asked, the police officer merely said he chose not to turn it on. No other reason was given. The policy of his police department provided that the camera should have been turned on. Because the police officer failed to comply with the department policy for no apparent reason, and the defendant was deprived of video evidence of the DUI, which is often a good source of information for the defense, the judge dismissed the DUI charge.
It is important to note that this DUI case did not take place in Jacksonville, Florida and Duval County judges are not bound by this decision. However, it is instructive to see the importance of the DUI video and arguments that can be made when police officers fail to turn on the video camera when they should. We have seen countless videos where a person arrested for DUI looks fine on the video although the police officer's report tells a much different story. Because of that, the DUI video is often a very effective tool for the DUI defense. When a DUI video is not available, we always argue that a video would have been beneficial to the defendant, but there also may be more that can be done to protect the rights of someone arrested for DUI when important evidence is missing.

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He began to sing at an early age, perfectly developing in styles such as Rock-n-Roll and Rancheras. He approached Salsa for the first time with Conjunto de Don Juan and later with Conjunto Melao. He played with Ray Barretto and subsequently along side musicians from the band Guarare, and also along side Tito Puente.
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Victor "Café" August lived in Oakland, California came from a musically rich and vibrant Puerto Rican neighborhood. He started playing percussion at the age of twelve when he played "bembe" (improvised compositions) on the street of Oakland. Café is a master percussionist on "timbales" where he blends Caribbean rhythms, jazz and blues to create a danceable eclectic sound that would please most music lovers. In his early teens he had the privilege to play alongside of the legendary Ray Charles, at the Fillmore in San Francisco. Since he now was recognized as a percussionist, he continued playing with other artist such as Carmelito Velez, Carlos Santana, Junior Santiago, Ramito, including other renowned artist in the Puerto Rican "Jibaro" music genre.
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Then in 2011, Jose Guaman y su Orquesta La Fuerza Gigante released their first album, a single by the name of "Ordinary People" transposed by Victor "Café" August, arranged by Pablo "Chino" Nunez with Frankie Vasquez on vocals, the single was a stepping stone for the release of their first full album, "Regresando a la Salsa" released in 2013. The CD was a throwback to "Salsa Dura" or the "hard salsa" sound of the 1970s. Unfortunately, Jose Guaman, the band leader of La Fuerza Gigante passed away in December of 2012.
Orquesta De La Isla salsa Latin music orchestra, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, that entertained audiences for over 10 years. The name of the band means "The Island Band", led by band leader Victor 'Café' August the band is known for their powerful and high energy Latin sound. Orq, De La Isla performed at salsa events and other special events throughout the Bay Area and beyond.
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Toronto Blue Jays Gameday Previews
Game #62 Preview: Matz vs Pivetta
Blue Jays (31-30) vs Red Sox (39-25)
By Erik T Jun 12, 2021, 11:24am EDT
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The Blue Jays will look to bounce back from the bad loss last night and try to put together a win against the Red Sox. Today's game is set to get underway at 4:10 ET.
Blue Jays' Starter
Steven Matz will make his 13th start of the season, bringing in a 6-3 record and a 4.50 ERA to the game. His FIP comes into the day sitting at a better looking 3.96, and he has an even better xERA of 3.76. These are based off good strikeout (9.42 per 9 innings), walk (2.67 per 9 innings) and home run (1.27 per 9 innings) rates, while xERA also looks at quality of contact allowed, of which Matz is doing a fantastic job. His ability to limit average exit velocity is in the top third of Major Leaguers, while his ability to avoid allowing players to barrel the ball up is in the top quarter.
Matz faced the Red Sox back on May 20, and while he got knocked around a bit, he did manage to escape the game with a no-decision. He threw 6 innings, but allowed 5 runs on 10 hits, walking 2 against just 4 strikeouts. A rough second inning, including a Bobby Dalbec home run, accounted for all of his runs allowed that game, but he toughed it out to get through 5 innings.
Red Sox' Starter
Canadian Nick Pivetta will make the start for the Sox, his 13th of the season. Through his first 64.1 innings, Pivetta is 6-1 with a 3.78 ERA, with an even better 3.40 FIP. He's getting there with a 10.35 K/9, 4.34 BB/9, and a very impressive 0.70 HR/9 rate. For a pitcher that allows as many fly balls as he does, and pitches in as many bandboxes that the AL East has to offer, allowing only 5 home runs so far is impressive, if also likely unsustainable.
Pivetta squared off against Matz and the Jays back on May 20, and Pivetta had a similar outing to Matz in that one. Over 5 innings, the Jays scored 5 runs (4 earned) on 7 hits with 2 walks, striking out 8. Even though the game was in the tiny confines of TD Ballpark in Dunedin, the Jays did not hit one out.
Blue Jays' Lineup
They were hitting the ball hard off the Green Monster all night long yesterday, yet at least in part because of the Monster, they scored just 5 runs. This Tweet really captures how the Jays' offense did last night:
This is legitimately one of the bonkier notes I've ever looked up....
25+ Hard Hit Balls in a Single Game
Statcast Era
Aug 15, 2015 - Red Sox (won 22-10)
Jul 31, 2018 - Nationals (won 25-4)
Sep 1, 2020 - Giants (won 23-5)
Jun 11, 2021 - Blue Jays (lost 6-5)
— Chris Black (@DownToBlack) June 12, 2021
So, the Jays will be back at it again today, and I honestly would be happy to see as many solidly hit balls. I just hope for better sequencing, and much less pepper with the Monster.
Expect to see the same lineup as last night against the right handed Pivetta. The only difference I wouldn't be surprised to see is that Joe Panik gets in there, and someone in the outfield is taken out as Biggio moves to the outfield. And Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Rowdy Tellez will flip flop 1B/DH duties.
Red Sox' Lineup
Xander Bogaerts was out of yesterday's lineup with right knee soreness, and he isn't expected to play today either.
Alex Verdugo was probably the biggest pain in the Jays' beak yesterday, with 3 hits, including a double, and is quickly heating up and turning into another Red Sox player that I don't want to see come to the plate.
I would imagine we will see Kevin Plawecki playing catcher today, with the lefty on the mound and Christian Vázquez having played 3 straight days.
Yesterday's Heroes
Salvador Perez went 3-4 with a pair of home runs, taking home the Monster Bat award. However, he didn't have much backup, as his Royals fell to the Athletics 4-3.
Anthony DeSclafani threw a complete game shutout, picking up the Pitcher of the Day award. He allowed just 2 hits and a walk while striking out 8 on his way to win in the Giants' 1-0 win over the Nationals. And since it was so close, DeSclafani gets the WPA King trophy with an incredible .841 WPA from the mound.
Find the link between Nick Pivetta and Jason Bay.
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Q: Why is a person's location exclusively tied to their communicator? In Star Trek it is frequently seen that when a crew member wants to avoid being tracked, they'll leave their communicator somewhere (quarters, corridor etc) which throws the computer and ship's security off their trail.
However, the entire interior of the ship is under constant surveillance by the internal sensors. Barring damage to the ship or sensors, or some space phenomenon causing radiation X to create interference, why aren't these internal sensors able to continue tracking every person on board regardless of where their comm-badge is? In the worst case, they should be able deduce who the errant individual is by simple subtraction: "I can see where all the other comm-badges are, so subtract them and the remaining life form must be the person I am looking for." But this never seems to be done either.
Is Star Fleet security really so inept or is there some other limitation in play that is never mentioned?

A: Internal sensors have been used like that several times:

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*ENT 4x09, Kir'Shara, Lieutenant Reed tried and was unable to locate the Vulcan bio-signs of Soval.

*TNG 5x06, The Game, when the affected crew find Wesley Crusher by tracking the heat signature from his body.

*TNG 7x15, Lower Decks, one of the ensigns used internal sensors to find a lost puppy.

Additionally, not everyone is going to have a combadge - Federation combadges are for Starfleet personnel only (Bajorans have their own design), which makes tracking someone without one a lot more difficult.  Especially on Deep Space Nine, where the vast majority of the inhabitants don't have their own combadges.

A: Using Federation technology (and likely the same with other Alpha Quadrant majority factions) it is well with the capabilities to track every individual on a ship or space station with or without a communcations badge. Comm badges are tracked because their goal is to provide an emergency lock-on in case of medical emergency or a need for immediate transport as well as a communications support device.

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*Ship's sensors have been able to determine the quantity, location, weaponry on board a ship even before it is boarded. This capacity is used by Klingon boarding parties to best determine where to strike an enemy ship once it's shields are down.

*This same capacity is easily turned inward if necessary, to determine when enemy units may be onboard your ship and the best way to use internal defenses to prevent or limit their movement.

*When the Federation decides they need to track or reverse engineer a particular person from a crowd they are easily able to do so with an alarming degree of accuracy. If they have access to the medical records of a crew member, any particular irregularities can be used as sorting data to eliminate other personnel from the search.

*It is not a failure of Alpha Quadrant technology that prevents them from being able to track people without a comm badge, it is the freedom ethos that the Federation promotes which prevents them from outright tracking every individual all of the time. The Federation wants its citizens to NOT feel as if they are part of a "surveillance state."
In places where such personal freedoms may not exist, such as the Romulan Star Empire, it is possible or even likely, constant surveillance takes place wherever the government may feel it is necessary.

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Southern Wesleyan University is a private Christian university in Central, South Carolina. It was founded in 1906 by what is now the Wesleyan Church. The institution is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees.

The university offers approximately 35 major areas of study for undergraduates and also offers graduate and doctoral degrees in the areas of business and education. The university serves approximately 1,600 students. There are more than 800 undergraduates enrolled at the main campus in Central, South Carolina. In addition, undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs are offered in a fully online format.

The school has 18 intercollegiate athletic teams that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II as well as the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA). Since 2007, the university's athletic teams have won 17 National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) national championship titles including titles in men's baseball, women's basketball, men's soccer, individual men's golf, women's indoor track and field events, women's outdoor track and field events, and men's outdoor track and field events.

History

In 1904, representatives of Wesleyan Methodist churches in South Carolina and surrounding states met at Central to consider the possibility of establishing a college.  Classes at the new school began on October 15, 1906, with students from first grade through college. Initially known as the Wesleyan Methodist Bible Institute (1906–1908), subsequent names included Wesleyan Methodist College (1909–1959) and Central Wesleyan College (1959–1994). The school was renamed Southern Wesleyan University in 1994.

A campus fixture for nearly 60 years, Smith Hall was the first building constructed on College Hill. When it opened in 1906, it housed the chapel, six classrooms, administrative space and a small library collection. In 1916, construction was completed on Grimes Hall, which became the central campus landmark until the early 1970s. The building served classroom and administrative purposes, as well as chapel, library and dining hall at times. Since then the campus has expanded to nearly 20 buildings over .

Beginning in 1928, the college operated as a two-year junior college, with a four-year theological program. For many years elementary and secondary school classes were offered as well. In 1958, the pre-college programs were phased out, and the college moved to a full four-year program. The junior college program received accreditation that same year, and Central Wesleyan College (as the school was then called) was accredited to award bachelor's degrees in 1973. The university is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate's, bachelor's and master's degrees.

In addition to the traditional program, in 1986 a nontraditional program for working adults was added. Initially known as Leadership Education for Adult Professionals (LEAP), the program expanded to include various associate, bachelor's, and master's programs in an evening class format. As technology progressed, the program evolved into what is now the fully online programs at SWU.

The university was granted an exception to Title IX in 2015 which allows it to legally discriminate against LGBT students for religious reasons.

Academics

The university has been accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools since 1973. In 2008, the School of Education was also accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education for the teacher education programs at the undergraduate and master's levels. Degree programs in music and music education are also accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music as of 2008.

Southern Wesleyan University offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in two schools and one college.

School of Education

The school of education provides training for teaching careers in public and private education. This training is geared toward classroom management, student learning and teacher instruction for the elementary and secondary school levels.

School of Business

The Benson School of Business provides business education with a Christian perspective that prepares students for positions of leadership and service. It offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA), Master of Business Administration (MBA), and Master of Science in management (MSM)  in various concentrations.

College of Arts and Sciences
The College of Arts and Sciences at Southern Wesleyan University offers a broad range of academic disciplines, such as Christian ministry, the humanities, fine arts, and the social, natural and computational sciences.

Campus
Southern Wesleyan University (SWU) occupies a  campus near the town of Central, South Carolina.

Student activities

Student life
Student Life maintains student government, Student Activities, athletics, first year experience, counseling, retention, and overall student life. Student Life hosts an annual Day of Service in which students and staff participate in various projects in the local community. Service projects include such things as food drives, brush clean up, entertainment and cleaning. Southern Wesleyan's goal for student life is to integrate faith, living, and learning into students' education and to cultivate strong men and women who desire to embody the character of Christ.

SWUnity
There is an unofficial LGBT student organization called SWUnity. The organization's faculty sponsor, Beth Stuart, was fired in 2013 because she refused to withdraw her support of SWUnity. Pre-marital sex, homosexual acts, and "sexual perversions" are prohibited by the Southern Wesleyan University handbook.

Athletics
The Southern Wesleyan (SWU) athletics teams are called the Warriors. A new logo was introduced in 2013, but the Warrior nickname was retained. The university is a member of the NCAA Division II ranks, primarily competing in the Conference Carolinas since the 2014–15 academic year (with NCAA D-II full member status since 2016–17). They are also a member of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA), primarily competing as an independent in the South Region of the Division I level. The Warriors previously competed in the Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC; formerly known as Georgia–Alabama–Carolina Conference (GACC) until after the 2003–04 school year) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) from 1999–2000 to 2013–14.

SWU completes in 12 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, softball, track & field and volleyball. Club sports include co-ed bass fishing. Former sports included men's & women's golf, and men's & women's tennis.

Nickname
A new logo was introduced in 2013, but the Warrior nickname was retained.

Men's soccer
In 2013, the men's soccer team won the Division I NCCAA National Championships and Camilo Rodriguez, the team's head coach was awarded NCCAA's Coach of the Year.

Women's basketball
In 2007, the SWU women's basketball team was awarded the NCCAA National Championship.

Athletic director
Julia Reininga serves as SWU's athletic director.

National Championships
The SWU Warriors have won 11 National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) national championship titles:

 Women's basketball - 2007
 Men's baseball - 2007
 Men's soccer - 2013 and 2015
 Men's golf (Zach Moore - Individual Play) - 2013
 Women's Indoor Track & Field 4 x 400 meters event - 2015 and 2016
 Men's Outdoor Track & Field triple jump event - 2016
 Women's Outdoor Track & Field
 400 meters event - 2015
 100 meters hurdle event - 2016
 4 x 100 meters event - 2016

Intramural athletics
Open to students of all skill levels, intramural sports include basketball, flag football, ping pong, sand volleyball, soccer, and softball.

Spiritual life on campus

Chapel and discipleship opportunities
Students have the opportunity to grow in their faith through weekly chapel experiences with guest speakers and worship. The university also offers discipleship groups, ministry teams, local serving opportunities and global missions experiences.

Ministry teams
Southern Wesleyan University offers opportunities for students to be involved with a ministry team that is funded by the university. There are three types of ministry teams sent out by the university: Recreation Ministry Teams, The Difference and University Singers.

Recreation Ministry Teams
Recreation Ministry Teams serve as needed at various Christian summer camps in the months of June and July.

The Difference
The Difference is a year-long program, in which members travel to lead worship at churches, events and summer camps. There are eight members in this contemporary worship band. They also serve as a recreation team at summer camps.

University Singers
University Singers is a traveling vocal group which performs religious music at various churches and events. They sing a mixture of contemporary and traditional gospel music.

Notable alumni
Peter Campbell, professional golfer
Gareth Lee Cockerill, New Testament theologian, author, professor
Shannon Faulkner, first woman admitted into The Citadel
Davey Hiott, South Carolina State Representative
Ken Schenck, New Testament theologian, author, professor
 Lindsey Torgerson, American Olympic track and field athlete; silver medal winner at 2012 ITU Long Course Duathlon World Championships in Zofingen, Switzerland

Photo gallery

References

External links
 Official website
 Official athletics website

Universities and colleges affiliated with the Wesleyan Church
Private universities and colleges in South Carolina
Educational institutions established in 1906
Universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Education in Pickens County, South Carolina
Buildings and structures in Pickens County, South Carolina
Conference Carolinas schools
Evangelicalism in South Carolina
1906 establishments in South Carolina
Central, South Carolina
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities


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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
(WESTERN DIVISION)
CONSTANCE SCHROEDER
JASON SCHROEDER
Case No: 4-00-CV-00527 (GTE)
Case No: 4-01-CV-00785 (GH)
EARCLE IBBOTSON
CONSENT ORDER
This consolidated action is currently pending before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. This consolidated action consists of two separate Complaints. Constance Schroeder and Jason Schroeder v. Ercel Ibbotson and Claire Ibbotson, Case No. 4-00-CV-00527 (GTE), is brought by private Plaintiffs Constance and Jason Schroeder pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1981, et seq., and the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 3601, et seq. The second action, United States v. Ercel Ibbotson, Case No. 4-01-CV-00785 (GTE), is brought by the United States of America pursuant to Section 812(o) of the Fair Housing Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3612(o).
The Schroeders, who are white, are former tenants of Ercel Ibbotson. Defendant Ibbotson owns a rental trailer located at 819 ½ Tabor Ave., Sherwood, Arkansas. Defendant Ibbotson rented the trailer to Constance Schroeder and Jason Schroeder. During the term of their tenancy, Jason Schroeder's caseworker, James Rogers, who is African American, visited the Schroeders' rental home. The Schroeders' private Complaint alleges, inter alia, that Ercel Ibbotson indicated that he did not want James Rogers or any other African American individuals on his property. The Complaint also alleges that Defendant Ibbotson informed the Schoeders that if they did not accept that condition, they would have to move; Defendant Ibbotson then served the Schroeders with a written notice of eviction. The Complaint alleges that these actions violated the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 3601, et seq., and the Civil Rights Act of 1866, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1981, et seq.
The United States' Complaint alleges that on various occasions, Mr. Ibbotson told both Constance and Jason Schroeder: (1) he did not want African American individuals on his property; and (2) they would have to move if they continued to have African American visitors on his property. The United States claims that Defendant Ibbotson served the Schroeders with a written notice of eviction, informing them that he did not want Mr. Rogers on his property. The Complaint also alleges that Defendant repeatedly used the word "nigger" when referring to African Americans in general and to James Rogers in particular. The United States' Complaint alleges that Defendant Ibbotson's conduct violated 42 U.S.C. 3604(c) and 3617 by: (1) making statements with respect to the rental of a dwelling that indicate a preference based on race and color; and (2) threatening and intimidating the Schroeders because of their association with James Rogers.
The Defendants denied and continue to deny these allegations.
The parties in these consolidated actions agree that, in order to conserve time and expense, this controversy should be resolved without further litigation. Therefore, without a trial or adjudication on the merits, the parties have consented to the entry of this Order. This Order shall not serve as a basis of collateral estoppel.
PROHIBITORY INJUNCTION
It is ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the Defendants, their employees, and successors, are hereby enjoined from:
Making statements with respect to the rental or sale of a dwelling that indicate a preference, limitation, or discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin;
Coercing, intimidating, threatening, or interfering with any person in their exercise or enjoyment of their right to equal housing opportunity because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.
It is further ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that
The Defendants agree that they will not retaliate against Constance Schroeder and/or Jason Schroeder; and
The Defendants shall attend one hour of training concerning their responsibilities under federal, state, and local fair housing laws, regulations or ordinances. This training session may be conducted by counsel for Defendants. Following the session, the Defendants shall certify that they have completed such training. A copy of such certification shall be forwarded to counsel for the private Plaintiffs and counsel for the United States within thirty (30) days of the training session.
RELIEF FOR CONSTANCE AND JASON SCHROEDER
It is further ORDERED that, within thirty (30) days of the entry of this Order:
The Defendants shall pay the total amount of Fourteen Thousand Two Hundred Fifty and No/100 Dollars ($14,250.00) as damages to the Schroeders. This amount shall be delivered in the form of a certified check made payable to the order of Constance and Jason Schroeder. In consideration for such payment, the Schroeders shall execute a release in a form agreed upon by the parties which counsel for the Schroeders shall tender to the Defendants contemporaneously with receipt of the Defendants' payment.
RELIEF FOR JAMES ROGERS
Defendants shall pay the total amount of Three Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty and No/100 Dollars ($3,750) to James Rogers. This amount shall be delivered in the form of a certified check made payable to the order of James Rogers. In consideration for such payment, Mr. Rogers shall execute a release in a form agreed upon by the parties which counsel for the Schroeder shall tender to the Defendants contemporaneously with receipt of the Defendants' payment.
It is further ordered that these actions be, and hereby are, DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. For a period of three (3) years, this Court shall retain jurisdiction of this action for purposes of enforcing this Order. The parties to this Order shall endeavor in good faith to resolve informally any difference regarding interpretation or compliance with this Order prior to bringing such matter to the Court for resolution. All parties agree to bear their own costs and fees.
For DefendantsClaire and Ercel Ibbotoson For the Schroeders
Case No. 4-00-CV-00527
L. ONEAL SUTTER
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Village denies plan for new development, for now
Charles Bolinger, charles.bolinger@edwpub.net
Published 12:01 pm CDT, Sunday, August 23, 2020
MARYVILLE – With the success of the Plan Shop Live and The Coffee Box, Maryville's downtown corridor along Route 159 is undergoing a bit of a rebirth. A third project would add to that but after a 4-0-1 vote Wednesday, the trustees think more work needs to be done on the latest candidate.
At a planning commission meeting on July 27, one of the commissioners made a motion to deny the preliminary development plan for a Dollar General store at 105 West Division Street, diagonally across 159 from the village hall.
The commissioners felt that the developer missed the mark on two points. First, there needs to be 10 to 20 feet between the south property line and the rear of the building and an adjoining residential property. Second, the commissioners think the building's exterior design has too much metal and not enough brick or stone. They unanimously voted against the plan.
Mayor Craig Short confirmed Thursday that those were the sticking points and that the village board of trustees chose to obey the commission's decision. One trustee, Bob Kostyshock, abstained from voting due to a perceived conflict of interest with this site. Short said Kostyshock has abstained from any votes on this project for that reason.
Short said all that is on the site currently is a white house, the rest of the property is vacant.
"It [along with the other two properties mentioned above] would be the start of a good development on 159," Short said.
Short said the developer is currently revamping the plan and it will return to the Aug. 31 planning commission meeting for another attempt.
There are other Dollar General stores in the area – Glen Carbon has one, Collinsville has two, Troy has one, Pontoon Beach has one and St. Jacob has the newest store, Short added.
On a related point about absentions, Maryville's village clerk, Jolene Henry, noticed a conversation in the Illinois Clerks' email group earlier this month.
It centered around board members who vote to abstain. According to Robert's Rules of Order, to abstain is generally accepted as being a vote with the majority.
However, since this is not always what a member intends when they vote that way, she proposed adding the following verbiage to the village's code of ordinance concerning voting:
"For purposes of the vote count, an abstention or present vote does not count either for or against a question."
Wednesday, the trustees agreed to adhere to this procedure going forward. Before, the verbiage was, "Every member who shall be present when a question is stated from the Chair shall vote thereon unless he or she is personally interested in the question, in which case, he or she shall take whatever steps are necessary to ensure [sic] that his or her vote is not taken."
Reach reporter Charles Bolinger at 618-659-5735


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SAN FRANCISCO — Zheng Cao, a popular and spirited mezzo-soprano who performed regularly with the San Francisco Opera, died after a long battle with lung cancer at her home Thursday night.
But Gockley said there was much more to Cao than her voice.
When she was diagnosed with cancer, doctors believed she had only months to live. But with treatment, doctors managed to shrink tumors that had spread to her liver, neck and spine, and she lived another three years.
On stage with close friend and mentor Frederica von Stade in a 2011 concert at Herbst Theatre in Berkeley, Cao described how von Stade sang with her at the hospital to aid her recovery. A tearful Cao then broke into "You'll Never Walk Alone" by Rogers and Hammerstein, bringing the crowd to its feet.
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Managing clinical trials, A good and insightful paper from the Trials Journal
http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/11/1/78
Managing clinical trials, of whatever size and complexity, requires efficient trial management. Trials fail because
tried and tested systems handed down through apprenticeships have not been documented, evaluated or published
to guide new trialists starting out in this important field. For the past three decades, trialists have invented
and reinvented the trial management wheel. We suggest that to improve the successful, timely delivery of important
clinical trials for patient benefit, it is time to produce standard trial management guidelines and develop
robust methods of evaluation.
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Zika virus and your eyes, Authors: Petersen, Emily; Prakalapakorn, Sasapin Grace; Schonfeld, David J.; et al.
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This one-hour webinar discusses the Zika virus, and how it affects vision in babies whose mothers were infected with the virus during pregnancy and in infants diagnosed with congenital Zika syndrome. It provides information about how professionals working with expectant mothers and parents of babies with congenital Zika syndrome can provide direct support and increase access to supportive services for vision impairment and low vision services.
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William Christian ( 1742 – April 9, 1786) was a military officer, planter and politician from the western part of the Colony of Virginia. He represented Fincastle County in the House of Burgesses and as relations with Britain soured, signed the Fincastle Resolutions. He later represented western Virginia in the Virginia Senate and founded Fort William (now Louisville, Kentucky), as well as helped negotiate the Treaty of Long Island of the Holston, which made peace between the Overmountain Men and Cherokees in 1777. He was killed in 1786 at the outset of the Northwest Indian War, leading an expedition against Native Americans near what is now Jeffersonville, Indiana.

Early and family life
Christian was born about 1742, in Augusta County, Virginia. He was the son of the former Elizabeth Starke and her husband Israel Christian, immigrants from Ireland who settled in Staunton, Virginia, in 1740, where they operated a general store. Israel Christian represented Augusta County in the Virginia House of Burgesses multiple times between 1758 and 1765, and helped found the towns of Christiansburg and Fincastle. William Christian and his sisters received an "unusually good" education, perhaps from their mother.

As a young man, Christian served as a captain in the Anglo-Cherokee War (1758–1761) under Colonel William Byrd. In the mid-1760s, he read law under the guidance of Patrick Henry, although there is no evidence Christian ever practiced law. He married Henry's sister, Annie. They had several daughters who married and had children; their only son, William Henry Christian, died in 1800 at about age 19 without marrying.

Career
Christian lived in the part of Botetourt County, Virginia that became Fincastle County, Virginia. He was one of the new county's two representatives in the House of Burgesses in its last three sessions, from 1773 to 1775. In 1774, Christian commanded a regiment of militia from Fincastle County in Dunmore's War, but he and his troops arrived too late to participate in the decisive Battle of Point Pleasant.

As relations with Britain soured, Christian became one of the signers of the Fincastle Resolutions, the earliest statement of armed resistance to the British Crown in the American colonies. In 1775, as the American Revolutionary War neared, Christian served on the Fincastle Committee of Safety and was elected to represent the county at the first four of the five Virginia Conventions after Virginia's royal governor, Lord Dunmore, dismissed the legislature. After the fifth revolutionary convention established the Commonwealth of Virginia, voters from Botetourt and Fincastle counties elected Christian as their representative in the Virginia Senate. However, in the next session, the district boundaries changed, with Botetourt County joining Washington, Montgomery, Greenbrier and Kentucky counties in a district that elected William Fleming as their state senator for a four-year part time term. Christian soon returned, after yet another boundary change as settlers moved southwest along the Cumberland Road through  Washington County and Greenbrier County into what was first Kentucky County, then Jefferson, Fayette, and Lincoln Counties—all before Kentucky became a state in its own right.

On February 13, 1776, he was appointed lieutenant colonel of the 1st Virginia Regiment. Christian's brother-in-law Patrick Henry was the initial colonel in command, but when the regiment was taken into the Continental Army, Henry declined to continue serving, and so Congress promoted Christian to colonel on March 18, 1776. When British-allied Cherokees under Dragging Canoe and Oconostota went to war with Virginia in 1776, Christian resigned his Continental Army commission in July, accepting instead the command of an expedition against the Overhill Cherokees.
The expedition involved little combat, but Christian and his men destroyed Cherokee towns, compelling some of the chiefs to agree to peace. Christian was one of the commissioners who negotiated the "Treaty of the Long Island of the Holston" with the Cherokees, signed on July 20, 1777. He was also a commissioner in a second treaty with the Cherokees in 1781.

Final years and legacy

In 1785, Christian moved his family and slaves to what became Jefferson County, Kentucky, and the Louisville settlement. Christian started a plantation near fellow pioneer and politician Alexander Scott Bullitt (who married one of Christian's daughters and began a family) and executed claims for 9,000 acres (36 km2) of land as a bounty for his military service.

Although the Revolutionary War had ended, Native Americans continued to defend their lands against occupation by American settlers. Christian and his wife helped establish Fort William, Kentucky, where Christian directed the defense of what is now Louisville from Native American attacks. As one of the most experienced military officers in Kentucky, in 1786 he led an expedition against Native Americans north of the Ohio River. He was killed in a skirmish on April 9, near present-day  Jeffersonville, Indiana.

Troops returned Christian's remains for burial in Jefferson County, Kentucky in the Bullitt cemetery in Oxmoor. His son would later be buried in the same graveyard. His widow moved east and died in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1790. Two of their daughters died in Jefferson County in 1806, and the youngest married Dr. William Fishback and died in 1840. The Christians' early Kentucky log house still stands.

Several places are named after him or family members, including:
Christiansburg, Virginia
Christian County, Illinois
Christian County, Kentucky
Christian County, Missouri

References

External links
Historical marker in Jefferson County, Kentucky
Historical marker in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, noting that Christian County was named for him in 1797.

1742 births
1786 deaths
Blacksburg–Christiansburg metropolitan area
Christian County, Missouri
Christian County, Illinois
People from Staunton, Virginia
American military personnel killed in the Northwest Indian War
Continental Army officers from Virginia
House of Burgesses members
Politicians from Louisville, Kentucky
History of Louisville, Kentucky
Signers of the Fincastle Resolutions
American people of Manx descent
American people of the Northwest Indian War
Virginia militiamen in the American Revolution
Burials in Kentucky
People from Fincastle, Virginia
18th-century American politicians
People in Dunmore's War
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Par la Fenetre is a 1948 French comedy film starring Bourvil. It was a sizeable box office hit.

It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris.

Plot
A man goes to Paris and finds work as a painter.

Reception
The film was the fifteenth most popular movie at the French box office in 1948. It ranked after The Charterhouse of Parma, Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water, Clochemerle, To the Eyes of Memory, Les Casse Pieds, Les Aventures des Pieds-Nickelés, Forever Amber, Blanc comme neige, Notorious, Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, Man to Men, The Ironmaster, How I Lost the War and The Bandit of Sherwood Forest.

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1948 films
French comedy films
Films directed by Gilles Grangier
1948 comedy films
1940s French-language films
Films set in Paris
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ST. JOHN LUTHERAN
CHURCH AND SCHOOL
NEW CAMPUS
PASTOR MICHAEL (MIKE) GEHL
HEAD PASTOR AND FIFTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE CATECHISM TEACHER
Pastor Gehl lives in Wrightstown with his wife, Aura Lee, their son Zaine, their daughters Miranda and Matteah, and their dog Cooper. He joined St. John in 2015 and currently serves as head pastor of St. John and circuit pastor of the North Valley WELS Circuit.
PASTOR ROBERT WILKE
Pastor Wilke joined St. John in 2019 as a part-time pastor shortly after retiring from full time ministry at Bethel, Menasha. He and his wife, Donna, live in Menasha.
TIMOTHY (TIM) RADDATZ
PRINCIPAL AND SECOND THROUGH FOURTH GRADE TEACHER
Mr. Raddatz grew up in Kaukauna, WI. He graduated from Martin Luther College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education and took up post-graduate studies through both Winona State University and St. Mary State University. Prior to joining St. John in 2014, Mr. Raddatz served as an upper grade teacher and administrator at St. John in Goodhue, MN, an upper grade teacher at HOPE Christian in Milwaukee, WI, and an upper grade teacher and administrator at JOY Academy in St. Paul, MN.
Mr. Raddatz lives in Appleton with his wife, Abby, their daughter, Cecelia, their son, Owen, and their dog, Gus. He enjoys playing and officiating sports, camping, watching college football, reading, hosting and participating in community events, hunting, and spending time with his family.
Mr. Raddatz shares, "It is truly an honor and privilege to serve families and their children, being able to teach them about the saving grace of Christ."
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FIFTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE TEACHER
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Miss Buss grew up in New London, WI. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin- Green Bay in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education and received a WELS synod certification from Martin Luther College in 2014. She joined St. John's faculty in 2015, initially serving as the preschool teacher.
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Southeast Asian nations aspire to EU-style economic union, but do they have what it takes?
By Margriet Krijtenburg, MercatorNet.com, 2009-03-14 12:33 AM
Provider Southeast Asian nations living in the shadow of the world's fastest growing economies - those of China and India - want to form a single market along the lines of the European Union. Leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations met at the end of last month and signed trade deals and agreements to form an integrated economic community, without a common currency, by 2015.
For most of its 42-year history Asean has been a toothless tiger, making decisions by consensus. But two years ago it adopted a new charter, and this year it plans to launch a human rights body. The economic union it has announced would give substance to the group and is an ideal worth striving for.
Along the path of closer union Asean could benefit from the experiences of the European Union, its successes and failures. The key question is whether the Asian countries will be willing to surrender part of their sovereignty to a common institution such as an Asian Commission, as European countries do to the European Commission.
It is no small thing for a country to sacrifice some of its autonomy for the common good. Europe was able to do so because it had the right men at the right time at the right place. The French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Robert Schuman, the German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Konrad Adenauer, the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alcide de Gasperi and the man behind the Schuman Declaration, Jean Monnet, were ready to act and reconcile right after the Second World War. Europe was crying out for reconstruction, was in danger of being trodden down by the communists and feared a possible third world war if Germany should re-arm.
These men were all four convinced Catholics and envisioned a unification that would provide peace and stability based on the social doctrine of the Catholic Church. This implied a policy of reconciliation that would at the same time provide for interdependence among the member states.
Do the diverse Asian cultures involved in Asean - those of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Cambodia - have the civilisational resources to cooperate and reconcile, as Europe, with all its imperfections, has done? Would the economic cooperation it aspires to reflect common cultural values such as the founders of the EU shared?
Within the broad context of post-war Europe's Christian civilisation Catholic social doctrine stressed the key values of human dignity (not just rights) and solidarity (rather than communism as the alternative to rugged individualism). Economic cooperation among member states of the European Community would be the means to safeguard and increase human dignity and man's further development. Solidarity went even further: the European Commission would be the supranational organ to which the member states would hand over part of their sovereignty on the issues agreed upon. The European Court of Justice would provide the juridical framework and take binding decisions for all EU members concerned even beyond national interests.
In the fields of economics and legal order the EU has been a great success. The EU is known worldwide as an economic giant. Also from the juridical point of view the EU is exemplary in that Community law is directly effective in the national legal order and national legal procedures. This implies that private parties may rely on the application of directly effective provisions of community law or judgments of the court of justice in their national legal order. Community law has priority over national law. This juridical aspect makes European law unique.
Europe forgetting its identity
Arguably this daring project has succeeded because the European Union is the secular heir of Christendom. Is there anything comparable in the background of the Asian nations?
Of course, Europe cannot draw forever on the capital of a civilisation it no longer really acknowledges. Although the EU nowadays stands strong in many areas, it shows a surprising lack of political face, and this is due to neglecting its roots and identity. European member states find it very hard to agree on issues like enlargement of the Union, the degree to which to live up to solidarity, the need to live up to a Christian concept of human dignity and other issues that refer to the order of morality and politics.
The EU is increasingly aware of its lack of identity and is beginning to recognize its own inclination to focus primarily on the economy as such instead of what the economy is for that is, the citizen and his or her human dignity with its transcendent link to God. To regain this focus on man would also bring an attitude of greater solidarity towards countries inside and outside Europe.
Asian countries could learn from Europe's successes and failures. They could take the way of economic co-operation as an example in so far as it is not to the detriment of the citizen. Also an Asian Court of Justice along the lines of the European Court of Justice would be needed for the success of Asian unification. They further need to be willing to surrender part of their sovereignty to a supranational organ like the Asian Commission. This will necessarily foster their interdependence.
Asian nations can thus succeed at economic, legal and political unification if and I would say, only if they have a common identity that transcends those categories and a morality by which it is supported.
One more thing seems necessary: wise and committed leadership. Is there an Asian Robert Schuman to take up the cause of Asian unification? Asia is hit severely like all other parts of the world by the financial crisis. So now is the right time for the Asian Schuman to stand up, to shake hands and take the lead in this initiative.
Dr Margriet Krijtenburg is a Lecturer in Spanish & Core Course on Europe in the Academy of European Studies, University of the Hague, the Netherlands. This article was originally published on MercatorNet.com under a Creative Commons Licence. If you enjoyed this article, visit MercatorNet.com for more.
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