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«Шине́ль» () — повість Миколи Гоголя. Належить до циклу «Петербурзькі повісті». Перша публікація твору відбулася 1842 року.

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За свідченням П. Анненкова, початковий задум «Шинелі» відноситься до 1836 року. Мемуарист згадує: {{Цитата|«Якось при Гоголі розповіли канцелярський анекдот про якогось бідного чиновника, палкого шанувальника полювання на птахів, котрий надзвичайною економією і невтомною працею поза службою набув суму, якої було досить для придбання доброї лепажевської рушниці за 200 ас. Першого ж разу, як на своєму маленькому човнику попрямував він Фінською затокою за здобиччю, поклавши дорогоцінну рушницю перед собою на ніс човна, він перебував, за його особистими свідченнями, в якомусь забутті й отямився лише тоді, коли глянув на ніс, і не побачив своєї обнови. Рушницю стягнули у воду густі зарості, через які він проїздив, і знайти її було неможливо. Чиновник повернувся додому, вклався у ліжко і більше не встав: він схопив пропасницю <...> Всі сміялися з анекдоту, основаного на реальному випадку, за винятком Гоголя, який вислухав його, задумавшись і опустивши голову» (Гоголь в воспоминаниях современников. — М., 1952. — С. 267)}}

У робочій редакції 1839 року твір мав назву «Повість про чиновника, що краде шинелі», а головного героя звали Акакій Акакійович Тишкевич. Над «повістю про чиновника, що краде шинелі» Гоголь працював ще в 1839 році. Уривок з першої редакції, набагато більш гумористичної, ніж остаточна, був продиктований М. П. Погодіну в Марієнбаді в липні-серпні цього року. Погодинський рукопис з правками Гоголя зберігається в РДБ.

У продовж наступних півтора років, проведених у Відні та Римі, Гоголь ще тричі брався за повість, але довести її до кінця зміг тільки навесні 1841 року, і то під тиском Погодіна. Одночасно він працював над текстом про Італію, абсолютно відмінним за стилістикою і настроєм. У другій редакції головний герой отримав ім'я «Акакій Акакійович Тишкевич», яке незабаром було змінено на «Башмакевич». У третій редакції комічна інтонація стала поступатися місцем сентиментально-патетичній.

Оскільки рукопис повісті не зберігся, літературознавцям складно визначити, піддалася чи повість якійсь цензурній переробці напередодні публікації. За відомостями Н. Я. Прокоповича, цензор А. В. Никитенко «хоча не торкнувся нічого істотного, але викреслив деякі вельми цікаві місця». Після виходу 3-го тому зібрання творів, повість не викликала розгорнутих критичних відгуків і за життя Гоголя більше не перевидавалася. Твір сприймався в ряду інших комічних і сентиментальних повістей про бідних чиновників, яких досить багато з'являлося в кінці 1830-х років.

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Повість розповідає читачу про життя так званої «маленької людини».

Головний герой твору — Акакій Акакійович Башмачкін, бідний титулярний радник із Петербурга. Він служив у департаменті переписувачем паперів, любив свою роботу і не хотів претендувати на щось більше. Роль Башмачкіна серед колег була незначною, з нього часто знущалися його молоді колеги. Зарплата його становила 400 рублів на рік.

Одного разу Акакій Акакійович помітив, що його стара шинель (яка також була предметом знущань молодих чиновників) стала зовсім непридатною для петербурзьких морозів. Він приніс її до кравця Петровича, однак той навідріз відмовився латати «старий капот», сказавши, що треба шити нову.

Пошити нову шинель коштувало 80 рублів; Башмачкіну треба було зібрати 40 (40 рублів він уже мав), однак це було для нього складним завданням. Акакій Акакійович зменшив видатки: вечорами перестав пити чай; намагався ходити навшпиньки, щоб не стерлися черевики; рідше віддавав прачці білизну на прання, вдома ж носив лише халат, аби не зношувати одяг; для економії свічок відмовився навіть від улюбленого заняття — переписування вдома.

Через півроку, коли Башмачкіну видали премію більшу, ніж він очікував, вони разом з Петровичем відправилися за матеріалом для нової шинелі, яку кравець і зшив за декілька днів.

Наступного ранку Акакій Акакійович прийшов до департаменту в новій шинелі. Усі почали його вітати й хвалити, а помічник столоначальника запросив весь департамент разом із Башмачкіним на іменини. Коли після півночі титулярний радник повертався додому, до нього підійшло декілька людей «з вусами», а один із вигуком «А шинель же моя!» () зняв із Акакія Акакійовича шинель.

Господиня квартири, яку винаймав Башмачкін, порадила звернутися до часного пристава, однак це не допомогло. Наступного дня Акакій Акакійович прийшов на роботу в старій шинелі, і його колеги в депертаменті порадили звернутися до «значної особи», генерала, посада якого в повісті не вказана. «Значна особа», який у глибині душі був доброю людиною, але самостверджувався вивищуванням над молодшими за званням, накричав на титулярного радника так, що той «вийшов, нічого не пам'ятаючи».

Від морозної вітряної погоди та поганого одягу Акакій Акакійович застудився і помер за декілька днів у лихоманці.

Відтоді в Петербурзі почав з'являтися привид «у вигляді чиновника», в якому хтось упізнав Башмачкіна. Привид стягував з перехожих їхні шинелі. Одного разу через місця, де водився привид, проїжджала «значна особа». Із криком «Твоя шинель мені й потрібна!» () привид стягнув шинель із плеч генерала, після чого зник і більше не з'являвся.

 Дійові особи
 Титулярний радник Акакій Акакійович Башмачкін
 Кравець Петрович
 «Значна особа»

 Переклади українською
 Переклад Антіна Харченка
 Шинеля / Пер. Антіна Харченка // Гоголь М. Твори: В 5 т. / Заг. ред. 1. Лакизи і П. Филиповича. — К., 1932. — Т. 4. Повісті.

 Переклад Антіна Хуторяна
 Шинель. Пер. А. Хуторяна??? // Гоголь М. Ніч проти Різдва: Оповідання. — X., 1934. — С. 291—325.
 Шинель. Пер. А. Хуторяна??? // Гоголь М. Вибрані твори. — К.; X.; 1935. — С. 332—348.
 Шинель. Пер. А. Хуторяна // Гоголь М. Вибрані твори. — К., 1948. — С. 203—229.
 Шинель. Пер. А. Хуторяна??? // К.: Держлітвидав, 1949. — 45 с.: іл.
 Шинель. Пер. А. Хуторяна // Гоголь М. Твори: В 3 т. / Заг. ред. М. Гуд- зія. — К., 1952. — Т. 2. — С. 122—152.
 Шинель. Пер. А. Хуторяна. // К.: Молодь, 1952. — 32 с.: іл.

 Висловлювання про твір

 Інсценування
 П'єса «Башмачкін» Олега Богаєва.

 Екранізації

 Вивчення в школі
За програмою "ЗАРУБІЖНА ЛІТЕРАТУРА" для загальноосвітніх навчальних закладів 5–9 класи (2012 р. зі змінами 2015-2017 рр.) повість «Шинель» вивчається в 9 класі // https://mon.gov.ua/ua/osvita/zagalna-serednya-osvita/navchalni-programi/navchalni-programi-5-9-klas

 Джерела та примітки

 Посилання

 Микола Гоголь - Шинель '' — переклад українською Антіна Хуторяна на сайті е-бібліотеки exlibris.org.ua (вид. 1934)

Повісті Миколи Гоголя
Літературні твори 1842
Повісті


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Rudolf Chlad (* 24. prosince 1947, Plzeň) je český záchranář, dlouholetý náčelník Horské služby České republiky a Horské služby v Krušných horách, a politik strany TOP 09. Poslancem Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu České republiky byl zvolen ve volbách 2010 v Karlovarském kraji z třetího místa tamní kandidátky, když však vlivem preferenčních hlasů (15,63 %) získal při rozdělování mandátů místo první. Byl jím do rozpuštění Poslanecké sněmovny v srpnu 2013.

Je absolventem střední průmyslové školy a nástavbového studia tělovýchovy v rámci ČSTV.

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Illinois SB1631
COUNTERFEIT TRADEMARK-RETAIL
Adopted Amendments (2)
Statutes Amended (6)
On August 24, 2009 in the Senate:
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0631
Effective Date January 1, 2010
On June 25, 2009 in the Senate:
On May 27, 2009 in the Senate:
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Consumer Protection; 006-000-000
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Consumer Protection
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
On May 14, 2009 in the House:
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote
On April 30, 2009 in the House:
Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang
Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 014-000-000
Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
On April 1, 2009 in the Senate:
On April 1, 2009 in the House:
Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2009
Do Pass Consumer Protection; 009-000-000
On March 6, 2009 in the Senate:
Postponed - Consumer Protection
On February 25, 2009 in the Senate:
Assigned to Consumer Protection
Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
+ − Adopted Amendments (2)
House Floor Amendment No. 1
Further amends the Counterfeit Trademark Act. Provides that a person who sells or uses fewer than 100 counterfeit items is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, except as follows: a person with a prior conviction under the Act within the last 5 years is guilty of a Class 4 felony; a person who, as a result of the offense, causes bodily harm is guilty of a Class 3 felony; and a person who, as a result of the offense, causes serious bodily harm to, or the death of, another is guilty of a Class 2 felony (instead of except that a person with a prior conviction under the Act within the last 5 years is guilty of a Class 4 felony). Provides that a person who sells or uses 100 or more but fewer than 500 counterfeit items is guilty of a Class 3 felony (instead of Class A misdemeanor), except as follows: a person who has a prior conviction under the Act within the last 5 years is guilty of a Class 2 felony; and a person who, as a result of the offense, causes serious bodily harm to, or the death of, another is guilty of a Class 2 felony (instead of except that a person who has a prior conviction under the Act within the last 5 years is guilty of a Class 4 felony). Provides that a state or federal certificate of registration of trademark is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
+ − Statutes Amended (6)
765 ILCS 1040/1 - from Ch. 140, par. 23
765 ILCS 1040/8 -
May 27, 2009: HFA0001 - Concurrence - Wednesday, May 27, 2009
May 14, 2009: SB1631 - Third Reading - Thursday, May 14, 2009
April 1, 2009: SB1631 - Third Reading - Wednesday, April 01, 2009
IL - Senator Ira I. Silverstein (D)
IL - Senator A. J. Wilhelmi (D)
IL - Senator Dale A. Righter (R)
IL - Senator Kirk W. Dillard (R)
IL - Senator Linda Holmes (D)
IL - Senator Martin A. Sandoval (D)
IL - Senator Randall M. Hultgren (R)
IL - Senator William R. Haine (D)
IL - Representative Al Riley (D)
IL - Representative Chapin Rose (R)
IL - Representative Lou Lang (D)
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"A very, very, very, very long, long, long, long, long engagement"
High-profile, over-hyped big-screen adaptations such as �Phantom of the Opera� can�t be reviewed without first qualifying the opinion, so let�s get that out of the way. I�m NOT an Andrew Lloyd Webber fan, in spite of the fact that I did like �Jesus Christ Superstar.� I do like musicals and I can appreciate the artform. I do not get bent out of shape when characters suddenly burst into song. I�m fine with it. I had no opinion of Webber�s stage musical prior to walking into the screening. Never heard it, not a single song (other than what I heard in the trailer). I know the story and that�s all. Now, I think I know too much.
I went 32 years on this planet unscathed by the music of �Phantom of the Opera� and was all the better for it. This movie just so happened to be my introduction to it, so take that for what it�s worth. If I had seen the stage play, perhaps my reaction would be different, but I doubt it. I can�t stand this stuff. It just bores me silly. I don�t hear any songs here, just people carrying notes as loooooooooooooong as they possibly can. I don�t hear any real emotion coming from the songs, just cheesy artifice. I just flat out plain don�t get the big deal. I�m more than willing to give the movie the benefit of the doubt for the rabid Webber fans. Maybe the filmmakers did everything right and I�m just not its target audience. I would seriously like to know where the die-hards stand on this interpretation.
I can understand someone wanting to turn this�the story of understudy Christina (Emmy Rossum) who becomes the latest passion of the lurking Phantom (Gerard Butler) of the Opera house�into a musical. The story of how she tries to juggle being the object of passionate affection from both The Phantom and Raoul (Patrick Wilson) while also becoming the toast of Paris certainly cries out for song and dance numbers. Heck, my favorite Brian DePalma movie is �Phantom of the Paradise,� which borrows most of its story from Gaston Leroux�s most celebrated novel.
The movie certainly wants to excite its audience, especially in its opening. It starts out looking like an old silent movie. The camera moves into the faded opera house where an auction is taking place. The Phantom gets mentioned in passing and suddenly, the story takes us back in time via a shift from black and white into color as stage lights come on one by one accompanied by a haunting organ score (I was in a band called Organ Score). I could easily see a fan of the show getting goosebumps from this opening.
Unfortunately, the movie stops right there. I remember it started at 7:05pm. Three hours later I looked at my watch and it was only 7:25. I needed a fat lady singing like I�ve never needed one before. Speaking of fat ladies, I started wondering about the stage performers. Were they really this hot back then? No, seriously. I�m wondering. Were they really built like this? I�ve seen pictures of women on vaudeville stages and they look like they have some meat on their bones. They look abundantly nourished. Not fat, just a little more real. The extras here look tan and well toned as though they just got out of an Abs of Steel workout at Bally�s Total Fitness Center.
That�s all nice on the eyes, but the ears get something else entirely. This music made me feel as though someone had struck me in the back of the head with a 17th century concrete gargoyle and I have this feeling that I�m supposed to stay awake so I don�t die from a concussion, but yet I�m much more comfortable closing my eyes and drifting away. I�m just not an Opera guy.
It doesn�t help that the film version�though handsome in production and design�gets a limp, lifeless treatment from director Joel Schumacher. Try as he might in some scenes to instill life into the material (such as the �Masquerade� sequence), the music and the interpretation inevitably put me back to sleep. There doesn�t seem to be any life in front of or behind the camera. It�s almost as though Schumacher took Jonathan Demme�s approach to �Stop Making Sense� by keeping the cameras still and employing very little cutting. Fine, except that at least Talking Heads filled the gap by providing energy and keeping things alive.
The cast tries and I�m sure their performances are as good as can be expected. The material certainly lends itself to overacting and melodrama, which probably works well for the stage, but comes off a bit silly here. Minnie Driver as the self-obsessed diva Carlotta seems to be having fun and does breathe some life into the otherwise stilted and unengaging proceedings. Gerard Butler and Patrick Wilson�s performances don�t stand out as much as Emmy Rossum�s. She looks beautiful and carries the movie as best as she possibly can. She certainly has a secure future on stage and maybe on screen.
However, I�m not sure the big-screen Webber Musical does. I don�t want musicals to be bad. I like them. I�m tried of the Musical as being an outcast in today�s cinematic climate. I don�t want it lurking in the darkness and scaring people away. I don�t want Phantoms and Musicals to be in the same boat. Was I expecting the high energy bawdiness of �Chicago� or �Moulin Rouge�? No, not really. Maybe Webber musicals (or at least downer ones) shouldn�t be made into movies. Maybe the two mediums don�t mesh together. I remember being underwhelmed by Alan Parker�s �Evita,� but certainly not bored to tears. I also don�t remember laughing at Parker�s movie as much as I did here. It was all I could do to stay awake.


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AmaZulu v FS Stars Preview
12 Apr 5, 2014 - 04:51 pm
By Soccer-Laduma
Absa Premiership
Teams: AmaZulu v Free State Stars
Venue: Moses Mabhida Stadium
AmaZulu will hope to get back to winning ways when they host Free State Stars in a Absa Premiership encounter at the Moses Mabhida Stadium.
Usuthu come into this fixture on the back of a 0-0 draw with Bloemfontein Celtic in their last league outing.
Craig Rosslee's men are seventh on the Absa Premiership log table with 35 points from 25 games.
AmaZulu have claimed 15 points from their 12 home matches in the campaign so far.
On the other hand, Free State Stars are winless in their last two games, having lost 2-1 to Mamelodi Sundowns, before drawing 1-1 with Polokwane City in their last league clash.
El Lla Koto are 14th in the league standings with 21 points from 23 matches, one point above the relegation zone.
While Stars have only picked up eight points on their travels this season.
Nothing could separate the two sides earlier in the season, as Carlington Nadombo's own goal cancelled Ayanda Dlamini's fifth minute strike, as the pair played out to a 1-1 draw.
In head-to-head statistics, Free State Stars have 19 wins compared to AmaZulu's 14, while 11 matches have been drawn.


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establishment literature
How to Save Literature
Posted on July 19 by newpoplitnews
THE PROBLEM with so-called serious literature is that it's pitched at a narrow audience, and not at the vast bulk of the American public. (Pitched really, at upscale editors at desks in London and New York.)
Occasionally establishment writers give the game away, as did renowned young novelist Sally Rooney in Issue #30 of The Moth Magazine:
A lot of what (literature) does, to me, is reassure bourgeois readers by saying, you read fiction, you are a member of a particular class. . . the question for writers who have a social conscience is, how do you challenge that in some way while still working within the same industry that produces it, and I don't really know what the answer is.
Then there's the recent rant in Paris Review by esteemed short story writer Peter Orner, explaining why he will not defend the short story– his remarks making clear he doesn't believe the story art is for the general public– and no apologies for this from establishment writers are needed, thank you.
Neither Rooney nor Orner consider a way out of the box in which the literary art is trapped, currently accessible only to "a particular class." They have no incentive to seek an alternative.
We at New Pop Lit do, as we and our modest literary project exist on the margins of what has become a marginal art. We're thinking of ways to change this.
ONE WAY is the multidimensional ("3-D") short story, designed to be faster and more thrilling than the standard literary model, answering those attention-span questions Peter Orner scoffs at.
One prototype example of this kind of story has been released by us, "Vodka Friday Night." More are coming.
CAN THE ART BE SAVED?
(Early Elvis and friends.)
Business history of other arts shows that it can. I've given often the example of the music business and the rise of rock n roll– which multiplied the size of that industry many times over. This is well explained in this article by Johannes Ripken. Can writers duplicate that outsized success? Maybe– if they create more exciting short fiction that's even faster and more direct than our prototype. Moreover, what's needed are young writers who can connect with a new generation of readers via personality, talent, and attitude. In other words, stars.
(Screamin' Jay Hawkins.)
Is this do-able? We'll see.
WHO'S NEXT at New York Review of Books?
Posted on October 15, 2018 by newpoplitnews
IN HINDSIGHT–
In hindsight, the appointment of Ian Buruma as Editor of the New York Review of Books was a disaster. Buruma was daring enough to court controversy, but not strong enough to fight for the integrity and independence of his publication.
(Ian Buruma.)
A fighter would've done a better job of explaining why he ran the Jian Ghomeshi essay. Why recovery and redemption are important. Why editorial autonomy is necessary– especially in a climate of rush-to-judgement lynch mobs and unthinking hysteria.
A fighter would've gone to advertisers– one by one if need be– to make his case. Instead, Ian Buruma became one more casualty of today's Literary McCarthyism.
WHAT KIND OF EDITOR?
What kind of editor is needed as Ian Buruma's replacement?
Someone who could replicate the daring intellectual excitement represented by the New York Review of Books when it arrived on the media scene in February, 1963.
NEEDED: A large personality.
A contentious, voluble writer akin to Norman Mailer. A person willing to be aggressive in taking on and dispersing any unthinking mob– willing to use the momentum of intellect and power of voice to restore sanity to today's literary world.
WHO WILL New York Review of Books choose instead?
One of two safe alternatives.
1.) Almost certainly, a woman. Knee-jerk reaction to appease the angry mob. In this time of MeToo mania, it would be too risky for their risk-averse publishers to choose otherwise. Have to remember those advertisers!
(The result: A completely neutered intellectual journal.)
2.) IF they were to choose a male editor, it would be someone properly screened and defanged, without a shred of volatility. Fully establishment and left-leaning, on the order of smiling Keith Gessen. Ready to appease everybody. Affable, innocuous, and bland.
Someone who's had a relationship with New York Review of Books. Whose own publication, n+1 magazine was in many ways made by them.
Or someone of that kind.
(Painting: "Scholar at His Desk" by Rembrandt.)
Junot Diaz: Captive of the System
Posted on September 5, 2018 by newpoplitnews
THE HARASSMENT CONTROVERSY VIEWED FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE
IF all men are monsters, then that psychic grievance needs continual proof in the form of visible examples. Junot Diaz fit that need.
THE NARRATIVE
Evidence shows the accusations against Junot Diaz to be flimsy– more a case of bruised egos or a dismissive personality than sexual harassment. Junot Diaz fans blame the accusers themselves for the controversy. (Two accusers, in fact, are ambitiously eager to exploit every opportunity to gain publicity.)
For me the matter is caused more by a politicized literary scene– and by the media which covers that scene needing a steady supply of victims and guilty. The accusers are the Id of that media– the realized expression of their beliefs and needs. Without encouragement behind the scenes, the matter would never have become a story in the first place.
One has to write outside today's New York-centered literary system in order to see it AS a system. Those inside it have no perspective on it.
Junot Diaz's reaction to the accusations against him has been constrained by his membership in the club. He became successful as a creature of the machine, but now the bill has come due and he's paying it.
MUCH has been made about Diaz hiring a PR firm, and by appearing at his Boston Globe interview accompanied by a lawyer– but these are shackles on no one so much as him.
Did you see the expression on his face in the photo by Suzanne Kreiter which the Boston Globe used? The expression of a prisoner. What you didn't see are the invisible handcuffs chaining him to that lawyer. Said attorney and said PR firm exist to keep Junot Diaz from speaking his mind. From being himself.
That's a hell of a position for any artist to be in.
What was the quote from the Hyman Roth character in the movie Godfather II?
"This is the business we've chosen."
Junot Diaz chose the world of establishment literature when he signed up for the MFA program at Cornell University he was later to write about in his 2014 essay "MFA vs. POC."
Diaz was one of the few writers of color in that writing program. He also may have been the only non-bourgeois person in it.
MFA programs teach students how to write in the proper upper-middle class "literary" style of long slow paragraphs of finely-detailed descriptions expressed in well-wrought sentences and it's all very impressive to the cognoscenti but it's also removed from the fast-paced real world lives of 95% of the American populace– a big reason why the short story, once the most popular American art form in the vulgar days of O. Henry and Jack London, is today only the delicate captive of writing programs, MFA grads, and New Yorker magazines sitting unread on Manhattan-or-the-Hamptons coffee tables.
(Photo c/o AlexKotlik.com.)
It's to Junot Diaz's credit that his talent rises above the limitations– the handcuffs– of that very same refined writing style.
NOW he's being judged by the same people he loathed when he was in those classrooms. Yes, those perfect beings currently staffing Buzzfeed, The Cut, Slate, The New York Times, etc. etc.; almost all from privileged backgrounds and in their Resistance daydreams looking for purpose, looking for causes, looking for harsh macho misogynists looking for anyone they can accuse hang and shred on the altar of their virtue signaling. Someone to nail to the wall for offending their sensibilities with too much reality brushing indelicately and intolerably against the fragile bubbles of their sterling New York City lives.
System versus Zeitgeist
Posted on July 2, 2018 by newpoplitnews
TWO SIDES OF THE JUNOT DIAZ BOOK WORLD CONTROVERSY
I SAID at the outset of this examination the conflict was taking place within the established, New York-centered literary world. A narrowly exclusive yet still-powerful tower of connections, money, and power. The conflict has little effect on writers outside that world.
The impact, however, on those writers existing within the established system, and those who aspire to be there, is potentially enormous. The questions become, "How politicized is the literary world?" and, "What is the correct stance to take?"
Junot Diaz made his way as a writer as a creature of the established system, with all that entails. Compromises and rewards. Involvements with long-time flagships of status quo American literature like the Pulitzer Prize committee and The New Yorker magazine. When accusations against him arose, he looked for resolution and support from the institutions which sustained him. Chiefly, Boston Review, where he's Fiction Editor, and MIT, which employs him as a professor. That those two substantial entities cleared him should have been enough. But wasn't.
The matter was never going to be resolved by institutions, but within the court of public opinion and by media. It's not an institutional struggle, but a PR battle.
The maneuvering continues– Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great attempting to overlap the other's lines.
Junot Diaz's main accusers placed their faith in the ongoing zeitgeist animating today's established intellectual community– the political spirit and emotion existing inside institutions but also outside them. The #MeToo wave energizing journalists and writers across the nation. The Junot Diaz defense is static. His opposition, dynamic. Which puts him at a disadvantage. That he has long been himself a key part of the ongoing cultural revolution– the zeitgeist– only served to tie his hands when the rules of ideological judgement changed and the winds of correct thought and behavior shifted.
IDEOLOGUE AND APPARATCHIK
(Monica Byrne and Lili Loofbourow.)
EVEN THOUGH her history of making shaky allegations was quickly exposed, accuser Monica Byrne didn't flinch, confident in being on the correct side of the issue. Her instinct has been to follow the larger intellectual herd– more, to get in front of it, as she's capably done the past several years, with hardly a misstep. The idea being that emotional outrage is a stronger force than evidence, facts, and truth.
So, also, is having the right politics. Interesting that Byrne's baseless allegations one year ago about Melania Trump– about which she cannot give the slightest detail about how she was in a position to receive such information– has protected her from the scrutiny of the press. Not even the Boston Globe, which Byrne has accused of enablement, will discuss those unsupported allegations, or the rest of Byrne's history.
Byrne's chief technique in the Junot Diaz matter, as one year ago, has been the spread of gossip and rumor.
Re: last RT: and again, there's a very good reason they want to convince people that Díaz's abuses don't matter. It's because there are people close to Díaz who are guilty of the same, and they know it, and they fear for their own positions.
— Monica Byrne (@monicabyrne13) July 2, 2018
It creates hysteria for your side.
I could have told them—even in broad terms—about the gropings at public readings. About the attempts to get minors alone. About catcalling students. About the racist and sexist bullying in workshops. About the unwanted touching and forced kissing and sustained harassment.
— Monica Byrne (@monicabyrne13) June 27, 2018
Reading this, who would not be worked up into a frenzy against Junot Diaz?
Monica Byrne finds supporters everyplace.
One of them is Lili Loofbourow, whose Slate article I examined in my last two posts. If Monica is the full-bore ideologue, Lili is the media apparatchik whose ability to write articles for a variety of establishment publications depends on her knowing the zeitgeist.
That the commissioned article carries a slant is a given. Objective journalism is an extinct species in the realm of establishment media. Everything from a person's writings and life can be thrown into the mix to paint the picture of villain. The emotion becomes so strong, readers don't notice or care about the absurdities in the piece. Notably when Loofbourow concludes it with, "Everyone is guilty."
Everyone? Are we talking about collective guilt– or a secular version of original sin?
What, then, is the solution to the stated problem of collective patriarchy? Destroy society from top to bottom? Eliminate men? A matriarchal society with test-tube babies? Loofbourow never says.
But does she really mean what she says and implies? Or is it posturing? Following the zeitgeist? Loofbourow herself, by all accounts, is in a happy monogamous relationship with (gasp!) a man.
ANOTHER BUREAUCRAT
ANOTHER typical example of herd follower is Adam Morgan of the Chicago Review of Books, who has announced on Twitter his support of the accusers of Junot Diaz. Just so everyone knows. "Chicago's premier literary critic," Morgan, like Loofbourow, knows which side to be on in order to sustain his career. He has the bureaucrat's talent for spotting the ascendant power, and accommodating himself to it.
An example is this article on "5 Books That Changed My Life." For Adam Morgan, all five life-changing books were written by women. After he tweeted out a link to the article, his next tweet gave the game away: "Honestly, these were the first 5 that came to mind."
Honestly. Adam Morgan didn't expect anyone to believe his selections, because he didn't believe them himself. (Glancing sideways as he sends the tweet to see if he's fooled anybody.) He knows how the game is played. Jane Austen said, "In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes." Not in 2018!
Have we reached the point of what this old movie trailer calls "vigilante bloodlust"? Or a better question might be, "Who are the good guys and who are the bad guys?"
NEXT: Conclusions.
–Karl Wenclas for New Pop Lit News
Who Controls Literature?
THIRD IN A SERIES ON THE JUNOT DIAZ CONTROVERSY
WHAT MAKES the Junot Diaz controversy interesting is the way it illustrates an establishment literary scene that today has become thoroughly politicized.
YET WHO STANDS BEHIND this scene– and behind the controversy? Who controls literature and the presentation of literature, and political changes within literature?
When you examine U.S. intellectual journals you find many of them take strong anti-capitalist stances yet are financed by wealthy capitalists. A puppet show where the behind-the-scenes puppeteer controls all sides of an issue.
Is this the case with the Boston Review?
The two biggest donors at $100,000 each are:
1.) Derek Schrier and Cecily Cameron.
Schrier is a former managing member of Farallon Capital. Currently he manages an investment portfolio valued at $600 million. Cameron was Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at Old Navy. They keep a low profile, but made the news in 2010 for selling a home in Pacific Heights, California for $5.9 million.
2.) The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
This is a foundation worth $9 billion-with-a-b, managed by Walter B. Hewlett– the tax-sheltered fortune of the Hewlett-Packard business empire.
(NOTE that for Boston Review editors Joshua Cohen and Deborah Chasman there are good billionaires and bad ones. Until recently Elon Musk was a "good" capitalist in progressive circles, but for some reason has fallen out of favor.)
SIMILAR SITUATIONS exist for most of the trendy literary publications on both coasts. Here's a recent photo of the editors and backers of Los Angeles Review of Books. Several of the individuals in the photo are big money investors. What do those in the photo represent? Wealth. For such people, self-image is vitally important.
LET'S NOT FORGET the big book publishers themselves, the so-called "Big Five" media conglomerates with attached publicity arms and media outlets, and the sycophantic literary journals lavishly promoting Big 5 books (The Millions; Electric Lit; et.al.)– all of them with progressive postures and all of them based in and around the imperial city of New York.
QUESTIONS OF TOKENISM
One of Junot Diaz's accusers, Alisa Valdes, wrote a blog post about him, portraying Diaz as– among other things– "a social striver who pretended to be about the 'hood, for the street cred he'd need to become a Latino lapdog for the New Yorker." This raises questions of tokenism– a term also used by the VIDA website in their petition against him.
(Still from the 1957 movie "Twelve Angry Men.")
IF the standard affluent white liberal still sees minorities as tragic victims, then have Junot Diaz's narratives– and his recent New Yorker essay about his past– fed into that sense of virtuous power? It's a question which has to be asked.
The world sees only the players on the stage– and not those who control the production. It's like the 1961 movie "The Hustler" in which Minnesota Fats, top pool player, is seen as a dynamic, powerful character– until the end, when we see he has no real power at all; is controlled by the gambler who backs him. In the same way, writers and readers alike want to see only the authors whose face is on the book jacket– they seek no knowledge of how that book is made, and the many compromises made along the way.
THE TRUTH is that all writers are tokens, in the sense that few have any real power within the world of letters. This is a point I made in the first part of this series covering this topic. In the recent National Book Foundation awards, most of the writers nominated and awarded were women and/or persons of color. It's the face the book world (which sustains NBF) chooses to put on its product at the moment. From the standpoint of those behind the scenes, it means little– as long as they remain the ones pulling the strings. As Junot Diaz is finding out, the power of a successful writer is tentative, qualified, and can be taken away at any time.
EVENTUALLY: "Ownership: Are There Solutions?"
-Karl Wenclas


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La cathédrale de Porto est une église forteresse du  sise dans le centre historique de la vieille ville de Porto. De style roman, elle est remaniée aux , mais n'en est pas moins un des monuments les plus anciens de la ville. Elle est affectée au culte catholique et voisine du palais épiscopal.

Histoire
La construction de la cathédrale commence vers 1110. Porto est cependant siège épiscopal depuis au moins le . Ce premier édifice, de style roman, a été plusieurs fois modifié. Il n'en garde pas moins un caractère romain.

Vers 1333 la chapelle funéraire de Jean Gordo fut ajoutée. Le sarcophage surmonté de son gisant est décoré des bustes des apôtres à droite et gauche du Christ (Cène). Jean Gordo est un chevalier hospitalier qui fut au service du roi Denis I. Le cloitre attenant à la cathédrale date de la même époque gothique (). Il était sans doute achevé lorsque fut célébré dans la cathédrale le mariage de Jean I avec la princesse Philippa de Lancastre (1387).

L'aspect extérieur de la cathédrale est modifié durant l'époque baroque. En 1732, l'artiste et architecte italien Niccoló Nasoni ajoute une large loggia baroque sur le flanc gauche de la cathédrale. En 1772, un nouveau portail baroque remplace l'ancien, et les coupoles des tours sont modifiées.

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Extérieur
La façade principale toute en hauteur est flanquée de deux tours carrées casquées chacune d'une légère coupole. Le portail, de style baroque (1772), est surmonté d'une rosace romane du . Les créneaux qui bordent l'extrémité supérieure de la façade ajoutent à l'aspect de forteresse. L'ensemble est plutôt hétérogène, alliant styles roman, gothique et baroque.

Le flanc gauche est occupé par une loggia baroque depuis le XVIIIe siècle.

Intérieur
La nef est étroite et voûtée en berceau. Les deux bas-côtés ont une voûte plus basse. Elle est soutenue par des arcs-boutants qui sont parmi les premiers édifiés au Portugal. Plusieurs chapelles existent.

L'intérieur a également pris une allure baroque au fil des modifications de l'édifice. La chapelle donnant dans le transept gauche contient un autel dont le retable est d'argent ciselé datant du . Toujours au , l'abside et son déambulatoire de style roman furent remplacés par un autre au goût du jour qui fut orné de peintures.

Le cloître gothique
Le transept sud donne accès au cloître gothique (fin du ) décoré d'azulejos de Valentin de Almeida (début du ) : ils racontent la vie de la Vierge Marie.

Patrimoine

 Le maître-autel créé par Santos Pacheco et exécuté par Miguel Francisco da Silva entre 1727 et 1729, est une œuvre d'art représentative du baroque portugais.
 Dans la nef, trois grands bénitiers de marbre rouge, chacun soutenu par une statuette, sont du .
 Le baptistère est orné d'un bas relief on bronze de Antonio Texeira Lopes, décrivant le baptême du Christ par Jean-Baptiste.

Voir aussi

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 Liste des cathédrales du Portugal

Notes et références

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Édifice religieux à Porto
Patrimoine mondial au Portugal


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Who is burdened with federal individual income tax?
This is a corrected version of this letter. The previous version deleted part of a sentence.
In his April 19 commentary, "How the IRS lets nonprofits turn political," Ron Eachus writes, "The wealthy who are probably paying less of a tax burden than most Americans, due to the tax breaks that work to their advantage ..." He gives no data or examples to support this inflammatory statement, which is not surprising because it's a myth.
Rich people paying little income tax make headlines, but that's the exception. According to the Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan Washington-based research group, the 1 percent that Bernie Sanders loves to hate pays 44 percent of all the federal individual income tax. The top 20 percent pays 87 percent of all federal individual income tax and 69 percent of all federal taxes (individual income, payroll, excise, corporate income and estate taxes).
Approximately 45 percent of American households pay no federal individual income tax. Hard to get a tax burden less than that.
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Cipollini predicts furious sprinting at the Tour Down Under
Stephen Farrand 2011-01-15T12:24:00Z
SuperMario expects a close battle between Cavendish and Greipel
Mario Cipollini studies the form of the Katusha riders before a training ride (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
Mario Cipollini looks on (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
Mario Cipollini wins his 42nd stage at the Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Mario Cipollini has predicted that the sprints at the Tour Down Under will be fast and furious, with even a risk of a pile-up in Sunday's Cancer Council Classic criterium.
Cooke, Bastianelli and Guderzo to lead the MCipollini-Giordana team
Cipollini promises young Katusha riders a sprinting master class
Cipollini decries modern cycling's lack of machismo
Tour Down Under: 13 and feeling frisky
Cavendish versus Greipel - a war of words
Cipollini won 191 races during his 16-year career and is widely considered one of the best sprinters of all time. He is never afraid to speak his mind and predicts a tense battle between Andre Greipel and former teammate Mark Cavendish.
"It's going to be a real fight between Greipel and Cavendish, and all the other sprinters will be looking to take advantage of them watching each other. I just hope they don't all go down in the last corner…" Cipollini told Cyclingnews.
"They're going to have to be careful because it's quite a tight circuit and so someone could get hurt. Hopefully they'll be a little bit sensible because at the start of the season."
"I've heard that Cav is a little bit fat"
Cipollini has always been admired Mark Cavendish's ability to win so much and so well. The two have even trained together in Tuscany. However Cipollini knows that Greipel is hungry for revenge after leaving HTC for Omega Pharma-Lotto.
"Cavendish is a huge talent and is the fastest sprinter in the world but Greipel always starts off the season well, while Cavendish usually needs a bit of time to get going," Cipo points out.
"I haven't seen Mark for a few months but from what I've heard he's a little bit fat, so he might need some racing to be his very best. I think that tips things slightly more in Greipel's favour. But if things go Cav's way and he gets a good lead out from his team, there's no reason why things won't go his way. It's going to be close and so fascinating to watch."
Cipollini gave Cyclingnews his predictions for the first sprints of the season while at the Katusha training camp in Calpe, Spain.
Katusha team manager Andrei Tchmil has convinced him to work with the Russian team to put some pepper on Filippo Pozzato's tail and coach the team's young Russian sprinters. He is also busy promoting his MCipollini range of bikes and happy to be a sponsor of the new MCipollini-Giordana women's team.
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Tributes to Seve: 'The guy was an icon'
COMMENTS FROM CHAMPIONS TOUR PLAYERS ON PASSING OF SEVE BALLESTEROS
(Note: The last competitive event Seve Ballesteros played was in Birmingham, AL, at the Regions Charity Classic in 2007. He had a final-round 73 which included a birdie on his 54th hole. He played in a grouping with Lee Trevino and Jim Nelford.)
"What he did for European golf was what Tiger Woods did for worldwide golf. The European Tour would not be where it is now if it were not for Seve. His allegiance to the European Tour was admirable. I mean the guy was an icon; just an incredible golfer. I've always said most of us could shoot 65 in about 30 or 40 ways. He could do it about 10,000 different ways. He could miss every fairway, chip in five times, hole two bunker shots…what a sad day today. He was so creative around the greens. It didn't matter if there was a tree or bunker, he'd figure out a way to get up and down. He and I had a great duel at Royal Lytham in 1988. It was a great day for each of us. I remember the seventh hole he made an eagle right on top of me. I remember after we played that hole that one of us was going to win because we were both playing so well that day and neither of us was going to back down. He was always very kind to me. Whatever you may have heard about him, his love for the game and his competitiveness was something I learned so much from. I don't want to say I idolized the guy but I respected him so much for the way he played the game because he could play the game like very few people. He really did. He had that beautiful smile that used to win over the hearts of all the women. He was just an incredible personality; a huge asset. I think all of us who played with him or spent any time with him are the richer for it."
MARK O'MEARA
"It's a horrible deal. Seve played golf with a passion like no one else. He was an amazing golfer who did a lot of things for the game of golf. To lose his life at such an early age is sad. At the Masters dinner this year Jose Maria got up and talked and gave an incredible talk about reminiscing about Seve and talked about growing up and idolizing Seve. It was very heartwarming. His desire to win; his fight and the ability to create and play shots was reminiscent of Palmer and Watson. He had a flair for the game that was quite amazing and that will always be remembered."
JOHN COOK
"He was a great inspiration. To be around him and play with him the few times I did I just wish he had played in the United States a few more times. The people in the U.S. never really got to see Seve as the real magician and creative person he was on the golf course. He played the game like nobody else and sometimes from places nobody else did, but he didn't care. He was one of the first players to show that you didn't have to hit it on the button every time to score if you had imagination, touch and an eye and feel for the game you could score. You can't teach that. You have to have that ingrained. With the way equipment is now, shots like his would be going straighter and would be easier to do. There won't be another Seve Ballesteros. He was a great innovator and he changed the thinking of the game. He showed you could be really good without hitting it like Ben Hogan every time."
CURTIS STRANGE
"He was such a big part of the game and a big part of my life as well as most of us out here on the Champions Tour. He was a guy you didn't forget in more ways that one. I say that with a smile on my face. I don't remember going head-to-head in a tournament but we did in the Ryder Cup. He was the backbone of the European Tour for so long. Seve was their (European Tour's) Arnold Palmer. We embellish the truth about things a lot of times but it is the absolute truth. They certainly have a lot more memories than we do of Seve but that was a big part of it. Seve loved the stage and that was the part of being Seve. He played with a lot of emotion and he was in his element and he thrived on the competition of the Ryder Cup."
"He was one of the best players in the era in which I played. There were very few players who you could simply call by a name like Arnie, Jack or Lee and know who exactly it was. He was one of those guys. He was a name all around the world. His skills were maybe unmatched by anybody. His short game skills around the green were unbelievable. I marveled at that. I saw him hit a bunker shot one time from a buried lie and he sounded like he hit it thin and it comes out with spin on it and it stopped on a dime. I asked him how he did it and he wouldn't tell me. I understand and that was part of the mystique and the fence between the American players and Seve. I always thought Seve was one of the great shotmakers in our game and one of most colorful players I've witnessed in my career. He had the magnetism that drew people to him. I played with him in the last round of the '79 British Open and I'm leading and I watched the guy hit three fairways all day and win the British Open. It wasn't because he was lucky; it was because he created some shots that were unbelievable. As sad as I was, I look back and scratch my head and say 'how does he do it'. It wasn't an accident or luck; it was a skill factor he had."
TOM LEHMAN
"He always treated me really well; very kind. He was always a competitive guy and I always appreciated that he would say something nice and offer encouragement. He didn't have to do that but he did. We played in the Ryder Cup in 1995 and I remember the heart he had. He hit it all over the map but his short game was just magic. He kept himself in the match through 10 or 11 holes. Nobody could have done it with the places he hit it that day but he did. I always say it was the best nine holes I've ever seen on the front nine. He shot even par or something. I would have shot probably been 9-over. He had a great feel for the game. He never really seemed to doubt his ability and that is what makes a champion."
MARK CALCAVECCHIA
"I don't think I ever beat the guy. He was, you know, he was unbelievable really. You know, kind of what I would call the modern day Phil Mickelson, or he was Phil back then. He was just the best imagination, the best short game, you never really knew where he was going to hit it. I thought he had a great swing. I think I played him twice in the Ryder Cup and of course he was always with Jose Maria. Pretty sure I never — I never beat him in a match. But yeah, you never know, you know? It's too bad. He was certainly awesome and really a very charismatic, everything. Everybody loved watching him, for sure."
MARK MCNULTY
"It's a very sad day for golf. Seve was a great inspiration for not just European players but also American players. He was iconic as far as Spanish sports stars were concerned. He was the first major sports star to come out of Spain and that country has been a fantastic breeding ground for soccer, tennis and golf ever since. I was very friendly with Seve. Like what Arnold Palmer brought to the PGA TOUR, Seve brought to the European Tour. I have so many memories of Seve but the one that stands out happened in Switzerland. One of the greatest shots I ever saw was when he played a shot at the 18th hole at Crans su Serr in the Swiss Open to eventually win. He was behind a wall and hit something like a 4-iron or a 2-iron from an 8-iron distance from the hole and he cut it around the wall. People who can remember the shot know exactly the type of shot he hit there. He was the original get-out-of-jail artist."
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Ed Sherman was the long-time golf writer for the Chicago Tribune. Recognized with several national golf writing awards, he now writes about golf and sports business for Crain's Chicago Business. He also is the co-host of "The Scorecard," a Saturday morning golf talk show on WSCR-AM 670. His latest book, "Golf Lists Mania," co-written with Leonard Shapiro, will be out this spring.
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Where did the Delaware settle?
ummm delaware
Where did Catholics settle?
initially Maryland, then Delaware
Where did the colonists first settle in Delaware?
Was it Jamestown?
When did the first settlers arrive in Delaware?
The Dutch were the first people to settle in Delaware in 1631, sent by De Vries.
Who was the first to settle in Delaware?
Other than the Native American Algonquin and Delaware tribes, the first European settlers were the Dutch.
Why did colonists settle in Delaware?
To make like easier and escape the king
Where did the Catholics settle?
actually it was initially Maryland, also to include Rhode Island not Delaware
Settlers from which country first settled in Delaware?
Dutch traders were the first settlers to settle in Delaware. They settled in 1631 at Zwaanendaael, which is close to present day Lewes.
Why did Peter Minuit settle in Delaware?
He thought that it was a nice place to stay because he had to get away from reality.
Why did people settle in colonial Delaware?
The Swedish settled in Delaware for profit. They wanted to make money from trading. They also wanted a base in the New World to watch the Spanish.
Why did the swedish settle in delaware?
The Swedish colonists settled in Delaware because Delaware was one of the first areas encountered by the Swedes. In competition with the Dutch settlers, the Swedish settlers made compromises with local Indian tribes and settled in the area.
Where did the English settle when they came to America?
Delaware, They settled there and that's partly why they have no income tax when they buy things.
What countries did the settlers in New Jersey and Delaware come from?
The Dutch and the Swedes were among the first to settle in New Jersey.
Which first European country first settle in Delaware and why did they leave their home country?
the swedes played a lesser role
Why did the dutch settle in Delaware?
First they settled there for land. Second they needed fertile soil to raise crops because they didnt have that in the Netherlands. And finally they needed food and Delaware was right on the water and water=fish
How was Delaware founded?
The Dutch were the first to ever settle in Delaware, within a year (1638) New Sweden, a Swedish trading post and colony took over. Eventually, the Dutch took over again.
Why did people settle in Delaware?
Okay, settlers in America that got stuck with the Puritans were given this land and thought that it wasn't fair to be religious and decided to go and settle on this land called Delaware. (BTW whoever said "because they wanted to" should go back to 8th grade social studies where I just so happpen to be)
Why did the colonists settle in Delaware?
The first colony was established in order to have control over more land, to raise crops since the soil wasn't as rich in the Netherlands as it was in Delaware, and last of all since Delaware was right on the coast of the Atlantic ocean so it was very simple and easy to catch fish.
Where were the first settlers to New York New Jersey and Delaware from?
I don't know if this applies to New Jersey and Delaware, but the first Europeans to settle in New York were from The Netherlands (before its name was changed to New York, it was New Amsterdam).
Did Dutch people live in colonial Delaware?
Peter Minuit was a Dutch explorer that took some Swedish colonists to settle in New Jersey.
What states were the first five to settle in America?
1. Delaware 2. Pennsylvania 3. New Jersey 4. Georgia 5. Connecticut in that order.
Why is colonial Delaware a great place to settle?
it was a beautiful place and it still is. it had lots of farm land and forests. it is on the Atlantic ocean. you can practice any religion you want.
Who were the first Native American groups to settle in New Jersey?
The Delaware Tribe (Munsee, Unalachtigo, Unami). Access Genealogy http://www.accessgenealogy.com "Native American Records"
Which middle colony was first settled by the dutch-?
The Dutch were the first Europeans to claim and settle lands between the Connecticut and Delaware Rivers, a region they named New Netherland.
How do you spell Delaware?
Delaware. Delaware.
Is the Delaware Colony in Delaware?
Yes, it was in Delaware.
What are the 5 largest cities and their population of Delaware?
Wilmington, Delaware (70,851) Dover, Delaware (36,047) Newark, Delaware (31,454) Middletown, Delaware (18,871) Smyrna, Delaware (10,023)
Who was Delaware settled by?
Dutch were the first to settle in the present day Delaware in 1631 in the middle region near the area of Lewes. However, all the settlers were killed within 1 year. In 1638 Swedish colony was settled at New Sweden site which lasted till 1955 when a Dutch force conquered the New Sweden colony.
Why Was Delaware Named Delaware?
Delaware is named after Del a Warr
Is Delaware in the northeast of the US?
No, Delaware is not in the Northeast. Delaware is in the South.
What is the capital of Delaware Delaware?
Dover is the capital city in Delaware.
Is there a Delaware river in Delaware?
There is a Delaware river that goes through Delaware. There is a bay near called the Chesapeake bay! It's between Maryland and Delaware!
What is Delaware's river?
The Delaware River was named after Delaware because the Cherokee indeans named Delaware and the Delaware River.
Where is the Fort Delaware Society in Delaware City Delaware located?
The address of the Fort Delaware Society is: Po Box 553, Delaware City, DE 19706-0553
What is the song of Delaware?
Our Delaware
What is the river that flows through Delaware?
The Delaware river flows to through Delaware. It forms a border between Pennsylvania and Delaware.
What are the 3 largest cities and their population in Delaware?
Wilmington, Delaware (70,851) Dover, Delaware (36,047) Newark, Delaware (31,454)
Where is the Fort Delaware State Park in Delaware City Delaware located?
The address of the Fort Delaware State Park is: P.O. Box 170, Delaware City, DE 19706
Are there Delaware seminoles in a reservation in lower Delaware?
There are no Native American Reservations in Delaware.
What bay borders Delaware?
The bay that borders Delaware is called Delaware Bay.
What are the major water ways in Delaware?
Delaware River Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
Is Maryland the south state from Delaware?
Maryland is West of Delaware and South of Delaware.
What River flows into the Delaware bay?
the Delaware river goes into Delaware bay
What state is Delaware City in?
Delaware City is in New Castle county Delaware
What is a Delaware corporation?
A Delaware corporation would be a corporation that is incorporated in the state of Delaware.
What colonists fought Delaware and Wappinger Indians?
New jersey Delaware \ Delaware
What was the founding document of Delaware?
the charter of Delaware is Delaware colony's founding document
Which first European country first settled in Delaware?
Well the first people to settle their was an tribe named the Swedes. Then the Dutch attacked the Swedes and scattered them. Then an attack by the English lead by William Penn destroyed the Dutch and settled there.
What is the web address of the Fort Delaware Society in Delaware City Delaware?
The web address of the Fort Delaware Society is: http://www.fortdelawaresociety.org
Was Delaware successful or not?
Delaware was successful
Is Delaware in the desert?
No, Delaware is not in the desert.


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Q: Accordion HTML + CSS trying to practice creating an accordion with HTML and CSS.
Code is below along with jsfiddle link.
My question is, when you click on "About", how can I get the "Hoho" to move to the left. I figured that if I add more tabs, their respective content will appear right below them.. how can I get every content that appears to start from the left?
Thanks in advance!
https://jsfiddle.net/g2r7jLe0/
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Shopify's Theme Design Team recently released a pretty sweet template for Shopify Merchants called Venture. The layout is optimized for the best shopping experience and provides clear focus on the products. While the layout was developed to accommodate several business cases, for this tutorial example we will focus on the core of the layout and recreate it with flexbox. In the following steps, we'll learn how to center align elements, set perfect sticky footers, provide priority to certain products dependent on viewport and device, target flexbox elements with media queries, and learn the basics about Flexbox so you can start implementing flexbox layouts in your next web project.Shopify's Theme Design Team recently released a pretty sweet template for Shopify Merchants called Venture. The layout is optimized for the best shopping experience and provides clear focus on the products. While the layout was developed to accommodate several business cases, for this tutorial example we will focus on the core of the layout and recreate it with flexbox. In the following steps, we'll learn how to center align elements, set perfect sticky footers, provide priority to certain products dependent on viewport and device, target flexbox elements with media queries, and learn the basics about Flexbox so you can start implementing flexbox layouts in your next web project.
    Shopify's Theme Design Team recently released a pretty sweet template for Shopify Merchants called Venture. The layout is optimized for the best shopping experience and provides clear focus on the products. While the layout was developed to accommodate several business cases, for this tutorial example we will focus on the core of the layout and recreate it with flexbox. In the following steps, we'll learn how to center align elements, set perfect sticky footers, provide priority to certain products dependent on viewport and device, target flexbox elements with media queries, and learn the basics about Flexbox so you can start implementing flexbox layouts in your next web project.Shopify's Theme Design Team recently released a pretty sweet template for Shopify Merchants called Venture. The layout is optimized for the best shopping experience and provides clear focus on the products. While the layout was developed to accommodate several business cases, for this tutorial example we will focus on the core of the layout and recreate it with flexbox. In the following steps, we'll learn how to center align elements, set perfect sticky footers, provide priority to certain products dependent on viewport and device, target flexbox elements with media queries, and learn the basics about Flexbox so you can start implementing flexbox layouts in your next web project.

    About

Hoho

CSS
body, html {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

ul {
  list-style-type: none;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  border: 1px solid black;
  padding: 0;
  display: block;
}

li {
  display: inline-block;
}

p {
  position: absolute;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: all 2s;
  width: 100%;
  padding: 0;
}

li p:target {
  opacity: 1;
}

A: You did put content in list item(li). So your content will start their parents(item) left position.
But, your paragraph element(p) has absolute position and you can set absolute left position.
p {
  position: absolute;
  left: 10px; /* set left position to 10px */
  opacity: 0;
  transition: all 2s;
  width: 100%;
  padding: 0;
}

Fiddle

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Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has accused the government of politicizing the Ministry of Buddha Sasana while creating divisions among the Sangha community of Sri Lanka.
The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) yesterday admonished the government, the Opposition and the police, to not touch them, as it would be a move tantamount to digging their own grave.
The United National Party (UNP), certain powerful foreign diplomatic missions and Muslim extremist organizations were behind the clear international conspiracy that orchestrated the recent communal clashes and religious riots in Aluthgama and Beruwala, the BBS intoned.
CEO of the BBS, Dr. Dilanthe Withanage said, "Leader of the UNP Ranil Wickremesinghe and UNP Parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera by publicizing clashes must not try to push us into politics." He lamented the fact that no one had talked about what would have happened in Aluthgama and Beruwala had the BBS not intervened.
The BBS also noted that Beruwala was a hot spot for harbouring and fostering terrorism through a centre for training terrorists, which was masquerading under the guise of being a religious institution. "If the government feels that we are the root cause and result of Aluthgama and that arresting General Secretary of the BBS, Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera will solve all the problems that we have sounded the gong about for years now, then by all means do so but also understand that every building in the country will have to be made a voluntary prison and every coconut tree a gallows' pole," Education and Research Unit Chief Coordinator of the BBS, Dr. Chamila Liyanage said.


Here's some extremely sad and tragic news from Hera. She and her former fiance, Joaquin Rams, had a son, Prince Rams, a while back. After Hera and Joaquin broke up, the courts awarded Hera custody of the child and gave the Joaquin unsupervised visitation rights. Back on October 20th, while little Prince was visiting Joaquin, he died under suspicious circumstances which included a bloody nose and bruises to the head. Some news stories have come out in the last few days and mention that Joaquin Rams is being investigated about 2 other deaths, an ex-girlfriend in 2003 and his Mother in 2008.
Here's a link to a news story about it.
Warning, it's a heart wrenching and eloquent set of posts about her grief and anger from the last 6 weeks or so. I couldn't get through all of it myself. The scary part is that from the posts before Prince's death, she seems to have been expecting something like that to happen.
Just reading the linked article from FOX News is bad enough.
What a horrible and tragic story. I hope justice is served for her and her baby boy Prince.
Our hearts and prayers are with you, Hera!
Rest In Peace Prince Rams.
Prayers with Hera and her family.
Stay strong Hera! RIP Prince.
My prayers for Hera and family.
I read Hera's blog and couldn't go on anymore. I hope she's reading this and know that people from all over the world who knew about her incident are all keeping her in deep prayers.
Poor Hera. Noone deserves that suffer. We'll keep you in our prayers.
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Every time i read this blog , i just get emotional , always. It's incredible to see how Hera is hurted for the rest of her life , and those thoughts come everyday , in every situation.
Hera's ex-husband Joaquin Rams has been arrested and charged with the murder by drowning of Prince Rams. The story mentions that he had "taken out multiple life insurance policies on his son."
Let justice be served!!! What, on his own son?
Can't believe someone would do this to his own child. Justice will be served, if not in this life the next.
It will never be made right, she's not going to get her son back, but at least she has some comfort. Yes! Let justice be served!


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Using a strengths-based method in management can help your organization succeed.
What are you naturally good at? Math? Writing? Data analysis? We all have talents that help us stand out and succeed. Wouldn't it make sense for organizations to recognize and utilize our talents rather than trying to force us into predetermined roles? The answer, as it turns out, is a resounding yes.
Simply put, strengths-based development is the practice of identifying each employee's key strengths, developing those strengths, and putting employees in positions where they can best utilize their strengths. It is the opposite of a weakness-improvement-based approach that tries to "fix" employee weaknesses and mold employees to fit specific, predetermined roles. You wouldn't put someone who is 7 feet 1 inch tall at point guard for a basketball team, so why would you put someone who excels at engineering in the sales department? Matching employees with positions where they can naturally excel is better than trying to shove them into positions that don't fit them well.
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What are some keys to strengths-based development?
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When hiring, bring in people with a wide variety of backgrounds. This will help ensure you have employees with diverse understandings and interests, which will provide your organization with a wide breadth of insights and skills. The more variety you have in your workforce, the more opportunity you'll have to align employees with their strengths.
Allow your employees to explore new ideas and make mistakes along the way. Also, listen to employee feedback and adjust accordingly. If employees feel as if they have a stake in the organization, they will be more likely to focus their core talents and give you their best work.
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This post doesn't relate to the S/PDIF syncing. I mostly want to just be notified about posts here, but also I hope to maybe get a post with a collection of KNOWN batteries that work on the DR-680 and have long operational times. It would be nice if we could get a bunch of battery links in one post for future reference. It's hell sifting through 25 pages of messages.
I also bought the DR-680 with the idea of syncing multiple units to the master deck word clock. Definitely not with the idea of buying additional pre/ad's w/word clock and/or an external master clock to sync up decks. There are many other lower cost options for quality multitrack recording.
But... I do still love having one for my everyday recording needs.
I posted in the old thread about mid-side recording with the 680. Anyone else doing that, want to chat about it, or should I go in the mics and setup room?
Matt, I dunno about any "cheaper" options that allow more than 8 tracks. And for me, I run preamps in front of this unit so it's no big deal especially with the SUSBPre2 out now.
Well apparently B&H photo had the DR-680 offered with a free CSDR680 shoulder bag. I put it in my cart then wavered. I missed the deal!
Yes, I would imagine if you sent the same spdif signal to two 680's, they all then would be synced using the same clock as the spdif source. So that would effectively give you 14 channels (with the 2 digi channels on each deck repeated).
On my SD 722, you could connect it to a digi spdif input, but instead instruct it via the menu to actually record the analog inputs. it would record the analog inputs, but use the spdif signal for clocking. Wonder if there is a way to do this on the 680, or if not if it could be implemented with a future firmware?
I asked Tascam tech support about that external clocking but they were not very positive in there reply. I doubt if it will happen and I don't know if it is even possible with their software setup.
I didn't. But really, is there much use for the shoulder bag? I mean, you're not really gonna stealth with this deck and it's most likely going into a gear back with your other equipment.
Had my first snafu last night with th DR680. I was running my V3 Digital in with a stereo pair and analoag into 1&2 and 3&4 with two other stereo pairs. I made sure that the "DIN MON" was set on the the "Function Screen". Everything looked good with levels etc. When I went to play back the files this morning I only had files for st12.wav & st34.wav, no st.wav file So basicly there was no file created for the V3 digital source.
Wouldn't you set it to DIN Stereo? I thought the DIN MON would be the RCA inputs.
The DIN MON is the setting used on the function button right above the rec trim button on the front of the unit. The DIN stereo is the setting you use in the recording screen when using the menu botton on the top of the unit, which was was set properly.


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Global Software Applications: From Happy Valley Internet Café to International Software Solution
by Staff Writer | Sep 9, 2020 | News
If you went to Penn State in the early 2000s, you might remember a little internet café in downtown State College called Java Vista. While Java Vista stopped serving up espresso and Wi-Fi long ago, the proprietary software that fueled the café has gone on to power hotel business centers around the world.
"Perhaps we started a bit too early in technology," says Kathryn Koning, president and CEO of Global Software Applications, speaking about the proprietary software that café Java Vista offered. The café's computers used software that Koning and her team had designed. It allowed people to have access to a computer, and once they were finished, all personal information was wiped before the next person used it. The tech was groundbreaking for its time, but the café struggled for a much different, surprising reason: "The students thought we were part of the campus computer lab and so they would bring in their own food. Since we were a café, that did not work out very well," Koning says.
From Internet Café to Times Square Hotel
Eventually they made the decision to close down the café and take the software they'd developed in a different direction. Koning says that New York seemed like a good place to further the technology. "I walked into the Westin NYC in Times Square carrying a bulky white computer (we all remember that one) and with the skill of a door-to-door sales person, I persuaded them to let us put the computer in their lobby for their guests to use. I remember being asked, 'What do you call it?' I saw a gentleman carrying a briefcase and quickly responded 'It's a Business Center,' and that is how the hotel 'Business Center' got its start."
That was 20 years ago. Today, this WBENC-certified company runs SurferQuest, a user-friendly, secure business center solution that solves technology problems for 4 and 5-star resorts and casinos around the globe.
The goal is simple: offering business center solutions for hotels and resorts that are easy-to-use, customizable, secure – and completely supported by experts who offer 24/7 live support. They handle technology so hospitality businesses can keep their focus on creating a great experience for their guests.
"There are other companies that offer business center services," Koning says of the Happy Valley-based business, "but the software is not developed in-house, which can be really frustrating when users require technical support. All SurferQuest support calls are handled by the team that developed the software, and support is offered live, 365 days per year. But what makes us stand out is that we operate like a small company where everyone is important. I teach my staff that no matter how small or trivial a problem may seem to them, to the person on the other side, it is the most important thing going on for them at that moment and must be top priority."
Enabling Safe Reopening With Digital Wayfinding
Global Software Applications has created other software solutions for everyday problems, and one of them has been particularly in high demand due to COVID-19. Here2There, a digital wayfinding software, operates like GPS for large indoor spaces, and as large spaces like schools, museums and conference centers look to safely reopen, the need for wayfinding has skyrocketed. "By using landmarks and weighted pathways, our wayfinding system uses turn-by-turn text directions to guide users to their final destinations," Koning says. "Through the use of QR codes, directions are sent to the user's phone, making it easier to navigate."
Here2There software is ADA-compliant, meaning that those with ambulatory issues are automatically routed to the paths that are accessible. "The aim is to support social distancing by making it easier for users to get to their destinations rather than using signage that may be confusing leading to increased traffic in public areas."
In addition to accessibility options, the company is also working on helping these locations in the fight against the pandemic. "We are currently working on facial recognition that will determine highly populated areas even down to whether a mask is being worn or not."
Expert Advice in the Time of COVID
Building facial recognition and mask detection into software is just one of the ways that the company is helping customers during COVID-19.
"We have become a 'consultant' of sorts," Koning says of the pivot from focusing on the internal workings of the company to reaching out to those in need. "We've been helping hoteliers and business owners navigate federal funding, make decisions about staffing, even down to whether or not to keep their doors open for business. It's sad when a long standing client comes to you and says, 'We have to close our doors, and don't know if we will be able to open them again.' We have used our vast network of contacts to connect our clients to those who can help them find their way when we were not in a place to assist. We have become a huge family in this industry and the compassion shown is a superhuman feat. We could not be more proud of our industry for doing what is best for everyone, and having faith in each other."
In addition to consulting, they're also providing temperature scanners for the staff and guests, and UVC lighting to aid in safely reopening. Koning says that equipping clients with safety equipment is just part of who they are as a company.
"Every day, new guidelines are created, and businesses have had to adapt quickly.This means paying attention to trends, deciding which resources to deploy and mandating unpopular rules that may cost them business in the short (and long) term. Will we come back from it? Definitely, hopefully wiser and more educated from the experience. In order to ensure this, we must pay attention to the guidelines, ask questions for clarification and, just as important, continue to treat our clients and ourselves kindly and with integrity."
To find out more about how SurferQuest can help you with business center solutions, go to surferquest.com or call 888-733-4365.
Kathryn Koning of Global Software Applications: What I Wish I Would Have Known Starting Out
When Kathryn Koning was beta-testing her proprietary software in an internet café in downtown State College, there were much fewer women in technology fields.
I see more and more women in technology every day. Many women hold top positions within major IT companies and lead technical positions within our industry," she says,
She advises women starting out in tech to never lose their certitude, and if need be, push through doors that are only slightly open.
And if she could give advice to her younger self as she was just starting out in the field? "Two takeaways I wish I would have known are to make sure to patent your technology and concept, and to know that it's OK to take 'no' as an answer every once in a while."
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