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Howard Johnson. The Bahamas From Slavery to Servitude, 1783-1933. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1996. xviii + 218 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-1494-4.
Reviewed by Bruce Taylor (Department of History, University of Dayton)
Published on H-LatAm (September, 1997)
The Bahamas: Islands in Chains?
Howard Johnson, in The Bahamas from Slavery to Servitude, 1783-1933, assembles a collection of insightful essays which he arranges, archipelago-like, to display various aspects of continuous oligarchic control over Bahamian workers. His analysis contributes to a continuing inquiry into the nature of Caribbean colonial societies as they moved from slavery into post-emancipation environments where the supply of labor became uncertain.
Only in recent decades have Caribbean scholars displayed sustained interest in the degree to which former slaves were able to establish viable economic alternatives following the demise of plantation slavery. With respect to the colonies of Britain, the "Merivale Paradigm" held the attention of scholars for generations as they assumed the validity of Herman Merivale's 1840s analysis. Merivale, in a series of lectures on Caribbean political economy, presented an analysis of British colonial economies as they entered the period of adjustment after the Abolition Act of 1833 decreed liberty for slaves. The degree of economic success on the part of the post-emancipation plantation owners, he said, depended to a great extent on the ratio of labor to available land. So in places like British Guiana and Jamaica where undeveloped land was readily available, the opportunity for former slaves to act autonomously was considerably better than, for example, on Barbados and Antigua where slaves were numerous and where plantation agriculture dominated a small geographic space.[1] So logical was the argument that few sought to challenge or even modify that analysis, grounded as it was in seemingly self-evident economic law.
In the mid-twentieth century, some scholars turned their attention from what had been a pervasive interest in slavery itself to post-emancipation developments. Douglas Hall on Jamaica in 1959,[2] Donald Wood on Trinidad in 1968[3], Alan Adamson on British Guiana in 1972,[4] were among those who set the stage for a burst of scholarship on post-emancipation conditions in the Caribbean.
In the 1980s, the Merivale assumption was specifically reexamined. In 1981, O. Nigel Bolland described British Honduras' transition to non-slave labor. Belize, as slavery ended, was an underpopulated area and, following Merivale, one would have expected the slaves, once emancipated, to move rapidly toward achieving economic autonomy. Such was not the case, however, as a variety of factors both political and economic combined to rein in the newly liberated workers.[5] A now celebrated exchange appeared in the January 1984 issue of Comparative Studies in Society and History between William A. Green ("The Perils of Comparative History: Belize and the Sugar Colonies After Slavery") and Bolland "Reply to William A. Green's 'the Perils of Comparative History'") on post-emancipation historical interpretation.[6] Other works followed.[7]
In this work, Johnson's intent was to revise an earlier volume of collected essays [8] and refashion them into a more coherent synthesis. His major thesis is that the Bahamian slave descendants went from a world of dependency on the Euro-oligarchy under slavery to a new world of dependency on the same Euro oligarchy which successfully employed an evolving system of social control. In his account he takes issue with both Bolland and the Merivale followers on the reasons for success of post-emancipation social controls and also with Michael Craton and Gail Saunders on the question of the degree of autonomy demonstrated by workers while still in the slave system.[9]
In Chapter One, Johnson presents an overview of the economic development of the islands down to 1815, in which he sets the geographic stage and introduces trends and institutions in preparation for his series of essays. The Bahamian early history includes the rapid decline of the Lucayan population, the neglect by the Spanish and the settlement by the British by the middle seventeenth century. The early English colonists lived by their wits by engaging in subsistence agriculture, fishing, selling of salt and food, salvaging operations from shipwrecks and privateering/ piracy entrepreneurship. Following the arrival of loyalists from the former Thirteen Colonies, the Bahamians enjoyed a spurt of economic activity with the development of cotton as a cash crop. Some characteristics of the Bahamian economy explored in subsequent chapters include: the boom and bust cycle with cotton being the first example, the appearance of indentured free blacks taken from among those liberated by British policing of slave traders, and slaves who were able to enjoy some unusual autonomy through successful bargaining with their owners. At the same time, we see the growing power of the agro-merchant group which will thwart that drive toward economic autonomy.
The following two chapters deal with the growing success of slaves to carve out economic independence space within the slave regime. The self-hire system emerged in Nassau as many slaves succeeded in achieving independence by negotiating their own work contracts when their owners could not employ them productively in agriculture. Another boon to the slave's economic fortune came with the collapse of cotton production after 1800. Johnson claims that the slaves, during the period of economic decline, were able to bargain for enough time both to farm and to market products so as to be considered virtual peasants. Sidney Mintz used the term "proto-peasantry" in detailing the success of many slaves in gaining some customary control over their own provision grounds and to undertake market activities. But Johnson suggests that in the Bahamas the process had gone much further than in other slave regimes.
In Chapter Four, Johnson examines the special case of Africans who were liberated in the suppression of the African Slave Trade by Great Britain. Slaves rescued from the clutches of the other slave holding empires were apprenticed as indentures to Bahamian "handlers" or pressed into militia service. These "recaptives" formed a separate group within the society, but their essential range of opportunities was not much different than those in actual slavery. They were able as well to establish peasant-like life styles during the period.
Chapters Five and Six contain irony which Johnson should have exploited more fully. While slavery was in force, workers seemed to be moving toward economic independence and yet, after 1838 when full freedom came to the islands, the agro-merchant elite exercised ever tightening control over their former property. In order to inhibit the growth of an independent peasantry, the Bahamian elites were able to secure a prohibitively high price for the purchase of land. The ex-slave, then, lacking the necessary capital, had to settle for sharecropping arrangements. As the demand for fresh and canned fruit soared in the world markets of the late nineteenth century, merchants began buying up large tracks of land suitable for pineapple cultivation. They were then able to entice labor from those willing to work by the promise that they would be paid later but could receive credit immediately as an advance on wages. The debt trap quickly snapped shut. Johnson then describes in detail the workings of the "Credit and Truck" system in which an increasingly powerful merchant/banking/ landed class exploited labor through the control of credit and by requiring workers to accept goods from company stores instead of cash as payment. The control of the land itself was therefore not necessary to keep a labor force, of all colors, dependent on the oligarchy. Even when the state intervened at the turn of the century to control abuses of payments in kind at employer controlled stores, the lock on credit served to maintain domination by the oligarchy.
Chapter Seven describes the success of the oligarchy in recruiting a foreign, largely Barbadian, police force to insure order in the colony. The withdrawal of the British West India Regiment in the 1880s required a force whose members would not be tempted to join with those Bahamians allegedly intent on reacting violently to an oppressive system.
Chapter Eight looks at the oligarchy's reaction to immigration of foreign entrepreneurs who might threaten its monopoly of economic activity on the islands. Greeks, Lebanese, Jews, Chinese all were perceived as threats and were eventually restricted during the 1920s by immigration legislation, fees, licenses. and the like. The oligarchy had once again, through the coercion of the state, confirmed their dominant position on the island.
The final chapter examines the Bahamian contribution to that all too familiar export of the Caribbean--its people. Caught in a system of economic exploitation and in the seemingly endless series of economic crises, Bahamians moved into the expanding economy of southern Florida. The oligarchy did not suffer, however, from this out-migration tactic. Remittances to families back home combined with income from increasing imports of food products benefited the merchant class.
Johnson has made a significant and well-written contribution to the on-going debate as to the nature of post-emancipation societies and the transition to them. He claims that the Bahamian slave regime in its last years was unique in terms of opportunities for autonomous actions by slaves. Slaves living as virtual peasants, slaves hiring themselves out, apprenticed Africans, free blacks and browns, high amount of mobility all give a picture of a system in transition which is using various forms of labor simultaneously. Johnson agrees that his characterization of the slave regime is similar to Rebecca Scott's description of Cuba's system as it began to fall apart even before the formal ending of slavery in the 1880s.[10] All of this runs counter to the story told by Michael Craton and Gail Saunders in their 1992 work. He also takes issue with Bolland, who regards the control of land as the central factor in the continued domination of planters after slavery, by his insistence that the control of capital and credit can be just as vital a factor. He also claims that credit and truck systems, contrary to assertions by both Bolland and Green, existed not only in the Bahamas and Belize, but in sugar producing colonies as well.
Johnson has done well in framing windows through which we can observe selected views of the Bahamian societal landscape. The picture, however, is not panoramic. We need to see more of the context in which the oligarchy is operating. Some of the terrae incognitae include the nature of the local political system; the relationship between the Bahamian colonial government and the Imperial power in London; the impact of market forces on the agro-merchant elite as they struggled with what appears to be one economic setback after another; the effects of social tensions among groups or aggregates such as the former slaves, the former African apprentices, the people of color and the Europeans of various economic levels; the changes in fortune and composition of the families that comprise the oligarchy; and the nature of the economy in Nassau's growing urban area.
We look forward to additional analysis by Johnson in which he might use to advantage the Minutes of Assembly of the Nassau legislature and additional statistics to support newspaper accounts. We anticipate also a response from those with whom he disagrees. Certainly Michael Craton and Gail Saunders who have martialled considerable statistical evidence in their description of the slave regime in their first volume will rise to the challenge. Their second volume, carrying the story to the present will probably have much to say about the role of the agro/merchant oligarchy in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Finally! Bolland will undoubtedly remind Johnson that he is aware of "truck shops" operating not only in the Bahamas and Belize, but also in the sugar colonies.[11]
[1]. Herman Merivale, Lectures on Colonization and Colonies (2 vols.; rev. ed.; London:Oxford University Press, 1928).
[2]. Douglas Hall, Free Jamaica, 1838-1865, an Economic History (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1959),
[3]. Donald Wood, Trinidad in Transition: The Years After Slavery (London:Oxford University Press, 1968).
[4]. Alan Adamson, Sugar Without Slaves: The Political Economy of British Guiana, 1838-1904(New Haven:Yale University Press, 1972).
[5]. O. Nigel Bolland, "Systems of Domination after Slavery: The Control of Land and Labor in the British West Indies after 1838," Comparative Studies in Society and History, vol. 23, no. 4 (Oct. 1981), pp. 591-619.
[6]. Comparative Studies in Society and History_,vol. 26, no.1 (Jan. 1981), pp.112-125.
[7]. See, for examples: Michael Craton, "The Transition from Slavery to Free Wage Labour in the Caribbean, 1790-1890." Slavery and Abolition, vol. 13 (1992), pp. 37-67. Frank McGlynn and Seymour Drescher., eds., The Meaning of Freedom: Economics, Politics and Culture after Slavery(Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press,1992). Michael Moohr, "The Economic Impact of Slave Emancipation in British Guiana, 1832-1852,"The Economic History Review, 2nd series, vol 25, no 4 (Nov. 1992), pp. 588-607. Manuel Moreno Fraginals, et al., eds., Between Slavery and Free Labor; The Spanish-speaking Caribbean in the Nineteenth Century (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1885). Karen F. Olwig, ed.,Small Islands, Large Questions: Society, Culture and Resistance in the Post-Emancipation Caribbean(London & Portland:Frank Cass, 1995). David Richardson, ed., Abolition and its Aftermath: The Historical Context, 1768-1916. London & Totowa, NJ:Frank Cass, 1985. Mary Turner ed., From Chattel Slaves to Wage Slaves: the Dynamics of Labour Bargaining in the Americas (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995).
[8]. Howard Johnson, The Bahamas in Slavery and Freedom (Kingston: Ian Randle, 1991).
[9]. Michael Craton and Gail Saunders, Islanders in the Stream; A History of the Bahamian People,vol I.: From Aboriginal Times to the End of Slavery (Athens:University of Georgia Press,1992
[10]. Rebecca J. Scott, Slave Emancipation in Cuba: The Transition to Free Labor, 1860-1899(Princeton:Princeton University Press, 1985).
[11]. O. Nigel Bolland, "The Politics of Freedom in the British Caribbean," in McGlynn and Drescher,The Meaning of Freedom, p. 123.
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"I'm leaving every option open," said the Baltimore County Democrat, whose new district includes a vast swath of Republican-dominated rural areas extending to the Pennsylvania state line.
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Brochin said he hasn't hired an attorney but has sought advice on whether the new map violates the guidelines set down by the Court of Appeals after the last redistricting, when it threw out Gov. Parris N. Glendening's map and drew its own. Glendening's map, however, included several crossings of the city-county line, while O'Malley's map has only the one.
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The rally in Donetsk came less than a week after the Ukrainian region of Crimea approved secession in a referendum regarded as illegitimate by the Western countries. After the referendum, Russia moved to formally annex Crimea.
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Oct. 13THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton visited Arctic Cat here Tuesday as part of a regional tour to check the progress of snowmobile manufacturers in complying with EPA's stricter environmental standards.
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with confirmation of tour reservation. Tour price includes admission to the
MUSEUM -- The museum's permanent collection is made up of
the Fine Arts Collection, consisting of 5,000 works of art that represent the
history of California from pre-Gold Rush days to the early decade of the 20th
century; and The Photography Collection, containing nearly a halfmillion
images in an array of photographic formats documenting the history of
California in both the 19th and 20th centuries. The Library and Research
Collection contain material relating to the history of California and the
West from early exploration time to the present including texts, maps, and
"Landscape and Vision: Early California Painters from the
Collections of the California Historical Society," open-ended. An exhibit of
oil paintings including a large number of early landscapes of California,
from the museum's collection.
"Think California," Sept. 24 through Feb. 5, Wed.-Sat. noon-4:30
p.m. An exhibition highlighting the colorful history of California through
the institution's remarkable collection of artwork, artifacts and ephemera.
Themes include: Coming to California, Scenic Splendors, Earthquakes, Floods
and Volcanoes, and more. $1-$3; members are always free.
"Think California," through Feb. 5. Exhibition features artworks,
artifacts and ephemera exploring California's colorful history.
$1-$3; free children under age 5. Wednesday-Saturday, noon-4:30
p.m. 678 Mission St., San Francisco. (415) 357-1848 X229,
CHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA The CHSA Museum and
Learning Center features a permanent exhibition, "The Chinese of America:
Toward a More Perfect Union'' in its Main Gallery, and works by
Chinese-American visual artists in its Rotating Galleries.
"Leaders of the Band," An exhibition of the history and
development of the Cathay Club Marching Band, the first Chinese American band
formed in 1911.
$1-$3; free children ages 5 and under; free for all visitors first
Thursday of every month. Tuesday-Friday, noon-5 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, noon-4
p.m. 965 Clay St., San Francisco. (415) 391-1188, www.chsa.org.
CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM The museum, formerly known as the
Jewish Museum San Francisco, has a new addition designed by Daniel Libeskind
and is dedicated to exploring the richness and diversity of Jewish thought
and culture.
GALLERY TOURS -- Sunday and Wednesday, 12:30 p.m. Free.
"As It Is Written: Project 304,805," through Oct. 3. Exhibition
centers around a soferet (a professionally trained female scribe) who writes
out the entire text of the Torah, at the Museum, over the course of a full
year. She will be one of the few known women to complete an entire Torah
scroll, an accomplishment traditionally exclusive to men.
"Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish
Life," through Oct. 3. The first major international exhibition to examine
the reinvention of Jewish ritual in art and design.
"Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World)," through
Oct. 26. The first major museum survey of the award-winning illustrator,
author and designer.
$4-$5; free for children under age 12; free third Monday of every
month. Sunday -Thursday, noon-6 p.m. DEC. 25, NOON TO 4 P.M.; CLOSED JAN. 1.
736 Mission St., San Francisco. (415) 655-7800, www.thecjm.org.
DE YOUNG MUSEUM The art museum has now reopened in a new
facility designed by Swiss architecture firm Herzog and de Meuron and Fong
and Chan Architects in San Francisco. It features significant collections of
American art from the 17th through the 20th centuries; modern and
contemporary art; art from Central and South America, the Pacific and Africa;
and an important and diverse collection of textiles.
ARTIST STUDIO PROGRAM -- 1-5 p.m. Wed.- Sun. A monthly
interactive program during which the public can meet and work with a featured
artist. Demonstrations take place in the Kimball Education Gallery, which
does not require paid admission. (415) 750-7634.
"Children's Workshops: Doing and Viewing Art and Big Kids-Little
Kids," Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.-noon and 1:30-3 p.m. Family tour and
art activity for ages 4-12.
LECTURES BY DOCENTS -- These lectures are free and are
held in the Koret Auditorium unless otherwise noted.
"Poetry Series," 7-8:30 p.m. $8-$12. (415) 750-7634.
"Friday Nights at the de Young: Cultural Encounters,"
5-8:45 p.m. The de Young stays open until 8:45 p.m. each Friday night and
hosts special events including live music, dance, film, lectures and artist
Aug. 22: "Cultural Encounters presents Hot Brazilian Nights.''
Event features music by Forro for All and art-making for the
entire family.
Aug. 29: "Cultural Encounters.''
Event features live music by the Scott Amendola Trio. Free with
"Photo/Synthesis," through Oct. 3. Exhibition highlights the
dynamic trend in the field of contemporary photography, collages,
assemblages, and other multi-part or composite photo-based projects.
"Pat Steir: After Hokusai, after Hiroshige," through Jan. 30.
Exhibition shows the continued influence of the Japanese print on Western
artists into the late twentieth century.
OPENING -- "To Dye For: A World Saturated in Color," through Jan.
9. Exhibition features over 50 textiles and costumes from the Fine Arts
Museums' comprehensive collection of textiles from Africa, Asia and the
$6-$10; free for children ages 12 and under; free for all visitors
the first Tuesday of every month. Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday-Sunday, 9:30
a.m.-5:15 p.m.; Friday, 9:30 a.m.-8:45 p.m. Golden Gate Park, 50 Hagiwara Tea
Garden Drive, San Francisco. (415) 863-3330, www.deyoungmuseum.org.
GLBT HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM The museum is a project of
the GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender) Historical Society.
$2-$4. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. 657 Mission St., Suite 300, San
Francisco. (415) 777-5455, www.glbthistory.org.
101 Howard Street, Suite 480, San Francisco. (415) 543-4669,
LEGION OF HONOR MUSEUM DOCENT TOUR PROGRAMS -- Tours of the
permanent collections and special exhibitions are offered Tuesday through
Sunday. Non-English language tours (Italian, French, Spanish and Russian) are
available on different Saturdays of the month at 11:30 a.m. Free with regular
museum admission. (415) 750-3638.
"Doing and Viewing Art," For ages 7 to 12. Docent-led
tours of current exhibitions are followed by studio workshops taught by
professional artists/teachers. Students learn about art by seeing and making
it. Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to noon; call to confirm class. Free with museum
admission. (415) 750-3658.
ORGAN CONCERTS -- 4 p.m. A weekly concert of organ music
on the Legion's restored 1924 Skinner organ. Saturday and Sunday in the Rodin
Gallery. Free with museum admission. (415) 750-3624.
SPECIAL EVENTS -- In the Gould Theater unless otherwise noted. $4
after museum admission unless otherwise noted. (415) 682-2481.
"Sunday Jazz Brunch," 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $21-$53.
"Very Postmortem: Mummies and Medicine," Oct. 31. Exhibition
explores the modern scientific examination of mummies providing new insights
into the conditions under which the Egyptians lived, bringing us closer to
understanding who they were.
"Impressionist Paris: City of Light," through Sept. 26.
Exhibition explores various aspects of life in and around the city in which
artists came of age. Visitors to the exhibition are transported to
Impressionist Paris as represented in over 150 prints, drawings, photographs,
paintings, and illustrated books from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
and several distinguished private collections.
$6-$10; free for children ages 12 and under; free for all visitors
on Tuesdays. Tuesday-Sunday, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Lincoln Park, 34th Avenue and
Clement Street, San Francisco. (415) 750-3600, (415) 750-3636,
MARKET STREET RAILWAY MUSEUM The museum will
permanently display a variety of artifacts telling the story of San
Francisco's transportation history, including dash signs, fare boxes, a famed
Wiley "birdcage'' traffic signal and more.
Free. Wednesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 77 Steuart St., San
Francisco. (415) 956-0472, www.streetcar.org.
The Mexican Museum holds a unique collection of 12,000 objects
representing thousands of years of Mexican history and culture within the
Americas. The permanent collection, the Museum's most important asset and
resource, includes five collecting areas: Pre-Conquest, Colonial, Popular,
Modern and Contemporary Mexican and Latino, and Chicano Art. The Museum also
has a collection of rare books and a growing collection of Latin American
Fort Mason Center, Building D, Buchanan Street and Marina
Boulevard, San Francisco. (415) 202-9700, www.mexicanmuseum.org.
MUSEO ITALOAMERICANO The museum, dedicated to the
exhibition of art works by Italian and Italian-American artists, has a small
permanent collection of paintings, sculptures, photographs and works on paper
by such renowned artists as Beniamino Buffano, Sandro Chia, Giorgio de
Chirico and Arnaldo Pomodoro.
DOCENT TOURS -- Wednesdays, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Free.
$2-$3; free children under age 12; free to all first Wednesday of
the month. Wednesday-Sunday, noon -4 p.m.; first Wednesday of the month,
noon-7 p.m. Fort Mason Center, Building C, Buchanan Street and Marina
Boulevard, San Francisco. (415) 673-2200, www.museoitaloamericano.org.
Free. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Humanities
Building, Room 510, SFSU, Font Boulevard and Tapia Drive, San Francisco.
(415) 405-0599, www.sfsu.edu/~museumst/.
Free. Wednesday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Veterans Building, 401 Van
Ness Avenue at McAllister, 4th Floor, San Francisco. (415) 255-4800,
MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA A new museum exploring and
celebrating the influence of the African Diaspora on global art and culture
through interactive, permanent and changing exhibits and special programs.
The museum occupies the first three floors of the new St. Regis Hotel at
Third and Mission streets.
"Celebrations: Rituals and Ceremonies," "Music of the Diaspora,''
"Culinary Traditions,'' 'Adornment,'' "Slavery Passages,'' and "The Freedom
"Urban Kidz Film Series," Noon-3 p.m. An offshoot of the
San Francisco Black Film Festival, featuring a striking assemblage of short
and feature films designed to spark the imaginations of the 5-to-12-year-old
set. $10 adults; children free. (415) 771-9271.
$5-$8; free children age 12 and under. Monday, Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m.;
CLOSED MARCH 13 THROUGH MARCH 21. 685 Mission St., San Francisco. (415)
358-7200, www.moadsf.org.
LIBRARY) Closed on federal holidays. The library, part of the San
Francisco Maritime National Historic Park, focuses on sail and steam ships on
the West Coast and the Pacific Basin from 1520 to the present. The museum
library holdings include a premiere collection of maritime history: books,
magazines, oral histories, ships' plans and the San Francisco Maritime
National Historical Park's 250,000 photographs.
Free. By appointment only, Monday-Friday, 1-4 p.m., and the third
Saturday of each month 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Fort Mason Center, Building E, Third
Floor, Buchanan Street and Marina Boulevard, San Francisco. (415) 560-7080,
(415) 560-7030, www.nps.gov/safr.
PACIFIC HERITAGE MUSEUM The museum presents rotating
exhibits highlighting historical, artistic, cultural and economic
achievements from both sides of the Pacific Rim. The museum features a
permanent display documenting the history and significance of the Branch Mint
and Subtreasury buildings.
Free. Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 608 Commercial St., San
Francisco. (415) 399-1124.
"Earthquake Exhibit," Learn about plate tectonics. Make
a small quake by jumping on the floor to make a "floor quake'' that registers
on the seismometer in the lobby. See the basement seismometer that registers
quakes around the world. Walk through a full-size earthquake refugee shack
that was used to house San Franciscans after the 1906 earthquake that
destroyed so many homes.
"Creativity and Discovery Hand in Hand," A photography
exhibit that gives visitors a look into the wide variety of programs the
Museum offers in the way of classes, workshops, school field trips, and
special interest clubs.
"Toddler Treehouse," Toddlers may comfortably climb the
carpeted "treehouse'' and make a myriad of discoveries, from the roots to the
"Live Animal Exhibit," Visit with more than 100
creatures including small mammals, amphibians, reptiles, raptors and small
birds, insects, spiders and tide pool creatures.
"Saturdays Are Special at the Museum," Saturdays, 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. A series of drop-in ceramics and art and science workshops.
All ages are welcome, though an adult must accompany children under age 8. $3
per child, $5 per parent-child combination.
"Bufano Sculpture Tours," first and third Saturdays of the month,
10:15 a.m. A tour of the giant animal sculptures of Beniamino Bufano. The
sculptures were carved out of stone in the 1930s and include a giant cat and
a mother bear nursing her cubs.
"Animal Room," Visit some of the animals that live at
the museum, including reptiles, raptors, tide pool creatures and small
"Meet the Animals" Saturdays, 11:15 a.m. to noon. See the
Randall's animals close-up and in person.
"Animal Feeding," Saturdays, noon. Watch the animals take their
"Golden Gate Model Railroad Exhibit," Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 4
DROP-IN ART AND SCIENCE WORKSHOPS -- 1-4 p.m. $3-$5.
"Animal Feeding," Saturday, noon.
"Film Series for Teenagers," Fridays, 7 p.m.
"Third Friday Birders," 8 a.m. The hike through Corona
Heights Park allows participants to enjoy the early morning views and learn
more about the feathered inhabitants of the area. Children aged 10 and older
if accompanied by adult.
"Meet the Animals," 11:15 a.m.-noon.
"Drop-in Family Ceramics Workshop," Saturday,
10:15-11:15 a.m. $5.
"Drop-in Family Ceramics Workshop," Saturday, 1:15-2:15
"Meet the Animals," Saturdays, 11:15 a.m. Learn about
the animals that live at the Randall Museum.
"Golden Gate Model Railroad Exhibit," Saturday, 11
a.m.-4 p.m.
Free. All ages welcome; an adult must accompany children under age
8. Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; CLOSED ON CHRISTMAS. 199 Museum Way, San
Francisco. (415) 554-9600, www.randallmuseum.org.
SAN FRANCISCO CABLE CAR MUSEUM The museum is located
in the historic Cable Car Barn and Powerhouse. Visitors can see the actual
cable winding machinery, grips, track, cable and brakes, as well as three
historic cable cars, photo displays and mechanical artifacts. The best way to
get to this museum is by cable car; street parking is practically
Free. October 1-March 31: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Daily; Closed on New
Year's Day, Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving and Christmas. 1201 Mason St., San
Francisco. (415) 474-1887, www.cablecarmuseum.com.
SAN FRANCISCO MARITIME NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK One of only a
few "floating'' national parks, the San Francisco Maritime National
Historical Park includes four national landmark ships, a maritime museum, a
maritime library and a World-War-II submarine named the USS Pampanito.
HYDE STREET PIER -- Demonstrations, ship tours, programs, music
and special events offered throughout the day. Check ticket booth for
schedule. At the foot of Hyde Street, Hyde and Jefferson streets.
Entering the Pier is free but there is a fee to board the ships.
HISTORIC SHIPS AT THE HYDE STREET PIER -- The historic ships at
the Pier are the 1886 square-rigger "Balclutha,'' the 1890 steam ferryboat
"Eureka,'' the 1895 schooner "C.A. Thayer'' (not available at this time due
to restoration), the 1891 scow schooner "Alma,'' the 1907 steam tug
"Hercules,'' and the 1914 "Eppleton Hall,'' a paddlewheel tug.
"Balclutha." This historic ship, a three-mast square-rigger, has
undergone extensive repairs and preservation work. She now contains more
original materials and fittings than any other historic merchant
square-rigger in the United States. The Balclutha is a designated National
Historic Landmark. At Hyde Street Pier.
"Eureka." Explore this 1890 ferryboat with a 40-foot walking-beam
engine. The boat once carried passengers and autos across the San Francisco
Bay. At Hyde Street Pier. Daily, call for times of boat tour.
"C.A. Thayer." A three-mast schooner used in the lumber and cod
fishing trades. At Hyde Street Pier.
"Alma." Between 1850 and the early 1900s, the best highways
around the San Francisco Bay area were the waterways and the delivery trucks
and tractortrailer rigs of the time were the flat-bottomed scow schooners.
Able to navigate the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta region's shallow creeks,
sloughs and channels, the scows' sturdy hulls could rest safely and securely
on the bottom providing a flat, stable platform for loading and unloading.
Made of inexpensive Douglas fir, scow's designs were so simple they could be
built by eye or without plans.
"Hercules." Tugs in the early part of the 20th century towed
barges, sailing ships and log rafts between Pacific ports. Because prevailing
north/west winds generally made travel up the coast by sail both difficult
and circuitous, tugs often towed large sailing vessels to points north of San
Francisco. In 1916 Hercules towed the C.A. Thayer to Port Townsend, Wash.,
taking six days to make the trip. At the end of the sail era, the Hercules
was acquired by the Western Pacific Railroad Company and shuttled railroad
car barges back and forth across San Francisco Bay until 1962.
"Eppleton Hall." Built in England, the steam side-wheeler plied
the Wear and Tyne rivers of Northeast England. Designed to tow ocean-going
colliers (coal-carrying sail vessels) the tugs saved transit time getting the
sail vessels upriver to load. The side-wheelers were also used to tow newly
built ships out to sea. From 1969 to 1979, the Eppleton Hall served as a
private yacht. She was modified for an epic steam via the Panama Canal to San
Francisco, passing through the Golden Gate in March of 1970.
"USS Pampanito." This World-War-II-era submarine is berthed at
Fisherman's Wharf. The submarine celebrated her 50th anniversary in November
of 1993 and is perhaps best known for her participation in a "wolf pack''
attack on a convoy of enemy ships during World War II. The entrance fee
includes a taped audio tour that describes what life on this submarine was
like. At Pier 45, near foot of Taylor Street. Monday through Thursday, Sunday
and holidays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. $9
general; $5 seniors, $4 active duty military, $4 youth ages 6 to 12; free
children under age 6. (415) 775-1943.
"Historic Ship Volunteer Work Party," Saturday, 9 a.m. Become
part of an effort to preserve four of the park's nautical treasures. Work on
a different ship each Saturday. Bring work clothes, work shoes and lunch.
Call for meeting place. (415) 332-8409.
Unless noted otherwise, events take place on the Hyde Street Pier,
located at the foot of Hyde Street on Jefferson Street.
EXHIBITS -- Current Exhibits at the Visitor Center:
"What's Your Pleasure? Recreational Boats of California's Past,"
openended. This exhibit includes 1940s Sacramento Hydroplanes, a Russian
River launch from the 19th century, classic wooden motor launches and motor
boats, and other smaller crafts.
"Hydroplanes and Racing Boats," open-ended. A small exhibit
showcasing 1930s racing engines and hydroplane boats.
"Frisco Bound," an exhibition about immigration to San Francisco,
clipper ships, and the Gold Rush era.
"Hyde Street Ship Models," an exhibit of models of the historic
ships at the Hyde Street Pier.
"Discovery Room," a preview of the Maritime Library where
visitors can look up documents and photographs.
(415) 447-5000.
"Adventures at Sea: Life Aboard a 19th century Sailing Ship,"
Daily, 2:15 p.m.-3 p.m. Take a guided tour of the sailing ship
Balclutha and learn about the hardships and awards of the sailors show fought
for survival during the treacherous Cape Horn passage. Vessel admission.
"Chantey Sing," Oct. 2, 8-12 a.m. Monthly sing along aboard a
historic ship. Bring a mug for hot apple cider served from the ship's galley.
Free; reservations required. Reservation line: (415) 561-7171.
VISITOR CENTER -- 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Daily
Entering the Pier is free but there is a fee to board the ships.
The fee allows access to all ships and is good for seven days. $5; free
children under age 16. May 28-Sept. 30: daily, 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Oct. 1-May
27: Daily, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Foot of Hyde Street, San Francisco. (415)
561-7100, www.nps.gov.
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF CRAFT AND DESIGN A museum celebrating
and promoting the art of contemporary craft and design. The museum showcases
diverse exhibitions from regional, national and international artists,
working in mediums such as wood, clay, fiber, metal and glass.
$2-$4; free youths under age 18. Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
550 Sutter St., San Francisco. (415) 773-0303, www.sfmcd.org.
"Matisse and Beyond: The Painting and Sculpture Collection,"
This newly reconceived exhibition of SFMOMA's modern art collection
features paintings, sculptures and works on paper from the first 60 years of
the 20th century. Featured artists include: Joseph Cornell, Ellsworth Kelly,
Yves Klein, Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso, Diego
Rivera, Andy Warhol and Paul Klee.
"Between Art and Life: The Contemporary Painting and Sculpture
Collection," This new presentation of the SFMOMA collection
features works from the past five decades by Louise Bourgeois, Robert Gober,
Eva Hesse, Anish Kapoor, Sherrie Levine, Brice Marden, Gordon Matta-Clark,
Barry McGee, Bruce Nauman, Robert Rauschenberg and Kara Walker.
"The Art of Design: Selections from the Permanent Collection of
Architecture and Design," The exhibit will feature 100 selections
from their architecture, graphic design and industrial design collections on
a rotating basis. It features classic works plus new designs by up-andcoming
"Picturing Modernity: Photographs from the Permanent Collection,"
Photography is possibly the quintessential modern art medium because
its 160-year history corresponds almost exactly with Modernism's duration as
a cultural movement. This exhibit looks at the photograph's unique pictorial
ability and its ever-growing pervasiveness in modern culture, putting the
medium in dialogue with paintings and other kinds of art.
KORET VISITOR EDUCATION CENTER -- This facility includes
multimedia display technology, "Pick Up and Go'' guides for adults and
children, art videos, and a community art gallery created by participants in
school, teen and family programs. Thursday, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Friday and
Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
"Tony Labat's I Want You," The latest installment in the
newly launched program series "Live Art at SFMOMA.'' The artist invites
denizens of the Bay Area to make their own demands of the public which riffs
on the iconic "I Want You'' army recruitment campaigns of World Wars I and
II, he asks you what you would do if you had only one minute to seize the
voice of authority, to be the finger-pointing Uncle Sam.
Jesse Hazelip, through Nov. 13. Artists Gallery showcases the work
of the Oakland-based artist.
$7-$12.50; half price on Thursdays after 6 p.m.; free for all
visitors on the first Tuesday of every month. Monday, Tuesday and Friday
through Sunday, 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-8:45 p.m. 151 Third St.,
San Francisco. (415) 357-4000, www.sfmoma.org.
"Dance in California: 150 Years of Innovation," This
permanent exhibit traces the history and artistic range of modern dance in
California, with photographs and documents highlighting the achievements of
Lola Montez, Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, Martha Graham, the Christensen
brothers, the Peters Wright School, the company of Lester Horton, Anna
Halprin and Lucas Hoving.
"Maestro! Photographic Portraits by Tom Zimberoff," This
permanent exhibit is a comprehensive study of a generation of national and
international conductors. In Gallery 5.
"San Francisco 1900: On Stage," In Gallery 4.
"San Francisco in Song," In Gallery 3.
Free. Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 1-5 p.m. San
Francisco War Memorial Veteran's Building, 401 Van Ness Ave., Fourth Floor,
San Francisco. (415) 255-4800, www.sfpalm.org.
SEYMOUR PIONEER MUSEUM The museum, owned by The
Society of California Pioneers, houses a permanent research library, art
gallery and history museum. Exhibits include a photography collection
documenting California history.
$1-$3. Wednesday-Friday and the first Saturday of the month, 10
a.m.-4 p.m. Society of California Pioneers, 300 Fourth St., San Francisco.
(415) 957-1859, www.californiapioneers.org.
The museum, founded in 1968, houses collections of archaeological
and ethnographic specimens from Africa, Oceania, Asia, and North America as
well as small collections from Central and South America. There are also
collections of photographs, tapes and phonograph records from Africa and
Europe. In addition, there is an archive of field notes and other materials
associated with the collections. The museum also houses the Hohenthal Gallery
that is used for traveling exhibits as well as exhibits mounted by students
and faculty.
Free. Museum office: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-noon and 1 p.m.-4 p.m.;
Hohenthal Gallery, SCI 388: Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Science
Building, SFSU, 1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco. (415) 338-2467,
ZEUM Zeum is a technology and arts museum for children and
families featuring exhibits and workshops that cover a variety of fascinating
$8-$10. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Wednesday-Sunday. 221 Fourth St., San
Francisco. (415) 820-3220, www.zeum.org.


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Televisions and Home Cinema
Understanding your TV's model name
It may look like your TV model name consists of an arbitrary set of letters and numbers, but there is a certain logic behind it.
Each model contains 3 segments which can help you identify key information about your TV.
The 3 parts are:
|2K (KDL) or 4K (KD)
|Screen size
|Series name
- When searching for general information on the support site, please use the model name
- Here are some examples of correct model names: KD-55X8507C, KDL-32EX710 and KLV-40NX520
How to check your model name
- On the TV's original packaging and user manual
- On the product sticker
- In the TV's user settings
The model name is normally found on the sticker located at the back of the TV, or engraved on the front panel of the TV. Please be aware that the model and serial numbers are different:
- Model name
- Serial number
Option A - Sony's Android TV (software version 3.533 or earlier):
- Press the HOME button on the remote
- Select [Settings] > [TV] > [About] > [Device name] > [System information]
Option B - Sony's Android TV (software version 3.843 or later):
- Press the Help button on the remote
- Select [System information]
Option C - For non-Android TVs:
- Press the HOME button on the remote
- Select [Help] or [Settings] > [Customer Support] the model name will appear at the top right-hand corner of the screen
NOTE: Steps may differ depending on the model and software version.
Blu-ray Disc Players (BDPs) and Home Cinema systems
Below are some examples for BDPs and Home Cinema systems:
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A daylong series of seminars dealing with the environment and energy will be held at Crowder College Nov. 29.
Organizers of an upcoming energy conference aren't shy in acknowledging they're out to help make the world a better place. And they've brought out the big guns.
The "Energy, Efficiency and the Environment" Conference will begin Thursday at 8:30 a.m. at the Crowder College Elsie Plaster Center, and is scheduled to last until about 3 p.m. It is hosted by the Neosho Area Chamber of Commerce.
In its second year at Crowder, the energy workshop is unique this year in that it will draw a wider range of lecturers than before — including some top names in the world of alternative energy (see agenda below).
Presented as keynote speaker will be Lt. Governor Peter Kinder, who will give a talk on "Missouri's Renewable Energy Policy." But other names include Anita Randolph, of the Missouri Energy Center, Rick Anderson, with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Energy Center, and Trudy Forsyth, senior project leader with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Forsyth, in particular, "probably has the broadest view of wind energy potential" than anyone else at the conference, according to Art Boyt, director of Crowder's MARET (Missouri Alternative and Renewable Energy Technology) Center.
"Besides our local talent, we're drawing on these other experiences and other people to sort of cross-pollinate the knowledge that's available here at Crowder," Boyt said. "It also provides the attendees with additional resources or access to experts in the field. And that really is one of the best things that comes from a conference of this type."
The all-day seminar will mostly incorporate individual breakout sessions with about 18 different speakers. Attendees can pick which lectures to sit in on.
Although this year's conference is slightly focused on wind energy, session topics include everything from rebate programs for alternative energy practices, to renewable energy options, to the how's and where's of applying alternative energy and energy efficiency to daily life.
"I think it will be of very broad interest," Boyt said. "Whether a person be a member of the general public or whether a person is interested in energy policy and planning, they will come away with something really good from this (conference)."
Part of the reason for the conference, Boyt said, is to provide answers for small businesses and individuals wanting to use less energy at work or at home. The starting point to that, he added, isn't just discovering ways to slash utility bills through renewable energy, but first learning how to adopt energy-efficient practices.
"Then from there, you look at providing the real energy technology," Boyt said. "If you do that, you can end up with a very economical mix."
Naysayers of alternative energy's practicality sometimes point to the initial cost of actually implementing it, Boyt noted. But that isn't considering the broader cost, he said, in terms of how reliance on fossil fuels, for instance, are affecting the environment, the economy and even foreign policy.
"When you put all of that picture together, renewable energies come out on top — if they're intelligently applied," he said. "And, finally, you have to ask, what is it our children are going to have access to? And their children? And their children's children? It's not going to be petroleum. And if we're still using fossil fuels as our base at that time, we're going to be creating a much different world for them that's a lot less desirable to live in.
"So the key is to implement those solutions now that are sustainable, that can be used for generations to come, so people looking back at us aren't going to say 'those are the ones who used it up, those are the ones who messed it up.' And the E-Conference is all about that."
About 200 people are expected to attend this year's seminar. Although the pre-registration period has expired, anyone still wanting to attend may contact the Neosho Area Chamber of Commerce at 451-1925. Admission is $15, which includes a catered lunch.
"I think people will get an appreciation for the opportunities out there where they can change for the better," Boyt said. "Whether it's improving energy efficiency in their home or business and cutting energy bills…or whether it be a more exotic solution by participating as an informed citizen to help form energy policy, all of those things are going to be an element. It's a broad-spectrum conference and it's got something for everybody."
E-CONFERENCE AGENDA 8:30-9 a.m. — Seminar Registration, Elsie Plaster Center 9-910 a.m. — Dr. Alan Marble, Crowder president (introductions and instructions) 9:10-9:50 a.m. — Peter Kinder, Missouri Lt. Governor ("Missouri's Renewable Energy Policy: Strategic Positioning for the Future") Anita Randolph, Missouri Energy Center ("Renewable Energy Activities in Missouri") 10-10:50 a.m. — BREAKOUT SESSIONS: • Bob Housh, Metropolitan Energy Center ("Alternative Energy Sources for Transportation") • Rick Anderson, Missouri DNR Energy Center ("Missouri Wind Resources") • Travis Creswell, Ozark Energy Services ("Practical Renewable Energy for Homes and Businesses") • Sherry McCormack, EDE ("Empire District's Rebate Program") • Mike Chiles, Watts Radiant ("Radiant Heating and Cooling") • Jim Rhoades, Crowder College, Jan Blase, City of Neosho, Tom Smith, GT Management ("Recycling Projects and Opportunities") 11-11:50 a.m. — BREAKOUT SESSIONS: • Tom Bower, New Mac Electric ("Energy Efficiency Options") • Jason Fulp, MGE ("The Right Fuel in the Right Place") • Chief Glenna Wallace, Eastern Shawnee Tribe ("Native American Perspective on the Environment") • Brad Beecher, EDE ("Wind Power Generation at Empire District Electric") • Travis Creswell, Ozark Energy Services ("Small Wind Power Systems") • Dan Eberle, Crowder MARET Center ("Green Buildings Practices") 12-12:30 p.m. — Catered Lunch, door prizes 12:30-12:50 p.m. — Art Boyt, Crowder MARET Center 12:50-1:10 p.m. — Environmental Awards 1:20-2:10 — BREAKOUT SESSIONS: • P.J. Wilson, Ozark Energy Services ("Missouri's Easy Connect Law") • Shane Bennett, Solstainable Technologies ("Practical Solar Vehicles") • Jay Hasheider, Columbia Water and Light, Dan Chiles, Springfield City Council ("A Tale of Two Cities-Visions for Renewables") • Bob Housh, Metropolitan Energy Center ("Energy Audits" DVD presentation) • Trudy Forsyth, NREL ("Wind Energy Potential for the U.S.") 2:20-3 p.m. — Ribbon Cutting-Solstainable Technologies, an emerging MARET Center Incubation Business. Walking Tour of Crowder Wind Turbine.
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Delaware, the River, and the Official Riverkeeper — Tale of Christmas and Courage
Christmas is a time for every citizen in our country and everywhere, to remember:
without the Delaware River, there wouldn't BE an America.
This post celebrates a mightily courageous woman — Maya von Rossum — the official Delaware Riverkeeper. She's articulate, accurate, and brilliant. Following her blog, or attending to local news media night after night, readers marvel at Maya's steady focus on the many perils of our boundary water, and what must be done to reverse them. Some situations are obvious and seemingly internal: like pollution, stormwater run-off, animal wastes and fertilizer poisoning by nearby farms. One, which I fought to prevent, is artificially emptying her to cool a nuclear power plant. Other dangers are less visible, certainly far more difficult to describe — matters political. Listen with me to our spokeswoman, what she has to say about our river, our country, our freedom in these times. AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SPEAKING OUT.
Thomas Paine exemplified the utmost daring and determination in his diatribes, polemics, books and pamphlets in the time of the American Revolution. It is the essence of the country our Founding Fathers dared all to create, that vox populi — the Citizen's Voice — is to be encouraged and heeded so that liberty may truly exist.
Thomas Jefferson felt the war could never have been won without Paine's words. It is no accident that his most famous book is Common Sense.
NJWILDBEAUTY long-time readers, –especially those who came aboard when this was a Packet Publications Blog, NJWILD –, know that I've been fighting for the well-being of our magnificent Delaware River since I moved to New Hope from Princeton in March of 1981. I used postcards of the painting above to announce my change of address.
That essential move across the river plunged me right into her perils. Forces of greed, (though we did not bandy about that phrase in those days), a.k.a. PECO (Pennsylvania's PSEG) and chemical firms, lawyers and judges, far-seeing realtors wanted to insert a pump into the Delaware. To remove unconscionable amounts from this already too-thin river, and pump them to the Susquehanna River, where Del's water would be used to cool a nuclear power plant. A fierce protest group, Del-AWARE formed. A newspaper was generated. The printed word, the spoken word, and especially the televised word brought us national coverage in our battle for the river.
Our strategy meetings were held at a rather disreputable tavern, [Applejack's – is it still there?] –appropriately upriver, on the river, above New Hope. Remember that taverns were the meeting sites in the 1770s, where our seemingly impossible American Revolution unfolded. I always picture early patriots, including Tom and John and George and Ben at Philadelphia's City Tavern, banging pewter tankards on rough wooden tables, asserting "Give me LIBERTY or give me DEATH!"
In the 1980's, near Lumberville, PA, just north of New Hope, my own friends, — women, including nursing mothers and venerable grandmothers–, lay down in front of the bulldozers set loose to ruin the river environment— lay down to save the river, and were jailed at what is now the Michener Museum. For some reason, no one at that Bucks County penal institution seemed to have heard of the writ of habeas corpus, so those women were jailed for the entire weekend! Patriots, indeed! I think of this every time I view Delaware River Impressionists honored on the Michener's former prison walls.
I love our river even more than I cherish our state. But I couldn't lie down in front of bulldozers. However, I could write. I penned poems such as "I am The River Speaking" and "To Val (Sigstedt) and the Valorous" to be published in the DEL-AWARE newspaper. One, written when the forces of greed blasted the river during the shad run, [and Nature generated a powerful mud-slide right across from the site of the proposed PUMP], ends, "Blast ME? I'll show YOU power!"
[To read the poems, here's an earlier post with both in it:https://njwildbeauty.wordpress.com/2016/04/15/dump-the-pump-fighting-for-the-delaware-river-with-poems/comment-page-1/%5D
One feels so hopeless in the force of these impassive official corporate forces. But I could also write prose, –especially letters to editors of Bucks County and Philadelphia Newspapers. And, each week, in Doylestown, as a volunteer, I penned position papers, releases and speeches for Congressional candidate, Peter Kostmayer. Peter ultimately would see to it that our Del was named Wild and Scenic, for as much of her imperiled length as could possibly qualify. He also played a major role in stopping the Tocks Island Dam Project. I'd write truths about the essentiality of saving our river one day, and see them on Page One of the Philadelphia Inquirer, as headlines, the next day.
THEN, as NOW, WORDS MATTERED – but they must be conveyed to the broadest possible public.
We succeeded in returning Peter to office, despite mockery, fury, insults, dirty tricks – like wording the Dump the Pump referendum backwards, so we had to vote YES to mean NO PUMP. We won the May referendum to prevent the building of the PUMP.
After which, I moved to France. Upon my return, the PUMP was in place. It had been a non-binding referendum. Let the protestors beware… However, our battle kept the greedy group from fulfilling their original plan to remove 200 million gallons a day from the River of the Revolution!
It's almost Christmas, 1916. Grave changes are afoot in our country, which could result in negative changes far more perilous and long-lasting than the Delaware's unwelcome PUMP.
It's also almost the anniversary of George's famous Crossing, to win the two battles of Trenton and the one battle of Princeton. Never forget that the third of our first victories took place in Princeton, near the Clarke House, near the Institute for Advanced Study [who have finally bowed to protests and will not be developing acres of that sacred battlefield.]
Soon we can attend the annual re-enactment at Washington's Crossing on the Delaware below New Hope. There might be enough water in our river, after all, despite this serious drought year. People who live near major rivers know truths despite increasing insistence that global warming is a myth. For awhile, it looked as though this year's Re-enactors would have to walk across.
Without the Delaware River, and her bounty of shad, according to Founding Fish author John McPhee, which fed our meagerly-clad-and-nourished officers in winter quarters, WE WOULD NOT HAVE A NATION.
Because of the Delaware River, we are the only state with three coastlines — the Shore, The River, and the Delaware Bay. Vital Philadelphia and our own Capitol would not exist without the Delaware, Yet, she is never safe.
LISTEN TO THE DELAWARE RIVERKEEPER, HERE, AND ACT ACCORDINGLY. Her level of commitment, devotion, and willing to sacrifice and risk, is Revolutionary. Let Maya be our model, every one of us!


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David Gregory and Taboo Object Control
Ann Althouse, David Gregory, District of Columbia, Gun Control, Hoplophobia, Magazine, Mark Steyn, NBC News, The Law
NBC News' David Gregory apparently defied the (absurd) District of Columbia law forbidding anyone "to possess [&c.] any large capacity ammunition feeding device regardless of whether the device is attached to a firearm" by openly holding in his hand and displaying an empty 30-round magazine during a Meet the Press program in which he confronted NRA EVP Wayne LaPierre.
Anne Althouse elucidates the semiotics that drove NBC News to turn to open, on-the-air, defiant commission of a crime.
If possession of that high-capacity magazine was a crime, and the NBC folk knew it and had even contacted the police and thus even knew they'd created rock-hard evidence that they knew it, why did they go ahead and have Gregory flaunt that illegal possession on television? They had to have thought it was a devastatingly powerful prop. My first guess was that they imagined that viewers — some viewers, at least — would find the object itself scary. …
I'm not sure exactly why that jogged my thinking, but suddenly I understand the drama Gregory (and his people) were trying to enact. It's a deep psychic memory of childhood. Gregory sought dominance over his interlocutor, NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre, and the idea — in the act of picking up that magazine and beginning an interrogation about it — was that Gregory would become (subliminally) a parent figure who would push LaPierre into the subordinate role of the little boy, the cowering child confronted with undeniable evidence of his wrongdoing. What's THIS I found in your room?
The plan was for LaPierre to babble lamely, scrambling to explain it away, like the kid trying to concoct some cockamamie reason why that (whatever) got into his room. He'd look foolish and guilty, as Dad continues to hold up the item which the kid knows will be the defeat of every idea that flashes through his stupid, stupid brain.
The scenario didn't play out as scripted. LaPierre is a stolid veteran of many a confrontational interview. He's not going to let the interviewer get the upper hand that easily.
Naturally, all this has inevitably provoked considerable discussion about whether Mr. Gregory should really be prosecuted and potentially convicted, sentenced, and treated as a criminal for an action obviously involving no real threat of any kind to anyone, for a purely technical violation of an obviously extravagantly far-reaching provision of a law aimed in intent at curbing authentic violent crime.
A lot of people have made good arguments and intelligent points. Even NRA President David Keene argued that Gregory's "crime" should simply be overlooked.
Mark Steyn, however, decided to swim against the tide of general opinion, and argues that David Gregory ought to be held to the same irrational regulatory standards as everybody else.
This is, declared NYU professor Jay Rosen, "the dumbest media story of 2012." Why? Because, as CNN's Howard Kurtz breezily put it, everybody knows David Gregory wasn't "planning to commit any crimes."
So what? Neither are the overwhelming majority of his fellow high-capacity-magazine-owning Americans. Yet they're expected to know, as they drive around visiting friends and family over Christmas, the various and contradictory gun laws in different jurisdictions. Ignorantia juris non excusat is one of the oldest concepts in civilized society: Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Back when there was a modest and proportionate number of laws, that was just about doable. But in today's America there are laws against everything, and any one of us at any time is unknowingly in breach of dozens of them. And in this case NBC were informed by the D.C. police that it would be illegal to show the thing on TV, and they went ahead and did it anyway: You'll never take me alive, copper! You'll have to pry my high-capacity magazine from my cold dead fingers! When the D.C. SWAT team, the FBI, and the ATF take out NBC News and the whole building goes up in one almighty fireball, David Gregory will be the crazed loon up on the roof like Jimmy Cagney in White Heat: "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" At last, some actual must-see TV on that lousy network.
But, even if we're denied that pleasure, the "dumbest media story of 2012" is actually rather instructive. David Gregory intended to demonstrate what he regards as the absurdity of America's lax gun laws. Instead, he's demonstrating the ever greater absurdity of America's non-lax laws. His investigation, prosecution, and a sentence of 20–30 years with eligibility for parole after ten (assuming Mothers Against High-Capacity Magazines don't object) would teach a far more useful lesson than whatever he thought he was doing by waving that clip under LaPierre's nose.
To Howard Kurtz & Co., it's "obvious" that Gregory didn't intend to commit a crime. But, in a land choked with laws, "obviousness" is one of the first casualties — and "obviously" innocent citizens have their "obviously" well-intentioned actions criminalized every minute of the day. Not far away from David Gregory, across the Virginia border, eleven-year-old Skylar Capo made the mistake of rescuing a woodpecker from the jaws of a cat and nursing him back to health for a couple of days. For her pains, a federal Fish & Wildlife gauleiter accompanied by state troopers descended on her house, charged her with illegal transportation of a protected species, issued her a $535 fine, and made her cry. Why is it so "obvious" that David Gregory deserves to be treated more leniently than a sixth grader? Because he's got a TV show and she hasn't?
He's got a good argument. Read the whole thing.


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Friday, February 18, 2011
Bluewater Waterstones.
15 comments:
- Andrew said...
Hey, that is the shelf I buy your books from!
If you ever go there yourself can you sign a few?
- 12:38 pm
- Hitch said...
We have a fantastic bookshop in Trondheim. Its the kind of shop that also sells Graphic Novels, Japanese love cushions and even has Warhammer nights, but it has excellent Asher coverage along with the other current and past greats.
I shall have to sneak a pic of your section and help stoke the fire for you.
- 1:02 pm
- Neal Asher said...
Unfortunately going by coach on a shopping trip to Bluewater si something I'd shoot myself ni the foot to avoid, Andy.
Yes please, Hitch.
- 1:19 pm
- Disco Stu said...
Hey thats a good idea, I could send you a pic from Waterstones in Llandudno. Hope my phone camera is up to the task!
- 1:37 pm
- ILTYT_Adventure said...
Don't let it go to your head it's just a quirk of the alphabet :-0
- 3:09 pm
- KJ Mulder said...
Ha, ha. I wonder if having a surname ending with an "A" has any benefit when it comes to sales. You should be the first author people see when browsing, so it has to count for something!
- 4:05 pm
- Neal Asher said...
Please do, Stu (hey, that rhymes).
I won't Graeme, but still, it's nice to see Banks on the shelf beneath me...
Crusader, it does have its benefits. Every time some list best books or some such is published, and if I'm on it, I often sit right at the top.
- 4:45 pm
- Rob said...
I'm thinking Asher might not be your real last name, just a clever marketing ploy!
I will get you a picture from Truro (Cornwall) Waterstone's too.
- 5:03 pm
- Neal Asher said...
Hey, if it was a marketing ploy I would have called myself Neal Aardvaark just to ensure I stayed above Joe Abercrombie.
I like this idea about book shop photos. Let's be having them!
- 5:52 pm
- Jay said...
I love the new covers. Almost makes me go out and buy them again.
- 9:43 pm
- Andrew said...
I don't blame you about the coach trip. Wouldn't go near one either.
You are also on the shelves of the waterstone's in Oxford Street too. You are also in Foyles (but so is every other author).
And an independent in Hays Galleria near London Bridge.
Will get some photo's for you.
- 10:11 pm
- Neal Asher said...
Don't get arrested by the anti-terrorist police, guys.
- 9:56 am
- Andrew said...
Wrote that on the way back from the pub last night.
Travelling round London taking pictures of book shelves does not feel like such a good idea now . . .
- 1:05 pm
- ILTYT_Adventure said...
I saw an entire raft of yours in WHSmiths Lakeside. I was amazed at the time, as Smiths generally seem to be lean with their science fiction. And as for Waterstones down near Leadenhall Market, go n' ave a word geezer, they never have more than on or two.
I need to replace my Sable Keech. So I pop in from time to time on the off chance, no luck so far.
And can I also say I read one of Mr Banks "Matter", hmmm? Clever, funny in places, maybe a touch bloaty, disappointing ending.
- 4:59 pm
- Hitch said...
I'll be popping in mine on Monday, will tell them exactly why I am taking pics and watch them line up to smile alongside the books :D
- 5:41 pm


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The carnage of the blast scene on Boylston Street in Boston spread quickly to area hospitals as emergency caregivers rushed to tend to the runners, spectators, and race officials who were suffering from often critical wounds. NBC's Katy Tur reports.
For the doctors, cops and other emergency personnel who responded to the Boston marathon bombings Monday, it was nothing less than a war zone, disaster experts say.
The explosive devices that shattered the festivities of the iconic event were filled with shrapnel, law enforcement experts told NBC News, and they caused injuries and other effects as devastating as any seen on far-flung battlefields. On Tuesday, law enforcement officials told NBC News they believed the bombs were shrapnel-studded pressure cookers, hidden in backpacks and set off by timers.
"Some of the patients received traumatic amputations at the scene. Their legs … were blown off," said Dr. Alasdair Conn, chief of emergency services for Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, which received an early influx of patients.
Hospitals throughout the region reported injuries that included massive blood loss, many lower leg injuries -- including open fractures, in which bone protrudes through the skin -- and shrapnel wounds. Victims ranged from a child as young as 3 to adults in their mid-60s, officials said.
"This was a powerful blast; there were serious injuries," Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis told reporters during an evening briefing.
Indeed, Dr. Peter Fagenholz, a trauma surgeon at Mass General, said that complex damage to the lower extremities was the dominant type of injury suffered by the blast victims taken to his hospital, where 29 patients we treated. He said those injuries involved blood vessels, soft tissues and bone.
Many of those victims sustained shrapnel injuries, he said, and several amputations were required. Eight of the patients remain in critical condition, Fagenholz said.
Faced with injuries like those seen following roadside or marketplace bombings in Baghdad or Israel, emergency crews had to respond with combat-like expertise to treat the reported three dead and at least 100 injured in the incident.
"The best experience we have with this has been with the improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan and Iraq," said Dr. Tom Moore, director of orthopedic trauma at Grady Hospital in Atlanta, who agreed to comment on Monday's attack.
Blast injuries follow a typical pattern: First there's a pressure effect from the concussion of the explosion, which can rupture eardrums and even intestines, said Dr. Chris Kahn, emergency preparedness and response medical co-director at the University of California, San Diego.
The chief of emergency services at Massachusetts General, Alasdair Conn, describes the injuries that his hospital has seen since the explosions at the Boston Marathon.
Then come injuries cause by shrapnel and other projectiles that hit people, followed by injuries caused when people slam into buildings and other objects.
Crews on the scene and at trauma centers faced all of those, hospital reports showed.
That meant that crews had to use battlefield strategies to triage the wounded and to ensure that the most seriously injured were transported to care as quickly as possible, said Dr. Ken Miller, an emergency trauma expert at the Orange County Fire Authority in Irvine, Calif., who is a national adviser for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA.
"The real challenge in a trauma triage thing like this is incident management," said Miller, who was on site within hours of the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks in 2001 and in the first hours of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 New Orleans.
Triage strategies focus first on finding a safe place for the initial wave of victims who are typically not the most seriously injured. They're people who are hurt, but who can still walk and talk.
"The discipline is to move past those walking wounded and look for those who have higher acuity," Miller said.
Workers stabilize vital functions such as breathing and bleeding for those seriously injured people, but then they're rushed away from the scene for further care, Miller said.
The difficult cases are when a patient is critically ill and likely to die. First responders and those in actual combat conditions have to decide whether to use scarce resources trying to save that person -- or trying to save someone else who's more likely to live.
"That's more likely when there's truly a mismatch of resources and need," Miller said. "In civilian things like this, in a metropolitan area like Boston, there will be ample resources showing up. Though it may take a few minutes to amass enough response, you know you're going to get help."
Related stories:
- Explosions rock finish of Boston marathon; 2 dead, scores injured
- Investigators ask: Lone-wolf bomber or organized terror?
- 'Pandemonium:' Witness accounts of the Boston marathon bombing
This story was originally published on Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:47 PM EDT


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Fishburne Military School postgrad basketball coach Ed Huckaby talks with Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham after the Caissons' 86-74 loss to IMG Academy on Sunday.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron made an emotional appeal on Friday for Scotland to remain part of the United Kingdom, warning Scots a vote for independence would undermine Britain's global clout and imperil its financial and political stability.
Speaking in London, Cameron, an Englishman whose Conservative party has only one of 59 UK-wide seats in Scotland, made his most passionate defence yet of the UK, which comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
"We would be deeply diminished without Scotland," Cameron told an audience in the cavernous London velodrome used for the 2012 Olympic Games, saying he would fight with all he had to hold the country he governs together.
"Together, we get a seat at the U.N. Security Council, real clout in NATO and Europe, and the prestige to host events like the G8. Make no mistake: we matter more as a United Kingdom - politically, militarily, diplomatically and culturally too.
If we lost Scotland, if the UK changed, we would rip the rug from under our own reputation."
Scots will decide in a referendum on September 18 whether their nation, which has a population of just over 5 million and is a source of North Sea oil, should end its 307-year-old union with England and leave the UK.
Cameron said a "yes" vote would imperil Britain's stability and for ability is hugely attractive for investors. Last year, we were the top destination for foreign direct investment in Europe. That is a stamp of approval on our stability - and I would not want to jeopardise that."
It would be extremely difficult to make a currency union with an independent Scotland work, he added, casting further doubt on one of the pro-independence camp's main policy ideas.
Political analysts say a "yes" vote would place the future of Britain's Scotland-based nuclear submarine fleet in doubt and could weaken London's claim to a permanent seat on the United Nations and its influence in the European Union.
People close to Cameron say he does not want to go down in history as the prime minister who lost Scotland. But he has conceded that his privileged background and centre-right politics mean he isn't the best person to win over Scots, usually more left-wing than the English.
Polls show Scots would vote to reject independence if a vote were held today, with only around a third keen to break away from the UK. However, there are still many undecided voters and Cameron said the outcome was "up in the air".
"Centuries of history hang in the balance. A question mark hangs over the future of our United Kingdom. There can be no complacency about the result," said Cameron.
Alex Salmond, the leader of the pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP), criticised Cameron for giving such a speech in England instead of Scotland and challenged him to debate him, something Cameron has so far refused to do.
"I don't think this is a prime minister who speaks for Britain, I don't think he speaks for England, I think he speaks for a Westminster elite who are totally and utterly out of touch," Salmond told BBC TV, accusing the prime minister of politicising the Olympics of two years ago.
"The main thing is that this is a speech delivered from London, ostensibly telling people in England what to do but actually arguing against Scottish independence instead of a debate that the prime minister must do in Scotland."
Cameron evoked the spirit of the 2012 London Olympics as an example of how the UK's four nations work well together and said Scotland already has a large measure of independence when it comes to health, education and policing matters.
Tapping into an opinion poll earlier this month which showed people in England and Wales want Scotland to stay in the UK, Cameron urged the English, Welsh and Northern Irish to tell Scots: "We want you to stay".
Additional reporting by Estelle Shirbon and William James; Editing by Guy Faulconbridge