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NMRA racer Adam Arndt hopes to parlay his past success into a championship
Before you run, you have to learn to walk, right? That's what they say, at least. That phrase also applies to many things in life. We use training wheels on our bicycle before getting turned loose. No one steps on a basketball court for the first time and hits a three-pointer. We start with layups, then a mid-range jumper, and then the three-point line. You don't jump on a big dirt bike and gun it without starting on your friend's moped and building your way up.
When you go through a succession, you know what to expect. You've been there before, and you know how to handle it.
One NMRA racer who won't know how to handle his first NMRA victory is Renegade racer Adam Arndt. He's done a lot of walking in the class, but he's ready to run to that first win.
Adam has owned the '88 GT you see here since spring 2007. After a hood mishap on the street, he met Joey Finan, who does paint and body work. Joey said they could re-skin the roof, so the GT went to Joey's house. At the time of the incident, the car was silver, but it left Joey's in Atomic Orange. That wasn't the only change, though. The GT already had an 8.50 cage with swing-out door bars, and it also gained new mini-tubs while at Joey's.
Back then, Adam didn't have any ideas on doing any organized drag racing. That all changed while riding with NMRA Renegade racer and multi-time champion Brian Mitchell to the 2012 Bradenton opener. On the road south, talking like racers always do, Adam discovered the Renegade rules allowed mini-tubs, and talked to Brian about racing his car in the class.
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On the way back from Florida, the two were on the phone searching for parts to make it happen. Once back in his home state of Pennsylvania, Adam gathered the parts necessary to convert the car to NMRA Renegade specs. Two weeks before the 2012 NMRA Michigan race, Adam was able to earn his NHRA license at Cecil County Dragway. Unfortunately, even though he made the Michigan race, he was unaware he had hurt the transmission during the licensing process. Second gear was broken, but he was able to qualify and nurse it through to eliminations. Though he didn't make it out of the first round, he was on his feet.
Upon returning from the Michigan race, Adam sent the C4 to Frank Lupo's Pro- Formance Transmissions for repairs, and he used the rest of the 2012 season to start walking, learning how things go while racing a heads-up class.
For the 2013 NMRA season, Adam had moments when it looked like he was ready to sprint ahead of the pack, but ultimately those thoughts were premature. He missed the 2013 NMRA Bradenton opener because the car was receiving a new Wolfe Race Craft 25.5 cage, and HD Performance Parts' David Powell was re-doing the car's cylinder heads. However, the rest of year Adam was able to get a few number-one qualifiers.
Round 1 at Norwalk, his finger slipped off the trans-brake button and he redlit against Tim Matherly. At Joliet, he qualified first again, but with an intercooler as part of his program, the car was making more power. He didn't yet have a handle on the tune for the power, which cost him a round win against Brian Mitchell. Before the NMRA World Finals at Bowling Green, he took the car to Matt Wirt to check out the suspension to figure out the wheel spin. He qualified at the top of the list at Bowling Green as well, but the pesky combo of wheel spin and Brian Mitchell ended his weekend again.
In 2013, Adam says it seemed like he had a different car at every race, as he was always dialing in a major change. From a cage before the first race, a new short-block at the next race, a borrowed short-block and a new intercooler at the next one, he never had time to test with the new components. For those reasons, Adam's excited about the 2014 season. Matt Wirt told him it usually takes 100 passes to totally figure out a car from front to back, what it does and doesn't like. With just 50 passes on the car at that time, you can see why Adam was still working up to a win.
Without Brian and Joey's support, Adam says he wouldn't be anywhere close to successful. His short term goal for 2014 is to get that first win under his belt, with his long-term goal to win a championship. "The car is there—the biggest thing is the experience," Adam said. In 2013, he learned a lot about the car's chassis, which helped get the car settled down at the launch. He was more comfortable in the car because of that, as well.
Adam says Brian Mitchell and Joey Finan have been integral parts of his success, and his two chief supporters in his quest to get a win under his belt. Adam says Brian, despite being his top competitor, has been in his corner since day one. When Adam gets that first NMRA win, Brian will probably be the first one to congratulate him, but something tells us Brian won't have far to run, since he'll be in the other lane when Adam puts on his running shoes.
|Tech Specs
|1988 Ford Mustang GT
|Engine and Drivetrain
|Dart Iron Eagle w/ 4.100-in bore
|Eagle 3-in stroke
|Diamond, Total Seal rings
|Bullet Racing Cams custom, NMRA Renegade legal
|Cylinder Heads:
|Edelbrock Victor Jr. w/ HD Performance & Parts-ported (David Powell), and Jesel rockers, 2.05/1.60 valves
|Intake Manifold:
|Holley SysteMax II w/ Accufab 75mm throttle body
|Power Adder:
|Vortech V7 YSi-Trim supercharger w/ Turbonetics 2000 intercooler, and 32 pounds of boost
|Fuel System:
|Weldon fuel pump w/ Weldon regulator, Behind Bars Race Cars fuel rails, and Ford Racing 160-lb/hr fuel injectors
|Kooks headers w/ Flowmaster Race Bullet mufflers
|Frank Lupo Pro-Formance Transmissions C4 w/ Dynamic Converters 6,000-rpm stall converter, and Hurst Quarter Stick shifter
|8.8-in w/ Moser spool and axles, and 3.73 gears
|Engine Management:
|Big Stuff 3
|MSD Digital 7
|Auto Meter
|Suspension and Chassis
|Front Suspension
|UPR Products tubular
|UPR Products tubular
|Santuff double- adjustable
|Aerospace Components
|Billet Specialties Street Lite
|Mickey Thompson
|Rear Suspension
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|Control Arms:
|UPR Products
|Aerospace Components
|Billet Specialties Street Lite, double-beadlocked
|Mickey Thompson 28x10.5 ET Drag slicks
Horse Sense
Adam finished second in NMRA Renegade points in 2013. He had three top qualifiers and one runner-up for the year. Each time he qualified in the top spot, he ran in the 8.30s.


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Ottawa. On May 25, along with 44 other recipients, Laurence Freeman received one of the highest honours in Canada from the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, at Government House. The Order of Canada recognizes recipients for a lifetime of outstanding achievement dedicated to the community and service to the nation. Membership is accorded to those who exemplify the Order's Latin motto: desiderantes meliorem patriam, meaning, "they desire a better country", a phrase taken from Paul's letter to the Hebrews 11:16.
I began my meditation journey in my late teens, but gave it up almost completely as an adult with a demanding job and a family of four young sons. By the grace of God, about 20 years ago I found meditation again, and, along with my wife, I am now part of the Houston WCCM community.
My meditation practice has helped me to see that of the many things the Gospels teach, the most important are social justice and prayer. In his teaching Jesus puts great emphasis on feeding the hungry, welcoming the stranger (read "immigrant"), clothing the naked, and visiting those in prison. He spent many all-night vigils in prayer and meditation, and He encourages us to meditate: "But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you." Matthew 6:6
There are few pious devotions that also address social justice. However, for at least two decades Pax Christi groups have been walking the Stations of the Cross while reflecting on issues of social justice. Pax Christi is the international Catholic peace organization. As such it strives to create a world that reflects the peace of Christ. The members witness to Christian nonviolence, rejection of war and every form of violence and dominance. The small group of Pax Christi members in Houston has been sponsoring the Walk for Justice in downtown Houston for at least two decades.
"Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
Hermann Goering
Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
John F. Kennedy
"Of course people don't want war. Why should a poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best thing he can get out of it is
to come back to his farm in one piece?"
Pilgrim and peace activist Donna Mulhearn is part of the Australian Christian Meditation Community. She has been meditating for 14 years and an active Young Christian Meditator. She is an anti-war activist, human rights campaigner and storyteller inspired by the Prayer of St Francis of Assisi, "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace." She was worked various war zones including Iraq and plans to return this year. She explains the mission that calls her there and how you can be involved.
Iraqi Babies dying from wounds of a war they never saw
Imagine a town where the cycle of life has stalled; where the earth is contaminated, the drinking water heavy with toxins and the air itself like a poison. A place where the dreams of young women, dreams to be mothers of healthy children, will not be fulfilled. Imagine a process of slow violence stealing fertility, deforming babies and strangling the city in which you live. Picture this is not a natural process, not an accident; but rather the result of a planned and systematic, modern-day sacking of a city.
It seems the only news from Afghanistan is bleak, so it's not surpising we ask the question, is their any hope for this country?
Australian Christian Meditator and peace activist, Donna Mulhearn visited Afghanistan last year at the invitation of the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers, an amazing group of young people exploring nonviolent solutions to the situation around them in the spirit of Gandhi and Jesus.
She shares her experience in the blog. www.pilgriminkabul.wordpress.com
For further information on the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers or to join in their monthly Global Day of Listening Skype calls see
Frei Betto is a one of the major voices for social justice in Latin America. A Dominican friar from Brazil, he has been a political prisoner and lived as an activist with the poorest of the poor. He is the author of 34 books, some of which have become bestsellers in Brazil and other countries of South America. He has been chosen Intellectual of the Year by the Brazilian Writers Union and won the national literary Jabuti Award. This dialogue with Dada Maheshananda, a yoga monk, was held in the Dominican Seminary in Sao Paulo.
DADA: Your role in the Catholic Church is a bit unusual. You trained as a priest, but decided not to take the vows and have instead remained as a friar, a monk. What is your perspective about your role?
FREI BETTO: I think that my role is to help people awaken to a holisitic spirituality that does not separate the body from the spirit, a kind of political spirituality. I also like to work with cultural groups and to write. What about you? Are you celibate or can you marry?
I read Father Laurence's March 2012 essay in The Tablet (http://www.wccm.org/content/tablet-march-2012) about the Polish Catholic man (Bogdan Blalek) who was instrumental in (and deeply moved by) the construction of the Kielce Menorah in Poland, a Holocaust memorial, and I emailed Father Laurence to share my thoughts. In consideration of Father Laurence's suggestion that my perspective may be helpful for this community, I would like to share my thoughts on victimhood, guilt, and love as a form of rescue.
Jesuit Fr. Daniel Berrigan (Patricia Lefevere)
NEW YORK -- The man who for decades has stood against the powers that be needed the arm of his niece Frida Berrigan to steady him in the front-row pew of the Church of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village, and he needed help from sister-in-law Elizabeth McAlister to get to the pulpit, but once there, the power of his words filled the assembly.
Almost 91, Jesuit Fr. Daniel Berrigan -- author of 50 books, 18 of them volumes of poetry, and more than double that number of arrests for civil disobedience -- looked frail and walked haltingly, but he still commanded attention from the more than 200 people gathered here Jan. 29 for a tribute to his life and work.
The event was organized by Pax Christi Metro New York. Berrigan's brief remarks followed a host of speakers who remembered his life in words. They were mostly his words during a two-hour tribute that included segments of his poems, essays, sermons and court testimony.

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Fidel Castro was critical of Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a weekend editorial that voiced concern for the environmental ramifications of Canadian oilsands development and the damage he says is being caused by Canadian mining interests throughout Latin America.
The article, titled Stephen Harper's Illusions, was written Sunday night by the ailing former leader of Cuba, who handed power over to his brother, Raul, in 2008. In it, Castro insists that U.S. pressure is the driving force behind the oilsands.
"They forced the country to look for oil by extracting it from huge extensions of sand that are impregnated with that fluid, thus causing an irreparable damage to the environment of that beautiful and extensive country," Castro wrote in the article, which is published on the website for Cuban news agency ACN.
The lengthy piece also includes Castro's views on metal mining throughout Latin America and the responsibilities he said are a result of the actions by Canadian companies in that region.
Castro said "incredible damage" was "caused to millions of persons by the Canadian companies specialized in the mining of gold, precious metals and radioactive materials."
The editorial comes less than a week before a meeting of the Organization of American States in Cartagena, Colombia. The organization, which does not include Cuba, is made up of 35 independent states from the Americas. The meetings are scheduled for April 14-15.
Castro described the organization as an "institution with a shameful history."
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The world's largest retailer Wal-Mart Stores (WMT – Free Wal-Mart Stock Report) reported somewhat disappointing results during the fiscal second quarter (ended July 31, 2013). While earnings per share of $1.24 rose 5.1% and were close to our estimate of $1.26, net sales of $116.2 billion were only up 2.4% and came in below expectations. Notably, e-commerce investment shaved $0.03 a share off the total bottom-line tally.The company didn't leverage expenses in the second quarter due to the top-line miss. Wal-Mart thinks it can still attain full-year leverage by cutting costs internationally. Strategies include greater volumes of direct imports and working with suppliers to reduce COGS. Domestically, WMT is focused on reducing costs through enhancements to hybrid and self-checkout register technology. Route optimization should help trim transportation costs. This should help offset fees surrounding the Walmex bribery investigation and related compliance hiring. Digging more deeply into the sales performance, Wal-Mart U.S. saw comps fall 30 basis points as traffic fell 50 basis points and average ticket rose 20 basis points. The company blamed the 2% payroll tax increase and a lack of inflation for the comp. The lack of price hikes was largely felt by the grocery segment. Produce was up in the mid-single- digit range, owing partly to an effective marketing campaign and more efficient ``farm to shelf'' logistics. Consumable sales were soft as customers traded down in categories where brand loyalty is of little importance. Health and wellness was flat year over year, but up sequentially, thanks to the prescription business. Apparel had a low single-digit positive comp due to the success of new brands.The performance of the International segment was so-so. Net sales were only up 2.9% (4.4% on a constant currency basis). Still, Wal-Mart was not able to leverage expenses due to weak sales and wage inflation. Complex overseas labor laws and employment contracts make it more difficult to align labor costs with the consumer demand environment. It also had to pay higher indirect taxes and made investments in infrastructure and e-commerce. Workforce management tools are being put into place to help with the labor issue, and software to improve on-shelf availability is being used in Mexico. Last year's decision to scale back the rollout of new stores in China seems to be working, as net sales rose 6.3% there. A shift from daily shopping to consolidated trips is also helping.
Excluding the effect of fuel, Sam's Club comps were up 1.7% and within the guidance range. Traffic was up 2.7% but the average ticket fell 1%. The former was helped by the rollout of the Instant Savings Program, where members receive two coupon books during the quarter. Each are active for three weeks and provide savings beyond normal pricing. The promotion also explains the decline in the average transaction amount. The company expects Sam's Club comp gains to range between flat and 2% in the coming quarter.Wal-Mart's growth initiatives appear to be progressing well. It added 29 supercenters and 35 small format stores (Neighborhood Market and Wal-Mart Express) in the U.S. during the quarter. The company plans on opening 90 new units, overall, in the current period. E-commerce is coming along, with testing under way for a Website-to-store locker program and self-scanning throughout supercenters i.e., "scan and go". Ship from store is also being expanded, with most deliveries only taking two days or less. Wal-Mart expects comps to be flat in the current quarter. It also revised the consolidated net sales growth outlook to 2%-3% versus the prior 5%-6%. Around a third of this is due to anticipated currency headwinds, with the rest likely the result of weaker global consumer spending expectations. The company provided a fiscal third-quarter earnings-per-share guidance range of $1.11-$1.16 and a full-year forecast between $5.10 and $5.30. In response, we have taken our full-year estimates down by a dime to $5.25 and our October period target is being trimmed by $0.03, to $1.14 a share. Overall, the earnings report was not particularly encouraging. We think the weakness had more to do with a difficult consumer spending environment than the company's execution. Although it may prove difficult to improve investor sentiment over the near term, we still recommend the shares for conservative long-term investors based on favorable extended growth opportunities.
About The Company:Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is the world's largest retailer, operating 3,158 supercenters (includes sizable grocery departments), 561 discount stores, 620 Sam's Clubs, and 286 Neighborhood Markets in the U.S., plus 6,148 foreign stores (mainly in Latin America, with the balance in Asia, Canada, and the U.K.) for total square footage of 1.072 billion (as of 1/31/13). Most stores are owned and are within 400 miles of an expanding network of distribution centers. Groceries accounted for 55% U.S. sales in 2012, while sales per square foot were about $437.
At the time of this article's writing, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.


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Did you know that because Arena Football games don't really have sidelines coaches are allowed to stand on the field of play? So everyone knew that one would eventually end up in a wheelchair, right?
Iowa Barnstormers (that's AF2, by the way) coach John Gregory suffered a broken leg and a torn knee ligament when four players pasted him into the sideline boards in a game on April 18. So I guess there was one person who didn't see it coming after all.
"The quarterback got chased my way, and I was looking downfield," Gregory said. "I didn't see it until late. By the time I looked up, they were right on top of me. And it was the short side of the field, as well."
Gregory faces probable knee surgery once the broken leg heals. For now, he cannot put any weight on his left leg and he is confined to a wheelchair. He had to watch Saturday's 33-29 loss against Quad City from a chair behind the sideline boards.
"I think it went all right," he said. "I think I might have been more effective on the field, but we didn't lose because of that."
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It's easy to see why DmC: Devil May Cry, only released just two weeks ago, has already gained a noted following from people other than fans of the previous version of the game.
And as a reboot, it keeps the legacy alive while also pulling in a story that is both interesting and "out there".
Here is my review:
1 DmC is like every other DMC
2. Its cool but
3. OG Dante is better soooooooooo its the same DMC as past but with new skins.
Huh, a review from a Thai paper. Not something you see everyday!
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Toyota will use the Prius name on more hybrid models in its U.S. lineup, the automakers' top executives told a meeting of U.S. dealers in Las Vegas this week. But don't expect "Prius" to become a Scion-like sub-brand.
Automotive News reported late yesterday that, at a dealer meeting in Las Vegas on Tuesday and Wednesday, Toyota executives said the name Prius would be attached to "a family of models" using similar hybrid powertrains, says veteran Toyota dealer Earl Stewart.
Toyota will have a range of Prius hybrid models "but Prius won't be a separate sub-brand like Scion," Stewart says.
"The Highlander hybrid and Camry hybrid do OK, but calling it 'Synergy Drive' never resonated with consumers," Stewart says. "But they can make hay on the Prius name. It's a magic name. If somebody says 'I drive a Prius,' everybody knows what he means."
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17 November 2013
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) today has released the list of the candidates for the 2013 elections.
The WFDF members will vote on positions on the Board of Directors and on the Ultimate Committee to serve from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2015. The elections started on 15 November and will run through 15 December 2013, 24:00 hrs UTC.
The following candidates have sent in nominations for the respective positions which are going to be elected during the 2013 elections:
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- Treasurer: Sandra L. "Sandie" Hammerly (USA), Executive Committee position
- Secretary: Thomas Griesbaum (GER), Executive Committee position
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- Chair, Freestyle: Kevin "Skippy Jammer" Givens (USA)
- Director at large: Vincent Gaillard (FRA/SUI)
- Director at large: Jamie Nuwer (USA)
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Romney's Tax Return Could Be a 'Teaching Moment,' Says Expert
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney relented to pressure and released two years of tax returns today, an action that an expert on investing and entrepreneurship believes can be used as a "teaching moment" to educate voters on the nation's complicated tax structure.
The Romneys 2010 tax return shows the couple paid 13.9 percent in taxes, and an estimate of their 2011 return shows an estimated 15.4 percent tax rate. With both years combined, this amounts to about $6.2 million in taxes on about $42.4 million of income. The returns are more than 500 pages and can be found here .
The couple gave around $4.1 million to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church, over a two-year period ($2.6 million in 2011 and $1.5 million in 2010). They also contributed to The Tyler Foundation, making their charitable contributions well above 10 percent.
One reason Romney may have been hesitant to release his tax returns is due to the complex nature of the return, which takes more than a 30-second sound byte to explain.
For example, the vast majority of the couple's income has already been taxed, thus underestimating the Romneys total tax burden on the same dollar.
According to John Berlau of the Center for Investors and Entrepreneurs, Romney is in essence paying more than double the tax compared to the average taxpayer who pays just under 15 percent in federal taxes.
"Our tax code layers taxation of dividends and capital gains on top of a top corporate tax rate of 35 percent – which even President Obama acknowledges is one of the highest in the world," Berlau wrote in an op-ed in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal.
"In other words, after the combined top tax rates hit $100 of corporate income, $55.25 remains for the investor. And this figure doesn't even include various state and local taxes or even the death tax."
Berlau was even more direct in a separate conversation with The Christian Post, saying that when state, local and death taxes are factored in, the effective tax rate could increase to over 64 percent.
"I think the candidates should use the release of their tax returns as a teaching moment," Berlau suggested. "Most people may not get to see a tax return of this magnitude, so it could give them a better understanding to how complicated and convoluted our tax code is."
During last Thursday's CNN debate in Charleston, S.C., former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and his wife, Callista, released their 2010 tax return showing they paid $994,708 in taxes on an adjusted gross amount of slightly more than $3.1 million, or 31.6 percent in taxes. The couple also contributed $81,000 to charity, or 2.5 percent of their income.
Why the difference in Romney's and Gingrich's effective tax rate? It all comes down to the difference between ordinary tax rates, which start at 10 percent and goes as high as 35 percent. Although some of Gingrich's income was taxed at lower rates, anything in excess of $373,650 is taxed at the 35 percent rate.
By comparison, most of the Romney's income is taxed at the 15 percent base rate on investment income; again, most of which was already taxed earlier.
"The question remains, would you rather have the Mitt Romney's of the world investing their money in companies that create wealth or the government investing it into things like Solyndra?" said Berlau. "Just as people don't begrudge Steve Jobs for getting rich, we shouldn't punish others, even those who run for office."
Berlau also sees a disconnect in how some Democrats view taxes on the wealthy.
"Even most Democrats, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), voted to increase the conforming loan limit for mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to as high as $729,750," Berlau said. "It's amusing that even liberals want to choose who to increase taxes on and then turn around and give breaks to their friends when the average mortgage is $212,700."
Neither of the other two GOP hopefuls, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum or Texas Rep. Ron Paul, have released their tax return, although Santorum has indicated his is forthcoming. Paul says he has no plans to release his.


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Israeli National Theatre makes controversial debut in hard-line settlement
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Kiryat Arba settlement boasts a number of visitor attractions. There's the grave of mass murderer Baruch Goldstein,
preserved as a shrine
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named after
serial bomber and convicted racist
Meir Kahane
; and a gleaming new Culture Centre, which on Thursday 10 November played host to the Israeli National Theatre.
Inside the swish surroundings of the theatre there was a small-town atmosphere. A father bounced a griping baby in a papoose: a youth in Israeli Forces uniform, holstered gun at his hip and rifle swinging behind him, shouldered out to take a call. Many civilian audience members carried side-arms, and most women were conservatively dressed, though there were bare female heads dotted through the crowd.
The production itself, an adaptation of Nobel laureate S.Y. Agnon's novella "A Simple Story", was a playful, fairy-tale affair. Theatre-goers tittered at a skit featuring Orthodox Jews, draped in
shawls and head-bobbing at prayer. A scattered hand-clap broke out to the soundtrack, which mingled traditional klezmer music with a house bassline, and quickly died away.
, as the National Theatre is known, has performed in illegal settlements before, but the Kiryat Arba gig is a new departure. Founded in a former military base in 1970 by members of the Messianic Gush Emunim movement, its leaders have promulgated extreme views ever since.
Jewish Underground militants lived, trained and stockpiled explosives in Kiryat Arba, while in recent years community leaders have endorsed the murder of non-Jews and described the Isis-linked Paris bombings of 2015 as
"deserved" punishment
for the West. One convicted Zionist terrorist, who masterminded an attack on a Muslim college that left three students dead and 33 wounded, now tends a
tranquil vineyard
in the settlement.
These tendencies are embodied in Baruch Goldstein's grave. Inscribed with the
"he gave his life for the people of Israel, its Torah and its land" and scattered with stones left by well-wishers and mourners, it records no trace of the 29 Muslims slaughtered by Kiryat Arba's most famous son in the 1994 Ibrahimi mosque massacre. To this day, the
8000 settlers
in the enclave maintain their reputation for
anti-Palestinian aggression
– often
targeting school-children
The culture centre, and its 400-seat theatre, opened in 2011. At that time, Kiryat Arba Mayor
Malachi Levinger
described the centre as an egalitarian space for "secular Jews, religious Jews, new immigrants and veteran residents".
But he also vowed the centre would "give culture its rightful place… in all of Judea", using a loaded Israeli term for the region and thus denying Palestinian claims to a state.
On Thursday night, hard-line Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev echoed the mayor's words, to applause from a capacity crowd. "I promise you many other nights like these in Judea and Samaria," the former Israeli forces spokesperson said.
"I am always excited to come here to Kiryat-Arba-Hebron, the city of my ancestors," continued Ms. Regev, who has previously described African migrants to Israel as
"a cancer"
and imposed harsh
modesty laws
on cultural events. She added: "I am happy that actors who did not surrender to pressure from Breaking The Silence will perform here."
Israeli NGO
Breaking The Silence
, made up of former Israeli soldiers who now speak out against the occupation, here represented a wave of criticism from rights activists following the announcement of the Kiryat Arba show.
Habima's settlement appearance came amidst torrid debate around a cultural boycott of Israel, with artists from Pink Floyd to Arundhati Roy refusing to appear in Israel on the grounds that "business-as-usual" normalises the occupation and legitimises state violence.
An open letter
, signed by hundreds of boycotting artists, specifically condemned Israeli theatre companies performing before settler audiences one day and acting as "cultural diplomats in support of Brand Israel" the next.
At least one Habima actor, Shlomi Bertonov, was replaced by an understudy after refusing to participate in the Kiryat Arba production. Speaking to
, he said: "There is too much fascism in that [idea]. I don't play that game".
Other sceptics among the company toured Hebron's oppressive
H2 area
with Breaking the Silence activists, in a visit later
on Israeli TV. They walked through streets left ghostly by the collapse of local businesses following the imposition of martial law, where extrajudicial killings by soldiers and murderous settler violence are omnipresent threats. As well as experiencing settler harassment themselves, the actors saw two Palestinian children being arrested by the Israeli Forces.
Ultimately, though, the Habima company toed the line and took to the Kiryat Arba stage. Under Ms. Regev's Culture Ministry, arts bodies refusing to perform in illegal settlements can have their budgets
slashed by a third
, while those that acquiesce will enjoy a 10% annual bonus. Theatres putting on plays sympathetic to the Palestinian cause have had their funding frozen altogether.
In his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, the play's author
S.Y. Agnon
quoted Zionist scripture: "They shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant… they, and their children, and their children's children, forever."
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 2, 2012) – The U.S. beach volleyball team of Jennifer Kessy and April Ross won an all-Olympian final on Sunday at the AVP Tour event in Cincinnati's Washington Park.
In the women's final, Kessy (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) and Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.), who won the silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, defeated three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh (San Jose, Calif.) and 2008 Olympian Nicole Branagh (Orinda, Calif.), 21-11, 21-18.
Kessy and Ross were the tournament's second-seeded team behind Jenny Kropp (Grand Island, Neb.) and Whitney Pavlik (Laguna Beach, Calif.), whom Kessy and Ross defeated in Sunday's semifinals, 21-12, 21-16. It was Kropp and Pavlik's first domestic tournament loss of the season.
Walsh and Branagh, who were seeded No. 4, defeated No. 6 Jennifer Fopma (Bellflower, Calif.) and Brooke Sweat (Fort Myers, Fla.) in the other women's semifinal, 21-14, 21-12.
On the men's side, No. 1 seeded John Hyden (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) and Sean Scott (Kailua, Hawaii) defeated No. 3 Matt Fuerbringer (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Nick Lucena (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) in the final, 21-17, 21-16.
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- In an age of climate change, sustainability and growing environmental awareness, Pace University's Elisabeth Haub School of Law recently welcomed one of the fields' most senior experts to its faculty.
Starting in fall 2017 Katrina Fischer Kuh will join the Law School's faculty as the first-ever Haub Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law. An accomplished lawyer with extensive experience in environment and natural resource protection, Kuh will serve as a full-time faculty member.
"Our Environmental Law Program is nationally recognized, and the addition of Professor Kuh and her expertise only bolsters the program," said David Yassky, the law school's dean.
Kuh comes to the Elisabeth Haub School of Law from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, where she taught Environmental Law, International Environmental Law, Global Climate Change and U.S. Law, Administrative Law and Torts. Her area of study focuses on climate change, sustainability and second generation environmental challenges.
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Actor Alan Alda is challenging scientists once again to answer a basic science question in language that will engage and enlighten 11-year-olds. He and the Stony Brook University Center for Communicating Science have launched the second edition of the Flame Challenge.
Last year, Alda asked: "What is a flame?" It was a question he had grappled with as a youngster and had received an unsatisfactory answer from his teacher. Alda issued his challenge in a commentary (registration required) in Science. More than 800 answers were submitted by scientists from around the world. The winning entry, a cartoon video with an original song, was created by Ben Ames, an American graduate student in physics at Austria's University of Innsbruck.
The question for this year's contest, selected from 300 submissions by children, is: "What is time?" Scientists have until 1 March 2013 to submit their answers in writing, video, or graphics. This year, winners will be named in two categories: written and visual. For more information on the contest, sponsored by AAAS and the American Chemical Society, visit the Flame Challenge.
"Last year's contest question came from a real 11-year-old: me," Alda said. "But when I asked what a flame was at the age of 11, I was probably younger in some ways than most 11-year-olds are now. They're asking a very deep question this year. It's going to be fun to see how scientists around the world answer that one in everyday language."
According to the Stony Brook center, which Alda helped to found, the question "What is time?" was submitted by students around the country. Some asked exactly that question, while others asked related questions, such as: How do you make a time machine? Why can't you go back in time? Is time an arrow? Is it a wave? How can you tell what time it is without looking at a clock? How many dimensions are there? How did time begin?
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Performance in the classroom is just as important as accolades on the field when looking at the student-athlete. The Big 12 Conference recognizes student-athletes in multiple areas for academic achievement. Those areas include the Commissioner's Honor Roll, Academic All-Big 12 Teams, the Phillips 66 Big 12 Classroom Champions, the Dr. Gerald Lage Award, and the Big 12 Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarship.
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Acknowledging all participants, the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll is an inclusive honor for all sports sponsored by the membership of the league. The Honor Roll is recorded and released each semester and recognizes those student-athletes who registered a 3.0 or better grade point average the previous semester.
Submitted through the Directors of Student-Athlete Support Services at each institution, those honored are not necessarily the stars on the field and court but those who participate on the team. They include the
More than 2,000 Big 12 student-athletes are named to the Commissioner's Honor Rolls at the end of each of semester.
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Recognizing those student-athletes who excel in the classroom and on the field and court, the Big 12 has academic all-conference teams for all sports.
Nominated by the Directors of Student-Athlete Support Services and the Athletic Media Relations Directors, members of the all-academic teams have posted at least a
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As Phillips 66 Big 12 Classroom Champions, the conference recognizes 30 student-athletes per school who have excelled in competition and in the classroom. Chosen through the Big 12 membership, those honored are recognized throughout the year on the Big 12 telecasts, FSN and ESPN Regional Television.
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In order to be eligible for the accolade, student-athletes must have lettered at least once in their career while maintaining residence at their institution for at least one academic year. The honoree, which can only be recognized once, should have 100 hours of earned credit with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.80 at the time of the nomination.
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Yearly honorees: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
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Additional funding prior to the 2002-03 selection process allowed each school to name two outstanding scholars to the annual list of honorees. Conference officers also voted to name the postgraduate scholarship program awards after longtime Big 12 and Big Eight Conference Associate Commissioner and student services' pioneer Dr. Prentice Gautt in 2004. Dr. Gautt passed away on March 17, 2005.
The all-time group has
Criteria for these awards include a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a 4.0 scale, participation in at least two years of intercollegiate athletics at the
The $2,500 individual annual grants began in 1996-97, were raised to $5,000 in 1999 and increased to $6,900 prior to the 2003-04 term. In 2006-07, the awards climbed to $7,500 and moved to $9,000 in 2011-12. Most honorees in recent years have also been named to Academic All-Big 12 Teams as well as the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
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In 2009, three friends Rancho (Aamir Khan), Farhan Qureshi (R. Madhavan) and Raju Rastogi (Sharman Joshi) came into our lives and changed it for good.
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'3 Idiots' is one of the best movies ever and while we all loved the trio's unique friendship, there was one more character who was equally loved for the most part of the movie. Although he was a supporting character, we thoroughly loved his hilarious antics and his passion for learning.
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We're talking about Millimetre (Rahul Kumar), a young errand boy in the Engineering college who used to run chores for students like laundry, getting groceries and even finishing their assignments.
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If you're a '3 Idiots' fan like me, then this dialogue has to be fresh in your memory to this day, "Millimetre ab Centimetre ban chuka hai". The same dialogue that Phunsuk Wangdu's assistant says in front of Rancho's friends, when they meet him after 10 years.
9 years on, the real Millimetre is all grown up, but he looks nothing like the Centimetre we saw in the movie. Looks like we've been living a lie all these years.
The kid has now turned into a handsome 22-year-old, who has several movies and television serials in his credit.
Rahul was all of 3, when he started acting in theater. Apart from '3 Idiots', he's been a part of movies like 'Omkara', 'The Blue Umbrella' and 'Zoo'.
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It would appear that the Derek Jeter mess is down to one escape route.
Deputy Sheriff Maguire yesterday sold out the office furniture, type, and plant of The Illustrated American at 209 and 213 East Twenty-third Street, for about $1,100.
…the victors and the vanquished saw "Dr. Syntax" at the Broadway Theatre, and afterward recounted some of the pleasant experiences of last season, over foaming bumpers of Nick Engel's beer. In a few days the players will start for their respective homes, and the baseball cranks' occupation will be lost until gentle Spring starts again.
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I've really been out of the loop lately with baseball. I'm a disgusted Mets fan who likes to watch the Yankees once in a while – LOL. Anyway ~ I don't think Jeter is worth $15 million per year. Maybe he could go coach the Mets in 2014? Shyte – the Mets need all help they can get! HA!
This Jeter story is getting rather tired. I assume the Yankees will survive without Jeter at some point in the future. Anyway, the only way out of this problem is a heavily incentive-based contract. In that way, if Jeter produces to a set of baselines he set earlier in this career, he cashes in. If he is on a downward spiral, well, he will not make as much. That seem to be a fair way to settle this matter.
Yay archivist!
No one agonized over Jeter's on-field performance last year more than I (OK, maybe his parents), but I agree with the incentive approach. In that way it's put up or shut up. You earn the salary you get. But if Jeter has been the face of the Yankees (and a good one) for 15 years, why not throw him a bone, too? How about giving him an ownership stake in the club no matter how small? What better way to show him and everyone else he is a true Yankee to the end? Over time that has got to be worth a bunch and everyone saves face.
Wow, underneath your shallow sarcasm of hugs and whatnot I hear a very bitter baseball fan. I guess you've been waiting oh, 15 years to finally stick your poison pen into Jeter's back. Now that Jeter's in the twlight of his career and will undoubtedly be celebrated as he leaves the stage, you're lining up to take shots. Bravo!
Wow, Keith — you really have a hate on for Derek. Why?
Such bitterness, such a lack of faith in his ability, or any gratitude for what he has been for The Yankees. It's unbecoming.
You are not just being "clear eyed", or a pragmatist, you are being mean and petty. Oh for shame that a person who says he likes, nay LOVES, sports can dismiss a N.Y. Icon like Derek.
You can tell us. What has he done to you? Has he somehow dashed your hopes and dreams? It's O.K. — we will listen —- please, tell us how you feel.
Seems to me like the blind hero worship of Derek Jeter won't let some of you folks see KO is being on point. Jeter has been amply compensated for his past achievements and now, with his new deal, he'll be grossly overpaid. As a Yankee fan I appreciate what he has done but this contract is for what he will do.
This hardcore deification of Jeter, where does it come from? Is he Mantle reincarnated, to these folks? Jeez…He wasn't the best choice for Captain. I mean, as far as I can tell, past Yankee captains weren?t aloof and detached. Just ?leading by example? cannot be your exclusive claim for leadership. Jeter always seemed the too cool for school type, not someone who would mentor a young player?has he mentored anyone??or lay down the law in the clubhouse, which is why someone like Posada comes across as the quintessential team captain, IMHO. (Or Mo, for that matter.)
But we'll have Mr. Winning-Is-Everything (um, not quite) and his diminishing skills and YS-sized ego for another couple of years, so…
hmixyt IMHO you've got the right answer!


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I know my 10 Most Sexist Super Bowl Ads post got quite a bit of attention. And by "bit of attention" I mean hordes of anonymous trolls calling me a fat, ugly, lonely, humorless, overreacting, man-hating lesbian who needs to either get back in the kitchen or get back to blogging about topics that don't make people uncomfortable. These comments really don't phase me, since 1) Obvious trolls crack me up, 2) Misogynistic comments prove my point, and 3) My lesbian friends are super awesome, so I take that as a compliment.
To all of you who actually left civil and enlightening comments, whether they agreed or disagreed with me, I thank you.
Anyway, since the internet is way too serious of a place sometimes, I figured I would share this spoof of the Dodge Charger ad:
I'd put a bet on how many comments it'll take for someone to call me a hypocritical misandrist*, but I just ruined that by stating it here, didn't I? Oops.
*Sexism is bad, regardless if it's targeted toward women or men. I'm not sure how many times I need to say that. Maybe I should put that in big bold letters above my banner for newcomers, so they don't shit bricks every time I blog about sexism. Of course, watching them shit bricks is kind of fun.


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Highland - Bill "Spunky" Mastro, 54, of North Elting Corners, died suddenly Saturday December 7, 2013.
He was born in Kingston a son of Kristin Steeley Mastro and the late Sidney Mastro. He was a lifelong area resident and the owner of Spunky Construction, a drilling and blasting company in Highland, NY.
Bill was an avid outdoorsman, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, and had recently taken up skydiving at The Ranch in Gardiner. His most rewarding enjoyment was spending time with his grandsons. Bill was also a US Army veteran and a member of American Legion Post 1219 in Tillson.
In addition to his mother of New Paltz Bill is survived by four brothers, David Mastro and his wife, Tammy of New Paltz, P.J. Mastro of Brewster, Mario Mastro and his wife, Julie of Florida, Sid Mastro of Kingston; a daughter, Kim Trozzi and her husband, Vinny of Newburgh; his companion, Christine Kelder of High Falls. Also survived by two grandsons, Ian and Cooper Trozzi; and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews and cousins.
A brother, Michael Mastro died previously.
A Service to Celebrate his Life will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, December 14 at the George J. Moylan Funeral Home Inc., 2053 Route 32, Rosendale. Rev. Arlene Dawber will officiate. Interment will be private at the convenience of the family. Friends may call at the funeral home prior to the service on Saturday after 9:30 a.m.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations are requested to American Legion Post 1219, PO Box 203, Tillson, NY 12486 or the Ulster County ASPCA, 20 Weidy Road, Kingston, NY 12401


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Volume 2, no. 1 (Spring 1987):
Owen Jander. "Exploring Sulzer's Allgemeine Theorie as a Source Used by Beethoven." (pp. 1-7)
William Meredith. "Beethoven's Creativity: His Views on the Creative Process." (pp. 1, 8-12)
Patricia Elliott. "Thayer's Beethoven." (pp. 13-14)
Ira F. Brilliant. "The Music Auction Market" (Sotheby's, London on May 28, 1986, and Stargardt on June 12, 1986). (p. 15)
"Miscellanea." (pp. 16-17)
Concert Review: William Meredith on Joan Benson on Fortepiano, Jan. 18, 1987, S.F. (p. 15)
Miriam Sheer. Dissertations in Progress: "The Role of Dynamics in Beethoven's Instrumental Music." (p. 19)
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In His Own Defense
Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford
Born in 1593, died in 1641; served in Parliament as an opponent of the Royal policy from 1614 until 1629; raised to the Peerage in 1628; a Privy Councilor in 1629; Lord Deputy of Ireland in 1632; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1640; Commander of the army against the Scotch in 1640; impeached by Parliament in 1641, and condemned by bill of attainder.
This day I stand before you charged with high treason. The burden of the charge is heavy, yet far the more so because it hath borrowed the authority of the House of Commons. If they were not interested I might expect a no less easy than I do a safe issue. But let neither my weakness plead my innocence nor their power my guilt. If your lordships will conceive of my defenses as they are in themselves, without reference to either partyand I shall endeavor so to present themI hope to go hence as clearly justified by you as I now am in the testimony of a good conscience by myself.
My lords, I have all along, during this charge, watched to see that poisoned arrow of treason which some men would fain have feathered in my heart; but in truth it has not been my quickness to discover any such evil yet within my breast, tho now, perhaps, by sinister information, sticking to my clothes.
They tell me of a twofold treason, one against the statute, another by the common law; this direct, that consecutive; this individual, that accumulative; this in itself, that by way of construction.
As to this charge of treason, I must and do acknowledge that if I had the least suspicion of my own guilt I would save your lordships the pains. I would cast the first stone. I would pass the first sentence of condemnation against myself. And whether it be so or not, I now refer to your lordships judgment and deliberation. You, and you only, under the care and protection of my gracious master, are my judges. Under favor, none of the Commons are my peers, nor can they be my judges. I shall ever celebrate the providence and wisdom of your noble ancestors, who have put the keys of life and death, so far as concerns you and your posterity, into your own hands. None but your own selves, my lords, know the rate of your noble blood; none but yourselves must hold the balance in disposing of the same.
The first charge seemeth to be used rather to make me odious than guilty; for there is not the least proof allegednor could there be anyconcerning my confederacy with the popish faction. Never was a servant in authority under my lord and master more hated and maligned by these men than myself, and that for an impartial and strict execution of the laws against them; for observe, my lords, that the greater number of the witnesses against me, whether from Ireland or from Yorkshire, were of that religion. But for my own resolution I thank God I am ready every hour of the day to seal my dissatisfaction to the Church of Rome with my dearest blood.
Give me leave, my lords, here to pour forth the grief of my soul before you. These proceedings against me seem to be exceeding rigorous, and to have more of prejudice than equitythat upon a supposed charge of hypocrisy or errors in religion I should be made so odious to three kingdoms. A great many thousand eyes have seen my accusations whose ears will never hear that when it came to the upshot those very things were not alleged against me! Is this fair dealing among Christians? But I have lost nothing by that. Popular applause was ever nothing in my conceit. The uprightness and integrity of a good conscience ever were, and ever shall be, my continual feast; and if I can be justified in your lordships judgments from this great imputationas I hope I am, seeing the gentlemen have thrown down the bucklersI shall account myself justified by the whole kingdom, because absolved by you, who are the better part, the very soul and life of the kingdom.
As for my designs against the State, I dare plead as much innocency as in the matter of religion. I have ever admired the wisdom of our ancestors, who have so fixed the pillars of this monarchy that each of them keeps a due proportion and measure with the others; have so admirably bound together the nerves and sinews of the state, that the straining of any one may bring danger and sorrow to the whole economy. The prerogative of the crown and the propriety of the subject have such natural relations that this takes nourishment from that, and that foundation and nourishment from this. And so, as in the lute, if any one string be wound up to high or too low, you have lost the whole harmony; so here the excess of prerogative is oppression, of pretended liberty in the subject is disorder and anarchy. The prerogative must be used as God doth his omnipotence, upon extraordinary occasions; the laws must have place at all other times. As there must be prerogative because there must be extraordinary occasions, so the propriety of the subject is ever to be maintained if it go in equal pace with the other. They are fellows and companions that are, and ever must be, inseparable in a well-ordered kingdom; and no way is so fitting, so natural to nourish and entertain both, as the frequent use of parliaments, by which a commerce and acquaintance is kept up between the king and his subjects.
These thoughts have gone along with me these fourteen years of my public employments, and shall, God willing, go with me to the grave! God, his majesty, and my own conscience, yea, and all of those who have been most accessory to my inward thoughts, can bear me witness that I ever did inculcate this, that the happiness of a kingdom doth consist in a just poise of the kings prerogative and the subjects liberty, and that things could never go well till these went hand in hand together. I thank God for it, by my masters favor and the providence of my ancestors, I have an estate which so interests me in the commonwealth that I have no great mind to be a slave, but a subject. Nor could I wish the cards to be shuffled over again, in hopes to fall upon a better set; nor did I ever nourish such base and mercenary thoughts as to become a pander to the tyranny and ambition of the greatest man living. No! I have, and ever shall, aim at a fair but bounded libertyremembering always that I am a freeman, yet a subject; that I have rights, but under a monarch. It hath been my misfortune, now when I am gray-headed, to be charged by the mistakers of the times, who are so highly bent that all appears to them to be in the extreme for monarchy which is not for themselves. Hence it is that designs, words, yea, intentions, are brought out as demonstrations of my misdemeanors. Such a multiplying glass is a prejudicate opinion!
The articles against me refer to expressions and actions,my expressions either in Ireland or in England, my actions either before or after these late stirs.
Some of the expressions referred to were uttered in private, and I do protest against their being drawn to my injury in this place. If, my lords, words spoken to friends in familiar discourse, spoken at ones table, spoken in ones chamber, spoken in ones sick bed, spoken, perhaps, to gain better reason, to gain ones self more clear light and judgment by reasoning,if these things shall be brought against a man as treason, this (under favor) takes away the comfort of all human society. By this means we shall be debarred from speakingthe principal joy and comfort of lifewith wise and good men, to become wiser and better ourselves. If these things be strained to take away life, and honor, and all that is desirable, this will be a silent world! A city will become a hermitage, and sheep will be found among a crowd and press of people! No man will dare to impart his solitary thoughts or opinions to his friend and neighbor!
Other expressions have been urged against me, which were used in giving counsel to the king. My lords, these words were not wantonly or unnecessarily spoken, or whispered in a corner; they were spoken in full council, when, by the duty of my oath, I was obliged to speak according to my heart and conscience in all things concerning the Kings service. If I had forborne to speak what I conceived to be for the benefit of the king and the people, I had been perjured toward Almighty God. And for delivering my mind openly and freely, shall I be in danger of my life as a traitor? If that necessity be put upon me, I thank God, by his blessing, I have learned not to stand in fear of him who can only kill the body. If the question be whether I must be traitor to man or perjured to God, I will be faithful to my creator. And whatsoever shall befall me from popular rage or my own weakness, I must leave it to that Almighty Being and to the justice and honor of my judges.
My lords, I conjure you not to make yourselves so unhappy as to disable your lordships and your children from undertaking the great charge and trust of this commonwealth. You inherit that trust from your fathers. You are born to great thoughts. You are nursed for the weighty employments of the kingdom. But if it be once admitted that a counselor, for delivering his opinion with others at the council board,
candidé et casté,
with candor and purity of motive, under an oath of secrecy and faithfulness, shall be brought into question, upon some misapprehension or ignorance of lawif every word that he shall speak from sincere and noble intentions shall be drawn against him for the attainting of him, his children and posterityI know not (under favor I speak it) any wise or noble person of fortune who will, upon such perilous and unsafe terms, adventure to be counselor to the king. Therefore, I beseech your lordships so to look on me that my misfortune may not bring an inconvenience to yourselves. And tho my words were not so advised and discreet, or so well weighed as they ought to have been, yet I trust your lordships are too honorable and just to lay them to my charge as high treason. Opinions may make a heretic, but that they make a traitor I have never heard till now.
I only admire how I, being an incendiary against the Scots in the twenty-third article, am become a confederate with them in the twenty-eighth article! how I could be charged for betraying Newcastle, and also for fighting with the Scots at Newburne, since fighting against them was no possible means of betraying the town into their hands, but rather to hinder their passage thither! I never advised war any further than, in my poor judgment, it concerned the very life of the kings authority and the safety and honor of his kingdom. Nor did I ever see that any advantage could be made by a war in Scotland, where nothing could be gained but hard blows. For my part, I honor that nation, but I wish they may ever be under their own climate. I have no desire that they should be too well acquainted with the better soil of England.
My lords, you see what has been alleged for this constructive, or, rather, destructive treason. For my part, I have not the judgment to conceive that such treason is agreeable to the fundamental grounds either of reason or of law. Not of reason, for how can that be treason in the lump or mass which is not so in any of its parts? or how can that make a thing treasonable which is not so in itself? Not of law, since neither statute, common law, nor practise hath from the beginning of the government ever mentioned such a thing.
It is hard, my lords, to be questioned upon a law which can not be shown! Where hath this fire lain hid for so many hundred years, without smoke to discover it, till it thus bursts forth to consume me and my children? My lords, do we not live under laws, and must we be punished by laws before they are made? Far better were it to live by no laws at all, but to be governed by those characters of virtue and discretion which nature hath stamped upon us, than to put this necessity of divination upon a man, and to accuse him of a breach of law before it is a law at all! If a waterman upon the Thames split his boat by grating upon an anchor, and the same have no buoy appended to it, the owner of the anchor is to pay the loss; but if a buoy be set there, every man passeth upon his own peril. Now where is the mark, where is the token set upon the crime, to declare it to be high treason?
My lords, be pleased to give that regard to the peerage of England as never to expose yourselves to such moot points, such constructive interpretations of law. If there must be a trial of wits, let the subject matter be something else than the lives and honor of peers! It will be wisdom for yourselves and your posterity to cast into the fire these bloody and mysterious volumes of constructive and arbitrary treason, as the primitive Christians did their books of curious arts; and betake yourselves to the plain letter of the law and statute, which telleth what is and what is not treason, without being ambitious to be more learned in the art of killing than our forefathers. These gentlemen tell us that they speak in defense of the commonwealth against my arbitrary laws. Give me leave to say it, I speak in defense of the commonwealth against their arbitrary treason!
It is now full two hundred and forty years since any man was touched for this alleged crime to this height before myself. Let us not awaken those sleeping lions, to our destruction, by taking up a few musty records that have lain by the walls for so many ages, forgotten or neglected.
My lords, what is my present misfortune may be forever yours! It is not the smallest part of my grief that not the crime of treason, but my other sins, which are exceeding many, have brought me to this bar; and, except your lordships wisdom provide against it, the shedding of my blood may make way for the tracing out of yours. You, your estates, your posterity, lie at the stake!
For my poor self, if it were not for your lordships interest, and the interest of a saint in heaven who hath left me here two pledges on earth,
I should never take the pains to keep up this ruinous cottage of mine. It is loaded with such infirmities that in truth I have no great pleasure to carry it about with me any longer. Nor could I ever leave it at a fitter time than this, when I hope that the better part of the world would perhaps think that by my misfortunes I had given a testimony of my integrity to my God, my king, and my country. I thank God I count not the afflictions of the present life to be compared to that glory which is to be revealed in the time to come.
My lords! my lords! my lords! something more I had intended to say, but my voice and my spirit fail me. Only I do in all humility and submission cast myself down at your lordships feet and desire that I may be a beacon to keep you from shipwreck. Do not put such rocks in your own way, which no prudence, no circumspection can eschew or satisfy, but by your utter ruin!
And so, my lords, even so, with all tranquillity of mind, I submit myself to your decision. And whether your judgment in my caseI wish it were not the case of you allbe for life or for death, it shall be righteous in my eyes and shall be received with a
Te Deum laudamus
we give God the praise.
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Delivered at his trial before the House of Lords on April 13, 1641, his execution taking place on May 12 of the same year. Slightly abridged. [
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A reference to his wife and children, followed by tears, which Strafford sought in vain to check. [
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I have figured out what keywords I have to put in my FITS files to get Pinpoint to do the astrometry solution for my images. Now I'm trying again to tackle "VS Search." Previously Geir had suggested that since I wasn't running my files through the Pinpoint algorithm in VPHOT that I needed to add a FITS header keyword FWHM to my image files that held the fwhm for the stars which Pinpoint would normally do if I had been using Pinpoint. That hadn't resolve the issue but I got busy and forgot about it.
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