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When fighting for rights, which is tougher: a battle against an oppressive government, or a battle against an oppressive society?
Manal al-Sharif opens her TED talk by asking the audience a question.
"You know that people all over the world fight for their freedom, fight for their rights. Some battle oppressive governments. Others battle oppressive societies." And then she asks, "which battle do you think is harder?"
Fellow TEDers, which do you think is a tougher battle? And why?
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Jun 25 2013: LaMar, violence is an action. Putting shackles on one's legs is an action. "Oppressed", "enslaved", "insulted" is how we feel about actions of others towards us.
You can say the exact same thing to two people. One person will be "insulted", the other one will consider it funny. Insult is not what you say. Insult is how the other person feels about your words.
You live in a cabin, grow your own food, and consider yourself free. You do it voluntarily. If you force another person to live in the same conditions as you do, the person will be "oppressed". Two people living in the same physical conditions: one is "free", the other one is "oppressed" - how come?
Re: "Do you have an example where fighting against an oppressive government has made the situation worse?" Egypt. Under Mubarak, Coptic Christians did not have to flee the country to escape violence.
You did not give a thought to the Star Wars analogy. Anakin Skywalker was taken out of slavery, but has never taken out the feeling of being oppressed out of himself.
We feel oppressed when we are forced to conform to external conditions and opinions. When we voluntarily accept the same conditions and opinions, we feel free. This is why some people see taxation as oppression, while others believe, it is based on "voluntary compliance".
You can't force other people to "comply voluntarily" (be free) without oppressing them.
Jun 25 2013: Re Hitler example. Nobody can say how I feel and what I like except myself. This kind of lie is easy to detect. Convincing others that they will like being oppressed by us is immoral.
Fundamentally, people feel unhappy when "what is" does not match their idea of "what ought": we get upset when other people don't behave the way we expect or think they "should behave", when our salary is not what we think it should be, etc.
When "what is" and "what ought" are in accord, people feel happy. One way to feel free and happy is to forget "what ought" and focus on "what is" - accept reality.
As we do this, it has an interesting effect. We accept other people as they are. We stop trying to change them and force our rules on them. As we fight the feeling of being oppressed within ourselves, we reduce the chance that we will become oppressors.
Feeling oppressed and being an oppressor are two sides of the same coin.
This does not mean, however, that we should accept anything. You have a point too. We cannot just stand by watching an act of violence. It makes us an accomplice. As usually, there is no rule of thumb. The best adviser is our own consciousness.
Jun 25 2013: Great article, LaMar. Thanks a lot.
The main point of the article seems to be: "They [people who hurt others] change their way of thinking so they do not have to think about how they are hurting others.
...See if you can identify the ones you use most often.
1. Justifying
In avoiding responsibility for their behavior a person finds a reason for what they have done.
"He yelled at me so I had to hit him."
"They all did it so why can't I?"
-- From the article
"I have been responding to the little snide side remarks made by those same 3 people. Did you expect I would let them take shots without returning fire lol!"
-- From elsewhere
The road up and the road down is one and the same road. We are talking about the same thing. I am talking about the other side of the same coin: "We can change our way of thinking so we do not have to think about how OTHER people are hurting US." This way we do not make excuses, do not place blame, do not feel angry, do not lie to confuse others and our vision is clear to see how we hurt others instead of seeing how they are hurting us. We accept responsibility for our actions.
Re: "The definition of slavery and oppression is a lack of freedom."
Freedom in general has no meaning. You have to specify, freedom from what. Being free from threat (security) sometimes mean giving up freedom from being watched (privacy). http://www.positiveatheism.org/writ/cranston11.htm. When we live alone in the wilderness, we are free from the rules of society, but not free from natural dangers. We can be free from predators and hunger, but have to submit ourselves to the rules of society.
Jun 25 2013: You make some important points here, Arkady. I think people can learn to be more aware of how they hurt others instead of seeing only how others hurt them. This is a subject we deal with in programs about bullying. The bully often minimizes his responsibility in his own mind.
On the victim end, though, there are degrees of hurt that cannot be erased through a change of attitude. The pain may be mitigated somewhat.
Jun 25 2013: LaMar, re: "Some actions are justified when equal in force. If you punch me and I punch you back I am justified in that action."
Neurologist Daniel Wolpert says, he has experimental data showing that people tend to perceive force used against them by others to be greater than the equal force that they use against others themselves. (http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_wolpert_the_real_reason_for_brains.html) This is how violence escalates. When a circle of violence or mutual insults is started, it does not matter who started it. It just needs to stop. "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." -- Mahatma Gandhi, (attributed)
The concentration camp example seems to confirm my point of how people become oppressors after being oppressed. It's the flawed thinking mentioned in the article you quote that one can gain freedom by oppressing others.
Fritzie makes a good point. Children often turn to bullying others to prove their "self-worth". And they have this need because they have been abused themselves. I've heard, adult abusers often have been abused as children. I don't have data to support this statement, but I would be interested to know if anyone has references.
On the victim end - yes, sometimes, people never get over the pain of past abuses. People differ greatly in their ability to control their emotions. I call it "spiritual strength".
Here is an interesting and controversial talk on the subject:
Jun 26 2013: I actually did not write that children bully others to prove their self-worth, though I believe I have seen that argument. I have also seen argument that bullies typically have high self-esteem but a sense of shame about something. Here is an example of research on how self-esteem may play into aggressive behavior: http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&uid=1996-01716-001
Here is a reference in which you will find support for the fact that 30% of abused children in the United States will abuse their children. There is likely other evidence as well. This is the first I saw in response to your question above.
Jun 26 2013: Fritzie, sorry for misquoting you. I went on to make my own point instead of reading carefully what you said. Thank you for the references.
Regarding the first article, from some personal observations and experiences, inflated self-esteem appears to be the other side of an inferiority complex.
A person who does not feel good about him or herself often feels vulnerable and sensitive about what other people's opinions, words, or, even, facial expressions or tone. This results in a "how dare you..." reaction which appears as a sign of high self-esteem, but may, in fact, result from internal feeling of insecurity and vulnerability. Such people may feel that they deserve a better treatment, higher salary, etc. which, again, can look like a sign of a high self-esteem. And this damaged image of "self" can result from suffering abuse, poverty, or unfair treatment in the past. I just speak from personal experience and experience with some people close to me.
I think, this pattern also works on higher levels - ethnicity, religion, race, nation. How we think of ourselves seems to be extremely important for how we treat ourselves and others. Identity crisis is another example of a similar kind of issue.
Jun 27 2013: Re: "Abuse can be another form of oppression and slavery and here I would make the point that if an abused person accepted your advice they would just accept that abuse and be happy."
We are abused to the degree we tolerate.
When I was in the Soviet Army, there was a new draft every 6 months. Where I served, there were soldiers from 3 different drafts. Unofficially, the youngest draft was forced to do all chores - wash floors and toilets, and do laundry for the senior drafts. If they refused, they would be beaten by the second draft. The oldest draft did nothing at all. They were driving the second draft to abuse the youngest draft to do the labor. If a soldier from a second draft refused to oppress a younger soldier and would do his own work, the oldest draft would pressure his peers to lower that soldier to the status of the younger draft - abuse or be abused. They would also pit the youngest draft against the soldier - just to test how much abuse he would tolerate. People who reported abuse to the officers, would be ostracized. They were despised and abused by everyone to the point they had to be transferred to work in the pigsty. There is no escape. There are two ways to survive: accept abuse as a young soldier and abuse others after 6 months; or fight back from the very start. The second way could be tough and risky. In some places, one could be beaten to suffer serious injuries. As a young soldier, you don't know what to expect. If you fight back as a young soldier, after initial "tests", you might be accepted as equal by senior soldiers. And, most likely, will be expected to abuse the young anyway - that was not the end of the fight. Pretty much, the culture of alpha-males in a baboon tribe. If you wanted to fight against the whole system, you had to fight alone against everyone, including your own peers.
Much of the same is going on in society at large.
Jun 27 2013: Lamar, I'm OK. When I went through these experiences, my character was, pretty much, shaped. Yes, what does not kill us makes us stronger. But I would admit that there are better ways to become stronger. You know how sympathy and "words of wisdom" don't work in these situations. My experience is not that bad. "Abuse or be abused" is not the worst. Many people go through "kill or be killed" situations. Or even worse, they grow up in these environments. Then this philosophy of "fight or flight" is really hard to take out.
You are right about projecting. We should not project our experiences onto others and generalize. Taking a person out of slavery is easier than taking slavery out of a person.
When people recognize their own weaknesses and vulnerabilities in other people, some people use these weaknesses to provoke other people - deliberately push the hot buttons, mostly to pit people against each other. This is what media does daily, this is what the senior draft did to pit the second draft against the rookies. Knowing our own weaknesses helps us prevent others from pushing these buttons (like in your example with the laundromat - ignore those fingers and disrespect) and also avoid pushing these buttons in others, be more sensitive to each other's issues.
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Jun 27 2013: There is no answer to these questions. I just point out that oppression creates oppression. Anakin turned into Darth Vader through anger and feeling of injustice towards himself. This feeling of being oppressed made him vulnerable to corruption by power. As he gained power, he felt that "his time has come" and he was justified in his actions.
Soldiers tolerate abuse from senior peers because they make a trade-off between suffering a moderate abuse in order to gain power in the future and suffering a much larger abuse with no prospects. Yes, abuse is real. But there are two types of struggles - external struggle to stand up to the oppressor and the internal struggle with our own consciousness and resistance to corruption which comes with opportunity to oppress others - take bribes or force others to do serve us. Guess, which struggle is tougher. Given that winning the internal struggle, sometimes, means to suffer greater abuse and peer pressure while giving up privileges
It's explained fairly well in the New Testament. Raising dead and calming storms are symbols. When people talk about these things literally, they make no sense. It's about spiritual death and spiritual storms. The answers are also there - forgiveness, loving the enemies, turning the other cheek. Most people can't do that. Advising this is hypocrisy.
Jun 27 2013: You and Lamar are quite right. We cannot say to an abused person to just change his mind. We cannot say to a person who is hurt "just forgive", "don't dwell on these things too much". One cannot say to the new recruit "just accept abuse and forgive your abusers". When we tell these things to others, it's hypocrisy. What I write here is hypocrisy. This is why therapies and preaching do not work. The abused person must internalize these things for himself. "You must forgive" is hypocrisy and does not work. "I must forgive" does work - only works from inside. Like the storm calming.
Refusing to return violence and become an oppressor is tough. Sometimes, it means to subject ourselves to a greater violence, suffering, or death. But it does work when the advise comes from a person who "picks up the cross". Examples: Gandhi, MLK. Without the cross it's empty words and hypocrisy. Again, it's all in the New Testament.
Jun 27 2013: I agree. I think, we see each other's points. When I say that we cannot tell each other what to forgive and what to "dwell on", I mean not only that it usually feels insensitive and hypocritical, but it's useless either. People cannot be expected to follow this advice and forgive because most of us do not control our emotions. "Control our own emotions" (anger, lust, etc.) is another piece of hypocritical and useless advice :-). Religions preach it for thousands of years now with very little result. These teachings have a tendency to turn over onto their heads and become tools to control and oppress others.
Jun 28 2013: OK. We are slowly converging. I agree that "I must forgive" is setting an expectation for ourselves and failing to meet expectations (our own or external), usually, carries a sense of guilt and shame. Perhaps, you are right. We should not require such things from ourselves. "You may forgive" or "I can forgive", "God willing" - for religious people, as an option and possibility, do sound better. You are right. Suggestions work a lot better than telling people what they must do.
Jun 28 2013: How about "you need to forgive" [in order to heal]?
"Must" refers to obligation.
"May" refers to permission or possibility.
"Can" refers to ability.
"Need" refers to necessity.
Or is it not necessary to forgive to stop mutual violence and oppression?
Still, "you need to" (telling people what they need) does not sound appropriate.
I think, our conversation indicates how confused we are with what we "need", "must", "can", or "may" - especially in emotional and spiritual area. We don't seem to have much control or understanding. I feel that there is no correct answer here. Some internal dialog or self reflection "may" help or "needs to happen" (here we go again).
Jun 28 2013: abc XYZ, language is often an obstacle for communication. If I speak of myself, I sound self-centered. If I speak of "us", I'm making unjustified projections and generalizations. Spiritualism was in the picture all along. By spiritualism, I don't mean anything supernatural. It simply refers to emotional area of our life, in my mind. But these explanations only add to confusion. I hope, we will not start discussion what spiritualism means.
If you think, you are enlightened and not confused - good for you. I'm still not aware of my own enlightenment. :-)
I think, Lamar nailed the question, as usual. "Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven." - that's it. I don't think, there is anything to add, take away, or explain here. It seems to me, we are debating what all three of us understand. (Is it fair to use "us" here?)
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As an attractive single woman I see this as disastrous. Accepting drinks or conversation just to be polite from someone you have no interest in, can make for a very uncomfortable ride. Refusing, can make it even more uncomfortable. The close environment of an airplane, (much like a large CAT scan), couldn't make unsolicited flirting less desirable or more entrapped.
This opens the door to possible harassing for both men and women not to mention the possibility of conversing during a 5-hr flight, landing and finding out he or she is married.
Aren't children are allowed to fly alone at 13? What about pedophiles?
There are plenty of web sites for singles to meet that include a profile that allows one to discern. If one chooses to delete someone, you're not trapped a few feet away from this stranger.
As a businesswoman, I understand marketing and setting yourself apart. However, an airplane doesn't seem to be the best place to initiate romantic introductions. It could possibly prove to be more of a platform to act out one's fantasies.
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The Boston Bruins took the first step in their attempt to defend their Stanley Cup Championship title on Thursday night for the Eastern Conference quarterfinals. The Bruins and Capitals certainly didn't disappoint as the Bruins claimed victory in an exciting over-time victory.
Chris Kelly ended up getting the game winning goal for the Bruins after he took a shot from the point that found its way to the back of the net. The puck flew past an other wise perfect Braden Holtby to put the B's at a 1-0 series lead over the Capitals.
As a result of his game-winning goal, Kelly earned the Bruins' chain. Thought of by Andrew Ference, the chain is much like the old-time Bruins hockey jacket given to the MVP of the game for the Bruins last season.
"It's something, kind of like last year with the jacket, Andrew [Ference] made," said Kelly. "Something that symbolizes a team, a chain. Try not to be that weak link, and it's one of those things that you pass out after a game. It's one of those things that's all in good fun."
His teammates were in obvious agreement that he was a key link for the game. Teammate Tim Thomas added with a laugh after Kelly explained the significance of the chain, "He wasn't the weak link tonight."
It was only fitting that Kelly got the goal, as he had the closest chance in the second period. Kelly had a clear shot right in front of the net while Holtby was off near the post, Kelly was unable to control the puck. But, the Bruins forward certainly redeemed himself with the game-winner. The goal was especially sweet considering that Holtby seemed unstoppable through much of the game.
"Well obviously he's a very capable goalie," said Kelly. "He played a good game tonight, and I think that it's one of those things that, it's hockey. He's out there doing his job, just like everyone else, and you've got to stay focused, and work through those things."
At just 22 years old Holtby certainly is making a name for himself in the NHL. It is early on in the series, but it looks as though the Caps' goalie will be a solid fit in the net.
Holtby has only played in 7 games for Washington, logging in just 361 minutes of play in the regular season, compared to his injured counterparts Tomas Vokoun who had 2,583 minutes of play in 48 games and Michal Neuvirth's 2020 minutes in 38 games this season.
The young net-minder had a .922 save % and a 2.50 GAA in his seven games with the Capitals. During those games he had 4 losses and two wins coming into the playoffs.
However, regular season numbers don't necessarily carry over during the playoffs. The 'second season' of the NHL brings the best out of these athletes that are put on the greatest hockey stage in the world. By the looks of it, Braden Holtby certainly is not an exception to that trend, seeing as he has picked up his game just in time to face the defending Stanley Cup Champions.
Holtby faced 31 shots in the game, and allowed just one goal in overtime; an impressive start to what is sure to be a long series between the defending Stanley Cup Champions and the Washington Capitals. Despite the 31 shots the bruins had it wasn't until the very end when they were finally able to beat the Caps' net-minder. If he keeps up this brick-wall style goaltending and level-headed attitude he gives the Capitals a very good chance of winning the series.
Holtby also caught the eye of two-time Vezina winner and Stanley Cup MVP Thomas.
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(b) Waiver Authority.— The Secretary of Defense may waive the requirement in subsection (a) for good cause. In each case in which such a waiver is granted for an officer, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a written notification of the waiver, with a statement of the reasons supporting the decision that the officer not retire, and a written notification of the intent of the President to nominate the officer for reassignment.
Source(Added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, § 532(a)(3)(A),Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 603; amended Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, § 541(a)(3), (c)(3)(A),Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1902, 1904.)
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A prior section 8921, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 551; Nov. 2, 1966, Pub. L. 89–718, § 3, 80 Stat. 1115, provided for retirement of a promotion-list colonel, except as provided by section 8301 of title 5, on 30th day after he completes 30 years of service or 5th anniversary of date of his appointment in that regular grade, whichever is later, with authority for Secretary of Air Force to defer retirement in certain cases, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–513, title II, § 217(a), title VII, § 701,Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2886, 2995, effective Sept. 15, 1981.
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Should there be any push for a culture to change one of its views? SQ: When does a culture lose its uniqueness, if changing its views?
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This came up when I heard on the radio that when Obama was talking to some prime minister or something about gay marriage and right, the prime minister responded with something along the lines of, "You are forgetting about our culture" or "Our culture does not approve of these sort of things" (it'd be great if someone could find that quote; I think it was on NPR). Do you think this is a valid argument for not giving homosexuals rights? Should a culture adjust as more evidence comes forth opposing their views? For example, should buddhism (maybe hinduism, I don't know much about religions beside popular western ones) still include a deity in their religion that controls rain even though we know how rain is created and can decently track where it's going to fall? And if you think a culture or religion should stay with its traditions, for how long should they continue doing things as they have been done before?
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Time seems to be the main factor many people think is involved in a culture changing its views. Should some views be encouraged because of their importance or should we go for more the Taoist wu wei (I sort of think as going with the flow) and let the culture change when it's ready?
For the subquestion (SQ), if all cultures are almost assimilating (I'm sure there's a better word for this) their views (I'm trying to say that if all cultures are starting to believe in the same things...), when does a culture no longer remain that culture?
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Jun 29 2013: Tradition is very retrogressive, how far along would modern science be had its growth not been stunned by religion before, during and after the dark ages.
Parents are to blame.
Parent-child relationships should not be based on the impartation of tradition but of knowledge. Knowledge, especially that from science, changes with time as we come to understand more about reality.
Tradition ignores reality and stays firm in its beliefs, it remains the same in the face of irrefutable evidence, this is detrimental to the progression of mankind.
It pisses me off that We could be riding in flying cars and taking regular vacations to the moon in the next 100 years...while simultaneously fearful of black cats crossing our paths.
Here in South Africa its no coincidence that rural areas ( known to be drenched in tradition ) are in an almost permanent state of stagnation.
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I completely think this is a viable pick up. This is a low risk and high reward situation. We pay him a minimum salary because he is coming off of waivers and then we would have Lopez and Bynum!! I hear your point about "chemistry" and I do realize that chemistry is a huge part of team success. How can you not take a shot at Bynum though, even if he sits on the bench. I can almost guarantee he will play harder for a team that actually has a shot at the title.
I feel like we offer him the best situation to fit his needs with a new team. He stated he is looking for 1.) Playing time 2.) Chance for Playoff Success 3.) Money. First off, we do have a starting center in Lopez, but he has a much lower ceiling than Bynum. It would be a low pressure situation for him where he has a chance to become the starter very quickly if he performs at his best. In Miami or LAC he would have strong competition at the center position. Second, we are currently right at the top of the conference in the west and we truly have a special team this year. With the addition of a producing Bynum, we have a deadly team. Our team is young and versatile which will help us in case Bynum does suffer another major injury. The beauty of picking up Bynum at this point in time is even if he does get injured we still have a deep team and will be fine. Third thing he is searching for is money. Teams like the Heat, Clippers, Knicks, and Nets really can't offer much there. We on the other hand can move some parts around to clear a little bit more space for him salary wise. I also don't see Paul Allen having an issue going over the cap if it means putting together a true title contender for a couple years to come.
I realize there are a lot of place where Bynum can go and help out teams, but in my opinion the Blazers have a great environment for him to thrive. Again the fact that he can be had for so cheap makes it a no brainer to go and try to get him. Hopefully Neil Olshey works his magic and brings in this big lug!
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There really aren't any people on here now a days talking about the Blazers. When we are playing bad everyone wants to fix them and talk about our negatives. When we are playing well no one wants to talk about the positives, improvements, or future of the Blazers...
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I noticed that...first time I've been on here in a year or so and this place was always crackin with interesting blazer talk...now it's a wasteland..lol
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Yeah and now Blazers have zero interest in Bynum. I really thought he was worth the small risk. If anything he would be at the end of our bench and we use him as a sub. Hopefully we do make some type of trade for a quality back up center. Right now I feel like Freeland is more of a PF, and he actually is more consistent than Robinson on both ends of the court. Maybe package up a couple players like Leonard, Robinson, Barton, Claver, and/or Watson to bring in a solid and legitimate Center to play either ahead of Lopez or behind him. Right now I am loving Lopez in the middle. I just want some help at back up Center and maybe another legit SF for when Wright is having an off night. Ragarless I do love all the blazers we have on the team right now and I will not be mad if we keep this team for the season. However I did hear rumbles that we might be active before the trade deadline.. soo we will see...
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Even though one of Downtown DeLand's best events of the year -- the DeLand Fall Festival of the Arts -- was set to take place in just over 48 hours, Mary Beth Harris, assistant director and special event coordinator for MainStreet DeLand Association, took time to talk about her new wardrobe.
Forget shoes, as MainStreet's incoming executive director, Ms. Harris will have to fill a variety of hats, Hawaiian shirts and other costumes.
Like the ones Jack wore.
After five years as executive director for MainStreet, Jack Becker is leaving to pursue other avenues.
He will step away from the helm Dec. 1, but he said he will stay on to help Ms. Harris through the busy holiday month.
"My background is actually sales and promotion. I want to help business and tourism with building sales, with growth," Mr. Becker said. "I have some freelance stuff I want to do. I've even had people approach me about teaching sales and promotions."
But, first, Mr. Becker said, he's going to spend some time with his wife, Maria, to whom he is grateful for unwavering support, and his grandchildren.
DeLand was the first community to receive the MainStreet designation, has won the "Great American MainStreet Award" and been five times voted the best MainStreet in Florida. DeLand was also a finalist for Most Patriotic Town in America in the Rand McNally/USA Today Best of the Road contest.
"Huffington Post called us one of the best five Main Streets," Mr. Becker said. "And CNN named DeLand one of the five Main Streets everyone should see at least once."
It was March 2008 when Mr. Becker joined MainStreet DeLand as executive director. Things were not going well. He said that was about the time everything was just starting to "bottom out." The association was losing membership and marketing partners. Real estate, title companies and banks were struggling, or worse.
He said one day that May he went home and talked with his wife.
"I said, 'I don't think MainStreet's gonna make it. I'm going to look for another job.' She said, 'What are you going to do about it?' That's not the answer I wanted to hear," Mr. Becker said.
But do something, he did.
"We had to go find a new model to make money. You can't help downtown if your doors aren't open," Mr. Becker said.
He said he knew he needed to get people downtown and the way to do that was through events.
"We started with Hot Summer Nights, which later became Hot August Nights 'cause I got in trouble for it," he said, referring to the stink that arose from using the already-claimed name.
Then, he said, an international beer and food festival was added to the September craft show to "keep the streets alive" in the evening.
The hugely successful chili cook-off took off in October 2008.
"Everything just started to grow from there," Mr. Becker said. "We solicited businesses throughout the community, getting them involved. We had car dealers putting cars on the street down here. Taste of DeLand provided an opportunity for restaurants outside of downtown to bring their food here."
From around nine downtown events to more than 50 in just five years, it's little wonder that Downtown DeLand has a business occupancy rate of more than 90 percent.
Patrick McMahon and his wife Toni own Pat and Toni's Sweet Things on Woodland Boulevard. Mr. McMahon left the real estate business for the candy business because it was succeeding. He said he largely credits Mr. Becker and Mainstreet DeLand Association.
"Part of our success has been because Jack helped heighten awareness of the downtown area which, in turn, helped us," Mr. McMahon said. "We're looking forward to Mary Beth continuing that."
Ms. Harris has lived and worked, mostly in banking, in DeLand for 30 years. She has volunteered for MainStreet for about 12 years, she said.
The Stetson University graduate said MainStreet has had a line of executive directors who were in the right place at the right time. She said each of the directors brought special talents to the association at the exact times they were needed.
"Jack got here when he needed to get here," she said. "MainStreet needed someone to take MainStreet to that next level."
She said Mr. Becker has been instrumental in providing more-than- effective leadership.
"I came on board last December to shadow Jack and I just love him so this is very bittersweet," Ms. Harris said. "He is truly an out-of-the-box thinker, which is what got MainStreet where it is."
She and Mr. Becker both said it has been, and will continue to be, the association's objective to "brand DeLand."
Both agreed the branding process extends to all entities, including small businesses and non-profit organizations as well as municipal and county governments.
"I have to say thank you to the board of directors and (board) presidents. I couldn't have done it without them allowing me to do some of the crazy things I've done," Mr. Becker said. "And I couldn't do it without the support of the City of DeLand. They are such a tremendous partner."
He laughed.
"I mean how many cities would let you borrow a fire truck and spray the kids? And then there's the mayor letting you dress him up as a pirate or an Indian," he said.
Another thing he and Ms. Harris stand together on is the fact Mainstreet DeLand is a business, that for the greater good, it must be.
He said in 2008 the organization was either going to make it or fall into mediocrity, or off the map altogether, and he added that "doing homework" including demographic studies to "get people down here" has worked exponentially.
"The focus is still on historic preservation and economic growth but MainStreet is a very healthy business," Mr. Becker said. "You can't do something for somebody else if your business isn't healthy itself."
New MainStreet member, Sun Citrus Café, opened downtown less than two months ago. Owners Ann Gilmore and Jerry Harris are happy with their location.
"We chose DeLand because of the community atmosphere," Ms. Gilmore said. "Word is getting out and business is improving every day."
Ms. Harris said she doesn't necessarily think MainStreet needs to change but she won't be resting on any laurels, either.
"We are 27 years strong and, like any successful business, you have to constantly reinvent yourself," she said. "I feel fortunate to be a part of a city with such a sense of community. It's apparent when you walk down the street. We just all have to pull on the rope in the same direction."
Mr. Becker said he tried to get Ms. Harris to join MainStreet three years before she did.
"She's not afraid to get her hands dirty, to get involved or to sweat," he said. "She's willing to do all of the things necessary to make MainStreet work."
And back to work she goes. There are streets to tape, packets to assemble, T-shirts to fold -- a fall festival to behold.
"It's very rewarding to see the finished product, original art in the middle of the road, people in the streets going in and out of our shops," she said. "That's what makes this job so rewarding and I get to do it every day," Ms. Harris said.
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Blaine junior guard Stefawn Perrin lead the Lady Borderite's basketball team to a 49-38 non-conference victory against the Meridian Trojans on Tuesday night at Blaine.
The win puts the Borderites at an even 2-2 going into Saturday's home game against Lakewood.
Perrin scored a season-high 24 points against the Trojans. The win makes two in a row since their non-conference victory at La Conner on Saturday, December 4. Coming off a 50-24 trouncing on Thursday, December 2, the Lady Borderites were able to turn Saturday night's game around in the fourth period and beat the La Conner Braves 40-37.
The Borderites traveled to La Conner to face the Braves. Perrin and senior guard Libby Moore topped the stat charts for Blaine with 15 and 8 points on the game, respectively. Perrin tied a La Conner player for game-high scoring.
The Borderites began outscoring the Braves after the first period, but faced a remounted challenge from La Conner with less than one minute left in the fourth. Blaine was able to rebound from an 8-point deficit as the clock ticked past 59 seconds and secure their first win of the season.
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Senior forward Emily Ross sunk the first basket of the game for Blaine early in the first period, but strong passing and making free throws at will kept the Mariners out of reach with a score of 35-15 heading into halftime.
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