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Wither Canada, no not the Python episode from the 70's but the genuine question; what ever became of Canada.
Well the short answer is that it never went away, but from the day Stephen Harper became PM in 2006 to last Monday, Canada had been the 51st state, the pale imitation of trickle down Rayndian neo liberal petrie dish to the USA. For years people in the UK would, especially from the election of Barak Obama in 2008, naturally or rather unnaturally look to the USA for examples of how to do things and shining examples of small l liberalism or alleged socialism. The only problem with that model is that the USA is not now nor will it ever be anything but an apple to the UK's orange. The histories of both nations divert in every significant way you can think of and the resulting political structures and philosophies that dictate world views as well as economic and societal structures could not be more different. And yet UK political and economic elites continued till a few days ago to only go to the well of America for inspiration .
Next up is of course the very basic veering off point between Canada and the UK... being where on the spectrum each country was in 1979. In Ottawa a very likeable but slightly gormless Tory named Joe Clark was about to be lapped by Pierre Elliot Trudeau in February of 1980 after losing a non confidence motion on a money bill, while the UK had in May of 1979 embarked on the hell that would be the Thatcher era. Monetarism at it's worst v the Just Society and centralised mixed socialist economy. It's natural that while Canada built on the foundations of the late 60's and 1970's social and economic compact that preserved the welfare state and multiculturalism with a huge dash of leading the West and the South ( aka third world aka developing block of ) nations in a series of initiatives to fight land mines, global warming and poverty, it was seen as a genuine alternative player on the world stage and that of course included think tanks in the UK. However, from the moment the Government in Ottawa joined the lock step march of the UK and USA in the trickle down world of the American Republican and Thatcherite war on the poor the sick and weak, it became easy even under the Blairite era to ignore any contributions to public policy and debate Canada would have to give. Let's be honest, for a while as much fun it was to kick the shins of American politicians for their ignorance, it was damn embarrassing watching the likes of John Baird the minister of selling off natural resources and national parks, deny global warming at International conferences. Harper himself would be the dull invisible PM at G8 and Commonwealth conferences who if Canadians were lucky; said nothing and if not, made some deal that further put the country in the back pockets of dictators and multinationals.
And yet... even under these unproductive circumstances, there were and still are plenty of areas where UK policy can learn much from Canada. Federal structures and reform, party political financing, internal reforms of the House of Commons as it pertains to operating hours and the accountability of it's members to the House and the electorate. Why is it that even now the PM here still only faces questions once a week when in Ottawa there is no such thing as PMQ, it's just question period and the PM must be a part of it every time unless away from Parliament. The expenses scandal we had would not have happened if rules and regs in place for over a decade if not longer in Canada, had been applied. As for the NHS, every Province and Territory has had universal
health care since 1968 while the Americans still struggle with the
concept of free health care at point of delivery. Why when there is
public discussion of the NHS and the mess it's in are we not even
alluding to Canada or other nations at least on the same page as we are? Gay rights, Canada quietly and without fuss allowed gays to marry over a decade ago ( something that still is news to many here), in 1967 the minister of Justice ( go on guess who) said "The state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation" thus decriminalising homosexuality. Women have had control over their bodies and reproductive systems for so long it's simply not an issue now. All still issues in the USA, home of the free and the brave.
Most recently and wisely the new Governor of the Bank of England was hired from Canada, that country that had been the direct neighbour of the USA, that didn't go down the route of Fanny May and Enron. Yet when the debate occurred here, till recently, it was still the fault of Gordon Brown??? How blind some media outlets and political parties were to utterly ignore the facts. Our closest political cousins did not need to bail out the banking sector ( even under a tory administration) while here Thatcher's children pointed fingers at Brown and ignored the reality of a stable Canadian economy. Only the apparently brave and ultra left wing fire brand and threat to the nation.... Jeremy Corbyn winning, put an end to that lie.
Which brings me nicely to the events of Monday and why they happened. Justin Trudeau, the most interesting thing to happen in Canada since Celine Dion or that abomination Justin Bieber , if we're to believe the sudden eruption of serious news stories and vid clips of him kissing men and twisting the light bulb emerging on the net, became Prime Minister elect. If I were a brit for the last 30 years I'd be going, where in hell did this guy come from? But the answer is he was always there and is the natural extension of the what it is to be Canadian. To be clear, the Harper years are even referred to by Canadians as very un Canadian. The two issues that won Trudea the election were in order 1- Defecit spending and 2- The Niqab. then maybe 3- Taxing the 1% followed by the environment ...The reasons he won are very Canadian.
Stephane Dion who I
had the honour of calling my MP and friend. His Green plan was years
ahead of it's time and will most likely be the foundation of the new
government's war on green house gasses.
The actual left in Canada, which has always been the Liberal Party, under a controversial, bold, brave, perhaps even courageous leader said NO. The accepted wisdom was that the Liberals had signed their own death warrant. Oooo I'm sure I've heard that here somewhere too... But then a funny thing happened on the way to the circus, the team explained what that actually meant. Municipalities and families and farmers and small businesses signed on and supported the Liberal position. Shock horror! Except if you think about it, it 's perfectly sensible centrist policy that has worked on and off in Canada going as far back as 1948 or earlier if you take Mackenzie King's rural electrification policy that cut the legs out from under the CCF. The occasional slow down for a liberal balanced budget ( achieved by the way by Chretien and Martin) were exercises in socially just economic policy that still included taxing the wealthy and collecting taxes from large corporations.
Next up the niqab. Oh what a lovely petard the right weaves to hoist itself upon. And this one did not fail to explode in the face of the Tories and the nationalists. The simple facts are that a woman who was going to a citizenship ceremony wanted to wear the niqab when getting sworn in. On the surface an issue that could be dangerous to anybody brave enough to touch it. The Tories and the Bloc Quebecois waded in and demanded the woman show her face. Quickly and I mean at light speed, the debate especially in Quebec, escalated to the levels where the EDL and UKIP would feel particularly comfortable. It's at this point that the NDP again waffled, choosing to to finally appear to both support the woman and the existing rules. Trudeau in March had said "You can dislike the
niqab. You can hold it up it is a symbol of oppression. You can try to
convince your fellow citizens that it is a choice they ought not to
make. This is a free country. Those are your rights," he said. "But
those who would use the state's power to restrict women's religious
freedom and freedom of expression indulge the very same repressive
impulse that they profess to condemn. It is a cruel joke to claim you
are liberating people from oppression by dictating in law what they can
and cannot wear." So when the whole thing blew up in Quebec and the party taking again a brave position to support the choice of that woman was seen as taking a strong stand against the apparent public mood , it cemented in the minds of undecided voters and NDP voters that the only way to be rid of the Tories was to vote Liberal. As the rot spread and the NDP vote collapsed in Quebec the rest of the country noticed and took a three way race and turned Trudeau into the front runner.
The thing to take from this exercise in decision making and risk taking is that Justin Trudeau gambled that Canadian core values had not changed. A country built by immigrants would be tolerant and accepting, a country that had as of Sept 3rd responded with a huge outpouring of anger and dismay at the death of a refugee boy who's family was already in Canada. The shame felt by people that such a government spoke for them with such miserly cold hearts that it killed a child in the name of austerity, immigration control and let's face it ... Islamophobia. The only decision then was which way were the the 60% of the electorate not voting tory going to go. Harper knew his goose was cooked by early September but until that moment during the Niqab debate Mulcair was still in with a shout for a minority coalition. The mesquinerie or pettiness of Harper had driven the final nail into the desire of Canadians to be well rid of him and the NDP was going to pay the price. This is illustrated by an incident best related by Justin Trudeau himself on election night
Last week, I met a
young mom in St. Catharines, Ontario. She practises the Muslim faith and
was wearing a hijab. She made her way through the crowd and handed me
her infant daughter, and as she leaned forward, she said something that I
will never forget. She said she's voting for us because she wants to
make sure that her little girl has the right to make her own choices in
life and that our government will protect those rights.
To her I say this: you and your fellow citizens have chosen a new
government, a government that believes deeply in the diversity of our
country. We know in our bones that Canada was built by people from all
corners of the world who worship every faith, who belong to every
culture, who speak every language.
Lastly there is a trickle of issues that would make a leftist here giddy with delight if they thought there was a ghost of a chance of getting elected on these planks..
1- Taxing the top 1%
2- Legalizing the sale of marijuana as a priority
3- Increasing exponentialy the representation of women and natives in the Commons
4- Going on the world stage and reclaiming Canada's rightful place in the Green House Gas fight
5- Saying refugees are welcome and will not be allowed to die, target 25,000 before Christmas.
6- Withdraw from participation in the bombing of Syria and Iraq with as immediate effect as can be achieved.
and some of you will positively wet yourselves over this one.
7- Vowing that the 2015 election was going to be the last ever federal election using the first past the post system.
To quote his father in less happy and more dangerous times "Just watch me"
So what do we on the left have to learn from these strange creatures in Canada who are so related to us they are nearly us? Fate has given us Jeremy Corbyn. He's done three impossible things according to the establishment. Get on the ballot, be a serious candidate and win. Can he win an election? If a centrist Keynesian Socialist can take a mainstream party from 34 seats in the commons to a majority government of 184 MPs in a country where there is a belief they are open , friendly accepting and progressive, then why not here?
Ramblings of a wandering Toon
North East food, history, culture, art and other things
Friday, 23 October 2015
Wither Canada or the second coming of Trudeaumania
Monday, 12 October 2015
West End's Dine@theBistro unveils new look
Yesterday I attended a fund raiser in Newcastle's West End
that doubled as the launch for Dine@the Beacon's
new menu. Located in the old fire station on the Westgate road the
Bistro has evolved from a place that just did basic coffee and not much else,
to a full service family friendly restaurant. Amer Mirza and Noor Couture have
done an amazing job of turning the space into one of the West End's newest fun
places to eat.
that doubled as the launch for Dine@the Beacon's
new menu. Located in the old fire station on the Westgate road the
Bistro has evolved from a place that just did basic coffee and not much else,
to a full service family friendly restaurant. Amer Mirza and Noor Couture have
done an amazing job of turning the space into one of the West End's newest fun
places to eat.
A cracking full room from start to finish was treated to Newcastle's
best and probably only, all day Halal full English breakfast. The bacon is replaced by wonderful turkey rashers and if you go for the large plate the price includes a generous
coffee. Nothing on the menu costs more than £5.95 so feeding your family won't bust your budget. All the food is prepared from fresh ingredients and made on site; as the breakfast implies, it's Halal and they don't serve beef but do make a wide variety of dishes from chicken and lamb including an amazing pie and mash. I had the wonderful home made lasagne, which like the Halal full English breakfast flew out the kitchen and has now passed into legend among those who had the
pleasure of tasting it.
best and probably only, all day Halal full English breakfast. The bacon is replaced by wonderful turkey rashers and if you go for the large plate the price includes a generous
coffee. Nothing on the menu costs more than £5.95 so feeding your family won't bust your budget. All the food is prepared from fresh ingredients and made on site; as the breakfast implies, it's Halal and they don't serve beef but do make a wide variety of dishes from chicken and lamb including an amazing pie and mash. I had the wonderful home made lasagne, which like the Halal full English breakfast flew out the kitchen and has now passed into legend among those who had the
pleasure of tasting it.
The menu also includes salads, panini and wraps made from fresh seasonal ingredients, as well as a shepherd's pie, reasonably priced burger platers of lamb or chicken served with chips or vegetables . Amer who is the brains behind the catering team of Thomson and Naffa, produce dishes you would not normally have time to cook at home. The soups of the day, sweet potato and coconut today, are as varied as the ingredients available on the day, and the only thing I can say is TRY THEM.
Wherever you live in Newcastle, if you are in the West End with your family, don't stress, it's your kitchen away from home and it's Halal. Come along with the kids after school for tea, and let them choose from the mini diners menu.
Amer caters a fine dining vegetarian experience suitable for all events.
Amer caters a fine dining vegetarian experience suitable for all events.
So don't forget to make Dine@the Beacon part of your daily
routine. Home of the best all day Halal
English breakfast in town, open to dine in or take away….
routine. Home of the best all day Halal
English breakfast in town, open to dine in or take away….
Weekdays 8 am to 6pm
Saturday 11 am to 10 PM
Sunday 11 am to 6 pm
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Sunday, 30 August 2015
Corbyn, from fringe to frontrunner, an insider's perspective .
It's been a while since that first tiny meeting at the Newcastle Irish Centre so many weeks ago, so the best question to ask is where did we start from, where are we now, and maybe even how we got there.
Way back on Sunday July 12th we were mostly resigned to hitching our wagon to a principled man and his ideas which were ours as well and knowing we'd never get out of last place because let's face it, who would have wanted to vote for a lefty like Corbyn? The day before I'd been out canvasing in South Heaton on the Chili road with Mick Bowman and few others of our ilk and had declared that given the choices, we'd rather go down with the ship with principles intact than support a candidate who would quietly bury us in the history books come 2020. Armed with this fatalistic, doom laden "now is a good time to die" approach, some of us dove in feet first and waited to see what the man was like in person.
Not disappointed, from his entrance into the packed function room that holds about 200, Corbyn walked in, knocked over the music stand of the singer who will now forever be known as that lass who sang at the Corbyn do, helped her pick up her bits and pieces, thus making him the only man she'd ever had to bow down to. With the candidate Once on stage, Ben Sellers, David Stockdale and all the others who had come to or organised the event were treated to a fairly direct and honest Q&A with Jeremy Corbyn. Ranging from the soft and flippant to the harder edged serious questions, the veteran Islington MP managed to keep an even, sincere tone while never wholly shaking that image of a man thrust into a strange new place despite himself. I can't speak for others, but I knew from about the second question in, I liked the man. He reminded me of the great lefty activists I used to know when I lived in Montreal, sincere to a fault and unlikely to shrink from a fight if forced into a corner. Those who mistake his laid back nature for weakness do so at their peril, there is a sharp tongue and even sharper mind in that head and he's not a jumped out of nowhere phenom with no policy, unlike last year's flavour of the moment, UKIP. It's likely that barring a few meetings, that was the last time Corbyn would speak to a room as small and the last time any of us would feel as suicidally principled. But you know even as the meeting was breaking up, the photo ops and souvenir shots taken and the man was going out the door, I still hadn't shaken the feeling we were anything but a valiant last stand of the real left.
A week later on the 20th of July, Harriet Harman put on a three line whip and ordered to our horror Labour MPs abstain on the welfare bill. As it happened, 48 broke the whip including only one leadership candidate. From that day onward our fatalism became anger, the public who were till then somewhat supportive but incredibly sceptical of the chances of a good man, a mensch, surviving the process let alone getting elected leader, turned on the Labour establishment with a flashing anger and determination not to give up. From that day, we started collecting, first in ones and twos then in whole groups, people who wanted to at least register their support for the one decent, good candidate that spoke their language. Then those who had come to our fairly large tent started to believe we should try, could even make a fight of it. New people from the trade unions, community groups, young, old, native, immigrant, well off, poor , men, women, hopeful , disillusioned etc… all of them came wanting to join what was becoming a wave, a movement.
I knew we had come to that no turning back moment when a mate who shall remain nameless , Ed, co created Kittens for Corbyn. When you have kittens, all other arguments become invalid and Mum's net declares your man sexiest man on Earth. You can't make it up.
I want to take a step back here now, a few years ago when I first came to Newcastle I said that the complacent comfortable, dare I say presumptuous air of the Labour Party in the North East could easily be swept aside in a tsunami of populist, charismatic , hope renewed politics. When UKIP came along, it shook us a bit but not enough to dislodge or create a wave, the Greens and Tusc hurt us but no so much that we lost ground, if anything Labour picked up votes on the back of a real desire to stick it to the tories, at least in the North. But if there had been an SNP candidate around, I can tell you that we could have had a nasty shock on election night. The SNP did to us what the rotten empty shell of the Labour party deserved. It swept it aside in a popular wave that took even great hard working MPs in its wake. So imagine my relief when the next wave, the one that would have washed the last remains of the old Labour Party was a Labour man from North London riding the crest with his sensible suit and socialist beard, bearing the ideas and the tools to take the barely standing shell and fill it once again with strength, principle and volunteers.
The next big thank you I have is to Tony Blair…. The day he informed us we needed a heart transplant, there was no turning back. Those still wondering and waiting, waited no more. If there was a day on which this race was lost by the right, it was that one. Everything else has been second third and fourth helping of Sh… . Just when I think there is no more mud to sling they scraped a bit more off the bottom of the barrel. Tis a miracle it is we have kept our tongues civil, but we shall march on knowing we have the people and the truth with us.
So roll on a few weeks, add to the mix a relentless smear campaign against Corbyn by all but a few so called journalists and political types, fold in a generous dose of paranoia fed by all the talk of purges and threats from infiltrators…. and you have an establishment running scared. Nothing sticks, his numbers grow, and his ratings are incredibly strong even in places where we should be weak. This is an election like none other, in all my years I have not seen the likes of such a thing. In one constituency where we should have been beaten by a huge margin, we are in fact 10 points ahead of the rest. Suffice to say where we are strong; the numbers are at times so hard to swallow we have to check twice to make sure we aren't somehow imagining it all.
Days away from the close of the vote, Ladbrookes having paid out on wagers, any result other than a win will be seen as tampering of the first order. What the Grandees and PLP have done is just insure that when the change does come it will not be the one they wanted or nearly as nice to them as it would have been. We on the left have been asked by our leader to turn the other cheek, be nice, and not play their game. Well most of us won't, at least not in the open, why should we? We've already won; we've won because we are no longer the long shot, the crazy ones, and the disconnected unelectable ones. We are the future, we had been before but no one was listening, in giving us Corbyn the party gave us the two things we needed to win… a platform and a candidate. We will not now be ignored, we will not now be cowed, and we will not now be robbed of our party and our leader.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, and you win. Transformed since July from the unwilling standard bearer of the left into the smooth front runner with the confidence to confront the worst of the dirt thrown at him, Jeremy Corbyn has done the one thing none of the others have done; produce popular, vetted and principled positions that resonate with the party and the public. On the night he came to Newcastle the second time I saw him in his dressing room alone with his son and an advisor, composing himself. Let me tell you, the defiant, confident powerful speaker we saw, come from deep inside a private man who knows he is the holder of the dreams, desires and demands of hundreds of thousands of ordinary people. The mantle we have laid on him lays heavy but he is equal to the task.
Fool to fighter and winner in such a short time, Jeremy Corbyn has been the figure head and vessel for an entire movement that slumbers no more, what the party does with us in the next few days will go far in determining if there is a Labour Party after 2020.
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
The night we crossed the Rubicon
so 48 Labour MPs voted NO on welfare cuts, my own MP Nick Brown was not
among them, though according to stories in the papers he was among a
great many not happy at being forced to abstain. At the end of the day
it is the 48 who said no who will have made the stand those of us who
voted Labour in the last election and kept faith, wanted to see.
|At the Newcastle Irish Centre
My choice weeks ago was not set, but vaguely left and curious about
Corbyn. As of two or three weeks ago I fell into the Corbyn camp more
out of comfort with fellow travellers than understanding that I was,
like them , following my principles to their logical conclusions. During
the election I had longed for us to steal the thunder of the SNP and be
kind to immigrants, fight austerity, bin Trident adding my own personal
goal of nationalising the rail lines and utilities. Positions
described as unpopular but surprisingly gaining traction even before
election day dawned. As it happened we had no spine, our leaders were
weak and never did figure out we wanted more distance between us and
the tories not less.
Who's NHS? OUR NHS! well apparently no...
not with our comfortable season ticket holding career leadership
cowering behind the wall in fear of the dark mass of Daily Mail readers
that wouldn't vote for us even if we promised to castrate Millwall fans.
Last night's vote proves they fear wandering from the Tory narrative so
much they prefer to be known as the ones who put the final nails in
the coffin of the Labour party. Well I can hear you saying that Corbyn
and the left wing of the party will do that. At least it would be a
choice we give the electorate, a clear obvious dramatically clear
choice. I'd rather go down fighting than be smothered quietly in the
soft mushy quicksand the Parliamentary party wants us to perish in.
|Speaking at the Durham Miners Gala
The fact is that we have five years of the Tories in a majority
government, we've lost the Scots, the left and the middle ground. If we
don't have a discussion now about policy and reform, when will we? Who
will trust us ever again? By choosing Jeremy Corbyn, we as individuals
make clear to the Westminster mob that the rank and file will not stand
idly by and be dictated too like small naughty children who don't know
any better. Our popular positions are in fact what people want, and it's
time the party reflected that. So who's party is it anyways? You'd be
surprised how complicated and expensive it was until recently to join
the party of the people, starved of volunteers, local constituencies ,
hands tied by regulations and sliding scales, have been unable to
operate anywhere near as busy or active as they should due to the
Byzantine politics of recruiting. Policy dictated from above and
filtered out so carefully we are at times at a loss to determine what is
and is not official policy.
I can tell you that from where I
sit, only Jeremy Corbyn can force the conversation that has to take
place to halt the rot and turn around the decline in what are supposed
to be core Labour values. Compassion, fairness, openness to the world
and the balls to take the acceptable risks to get Britain working again.
And it is a discussion, one in which we will not all agree nor will we
get all our bits in. Which brings me to another thing. Some have said
they cannot vote for a candidate because he or she does not tick the one
foreign policy box they see as a deal breaker. For some its BDS, yet
others Palestine or our involvement in foreign wars. Let me tell you
comrades, I as a member of stop the war coalition desperately want
peace, but cannot agree for reasons of culture and personal self
interest on every iota they have to say , and yet ... I will work hard
for them. Are some of you troubled by the one or two positions held by
Jeremy Corbyn on Palestine? Will that stop you, an otherwise committed
voter on the left from supporting him? That would be sad as this is less
about foreign policy than it is about the kind of Britain we want to
live in. There is only one candidate willing to put that vision into
practice. World events come and go, but we need a party that will save
our NHS, protect the weakest in society, promote education, trade unions
and yes even hard working business people willing to pay their fair
share of tax. Like all things that change, working conditions have
changed along with the challenges that come with the Internet economy.
The self employed, the small family business and the need to harness,
feed and house all this talent rather than doom them to the back alleys
and food banks. But if you are hung up on one issue and think some
perfect person will come along that fits you like a glove, mate you're
in for a long wait while the rest of us get on with it. Europe is at yet
another crossroads where we can veer left or carry on with austerity.
Country by country we are lurching towards a real alternative that does
not abandon compassion, fairness or security. Hard fought worker rights
are under threat, health care, access to education and civil rights are
crumbling before our eyes. If we allow the right and the fascists to
high jack the agenda of change we have only ourselves to blame.
Now is our turn to take the first step by joining the Labour Party as a
supporter at a £3 level before August 12th. Let's elect a real socialist
as leader who will conduct the conversation our top most layer seems to
fear so much. I would be shocked if it turned out what we're saying
wasn't connecting with the public and the rank and file. Long ago the
mainstream press from the Guardian to the Telegraph became more
interested in selling papers than the truth; on the street, in meeting
halls and in the privacy of social media outlets people have been moving
along and past these now paralysed old organs of the establishment
looking for an instrument of change, Jeremy Corbyn is that instrument.
Did you vote TUSC, Green, SNP or not at all in the last election? Maybe
you held your nose and voted Labour, no matter; that was then, this is
now. Get the party you want by taking part in the process. I don't
promise you perfection or that we'll win every time. But I will tell you
this, a few weeks ago we thought it would be a miracle if Corbyn got on the ballot, then we figured he'll at least make a good show of it, but
look at where we are. 15 points in the lead according to some polls, the
party establishment is afraid, very afraid. Last time I saw such a
thing we won a close municipal marginal much to the surprise and dismay of the Lib Dems. #jezwecan The only thing crazy about this campaign is that it looks like as long we don't take our eye off the ball, we will win this!
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Monday, 21 July 2014
Sanctuary Artspace presents: Maya Horton Silent Seas
Running from the 21st to the 31st of July, at St-Edmunds church in Gateshead, Sanctuary Artspace presents a retrospective of works by local artist Maya Horton.
Maya is a trained marine biologist who's work has taken her to far flung places in the northernmost reaches of the planet. From as close to home as South Shields to the wintry vistas of the frozen tundra, when free time presented itself, Maya recorded the special way water and sky combine at sea. She has captured in particular, the strong blues that only ever occur this close to the top of the world. Combined with the variety of weather and the eternal dusk of her paintings, you cannot help be transported to these wild isolated places.
The gallery is open from noon to 4 pm most days and is right across from the Trinity Square shopping Centre. To close the show on the 31st, from 7 pm to 9pm there will be a special story telling evening starring the Moss Troopers. In the setting of an 800 year old church, hear northern culture come to life.
Maya is a trained marine biologist who's work has taken her to far flung places in the northernmost reaches of the planet. From as close to home as South Shields to the wintry vistas of the frozen tundra, when free time presented itself, Maya recorded the special way water and sky combine at sea. She has captured in particular, the strong blues that only ever occur this close to the top of the world. Combined with the variety of weather and the eternal dusk of her paintings, you cannot help be transported to these wild isolated places.
The gallery is open from noon to 4 pm most days and is right across from the Trinity Square shopping Centre. To close the show on the 31st, from 7 pm to 9pm there will be a special story telling evening starring the Moss Troopers. In the setting of an 800 year old church, hear northern culture come to life.
Wednesday, 16 July 2014
Sanctuary Artspace presents: The selfie as mirror of the soul
Gateshead's Sanctuary Artspace, known for it's many and varied exhibits in the past, has for this week only, an interactive display art event they hope to move into a more permanent viral format . When asked if this was an one off, Rev Jim Craig said he hoped an online version of this could be set up and maintained so that more people could participate.
The "how do you see your #selfie " exhibition opened on Monday with over 100 hand drawn selfies, each as unique as the person who drew it.
Ranging from small children to adults and crossing the wide gulf that is perceived artistic talent, the selfies reveal a range of ambitions, emotions and self image. In amongst the many tiny images, I found inspirational combinations of words and images that alone or in juxtaposition to other images revealed a healthy, spiritual and hopeful community. If we as people could find a way to wear our hopes, dreams and desires as clearly as this display does, we might realize that in a very real way that no man is an Island, we are not alone in a sea of utter gloom, nor are the aspirations and connections around us as uniform as we think they are.
In my own selfie I drew a man who is among the views and vistas he loves, but the instrument I view them with and share with the rest of the world... my camera... was bold, clear, distinct. The camera is revealed as my face to the world, my images, how I hope to be seen. While I was saying don't look at me, look at my work, others were in your face and bold about themselves rather than what they do.
The creators of this event, Sanctuary Artspace director Rev Jim Craig and his visiting trainee Vicar Kate Jamie, were also looking for signs of spirituality and faith. In the art works we see a variety of self belief, reliance on faith for guidance and the flame of those who hope that they are in fact good examples to those around them. If there is a word that comes to mind that links both the timid and the bold in these spiritual selfies, it is hope. Hope that we are the best we can be in the eyes of others, hope that others see us as we are ourselves and hope that what it is we are, is of some use to others.
Is this public made installation, art? Are the various bits of art meant to be seen solely as unique expressions of individuality and nothing more? I like to see it as the DNA of those moved to lift part of their mask joining up into a single bright lamp. Be like them, show your soul, be inspired by others.
The "how do you see your #selfie " exhibition opened on Monday with over 100 hand drawn selfies, each as unique as the person who drew it.
Ranging from small children to adults and crossing the wide gulf that is perceived artistic talent, the selfies reveal a range of ambitions, emotions and self image. In amongst the many tiny images, I found inspirational combinations of words and images that alone or in juxtaposition to other images revealed a healthy, spiritual and hopeful community. If we as people could find a way to wear our hopes, dreams and desires as clearly as this display does, we might realize that in a very real way that no man is an Island, we are not alone in a sea of utter gloom, nor are the aspirations and connections around us as uniform as we think they are.
In my own selfie I drew a man who is among the views and vistas he loves, but the instrument I view them with and share with the rest of the world... my camera... was bold, clear, distinct. The camera is revealed as my face to the world, my images, how I hope to be seen. While I was saying don't look at me, look at my work, others were in your face and bold about themselves rather than what they do.
|Rev. Jim Craig
The creators of this event, Sanctuary Artspace director Rev Jim Craig and his visiting trainee Vicar Kate Jamie, were also looking for signs of spirituality and faith. In the art works we see a variety of self belief, reliance on faith for guidance and the flame of those who hope that they are in fact good examples to those around them. If there is a word that comes to mind that links both the timid and the bold in these spiritual selfies, it is hope. Hope that we are the best we can be in the eyes of others, hope that others see us as we are ourselves and hope that what it is we are, is of some use to others.
Is this public made installation, art? Are the various bits of art meant to be seen solely as unique expressions of individuality and nothing more? I like to see it as the DNA of those moved to lift part of their mask joining up into a single bright lamp. Be like them, show your soul, be inspired by others.
|Cut out the flame , fill it in, add it to the others.
Monday, 30 June 2014
Dear Labour party: Time to engage in a fact based dialogue
I have no problem with reactionary politics if it means
1- We de-construct the myths from the truths in any public policy debate.
2- Show people the genuine consequences of some of the other parties policies if they are elected for the one popular policy or slogan they have.
3- Insure that who ever is being the straw man of the day is rescued before it becomes not only ok but required ritual to demonize any one group of people regardless of class, level of wealth, ethnicity or religion.
4- Boldly strip the media bullies of the power to lie by not going for the bait.
5- We stand by the principles that underpin the NHS, the welfare state and the Just Society so many other people are fighting deadly awful wars and revolutions to achieve.
and lastly.
6- We finally make a move on creating that coalition with the electorate we used to have. Only this time it's young women who are not their mothers and grandmothers, immigrants who are on the whole, hard working, educated and business minded and what about all those middle and upper class people you abandoned to the Lib Dems and the Tories. There are a lot more of those people than a hard core of former trade unionists or rabid common sense revolution far right nutters.
Here are a few things some people in the party seem to not know or pretend not to know.
Posh people vote and they are not all tories. If anything, educated, slightly better off and not blue collar still make an impact in the market place and the fair trade world of consumerism, do you honestly think they will bite you if you talk to them?
Religious people are not all right wing swivel eyed loons. In fact most immigrants are a delightful combination of Catholic, Muslim or Sikh and do not believe in creationism, buggery of children or homophobia. As for your bog standard "English" religious person, and they are legion, they are also in the same mould as the immigrants. All of these people, who by the way support the separation of Church and state to some extent or other, have in the past and will again, vote Labour, the question is, how much recognition and respect will you give them?
About Immigrants. Immigrants are in the vast majority, not on benefits, many even if they wanted to, cannot qualify for at least three years. They are healthy, young, educated and multilingual, here to work and build businesses that pay taxes and contribute to the cost of all those English people on benefits moaning about immigrants on benefits. Nobody is living in £3 million houses for free with 20 children. It may not mean much to some, but to people of immigrant stock or recent arrivals, it's beyond insulting and has to stop. BTW, where do you think all those immigrants, old and new go to for advice, spiritual needs, food, meetings and parties? PUB? no, more like Churches, Mosques, small family run businesses, community halls and centres. Without these institutions many of us would not even have our cultures, basic liberties or dignity. We shop in small community grocers and we cook, we buy in bulk, our food is smelly and funny and sometimes it even becomes flavour of the week and yet despite all those vital and interesting contributions to the community, local economy and democracy, we have to fight still in 2014 to be treated as something more that just a colourful dance troupe on special days.
What are British values? Well not to put too fine a point on it, Judeo Christian values that are best expressed by a combination of basic laws that protect the weak, the poor and the truth from oppression and tyranny. It is a system that has evolved to create a better distribution of wealth and tolerance of difference in culture and language where the basic laws that govern civil society need not bar or limit the free expression of people or peoples in a community. It is since 1948, a system that takes it as given that all people have a right to proper health care, education and upward mobility. Most if asked, are proud of the relatively recent tradition of accepting refugees and helping those who cannot help themselves. These values have evolved and gotten better with every generation and with every wave of immigration. If we stand for inclusion, tolerance , justice and equality, then I'm fine with British values. But let's be careful where we go if we insist on blindly going along with IDS and Theresa May.
As for White Voters, let's draw a line under that term and call a spade a spade..... White means English/Scot/Irish/Welsh, everybody else is something else. Some of us are excitable Slavs, emotional Latins or Mediteranians and equally mysterious Nordic types. We have as many different and varied ways of interacting with others or ourselves as there are ethnic groups and regional traditions. If you think you can appeal to every so called WHITE PERSON with a uniform campaign strategy, media message and direct contact, then you are doomed to miss out on vast swathes of the electorate. Not everybody drinks down the pub or shops at the Morrison's. There is so much happening out there away from the tired old spots; Parks, Churches, Mosques, YMCAs, allotments and schools, these are all the other natural collection points for people that don't spend all their time at the pub or at home watching telly.
About the White Voters. How come so many are so afraid? Well the further away you are from the more multi ethnic city centres the more likely you are to be a bigot. The less education you have, the more likely you are to be a bigot. The poorer you are the more likely you are to be lured in by the far right fantasies about immigrants, poor people, the unemployed and the sick. So what to do with them? Firstly some of them will never change and there is no point in trying to dissuade them. Secondly, the rest of them, if given a better laid out situation with the truth in plain sight, will at the very least be less openly bigoted or even .... come around and see reason.
I am mystified at the continued belief among some that we can somehow win the next election with only the unlikely combination of worried "working class" white voters, atheists, ageing feminists and disillusioned 40 and 50 something year old Guardian readers.
When the likes of the Tory front benches and the increasingly shrill right wing media, including the BBC now, put up straw man after straw man and the media and gullible public lap it up like mother's milk, it's time we as a party made a decision to stop being so bloody cautious and understanding.
The fact is that with hardly any declared policy and a less than stellar performance from the leadership, we are in a position to win a majority government. Imagine if we showed some spine and spirit, I'm giddy with the idea of waking up the electorate. We sit on the cusp of a major rebellion among the most destitute and the least powerful, we ignore the middle class that is slipping into the same trap and still despite saying next to nothing, have a shot at power. Now if we also tried to lure back all those people being temped by the Greens on the intellectual left, the toff left, and the grumpy old Hippie left, instead of apologising to the UKIP/Tory hordes, the narrative in UK politics would be different.
Do we not stand for something good? Is not the Labour party about rising above the easy the trite and the safe? When principles are as easily abandoned as yesterdays dirty pants then they are not principles. When it wasn't popular or easy, Labour promoted the NHS, social equality, immigration, environmental policy and Europe. Even now we can high jack the agenda by turning it on its head and making it about the big multi nationals that don't pay taxes, protecting the migrant workers from exploitation, rebuilding the trust and the foundations of the NHS, creating new long lasting jobs for well educated young people who have hope not despair. I'm still waiting for the rumble to be heard over the din of the Number 10 orchestrated pro Murdoch press.
From now on in, the conversation with the electorate and the press, if with nobody else, needs to be in the tone of a Government in waiting. Labour need to discredit the lies and defend the legacy it took decades to build. People are not as stupid as they sometimes let on. An informed electorate will be less likely to fall for the lies peddled by the red tops and now sadly the BBC. We need to grow a spine, strip the lies away and deal with the actual problems head on. It won't make the party friends with everybody, but why would you want that? You want a solid mass of voters to support a properly thought out platform that can be carried out over the life of a Parliament or even two.
What about the European question? I cannot speak for others but I believe in Europe, I believe in a union that is keeping us free from a major war and the sort of chaos that sucked the world into a frenzy of racism, ethnic cleansing and intolerance that lead to the ovens of Auschwitz. NEVER AGAIN. The EU is not perfect but the alternative is far worse. Political and economic union is hardly the end of the world and has despite a few hick ups created a zone where we are frankly better off than we were before the EU. A massive level playing field will never be a bad thing and even now benefits the UK more than harms it. And in case people are missing this particular bit of news, were it not the active involvement of the EU right now, Putin would not have backed down and we would be knee deep in a Central European war with all that goes with it.... refugees on a scale not seen since 1945, escalations and massive destruction and the disruption of the gas supply from Russia, followed by the inevitable reconstruction decade where we rebuild everything that got burned bombed and levelled to the stone age. To me, Europe is not an academic question nor is it just about a few miserable regulations.
So in short, please Eds, both of them and all the others, please start acting like the next Government. We have a year, let's not waste the time.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - What a different NASCAR we have now.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Riding bumper-to-bumper at nearly 200 mph, Austin Dillon was smack in the middle of a pack of cars headed to the checkered flag when he was suddenly sent on the ride of his life.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - NASCAR's national series tracks announced Thursday that they are asking fans to refrain from displaying the Confederate flag at races following the deadly attack at a South Carolina church two weeks ago.
SONOMA, Calif. - Tony Stewart spent a rare week off traveling across Ohio as the hands-on owner of a sprint car series.
Jordan Taylor stood atop the podium at Le Mans, surveyed the massive crowd below him, and thought of only one thing to scream.
It's never come easy for Martin Truex Jr., a journeyman driver who has never found the success he hoped to have at NASCAR's highest level.
It started last fall as a text message chain that included roughly 20 of NASCAR's top drivers. The purpose of that group chat was for the drivers to hash out where the current rules package was headed and attempt to gain a consensus on what was best for the competitors.
CONCORD, N.C. - Sentimentality can wait. Jeff Gordon is not ready to focus on life after racing as his farewell tour arrives at the longest event on the NASCAR schedule.
The lore of NASCAR's annual All-Star race has been building since 1987, when Dale Earnhardt's "pass in the grass" gave him the victory.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - Joey Logano will start at Kansas Speedway right where he left off.
There was a nearly five-year period for Dale Earnhardt Jr. when being a famous race car driver wasn't all glitz and glamour.
Kurt Busch's win at Richmond International Raceway would only be considered redemption if anyone had ever questioned his driving ability.
There was a time in NASCAR when skipping a race because of illness or injury was simply not considered. Rather than sit out with swollen eyes, Ricky Rudd used tape to keep them open. Richard Petty ran three races hiding a broken neck from NASCAR officials.
BRISTOL, Tenn. - Joey Logano led flag-to-flag Saturday to win the Xfinity Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Roger Penske has warned his NASCAR team to stay out of any controversy regarding the possible manipulation of tires used during races.
INDIANAPOLIS - Dale Earnhardt Jr. will not race again this month because of concussion-like symptoms and the No. 88 car will be turned over to trusted ...
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Professional Activities
•American Bar Association
•Pennsylvania Bar Association
Delegate, Zone One to House of Delegates, 2002-present
Co-Chair, PBA Commission on Women in the Profession, 2011-present
Member, Commission on Women in the Profession, 1999-present
Executive Committee 2010-2012
•Philadelphia Bar Association
Chancellor, 2007
Chancellor-Elect, 2006
Vice Chancellor, 2005
Chair, Board of Governors, 2003
Vice Chair, Board of Governors, 2002
Member, 2003
Business Law Section
Co-Chair, Human Resources Committee, 2001-2003
Committee Chair of the Year, 2001
Co-Chair, Strategic Planning Committee, 2002
Co-Chair, Committee on Women in the Profession, 1999-2000
Chair, Large Firm Management Committee, 1992
Chair, Public Service/Consumer Protection Committee, 1986-1988
Committee Member, Campaign for Qualified Judges Committee
Member, Federal Courts Committee
•National Association of College and University Attorneys
•Defense Research Institute
•Appointed by the Honorable Edward Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania, to the Judicial Council of Pennsylvania which provides advice and counsel to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2003
•Chair, Magistrate Judge Selection Panel, United States District Court of Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2006
•Member, Rule 5000 Committee, Rules of Judicial Administration of the Judicial Council of Pennsylvania, 2007-2009
Ms. Dalton has defended law firms, educational institutions and businesses in individual and class actions in federal and state courts, defending various employment matters, including claims of discrimination, harassment and retaliation based on age, race, sex, disability, religion and national origin. Often, these claims are coupled with claims such as breach of restrictive covenant, disclosure of trade secret confidential information, wrongful discharge, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, intentional infliction of emotional harm and defamation. She has experience in defending highly controversial and highly publicized cases.
Ms. Dalton currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Insurance Fund and Trust Fund, Co-Chair of the PBA'S Commission on Women in the Profession and Secretary-Treasurer of the Metropolitan Bar Caucus of the National Conference of Bar Presidents. Ms. Dalton is a former Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association as well as a former chair of the Association's Board of Governors and a former co-chair of its Committee on Women in the Profession.
She is a 1971 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a graduate of Smith College.
•Duane Morris LLP
Of Counsel, 2011-present
Partner, 1978-2010
Associate, 1971-1978
Board Memberships
•Pennsylvania Bar Insurance Fund and Trust Fund
Board of Trustees, 2008-present
Vice Chair, 2009-present
•Philadelphia Bar Foundation
Trustee, 1995-2010
Vice-President, 2005
Assistant Treasurer, 1997
Member, various committees, 1999-present
•Earl Mack School of Law at Drexel University
Member, Advisory Board, 2006-2009
Member, Law School Board, 2009 to present
•Jenkins Law Library
Board of Trustees, 2007-2008
•The Crossroads School, 2002-June 2006
•Prisoners Family Welfare Association, 1975-1992
President, 1989-1991
First Vice President, 1988-1989
Counsel, 1988
•Support Center for Child Advocates, 1980-1992
Secretary, 1985-1990
Honors & Awards
•2012 Sandra Day O'Connor Award given by the Philadelphia Bar Association to a woman attorney who has demonstrated superior legal talent, achieved significant legal accomplishments and has furthered the advancement of women in the profession and the community.
•Replansky Award 2011 - The Dennis Replansky Memorial Award, given by the Business Law Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association. The recipient of this distinguished Award is recognized as having superior legal talent and professionalism, for unique contributions to and significant achievements in both the Philadelphia business law community and civic causes, and for mentoring young attorneys
•Recognized by Philadelphia Magazine as one of Pennsylvania's Super Lawyers, 2006-2016
•One of the 2005 Recipients of the Women of Distinction Award, sponsored by the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and the Philadelphia Business Journal, based on her commitment to professional excellence and community involvement.
•Commission from Mayor Street for service as Chair of the Police Advisory Board
•Family Planning Council - 25th year
•AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Civic and Charitable Activities
•Unity Church of Christ, 1990-1994, 1997-2001
President, 1991-1994, 1997-2001
•Police Advisory Commission, Chair, 1994-2000
Selected Publications
•Author, Speak up: Finding Your Authentic Voice, Philadelphia Bar Association Women in the Profession Newsletter, July 1, 2011
•Author, If I Knew Then What I Know Now, Women's Advocate Newsletter, Fall 2009, American Bar Association's Spring 2010 Pretrial Practice & Discovery Committee Newsletter; Major Lindsey & Africa, 3rd Quarter 2010 Associate Newsletter; 2011 Winter Edition of the Philadelphia Bar Association's Commission in the Profession's Voices and Views
•Co-Author, When 'Will' Won't Do In Employment Agreements, Law 360, September 22, 2008
•Co-author, ADA Pre-Empts FMLA on Independent Medical Examination, The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly, December 2003
•Contributor, Practice Pointers, Pennsylvania Law Weekly, May 27, 1996
•Co-Author, 'After-Acquired' Proof Can Aid Employer Defense, National Underwriter, April 24, 1995
•Co-Author, Circuits split over Means-Based Awarding of Costs, The National Law Journal, April 17, 1995
Selected Speaking Engagements
•Speaker, Succession Planning for Attorneys, Pennsylvania Bar Institute seminar, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, March 9, 2011; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 22, 2011
•Panelist, Taking the Civility Challenge! Pennsylvania Bar Association Midyear Meeting, Key West, Florida, February 3, 2011
•Presenter, Civility-Nice Guys and Gals Do Not Finish Last, Philadelphia Bar Association Bench Bar, Atlantic City, New Jersey, October 15-16, 2010
•Panelist, Creating Value for Your Members: Turbo Charging Your Ethics Committee, ABA 2010 Annual Meeting, National Conference of Bar Executives, Metropolitan Bar Caucus, San Francisco, CA, August 5-10, 2010
•Presenter, Age Discrimination Litigation: Proven Strategies from Discovery to Verdict, National Constitution Center webinar, July 14, 2010
•Panelist, Presidents' Memo to Executive Director-A Candid Conversation before the National Conference of Bar Executives and Metro Bars and Large Law Firms-Relationships, Relevance and Retention for the National Conference of Bar Presidents, American Bar Association 2010 Midyear Meeting, Orlando, Florida, February 3-9, 2010
•Co-Presenter: How to Identify and Achieve Your Goals, Philadelphia Bar Association, Philadelphia, December 15, 2009
•Panelist, Plugging the Leaky Pipeline: Stopping Attrition, Pennsylvania Bar Association's Women in the Profession Mid-Year Meeting, Philadelphia, March 31, 2009
•Panelist and Presenter, Rainmaking and Business Development for Women: First Hand Advice and Success Stories, HB Litigation Conference, LLC, March 11, 2009
•Moderator, Rainmaking & Business Development for Women: First-Hand Advice and Success Stories, BVR Legal/Mealey's Women in the Legal Profession Summit: Rainmaking, Negotiating and Collaborative Development, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 17, 2008
•Course Planner, The Next Chapter: Inspiring Opportunities for Lawyers, Pennsylvania Bar Institute Program, Philadelphia, April 8, 2008
•Presenter, Trial Preparation: Getting Ready for the Big Show, Pennsylvania Bar Institute Seminar: Litigating Employment Discrimination Cases, Philadelphia, December 7, 2007
•Guest Speaker, 10th Anniversary of Philadelphia Treatment Court, Criminal Justice Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 23, 2007
•Speaker, Judicial Independence: Crisis and Opportunity, Inaugural Matthew J. Ryan Law And Public Policy Forum, National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 30, 2007
•Keynote speaker, Accepted Student Day, Drexel University Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 24, 2007
•Presenter, Pandemic and Disaster Planning: Are We Really Prepared? Pennsylvania Bar Institute program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 14, 2007
•Keynote speaker, Presidents' Day celebration, National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 19, 2007
• A Closer Look at the Pay Raise Decision: Putting It All in Context, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 2007
•Speaker, Pennsylvania Bar Association's statewide kick-off program forLaw Day, May 4, 2006.
• Dilemmas in Depositions, Ethical Issues at Employment Depositions, 12th Annual Northeast Regional Employment Law Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 28, 2006
• Emotional Distress Damages in Employment Discrimination Cases, Litigating Employment Discrimination Cases, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 2, 2005
• Jury Selection In Employment Cases, Litigating Employment Discrimination Cases, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 3, 2004
•Panelist, 7th Annual Characteristics of Successful Women program sponsored by the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, May 2005.
• Harassment in the Workplace, A Training Program for Faculty, Administrators and Staff, Immaculata University, Immaculata, Pennsylvania, November 8-9, 2004
• Practical Approaches to the Employment Law Requirements of Managing Employees, AICPA Spring Business and Industry Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, April 22-23, 2004
•Course planner and co-presenter, Drafting Employee Handbooks, Pennsylvania Bar Institute Continuing Legal Education seminar, Philadelphia, March 5, 2004; Pittsburgh, March 9, 2004; and Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, March 11, 2004
• Litigating Employment Discrimination Cases, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 12, 2003
• Legal Requirements For Workforce Reductions and Restructuring in the United States, The 2003 Europe/Middle East/Africa Regional Conference, Paris, France, May 22-24, 2003
• Employment Contracts, Pennsylvania Bar Institute's 9th Annual Northeast Regional Employment Law Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 28, 2003
• The Hidden Liability Factor: Retaliation in the Workplace, Litigating Employment Discrimination Cases, program presented by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 20, 2003
•Plaintiff's Employment Panel with Alan Epstein, December 2001
• Drafting Employee Handbooks, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 15, 2001; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, June 19, 2001; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 22, 2001
• Is This Information Privileged?, 7th Annual Employment Law Institute, April 24-25, 2001
• Practice Pointers and Perspectives, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 8, 2000
• How to Terminate an Employee Lawfully, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 17, 2000
• Issues and Implications of the ADA, Gerontology institute of New Jersey, November 14, 2000
• ADA Issues for Long Term Care Facilities, Center for Healthcare Education, South Plainfield, New Jersey, September 28, 2000
•Pennsylvania Bar Institute Employment Seminar, April 2000
• Admissibility of Expert Testimony After Daubert, Sixth Annual Employment Law Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 18, 2000
• Effective Settlement Strategies, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 10, 1999
• Handling Mixed Motive Trials, Fifth Annual Employment Law Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 22, 1999
• Women's Law, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 26, 1999
• Litigating Employment Discrimination Cases, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 11, 1998
• How to Terminate an Employee Lawfully, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 1-2, 1998
• American Disabilities Act and Medical Leave Act, Human Resources Roundtable, AmericaEast, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania, March 18, 1998
• Investigating Employee Misconduct, Plaintiff's Employment Panel Education Program, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and the Philadelphia Bar Education Center, December 5, 1997
•The Philadelphia Association of Paralegals 1997 Education Conference, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, October 10, 1997
•The Trial of a Sexual Harassment Case, Pennsylvania Bar Institute Continuing Legal Education Program, July 25, 1997
• Assignments to Guaranty Associations, NOLHGA Sixth Annual Legal Seminar, June 23-24, 1997
• Basic Human Resource Issues for the General Practitioner, Employment Law: The Nontrial Issues, Third Annual Employment Law Institute, May 20, 1997
•The Plaintiff's Employment Panel of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Education Center - Examination of Witnesses in Discrimination Cases, December 13, 1996
•Pennsylvania Bar Institute Second Annual Employment Law Institute - Jury Selection in the Employment Discrimination Case, May 1996
•Philadelphia Bar Education Center Continuing Legal Education Program - Strategies for Risk Management, December 15, 1995
•Philadelphia Bar Education Center Continuing Legal Education Program - Litigation Employment Discrimination Cases, December 1, 1995
•PIPCA 1995 Forensic and Litigation Services Conference, Developments in Employment Discrimination Law, Including Sexual Harassment, October 2, 1995
•Pennsylvania Bar Institute First Annual Employment Law Institute: Ethics - The Voluntary or Involuntary Departure of a Lawyer, The Ethical Rights and Obligations, May 16, 1995
•Leafstone - Managing Temporary Personnel Programs and Expenses, Controlling Absenteeism, May 4, 1995
•Philadelphia Bar Education Center Continuing Legal Education Program - Litigating Employment Discrimination Claims, December 9, 1994
•Philadelphia Bar Association Federal Courts Committee Bench-Bar Conference, New Destinations, June 24, 1994
•Price Waterhouse, General Counsel Forum, Can Litigation Be Avoided When Employees Are Discharged, May 19, 1994
•Plaintiff's Employment Panel - Educational Program on Harassment, December 6, 1991
•Defense Research Institute, Bad Faith First Party Insurance Claims, October 21, 1991


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The making of "Tapestry" is one of the most fascinating processes in the making of antique porcelain. Before the vase is glazed, it is covered with cheese cloth. The glaze is then applied and the piece of porcelain is fired. As the piece is fired, the high degree of temperature in the oven burns the cheese cloth away. The process is what gives the porcelain the textured feeling. This set of three pieces is a rare find. I have seen single pieces of "Tapestry", but this is the only three piece group I have found. The painting on all three pieces is the same. There is hairline spot in the inside of the large urn. I believe that it is just in the glaze, not in the piece itself. Please email me with any questions you have about this or any of the items in my shop. Thank you for visiting County Road Antiques & Collectibles.
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Career: Duros (Venezuela-LNB, 2003-05), Gaiteros (Venezuela-LPB, 2004-06).
Miguel Angel Marriaga is the most promising Venezuelan player. He declared himself eligible for the NBA Draft in 2004 and 2005 but withdrew his name twice. He was automatically eligible for the 2006 NBA Draft. He averaged 10.5 points and 7.7 rebounds per game in the LPB with Gaiteros de Zulia this season. He led the National Team to ninth place at the 2003 FIBA U19 World Championship in Greece with 16.5 points and 10.9 rebounds.
He debuted with the Senior National Team in 2003, but the transition will take some time. He is an excellent rebounder and a good shot-blocker.


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Definition of scuffle in English:
1A short, confused fight or struggle at close quarters: there were minor scuffles with police
More example sentences
- A few scuffles with the law culminated in a year of jail time.
- Out of all the fights, all the scuffles and tussles, this was the only one that mattered.
- Evidence of past scuffles showed in the extra solid nature of the tables and chairs, and the lack of anything breakable not far enough behind the bar to be out of the reach of possible combatants.
fight, struggle, tussle, brawl, fracas, rumpus, melee, free-for-all, rough and tumble, scrimmage, disturbance, brouhaha, commotion;
Irish , North American , & Australian donnybrook
Law , dated affray
informal scrap, dust-up, punch-up, set-to, shindy
British informal, Football afters
North American informal roughhouse
2An act or sound of moving in a hurried, confused, or shuffling manner: he heard the scuffle of feet
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- A series of scuffles and bangs sounded from within the gloom and even Marlo winced once when something heavy fell, smashed and Atoshi squeaked pathetically.
- Almost as soon as he had done so, there were sounds of scuffles, all around him - Elfazar was able to move like lightning when he merged with the shadows, moving quickly to one demon, dealing with him, then moving to another.
verb[no object]
1Engage in a short, confused fight or struggle at close quarters: the teacher noticed two pupils scuffling in the corridor
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- The inevitability of globalization was evident even to the demonstrators who scuffled with armed Swiss national police units in seeking to disrupt the proceedings.
- Outside the hotel where the auction took place Tuesday, several protesters scuffled with security guards when they tried to push into the ballroom to block the sales.
- Two campers are scuffling with each other off to one side.
fight, struggle, tussle, exchange blows, come to blows, brawl, grapple, clash, scrimmage
informal scrap, have a dust-up, have a punch-up, have a set-to
North American informal roughhouse
2 [with adverbial of direction] Move in a hurried, confused, or awkward way, making a rustling or shuffling sound: a drenched woman scuffled through the doorway
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- They scuffled and banged around downstairs for a few minutes, but then they were gone.
- Cole scuffled over, his hands in his pockets and his eyes downcast.
- Then, having lost her nerve already by her mother's harsh words, she scuffled back towards the exit in retreat.
2.1 [with object] (Of an animal or person) move (something) in a scrambling or confused manner: the rabbit struggled free, scuffling his front paws
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There was a time when some American workers were forced to breathe toxic chemicals. These chemicals caused 2.5 million deaths over a 50-year period. During that same time, 100,000 babies died due to exposure to these same chemicals.
When in our past did these horrible things occur? The sad truth is they are happening right now. Those statistics are for the last 50 years to the present.
In recognition of May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, I would like to reach out to Juneau motorists and motorcyclists alike, encouraging them to "share the road" in order to reduce motorcycle deaths and injuries.
I liked it that the lead story a few days ago in the Empire was about the first cruise ships arriving. Great pictures of the Westerdam, visitors coming ashore, and our own Yees Ku Oo dance group performing to welcome them. We all recognize that these visiting ships greatly enhance the visitor industry and are the prime reason why tourism is Juneau's number two industry driving the local economy. I counted today some 40 small local mom-pop businesses along South Franklin and Main, depending in whole or in part on visitors.
Recently Rep. Cathy Muñoz explained to the News to the North, "For the last week our leadership has been working with the minority to try to come to agreement over the CBR (Constitutional Budget Reserve) vote and frankly, the request from the minority is too great. The total request was $163,000 (she meant $163 million) in additional add-backs to the budget at a time when we just can't afford it."
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The board of directors of the Greater Southeast Alaska Conservation Community collectively represent over 200 years of experience on Tongass conservation issues. We are writing this open letter to express our displeasure on two counts: the skewed process the Forest Service used to form the Tongass Advisory Committee (TAC), and the predictably skewed product that committee is fabricating as evidenced by the current draft recommendations.
A few weeks ago, I attended a private graveside service for the victim of a homicide which had occurred many decades ago. The victim was a small child, about four years old. The case was originally not solved and became a cold case.
Currently, Planned Parenthood provides great, comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education. I know because I've attended the classes. I am a doctor and I have an 11-year-old daughter and I was very curious as to how the schools were going to teach this sensitive subject. I was very impressed with how comprehensive, age-appropriate and accessible the information was made for the elementary aged students. (By the way, I didn't see any legislators there).
My name is Maria Jesus Tartari, and I am a high school AFS Exchange Student from Chile.
I've had the best year of my life here, but nothing would have been the same with another host family. The Smith family is the best. It is just hard to even imagine that they could have chosen not to host me or any other exchange student, and because of that I am very thankful and specially I have to thank my host mom, Angela Smith.
How is it that the state of Alaska is in the process of cutting education funding but can afford to pay more than 100,000 hours for Medicaid expansion? How is that combat veterans wait more than a year for findings from the Veterans Administration regarding benefits that they earn, but asking people to wait 30 days for an entitlement program is in acceptable? If the state of Alaska cannot keep up with the current Medicaid caseload, how will they be able to keep up with the expansion? It is time to ask what this expansion will truly cost and time to reevaluate where our priorities are.
Anyone with cable TV can, on just about any given day, watch cops shooting, Tasing, manhandling, or in various ways beating citizens. I wish I had been able to film an incident that occurred on Easter Sunday. Everyone could have gotten a good look at our police department and how they really treat our people. I have never witnessed officers behaving as these two did.
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Jeff Allanach: Explaining movie magic is as easy as, well, it's a work in progress
I believe in miracles.
How else can you explain a ragtag band of rebels and farmers overthrowing the most powerful nation in the world only to eventually become that which they overthrew?
Or a team of American amateur hockey players beating the best in the world?
And I can think of no other explanation for the fact that I am tired of "Star Wars."
I never thought it could happen. I've seen all six movies in the series more times than I can count, and I enjoy each one. (To some degree, I should say. We can all agree the real phantom menace in Episode I is George Lucas).
I couldn't wait until my children were old enough to watch the movies so I could relive the magic through their eyes, and was as giddy as a school boy hoarding french fries at lunchtime when that day came on Jan. 1, 2011.
They had a million questions: Who's Darth Vader? Is that a good guy or a bad guy? Are those aliens? Why is that light saber blue?
I answered all their questions happily, and in a small way felt like I was rediscovering the movies. But we have watched at least half of one of the movies every Friday and Saturday night since that day.
I. Am. Done.
I don't want to see another Wookie this side of Dantooine. (See what I mean?)
So I was hopeful one recent Friday night when my 5-year-old son, Gavin, and his 9-year-old sister, Celeste, disagreed on which movie to watch: "Star Wars" or "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets."
Gavin has been talking about Harry Potter a lot recently. He's seen the first one, but he ran screaming from the room the last time I popped in "Chamber of Secrets." He didn't understand how Dobby could make a cake float in the opening sequence.
I knew I couldn't just put the movie in without him running away, so earlier in the week I tried to explain "movie magic" to him. He still didn't understand, so I figured I should show him.
I set up the camcorder on a tripod and asked him to sit on the couch. I taped him for a few moments, and asked him to recite a silly magical spell then paused the recording. I asked him to leave the couch and go to the other side of the room then I hit record again for a few seconds.
When I hooked up the camcorder to the television and played back the short video, it looked like Gavin magically disappeared. He stared at the television and smiled like he had just discovered a richer-tasting chocolate.
"That's movie magic," I told him. "Did you really disappear?"
"No, I just went to the other side of the room," Gavin replied.
"Then what happened?"
"Movie magic," he said through a wide grin.
I nodded and began writing my acceptance speech for Father of the Year from the Fraternal Academy of Daddies. Gavin would no longer fear movies because he understood that what he sees isn't necessarily real. It's movie magic.
It was a triumphant day in the Allanach household, almost like I had destroyed the Emperor myself with my own light saber. (Forgive me. That's a side effect of too much "Star Wars.")
A week or so later, I stood between Gavin and Celeste as he argued for Harry Potter and she lobbied for the never-ending space saga that took place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
Only a coin flip could choose this one. I let Gavin pick, and debated for half a second if I should, er, how should I say this? Hmm, use the Force to make the coin land on his pick so I could catch a break.
I fought the urge, though, and he won without any influence from me. I popped in "Chamber of Secrets," and relished in my success.
But before the movie started, Gavin ran from the room screaming. He still feared Dobby.
I sighed, stopped it, and turned on "Star Wars." Gavin calmed down, and the streak of space adventures continued.
Perhaps I should put away that acceptance speech.
The writer is the Frederick County editor of The Gazette. He lives in Urbana and writes every other week about his adventures in fatherhood. If you'd like to see a video of Gavin doing movie magic, check out his Facebook page at http://bit.ly/fwfQzo. He'll post the video this evening.


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"Fresh, endlessly fascinating, and altogether extraordinary.... A sweeping, continent-wide reinterpretation of early US history.... Thematically rich and full of subtle arguments, Kennedy's study forces a reconsideration of accepted views. It couldn't come at a better time, given the soon-to-be widely commemorated bicentenary of the Lewis and Clark expedition."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Roger Kennedy's throws down the gauntlet in his engaging new book. Was the freedom-loving, slave-holding Thomas Jefferson responsible for the coming of the Civil War? Kennedy's bold argument will certainly stir up controversy among the specialists, but it will also force them to rethink some of the most important questions in the history of the early American republic. Mr. Jefferson's Lost Cause is vintage Kennedy, serving up a characteristically rich offering of fascinating stories, deft character sketches, and provocative conclusions."--Peter Onuf, University of Virginia
"Mr. Kennedy's astringency forces us to reconsider settled opinions, always a good thing."--Wall Street Journal
"Though in many ways a willful architect of the nation, Thomas Jefferson failed to build the foundation he envisioned in his heart of hearts: an Arcadian society of small farmers. His dream was trampled by a parade of vanities, intrigues, and missed opportunities, all marching lock step with the determinations of social history and natural history. Roger Kennedy highlights this fascinating story for us--he weaves it with stunning erudition, and delivers it with bounteous wit. Kennedy provides novel insights on Jefferson and numerous contemporaries, and he plows bare the roots of American land policy, revealing factors that are still germane after two centuries."--Daniel J. Gelo, University of Texas, San Antonio
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More than two dozen faculty members have resigned from Shorter University, a Baptist school in Georgia, after it required them to sign a "personal lifestyle statement" that condemns homosexuality, premarital sex and public drinking.
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