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Gallery: Staff Picks: Our Last Burgers on Earth
Rustic Canyon | Los Angeles
1119 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica CA 90401 (map); 310-393-7050; rusticcanyonwinebar.com
David Burke's Primehouse | Chicago
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616 N. Rush Street, Chicago IL 60611 (map); 312-660-6000; jameshotels.com
Holsteins | Las Vegas
3708 Las Vegas Blvd. South 89109, in the Cosmopolitan (map); 702-698-7940; holsteinslv.com
The Vortex Bar & Grill | Atlanta
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438 Moreland Avenue, Atlanta GA 30307 (map); 404-688-1828; thevortexbarandgrill.com
Apple Pan | Los Angeles
10801 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles CA 90064 (map); 310-475-3585
Kopp's Frozen Custard | Milwaukee
Review coming soon!
Multiple locations; check kopps.com
Super Duper | San Francisco
I think I'd want to keep those last bites simple, a sort of final taste of a burger in its basic form, so I'd go to Super Duper. There are no shocking bells and whistles, just high-quality ingredients. The patty of Niman Ranch beef gets griddled until a healthy flavor-crust develops, but it's still juicy. I don't think I'd need anything fancier than that to send me into the great beyond. —David Kover, San Francisco correspondent
Multiple locations; check superdupersf.com
Homemade burger
John Howie Steak | Bellevue, WA
11111 Northeast 8th Street, Ste. 125, Bellevue WA 98004 (map); 425-440-0880; johnhowiesteak.com
Pie 'n Burger | Pasadena, CA
It's an unassuming sandwich, sitting there wrapped in its parchment paper sheath: There's nothing too special about it. It's made of very loosely packed ground beef (unspecified cut, not ground in-house, no famous butcher behind the label) cooked on a griddle with a slice of American cheese. The bottom of a toasted bun gets slathered thick with Thousand Island-style spread with a few pickle slices and a slab of onion, and the whole thing is topped with crisp iceberg and a toasted top bun. That's it.
But a bite reveals its secrets: This is a perfectly balanced burger. Biting into it, you get the soft give of the pillowy bun followed by a touch of creamy richness from the sauce on your tongue cut with the fresh crunch of iceberg from the top. Next, the textures reverse themselves, the tang of pickles and hot bite of onion slashing through the richness of the sauce while your top teeth meet the hot, rich lavaburst of melted cheese. Finally, upper jaw and lower strike the beef, itself an exercise in textural contrast, the crisply seared crust giving way to juicy pockets of melted fat and gooey cheese that have managed to find their way into the welcomingly open-textured patty. Your teeth meet in the tender, beefy, ever-so-slightly pink center. It's glorious. —Kenji Lopez-Alt, Serious Eats chief creative officer and Burger Lab columnist
913 East California Boulevard, Pasadena CA 91106 (b/n South Lake Ave and South Mentor Ave; map); 626-795-1123; pienburger.com
Shake Shack
I'm sure people have said it already, but when I close my eyes and picture the burger, I picture a Shack Burger, after a long wait spent drinking plenty of Shackmeister. —Ben Fishner, Serious Eats technical support and project manager
Multiple locations; check shakeshack.com
White Castle
The Breslin and Lot 2 | NYC
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The Breslin: 16 West 29th Street, New York NY 10001 (map); 212-685-9600
Lot 2: 687 6th Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11215 (b/n 19th and 20th streets; map); 718-499-5623; lot2restaurant.com
Hinkle's Sandwich Shop | Madison, IN
204 West Main Street, Madison IN 47250 (map); 812-265-3919; hinkleburger.com
Le Pigeon | Portland, OR
738 East Burnside Street, Portland OR 97214 (map); 503-546-8796; lepigeon.com
Bocado | Atlanta
887 Howell Mill Road, Atlanta GA 30318 (map); 404-815-1399; bocadoatlanta.com
Kenji's Burger Joy
The Burger Lab: The World's Best Burger for a Single Man (or Woman) »
Minetta Tavern | NYC
113 MacDougal Street, New York NY 10012 (map); 212-475-3850; minettatavernny.com

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On October 17, 1989, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake occurred near Loma Prieta in the Santa Cruz Mountains. This earthquake is also known as the "San Francisco World Series Earthquake." The slide set focuses on the effects in San Francisco and Oakland. It highlights the damage in the Marina area of San Francisco. The set also includes photographs in the area south of Market Street where five deaths occurred, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and the Nimitz Freeway (I-880) where 41 deaths occurred. Movement occurred along a 40-km segment of the San Andreas fault from southwest of Los Gatos to north of San Juan Bautista. Measurements along the surface of the Earth after the earthquake show that the Pacific plate moved 1.9 m to the northwest and 1.3 m upward over the North American plate. The upward motion resulted from deformation of the plate boundary at the bend in the San Andreas fault. At the surface the fault motion was evident as a complex series of cracks and fractures. Even though the earthquake occurred in the remote Santa Cruz Mountains, it caused severe damage in San Francisco and Oakland 80 km to the north. This is somewhat unusual for an earthquake of this magnitude. Some of the statistical results of the disaster were: more than $7 billion in property damage (2.5 billion in San Francisco alone), 414 single-family homes destroyed, 104 mobile homes destroyed, 18,306 homes damaged, 97 businesses and 3 public buildings destroyed, 2,575 businesses damaged, 12,000 people displaced from homes and housed in shelters, 3,757 injuries, and 67 deaths. One of the areas in San Francisco that sustained major damage was the Marina District. This area was a lagoon at the time of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. During that earthquake the margins of the lagoon shook violently.However, after the 1906 earthquake, the lagoon was filled with sand and rubble of destroyed buildings to make a fairground for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. This fill area later became the site of an expensive real-estate development known as the Marina District. The unconsolidated soils amplified the shaking and became liquefied (behaved like a dense fluid) causing permanent deformation of the ground. This was one of the causes of the increased damage in the area. Construction practices also contributed to the damage. Some four-story buildings built above garages had inadequate lateral bracing. Thirty-five of the buildings in the Marina District were eventually torn down and 150 others were structurally damaged. The two major causes of structural failures were poor soil conditions and inadequate structural design. South of Market Street, several buildings between 5 and 10 stories high were damaged. Old masonry buildings were badly damaged, including a warehouse where collapse of fourth floor exterior walls killed five people parked in cars along the street. There were also severely damaged buildings in the Mission District. In Oakland, severe damage occurred to several mid-rise buildings and many old brick buildings in the downtown area. Primarily due to the effects of liquefaction, buried underground utilities such as gas pipelines, water lines, and sewer lines were heavily damaged. This left about one thousand homes without gas or water. As in the 1906 earthquake, fires in the Marina District could not be fought with city water because water mains had failed.One of the sources for concern produced by the earthquake is the damage or failure of transportation systems at comparatively large distances from the epicenter. The most deadly structural failure of the earthquake occurred when the upper deck of the Interstate 880 (Nimitz Freeway) in Oakland fell onto the lower roadway causing an official death toll of 41. Another spectacular failure occurred on the Oakland Bay Bridge. Interstate 280, the Embarcadero Freeway, and Highway 101 at Fell Street were also damaged. In Oakland, Highway 980 and the MacArthur Maze developed cracks in the support columns. It will cost about $1.5 billion to rebuild state and local roads damaged in the earthquake. In addition to damage to roads, the Oakland International Airport, naval port, and the Alameda Naval Air Station runways were damaged by liquefaction. It is interesting to compare this earthquake with the slightly smaller (magnitude 6.9) Armenian earthquake of December 1988 that killed 25,000 people and destroyed entire towns. Good construction and engineering practices in the Loma Prieta area obviously contributed to the preservation of property and human lives.
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Intracoronary Imaging With NIRS-IVUS to Characterize Arterial Plaques (NIRS-IVUS)
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Spectrum Health Hospitals
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Ryan Madder, MD, Spectrum Health Hospitals
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First received: September 24, 2012
Last updated: October 12, 2016
Last verified: October 2016
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To characterize atherosclerotic coronary artery plaques using advanced intra-coronary imaging with a combined near-infrared spectroscopy and intravascular ultrasound catheter before and after percutaneous intervention
|Coronary Artery Disease
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Multimodality Advanced Intracoronary Imaging With Near-infrared Spectroscopy and Intravascular Ultrasound to Characterize Coronary Artery Plaques Before and After Percutaneous Intervention
Further study details as provided by Ryan Madder, MD, Spectrum Health Hospitals:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- MACCE [ Time Frame: 5 year ]
|Study Start Date:
|November 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|October 2021
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|October 2021 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
This study is being performed to characterize the composition and morphologic characteristics of atherosclerotic coronary artery plaques with intra-coronary near-infrared spectroscopy and intravascular ultrasound in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
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|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Coronary Artery Disease Patients
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- Subject is at > 18 years of age
- Subject presents to the catheterization laboratory to undergo clinically-indicated, invasive coronary angiography
- Subject is willing and able to provide informed written consent
- Subject is found to have ≥ 1 severe coronary artery stenosis by invasive angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention is planned for definitive treatment or found to have ≥ 1 intermediate coronary artery stenosis and IVUS planned for lesion assessment
- Coronary anatomy is deemed suitable for combined NIRS-IVUS by the interventional cardiologist performing invasive angiography and intervention
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- Subject is pregnant or suspected to be pregnant
- Subject is unable to provide informed consent
- Subject has coronary artery anatomy deemed by interventionalist as unsuitable for NIRS-IVUS
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01694368
|United States, Michigan
|Spectrum Health; Frederik Meijer Heart &Vascular Institute
|Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, 49503
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Keywords provided by Ryan Madder, MD, Spectrum Health Hospitals:
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Madder RD, Khan M, Husaini M, Chi M, Dionne S, VanOosterhout S, Borgman A, Collins JS, Jacoby M. Combined Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging of Pre-Existing Coronary Artery Stents: Can Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Reliably Detect Neoatherosclerosis? Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Jan;9(1). pii: e003576. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.115.003576.
|Responsible Party:
|Ryan Madder, MD, Physician, Spectrum Health Hospitals
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|NCT01694368 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 24, 2012
|Last Updated:
|October 12, 2016
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Keywords provided by Ryan Madder, MD, Spectrum Health Hospitals:
Near infrared spectroscopy; lipid core; vulnerable plaque
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Coronary Artery Disease
Myocardial Ischemia
Coronary Disease
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Vascular Diseases
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Numbers tables are truly invaluable. I use them all of the time for
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Is using a table of numbers a hack, as I've seen some people
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USE ModelGOCREATE TABLE Numbers( Number INT NOT NULL, CONSTRAINT PK_Numbers PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (Number) WITH FILLFACTOR = 100)INSERT INTO NumbersSELECT (a.Number * 256) + b.Number AS NumberFROM ( SELECT number FROM master..spt_values WHERE type = 'P' AND number <= 255 ) a (Number), ( SELECT number FROM master..spt_values WHERE type = 'P' AND number <= 255 ) b (Number)GO
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There are many techniques for splitting a string in T-SQL (in other words, taking a character-delimited
I have absolutely no idea why anyone wants to do this, but I keep answering the same question in forums:
Continuing in my series of things you should probably not do in SQL Server but sometimes have to , I'm
Ever want to see the text of a stored procedure, function, or trigger -- or manipulate the text in some
Yes, another string splitting UDF from a guy who's obvioiusly become obsessed with TSQL string splitting.
Great article, very good performance.
Another number table generator. Not as compact as Adam's, but easy to see how many numbers are generated and doesn't rely on a system table for the initial number list.
;with t as (
select 0 as Num union
select 1 union
select 2 union
select 3 union
select 4 union
select 5 union
select 6 union
select 7 union
select 8 union
select 9
select (10000 * t10000.Num) + (1000 * t1000.Num) + (100 * t100.Num) + (10 * t10.Num) + t1.Num as Number
from t t1
cross join t t10
cross join t t100
cross join t t1000
cross join t t10000
order by Number
Nice, Joel. I use the following technique these days, which I learned a while back from Itzik Ben-Gan:
DECLARE @number_of_numbers INT = 100000;
a AS (SELECT 1 AS i UNION ALL SELECT 1),
b AS (SELECT 1 AS i FROM a AS x, a AS y),
c AS (SELECT 1 AS i FROM b AS x, b AS y),
d AS (SELECT 1 AS i FROM c AS x, c AS y),
e AS (SELECT 1 AS i FROM d AS x, d AS y),
f AS (SELECT 1 AS i FROM e AS x, e AS y),
numbers AS
SELECT TOP(@number_of_numbers)
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)) AS number
FROM f
FROM numbers
I'd like to joint to a numbers table using the row_number value. WITHOUT using a CTE. I'm interested to see if it's faster and possible without CTE. I can't think of a way to join the ROW_NEMBER Value to the Number table.
Thanks for reading.
Sure, you can do it without a CTE. Use a derived table.
There's an easier way if all you want is a sequence of numbers between 0 and 2047, which is to use the spt_values table...
SELECT DISTINCT number
FROM master..spt_values
WHERE type = 'P'
It's a bit hacky, but it gets the job done.
LOL, I guess you didn't bother to read the code in the post above before commenting?


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Check here for upcoming legal aid events. If you are a Christian Legal Aid center and would like us to add any of you upcoming events here please contact us.
The Legal Aid Summit provides Christian legal aid staff and volunteers from around the country the opportunity to learn, support, and be a blessing to each other as we grow in our ability to serve those in need.
Everyone is welcome, including CLA leaders, staff attorneys, volunteer attorneys, clinic board members, non-attorneys who work with legal aid clinics, and anyone interested in exploring Christian legal aid. Join us for a great time of learning and fellowship!
Click here for more details
Wed, 8 March 201712:30 – 1:30 PM ET
For most Christian legal aid clinics, volunteers are the lifeblood of their ministry. Volunteer attorneys are on the front line of serving clients. Non-attorneys help with valuable administrative tasks and ministry roles. Join two CLA leaders in a discussion of keys to recruiting volunteers -- and even more importantly -- retaining volunteers for the long-haul. Topics to be addressed:
Finding volunteers
Motivating volunteers
Equipping volunteers
Appreciating volunteers
Presented by:
Jim Helfrich – Attorney Coordinator, Justice and Mercy Legal Aid Clinic (Denver, CO). Jim is a commercial and securities litigation attorney and serves as the attorney coordinator for a roughly 100-volunteer Christian legal aid program sponsored by the Christian Legal Society of Metro Denver and the Justice and Mercy Legal Aid Clinic ("JAMLAC"). Jim helped launch the Denver volunteer program (1999), which now serves eight locations. Jim also assisted the start up of Denver's staffed program, JAMLAC (2006), where full-time attorneys, paralegals, interns and volunteers manage approximately 50 active cases each week. Jim currently serves on JAMLAC's advisory board and on the board of its parent organization, Mile High Ministries.
Lori Young - Executive Director of Trinity Legal Clinic of Oklahoma (Oklahoma City, OK). As ED, Lori oversees approximately 50 volunteer attorneys who provide free legal services to people in poverty while sharing the love of Christ. Trinity Legal Clinic operates free legal clinics at four locations, where they assist approximately 225 clients each year with legal issues involving, among others, family law, criminal law, social security, and housing. Lori is also an adjunct professor at a local community college teaching Leadership and Public Service Administration and serves on the board of a local food pantry, the Brit-Vil Food Pantry.
Legal Aid SummitWashington, DCOctober 20, 2016
Nearly 70 staff attorneys, volunteers, and friends from around the country attended the 2016 Christian Legal Aid Summit. We had a wonderful time of learning, networking, and fellowship with each other. Save the date for next year's CLS conference in Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 26-29, 2017!
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Good Samaritan Advocates (No. Va.) Reception. Join friends and volunteers of Good Samaritan Advocates for drinks and hors d'oeuvres and to learn more about serving the poor with the love of Christ in northern Virginia. March 3, 2016, 5:30 – 7:30pm in Tysons Corner, VA. Please RSVP to: email@example.com.
Justice Prayer Night in NYC. Join Open Hands Legal Services in New York City for a night of prayer and fellowship in centering our hearts and our work on God's vision for justice for our broken world. March 7, 2016, 7:00pm. Click here to register.
San Jose CA - CLA Interest Meeting. Calling all attorneys in the south bay (San Jose) CA area! We invite you to an introductory meeting on Fri., March 18, 2016, 5 - 6:30pm, to pray and learn about the vision of starting a Christian legal aid clinic here. There are no Christian legal aid programs in all of northern California. Come to hear how God may be calling you to use your legal skills to serve those in need. (If you know anyone in the area, please help spread the word!) For details, contact: email@example.com.
"Justice for the Poor" Ken Liu, Dir. Legal Aid Ministries Belmont University Chapel & Law SchoolFeb. 8, 2016, 12:00pm
"2016 Goals and Beyond: Strategic Planning for Christian Legal Aid Leaders" Webinar
Wed., January 20th, 12:30 - 2:00ET / 9:30 - 11:00PT
Every nonprofit, including Christian legal aid clinics, should have a plan to improve the effectiveness of their ministry. The question of planning thoroughly and trusting the Lord to bless our efforts is an on-going issue for most Christian ministries. The goal of this webinar is to provide an overview of strategic planning do's and don'ts and a brief framework for creating a plan. Recommended for CLA leaders and board members.
Corby Megorden, Principal at Ennis Consulting & Conciliation, LLC, has decades of executive experience helping organizations navigate the challenges of growth, risk, and change. His expertise covers operations, program management, and financial development in non-profits, industry, and the military. At KPMG Consulting, he served as the Acquisition Manager advising the Navy in weapons systems procurement strategies. As the VP of Operations for TeleCommunication Systems, he helped guide the company from startup to a publicly traded company. As Administrator of a 4,000 member church, he developed procedures to manage finances and operations through periods of rapid growth, economic challenges, and radical organizational change. With a Masters in Engineering Administration and 12 years as a licensed pastor, he has unique knowledge of the processes and interpersonal dynamics in which organizations function. Corby has served on numerous non-profit boards including Covenant Life School, Christ Church of Mt. Airy, and ONE-U Campus Ministries. He and his wife Vilma live in Gaithersburg, MD.
Most lawyers are aware of the importance of pro bono legal services for meeting the needs of those in poverty. But what about the needs of the millions of Americans who have some income, but for whom market-rate legal fees are still an obstacle? A growing segment of solo attorneys and small firms have started practices intentionally targeting low- to moderate-income clients.
Join CLS for a conversation with two attorneys who have charted their own paths with careers serving low to moderate-income clients, including small nonprofits and small businesses. Hear how they started their solo practices and how they balance work, family, income, and the desire to help those in need.
Sign up here for this free webinar.
Upcoming Christian legal aid clinic benefit events:
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The Christian Legal Aid Summit provides Christian legal aid staff and volunteers from around the country the opportunity to learn, support, and be a blessing to each other as we grow in our ability to serve those in need. The Summit is a part of the Christian Legal Society's Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA, October 1-4, 2015. Join us for a great time of fellowship and networking!
Christian Legal Society - Baltimore ChapterSaturday, July 25th 8:30am-12:00pm By Ken Liu, CLS Director of Legal Aid Ministries
This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about ways to equip yourself to (1) be more effective in your pro-bono ministry, or even (2) explore the possibility of creating your own pro-bono legal aid clinic the future. It should also provide a unique opportunity to network with other Christian lawyers while learning about ways to serve your local community with the unique skills and abilities that God has entrusted us with as attorneys. More important even than discovering ways in which you can achieve your annual aspirational pro-bono quota, we will discuss how to make our pro-bono work, also be pro-Deo work.
WHERE: Church of the Atonement 10613 Georgia Ave Silver Spring, MD 20902
RSVP: Peter Cairns email@example.com, or 910-391-5548
Christian Legal Aid DC and Justice Fellowship with Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Tim Scott (R-SC)Tuesday, July 28, 2015 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
How should our faith inform how we should respond to crime and to people returning from prison? How can Christian leaders and voters best approach criminal justice reform? Come take part in a lively discussion of biblical principles and the American justice system with Justice Fellowship and Christian Legal Aid of DC! Join local political and faith leaders as we hear testimonies, take part in a Q&A, and network with others passionate about this topic. Complimentary beverages and light refreshments will be served. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required.
WHERE: Lutheran Church of the Reformation 212 E. Capital St., NE Washington, D.C.
Wed., June 24, 2015,12:30 - 2:00pm ET
"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy." (Proverbs 31: 8-9)
Is God calling you to serve the poor with your legal skills? What's involved in starting a Christian legal aid clinic? Join Christian Legal Society for a discussion of these and other topics related to starting a Christian legal aid program.
• Why should I start a Christian legal aid program? • How much work is involved? • What if I don't have any experience in poverty law issues? • How do I find people to help? • What resources do I need to start a clinic?
RSVP here to join this free webinar.
If you know of anyone who may be interested, please help spread the word!
May 29, 2015Mission First Legal Aid Office & Mississippi College School of LawJackson, MSOpen to the public. CLE credit approved.
Click here for details.
This course provides a foundation for understanding the immigration system in the United States in preparation for taking the exam for Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) accreditation, the government certification that allows non-attorneys to practice immigration law. Biblical and theological bases for Christian engagement with issues of immigration are covered, giving church and faith-based workers tools to integrate immigration legal ministry into a holistic outreach program. The course will include a visit to a currently operating Immigration Connection site at The Bridge Community Church.
This course is taught in partnership with World Relief and Immigrant Connection.
Cost: $1350 ($495 non-refundable)
For more information email firstname.lastname@example.com and see: http://worldrelief.org/immigrant-legal-services/events
Wed., April 22, 20159:30am PT / 12:30pm ET
The Christian Legal Society is pleased to present a free 1-hour webinar on "Coaching Clients to Represent Themselves (When Necessary)." The demand for pro bono legal help is far greater than the supply of legal aid attorneys. Christian legal aid attorneys can provide much help without offering full representation, by providing clients with legal resources, coaching, and limited assistance. Join us for a discussion on how to provide meaningful assistance for clients to help themselves in addressing legal problems. Topics will include:
All staff and volunteers of Christian legal aid clinics welcome!
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Since 2007 David has been the Managing attorney at Open Door Legal Services, a ministry of Seattle's Union Gospel Mission that serves the legal needs of homeless individuals in the Seattle/King County area. Previously, David was a prosecutor in the Family Support unit of the Snohomish County Prosecutor's office for seven years. He began his career as a criminal prosecutor in King County in 1999. David is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center. Presented by David Mace of Open Door Legal Services. (A CLE certification of attendance can be provided for participants to apply for CLE credit in their own state.)
Join Open Hands Legal Services for the 6th Annual Spring Benefit on Thursday, March 5, 2015. The Benefit will be held at The Centre for Social Innovation in New York City and will feature delicious food and drink, heart-warming testimonials and a VIP pre-event wine-tasting. It will be a party you won't want to miss!
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- 02-22-2013
- Series
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Character
- Toph Bei Fong
- Special Variation:
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Construction Notes~
Tube top: Slip on red poplin, very simple rectangle shape, not meant to emphasize any curves since it is mostly covered and Toph doesn't have any boobs...well minimally, but I didn't need to emphasize mine.
Pants: Simple pant in the same poplin, lapped zipper on the side. Thought of adding pockets and got lazy. ...XD After many poses of earthbending, and during the photoshoot, I actually ripped my crotch seam xDDDD not a lot of stretch in dem pants (actually NONE) so I need to sew that seam again XDDDD
Sash: Maroon poplin, it's often brown but changes colors, so I just used leftover fabric from my robes. Hemmed and tied.
Robes: Maroon poplin with ribbon appliqued for stripes, lined with the same fabric.
Hand things: Just red poplin with bias trim cut from the maroon, velcro closure, ribbon folded and appliqued.
Crown: Styrene over craft foam, spray painted, glued onto a headband and tassles added.
Wig: Now this thing is a mess and if I ever have money hahahaahahahahh I'D LOVE TO REMAKE IT. It was my first time doing this weird of a wig but I learned a lot. Toph's hair is HUGE in Fire Nation, even bigger than normal xD I had two base wigs, one dark brown and one black. One I cut as a base and used as the bangs (which I cut into it) and then took the remaining wefts to add to the huge THING??? that is her bun thing. Also made extra wefts out of what I cut from to make the bangs. Then I took all the wefts out of the other wig. Then, because I made this in my dorm pretty fast XD, I used paper and masking tape over a colander to get the shape. I made a short of bowl shaped thing of paper and tape, then covered it in craft foam to give it more body (black foam so if it showed through, nbd) and then black felt. Then I took the wefts, started from the inside of the bowl, secured them inside, covered the outside of the bunTHING, and then secured it on the other end. Then I added hair combs to the finished bun thing and sewed parts of it into the base wig. So it is secured in those two ways, but can be removed. It's actually pretty light xD
I made her shoes as well, but I hated the way they looked on me so I just ignored them xD
Contacts are white since I didn't want blind ones.
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Hello IGN! (ノ^o^)ノ
For starters, it's great to be back! I have had a bit of a blogging drought lately but what better way to jump back in than to take part in a community project?! If you do not know what I am talking about then you should start off with Amaltheaelanor's blog which can be found here.
The basis of this project is to celebrate who we believe to be the positive female characters in videogames and to explain our reasons why - beyond pure sex appeal or attractiveness. A few months ago I made a small compilation of my personal favourites and you can take a peek here if you wish however, at present I am sticking with the one and only Yuna.
But first, a word of caution to this tale!
This blog will only cover the portrayal of Yuna in Final Fantasy X, not X-2. I have a personal policy that I will not write about a game which I have not experienced myself and sadly X-2 never got a play through!
Now, back to business!
Yuna is arguably one of the most recognisable of the many brilliant Final Fantasy characters; especially in light of FFX receiving such critical acclaim upon release. This instalment is a favourite for many FF fans and, being my first ever FF experience, it remains my favourite entry in the series and would even qualify as one of my favourite games of all time. This game is chock-full with fantastic characters overall but Yuna stood out to me.
Yuna does not come across as outwardly strong or as completely helpless. I feel that in the past that you often saw two types of female videogame characters, the damsel in distress or the in your face kick-ass female who would take you out in an instant all the while wearing her heels with her revealing armour and pechos fuera (boobs out)! Now I am not condemning these types of characters because everything has its time and place but it is great to see some variety nowadays.
This is why I like Yuna. She is not outwardly confident or strong but she has such a mental fortitude. She can hold her own in a fight and is a valuable member of your team but she appears to prefer the peaceful approach. She knows that her duty as a Summoner is to bring about "the calm" for the good of the people of Spira and she knows that this will entail the ultimate sacrifice on her behalf. However even with this heavy burden on her shoulders she does not falter and does not lose faith in her path. This resilience and steadfastness of purpose is truly admirable to me and I sincerely doubt that I would have been able to keep such a positive attitude in those circumstances, especially in the wake of so much suffering and strife.
I also found Yuna's naivety to be very human. Her faith in humanity and her devotion to her companions demonstrates what an admirable character she is. Her ability to always look for the best in people and in any situation, often pushing her own needs to the side to ensure that she fulfils what she believes to be her duty to humanity is commendable. In looking for the best in people she ignored the racism towards the Al-Bhed which was rife in Spira and pushed past it because she realised that they all ultimately wanted the same thing - peace.
Finally, I would state that the main reason that I picked Yuna is because she felt so real to me during the game. When you experience her story you realise that she is weak at times and she is scared but she hides it deep down. She internalises her fears and insecurities so that she can push on and motivate those around her. In my opinion that is a very human trait and that is where her true strength lies, she carries this immense burden on her shoulders and from the outside you would not know it. Her level of selflessness is unquestionably inspiring and I applaud Square (or now Square Enix) for creating such a believable female character who is beautiful both inside and out.
I am MiniChaosTurtle - lover of games, food, movies and good craic! I like to supply smiles when possible and am always up for a good old chat! Thanks for reading IGNers, you guys are awesome!
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Where does a band go after winning the O2 Silver Clef Award and being presented that award by its rock-and-roll heroes, Roger Taylor and Brian May of Queen? What more could your band ever hope to hear after Roger Taylor called your project "probably the greatest live act in the world today"? Muse bears that burden in the middle of touring in support of its latest album, The Resistance. Apparently, plenty of people agree with Taylor, as Muse is mostly playing stadiums and arenas these days. The band's fusion of Radiohead-inflected alternative rock and more classical sensibilities garnered attention from an international audience beginning with its 1999 debut album, Showbiz. Known for extravagant stage shows, Muse may play huge theaters, but it doesn't skimp when it comes to its fans.
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Britney Spears took to the fields over the weekend to watch her sons – Sean, 7, and Jayden, 6, play soccer near their home in L.A.
The pop star excitedly watched and cheered the duo on from the sideline with her friends. The boys periodically stopped by for a break and a snack.
Britney started the day in sweats and a T-shirt, before changing into a white sundress.
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Nvidia Ubuntu problem
Ok I am currently having a problem installing the Nvidia driver so I can have 3d support for linux games. I tried installing it right from their website without updating anything and got a black screen and only console mode. So I reformated the partition and reinstalled ubuntu on it and this time tried doing it after updating all the packages and rebooting in hopes the new upgrades would have fixed the problem It didnt I still get a blackscreen and only a console mode when I bootup. So I uninstalled nvidia and envyng and reinstalled envyng. Now I am here waiting to figure out how to fix this bug so please someone help me I have been at this all day to no avail........... Tnx in advance!!!!
CPU:AMD 5200+ 2x dual core
VIDEO CARD 1:Nvidia Geforce 7900 GS
Video Card 2:Nvidia Geforce 7900 GS
and Ram 2gb Kingston ram
Have you tried installing it using Ubuntu's hardware drivers manager? I don't think you can access that from a console; in a graphical session you can find it on the System->Administration menu.
System->Administration->HardWare Drivers
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Stephen Rowland has been founding and contributing to numerous underground film and music publications for the last 12 years. In addition to critiquing images and sounds, he makes no money as a regional historian and preservationist, co-authoring "Postcard History Series: Alameda" and "Images of America: Alameda," available from Arcadia Publishing.
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By Linda Williams/The Willits News
Pile driving is expected to commence along the Highway 101 bypass around Willits corridor within days, says CalTrans spokesman Phil Frisbie. The piles will be installed in two locations, along the viaduct corridor between Valley Road to north of Hearst Willits Road and in the southern interchange.
A protester remains high in the boom of a wick drain stitcher as of press time. An effort to resupply the protester failed Saturday when about 40 protesters attempted to send food and water aloft. The California Highway Patrol arrested four protesters during the resupply effort. The four arrestees Sara Grusky, Matthew Caldwell, Naomi Wagner and Teadora Grusky-Foley remain in custody awaiting arraignment as of Tuesday morning.
Sara Grusky was arrested first and her daughter was arrested next. Grusky was handcuffed and left in the CHP patrol vehicle and officers focused on the remaining protesters. In the confusion Grusky, still handcuffed, and her daughter wandered off with the rest of the protesters. She and her daughter went to Willits City Hall and called the CHP dispatch to turn themselves in.
To date the only protester who has been criminally charged has been Martin Reign Katz. Katz, 24, of Willits, pleaded guilty to threatening or forcibly resisting four CHP officers. He was sentenced to three years probation and to serve five months jail time. Due to time off allotments actual time served is about 2.5 months.
Katz was one of the five tree sitters removed from their perches on April 2. Katz struggled with three officers about 70 feet up in a pine tree. A fourth officer fired several "bean bag" shots from his less than lethal weapon to force Katz to stop resisting.


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14 homes for sale in Linden Woods and Linden Ridge, 3 new listings this week, buyers market wakes up again with return of under list trend
by Harry Odwak, Monopoly Realty
Cell: (204) 792-4327
Nine homes for sale in Linden Ridge and Linden Woods sold last week and the general trend of below list sales in this area continued as only two homes brought more than list.
Closing home prices in Linden Ridge and Linden Woods last week ranged between $377,900 for a home on Brentcliffe Drive to $699,900 for a home on Ireton Place. The two homes in the area that did sell for over list brought $10,100 and $25,100 over asking, while amounts below list on the other seven homes sold in Linden Woods and Linden Ridge ranged from a low of $2,000 to a high of $23,901.
There were three new listings in this beautiful Winnipeg family neighbourhood last week, bringing the total number of homes for sale in Linden Ridge and Linden Woods to 14. Prices range from $349,900 for a home on Brigantine Bay to $1,149,900 for a home on Shorecrest Drive.
Would you like to know about all homes for sale in Linden Woods and Linden Ridge as soon as they become available – or even before? Click Here to receive a daily e-mail with current listings and more.
The feature of the week is the home at 795 Lindenwood Drive SW. This lovely five-bedroom 3.5 bath home boasts 2,500 square feet of living space on two levels, not including the basement, and sits on a lovely property measuring 60 x 120 ft.
Active home listings in Linden Ridge and Linden Woods:
- 7 Brigantine Bay $349,900
- 164 Huntingdale Road $429,900
- 116 Brentcliffe Drive $459,900
- 63 Duncan Norrie Drive $589,900
- 22 Canyon Ridge Cove $995,000
- 198 Lindenshore Drive $765,000
- 11 Shoreline Drive $529,900
- 180 Falcon Ridge Drive $499,900
- 51 Shorecrest Drive $1,149,900
- 795 Lindenwood Drive SW $549,900
- 22 Castle Ridge Drive $749,900
- 175 Shoreline Drive $469,900
- 101 Brigantine Bay $399,900
- 55 Thurston Bay $429,900
There was one condominium in the Linden Woods and Linden Ridge area that sold last week and it went for $4,900 below list. There are currently nine condos for sale in Linden Ridge and Linden Woods ranging in price from $164,900 to $349,900.
Active condo listings in Linden Ridge and Linden Woods:
- 4118 -193 Victor Lewis Drive $189,900
- 106-1000 Wilkes Ave. $349,900
- 102-260 Fairhaven Road $311,212
- 908-885 Wilkes Ave. $269,900
- 104-270 Fairhaven Road $319,900
- 310-240 Fairhaven Road $249,900
- 5215-173 Victor Lewis Drive $192,000
- 104-885 Wilkes Ave. $164,900
- C-290 Fairhaven Road $389,900
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4-Movie Fantasy Collection: Merlin The Return / The Sorcerer's Apprentice / Merlin's Apprentice / The Magic Sword
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Armed with a devious plan, scheming scientist Dr. Maxwell is doing everything in her power to bring evil sorcerer Mordred into the present day. Aware of her plot, Medieval times' most famous—and aged—magician, Merlin, will stop at nothing to prevent Maxwell from summoning his malicious enemy.
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
When Ben and his family move to a new home, the young boy reaches out to his aging neighbor, Milner (Robert Davi). Little does Ben know, Milner is actually the wizard Merlin and he is destined to be his apprentice.
Merlin's Apprentice
The great sorcerer Merlin has returned to Camelot, a kingdom now vulnerable since the theft of the Holy Grail. With the help of a young
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JUCO players understand they don't need to take steroids to play their best
Major League Baseball rosters are dotted with guys who played in the Alpine Bank Junior College World Series. More than 100 former and current big-league players have come through Grand Junction.
It's possible one of the players in this year's tournament will at some point be tempted by the money, fame and power.
And these days, that temptation can lead to the use of performance enhancing drugs.
Last Friday at the tournament banquet, keynote speaker and former Atlanta Braves All-Star Dale Murphy reminded the players in attendance they don't have to take steroids to make their dreams become reality.
"I want to tell young players to make sure they do it the right way, there are some challenges our there like performance enhancing drugs, and I am going to remind them that they don't have to do it," Murphy said at the banquet. "Not everyone is doing that, and the perception is you have to do that to make it, I'm just reminding them to make the right decisions and have the integrity to make the right decisions. Sometimes there are some temptations, and they don't have to take that to succeed."
But for an 18- to 20-year-old junior college baseball player attempting to impress big-league scouts and Division I college coaches, how real is the steroid temptation?
"If one guy were to (use steroids), they would see the results, which can be bad, but performance-wise they can be good," Cowley County catcher Mac Gordon said. "I think they would jump on that bandwagon and try it."
Cowley was Gordon's second junior college after spending his freshman season at North Central Texas, and said he wasn't exposed to performance enhancers at either school.
"I have never been around it," Gordon said. "I know different teams that have been in the past, but personally I've never been around that, which is good, because I don't want to be around it."
During Murphy's speech, he touched on a tougher penalty for players who get caught using steroids. Rather than 50-game suspensions, Murphy said baseball should take a similar stance to gambling. If a player is caught using performance enhancer's he should be banned from the game, Murphy suggested.
Santa Fe (Fla.) College outfielder Ryan Mathews said he would at least like to see more testing at the junior college level.
"I think it's easy for a junior college player do it without getting caught," Mathews said. "I think that's what a lot of people in (junior college) face, they have a lot more pressure to do it to get to the next level. I think they should try and get testing put in place so that temptation isn't there, because steroids isn't fair at any level."
San Jacinto (Texas) College-North coach Tom Arrington said the Gators test their players throughout the year for drugs to make sure they are clean and doing things the right way.
"We don't condone (steroids), and do drug tests at our level, and we are very focused and aware that it does hurt and is detrimental to young people," Arrington said. "We are proud of what we do, and want to try to address that issue in our small group at San Jacinto College."
Arrington's third baseman, Danny Hernandez, said the Gators have played a few clubs that have made him wonder if they had extra help.
"There are some teams who are just jacked and bigger than you are and you can tell they are doing something," Hernandez said. "But we go out there and perform and still beat them. Our team is all natural, we really are never the biggest team out here."
Hernandez discussed players like Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez, who have all had their legacies tarnished with steroid or suspected steroid use. Hernandez said it's sad to see players he grew up watching hurt the game.
"I still think they are still good baseball players, I don't think it takes away from that," Mathews said. "But it's the integrity of the game, and you lose a little respect that they did that, but people make mistakes."
So while the temptation might be there, this year's JUCO players say they've avoided the urge.
"Everyone wants to play at their best," Shelton State's Brett Whitaker said. "But you don't have to do that to be your best."


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Ahwatukee Foothills resident Connie Squires grew up at a time and place where people waved.
"My father was one who waved," Squires said. "It didn't matter who was oncoming or who was out front of the house, he waved."
Squires first visited Phoenix in 2002 and fell in love. It was nice, open, and she could play senior softball year-round.
"When I moved here, to this house, I waved at people," Squires said. "Rarely did I get anyone ever to wave back. It seemed like people didn't know each other, or they just weren't very warm."
In 2009, Squires attended a birthday party for a woman in her neighborhood and was told she had just the right personality to start a block watch group. It wasn't something she had thought of before but, after a few months of taking it into consideration, she got to work.
"It was a lot of leg work, knocking on doors, introducing myself, and asking if they would be interested in creating an official Mesquite Canyon Block Watch," Squires said. "Most people said, 'I think that would be a great idea, but I'm just so busy.'"
Knowing she at least had some interest, Squires found six households willing to help and she contacted the Phoenix Block Watch Advisory Board and the Phoenix Police Department, and found sources willing to take her step by step through the process. In May of 2010, the Mesquite Canyon Block Watch was officially formed and a block party was planned for November.
"I created some fliers and began passing them out," Squires said. "I hung a tri-fold flier on everyone's front door. I was sincere. I said, 'My name is Connie and I'm willing to get this block watch off the ground so we can celebrate G.A.I.N. (Getting Arizona Involved in Neighborhoods).'"
In the end, Squires had about 75 people attend, representing a portion of the 96 homes included in the block watch. It may seem like a small step to get people to attend a party, but in the year since Squires says she has seen crime reduce to nothing.
"Truth be told, the crime rate was creeping up," Squires said. "Vandalism had been inching up. Three times the commons area at the bottom of our hill had been vandalized and the city had to replace benches. You could go to any of my board members and ask them if it's acceptable for a little vandalism to occur in your neighborhood. You'd get the same answer you'll get from me, and that is it is unacceptable for it to happen here. We are too proud of our clean, beautiful neighborhood in which to live.
"From whatever the crime rate was it has visibly decreased to what I think is practically zero. I think that is the proof in the pudding. That's how we want it. Not only do we want it free of crime, but we want a place where people are friendly and helpful to each other."
Squires has seen that as well. People are getting to know their neighbors and providing meals or rides when they know someone is in need. Squires smiles as she looks at her own table and a small pink card sitting, ready to be delivered.
"Would I prior to the block watch have been sending this congratulatory card to the family upon the arrival of their little one?" Squires asked. "No. I wouldn't have known about it. I think that kind of thing is really special. We like to take care of each other."
This year, Squires is extending her block watch party to 123 homes. She's already been able to get donations from Desert Foothills United Methodist Church, ACE Hardware, and Target is offering raffle and door prizes. Last year, she also received support from Safeway and Rossmar and Graham Homeowners Association.
For any others considering starting a block watch of their own, Squires recommends getting ready for many hard-worked volunteer hours and getting to know the Phoenix Police Department, as well as the block watch advisory board.
"I know this may not be possible for every neighborhood in the world's largest cul-de-sac, but it's nice to know we have such strong support from business men and women, and the Phoenix Police Department."
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IT is a generally accepted truism in the 21st century that freedom from any form of censorship is a precondition for the flourishing of the arts and sciences and that such freedom is presumed to be a guaranteed right in a democracy. It is also a generally accepted truism that oppressive dictatorships are the enemy of original creativity — as evidenced by recent history in Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia, Franco's Spain and Ziaul Haq's Pakistan, where writers were either killed or imprisoned or forced into exile, and their books banned or set on fire. Any established order, whether secular or religious, is threatened by, and therefore intolerant of, radical original thought — whether the new idea is a scientific discovery or, in the arts, some conspicuous stylistic departure from traditional forms. The establishment's response to originality is often a combination of derision, ridicule, rejection, or an outright ban of the new work; or when the establishment is headed by a powerful fascist, military or theocratic leader, the response is the peremptory destruction of the new work or even its creator.
Thomas Mann, Hermann Broch, Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, to name only the major German writers from a long list, were fortunate to escape the Nazi horror of Hitler's Germany by going into exile, while those who could not, most notably the genius Bruno Schulz, were murdered. The superb Spanish poet Antonio Machado fled to democratic France from Franco's fascist Spain and the great Federico Lorca who stayed behind was murdered. More recently, in Pakistan, Faiz Ahmad Faiz was jailed and then obliged to live in exile, and Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses was burned in public and the author made the subject of a fatwa pronounced on him by a high priest who based his judgement on hearsay, not having the learning to read for himself.
Dictatorships in Latin America in the second half of the 20th century, from Cuba down to Argentina and Chile, obliged many writers to flee to northern democratic nations. Oppressive governments in several African nations jailed some prominent writers whose ideas they deemed unsuitable, for example Wole Soyinka in Nigeria, Kofi Awoonor in Ghana. In the 1960s, eminent white and coloured South African writers were in London debating what action was open to them to fight the apartheid imposed upon their country by its white supremacist rulers. The liberal democracies of the West were not always a haven for unrestrained free expression. In England, though there is a wonderful earthy language in Chaucer in the 14th century and Shakespeare in the 17th, a quaint prudery crept into English sensibility that in the 19th century saw Thomas Bowdler produce expurgated editions of Shakespeare and Gibbon. Victorian England took to 'bowdlerisation' with gusto, and obscenity laws took away the writer's freedom to use words associated with sexuality. In the supposedly noble cause of protecting women and children, there was such strict censorship in the first half of the 20th century in England that printers, authors and publishers could all be jailed for the offence of using language considered indecent, though the vocabulary of indecent speech, composed largely of what came to be known as four-letter words, was liberally used by the very people that the censorship law was supposedly protecting.
Because of the sexual suggestiveness of some of his sentences, the young James Joyce could not get a publisher to take his Dubliners for several years, and his Ulysses, an untouchable book for British publishers in the 1920s, was first published in France, then the country which led in the uncensored publication of literature. Any reader of Joyce today will look in vain for a passage, or even a phrase, in either of those books that will be considered remotely offensive — and this is one of the sad facts about any censorship: what one generation deems offensive turns out a generation later to be a perfectly natural representation of normal human experience, and sometimes what the censor excises proves to be a laughable triviality.
It seems laughable today that such words as 'bastard' were considered too scandalous for sensitive ears, and I remember in the London theatre in the 1950s playwrights getting a round the censorship by substituting 'bastard' with 'basket', so that one heard an actor on the stage shout at another, 'You basket!' and understood what he really meant and not that he mistook the other character for a pile of dirty laundry.
Beckett had to revise some of the phrasing in his plays to make them acceptable to the British censor; a glance at that correspondence from mid 20th-century London demonstrates in retrospect how ridiculous all that pious censorship was. And frustrating though it was for Beckett to have to put up with the piety of prudes, it is often amusing to see how he got around the objections, he who had audaciously titled a book of stories More Pricks Than Kicks and then silenced the morally outraged, including his pious mother, by pointing out that the title happened to be a Biblical reference, a remark attributed to Jesus himself (see the King James Bible, Acts 9:5).
It was not till 1960, when Penguin Books published the unexpurgated text of Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence and were acquitted of the charge of obscenity at the famous trial at the Old Bailey, that a legal precedent was set that permitted authors complete freedom of expression and led to the abolition of censorship.
In the US, there was a similar repression of literature presumed to be obscene. The customs officers at the ports had the power to confiscate books considered obscene, so that books like Nabokov's Lolita and Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer, published in France, could be kept from corrupting the American people as if they were innocent pious pilgrims who'd only recently disembarked from the Mayflower. Had it not been for the freedom from censorship that France traditionally accorded to writers, several important works of 20th-century literature would have remained suppressed until other nations caught up with the French ideal of liberty. No wonder post-World War I Paris teemed with writers and artists from countries where freedom of expression was not a guaranteed right. And as for the Bowdlerian need to protect women and children from moral corruption, the fact that French liberty allowed pornography to thrive and the Moulin-Rouge image of beautiful women flinging their bare legs projected the idea of Paris as a city of sin and immorality, yet the people of France, yes, even the women and children, were perfectly normal and no more corrupted than those in the most Puritanical of countries. And indeed, some of the finest works in all of the arts that the world has known since the beginning of recorded history were produced in France during the late 19th and early 20th centuries when neither the state nor the church interfered with the artist's freedom: the literature, music, painting and sculpture that we admire today, and much of our cultural vocabulary, come from the Paris of that time.
It would not be incorrect to say that France provided the model for a true democracy in which literary aspirants, including most importantly those who broke from established conventions with some shocking heresy, could produce their work without the censor's shadow falling over their shoulder. And indeed, by the second half of the 20th century, most of what was then known as 'the free world' — principally western democracies — had granted that freedom to its writers. Only the surviving dictatorships and theocracies with their rigidly fixed ideologies continued to demand an unconditional support of the state religion, or else be incarcerated or even hanged.
But even in some countries that proudly flaunt the notion that they are democratic, secular and liberal, there is a certain sense of insecurity that prompts their political leaders to attempt to suppress the writer's freedom of expression — usually because there are votes to be gained by appealing to the ignorant. Even in the US there are extremists with fundamentalist persuasions who would prefer to ban works that do not conform to their narrow ideology. There are school boards in states like Texas that routinely attempt to marginalise Darwin's work because to accept the theory of evolution implies a rejection of the Biblical version of creation.
Still, in spite of right-wing fundamentalist pressures, western democracies are holding on to the ideal of an absolute freedom of expression, which is proclaimed as a model for emerging democracies to follow. But here's the paradox: democracy being based on majority rule and since the engine that drives a capitalist economy is the buying public, therefore, like all commodities, the market value of a work of literature acquires a greater importance than its literary value, and the editorial decision to publish a work becomes increasingly influenced by its sales potential while judgement concerning its literary quality is deemed irrelevant. With the public persuaded by advertising to become conditioned to admiring books promoted by bestseller lists, literary judgement becomes a hostage to commercial success. That which is observed as the power of the people is advanced as the purchasing power of the people; rabid consumerism then works to vitiate the nation's intellectual quality because of the inevitable dumbing down required by the market to sell to the majority, which results in a diminishing of the power of the people because the majority becomes controlled by the goods it is sold. The people who buy end up selling their brains.
Furthermore, after the abolition of censorship in England and the US, it did not go unnoticed that heaps of trashy literature came on to the market by writers with fake pretensions to originality; but then, every liberty that is dearly won includes the cost of having to tolerate people who abuse it. Then there is this other paradox. Before modern times — which is to say, before the American and French revolutions of the 18th century when most of Europe from Britain in the West to Tsarist Russia in the East was run by monarchies, only a few of which allowed its people what we call democratic freedoms, and much of the rest of the world was divided into jealously guarded imperial properties for some of the European powers — before modern times the arts flourished thanks to the generous patronage of a privileged plutocracy. Elizabethan England, the Italian Renaissance, and Mughal India are three obvious examples. There are others, most conspicuously Tsarist Russia, first under Catherine the Great — who went to the extent of inviting Denis Diderot, the French philosopher-novelist and encyclopaedist, to be an intellectual in residence at her court — followed by her 19th-century successors during whose time Russia produced one of the most astonishing bodies of literature the world has known — Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy, Chekhov (to mention only the giants) — as well as the extraordinary music of Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov and advances in the visual arts that nourished the Constructivist and Futurist movements of Europe.
By contrast, under the Soviets, mediocrity triumphed because the artist was obliged to serve the glory of the state religion and talented writers like Pasternak and Solzhenitsyn were victimised. In this matter of freedom of expression, one popular error needs to be corrected. There is a general belief that literature which supports some noble cause and conveys a strong message to promote it helps the ultimate success of that cause. Regrettably, this is not true. Didactic literature may stimulate the debate concerning a particular cause and make people who agree feel good, but it does not affect the wished-for change, which comes from political action. Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own is a glorious trumpet call of the feminist movement, but success came from the sort of political action led by Emmeline Pankhurst. Nadine Gordimer's work, commendable though it is for its stand against apartheid in South Africa, did not cause the fall of apartheid; Nelson Mandela did. James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, and Toni Morrison, however important their novels in stimulating a national dialogue about racial inequality in America, did not bring about the liberation of the African Americans in the US; Martin Luther King, Jr., did. Governments do not change policy because a literary text, even one of great dramatic power which captures a nation's imagination, suggests that they should. All but a very few of those texts end up on the rubbish heap while the Mandelas and the Kings have statues built in their memory all over the world. Writers who considered themselves of monumental significance because of their ideas — for example George Bernard Shaw — find themselves shattered by neglect, the body of their work, wasted by the worms of irrelevance, reduced to dust in the desert of history. And even some of the great didactic or satirical works, like Swift's Gulliver's Travels and Orwell's Animal Farm, end up as amusing entertainment or, worse, children's books. W. H. Auden was right when he memorably said in his elegy on W. B. Yeats: "Poetry makes nothing happen." All that the poet can do is to "persuade us to rejoice." And in the poem's final glorious couplet what Auden hopes poetry will do is:
In the prison of his days,
Teach the free man how to praise.
It is always the freedom of the individual, trapped though he is in his own being, that is sacred to the writer; and in the end, it is the aesthetic brilliance of a work, together with an unconscious transmission of transcendental knowledge at the heart of all great art, that elicits the free man's praise. No government can censor beauty.