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If Srila Prabhupada's original Direction of Management were followed then perhaps there would be no need for oversight. The GBC would be elected from the ranks of TP's by TP's every 3 years and the TP's would be elected by the temple devotees. This system would probably be enough of a check on the GBC's power. However as far as I see all your suggestions simply do nothing to fix the problem, which again is that there is absolutely no check on the GBC. That is why most people just ignore them. Those who actually come in conflict with them simply leave. If our love for Srila Prabhupada is shown by how much we can cooperate with eath other then we have a long way to go. Cooperation is a two way street not just measured by how much the rest of us can cooperate with the GBC.
By Shiva das
Dear Gaura Keshava prabhu,
I understand that you are sincere in trying to further the mission and goals of the Gaudiya sampradaya and that your ideas are nothing more than an attempt to help, but I would have to respectfully disagree with your making an analogy between the commitee that changed the zonal acharya system and the concept of a neverending oversite commitee digging through the details of the lives of the GBC to the extent you have detailed. The zonal acharya commitee was a one time affair that was meant to change the essential direction in which Iskcon was going down in terms of the powers and roles of the gurus. What you have suggested is a complicated ongoing affair.
How would the GBC members be scrutinized to the degree you envision? In order for such an idea to be implemented there would need to be something similar to what police depatments have i.e internal affairs. Police departments in the U.S have a separate organization which digs into the lives of the police looking to make sure no one is breaking the rules. They are under the control of and answer to the mayor or police commision. In Iskcon there is no higher authority then the GBC. Who would these oversight commitee devotees be answerable to? How would we know if those devotees are being honest rather then playing politics or acting in a less then honest and fair manner? What you suggest as a solution would simply present another level of bureaucracy which would itself need to be scrutinized. This does indeed lead to infinite regress. Not only does that present a major problem but also the GBC members have a substantial amount of work going on, how is it practical to scrutinize everything they do without a large number of people involved and offensive intrusions into peoples lives? Should Iskcon be run like a communist government bureaucracy where everyone is under surveillance? These are vaisnavas we are talking about. The opportunity for abuse of vaisnavas in the name of "keepin em honest", the inner unseen motivations and prejudices of the "wathchers", abuse in the name of transparency is easy to envision.
Another point is that Srila Prabhupada was not so shortsighted that he couldn't see to institute what we might think is now necessary. The GBC shouldn't have to spend their time making sure everything they do is done in such a way that no one could possibly find any fault in any of their actions. Power may corrupt but that is a fact of life that will always be with us. Trying to solve that fact of life through another layer of corruptible invasive bureaucracy seems to me to be less of a solution and more of bigger more complicated problem waiting to happen.
You also mentioned that my statement [of sastra not always being necessarily followed strictly] about women in Iskcon is simply referring to a temporary arrangement and therefore not relevant to my point. Regardless of the veracity of your conclusions about the temporary or permanent roles for women in Iskcon vis-a-vis sastric injunctions and what Srila Prabhupada did, the point I was making is that adjustments can be made and that sastric codes or tradition are not necessarily binding in every circumstance.
Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 23.105:
To broadcast the cult of Krishna consciousness, one has to learn the possibility of renunciation in terms of country, time and candidate. A candidate for Krishna consciousness in the Western countries should be taught about the renunciation of material existence, but one would teach candidates from a country like India in a different way. The teacher (acarya) has to consider time, candidate and country. He must avoid the principle of niyamagraha — that is, he should not try to perform the impossible. What is possible in one country may not be possible in another. The acarya's duty is to accept the essence of devotional service. There may be a little change here and there as far as yukta-vairagya (proper renunciation) is concerned. Dry renunciation is forbidden by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and we have also learned this from our spiritual master, His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Gosvami Maharaja. The essence of devotional service must be taken into consideration, and not the outward paraphernalia […]
A Vaisnava is immediately purified, provided he follows the rules and regulations of his bona fide spiritual master. It is not necessary that the rules and regulations followed in India be exactly the same as those in Europe, America and other Western countries.Simply imitating without effect is called niyamagraha. Not following the regulative principles but instead living extravagantly is also called niyamagraha. The word niyama means "regulative principles," and agraha means "eagerness." The word agraha means "not to accept." We should not follow regulative principles without an effect, nor should we fail to accept the regulative principles.
What is required is a special technique according to country, time and candidate. In this connection, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments on these points by quoting two verses by Sri Rupa Gosvami (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.2.255-256).
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When one is not attached to anything but at the same time accepts everything in relation to Krsna, one is rightly situated above possessiveness. On the other hand, one who rejects everything without knowledge of its relationship to Krsna is not as complete in his renunciation.
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|At our December meeting, persuasive auctioneer Steve Peck will sell of a variety of rail-interest items. Some will come from hidden attics and basements, others are being flown in especially from secure vaults in the mountains of Colorado and Outer Mongolia. This is everyone's chance to acquire things they never thought they would need, or to finally buy items they have desired all their life. In either event, make sure to join the CRHS Auction on December 9, 2014 at The History Center in downtown Ithaca. Doors open at 7 PM and the auction will begin by 7:15 PM.
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|The November meeting of the Cornell Railroad Historical Society convened on November 11 at 7 PM at The History Center in downtown Ithaca. John Taibi, noted central New York rail author talked about his new book in the Roads, Rivers and Rails series from Depot Square Publishing. The Delaware and Hudson's Susquehanna Division Heritage Trail; Volume 2: Oneonta to Binghamton. Taibi personalized his story of the D&H and its connection to all of the towns served between the "City of the Hills" (Oneonta) and the "Parlor City" (Binghamton) in the form of a drive along the railroad. The book contains more than 600 first-generation color, sepia, and black & white illustrations - from vintage stereoviews and post cards to color photographs of current owner Canadian Pacific Rail sharing the steel ribbons with Norfolk Southern. John proved an exciting and engaging speaker and we excitedly await his next visit, probably about the next work he is researching: the Adirondack Railway.
October Return to the Bath and Hammondsport
|The October meeting of the Cornell Railroad Historical Society welcomed back Greg Dickinson, our member/expert on all things rail equipment and history. Greg has been photographing the resurrected Bath and Hammondsport in its new incarnation serving the Steuben County Industrial Development Area and other industries along the line north and south of Bath. He showed us slides taken a few years ago of operations on the B&H, including what must have been the final freight run from Rheims and the last remaining wineries on the line. It was just one freight car, but he caught the turn on a beautiful fall day, just appropriate for our October meeting.
Steve Peck Toured Our Chapter Over the Alaska Railroad in September
|At the September 8, 2014 meeting of the Cornell Railroad Historical Society, our vice-president Steve Peck spoke and showed a video of his trip along the Alaska Railroad in June. Peck spent part of the month working on the construction of a fishing camp north of the Arctc Circle, and then returned to Fairbanks and took the train south to Seward. He also had a stop-off in Denali National Park, but did not go into that in detail. His video, shot on the train, showed many aspects of the trip and gave our members a good idea of what the trip was like. Some will be booking for next summer shortly!
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|The Cornell Railroad Historical Society will not be having a meeting in the month of August. This is our usual time to relax and recuperate from the labors of the past year. Like our esteemed Congress, we repair to various hideouts to raise money, talk to friends who know nothing about trains, and prepare for the coming busy fall season. In reality, we usually cannot convince anyone to come and present a program in August, so some members merely head for the nearest railroad line to see what's passing by.
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|On a bright, relatively mellow and sunny morning of July 12 in Weedsport, New York, the Cornell Railroad Historical Society gathered for their annual picnic. The spot is an overpass of the CSX main line across central New York. Members arrived shortly before 11:00 AM, and already spotted a couple of trains before the official start time. A gas gril was set up, and picnic foods put out around noon. One unusual train was a welded rail train heading west at fairly slow speed. It stopped with the Fred end in view, apparently waiting before the crossovers west of Town Line Road, so that other freights could get around it. Once it moved on west, there was a lull, allowing time for the linch. Later operations saw the eastbound Lateshore Limited, running some 3 hours behind time, and the westbound Empire Service, just about spot on time. The group later adjourned to the Town Line Road crossing, and enjoyed several more freights passing.
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June 10 Meeting: Greg Dickinson Explains It All
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May Meeting Viewed Photos of the Current Bath and Hammondsport
|Our May meeting, held at the History Center on May13, was conducted by Steve Peck and Greg Dickinson. They showed photos of the current short line, Bat and Hammondsport, which operates a portion of the old Lackawanna line between Bath and Cohocton. The original line ran from Hammondsport, on Keuka Lake, to Bath, connecting with the Erie and the Lackawanna. THAT was the "Champagne Trail" but with the demise of the wineries, much of the line's business evaporated, like the bubbles in a glass of champagne. We did get to see a video of current operations, and Greg also showed some somewhat related slides, since his main presentation was inadvertently left behind.
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Meet an M.D. member
Name: Paul D. Redleaf, M.D.
Where I live: Lilydale, Minn., across the Mississippi from Saint Paul.
Where and when I was born: New York City, April 24, 1931.
Family: My wife, Rhoda, two sons and two daughters and their spouses, five grandsons, two granddaughters and one great-granddaughter.
Education: Great Neck High School, valedictorian, 1948; Cornell University, zoology and general studies, 1951; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1955; internships and residencies, University of Minnesota, 1955-57. 1958-61.
Occupation: Internal medicine private practice in Saint Paul, 1961-80, part time 1980-83. Member, Chicago Board Options Exchange (trader in put and call options).
Military service: Captain, U.S. Army, 1957-59, serving at Fort Knox, Ky. How I got where I am today: (1) A great deal of good luck, healthwise and escaping the dangers of financial disaster on the CBOE. (2) Making the best possible choice in marrying Rhoda, a wonderful wife and absolutely perfect mother and grandmother. (3) Good decisions to leave the medical practice and options trading while ahead, and entrusting all my savings to my son Andy's management.
Where I'm headed: Obviously, at 83, downhill. Hearing is going, no longer skiing but still playing singles tennis with buddies 10 years younger. Hoping to live out the years without dementia and eventually a good death, unburdensome to me and my family.
Person in history I admire: Obviously there are many, but I cast a vote for Wisconsin's Russ Feingold, the only senator to vote against the USA PATRIOT Act in 2001.
A quotation I like: "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread." (Anatole France)
These are a few of my favorite things: Travel (having seen most of the U.S. and a good chunk of the world), classical music, good nonfiction books an periodicals
These are not: Noisy restaurants.
My doubts about religion started: While reading the biblical Book of Job in freshman English at Cornell. If there's a God who can treat Job as he treats him, he doesn't deserve worship. And the state of the world demonstrates that if there is a God, he is neither all-wise or all-just.
Before I die: I'd like to see some very bad actors on the Supreme Court gone and a Republican Party which could include someone like the late Jacob Javits, a U.S. senator from New York from 1957-81. (I still consider myself a Javits Republican.)
Ways I promote freethought: We've promoted freethought in our family. One daughter is a virulent anti-capitalist, and a son, to our chagrin, was a founder of the Federalist Society.
[Editor's note: Paul modestly doesn't mention his and Rhoda's ongoing, generous endowment of the Redleaf Internship Fund, formerly at Carleton College, and now Sarah Lawrence, which allows FFRF and sother select nonprofits to employ summer interns.
It Pays to Complain
Bible quotes vanish from whiteboard
The Clinton County School District in Plattsburg, Mo., ordered removal of bible quotes from a middle school administrator's whiteboard.
In an Oct. 8 letter of complaint, Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott informed the district, "Courts have continually held that school districts may not display religious messages or iconography in public schools."
The school district's attorney responded Oct. 10 to say that the bible verse had been removed.
Joel Osteen trip trips FFRF trigger
Botetourt County, Fincastle, Va., ceased sponsorship and website promotion of a trip to see megachurch pastor and televangelist Joel Osteen trip after getting a Sept. 26 letter from Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott.
"We respect the importance of government coordination of community events and trips, but holding religious events specifically for a Christian subset of citizens is inappropriate and unconstitutional," wrote Elliott.
The county removed the event posting, and County Administrator Kathleen Guzi said in a response letter that the county was not hosting or organizing the trip and would seek legal advice regarding FFRF's concerns.
Better 'BELIEVE' it: Yearbook cleansed
Gallia County (Ohio) Local Schools will no longer endorse religion on the cover of its yearbooks. The PTO of Addaville Elementary School printed and distributed yearbooks with a large cross bearing the word "BELIEVE" on the cover. Senior Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert wrote to the school district Sept. 26.
A school district attorney forwarded Markert a letter from the superintendent to parents, explaining that the religious message was inappropriate. The superintendent also wrote to the PTO, saying that in the future, the group "must refrain from displaying any religious message or symbol in publications that are or appear to be sponsored by or associated with the Gallia County Local School District."
State/Church Bulletin
Courthouse protest brings arrest
Eliot Kalman, 69, Athens, Ohio, was arrested Oct. 28 and charged with misdemeanor criminal mischief for his protest of the church directory sign on the Athens County Courthouse. Kalman admitted putting stickers advocating state/church separation on the directory, reported the Athens News. The sign lists 40 different churches and religious groups in the county.
County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn said it's his "understanding that the county has no influence or authority over what goes up or how it goes up, and that by going through the [private] group who controls it, anyone can post any group organizational information they want."
Kalman said if something is on county property, it's under the county's authority. He said he's upset about being handcuffed, searched and "perp walked" after what he considers an appropriate public protest. "They put me in handcuffs for exercising my First Amendment rights as if I were a dangerous person."
Atheist settles suit for $2 million
Barry Hazle Jr. and the state of California settled Hazle's six-year-old civil rights suit on Oct. 14 for almost $2 million. Hazle was imprisoned for just over 100 days after contesting a "higher power" drug treatment program while he was on parole, the Redding Record Searchlight reported.
Hazle asked for a secular treatment program, was told none was available and was eventually sent back to prison, where he'd already spent a year on drug possession charges that were overturned by an appeals court.
An appeals judge ruled in August 2013 that compensatory damages are mandatory in cases of unconstitutional imprisonment and said the trial jury had been misinstructed, resulting in the settlement. The state will pay Hazle $1 million and $925,000 will come from Westcare California Inc., the contractor that offered only a religious rehabilitation program.
Election results are mixed bag
Daniel Moran, a Democrat and atheist running for the Texas House of Representatives, lost his race Nov. 4, as did James Woods, an Arizona Democrat and atheist running for the U.S. House. Woods was the only open atheist running for Congress.
Tan Parker, R-Flower Mound, defeated Moran by getting 77.3% of the vote. Incumbent Republican Rep. Matt Salmon won 68% of the vote against Woods.
Arizona Democratic state Rep. Juan Mendez, an atheist who gave a secular invocation from the floor of the House (for which he was honored at FFRF's 2013 convention), won a second term.
Religion News Service reported that voters rejected two Rhode Island politicians who criticized teen atheist activist Jessica Ahlquist. Democrat Peter Palumbo, who called her an "evil little thing," lost his legislative bid, and Cranston Mayor Allan Fung, who also criticized Ahlquist, lost the gubernatorial race to Democrat Gina Raimondo, who became the state's first woman governor.
Other religion-related results:
• A state constitutional amendment banning use of "foreign law" in Alabama courts passed 72%-28%. It was first put forth by people worried that Islamic sharia could someday influence court cases.
• "Fetal personhood" amendments lost in Colorado (65%-35%) and North Dakota (64%-36%).
• Tennessee voters by 52.6% approved a state constitutional amendment saying this: "Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion. The people retain the right through their elected state representatives and state senators to enact, amend, or repeal statutes regarding abortion, including, but not limited to, circumstances of pregnancy resulting from rape or incest or when necessary to save the life of the mother." It gives legislators more power to restrict abortions. The amendment received much more support in rural areas.
• Illinois voters approved by 67%-33% a nonbinding referendum requiring health insurers to include prescription birth control as part of drug coverage.
Humanist denied chaplaincy sues
Atheist Navy chaplain candidate Jason Heap filed suit Nov. 5 in U.S. District Court in Virginia to challenge the rejection in June of his chaplain application. Defendants are Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and several other Defense Department and Navy personnel.
Heap has a doctorate in religion and has studied at Oxford and Texas Christian University and is a former youth minister. The suit asks for his instatement as a Navy chaplain and the designation of the Humanist Society as the official endorsing agent for humanist chaplains.
Heap and his supporters say that humanist beliefs "are constitutionally equal to religious faith and that chaplains are key contacts for troops on a variety of personnel and quality-of-life matters, ranging from recreational activities to suicide prevention programs," reported Stars and Stripes.
Wis. judge rules church must pay
St. Raphael Cathedral property was properly taxed in 2013 by the city of Madison, Wis., because the Catholic parish missed a deadline to seek a religious exemption, Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess ruled Nov. 4. The cathedral suffered severe fire damage in 2005. The property was unused for years until 2013 when a 14-station Way of the Cross display was installed.
If not for missing the deadline, Niess said the property could have been given a $101,125 tax exemption because the Way of the Cross served a religious purpose.
"You may all go on to the Court of Appeals to see if I'm right," Niess told the parties. City Assessor Mark Hanson said the city denied St. Raphael's Congregation's 2014 tax exemption request. "We didn't feel the current use qualified for an exemption." The congregation will have to pay the tax and then file in January for a refund as it did for 2013, Hanson said.
FFRF Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott wrote a formal letter to the assessor and addressed the Madison Common Council in opposition to the exemption.
Calif. city council prayers appealed
Carole Beaton, a Eureka, Calif., activist and FFRF member, is appealing to the state Court of Appeal a December 2013 ruling that said nonsectarian prayers at Eureka City Council meetings are constitutional.
The city and Beaton settled part of the suit in October in an agreement prohibiting the city from using its resources, city seal and the title of mayor to promote or support prayer breakfasts.
The city agreed to pay Beaton $16,500 for attorney's fees.
"Prayer is religion in action, so prayer and government don't mix either," plaintiff's attorney Peter Martin said. "We would like the Court of Appeal to draw a bright line." The point is to keep religion out of government, not out of people's lives, Beaton said in an email to the Eureka Times-Standard. "The separation of church and state is a precious American principle which protects us all, both religious and nonbelievers."
Florida judge removed from bench
The Florida Supreme Court on Oct. 30 removed Judith Hawkins from her position as a Leon County judge for selling religious books from her office as part of her for-profit Christian ministry, The Associated Press reported.
The court said Hawkins was deceitful and dishonest at her disciplinary hearing before the Judicial Qualifications Commission. She was also accused of using her county email account, judicial assistant and her office spaces and equipment to create, edit and promote Gaza Road Ministry products "to the detriment of the prompt and efficient administration of justice."
Her annual judge's salary was $142,000.
Devil blamed for commandments crash
Michael Tate Reed Jr., 29, allegedly told federal authorities that Satan told him to drive his car into a Ten Commandments monument Oct. 23 at the Oklahoma Capitol. Reed was charged with destruction of state property/improvements, indecent exposure, making threatening statements, reckless driving and operating a vehicle with a revoked license. The monument was toppled about 9 p.m.
An American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit challenging the monument, donated by state Rep. Mike Ritze, R-Broken Arrow, was dismissed in September. but the ACLU is appealing to the state Supreme Court.
Sixth place (tie II): Graduate/mature student essay contest
Wall of separation in danger of crumbling
FFRF awarded Jared $400 for his essay.
By Jared Plotkin
In 2014, the principle of separation of church and state has been challenged in a variety of disturbing ways. Using code words like "religious liberty," Christian conservatives have tried through the legal system to impose their beliefs on everyone. Hundreds of public schools across the country were shown to be teaching creationism, in defiance of federal rulings. Numerous bills were proposed allowing businesses to turn away gay customers based on the owner's religious beliefs, with one so far, in Mississippi, signed into law.
Most recently, in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the Supreme Court declared that not only are corporations people, they can be religious people, and that their "freedom of religion" trumps the rights of the actual people who work for the company. Each of these issues is an egregious constitutional violation. I wish, however, to discuss another development that is in many ways the clearest example of the way "religious liberty" has been misused to force one Christianity on the entire nation. In Town of Greece v. Galloway, the Supreme Court ruled that not only could a city council meeting begin with a prayer, but the prayer could be explicitly Christian. The case is notable for several reasons.
The New York town had a history of selecting only Christians to lead the opening prayer. Justice Elena Kagan noted in her dissent: "In arranging for clergy members to open each meeting, the town never sought (except briefly when this suit was filed) to involve, accommodate, or in any way reach out to adherents of non-Christian religions." The 5-4 decision was also notable for the breakdown among justices. All the justices appointed by Republican presidents (and all Catholic) favored sectarian prayer, while all appointed by Democrats opposed it. The court's split mirrors that of the town's prayer-givers — the Christian majority imposing its views on everyone. The decision runs afoul of judicial precedent, which is increasingly becoming typical for this court. E.J. Dionne notes that "the court's conservative majority is operating as a political faction" and is willing to embrace an activist role in order to achieve ideological goals.
Precedent like the "Lemon" test, which prohibits government entanglement with religion and ensures that policies involving religion serve a secular purpose, has been swept aside. Even more startling is how the "originalist" conservative justices have ignored the founders' views on state/church separation.
The words of the majority opinion confirm this stunning departure from our roots. Justice Anthony Kennedy opined that the overwhelming majority of prayers were explicitly Christian was because town residents were "nearly all" Christian. Kennedy's solution for those who object: Ignore the prayer or leave the room.
The agenda of conservatives who claim they want to expand "religious liberty" is revealed. They do not want religious liberty; they want its antithesis. They want to use the government's authority to spread their beliefs to the exclusion of all others at taxpayer expense.
It's no wonder that Justice Clarence Thomas filed a separate opinion with the majority stating that there's nothing in the Constitution barring state and local governments from establishing an official religion.
Prayer at city council meetings might be a small issue, but the logic behind the majority's view is not. Assuming that the court's ideological makeup isn't altered in the near future, this decision could open the floodgates to letting the religious majority force its views on the minority.
Those of us who believe that freedom of religion includes freedom from religion should be outraged.
Jared Plotkin, 28, Sacramento, is pursuing a master's in political science at California State University-Los Angeles, where he's the founding president of the Atheist, Agnostic and Non-Religious Student Alliance. He previously earned a B.A. in political science from UCLA-Irvine.
Sixth place (tie I): Graduate/mature student essay contest
A haven from oppression
By Ashley Reynolds
FFRF awarded Ashley $400 for her essay.
United States Constitution, Amendment I: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. . ." The reverence given to both aspects of religious liberty by our nation's founders comes as no surprise to anyone familiar with our colonial history, as the New World served as a haven for the many who sought to escape the oppressive Church of England.
Today it would seem that history does repeat itself, as liberty-minded Americans once again find themselves as underdogs in a battle for freedom from religious oppression. A legislative battle is under way to radically redefine "religious liberty." By definition, liberty means to have the greatest degree of freedom possible without infringing on another's rights. Yet the purported religious liberties of some are clashing with the basic rights of others, and these clashes are being legally sanctioned, defying the spirit of the Establishment Clause.
Many states have almost no legal consequences for parents who decline medical treatment for their children in favor of faith-based healing. Similarly, despite the 109-year-old ruling in Jacobson v. Massachusetts, all but three states grant parents vaccine exemptions on the basis of religion.
Gays and women are subject to ever-increasing discrimination despite constitutional protections. Nine states have what some disrespectfully call "no promo homo" laws denouncing homosexuality. Contradicting Lawrence v. Texas, some even criminalize consensual sex between adults.
And, after Arizona's failed attempt to let business owners refuse service to same-sex couples for religious reasons, at least five more states are looking at similar legislation.
Perhaps one recent case stands above the rest as a red flag: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby. In the fall of 2012, Hobby Lobby's owners filed a lawsuit alleging that the Affordable Care Act forced the Green family to act in violation of their beliefs. The Greens falsely claimed that emergency contraceptives like Plan B and Ella, as well as copper and hormonal intrauterine devices, are abortifacients.
On June 30, 2014, the Supreme Court sided 5-4 with Hobby Lobby. In the words of dissenting Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the majority ventured into a "minefield" by radically expanding the interpretation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to include corporate personhood.
Within 24 hours, the court issued orders on six similar cases that extended the Hobby Lobby exception to all drugs classified as contraceptives. Within 48 hours, the court issued a procedural ruling in Wheaton College v. Burwell that the employer couldn't even be compelled to submit a form to the government stating religious objections to contraceptives, as the mere act of doing so might trigger a third party to provide coverage.
Religious liberty no longer just means a woman has the freedom to choose whether or not to use contraception; it now means a company can choose whether or not to even give her the option.
Burwell is another chip off the decaying façades of Griswold v. Connecticut and Roe v. Wade, which have been weakened by a string of state laws and court rulings making contraception and abortion less accessible. The Religious Right is successfully launching attacks on women from a new strategic position. If they can't deny reproductive rights entirely, they will circumvent them by cutting off insurance funding. America is an idea as much as a nation, the idea being that people are endowed with a basic human right to as much freedom as possible without infringing on others. Our founding documents reflect this desire for liberty, and we are governed by a Constitution that, in no uncertain terms, especially recognizes the importance of religious freedom. America can return to her roots as a haven from oppression, but we must take this clear stand: One's freedom ends where another's begins.
Ashley Reynolds, 28, Perkins, Okla., is pursuing an M.S. in teaching, learning and leadership with an option in secondary social studies education at Oklahoma State University, where she earned a B.A. in political science in 2010.
Fifth place: Graduate/mature student essay contest
Hobby Lobby ruling is vat of worms
By Benjamin van Loon
FFRF awarded Benjamin $500 for his essay.
The First Amendment recognizes freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom of religion. The amendment opens with the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses that state, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
Thomas Jefferson summed up the clauses' implication in his 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptist Association, that they erect "a wall of separation between Church & State." On paper, the separation seems like it should work, but two centuries later, the 1791 amendment is still contentious.
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby originated in 2010 in reaction to the Affordable Care Act and its redefinition of employer-based health plans. Under the ACA, the Health Resources and Services Administration determined that FDA-approved contraceptives should be included in these health plans.
Big-box craft chain Hobby Lobby — owned by founder, billionaire and evangelical Christian David Green and his family — has 28,000 employees and objected to coverage for emergency and other contraception which the company has, in the tradition of corporate myopia, erroneously declared to be abortifacients.
This is less like a can and more like a vat of worms. How can a corporation have religious beliefs? Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott addressed the issue in their 2003 documentary "The Corporation," which investigates corporate personhood through a DSM-IV lens. The movie concludes that corporations are largely psychopathic (socially inept, lacking empathy, deceitful, etc.).
This is not revelatory but it is provocative. We're led to ask how corporations achieved their personhood. They can merge, acquiesce and sue, but can they go to church? Hobby Lobby cites the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, suggesting that the government has substantially burdened the company's exercise of religion. The "win" in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby is a liberating benefit to corporations, which can leverage "religious" rationale for commercial gain and a detriment to the real persons affected by corporate decisions.
We must also consider how the case fallaciously conflates religious conviction with ethical opinion. Hobby Lobby's argument reflects the Christian position about conception and contraceptives in general, where the logic is hermeneutically weak and the reasoning duplicitous.
If Burwell v. Hobby Lobby were truly about religious freedom, the $2.28 billion company would swallow the $100 a month tax for failing to meet HRSA requirements and we'd hear no more of it. But instead, federal notions of religious liberty get dragged into the muck as Jefferson's wall gets ever more porous.
Finally, in typical psychopathological fashion, Hobby Lobby fails to recognize that what it does in pursuit of its religious liberty doubles as a religious (ethical and ideological) imposition, beginning with its 28,000 employees and extending to the rest of the conscious public.
If Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, it should recognize that religion ends where it begins: in the head, the only place one can be truly free.
Benjamin van Loon, 29, Chicago, is pursuing a master's in communication and media at Northeastern Illinois University after graduating magna cum laude from North Park University with degrees in both philosophy and English.
Fourth place: Graduate/mature student essay contest
Corporate personhood's oppression by religion
By Zachary Tuck
FFRF awarded Zachary $750 for his essay.
The First Amendment states in part, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." The amendment expressed the Enlightenment-era philosophy of reason espoused by many of the Constitution's framers. The Establishment Clause also appealed to people who had faced religious persecution in Europe. The ongoing clash between science and religion and the growth of corporate personhood complicate the issue of religious freedom in a way not anticipated 200 years ago. Corporate religious expression has devastating consequences for women, LGBTQ persons and other minorities. The concomitant erosion of the separation of church and state lets corporations legislate from the board room, circumventing legal precedent to create biased hiring practices and control their employees' and customers' access to health, safety and freedom from persecution under the guise of religious expression. The exercise of free speech has been the battleground for corporate personhood. Corporations have a vested interest in removing any limits to political donations, which gives them greater clout than any human person, paving the way for decisions like Citizens United and Burwell v. Hobby Lobby.
The social movements of the 20th century, most notably the civil rights and women's rights movements, created a fairer and broader definition of what it is to be human. One such source of power is the idea of bodily autonomy, which was advanced by the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. Burwell v. Hobby Lobby carries with it the implication that a corporation can use a religion to make a medical definition, which thus becomes not only a public health concern, but a threat to women's rights. In "The Hobby Lobby Decision: A Summary & Explanation," the blogger known as Carmen breaks down one of the most insidious aspects of the majority decision by exploring a quote from Justice Samuel Alito: "The owners of the businesses have religious objections to abortion, and according to their religious beliefs the four contraceptive methods at issue are abortifacients."
Note how carefully Alito words it: "according to their religious beliefs." He had to do so because the four contraceptives at issue (Mirena, Paragard, Plan B and Ella) are not, in fact, abortifacients according to the FDA. This is really crucial. The court majority wrongly allowed Hobby Lobby to define what causes an abortion. The court is not solely culpable in this, given that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, passed by Congress, mandates additional safeguards against laws placing an alleged undue burden on the expression of religion, effectively paving the way for the Hobby Lobby case and others like it.
The 21st century has also witnessed the growth of the LGBTQ rights movement, which faces strong religious opposition. Michelle Chen at The Nation has reported on Hobby Lobby's unwillingness to let a transgender employee of 16 years use her store's bathroom, despite having legally transitioned. George Fox University, a Christian university in Oregon, applied for and was granted a religious exemption to Title IX requirements to provide appropriate accommodations for one of its transgender students. As the student himself points out in a report by Daniel Borgen:
"I deserve to be treated like the other men on campus. Apparently, the university disagrees, as they have made clear by forcing me to live off-campus. The university is operating under the doctrine of 'separate but equal,' and the religious exemption they received now gives the government's stamp of approval to what they are doing. My own tax dollars will fund the university's discrimination against me. I don't understand it and I don't think it is fair."
The Supreme Court and the prevailing political climate are strongly biased toward a very loose interpretation of the free exercise of religion. Each such law passed nationally or locally and supported judicially threatens the Establishment Clause — in word and spirit — and the freedom and safety of individuals and groups. Those of us who fear the imposition of religion, or impositions in the guise of religion, must fight the symptoms of this problem and face up to the problem itself: That no freedom is safe when corporate interests erode representative government.
Zachary Tuck, 30, Austin, Texas, is a student in the writing and literature program at California College of the Arts in the San Francisco area, working toward a bachelor's degree.
Third place: Graduate/mature student essay contest
Disquieting decision: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby
FFRF awarded Justin $1,000 for his essay.
By Justin Clark
The Supreme Court made a decision on June 30 that will be remembered for its uneven handling of justice and as a serious challenge to the secular institutions that have sustained the U.S. for over 230 years: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. For-profit corporations now have a "religious privilege" to not conform to the contraceptive coverage mandate as outlined in the Affordable Care Act. For the first time, personal religious rights have been conferred on for-profit corporations. Owners of "closely held" companies can impose their religious beliefs on their employees. As New York Times reporter Adam Liptak noted, the decision has "opened the door to many challenges from corporations over laws that they claim violate their religious liberty." That understates the case. Over 90% of all U.S. businesses are "closely held," which means that while the majority opinion sees this as a narrow ruling, it actually applies the challenges to the ACA to corporate law as a whole. In effect, a private company can now challenge almost any law on "religious liberty" grounds. This terrible decision is not at all what the framers envisioned with the Establishment Clause. The decision stems from the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which, in the wake of the 2010 Citizens United decision, has been appropriated to serve the ends of religious business owners who run entities such as Hobby Lobby. Equally troubling is that at no time in the majority opinion does Justice Samuel Alito even remotely define what "deeply held religious beliefs" are or how they allow corporations to discriminate against workers. He only intimates that "it is not for the Court to say that the religious beliefs of the plaintiffs are mistaken or unreasonable." While the explicit remark of the majority is certainly logical, based on the Establishment Clause, it is the implicit meaning that is deeply unsettling. The court has indirectly decided that the religious beliefs of the majority shareholders of a company trump employees' rights. Picking and choosing who's burdened or helped by RFRA sets an awful precedent, and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's dissent elucidates this beautifully:
No doubt the Greens . . . and all who share their beliefs may decline to acquire for themselves the contraceptives in question. But that choice may not be imposed on employees who hold other beliefs. Working for Hobby Lobby or Conestoga, in other words, should not deprive employees of the preventive care available to workers at the shop next door, at least in the absence of directions from the Legislature or Administration to do so.
That outlines perfectly the problematic aspect of this decision. The Establishment Clause mandates strict neutrality in religious matters, but because of the ruling's broadening of RFRA, the government is now effectively picking winners and losers based on "deeply held religious beliefs." This is corporate encroachment on individual liberties and protections, done in the name of religious liberty. It opens the floodgates for cases all over the country.
Secularism requires a position of neutrality, because the complications of defining a deeply held religious belief are astounding. RFRA should be amended or repealed altogether. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties should not have even been allowed to pursue a claim against forms of contraception in the first place. Calling contraception such as intrauterine devices the moral equivalent of abortion is not a position that the Supreme Court should decide, but it has done so at the expense of individual rights. This decision is dangerous, and future cases will make it only more so.
Justin Clark, 24, Peru, Ind., is pursing a master's in public history at Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis. He previously earned a bachelor's in history/political science with a minor in philosophy from Indiana University-Kokomo.
Second place: Graduate/mature student essay contest
SCOTUS: All freedom not created equal
By Kat Heiden
FFRF awarded Kat $2,000 for her essay.
The New York Times headline sums it up nicely: "Supreme Court Rejects Contraceptive Mandate for Some Corporations." Within this straightforward statement lies an important key word: "Some" suggests that the court's decision applies to certain companies with certain characteristics.
In this case that defining characteristic is the business owners' religious beliefs. The court's decision ensures that these individuals' religious preferences are maintained. In doing so, it violates the freedom of countless female employees by preventing them from accessing the contraception that, per the Affordable Care Act, they have a legal right to obtain.
The Burwell v. Hobby Lobby decision suggests that religious freedom is somehow more valuable than workers' freedom to make decisions about their own health and futures. That alone is a fatal flaw in the decision, but there are several others. In a country where we pride ourselves on "liberty and justice for all," the decision applies that liberty selectively, with religious business owners as its "chosen" people.
If religious employers refuse to include contraception as part of employee health plans, many women can no longer make a choice about whether or not to obtain it. They are stripped of this freedom because without insurance, contraception can be prohibitively expensive. For example, according to Planned Parenthood, an intrauterine device (one of the most effective forms of birth control) can cost $500 to $900 if paid for entirely out of pocket. For a woman making minimum wage, as many workers at retail stores such as Hobby Lobby earn, this could mean nearly a month's wages.
A woman's choice to obtain birth control does not infringe on anyone else's freedom. No one will be forced to use birth control. Before, during and after the woman's choice, the freedom to practice religion will remain intact. Disturbingly, the decision suggests that the imposition of one's religious beliefs on others is a freedom to be protected. Burwell v. Hobby Lobby not only applies the concept of freedom unequally, it relies heavily on the idea of corporate personhood to underscore its religious favoritism. As Justice Ruth Ginsburg noted in her dissent, "the court's expansive notion of corporate personhood invites for-profit entities to seek religion-based exemptions from regulations they deem offensive to their faiths."
The majority opinion justifies corporate personhood by stating:
Congress provided protection for people like the Hahns and Greens by employing a familiar legal fiction: It included corporations within RFRA's definition of "persons." But it is important to keep in mind that the purpose of this fiction is to provide protection for human beings. A corporation is simply a form of organization used by human beings to achieve desired ends. An established body of law specifies the rights and obligations of the people (including shareholders, officers, and employees) who are associated with a corporation in one way or another. When rights, whether constitutional or statutory, are extended to corporations, the purpose is to protect the rights of these people.
The above passage shows selective freedom at work. The majority defines "people" as shareholders, officers and employees and justifies corporate personhood as a way to protect those people's rights. Yet the employee's right to contraception is denied. By treating employers differently from employees, the court adheres to only a select portion of its own corporate personhood definition. The Supreme Court is a public body whose purpose is to better define, interpret and apply law in service of all Americans. It cannot select which Americans it serves. In principle, the court makes our country freer by ensuring that all laws are just. Burwell v. Hobby Lobby does not strike down an unjust law or create a new one. It simply chooses the application of one existing law over another. The Religious Freedom Restoration Act is favored over the Affordable Care Act. In a more egregious misappropriation of the court's power to apply the law, RFRA is also essentially chosen over the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause. Justice Ginsburg speaks to this point in her dissent:
The Court does not pretend that the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause demands religion-based accommodations so extreme, for our decisions leave no doubt on that score. Instead, the Court holds that Congress, in the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, dictated the extraordinary religion-based exemptions [to the Free Exercise Clause] today's decision endorses.
Decisions like Burwell v. Hobby Lobby favor some Americans' freedoms over others, which is extremely problematic. Freedom is the core belief that unites our United States, and it is too precious to be dispensed unevenly, especially by the highest court in the land.
Kat Heiden, 29, Sherman Oaks, Calif., is pursuing an M.A. in communications and leadership from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash. She previously earned a B.A. in screenwriting from Chapman University in Orange, Calif.


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India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and great grandmother of tradition.
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Essence of Indian Thought is about the contribution of India to the thoughts, cultures and traditions of the world. The debt owed by the west to other civilisations and to India in articular, goes back to the earliest epoch of the 'Western' scientific tradition, the age of the classical Greeks and continued up until the dawn of the modern era, the renaissance when Europe was awakening from its Dark Ages.
This book is an humble attempt to put together some of the aspects of India's contribution to the thoughts of the world. Upanishads and Yoga both speak of universal values and constitute the heritage of all peoples. Other subjects like Ayurveda, Kamasutra and various forms of Indian arts-painting, music and dance have been analysed and discussed elaborately. The book draws attention to the Indian art of storytelling, the origin of mathematics, including the zero and decimal system.
Baldeo Sahai was born on 7 April, 1918 at Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan) in a highly religious family. He was taught the Gita by his grandfather at the age of 12. Since 18 years of age he has been associated with saints of RamaKrishna Mission and Sivananda Ashram. He was selected for Indian Foreign Service(B) and Indian Information Service. He opted for the latter and superannuated in 1976.
Was Communication Consultant to Standing Conference Of Public Enterprises, many private and public sector organisations for two decades.
He was music critic of the Hindustan Times for 12 years and art critic of the Illustrated Weekly of India for eight years. He has authored many books. Of these Indian Shipping-A Historical Survey and Active at Eight are extremely popular. A Fellow of Indian National Science Academy he was conferred a Doctorate in History by a University of the Netherlands. He founded the Upanishad Society and has written pocket books on all principal Upanishads.
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Ashokan Music & Dance Camps presents
Scottish Fiddle + Cello Camp
The Ashokan Center | Ashokan Music & Dance Camps | 477 Beaverkill Road | Olivebridge | NY | 12461
Fees include tuition and meals.
Pay in full now, or hold your registration with a deposit of $150 until April 1.
$295 Adult ($275 Early Bird before December 1)
$245 Youth 25 and under ($225 Early Bird before December 1)
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World-class Scottish traditional music workshops led by musicians and teachers Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas. Three days and two nights of workshops, jamming and a concert by our instructors. An unforgettable experience for anyone interested in traditional Scottish music. Join us for the full three days and two nights, which includes admission to Alasdair and Natalie's concert on Sunday afternoon, or join us only for the concert (see separate announcement below for concert). The program is geared towards intermediate/advanced players. Alasdair and Natalie use an extremely effective holistic team teaching approach that leaves the concept of levels and class schedules behind. While tunes and techniques are taught, there's a strong focus on self expression, finding your inner fiddler and experiencing a joyful connection to the music and one another through music. Less experienced players are welcome to attend, audit classes and be in the culture of the weekend, but classes will be geared to intermediate/advanced players.
For most of the weekend Alasdair and Natalie work with all the fiddlers and cellists together in one large group. Everyone gets a chance to learn both the melody and the accompaniment. Players with varying levels of experience are carried along to new heights. If you just can't keep up, have no fear, we also provide experienced coaches who run enjoyable and accessible remedial sessions in an adjacent room. And during the weekend Alasdair and Natalie also host separate break out sessions for just the fiddle and just the cello parts.
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Café Veritas, First Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Road South, Rochester, New York 14610
Ticket prices: $18 general admission, $10 students with ID, and children under 12 are free.
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Ashokan Music & Dance Camps presents
Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas in concert
3 p.m.
The Ashokan Center | Ashokan Music & Dance Camps | 477 Beaverkill Road | Olivebridge | NY | 12461
Tickets: $25 day of show or in advance: $23 general admission; $20 seniors; $18 youth 13-25 ($20 on day of show); and children under 13, $10
Join Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas in concert for an afternoon of cutting edge fiddle and cello explorations of Scottish and global music. Alasdair Fraser is consummate teacher and performer. Alasdair's dynamic fiddling, engaging stage presence, and deep understanding of Scotland's music has created an international demand for his concert performances. Born in the county of Clackmannan, Scotland, Alasdair now lives in California and tours regularly. He has been a major force behind the resurgence of traditional Scottish fiddling in his homeland and the United States, inspiring legions of listeners and learners through his recordings, annual fiddle camps, and concerts.
Natalie Haas is a vibrant and creative cellist, a seasoned performer and recording artist, and a skilled and experienced teacher. A graduate of the Juilliard School in New York City, Natalie discovered the cello at age nine. In addition to having extensive classical music training, she is accomplished in a broad array of fiddle genres. Her musical journey found purpose when she fell in love with Celtic music at Alasdair Fraser's Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School at age 11. Inspired and encouraged by Alasdair, she began to investigate the cello's potential for rhythmic accompaniment to fiddle tunes. Her and Fraser's duo release, Fire & Grace, was awarded the Best Album of the Year in the Scots Trad Music Awards 2004.
Come for the concert only, or join us starting on Friday, May 1, 2015 for the full three day weekend of workshops, dances and sessions – which includes concert admission – at the Scottish Fiddle + Cello Camp (see listing above on May 1).
World Music Institute (WMI) presents
8 p.m.
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY
Tickets: $25 / WMI Friends $20 / Bring a Kid! $5
Open cocktail hour 7-8 p.m.; Dance lessons 7:30 p.m.; Show 8:00 p.m.; party until midnight.
Dance floor / standing room on main level; limited seating available in balcony with reservations.
Haitian supergroup Boukman Eksperyans has been sharing its rebellion with the world since 1987 via the musical movement Mizik Rasin (Roots Music). Dedicated to communicating Haiti's history and struggles through song and dance, the group wraps social messages about political freedom, nationalism and current events into their intoxicating signature blend of vodou rhythms with rock 'n' roll. Add to that dashes of rara, blues, reggae, soukous and funk, and one can see why Boukman Eksperyans is still rocking crowds—9 albums and 27 years later!
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Uke Fest
The Ashokan Center | Ashokan Music & Dance Camps | 477 Beaverkill Road | Olivebridge | NY | 12461
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Adults $435 / Early Bird $420
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A family-friendly weekend retreat for ukulele players of all levels. A diverse offering of workshops led by expert instructors, concerts, jamming, dancing and lots of fun. Classes include beginner-level instruction, technique workshops (fan strokes, claw hammer, fingerpicking), genre-based classes (Swing, Big Band, 80s music, etc.), playing by ear, soloing skills, embellishments, turnarounds and more. Tuition includes all workshops, classes, meals and the Uke Fest Concert on Saturday night (see below).
Bring the family and enjoy a weekend of music and friends in a gorgeous natural setting. The surrounding area is rich in history—perfect for a learning vacation. Children are welcome to attend with a parent or guardian.
Ashokan Music & Dance Camps presents
Uke Fest Concert
The Ashokan Center | Ashokan Music & Dance Camps | 477 Beaverkill Road | Olivebridge | NY | 12461
Tickets: Tickets are $15 advanced purchase online, $25 on the day of the show.
A fabulous concert featuring these ukulele greats – Joel Eckhaus, Heidi Swedberg, Marcy Marxer, Ruthy Ungar, Ben Hassenger, Paul Hemmings and Gerald Ross! Join us for the concert only or for the entire Uke Fest camp, May 22-25, 2015 (see above).
The Noble Maritime Collection presents
Daily Life at Sailors' Snug Harbor Exhibition
Thursday-Sunday, 1-5 p.m.
Noble Maritime Collection; 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building D, Staten Island, NY 10301
For more information about the exhibition, call (718) 447-6490
The Noble Maritime Collection will present a new exhibition, Daily Life at Sailors' Snug Harbor, that focuses on the life of an average mariner, or "Snug" as Sailors' Snug Harbor residents were called, from the time of his admission to the retirement home until his death. Exploration of health care, dormitory life, work activities, and recreation at the home will illustrate how the site, which encompassed five dormitories, two hospitals, a cathedral and chapel, a dock house and bathhouse on the Kill van Kull, and a farm, as well as its own morgue and cemetery, provided exceptional, free, and democratic eleemosynary care for 150 years.
June 26, 2014 —May 31, 2015
The History Center in Tompkins County presents
Opening reception: Friday, September 5th, 2014 5-8 p.m.
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The History Center in Tompkins County will open their new exhibit "Captains, Commerce, and Community: The Impact of the Erie Canal on Tompkins County" on Friday, September 5th at 5 p.m.. The artifact-based exhibit will explore the lasting effects of the Erie Canal on Tompkins County.
In 1828 the Seneca-Cayuga Canal, an extension of the Erie Canal, was opened, connecting Cayuga Lake, and therefore Tompkins County to the economic watercourse that spanned across most of New York State. Combined with the increasing ubiquity of railroads, the Canal system changed Tompkins County from a collection of quiet lake-side towns into a mass of booming centers of commerce and industry. Captains, Commerce, and Community will illustrate the changes and effects the Canal had on this region through representational artifacts from The History Center's object collection. A series of themes will be explored over the course of the 12-month exhibit, which includes commerce (September through December 2014), boats and their builders (January through April 2015), and travelers and community folk (May through August 2015).
This exhibit has been made possible through a generous grant from the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor. In 2012 the ECNHC funded the development of a Canalway object collection, and provided The History Center the opportunity to gain greater intellectual control over its object collection. Additionally, the project supported the complete inventorying of The History Center's permanent Open Storage display. As a result, The History Center has ascertained a classifiable collection of historical objects that directly relate to the Erie Canal.
September 6, 2014 —August 29, 2015
The New York State Museum, in collaboration with the Shaker Museum in Mount Lebanon, Hancock Shaker Village, and the Shaker Heritage Society (Albany), as well as the State Library and State Archives, present the exhibition
The Shakers: America' Quiet Revolutionaries
Museum Open Tuesday-Sunday: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
New York State Museum, Cultural Education Center, 260 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY 12230
Admission: The NYS Museum is free. Donations are accepted at the door
The exhibition details one of the most significant and influential communal religious groups in American History. Artifacts from these preeminent Shaker collections will be exhibited together for the first time at the New York State Museum in November 2014. The Shakers launched a revolution parallel to the American Colonies' struggle against British rule. As they sought religious freedom in America, their spiritual practices and community focus set them apart from greater society. Their devotional routines as well as their product innovations, marketing acumen and views towards gender equality seemed "revolutionary" to the outside world. Thematically divided into six areas, the exhibit will show how the Shakers' unique model of an equal society challenged the norms of the new nation.
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Neffe and Frankie Reality Show: Please, Don't Go There, We Beg You
Neffe and Frankie are in the works with BET to debut their own reality show. Too bad, Keyshia says the only way that is going down is if she is the Executive Producer to filter the madness.
Jesus Take The Wheel: Frankie Acts a Complete Fool…Again
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