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WORST: Sarah Jessica Parker looked more frumpy than fab at The Museum of Modern Art for their 4th Annual Film Benefit 'A Tribute to Pedro Almodovar' in her beaded chiffon gown from the Resort 2012 collection, which she wore with a body-drenching sleeveless jacket.
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WORST: Helena Bonham Carter was awkwardly attired while out and about in London, wearing lace knee socks with lace-up granny boots.
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WORST: Victoria Beckham awkwardly rocked a dress from her own collection with leather stirrup pants and pointy-toed heels.
BEST: Blake Lively looked sexy in the city at The Museum of Modern Art for their 4th Annual Film Benefit ŒA Tribute to Pedro Almodovar' in a peplum dress from the French line's Fall 2011 Couture collection
BEST: Miranda Kerr strayed away from the norm of the evening at The Museum of Modern Art for their 4th Annual Film Benefit 'A Tribute to Pedro Almodovar', showing off her model bod in a futuristic-looking Peter Pilotto peplum dress. She paired the powerful print number with Nicholas Kirkwood heels and a Calvin Klein clutch.
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BEST: Stacy Keibler took the plunge at the Los Angeles premiere of The Descendants, wearing a cowl-necked Naeem Khan gown from the Spring 2012 collection.
BEST: Emma Stone knows how to class up a red carpet in sexy style! The bigscreen bombshell was dressed to thrill at the Worldwide Orphans Foundation's Seventh Annual Benefit Gala, wearing a Calvin Klein ensemble with black heels and a Jimmy Choo clutch.
BEST: Zoe Kravitz was dressed to thrill at the 2011 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards, wearing a leather Alexander Wang mini dress with pointy-toed pumps.
BEST: Amanda Seyfried looked angelic in an ostrich feather look straight off the Prabal Gurung Spring 2012 runway – she even rocked the Nicholas Kirkwood lace up heels.
BEST: Olivia Wilde showed some skin at the 2011 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards with her cutout Cushnie et Ochs dress.
BEST: Amy Adams kept it simple and sexy in Dolce & Gabbana at The Beauty Book: For Brain Cancer event.
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WACKY: Paula Abdul looked like a genie showgirl arriving at The Grove in Los Angeles in an embellished bustier and slitty skirt.
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I am vegitarian and so as my whole family and i am proud of it as we do not have any right to kill and then eat any living being animal as they are the kind of humans only we must not do so.
If we are doing that then we must think once how it will be felt by us when some one will kill us for eating his/her meal.
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One site dedicated to the education of its visitors is the Garden of All Seasons. Rich with herbs, vegetables and wildflowers planted mainly by volunteers, it is the centerpiece of hands-on environmental lessons for children and adults alike. Year round classes range from beginners permaculture to creating holistic body kits.
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One of the main attractions of the botanic gardens is in fact, a building on the garden's grounds. The Queen Anne Cottage (listed on the National Register of Historic Places) was originally a honeymoon gift from Baldwin to his 4th wife who divorced him a year later. He then decided to deem it a memorial to his third wife who had unexpectedly died years before. It is heralded as a significant example of Queen Anne architecture and Victorian landscape. Though often considered one of the most haunted sites in the US, the house is perhaps most famous for appearing in the beginning credits of the 1970′s TV show, Fantasy Island.
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Welcome to the IzPack Confluence space
IzPack is a one-stop solution for packaging, distributing and deploying applications.
It is fully cross-platform and generates a single installer. As such, it is an alternative to native solutions such as platform-specific installers and package managers.
Many companies and projects have been using IzPack over the years.
IzPack-generated installers only require a Java virtual machine to run.
IzPack is published under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0, meaning that you can adapt it to your needs with very minimal constraints.
You can find below the links to the different sections of the space.
- Developer resources: resources for the IzPack developers and contributors.
- FAQ: frequently asked questions.
The IzPack team is proud to announce the 1st release candidate of IzPack 5.0.0.
Although it is considered quite stable according to the user reports and many automatic unit and integration tests, IzPack 5 still serves the purpose of testing and reporting.
Special thanks to all active developers, contributors and users who helped making this version another milestone towards launching the Maven-based IzPack 5.
The new version has been also deployed to the Codehaus Maven repository and should be mirrored soon to all connected repositories.
Feel free to test and report bugs, either to the mailinglist firstname.lastname@example.com or if you can describe some technical background file an issue at https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/IZPACK.
For a list of what has been changed since 5.0.0-beta11, see IzPack 5.0.0 RC1 changelog in JIRA.
For a the complete release notes of implemented features, improvements, bugfixes and common tasks in IzPack 5.0.0 see Release Notes - IzPack - Version 5.0.
Although there has been done much work since 5.0.0-beta11, there are still some open issues, and probably there will come some more.
There might be more changes visible in the source code repository, for a complete log of particular changes (experts only) see log on GitHub, where the active development happens.
Apologizes to the fans of IzPack 4 - we know you are out there, but it hasn't been worth to make a new release due to the very few contributions made in this version.
Enjoy this new version 5.0.0 RC1 and keep in touch.
On behalf of the whole IzPack project team, I am pleased to announce the releases of IzPack 4.3.4 and IzPack 5.0.0-beta7.
You can download those releases from the IzPack downloads page and through Maven.
All credits for the release of IzPack 4.3.4 should go to Mark Miller who did a significant effort to backport fixes from the 5.0 branch to the aging 4.3 branch. Meanwhile, the development of IzPack 5 is going forward and you are highly encouraged to test it on your own projects. Some people have reported success in using IzPack 5 beta releases in production settings.
We would like to thank all our contributors and developers for making this release possible! Big thanks also go to our loyal users.
Finally, please remember that IzPack is not an opensource project with corporate backing, hence this is why we greatly need your help and contributions for developing it!
Release Notes for IzPack 4.3.4
Maven users should use version 4.3.4-SNAPSHOT of the standalone compiler plugin. The Nexus Codehaus repository does not allow us to release this plugin anymore.
The following issues went into this release:
- [IZPACK-391] - hidden="true" for Packs does not work for TreePacksPanel
- [IZPACK-427] - UserInputPanel: inputs should not be validated when panel is reloaded due to checkbox/radiobutton having revalidate="yes" in their spec
- [IZPACK-433] - ShortcutPanel fails to load if shortcutSpec.xml is UTF-8 encoded and contains non-ascii characters
- [IZPACK-461] - ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in TreePacksPanel
- [IZPACK-475] - ProcessPanel is ignored in console mode
- [IZPACK-480] - Console Install option does not invoke Process Panels
- [IZPACK-528] - The value of the encoding attribute of <res> element is still ignored
- [IZPACK-554] - spec txt and id set without localization files shows the id in the panel
- [IZPACK-567] - FinishPanel (SimpleFinishPanel) repaint
- [IZPACK-596] - Ubuntu 10+ needs .desktop files to be executable
- [IZPACK-603] - UserInputPanel: inputs should not be validated when panel is reloaded due to checkbox/radiobutton having revalidate="yes" in their spec
- [IZPACK-608] - deseclect is misspelled in console installer mode for checkboxes
- [IZPACK-610] - FinishPanel has hardcoded path for Uninstaller location
- [IZPACK-611] - Console Installer misspelling: Install was successeful
- [IZPACK-636] - JDKPathPanel does not work in console mode
- [IZPACK-637] - JDKPathPanel does not work in automated mode
- [IZPACK-645] - Null pointer exception at automated install
- [IZPACK-647] - Unable to launch wizard (panel) after creating the setup.exe in windows 7
- [IZPACK-656] - SimpleFinishPanel has hardcoded path for uninstaller
- [IZPACK-657] - izpack-standalone-compiler 4.3.4-RC1 in maven central
- [IZPACK-660] - ProcessPanelWorker does not clear old jobs, it keeps adding additional jobs
- [IZPACK-661] - JDKPathPanel fails on console JDK path check on Mac OS X
- [IZPACK-650] - itemState change events from UserInputPanel combos unconditionally cause revalidation; behavior should be controlled by REVALIDATE attribute instead
- [IZPACK-654] - The installer should simply switch to console mode when a headless env is detected, even if the user has not passed the -console cmd
Release Notes for IzPack 5.0.0-beta7
The following Git commits went into this release:
Pierre Laporte recently wrote some IzPack tutorials in French:
- http://www.pingtimeout.fr/2011/04/automatiser-linstallation-dapplications.html
- http://www.pingtimeout.fr/2011/04/automatiser-linstallation-dapplications_21.html
They cover the creation of an IzPack-based installer and its generation from Maven. If you speak La Langue de Molières then this is definitely worth a read!
I am very happy to announce the availability of 2 releases of IzPack today!
The impatient can go straight to the downloads page on IzPack.org and fetch those releases.
IzPack 4.3.4-RC1
IzPack 4.3.4-RC1 is an unexpected thing. When we started working on a new codebase towards IzPack 5, we opted for not making a further release from that branch. The rationale was that our resources were limited. Nevertheless, our community proved not to be passive, and Mark Miller stepped up to backport useful bug fixes from IzPack 5 back to the 4.3 branch. Thanks a lot to him for the great work!
This release candidate will become the final release if there are no problems. Here is a list of changes in this version:
IzPack 5.0.0-beta6
Meanwhile, work is going forward on IzPack 5. I am pleased to announce the release of beta6. It is starting to look good from my point of view. Especially, the uninstaller is now working again. You should really have a look at it on your own projects!
The git commits summary is as follows:
Last but not least, work on the user documentation is still very much needed. David Duponchel and others did a few edits recently, but there is still a lot of work to do.
...10 years!
I would like to end this announcement on a special note. IzPack was started 10 years ago bar a few days. It all started as a fun project for me to learn Java and try to understand that thing called opensource. I did not expect such success to be honest...
I have met lots of people along the way, and learned so many things by trials and errors. This goes well beyond technical matters. Learning how to foster a community around a pet project and make it an industrially renowned product has been a rare privilege.
I have way too many people to thank for their contributions to the project, really, so I am sure that I would offend lots of them if I started listing the outstanding IzPack developers!
Nevertheless, fostering an opensource project is not just about technical things... This is why I would still like to personally thank some people for their very very special help at some point or the other. Hopefully they know why
Thanks a lot to everyone involved in the project, and thanks to all of you for your interest in IzPack! Long live IzPack!
-- Julien Ponge, the guy who started it all 10 years ago.
Maksim Sorokin shares some great blog posts on IzPack!
It's all available at http://maksim.sorokin.dk/it/tag/izpack/
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Julien Ponge (project leader)
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Parallel to his job he also taught as senior professor at the Faculty of Life Sciences. In 2007 he retired from his full time position at GEA Niro, but still works as a consultant utilizing his invaluable knowledge of the dairy sector. Vagn Westergaard has since his retirement proved that he earned his nickname Mr. Dairy: to keep his relations to the world of dairy, he is now back to his roots again as he sometimes works as a dairy man at Soestrup corporative dairy near Holbaek, which is part of a working museum for the dairy corporative movement.
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Fast + delicious- lime chicken tacos.
Grilling season is upon us. But don't you worry, sweetcakes. This particular gluten-free goddess is not going to waste a heartbeat lamenting hot dog buns. And I'm not going to spend hours in the kitchen trying to replicate hamburger rolls, that even in their wheat loaded incarnation were more of a starchy dry-as-dirt nuisance. Something invented to hold the all fixins' together, but that, when push came to shove, I ended up tearing off piece by piece, peeling around the edges to get to the good stuff.
This was ages before the California In N Out protein style burger was invented (which was, in my humble, wheat-free opinion, sheer, utter low carb genius). Who knew a burger wrapped in lettuce leaves would be so darn tasty? But I digress. Let's get back to the barbecue question.
Are you going to pine for long lost spongy buns?
Or are you going to choose a different path? A lip-smacking New Mexican inspired path. A lime infused roll your own tortilla path. That's right, I'm talking lime chicken tacos.
Or are you going to choose a different path? A lip-smacking New Mexican inspired path. A lime infused roll your own tortilla path. That's right, I'm talking lime chicken tacos.
Everyone likes to roll their own soft tacos and fajitas. So grill up some garlicky lime drenched chicken and assemble all the fixin's for an outdoor barbecue fiesta. You won't miss the buns.
Taco Night at Casa Allrich means plenty of fresh limes, garlic and yes, tequilla. Los Lobos in the CD player. Long meandering conversations about the best margaritas in Santa Fe, coyotes on the mesa, Val Kilmer (have you seen him as the weed growing sherpa on Entourage?) and his off set affection for the The Pink Adobe, the lure of living off the grid like Campbell Scott's indie Off the Map, Georgia O'Keeffe's penchant for garlic sandwiches, Zen, and daily walks, and Mabel Dodge Luhan's Winter in Taos.
Not to mention, Jim Harrison (who winds up in almost every conversation I have these days).
Lime Chicken Tacos Recipe
I like to marinate the chicken overnight. But if you only have an hour or two- go for it. Marinate, kick back and sip a margarita with someone you love.
For the marinade:
For the marinade:
4 split organic free-range chicken breasts (boneless saves time)
4 cloves of fresh garlic, chopped
1/4 cup fresh squeezed lime juice
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons agave
A pinch of cumin, to taste- or some chopped cilantro, if you like
Fresh ground pepper
For the taco fixin's:
4 vine-ripe tomatoes, chopped
2 cups shredded Romaine lettuce
1 cup shredded sharp Cheddar, Jack or dairy-free cheese
8-10 fresh and soft white corn tortillas (Mission are gluten-free)
3-4 fresh limes cut into wedges
Rinse the chicken briefly in cold water and pat dry. Place in a shallow glass or non-reactive dish.
Rinse the chicken briefly in cold water and pat dry. Place in a shallow glass or non-reactive dish.
In a small bowl combine the garlic, lime juice, olive oil, agave, cumin and fresh ground pepper. Pour the marinade over and under the chicken breasts. Cover tightly and marinate for at least an hour; overnight is even better.
When the grill is hot, remove the chicken from the dish and discard the marinade.
Grill the chicken over medium-high heat until it is cooked through and is no longer pink inside- about 12 to 15 minutes.
Assemble and ready your remaining taco fixin's.
Place the cooked chicken on a clean cutting board and slice thin.
Serve your tacos at a room temperature, if pliable and very fresh; or heat them gently. Here's what I do.
In a clean skillet or griddle, heat a scant amount of olive oil and briefly heat the white corn tortillas one or two at a time, coating them with just a scant amount of oil to soften them; remove to a tortilla warmer lined with a clean, warm towel.
Have everyone assemble their own tacos.
Serves 4.
Serve these tacos with fresh Kicked Up Rockin' Guac, Roasted Vegetable Salsa and sour cream, if desired.


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An improbable and illogical scenario, yes? And yet, it is perfectly normal to encounter the same mentality when it comes to cycling. One question I get asked that absolutely puzzles me, is whether I am "moving away from upright bikes" now that I am comfortable riding a bike with drop bars. What?... Are joggers "moving away from walking"? Similarly, I am perplexed when some congratulate me on becoming a "real cyclist", now that I can ride a roadbike and a trackbike. I suppose that means that joggers and track runners are the "real pedestrians"?
Just like there are many forms of pedestrianism, so are there many forms of cycling - each serving its own purpose. The distinction between upright city bicycles, roadbikes and mountain bikes is not so different from the distinction between walking, running and hiking. Walking is a casual form of pedestrianism that is the most natural and low-maintenance way to travel from point A to point B. It is done in one's everyday clothing, while comfortably carrying items on one's person. Taking up jogging or hiking is all well and good, but you'll probably still want to walk to the grocery store.
My upright step-through bikes are my "walking." They are essential to me, no matter what kind of other bikes I ride for fun or exercise. I am more comfortable than ever now on a roadbike, but when it comes to work or errands or pretty much any kind of city or transportation I will always choose the upright bicycle with a step-through frame, fenders and racks. As with walking vs jogging, there is no "war" between these two forms of cycling as far as I am concerned. They co-exist, each in their appropriate context.


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First Known Use: 13th century
verb de·scend \di-ˈsend, dē-\
: to go down : to go or move from a higher to a lower place or level
: to slope or lead downward
: to go or change to a worse state or condition
Full Definition of DESCEND
intransitive verb
: to pass from a higher place or level to a lower one <descended from the platform>
: to pass in discussion from what is logically prior or more comprehensive
a : to originate or come from an ancestral stock or source : derive <descends from an old merchant family>b : to pass by inheritance <a desk that has descended in the family>c : to pass by transmission <songs descended from old ballads>
: to incline, lead, or extend downward <the road descends to the river>
a : to swoop or pounce down (as in a sudden attack)b : to appear suddenly and often disconcertingly as if from above <reporters descended on the candidate>
: to proceed in a sequence or gradation from higher to lower or from more remote to nearer or more recent
a : to lower oneself in status or dignity : stoopb : to worsen and sink in condition or estimation
transitive verb
: to pass, move, or climb down or down along
: to extend down along
— de·scend·ible \-ˈsen-də-bəl\ adjective
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Examples of DESCEND
- Wait for the elevator to descend.
- The workers descended into the hole.
- A herd of goats descended into the valley.
- The airplane will descend to a lower altitude soon.
- Descending the mountain was even more dangerous than climbing it.
- The children descended the staircase silently.
- The path descends to the river.
- The stairs descended into the tunnel.
Origin of DESCEND
Middle English, from Anglo-French descendre, from Latin descendere, from de- + scandere to climb — more at scan
Related to DESCEND
Rhymes with DESCEND
addend, amend, append, ascend, attend, bartend, befriend, Big Bend, bookend, boyfriend, closed-end, commend, compend, contend, dead end, dead-end, defend, depend, distend, downtrend, emend, expend, extend, fag end, forfend, front-end, girlfriend, Gravesend, headend, high-end, hornblende, impend, intend, Land's End, loose end, low-end, missend, misspend, next friend, no end, offend, on end, Ostend, outspend, perpend, pitchblende, portend, pretend, propend, protend, rear-end, resend, sheet bend, South Bend, split end, stipend, subtend, suspend, tag end, tail end, tight end, top-end, transcend, unbend, unkenned, upend, uptrend, weekend, year-end
intransitive verb de·scend \di-ˈsend\ (Medical Dictionary)
Medical Definition of DESCEND
: to pass from a higher place or level to a lower one <normally the testicle descends into the scrotum between the seventh and ninth month in utero—Therapeutic Notes>
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April 14, 2014
Vol. 29 , No. 12
"A New Era for U.S.-European Alliance: Views from Two Ambassadors"
The ongoing crisis in Ukraine has created an unprecedented opportunity in the post-Cold War era to strengthen the strategic relationship between the U.S. and Europe. In the last two decades, with the disappearance of a common threat, the trans-Atlantic relationship has experienced periods of cooperation as well as discord. Different conceptions of power and world order often drive U.S. and Europe apart while shared interests continue to promote cooperation. As a resurgent and assertive Russia attempts to restore its imperial sphere of influence and test the will of the West in defending the post-Cold War order, the U.S. and Europe are reunited by their shared security interests and political values. However, it is unclear whether their shared interest in preserving Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity will extend to other areas of strategic cooperation, such as on climate change, trade liberalization, and security in other parts of the world. Ambassadors Munter and Stanzel, two seasoned and accomplished professional diplomats, will provide two unique and insightful perspectives on these questions.
Dr. Cameron Munter, Professor of Practice of International Relations at Pomona College, was U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan from October 2010 to May 2012. Ambassador Munter has also served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, U.S. Ambassador in Belgrade, and Deputy Chief of Mission in Prague and in Warsaw. In addition, Dr. Munter has served in many key positions in the State Department. Ambassador Munter was born in Claremont, California. He attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and the universities in Freiburg and Marburg in Germany. He received a doctoral degree in modern European history in 1983 from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He taught European history at the University of California in Los Angeles (1982-1984) and directed European studies at the Twentieth Century Fund in New York (1984-1985) before joining the Foreign Service.
Dr. Volker Stanzel, Visiting Professor and Podlich Fellow at Claremont McKenna College, was the German Ambassador to Japan (2009-2013, and German Ambassador to China (2004-2007). He was also the Political Director of the German Foreign Service from 2007 to 2009. Mr. Stanzel studied at the University of Frankfurt am Main between 1968 and 1972, majoring in Japanese and Chinese Studies as well as Political Science. During his undergraduate degree, he studied abroad at the University of Kyoto. In 1980, he received a Ph.D. in Japanese and Chinese Studies and Political Science from the University of Cologne. He joined the Foreign Service of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1979 and retired in 2013 after serving in many key policy positions in the German government. Dr. Stanzel is a recipient of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, first class.
An Evening with the Author
Mary Gaitskill is "among the most eloquent and perceptive of contemporary fiction writers." (The New York Times ) The author of the novels Two Girls, Fat and Thin (1998) and Veronica (2006), which was nominated for the National Book Award in 2005, as well as the story collections Don't Cry (2010), Bad Behavior: Stories (1988), and Because They Wanted To (1998), which was nominated for the PEN/Faulkner in 1998, Gaitskill has been praised for "reaching deep into what she calls…'the trapdoors in personality and obsession,' and pulling what she finds there back out into the world. Past, present, future; heartbreak, desire, and loss—none of it is quite beyond her." (Village Voice)
Her story "Secretary" was the basis for the feature film of the same name. The film received the Special Jury Prize and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Her stories and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, Granta, Best American Short Stories and The O. Henry Prize Stories. One of her most controversial essays, "On Not Being a Victim," appeared in Harper's. In 2002 she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for fiction; in 2010 she received a New York Public Library Cullman Center research grant.
She has taught at U.C. Berkeley, the University of Houston, New York University, The New School, Brown and Syracuse University; last year she was the Writer-In-Residence at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. She is at present teaching in the Department of Literature at Claremont McKenna College. Her talk is sponsored by the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies.
Latinos at the Golden Gate: Lessons for the Future
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; PROGRAM 12:00 p.m.
In the next few decades Latinos will become the majority population of California. How can the history of Latinos in San Francisco prepare us for this future? What can it teach us about the value of community history and its role in building a pluralistic democracy? In his new book, Latinos at the Golden Gate: Lessons for the Future (2013), Summers Sandoval details the rise of a diverse community of Latin American migrants in San Francisco, while focusing on the historical moments when a hybrid Latino identity was forged through struggle. He will share some of this story with an eye toward how it might help us better prepare for the challenges of a building a more inclusive future.
Tomás F. Summers Sandoval, Jr. ('94) is an associate professor at Pomona College, where he holds a joint appointment in the History Department and the Intercollegiate Department of Chicana/o~Latina/o Studies. A Native Californian, his work focuses on the historical experiences of Latin American migrants and their descendants in the United States.
Professor Sandoval graduated from CMC in 1994 with a double major in history and PPE. He then attended U.C. Berkeley, where he earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in history. Prior to returning to Claremont, Sandoval served as assistant professor of Chicana/o Studies at CSU Monterey Bay.
Does the End of the Post Cold War Era Mean a Return to the Cold War Era?
Michael McFaul served as the U.S. Ambassador to Russia for two years prior to his resignation in February 2014. Before this, he served for three years as the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russia and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council. Dr. McFaul is the architect of President Obama's 'reset' foreign policy initiative with Russia, which aimed to ease U.S-Russian relations. While Dr. McFaul served as ambassador, U.S.-Russian relations were complicated by Russia's expulsion of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Russia's ban on adoptions by Americans, and Russia providing a haven to Edward Snowden. Dr. McFaul has recently made numerous media appearances in response to Russia's annexation of Crimea. According to McFaul, this marks "the end of the post-Cold War era."
Currently, Dr. McFaul is a professor of political science at Stanford University. His academic areas of expertise include democracy promotion, comparative democratization, and the relationship between political and economic reform in the post communist world. He contributed as an author and editor to numerous publications, such as Advancing Democracy Abroad: Why We Should and How We Can (2009), Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Postcommunist World (2009), and Revolution in Orange: The Origins of Ukraine's Democratic Breakthrough (2006).
Dr. McFaul was born and raised in Montana. He received his B.A. in International Relations and Slavic Languages and his M.A. in Slavic and East European Studies from Stanford University in 1986. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford where he completed his Ph.D. in International Relations in 1991.
Ambassador Michael McFaul's lecture inaugurates the Athenaeum Series on Diplomacy and International Security in Honor of George F. Kennan, established through a generous gift from Craig and Valerie Richardson P '15.
New Directions in Contemporary Art
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; PROGRAM 12:00 p.m.
The New York Times calls Paul Schimmel "one of the most respected authorities on postwar Los Angeles art". He is Vice President and Partner at international contemporary art gallery Hauser & Wirth's forthcoming Los Angeles venture, Hauser Wirth & Schimmel. Previously, he served as Chief Curator of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles from 1990 to 2012, where he soon made his name for championing important L.A. artists such as Paul McCarthy, Chris Burden, Mike Kelley and Charles Ray and taking on big, sweeping themes in contemporary art. His ambitious, generation-defining surveys for MOCA include the 1998 performance-art extravaganza "Out of Actions," the 2005 altered-states show "Ecstasy" and the 2011 survey of the 1970s Californian art diaspora, "Under the Big Black Sun." Prior to MOCA, he served as Chief Curator of the Newport Harbor Art Museum in Newport Beach, CA from 1981-89, as well as Curator (1975-77) and Senior Curator (1977-78) of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston in Houston, TX.
Schimmel has been the recipient of numerous awards, including two from the Association of Art Museum Curators, six from the International Association of Art Critics and the Award for Curatorial Excellence given by The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (2001). Schimmel has organized major one-person retrospectives for artists Willem de Kooning, Takashi Murakami, Laura Owens, Sigmar Polke, and Robert Rauschenberg. Additional significant thematic exhibitions include The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, 1938-1948 (1987); The Figurative Fifties: New York Figurative Expressionism (1988); Hand-Painted Pop: American Art in Transition 1955–62 (1992); Helter Skelter: LA Art in the 1990s (1992); Collection: MOCA's First 30 Years (2010); and Destroy the Picture: Painting the Void, 1949-1962 (2012). He most recently curated an exhibition of the diverse postwar collection of German gallerist and collector Reinhard Onnasch entitled, Re-View: Onnasch Collection, shown in Hauser & Wirth's London and New York galleries (2013-2014).
Schimmel has served as a National Endowment for the Arts panelist and was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the Committee for the Preservation of the White House (2010-2012). He has also served as a Co-Director and Chairman of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts (2012-2013), and in 2012 received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the San Francisco Art Institute.
Tough Choices for California: What Public Pension Liability Means for Your Future
State and local government pensions across the country are collectively underfunded by at least $1 trillion and the heavy burden of public pension obligations is a primary factor in the recent wave of municipal bankruptcies. In California, unfunded public pension liabilities are a cloud looming over not only the state budget, but also those of many local governments. Last year, Moody's Investor Services placed 30 California cities on review for possible ratings downgrades. As pension obligations consume an increasing portion of public budgets, a shrinking share is left for services. Join us for a discussion of the public pension crisis and what it means for the future.
Steven Malanga is City Journal's senior editor, a Manhattan Institute senior fellow, and a former RealClearMarkets.com columnist. He is author of the recently published Shakedown: The Continuing Conspiracy Against the American Taxpayer (2010), about the bankrupting of state and local governments by a new political powerhouse led by public-sector unions. He writes about the intersection of urban economies, business communities, and public policy. Prior to joining City Journal, Malanga was at Crain's New York Business, first as managing editor and then executive editor, for fourteen years. In 1995, Malanga was a finalist for a Gerald Loeb Award for Excellence in Financial Journalism for the series "Nonprofits: New York's new Tammany Hall," which he co-authored. Malanga has also written articles on various topics for The Wall Street Journal, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, and other publications.
Chuck Reed was elected as the 64th Mayor of San José in 2006, after serving six years on the City Council as an independent voice for fiscal responsibility and reform. Since taking office, Mayor Reed has been committed to improving the quality of life in the city, boosting the public's trust in local government, and eliminating the City's structural budget deficit. He is one of the leading voices in California calling for public pension reform, fighting for reforms in San Jose and spearheading an effort for a state-wide ballot initiative. Mayor Reed attended the U.S. Air Force Academy and served in Thailand during the Vietnam War. He also received a Master's Degree in Public Affairs from Princeton University and graduated from Stanford Law School. After passing the bar, he worked as an attorney in San José handling environmental, employment, land use and real estate law, as well as commercial litigation.
Mandatory Sentencing and the Death Penalty
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; PROGRAM 12:00 p.m. Parents Dining Room
Please join the Claremont Law Journal for a lunch and panel discussion on Mandatory Sentencing and the Death Penalty featuring professors from Azusa Pacific University, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and Cornell University Law School.
Jennifer E. Walsh
Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Professor, Department of History and Political Science
Azusa Pacific University
Jennifer E. Walsh, Ph.D., is a professor of political science. Her areas of teaching emphasis include American government and U.S. political institutions, including Congress, the presidency, the federal judiciary, constitutional law, and state and local politics. Her primary research interests include crime policy, such as the Three Strikes sentencing movement, and prosecutorial decision-making. Walsh's research on California's controversial Three Strikes law has been widely disseminated in the scholarly community.
David N. Yellen P'16
Dean, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
David N. Yellen, J.D., has served as Dean and Professor of Law at Loyola University Chicago School of Law since July 2005. His major area of academic expertise is criminal law, particularly sentencing and juvenile justice. He has written extensively on the federal sentencing guidelines, served as an advisor to President Clinton's transition team on white collar crime, and argued a case before the United States Supreme Court. Prior to his academic career, Dean Yellen clerked for a federal judge, practiced law in Washington, D.C., and served as counsel to the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Sheri Lynn Johnson
Professor, Cornell University Law School
Sheri Lynn Johnson, J.D., joined the Cornell Law School Faculty in 1981. Professor Johnson co-founded the Cornell Death Penalty Project, an initiative to foster empirical scholarship on the death penalty, offer students an opportunity to work with practitioners on death penalty cases, and to provide information and assistance for death penalty lawyers, in 1993. She currently teaches constitutional and criminal law, and supervises the post-conviction litigation and capital trial clinics.
A Conversation on Investing
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; PROGRAM 12:00 p.m.
George Roberts (Menlo Park) co-founded KKR in 1976 and is Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer. He is actively involved in managing the Firm and serves on each of the regional Private Equity Investment and Portfolio Management Committees. Mr. Roberts has served as a director or trustee of several cultural and educational institutions, including Claremont McKenna College. He is also founder and Chairman of the board of directors of REDF, a San Francisco nonprofit organization.
He earned a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College in 1966 and a J.D. from the University of California (Hastings) Law School in 1969. Mr. Roberts has more than four decades of experience financing, analyzing, and investing in public and private companies, as well as serving on the boards of a number of KKR portfolio companies.
Britt Harris has more than 30 years of investment experience leading several of the largest, most successful, and most innovative investment organizations in America. In addition, Mr. Harris is currently a member of the President's Working Group for Financial Markets and serves at the New York Stock Exchange on a sub-committee on pensions. He is one of only a few people who have worked extensively in both the public and private sectors.
Mr. Harris is the CIO for the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), the sixth largest public pension trust in America and among the 20 largest pension funds in the world. Prior to his arrival at TRS in December 2006, he was the CEO for Bridgewater Associates, a privately owned Global Investment Manager specializing in absolute return strategies and enhanced Beta programs. Prior to joining Bridgewater, Mr. Harris was also CIO and President for Verizon Investment Management Corp., a $50 Billion corporate pension system, and a Managing Director for Asia Brown Bovary. Mr. Harris got his start in his home state of Texas, working for TXU Energy. He has twice been named one of America's leading pension plan investment chiefs, once by Institutional Investor and once by Pensions and Investments. Mr. Harris also serves as an executive professor teaching a course titled, "Titans of Investing" at his alma mater Texas A&M University. He has also guest lectured on investments and public policy at Harvard, Princeton, Yale and The University of Texas at Austin.
The Artist Discusses Her Work
Acclaimed Los Angeles artist Mary Weatherford's lively, color-washed paintings with affixed neon lighting have changed the landscape of contemporary art.
Among the leading practitioners of a style rooted in color field and abstract expressionism, the L.A.-based artist has enjoyed much critical success with exhibits staged in the United States and abroad. Her recent series was inspired by the life and history of Bakersfield, California, and the paintings exhibited by LAX/Art. Her paintings will also be part of a major exhibition of contemporary artists that will open this coming December at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. A show of her paintings opens Saturday, April 19 at the prestigious David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles. http://davidkordanskygallery.com/" .
For critics, Weatherford creates more than pictures: They regard her mixed-media works as nothing less than "a chemistry of the visual." This spring, Weatherford will offer an intimate glimpse into the processes of her unique visual chemistry during a visit to Claremont McKenna College (as a Visiting Fellow of the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies), where she is creating a large, site-specific painting.
Among her solo exhibitions garnering critical acclaim over the years are "Manhattan" at Brennan & Griffin, New York (2012), "The Cave" at John Tevis Gallery, Paris (2010), and "Brick Walls and Sealife" at Cottage Home, Los Angeles (2008). Though her paintings are linked to particular places and locales, what her canvases record are emotional responses–– "psychogeographies,"one critic calls them—that employ moody color palettes (heightened by the use of neon lighting), unusual textures and objects that have become a part of her signature style.
Born in Ojai, Calif., Weatherford graduated from Princeton University in Art History/Visual Arts, was a Helena Rubinstein Fellow at the Whitney Independent Study Program and earned her MFA from Bard College.
Acting Politically to Avert Climate Disaster and Preserve American Prosperity
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; PROGRAM 12:00 p.m.
Tom Steyer is an investor, philanthropist and advanced energy advocate. He is also the President of NextGen Climate, an organization that acts politically to avert climate disaster and preserve American prosperity.
Before retiring from the private sector, Tom founded and was the Senior Managing Member of Farallon Capital Management. He also was a Managing Director and member of the Investment Committee at Hellman & Friedman.
Tom is actively engaged in climate politics and works to promote economic development and environmental protection in the state. In 2012, Tom served as co-chair with former Secretary of State George Shultz for Yes on Proposition 39, which closed a tax loophole for out-of-state corporations and created jobs in California. In 2010, Tom teamed again with George Shultz to defeat California's Proposition 23, an effort by out-of-state oil companies to dismantle California's groundbreaking clean energy law, AB 32. In 2013, Tom also supported the successful campaigns of Ed Markey for Senate in Massachusetts and Terry McAuliffe for Governor in Virginia.
Tom and his wife, Kat Taylor, joined Warren Buffett, Bill and Melinda Gates and other high-wealth Americans in the "Giving Pledge," a promise to donate the majority of their wealth to charitable and nonprofit activities during their lifetimes. Tom and Kat created and funded the Oakland-based One PacificCoast Bank and Foundation, which provides loans and banking services to underserved small businesses, communities, and individuals in California and along the west coast. Tom serves on Stanford University's Board of Trustees as Vice-Chair, where he and his wife founded two renewable energy research institutions: the TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy and the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance. Tom also founded Advanced Energy Economy, which works with businesses to make energy secure, clean and affordable, and Next Generation, which addresses energy and children's policy issues.
An Evening of Chamber Music: Beach, Chopin, and Brahms
HAO HUANG, piano
RACHEL VETTER HUANG, violin
The Mei Duo has been awarded grants for excellence in performance and scholarship by both the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Dedicated to the principle of the violin-piano duo as chamber music, Rachel and Hao Huang have performed in such venues as Merkin Hall in Abraham Goodman House, Coolidge Auditorium in the Library of Congress and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C..
Violinist Rachel Vetter Huang has performed as a concerto soloist with the Boston Pops, Concord Symphony Orchestra and others. She has performed extensively in Austria and China, and on public television and radio on both coasts of the USA. Dr. R. Huang holds degrees from Harvard University and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She formerly taught as professor of violin at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and currently serves on the faculty of Scripps College and Claremont Graduate University.
A four-time United States Information Agency Artistic Ambassador (Europe, Africa and the Middle East), pianist Dr. Hao Huang has gained critical acclaim in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America. He has appeared as a featured soloist at the George Enescu International Music Festival and the Barcelona Cultural Olympiad. A graduate of Harvard University, the Juilliard School and SUNY at Stony Brook, Dr. H. Huang taught previously at the Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt" in Weimar and is currently Frankel Endowed Chair in Music and Senior Advisor to the President for International Initiatives at Scripps College, California.
Sonata for violin & piano in A minor, Op. 34..............................Amy Cheney Beach (1867-1944)
Allegro moderato
Largo con dolore
Finale. Allegro con fuoco
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52............................Frederic Chopin (1810- 1849)
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78, Regensonate......Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
(for violin and piano)
Vivace ma non troppo
Allegro molto moderato
Coming Apart at the Seams: America's New Cultural Divide
Do you think leaving the country for years on end or joining the Army is the best way to understand your fellow citizen? Are you worried about the widening divide between America's elite and mainstream? Dr. Charles Murray's most recent book, bestseller Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 (Crown Forum, 2012), describes an unprecedented cultural and socioeconomic divide in American over the last half century. When the book came out, New York Times columnist David Brooks commented, "I'll be shocked if there's another book this year as important as Charles Murray's 'Coming Apart.'"
Murray first came to national attention in 1984 with the publication of Losing Ground: American Social Policy 1950-1980 (Basic Books, 1984), which has been credited as the intellectual foundation for the Welfare Reform Act of 1996. His 1994 New York Times bestseller, The Bell Curve (Free Press, 1994), coauthored with the late Richard J. Herrnstein, sparked heated controversy for its analysis of the role of intelligence quotient in shaping America's class structure. His other books include What It Means to Be a Libertarian (1997), Human Accomplishment (2003), In Our Hands (2006), and Real Education (2008). Dr. Murray is the W.H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and his Athenaeum lecture is sponsored by AEI Campus Executive Council.
Dr. Murray earned a B.A. in history from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (TIP: How Thick Is Your Bubble? Take Dr. Murray's 20-question quiz before attending the event.)
American Exceptionalism
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; PROGRAM 12:00 p.m.
Peter H. Schuck is the Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He has held this chair since 1984, and also served as Deputy Dean of the Law School. His major fields of teaching and research are tort law; immigration, citizenship, and refugee law; groups, diversity, and law; and administrative law.
Schuck has written on a broad range of other public policy topics. His books include Meditations of a Militant Moderate: Cool Views on Hot Issues (2006); Immigration Stories (co-editor, 2005); and Foundations of Administrative Law (editor, 2d ed., 2004). In his most recent book published in March 2014, Why Government Fails so Often: And How it Can Do Better, Schuck provides insight on why so many domestic policies don't work, and how the federal government might "right the foundering ship of state."
Schuck is a member of the American Law Institute's advisory committee for the Restatement of Torts (Third), Basic Principles, is a contributing editor to The American Lawyer, has served as an arbitrator and as an expert witness in a variety of disputes, and has testified in dozens of congressional hearings. He was awarded a Harvard Graduate Prize Fellowship (1968-70), a Guggenheim Fellowship (1984-85), a residency at Rockefeller Foundation center in Bellagio (2001), and a Fulbright Senior Fellowship to lecture in India (2004).
Prior to joining the Yale faculty in 1979, Schuck was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1977-79), Director of the Washington Office of Consumers Union (1972-77), and consultant to the Center for Study of Responsive Law (1971-72). He also practiced law in New York City (1965-68) and holds degrees from Cornell (B.A. 1962), Harvard Law School (J.D. 1965), N.Y.U. Law School (Ll.M. in International Law 1966), and Harvard University (M.A. in Government 1969).
This luncheon is sponsored by the President's Leaders Forum.
FOUND: A Woman's Experience through the Armenian Genocide
The Athenaeum is proud to present FOUND a play written by Anoush Baghdassarian '17 in commemoration and recognition of the 99th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, which occurred in modern day Turkey and resulted in the deaths of over a million people.
FOUND is a play about a young girl named Lucine and her experience through the Armenian Genocide. Lucine's family gets killed while she is watching in a state of frozen panic from her bedroom door. Her younger brother Raffi runs out of the house and is chased by the Turkish soldiers. Although Lucine knows that her parents were killed, she still has hope that her brother is alive somewhere and she uses the next ten years of her life to search for him. She encounters many people (two of whom are Turkish) along her way who have been victims of the Genocide as well.
The stage is split in half and stage left is the 1915 Lucine and stage right is the 1925 Lucine. The play begins with the 1925 Lucine having nightmares about the night her parents were killed ten years earlier. She then goes to her desk to write about all the atrocities that ceaselessly run through her mind, hoping that they will not recur if she gets them down on paper. Everything she writes is then acted out on the portion of the stage beside her representing 1915.
Faith and Philosophy: A Lunch and Conference in Honor of Professor Steve Davis
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; PROGRAM 12:00 p.m.
Professor Steve Davis came to Claremont McKenna College in 1970. During his time at CMC, Professor Davis has been an enormously productive scholar, engaging teacher, and important voice on the faculty. He has authored or edited 16 books along with numerous scholarly articles on various aspects of the philosophy of religion, particularly on questions related to Christian theology. He has been an integral member of and a major contributor to the curricula of both the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Religious Studies. He has served on all of the college's major committees, and has been a leading presence in the college's rise to national recognition.
In recognition of his many achievements, a group of colleagues and students have produced a volume of scholar essays (Festschrift) in his honor. The volume will be published by University of Notre Dame Press later this year. The lunch is part of a day-long conference celebrating the scholarship, teaching, and service of one of the college's premier scholar-teachers.
First Principles versus Secular Stagnation
The U.S. economy has not performed up to its potential in recent years, according to Stanford economist John B Taylor, who argues that the slowness of the recovery, as well as the deepness of the great recession before that, were due to a significant shift in economic policy away from what worked reasonably well in the decades before. Broadly speaking, monetary policy, regulatory policy, and fiscal policy each became more discretionary, more interventionist, and less predictable in the years leading up to the crisis. A popular alternative explanation is the "secular stagnation view" which holds that there has been a fundamental shift in the market economy , but if Taylor's "policy is the problem" view proves to be correct, then restoring strong sustainable growth will require reforms the types of reforms in his book First Principles: Five keys to Restoring America's Prosperity (2012).
Law and the Environment
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; PROGRAM 12:00 p.m.
Mary D. Nichols is Chairman of the California Air Resources Board, a post she has held since 2007.
Nichols has devoted her entire career in public and nonprofit service to advocating for the environment and public health. In addition to her work at the Air Board, she has served as Assistant Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Air and Radiation program under President Clinton, Secretary for California's Resources Agency from 1999 to 2003 and Director of the Institute of the Environment at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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The Board is supported by a professional staff of scientists, engineers, economists, lawyers and policy experts, with an annual operating budget of more than $860 million.
Roundtable Discussion: The Great Election Tamasha
Elections in the World's Largest Democracy: India
NITA KUMAR, history, CMC
ASEEMA SINHA, government, CMC
7:30 p.m. Freeberg Lounge
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Elections, underway in the world's largest democracy, are shaking the foundations of Indian politics and challenging the incumbent Congress party, which has ruled India since 2004 and for decades previously. This roundtable discussion will outline the major ISSUES, CANDIDATES, and TRENDS that dominate the election. Why is the Congress party expected to lose despite its many achievements? Will India be ruled by the BJP, a Hindu Nationalist party after May 2014? A new party, an "electoral insurgent," the Aam Admi party (the Common Man's party) is making a debut in Indian politics. What are the implications of these developments? The city of Banaras will host a historic battle between Narendra Modi (BJP leader) and Arvind Kejriwal, the leader of the Common man's party. Professor Nita Kumar has been a resident of Banaras and will reflect on the role of the city in this election. Professor Aseema Sinha has done research on Narendra Modi's work in Gujarat and will reflect on his rise as a leader of the BJP.
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Major issues during the 2013 legislative session included juvenile-justice reform, regulation of coin-operated video games, ethics reform
Major issues during the 2013 legislative session included juvenile-justice reform, regulation of coin-operated video games, ethics reform and a budget that was previously facing a $700 million deficit.<ref>[http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-03-30/some-win-some-lose-georgia-legislative-session ''onlineathens.com'', "Some win, some lose in Georgia legislative session", May 30, 2013]</ref>
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|Georgia General Assembly
|General Information
|State legislature
|Term limits:
|2015 session start:
|January 14, 2013
|Official Legislature Page
|Senate President:
|Casey Cagle (R)
|House Speaker:
|David Ralston (R)
|Majority Leader:
| Chip Rogers (R) (Senate),
Larry O'Neal (R) (House)
|Minority Leader:
| Steve Henson (D) (Senate),
Stacey Abrams (D) (House)
|56 (Senate), 180 (House)
|Length of term:
|2 years (Senate), 2 years (House)
|Art III, Section 4, Georgia Constitution
|$17,342/year + per diem
|Last Election:
|November 6, 2012
56 seats (Senate)
180 seats (House)
|Next election:
|November 4, 2014
|Georgia Legislature has control
- 1 Sessions
- 2 History
- 3 Legislators
- 4 Organization and procedure
- 5 Role in State Budget
- 6 Composition
- 7 Powers and privileges
- 8 Senate
- 9 House of Representatives
- 10 Joint committees
- 11 External links
- 12 References
As of May 2015, Georgia is one of 23 Republican state government trifectas.
Section 4 of Article III of the Georgia Constitution establishes when the General Assembly is to meet in regular session. The General Assembly must convene annually by the second Monday in January, and its sessions can last for only forty legislative days.[1] Prefiling begins November 15 and runs until the start of the session.
- See also: Dates of 2013 state legislative sessions
In 2013, the Legislature was in session from January 14 through March 28.
Major issues
Major issues during the 2013 legislative session included juvenile-justice reform, regulation of coin-operated video games, ethics reform and a budget that was previously facing a $700 million deficit.[2]
- See also: Dates of 2012 state legislative sessions
In 2012, the General Assembly was in regular session from January 9 through March 29.
- See also: Dates of 2011 state legislative sessions
In 2011, the General Assembly was in regular session from January 10 through April 14. [3] Governor Nathan Deal called the legislature into special session for August 15 to consider congressional and legislative redistricting plans based on the 2010 census. [4]
- See also: Dates of 2010 state legislative sessions
In 2010, the General Assembly was in session from January 11th to April 29th.
The Sunlight Foundation released an "Open Legislative Data Report Card" in March 2013. Georgia was given a grade of A in the report. The report card evaluated how adequate, complete and accessible legislative data was to the general public. A total of 10 states received an A: Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Kansas, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Washington.[5]
The General Assembly, which is the legislative branch of the state's government, was created in 1777 during the American Revolution, making it older than the U.S. Congress. During its existence the Assembly has moved five different times as the state capital changed locations. The first location the Assembly served in was Savannah, then Augusta and Louisville, from there to Milledgeville and finally to Atlanta in 1868.[6]
The General Assembly in Savannah
By January of 1776, Savannah had become the capital of Georgia when the former colony declared independence from Britain. The legislature, a unicameral body, met there in 1777 and 1778 only to retreat to Augusta when the British captured the city. Yet, they were not settled long in that city when, in 1779, the British captured Augusta. The city of Augusta changed hands three times during the war, finally returning to American possession in July of 1781. They stayed in Augusta until May 1782 when the British left Savannah, thus allowing the legislature to return to the capital.[7]
Move to Augusta
Between 1783 and 1785, the Georgia General Assembly met in both Savannah and Augusta; the primary cause for the moves arose when tensions were created between the cities of Savannah and Augusta causing then Governor Lyman Hall to officially reside in both places. On February 22, 1785, the General Assembly held its last meeting in Savannah. Augusta had become the official capital because of pressure from the general populace to have their capital in the center of the state.[8]
On to Louisville
With the spread of the population, it was felt that Georgia's capital needed to move as well. A commission was appointed by the legislature in 1786 to find a place that was centrally located. The commission recommended Louisville, which would become Georgia's first planned capital and would hold her first capitol building. Due to the fact that the capital would have to be built from the ground up, and because of numerous construction delays, it took a decade to build the city. The name Louisville was chosen by the General Assembly in honor of King Louis XVI for France's aid during the Revolutionary War.
The new state house, a two-story 18th century Gregorian building of red brick, was completed in 1796. The Legislature designated Louisville the "permanent seat" of Georgia government. Yet, further western expansion created the need for another new state capital. The capitol building was purchased by Jefferson County and used as a courthouse, but the building had to be torn down because it became unsound. A plaque marks the location of the old Capitol.[9]
The Assembly arrives in Milledgeville
In 1804, the state government realized that yet another capital, would be needed. As a result, An act was passed which authorized a new capital city to be built on 3,240 acres in the area currently known as Baldwin County. The new city was named Milledgeville in honor of Governor John Milledge.
The new capitol building took two years to build. The capitol was a Gothic Revival style building made of brick. The legislature passed the Secession Act on January 19, 1861 and joined the Confederacy while serving in that capitol at Milledgeville. With General Sherman's approach, the members of the General Assembly adjourned in the fall of 1864, later reconvening briefly in Macon in 1865. As the American Civil War finally came to a close and with the federal government controlling Georgia's government, the legislature reconvened at the Capitol in Milledgeville.[10]
In 1867, Major General John Pope, military governor of Georgia, called for an assembly in Atlanta to discuss a constitutional convention. It was at this time that Atlanta officials again moved to make the city Georgia's new state capital. The constitutional convention agreed and the people voted to ratify the decision on April 20, 1868. The Georgia General Assembly first presided in Atlanta on July 4, 1868.
In 1884 the legislature appropriated one million dollars to build a new state capitol. Construction began on October 26, 1884 and the building was completed and occupied on June 15, 1889.[11]
Partisan balance 1992-2013
Georgia State Senate: From 1992-2013, the Democratic Party was the majority in the Georgia State Senate for the first 11 years and the Republicans were the majority for the second 11 years. During the final nine years of the study, Georgia was under Republican trifectas.
Across the country, there were 541 Democratic and 517 Republican state senates from 1992 to 2013.
Georgia State House of Representatives: From 1992-2013, the Democratic Party was the majority in the Georgia State House of Representatives for the first 13 years and the Republicans were the majority for the last nine years. During the final nine years of the study, Georgia was under Republican trifectas.
Across the country, there were 577 Democratic and 483 Republican State Houses of Representatives from 1992 to 2013.
Over the course of the 22-year study, state governments became increasingly more partisan. At the outset of the study period (1992), 18 of the 49 states with partisan legislatures had single-party trifectas and 31 states had divided governments. In 2013, only 13 states have divided governments, while single-party trifectas held sway in 36 states, the most in the 22 years studied.
The chart below shows the partisan composition of the Office of the Governor of Georgia, the Georgia State Senate and the Georgia House of Representatives from 1992-2013.
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
As of 2013, members of the Georgia legislature are paid $17,342/year plus $173/day for per diem when in session.[12]
When sworn in
Georgia legislators assume office the second Monday in January.
Organization and procedure
The General Assembly meets in regular session on the second Monday in January for no longer than 40 days each year. Neither the House nor the Senate can adjourn during a regular session for longer than three days or meet in any place other than the state capitol without the other house's consent.
Role in State Budget
- Main article: Alabama state budget
By the end of January of each year, the Georgia General Assembly receives an annual budget proposal from the Governor. The annual budget proposal is for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1st. The Assembly then revises this budget over the course of the next couple of months. In March or April, the Legislature votes on a budget. For a budget to pass, a majority of legislatures must vote in support of it [13]
In the midst of recent economic hard times, the Georgia Assembly has struggled to put together and pass a balanced budget. The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) predicts the fiscal year 2010 budget will be $1.2 billion short above and beyond the cuts made during its passage. GBPI estimates a deficit of $740 million for FY 2011, at which time the state will not have any reserve funds available and less federal stimulus money to cushion the impact.[14]
Rules of procedure
Both houses of the General Assembly may determine procedural rules provide for its employees. The General Assembly as a whole, or each house separately, has the ability to create interim committees.
Oath of office
Before taking office senators and representatives must take the oath (or in some cases an affirmation) stipulated by the law.
A majority of the members to which each house is entitled shall constitute a quorum to transact business. A smaller number may adjourn from day to day and compel the presence of its absent members.
Whenever a vacancy occurs in the General Assembly, an event that occurs whenever a member moves from the district from which he was elected, it is filled according to Georgia law and the Constitution.
Members of the General Assembly receive salaries provided by law, so long as that salary does not increase before the end of the term during which the increase becomes effective.
Election and returns; disorderly conduct
Both houses hold the responsibility of judging the election, returns, and qualifications of their members. Also,both houses have the power to punish members for disorderly misconduct. Punishments for such conduct are:
- censure
- fine
- imprisonment
- expulsion
However, no member can be expelled without a vote of two-thirds of the members of the house the member belongs to.
When a person is guilty of contempt, the individual may be imprisoned if ordered by either the House or the Senate.
Elections by either house
All elections of the General Assembly are to be recorded. The recorded vote then appears in the journal of each house.
Open meetings
Sessions of the General Assembly, including committee meetings, are open to the public except when either house makes an exception.
The Georgia General Assembly began as a unicameral body in 1777 but changed to a bicameral legislature in 1789. It is now made up of a Senate (the upper house) and a House of Representatives (the lower house).
Qualifications for election
The Georgia Constitution stipulates that members of the Senate must be citizens of the United States, at least 25 years old, a citizen of the state of Georgia for at least two years, and a legal resident of the district the senator was elected from for at least one year. Members of the House of Representatives must be citizens of the United States, at least 21 years old, a Georgia citizen for at least two years, and a legal resident of district the representative was elected from for at least one year.
According to the Georgia Constitution Article III Section II Paragraph IV:
- No person on active duty with any branch of the armed forces of the United States shall have a seat in either house unless otherwise provided by law.
- No person holding any civil appointment or office having any emolument annexed thereto under the United States, this state, or any other state shall have a seat in either house.
- No Senator or Representative shall be elected by the General Assembly or appointed by the Governor to any office or appointment having any emolument annexed thereto during the time for which such person shall have been elected unless the Senator or Representative shall first resign the seat to which elected; provided, however, that, during the term for which elected, no Senator or Representative shall be appointed to any civil office which has been created during such term.
The presiding officer of the Senate is the President of the Senate. Like the U.S. Senate, a President Pro Tempore is elected by the Senate from among its members. The President Pro Tempore acts as President in case of the temporary disability of the President. In case of the death, resignation, or permanent disability of the President or in the event of the succession of the President to the executive power, the President Pro Tempore becomes President. The Senate also has as an officer the Secretary of the Senate.
The House of Representatives elects its own Speaker and a Speaker Pro Tempore. The Speaker Pro Tempore becomes Speaker in case of the death, resignation, or permanent disability of the Speaker. The Speaker Pro Tempore serves until a new Speaker is elected. The House also has as an officer the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Powers and privileges
Article III Section VI of the Georgia Constitution specifies the powers given to the Georgia General Assembly. Paragraph I states, "The General Assembly shall have the power to make all laws not inconsistent with this Constitution, and not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States, which it shall deem necessary and proper for the welfare of the state." Moreover, the powers the Constitution gives the Assembly include land use restrictions to protect and preserve the environment and natural resources; the creation, use and disciplining through court martial of a state militia which would be under the command of the Governor of Georgia acting as commander-in-chief (excepting times when the militia is under Federal command); The power to expend public money, to condemn property, and to zone property; The continuity of state and local governments during times of emergency; state participation in tourism. The use, control and regulation of outdoor advertising within the state.
Limitation of powers
Paragraph V of Article III Section VI states that:
- The General Assembly shall not have the power to grant incorporation to private persons but shall provide by general law the manner in which private corporate powers and privileges may be granted.
- The General Assembly shall not forgive the forfeiture of the charter of any corporation existing on August 13, 1945, nor shall it grant any benefit to or permit any amendment to the charter of any corporation except upon the condition that the acceptance thereof shall operate as a novation of the charter and that such corporation shall thereafter hold its charter subject to the provisions of this Constitution.
- The General Assembly shall not have the power to authorize any contract or agreement which may have the effect of or which is intended to have the effect of defeating or lessening competition, or encouraging a monopoly, which are hereby declared to be unlawful and void.
- The General Assembly shall not have the power to regulate or fix charges of public utilities owned or operated by any county or municipality of this state, except as authorized by this Constitution.
- No municipal or county authority which is authorized to construct, improve, or maintain any road or street on behalf of, pursuant to a contract with, or through the use of taxes or other revenues of a county or municipal corporation shall be created by any local Act or pursuant to any general Act nor shall any law specifically relating to any such authority be amended unless the creation of such authority or the amendment of such law is conditioned upon the approval of a majority of the qualified voters of the county or municipal corporation affected voting in a referendum thereon. This subparagraph shall not apply to or affect any state authority.
Privileges of members
Members of the Georgia General Assembly maintain two important privileges during their time in office. First, no member of either house of the Assembly can be arrested during sessions of the General Assembly or during committee meetings except in cases of treason, felony, or "breach of the peace."Also, members are not liable for anything they might say in either the House or the Senate or in any committee meetings of both.
The Georgia State Senate is the upper house of the Georgia General Assembly. According to the Georgia Constitution of 1983, this body is to be composed of no more than 56 members elected for two-year terms. Each member represents an average of 172,994 residents, as of the 2010 Census.[15] After the 2000 Census, each member represented 157,437.[16] Current state law provides for 56 members. Elections are held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered years. Senators must be at least 25 years old, an American citizen, and a resident of Georgia for two years and their senatorial district for one year (preceding the election). The highest position in the Senate, after the President of the Senate, a position held by the Lieutenant Governor, is that of President Pro Tempore.
List of current senators
|As of May 2015
|Democratic Party
|Republican Party
House of Representatives
The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly. According to the Georgia Constitution of 1983, this body is to comprise no fewer than 180 members elected for two-year terms. Each member represents an average of 53,820 residents, as of the 2010 Census.[17] After the 2000 Census, each member represented 48,980.[18] Current state law provides for 180 members. Elections are held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered years.
|As of May 2015
|Democratic Party
|Republican Party
Joint committees
The 2013 session has one joint committee:
The 2011 session had one joint committee:
External links
- Georgia General Assembly
- Legislation tracking at GovTrack
- The Capitalization of Georgia
- Georgia Legislative Watch
- Wikipedia: Georgia General Assembly
- ↑ Georgia Constitution, Article III, Section 4
- ↑ onlineathens.com, "Some win, some lose in Georgia legislative session", May 30, 2013
- ↑ Georgia General Assembly
- ↑ StateScape, Session updates, Aug. 12, 2011
- ↑ Sunlight Foundation, "Ten Principles for Opening Up Government Information," accessed June 16, 2013
- ↑ The Capitalization of Georgia http://sos.state.ga.us, accessed February 5, 2007
- ↑ The Capitalization of Georgia http://sos.state.ga.us, accessed February 5, 2007
- ↑ The Capitalization of Georgia http://sos.state.ga.us, accessed February 5, 2007
- ↑ The Capitalization of Georgia http://sos.state.ga.us, accessed February 5, 2007
- ↑ The Capitalization of Georgia http://sos.state.ga.us, accessed February 5, 2007
- ↑ The Capitalization of Georgia http://sos.state.ga.us, accessed February 5, 2007
- ↑ NCSL.org, "2012 State Legislator Compensation and Per Diem Table," accessed March 18, 2013
- ↑ National Association of State Budget Offices, 2008 Budget Processes in the States
- ↑ Georgia Budget & Policy Institute, "Solving Georgia's Fiscal Crisis Requires More Thoughtful Measures Than Cutting Public Structures," September 2009
- ↑ Population in 2010 of the American states
- ↑ Population in 2000 of the American states
- ↑ Population in 2010 of the American states
- ↑ Population in 2000 of the American states
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List of Georgia ballot measures | Local measures | School bond issues | Ballot measure laws | History of I&R | History of direct democracy | Campaign Finance Requirements |
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