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There's No Place Like Homophobic Kansas
Count it as yet another thing wrong with Kansas, where schools teach kids Adam and Eve rode the dinosaurs and it's safer to be a gang member than an abortion provider. Last week, lawmakers in the state's Republican-controlled House of Representatives set off outrage across the country by passing a law that would not only make it legal for private businesses to discriminate against gays, lesbians, and transgender people; it would also permit state employees—long obliged by our legal tradition to serve all customers on equal terms—to deny LGBT people basic services as long as they are motivated by "sincerely held religious beliefs." Narrow exemptions for religious and religiously-affiliated institutions have increasingly become a standard part of gay-marriage bills as more and more states begin to enact equal marriage legislatively instead of in response to a court ruling. But the Kansas law goes far beyond such targeted exemptions by sanctioning anti-gay discrimination in nearly every arena of public life. Get in a car accident? You'd better hope the triage nurse at the public hospital's not a Rush Limbaugh fan.
What makes Kansas House Bill 2453 especially vicious is that it's already legal to discriminate against gay people in Kansas, where gay marriage has been banned by constitutional amendment since 2006. Unlike states like New York or California, which outlaw discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in employment and "public accommodations," gays and lesbians in Kansas have no similar laws making it illegal to kick someone who is gay or lesbian out of a restaurant on Valentine's Day, refuse to rent them an apartment, or fire them from a job on account of their sexual orientation. "This is new in that the Kansas law aims to create exemptions to protections that don't even exist yet," says Jenny Pizer, law and policy director at Lambda Legal, a gay civil-rights group, and a member of the legal team that successfully challenged California's gay-marriage ban. "It's the exemption before the rule is even on the books." Despite claims from supporters that the bill safeguards "religious liberty," Kansas Republicans' attempt to strip rights from a minority group that has none can only be interpreted as a mean-spirited attack motivated by prejudice. As the Daily Beast's Jamelle Bouie writes, it's the equivalent of Jim Crow.
Thankfully, it looks like the Kansas bill is going nowhere. Responding to the avalanche of news stories sounding the alarm among gay-rights supporters, the president of the Republican-controlled state Senate assured the bill would not pass the chamber in its current form. "Public service needs to remain public service for the entire public," she said in a statement. Kansas's anti-gay discrimination bill was a clear case of conservative overreach, says Douglas Laycock, a law professor at the University of Virginia who has advised state legislatures on crafting religious exemptions to gay-rights legislation—one that could make it harder for religious conservatives to secure more narrow exemptions in the future. "It plays into stereotype from [gay-marriage supporters] that there's no difference between religious faith and plain old-fashioned bigotry."
Kansas's anti-gay discrimination law is just the beginning. As I argued back in November, seeing defeat on the horizon in the gay-marriage wars, social conservatives have shifted gears. Instead of trying to stop the tide of social change, they are seeking to exempt themselves from it under the banner of "religious liberty." Typically, social conservatives have pushed for exemptions in blue states like New York or Vermont only once the legislature has begun considering gay-rights legislation. But starting with Kansas, followers of the gay-marriage saga should expect to see more and more red states considering such preemptive measures as stand-alone bills.
This strike-first strategy is nearly identical to the one conservatives adopted after Hawaii's state Supreme Court struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage in 1993. In the wake of that scare, lawmakers there and in 29 other states amended their constitutions to outlaw same-sex marriage. Now, as these bans succumb to history, the right has begun erecting new barriers. "A lot of religious conservatives come back to get exemptions only after they lose, by which time they have zero bargaining leverage," says Laycock, who supports same-sex marriage as well as more narrow exemptions to protect religious conscience. "[The Kansas bill] is an attempt to lock in religious-liberty protections before they become more difficult to enact." With public opinion shifting quickly on gay rights, the window of opportunity for such exemptions is closing fast.
ruling striking down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which precluded the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages performed in the states, it's no surprise why legislators in red states are rushing to act. Since then, it's been open season on state gay-marriage bans. Within a month of the DOMA decision, lawyers filed lawsuits seeking equal marriage in five states. By the end of the year, nine more states saw their bans challenged in the courts. Since 2014 kicked off, gay-rights legal advocates have sued the state of Florida, Arizona, Missouri, Louisiana, Alabama, and Wisconsin. They aren't just taking their case to the courts; they're winning. The number of states recognizing same-sex marriage has doubled in the last year. It's all part of the "roadmap to victory" outlined by gay-rights group Freedom to Marry, which seeks to get gay marriage in a critical mass of states before going back to the Supreme Court—a benchmark the movement seems to be approaching more quickly than expected. Freedom to Marry founder and President Evan Wolfson says he expects gay-marriage to be back at the high court by 2019.If you look at how quickly the ground has shifted since last summer's Supreme Court
The idea that the advance of gay rights poses a threat to religious liberty isn't entirely new—or limited to the gay marriage debate. Social conservatives have raised the specter of religious persecution as legislatures consider anti-discrimination legislation covering LGBT people. They've also sought to exempt religious students from anti-bullying legislation and challenged the contraception mandate of the Affordable Care Act on similar grounds. In the public debate over same-sex marriage, some opponents of marriage equality have warned that if gay marriage passes, religious officials will be forced to perform same-sex marriages or hire a gay, lesbian, or transgender employee; the First Amendment clearly precludes such a scenario. Even so, blue-state legislatures have reiterated that same-sex-marriage laws should not be construed in such a way simply to appease social conservatives.
The real area of debate, those on both sides of the issue say, is whether religiously affiliated institutions like schools or churches and for-profit, non-religiously affiliated businesses should be able to turn away gay and lesbian customers. It's the wedding-cake scenario, where an employee at a bakery or a photographer is asked to provide services to a same-sex couple celebrating a wedding. Thus far, efforts to insert what are known as "wedding vendor exceptions" in gay-rights legislation have been unsuccessful. There's an obvious reason for that. "They fail because those are blue states," says William Eskridge, a professor of law at Yale University. "If the state is liberal enough to enact same-sex marriage, it's not going to be willing to protect merchants in this way."
As the Kansas debacle suggests, socially conservative states are inclined to pass more expansive exemptions. But legislators in other red states will likely take a lesson from the debacle and limit their scope; however, they will still be broader than those in, say, liberal Massachusetts. Just how broad depends on how quickly legislators in red states act. With each passing day—and whether or not it's accurate to say all exemptions to gay-rights laws are driven by prejudice—public opinion shifts more and more to seeing "religious liberty" exceptions as a guise for discrimination. "Gay-marriage opponents are trying come up with ways to stall whatever the new norm might be," says Douglas NeJaime, a law professor at the University of California, Irvine who studies sexual orientation law. "But it's really a way to try to make any right to same-sex marriage less meaningful."
Mon, 2014-02-17 15:14
The anti-evolution group lost their majority on the Kansas State Board of Education in 2006. The state adopted the National Research Council's standard on evolution and climate change. Now, the anti-evolution forces are now suing to block these on religious freedom grounds.
Please, AP, more facts and less anti-Kansas bigotry.
Fri, 2014-02-21 14:52
Freedom of religion is a founding principle of this country. Without several hundred years of freedoms like this you would not be able to write your opinion in this public forum. The right to be gay is already protected. The right to special privileges based on sexual preference is an outrage. Go be gay. Expecting others to enable gay people to do something that is not natural is just plain ignorant. Celebrate your gayness, just do it at home.
Sat, 2014-02-22 02:59
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Not only some human beings (who were aware from early childhood, without anyone giving them any "gay propaganda," that those different feelings were natural for them), but some animals as well, which would seem to be the epitome of "nature."
But aside from that, if it is legal to deny equal treatment of gay people because of alleged religious teachings, it would be just as legal to claim that one's religion forbids treating black people, or Jewish people, or Catholics, or Arabs, or Irish, etc. equally. And if denying equal treatment puts someone's life, health or property in jeopardy (as in a 911 operator claiming religious objections to putting out a fire in a gay-owned house), it amounts to a denial of the civil rights of the person discriminated against.
Mon, 2014-02-24 11:03
The article focuses on the discriminatory aspects of Kansas' new proposed law. Take a minute to consider the religious-liberty focus instead of the anti-gay focus. At what point would I have to abide by any law if I can claim exemption on religious-liberty grounds? My religion believes taxes are mammon to false idols. Can't pay taxes. Hey! Satanists may believe in live human sacrifices. So what was once illegal murder is now a religious right? Can a pharmacist deny you life-saving drugs because s/he thinks prayer works better! Yes, discrimination against any of our citizenry is unfair and wrong. But the "religious liberty" door is way larger than discrimination against the gay community. It's an attack on all aspects of our way of life.
Mon, 2014-03-03 03:30
Don't fall for Laycock's spin - he is not some disinterested, objective scholar and he is just as much a partisan as anyone else in this fight. Laycock is a big fish in a small pond - i.e., there is a small group of law professors who specialize in "religious liberty" but the sub-field has become dominated by right wing conservatives, natural law roman catholics, etc. Laycock is not your typical anti-gay zealot but he is a maximalist when it comes to carving out huge exemptions or immunity from generally applicable laws, even when they effect the rights of 3rd parties, such as anti-discrimination laws. Laycock was one of the few academics that actually supported Bob Jones in its suit against the IRS in the 1980s (Bob Jones banned interracial dating and the IRS revoked its tax exempt status) which went all the way to the Supreme Court (Bob Jones lost). As far as gay marriage, Laycock and several other conservative christian law professors have lobbied state legislatures and filed amicus briefs to push for huge exemptions that would protect not only churches but church affiliates, including hospitals that receive state funds, from anti-discrimination laws. He also supports exemptions for individuals so long as their anti-gay discrimination is based on a "sincere religious belief." Those sorts of exemptions, modelled on RFRA but specific to gays, would basically gut what little existing state protections gays have. As far as his "support" for gay rights and marriage, it appears to be conditioned on these wide exemptions and the only time he mentions it is to reporters when he advocates for the same. He isn't as extreme as most on the anti-gay right but in some ways he is more dangerous because he is so disingenuous and smug.
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the Swiss are a strange people. extremely tidy and precise, neutral in war, a strange German dialect and the cuckoo-clock. the reason for this strangeness can only be understood historically. I will tell the story now. mark that when I mention France, Italy and Germany I don't mean the actual states as they are today; they did not exist at that time. I mean the territory these states have today.
originally the Swiss were a fierce war tribe. they worshiped a huge idol with a fierce hawk's head named Huitzilipochtili as their God of War. actually it was not really a statue but a gigantic jack-in-the box. for some reason the mechanism of that jack-in-the-box broke because they had not maintained it enough, and they were unable to repair it. they could not put the statue back in the box; it just stood there erect. but that jumping out of the box was an extremely important part of their rituals.
so when the Swiss were attacked by the Aztecs they had lost all faith and took to their heels. they fled all across the sea to the region of Genoa in Italy. but they were driven off there too. they crossed the Alps and wound up in France, but were soon driven back to the Alps by the French. then they tried to cross into Germany, but again they were driven off. these wars took several years though, and they picked up the languages during them.
so they finally had to settle in the Alps. they tried to rebuild the statue of Huitzilipochtili, but all they managed was to create much smaller versions of it. but they were fine craftsmen, so they started to build clocks instead. and in some of these clocks they incorporated their God of War, and it became the cuckoo clock.
since they had been beaten by all their neighbors the Swiss settled for a policy of strict neutrality. and all the effort that had once gone into building war machines and weapons was now put into tidying up the wilderness they lived in. thus Switzerland became the tidy county we know today.
the original language of the Swiss was extremely guttural, and when they adopted German they pronounced it with these guttural sounds. it also had many nouns ending with the syllable "li", which is why the Swiss add it to many of the German nouns they use.
the Aztecs, by the way, were amazed by the fierce looking statue, and soon they began worshiping it as their own God of War.
that is the story of the origin of the Swiss. tongue-in-cheek, of course, but I like to tell it with a straight face. it was actually inspired by the really strong resemblance of the name "Huitzilipochtilii" to the Swiss dialect of German

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Found this on twitter,From Niel
I just rediscovered how glorious this image is so excuse me while I laugh uncontrollably every time I look at it again.
It was taken in Kensal Green Cemetery in February.
Terry borrowed the white jacket from our editor, Malcolm Edwards, and grumbled that it did nothing to keep him warm on a very cold day.
"Sometimes you have to be cold to look cool," I told him.
"It's all right for you," he said. "You're wearing a leather jacket."
"You could wear a leather jacket too."
"I'm wearing white," said Terry, pointedly. "That way, when they come after us for writing a blasphemous book, they'll know I'm the nice one."
(After the photo was taken we noticed the bat-winged hourglass, which we hadn't seen during the photo session, and requested bat-winged hourglasses as a design motif in the book.)


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There are lots and lots of binding tutorials. Lots. So I'm going to skim over binding basics fairly quickly in order to share with you how I machine bind my quilts to look almost hand sewn.
I do all my quilts this way, so by now I've become fairly quick at it. I still love a hand-stitched binding, but I'm more confident that my machine bound quilts can withstand lots of washings and use from my family. I always machine bind baby quilts…because we all know that baby quilts get washed all.the.time.
First you'll need to square up the edges of your quilt. I lay my cutting mat on the floor or table and straighten up my edges with my rotary cutter and ruler. I cut my binding strips 2.5" x the width of the fabric and trim off the selvages. To figure out how many strips you'll need, add up the length in inches of all four sides of your quilt + 20 inches. Then divide that number by 42" (the width of fabric).
Lay your fabric strips right sides together as shown, sew a diagonal seam from corner to corner, trim the corner, and repeat until all of the binding strips are sewn together into one long strip. Then press that whole long strip in half, wrong sides together.
Sew the binding onto the quilt FRONT first.
Pin the binding to a side of the quilt, matching the raw edges and leaving about a 10" tail. Start sewing under the pin using a 1/4" seam allowance. Use a walking foot.
Keep sewing until you reach a corner, and stop stitching and backstitch 1/4" before the corner/next side of the quilt…it's important to get that 1/4" of unsewn space at the end! Lift the binding strip up as shown making a diagonal fold, then pull the binding strip back down creating a fold at the top, pin. Start sewing down the next side at the top using a 1/4" seam allowance.
When you get back to where you started, stop sewing about 10" from where you started, leaving a unsewn tail. Fold the bindings to meet in the middle of the unsewn space, press with an iron or finger press…enough to make a crease. Open the strips, and match the crease marks and pin the strips right sides together. Sew down the crease marks, trim (make sure it's sewn correctly before you trim!), and press the seam. Place the strip back on the quilt and finish sewing the binding on.
You can also sew these together with a mitered edge…I don't bother because this method is so quick for me now. It looks complicated and its really hard to explain/take photos of…but once you try it you'll get it.
This is what your quilt will look like now:
Now turn the quilt over and we're going to stitch the binding down onto the BACK of the quilt.
Choose a place to start, and fold the binding strip over until it's PAST the 1/4" seam line that you made sewing the binding onto the front and pin. This part is important…if you don't pull the binding edge past that seam line…you'll get stitches in your binding on the front.
(the other seam line in the photo is the stay-stitching after I'm done quilting…ignore it)
Sew right along the edge of the binding on the back…you are trying to sew to the left of the seam line always. If you pull that binding past the seam line and sew right long the fold of the binding strip…you should be fine.
Keep sewing until you reach a corner, stop 6" before the corner, fold the bottom edge up, then the side edge over creating a nice mitered corner and pin. Sew to the corner, leave your needle down and turn to sew down the other side.
Keep on sewing until you're back at the start and you're done! If you did it right (it takes some practice!) the binding will look like this on the front/back.
See no stitches in the front binding? All you can see is a nice straight line of stitches in the quilt, and it blends in nicely with the quilting.
If you don't stay to the left of the seam line when your sewing the binding down on the back, this is what happens…you'll get some stitches in your binding.
It's a very easy and fast method to sewing bindings, and it looks way better than sewing the binding down on the front of the quilt with a visible seam line in the binding.
Doesn't that binding look nice on the quilt front?? Hopefully it'll work for you as well as it has for me!


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An extremely well planned city, Jaipur was designed by an engineer and scholar Vidyadhar Bhattacharya, in accordance with ancient Hindu treatise on architecture, the Shilpa Shasta (Vastu).
It was planned in a grid system with wide straight avenues, roads, streets and lanes and uniform rows of shops on either side of the main roads. Jaipur remains the only place where the nine sectors that sub-divide the city symbolise the nine divisions of the universe. Jaipur is surrounded by a wall having seven gates and was built for protection from invading armies and wild animals that lurked just outside in the jungles that surrounded the city.
The Old City, also known as the Pink City, is a wonderful place to wander around. The whole city was painted pink by Maharaja Man Singh II when Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, visited Jaipur in 1876. Today, every home within the city is obliged by law to maintain this facade.
Jaipur's regal heritage is evident in its architecture and culture. Beautifully laid out gardens and parks, attractive monuments and marvellous heritage hotels, once the residence of Maharajas are testaments to the Rajasthan of yesteryears.
The arts and crafts of the state are amazing. You'll find elaborately fashioned jewellery, the multi-coloured 'bandhini' fabrics, richly decorated handlooms, and other trinkets at the colourful bazaars of Jaipur. These bazaars are a lot of fun not just what's available, but also for the cheerful people in their traditional costumes.
For the first-time visitor, it is an intriguing and unforgettable experience.
Population: Approximately 1.9 million
Climate: Summers are hot, with temperatures soaring beyond 45°C. Winters are cold with temperatures as low as 8°C.
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Jaigarh Fort
This fort was cleverly built to gives its archers an advantage over their targets. It is said that Raja Man Singh buried huge treasures here. The fort also houses the Jai Ban – the largest cannon in Asia, rumoured to have been test fired only once.
Hawa Mahal
The enchanting Hawa Mahal is a multi-layered palace, with a profusion of windows and stone screens.
Jantar Mantar
Jantar Mantar, one of the five observatories built by Maharaj Jai Singh, in 1718. He was an avid Astonomer and loved to study the movements of stars. It is the one of largest and the best preserved observatories today. A collection of complex astronomical instruments chiselled out of stone - most of which continue to provide fairly accurate information to this day - is the highlight of the observatory. Constructed with stone and marble, its complex instruments whose setting and shapes are precisely and scientifically designed represent the high -points of Medieval Indian astronomy.
Nahargarh Fort
Nahargarh meaning abode of the tigers was built by Jai Singh to bolster the defense of Amer. Originally called Sudarshan Garh, Nahargarh offers a breathtaking view of Jaipur.
Albert Hall
Erected in the middle of Ram Niwas Garden, Albert Hall was built in 1876 to mark the visit of Prince of Wales. It was designed by Sir Swinton Jacob and opened in 1887 as a public museum. It contains a fine collection of sculptures, paintings, decorative art objects, natural history specimens, an Egyptian mummy and a celebrated Persian Garden Carpet.
Food in Rajasthan is typically north Indian. Vegetables and meats in rich gravies are cooked with strong and heady spices, and served with Indian breads and rice. Most restaurants offer this fare.
For the more conservative eater, Jaipur has lots of multi-cuisine restaurants that serve excellent food. In the recent years, the fast food culture has grown in the city where you can enjoy a quick, inexpensive meal.
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A new policy of censorship on TEDx, what happened to open conversations?
Rupert Sheldrake and Graham Hancock's talks were both censored after radical atheist Jerry Coyne started a campaign to have these talks removed. Does TED really believe the public needs to be protected from new ideas? Are we not smart enough to make up our own minds?
BTW, TED's claim that the talks remain (in a secret and difficult to access corner of the web) online, so that doesn't "count" as censorship is completely disengenious. Why not have open debates bewteen Sheldrake and Coyne? Shouldn't the discussion be opened up rather than closed down?
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I think the strongest points have been made by the many, many internet bloggers who have spoken out against TED on the issue of censorship. I wish TED would have allowed me to continue posting the links, but they are shutting down this conversation early. Thankfully, the conversation continues elsewhere.
I have to say it surprising how little the TED faithful have to say in defense of TED. Even I don't think TED is all bad. I've enjoyed many of the videos posted over the years. I would suggest that anyone who likes a particular video should download it in case it does get censored at some point.
I'll give the final word to the many bloggers out there who refuse to be silenced:
Red Collie
Mar 15 2013: As a long-term professional scientist, I agree with you, Sandy. Personally I do not agree with everything that Sheldrake and Hancock say, but to censor free speech like this is no different from having an "Index of Prohibited Books"', or like they censor the Dalai Lama in China (his book "Freedom in Exile" is prohibited there). If someone disagrees factually with what those speakers says, then the factual disagreements can be cited or discussed on any page which provides their talks.
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The current editors of TED have no idea what it means to do real science, or to be open-minded, and I will not associate with that organization any further, until substantial changes are made to reverse this poor decision, and how it could be made in general. Dr. Horace R. Drew, Caltech Ph.D. 1976-81, MRC LMB 1982-87, CSIRO Australia 1987-2010. Either you believe in free speech, and free science, or you don't. If there is a factual disagreement, then you air and discuss those disagreements, you do not cover them up.
Mar 15 2013: An open discussion between Sheldrake and Coyne would have been a much better solution to this, but Coyne probably doesn't want to go up against someone so likely to make him look foolish.
Thanks for your comment. I opened up this discussion out of the hope that TED will reconsider it's policy. If it doesn't, I won't be back again either. What TED has done is pretty disgusting.
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Mar 16 2013: All the thoughts we have, all the words we share, all the actions we make ripple into eternity.
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Mar 16 2013: That's really beautiful, John. And appropriate to my situation outside of this TED discussion as well, so thank you for the synchronicity.
sandy stone
Mar 15 2013: Please specify which factual errors were presented by Sheldrake, along with the peer-reviewed references backing up your case.
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Looking at the majority of talks on TED, there is very little fact-checking going on. What we are seeing here is censorship based on a particular ideology... that of the radical atheist movement.
So long as TED is clear about what it's official ideology is, it can publish whatever fits. Just like any church or cult does. Controlling what the public gets to see without even being upfront in regards to who is controlling the policy is hardly in sync with TEDs stated policy of presenting new ideas and fostering open conversations.
I'd like to at least know who is on the science board of this non-profit organization.
Mar 15 2013: Sandy, I don't know whether this is what you seek, but if you click the link "About Ted" above and look on the left, there is a link for TED Brain trust, which lists people's names and professional identification. You can tell who the scientists are.
There is nothing at that link called Science Board, so this may not be what you seek.
Bill Storm
Mar 15 2013: What a wonderful discussion this has all been. I've twice physically witnessed settings in which a group of distinguished scientists have become apoplectic over what they've heard: Astronomer/philosopher John Dobson challenged a room-full of astrophysicists to toss their assumptions about the Big Bang and consider his version of Steady State. I watched ears turn red under grey fringes, and hallway conversations were more than heated afterward. My second experience with high energy group scientific discomfort was at a luncheon a few years ago with Stephen Hawking in which he challenged another room-full of physicists to forget everything they thought they knew about the universe and look at it as if they were seeing the data as children… fresh and without any predisposition to belief or scientific orthodoxy. In neither case did those in attendance demand the speaker be silenced because they chose to speculate outside of measured phenomena (both spoke based on data they believed would be forthcoming and eventually measurable, not data in hand). In both cases attendees were provoked to discussion and self-examination of their learned biases, and in both cases their field still awaits stronger evidence for what they proposed.
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In this TED discussion thread I see evidence of minds not unlike those I witnessed above, but I also see evidence of ayatollahs of science quite committed to not merely marginalizing those with whom they differ, but silencing them. I have followed Dr. Sheldrake's work for some years, and while I am far from being a Sheldrake apostle, the data I have seen and my personal experience prevents me from dismissing his work. I would hope that TED and other media sources would choose to provide for the expression of contrary thought, and not be co-opted by one orthodoxy or another. It's a sad day that we see TED be bullied this way.Mar 17 2013: Another blogger speaks out against TED:
"But the gist of it, from my perspective, is that a couple of atheist/scientist bloggers (Jerry Coyne and PZ Myers) were instrumental in getting the Sheldrake and Hancock TEDx talks pulled out from the official TEDx channel. In fact, Jerry Coyne was so pleased that he even gloated on his blog. (Yay, a victory for "real science," whatever that means.)
However, this is not the first time TED and TEDx pulled off a video of controversial talks. This also happened to Lynne McTaggart's 2010 TEDx talk in Brussels and Nick Hanauer's talk on "income inequality" which was just too political for TED. So TED's censorship applies to fringe science views as well as too politically-charged views. So much for the slogan "ideas worth spreading". TED's slogan should now be "Status Quo Ideas Worth Spreading." But I digress. "Mar 16 2013: So TED uses Wiki. Wiki isn't known for it's accuracy, or neutrality on controversial issues.:
Here is an excerpt from a site dedicated to re-shaping wiki to reflect the CSI dogma:
"One of the projects the GSoW team is best known for is the We Got Your Wiki Back project. This is where we write (or rewrite) pages of our skeptical spokespeople. When they are in the media's eye, we know that their Wikipedia page views are going to spike. An example is Peter Gleick, whose page normally gets eighty views a day, hit over 3K views in the days after it was reported he infiltrated the Heartland Institute. A partial list of recent page make-overs by our team include Point of Inquiry podcast (before) & (after), Leo Igwe (before) & (after), Ken Feder (before) & (after), Ken Frazier (before) & (after) and Mary Roach (before) & (after). "
FYI, this kind of thing goes against the rules of wiki, but following the rules of good conduct is not something radical atheists bother with.Mar 17 2013: Another Bogger is angry at TED:
Mar 17 2013: This conversation is being closed early, due to ongoing personal insults and violations of the TED.com community rules.Mar 17 2013: I think I am doing that. I'm letting TED know there is a problem. A big problem that's gone viral.
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TED has become corrupt. Group think has replaced critical thinking. It's achieved cult-like status at the cost of it's humanity. And people are noticing!
Posting the links not only let's people know that they are not alone in having concerns about TED, it let's TED know as well. TED can't fix a problem it is blind to. A wake-up call was long overdue.Mar 17 2013: A TEDx organizer expresses her concerns about TED:
"When I first started to watch TED talks, I thought this interesting new medium might help to make challenging ideas more accessible. However, TED is anything but challenging; it is intellectual pablum that has done little more than create a bloated ideas industry. Dominated by a culture of feel-good techno-utopian do-good millionaires, most TED talks over-simplify complex global problems and offer quick technological fixes.
I am not the first person to raise these concerns, though; it has become almost cliché. TED talks are "intellectually pretentious and almost industrialized in their production" (Globe and Mail), "quick hits of epiphany from our pundit overlords,… a one-night stand with ideas" (Harvard Business Review) and "a massive, money-soaked orgy of self-congratulatory futurism" (Salon). The philosopher Daniel Dennett even went so far as to suggest that TED has become something of a religion, observing that it "already, largely wittingly I think, adopted a lot of the key design features of good religions."
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Mar 17 2013: Krisztian, please keep on topic and stop posting abusive comments.
Ed Schulte
Mar 17 2013: Sandy
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the similarity has been pointed out that TED is an "up and coming Scientology" is the best overall commentary on TED that I have seen ( yes there are those u-tube example of direct experience of TED-fellowship indoctrination but they are full of profanity ) Also, there is a summer of 2012 New Yorker article ..."Is TED all Talk??" which covers all very nicely, with a New Yorker dash of humour too.
Bottom line here is if you don't like TED there are many many alternatives ....and you don't have to pay $$$ for them either. They too have discussion pages but they are monitored but not in a TED censorship way ..instead they have Identified -creditable- people ...and a feed back reply system.....something TED doesn't want to spend $$ on...and that is understandable given who they are and what they represent...A modern ego-mind trap.
And I close with a very old and well used Engineering expression that sums up TED quality very well...
"Nothing is ever a complete waste, it can always serve as a bad example" And to that purpose TED can (and will) for a long time to come, serve Very Well!!!
Be Well Be Present
Mar 17 2013: Thanks, Ed! :)Mar 17 2013: I regret to say,following recent events, that I find I have now lost interest in TED, and will no longer be contributing time,energy and thought to these conversations.
Mar 17 2013: except this last bit i suppose
Mar 17 2013: Why are you so surprised that people find censorship offensive, Krisztian?
TED pretends to be about spreading new ideas and having open conversations... but then the dirty truth about TED was revealed and people are angry about it. Not just angry, but sad. Reports surfacing on the internet are suggesting that many topics are off-limits as far as TED is concerned. GMOs is one. Alternative medicine is another taboo subject.
TED has a dirty underside. People have lost respect for TED.
Mar 17 2013: not offensive. disappointing. censorship is so much different, and you people should know it. censorship is not when you can not use someone else's media to promote your ideas. censorship is when you can use no media to promote your ideas, not even your own.
you probably have never seen censorship. i did. be happy with this state of affairs.Mar 17 2013: Krisztian, The reason there is less censorship where I live is because people have fought and died to protect freedom of speech. I served in my country's military because I believe freedom is something precious that has to be protected.
Freedoms can be easily eroded away, bit by bit. Maybe this is just a tiny issue to you, but if you look the other way, things will only get worse.
Mar 17 2013: i suggest you follow up what happened in 1956, and then formulate an opinion who fought and who did not.
you fight not for freedom, but for your own agenda. freedom includes putting whatever i goddam please on my own website. you still refused to change your opening statement as i requested, and for a good reason: it is your work, and i have no say in that. just like you have no say what is going to the ted website, and what is not. crackpottery is not. and it is good. i mean, i like it. you don't have to.Mar 17 2013: Just for the record, I'm not an American, my country doesn't have the same history.
Canada came up with the idea of Peacekeeping. Not the missiles. People wearing bright blue berets who stand in between two sides of a conflict in the hopes that peace can be fostered with a little attention and care.
Mar 17 2013: just for the record, i don't care one bitMar 17 2013: Maybe you should care. You seem to care about preserving the status of the TED organization. Sadly, you aren't really helping the cause by posting abusive comments. Why not take a more active tole in trying to fix TED? TED's reputation has been seriously damaged and if you value the organization then why not get involved and make changes?
Isn't that better than what you are doing now? Right now you aren't having any effect on making the world a better place. But you can change that. I'm serious.
Mar 17 2013: i could not care less about ted. i disagree with a lot of decisions they make. i also don't like the amount of "happiness over truth" content, and occasional leftist political agenda (jennifer granholm). but that is fine. at the same time i find a lot of good stuff, like rosling, ramachandran, dennett, mitra.
but what bothers me great deal is people trying to impose rules on others. that sort of taliban mindset, declaring what is good what is bad, and fighting to the last drop of blood. mind your own business, and stop waging war on people using their own stuff, just because they use it differently than you see appropriate. bad news: nobody cares about your worldview. if you don't like ted, get the hell out of here.Mar 17 2013: So no one who disagrees with you is allowed to post on TED? I was unaware you had that much authority? hehehehe....
Mar 17 2013: i understand your post almost entirely. i just don't understand the "so" part of it. "so" seems to imply that you have deduced that from what i have said. but it does not follow in any way.Mar 17 2013: Reine, I know a lot of people have moved on, which is to be expected. Once my conversation times out, I'll be moving on as well. But at least I can provide links and information here so that others can see where everyone is going. I appreciate you taking the time to comment. Thanks!
Mar 17 2013: Thanks of the links, much appreciated !
Mar 17 2013: You are very welcome, natasha! :)Mar 16 2013: Another conversation about how censorship has tainted TED:
"In an act of breathtaking stupidity, TED chose to quarantine both Rupert Sheldrake's video and another one by Graham Hancock using some trumped up charges of scientific inaccuracies for both of them. No one was fooled and the resulting outrage has now topped 700 comments as I'm writing this. They are destroying their brand with this nonsense. The Daily Grail has done a fine job of examining the skeptical hatchet job, so I won't be addressing that. Instead, I am going to look at what led them to this nuclear sized public relations disaster and how this is a litmus test of the psi wars in general. I believe that this issue gets to the heart of differences in how skeptics and the pro psi crowd think. We'll start by looking at how the pro psi crowd thinks:
When TED put this up for discussion first, the reaction from the pro Sheldrake crowd was almost universally, "Please leave this alone. We can think for ourselves and make up our own minds." "Mar 17 2013: Dear Sandy,
I just looked at your profile, and it appears that you have only been involved with TED for a couple weeks. Your very first comment on March 7, 2013 begins...."Censorship is just wrong......". ALL of your comments since then continue to criticize TED and people's participation with TED. I honestly don't give much attention or credit to someone who has this kind of agenda.
Mar 17 2013: Like many people, I've watched TED talks on youtube without comment, taking for granted that they would be there for me to enjoy for some time. The Jill Bolte Taylor talk is one of my favorites, and it also covers the topic of consciousness. Since the censorship started, I've downloaded that talk. Who knows what will be removed next?
Mar 17 2013: They ARE indeed there for you to enjoy whenever you want to Sandy. The Jill Bolte Taylor talk is one of my favorites as well. In fact, it was my first introduction to TED, and it is still available on TED. In the event that TED removes it, which I cannot imagine, it is available on Youtube, as most of the TED talks are.....I'm sure you know that.
Mar 17 2013: The Sheldrake and Hancock talks were removed from youtube by TED. Are you sure the talks you like will survive the new vetting process? Many of the same people who called for Shedrakes talk to be removed (Jerry Coyne et al) are also making lists of other talks they think should be censored.
That's the problem with censorship, it is a poison that has a tendency to spread.
So download the Jill Bolte Taylor video while it's still there. Because someone might label it as "woo" and try to burn it at the stake.Mar 17 2013: Sandy,
You are trying to bring attention to YOUR agenda with threats and fear, which is really silly. If some talks are removed from TED or Youtube, life goes on my dear. Are you really so invested in this? Do you have a life outside criticizing TED and the TED community?
Mar 17 2013: Who have I threatened? The well-being of an organization that doesn't look so good under the light of day?
Life does go on. TED has lost all credibility, but life goes on.
Looking at your 500+, I'd say you have a lot more time invested here than I do. I started a conversation. A week from now it will be gone, but the conversation will continue in other places. Places where people feel free to talk about whatever they choose. You are welcome to join those talks.Mar 17 2013: TED has not lost credibility Sandy. YOU have lost credibility. Thank you for the invitation:>)Mar 17 2013: @ Krisztian
You say you don't care, but here you are.
Maybe you should care. You seem to care about preserving the status of the TED organization. Sadly, you aren't really helping the cause by posting abusive comments. Why not take a more active tole in trying to fix TED? TED's reputation has been seriously damaged and if you value the organization then why not get involved and make changes?
Isn't that better than what you are doing now? Right now you aren't having any effect on making the world a better place. But you can change that. I'm serious.
Mar 17 2013: This is a very interesting post Sandy, for a person who started participating on TED only two weeks ago, starting with criticizing TED and the TED community. Too bad you have this personal agenda. Do you honestly think YOUR criticism is "making the world a better place"?
Mar 17 2013: When did freedom of speech become a "personal agenda'? Isn't it something everyone should be concerned about?
Mar 17 2013: Freedom of speech is not the apparent agenda here Sandy. Your criticism and discontent with TED appears to be the agenda.Mar 17 2013: So no one is allowed to criticize TED? Then how will TED ever know when there are problems? It certainly isn't infallible, is it?
It TED supporters spent less time trying to say there are no problems, and more time seeking to address such concerns... well maybe TED wouldn't be in this mess.
Mar 17 2013: People criticize TED all the time Sandy, and there are ways to criticize that really work, and may make an impact. TED has made LOTS of changes since I've been active for a few years, and they listen to complaints all the time. I do not perceive TED to be in a "mess". Perhaps you could explore your own agenda.Mar 17 2013: You sure sound a faithful follower. It's interesting how you characterize the many people who perceive TED as being cult-like as being those with an agenda.
It does remind me of news briefings and interviews given by spokespeople for the Church of Scientology. The people who criticize that organization are also attacked by the Church for having an agenda.
Perhaps keeping people from joining a cult is an agenda, but is that such a bad thing?
Mar 17 2013: I have not "characterized" "many people" Sandy. Be clear with your communications...no need to try to sensationalize. I have clearly stated that you seem to have an agenda.
No Sandy, I am not a follower at all, which is why I am not following YOU! I have the ability to think and evaluate information for myself, as do many people on TED. Do you honestly think Sandy Stone, or whoever you are, can pop on TED and everyone is going to follow YOU? How is that working for ya?
Sandy, nobody is keeping you from joining in conversations on TED....many of which are interesting:>)Mar 17 2013: Dear Sandy,
You are absolutely right....you are "not the first person to raise these concerns"....nor will you be the last person to raise the very same concerns.
We KNOW that you can find any information you want on the internet to support any argument you may have. It is amazing how much time and energy you are spending with something you say is not valuable or beneficial...LOL
Mar 17 2013: I think getting the message out is valuable. I've already convinced people I know not to become involved with TED. These are well-educated, highly successful individuals who will now put their time to better use. So my time was not wasted at all.
Instead of shooting the messenger, Colleen, why not try to work on improving TED's policies?
Mar 17 2013: I have, and I do work on improving TED's policies Sandy. Why don't you do the same?
Mar 17 2013: I think I am doing that. I'm letting TED know there is a problem. A big problem that's gone viral.
TED has become corrupt. Group think has replaced critical thinking. It's achieved cult-like status at the cost of it's humanity. And people are noticing!
Posting the links not only let's people know that they are not alone in having concerns about TED, it let's TED know as well. TED can't fix a problem it is blind to. A wake-up call was long overdue.Mar 17 2013: I've been involved with TED for a few years, and we've had this kind of perceived "wake-up call" from other disgruntled people Sandy. It seems to be your personal agenda.
Mar 17 2013: The Church of Scientology gets these kind of wake-up calls too. They also choose to ignore them.Mar 17 2013: You have scolded several people on this comment thread Sandy for not staying on topic (which I think is why some folks deleted some of their own comments), so I will remind you that "The Church of Scientology" is not the topic. Please stay on topic.
Mar 17 2013: Actually, TED has been likened to a Scientology-like cult. So it absolutely fits into what we are talking about here.
Here's an example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JhwQ17mLjo&list=PLKkSfhYk-XBgyKIPqXrhq11iv2cccOjDcMar 17 2013: No Sandy....it does not fit. Nothing you are saying is "fitting"
Mar 17 2013: You're welcome to your opinion. A lot of people would disagree with you.Mar 17 2013: That's ok Sandy. Life is not always about everyone agreeing:>)Mar 17 2013: Another Blogger expresses his thoughts about TED:
http://jratcliffscarab.blogspot.ca/2013/03/the-ted-conference-suppresses-free.htmlMar 17 2013: From: http://blog.ted.com/2013/03/14/open-for-discussion-graham-hancock-and-rupert-sheldrake/
"3) The board says that "Sheldrake claims to have 'evidence' of morphic resonance in crystal formation and rat behavior" when the studies have "never appeared in a peer-reviewed journal," and so this is another factual error.
But there are two problems with this.
One, Sheldrake, in his own words, is suggesting a "hypothesis" for morphic resonance, not a theory that already has indisputable evidence to back it up.
Second, Sheldrake does cite replications of these experiments in his book The Presence of the Past, beginning on page 199. So what evidence does the board offer for discounting these replications? Simply saying they haven't been published in orthodox journals doesn't amount to evidence against it. Why don't the scientists on this board step forward and debate Sheldrake on these issues or at least provide citations and evidence for their own assertions?
4) Finally, one TED editor said that Sheldrake made a factual error in saying governments ignore alternative medicine, citing the NIH investment in alternative medicine that currently amounts to about 1.425% of its budget.
Even with regard to the U.S. Sheldrake is largely right (98.575% right), but in other countries, such as Denmark, which invests no money in research in alternative medicine, he appears to be entirely right or again mostly right. The same appears true for the UK.
I think at the very last the TED board of scientists need to come forward and detail their own arguments. It seems to me that they really haven't identified a single factual error in Sheldrake's talk. Sheldrake made a lot of controversial suggestions, but no significant factual errors."Mar 17 2013: From: http://blog.ted.com/2013/03/14/open-for-discussion-graham-hancock-and-rupert-sheldrake/
"In my view, the TED board of scientists has actually not been able to find any factual errors in Sheldrake's video, and I can show you what I mean.
1) The board claims that that Sheldrake said that "scientists have ignored variations in the measurements of natural constants" and that this constitutes a factual error.
But this is not the case. Sheldrake, first of all, bases his talk on the "conflict in the heart science between science as a method of inquiry based on reason, evidence, hypothesis, and collective investigation, and science as a belief system or worldview." In other words, he is saying that some scientists are dogmatic on this issue and some are not.
Further, at about 9:50 in his talk, he says, ""I want to focus on the constants of nature. Because these are again use [sic] assumed to be constant."
He is saying, with the partially articulated word, that they are "usually" assumed to be constant, which is true. Most important, the scientists who hold the raw data for big G and refuse to publish it take this dogmatic stance, and these are the voices that really count since their refusal to publish the raw data is holding up further research.
In short, Sheldrake is really just asking for further inquiry and research here, which makes the response of his detractors rather puzzling from a scientific perspective.
2) The board says Sheldrake made an error in saying that scientists believe animals don't have consciousness when in fact there is some consensus among scientists that animals have some form of consciousness.
But Sheldrake's point here is that these scientists take the dogmatic stance that consciousness can be reduced to matter, so Sheldrake is really using the word "consciousness" in a different way. It is a semantic/scientific difference he is pointing out, not a factual error."Mar 17 2013: Thanks for weighing in. I know a lot of people have moved on, which is to be expected. Once my conversation times out, I'll be moving on as well. But at least I can provide links and information here so that others can see where everyone is going.Mar 17 2013: Thanks for weighing in. I know a lot of people have moved on, which is to be expected. Once my conversation times out, I'll be moving on as well. But at least I can provide links and information here so that others can see where everyone is going.Mar 17 2013: Breaking news! This was posted at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/345535438881217/ and
Dear Terry
Many thanks for your support and kind words.
I have written a response to Ted's accusations by their "Scientific Board" and sent it to TED asking them to post it under the Board's statement. They have neither done so nor even acknowledged my email, sent yesterday, and re-sent today. So I plan to publish my letter to them online if they do not respond soon. I will also publish my response in blog form. You would be welcome to post these on your page.
Best wishes
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Mar 17 2013: No need to be abusive, Krisztian. Go hug a puppy. Maybe that will cheer you up.Mar 17 2013: You last game of last was removed by the moderators. No need to start playing games again.Mar 17 2013: I particularly enjoyed this blog:
"The Holy TED Talks Inquisition seems to have attributed to both men a range of positions that neither actually maintain - and then have gone on to use their own error to scratch the pair.
Truth is that their justifications are irrelevant. The bottom line is that Sheldrake and Hancock: "have crossed the line." And the gurus at TED are those who decide where that newly-discovered "line" is.
Which is a pity. Because neither Sheldrake nor Hancock should be lightly dismissed. They are both thinkers and great communicators. Ideal TED material, in other words.
TED's Science Board should understand that the history of science shows us that today's "pseudoscience" is tomorrow's TED Talk.
The posting by TED Curator, Anderson says that "our name and platform should not be associated with these talks." That hints of an emphasis on protecting the TED "brand" - at the cost of their aim of seeking to bring us "leading-edge" thinking.
If some presentations put a few scientific noses out of joint, so be it. Leading-edge material often does that. Ironically, the presentation by Hancock was about the "War on Consciousness." "Mar 17 2013: Not much new in this blog, but nice to see the message getting out!
http://www.hangthebankers.com/graham-hancock-calls-out-teds-blatant-censorship/Mar 17 2013: The comments section on this site is gold!
A few examples:
"TED jumped the shark a long time ago
it's primarily a shill for the elite agenda
and every now and then something interesting accidentally gets in
it's a real feather in one's cap to banned from TED
"Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis was run out of town, became severely depressed and was admitted into an insane asylum because of the harassment and ridicule of those in the medical establishment. His radical claim in which he "could offer no acceptable scientific explanation"? That doctors should wash their hands before surgery (to cut down infections).
His cherry-on-top was being beaten to death by guards of said asylum at the ripe old age of 47."
Nice to see TED is following in such a time-honored tradition as the one that killed Dr. Semmelweis...Mar 17 2013: There is now an online petition asking TED to stop censoring the Graham Hancock TEDx talk:
Scott Bryson, the petition organizer, has this to say:
"As you might know, Grahams video and Rupert Sheldrake's were both pulled the same day shortly after Graham announced the controversy. By then dozens of copies had been downloaded and reposted online, the only request Graham made to his Facebook followers.
All other actions such as this petition, calls to TED and the blog comments on TED's blog were initiated independently with no urging by the author.
As you can see by Graham's latest Facebook posts and Curator of TED Conferences Chris Anderson's replies--just more fuel has been added to the fire.
Anderson put his foot in his mouth by calling for level heads among Graham's fans while insulting the author further by asking him to rationalize a biased Wikipedia article on "Psuedoarchealogy" which has no relevance to the factual issues presented: the author was accused of making statements not in the video.
After the fact TED disingenuously tries to dismiss the issue as a minor TOS violation of their guidelines."


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Again, another feature not many people know about and certain people disregard when saying Windows 7 should be a service pack to Windows Vista
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Oh wow, is that the feature you were appointed to develop? Or one that you helped think up? etc. (I don't know how Windows development works )
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Using OpenSearch was my idea and I built the original prototype, but not without some crucial help from a couple other brilliant folks Because of that work I'm the dev owner of the feature for Win7. Of course it takes a lot of work from people all around the Find & Organize team to actually make it happen. Lots of pieces had to come together to pull it off.
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I heard they wanted them to be this size so people focused on specializing their city in something and relying on their neighbors for others. They didn't want one city to say have an airport, be the best tourist spot, the best spot for say technology jobs, and also be a town that provides power to their neighbors. They want it split up so that say 1 city is known for it's tourism, another will be the technological advanced (say Silicon Valley), another may be a dirty coal mining/oil drilling town, and so on. They want you picking something and focusing on that narrower scope than having it all in one spot. Personally speaking I hope they make them much larger as I filled up this map in about 30-45mins without difficult and it was beginning to get there in population density.
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They did it that size because of performance reasons: http://www.pcgamer.c...tion-explained/
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Chancellorsville: Lee's greatest victoryApril 29,2013
Stonewall JacksonIn late April 1863 near Fredericksburg, Va., Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, commander of the Union Army of the Potomac, hatched a plan to defeat Robert E. Lees Army of Northern Virginia. Hookers force lay on the north bank of the Rappahannock River, Lee on the other, effectively blocking the Union route to Richmond.
Hooker planned to leave two army corps in front of Fredericksburg to keep Lee in his trenches, while the rest of the Union army would march 10 miles to the right, cross the Raritan River and strike Lees unprotected left flank.
This maneuver caught Lee totally unaware. The northerners also possessed an advantage in numbers. Even with leaving 40,000 men under Gen. John Sedgwick as a feint before Fredericksburg, Hooker had 75,000 soldiers for his flanking move. Lees army numbered 60,000, having sent Gen. James Longstreet with 20,000 men away earlier on a campaign to southeast Virginia. Everything favored the Army of the Potomac.
And, in the beginning, it did.
The Federals successfully crossed the Raritan River encountering no opposition. As they camped around Chancellorsville, six miles from Fredericksburg, Lee knew nothing of the threat to his rear.
However, Confederate J.E.B. Stuart soon reported Hookers movement and Lee sent men westward. He had concerns over Sedgwicks men across the river, but soon determined it was a distraction. Lee decided on a daring strategy; he would leave 10,000 men at Fredericksburg and take his remaining soldiers to confront Hooker. Lee updated President Jefferson Davis of his plan to leave sufficient troops to hold our lines, and with the main body . . . give battle.
On May 1, Hookers troops advanced from Chancellorsville and into the open fields west of Fredericksburg. There, they encountered their first resistance. Though Hooker could have used his superior numbers, he elected to fall back, to the chagrin of his generals.
This movement shocked the commander of the II Corps, Darius Couch, who wrote, The position . . . abandoned was high ground . . . open in front, over which an army might move and artillery be used advantageously.
The Army of the Potomac took up a defensive position around Chancellorsville and waited to be attacked, instead of being the attacker. Hooker missed an excellent opportunity.
While Hooker waited, Lee and Jackson planned.
Armed with some intelligence on the Union right flank being unprotected, Lt. Gen Thomas Stonewall Jackson suggested an audacious plan. He would take 28,000 infantry plus Stuarts 4,000 cavalrymen, march 14 miles around the Union army and strike the Union flank. In doing this maneuver, Lee would only have 18,000 men to halt Hookers 75,000 if the Union general again advanced.
Lee agreed and split his army for a second time in front of a superior foe.
Jackson headed out early on the morning of May 2 and the Federals only spotted the tail end of his column, which they interpreted as a Confederate withdrawal, not as an impending attack.
The Union XI Corps felt secure in their position on the far right and had not even erected any breastworks.
By 2:30 in the afternoon the first Confederates arrived west of the Union position and commenced forming battle lines. Though alert Union pickets reported this activity, the news was shrugged off as the offspring of . . . fears.
As Jacksons men arrived he arranged his divisions into three lines. At 5 p.m. he gave Gen. Robert Rodes, who commanded the lead division, a simple order, You can go forward, sir.
Gen. Oliver Howards XI Corps sat totally unsuspecting, many men either resting or having supper. Soon the Rebel yell pierced the air and thousands of Confederates emerged from the thick woods. Jacksons men slammed into the Federals, who offered little resistance. Totally surprised, the northerners streamed back in disarray, and Hooker commenced moving troops to halt the onslaught.
What turned out to be the saving grace for the Army of the Potomac turned out to be time. It grew dark, and coupled with the thick forest, the charging Confederates momentum diminished and organization dissolved. The advance ceased, but men remained on edge.
Entering into this scene came Jackson with his staff. The general wanted to personally survey the situation. He rode forward between the lines and upon returning received a volley from a group of edgy North Carolinians. Jackson fell with a wound that necessitated the amputation of his arm. Command of the Confederate left fell to cavalry commander J.E.B. Stuart.
The next morning found Hookers army in a very loose horseshoe position that left some troops exposed. Stuarts men renewed the battle and gained advantageous ground at Hazel Grove. Artillery posted here pounded the Union position around the Chancellor House. One cannon round shattered a porch column that struck Hooker and knocked him senseless. When he regained consciousness, Hooker still suffered from a concussion.
Lee now threw his two divisions originally left behind into the fray. Their attack pressured the Union left flank and soon Lee united the two wings of his army. With such a precarious position, Hooker had no choice but to pull back into a U-shaped position that protected the fords of the Raritan in the rear and to construct breastworks.
The battlefield turned into a nightmarish scene. The muzzle blasts of cannon and rifles ignited the layers of dry leaves covering the ground. The blazes grew in intensity and soon the incapacitated wounded of both sides succumbed to the flames of fires between the lines. These scenes prompted one Federal officer to write, Fortunate were those that had to die, that they did so before the holocaust began.
The move excited the spirits of the Army of Northern Virginia and Lee wanted to continue to drive back the Federals. However, the new Union position proved too strong and the Southerners had their dreams for a more decisive victory end.
A high-ranking Union officer telegraphed back to headquarters, I think we have had the most terrible battle ever witnessed on earth.
Hooker retreated across the Rappahannock River on May 6. However, during those days while he waited behind strong breastworks, Lee responded to another challenge in his rear. Sedgwicks diversion became an attack.
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Woman says heroin, not Christmas presents, reason behind gas station robberyBy Susan Smallheer
Staff Writer | December 24,2013BRATTLEBORO A Claremont, N.H., woman pleaded innocent Monday to charges of assault and robbery of the Exit 6 Sunoco in Rockingham on Friday a robbery she initially told police was an attempt to get money to buy Christmas presents. She later admitted it was to get money to buy heroin.
Shannon T. Vick, 41, was also charged with petty larceny in connection with the robbery of the Singh Brothers Sunoco. According to court documents, Vick took $199.05 in the robbery. No one was hurt in the robbery, and Vick showed a air pellet gun during the robbery.
Vick, who state police said had fresh needle marks on an arm, had told police that she was a recovering addict. Vick told police that her current husband is in jail in Massachusetts for drug charges and is facing bank robbery charges in New Hampshire.
Vick was released on conditions that she report daily to the Springfield Police Department and sign a $500 unsecured bond.
Vicks court-appointed attorney, Joanne Baltz, said Vick cared for her eight-year-old son, who is autistic, during the week and she said Vick had no resources to post any kind of bail. The boy lives with his father, Vicks ex-husband, on the weekend, Baltz said.
Windham Superior Court Judge Katherine Hayes said she was concerned about Vicks son, in agreeing to release her with the daily reporting conditions, along with the $500 unsecured bond.
But, the judge said, addicts are unreliable. Vick had previously lived in Windsor, and also used the names Shannon Moore or Shannon Regan, according to court records.
Vick had been arrested shortly after the Friday afternoon holdup, according to court documents. Vermont State Police, responding to an alarm at the gas station on Route 103, said they saw Vicks vehicle near the Bellows Falls Country Club and arrested her. Police said Vick made self-incriminating statements to them.
Vermont State Police Lt. Tim Oliver, in responding to the scene of the robbery, noticed a black Volkswagen Jetta on Country Club Road, and the car was operated by a noticeably short female.
Initially, Vick told Oliver she wasnt involved in the robbery and was willing to return to the gas station with him, and she said she had never been there before.
But when Oliver and Vick pulled in to the gas station, the woman became noticeably fidgety and stated, I needed gas money. Im so sorry.
Vick told Oliver she didnt have any gas money and that she needed to get home to pick up her son at 3 p.m.
When Vick was transported to the Vermont State Police barracks in Rockingham, $187 was found in her bra.
Vick later told police she had been unemployed for a year, and she was a former heroin addict and her current husband is also a heroin addict.
Vick said she has been stressed over getting Christmas presents for her family, who live in the south, because she has no money, police reported.
She also told police that she used a black air-soft gun, which shoots plastic balls and drove around for a couple of hours before targeting the Exit 6 Sunoco.
And she told police that she did not point the gun at anyone but held it sideways.
She did not want to hurt anyone, she just felt very desperate, wrote one of the Vermont State Police officers.
Eyewitnesses at the gas station had told police that a lone woman dressed in black with a handgun robbed the store and fled north on Route 103 driving a black Volkswagen. The store employees said the woman was noticeably short and had some type of mask over the lower portion of her face.
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