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Developing countries with low literacy rates and poor education systems are bastardising moderate beliefs resulting in horrific and widespread crimes against humanity.
This post is going to read as part history lesson, part reminder about why religious groups need to stop punting their own agendas in African countries, regardless of their intentions.
I have always felt that notions of gods needed to be eradicated from Africa, but seeing an article by Ken Ham entitled From Old-Earth Compromise Back to Biblical Authority, which encourages the promotion of Christianity and Creationism in Ugandan classrooms, stating that Evolution has become a problem in Uganda, really set me off.
I have mentioned this in passing in my other blog posts, but I would like to make at least one post the undivided focus of this issue for a moment.
Christianity has had a devastating effect in Africa. When Christians entered Africa they saw a vast and beautiful land rich in gold, silver, diamonds, oil, minerals, and other vital resources. They decided to colonise Africa by preaching the doctrine of Christianity to the locals.
Christianity claims that Jesus preached forgiveness, love for your enemies, and the prospect of becoming God's children.
Matthew 5:43-45 You have heard that it was said, 'Love your friends, hate your enemies.' But now I tell you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may become the children of your Father in heaven. For he makes his sun to shine on bad and good people alike and gives rain to those who do good and to those who do evil.
Christianity would further have you believe that Jesus changed God's law written in Leviticus 24:19-20:
If anyone injures another person, whatever he has done shall be done to him. If he breaks a bone, one of his bones shall be broken; if he blinds him in one eye, one of his eyes shall be blinded; if he knocks out a tooth, one of his teeth shall be knocked out. Whatever injury he causes another person shall be done to him in return.
Perhaps if Africa had held fast to the teachings of Jesus rather than God's teachings, Africa and its people wouldn't have been as negatively affected by Christianity. However, this has not been the case. Christianity has been a cancer for Africa. The more it has spread the more devastation it has left in its wake.
The BBC's July – Sept 2005 Focus on Africa magazine recently wrote "Africa is being colonized and christianised all over again. The colonisers this time are Americans, not Europeans, and the brand of belief they are bringing to Africa is Evangelical Christianity, a fundamentalist version of the protestant faith that many Pentecostalists, Baptists and others have allied themselves with."
The BBC article poignantly captures the ongoing religious devastation, exploitation, wanton destruction, and cultural rape of Africa by Evangelical Christianity, also known as Pentecostalism. Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, Pentecostalism is spreading like a wild fire leaving death, rot, darkness and destruction in its wake.
Thousands of Pentecostal churches are mushrooming in cities and rural areas across the continent. In fact, in Africa, there are more churches and mosques than schools, industries and research centres. According to the Focus on Africa magazine, Evangelical Christianity has more that 125 million devotees in Africa – 19 percent of the continent's population – up from 17 million people who described themselves as 'born-again Christians' in 1970.
One of the reasons Pentecostal churches are making waves in Africa is their emphasis on miracles and faith healing. Africans are suckers for magic, miracles and paranormal claims. Evangelical churches now capitalize on that. They promise divine healing and instant solutions to all problems – poverty, hunger, failure, diseases, accidents etc. Pentecostal pastors claim they can make the deaf hear, the blind see, the lame walk and the barren give birth to children. They tell us they can raise the dead, make the poor rich and the unemployed to get jobs. Africans are therefore trooping to Pentecostal churches in their millions mainly in search of their miracles.
This is one of many reasons put forward.
The most stinking and revolting aspect of the evangelical work in Africa is faith-healing. Most Evangelical pastors in Africa are now faith healers. They claim to have powers to cure all diseases and solve all problems. Recently, Gilbert Deya, a self acclaimed archbishop from Kenya, got himself into trouble. He said he could make infertile black couples give birth to miracle babies. But police investigations revealed child theft and baby trafficking.
Some years ago, a Nigerian pastor Temitope Joshua – of the Synagogue of All Nations – announced to the world that he could cure HIV/AIDS. But his claims were later discovered to be all fake and forgery.
In 2001, the German evangelist, Renhard Bonnke, was reported to have raised somebody from the dead. There have been a lot of such indiscriminate claims of miracles and divine healing by Nigeria's televangelists and doomsday preachers – Chris Oyakhilome, Enoch Adeboye, David Oyedepo, Helen Ukpabio, and Matthew Ashimolowo etc. These faith-healers use the money extorted from miracle seekers to mount billboards and sponsor radio and television programmes advertising their miracles. Last year, the Broadcasting commission in Nigeria had to ban the transmission of miracles on national television. Faith healing is the greatest threat to scientific medicine and health care delivery in Africa.
Claims of divine cure and healing cannot be reconciled with the dire health situation in Africa. Africa has the highest infant mortality rate in the world. And millions out there are still dying of preventable diseases like malaria and tuberculosis. According to the United Nations, 6000 African children die – and 11,000 get infected with HIV/AIDS every day. And if indeed there are people with supernatural powers to heal the sick, raise the dead and cure all ailments, why are Africans suffering and dying; why are human beings suffering and dying?
Fears of witchcraft are real in Africa. Churches have been involved in the torture and murder of thousands of African children whom they've denounced as witches. There have been reports of witchcraft murder in Lusikisiki, Men have been jailed for witchcraft murder, and numerous attempts to tackle witch murders in Tanzania. Even a London witchcraft murder was traced to Africa child trade. Witchcraft accusations of children have been made by their own families' pastors in other African countries, with the families always taking the pastor's side.
Christian "science" or Christian healing services are commonplace and extremely worrisome. This article discusses a Christian church currently facing action from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in South Africa after repeatedly claiming to heal the blind, the lame, and people with HIV Aids or cancer. They're on the chopping block for making repeated unsubstantiated claims about their healing services. As usual, the Christian zealots fall back on anecdote and irrational rambling to support their outlandish claims rather than proven science and non-alternative medicine.
Superstitions surrounding health issues in SA are not uncommon or limited to Christianity, however. There's also The South African Faculty of Homeopathy and of course let's not forget the use of muti, which has resulted in murder and madness through children being killed so that their body parts can be used and people selling sacks of muti to thieves who then think they're invisible and end up getting shot. Albino children are particularly sought after. Kenya has taken strides to clamp down on bogus herbalists. So far Nigerian pastors have been involved in over 100 incidents of murdered "witch children" and 13 churches have been named in case files. The nine year old boy, Nwanaokwo Edet had acid poured down his throat by his own father after their family pastor denounced him. He died a month later. Ugandans use Christian Bible to justify ritual sacrifice of children. Child sacrifice in Uganda.
Learn more about traditional African religions here.
As early as 1792, Christianity arrived in Africa through many groups of Christians of African birth or descent who had come to faith in Christ as plantation slaves or as soldiers in the British army during the American War of Independence, or as farmers or squatters in Nova Scotia after it. (5) They took their own preachers and church leaders to Africa and their churches were functioning before the arrival of modern missionaries from the Western world. (6) Therefore, the making of Christian Africa cannot be exclusively attributed to Western missionaries. The contribution of African influence and Africans' unique interpretation and application of the Gospel have been enduring elements in the making of Christian Africa in the twentieth century.
In the early 1960s, when African nationalist leaders and politicians were fighting for political freedom from European countries and removing the last vestiges of colonialism, African Christians were also giving indigenous definition to Christianity. They defined the essential categories of the Christian faith in an indigenous religious paradigm and familiar idioms to the extent that Christian faith in Africa today is stronger than it has ever been, and also more obscure and dangerous since African pastors have drawn their own unethical conclusions regarding the Biblical teachings. Today, it is estimated that more than 360 million Christians throughout the world are Africans.
Many have noted the need to address the issue of Africanising religion. Academics in this field have warned of the radical rebirth of Christianity in Africa as a consequence of the dialogue between today's African Christians and the continent's traditional religions and philosophies, social and cultural contexts, and the like. All hell breaks loose when these dialogues either don't take place or fail.
The existence of Bible translations into KiSwahili, isiXhosa, Zulu, Chichewa, Tswana, Shona etc is frightening. African cultures notoriously cling to superstitions as well as ancestral and tribal beliefs. Combining this with Christianity is resulting in an ongoing history of bad ideas. I have covered many of these issues before, but I'll recap very briefly:
The Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which you can learn more about in this online documentary, Missionaries of Hate, is shockingly violent and, naturally, has its roots firmly in Christianity.The role of evangelical American Christians in pushing the bill spreading anti-gay hate in Africa has been a not-so-well-hidden controversy. Ed Brayton writes on the duplicity of the Ugandan Anti-Gay Legislation
The role of the Catholic church in both Mugabe's reign of terror in Zimbabwe as well as in the Rwandan genocide are just two more instances of disastrous mixing between traditional African beliefs and the larger world religions.
90 million African Christians are currently awaiting the completion of the Kiswahili Bible.
Africa is already rampant with a deadly blend of ignorant Christianity and tribal superstitions. This is fueling atrocities against young children on a daily basis. Not even to mention the role of Christianity in the Ugandan anti-homosexuality bill which declares the punishment for homosexuality is death.
To add the Bible to a continent where the majority of the population do not have a tertiary education and barely a decent high school education is to put a weapon of mass destruction in the hands of the desperate who will believe anything they are told without being able to fully understand the supposed deeper philosophical and theological arguments presented in the contradictory, violent Biblical text.
The Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda is a quasi-religious movement that mixes Christianity with its own brand of spiritualism, the group reinforces its ranks by snatching and terrorizing children. LRA fighters wear rosary beads and recite passages from the Bible before battle.
Apartheid in South Africa and the Christian Dutch Reformed Church. The Apartheid regime implemented heavy racial segregation laws based on what the Churches supported, condoned, and suggested, resulting in many horrific laws. Our country is still suffering from the effects of these laws today and will continue to do so for generations to come.
The Afrikaans Resistance Movement (Afrikaanse Weerstands Beweging) In South Africa. Eugene Terreblanche was trying to revive the movement in God's name but was assassinated 3 April 2010. The AWB have been responsible for racism, bigotry and active homophobia, burning and beating people. Eugene Terreblanche himself committed and ordered many of these atrocities. A recent news bulletin revealed that one black man he had beaten so severely that he suffered severe brain damage.
The AWB website vow: When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay itl for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
How to "cure" homosexuality: American-based Christian ministries pushed Ugandan kill-the-gays bill
Uganda anti-homosexuality bill threatens liberties and human rights…
American based Christian ministries pushed the Ugandan anti-homosexuality bill which states that all people engaging in homosexual activity should be put to death, all people harbouring homosexuals should be put to death, and all who have engaged in acts of serial homosexuality should be put to death. If someone has sex with someone of the same sex and does not report them, they are both put to death. If someone knows of a homosexual or a homosexual couple but does not report them then they are also put to death.
I understand that secular groups bringing aid to Africa do not always operate under a banner of secularism or atheism, or even necessarily humanism, which means that I'm sure there are hundreds of groups of aid workers, doctors, educators etc who are in Africa promoting understanding about HIV/Aids, malaria, the importance of literacy, agricultural methods and such rather than infecting third world countries with unhealthy levels of violent religiosity. However, I fear that this is not the case. I also do not doubt that there are religious people in Africa doing genuine work, but I strongly believe that teaching anyone living in poverty stricken conditions to turn to God is a cruel and inhumane act of emotional guilt and mental punishment.
Aids and Literacy
The Pope says that Africa doesn't need condoms to curb the Aids virus, because the use of contraception is a sin, inspiring this response from Richard Dawkins. Dawkins says, "I wonder on what basis anyone can say condoms make Aids worse. The Pope is either stupid, ignorant, or dim."
Books such as When God Stood Up: A Christian Response to Aids, are easily accessible online.
It's all fair and well rallying the troops in God's name if it's going to bring relief to Aids sufferers, but how can you honestly look the mother of a dying child in the face and tell her that it is God's will that her infant child dies from Aids, or that her child will become one of millions of Aids orphans in Africa because God wills it? It's despicable to think that anyone would hold fast to their blind faith in such a time.
There are currently 22,000,000 people living with HIV/Aids in Sub-Saharan Africa, 12,000,000 are women, 1,800,000 are children, 11,600,000 are Aids orphans, and 1,500,000 have died so far because of Aids (Statistics per African country).
Help them, but do it in the name of humanity and decency rather in the name of a God who would create such a disease, make it possible for such a disease to exist, and/or transfer it/let it be transferred to such a large, innocent part of the world's population. The populations of developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa already lived hard and hardened lives before this virus spread. I also use the word "innocent" in the most secular way possible. I'm sure everyone is a sinner in the religious sense, but not everyone is a criminal or a generically bad person, and no one should be made to apologise for being human except in exceptional circumstances such as rape, murder, kidnapping etc. in which case their apology is owed to mankind, not to some god.
A royal senior in Swaziland has recently said that he thinks Aids is a scam. With the majority of African societies possessing such a low level of education and unawareness of their social responsibilities, you no longer need to imagine the dangers this could cause; they have become clearly visible.
The majority of African countries are at the very bottom of the list of nearly 200 countries included in international literacy surveys.
Nigeria twenty years ago was a bastion of Christianity in Africa with 90% of the population adhering to the Christian faith. 50% of Nigeria is now Islamic. A night-time "ethnic cleansing" raid by Muslims on a village near Nigeria's turbulent city of Jos resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Christians. Authorities say the invaders were Fulani herdsmen, who seek to establish Nigeria as an Islamic republic ruled by Islamic law.
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) may have existed before Islam, but it has since been made part of the Sunna of the Prophet. Ayaan Hirsi Ali writes bravely about her experience as a Muslim child in Africa in Infidel. She became a member of Dutch parliament later in life and sought to abolish article 23, which permitted the creation of private faith schools.
Christianity in Africa has not only failed to do good, but it actually produced character defects and rebellion, at least according to Reverend Isaac Taylor, Canon or York. For this reason, he dangerously promotes Islam in Africa without considering the possibility that Africa might benefit from having no religion at all. Many of Taylor's remarks are exceedingly racist, but it his own misdirected way he makes one or two objective points. The conflict between Islam and Christianity still rages today, but in a violent way, as Christian and Muslim forces fight against each other in such countries as Chad and the Sudan.
For centuries, Islam has attempted to move southward on the continent of Africa. In spite of wars, political upheavals, and massive financial investments, the spread of Islam has remained stalled for 400 years just south of the Sahara desert and just inland of the eastern coast. The Islamic and Christian worldviews remain deadlocked in front-line nations such as Somalia, Sudan, and Mali.
The issue of multiculturalism has always been an ethnically poignant one in Africa. It has also been noteworthy in instances of religious clashes or religious mixing.
Professor Molefi Kete Asante has some interesting comments on the clash of traditional African culture with the larger religions. "The early Christian church had to deal with the fact that Christians had used many African ideas, the son of God, eternal life, and the resurrection, in their religion. The sad fact is that since we have forgotten so much we do not know that we are the originators of religion.
The abandonment of our history, indeed the abandonment of our gods, the gods of our ancestors, have brought us deep into the quagmire of misdirection, mis-orientation and self pity.
Our traditional religious leaders have often been hijacked by the material goods offered by the purveyors of these migrating gods.
What is religion but the deification of ancestors, the making sacred of traditions within the context and history. How can we honor any god who was used against us? The only people who accept alien gods are defeated people; all others honor and accept their own name for the Almighty. We must learn to appreciate ourselves and our traditions. What is wrong with the African God?"
There are theologians in Africa who are trying as hard as possible to reconcile traditional African cultures and traditions with Christianity, however. They have acknowledged that the existence of these religions is a reality, and are seeking ways to marry the varying ways of thinking in a variety of socio-political contexts.
James Cochrane is one such person, from the University of Cape Town's Religious Studies department. Also see this page for a list of his publications.
Keep God out of Africa. Focus on infrastructure, agriculture, education, and basic sanitation. If you feel the need to teach people about the existence of an invisible deity who will help them out, then bring some solid scientific proof to the table instead of philosophical theorising for a change, and maybe we'll let you drive your own religious agenda in Africa. Until then, whether you want to "save" people,"show them the light" or exploit them, ask yourself whether this is really a healthy, humanitarian move.
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As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God
I strongly disagree with this author's conclusion, although I appreciate their optimistic approach. The falsehood about religion needing a replacement has already been dealt with extensively.
Video: Dennett on what should replace religion
Article: Decomposing Humanism
Education is key, not superstition, no matter how well-meaning it is.
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AUBURN, Ala. — Even though he limited himself to throwing drills, Cam Newton showed scouts a lot during his pro day workout Tuesday.
The Auburn quarterback handled a large variety of dropbacks from under center and threw passes for every route imaginable.
Looking at just his athleticism and arm strength, he would be an easy top-10 draft pick. Unfortunately, questions about his footwork and consistency remain.
"I just wanted to show everyone what I've been working on from Day 1," said Newton, whose confidence was boosted greatly by the return to his home field.
He also said he is committed to working hard to get better — which will be a key factor for him in both his short-term and long-term development.
Here's a quick breakdown of Newton's performance during his 48-minute pro day session:
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Athleticism. When you look at Newton in his Under Armour gear, he looks like Terrell Owens or some other ripped, tall, lean NFL player. He moves very well, but sometimes he doesn't have the right footwork in the pocket.
There was no opportunity Tuesday to show off what he can do when he takes off running, but he has plenty of proof from his Heisman-winning season. Bottom line: There are only a handful of NFL QBs who can challenge his size/agility combination.
Arm strength. He can flat-out throw the ball and loves letting it rip downfield. Working with his familiar receiving corps, which he trusted to make big plays all season, he delivered plenty of pretty spirals. He looked especially good firing down the left sideline and also showed good zip with strikes to the intermediate middle.
Accuracy. It's strange, but Newton has a knack for looking better on difficult deep balls than he does on shorter, simpler routes such as comebacks and wheels. He got some help Tuesday from a 15-mph wind and some acrobatic catches from his receivers. When the word inconsistent pops up with Newton, this area is a big part of it.
Mechanics. This is the other area that prevents Newton from being the surefire first overall pick. Although he looked a little bit better dropping back than he did at the Combine, scouts say he still needs to put in plenty of work to make a successful transition from the shotgun spread. At times, he tends to rush his decisions, leading to erratic throws.
"That something I wanted to focus on," Newton said. "Every quarterback has tendencies, and that's one my tendencies — to sometimes be impatient."
Personality. Newton will please some NFL people with his cool, confident demeanor. For others, he may seem borderline cocky.
One thing is certain: On Tuesday, he enjoyed working with some of the teammates he led to a national championship. "He felt comfortable today throwing to the guys he's been throwing to all season," wide receiver Kodi Burns said.
Although Newton was an accomplished college quarterback, he knows his pro day was just another step in a long process of proving himself at the next level.
"Today was just another day for me to get better," he said.


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Wilson Students Show Their Gratitude
Lana Wilson, a parent and grandparent of former Wilson students, made a generous donation of school supplies to Mrs. Lisa Flooks' first grade classroom this year. The notebooks, crayons, folders, markers, crayons, pencils, etc., will be shared with other teachers who may have students in need.
To thank Mrs. Wilson for her generous gift, the students decided to "pay it forward", keeping in mind the school philosophy that 4 > 2. Flook said, "Since Mrs. Wilson did something unexpectedly great for us, we wanted to do something unexpectedly great for her." Using the donated supplies, each student in the classroom made a fall poster for the residents at Meadow View Nursing Home. The students walked there recently to hand delivered a poster to each resident. Wilson met the class at the nursing home where the students gave her their big thank you.
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Baltimore, MD (Sports Network) - Aaron Hicks drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning as the Minnesota Twins edged the Baltimore Orioles, 4-3, on Sunday in the best of three game series rubber match.
Justin Morneau hit a double that plated two runs and Chris Parmelee added a sacrifice fly for the Twins, who saw starter Pedro Hernandez, making just his second career start, give up three runs on four hits and walk three over five innings.
"It felt good not only to get a hit but to drive a run in," Hicks said. "It was the go-ahead run and the game-winning run so it was good. I've been trying to get a hit the entire time. I'm feeling good at the plate even though the results aren't showing it."
Reliever Anthony Swarzak (1-0) tossed 1 1/3 innings of scoreless ball to pick up his first victory of the season.
J.J. Hardy hit a two-run homer and Nick Markakis had two hits and one RBI for Baltimore, which scored all three runs in the second inning. Starter Jason Hammel (1-1) was tagged for four runs on four hits over 6 2/3 innings while striking out three batters in his second start of the season.
Hammel gave up three runs on three hits while lasting six innings in Baltimore's 7-4 win at Tampa Bay on Tuesday.
Trevor Plouffe was hit by a pitch to open up the seventh frame and Wilkin Ramirez put runners on first and second base with a single to left. Brian Dozier put the runners in scoring position with a sacrifice bunt before Parmelee, who pinch hit for Pedro Florimon, delivered the sacrifice fly to tie the game.
That's when Hicks, who was 0-for-13 to start the season, came up huge with two outs with the eventual game-winning single to right-center scoring Plouffe.
Glen Perkins picked up his second save of the year with a perfect ninth inning.
"We had some people out there, just couldn't get a hit," Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said. "Hits were at a premium today."
Florimon drew a walk early in the third before a fly out, but with two down, Hammel walked Mauer and hit Josh Willingham to load the bases.
Morneau made him pay with a double in the left field gap scoring two runners to make it 3-2.
The Orioles plated three runs in the second, the first two resulting in Hardy's two-run shot to left-center. Nolan Reimold singled up the middle and two batters later, Markakis added his own single to center which scored Reimold to make it 3-0.


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NEW YORK Throughout his long career, Woody Allen has been fascinated by magic, a theme hes explored frequently onscreen: playing a magician in Scoop, sending Owen Wilson on time travel in Midnight in Paris, or pulling Jeff Daniels out of a movie screen in The Purple Rose of Cairo.
And though one might think, with the wave of terrible publicity he went through earlier this year, that a bit of magician-like escape into a bygone era or a movie screen is just what he might prefer, Allen is doing anything but disappear.
Hes not only making movies on the same famously ambitious, one-per-year schedule hes adhered to for almost half a century. Hes also actively promoting his latest, the lighthearted period romp Magic in the Moonlight, even as hes busy shooting his next movie in Providence, Rhode Island.
But anyone who expected Allen to speak further on the personal issues that arose last year the revival of accusations by his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, that he abused her when she was 7 will be disappointed. The 78-year-old director has held true to his word that he would say nothing further, following a February letter to the New York Times in which he vigorously denied the allegations.
The question does remain whether Allens personal issues might affect the public reception of his new film, which stars Colin Firth as a cynical stage magician and Emma Stone as the young spiritualist whose magical powers he seeks to debunk. One thing doesnt have to do with the other, says Michael Barker, co-president of Sony Pictures Classics, which released the film on Friday.
Box office expert Paul Dergarabedian expects fans to agree.
For fans, I think theres a total separation that occurs with Woody Allen, says Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak. Coming in, you know theres this baggage ... but his filmmaking transcends all that. His audiences seem to keep lining up for his films.
So far, reviews for the new film have been mixed. In any case, Allen himself says he long ago stopped trying to figure out how his movies will be received.
I have no idea, he said in a telephone interview, when asked about prospects for Moonlight.
Im always disappointed in each movie when Im finished, he explained, because theres a big difference between the fantasy you have when youre home writing the thing, and you think, this is going to be so great ... and then you actually have to execute it, and Emma Stone cant possibly walk across the room as fast as you pictured, because no human can. ... And so Im always disappointed, and I never have an idea which ones are going to resonate with an audience.
Dergarabedian notes that big-name actors are still lining up to work with Allen. That would include Firth and Stone, both working with Allen for the first time.
His work has had such a specific role to play in my whole relation with movies, Firth said, that to suddenly be invited to join the narrative a bit is thrilling.
Stone is only 25 less than half Firths age but still has a connection to Allens films. My mom showed me Annie Hall, said the actress, who noted that her family dog is named Alvy, after Alvy Singer, Allens role in that film.
I was incredibly nervous, Stone said of the prospect of working with Allen. But clearly it worked out: Shes now shooting his new movie, along with Joaquin Phoenix.
In Moonlight, you could say Firth has the requisite Woody Allen protagonist role. And his character, Stanley, exudes the same cynicism about magic and spiritualism that Allen feels. Hes a magician whod love to be proven wrong, said Allen. Especially because he knows that life is a tough, brutal, grim, meaningless grind full of heartache and tragedy, accruing to nothing.
If that sounds sober, listen to Allens own (abridged here) view of life:
In the end, he said, you realize that youre just a human being on the face of the earth, an insignificant agglomeration of cells and neurons, and eventually that expires, and eventually everything expires. Its terrifying.
Allen says the best antidote is distraction, a gift hes been trying to give his audiences for 50 years. But dont expect a happy answer to the question of whether experience makes him a better director.
I wish that were true, he said, ruefully. In an art form, you start from scratch all the time. You gain a little technique over the years. But inspirationally thats in the lap of the gods.
If Im lucky, I get a great inspiration and its a good film. If Im not lucky, I get less inspired, and its not such a good film.
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The Farce of a 'Mega Protest'
· Nigeria's Moral Majority Want Ugwonye, Olubufunmi Prosecuted
The advertized 'mega protest' of the hitherto unknown group, International Human Rights Monitors, turned out a major flop on Thursday.
What was falsely promoted through Leadership newspapers in Nigeria by a separatist website, republicreport.com, along with elombahreports.com, as the perspectives of the bulk of Nigerians in the United States failed to fly as only three people, Carlisle Umunnah and two others made up the "mega crowd."
The two other individuals who joined Carl Umunnah were successfully identified by journalists at the scene as Jason Carter, who presented himself as an 'Occupy Wall Street' activist, and a homeless American who said he was recruited with booze and pizza.
Carl Umunnah led the two foreigners in his 'mega' train to host the flag of Biafra in front of the Nigerian embassy in Washington, D.C.
The protesters said they were protesting what they called the corruption of the Ambassador to the United States, whom they accuse of corruption.
Ambassador Adefuye had rejected all the "wrongful and malicious" allegations made about him, saying that the sponsors of the protest, a Maryland lawyer whose professional license has been revoked, Mr. Emeka Ugwonye, and who had allegedly defrauded the embassy of N1.5 million and another individual, and Mrs. Carol Olubufunmi, who deceived Mrs. Amina Sambo, wife of Nigeria's vice-president, for a fake conference through which she had hoped to reap a windfall of over half a million dollars, orchestrated the fraudulent 'mega protest'.
The organizers had also dubiously tried to use the name of notable Nigerian human rights lawyer and Senior Advocated of Nigeria, Mr. Femi Falana, to gain legitimacy. Mr. Falana, in a Sunday interview with sharpedgenews.com distanced himself from the group and instructed his attorneys in the US to sue Ugwonye, Umunna and Olubufunmi. The prominent lawyer also strongly vouched for the integrity of Ambassador Adefuye.
It was the elixir for representatives of Nigeria's moral majority to come out in their numbers to counter those marching in solidarity with the alleged fugitive fraudsters who floated the amorphous International Human Rights Monitors, believed to have been cunningly named in order to be confused with the well-known Human Rights Watch.
Nigerians who came out in their numbers to counter the three-people 'mega protest' (who flew the flag of Biafra) said that majority of Nigerians had never been so insulted.
"This is how low it gets. Somebody defrauded his country, and thereafter went to hire foreigners to protect him from the wrath of the law. If this is what they call human rights, to walk free after committing a crime, then human rights has a problem. Emeka Ugwonye, must drop the $1.5 million he stole", said a pro-embassy Nigerian protester.
Other protesters in his group carried various placards showing their disapproval of the 'mega protest' organizers, some of which read: A Liar Can KILL; STOP Lying About Our Ambassador!" "PRESS FREEDOM: Stop Abuse of Media Privileges!" "Emeka Ugwonye: Lawyer or Liar?"So Where Is The 'Mega Protest'?
A source familiar with the elaborate scheme instigated by Ugwonye said that the fallen lawyer had wanted to use the opportunity of the protest to press a court summons on the ambassador. Ugwonye was said to have come back into the United States with exaggerated tales of Adefuye causing him to be "arrested and tortured" by the operatives of Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Nigeria.
Those familiar with EFCC's modus operandi said that this may not be true, because of the integrity and professional standards involved in the Commission's interrogations. Having bragged around town, allegedly in the hope that he has fulfilled mission to pull down Adefuye, he sucked-up to Olubufunmi and an allegedly mentally challenged Umunnah to float the 'mega protest' that has been proven to be a major hoax.
The journalists on the ground were able to unveil the identity of Carol Olubufunmi as she was openly quarrelsome and unaccompanied this time around by any member of her own family, unlike the case with her faked women conference where she had appeared with her daughter and a friend.
It turned out that she and her husband were military contractors who amassed huge fortunes from supplies to ECOMOG and squandered it all.
"They were part of the cabal that ruined the Nigerian system. After their fortune evaporated, she became desperate and decided to blackmail and conned VIPs in Abuja," said a source that not want o be named in print.
Jason Carter, the 'Occupy Wall Street' activist who had come with them in solidarity, after admitting that he was deceived to come, disappeared into thin air, saying "men, I'm a sucker," – that is, Mugu in Nigerian street parlance.
Apart from Carol Olubufunmi who fought everyone and insisted she must be called "mummy," there was another person who refused to identify himself.
The two opposing protesting groups sat in a 110-degree afternoon heat. The pro-ambassador group however reached across to serve drinks and food to the four protesters.
The embassy which said it closed for the day opened to normal business later. Nigerians were seen coming and going to dtop and pick passports and visas.
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I run back toward the ditch where I came from and I see a hand sticking out. "Teddy! I'm right here!" I call. "Reach up. I'll pull you out." But when I get closer, I see the metal glint of a silver bracelet with a tiny cello and guitar charm. Adam gave it to me for my 17th birthday. It's my bracelet. I was wearing it this morning. I look down at my wrist. I'm still wearing it now.
I edge closer and now I know that it's not Teddy lying there. It's me. The blood from my chest has seeped through my shirt, skirt, and sweater, and is now pooling like paint drops on the virgin snow. One of my legs is askew, the skin and muscle peeled away so that I can see white streaks of bone. My eyes are closed and my dark brown hair is wet and rusty with blood.
I spin away. This isn't right. This cannot be happening. We are a family, going on a drive. This isn't real. I must have fallen asleep in the car. No! Stop. Please stop. Please wake up! I scream into the chilly air. It's cold. My breath should smoke. It doesn't. I stare down at my wrist, the one that looks fine, untouched by blood and gore, and I pinch as hard as I can.
I don't feel a thing.
I have had nightmares before—falling nightmares, playing-a-cello-recital-without-knowing-the-music nightmares, breakup-up-with-Adam-nightmares—but I have always been able to command myself to open my eyes, to lift my head from the pillow, to halt the horror movie playing behind my closed lids. I try again. Wake up! I scream. Wake up! Wakeupwakeupwakeup! But I can't. I don't.
Then I hear something. It's the music. I can still hear the music. So I concentrate on that. I finger the notes of Beethoven's Cello Sonata No. 3 with my hands, as I often do when I listen to pieces I am working on. Adam calls it air cello. He's always asking me if one day we can play a duet, him on air-guitar, me on air-cello. "When we're done, we can thrash our air instruments," he jokes. "You know you want to."
I play, just focusing on that, until the last bit of life in the car dies, and the music goes with it.
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If you find yourself sitting at the kitchen table grinning at the cornucopia of summer bounty that is filling your fruit bowl, you're probably not alone as it's hard not to appreciate this gift of summer goodness. You more that likely are trying to decide, do I eat fresh the cantaloupe or the watermelon for breakfast today? Or should I make another amazing tomato sandwich for lunch? You know the ones -where tomato is the featured flavor cut into a ½ inch slice on your favorite bread with just a spread of mayo.
Well, before you start enjoying today's abundance you may want to start thinking about winter. What? Winter? Why? Sorry for throwing a wrench into your late summer daydream but consider this: There is nothing like that summer tomato, peach, melon, or green bean taste to cure the wintertime blues. And with the abundance come the best prices of the summer, so doing some work now could bring very pleasant results in December.
No, you don't have to take a canning or pickling class you can use your freezer to save some summer and its not as hard as you think. Why not freeze some tomatoes for sauce? Try this technique, it's easy and yields great results.
Freezing Tomatoes
Tomatoes may be frozen whole, sliced, chopped, or puréed. Additionally, you can freeze them raw or cooked, as juice or sauce, or prepared in the recipe of your choice. Thawed raw tomatoes may be used in any cooked-tomato recipe. Do not try to substitute them for fresh tomatoes, however, since freezing causes their texture to become mushy. Tomatoes should be seasoned just before serving rather than before freezing; freezing may either strengthen or weaken seasonings such as garlic, onion, and herbs.
Preparation: Select firm, ripe tomatoes for freezing. Sort the tomatoes, discarding any that are spoiled. Wash them in clean water as recommended above. Dry them by blotting with a clean cloth or paper towels.
Prepare tomatoes as described above. Cut away the stem scar. Place the tomatoes on cookie sheets and freeze. Tomatoes do not need to be blanched before freezing. Once frozen, transfer the tomatoes from the cookie sheets into freezer bags or other containers. Seal tightly. To use the frozen tomatoes, remove them from the freezer a few at a time or all at once. To peel, just run a frozen tomato under warm water in the kitchen sink. Its skin will slip off easily.
Freezing Melons
Now that we have our sauce covered how about some melons? Choose a favorite like Cantaloupe, Crenshaw, Honeydew, or Watermelon.
Preparation: Select firm-fleshed, well-colored, ripe melons. Cut in half and remove seeds and rind. Cut melons into slices, cubes or balls. Pack into freezer stable containers, leaving headspace. Seal and freeze.
Freezing Green Beans
And of course you'll want some green beans this winter! To freeze green beans, steam for 2-3 minutes, remove from heat and let them cool thoroughly before placing them in freezer bags and storing them in your freezer.
Freezing Blueberries
And blue berries for pancakes are a must!
- To freeze blueberries, place fresh berries in a single layer on a cookie sheet. Freeze them right from the container—be sure to not wash before freezing
- If you find it hard to not wash your berries before you freeze then try this easy washing tip. Place in a colander and submerge two or three times in a sink full of cold water. Drain well and place them on an absorbent terry cloth towel and pat dry (very gently) before freezing
- Once frozen, transfer to a re-sealable plastic bag and store
While not a summer staple bananas will often turn quickly in the summer heat. Don't fret they can be frozen for later use as well. Just pop them in the freezer, peel and all; or peel them, and then freeze them. Either way will work. If you decide to freeze your bananas in their peel, the peel will turn black; but it won't affect the bananas in the least.
With all this food saved wintertime is looking pretty good.
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Faye A. Allmon, age 85 of Minerva, died Monday, Jan. 24, 2011, in Alliance Community Hospital.
Born Dec. 9, 1925, in Akron, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Irene (Yost) Saltsman.
She worked as an obstetric nurse at Mercy Hospital. She was a 1943 graduate of Minerva High School and graduated in 1946 from Mercy Hospital School of Nursing. She was a 50-year member of Esther Chapter OES and a lifetime member of Mercy Hospital Alumni Association. She was a member of the Minerva First Presbyterian Church.
She is survived by two daughters, Debbie Baxter of Minerva and Lisa (Thom) Baker of Bolivar; a son, Bruce (Deborah) Allmon of Massillon; a son-in-law, Daryl Baxter of Minerva; three grandchildren, Shandra Castle, Lindsey Asbury and Chelsea Baker; and four great grandchildren, Katie Castle, Cole Castle, Isabella Asbury and Baby Girl Asbury.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Allmon who died Oct. 1, 2003; and a grandson, Wesley Howard Baxter.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 29 in Minerva Presbyterian Church with Rev. Barbara Bartholomew and Mr. Ralph Norman officiating. Burial will be in East Lawn Cemetery. Calling hours will be Saturday from 11 - 1 p.m. at the church with Eastern Star services at 10:30 a.m. Memorial donations may be made to the church. Gotschall-Hutchison Funeral Home in Minerva was in charge of arrangements.
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- The recently published experimental dependence of the J/psi suppression pattern in Pb+Pb collisions at the CERN SPS on the energy of zero degree calorimeter EZDC are analyzed. It is found that the data obtained within the minimum bias analysis (using theoretical Drell-Yan ) are at variance with the previously published experimental dependence of the same quantity on the transversal energy of neutral hadrons ET . The discrepancy is related to the moderate centrality region: 100 << Np << 200 (Np is the number of nucleon participants). This could result from systematic experimental errors in the minimum bias sample. A possible source of the errors may be contamination of the minimum bias sample by o -target interactions. The data obtained within the standard analysis (using measured Drell-Yan multiplicity) are found to be much less sensitive to the contamination.
- The high E(T) drop of J / psi to Drell-Yan ratio from the statistical c anti-c coalescence model (2002)
- The dependence of the J/psi yield on the transverse energy ET in heavy ion collisions is considered within the statistical c¯c coalescence model. The model fits the NA50 data for Pb+Pb collisions at the CERN SPS even in the high-ET region (ET >< 100 GeV). Here ET -fluctuations and ET -losses in the dimuon event sample naturally create the celebrated drop in the J/psi to Drell-Yan ratio.
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Flying business class is the preferred means of travel for most executives and professionals these days. It offers more amenities and comfort than economy class while still being cheaper than flying first class. Most airlines that offer long haul flights will have a dedicated business class and they are becoming more common on domestic and short haul flights as well.
There are a number of reasons flying business class is so popular and they start before the plane is even boarded. British Airways for example allows business class travellers to check in and choose their seat up to 24 hours before departure. Business class travellers also have the exclusive use of British Airways lounges in more than 70 airports around the world. Complimentary food and drink is provided and even spa and massage facilities at the JFK and Heathrow airports.
It is when the plane is actually boarded that the advantages of flying business class become really apparent. There are no worries about leg room or feeling a little cramped when you fly business class with any of the major airlines. Instead you will be able to relax, stretch out and enjoy a good night's sleep if that's what you want to do. Most seats offered on business class flights and now able to be fully reclined transforming them into comfortable beds. You will also have your own touchscreen TV with a good choice of films and facilities for using and charging your laptop.
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Some of the top rated business class airlines include Qantas, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Malaysia Airlines and Thai Airways. They are regularly voted in the top 5 business airlines for service and all round experience.
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I have an Mapex M birch kit, and i need new heads but i dont know what to choose. I havent had much experience in using different heads. However the stock heads i got sound like crap. Theres just no tone to them and they are really hard to tune.
Im looking for like a nice rock sound, not too deep, but not too dead.
I thinking either Evans Ec2's or Remo Pinstripe for Toms.
And the same for Snare. And some moon gel...and possibly for toms aswell.
Also will i need to buy both top and bottom heads for the snare and Toms, or could i get away with a stock bottom head. Thanks..
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Aquarian heads are my favorites and I've used Evans and Remo's as well. It depends what kind of sound you're going for but Aquarian is a very easy company to get in touch with. Just email them on their site. Last time I emailed them the owner gave me his direct line to ask him questions
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I, too, have a birch kit.
I have used Evans G2 clear and coated, and have started using EC2s recently. (Wanted to try them because they were so hyped up.)
My personal taste, the G2 coateds were a little too dry on the birch. G2 clears were EXCELLENT. Like I said, i'm using the EC2s now and they growing on me I think. At first the were the brightest heads ive ever heard. But after playing some time on them theyre great. So check out the G2s and EC2s, you can't go wrong with either. Although I don't reccomend ever using Moongels, if you must, use them only on the G2s. The Ec2s with moongels on them will sound like cardboard.
The resonant heads on your toms should be changed, if you have the money. I feel that you should only change your resonant heads ever third time you change your batter heads. So if you can do it now, you might as well get it out of the way. For these heads, any single-ply clear head will do. I use Evans G1s, they sound great.
I have used probably 10 different heads on three different snares, and I always keep coming back to the same head. Its the Remo Emperor X. Its durable, sound the best ever, and tunes well. So thats my recommendation for that. For your snare resonant I would stick with a Evans Hazy 300.
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Former Burke High School standout Raven Saunders claimed a silver medal for Team USA in the World Junior Track and Field Championships on Friday night in Eugene, Oregon.
Saunders, who graduated from Burke this year, threw the shot put a distance of 16.63 meters (about 54 feet, 6 3/4 inches) to claim the silver in the girls' competition.
China's Tianqian Guo won the gold medal at 17.71 meters (about 58 1 1/4 inches). Turkey's Emel Dereli took the bronze at 16.55 meters.
Saunders, who will attend Southern Illinois University this fall, is the state and national record-holder for high school girls in the shot put.
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- CAS No.: 37312-62-2
- Other Names: Serralysin
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- Place of Origin: Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Total viable aerobic count: <100 counts/gm
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DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire women's cross country team is ranked 13th in this week's Northeast Region Poll that was released Monday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
New Hampshire, slated in the top-15 for the second time this season, is ranked second out of the four America East schools in the region as it sits ahead of Vermont (14) and Boston University (15). UNH fell to Providence in the season-opener, while junior Anne Twombly (Exeter, Mass.) finished third overall in a time of 18:06.2. The Wildcats tied for second at last year's conference championships and went on to place 12th at the NCAA Northeast Regional meet.
The USTFCCCA's regional rankings are a reflection of a team's strengths entering the year based on returning and new runners on each squad, and are selected by a representative in each region. The regional representative is tasked with weighing returning team strength with current-season results in determining predicted team finishes at the NCAA Regional Championships.
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Lansing aldermen seemed to be playing musical chairs at this month's meeting, but instead of having too few chairs, one remained empty.
Following Steve Greer's resignation in August, this month Mark Goss stepped down from the board. This would have left two vacant seats but Dylan Lightfoot was sworn in and joined aldermen Brenda Reeves, Mauvine Shepherd and Jack Brown along with Town Clerk Bernice Prestwood and Mayor George Rembert at the table.
One of the first orders of business was discussion of the decision to replace the traffic light with a three-way stop. Ann Rose of the Greater Lansing Area Development Committee said that she thought a second three-way stop "would be the key to get traffic to slow down through town." Rembert said, "I would personally rather not have two three-way stops," because it might be difficult for drivers leaving the grocery store. This issue will be discussed further at a later date.
Emergency management coordinator, Patty Gambill was present to witness the adoption of the High Country Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan which enabled the area to be eligible for federal disaster relief funds.
Tim Church, water resources director, explained that Lansing paid penalties related to the analysis of a new well due to the specific window of time during which the analysis was to be completed. "It's frustrating because it's a technicality…public health and safety were not compromised," Church said. "It was just a matter of timing."
Rose spoke to the board about the possibility of purchasing land to become part of the town park. She suggested several uses for the land including extending the walking trail, adding a second stage for the Ola Belle Reed Festival, installing raised gardens, and providing additional parking for area businesses.
Rose said, "I'd like for [GLAD's] efforts to be approved of by the aldermen so we could all work together on this." She said that federal parks and recreation grants could provide the majority of the funds and the project would rely on private donations for the rest.
Shepherd said that some funding could probably be obtained through health and wellness, as the organization is "really pushing for people to take care of themselves…I think it's a good thing."
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Do you have any advice on how I should think about testing the layout before cutting the lawnbelt? I don't want to cut it until I'm absolutely sure that I've made the right choices. I can imagine testing the real-life radius of one of the sprinkler heads by attaching it to the end of the lawnbelt before cutting, but that might not indicate behavior with two other sprinklers attached.
If you know your PSI is 50 at the hose bib and you have around 8 GPM (in other words you have done your homework) then you should be just fine with the Lawn Sprinkler Kit. If you have ordered a custom kit and are using Rainbirds for example, then plan on 2 heads for maximum coverage and perhaps 3 if both PSI and GPM are high.
However if you are still unsure and want to test the system out for size, then attaching one sprinkler will give you a general idea about coverage. A one head system is sure to perform well, but then again if a one head system does not cover well then you know something is wrong.
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This account has been found to have employed third party software designed to automate many aspects of the World of Warcraft game play experience. Such software runs contrary to the essence of World of Warcraft and provides an advantage over other players. In addition, use of this software can lead to exploitation and destabilization of the World of Warcraft server economy. As such, this account has been closed and will not be reopened under any circumstances.
While ominous, it sounds to be a case of a problem with Blizzard's automated anti-hacking scans. TransGaming (makers of Cedega) is currently working with Blizzard's engineering team to resolve the issue -- and has been told that it wasn't Blizzard's intention to ban Cedega players. If you're a Cedega player who has suddenly been banned, Transgaming is offering to help reinstate your account -- let them know you've been banned and give them your account name, either via this support thread or e-mail to their support team.
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We all know the thrill of starting a new project, but that thrill cannot compare with the excitement that comes when those last stitches are added to a project. We have watched it come to life before our eyes, and it's finally finished. Now what?
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Surviving the Holocaust through art: Peggy Grant grateful as late husband's art to be displayed at Midwest Museum of American ArtWritten by Caitlin McGlade | | firstname.lastname@example.com
A clown's chilling stare and an acrobat's dejected eyes search the back room of Peggy Grant's home.
The tuba player next to them has his back turned.
The trio, standing before a cloudy backdrop that creeps across their shoulders and arms, was painted on canvas decades ago. The image hangs in Grant's home, among stacks of portraits, scenes and figure sketches completed by her late husband Adam throughout his lifetime.
Long-time friend and consultant Janet Schroeder said that within every one of Adam's paintings is a story. Brian Byrn, a curator at the Midwest Museum of American Art in Elkhart, Ind., said many of the paintings evoke an air of mystery.
"The underpinnings of maybe sorrow and sadness is permeating his work," he said. "[The figures] are suspended in this animation of concern and maybe some would even say, in some cases, dread."
But this is not hollowed-out doom. The "dread" is tangled with a sense of uplifting strength, as immortalized by the blocky brush strokes that could symbolize building blocks. That could represent rebuilding one's life, Byrn said.
This conflict — this burden buried within paintings of celebratory figures like acrobats or tuba players — is rooted in Grant's history.
In the early 1940s, he watched his peers rise in the morning only to slave away. He watched their gnarled hands, thinning by the hour, grasp shovels and hammers and soil. He watched them drop dead.
Adam Grochowski Grant survived the Holocaust because he could paint.
Grant grew up in Warsaw, Poland, in the 1920s and '30s. His father Anthoni, a physician and a painter, raised him on a steady diet of art history, skill and intellectualism.
Anthoni joined the Polish army when Nazi Germany began to rise but he, along with 14,500 other Polish officers, was executed in 1940 in a forest called Katyn.
Adam struggled to continue his education under the crushing hand of the Nazis. He and his friends' families and teachers met for "tea parties" or "lunches" to study school material in secret. He continued to dream of becoming a painter. In 1942, Adam's mother had tuberculosis and was confined to an institution. When he went to visit her, she feared that he would miss too much school and advised him to take the next train home. When he got to the station, he was rounded up with 800 others and taken to a prison in Warsaw called Pawiak.
Adam was 18 years old.
By 1943, the Nazis trucked Adam off to Auschwitz. But the guards soon realized the young man's talent. They gave him nothing more than watercolors, crayons and paper and ordered him to paint for them.
He later moved to another camp in Austria called Mauthausen — a much-dreaded slave site on a granite quarry where a typical prisoner survived about two weeks. While he was forced to work grueling hours too, he was given lighter duties in exchange for his painting skills. He painted some pieces reflecting worker conditions and hid them in his barracks.
Peggy wonders just how many hundreds of his paintings are scattered across Eastern Europe, handed down after Nazi Germany fell. Her spouse had to paint portraits of guards, scenes of the countryside and sketches of guards' loved ones from home. He even had to paint a mural depicting bountiful arrangements of food that hung for starved prisoners to see.
Still, Adam could have barely survived another week by the time Americans liberated him in 1945. The U.S. Army's displaced person camp became his home. He had no one.
"After Adam was liberated, he found that his home was gone, his family was gone, his country was gone," Peggy said.
Moving to America
Adamant about moving to America, he waited in the camp until he found a stranger to sponsor him so he could leave Europe. He was 25 years old by the time he moved to America. He never went back to Poland — but his artwork would.
Grant settled in Detroit at first. He found a job designing for one of the first paint-by-number companies. His renditions of famous paintings traveled across the country. One of his most well known is the ever-popular "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci.
"He had a connection to all of us because he designed paint-by-numbers — having translated masters' works to millions of Americans," said Schroeder, who has helped Peggy publicize Adam's work. "The whole point was for people who didn't have artistic ability to unlock some of that."
In Detroit, Adam met Peggy. An artist herself, she worked for the paint-by-numbers company. They married a few years later and her outlook on life was forever altered.
"I didn't know the ramifications of World War II until I met Adam," she said.
Peggy witnessed Adam's many stages. There was the depressive stage in which the Holocaust haunted his dreams and dogged his emotions. He painted dark and sinister works to reflect the horror. Even decades later, Adam painted "The Pale Horse," which is an emaciated white horse standing among rubble and a building shell. The atmosphere is a menacing red hue. Peggy said Adam painted it because "death comes on a white horse."
But during his other stages, his painting reflected hope. He often focused on the female figure because he saw it as a symbol for rebirth. He painted a series of stark white and black scenes with such fine lines they resemble woodcuts — a collection Peggy calls "The Renewed Hope Series."
"One could philosophize of seeing the world in black and white and good and evil, and there is a certain surrealism to them," Byrn said.
His other inspiration was the circus. He painted dancers and costumed characters, acrobats and musicians. Each painting places the subjects in silent interaction with each other, sitting or standing by props portrayed in muted colors.
Peggy and Adam moved to Toledo in 1955 after they were laid off. The company for which they worked had filed for bankruptcy, but the Donofrio brothers of Toledo purchased the business, moved it to Toledo and brought the pair to the new site.
They raised two sons and lived together until Adam's death in 1992. Peggy has since made it her life's mission to get Adam recognition for his work.
And she has succeeded. Peggy's passion combined with Schroeder's skills at networking and raising money enabled the pair to hang Grant's work at Jagiellonian University in Poland.
Grant's work has also been shown at nearly 30 exhibitions in more than five states and a couple of other countries. A room in the Polish embassy in Saudi Arabia is named after him. Art collectors from Ohio to Florida to Virginia and beyond own his work.
For Peggy, who is art director at Toledo's 20 North Gallery, each exhibit is a chance to walk viewers through a narrative of Adam's life. She gets to do this again this spring. The Midwest Museum of American Art will host a three-month exhibition of Adam's work, April 6 through July 8. The museum will display about 40 paintings, which will weave through the different stages of Adam's life, Byrn said.
The museum has been a longtime fan of Grant's work, said Director Jane Burns. For both Adam's mystical style and his compelling story, visitors who have encountered these paintings in the past were hooked instantly, she said.
"We can put ourselves in his place and say, 'Would I have to guts to do that? Would I have the fortitude to do that with no money and no family either?'" she said. "The Nazis took everything."
Peggy and her son Mark reminisce about Adam's fervor for painting in the house where they live today. Only then, during Mark's childhood, the floors were covered in shag rugs and the walls were draped in turquoise and gold color schemes. "He'd sit right there and make a big mess and the next thing you know pastel dust would be all over," Mark said, pointing to a chair in the corner of the living room.
Peggy said she always encouraged him to paint more and with new materials, and kept a room designated for his studio.
"He lost all his sadness when he was painting," she said. "And that made me happy."
For more information, visit the web sites www.adamgrantart.com and www.midwestmuseum.us. O
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