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With reference to The Outsider by Albert Camus, discuss Jean-François Lyotards definition of (post)modernist literature in relation to the question of the unpresentable.
By Thomas McMullan, Goldsmiths, University of London
Writing in his collection of essays, The Inhuman, Jean-François Lyotard states: For the last century, the arts have not had the beautiful as their main concern, but something to do with the sublime (Lyotard, The Inhuman 135). By distinguishing between the concepts of beauty and sublimity, Lyotard can be seen to relate back to the aesthetic theory of such eighteenth-century philosophers as Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant. The aspect of the sublime in particular forms a core facet to the argument presented by Lyotard through his 1979 work, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge. In the concluding essay, Answering the Question: What is Postmodernism Lyotard affirms:
The sentiment of the sublime is, according to Kant, a strong and equivocal emotion: it carries with it both pleasure and pain. Better still, in it pleasure derives from pain. (Lyotard, Answering the Question 77)
For Lyotard it is this relationship between pleasure and pain, an association based on the facet of the unpresentable, which constitutes a central aspect to the postmodern condition. This essay shall explore how Lyotard expresses such a relationship, in correlation to the work of Immanuel Kant, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Albert Camus, and how such a notion can be applied to concepts of both modernist and postmodernist writing.
In giving a concise backdrop to the philosophy of the sublime, Will Slocombe underlines an important concept: When we speak of styles of the sublime, we must also understand that we are speaking of stylised forms of the sublime within ideological constructions (26). It may be understood that subsequent generations of scholars interpret sublimity within different approaches based on their particular ideological discourse. A key example of this, and a large influence for Lyotard, is the shift of thought between Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant. According to Slocombe:
Where Burke argues that the sublime originates from the pre-rational apprehension of an object, Kant argues that no judgment on sublimity can ever be pre-rational and, in fact, it is only through our reason the sublime may occur. (37)
For Burke, the sublime exists as an emotional response, a primal response that occurs within the body before the rational mind can attempt to grasp the dangerous object (Slocombe 31). In comparison to this, Kant places the rational mind at the centre of a sublime sensation. In The Critique of Judgment, this sensation is divided in two separate notions: the dynamically sublime and the mathematically sublime. While the former may be interpreted within the context of a Burkean model, in which an object outrages our will because we know, as sensibly conditioned beings, we are helpless before it (Burnham 91), the latter notion is based upon the cognitive processes of an individual. Kant claims that this second facet of the sublime stems from the mere capacity of thinking which evidences a faculty of mind, transcending every standard of sense (n.p.). It is this transcendental quality of a concept which surpasses a conscious ability for comparative measurement that Kant relates to a universal formlessness, or Unform. Both Kant and Lyotard link this formlessness to the sense of anxiety that derives from the painfully inadequate ability to comprehend an unpresentable concept. According to Lyotard, this dichotomy of the sublime can be expressed in two distinct ways, modernist nostalgia and postmodern jubiliation (Lyotard, Answering the Question 78). To understand how postmodernism is defined, it will prove useful to first investigate Lyotards notion of modernism in these terms.
In The Inhuman, Lyotard highlights a quotation by Apollinaire: More than anything, artists are men who want to become inhuman (2). This sentiment can be seen to relate to the disparity Kant describes between the human capacity for conceptualisation of the sublime and the inability of human perception to present this within language. Lyotards use of Apollinaires insight highlights an important concept in the context of modernism: that while an awareness of the inhuman qualities of sublime comprehension is achieved within modernist writing, this awareness is contradicted by nostalgia for presence felt by a human subject (Lyotard, Answering: 79). Lyotard claims that although modernism is conscious of the limitations of human expression it nevertheless retains a sense of nostalgia for a totalising communicative meta-narrative:
It allows the unpresentable to be put forward only as the missing contents; but the form, because of its recognizable consistency, continues to offer to the reader or viewer matter for solace and pleasure. (ibid. 81)
As a result of this, there exists a conflict between the solace of comprehension in the communicative power of a modernist novels language, and the unpresentable sublime perception which it attempts to communicate. In Answering the Question: What is Postmodernism Lyotard uses Marcel Proust as an example to illustrate this definition. Lyotard claims that throughout In Search of Lost Time Proust is conscious of the sublime by possessing a hero that is no longer a character but the inner consciousness of time (80). While the narrative voice signifies an unpresentable concept, Lyotard emphasises that, as it is communicated through the unity of a novelistic tradition, the concept itself is not made perceptible but is merely alluded to through the solace of a comprehensible system of language:
Proust calls forth the unpresentable by means of a language unaltered in its syntax and vocabulary and of a writing which in many off its operators still belongs to the genre of novelistic narration. (80)
It is this nostalgia for comprehension in the face of the mathematically sublime, the belief in languages power to communicate even that which lies exterior to our comprehension, which forms Lyotards definition of modernism.
In comparison to this nostalgia for totality, Lyotard articulates the postmodern as follows:
The postmodern [ ] puts forward the unpresentable in presentation itself; that which denies itself the solace of good forms, the consensus of a taste which would make it possible to share collectively the nostalgia for the unattainable [ ] in order to impart a stronger sense of the unpresentable. (ibid. 81)
According to Lyotard, the postmodern embraces the inability for the sublime to be communicated collectively through a shared medium of language or image. Instead of a modernist wish to return to the stability (Malpas 48) of established literary forms, postmodernism celebrates the destruction of such traditional styles. In The Inhuman Lyotard uses the example of the artist Barnett Baruch Newman, whose paintings of pure colour cause the viewer pain at the denial of the solace of good forms as a means of depicting the mathematically sublime. Lyotard claims that such art dismantles consciousness (The Inhuman, 90) and exposes the unform that exists in the disparity of our imaginations ability to present the sublime. In terms of literature, it is through a refutation of languages power to communicate notions beyond cognitive comprehension which illustrate the unform. Unlike Prousts attempt to convey the sublime through an established language system, postmodernist literature openly exposes languages inability to signify meaning and through this denial of communication presents the unpresentable in presentation itself.
In order to clarify the extent to which a denial of good forms relates to an articulation of the sublime, it is fruitful to interpret The Outsider by Albert Camus using Lyotards notions of postmodernism and modernism. Written in 1942, Camus novella rests uneasily between these two notions. While the traditional language systems and conventional narrative structure cannot be described as an archetypal example of postmodernism, it nevertheless depicts techniques that lie beyond modernisms yearning for a totalising form of representation. Instead of encapsulating one particular reaction to the sublime, The Outsider may be best interpreted as an illustration of the tension which exists between the postmodern need for an inhuman expression, and the modernist difficulty of escaping the nostalgia for a teleological representative process.
This relationship is seen most clearly during the second section of the book, in which the crime of the protagonist, Meursault, is judged by the law. The prosecutor asserts that Meursaults killing was due to a premeditated motive: This is no ordinary murder, a thoughtless act you might consider extenuated by circumstances. [ ] This man is intelligent. [ ] He knows the value of words (The Outsider, 97). The persecutor claims that Meursault is human; that he knows the value of words. This perception is subsequently contradicted, as Meursault relates through the narrative: He said the truth was that I didnt have one, a soul, and that I had no access to any humanity nor to any of the moral principles which protect the human heart (98). Although the magistrate highlights Meursaults inhuman lack of emotional response, by suggesting a premeditated motive he ultimately interprets Meursaults actions within the framework of a traditional system of law. Donald Lazere comments on these conflicting views:
It is not Meursault whose suppositions are absurd in their dislocation from reality but the examining magistrate and later the attorneys at the trial who spuriously believe that everything can be rationally explained. (Lazare 155)
This need to translate Meursaults actions within a system which offers a sense of totality can be seen in comparison to Lyotards notion of modernism and the sublime. While Meursault is by no means a mathematically sublime figure, the relation of his perceptions to his actions offers a model that does not fit with the jurys cognitive process. As a result, instead of accepting the unform of Meursaults nature, the jury communicates the inhuman notion of his impulsive crime through the solace of a form which offers a sense of comprehension: the law.
Meursault, to use Lytoards articulation of postmodernism, may be seen to alternatively portray a stronger sense of the unpresentable. Unlike the jurys translation of Meursaults actions through a totalising social code, Camus protagonist opposes the use of such a system to explain his actions. The critic Donald Lazere comments on this element of Meursaults character:
His consciousness is primarily one of animal sensuousness rather than intellectual self awareness, and he has a strong impulse toward returning to unconscious union with nature, through swimming, sleeping, and ultimately death. (154)
It is the notion of animal sensuousness which defines Meursaults perception as foreign to the rationality of the jury. Throughout The Outsider the emphasis of Meursaults perception is upon the direct sensory impact of a natural stimulus, a reoccurring example of this is the motif of the sun. During his mothers funeral, Meursault walks with the funeral procession through the countryside; instead of communicating an emotional sense of loss, Meursault focuses his language upon the sensory experience of the suns heat:
All around me there was still the same luminous, sun-drenched countryside. The glare from the sun was unbearable. [ ] I felt a bit lost, with the blue and white sky overhead and these monotonous colours all around me. (21)
The sense of being lost may be seen to relate to the concept of the dynamically sublime; the heat of the sun is an impression that lies exterior to human control and therefore evokes an element of sublime incomprehension. Yet although Meursault is oppressed by the direct sensory experience of an object which lacks comparative measure, he nevertheless communicates his experiences through a comprehensible language-system. It is not until his murder of the Arab at the end of the first section that Meursault demonstrates a postmodern interpretation of the sublime.
During this scene the sun again forms the stimulus for his perceptions:
All I could feel were the cymbals the sun was clashing against my forehead and, indistinctly, the dazzling spear still leaping off the knife in front of me [ ] The sea swept ashore a great breath of fire. The sky seemed to be splitting from end to end and raining down sheets of flame. (60)
Unlike the experiences of his mothers funeral, Meursault is here unable to communicate through a realistic representational language-system. Camus depicts a sensory overlap through the synaesthesia which forms between the aural cymbals and the visual dazzling spear. Harold Blood comments that the blinding light of the sun burns away all judgment (Albert Camus, 4); if this is understood in a Kantian context it may be argued that the sun resists judgment from a cognitive mind. The sensory confusion of Meursaults language therefore exposes the inability of language to communicate a mathematically sublime sensation. To reinforce this postmodern reading, it is helpful to use the notion of language-games. Introduced by the German philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, this is a concept which states that language is built up from a collection of heterogeneous systems: Think of words as instruments characterized by their use (189). Instead of a language shared between different members of a society, Wittgenstein outlines an approach that views speaking of language [as] part of an activity, or form of life (43). Lyotard uses this idea to highlight the impossibility of any totalising system to be created, as it will ultimately be undermined by the multiplicity of incongruous structures of communication. In relation to Meursault, it is this gulf between the perceptions of his senses and the translation of these within coherent language-games which result in his confusion of communication. Donald Lazere views this trouble as the central cause of Meursaults condition: His inability to verbalize or interpret his sensory experience makes him almost literally a foreigner among men of factitiously analytical language (155).
In the afterword to The Outsider, Camus himself states that the hero of the book is condemned because he doesnt play the game (118). If this is understood in a postmodern context, it is because Meursault does not subscribe to the analytical language-games of his jury that he is executed. Instead of playing the game and translating his thoughts through a comprehensible social order he embraces the transcendental formlessness of his original sensory experiences and becomes inhuman.
By focusing on the limitations of his senses, Meursault is not the indifferent result of social evolution, but is instead the root of human expression itself. The evidence for this lies in Lyotards statement that the postmodern exists, not as a specified temporal movement, but rather as a nascent state, and that state is constant (Answering, 79). This viewpoint suggests that communication of the transcendental unform must be used to reassess the experience of the past: the artist and the writer, then, are working without rules in order to formulate the rules of what will have been done (ibid. 81) Meursaults fixation on his senses, separate from the meta-narratives of his surrounding society, presents a sensory origin from which Lyotard believes human experience must stem: The event happens as a question mark before happening as a question (Lyotard, The Inhuman, 90). Postmodernism may therefore be interpreted as a foundation upon which structures of perception are forged, and through this foundation an individual is able to reinstate their individual will from the cognitive terror of formlessness.
Works cited
Harold Bloom, Albert Camus (New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1989).
Douglas Burnham, Introduction to Kants Critique of Judgement (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2000)
Albert Camus, The Outsider (London: Penguin Books, 1982).
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Donald Lazere, The Unique Creation of Albert Camus (London: Yale University Press, 1973).
Jean-Francois Lyotard, The Inhuman: Reflections on Time (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1988).
J-F Lyotard, Answering the Question: What is Postmodernism, in The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1984), pp.71-82.
Simon Malpas, Jean-Francois Lyotard (London: Routledge, 2003), p. 48.
Will Slocombe, Nihilism and the Sublime Postmodern (London: Routledge, 2006).
Ludwig Wittgenstein, The First Reader, The Wittgenstein Reader, ed. Anthony Kenny (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2006), pp. 179-192.
Ludwig Wittgenstein, The Rejection of Logical Atomism, The Wittgenstein Reader, pp. 40-54.
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Burgin, Richard, Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges (London: Souvenir Press, 1973)
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Camus, Albert, The Outsider (London: Penguin Books, 1982)
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Lyotard, Jean-Francois, Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1991)
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Slocombe, Will, Nihilism and the Sublime Postmodern (London: Routledge, 2006)


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"Dammit. There's supposed to be a black guy behind me saying it all with his eyes."
Security guy in the back: "yeah she's in one of those bourne identity movies… oh oh and that one about the white girl dancing with the black guy…. yeah that one…. shit.. you can't remember her name either?"
No ass shot = waste of bandwidth.
Yes!! The ass shot of her yesterday was much better!
Julia looks as if she has rosacea, or maybe just a bad sunburn.
Or maybe she went a little overboard with the blush.
Or maybe she was crying because she lost her luggage. (which is true)
Dexter should have killed her.
This completely undoes the credit she earned on yesterday's Crap We Missed.
I think that black guy IS saying it all with his eyes… "Nothing to look at here".
Fish is really an evil bastard. He sees the positive response to her ass in that dress and says, really? Look at this!
tsa has gone too far. slapping this poor girl.
You're a top celebrity. You can afford a washing machine. You need never have your picture taken on laundry day again.
Is that the black Abe Vigoda?
Beat me to it! :-)
It's August, right? Why are all of these celebrities wearing scarves?
Dammit, where is the ass shot.
We need more Julia Stiles ass shots.
He's calling for backup, a first degree fashion crime is in progress.
Some women have period panties. Julia is wearing her period pants.
"Yeah, we found the person that stole Adrian Brody's pants, and you're not gonna believe this, but it's Susan Boyle!"
Julia looks so much better as a brunette
did she walk into one of those glass doors, because man, her face is flat.


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AUBURN HILLS, Michigan -- Chrysler Group reported $1.7 billion in net income for 2012 on Wednesday, up from $183 million income for '11. That's based on net revenue of $65.8 billion, up 20 percent from fiscal '11's $55 billion. Last year, Chrysler did well with refreshed models like its rental favorite Chrysler 200, as its new Dodge Dart got off to a slow start, but the company scored big on high-margin trucks and SUVs.
A good portion of Chrysler's improved '12 results were attributed to its payoff of federal government debt by the second quarter of '11, which cost the company $551 million.
The Ram pickup remains its most popular model, while the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Jeep Wrangler often competed for its second spot in sales. Chrysler says its global vehicle sales for the year totaled 2.2 million, up 18 percent over calendar year '11, with fourth-quarter sales of 533,000. This does not include Fiat Auto products.
Chrysler Group's fourth-quarter net income was $378 million on $17.2 billion revenue, up 68 percent over the fourth quarter of '11. Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said that while he's pleased with the financial results, "the enterprise we are crafting is not complete.
"Our aim is meaningful, but it is not complicated, and only a preoccupation with quality can achieve it," Marchionne said in a prepared statement. "We pause for a moment to enjoy our accomplishments, but we will not stop. Our continued achievement relies upon maintaining a humble spirit and an intense focus on the integrity of our work. And so we press on."
Ford Motor Company on Tuesday released fiscal results befitting a much larger company than Chrysler, though profitability in Dearborn began to slow in 2012. Ford reported $5.86 billion in net income for last year, with an $8-billion pre-tax profit that was $0.8 billion lower than '11. Ford's '12 revenues were $134.3 billion, $2.0 billion lower than '11 as its sales mix skewed away from trucks.
Chrysler also benefits from having separate balance sheets with majority owner Fiat. Ford lost $1.75 billion in Europe in 2012.


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Miller excited about T20 World CupComment on this story
Johannesburg - Proteas batsman David Miller says he has embraced the responsibility and challenge that comes with representing South Africa ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh.
Miller will make his maiden appearance for the Proteas at a World Cup - having made his international debut against the West Indies in 2010 - when South Africa takes on Sri Lanka in Chittagong on Saturday.
"There is always some sort of pressure that comes with playing international cricket," Miller said in a Cricket SA (CSA) press release on Monday.
"For me personally, I've tried to play as much cricket as I can in the off-season overseas and locally in South Africa.
"The more cricket you play the more experience you get and the better the decisions you make on the field become.
"I enjoy that sort of pressure and I try to relish the moments that come about."
The 24-year-old said he thrived on his role as the bludgeoning finisher with the bat, and has learnt to cope with the expectation that comes his way on every occasion he steps to the crease.
"It's another opportunity for me to do well," he said.
"It's my first World Cup so it's a dream come true for me and a really special moment.
"To have the opportunity to go out and play cricket in this tournament is great. The expectation is there but I'm going to go out and give my best in every situation, that's all I can do."
Miller said the Proteas would have to "be at their best" to win the tournament.
The Proteas' first assignment is a warm-up match against Bangladesh A on Tuesday.
The squad held their first training session of the tournament at the Dhaka Academy on Monday.
"The two warm-up games are going to be really good for us in terms of adapting to the conditions and the heat," Miller said.
"We will also have a few nets in between so the preparation leading up to our opening match is going to be vital."
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Nixa's Jalen Norman recently returned after an early season suspension. 'We have eight kids playing really well,' said coach Jay Osborne.
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When it comes to tournament play, few can best the Nixa High School boys basketball team.
The Eagles are playing in not one, not two, but three tournaments between now and the end of January. The next one begins today in the Greenwood Blue and Gold Tournament.
"There's nothing like tournament games to get you ready for postseason," coach Jay Osborne said. "Tournaments give you little time to prep for an opponent, and you don't know who you're going to play next. It's great for postseason." ...


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Ferrari GT Spied Again, Still Teasing Us In Camo
With just under 8 days until the official reveal of the new Ferrari GT, our anticipation keeps rising as the countdown clock keeps ticking. These new shots show off the camouflaged rear end of the upcoming stallion, an angle we haven't seen much of. Interesting to note are the vertically stacked tailpipes, something… »


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Torie Johnson and Christian Williams
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Donald and Brenda Johnson of Pineville, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Torie Johnson to Christian Williams, son of Louquencillia Aaron of Alexandria, La.
The future bride is 2005 graduate of Pineville High School and a 2009 graduate of Southern University where she received a bachelor degree in Speech Pathology. She is currently attending graduate school where she is obtaining a Master's degree in Speech Pathology at Southern University.
The future groom is a 2005 graduate of Peabody High School and a 2012 graduate of Louisiana State University at Alexandria where he received a bachelor degree in Criminal Justice.
The wedding will be held at Second Evening Star Baptist church on April 6th, 2013.
The couple plans to reside in Baton Rouge following their honeymoon.


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The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
This online exhibition explores every American war through the Smithsonian's comprehensive collection of American military artifacts.
For complete project credits visit: secondstory.com/portfolio/works/the-price-of-freedom-americans-at-war
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Experiencing a semester abroad is an incredibly gratifying way to encounter the world around you, but it's also expensive, time consuming and a bit overwhelming. If you're someone looking for more of a travel quick fix, consider these top five ways to travel throughout college.
1 Travel with a team
Athletes who sport the ISU Redbird on their back are used to traveling almost every weekend. If you're in the mood for a quick, spontaneous vacation, follow an ISU sports team of your choice to a different city and show some support. Being able to watch the Redbirds dominate on their opponent's turf could be just the getaway you need.
2 Model United Nations
Joining ISU's Model United Nations team (MUN) could have you representing the school in New York City. Each spring, the department carefully selects a limited number of students to attend the Model UN Student Conference held in NY. If you're interested in visiting the Big Apple through MUN, enroll in the International Organization course offered in the fall.
3 Alternative Spring Break
As tempting as warm weather and a sandy beach may sound, spring break doesn't always have to revolve around relaxation. Alternative Spring Break (ASB) is a great way for students to visit different states during a weeklong trip of service. ASB will provide you with new friends, an opportunity to travel and the rewarding feeling of having helped someone in need.
4 Intern in a distant city
Do you ever find yourself impulsively applying for internships in alluring, faraway places? If you answered yes, your instinct may be on to something. Interning is an ideal way to encounter a city you've been dying to visit. Some internships even provide a place to stay! Not only will you be gaining valuable experience, but you'll be living in a new, exciting location.
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My letter is in response to Steve Tapson's letter titled "Christians" in your March 10 newspaper. He states, "A true Christian when offered money for a product or service will accept it regardless of who tendered it." This is absurd. There is nothing in God's word to the world, the Holy Bible, which states this principle, even indirectly.
Quite the opposite, the Bible states that we believers should say no in many situations. Should a true Christian murder someone when he is offered a huge sum of money? No. Should a true Christian commit heterosexual adultery when offered much money by the soliciting person? No. Should a true Christian commit a sex act with a person of the same gender if that person offers 30 pieces of silver? Absolutely not.
Now for today's hot issues. Should a baker or photographer or florist be required by the requesting parties or by federal/state/city law to apply their services for a wedding of two homosexuals? A true Christian, regardless of the fee tendered, would emphatically say no. This would be participating in an act the Holy Bible states is a sin. On the other hand, if two people of the same gender came into a shop to buy a dozen cookies or chocolate fudge cake or a dozen roses or some photographic equipment, a true Christian would undoubtedly accommodate the request and make the sale. It is a lot different to make a sale then to participate in an activity the true Christian believes is a sin.
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Preacher Tells Congregation to Punch Effeminate Boys, Then Retracts Statement
On Tuesday a video was uploaded to the internet showing antigay North Carolina preacher Sean Harris speaking to the congregation at Fayetteville's Berean Baptist Church. In the sermon he instructs listeners to crack limp wrists and punch young children who exhibit gender-variant behavior. Girls playing sports are OK, but they must attempt to look pretty, according to Harris.
According to The Advocate's Neil Broverman, the pastor made these comments while pushing his congregation to vote for North Carolina's Amendment One, which would ban all recognized relationships that aren't heterosexual marriage.
Now he has taken a half-step away from those comments, saying he was joking about advocating violence against children.
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The Advocate's Broverman notes that child advocates in the state condemned Harris' remarks along with members of the LGBT community. "We know that children thrive when they grow up in safe, stable, nurturing relationships," said Rosie Allen Ryan, president of the nonprofit Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina. "Unfortunately, this pastor is telling his congregation to harm their children."
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Primary Sources
The huge array of Tudor books and biographies that are on the market today are great for us Tudor fans but there is nothing quite like reading primary sources and, now, you don't even have to go to the British Library or National Archives to read historical documents, you can read them from the comfort of your favourite armchair – perfect for insomniacs!
- Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII – These documents from Henry VIII's reign are always included in biographies and Tudor history books and are cited as "LP" and now you can browse through them at British History Online – simply type "Henry VIII" into the search box and lots of volumes will come up. You can then search for particular names or events.
- Henry VIII's Love Letters to Anne Boleyn
- Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts in the Archives of Milan, 1359–1618
- Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 2 – 1509-1519
- Journal of the House of Lords: volume 1 – 1509-1577
- Hall's Chronicle – This is another historical document that is often cited in history books. Edward Hall's Chronicle, proper name "The Union of the Two Noble and Illustrate Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke", was published in 1542 and is a chronicle running from the accession of Henry IV in 1399 to the death of Henry VIII in 1547. The part of the chronicle which covers Henry VIII's reign is called "The Triumphant Reigne of King Henry the VIII" and can be readonline – click here to read the original handwritten text or click here to read or download the much easier type-written text.
- Holinshed's Chronicle – You can download the pdf of this at http://ia310836.us.archive.org/3/items/holinshedschroni01holi/holinshedschroni01holi.pdf or read it online at The Holinshed Project
- Charles Wriothesley's "A Chronicle of England During the Reigns of the Tudors from AD 1485-1559" – Download the pdf of Volume I at http://ia341309.us.archive.org/2/items/chronicleengland00wriouoft/chronicleengland00wriouoft.pdf and Volume II at http://ia331313.us.archive.org/3/items/chronicleofengla02wriouoft/chronicleofengla02wriouoft.pdf
- The Spanish Chronicle – The Spanish Chronicle, or "The Chronicle of King Henry VIII of England", can be read online at http://www.archive.org/stream/chroniclekinghe00humegoog#page/n0/mode/1up
- "The Chronicle of Calais in the Reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII to the year 1540" Edited by John Gough Nichols
- The Life of Cardinal Wolsey by George Cavendish, click here to read it online.
- Calendar of State Papers, Spain – Found online at British History Online
- Calendar of State Papers, Venice – Found online at British History Online
- The Privy Purse Expenses of King Henry the Eighth, from November 1529, to December 1532 edited by Nicholas Harris – available online at Internet Archives
- John Foxe's Book of Martyrs – Can be downloaded or read online at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22400
- Original Letters, Illustrative of English History, edited by Sir Henry Ellis – Series 1, Volume I
- Original Letters, Illustrative of English History, edited by Sir Henry Ellis – Series 1, Volume II
- Original Letters, Illustrative of English History, edited by Sir Henry Ellis – Series 1, Volume III
- Original Letters, Illustrative of English History, edited by Sir Henry Ellis – Series 2, Volume I
- Original Letters, Illustrative of English History, edited by Sir Henry Ellis – Series 2, Volume II
- Original Letters, Illustrative of English History, edited by Sir Henry Ellis – Series 2, Volume III
- Original Letters, Illustrative of English History, edited by Sir Henry Ellis – Series 3, Volume I
- Original Letters, Illustrative of English History, edited by Sir Henry Ellis – Series 3, Volume II
- Original Letters, Illustrative of English History, edited by Sir Henry Ellis – Series 3, Volume III
- Original Letters, Illustrative of English History, edited by Sir Henry Ellis – Series 3, Volume IV
- Ecclesiastical memorials, Relating chiefly to Religion, and the Reformation of It … under Henry VIII, King Edward VI and Queen Mary I, ed. John Strype
- History of the Reformation of the Church of England, ed. Gilbert Burnet – 7 Volumes
- Memorials of the Most Reverend Father in God, Thomas Cranmer, sometime Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Volume 1, ed. John Strype
- Memorials of the Most Reverend Father in God, Thomas Cranmer, sometime Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Volume 2, ed. John Strype
Specific Topics
British History Online have put together some lists of primary sources for topics pertaining to Henry VIII, see timeline and topics at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/period.aspx?tme=8:-
1509 Marriage to Catherine of Aragon
- Parishes – Kimbolton
- Parishes – Buckden
- Henry VIII – February 1534, 1-10
- Parishes – Kimbolton
- Milan – 1536
1520 Field of Cloth of Gold
- Henry VIII – June 1520
- Henry VIII – April 1520, 2-15
- Henry VIII – May 1520, 16-30
- Venice – May 1520, 21-25
1521 Defender of the Faith
Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn's Execution
- LP x. 911, 919 and 920
- The Spanish Chronicle, p70-71
- Wriothesley's Chronicle, p41-42
- Hall's Chronicle, p819
- The Chronicle of Calais, p46-47
- Holinshed's Chronicle, p796-797
- The History of the Reigns of Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI and Queen Mary, Francis Bacon, p80-82
- LP x.1036, Poem descriptive of the life of Anne Boleyn
- The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn, Eric Ives, Chapter 24 "Finale", p357-359
- The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn, Alison Weir, p259-273, UK hardback version
- The Queens of England Volume 1, Agnes Strickland, p400-402
- Anne Boleyn: In Her Own Words & the Words of Those Who Knew Her, Elizabeth Norton, p208-270
- Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII, David Starkey
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Hello Claire,
I would imagine that, like me, you have been engrossed in the various court chronicles over the last week or so. I have never really paid much attention to Holinshed before but I loved his description of Anne's trial and execution. It is unusual for a court chronicler to be so critical of Henry.
I don't know if you've come across them but in addition to Metrical Visions Google book search also has, as scanned documents, the Privy Purse expences of Henry VIII and the Princess Mary. These are fascinating to read because, unlike the other primary sources, they show the Tudors at play, which gives an entirely different perspective.
Hi everyone,
I'm currently writing a historiographical paper on Anne Boleyn, and Holinshed's Chronicles is actually one of the primary sources I've chosen for analysis. I've gone through it a bit, but the volume that I got is absolutely massive and sort of intimidating! Would someone mind telling me where to find the bits about Anne Boleyn's trial and execution? I would be so grateful!
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April 18th, 2013 at 9:14 am
anne boleyn in her own words & the words of those who knew her
That's the title of the book. It is a primary source edited by Elizabeth Norton. It's a compiled book of all the letters written to her, from her, and about her. Everything ever known about Anne is in this book. The letters are not translated, they are as they were written. I used this to write my 40 page paper on her. There are three sections. Queen in waiting, Anne the Queen, and the Fall of Anne Boleyn. There is massive detail on her downfall. It's absolutely amazing. Hope this helps. Looks like however i'm replying 2 3 years after the fact. lol.. If Anne Boleyn interest you, I highly recommend this book. It is a good read just for leisure, and hard to put down. Enjoy.
Hi Claire,
Can you give me any particular sources about Katherine Howard?
I have searched for her for ages, but I would like some in particular about her date of birth. I had a look at the admittedly dubious Spanish Chronicle, which reported her age as fifteen in 1540.
Do you have any primary sources to do with her age?
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December 14th, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Hi Conor,
Historian Lacey Baldwin Smith handles this very question in the Appendix of his biography on Catherine, saying that there are various clues to her birthdate:-
1) She could not have been born after 1527 because her maternal grandmother's will of that year mentions her.
2) The French Ambassador reported that she was 18 when she was sleeping with Francis Dereham LP xvi.1426) and the date of their affair, according to Catherine herself, was 1538-1539, therefore she must have been born around 1520/1521.
3) The Spanish Chronicle states that she was 15 when she first met the King so that suggests a birthdate of 1524.
4) Catherine's portrait (Toledo Museum, Toledo, Ohio) gives her age as 21 and was painted in 1540/1541.
5) Henry Manox was first smitten by her in 1536 – would he really have been smitten by a 12 year old?
6) She was considered young to be queen, but as Catherine of A was 25 at her marriage, Anne Boleyn was either 26 or 32, Jane Seymour was about 28, Anne of Cleves was 24 and Catherine Parr was in her 30s, this could mean that Catherine was anything from teens to early 20s.
David Starkey puts her birth at around 1520 saying that her mother died in the late 1520s and Catherine was one of the younger members of the Howard brood.
The majority of historians now believe that Catherine was born c1520 but Alison Weir is keen on a 1525 date, arguing that her mother's former father-in-law's will of 1524 makes no mention of Catherine, that the Spanish Chronicle suggests a 1525 date, that a London merchant described her in 1540 as "a very little girl", that she could have been 12 when she had a relationship with Manox because many girls were married at that age in Tudor times and that the portrait mentioned is now thought to be of Jane Seymour's sister, Elizabeth, not Catherine.
Who knows?!
Claire, I actually found a portrait of a Young Girl in the mid 1540s, very highborn, who is aged 17 at the time, who has a remarkable similarity to Katherine Howard, compared to another portrait of her. It is by Holbein, and Alison Weir agrees that it might be her.
If this was painted in 1541, when Katherine was at the height of her powers, she would have been about 17 perhaps, the painting suggests this, if it IS Katherine.
I still argue for a c. 1524 birthdate.
First of all, I'd just like to say how much I adore your site; it makes my studying so much more entertaining. So thank you.
Second of all, (the reason why I'm writing) I go to an IB school and am in my second last year which means i have to write a 4000 words essay on a specific topic. Because of my "obsession" with the Tudors and most of all: Anne Boleyn, i decided to write it on Anne Boleyn of course.
Seeing as you know so much about this, it would mean so much to me if you could help. I need quite a lot of sources, and a couple of quotes from an enthusiast as yourself would really help me out.
My thesis is: Can Anne Boleyn be held responsible for the separation of the Church of England from the Catholic community? (It's not really perfected yet, but i hope you see where I'm going with this)
Like I said, it has to be 4000 words and so far i have about 2000 but after 2000 words, everything sort of seems to get lost in your brain. Well at least for me.
So if you have any kind of information, or opinion or view on what i am writing on: I would be ever so grateful to have you comment or voice your view.
My email is: firstname.lastname@example.com (if you would like to contact or answer me in more depth)
Thank you very much,
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Hi Claire! I love that you listed the primary sources. I was wondering if you could help me with something. I know Anne's motto was "la plus heureuse" after her wedding, but I have been unable to find the primary source evidence for this; so far, the only places I've found the motto is in biographies that don't list the sources, or websites that have the motto in the English "the most happy." Do you happen to know which source lists her motto as the French "la plus heureuse?" Thank you in advance
I've been trying to find primary sources for Dolmetch's "O Death" song, supposedly a poem by Anne Boleyn with music ascribed variously to her chaplain, later Archbishop under Elizabeth, or to amalgamation by a later hand. I found a passing ref to a "1611 Lute Tablature" but which one is not mentioned. Any thoughts? Anyone got any refs to cite?
Hello Claire.
I have also found THE TREVELYAN PAPERS PRIOR TO 1558 to hold very valuable information, there is a section on Henry VIIIs expenses, and it is far more detailed to the letters and papers and even the privy purse expenses. It can be viewed at archive.org or http://archive.org/stream/trevelyanpapers00camduoft#page/168/mode/2up
Keep up the good work Lady Boleyn
I have been looking, and unable to find a resource that can tell me what Henry VIII used to identify his royal status most often during his reign. The Tudor Rose, coat of arms, embellished initials, all of the above? And did it evolve over the course of his reign?
Any thing that can point me in the right direction is a great help!
Thank you,
Hi, I'm writing my undergraduate dissertation on the Letters of Eustace Chapuys and comparing him to other sources of the period, as well as their interpretations by historians. When despairing of finding more for comparison, I came across this article. Thank you so much for putting this together, I've now got my hands on some primary sources and I can speed on with my work! =D
Hi, I have a panpage about Anne Boleyn. How can i found interesting facts about her, It may be her favorites, her letters or something ? Please help me to find some sources. Thank you


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"Reeses Puffs! Reeses Puffs! Eat 'em up, Eat 'em up, Eat 'em up, Eat 'em up!" That's just one of the refrains visitors to General Mills-owned ReesesPuffs.com will hear when playing the Reeses Puffs "Dance Battle" on the site. The kid-aimed site features an interactive music experience with a DJ-inspired turntable and a soundboard for recording a customized tune - and lots and lots of references to the sugary cereal inspired by the beloved chocolate and peanut butter candy.
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Privacy advocates don't like it. A collective of advocacy organizations including Center for Digital Democracy, Consumer Federation of America, Center for Science in the Public Interest, and the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, sent letters to the Federal Trade Commission today asking the agency to investigate the General Mills-owned site, along with several other branded sites aimed at kids. The groups allege that the sites violate the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
Other websites called into question are HappyMeal.com from McDonald's, General Mills' TrixWorld.com, Doctor's Associates' SubwayKids.com, Viacom's Nick.com, and Turner Broadcasting's CartoonNetwork.com.
The main concern is data collection. "These 'tell-a-friend' practices violate the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act because they are done without adequate notice to parents and without parental consent," stated Georgetown Law Professor Angela Campbell in a CDD press release. The Reeses Puffs website, for instance, does not require users to provide their ages or get parental consent to interact or supply email addresses. The site does feature a small image at the top right that says, "Hey kids, this is advertising."
"We have not been contacted by these organizations - but we believe they have mischaracterized or misunderstood this, at least as it relates to General Mills," noted a company spokesperson in an email sent to ClickZ. "COPPA permits 'send to a friend' emails, provided the sending friend's email address or full name is never collected and the recipient's email address is deleted following the sending of the message. "
"McDonald's makes every effort to be in compliance with all government regulations. Rest assured we take these matters seriously and are currently examining the complaint to better understand the allegations," wrote Danya Proud, a McDonald's USA spokesperson in an email.
The complaints sent to the FTC mention a variety of ways the sites allegedly collect user photos, email addresses, and other information. When submitting a friend's email address to share content from ReesesPuffs.com, for example, the site notes, "Email addresses you provide will not be saved or used for any other purpose."
"These refer-a-friend forms collect personal information from children," states the missive sent to the FTC regarding McDonald's. "The COPPA Rule defines 'collects' as 'the gathering of any personal information from a child by any means, including but not limited to...[r]equesting that children submit personal information online.'"
The privacy groups want the FTC to prohibit behavioral ad targeting to kids, which would be enabled when they visit such websites, which is encouraged by friends if they share a link to content via an email form.
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LTRG-SLLAT talk on Doing Classroom Research by Karmen Pizorn (University of Ljubljana)
Date: 30 January 2014 Time: 3.30-5.00 pm
Venue: Engineering LT3
The Language Testing Research Group and the Second Language Learning and Teaching Research Group are pleased to announce the following talk:
Doing Classroom Research
by Karmen Pizorn (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Classroom research in foreign/second language learning, teaching and assessment is a broad umbrella term for empirical investigations within the language classroom. It may range from very simple one-off observations to tightly structured and highly controlled experiments. Its findings are important to researchers but also to practicing teachers who are the main proponents and beneficiaries of this kind of research.
The main focus of the talk will be on the main types of classroom research. In addition, some difficulties and challenges will be exploited. The participants will be provided with a range of studies, sample instruments, findings etc. which will exemplify different ways of doing classroom research.
The speaker has had a number of years of experience in doing classroom research within different national and international projects and also supervising a number of BA and MA theses which have examined how teaching, learning and assessment take place in language classrooms.
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Play, the Important Work of Children
On a Monday evening two professional play-workers intrigued a group of curious community leaders to learn about encouraging free play through adventure playgrounds. Morgan Leichter-Saxby, of Vermont and the UK, and Suzanna Law, of Manchester, England, both professional playworkers, talked and played at Bataan School in Port Clinton as one of 16 stops on tour of the United States. Suzannah is the organizer of the tour and is working on her PhD in play work. Morgan has been in the lead on play work training since Pop-Up Adventure Play's inception and has spoken at over a dozen international conferences.
Adventure playgrounds are new to the United States and to Port Clinton. Last fall Tricia O'Connor and Melissa Bayer, who did not know each other at the time, separately called Chris Galvin, Area Director of United Way in Ottawa County, with the idea of using adventure play to engage and involve local children and adults, to help revitalize the community.


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Goldman forecasts gain in commoditiesComment on this story
London - Goldman Sachs Group Inc. forecast precious metals and livestock will lead a 1.1 percent gain in commodities in 12 months, saying it will wait for physical markets to confirm recovery before raising individual estimates.
The advance in the Standard & Poor's GSCI Enhanced Commodity Index will include a 2 percent gain in energy, with precious metals to climb 5 percent and livestock to advance 4.5 percent, the bank said in a report e-mailed today and dated yesterday.
Agriculture will be down 3.5 percent and industrial metals will fall 1 percent.
"Renewed optimism has been mostly based on momentum and forward-looking survey data and far less on hard data and physical markets, which remain lacklustre," analysts led by New York-based Jeffrey Currie wrote in the report.
"We are maintaining our price targets and recommendations and will wait for hard data and physical markets to confirm the optimism before raising estimates."
The S&P GSCI Enhanced gauge is up 4.5 percent since the start of the year after declining 0.1 percent in 2012, the worst performance since 2008.
Brent crude oil has gained 6.6 percent this year in London, and cotton jumped 10 percent, while nickel is 7.3 percent higher in London.
Manufacturing in the US reached a nine-month high in January and expanded for a fourth month in China, while services industries also gained, reports showed this month.
The Institute for Supply Management's employment gauge jumped to the highest since February 2006, according to a February 5 report.
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Goldman recommended buying copper to "capture the Chinese housing completion cycle" and a long position in the Brent GSCI Index to benefit from the "backwardation required by low crude inventories." Goldman said copper will trade at $9,000 a metric ton in six months and Brent crude will be at $110 a barrel.
Brent oil traded near a nine-month high amid worsening tensions around Iran's nuclear program. Brent for March settlement was at $118.45 a barrel, down 0.4 percent, by 10:06 a.m. on the London-based ICE Futures Europe. Copper for three- month delivery slid 0.2 percent to $8,279.50 a ton in London, up 4.4 percent since the start of the year.
So-called backwardation, signaling tight supplies, means that investors can get positive returns from rolling their positions from nearby to longer-dated contracts, Goldman said. High "roll yields" are available in Brent and soybeans, while investors may also get them in copper later this year, the bank said in a separate report dated Feb. 8. Positive returns are possible even if prices are stable or falling, Goldman said.
"Going forward, we expect the roll yield to contribute a larger share of the return from commodity investments than was the case in the years when long-dated prices were rising structurally," the bank wrote. "This would be in line with the experience from the 1990s when we last saw stable long-dated commodity prices." - Bloomberg
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A judge in Fort Worth has sentenced a man identified as a member of a California-based gang of electronic thieves to 20 years in prison for putting devices inside gasoline pumps to steal customers' debit and credit card information.
Aleksandr Goukasian was convicted in June of several charges, including unlawful use of electronic communications and possessing an intercept device.
Tarrant County prosecutors say the 53-year-old was among several from a Glendale, Calif., ring who placed their "skimmers" in pumps in Mojave, Calif., Las Vegas, Dallas, Houston and Fort Worth to amass 38,000 card numbers and passwords. Customers were bilked of $280,000.
Goukasian's sentence, imposed Monday, runs concurrently with a six-month federal sentence for a related conviction. He becomes parole eligible in seven years.
Two partners are awaiting trial in Houston.
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Thoughts on the Typhon Pact (Cold Equations spoilers)
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... the Klingons are an existential threat. I can imagine that attempts to contain the Klingons will be a top priority for the surviving powers.
Cool, I hadn't thought of that yet. However, the Klingon Empire is led by Duras now, who is/was a member of Memory Omega and is, thus, a more mature and less warlike leader. He might be able to contain the Klingon blood thirst for some time, similar to Martok.
One can only hope. If nothing else, Memory Omega's mastery of the Genesis Device will keep Klingon ambitions in check, one way or another.
Plus I think the collapse of the alliance left them militarily crippled for the time being
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Patricia Carpenter and Karen Voigt were honored with membership into the Beta Rho Chapter of the Delta Kappa Society International. Pictured left to right are member Cindy Reynolds escorting initiate Karen Voigt and initiate Pat Carpenter escorted by member Dr. Nancy Simon. / PHOTO PROVIDED
MONTROSE — Patricia Carpenter, Title 1 and gifted education teacher at the Lackawanna Trail Elementary School, and Karen Voigt, director of curriculum and instruction and federal programs in the Mountain View School District, were recently honored with membership into the Beta Rho Chapter of the Delta Kappa Society International at the October meeting held in Dreyer Hall in Montrose.
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Code Talker: A Novel of the Navajo
by Ivon Blum
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American history has some really strange twists. One is the treatment of Native Americans and their culture. The American federal government decided to assimilate the Native Americans into American culture. That included forbidding the speaking of native tongues and learning English.
During World War II the American military needed a code to use that could not be cracked by the enemy. It was found that the Navajo language was perfect for this. Now to find Navajos who could still speak Navajo...
Code Talker is about the human need to survive and belong. It is also the story of Talking Boy Gorman, a U.S. marine and a Navajo Indian code talker-radioman at the battle of Iwo Jima during WWII. His story intermingles with the struggle of the Navajo People and his own ancestors for survival at the hands of the U.S. Army just 80 years before. Talking Boy lies wounded and alone as the marines fight to take Mt. Suribachi. He wonders why Vargas, his own bodyguard, wants to kill him amid the raging battle.
The novel follows the story about the struggles of the Navajo. As a child in government schools, Talking Boy and his Navajo friends were punished for speaking their native tongue. Now his language is prized as an unbreakable code in the war against the Japanese. Imagine the conflict that must present to a young man who faces death.
Talking Boy then writes a letter in his mind. He asks his sweetheart, Penny Joe, "how come I change flags so easily."
Through morphine induced wanderings Talking Boy remembers the old stories of generations of his family. They struggled against the U.S. Army's attempted extermination of an entire people before and during the Long Walk.
Talking Boy also remembers how this played out in his family. Juanito, his great grandfather, cries out, "I shall surrender, never." Juanito's own half-brother, Carlos Montoya, an Army officer, murders Hunts Quail, his great grandmother. Hunts Quail was giving birth to his grandfather at the time of her murder. This was during the endless trail into Navajo oblivion. Juanito then kills his half-brother in revenge. Jaunito has lost his beloved wife. But he gained a son and a renewed desire to survive.
The graphically portrayed battle for Mt. Suribachi provides a detailed look at one of the bloodiest battles of the war. It features some of the heroic marines who fought and died in this battle. The wounded radioman's experience offers a convincing look at how the Pacific war might have been lost without the Navajo language Code Talkers.
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Nurse's Allegations about Medicare Lead to $7.3 Million Settlement
May 23, 2013
A nurse's allegations about excessive charges to Medicare led to a $7.3 million settlement between a Plano, Texas-based firm and the U.S. Justice Department.
Whistleblower Laura Davis' complaint involved charges for Epogen, an anemia drug used to treat dialysis patients. A "qui tam" whistleblower lawsuit filed on her behalf in Baltimore alleged that Dialysis Corporation of America billed Medicare and other government healthcare programs for more Epogen than was used.
Epogen is an intravenous medication that is used to treat anemia, a common condition afflicting patients with end-stage renal disease. Epogen vials contain a small amount of medication in excess of the labeled amount, known as "overfill," to compensate for medication that may remain in the vial after extraction and in the syringe upon administration.
The United States contends that from January 2004 through May 2011, DCA billed for 10-11% overfill whenever it administered Epogen. However, because of the types of syringes DCA used, the United States alleges that DCA was not able to withdraw and administer 10-11% overfill every time it administered Epogen to patients, and thus submitted false claims to Medicare that overstated the amount of Epogen that it was actually providing.
Dialsysis Corporation was acquired by U.S. Renal Care, which is headquartered in Plano, in June 2010.
Click here to read more from The Dallas Morning News.
Best & Worst Jobs of 2013
April 26, 2013
The health care industry continues to lead the way when it comes to job growth and pay. Six out of the ten "best" jobs listed in this year's CareerCast.com Jobs Rated Report are in the medical field. From Biomedical Engineer to Dental Hygienist to Physical Therapist, medically related fields rank well for "work environment, stress and hiring outlook." Working with computers also continues to score well. Here are the top 10 jobs and their average yearly income:
- Actuary – $91,211
- Biomedical Engineer – $85,163
- Software Engineer – $89,147
- Audiologist – $68,135
- Financial Planner – $107,222
- Dental Hygienist – $69,107
- Occupational Therapist – $174,108
- Optometrist – $95,254
- Physical Therapist – $78,102
- Computer Systems Analyst – $79,145
Click here to see the complete list.
Worst Job
On the other side of the spectrum, the worst job on the list is "Newspaper Reporter," with an average salary of $36,000 and a decreasing outlook for job growth. Tough times in journalism.
Buy a Coffee with Just Your Name: How Much Privacy are You Willing to Give Up?
August 9, 2012
By Angie Moreschi:
Just think. You could walk into Starbucks, say your name and the barista would automatically whip up your double mocha skinny latte. No, not because you're such a frequent customer that they know who you are and what you want when you step up to the counter. This has to do with them tracking your every move through technology.
In today's big brother, cyber spy world, computer chips can pretty much let retailers know a whole heck of a lot about you and your buying habits. And now, if you'd rather not waste all that breath to tell the cashier what you want, a new app at Starbucks will do the ordering for you. All you have to do is say your name.
The Java App
Starbucks is teaming up with Square, the San Francisco company that brought us the mobile payment app. Starting this fall, 7000 Starbucks cafes will start using Pay With Square, which uses a GPS technology to indicate when a Square user is in the cafe.
All you do is install the Square app on your smart phone, and then link a credit or debit card to the account. Techno-wizardry takes it from there and identifies your location when you walk into Starbucks. Your name and picture pop up on the store's computer system, so when you're ready to order, all you have to do is say your name. The cashier matches your name and picture to their "point-of-sale" system, and voila! No need to go through all the trouble of remembering your favorite beverage's exotic description or getting your wallet out and fumbling with a credit card or cash and all that. This is just like saying, 'Hey Sal, it's me. Put it on my tab."
Technology Trumps Privacy
To make all this possible for your caffeine inducing pleasure, Starbucks is investing $25 million in the new Square system and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz will join Square's board of directors. Pay with Square has been around for awhile, but it's mainly used by small businesses. This venture by Starbucks could really launch the company to another level.
So, starting this fall, if you choose to give another little piece of your privacy away, you can order your cup of Joe, just by saying your name. Funny thing is, paying with the Square app might make you feel like a "regular," but you've got to wonder if it's actually kind of sad that someone you really don't know at all, is going to treat you like an old pal.
Play It By Ear: What Sounds Make You Want to Buy More?
August 8, 2012
A baby's laugh. A steak sizzling. How about the sound of a soda being cracked open and poured into a glass? These are among the most powerful audio triggers that capture your attention in commercials, according to marketing expert Martin Lindstrom. In his new, best selling book Buy-ology, Lindstrom exposes tricks of the advertising trade that get you, the consumer, to buy more.
TIME Magazine recently profiled Lindstrom and his "neural marketing" research, which he uses to help Fortune 500 companies, like Pepsi and Disney, attract customers. It's a scientific way to measure consumer reaction to advertising. People are exposed to ads while hooked up to machines that monitor brain activity, pupil dilation, sweat responses and flickers in facial muscles, all of which are markers of emotion.
The technology is based on a concept that suggests the majority of human thinking takes place just below the level of controlled awareness. Turns out, what we hear can be just as powerful as what we see. For a more in-depth analysis from Lindstrom about the techniques he employes, watch the video above.
Proponents of this theory believe that this lower level of recognition is where the human brain makes determinations on what's favorable and what isn't. Therefore, marketing agencies spend millions of dollars in research to determine what sounds evoke pleasant thoughts, such as the sound of a baby laughing or a steak sizzling on the grill. It's believed that hearing these types of sounds will help you remember a certain product in a pleasing way when you are shopping.
If the sound of all this trickery makes you feel curious, click here, for the full report on neural advertising in TIME Magazine.
Are Warehouse Clubs like Costco & Sam's Worth the Cost?
July 17, 2012
Shopping at one of the big warehouse club chains, like Sam's Club, Costco and BJ's, can be an afternoon adventure for some. Lots of good deals and super-sized products can lure you in to a purchasing frenzy. But is it worth the cost? Don't look now, but you might not be saving as much as you thought.
CNBC reports that customers may believe they're paying for a chance to save money, but some experts think membership fees actually cause consumers to spend more. Membership in these club stores does not come free; each requires you to pay before you purchase a single item. Sam's Club charges $40 for basic membership, BJ's $50, and Costco $55.
Saving Money
Part of the twist with warehouse clubs is you have to make up that initial investment, before you start saving money. Certainly, you can save money, but you may end up buying more than you need in the long run. There are good deals, though. According to a Consumers' Checkbook survey published by the not-for-profit Center for the Study of Services, BJ's prices were on average 29 percent lower, Costco's 30 percent lower, and Sam's 33 percent lower than the largest supermarket chains.
Lack of Selection
The trade-off is often a lack of selection. Warehouse clubs carry a relatively small array of items in a limited range of sizes. The Consumers' Checkbook survey found that warehouse club shoppers would only be able to find about half of the products they buy at their regular supermarket. BJ's carries roughly 7,200 individual items, Sam's club about 4,900 items, and Costco around 4,000.
Click here to read more in the full report from CNBC.
Up in the Air; Mixed Reviews on Airline A La Carte Fees
June 1, 2012
By Darrin Clouse :
The old saying : "The only constant is change" has held up for centuries and is applicable to many of our daily routines. I doubt that François de la Rochefoucauld was pondering the airline industry when he came up with his famous perception of our world, but it certainly applies to recent adjustments.
Many of us remember when smoking was allowed during flights, and you could even get away with calling the flight attendant "stewardess." But the changes we're experiencing these days are more related to cost, and many consumers feel they are now paying for services that they received for free in the past.
Bank of America Sues Itself
April 13, 2012
Here we go again. First, as CWN reported in 2009, Wells Fargo Sued Itself. Now, it's Bank of America's turn. Dow Jones Business Columnist and blogger Al Lewis flagged us to this latest nonsensical undertaking in the wacky world of foreclosures.
Essentially, Bank of America is foreclosing on a property on which it services the loan for an investor and holds a second mortgage. Uh-oh, that creates a bit of a conflict. What to do? Let's sue ourselves, of course. The company is literally seeking damages from itself in order to foreclose on a condo owner. The Huffington Post's Zach Carter lays out all the details here, if you're interested.
For Bank of America, this is actually not the first time it's sued itself in a foreclosure case. The company has done so at least 11 times in Palm Beach County. "Naming the second-lien holder in the suit is necessary to eliminate the junior interest," Bank of America spokeswoman Jumana Bauwens told the Huffington Post.
Back when Wells Fargo sued itself, Dow Jones Columnist Al Lewis opined, "It takes some pretty shameless lawyers and a rich culture of corporate stupidity for a company to sue itself."
I guess not much has changed.
Nigerian Scam Targets Lawyers
April 10, 2012
By Angie Moreschi:
Okay, this might have a bit of a Karma feel to it, but you've still got to wonder, how exactly do people keep falling for the Nigerian "pigeon drop" scam. That's where you are contacted and told you can get a much bigger pay-out, but first, you just have to send some of your money to make the transaction possible. Right, good luck with that.
This time, attorneys, who you might think would know better, became the target, and, yes, many fell for it. Among them, the Minneapolis law firm of Milavetz, Gallop & Millavetz (MGM). The Minneapolis StarTribune reports MGM became a victim after receiving an email from someone claiming to be a Korean woman who needed help in securing a $400,000 legal settlement for an injury in their area.
As it turns out, MGM was not alone. The government had begun a secret investigation of Nigerian collection scams that target U.S. attorneys. A Nigerian man and a Canadian resident were indicted in the case, but much of it remains under seal. Still, the government says the two were part of an international conspiracy targeting lawyers and law firms, which nailed 80 victims to the tune of at least $32 million. In all, there were some 300 known targets, with attempts to steal more than $100 million.
Scamming law firms
So, how do highly educated, skeptical attorneys fall for this? According to the federal indictment in Pennsylvania, it went down like this: A co-conspirator contacts a law firm, usually by e-mail, seeking help to collect a legal settlement or payments from a divorce or real estate transaction. Another co-conspirator poses as a representative of the party who owes the money and then delivers a counterfeit check. After the check supposedly clears, the money is wired to a bank, usually in Asia, from which it disappears. Click here to read the full story in the Minneapolis StarTribune.
Law Firm Blames its Bank
Of course, we're talking about lawyers being ripped off here, so while the money has disappeared, they believe someone needs to pay. In the case of MGM, the law firm is going after the bank, which frankly continues the whole karma thing.
Robert Milavetz of MGM says its bank, Wells Fargo, is at fault and should pay them back. The firm deposited the fake check from the Nigerian scammers in its Wells Fargo account. Then, in an effort to perform due diligence called the bank to make sure the check had cleared. Bank employees apparently told the firm that "yes" indeed the check had cleared. Of course, it had not. So, when the firm wired the money to Asia, their "client" disappeared with the loot. If we learned anything from the mortgage meltdown, it was to be careful about trusting what your bank tells you… but we digress.
In the end, Milavetz is going after Wells Fargo alleging the bank knowingly engaged in a transaction that involved criminal activity or was knowingly blind to the facts and law. The firm is seeking $396,500 from the bank. Wells Fargo issued a brief statement on the lawsuit saying, "We believe the allegations have no merit. We will vigorously defend, and expect to prevail."
It's little comfort to know that even supposedly smart guys get duped by this, but if you take anything away here, remember, there's no such thing as easy money!
10 Things Health Care Reform Would Do, that you may not realize
April 5, 2012
Health Care Reform is at the center of a political tug of war that affects us all. As important as this is to our lives, few Americans actually know what the law actually does.
As the Supreme Court ponders whether to declare it unconstitutional, CNN decided to break out 10 examples of what changes the law makes that could affect your life in unexpected ways. Everything from taxing tanning beds to requiring your doctor to disclose what perks they get from pharmaceutical companies to free preventive care for things like mammograms, physical exams, colonoscopies, and vaccinations.
Here is the list. Click here to read more about each item:
1. How many goodies your doctors get
2. More breastfeeding rooms and breaks
3. Caloric reality at every major chain restaurants
4. Abstinence-only education
5. Flexible spending accounts stiffen
6. Tanning will cost you
7. Support for wellness programs at work
8. Free preventive care
9. Home visits to expecting families
10. Health plans you can read
Fight Foreclosure – Make 'Em "Produce the Note"
April 1, 2012
Fight Foreclosure: Make 'Em Produce The Note!
Using the "produce the note" strategy is something all homeowners facing foreclosure can do. If you believe you've been treated unfairly, fight back. We have created templates for a legal request, a letter to your lender and a motion to compel to help you through the process. Read the step by step "how to" under the videos.
Special note: In some states, a lender can foreclose on your home without going to court. These are called non-judicial foreclosure states. You can still use the "Produce the Note" strategyin these states, but it takes a few more steps on your part.
Produce the Note – Steps To Follow: