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Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School
|Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School
Academics • Arts • Athletics • Technology
In the Service of the Community
Through Knowledge Toward God
|959 Midland Avenue
Knob Hill, Toronto, Ontario, M1K 4G4
|School type
|Bill 30 Catholic High School
|School board
|Toronto Catholic District School Board
|Kevin Malcolm
Area 7
|Area trustee
|Mike Del Grande
Ward 7
|School number
|554 / 723428
|Patricia Donohue
|Linda Maselli-Jackman
|Vice Principals
|Reginald Ramlogan
Anne Louise Bannon
|CSAC Chair
|Melissa Dhanraj (2014-15)
|996 (2014–15)
|Canadian Red, Navy Blue, White, Grey and Vegas Gold
|March the Maverick
|Team name
|Vanier Mavericks
|Roman Catholic
|St. Maria Goretti
|Specialist High Skills Major
|Program Focus
|Advanced Placement
Broad-based Technology
Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School (locally known as JVCSS, Jean Vanier CSS, Jean Vanier, or shorten as Vanier; informally referred to as New Tabor (Park) to avoid confusion with Georges Vanier Secondary School) is a Roman Catholic high school located in the neighbourhood of Knob Hill at Midland Ave in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada operated by the Toronto Catholic District School Board. It is named after Jean Vanier, the man who founded L'Arche in 1964. The school can sometimes referred to the Maverick Ranch, a type of unbranded horse. Prior to the founding of Jean Vanier C.S.S., the facility was opened in 1965 by Scarborough Board of Education (now Toronto District School Board) as Tabor Park Vocational School until 1986 when Scarborough Centre for Alternative Studies established in that location. The school houses 996 students as of the 2014-15 year and it is ranked 331 out of 725 schools in the Fraser Institute report card.[1] Its motto is "Through Knowledge Toward God".
- 1 History
- 2 Overview
- 3 School Media
- 4 Administration
- 5 Feeder schools
- 6 Notable alumni
- 7 See also
- 8 References
- 9 External links
To love someone is to show to them their beauty, their worth and their importance.— Jean Vanier, Community And Growth
The Man[edit]
Jean Vanier was born on September 10, 1928. He is the founder of L'Arche, an international organization which creates communities where people with developmental disabilities and those who assist them share life together. He is the son of the 19th Governor General of Canada, Major-General Georges Vanier. In his youth and during World War II he served with the Royal Navy and then with the Royal Canadian Navy. As a midshipman, Vanier accompanied the Royal Family on their tour of South Africa aboard HMS Vanguard in 1947.
The School[edit]
Designed by the architects Webb, Zerafa and Menkes, the building at a 9.4 acre site was once called Tabor Park Vocational School, built in 1965 by the Scarborough Board of Education as a less academically challenged high school. Its programs were different from Bendale Business and Technical Institute with students integrated to mainstream schooling due to Tabor Park and Bendale were meant for streamed "vocational" high schools for people living near Midland and David and Mary Thomson. The schools would later forged the model after Tabor Park by the openings of Maplewood and Sir William Osler in 1967 and 1975 respectively. By the time Tabor Park closed in 1986 due to low enrollment, Scarborough Centre for Alternative Studies, an adult high school began in this site. As a result of public funding of Catholic high schools, by 1988, the Tabor Park property was ceded to the Metropolitan Separate School Board (later the Toronto Catholic District School Board) and was reopened as Jean Vanier to serve the rest of Scarborough.
Originally opened in September 1989 with 18 staff and 198 grade 9 students under the leadership of founding principal Michael Leroux, the first students graduated Vanier in 1993. Jean Vanier was established to relive overcrowding at Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School and Blessed Cardinal Newman Catholic High School. Construction and renovation were not complete until the spring of 1994, and the school now accommodates close to 1000 students. From the onset, the school was de-streamed in grade 9. The school was opened and blessed in November 1994. Interestingly, in its conception, the school was originally to be named St. Francis Xavier Catholic Secondary School, named after a Jesuit priest, Francis Xavier. But despite a turnout and the elementary school using the name, it was changed to Jean Vanier thereafter.
Outside the classrooms, the Student Council organizes certain events to show school spirit such as Pep Rally, Fearfest, Semi-Formal, 12 Days of Christmas, Winter Activity Day, School Dance, 30 Hour Famine, SAC Gives Back, and Dress Down Day. In addition to SAC, there are certain organizations and clubs run and operated like Social Justice, History, Maverick Athletic Council, Anime, Chess, Mathematics, Best Buddies, Improv, School Plays, and many others.
In February 2011, Jean Vanier C.S.S. received Dr. Bette M. Stephenson Recognition of Achievement award from EQAO.
Jean Vanier C.S.S. celebrated its 25th Anniversary in October 2014 since it opened in September 1989.
The enrollment of the school as of 2014–15 is 996 pupils. It is a co-educational semestered school operating in grades 9–12. The school draws crowds from the Bendale, Ionview, Knob Hill, Scarborough Junction, and most parts of Scarborough as well as some from Toronto and as far from Pickering and Ajax. It became a popular destination powerhouse with its excellent facilities and programs since the closure of nearby Midland Avenue Collegiate Institute in June 2000.
Emphasizing on the "AAA" focus, the school has a large athletic field found in most regular public high schools, but usually unavailable with purpose built Catholic high Schools. Due to Tabor Park being built as a technical-oriented high school, it has brown bricks and overall structure design in the middle where the quadrangle stands. The two catwalks along with 20 new academic classrooms, a seminar work room, and an exercise room was eventually added in 1991 to expand enrollment.[2] as well as red thin cross was retrofitted in the centre around 1994.[3] Other features in the leased 126,241 sq. ft. facility include 28 academic classrooms, two automotive shops, four state-of-the-art science labs, three computer labs, two Mac labs, a visual arts studio, cafetorium, library, expanded ME/DD classroom, a double gymnasia that can be split into two, a drama room, two music rooms, a photography room, guidance area, a recently renovated home economics room and a chapel.
In 2011, however, Portables made their way back to the facility to accommodate more students in the existing campus since the addition was added. There are 3 portables.
Since its inception, Jean Vanier offers various courses in the comprehensive academic program for its students. Students can choose from a variety of courses at the academic, applied, and open levels. These, and other specialized courses, help prepare students for university, college, or the world of work after they have completed their studies at the school. Vanier currently offers math, English, science, Canadian History, geography, and religious studies. It also has special education programs.
Vanier, every year, competes in the University of Waterloo mathematics competition.
The word "Arts" is one that is immensely rich in meaning and its value is greatly appreciated in the school community. The creativity, style, expression, compassion and unique artistic approach is very obvious in 5 Arts Disciplines such as drama, instrumental/vocal music, visual arts, and photography. The drum line was expanded in 2012 by Michael Fanning, a new music teacher at the school.[4]
The combined art, music, technology show called Festival of Sight and Sound started by the arts department in the 1990s consisting of the talents of the music students as well as the work of the Art, Drama and Photography students. It is held in December and May each semester.
The Jean Vanier Maverick has held a history of athletic excellence, which continues today. The school was well represented with the colours of red, black, silver and compete in the TDCAA locally and OFSAA provincially. So far, Vanier Mavericks compete in basketball, volleyball, soccer, flag football, rugby, cross country, track and field, badminton, and indoor soccer. It notably previously competed in ice hockey and curling.
The goal of the program is success through participation. The school's Student-Athletes succeed through:
- Skill development and teamwork
- Recognizing and respecting the skills of their opponents
- Competing with tireless effort and with the highest level of integrity
- Combining academic excellence with sports
- Displaying Christian values that will allow to be leaders of tomorrow
Continuing with the broadbased technology, Jean Vanier offers a unique blend of courses not found in any other schools such as CITI Motive (Automotive Class) - Dual High School / College Credits, Communications Technology, Partnership with Apple Inc., Yearbook (Desktop Publishing), Photography, among others.
The Communications Technology program began in 2000 under the leadership of Thomas Gilmor and Roy Ilulani with 60 students and has since gone to 250.
"In the service of the community"[edit]
In today's world, the students practice an active, faith life through service to the community. The education component is learned through religion classes, regular school practices and through special initiatives such as their affiliation with Development and Peace. Their support with the community through activities such as:
- Thanksgiving food drive for the Good Shepherd Refuge,
- Christmas Baskets for families through St. Vincent de Paul Society,
- Fair Trade Coffee Sales,
- The Best Buddies Program
The school has donated volunteer time, food and money to organizations such as: Development and Peace, Nelson Mandela Children's Fund (Canada), Share Life – Covenant House, Inner City Angels, Raising the Roof, Help a Family Fundraiser (a school and orphanage in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic), St. John the Compassionate Mission, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), The Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Day Sales, The Louise Russo Fund, Right to Life, and L'Arche Daybreak (Richmond Hill, ON).
School Media[edit]
Over the years, Jean Vanier has publish several yearbooks in its 22-year life. Unlike all other high schools who receive yearbooks at the end of the year, the yearbooks are released the next year.
- 10th Anniversary (1999-2000)
- Tomorrow Came too Soon (2001-2002)
- "www.jeanvanier.com" (2002-2003)
- FlashBACK (2003-2004)
- 15th Anniversary (2004-2005)
- Timeless (2005-2006)
- Growing Together (2006-2007)
- Turning Points (2007-2008)
- Forever Young (2008-2009)
- 20th Anniversary: And ya Don't Stop! (2009-2010)
- Word (2010-2011)
- Connections (TTC-style motif) (2011-2012)
- Pieces of Us (Jigsaw puzzle motif) (2012-2013)
Vanier Vision[edit]
Vanier Vision is a newsletter that highlights the events happening in Jean Vanier throughout the school year. Published by the school principal and the communication technology teacher, it is distributed to students quarterly upon mailing the report cards in November, February, April, or July. The redesign took place starting in the Spring 2013 issue.
Other publications and media[edit]
- Vanier Vibe [2] (Student Podcast - Since taken off the air)
- Maverick Star (formerly Papercut)
The school crest was designed by the first art teacher, Martine Girard-Agro in 1989. It features a calligraphy of a "J" and a "V" with a t-like cross.
As of July 2015, only four active principals of Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School remain employed with the TCDSB.
|Previous School
|Date started
|Date finished
|Michael Leroux
|Francis Libermann Catholic High School
Regina Pacis Catholic Secondary School
|Founding Principal of Jean Vanier.
|Carmine Settino
|Currently Principal at Chaminade College School.
|Joseph Clarkson
|Brother Edmund Rice Catholic Secondary School
|There's an award named after him named The Joseph Clarkson Award that is given to a student in each graduation ceremony.
|Peter Aguiar
|Francis Libermann Catholic High School
Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School
|Currently at 21st Century Learning as a Program Co-ordinator. Formerly at Francis Libermann Catholic High School as English teacher (1988-2002)
|Anthony Bellisario
|Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School
Brebeuf College School
|Placed on an interim basis due to Aguiar's heart surgery. Currently at James Cardinal McGuigan as a principal.
|John Brady
|James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High School
Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts
|Served as vice-principal for five years in two schools. Formerly a math teacher at Neil McNeil.
|Linda Maselli-Jackman
|Monsignor Fraser College
Archbishop Romero Catholic Secondary School
St. Joseph's Morrow Park Catholic Secondary School
Vice Principals[edit]
- Bianca Auciello (2008-2010) - now at St. Benedict Catholic School; formerly at Neil McNeil and previously a TCDSB Librarian resource head (2010-2012).
- Anne Louise Bannon (2013–present) - formerly a Drama teacher at Marshall McLuhan for 13 years
- Alda Bassani (2005-2007) - served as VP at Archbishop Romero (2007-2008); as Principal at Loretto Abbey (2008-2013); formerly a teacher at Notre Dame[5]
- Mary Curran (2000-2004) - served for the Durham Catholic District School Board at Archbishop Denis O'Connor in Ajax (2004 as VP and 2009-2010 as Principal) and St. Mary in Pickering as Principal (2005-2009)
- Ann Gotfryd (1999-2005) - served at Monsignor Fraser College until retirement in 2007
- Gianna Helling (2007-2010) - served as VP at Notre Dame; Currently at the elementary panel as Principal of Sts. Cosmas and Damian Catholic School (2010-2013) and St. Sebastian Catholic School (2013–present)
- Michael Monk (2010) - Acting VP; founding principal of Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton
- Reginald Ramlogan (2011–present) - formerly a Religion teacher at Loretto College
- Raymond Sanborn (2005-2008) - served at Loretto Abbey (2008-2010), Notre Dame (2010-2012); now at Archbishop Romero (2012-present)
- Allan Schultz (2010-2013) - now at Archbishop Romero (2013–present); formerly a Canadian and World Studies teacher at Michael Power/St. Joseph
- Kathleen Wong (2010-2011) - now at Neil McNeil; formerly a teacher at St. Joseph Wellesley
- Michael Wyslobicky (2004-2005) - served as VP at Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton (2005-2010)
Feeder schools[edit]
- Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Elementary School
- Precious Blood Catholic Elementary School
- St. Agatha Catholic Elementary School
- St. Albert Catholic Elementary School
- St. Barbara Catholic Elementary School
- St. Boniface Catholic Elementary School
- St. Joachim Catholic Elementary School
- St. Lawrence Catholic Elementary School
- St. Maria Goretti Catholic Elementary School
- St. Martin De Porres Catholic Elementary School
- St. Nicholas Catholic Elementary School
- St. Richard Catholic Elementary School
- St. Rose of Lima Catholic Elementary School
- St. Theresa Shrine Catholic Elementary School
- St. Thomas More Catholic Elementary School
- St. Urusla Catholic Elementary School
- St. Victor Catholic Elementary School
Notable alumni[edit]
- May Marquardt - singer/songwriter (attended 2008/09 - 2011/12)[6][7]
- Andrea Michaely Sriskandarajah - Miss Sri Lanka Canada-USA 2011 (attended 2007/2008 - 2010/2011)
- Tevaughn Campbell - Calgary Stampeders (CFL) (attended 2007/2008 - 2010)
See also[edit]
- ^ http://ontario.compareschoolrankings.org/secondary/Jean_Vanier_Catholic_Secondary_School/Toronto/Report_Card.aspx
- ^ [1] Tabor Park Vocational School
- ^ CSAC Minutes: 21 September 2009, Toronto Catholic School Board
- ^ http://www.tcdsb.org/schools/jeanvanier/Cocurricular/Pages/Music-Program.aspx
- ^ Notre Dame Yearbook 2004: Discovery
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/MayMarquardtMusic/
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/user/MayMarquardt
External links[edit]
Coordinates: 43°44′17″N 79°15′32″W / 43.738°N 79.259°W


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With country guitars, what you hear on the record is what was played in the studio. We asked Nashville's leading engineers how they capture those tones.
Chris Leuzinger comes with baggage. Lots of it. One of the handful of session guitarists who play on most of the major‑label country music recordings that Nashville methodically churns out, when Leuzinger walks into one of Nashville's numerous recording studios, he'll confront the engineer with a Vox AC30, a vintage Fender Bassman and a Deluxe Reverb, as well as several cabinets with various speaker configurations and two huge pedalboards, not to mention his own Royer 121 ribbon microphone. What there isn't a lot of is time. Although a session now lasts most of the day, rather than the three hours that were de rigueur in the '60s and '70s, the aim is still to finish three basic tracks per session, and guitars are still the foundational instrument on those records.
"We have to work pretty fast and still not make every guitar sound the same as it did on the last record, so the engineers and the guitarists collaborate pretty closely," says Leuzinger. "But the important thing — and what sets Nashville apart — is that the sounds are real. The [live] drums often just get used to trigger samples, the keyboard parts are often MIDI'd and the sounds are replaced, but it's not that way with the guitars here. The engineers don't do a bunch of Pro Tools re‑amping. It's just the guitar being real."
The engineers agree. "I guess what defines what we do down here is that the guitar players and the recording engineers are pretty much on the same page — we go for the real sounds," says Bob Bullock, who has engineered most of Nashville's fabled pickers on sessions for George Strait, Shania Twain and others. "We live in a virtual age and we use that technology, but you just don't see it used on guitars in country music. Digidesign make their Eleven — their virtual guitar rack — it sounds good, and stuff like that and Pods have their place. But we're still going for organic guitar sounds. Guitarists still have lots of choices like they do with sampled sounds, but the choices really revolve instead around real guitars and amplifiers, and how they approach the music."
While much of what is coming out of Nashville's country labels sounds a lot like rock music (more on that later), there are a few distinctly Nashville approaches to capturing guitar sounds. Close‑in microphone placement is one of them. A Shure SM57 placed within a couple of inches of a speaker cone, generally straight on or slightly off‑axis, is the common starting point for most engineers. "There's not a lot of distance miking going on country records. We're usually not going for the over‑the‑top stadium‑guitar types of sounds, so you don't usually hear a lot of room ambience," says Bullock. "Country tends to look for the organic sounds and get close up on them."
Steve Marcantonio has recorded plenty of country guitar stars, including the 'triple threat' Vince Gill — so‑called because he plays, sings and writes, all amazingly well.
Photo: Robert Knight Archive / Redferns "Most of the sound comes from the musician and they're listening to the front of their amplifier very close by," says the New Yorker, who moved to Nashville 23 years ago and has worked regularly with producers including Tony Brown, Dann Huff, Mark Wright and Josh Leo, and who calls putting a U87 up for the guitar on the other side of the room "a luxury". With the microphone close in, the amount of presence and brightness can be controlled surprisingly precisely with very slight adjustments in proximity (anything from two or three inches to as much as a foot away) and angle (never more than 45 degree off the centre axis of the speaker); the closer and more straight‑on the position, the brighter the sound.
Picking the best speaker in a 2x10, 2x12 or 4x12 cabinet is another subtle but important choice. "Some of the guitarists will mark their favourite speaker with a piece of tape on the grille cloth," says Marcantonio. "When you're miking it close‑in, the sound of the studio isn't going to affect the sound of the amplifier, and you can recreate the tone consistently from studio to studio."
If the guitarist is using an open‑backed cabinet, a Sennheiser MD421 is generally trotted out and placed on the rear, several inches back and with the polarity button in the console input channel reversed, if necessary.
While the SM57 remains the stalwart of amplifier miking in Nashville, the Royer 121 has achieved near‑parity in the last few years. It's usually placed next to the 57 and used to add more low‑end capture compared to the bright mid‑range of the 57. Sometimes it can be placed up against another speaker in the cabinet but on the same axis. "That ribbon can take a lot of sound pressure, so you can put it right up against the grille," says Marcantonio.
What brought the close‑in culture about, though, is the fact that Nashville remains an oasis of ensemble recording. A typical tracking session will see five or more musicians in the same room; guitar amps are either gobo‑ed or placed in isolation booths, though it's not unusual to see their doors open a bit. Country also remains a mix‑as‑you‑go type of proposition, so engineers expect to record any effects or processing that guitarists plug in. "There are times when you come back to a song a few weeks later and put up a mix and wish you could pull the delay or something back a bit, but the effects are part of [the guitarists'] sound," Marcantonio laments. "Fortunately, what you don't encounter on country guitar parts is a lot of processing. Sometimes it's as simple as spring reverb and nothing else."
Stomp boxes tend to be noisier than pro audio gear, so Marcantonio has honed his chops on Waves' X‑Noise and X‑Hum plug‑ins. With the single‑coil‑pickups of Fender's Telecaster and Stratocaster used on so many sessions, positioning the player is important to minimise hum and buzz.
Nashville is a songwriter's town, and composers put a lot of effort into demos. It's not unusual for the musicians who play on those demos (and they are a caste unto themselves, waiting years for a chair to open on Nashville's 'A-Team' of session stars) to hear guitar motifs they came up with played a few months later when the record version comes on the radio — an event that engenders a combination of pride and annoyance. "It helps for the engineer to listen to the demo, too, because the guitar sounds might have been a big part of what made the song attractive to the artist or producer in the first place," says Marcantonio. "They may want to use a guitar part and the guitar sound."
Jeff Balding, who has recorded records for dozens of country artists including Sara Evans, Brooks & Dunn and Little Big Town, is also a fan of the Royer 121/Shure SM57 combo used close up (between one and three inches from the grille) on guitar amps, which give guitars what he calls a "nice and furry" timbre that helps keep them present in the mix without increasing their actual level. He'll run the microphones individually through Neve 1073 or 1064 preamps, although on rare occasions he combines them together via a 'Y' cord into a single preamp. However, in a nod to how close country records are getting to mainstream rock, he adds a Sennheiser MD409 or AKG C414 to the close‑mic mix, as well as adding room mics. One setup used on a recent session was an AEA R88 ribbon microphone on a stand four to five feet back from the front of the amplifier, to catch a combination of room ambience and direct sound. "It definitely helps the guitar sound fit in with a roomier drum vibe," he says.
Balding reminds us that on a country music recording, the vocal carries the song and the song carries the record; all else — including guitars — is subordinate to that. "The vocal is going to be full bandwidth, so everything else has to be set around that," he says, "and to ensure that the guitars don't compete with the vocal, it's important to keep the guitars away from key vocal frequencies."
Like Vince Gill, Brad Paisley is the rare 'triple threat' in country music: the artist who shines as a vocalist, songwriter and musician. Paisley's Telecaster work has made him the new face of Nashville guitar sounds and has earned him accolades in the form of Grammy and CMA awards, and engineer Brian David Willis has been behind the board for Paisley since the beginning. Willis takes a relatively conventional approach but with a different set of microphones.
"Brad was playing through a vintage Vox AC30 — loud! He had used a Sennheiser 421 on his demos, and when I began working with him on his first album, I added an AKG 460 to get more thickness in the mids, and I stayed with that setup for the first few albums," he explains. "Brad never really liked the 57 as much as other people do on guitar amps."
On the earlier albums, Willis positioned the 421 halfway between the speaker cone and the outer ring, at about a 30‑degree angle off centre axis. The 460 was placed at less of an angle but about as close in as the 421, and he always recorded with the EQ flat on both channels. "A quarter of an inch movement with these microphones this close is all you need to dramatically change the sound," he says. "The setup gets all the beef out of a Telecaster but doesn't lose the twang." Willis ran each mic through a Neve 1073 mic preamp, and augmented the close mics with a pair of Rode NT1s in an X‑Y pattern, set back about five feet from the front of the amp and pointing downward at the concrete‑surfaced floor of the 3x6‑metre recording room.
On subsequent albums, Willis switched first to a pair of Neumann/Gefell M582s for room mics, then to a pair of Neumann U48s — which, in turn, have been superseded by an AEA R88 stereo ribbon. The room microphones add depth, but can also affect the articulation of the 16th‑notes that make up blazing Nashville solos. "If we lost a little articulation in a passage I might be tempted to move the microphone inwards towards the cone, but that would lose some of the roundness of the sound. Before doing that I'd ask Brad to play it again, which he's always up for," says Willis. "Moving the mic inward is like dialling in a high‑pass filter to lose murkiness that's getting in the way of every note being clean and sharp. Sometimes that murkiness is the enemy, but often you need it to give some weight to the notes in higher registers. It's something you need to keep in mind with Telecasters. If you can get the guitarist to play it again, I'd prefer to do that first rather than take a chance on changing a great tone."
Other techniques for keeping it clean include using only custom‑made guitar cables fashioned from Mogami #2792 wire, and keeping the signal path as clear as possible, minimising the number of stomp boxes used.
One thing about Nashville engineers is that they are obsessive note‑takers, and Willis is no exception. "If you have to come back days or months later and punch into a part, the only way you're going to be able to do that seamlessly is if you know exactly where you placed exactly which microphones on which amps and which guitars were playing through them," he says, noting that Paisley's setup has become more complex, with a second cabinet close‑miked with either a U67, AEA R84, Royer 121 or even a 57 (depending on the song) through a Universal Audio 2-610 preamp. On one stretch of days in the studio, Paisley flew in bespoke amplifier builder Tony Bruno, who was hand‑wiring circuit boards on the fly as the sessions went along, with Willis tracking each nuanced change.
Every Nashville engineer has his guitar tricks, but they'll also agree that a great guitar sound starts with a great guitarist. "Without that," says Bob Bullock, "all the microphones in the world won't do you much good." .
The Grand Ole Opry didn't allow drum kits on stage until the late '50s, and even then they often had to play from behind the curtain. As a result, acoustic guitars were what kept the time for country music, even in the studio, a tradition that continues today. A specialised instrument configuration was developed for it: the Nashville high‑strung guitar, on which the lowest three strings are replaced with higher‑gauge strings that are tuned up an octave. You can restring a guitar or use the processing techniques pioneered by long‑time Nashville engineer/producer and Grammy winner Bil VornDick. He applies a high‑pass filter at 160Hz and filters out the sound below that. "That essentially removes the first octave of the guitar; the lowest three strings range from 82Hz to 164Hz," he explains. The usual technique is to to layer two acoustic guitars — one full range, the other high‑strung — both in mono. "The classic mono approach is to place a [Neumann] KM84 or 54 aimed at the 12th fret [perpendicular] to the guitar and set back about six to eight inches, then stack a high‑strung on the second pass."
For stereo acoustics, VornDick often uses a pair of KM54s. "The one on the left is angled down from the 12th fret and angled in towards the soundhole, and the right microphone is angled from in front of the player's right shoulder and towards the soundhole, keeping the 3:1 distance ratio in mind at all times. It really adds a third dimension to the sound," says VornDick, who has used this technique often with guitarists such as Tony Rice, Bela Fleck and Doc Watson. Alternatively, for acoustic guitars that aren't necessarily going to be doubling the hi‑hat eighth notes but will still be strummed, VornDick likes to aim a Shure SM57 at the sound hole from slightly above it and eight inches away, coupled with a Neumann U67 or a Microtech Gefell UMT70, both condensers, in figure‑of‑eight mode to create an M/S pickup. "This setup gives you a lot of bite to the sound, lots of mid‑range, and is great when you need the acoustic guitar to be able to hold its own with the cymbals and the hi‑hat," he says.
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The group's representative, Annick, is the woman with her hand raised in the picture. Annick did not go to school. She is 40 years old and married to a cook called François. Annick is the mother of 2 children, one of whom goes to school and both of whom are dependent on the couple. Annick lives together with her husband and children. The couple both take care of the various household responsibilities.
In order to be able to meet her responsibilities, Annick has been selling food and sauces made from condiments in a district of Benin for 15 years. She gets her supplies at a market in Benin. In the pursuit of customer satisfaction, increased sales numbers and revenues, Annick is requesting, together with the other members of "Mahugnon As", a 4th loan from ALIDé. The first 3 loans have been properly repaid.
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Benedict Xvi, the Lefebvrians, the Jews, and the State of Israel
Minerbi, Sergio I, Jewish Political Studies Review
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This article will explore the relations between the Catholic Church and the Jews from the middle of the previous century until the present day. It will focus on how the Catholic Church has dealt with memory of the Shoah and how this has affected the Church's relations with the Jews. It will look at the most recent developments in dialogue between the Church and the Jews under Pope Benedict XVI and the impact of his visit to Israel in May 2009.
The Shadow of Pius XII
Pope Benedict XVI had decided to return to Israel in the year 2008, but his trip was delayed by a number of obstacles. In September 2008, the question of the beatification of Pius XII was discussed in Castelgandolfo, the summer residence of the Pope, at a symposium organized by the Jewish organization "Pave the Way" and its founder and president Gary Krupp.
On 18 September 2008 Benedict XVI publicly defended for the first time Pius XIFs wartime record. However he put on hold the issue of beatification, and established a commission to study archive material about Pius' papacy and the possible effects of his beatification on Catholic- Jewish relations. Jesuit Father Peter Gumpel, the relator1 of the cause for beatification, which began in the year 1967, did not succeed in convincing any of the ruling popes since that year - Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II, and Benedict XVI - to sign the decree necessary in order to embark on the long journey toward beatification. Gumpel blamed the Jews for the fresh delay in September 2008, saying that the "real problem" is the controversy over the Jews' perception of Pius XII.2
Krupp 's main purpose in organizing the symposium was to cause Yad Vashem to change the caption under the picture of Pius XII in its Jerusalem museum. However, no convincing evidence was brought to the symposium in Castelgandolfo and therefore Benedict XVI decided to take a pause of reflection and did not sign the decree.3
1965-2005: Dialogue with the Jews and the Struggle over the Shoah Memory
When the declaration Nostra Aetate - literally In Our Age, the declaration on the relationship of the Church with Non-Christian religions - was published in 1965 in the framework of Council Vatican II (the Second Vatican Council), Catholic and Jewish scholars alike praised the big step apparently taken by the Church in reducing the Catholic Church's anti-Semitism, sometimes called anti- Judaism.4
With the Nostra Aetate the Church did not absolve those Jews who allegedly killed Jesus. Rather, it limited the blame for allegedly murdering Jesus to those Jews of that time who were responsible for it rather than accusing all Jews of all times.5 It also stated that "the Church... decries hatred, persecutions, and displays of anti-Semitism." This declaration remains the only theological step forward toward Jews since the Gospels.
The Nostra Aetate was consecutively followed by the Guidelines and Suggestions for Implementing the Conciliar Declaration Nostra Aetate (1974)6 and the Notes on the Correct Way to Present the Jews and Judaism in Preaching and Catechesis in the Roman Catholic Church (1985).7 The Notes is the first Church document to affirm "the existence of the State of Israel" on the basis of "the common principles of international law."
At the same time as these steps were being made, an attempt was underway to Christianize the Shoah. John Paul IFs intentions in this respect and his desire to transform the Shoah into a Catholic Polish event were apparent while he was still Cardinal Karol Wojtyla. In 1970, at the ceremony for the beatification of Maximilien Kolbe in Rome, he distributed ashes from Auschwitz to the bishops present.8 This distribution of part of the ashes of hundreds of thousands of Jews, as well as of smaller numbers of Christians and Gypsies, indicated his desire to view Auschwitz as first and foremost a site of Christian memory. One must assume that he was aware of the affront to Jews which would result from the touching, removing, and distributing of the remains of Jews' dead bodies - actions considered by Judaism to be nothing less than desecration of the dead. …


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It seems some Rihanna fans are taking the battle for Chris Brown's affection between Tran and Rihanna way too far. And now…Karrueche Tran is in fear for life.
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According to TMZ, Tran started getting death threats after Riri tweeted a pic that many people took as a shot at Tran. The picture was of a bag of rice cakes wearing shades and earrings with a caption that read, "I'ma make you my b*tch." Tran is Vietnamese, so therein lies the joke.
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Two people have pleaded guilty to sending "menacing" tweets to a feminist campaigner following her successful campaign to ensure a woman features on British banknotes.
Police officer shot and blinded by gunman Raoul Moat made several suicide threats, inquest told
Kath Rathband tells inquest estranged husband who was shot and left blind by gunman Raoul Moat would call her 100 times a day
Mark Clattenburg will continue to referee Southampton matches despite the club asking for the referee to be barred from officiating at their games in the wake of him "insulting" Adam Lallana after last Saturday's defeat at Everton.
Newham in London named worst 'hotspot'
John Darwin, the man who faked his death in a canoe accident and then handed himself in to the police feigning amnesia, has reportedly been arrested after he left the country without permission to meet a woman in Ukraine.
'Roar' had been left on a train during a family trip, luckily it was found by a passenger who appealed to find the owner on Twitter using a series of pictures of the teddy on a night out
Jonny Wilkinson may be famous for fulminating about the solitary moments in a sportsman's life, but the feted fly-half's latest reflections on whether he will retire next summer – after Saturday's 32-20 Heineken Cup win for his club Toulon over Exeter Chiefs – were made with others in mind.
Sir Michael Wilshaw argues that poverty is no longer the major determinant of whether a child will fail
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Cycling activists are planning a major political campaign at next year's local council elections to sway results in favour of bike-friendly candidates.
There was no dream return for Dean Richards against his former club Harlequins. In fact, it turned out to be a real nightmare as Quins claimed a four-try bonus point victory, with two of them coming from wing Sam Smith and one from Danny Care.
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- A History Of Dreaming - From Ancient Egypt To Modern Day
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- Chapter 37 37:1 And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it: 37:2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a...
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Enjoy a bed, breakfast and a pool at Sunflower Hill B&B
Utah's Florida, with fewer hurricanes.
These guys know all the rivers...and all the rapids
A true Utah national park experience, mingled with luxury.
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With heavenly hiking, biking, climbing, jeeping and whitewater rafting all within a breakfast burrito's bike ride, Moab is Mecca to various factions of outdoorists. Less than 10" of rain per year, but folks flash flood the 5-mile Main Street from April to October like Noah's guiding river trips. The peak season party atmosphere is fun, but the winter months aren't too cold for a popu-less pilgrimage to the Holey Land. Read more...
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Canyonlands By Night & Day
All of it. Start here.
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Moab, Utah, is smack in the middle of Arches, Canyonlands and a hundred other sandstone adventures. If he'd had a mountain bike and this was his wilderness, Moses might have wondered if he wasn't already in the Promised Land.
"Let my people go hiking."
If you're going to Arches National Park, you're going to Moab. If you're going to Canyonlands National Park, and you're not hiding out from the authorities in some desolate corner of the Maze, you're probably staying in Moab. The weird grandeur of these two federal designations is documented elsewhere — just know that you need to see them both in person, twice, before you die. Dead Horse Point, too.
If the Tigris and Euphrates are the Cradle of Civilization, the confluence of the Green River and the Colorado River is the Kiddie Bike Trailer of Uncivilization. Red dirt, whitewater and pinkish-orange sandstone are fertile ground for the sowing of wild oats. Pick your poison from the list of activities below and get ready to burn various types of rubber. Including your spare tire.
Bike. Eat. Bike. Eat. Bike. Sleep. Call in sick. Repeat. (See: Porcupine Rim, Gemini Bridges, Slick Rock, Bartlett Wash, Amasa Back)
The Easter Jeep Safari kicks off the season. You'll want lockers. (See: Hells Revenge, Steel Bender, Gold Bar Rim)
The national parks don't have a monopoly on the area's best treks. (See: Negro Bill Canyon (haven't they renamed that yet?), Hunter Canyon, Corona/Bowtie Arch, Fisher Towers)
Uniquely positioned to access both the Green and Colorado Rivers. Rapids up to class IV, so be kind of careful. (See: Westwater, Cataract Canyon, Desolation Canyon)
Moab even has winter sports covered in the La Sal Mountains — them snowy peaks you see through Delicate Arch. More biking and hiking up there, too, when it's warm.


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It's obvious that Cincinnatians appreciate great beauty. Once known as "Paris of America," Cincinnati is home to 244 properties and districts that have been designated as historic by the National Register of Historic Places. Encompassing a variety of architectural styles, from Art Deco and Gothic to Italian Renaissance and Exotic Revival, history buffs will find plenty of opportunities to explore.
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R-spondins are involved in the ovarian differentiation in a teleost, medaka (Oryzias latipes)
1 Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P.R. China
2 Division of Molecular Environmental Endocrinology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan
3 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), 8 Ichiban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-8472, Japan
4 Institution for Collaborative Relations, Ehime University, 3 Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, 790-8577, Japan
BMC Developmental Biology 2012, 12:36 doi:10.1186/1471-213X-12-36Published: 7 December 2012
In mammals, R-spondin (Rspo), an activator of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, has been shown to be involved in ovarian differentiation. However, the role of the Rspo/Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in fish gonads is still unknown.
In the present study, full-length cDNAs of Rspo1, 2 and 3 were cloned from the gonads of medaka (Oryzias latipes). The deduced amino acid sequences of mRspo1-3 were shown to have a similar structural organization. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Rspo1, 2 and 3 were specifically clustered into three distinct clads. Tissue distribution revealed that three Rspo genes were abundantly expressed in the brain and ovary. Real-time PCR analysis around hatching (S33-5dah) demonstrated that three Rspo genes were specifically enhanced in female gonads from S38. In situ hybridization (ISH) analysis demonstrated that three Rspo genes were expressed in the germ cell in ovary, but not in testis. Fluorescence multi-color ISH showed that Rspo1 was expressed in both somatic cells and germ cells at 10dah. Exposure to ethinylestradiol (EE2) in XY individuals for one week dramatically enhanced the expression of three Rspo genes both at 0dah and in adulthood.
These results suggest that the Rspo-activating signaling pathway is involved in the ovarian differentiation and maintenance in medaka.


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Welcome to Public Works! We are responsible for a wide variety of functions within the City of Brewer, which include, but not limited to: street maintenance and repairs, i.e. sweeping, pavement repairs, and pothole patching; sidewalk maintenance and repairs; storm drain maintenance and repair; snow removal on roads and sidewalks; sign maintenance, repairs and replacement; pavement markings at intersections and crosswalk painting all around the City; and small scale construction projects. We provide construction support to all other City departments and co-administer paving projects with Engineering. You could say all roads eventually lead back to Public Works. . .
David Cote, Director of Public Works
Not only are we responsible for keeping the roads in good working order, we are responsible for a number of other functions:
Brewer Landfill:
Landfill hours, including the compost area, will be the first and third Saturday of each month from 7:30am to 2:00pm.
The compost and brush areas only will be open every Tuesday from 7:00am to 11:30am for residents to drop off grass clippings, leaves and brush.
Vehicle Maintenance:
George Skillin, Shop Foreman, oversees two mechanics that maintain all City-owned vehicles and equipment in all City Departments. We also provide after-hours emergency repairs to City plow equipment during snow storms.
Ricci More, Purchasing Agent, tracks all fuel usage and maintenance for City equipment. He is responsible for purchasing supplies for the Public Works Department and other departments. Ricci also readies bid documents for replacement equipment, and maintains files on City equipment, along with a variety of other tasks.
Sewer Line Maintenance:
Two SSES (Sewer System Evaluation Study) Technicians work out of the Public Works Department in conjunction with Waste Water Pollution Control, cleaning and inspecting sanitary sewer lines through the City.
Spring Cleanup:
During the month of May, the City typically provides a curbside collection service for brush, white metal/metal, and leaves. During this program, we typically also provide one week of free disposal to Brewer residents at the Brewer landfill, during which time, residents may bring in bulky waste to the landfill for disposal. Information on Spring Cleanup's program is usually posted in April and can be found here.
Leaf Collection:
Twice a year, the City gives residents of Brewer the opportunity to clean up leaves from their property and have them hauled away at no charge. The spring collection takes place at the beginning of May, along with the Spring Cleanup program, and again in mid-November.
Click here for this fall's program information. Information on Spring Cleanup's program including leaf collection is usually posted in April and can be found here.
Christmas Tree Recycling:
Following Christmas, the City provides two means of disposal for resident's Christmas trees. We provide a central drop off site in the parking lot near the lower entrance to the Brewer Auditorium off Wilson Street where the trees can be dropped off anytime throughout the month of January. The second option is trees can be taken to the Brewer Landfill during regular business hours and added to the brush pile, free of charge. Trees dropped off at the Auditorium are picked up weekly by the Public Works Department and added to the brush pile at the landfill.
Once a year, the entire brush pile at the landfill is ground up by a contractor, at no cost to the City, and the material is all reused.


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Noam Chomsky, author and Institute Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he taught for more than 50 years. He is author of dozens of books. An updated edition of his book 9-11 has just been published, called 9-11: Was There an Alternative?
In our extended interview with Noam Chomsky, he argues that in Libya, "you could have made a case for a no-fly zone and protection of civilians, but I think it's much harder to make a case for direct participation in a civil war and undercutting of possible options that were supported by almost the entire world." Meanwhile, in the Middle East, Chomsky notes that Turkey and Egypt have been key allies for Israel and that the deterioration of their relations "contributes very substantially to Israel's isolation in the region." Back in the United States, Chomsky says that while he is no fan of President Obama, the position of the Republican presidential candidates on issues such as climate change are "utterly outlandish." Chomsky is interviewed by Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman, along with producer Aaron Maté.
See the complete Sept. 13 interview with Prof. Noam Chomsky on Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: We continue with Noam Chomsky. His latest book, 9-11: Was There an Alternative?, has been republished—well, with a new essay about the assassination of Osama bin Laden. His original book, 9-11, just months published after the 9/11 attacks, was the seminal counter-narrative to what was being said after the attacks of September 11th, 2001, as he spoke out against the attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq.
Noam, we've talked about what's going on domestically now. We have talked about what is happening in Israel and Gaza and the West Bank. What about Libya?
NOAM CHOMSKY: Well, there are actually two major issues with regard to Libya. The first one was, was it appropriate to initiate and then to implement the U.N. resolution, U.N. 1973, which called for a no-fly zone and protection of civilians? That's first question. Second question, was it appropriate for the—basically the imperial triumvirate, the traditional imperial states—U.S., Britain and France—was it appropriate for them instantly to reject the resolution that they had gotten through the Security Council and to simply become pretty much the air force for one of the sides in the civil war, the rebel side? Those are two quite separate issues.
My own feeling was that you could have made a case for a no-fly zone and protection of civilians, but I think it's much harder to make a case for direct participation in a civil war and undercutting of possible options that were supported by almost the entire world. The African country—the African Union, the so-called BRICS countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa—you know, the major developing countries, non-aligned countries, almost entirely were pressing for some kind of negotiated settlement, not just taking part—participating on the rebel side in the war. Well, was that the right thing to do or not? A lot of questions to ask. If, according to the Transitional National Council, the rebel quasi-government, about 30,000 people have been killed, that's not slight.
Right now there's a major attack going on on—against the bases of the largest tribe in Libya. NATO's bombing—you know, the triumvirate is bombing, the rebels are attacking. Who knows what's going to happen there? They're already—it's a very complex situation. Very few people understand it. It's a tribal society. The western tribes, the ones that pretty much conquered Tripoli, although the people in Tripoli say they did it themselves, those tribes are one group. Cyrenaica, the eastern coastal regions, have been—that's where the Transitional National Council is centered—have been pretty different from tribal Libya for a long time, way back to the colonial period. They were very anti-Gaddafi. There are other tribes. The loyalty and the commitments of the other tribal groups is pretty much unknown. It could turn into a—I mean, one hopes for the best, but the seeds are there for pretty ugly conflicts and confrontations.
I should say, I was kind of struck by the fact that the energy corporations didn't skip a beat. I mean, the day that troops were—that rebel forces were—western tribes were beginning to approaching Tripoli, that day, the New York Times business section, the lead article had a headline like, you know, "Oil Companies Scramble for Contracts" or something like that. And it just hasn't been hidden that they're very eager to assure that they get their hands on the loot. What's important in Libya is, first of all, it has a good deal of oil. A lot of the country is unexplored; there may be a lot more. And it's very high-quality oil, so very valuable. There are some reasons to anticipate that it might turn out not too badly, but it's—I think it would be a very rash person who would try to make a prediction now.
AARON MATÉ: Noam, I wanted to ask you about this crisis unfolding with Turkey and Israel. Earlier this month, Turkey expelled Israel's ambassador and other senior diplomats after the release of a U.N. report on Israel's attack on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla in 2010. The report accused Israel of, quote, "excessive and unreasonable force" in its attacks on the Mavi Marmara, which killed nine people. But it also called on Israel to issue a statement of regret and compensate the families of the dead, as well as the wounded passengers. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, refused to apologize. He wants improved relations with Turkey. And this is what he said.
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: [translated] In the past few days, we have witnessed a deepening of tensions with Turkey. It was not our choice, and it is not our choice today. We respect the Turkish people and its heritage, and we certainly want to improve ties.
AARON MATÉ: Noam Chomsky, what does this spat over the flotilla mean for Israel and Turkey and for the region?
NOAM CHOMSKY: I should say on the side that I didn't think much of that U.N. report, for all kind of reasons, but let's skip that.
Turkey is the—has been the closest and, in fact, oldest regional ally of Israel. The close Turkish-Israeli relations go back to the late 1950s—military intelligence, commercial, more recently, tourism and cultural relations. That's their one significant regional ally. And, of course, it's the major regional power. For them to have—to break—if those relations significantly deteriorate, that contributes very substantially to Israel's isolation in the region.
Now, at the same time—the same thing is happening in Egypt. One of the reasons why the U.S. and its allies are so concerned about, and in fact so antagonistic to, democracy in Egypt—and, in fact, anywhere in the Arab world—is that if you have moves towards democracy, popular opinion is going to have some effect on policy. In fact, that's the basic measure of whether there's any functional democracy. Well, public opinion in Egypt is very antagonistic to the way the dictatorship, Mubarak dictatorship, interpreted relations with Israel. Very antagonistic. There was a peace treaty in 1979, and it was interpreted in Israel right away, and in the United States, as essentially licensing Israel to expand its criminal activities in the Occupied Territories and to attack its northern neighbor, Lebanon, which is exactly what it did. The reasoning, which was pretty clearly expressed, is that with Egypt neutralized—that's the one major deterrent to Israeli actions—and if they're neutralized, if there's a peace treaty they pull out of it, then Israel is free to go ahead to do what it wants in the Occupied Territories and attacking Lebanon. Notice that's exactly what happened. Now that's—they're very—and it's continued that way. And there's plenty of bitterness in Egypt about this.
There's also—the Egyptian opinion, public opinion, like throughout the Arab world, regards the United States and Israel as the major threats they face. In [Egypt], latest polls, about 90 percent. And they don't regard Iran as a threat. Maybe 10 percent in the Arab world, major polls about a year ago, regard Iran as a threat. In fact, opposition to U.S. policy is so strong that throughout the Arab world, a majority—in Egypt, it's 80 percent—think the region would be more secure if Iran had nuclear weapons. Well, you know, that's not the kind of policy that the United States and Israel want to see implemented, needless to say, hence a strong opposition to the rise of any meaningful democracy.
But even—and there have been successes in Egypt of the popular movements, the labor movement and others. Labor, for the first—which is a core part of the uprising, goes back many years, is now organizing freely, is beginning to form independent unions and so on. Other parts of the population are. The press is much freer. There are some real achievements, despite the fact that the military regime is still in place. And they show up in policy. As public opinion becomes somewhat more influential in policy formation, you see the effect. The attack on the Israeli embassy a couple of days ago was a kind of a dramatic element of it. Israeli-Egyptian relations now are quite tense. Next to Turkey, Egypt is the most important regional country for Israel.
But it's beyond that. A couple of months ago, the Egyptian government, for the first time in 30 years, permitted Iranian ships to transit the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean. That may have included submarines. Not clear. Israel—they're moving towards exchanging ambassadors, Egypt and Iran. Egypt somewhat relaxed the entry, the Gaza-Egypt border, the Rafah border—limited, but something. That undermines, to some extent, the U.S.-backed Israeli siege on Gaza. Egypt moved to help expedite some degree of reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah, the two—you know, the major Palestinian factions that dominate, respectively, Gaza and the West Bank. That also carries forward—that kind of unity is essential if the Palestinians are going to make significant moves towards some degree of independence—statehood, whatever form it takes.
Well, all of these moves by Egypt are regarded very negatively by the U.S. and Israel. And that relation between—well, as you know, the Israeli ambassador had to be flown out on a military jet a couple days ago with the whole staff. So, on the one hand, relations with Turkey are deteriorating; on the other hand, the relations with Egypt are deteriorating — "relations" in the sense in which they had existed as a license for Israeli military action and occupation. And that is leading in Israel to a rather significant reassessment of where they should go.
This is coming even from the right wing. Just a couple days ago, Dov Weissglas, close to Sharon, very right-wing politician, urged Israel to—Israeli leadership to reassess their policies towards Palestinians, towards statehood. There was a very important meeting about two or three months ago—
AMY GOODMAN: Noam, we have to end in just two minutes, so we just—
NOAM CHOMSKY: —reported in the Hebrew press—I'm sorry, OK.
AMY GOODMAN: I wanted to wrap for a minute by asking you two quick questions. One is about politics in this country. Do you see a big difference between Obama, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry? Do you think there would be a drastic change in policy if a Republican were to win in 2012 and if it were Perry or Romney?
NOAM CHOMSKY: Well, I must say that politics in this country now is in a state that I think has no analogue in American history and maybe nowhere in any parliamentary system. It's astonishing. I mean, I'm not a great enthusiast for Obama, as you know, from way back, but at least he's somewhere in the real world. Perry, who's very likely—very likely to get the—to win the primary and win the nomination, and maybe to win the election, he's often in outer space. I mean, his views are unbelievable. Bachmann is the same. Romney is kind of more or less toward the center. These are—the positions that they are taking are utterly outlandish.
I mean, as you mentioned before, I just came back from Europe, where people just can't believe what they're seeing here, what people are saying. I mean, take one of the really crucial issues for the human species: doing something about environmental catastrophe. Well, you know, every single one of the Republican candidates—maybe not Huntsman, but every major one—is a climate change denier. It's kind of ironic in the case of Perry. He says there's no global warming, while Texas is burning up with the highest temperatures on record, fire all over the place, and so on. But it doesn't matter, it's just not happening. In fact, the one who has conceded that maybe global warming has taken place is Michele Bachmann. I heard a statement of hers in which she said, "Well, yes, maybe it's happening. It's God's punishment for allowing gay marriage," or some comment like that. I mean, this—what's going on there is just off the international spectrum of sane behavior.
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My father has a 1995 murcury tracer. The seat belt harness that ride along the door are inoperable. He thinks since they don't lock in place that the airbags won't deploy if he had an accident. Will they deploy?
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Yes, the air bags can still deploy. Have him check fuses to see if any are blown causing the seat belts not to work.
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I have a 1999 Dodge Ram 1500 and neither seatbelt will extend. Any info to fix this is appreciated.
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We are now in Sydney, and have had a nice time wandering about and looking at things. The Botanical Gardens (the green bit to the left of the bridge and opera house in the pics) is chock full of all kinds of different and exotic trees. And they are chock full of bats!
You'll have to wait till the Dr gets her film developed for pics as they were too far away for my mobile. But cor it was like the trees were ripe with fat, black and burnt fruits. And then they'd yawn and stretch their bin-bag-like wings. And they look all russet and hairy and would probably be nice to cuddle...
Then on to the Domain (the green bit behind the Botanical Gardens) and the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The building itself is a lot like the Art Gallery in Edinburgh, and housed some fun archaeologically-correct stuff by Alma-Tadema and his mates as well as some fun contemporary and aborginal artworks.
I was especially impressed with this fella in the entrance lobby, and asked special permission of one of the staff to take his picture. As te staff fella said, it was almost as if he'd been sculpted to have his picture taken on a mobile. And them whiskers are sure something to aspire to.
We meandered into Hyde Park, enjoyed the buses and signs to Lewisham, Sydenham, Croydon, Dulwich and Chiswick, and I suggested that a fountain-sculpture of Theseus presenting his meat and two-veg while about to stab the minotaur was all a bit Torchwood, being all blatant sex and monsters. The Dr days there's quite a lot of that in antiquity, and I now have visions of spin-off show Torchwood 2000 BC.
Down Market Street and along George Street, we stopped off to take a pic of the Dr in front of Challis House. Apparently this long-bearded bigwig bequethed lots of cash to local educational somethings. The Dr was rather pleased.
Like Melbourne, there's the same two-tier feel to the place; heavy, blocky Victorian and later building in the shadow of brand spanking new skyscrapers. The Dr kept thinking it looked like Manchester, and the colonies also look like Britain's trading posts in Bristol and Edinburgh and what of London wasn't bombed. You have to remember that it's not that Oz was built in the image of Britain, but that all these colonial towns and cities were influencing each other. Bristol and Edinburgh, London and Manchester are all a brick-and-mortar dialogue with the rest of the world.
Or maybe I have sunstruck myself.
Thence to the Museum of Contemporary Arts, just a stone's throw from our hotel. Lots of aboriginal bark paintings and some depressing documentaries about just how well the native population has been shafted by us Westerners in the last 200 years.
Yesterday we did a wine tour which was entirely splendid; with just me, the Dr, A. and J. being driven round by the helpful Neil, who chatted and advised and bent the whole day around our unhelpfully faffy whims. Started at the Chandon estate and drank fizz. I'd assumed that any French-owned wineries in the Yarra Valley would date from the nineteenth century, with refugees from the phylloxera epidemic that ate up European grapes. Turns out this place only opened in 1985, part of a general expansion into the southern hemisphere (Brazil etc.) and all related to demand.
Drove round a few places and tried all kids of lovely stuff. Many growers have been able to see the affects of climate change on what they're producing; atypical weather in recent years that's unheard of in a century of records. Last year's harvest was badly damaged by completely unexpected hale! It also means that some vineyards are having to rethink what grapes they grow.
The oldest vineyard in the Yarra Valley is a nineteenth century escapee of ignoble rot. Yaring had lots of nice stuff, but by that point we were rather well oiled and instead tried some Boules outside in the sun. I even managed to win one of the three games I played, no doubt due to the genetic heritage.
Oh, and one last pic. This is typical of the full-body horrors to be found on the packs of cigarettes over here. None of your big-type Helvetica, just screaming bloody nightmares.
You may need something nice to look at after that. And Brilliant-Looking by Candlelight has an all-squeeing post about The Pirate Loop, with fun pictures and joy and everything. Which is nice.
There's also exciting news from T. and I. back in Blighty. But I do't think we're meant to mention it yet until Everyone Has Been Told. So we have raised a glass of fizz to them but kept our lips firmly sealed...
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