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Campbell, Joseph
Joseph Campbell 1904-1987
American nonfiction writer, essayist, critic, and editor.
The following entry presents an overview of Campbell's career through 1999. For further information on his life and works, see CLC, Volume 69.
Recognized as a leading modern authority on mythology and folklore, Campbell is best known for writing The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949), a comparative study of hero myths from numerous cultures. Often noted for their extensive reproductions of primitive art and breadth of scholarship, Campbell's works have been credited with popularizing the study of myth.
Biographical Information
Campbell was born on March 26, 1904, in New York City. Campbell developed an interest in Native American mythology and history after seeing Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Madison Square Garden as a child. He attended Dartmouth College from 1921 to 1922 before transferring to Columbia University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1925 and a master's in medieval literature in 1927. During the next two years Campbell studied French and German medieval literature in Paris and Munich while working towards a doctorate, an endeavor that he abandoned after being informed that mythology was an unsuitable topic for his thesis. Campbell returned to the United States in the early 1930s and, unemployed, spent most of his time reading at a cabin in Woodstock, New York. In 1934, Campbell joined the faculty of Sarah Lawrence College in New York, where he taught comparative mythology and literature until his retirement in 1972. He died on October 30, 1987.
Major Works
In 1944, Campbell collaborated with Henry Morton Robinson on A Skeleton Key to "Finnegans Wake," which explicates the structure, themes, and difficult passages of James Joyce's last novel. In Campbell's first major work, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, he argues that most heroes undergo a similar series of adventures: separation from the everyday world, initiation into a mystery or greater state of awareness through trials and ordeals, and a triumphant return in which the gifts of this experience are bestowed upon humanity. Using extensive quotations from epic literature and folktales from around the world, Campbell demonstrates numerous parallels between the aspirations and experiences of folk heroes from various cultures. His next major work, The Masks of God (1959-68), is a four-volume survey of mythological traditions. In the first volume, Primitive Mythology, he discusses the origins of mythology in prehistoric agricultural and hunting societies from archeological and psychological perspectives. Oriental Mythology charts the development of Eastern mythology in the religions of Egypt, India, China, and Japan, while Occidental Mythology focuses on classical Greco-Roman mythology, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The last volume, Creative Mythology, examines the use of mythology in Western art and literature from the twelfth century to the present. Campbell's other books include The Flight of the Wild Gander (1969), a collection of essays focusing on the biological origins of myth; Myths to Live By (1972), which is based on lectures Campbell delivered between 1958 and 1971; and The Mythic Image (1974), a lavishly illustrated volume examining artistic representations of myth.
Critical Reception
The Hero with a Thousand Faces is regarded as one of Campbell's most popular works. Although his comparativist approach has been attacked for neglecting important distinctions between cultures, the study has been recognized as an important and influential analysis of myth because of its insightful explication of common elements in hero myths. Campbell attained widespread posthumous popularity for his interviews with Bill Moyers, which were aired as the PBS television series "Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth" in 1988. The series explored the relevance of myth to modern life and served as the basis for the best-seller The Power of Myth (1988). In 1989, Brendan Gill launched a controversial attack charging that Campbell, in contrast to his public persona, harbored racist and anti-Semitic views. Gill's claims have been supported by some who knew and worked with Campbell, and commentators continue to debate the validity of his scholarly methods, occasionally finding factual discrepancies and poorly supported arguments in his works. Nevertheless, Campbell's reputation as an eminent teacher and authority on myth remains largely unaffected.
Principal Works
A Skeleton Key to "Finnegans Wake" [with Henry Morton Robinson] (nonfiction) 1944
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (nonfiction) 1949
*The Masks of God. 4 vols. (nonfiction) 1959-68
The Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension (nonfiction) 1969
Myths to Live By (lectures) 1972
The Mythic Image (nonfiction) 1974
†The Historical Atlas of World Mythology. 2 vols. (nonfiction) 1983-88
The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion (nonfiction) 1986
The Power of Myth [with Bill Moyers] (interviews) 1988
An Open Life [with Michael Toms] (interviews) 1989
The Hero's Journey: The World of Joseph Campbell: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work [with Phil Cousineau and Stuart L. Brown] (nonfiction) 1990
Transformations of Myth through Time (lectures) 1990
*This series encompasses the following volumes: Primitive Mythology, Oriental Mythology, Occidental Mythology, and Creative Mythology.
†This series includes the following volumes: The Way of the Animal Powers and The Way of the Seeded Earth.
Jamake Highwater (essay date 22 March 1985)
SOURCE: Highwater, Jamake. "The Myth is the Medium." Commonweal 112 (22 March 1985): 183, 187-88.
[In the following excerpt, Highwater provides a laudatory assessment of The Way of the Animal Powers, calling the volume a "masterful presentation" of aboriginal folklore and mythology.]
Speaking of his painting, the American artist Arthur Dove said: "We cannot express the light in nature because we have not the sun. We can only express the light we have in ourselves." It is not by accident that we have invented imagery that overcomes the limitations of language. Common to all of us is the manipulation of truth we call "poetic license."
Our lives are filled with every conceivable ploy to escape or penetrate the "ordinary." Even those of us who are most mundane despise our condition, and when we recount the simplest story it inevitably becomes something else: a "tall tale," or a "fish story." These terms are efforts to describe the remarkable interaction of imagination and something even more quixotic than imagination: that which many of us innocently call the truth. Clearly, tall tales are not true, and yet, even for naive realists (fundamentalist or scientistic) those who fervently believe in something as obsolescent and undependable as "the truth," such tales are not counterfeit.
The universal inclination to evoke a reality that is truer than the one before us—even the everyday creation of tall tales—is simply the most commonplace aspect of a profound disposition of the human psyche: the making of myths. Joseph Campbell tells us that "it is a curious characteristic of our unformed species that we live and model our lives through acts of make-believe." We are myth makers. We are legenders. Of all the animals we alone are capable of dreaming ourselves into existence.
Campbell's The Way of the Animal Powers is a masterful presentation of the imaginal miracle that lies behind the term "shamanism"—an...
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Chris Goodrich (essay date 23 August 1985)
SOURCE: Goodrich, Chris. "PW Interviews: Joseph Campbell." Publishers Weekly 228 (23 August 1985): 74-5.
[In the following essay, Goodrich offers an overview of Campbell's life and work.]
Joseph Campbell starts talking about myth even before we exit the elevator en route to his room at the Clift Hotel in San Francisco. He has just returned from the coastal town of Mendocino, three hours to the north, where he participated in an annual retreat organized by the poet Robert Bly. Campbell is brimming with enthusiasm—he walks right by his suite on the first attempt, too busy describing his recent experience to remember which corridor is which. "You know that white...
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Jon C. Stott (essay date fall 1986)
SOURCE: Stott, Jon C. "Joseph Campbell on the Second Mesa: Structure and Meaning in Arrow to the Sun." Children's Literature Association Quarterly 11, no. 3 (fall 1986): 132-34.
[In the following essay, Stott determines the influence of The Hero with a Thousand Faces on Gerald McDermott's Arrow to the Sun.]
Although it may be linked to a tale type widely distributed in North America, every native tale has its own integrity. As a product of the culture in which it is told, it is part of that culture's holistic view of reality; and that view of reality is rooted in the geographical location of the specific people. As Vine Deloria, Jr. has suggested in...
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Robert A. Segal (essay date 1987)
SOURCE: Segal, Robert A. "Campbell as a Jungian." In Joseph Campbell: An Introduction, pp. 125-35. New York: Garland Publishing, 1987.
[In the following essay, Segal discusses whether or not Campbell could accurately be called a Jungian.]
Joseph Campbell is often labeled a Jungian.1 He is certainly not a Jungian analyst and has undergone no Jungian analysis. If he is a Jungian, it is because he shares Jung's view of myth.
Campbell does cite Jung approvingly throughout his writings, far more often than he cites any other theorist of myth. Again and again, he favorably contrasts Jung's understanding of myth to that of not only...
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Joseph Campbell and Michael Toms (interview date 1989)
SOURCE: Campbell, Joseph, and Michael Toms. "Myth as Metaphor." In An Open Life, edited by John M. Maher and Dennie Briggs, pp. 21-53. New York: Harper & Row, 1989.
[In the following interview, Campbell discusses various elements of mythology, the role of the shaman and the court jester, and Aztec and Mayan societies.]
[Toms]: We tend to use the word "myth" to mean something that is untrue or an erroneously held belief. Why is that?
[Campbell]: I can understand why that idea arose. Myth is metaphor. The imagery of mythology is symbolic of spiritual powers within us: when these are interpreted as referring to historical or...
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Robert A. Segal (essay date spring 1990)
SOURCE: Segal, Robert A. "Frazer and Campbell on Myth: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Approaches." The Southern Review 26, no. 2 (spring 1990): 470-76.
[In the following essay, Segal contrasts the work and ideology of Campbell and James Frazer.]
No two writers on myth have been more popular than James Frazer and Joseph Campbell. Yet few others have had more mixed professional receptions. Frazer sought acclaim among anthropologists but became outdated within his lifetime. While Campbell was never taken seriously by folklorists, he cultivated a popular rather than academic following.
Both figures have nevertheless thrived as authorities elsewhere...
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Richard A. Underwood (essay date 1990)
SOURCE: Underwood, Richard A. "Living by Myth: Joseph Campbell, C. G. Jung, and the Religious Life-Journey." In Paths to the Power of Myth: Joseph Campbell and the Study of Religion, edited by Daniel C. Noel, pp. 13-28. New York: Crossroad, 1990.
[In the following essay, Underwood finds parallels between the approaches of Campbell and C. G. Jung to the de-mystification of religion and the "natural history of religious myth, symbol, and sentiment."]
… Myths grab you somewhere down inside. As a boy, you go at it one way, as I did reading my Indian stories. Later on, myths tell you more, and more, and still more. I think that anyone who...
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Karen L. King (essay date 1990)
SOURCE: King, Karen L. "Social Factors in Mythic Knowing: Joseph Campbell and Christian Gnosis." In Paths to the Power of Myth: Joseph Campbell and the Study of Religion, edited by Daniel C. Noel, pp. 68-80. New York: Crossroad, 1990.
[In the following essay, King examines Campbell's treatment of Gnosticism.]
The symbolic field is based on the experiences of people in a particular community, at that particular time and place. Myths are so intimately bound to the culture, time, and place that unless the symbols, the metaphors, are kept alive by constant recreation through the arts, the life just slips away from them.1...
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Robert A. Segal (essay date summer 1991)
SOURCE: Segal, Robert A. "Joseph Campbell's Mythology: A Review Essay." Southern Humanities Review 25, no. 3 (summer 1991): 267-75.
[In the following essay, Segal underscores the significance of mythology to Campbell's oeuvre.]
No one in this generation did more to revive popular interest in myth than Joseph Campbell. He preached myth the way others preach religion. He even opposed myth to religion. For him, myth alone has saving power. Whoever has myth is contented, and whoever does not is forlorn. Campbell beseeched humanity to "live by" myth. Because living by myth requires understanding myth, Campbell not only amassed myths but, even more, analyzed them. He...
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Coralee Grebe (essay date autumn 1991)
SOURCE: Grebe, Coralee. "Bashing Joseph Campbell: Is He Now the Hero of a Thousand Spaces?" Mythlore 18, no. 1 (autumn 1991): 50-2.
[In the following essay, Grebe addresses Brendan Gill's critique of Campbell, finding many of the charges specious.]
Since Brendan Gill's critique of Joseph Campbell appeared in the September 28, 1989 New York Review of Books,1 it seems that students, critics and even passersby have an opinion on Campbell's character, work and scholarship. Gill's accusations that Campbell was a racist, an anti-semite, a sexist and that his scholarship is pablum, have found both friends and foes. Some have shot Campbell's reputation so...
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Chris Seeman (essay date autumn 1991)
SOURCE: Seeman, Chris. "Tolkien and Campbell Compared." Mythlore 18, no. 1 (autumn 1991): 43-8.
[In the following essay, Seeman finds parallels between Campbell's and J. R. R. Tolkien's treatment of mythology.]
The present occasion of a conference devoted to the discussion of archetypes in fantasy literature invites a broader comparison of the work of Joseph Campbell with that of the Mythopoeic Trinity of Tolkien, Lewis and Williams. What follows is an exploration of some key dimensions of Tolkien and Campbell's thinking about myth which might serve as a basis for further reflection on their commonalities...
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William P. Frost (essay date 1991)
SOURCE: Frost, William P. "Joseph Campbell's Views on the Oneness of Jesus and His Father." In Following Joseph Campbell's Lead in the Search for Jesus' Father, pp. 77-96. Lewiston, N.Y.: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1991.
[In the following essay, Frost considers Campbell's treatment of Judeo-Christian mythology.]
Besides the canonical biblical books (those officially approved by the hierarchy of Christianity and the Jewish authorities) there exists what is called "The Other Bible." Willis Barnstone edited The Other Bible; on the cover is printed, "For the first time in one volume ancient esoteric texts from: the pseudopigrapha, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the...
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Stephen Larsen and Robin Larsen (essay date 1991)
SOURCE: Larsen, Stephen, and Robin Larsen. "The Hero (1945-49)." In A Fire in the Mind: The Life of Joseph Campbell, pp. 327-46. New York: Doubleday, 1991.
[In the following essay, Larsen and Larsen chronicle the circumstances surrounding the writing and publication of The Hero with a Thousand Faces.]
The miracle is, that the magic is effective in the tiniest, nursery fairytale: as the flavor of the ocean is contained in a single droplet; or as the full mystery of the teeming life of the earth is contained within the egg of a flea. For myth is not manufactured; rather, it is a spontaneous production of the living psyche; it bears within it,...
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Marc Manganaro (essay date 1992)
SOURCE: Manganaro, Marc. "Joseph Campbell: Authority's Thousand Faces." In Myth, Rhetoric, and the Voice of Authority: A Critique of Frazer, Eliot, Frye, and Campbell, pp. 151-85. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992.
[In the following essay, Manganaro explores Campbell's approach to and use of mythology, and discusses the appeal of his work.]
Like Frazer, Joseph Campbell has achieved great popularity as a reader of comparative cultures. Campbell's corpus, like Frazer's Golden Bough, has made the difficult transition from a modest scholarly readership to a massive popular audience. By July 1989, the...
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Robert A. Segal (essay date 1992)
SOURCE: Segal, Robert A. "Myth Versus Religion for Campbell." In Uses of Comparative Mythology: Essays on the Work of Joseph Campbell, edited by Kenneth L. Golden, pp. 39-52. New York: Garland Publishing, 1992.
[In the following essay, Segal considers the relationship between mythology and religion in Campbell's work.]
"My favorite definition of religion," declares Joseph Campbell, "is 'a misinterpretation of mythology'" (Open [An Open Life] 78). No theorist of myth since the Victorian Indologist F. Max Müller pits myth against religion so severely as does Campbell. Typically, theorists view myth either as tied to religion or at least as...
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Joseph K. Davis (essay date 1992)
SOURCE: Davis, Joseph K. "Campbell on Myth, Romantic Love, and Marriage." In Uses of Comparative Mythology: Essays on the Work of Joseph Campbell, edited by Kenneth L. Golden, pp. 105-19. New York: Garland Publishing, 1992.
[In the following essay, Davis delineates Campbell's treatment of romantic love.]
Among the constant, continuing themes Joseph Campbell explores through his method of comparative mythology, none is more provocative, certainly none more timely, than that of romantic or passionate love and its expected outcome, marriage. Recognizing that in the West romantic love and marriage exist today in genuine crisis, Campbell speaks throughout his works to...
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Vernon R. Hyles (essay date 1992)
SOURCE: Hyles, Vernon R. "Campbell and the Inklings—Tolkien, Lewis, and Williams." In Uses of Comparative Mythology: Essays on the Work of Joseph Campbell, edited by Kenneth L. Golden, pp. 211-22. New York: Garland Publishing, 1992.
[In the following essay, Hyles finds parallels in the treatment of mythology in the works of Campbell, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and Charles Williams.]
As a comparative mythologist, Joseph Campbell charts the myth of the hero to develop his concept of bliss and to explain the place of sacrifice in myth. These dominant issues continue in all of Campbell's work, culminating in his series of interviews with Bill Moyers, The Power...
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William G. Doty (essay date fall-winter 1996)
SOURCE: Doty, William G. "Joseph Campbell's Myth and/Versus Religion." Soundings 79, nos. 3-4 (fall-winter 1996): 421-45.
[In the following essay, Doty discusses "some of the religious aspects of Campbell's myth-work, and his way of talking about myths as potent cultural forces."]
Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life.
—J. Campbell (1988b, 5)1
The logic of myth claims that there is always, no matter how it is disguised, qualified, or suppressed, a "hidden connection" or "inner law" linking chaos and cosmos, nature and...
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Robert Ellwood (essay date 1999)
SOURCE: Ellwood, Robert. "Joseph Campbell and the New Quest for the Holy Grail." In The Politics of Myth: A Study of C. G. Jung, Mircea Eliade, and Joseph Campbell, pp. 127-201. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999.
[In the following essay, Ellwood provides a biographical and critical study of Campbell and his work, and traces his literary and ideological development.]
Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) was probably the best known of all interpreters of myth to late twentieth-century Americans, thanks to a series of learned but highly readable books, assiduous lecture-hall performances, and above all his...
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Further Reading
Golden, Kenneth L. Uses of Comparative Mythology: Essays on the Work of Joseph Campbell. New York: Garland Publishing, 1992, 278 p.
Includes critical essays on Campbell and his work.
Klavan, Andrew. "Joseph Campbell: Myth Master." The Village Voice 33 (24 May 1988): 60-4.
Klavan elucidates the defining characteristics of Campbell's work and deems him "one of the greatest popular writers on mythology who ever lived."
Tigue, John W. The Transformation of Consciousness in Myth: Integrating the Thought of Jung and Campbell. New York: Peter Lang, 1994, 153 p.
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Ryan Chalmers begins his Push Across America
On April 6, Ryan Chalmers, who competed at the Paralympic Games for the United States, began a 71-journey across America in his racing chair.
After more than two years of planning, U.S. Paralympian Ryan Chalmers is off on his Push Across America. He started the journey Saturday morning in Los Angeles.
Chalmers will push his racing wheelchair 3,500 miles from Los Angeles to New York over the next 71 days, meaning he will be going at the rate of two to three marathons per day.
The event is being run by Stay Focused, a non-profit organization based in the Cayman Islands that offers young adults the opportunity to develop leadership and gain independence through scuba diving.
Chalmers hopes it will raise awareness for the Paralympic Movement in America.
A grueling journey
Chalmers plans to pass through 14 different states along the way, as well as Washington, D.C., and his journey will finish in New York's Central Park on June 15.
"We've been talking about this for a while, so I'm finally ready to actually get pushing," Chalmers said.
"I'm kind of one of those racers who bobs up and down in his chair, so it's not going to be comfortable in the beginning, but it's just something I have to train my body to do."
As Chalmers will be burning an average of 3,800 calories per day during the push, he has spent the last couple of months mentally preparing and practicing new eating habits.
He plans to have large breakfasts and dinners, with small lunches and portable snacks such as rice balls to eat while he pushes across every type of terrain, including mountains, cornfields and deserts.
Because his athletic trainer did not want him to over-do it the last couple of months, he has devoted most of his time to weightlifting and intense physical activity out of his racing chair.
Chalmers has trained his mind to wake up every morning ready to push, no matter how sore or tired he may be.
He is extremely persistent on "sticking to schedule."
"Seventy-five per cent of the battle is going to be mental," he said. "It's just kind of wrapping my head around the fact that there's going to be days where I don't want to push."
"It's going to be a learning experience along the way, and that's something that's exciting about it. If we had all the answers, it wouldn't be such a learning experience."
Chalmers hopes people will come out to support him on the road, as well as on social media. To cheer him on via Twitter, fans can tweet @PushUSA use the hashtag #HelpRyanPush.
The event will finish in New York's Central Park, and Chalmers has already envisioned what it will be like to complete such a journey.
"This is one of those campaigns that's going to gain momentum along the way, and so there's a lot of people who haven't heard about the event yet," Chalmers said.
"It's going to raise so much awareness for disability sports, and as long as I remember that along the way, I'm going to be OK and I'm going to be able to make it."
Story courtesy of Stu Lieberman at the International Paralympic Committee.

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Hello - I'm still here. It seemed about time to update this place again. For De Gestreepte Boekjes I illustrated a new children's book: Achter gesloten gordijnen.
Drawings from De Brief are featured on Kuvva this week, which means that you can have these as wallpapers in all their high resolution glory!
I made two drawings for this year's Querido's Poezië- spektakel:
Happy 2011! Here's a top secret snapshot of special forces reading and planning their next move.
Here's the children's book I illustrated a few months ago for De Gestreepte Boekjes: Joya gaat op reis
Querido's Poeziëspektakel is available in bookstores now and these are the two drawings that I contributed:
Reminder! It's the last week of my exhibition in the Amsterdam Library - my drawings will be there untill next Monday (July 5th) so drop by if you're around!
Psst... this Saturday, the 19th, you can see drawings of mine at Meneer de Wit / Streetlab Project Space in Amsterdam, which will be thoroughly transformed by Les Avant Nu during Nuit Blanche, a free nightly festival filled with all kinds of exhibitions and performances.
Update: photos of the opening of the exhibition and a few new drawings, the originals are on display at the Central Library in Amsterdam, until June 30.
I'm happy to announce my first big solo exhibition in Amsterdam, on the children's book floor of the big central library next to central station. The opening will be Tuesday May 11 at 17h, and everybody is invited!
Here's a little detail of one of the drawings that I made for Querido's third Poeziëspektakel, out in August.
A few of my photos are on display and for sale at the new shop of Guru's, Schoutenstraat 3, Utrecht.
Little red riding hood and the wolf, an illustration for Red Ribbon Rock.
The shop will be back online soon with limited edition prints of De Brief for sale. And here's a new drawing: Asylum.
Happy 2010! Here are two new drawings. Slowly but surely I'm moving underwater..
Here's a photo of the portraits that I made around De Brief.
Added some photos of the book of De Brief.
The children's book Sprookjesbos is now available at the De Gestreepte Boekjes website!
Photos of Ordo Rosario Equilibrio's O N A N I deluxe cd box containing my photos added:
At very long last, I finished my project De Brief (The Letter) and presented it at the Fiep Day yesterday!
Four of my drawings are for sale at the Affordable Art Fair in Amsterdam, coming weekend! Look for the stand of Wanrooij Fine Art.
Three newish drawings that have been lying around here for months now have their own little page: Cease.
A preview of The Letter can be seen in the first issue of the children's magazine Fieperdepiep! which will be out in November.
Taking a break from Amsterdam, and will be inspecting the city of New York the following two weeks! And a new painting: Recover.
The illustrations for the Pica children's book are finished, the new album of ambient virtuosos Alio Die & Aglaia is out on Infraction Records, and here's a new painting: A boy called Lily.
Currently working on a new children's book for Pica, my own book and new paintings. Snapshots and work in progress in the diary!
Upcoming group shows:
2-17 April - Curvy
Mori Gallery, Sydney
11-20 April - Grafuck
Gallery Nucleus, LA
Sieben's album As they should sound, with concert photos by yours truly, will be released March 30.
After a period of reorganisations, the new website is online, at long last!
Exhibition in the Chiellerie in Amsterdam, until 5/2


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Stefano Scodanibbio 1956-2012Posted by Christian Hertzog in Bass, Composers, Contemporary Classical, Deaths
Breaking news from Cuernavaca, Mexico–Stefano Scodanibbio has passed away, a tremendous bassist, a fearless improviser, and a gifted composer. Faced with ALS, he decided to spend his last days in Mexico, a country he loved. I haven't found any reports in English, but for those of you who speak Spanish, here's the report. Google translation (not too bad) here.


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On August 16, 2011, Vice President Joe Biden departed for his nine-day trip to Asia, where he visited China, Mongolia, and Japan. In each country, the Vice President met with key leaders to discuss the full range of bilateral, regional, and international issues.
The Vice President's first stop on his trip was Beijing, at the invitation of Vice President Xi Jinping -- the first of the planned reciprocal visits between the Vice Presidents announced by President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao during his state visit to Washington earlier this year. While in Beijing, the Vice President met with Vice President Xi and other Chinese leaders, including President Hu and Premier Wen Jiabao. The Vice President also visited the city of Chengdu, in China's Southwest, and delivered a speech on U.S.-China relations at Sichuan University.
At his next stop in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, the Vice President underscored U.S. support for Mongolia's two decades of democratic development and our growing economic ties. Vice President Biden said, "Mongolia is not just a shining example for other nations in transition," said the Vice President, "It's an emerging leader in the worldwide democratic movement, a responsible actor on the world stage, and a close friend and partner of the United States."
In Japan, the final leg of his trip through Asia, the Vice President expressed steadfast U.S. support for its close ally in the wake of the recent earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear emergency. Vice President Biden said, "The Japanese remind the world of something equally as forceful as the force of nature." At Yokota Air Base, headquarters of U.S. Forces Japan, the Vice President expressed gratitude to U.S. civilian and military personnel for their assistance in responding to the disaster and highlighted Japan's resilience during the recovery and rebuilding process.
Before returning to Washington, the Vice President stopped in Kaneohe, Hawaii, and delivered remarks at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay.
You can learn more about Vice President Biden's visit here.
Pam in West Virginia writes:
During our current economic crisis and problems in the mideast we must keep up good relations in Asia.
Dr. G. in West Virginia writes:
Great summary
Go Joe
Clark in Maine writes:
Vice-President Joe Biden assuming the role of lead diplomat in Asia for constructive talks. On another note, has China been a good asset as far as controlling the rate of inflation? Or can we contribute that to other variables such as the development of other economies, mergers/acquisitions, downsizing,etcetera. I think we should ask a knowedgable economist.
W.W. writes:
As per presidential speech enough with the made in China and back with the made in U.S.
Donald M. in Virginia writes:
Great photo our Vice President viewing the Chinese military. I did hear he got into a little mess over a basketball game there. I think Vice President Biden is one of those guys who says something then realizes ooops!
Otherwise, he doesn't seem that bad. Heck, any US Vice President that helped get Osama bin laden is still good in my book! The Obama team is rocking! All the dictators around the world are coming to end thanks to the Obama Dream Team! Well done!
James in Georgia (U.S.A.) writes:
I remember seeing an episode of the Charlie Rose show in which episode pointed out that their was tremendous growth or trade in Mongolia. So I can see that as a possible reason why Vic-president Biden stopped by Mongolia.


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"Reflecting on our Past while Preparing for our Future"
2011- 2012 Delaware State University Self-Study [1]
Evaluation Team Report to Faculty, Administration, Trustees, and Students (4 20 12) [2]
On June 28, 2012, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education voted to reaffirm DSU's accreditation and to commend DSU for progress to date, for the quality of the self-study process, and for the quality of the self-study report. The Periodic Review Report is due June 1, 2017.
Dr. Harry Lee Williams
Welcome to the Delaware State University Self-Study website. Delaware State University's overall accreditation by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools ensures adherence to standards of excellence that range from mission and goals to educational effectiveness. Accreditation is an ongoing, integrated process and is a sign of academic excellence and an external measure of accountability.
This site is intended to educate and inform the campus on the self-study process and the accreditation review. It also provides a detailed view of Delaware State University's (DSU) compliance with MSCHE 14 standards. The University Self-Study Steering Committee, co-chaired by the Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs/Institutional Effectiveness and the Director of the University's Center for Teaching and Learning, led the 2012 self-study process.
The University's Self-Study has two overarching goals. While creating a comprehensive review of DSU's performance as measured against MSCHE's 14 Standards, the Self-Study also creates a framework for continuous growth and improvement as DSU implements its new vision to become one of America's most highly respected HBCUs. The self-study process serves the institution as a mechanism for institutional improvement and renewal by providing an agenda for action. In order to reach these goals, the self-study objectives are as follows:
- Conduct a thorough assessment of the institution's effectiveness in accomplishing its Mission and goals;
- Identify the institution's strengths and suggested areas for growth and expansion;
- Demonstrate evidence of ongoing efforts to correct identified areas in order to continuously improve;
- Infuse the campus culture with greater awareness and enthusiasm for change that leads to continuous improvement;
- Continue to utilize the critical components of assessment, planning, and budget allocation as a basis for data-informed decision-making;
- Produce a set of thoughtful action items and suggestions that will improve all aspects of the University.
Thanks to all faculty, staff, students and others, who assisted with the process.


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Debates of Feb. 8th, 2012
House of Commons Hansard #76 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was creators.
- Question Period
- Team Ontario Golf Program
- Bagotville Airport
- Toronto Garrison Officer's Ball
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Jean Pigott
- Tibet
- Firearms Registry
- Mental Health
- Pensions
- Human Rights
- Women and Poverty
- Police Officers
- Mental Health
- London North Centre
- Committees of the House
- Canada-China Relations
- The Conservative Government
- Public Safety
- Pensions
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Tourism Industry
- Manufacturing Industry
- Transportation Safety
- National Defence
- Census
- Airline Industry
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Sealing Industry
- Health
- International Trade
- Immigration
- Human Rights
- Privilege
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Motions for Papers
- Copyright Modernization Act
- Parliament of Canada Act
- Preventing Persons from Concealing Their Identity During Riots and Unlawful Assemblies Act
2:05 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
It being Wednesday, we will now have the singing of the national anthem led by the hon. member for Cape Breton—Canso.
[Members sang the national anthem]
Team Ontario Golf Program
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Bryan Hayes Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today with the pleasure of congratulating one of my young constituents on a great achievement.
Zaafina Naqvi has accomplished an outstanding feat at the young age of 14. This past July, she won the Ontario bantam golf championship held in Cambridge, Ontario.
She is the first resident of Sault Ste. Marie to ever earn a berth in the prestigious under 17 Team Ontario golf program. This program provides support, guidance and training to aspiring athletes. I would like to extend my congratulations to Zaafina for earning a place in this prestigious program. On behalf of the Canadian government, I would also like to wish her the best of luck in her training.
As an avid golfer myself, I am happy to see such excellence displayed by members of my own constituency. I hope that this program provides her with the tools necessary to take her golf game to the next level.
Bagotville Airport
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Dany Morin Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Saguenay region has had a civilian airport since 1942. Over the past few years, the City of Saguenay, which owns the airport, has been improving airport facilities, tripling the runway and apron area, building a new road and increasing the number of parking spaces.
There is just one thing missing; a customs service would enable the airport to reach its full potential. Thanks to the presence of the Bagotville military base, the airport site boasts exceptional infrastructure for a regional airport: a control tower, precision radar, a weather station, a round-the-clock rescue service and level 5 fire service.
A customs service in Bagotville would not only enable the people of Chicoutimi—Le Fjord to travel internationally, it would also constitute a major economic driver for the entire Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region. It would open the whole region up to the world. I am therefore asking the Minister of Transport to be proactive. It is high time the Canada Border Services Agency gave Bagotville a customs service.
Toronto Garrison Officer's Ball
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Wladyslaw Lizon Mississauga East—Cooksville, ON
Mr. Speaker, I had the honour and privilege to attend the 2012 Toronto Garrison Officer's Ball, hosted by the Queen's York Rangers.
This was an important event to launch a year of celebrations for the bicentennial anniversary of the War of 1812. The Garrison Ball brought us back to a time of historical significance to Canada and our regiments. Canada's historic regiment has a story that has been linked to Canadian and North American history for over 250 years. The Rangers trace their roots back through some of the most notable conflicts and events in our history.
The Garrison Ball was a resounding success in raising funds for the Wounded Warriors. I would like to take this time today to thank the men, women and families of the Canadian armed forces for their immense sacrifices at home and around the globe in the name of freedom and democracy.
I wish to congratulate and thank both the Wounded Warriors and the Queen's York Rangers for their continued support of our military and communities.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Francis Scarpaleggia Lac-Saint-Louis, QC
Mr. Speaker, yesterday afternoon near the town of Killam, Alberta, two RCMP officers were shot while fulfilling their duties to their community.
One officer was shot in the back, the other was shot in the arm, shoulder and leg. Thanks to the quick and efficient response by emergency services, both officers were airlifted to hospitals and are now recovering in stable condition.
The day could have taken a far more tragic turn for the officers and their families. This is a harsh reminder of the danger that our RCMP officers face in their communities and of the sacrifice that the men and women of the RCMP are prepared to make in the line of duty.
We thank these two brave officers for their continuing service. Our hearts and prayers are with them and their families at this time. We wish them a speedy and full recovery. We await the conclusion of the investigation and hope that those responsible will be brought to justice.
Jean Pigott
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Royal Galipeau Ottawa—Orléans, ON
Mr. Speaker, it is with great emotion that I rise here today to pay tribute to a member of the 30th Parliament, the late Jean Pigott.
Jean was a distinguished MP for Ottawa-Carleton, an Officer of the Order of Canada, confidante of prime ministers and paupers alike, a trusted daughter of the late Cecil Morrison, a loving wife for Arthur Pigott, a caring mother for John, David and M.J., and a doting grandmother.
At the national, provincial and local level, she acted with authority and determination in order to always get the best value for taxpayers' money.
The first woman chair of the NCC, she enhanced the national capital region for the enjoyment of all Canadians and increased its national and international significance.
She cared about people and we cared about her. I want to tell her sisters, Grete and Gay, that I miss her too. Arthur knows that she had the best cookie jar in town. I wish him well in this hour of sorrow.
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Wayne Marston Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to stand in solidarity with the people of Tibet.
Our Prime Minister currently is on day two of a four day visit to the People's Republic of China. It is critical that while there he take a strong stand for human rights in China and in Tibet.
As many as 19 Tibetans, primarily Buddhist monks and nuns living under Chinese control, have set themselves on fire in the past year alone to protest the Chinese occupation of their land. It is important that the people of Tibet know that Canadians are with them in their struggle for freedom. Moreover, it is crucial that while in China, our Prime Minister treat the issue of human rights as the core commitment his government claims it to be and not as some kind of frill, secondary to trade.
As the NDP human rights critic, I say Tibetans should not be forced to live in circumstances so bad that they would rather set themselves on fire than to go on living under Chinese rule.
Firearms Registry
Statements By Members
February 8th, 2012 / 2:10 p.m.
Garry Breitkreuz Yorkton—Melville, SK
Mr. Speaker, it has taken many long years but, finally, law-abiding firearms owners can see the end in sight.
For some 18 years, I have been defending the interests of law-abiding gun owners in Canada. The long gun registry has been targeting the wrong people, and not the criminal use of firearms. Responsible long gun owners would no longer be forced to expose their names and addresses in a computer database that has been hacked by criminals over 300 times by the RCMP's own admission. The registry data must be erased.
Today, it is estimated that fewer than half the guns in Canada are actually in the registry. Moreover, the data is riddled with errors and omissions. Front-line police officers refuse to rely on it when answering domestic calls because it can get them killed.
With the registry gone, we would be able to focus our tax dollars on more effective crime control. One witness at the Bill C-19 hearings hoped:
Bill C-19 will serve as a memorial of sorts, a tombstone marking the final resting place of wrong-headed policy-making.
Amen to that.
Mental Health
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Candice Bergen Portage—Lisgar, MB
Mr. Speaker, today, I encourage all Canadians to support mental health.
At least one in five Canadians will suffer from mental illness in their lifetime. Unfortunately, the reality is that most will not seek treatment because of the stigma surrounding the disease. There is so much that we can do to support those with mental illness so that they do not have to struggle alone.
Today is Bell Let's Talk Day. For every long distance phone call or text message sent by Bell customers, Bell will donate 5¢ to programs dedicated to mental health. Last year, over $3 million was donated to support mental health in Canada as a direct result of Let's Talk Day.
Other organizations, like the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health, are doing their part to raise awareness about mental illness.
This initiative, and those like it, send the message that Canadians want to listen and we want to help. I congratulate businesses and organizations like these for their dedication to this cause.
I encourage all of us to join in the dialogue today and to support mental health.
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Marc-André Morin Laurentides—Labelle, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would remind the members opposite that the Prime Minister and his government are improvising at every turn and saying things to scare anyone approaching retirement. One of my constituents has worked hard her whole life to raise her son and even send him to university. She will be 65 in May and she is extremely worried. She is wondering what will happen to her and how much longer she will have to work.
If the Prime Minister has no intention of touching that, he needs to say so unequivocally, because millions of Canadians are worried at this time and are wondering what their futures hold.
Human Rights
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Mark Adler York Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, Today, I have the honour and privilege of welcoming Boris Nemtsov to Ottawa. Mr. Nemtsov was deputy prime minister of the Russian Federation from 1997 to 1998. He was also the youngest governor in the history of the Russian Federation.
As an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin, he was co-founder of the political party Union of Right Forces. Mr. Nemtsov has been a significant opposition political leader in the Russian Federation. He has been active in promoting free speech, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
In 2008, Mr. Nemtsov co-founded Solidarity, a new pro-democracy opposition movement. He was one of the organizers of last week's pro-democracy rally in Moscow, which attracted tens of thousands of people. Mr. Nemtsov has devoted his life to championing for democracy and human rights.
As the Prime Minister of Canada has said, one of the human rights we treasure most is the right to freedom of expression. Without it, there can be no democracy, no free press, no free enterprise and no free exchange of ideas, the universal catalyst for human rights.
All of my best wishes to Mr. Nemtsov in his efforts to make the Russian Federation a more free and--
Human Rights
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
Order, please.
The hon. member for Joliette.
Women and Poverty
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Francine Raynault Joliette, QC
Mr. Speaker, the issue of poverty concerns us all personally as parliamentarians and even more so as women. When we look closely at the situation in Canada, there is cause for concern when the Conservative government is planning to make cuts to the old age security programs. Poverty hits women harder than any other group in our society.
In 2003, 150,000 older single women were already living in poverty. What is more, poverty is widespread among women who are widowed, separated or divorced, women who have recently immigrated to Canada, and those who do not have a private pension plan or who have a low income. Older single women account for 60% of all seniors living below the poverty line. Surely such observations should give us reason not only to reflect, but also to react and take concrete measures in order to rectify the situation.
Police Officers
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Joy Smith Kildonan—St. Paul, MB
Mr. Speaker, every day, across our nation, police officers face life-threatening situations as they protect our families and communities.
Yesterday afternoon, we learned that two RCMP officers in Alberta, Constable Sidney Gaudette and Constable Sheldon Shah, were shot and seriously wounded during the execution of a standard search warrant. One of the officers is a young father and recently married. Our prayers and thoughts are with these officers and their families and we wish them a speedy and full recovery.
I invite the House to join me in expressing our utmost gratitude to these officers and to all the men and women who serve as police officers across our nation for their continued courage and bravery as they serve our communities. Their enduring dedication and commitment demand our highest admiration and respect.
Mental Health
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Bob Rae Toronto Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, Bell Canada is sponsoring a nationwide conversation today on mental health. I want to thank it for this initiative.
I suffered from depression when I was younger, and I greatly appreciate the social change being encouraged by companies like Bell Canada.
Mental illness is treatable and curable. It affects every family in this country. It costs billions of dollars to the economy and we need to all join together to help each another. The conversation starts with looking each other in the eye and asking "How are you doing?", and then listening with care and attention when the answer is more than "Fine, thanks".
It means national and provincial strategies on mental illness and suicide prevention to help our kids, our adolescents who are straight and gay, people coping with life crises of so many kinds and even more serious challenges that face literally hundreds of thousands of Canadians.
We must be leaders in listening, in caring and, finally, in acting decisively on an issue that touches all of us.


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SCSU Now
GSRC: Working for society at-large
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Anti-bullying activist Jamie Nabozny, State Sen. John Marty and apartheid scholar Mary West will headline the Oct. 3-6 Global Social Responsibility Conference at Atwood Memorial Center.
In addition, other speakers will address subjects such as famine in the Horn of Africa, Ojibwe treaty rights at Mille Lacs Lake and the use of toxic weapons in warfare.
Conference organizers will screen documentary films about topics such as war, human trafficking, free trade, the media's effect on society and the environment.
Free parking is available on the street adjacent to campus. Parking in the 4th Avenue Parking Ramp is a dollar per hour.
Nabozny will discuss the documentary "Bullied," which screens 5 p.m. Tuesday in Ritsche Auditorium. View the trailer.
The 39-minute film examines his 1996 landmark federal lawsuit against the Ashland, Wis., school system. Nabozny was tormented and beaten, at one point requiring hospitalization and surgery after being repeatedly kicked in the stomach. Nabozny's appearance is sponsored by University Program Board, the university's student-run entertainment and education organization.
Marty, a longtime Democratic-Farmer-Labor legislator from Roseville, will speak 2 p.m. Monday in Atwood Theater about the Minnesota implications of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the national debt crisis, health care policies and poverty.
Author and lecturer Mary West will speak on white identity in post-apartheid South Africa. She teaches at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, St. Cloud State's sister university in Port Elizabeth. West speaks 2 p.m. Thursday in Atwood Theater.
View a video welcome to conference participants featuring Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.).
Two women from the Minnesota chapter of Veterans for Peace will discuss the costs of war. Chante Wolfe and Layne Beckmann will speak 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in Atwood Theater. Wolf served 12 years in the U.S. Air Force. Beckmann served a combined 16 years in the active and reserve U.S. Army.
Documentary films by Extending the Link, a student group at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University, will also be screened. View the trailer for "Pragati Nepal," a 22-minute film about the trafficking of Nepali women to India and elsewhere.
St. Cloud State's master's in social responsibility program sponsors and organizes the Global Social Responsibility Conference. The program's students and graduates have won numerous university and community awards for scholarship and social justice work.
The 2011 conference honors the memory of Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai, an environmental and political activist from Kenya who died Sept. 25. A documentary about her, "Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai," screens 5 p.m. Monday in Atwood Theater. A reception follows at 6 p.m. in the lounge adjacent to the theater.
The conference is also sponsored by these campus entities: Department of Environmental and Technological Studies, Department of Theatre & Film Studies, the Global Studies Program, Department of Human Relations & Multicultural Education, Department of Mass Communications, Multicultural Resource Center, Social Responsibility Student Organization, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, the Women's Center and Department of Ethnic & Women's Studies.
Off-campus sponsors include Anna Marie's Alliance, Mille Lacs Area Human Rights Commission, Extending the Link and League of Women Voters.
For more information, email email@example.com or phone 320-308-3124.
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Tom Brady Autographed Memorabilia and Collectibles
Tom Brady is the starting quarterback for the New England Patriots, and has enjoyed a successful career with the team since being drafted in the 2000. The Patriots made one of the best draft selections in history when they used the 199th pick in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft to take Tom Brady out of the University of Michigan. Now 14 years after being a late draft selection, Brady has made a name for himself as one of the most successful quarterbacks to ever play in the NFL, and quite possibly the greatest of all time.
Brady has been named NFL MVP twice, has been named to the Pro Bowl ten times and was named Super Bowl MVP on three separate occasions. Brady's teams have been highlighted by their playoff success since he's led teams to Super Bowl titles in 2002, 2004, 2005, and 2015. Brady's success places him in rarefied air with quarterbacks, like Joe Montana and John Elway, being that Brady and Montana are the only quarterbacks ever to win the NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP multiple times. Brady and Elway are also the only two quarterbacks to lead their teams to five or more Super Bowl appearances, putting the Patriots super star among the best to ever play the game.
Tom Brady will clearly be remembered as one of the greatest players to ever in NFL history, and he is already considered to be one of the greatest quarterbacks ever. Brady's playoff dominance will always remain a part of NFL history because of his consistency during high-pressure situations. Our selection of Tom Brady memorabilia offers every kind of collector the perfect addition to their collection.
- Tom Brady Autographed Jersey: As a two-time NFL MVP, Tom Brady is already among the best quarterbacks to ever play the game. Brady will always be remembered for his clutch playoff performances, and his 20 career playoff wins are the most all-time among quarterbacks. A Tom Brady autographed jersey that has been hand-signed by the Patriots' quarterback is the ultimate piece for any football collection. The jerseys in our selection also showcase some of this greatest achievements including one that commemorates his triumph during Super Bowl XXXVI when he was named the game MVP. Autographed Tom Brady jerseys are rare to come across, and serve as the ideal centerpiece for any NFL memorabilia collection.
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- Tom Brady Autographed Helmets: Tom Brady's 2007 season was one of the most memorable seasons by a quarterback ever. Brady was at the helm of a dynamic offense that included Wes Welker Donte Stallworth and Randy Moss. That season, a Brady-led Patriots team enjoyed the first-ever 16-0 regular season by any team in NFL history. Brady went on to throw for 50 touchdowns and 4,806 yards – earning him the MVP award. This autographed Tom Brady helmet was signed by the future Hall of Famer and is the same style and color that he wore during his iconic 2007 season. The addition of this helmet to any NFL memorabilia collection is a smart move seeing as how Tom Brady memorabilia will only go up in value once he retires.
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by SoulDawg74 » Sun Aug 14, 2011 11:04 am
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by SoulDawg74 » Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:03 pm
GodHatesClevelandSport wrote:Nice start by the Browns.But let's not forget they beat GB 27-24 in the preseason opener last season.
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by SoulDawg74 » Wed Aug 17, 2011 12:14 am
Cerebral_DownTime wrote:Oh my fucking god, who gives a shit? We already have one game thread, but start a new one so you can have another fag fight with e0y. That's some really captivating shit.
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by SoulDawg74 » Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:55 am
Cerebral_DownTime wrote::lmfao: "wasting everybodies time with your ignorance". Holy shit...... the irony.You obviously need attention, and you figured name dropping e0y in the thread title is your meal ticket for it, so have at it, Hoss. You can have your stupid thread back, I promise.
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by Govbarney » Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:31 am
SoulDawg74 wrote:This about Shurmurs debut ......sorta Because the game doesn't count , but it was worth recounting.We'll take our lumps , but I like the direction the team has taken.We looked organized and competitive and the players and coaches were intense for an otherwise meaningless game .Good preseason win , for a team installing new packages on both sides of the ball with all new coaches.Yes pat benefitted from the good ole boy WCO tree as Green Bay pulled back the reins in a scoring situation foregoing a field goal to work on their redzone package , but it also gave the Browns a chance to respond with jauron's defense and turn them away in a goal line stand.Both teams got in some decent work with no catastrophic injuries while the Browns to their credit played wave after wave of fresh meat and for the most part smoothly transitioned in the young players without it looking like a Chinese fire drill.Colt was money in his start and executed the offense like he was teethed on it ,albeit vs a Vanilla defense just to keep it in perspective .Little showed where he can be a staud if he continues to work and keeps his head in the game , made some decent catches and had no problem blocking down field , actaully pancaking a defender on a Seneca rollout .Watson is just a monster weapon for Colt , while Josh Cribbs may have turned the corner as a value at the receiver spot , pushing off for a TD was a true veteran receiver move sly subtle and effective.Defensively we have a meat market , young fire pissers eager to make the team lining up and bringing intensity .This would have never happenned in Mangies 34 , which requires too much reading and reaction and expereince to coordinate response., Jauron knows he has kids and his scheme turns them loose and allows the display of their athleticism ,as evidenced by a half dozen QB sacks "sacks as in plural "plus hurries and pressure on Green bay QB's thruought the night .Titus Brown was nothing in the 34 at linebacker but had a rebirth last night in the 43 making plays all night , not including that swoop and scoot TD we normally see run against us by other teams linebackers.Skrine is willing but he's small and light and has to hit and hold and trip to get guys to the ground , but the little bastard is just as cocky as eyesore , so you'll have to decide if thats good or bad :0Our front four needs work , but finding the QB in the first game exhibition or not is note worthy .Gocong , you were not missed.SoulDawg
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|"Team First" before our Switzerland game
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"Does it ever get old?" I get asked this all the time. And the simple answer is: "Never!" I've been blessed to be a part of the U.S. Women's National Team since 2000. In that time, I have participated in three Olympic Winter Games, 12 Four Nations Cups, nine World Championships and countless training camps/tryouts. It has been an unbelievable journey in which most days I do not know how I became so lucky to live the life I do.
And so, I say to all those asking, "No. This never gets old." Each day I get to live my dream and share it with people I care deeply about.
So, in the midst of my ninth world championship, I am embracing every moment I have and trying to do the best I can to help my team be successful. On our team, we carry this mentality of Team First. Our team culture is built around this concept, in which I as an individual do everything I can to make sure that WE as a TEAM are successful. The focus is on the team and when a group of strong individuals can find a way to care more about the whole than the self, great things will come.
A quick recap so far of worlds: We have now played our three preliminary games of the tournament. We kicked off the week with a tough 2-3 shootout loss against our northern rivals, Team Canada. It was a great game, but still hard to lose such a close match. Thankfully, early games allow us to make adjustments and improve the next time we step on the ice. So, after a quick turnaround, we were able to bounce back the day after our Canada game and win 4-2 against a gritty Team Finland. With two games under our belts, we then had a practice day before we would face Switzerland in our third and final prelim game.
Although game days are the BEST, the practice day proved to be much needed for our team. In our first two games, we had moments of solid play, but our whole game was not as complete as we wanted it to be. We set high standards for ourselves and are always striving to "Become Better." An extra day of practices refocused our team on the simple plays that we need to execute for a full 60-minute game. Therefore, when we took the ice against Switzerland, we were re-energized and ready to compete hard. With a great team effort, we were able to come away with a solid 5-0 victory!
With preliminary games over, we will now face Team Finland in the semifinals on Monday. Yesterday, Finland won a close 1-0 game over Germany in the quarterfinals in order to earn a spot in the semis. Exciting times coming up. PREPARATION is KEY and that begins…NOW!


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Better quality of life and improved health care for individuals living with HIV
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By Don Berwick, M.D., Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Today, we celebrate the vast improvements in treatments and the quality of life for individuals living with HIV. This day serves as a reminder of the many accomplishments in fighting AIDS during the past three decades, but also highlights how much more work we have left in fighting this disease.
Thanks to major advances in science and medicine, people living with HIV face a much different reality today. In 1981, when AIDS first emerged in the US, the disease was equivalent to a death sentence. Now, thirty years later, people with HIV who receive medication and proper care live longer, healthier lives — just as they could with any other chronic illness.
Despite the powerful arsenal at our disposal, some of our best defenses remain out of reach for a significant proportion of the more than 1.2 million Americans living with HIV. An estimated 30 percent of this group does not have health coverage of any kind. As a result, they have no way to cover the cost of medications and treatment that we know are life-preserving.
We took an important step to remove this barrier this past summer. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in collaboration with, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), released new guidance that encourages States to take advantage of important Medicaid options that will help improve care for individuals living with HIV.
These options can make it easier for States to prevent or delay the institutionalization of people living with HIV and can help people living in nursing homes or other institutions transition back home when they are able. States can expand Medicaid access to low-income people living with HIV, enabling them to become eligible for services without having to be considered permanently disabled due to an AIDS diagnosis. States can provide more effective, earlier treatment of HIV by making available a limited or comprehensive package of services, which may include anti-retroviral therapies or case management to ensure adherence to treatment. Better coordinated care opportunities were also made available to support physical and behavioral health and linkages to long-term supports for individuals with multiple chronic conditions through the state option to establish health homes.
This epidemic has claimed the lives of 600,000 Americans. We can and are doing more to slow transmission of the disease and to ensure people living with HIV have access to the health care that will help them lead longer and healthier lives. I am confident of the positive quality of life effects that these options will make for Medicaid beneficiaries living with and fighting through HIV/AIDS every day.


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Hansen leads the Monsoon Cup
Bjorn Hansen and Phil Robertson endured tough starts to their bids for Monsoon Cup glory this week but fought back strongly today in the third Qualifying Session. Hansen has kept his World Championship quest alive by Qualifying for the knock-out stages while Robertson posted three wins from three today to leave himself on the cusp of a Quarter Final berth at the finale of the 2012 Alpari World Match Racing Tour.
Hansen came through what could be a crucial test to his Championship credentials in his match against GAC Pindar skipper Ian Williams. It was a closely fought battle, with Williams seizing the lead after a pre-start jostle left Hansen trailing the Brit up to the first mark. Hansen dug deep and managed to pull back the lead though by rolling Williams on the first downwind run. It was a lead he held onto despite a spirited effort from Williams who stuck to his tail throughout.
The win took Hansen's total to seven wins and alleviated a few nerves: "On the first day we said we weren't going to panic – we're pretty happy with the way we're sailing. I'm feeling good. Against Ian we managed to come from behind in what could turn out to be an important win if conditions don't improve.
"We haven't talked about Quarter Final picks at all. I doubt we'll be the ones to pick. It might be nice to have a Championship match between Ian and ourselves later in the competition but we'll wait to see what happens."
Robertson also responded well following a poor start to his Monsoon Cup. Unbeaten today and currently in sixth on the Qualifying table, he said: "We've turned it around today, we went three and zero, a perfect day for us. We're sailing a lot better, we're patient and waiting for opportunities to pass.
"The guys have been great, my tactician was really dialled in and everything is going well. It's important to get as many wins as we can now. Six for the Quarter Final then the others to get us up the ladder as far as possible."
One of those victories was against Johnie Berntsson, who, despite taking two victories from his first three races in the first Qualifying Session, becomes the first Tour Card Holder casualty here. The 2011 Monsoon Cup runner-up was unable to recreate his impressive showing of last year and he will not take any Tour points from the event, finishing 2-9.
One of the session's other notable matches saw Yanmar Racing's Peter Gilmour taking on his son, David, who is skippering a boat for the first time at an Alpari World Tour event. Having yesterday announced his retirement from the world of professional match racing after the Monsoon Cup, Gilmour Snr. said he was pleased to take on his son in his swan song: "I'm so proud that David is out here competing and even though I obviously wanted to take the win today, good on them for getting out and having a bit of a go. It's great to see them racing at this level. It's the beginning of the journey for them and I'm very pleased he's mixing it up with the rest of the best."
The race was all but decided in the pre-start when Junior came off second best having tried to force his father over the start line early, only to see him escape and lose momentum himself. Commenting on the race, Gilmour Senior said: "The race could have been a lot closer if that pre start decision had gone his way but I think we had about 10cm before we would have got the penalty. It was green flagged but on another day, it's the sort of decision that could have been a red flag immediate penalty."
David Gilmour suggested that his elder was lucky to have got away with the manoeuvre but admitted that he had enjoyed the experience anyway: "I thought he should have gotten a penalty for the port-starboard in the pre-start but these things happen. It was a unique experience to go head-to-head in competition conditions but definitely one that I enjoyed."
David Gilmour managed a win over reigning Tour Champion, Ian Williams in his last match of the day. The result leaves him with a chance of qualifying for the knockout round of the biggest Tour event of the year, if he is able to better his 4-5 score line tomorrow.
The remaining Qualifying matches and Quarter Finals are scheduled for Friday 8 December.
Monsoon Cup – Qualifying Table, Round 3:
Peter Gilmour (AUS) Yanmar Racing 7-3
Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Mekonomen Sailing Team 7-4
Ian Williams (GBR) GAC Pindar 6-3
Keith Swinton (AUS) Black Swan Racing 6-3
Pierre-Antoine Morvan (FRA) Vannes Agglo Sailing Team 6-4
Phil Robertson (NZL) WAKA Racing 5-3
Taylor Canfield (ISV) USone 5-4
Adam Minoprio (NZL) Alpari Racing Team 5-4
David Gilmour (AUS) Team Gilmour 4-5
Laurie Jury (NZL) Kiwi Match Sailing Team 3-6
Johnie Berntsson (SWE) Berntsson Sailing Team 2-9
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MAYVILLE – Ned Barone has been appointed public defender for Chautauqua County for a second, consecutive two-year term.
There was no discussion after a unanimous vote Wednesday night by county legislators put Barone in the position.
"I'm ecstatic," Barone said of the legislature's complete support. "It's humbling to know they have the confidence in me to do the best job I can for the county."
Barone is no stranger to the trade.
He recently represented Anthony R. Taglianetti II, who was found guilty of second-degree murder in November after killing Keith Reed Jr., former Clymer Central School superintendent, in September 2012.
Taglianetti's sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 24.
Barone's next major case will involve four men in connection to the double homicide of Gordon and Joyce Skinner in the town of Carroll on April 17, 2013.
Ricky L. Knickerbocker, 18; Joshua A. McCormick, 21; Steven W. Todd, 18; and David Coggins, 34, all of Elmira, were charged with two counts each of felony second-degree murder in their initial court appearance in Carroll.
Barone will represent Coggins, while the other defendants will be assigned counsel. Trial is set to take place in March.
"Ned's had a very busy schedule," Chautauqua County Executive Vince Horrigan said Wednesday night. "This was the decision of legislature, and I support it as well."
In 2012, legislators approved Barone by a vote of 18 to 7 after a vote failed to return R. Thomas Rankin to the position. Rankin was public defender from 2010-12.
Also during the meeting, a resolution was unanimously approved denying New York state permission to use the name and seal of the county for purposes relating to the SAFE Act.
Controversy has surrounded the gun control law since it was enacted in January 2013 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
"Both the sheriff (Joe Gerace) and the county clerk (Larry Barmore) in discussion have expressed displeasure of this usage, and encourage this legislature likewise," said John Runkle, R-Stockton.
The next legislature meeting will take place Feb. 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the Gerace Office Building in Mayville.


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Throughout those long hours in a rain-swept and obscure Nepalese village, Hawker ponders the wisdom of going on. It's not as though she is in Nepal for the express purpose of breaking this record. Running 200 miles back to Kathmandu is a bonus in an exceptional year—even by her high standards.
In the summer, she'd won her fourth UTMB. In September, she'd smashed the world 24-hour record by 3.42 kilometers in the Commonwealth Mountain and Ultra Distance Championships held in North Wales. She'd beaten all the men that day too.
A few weeks later, she'd flown to Nepal for a challenge that was left-of-field for a competitive runner but spoke to Hawker's powerfully deep relationship with the mountains in general, and the Himalayas in particular. Her plan was to make a fast traverse of the Great Himalaya Trail, or at least the section of it that currently exists, across Nepal. The existing route covers more than 1000 miles from gigantic Kangchenjunga in the east of the republic to the remote district of Humla in the west, crossing passes up to 6200 meters along the way. Typically, she planned to run alone, with minimal back-up, linking up with Sherpas working on climbing expeditions to see her safely over the highest passes.
Hawker's plan foundered when she lost the main trail somewhere between Kangchenjunga and its equally huge neighbor Makalu, just a few days into her attempt. Then, at a stream crossing, the small pack she carried on her front became detached and fell into the water. It held everything that was irreplaceable—satellite phone, permits and contacts book. Her logistics team in Kathmandu spent an anxious few days waiting to hear why she had suddenly fallen silent. When Hawker eventually found a phone, she managed to get a message through. It was over almost as soon as it had started.
Lizzy could have just slunk home to her temporary base in the Swiss ski resort of Klosters to lick her wounds and plan her next move. But that's not her style. She was in Nepal, so why not make the most of it? After a shower and a good night's sleep, she looked around for something else humungous to sink her teeth into. Her first thought wasn't the trail from Everest to Kathmandu. She'd already done that in 2007, setting a new record of 3 days 2 hours 39 minutes with running partner Stephen Pyke.
Instead she signed up for the Everest Sky Race. Organizer Bruno Poirier had been inviting her to the event for a few years and now here was the perfect opportunity. Starting at the town of Dolakha, the course takes in some of the wildest terrain in the Everest region in nine stages totalling 200 kilometers with 11,000 meters of ascent. The finish line is basecamp for one of Nepal's most beautiful mountains, Ama Dablam.
After the seventh stage, and within sight of Everest, Lizzy led the race, but a chest infection she'd picked up in Kathmandu was taking its toll. After reaching the summit of Gokyo Ri at 5350 meters, her lead had been cut to seven minutes, and she lost it next day crossing the Cho La, a pass of 5420 meters, to the eventual winner, local Jorbir Rai, who also won the race in 2008. Hawker finished third, having won four stages, unprecedented success for a foreign athlete in the event. She pronounced herself satisfied with her effort.
Even so, despite her success and that damned cough, Lizzy wasn't done. Flying out of Lukla might be the sensible option, but that would mean missing out on more days in the hills. And anyway, the airport was shut. Why not run back to Kathmandu? On their first record attempt, Lizzy and her friends had got lost and wasted time. She knew she could run faster, so why not give it a go?
The first thing she did—and so typical of Hawker—was to email Pyke and Mark Hartell, who had organized but then pulled out of the previous run. Would they mind at all if she had another go? Then she hung out with climbing friends at basecamp in the lee of stupendous Ama Dablam, eating and resting—and waiting for her chest to improve on a course of antibiotics. Feeling stronger, she shouldered her light pack and set out for Everest and the start of her long road home.
A week after her return from Nepal, Lizzy is sitting across the table from me in the Sportzentrum Restaurant on the edge of Klosters, the one town she occupies long enough to call home. The hills through the window are brown when they should be white, and consequently the restaurant is almost empty. Skiing is impossible and the locals are getting anxious for the season to begin. While I plough my way through a heaped bowl of pasta, Lizzy sips at her second cappuccino. In her jacket pocket is a chopped apple she'll eat later, to keep her going for the two-hour training run she's planning after I leave.
Before her first Everest to Kathmandu record, Lizzy reached the summit of Ama Dablam on an expedition led by mountain guide Victor Saunders. Now in his fourth decade of Himalayan exploration, Saunders was amazed at how little Hawker consumed.
"I get up pretty early," he told me, "but, whenever that was, Lizzy would be up before me. She'd nibble on a chapatti and then go off running for several hours. The guys on the expedition just couldn't stop eating."
The two adjectives you hear most about Hawker are "private" and "tiny." There's some truth in both. At 5 feet 4 inches and 116 pounds, she's no giant, but she has a strong presence. We had arranged to meet at Klosters rail station, and when I catch sight of her, I realize I'd forgotten how tough she can look. With her feet planted a little apart and her shoulders squared up, she's not exactly defiant but clearly self-possessed. Her running style is robust and neat, carrying her down the trail like she was on rails. She has an open face that lights up when she smiles, but she can look preoccupied, even worried when she's thinking.
As for "private," it largely depends. "She's quite warm and fun when you know her," says Mark Hartell, instigator for her first Everest to Kathmandu run. "She may be able to get by on a chapatti a day, but she's also quite happy to quaff a jug of chang [local barley beer] to lubricate a game of Scrabble or a conversation."
When I tell her all this between mouthfuls of pasta, she laughs. "I think I must be very efficient at metabolising fat, because I can go through a whole race and not eat. It's easy for me to forget to eat early enough. I can easily go 30 or 40 kilometers without eating anything but then it's too late. When I do eat something, it takes a while to get through me."
On her first run from Everest to Kathmandu, she says, beyond the road head at Jiri, she became ravenous. "I'd have eaten anything that appeared in the road," she says, laughing again. Although given that she's s been vegetarian most of her life, I guess it would have to be cheese road kill.
Hawker's attitude to nutrition reveals her approach to running—and life—in general. She'll find her own path. When she won the 2006 100-kilometer World Championships in Seoul, she picked up bread rolls from the breakfast buffet and filled them with chocolate spread and honey.
"Things haven't really changed that much," she says. "I have tried various gels and bars, but still haven't found the answer. I was eating banana bread at the UTMB this year."
She's pretty restrained when it comes to hydration too. "I won't drink much up to marathon distance," she says. "I don't sweat much so I don't need to drink as much as others and I find it hard drinking when I'm running fast."
Doesn't she ask advice on all that stuff? "I haven't talked to a specialist at all. I've tried various things but I still haven't found the answer. Some races I manage quite well but in others I don't manage to take much on. In the UTMB I had an injury in my bum, and because of the pain I wasn't eating as much as I normally do—and on the UTMB it's quite easy because you eat during the ascents and digest. The pain really threw me. I was running on empty for a lot that race."
It's hard to watch someone when you're eating and they're not, but every so often I sneak a glance. She looks a little tired, as you'd expect for someone who has just run 200 miles and then flown a third of the way round the world. She's suffering from ankle tendonitis too. "I haven't had any injuries for ages until yesterday," she says. "It's just overuse. If I can give it a week's rest without running on it, the problem usually goes away."


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