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Album Review: Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising
Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising
2011 Metal Blade Records
Ray Van Horn, Jr.
Amon Amarth remains one of the most triumphant and tuneful death-thrash hybrids on the planet. Though they've become less blunt and not always as speedy, this band's name should still automatically roll off the tongue when asked "what is metal?"
Continued proof on their latest album, Surtur Rising. Filled with calling card shredfests such as "Destroyer of the Universe," "For Victory or Death" and "War of the Gods," Surtur Rising continues the deck-shuffling trend Amon Amarth has sought as of their last album, Twilight of the Thunder God. They again mix up the scheme on Surtur Rising with mid-tempo punchouts like "Slaves of Fear," "Wrath of the Norsemen" and "Tock's Taunt – Loke's Treachery Part II."
The headbanger's delight of "Live Without Regrets" should have fans slamming heads in tandem as the band begins their one-man-show "A Night With Amon Amarth" throughout North America--particuarly since Amon Amarth will be playing Surtur Rising in its entirety as the first of two sets.
The much-slower "The Last Stand of Frej" makes use of a daring creepalong tempo and accented drag to create a demonstrative tone of sorrow. In all, Surtur Rising is yet another rousing hail to a far-flung world where hammers fly, swords cleave and fire licks the earth like a lemon drop.
Also available as a digipak with a 28-page booklet and a DVD wailing out a marathon of four hours of live Amon Amarth. Get some and then some...
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Women's Media Center Calls for Apology from MN Republican Group for Posting Sexist Video
August 18, 2010August 18. 2010 (New York) - An outrageous lapse in judgment was made by the Republican Party of the 56th district of Minnesota yesterday when they posted a highly offensive YouTube video that plays the song "Who Let the Dogs Out?" over unflattering pictures of Democratic women, after first playing the song "She's a Lady" over Republican women's pictures. This incident is symptomatic of a larger illness: the widespread sexism and objectification of women in politics. Though the video clearly prefers Republican women over Democratic women, it does a disservice to women across the political spectrum by evaluating them solely based on their appearances rather than on their merits or platforms. The group has since taken the video off its website due to attention the Minnesota Independent drew by exposing it publicly, but the Women's Media Center calls upon this group to not merely take back this offensive video, but to make a public apology. Furthermore, the Women's Media Center urges all political parties to take this opportunity to pledge to avoid participating in similar sexist attacks, and encourages media to continue to actively fight them in the future. To speak with Women's Media Center President Jehmu Greene, please contact Yana Walton, (212) 563-0680, firstname.lastname@example.com

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Video: Train derails then bursts into flames near Baltimore
Six to eight cars of a CSX freight train leapt off the tracks and caught fire around 2 p.m. in the suburb of Rosedale on Tuesday.
Moments later a loud explosion rocked the area, sending a huge plume of smoke into the sky above downtown Baltimore.
Here's the video of the explosion. It happens around the :45 second mark.
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OctoberVET 2016: Call for Conveners
This year's national OctoberVET coordinators, Steven Hodge and Joe Pagnoccolo, would like to invite you to convene an OctoberVET event in your area.
OctoberVET is the name of a season of local events to share information and ideas about VET. OctoberVET complements AVETRA's annual conference, and as the name suggests, it runs through October (with a few events usually spilling into November as well).
OctoberVET events range in size and scope, depending on local needs and interests, and range from convivial, small-scale gatherings to larger formal events with speakers. Events can be brief (a couple of hours) or can span a whole day. In 2015, OctoberVET events ran in most Australian states. In 2016 we hope to see OctoberVET events run throughout Australia and in other countries, too.
The success of OctoberVET always depends on the good-will and inventiveness of a local Convener (or group of Conveners) who are connected with local VET networks and identities and can find a focus and a space for their event.
AVETRA offers a small seed-grant for all OctoberVET events (which can be used for catering for example), and a national coordinator is on hand to discuss your ideas, and to provide advice and support. AVETRA also advertises OctoberVET events nationally to help draw attention to local events.
Last year's themes will give you an idea of variety of interests gathered together under the OctoberVET banner:
- New South Wales: VET and University: Professional Learning and Teaching Exchange Forum
- New South Wales: Practitioner Research Under Analysis
- Western Australia: Striving for Excellence: ESL/LLN Skills Symposium
- Western Australia: Changing Learning and Organisations
- Queensland: A Quest for Research Capability
- Queensland: Making great learning and teaching practice happen through Participatory Action Research
- Queensland: AVETRA Breakfast – Recognising VET Contributions to Business and Industry
- South Australia: Using data to inform policy on education and training
- Victoria: Unearthing the Digital Landscape: Innovating Pedagogic Practice in VET
- Victoria: Architectures for apprenticeship: Achieving economic and social goals (an OctoberVET event in conjunction with the International Network on Innovative Apprenticeship Conference).
It's time to start thinking about how to bring your local VET community together to share ideas and inspiration. Get in touch with Steven Hodge (email@example.com or 0421224474) or Joe Pagnoccolo (firstname.lastname@example.com) to discuss your ideas and find out how to get the OctoberVET ball rolling.
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ErickVer's Comment2017-04-10 20:46:56
On May 25th, PokerTracker released a new Beta version, 3.11.1, which included a number of additions, changes, and fixes to one of the leading tracking programs in the business. The most notable announcement was the addition of the Yatahay Poker Network, which includes popular sites like DoylesRoom, BetCRIS, and True Poker.
Additionally, players from the U.S. who have been relegated to play money tables on PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and the CEREUS Network as a result of the events of April 15th have a little bit of good news coming their way. Listening to its customer base, PokerTracker developers instituted play money support for PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and the CEREUS Network as part of the newest release.
The good news continued to flow from the update, including support for the Merge Gaming Network for TableTracker, support for the new Java client for the Ongame Network, and an Entraction auto-import for Mac users. The newest updates have already drawn several positive reviews from users on the online poker forums.
On Bodog, the Hand Grabber problems have been resolved, as has the problem where the tournament tables had been defaulting to 10-max. In fact, there is a new Heads-Up Display (HUD) option for nine-max. For the CEREUS Network, the problem of the importer corrupting hand histories has been resolved. On PokerStars, SCOOP summaries as well as the imported user name 'postser' that were causing problems have been solved.
The PokerTracker HUD also received a few fixes, including correcting the bug that was attempting to read from databases that don't exist.
Additionally, the issue with reading Euro titles in Russian Windows has been resolved, as have fixes for the HUD on three different sites.
On Winamax, the problem of the always-on-top option being turned on has been resolved. For the Merge Gaming Network, warning the user of the grid mode while continuing to show the HUD has been fixed and for Bodog, the treat as six-max issue has been resolved.
Three statistics also received fixes, and all are from tournament play. The Hand stat has been resolved from not having an empty summary format and the Tournament EV Expected stat has been formatted using currency. Finally, the Tournament Player stat not using ignore formatting has been fixed as well.
Other fixes have been made, including the HHViewer mark for review problems, the Replayer, which was locking up and/or crashing when there was no dealer, and a potential fix for reported crashes on low-end computers. PokerTracker has also resolved the PokerStars table opening on TableTracker and the Omaha currency issues in graphs and reports.
On June 3rd, PokerTracker released beta version 3.11.2, which provided a half-dozen other fixes, including resolutions to some small issues with Ongame, Everleaf, Winamax, Merge, and Full Tilt Poker. Version 3.11.2 is the most current beta and available for download on PokerTracker's website.
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AKC American Cocker Spaniels - American Cocker Spaniels in Minnesota - A-La-Round Kennels
Puppies available out of our black AKC CH dam and our chocolate and tam AKC CH pointed and hunted sire. Both sire and dam are loving house pets. Puppies have been raised in the home with lots of love and affection. Puppies will be ready to go the first week of October. Puppies will be vaccinated, vet checked, and miccrochiped. Puppies also leave with a blanket, a toy, and a bag of food to ease transition into new homes.
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Wagon Wheels
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Wagon Wheel circa. 2012)
|snack food
|Place of origin
|Australia, Canada, United Kingdom
|Created by
|Arnott's Biscuits, Burton's Foods
|Main ingredients
|marshmallow, chocolate flavoured coating
|Jammie, Toffee, Double Choc, Caramel, Banoffee
|Cookbook: Wagon Wheels Media: Wagon Wheels
Wagon Wheels are a snack food sold in Australia, Canada, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Malta, Spain, Russia, the Dominican Republic, and the United Kingdom. They consist of two biscuits with marshmallow sandwich filling, covered in a chocolate flavoured coating.[1]
Wagon Wheels were created by Garry Weston, son of W. Garfield Weston.[1] Garry Weston worked for his father's business in Australia before taking over his family's business in England. The biscuits were launched at the 1968 Olympia Food Fair.[1] The name (originally "Weston Wagon Wheels") relates to the shape of the biscuits and capitalized on the Wild West, which was popular in mass media at the time.
Production and size[edit]
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In the United Kingdom Wagon Wheels are produced and distributed by Burton's Foods who separated from the Weston family connection when they were sold out of Associated British Foods in 2000.[2] The original factory which produced the biscuit was in Slough but during the early 1980s production was transferred to an updated and modern factory in Llantarnam in South Wales.[1] Weston had been producing biscuits on the Slough site since 1934[3] and the Llantarnam site since 1938.[4]
In Canada, Wagon Wheels were originally produced by McCormick's however, they are now under the Dare Foods Limited name.[1] They come in Original, Fudge, Choco Cherry, and Raspberry flavours.[citation needed]
In Australia, Wagon Wheels are produced by Arnott's Biscuits. George Weston Foods Limited sold the brand to Arnott's in August 2003.[5][full citation needed]
There have been many debates amongst fans of the biscuit about its size. Wagon Wheels have supposedly shrunk in size over time, but Burton's Foods Ltd has denied this. It has been suggested that the supposed shrinkage is due to an adult's childhood memory of eating a Wagon Wheel held in a much smaller hand; this argument is perhaps moot, as it does not explain why the modern Wagon Wheel appears to be fatter than the original. Furthermore, in Australia, Arnott's has stated that tray packs of Wagon Wheels were in fact Mini Wagon Wheels and have re-released the original 48g Wagon Wheels.[6][full citation needed]
The original factory in Slough produced the biscuit with crinkled edges and corn cobbs rather than the updated smoother edges. This caused the overall diameter of the biscuit to shrink slightly, but not as much as fans of the biscuit believe.[citation needed]
Also, although the UK Wagon Wheel has barely shrunk, it is still noticeably smaller than the Australian equivalent. As of 2006 the diameter of the Australian version is measured at 88 mm which is 14 mm larger than the UK version, while the UK Wagon Wheel is notably thicker by 4 mm.[1]
Interest in Wagon Wheels was at an all-time peak when the British comedians French and Saunders made a sketch with Jennifer Saunders dressed as a schoolgirl stuffing a Wagon Wheel into her mouth.
British comedians Hale and Pace used Wagon Wheels in their recurring "Curly & Nige" sketches, as the Curly and Nige characters won Wagon Wheels from each other by doing self-mutilating and dangerous bets.
Wagon Wheels are thrown into the audience by Berwick Kaler during the popular annual York Theatre Royal pantomime.[7]
Wagon Wheels were "re-launched" in 2002.
Previous slogans for the product have been:
- "A taste for adventure."
- "If there's a bigger bite, it can't be found."
- During the 1960s the slogan in Australia was "It's more than a biscuit, it's a mighty big snack!"
- "Eat the Wagon Wheel!" was the catchcry of a campaign where viewers were informed of what items were typically available as snacks in countries where Wagon Wheels were not available. The voiceover would then ask which you would rather eat. Then the reply would come from, for instance, one of the pickled herrings on offer, "Eat the Wagon Wheel!"
The current slogan is "You've got to grin to get it in".
The original wagon wheel which is now called "chocolate" had a marshmallow centre and not a jam centre.
See also[edit]
- Chocolate-coated marshmallow treats - other similar products
- Weston family
- Choco pie - a similar Korean product
- Moon pie
- Alfajor
- Sandwich cookie
- List of chocolate-covered foods
- ^ a b c d e f "Wagon Wheels". Practically Edible. 4 September 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2011. External link in
- ^ Benjamin Wootliff (31 Oct 2000). "Wagon Wheels roll west as ABF sells Burton's". Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "1900 - 1945". Slough History. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ "Cwmbran: Llantarnam - The Biscuit Factory and Brickworks". Industrial Monmouthshire - The Leftovers. Phil Jenkins. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ "GWF Media Announcement 29 August 2006".
- ^ "Arnotts Wagon Wheels".
- ^ "Old Mother Goose, York Theatre Royal, review". www.independent.co.uk. 18 Dec 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2016.


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Is there a feral cat shelter in the San Pedro/Harbor area of LA?
there is a colony of 13 feral cats in San Pedro, CA who really need to move to a safe location. The owner of the bushes they have live in for years is now ripping out the bushes. Also too, the area is changing. Too many mean people out walking pitbulls now cruise the area, looking for live prey for their dogs. The cats are way too exposed now.
If anyone can help, even if it is in the valley, let me know. Thanks!
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You can find alot by looking for information on google. Check out these links: www.rescueguide.com
I hope you find some help here.
Twinkle answered on 11/1/11. Helpful? / 0
Typically when a colony of feral cats are in a truly hostile environment the most viable solution to save them is to get them trapped, neutered, and sent to live as barn cats or warehouse mousers- "feral cat shelters" or refuges are very rare with limited space. Unfortunately very few single farms or warehouses are looking for 13 more cats at once, so trying to find rehoming locations all on your own could be difficult. Barncats, Inc. has 4 listings for California programs that help place barncats- www.barncats.org and Alley Cat Allies www.alleycat.org can help you find the nearest trap-neuter-return groups that may be able to help you.
Good luck- we hope you find the local assistance you need! Thanks for sticking up for us feral cats.
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Great article, it's always good to remember the good, old days but even better to look forward to the future and see the great opportunities. I like the African proverb at the end of the article and the image with Collis from the beginning of the article. And I must say it was a long journey and all our appreciation goes there especially for the people who were there from the beginning!
and in dec 2011 i joined graphicriver he missed out that part ,hehehehehe
@ Collis, thank you Sir for sharing this very inspiring quote.
There's an African proverb that a fellow entrepreneur once shared with me, and I think it's a beautiful description of what we at Envato want to do.
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others."
$140,000,000Wow, that's a lot!
Love the phrase: "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others."
Good post Collis, thanks for sharing your experience with us. It's great to know that the company is in good hands and has a future!
KingDog said
And in a lot of cases, we're actually working on them right now but haven't been able to share any of the progress yet.
Why? What are you afraid of? Is it hard to give some details at which point has the progress of planned features come? It might take you an hour or two to ask the devs and the team what are they currently working on and if there is an even vague timeframe of new features, but it would mean A LOT to the community and people who are actually participating and contributing in the forums. Think about it.
Thanks for the information, Collis. It would be great if there are some kind of infographics for us visual geeks to dig in . Wish Envato and all you guys the best in the upcoming seasons!
KingDog said
There seems to be a growing trend to try and use every thread to bring focus onto a particular feature that you would like to see on the Marketplaces. I'm going to let you know, that we're very aware of the pain points and the areas that you've requested improvements for.
that's probably because there's no real dialogue in those dedicated threads between staff and community?
KingDog said
So instead of using this thread to voice concern over features that haven't been introduced yet, ...
failed to miss the point of some concerns here and we are to the point
this is not about the features request, but precisely about the way the community and the staff interacts. those threads were given as examples only.
KingDog said
lets use it to let Collis know how we can draw Envato closer to its amazing community.
is what we are doing but it looks there's no answer yet.
So inspiring …..envato change my life…....keep up the great work…. i will follow….


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Paging Sixto...
Anyway, why do you want to be talked out of getting another Sig?
Sigs are good.
This is a discussion on Sig addiction? within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; So I decided I wanted a 9mm again. I had gotten rid of everything other than 40 S&W in auto pistols (other than the P3AT ...
So I decided I wanted a 9mm again. I had gotten rid of everything other than 40 S&W in auto pistols (other than the P3AT that is) and ended up missing the cheap, soft shooting 9mm. I ended up picking up a P226 and think I may be in love. I am looking for someone to talk me out of trading my daily carry Glock 23 for a compact Sig. Anyone have a good reason to stay with the Glock? I love the gun- I swore I would always own a 23. But the Sig just feels so "right" in my hand.
"The only people I like besides my wife and children are Marines."
- Lt. Col. Oliver North
Paging Sixto...
Anyway, why do you want to be talked out of getting another Sig?
Sigs are good.
I'm not going to try to talk you out of it, but I'll recommend the P239 in .40 instead. You could always check out the new P220 Compact in .45 ACP. You'll have that next Sig before you realize it.
If it was me I'd get the sig and keep the glock for a backup or rough use gun, such as inclement wx.
I love the feel of my sig 239 (.357) but I have gone to a glock 23 for EDC.
Come to think of it, I don't know why i went to the plastic. Maybe I'll carry the 239 for the rest of the week.
I am totally prejudiced on this issue. In my personal experience I have had neutral to negative experiences with Glock and nothing but love for Sig. (My view might change with more exposure to Glock but the ones I shot, I shot just enough to decide I don't like them. )
I really like my 226 but flat out LOVE my 228!
Ive got some Sigs.
a 220,225,2 226's and a 239.
I like the 225 best for concealed carry...the 239 is a bit short for my big hands. I am considering getting a 229 however.
Whatever you choose....Sigs are great.
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The reason I said I would get rid of the Glock is because I have decided somewhere along the line that being a "collector" wasn't for me. I only want guns that I expect to use for some purpose. The Glock 23 is my EDC. If I decide to go Sig for that purpose, I don't have a use for the Glock. I don't see a need to have a special weapon for the rain or other bad weather. If I can't trust a gun in the rain I can't trust it in the sun. And the finish of a gun doesn't really concern me. Maybe I'll go get my hands on some of the compact Sigs and see how they feel. One thing is sure, the next Sig- if there is one, will be in .40 Short & Weak. I wanted 9mm to play with but when it comes to defending myself or those I love I've done my research and .40 is where I want to stay. (Unless the gun has a wheel- in which case it is .357.)
"The only people I like besides my wife and children are Marines."
- Lt. Col. Oliver North
Well, I'll play Devil's Advocate - The Sig is heavier, carries one less round of .40S&W, and - in the traditional DA/SA configuration - has a slightly more complicated manual of arms then the Glock.
That being said, Sigs are sweeeeeeet shooters, in my experience. Not as utilitarian as the Glock, but certainly in the same league as far as fighting efficiency goes.
A man fires a rifle for many years, and he goes to war. And afterward he turns the rifle in at the armory, and he believes he's finished with the rifle. But no matter what else he might do with his hands - love a woman, build a house, change his son's diaper - his hands remember the rifle.
That is a good point. I've always thought of a full sized gun as my backup EDC gun. But, I could easily say the Glock is the backup and get a Sig to carry. That is a really good point. I guess it may be what I end up doing. That would also give me a good reason to keep the Glock 23 holster, which is my favorite piece of leather I've ever had.
"The only people I like besides my wife and children are Marines."
- Lt. Col. Oliver North
Both are great! Speaking from experience- because i've had this discussion with myself multiple times- Keep the G23. Buying a Sig is just fine but if you get rid of the G23 then you'll want to buy another one in six months (or six weeks.) Nobody here can say it's a bad thing to have too many guns!
Just my .02 Tryin' to help a brother out.
G-23, 27, 35 (all .40)
G-29 10mm
H&K 45c
Les Baer Thunder Ranch 5"
I love my Sigs, I have lots of them. My EDC at work is a 220, and I carry one of my 228's often. I think the Sig is a better made gun than Glock, and given a choice, I'd choose a Sig every time.
With all that said, I always come back to carrying a Glock after hours.
I don't know why, but I do. Maybe its because they are so simple, they work, and they are relatively cheap. They start out ugly, so if I scratch them up use them and abuse them its no worse than when I started. If I mess up my Sig, I'm going to be pissed at myself.
IMNSHO, a Glock is a must have go to gun. I would keep the 23, cause you will go out and buy another if you sell off yours.
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"Just blame Sixto"
I reserve the right to make fun, point and laugh etc.
SIGs fit me better than glocks and I therefore shoot SIGs better than glocks. Plus I like the manual of arms for a SIG over any handgun. And I think they are sexier than socks on a rooster!!! Yes my name is Dave and I'm an addict.
"Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts"
Sir Winston Churchill
If you look in my profile, you'll see my carry is listed as P220ST, however, when I am lightly dressed or desire a smaller gun on board I strap on one of the GLOCKs....
As a matter of fact, I'm wearing my G29 right now IWB....
I do have a P239 on .40, but I havent shot that one in a long time....
"Ray Nagin is a colossal disappointment" - NRA/ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox.
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To the Editor:
While watching the news the other night, I noticed that (once again) due to a shortage of funds, Portland schoolchildren are again losing programs. Say, I've got a great idea! Why not just build another money-pit of a multi-million dollar tram? Or perhaps the answer is a never-seen, hardly used Esplanade? Or just commission another expensive, full-size bronze statue of Vera Katz!?
Portland's priorities should first be the children.
Good job, Portland bureaucrats.
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Today marked the fourth anniversary of Dr. George Tiller's assassination. Dr. Tiller was shot in the head while attending his church. He was killed for no other reason than that he was an unapologetic abortion provider. He was gunned down because he trusted his patients and listened to their needs. He was murdered because he did was almost no one else in this country would (and will) do: provide late-term abortions. Dr. George Tiller was a hero.
Though I've been working on reproductive health, reproductive rights, and reproductive justice issues for years, it's generally been at the broader legal and policy levels. It's only been within the last year or so that I've delved into the messy (but much more rewarding) world of personal contact with the amazing individuals who provide the health care I've desperately been trying to protect and promote.
Unfortunately, while delving into this messy world has come with some amazing perks, it also comes with a downside in the form of increased anxiety. Over the last year, I've become personally close with a number of amazing abortion providers from around the country. These men and women put their lives on the line every day, providing compassionate care to women, and I worry each and every day about the safety of my newfound friends and heroes.
Almost each week I hear about another threat or attack against another clinic or provider: a Kansan preacher standing outside of Julie Burkhart's (the new owner of South Wind Women's Center, and former employee of Dr. Tiller) home holding a sign saying, "Where's your church?"; Army of God Member, David Leach inferring that someone should murder the new providers at South Wind Women's Center; Troy Newman of Operation Rescue violating Illinois recording statutes to surreptitiously record and "out" the newest abortion provider at South Wind Women's Center; and the conviction, just today, of a man who plotted to kill a provider at a Planned Parenthood in Madison, Wisconsin.
And I'm tired of it. I'm tired of worrying every moment that a friend or colleague will be harmed by an antichoice extremist. I'm tired of worrying that a woman in need won't be able to access the health care she needs because of an antichoice extremist. I want my friends and colleagues to be able to go to work every day and provide the safe and compassionate care they provide without worrying about arsonists or gunshots or explosions. And I want women to be able to access safe abortion care without worry about antichoice protesters blocking their path, or clinics being blown up or burnt down, or their doctors being shot.
In short, I want the law to do its job and protect the brave men and women who work tirelessly to provide reproductive healthcare to the men and women who need it most, even in the face of such horrific dangers.
Is that so much to ask? That the legal system do it's job?
Four years on, isn't it time that we truly respect the memory of Dr. Tiller by demanding that we protect abortion providers from the harassment and violence they face daily from antichoice extremists? Isn't it time that we honor his memory by forcing our congressional leaders to enforce the laws they have already passed to protect abortion providers, and to strengthen those laws to ensure a tragedy such as the murder of Dr. Tiller never happens again?
Dr. Tiller was a hero. His colleagues are heroes. And I can think of no better way to honor their service than to protect them from the likes of Operation Rescue and other antichoice extremists.
Till next time,
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if you don't believe that human activity is contributing to a change in the earth's climate, you are an idiot. simple as that.
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Very true, but it's a question of the impact that we are having.
I don't disagree that we are impacting the environment, but I don't think that the western world is as guilty as everyone would like to believe we are.
Russia, India and China have atrocious environmental records.
They have levels of pollution in those nations that we have never seen in the states, Canada or western Europe.
Despite our levels of consumption, the West still has clean air, clean water and safe transportation. It was the US that first insisted on a catalytic converter for cars and the US that first adopted the EPA (by Nixon). And we led the way with the Clean Water Act and numerous laws to protect our marshlands, waterways and even our public dumps have regulations.
The air in South western Canada and the American Northwest does not meet EPA standards for clean air in many areas. Why? Because the air from Russia, China and India travels in a circle , in a northerly jetstream and carries its pollutants with it.
Do you realize how polluted it must be if it is so nasty after traveling so far?
I don't think it is necessary for the US and the West to raise our standards for pollution control as much as it is important for Russia, India, China and other nations to raise their standards to ours. And enforce the standard. That would have a greater impact than anything we could do.
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In the end, Whisenhunt feels like he was able to maintain continuity in important staff positions while also maintaining a good chemistry among coaches.
The defensive changes are simple. Whisenhunt fired coordinator Clancy Pendergast soon after the season ended. It was a surprise to many outsiders, but Pendergast was always on loose ground.
He and Whisenhunt didn't know each other before Whisenhunt took the job, so it wasn't a surprise that Whisenhunt eventually wanted to hire his own man.
He did that, promoting Bill Davis from linebackers coach. Quality control coach Matt Raich moves in the linebackers job.
Under Davis, the Cardinals will implement more traditional elements of the 3-4 scheme, which Whisenhunt prefers.
The biggest changes came on offense, where Whisenhunt had to replace coordinator Todd Haley, who left to become the Chiefs head coach.
Haley was more than just an overseer. He worked daily with the quarterbacks and also spent considerable time with receivers.
Whisenhunt ended up splitting the job between two people. Assistant head coach/offensive line Russ Grimm will coordinate the run game while receivers coach Mike Miller was promoted to passing game coordinator.
Whisenhunt will call plays, but Miller and Grimm will have a large input into game planning. John McNulty, offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at Rutgers, will coach receivers, and former NFL quarterback Chris Miller was hired to coach quarterbacks, replacing Jeff Rutledge, who was fired.
--RB Edgerrin James reiterated his desire to be released from the last year of his contract, but it doesn't appear the Cardinals are going to do it soon.
GM Rod Graves said the club would make decisions in the best interest of the team and declined further comment. Translated, that means the club will release James after it finds a replacement. Or at least a backup to Tim Hightower, the only running back under contract.
--DE Antonio Smith, due to become an unrestricted free agent, would prefer to stay in Arizona.
"This is all I know," said Smith, who has played with the Cardinals for all four of his NFL seasons.
The Cardinals would like to have him back, but at the right price. Smith should command some considerable attention on the free agent market after the way he played in the last two months of the season.
--GM Rod Graves would like to reach a contract agreement with QB Kurt Warner before free agency starts. Graves said the two sides are "closer but not close" to a deal.
--New QB coach Chris Miller played with Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt with the Falcons. Miller spent some time helping the Cardinals coaches in the 2007 training camp. He was a head high school coach in Oregon but hasn't coached in the NFL before.
--Whisenhunt will call plays in 2009 but would like to eventually relinquish those duties to an assistant, most likely passing game coordinator Mike Miller.
"I'm a big believer in developing coaches, "Whisenhunt said.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "With losing Todd (Haley) and with other changes on our staff, it's been a pretty hectic two weeks. You're trying to fit together the right pieces so the chemistry of your staff stays intact. I think that's one of the big reasons for our consistency and success, the cohesion of our coaches." -- Coach Ken Whisenhunt on the restructuring of his coaching staff.
FRANCHISE PLAYER: LB Karlos Dansby: Tendered at $9.678M.
TRANSITION PLAYER: None.
--RB J.J. Arrington found a role as the team's third-down back and as the single back in spread formations. For the right price, the Cardinals would like him back.
--LB Monty Beisel is an excellent backup who can play inside and out. He could return for $1 million or so a year.
--DE Bertrand Berry will be 34 next season, but he led the team in tackles. He played for $1 million last season and likely would return for that.
--G Elton Brown has been a backup for most of his four seasons. He has ability but has difficulty controlling his weight. He likely will sign elsewhere.
--CB Ralph Brown is a solid nickel and dime corner. A 10-year veteran, he's a great influence on younger players. Could return for a reasonable price.
--P Ben Graham was great at pinning teams inside the 20 but his hang time was lacking. Club is likely to bring him back.
--CB Eric Green went from starter to backup to inactive. Coaches didn't like his attitude and he is as good as gone.
--OLB Clark Haggans played very well until suffering a foot injury late in the year. Cards should be able to re-sign him for $1 million or so.
--G/C Scott Peters suffered a severe knee injury in camp. He likely won't return.
--QB Brian St. Pierre was the third quarterback all season but he has some ability. He likely will return.
--DE Antonio Smith is a solid starter and no one plays harder. He will get a big deal in free agency and the Cardinals aren't likely to match since they have Calais Campbell ready to take over.
--FB Terrelle Smith is still an effective blocker and he is anxious to stay in Arizona. He might be expendable, however, because the club has Tim Castille.
--TE Jerame Tuman showed his age this season, was cut in December and then brought back because of injuries. He won't return.
--QB Kurt Warner is a high priority in free agency and the Cardinals are hopeful of re-signing him to a two-year deal.
--TE Leonard Pope is a decent player but he has trouble picking up nuances of the offense. Might get a low tender.
--NT Gabe Watson played through knee difficulties. A solid player.
--CB Michael Adams is only about 5-8 but he's competitive and a special teams standout.
--FB Tim Castille is a decent special teamer who must improve his blocking.
--TE Ben Patrick has the talent to be a solid starter.
--TE Stephen Spach was the starter before suffering a torn ACL in the playoffs.
--C Pat Ross was the backup all year but will find it hard to press for playing time.
--C Lyle Sendlein started all 16 games and might be due for a longer-term deal.
--LB Pago Togafau is under-size but played on a lot of special teams.
--T Elliot Vallejo has good size and decent feet. This is a key off-season for him.
PLAYERS RE-SIGNED: None.
PLAYERS ACQUIRED: None.
PLAYERS LOST: None.
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Coloring contemporary classical vernacular with jazz inflections and bluegrass rhythms, Dan Visconti's compositions embody a thoroughly American aesthetic. With commissions from the Kronos Quartet, Jupiter Quartet and the Minnesota Orchestra, this young composer is already impressively busy. The American Composers Orchestra gives the world premiere of Visconti's Glitchscape for orchestra and electronics April 5 at Zankel Hall.
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Nowadays whenever I'm asked what kind of music I'm into, I usually respond that my favorite kind of music is "the kind that kicks ass"—the kind of music that grabs my attention, speaks powerfully and directly, and knocks my socks off with the sustained intensity of its narrative.
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Another way that music can grab my attention is by reimagining sound in a way that is absolutely jaw-dropping—for example, the musicians of NYC's Asphalt Orchestra's startling transformation of the age-old street band into an ultra-hip and completely wacky ensemble that takes street performance to another level.
I've always been completely bowled-over by those pieces of music where a composer just hammers home a single rhythm or goes after a single idea with ferocious tenacity, such as in Julia Wolfe's ultra-heavy Stronghold for eight basses or my favorite Ravi Shankar raga.
Much of my own recent music seeks to update or subvert the norms of classical performance traditions to be more in line with the expanded palette of sounds and approaches to which we denizens of the Global Digital Age have grown accustomed. The music I'm most excited by is really all about transgressing boundaries and subverting expectations with confidence and commitment—something that each selection on this mixtape accomplishes in a striking and uniquely personal way.
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Julia Wolfe - Stronghold (Robert Black, bass)
David Rakowski - Piano Etude #68 "Absofunkinlutely" (Amy Briggs, piano)
Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was the Night (Kronos Quartet)
Stephen Hartke - O Them Rats is Mean in my Kitchen: IV. In My Kitchen (Michelle Makarski, violin; Ronald Copes, violin)
Ravi Shankar - Raga Kaushi Kanhara: Gat In Dhamar (Ravi Shankar)
Steve Snowden - Appalachian Polaroids (Aeolus Quartet)
Matt Walker - Double Down (Alias Chamber Ensemble)
Aphex Twin (Arr. Evan Hause) - Omgyjiya Switch 7 (Alarm Will Sound)
John Halle - Spheres (Ethel)
Annie Gosfield - Phantom Shakedown (Annie Gosfield, piano)
Jimi Hendrix (Arr. Robert Dick) - Voodoo Child (Robert Dick, flute)
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How many signs are featured in John's Gospel? In large part, this seems to depend on whom you ask. When I wrote my BECNT commentary on John, I surveyed a considerable amount of literature on John's Gospel in general and on people's views on Jesus' messianic "signs" in John in particular. I found that commentators widely agree on six Johannine "signs" but beyond this the consensus crumbles. The six undisputed Johannine "signs" are:
(1) The turning of water into wine at the wedding in Cana (2:1–11)
(2) The healing of the official's son (4:46–54)
(3) The healing of the lame man (5:1–15)
(4) The feeding of the multitude (6:1–15)
(5) The healing of the man born blind (chap. 9)
(6) The raising of Lazarus (chap. 11)
I also noticed that if there is any consensus as to an additional, seventh, sign in John, it is that this seventh sign is Jesus' walking on the water (6:16–21).
In a detailed scholarly article published several years ago in the Bulletin of Biblical Research, I have sought to get to the bottom of the matter by taking a careful look at the six undisputed signs; seeking to identify common characteristics of these signs; and developing a profile of a Johannine "sign" that could then be used to evaluate any other possible signs in John (such as the walking on the water).
The definition that emerged was this: "A sign [in John] is a symbol-laden, but not necessarily 'miraculous,' public work of Jesus selected and explicitly identified as such by John for the reason that it displays God's glory in Jesus who is thus shown to be God's true representative (cf. 20:30–31)." The criteria for evaluating any further signs were stated as follows:
(1) Is a given work performed by Jesus as part of his public ministry?
(2) Is an event explicitly identified as a "sign" in John's Gospel?
(3) Does the event, with its concomitant symbolism, point to God's glory displayed in Jesus, thus revealing Jesus as God's true representative?
A few explanatory comments are in order here. First, you will notice that all six undisputed signs (and even the walking on the water) occur in chapters 1–12 of John's Gospel, which is concerned with Jesus' mission to the Jews. The statement in 12:37 that, "Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him," effectively closes the book on this chapter in Jesus' ministry, and the final reference to the "signs" in the purpose statement (20:30–31) merely reiterates this without adding any new signs in the interim between chapters 12 and 20 (hence neither the crucifixion nor the resurrection or any other related events are Johannine signs).
Second, it appears that every one of the signs is identified as such at least somewhere in John's Gospel (notice that often this is somewhat indirect and sometimes not until several chapters later; see below). Here is the list of the six undisputed signs in John again, this time with the reference in John's Gospel where this event is identified explicitly as a "sign":
Identified as a "sign"
The turning of water into wine at the wedding in Cana (2:1–11)
The healing of the official's son (4:46–54)
The healing of the lame man (5:1–15)
7:21, 31
The feeding of the multitude (6:1–15)
6:14, 26, 30
The healing of the man born blind (chap. 9)
The raising of Lazarus (chap. 11)
11:47; 12:18
Importantly, however, this criterion rules out Jesus' walking on the water, since it is nowhere explicitly (or implicitly) identified as a sign in John. Notice in this context that a sign is more than merely a symbolic act or the use of symbolism (though it includes symbolism by virtue of being a "sign," signifying something about Jesus the Messiah).
Third, as John 20:30–31 makes clear, John selected certain events in Jesus' public ministry to the Jews (see point #1 above) as signs because they all demonstrated that Jesus was the Christ and Son of God. This, of course, would fit the walking on the water and perhaps other elements in John's Gospel, but any candidate for "sign" (like the six undisputed signs) must fit all three criteria, not merely one or two.
Hence, I concluded, with the walking on the water ruled out as sign (though it includes an "I am" saying and certainly manifests Jesus' supernatural origin in form of a theophany), we are left either with only six signs—certainly a possibility in that six may be a number of incompletion—or we should look for a seventh, and eight, etc., sign elsewhere.
Enter the temple clearing (my preferred term for what is more commonly called the temple "cleansing"; for an explanation see my BECNT commentary). It seems to fit the three criteria: (1) it is a symbol-laden, public work of Jesus; (2) it may be explicitly identified as such in 2:18 (though some may disagree; see further below); and (3) it shows Jesus to be God's true representative.
Some may say that the reference in 2:18 is somewhat indirect in that the Pharisees are merely asking Jesus for a sign (other than the temple clearing). I point to the later identical dynamic at 6:30, however, where the Jews ask Jesus, "What sign then will you give …?" and where, as in 2:19, Jesus proceeds, not to perform another sign—he just fed the multitudes, an undisputed Johannine sign—but rather explicates the significance of the feat he had just performed, thus unpacking the significance of the sign in terms of how it pointed to him as God's Messiah. The same, I argue, is the case with 2:18, where, rather than performing the sign the Jews demanded, Jesus explicates the significance of what he had just done, showing how the temple clearing was a prophetic, symbolic act conveying the notion of the imminent destruction of the temple and its raising—though, as the evangelist points out subsequently, the "temple" of which Jesus was speaking was not the literal temple (though it would be destroyed, too) but Jesus' body, which would be "destroyed" (crucified) and "raised again in three days" (2:19). Thus I concluded that the temple clearing is Johannine sign #7.
You may disagree. Why? The most common objections are:
(1) The fact that the first two signs in John are numbered (2:11: #1; 4:54: #2). If the temple clearing is #2, then 4:54 would be #3, not #2. Answer: the numbered signs mark these two signs as having both been performed in Cana of Galilee, a literary inclusio, constituting John 2–4 as the "Cana Cycle." This does not rule out additional signs, say, in Jerusalem, as the references to just these kinds of signs in 2:23 and 3:2 demonstrates. In fact, the temple clearing is precisely this kind of sign: one of the many signs Jesus performed in Jerusalem during his visit at that juncture in his ministry, selected by the evangelist for its messianic significiance.
(2) The fact that the temple clearing, other than the six undisputed Johannine signs, is non-miraculous. This is clearly the most commonly raised objection. However, as I have attempted to show in the above-mentioned article, the miraculous, while usually found, is not a necessary component of the Johannine conception of sign, as is usually (erroneously, in my opinion) assumed. Look at the Old Testament: there are two clusters of references involving the Greek word for "sign," sēmeion: (1) the "signs and wonders" performed by Moses at the exodus (but note how Jesus disparages the seeking of such at 4:48); and (2) prophetic "signs" which are non-miraculous but involve prophetic symbolism, usually conveying the notion of judgment. We do not need to give an example of (1), since no one disputes this, but as an example of (2) we offer Isaiah's walking about stripped and barefoot as a sign of God's judgment for Egypt and Cush (Isa 20:30). Note that the word sēmeion is used in this passage in the LXX, but, as I usually say in my classes, there surely is nothing that is miraculous at the sight of Isaiah in his underwear!
Now, then, while Jesus' temple clearing may not fit the "signs and wonders" category, it fits category (2), that of a prophetic sign, perfectly: Jesus acts as a prophet who prophesies the coming doom on the Jerusalem sanctuary and on old-style Judaism through their rejection of the Messiah.
I find it ironic, therefore, that so many people identify "sign" with "miracle" when John has switched from "miracle" (dynamis in the Synoptics) to "sign" precisely to downplay the miraculous and to focus instead on the significance of these acts in terms of messianic symbolism (note that "sign" in its very essence points beyond itself to some underlying meaning). By reinterpreting "miracles," John has given us a deeper, more profound understanding of the way in which they point to Jesus as the Messiah.
Convinced? Good. Still not convinced? Please read the full article.
Hi Paul, Thank you for your comments. In my first post, I have shown how six generally undisputed "signs" each confirm a specific metaphorical "I am" statement. Since there are seven metaphorical "I am" statements, we have one left over. It is "I am the good shepherd." On my Good Shepherd web page, I explain why Jesus entering a room when the door is locked is actually a "sign" that confirms that Jesus is the good shepherd. This discovery completes the matching of seven "signs" with seven metaphorical "I am" statements. It does not take into account non-metaphorical "I am" statements, such as "I am one with the father," or "I am; don't be afraid." It also doesn't take into account a couple of "left over" potential "signs," which include walking on water and the catch of 153 fish. Matching these up is a separate excercise.
Walking on water may be a "sign" for "I and the father are one." This is because in Job it says that "the Almighty" treads upon the waves of the sea. So when Jesus walked on water, he was doing what we would expect "the Almighty" to do, suggesting that he and "the Almighty" might even be the same person. The catch of 153 fish appears to confirm that Jesus is the source of "living water." This is explained on my new web page on the Living Water.
When everything is properly matched up and analyzed, the result is a seven branch menorah structure, in which the seven "I am" metaphorical statements and their corresponding "signs" form the seven branches, and walking on water appears to be part of the base of the menorah, while the catch of 153 fish appears to light the flames on top of it. The menorah structure is shown and explained on my Menorah page.
There is also more information about the story of the 153 fish which is not on my web site yet, which is that the way the seven disciples are identified and described forms a little menorah structure in addition to the menorah structure described on my menorah page.
So, to address your original concern, I didn't say that walking on water wasn't miraculous, or that the catch of 153 fish wasn't miraculous, I simply couldn't get them to match a metaphorical "I am" statement.
Hi Arlene, I am impressed upon by your exposition of Johannine Theology within the context of John's mulitple "signs". It appears that you believe that there's not enough evidence to purport a "seventh sign" in the gospel and that Jesus walking on water wsa just an act and not explicitly a miraculous sign.
I beg to differ on the ground that whether the act was done to someone or not Jesus was demonstrating that He has power over creation which includes water on water. Let's remember the storm that was calmed in Mark 7. I would like to here you comment in John 21 when the disciples came ashore and Jesus fed them. The question is, where did he catch the fish to feed? May be this act could then be taken as the "seventh sign". Thank you, God bless.
I, also, have "sought to get to the bottom of the matter" as to whether there is a seventh sign that should be included with the generally undisputed six, and discovered that the six undisputed signs have one most significant characteristic in common — each serves to confirm one of the seven metaphorical 'I am' statements of Jesus. Here is how this works:
(1) Turning water into wine – this is what a grape vine is supposed to do, and Jesus is the true vine.
(2) Healing of the official's son – on his way, his servants confirmed the truth, that his son would live, because Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life.
(3) Healing of the lame man – this happened near Jerusalem's Sheep Gate, because Jesus is the door of the sheep.
(4) Feeding of the multitude – the miraculous provision of bread occurred because Jesus is the bread of life.
(5) Healing of the man born blind – the blind man was able to see the light because Jesus is the light of the world.
(6) Raising of Lazarus – this happened because Jesus is the resurrection and the life.
Now there is only one of the seven metaphorical 'I am' statements of Jesus which is still lacking a confirming sign – it is 'I am the good shepherd.' Our task at this point is to find a sign that corresponds to 'I am the good shepherd.' Although it certainly is not immediately obvious, this turns out to be Jesus entering a room when the door is locked. This is explained on my web page on the Good Shepherd.
Arlene Sheldon
I noticed that while the NIV has "miraculous sign" as a translation for the Greek word for "sign" in John's Gospel, the TNIV corrected it to just "sign". Maybe the Bible translation committee's are listening?!
Dr. Köstenberger,
You made a believer out of me at SEBTS. I present these criteria for identifying a Johannine sign in my Gospel of John classes. The reviews have been mixed. Most students get hung up on the miraculous angle, although John uses the phrase "signs and wonders" only once (4:48), and then in a negative light. Anyway, I enjoy your blog. Keep up the good work.
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Last week's first formal meeting was a dinner hosted in London by Prof Willis Lin from the Taiwan National Science Council, as part of a Taiwan-UK workshop on aspects of stem cell biology. This followed from the BBSRC-NSC MoU that we signed in 2010 and the workshop I attended in Taiwan last year.
We also had a wide-ranging and useful meeting with colleagues at DfID, scoping out our joint activities, and noting the renewed impetus given to some of these by the Prime Minister's global hunger event (hashtag #globalhunger). Improving agriculture through science was also a key theme of a meeting with George Freeman, MP for mid-Norfolk and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Science & Technology in Agriculture.
I gave two external talks last week. The first was to Life Sciences graduate students at Cambridge (the SymBLS meeting), that also involved many thoroughly interesting informal discussions with these very bright students. The second was at a meeting of the Virtual Physiological Human Network of Excellence, where I also had the opportunity to discuss co-funding possibilities with Paul Brazhnik from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.
Healthy soils underpin the entirety of land-based agriculture, and so I enjoyed two very nice new papers involving soils. The first showed a clear and unexpected relationship between soil moisture content and convective rainfall, with important implications for climate prediction models, while the second highlighted the benefits of deep-rooted perennial crops under drought-prone conditions, a topic on which readers will know that I am very keen.
I also enjoyed reading the latest Industrial Biotechnology Leadership Forum Newsletter, including a new biodegradable plastic, as the rapidly increasing interest in Industrial Biotechnology makes it clear that this indeed is going to be an important area for modern life sciences activities.
- Glover, JG, Reganold, JP & Cox, CM (2012) Plant perennials to save Africa's soils. Nature 489, 359-361
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- Kell DB: Large-scale sequestration of carbon via plant roots in natural and agricultural ecosystems: why and how. Phil Trans R Soc 2012; 367:1589-1597. Full free text
- Taylor, CM, de Jeu, RAM, Guichard, F, Harris, PP & Dorigo, WA (2012) Afternoon rain more likely over drier soils. Nature 489, 423-426
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Heinlein and Racism
Sometimes we enjoy linking to some American SF, and we did indeed enjoy coming across this Robert Heinlein letter setting, in no uncertain terms, his views on race, in a letter addressed to F.M. Busby but possibly never sent. It should be noted, note the editors, that "this letter was written before the Civil Rights Movement, already well under way, made its biggest public impact and changed the way we speak and think of race relations in this country [The United States] and so reflects a "hard common sense" approach dating before that cultural watershed." You can read it, and some other Heinlein letters, here. (PDF).
Some of my best friends:
I have made rather more effort to meet and be friendly with Negroes than with whites, as I am both interested and curious. But the opportunities are slim. I had a Negro boss in the Railway Mail Service years ago. He was a good boss—but he gave me no chance to be friendly. I had a Negro tutor in advanced calculus at uCLA; the closest I ever got to him was to lunch with him a couple of times. I was willing, he was not. Etc. I've known a few Negro officers, Fort Carson and elsewhere; I managed to get really friendly with just one, because his wife was a writer and needed some help. Hardly enough data on which to draw a curve. All I'm trying to say is that if I have any prejudice against Negroes, I am not aware of it.
Anyway it wasn't me:
But I don't have any prejudice for Negroes, either. I don't feel any guilt over the fact that slavery existed in this country from 1619 to the Civil War. I didn't do it. Nor did any of my ancestors to the best of my knowledge (which is pretty complete) own slaves. I had many relatives and one grandfather on the union side during the Civil War, none that I know of on the Southern side other than one cousin we aren't proud of—Jefferson Davis. But I'm not accepting any guilt on his behalf, either—I didn't do it.
But really it was good for them:
Nor do I feel responsible for the generally low state of the Negro—as one Negro friend pointed out to me; the lucky Negroes were the ones who were enslaved. Having traveled quite a bit in Africa, I know what she means. One thing is clear: Whether one speaks of technology or social institutions, "civilization" was invented by us, not by the Negroes. As races, as cultures, we are five thousand years, about, ahead of them. Except for the culture, both institutions and technology, that they got from us, they would still be in the stone age, along with its slavery, cannibalism, tyranny, and utter lack of the concept we call "justice."
And really they're just not very good at it:
But it seems to me that the American Negroes (through their leaders, at least) are demanding, not "equality before the law," but equality, period"—everything the whites have whether the Negro has earned it either racially or individually. One hears demands that Boeing or Douglas or General Motors employ at once the same percentage (or higher) of Negroes than we find in the population—and at every level. Well, anyone who has ever tried to hire skilled help knows that this cannot be done. (I tried to hire Negro engineers during the war; we managed to hire one out of about three hundred jobs. He was a real peecutter, a genius. I found one other candidate, an M.E., whom I turned down because he wasn't qualified.)
And – by golly! – they want to be on TV:
They are demanding such things as a percentage share of the acting jobs on TV—and demanding along with it that they not be shown in menial jobs. In other words they are demanding that a working dramatist (such as myself) put a very distorted picture of American life on the screen. No, thank you.
And are they really equal?
Buz, one of the sacrosanct assumptions is that the two races, white and black, really are "equal" save for environmental handicaps the Negro has unjustly suffered. Is this true? I don't know, not enough data observed by me, not enough reliable data observed by others, so far as I know. Obviously the two races are different physically, not only in color but in hair, bony structure, and in many other ways—blood types, for example. Must we nevertheless assume that, despite obvious and gross physical differences, these two varieties are nevertheless essentially identical in their nervous systems? I don't know but I do know that in any other field of science such an assumption would be regarded as just plain silly even as a working hypothesis, more so as a conclusive presumption not even to be questioned.
It's a free market innit:
However, this question as to whether the two races are "different" or "equal" or what need never come up if we are concerned only with equality under the law—if each man is free to make of himself whatever he is capable of making of himself. When I hire a mechanical engineer I am not concerned with his skin color but I sure as hell am concerned with his grasp of mathematics, his knowledge of strength of materials, of linkages, of power plants, of instrumentation, etc.—and if he can't cut the buck, I certainly do not want to be forced to hire him because of his color. Nor does it matter to me (at the time of hiring) that he "never had a chance" to learn these things.
It's always better to be rich anyway:
Nor am I certain that society is obligated to spoon-feed to him such a chance—whether he be white or black. The easiest way for a youngster to have the opportunity to have a broad education is to have rich parents—which a few Negroes have and which most whites do not, even though there are clearly more rich whites than rich Negroes. But most of the really well educated of any color do not have wealthy parents, they scrounged it out somehow. Some Negroes do manage to become number-one engineers—or Congressmen, or scientists, or whatever—and some whites wind up on skid row. Still more whites never amount to anything in particular, just get by, as taxi drivers, or bookkeepers, or suck broom salesmen, or such.
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I had better shut up or I'll never finish this letter—I started out in this vein just intending to make a passing comment on your article. "Equality before the law"—Is it right to force white children to ride buses halfway across Manhattan in order that a kid in Harlem can sit next to a white child in second grade? I don't think so; I think the white child is being discriminated against because of his color.
He does go on for a lot longer, but you can check out the letter in this sampler.
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(I think you mean/he meant "stick broom salesmen" – while I am quite sure that some white people do suck broom salesmen, he probably wasn't proposing that as a career option…
Comment by Chaz Brenchley | September 7, 2012
I think a suck broom is a vacuum cleaner.
Comment by esmeraldus | September 7, 2012
Aha! That would make sense! *fails to speak American* Thank you, and I withdraw my comment…
Comment by Chaz Brenchley | September 7, 2012
(but I still say the phrasing is unfortunate, given the propensity of "suck" to operate as a noun)
Comment by Chaz Brenchley | September 7, 2012
Lavie – I want to say "I can't believe this." I can. Linked on FB along with many others. It's so "special." It WAS troglodytish for its day. I am sure there are defenders activating right now. This is crystal clear racism. And that "special edition" the letter is in? I said its loving preservation of his every word made me think of candying a turd.
Comment by Amy Sterling Casil | September 8, 2012
hm, don't care, he was awesome anyway.
Comment by Aldeberan | September 8, 2012
He was a hack who thought he was a messiah/wizard. Like many of his admirers.
Comment by Athena Andreadis | September 8, 2012
I've never liked Heinlein – he was always a mediocre writer with very problematic views and his politics annoyed me even as a teenager. But this one is a dozy even by his standards.
BTW, Lavie, I just spotted a stack of German editions of The Bookman on a display table at a chain bookstore. I would have taken a pic but I didn't have my camera.
Comment by Cora | September 10, 2012
It should be noted, note the editors, that "this letter was written before the Civil Rights Movement, already well under way, made its biggest public impact and changed the way we speak and think of race relations in this country [The United States] and so reflects a "hard common sense" approach dating before that cultural watershed."
Oh, look! Consideration being given to the context of the time!
Comment by Hal Duncan | September 10, 2012
And how exactly does the fact that these commenters aren't, in your opinion, giving consideration to the context of the time render *the post itself* problematic?
Given that the post itself *does* give explicit consideration to the context of the time, I mean, what further mechanisms, what wicky-woo-woo powers of mindthought projection should the writer have been applying in order to ensure that yon "bear in mind it was the early 60s" caveat was echoed in the comments to your satisfaction?
Comment by Hal Duncan | September 10, 2012
Read something like Virginia Woolf's Three Guineas, Steve — which predates Heinlein by half a century — or some of Orwell's writing (to just invoke Anglophone names).
Then we'll revisit context. The term has become as beloved to a certain contingent as "alpha male biological urges" and its ilk.
Comment by Athena Andreadis | September 10, 2012
Athena – why don't we just beat up everyone who is dead who held views different from what is considered to be culturally acceptable now? Or rather – why don't we just start the approved reading list at 2001 and burn everything that predates it?
Yes, there were authors more enlightened in some respects than Heinlein was – and I'm sure we could find other authors who trump Woolf or Orwell on other subjects. That's not the point.
The point is: we CAN potentially do something about the views expressed by contemporary authors who are still alive and trying to make a living from their work as they use that work to promote wrong-headed, bigoted ideas, but nothing is to be gained from attacking a dead author. He is not going to go back and re-write any of those novels.
Comment by Steve Davidson | September 10, 2012
We can stop pointing at him as someone to be admired and emulated.
Comment by Athena Andreadis | September 10, 2012
We can stop equating verbal critique of an author's views with book burnings.
Comment by Anubis | September 10, 2012
why don't we just beat up everyone who is dead who held views different from what is considered to be culturally acceptable now?
For values of "beat up" equaling "publish their complete works in a hagiographic 46 volume leatherbound limited edition but include a letter espousing views now considered dubious for its critical/historical interest," I'd say that sounds pretty fair. I hope I get "beat up" like that after I die.
For values of "beat up" equaling "post a blog entry linking to and quoting from said letter, commenting upon it so as to highlight problematic views, albeit prefacing that critique with a quote from the editors which sets the views in their historical context"… that still sounds pretty damn fair. An accurate rendering sourced to a hagiography and including the "of his era" caveat? Hardly a dire injustice.
Even for values of "beat up" equaling "post a comment on said blog entry arguing that the views were actually reactionary for their era"… I fail to see any grievous bodily injury here. If a writer is of sufficient stature in posterity to have their correspondence critiqued fifty years on, it doesn't really make them a victim of heinous inequity if one naysayer has the temerity to suggest they were reactionary even for their period.
Is it that the poor dead author "can't defend himself"? He doesn't need to. He's dead; he doesn't give a damn. And if being dead means he "can't change," if that means it can't help him to point out his racism, it also means it can't exactly hurt his delicate sensitivities to have a sentence like "As races, as cultures, we are five thousand years, about, ahead of them," held up for harsh scrutiny, rebuked as racist. Even the truth doesn't hurt when you're a corpse long-rotted in the grave.
You say there's no gain, I say there's no *harm* in "attacking" a dead author, not when that emotive rhetoric of "attack" is bollocks, not when the "attack" consists only of highlighting some explicit racism, not when the only thing that exists to be defended is a reputation. Man, if a few caustic comments on *Heinlein's own words* are cause for overblown rhetoric of bookburning, that just demonstrates how his precious reputation is inflated to reverence. That alone shows there's a whole lot to be gained in challenging the hallowed image of Teh Great & Sainted RAH.
Comment by Hal Duncan | September 11, 2012
For the people that live in the past and refuse to put in context the present.
We went from Slavery to a Black President.
So many white and black people died as steps to get to where we are.
So many Black and White People are, have been and always will be Racist.
You can even say that part of the truth of why Malcolm X was killed by his Racist Religious Group former pals, was because he renounced his racist views and learned how wrong he was.
But it is not the man who willingly died for his more wise convictions that is widely worshiped today.
People will learn what they want from the past, a lot of the time it is to satisfy some selfish part of their ego.
The truth is, if (Groups/races) were half as racist(or sexist) as many people point out then slavery would be the norm and not the opposite.
Racism just like bad apples will always exist, lets not let the fewer bad apples make one not realize MLK's dream may have come as far as it if there is few that will willingly agree its time to take the next step.
Comment by Midas | September 10, 2012
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You've missed the point of the joke about 'some of my best friends are black'. The joke is that a rich white man deflects criticism by talking about the hired help. It seems that Heinlein went out of his way to become friends with the few black men that he came across in his life. That hardly seems evidence of racism.
Especially considering the larger picture. Heinlein wrote anti-slavery books (notably 'Citizen of the Galaxy' and part of 'Time Enough for Love'). He went out of his way to quote black writers like Booker T Washington at a time when that was not at all fashionable. Several protagonists of his were men and women of color. How many other science fiction authors in the 50's were writing books for teens that had non-white heroes?
But the proof is in the pudding. I read a ton of Heinlein when I was a teenager. From him I got an overwhelming sense that you can't judge a person by color, only by their actions. I've talked with other Heinlein fans and gotten the same sense from them.
Comment by Peder | September 11, 2012
You've missed the point that "some of my best friends are black" isn't a punchline in a joke that begins "So, there's this rich white guy…" It's a phrase that encapsulates a genuine, actual — i.e. at large in the world — obliviousness to the idea that racism need not involve pointy white hoods and burning crosses. Sadly, you can be quite absent the vehement hatred, actually have quite warm and fuzzy feelings of benevolence toward blacks, but nonetheless see them in terms of stereotypes, as something profoundly Other and — insidiously, sneakily — as essentially inferior. Which is racist.
Put it this way: that phrase is the racist equivalent of "But I love gays! They're so *fabulous*" It's not a guilty deflection; it's a blithe Teflon coating. It's the genuine sentiment of someone who honestly thinks X are lovely people, but in large part because they're seeing X in terms of stereotypes. Hateful prejudices that blacks are bestial, gays are camp, Jews avaricious, etc., have "positive" masks in stereotypes that blacks have physical prowess, gays have panache, Jews are shrewd, etc.. Clueless condescension based off those prejudices is not vitriolic loathing, but it's still a signal of prejudice.
Trust me, when you've encountered the weird fawning of enough strangers whose desire for friendship is based on bizarre assumptions that you must know all about fashion, you recognise the attitude and you recognise the prejudice underlying it. You're acutely aware that to this person you're not actually *you*; you're the GBF that it would be just *awesome* to have, a pet member of Teh Gayz with which to accessorize their life. Experience in nodding and smiling at such overtures — e.g. being cornered at a party by someone who presumes you must love Madonna/Kylie/Gaga [delete according to relevant decade] — means I can't help but wryly see the situations Heinlein is describing from the other side. It's hard *not* to see a subtext there, in fact — Heinlein obliviously describing his own alienation of potential black friends with benevolent but clueless approaches.
Prejudice is complex because of that sort of obliviousness. It's what allows a writer to operate on profoundly racist ideas like "As races, as cultures, we are five thousand years, about, ahead of them," while thinking of themself and their work as progressive. It's what leads to a book that, I do think, *aspires* to be anti-racist actually turning out racist as all hell: to wit, Farnham's Freehold. I read pretty much all of Heinlein as a teenager, did an adoring English project on him. That book though I bristled at even as a 14 year old utterly clueless about racial politics. I'll happily say I found a lot of his work mind-opening even where I'd come to disagree with it, but that one I just thought WTF?!
Comment by Hal Duncan | September 11, 2012
I have no doubt you got the same sense from reading Ayn Rand. Except all of her heroes were blond straight white men. Heinlein's heroes were all versions of himself. There's a reason why these authors are beloved of teenagers of all ages.
Comment by Athena Andreadis | September 11, 2012
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