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My father-in-law was born in Denmark, died in the U.S., and never let much grass grow under his feet between those two events. He was an incurable and restless dreamer, and always convinced that something better than what he had at the time was out there somewhere — his for the taking — if he could but find it. He joined the Danish underground in WWII, and got a medal out of the experience. For years afterwards, he traveled to Denmark to march with his old comrades until their ranks dissolved with the passing years. He sailed the seas in the Danish merchant marine, and later worked in the American Embassy in Copenhagen. Well traveled, and with an ear for language, he could communicate with almost anyone of any culture. After his second wife died, he used to wow widows and others in his cohort with his tales of underground exploits. We in the family had heard them all, of course, but fresh ears were too much for him to resist.
Like many father-in-laws, he was convinced that his future son-in-law was not worthy of his daughter — an only child — and our relationship was often prickly over the years. He was a committed "fixer," and would not be in the house for two minutes before he was looking for something to work on. Miraculously, he often had his own toolbox in his car when he arrived. Since he had a job as an apartment superintendent in one of his earlier occupations, his knowledge of wiring and plumbing outdid my own. I suppose I should have been grateful, but I often seethed as he repaired something that I had not gotten around to — or was perplexed about.
He and my mother-in-law divorced some years later. He eventually remarried and moved out west. "California Dreamin'" probably applied. We lost track of him for many years and did not reconnect until his second wife was dying of cancer and they returned east. When she died, my wife and our family were nearly all he had left. The years had taken their toll on him. He had experienced heart attacks, aneurisms, lousy circulation and a life-long love of unfiltered Luckies. Still, though, he was a font of repair advice and tall tales. He and I became closer, and I got the chore of driving him to and from his many doctor's appointments. He had only to climb three steps to the parking lot from his ground floor condo. I would sit in my car and watch him struggle — pausing after each step for breath – and clutching the handrail to pull himself up. I knew better than to offer help to this proud old Dane.
I was with him the day he got the news that one of his legs would have to go. When we left the doctor's office, he asked me to go to a small local cafe. He needed a drink, and I couldn't quarrel with that. I felt I had to break the ice somehow, as we sat, each pondering this awful news. I don't know what possessed me, but I said, "I suppose you will be wanting to get an eye patch now."
He gave me a strange look. "What for?" he asked.
"Well, it seems like the thing to have, what with a peg leg and all…"
He looked at me as if I had gone nuts, and perhaps I had, momentarily. He remained silent for a bit; finally took another sip of his drink and said: "Perhaps two…one with rhinestones — for formal wear."
He did not last long after the leg came off. He knew that his weakened system would not permit much more than life in a wheelchair. Not for him. He had one good day when he laughed and contemplated the future with his newly found family, but his mind was made up. That very night he slipped into a final coma. My wife and I quickly summoned a favorite niece from Denmark – one of his few living relatives. We made the painful decision to disconnect life support and held his hands as the Old Dane departed on his final journey.
At a memorial service, a grandson said farewell for us with Stevenson's Requiem:
Under the wide and starry sky,
Dig the grave and let me lie.
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.
This be the verse you 'grave for me:
"Here he lies where he longed to be;
Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
And the hunter home from the hill."
But we knew that the Old Dane would not be content to lie still very long under any starry sky. His ashes were divided. Half now repose in a country churchyard near Denmark's blustery Baltic coast. The rest were given to the sea off a North Carolina beach – on the evening of a lunar eclipse – a touch he would have appreciated, I have no doubt. We stood in the ocean's surf as his mortal remains were scattered — to go where the currents will take them.
"Requiem" by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894); from Modern British Poetry, 1920; Louis Untermeyer, ed.
The Old Dane appears in Chuck Thurston's Senior Scribbles Unearthed, available from Second Wind Publishing or Amazon.

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Durango Residents Embark on Global Warming Wager
Backpackers have lived on the front lines of global warming (melting glaciers, earlier and lengthier summers, etc.) longer than most, but the debate is far from over with the public at large. Case in point: Back in December, Durango resident, former Exxon employee, and global-warming dissenter Roger Cohen sought to challenge climate change believers with a bet: He put up a $5,000 wager that the average temperature of the earth will be cooler in 2017 than 2007. Cohen had no takers from the opposing side for months, but now fellow Durango resident and OBGYN Dr. Richard Grossman has agreed to enter the fray.
"I think part of Roger's goal was to keep the issue of global warming in the public mind," Grossman said Thursday. "It was certainly part of mine in accepting. I believe there is strong evidence of global warming and that much of it is caused by humans."
Grossman and Cohen agreed to a few preset terms: 1) The $10,000 will be held in escrow until 2017, 2) Britain's meteorology office will provide the data used to determine a winner, and 3) all winnings will go to charity. Both parties also agreed on a "volcanic exemption" to the bet, since a significant eruption could lower atmospheric temperature and counteract global warming. Thank god that's settled. Now all we have to do is wait 10 years to declare a winner. What about you, dear reader? Would you take that bet? Warming skeptic gets taker on wager (Durango Herald)—Ted Alvarez


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Great idea. Excellent documentation.
Only is almost by definition the solution for the right problem. Is enables you to store different versions of the same perl module and at load time select exactly which version, you'd like to use.
The problem (alas - there is a problem) is that it seems that there is a small bug in only.pms version parsing code that has made it unable to load anything but exact module versions. In other words - it is not possibly to actually make the module load any version newer than a given version number.
I may be wrong, but countless hours of probing the source of only.pm has led me to this conclusion.
This module addresses the increasingly common situation of wanting to have two
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Renaissance on the River - Minneapolis
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Surreal, lo-fi exploration game Proteus is set to transform from a beta into a beautiful Steam release for PC and Mac on 31st January.
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{MLM Label top // rag & bone jeans // Stuart Weitzman sandals}
I wore this top out to dinner last night, and realized that I never shared the fashion photo shoot I forced Tony to perform back when we were in Vancouver. But this is a great transitional piece for fall, especially since Los Angeles' weather has been pretty bipolar over the past few days (plus, isn't it summer in Australia now? Just trying to be considerate of my worldwide readers. If I have any). I love the off-shoulder look, but in black and with sleeves long enough to cover the chicken-cutlet portion of my arms, I'm dragging this summery look into November and I think it works. (Don't tell me otherwise, because I had a rough morning and ONLY WANT COMPLIMENTS. Please & thank you. This is totally like one of those obnoxious Facebook posts where someone vaguely writes "Hard day. Send prayers" but then won't tell you what's actually going on, because really they just want attention. And also, I know I have a great husband and three dogs and all of my legs and arms and hair, so everything is fine.)
I wore it with boots last night, but featured here are my favorite sandals that Maggie chewed up a few weeks ago. So, this is also a goodbye to these sandals; Sandals, you stood by me for all sorts of blogger photos this summer. I loved you and am sorry your days ended in Maggie-barf. IS IT FRIDAY YET?????
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And because the camera just loves him SO MUCH…
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Sour grapes?
My opinion doesn't alter reality, though.
I would hope I am not so shallow that I would let that stop me from seeing reality. And, there are several things I was once in favor of that I rejected due to thinking the matter through rather than sticking with what I liked.
It's not as if lots of other people who have (or once had) "tax addict jobs" don't see what's really going on- it just makes acting on that knowledge more painful. Yet many do it anyway. Perhaps they are better than I am.
As it stands, I don't consider getting a government job, even though it could be justified on the basis of being a mole or a monkeywrencher. And, I really would prefer if everyone who works for any "government" anywhere would quit and find an honest job.
If that is "sour grapes", so be it.
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In my teens and twenties I read most of Ayn Rand's works and all the science fiction I could. Most science fiction writers were basically Libertarian in their views. I had the chance to become a policeman. That option was clearly open to me (my father had run for sheriff in our county and lost by a margin so slim that it required a recount) but I couldn't do it because it would mean having to enforce the drug laws which, in reality, are religious laws and violate the rights of otherwise honest, peaceful citizens.ReplyDelete
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A different view of The Esplanade theatres on the bay at Marina Bay with Swissôtel The Stamford and the Esplanade Bridge on the still left.
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MRG film to be screened at Barcelona exhibition
Minority Rights Group's documentary film Say My Name will be screened as part an exhibition Windows of the World at the CaixaForum in Barcelona during the next few months. The film was produced as part of MRG's Street Theatre Project, which took place during the last three years (2010-2012). From 14th April to 19th May 2013 visitors can watch the part of the film about minorities in Rwanda; and in August the part about the Dominican Republic will be screened.
Filmed in four countries, Say My Name, tells the stories of people on the outside of society facing extreme discrimination. Viewed as less than human or 'too dark', Valentina, Phineas, and thousands of others are prevented from studying, working or getting healthcare. Desperate to change public perception of their disparaged communities they become actors presenting their reality to stunned audiences.
Crossing visually diverse landscapes, we see theatre performed in the streets of Botswana, Rwanda, Kenya and the Dominican Republic. Each play is devised by a mix of professional and first-time actors who are from marginalised communities. Faced with challenging public and official opinion, the actors must confront their own prejudices and accept each other. As difficulties surface, they question if a simple play can really change beliefs built up over generations.
This intimate study of how we judge each other offers a unique view on the impact of discrimination by seeing the same problem in four different contexts. Not just a documentary portraying traditional music, theatre and dance, Say My Name allows us to see people for who they really are, and not through the names others give them.
Windows of the world at CaixaForum Barcelona
La Caixa Foundation has opened a space titled "Windows of the world" where they will screen films related to international cooperation, mainly showing the daily experience of the most vulnerable communities in developing countries. This space is free entry and is situated at the CaixaForum Barcelona, a social and cultural centre situated in one of the most important modernist buildings in this city (Address: Av. De Francesc Ferrer i Guardia, 6-8. 08038 Barcelona).
This space is open Monday to Friday from 10am to 8pm, and Saturdays and Sundays from 10am to 9pm.
This programme is funded by the European Union. This content is the sole responsibility of Minority Rights Group International and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union.
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Whether it's before you even pick up a pen to write something, or as you are trying to hit publish. At some point in your process, you will face the daunting task to choose your writing name. Will you write under your actual name or determine a pen name?
I had an exceptionally difficult time with this. I wasn't ready to let anyone know that I was putting words on a page. But I wasn't ashamed of what I was doing; I just didn't want anyone to ever know that I was responsible for the work. I was proud of pushing through, finishing a piece, but I could never tell a soul that the words they were reading were mine. The internal battle rose from the minute I started. And wasn't finished the first time I put something up.
I had to come to a concrete conclusion. I gave myself a deadline, made the pro-con list, and determined. I needed to be proud to show the work that I was doing, if I couldn't be, then it was not worth publishing. I am getting married; getting started with one name and swapping to another would only confuse and minimize my audience. I am done letting other people's opinions stop myself from moving forward. I had spent enough time with self doubt.
I chose to write under my future married name. I was not going to be ashamed of who I am or how I get there. I determined that my anxiety of others' opinions of me would not hold me back any longer. It was a leap that I hadn't announced, but here you have it. I have chosen to pursue writing, and I'm not going to take no for an answer.
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Good science? A monkey is restrained by researchers
conducting animal testing in a still from Channel 4's
controversial ANIMALS documentary. Last year
2,186 monkeys were used in animal experiments
Animal rights groups describe the figure, highest since 1982, as 'shocking'
The number of animal experiments carried out in the UK topped four million last year with a sharp increase in the number of monkeys used in laboratories.
Home Office statistics show that 4.11million experiments were carried out in university, charity and commercial labs in 2012 – an 8 per cent jump on the previous year.
The total, the highest since 1982, has emerged three years after the Coalition pledged in its programme for government to 'work to reduce the use of animals in scientific research
Scientists and medical research charities stress that animals are only used when no other alternatives are available and say that many significant advances in modern medicine have their roots in animal work.
But animal rights groups described the figures as 'shocking' and said that failure to cut numbers was completely unacceptable.
The figures include experiments aimed at improving animal and human health but they also take in the breeding of GM creatures.
The bulk of the rise can be explained by an 'explosion' of interest in mutant mice that have been bred to carry certain genes or to develop symptoms of human disease.
Mice are particularly favoured because they are small, cheap and easy to work with. But, crucially, 99 per cent of mouse genes exist in the human body in some shape or form.
Professor Dominic Wells, of Royal Veterinary College in London, said that GM mice could help in the search for treatments for hundreds of thousands of rare diseases.
The bulk of the rise can be explained by an
'explosion' of interest in GM mice bred to
carry certain genes or to develop
symptoms of human disease
He said that, legally, new drugs must be tested on people and that if he was ill, he would 'certainly not queue up' to take a drug that had only been tried out on cells in a dish.
Research on great apes, such as chimps and gorillas, is banned in the UK.
But there was a 50 per cent increase on the number of marmosets, macaques and other monkeys used in experiments, taking the total to 2,186.
Monkeys' intelligence and close biological links to people make them popular for studying brain, fertility and immune diseases.
They are also of value in gauging how new, highly complex drugs will fare inside the human body.
However, experts cautioned that the rise may have been a statistical blip, caused by data being carried over from 2011, when the figure for monkeys was unusually low.
Overall, the bulk of the work – 74 per cent – was carried out on mice. Fish accounted for 12 per cent of the total, rats made up 7 per cent and birds, 4 per cent.
Injection: Research on great apes, such as chimps and
gorillas, is banned in the UK, but there was a 50 per
cent increase on the number ofmarmosets, macaques
and other monkeys used in experiments
Dogs were used almost 5,000 times and cats on 247 occasions.
Work on sheep, goats and guinea pigs rose, while experiments on fish, rabbits and pigs fell.
The British Union for Abolition of Vivisection, described the rise in animal experiments as 'shocking', while People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals urged the Government to keep its promise to cut the number of animals used.
Wendy Jarrett, of the charity Understanding Animal Research said work on GM mice was helping scientists realise the 'impossible dream' of finding new treatments for illnesses such as motor neurone disease.
She added: 'A huge amount of scientific, medical and veterinary research is done without the use of animals but in some cases we still need to use animals if we want to find the medical and veterinary treatments of tomorrow.'
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Superman Enters Phone Booth, Exits a Producer
By MEGAN ANGELO
Published: August 20, 2010
THERE is one superpower the actor Tom Welling, who plays a young Clark Kent in "Smallville," would love to have in real life.
"I wish I could split into two people," he said on the phone recently, running late after wrapping a scene. "I desperately want to be in two places at once."
Mr. Welling, 33, was referring to two specific places, both of them in Vancouver, British Columbia: the set of the show he stars on, "Smallville," now entering its 10th and final season, and the set of "Hellcats," a new CW drama beginning Sept. 8 on which he is an executive producer.
"Smallville" — and Mr. Welling — started on WB, a now-defunct network that became a teenage-programming destination with shows like "Seventh Heaven," "Gilmore Girls" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." When CW absorbed WB, "Smallville" stayed on the air, its wholesome earnestness somewhat out of place among the new network's stable of scandalous, sex-obsessed hormonal dramas. So network executives didn't expect a pitch for "Hellcats," a cheerleading story with the tag line "Hell hath no fury like a cheerleader scorned," to come from Mr. Welling.
"I was surprised that this was something he was interested in," said Dawn Ostroff, the president of CW. "But whether or not it's his personal taste or instinct, he knew it would fill a niche." "Hellcats" joins a CW lineup that includes "Gossip Girl" and "90210" — and like those shows, it features a gorgeous ensemble cast, sharp-tongued writing and a carefully tailored cool-kids soundtrack.
It also has something those shows lacked when they made their debuts: stars. Whereas CW dramas tend to make celebrities out of their casts, "Hellcats" has two leads who are already well known to the young audience the network covets: Aly Michalka ("Disney 365," "Bandslam"), who is best known as half of the pop sister act Aly and AJ, and Ashley Tisdale of "High School Musical" fame.
If Mr. Welling has been watching his network of nine years evolve into a teenage-soap stronghold, he doesn't let on. "In some ways, I don't have the best perspective on that, because I'm always on set," he said. "I'm kind of in the eye of the storm."
But the amount of time it took him to get "Hellcats" from idea to completed pilot — less than seven months — speaks to his understanding of CW's programming appetites and his standing with the network's brass. (He has directed one "Smallville" a year since 2006 and added an executive producer title this season.) "He grew up with the WB, has been with the CW from the beginning, and just has a great sense of what we want," Ms. Ostroff said.
Of course, many actors on long-running series garner producing credits, some more or less symbolic. "There's a huge difference between being the lead of a show and being its leadership," said Kelly Souders, an executive producer on "Smallville." "But Tom's an extremely hard worker, and as he took on more responsibility and grew this understanding of what it is to get a show off the ground, he still wanted to be more and more involved."
Ms. Souders, who works from Los Angeles, said she knew Mr. Welling was serious about directing and producing when she began to notice him in the background of her video-conferencing screen. "I'd be in a production meeting with people in Vancouver, talking about an episode he wasn't directing," she said, "and I'd look up and he'd be sitting on the end, just listening in."
Crammed as his agenda already was, Mr. Welling could not resist a book that landed on his desk several months back from his agent. It was "Cheer!," an exploration of college cheerleading by the journalist Kate Torgovnick. Mr. Welling found himself captivated by the athleticism and competitive subculture. "There are people who stay in school just to cheer," he said, "and I didn't know that existed."
With Warner Brothers on board, Mr. Welling and his production company assembled a team: Kevin Murphy ("Caprica," "Desperate Housewives") would write and produce the pilot; a crew stocked with "Smallville" veterans would help shoot it; and Allan Arkush ("Heroes," "Crossing Jordan") would direct. "Tom is very detail-oriented," said Mr. Arkush. "When you shoot a pilot, you're working so fast, it's easy to not see that person in the corner of the frame doing something wrong. Tom's not afraid to point it out."
Mr. Arkush added that since Mr. Welling himself is the lead on a series, his input in casting Marti, the reluctant cheerleader at the center of the series, was invaluable. "It's not just about the right actor," Mr. Arkush said. "The lead has to be the type of person you'd want in your home."
The role ultimately went to Ms. Michalka — but not before she completed a second, more physical round of auditions. "Every time you watch 'Hellcats,' you're going to see a performance," Mr. Welling said, adding that the response to shows like "Glee" inspired him and the show's other principals to make explosive cheer-routine scenes a centerpiece of the show. He wanted to be sure each actor could "dance, sing and act — like in classic films, where the spotlight was on performance."
If Ms. Michalka's audition was grueling, it was nothing compared with her workload for the pilot, which called for running, biking, jumping and flipping more typical of an action movie than a teenage drama. "We just put her through hell," said Mr. Murphy, also an executive producer. "She had bruises head to toe. Having Tom there to say to her and to all of the cast, 'I've been there, it's going to get better,' was of incredible value. As far as reassuring presences on your set go, you can't do much better than Superman."
A version of this article appeared in print on August 22, 2010, on page AR15 of the New York edition.


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Arab Higher Committee
The Arab Higher Committee (Arabic: اللجنة العربية العليا) or the Higher National Committee was the central political organ of the Palestinian people in Mandatory Palestine. It was established on 25 April 1936, on the initiative of Haj Amin al-Husayni, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, and comprised the leaders of Palestinian Arab clans and political parties under the mufti's chairmanship. The Committee was outlawed by the British Mandatory administration in September 1937 after the assassination of a British official.
A committee of the same name was reconstituted by the Arab League in 1945, but went to abeyance after it proved ineffective during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It was sidestepped by Egypt and the Arab League with the formation of the All-Palestine Government in 1948 and both were banned by Jordan.
Formation - 1936-37
The first Arab Higher Committee was formed on 25 April 1936, and National Committees were formed in all of the towns and some of the larger villages, during that month.[1] Initially, the Committee included representatives of the rival Nashashibi and al-Husayni clans. The Committee was formed after the 19 April call for a general strike of Arab workers and businesses, which marked the start of the 1936-39 Arab revolt. On 15 May 1936, the Committee endorsed the general strike, calling for an end to Jewish immigration and nonpayment of taxes.[2] Raghib al-Nashashibi, of the Nashashibi clan and member of the National Defence Party soon withdrew from the Committee.
In November 1936, and with the prospects of war in Europe increasing, the British government set up the Peel Royal Commission to investigate the causes of the disturbances. The strike had been called off in October 1936 and the violence abated for about a year while the Peel Commission deliberated. The Commission was impressed by the fact that the Arab national movement, sustained by the Committee, was a far more efficient and comprehensive political machine than had existed in earlier years. All the political parties presented a 'common front' and their leaders sit together on the Arab Higher Committee. Christian as well as Muslim Arabs were represented on it, with no opposition parties.[3] The Commission reported in July 1937 and recommended the partition of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states.
Arab leaders, both in the Husseini-controlled Arab Higher Committee and in the Nashashibi National Defense Party denounced partition and reiterated their demands for independence,[4][5] arguing that the Arabs had been promised independence and granting rights to the Jews was a betrayal. The Arabs emphatically rejected the principle of awarding any territory to the Jews.[6] After British rejection of an Arab Higher Committee petition to hold an Arab conference in Jerusalem, hundreds of delegates from across the Arab world convened at the Bloudan Conference in Syria on 8 September 1937, including 97 Palestinian delegates. The Conference rejected both the partition and establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine.[7] After the rejection of the Peel proposals, the revolt resumed. Members of the Nashashibi family began to be targeted, as well as the Jewish community and British administrators. Raghib Nashashibi was forced to flee to Egypt after several assassination attempts on him, which were ordered by Amin al-Husayni.[8]
On 26 September 1937, the Acting British District Commissioner of Galilee, Lewis Yelland Andrews, was assassinated in Nazareth. The next day Britain outlawed the Arab Higher Committee,[9] and began to arrest its members. On 1 October 1937, the National Bloc, the Reform Party and the Istiqlal Party were dissolved.[10] Yaqub al-Ghusayn, Al-Khalidi and Ahmed Hilmi Pasha were arrested and then deported.[10] Jamal al-Husayni escaped to Syria, as did Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni. Amin al-Husayni managed to escape arrest, but was removed from the presidency of the Supreme Muslim Council.[11] The Committee was banned by the Mandate administration and three members (and two other Palestinian leaders) were deported to the Seychelles and the others moved into voluntary exile in neighbouring countries.[12] Awni Abd al-Hadi, who was out of the country at the time, was not allowed to return. The National Defence Party, which had withdrawn from the AHC soon after its formation, was not outlawed, and Raghib al-Nashashibi was not pursued by the British.
War period - 1938-45
When the Committee was outlawed in September 1937, six of its members were deported, its president Amin al-Husayni managed to escape arrest and went into exile in Beirut. Jamal al-Husayni escaped to Syria. Three other members were deported to the Seychelles, and other members moved into voluntary exile in neighbouring countries. Al-Hadi, who was out of the country at the time, was not allowed to return. Membership of the outlawed Committee had dwindled to Jamal al-Husayni (acting chairperson), Husayn al-Khalidi (secretary), Ahmed Hilmi Pasha and Emil Ghuri.[3][13] For all practical purposes, the Committee ceased to exist, however, this brought little change in the structure of Arab political life[3] and the Palestinian revolt continued.
With the indications of a new European war on the horizon, and in an endeavor to resolve the inter-communal issues in Palestine, the British government proposed in late 1938 a conference in London of the two Palestinian communities. Some Arab leaders welcomed the proposed London Conference but indicated that the British would need to deal with the disbanded Arab Higher Committee and with Amin al-Husayni. On 23 November 1938, the Colonial Secretary, Malcolm MacDonald, repeated his refusal to allow Amin al-Husayni to be a delegate, but was willing to allow the five Palestinian leaders held in the Seychelles to take part in the conference.[14] The deportees were released on 19 December and allowed to travel to Cairo and then, with Jamal Husseini, to Beirut where a new Arab Higher Committee (or Higher National Committee) was established. Amin al-Husayni was not a member of the Arab delegation but the delegation was clearly acting under his direction.[15] The London Conference commenced on 7 February 1939, but the Arab delegation refused to sit in the same room with the Jewish delegation present, and the conference broke up in March with no success. In May 1939, the British government presented its 1939 White Paper which was rejected by both sides. The White Paper had, in effect, repudiated the Balfour Declaration. According to Benny Morris, Amin al-Husayni "astonished" the other members of the Arab Higher Committee by turning down the White Paper. Al-Husayni turned the advantageous proposal down because "it did not place him at the helm of the future Palestinian state."[16]
The deportees were not allowed to return to Palestine until 1941. Amin Al-Husayni spent the war years in occupied Europe, actively collaborating with the Nazi leadership. Amin and Jamal al-Husayni were involved in the 1941 pro-Nazi Rashidi revolt in Iraq. Amin again evaded capture by Britain but Jamal was captured in 1941 and interned in Southern Rhodesia, where he was held until November 1945 when he was allowed to move to Cairo.[17][18] Husayn al-Khalidi returned to Palestine in 1943. Jamal al-Husayni returned to British Palestine in February 1946 as an official of the new Arab Higher Committee, by then recognised by the Mandate administration. Amin Al-Husayni never returned to British Palestine.
Reconstituted Committee - 1945-1948
After the end of the war, Amin al-Husayni managed to find his way to Egypt and stayed there until 1959, when he moved to Lebanon. On 22 March 1945, the Arab League was formed.
In November 1945, on the urging of Egypt, its leading member, the Arab League reconstituted the Arab Higher Committee comprising twelve members[19] as the supreme executive body of Palestinian Arabs in the territory of the British Mandate of Palestine. The committee was dominated by the Palestine Arab Party, controlled by the Husayni family, and was immediately recognised by Arab League countries. The Mandate government recognised the new Committee two months later. In February 1946, Jamal al-Husayni returned from exile to Palestine and immediately set about reorganising and enlarging the Committee, becoming its acting president. The Istiqlal Party and other nationalist groups objected to these moves, and formed a rival Arab Higher Front.
In April 1947, during the activity of the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine, the Arab Higher Committee articulated its demands in the solution for the Question of Palestine:
- A complete cessation of the Jewish migration to Palestine.
- A total halt to the sale of land to Jews
- Cancelation of the British Mandate in Palestine and the Balfur Declaration.
- Recognition of the right of Arabs to their land and recognition of the independence of Palestine as a sovereign state, like all other Arab states, with a promise to provide minority rights to the Jews according to the rules of Democracy.[20]
The Arab Higher Committee rejected the vote in the United Nations on 29 November 1947 in favour of the Partition Plan for Palestine, and declared a three-day strike and public protest to begin on 2 December 1947, in protest at the vote. The call led to the 1947 Jerusalem riots between 2–5 December 1947, resulting in many deaths and much property damage.
The British Mandate of Palestine came to an end on 15 May 1948, marking the start of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The Arab Higher Committee has been criticised for not preparing the Palestinian population for the war, accepting the general expectation that Palestinian Arabs alone would not prevail over the Yishuv, and accepting the joint Arab strategy of outside Arab armies securing a prompt takeover of the country.
Committee Composition
In 1936, the members of the Committee were:
- Amin al-Husayni, president - member of the al-Husayni clan, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, and president of the Supreme Muslim Council until his dismissal from that position
- Raghib al-Nashashibi - member of the Nashashibi clan, which was considered to be political rivals of the al-Husayni clan, and to hold moderate views when compared to the more militant views of the al-Husayni, member of the National Defence Party
- Jamal al-Husayni - related to Amin al-Husayni and chairman of the Palestine Arab Party, member of the Supreme Muslim Council
- Yaqub al-Ghusayn - member and representative of the Youth Congress Party, member of the Supreme Muslim Council, deported
- Abd al-Latif Salah - founder of the National Bloc
- Husayin al-Khalidi - founder and representative of the Reform Party, deported
- Awni Abd al-Hadi - leader of the Istiqlal (Independence) Party, who was appointed General Secretary[21]
- Ahmed Hilmi Pasha - treasurer, deported
As of April 1946, the members of the reconstituted Committee were:
- Jamal al-Husayni
- Tewfiq al-Husayni
- Yusif Sahyun
- Kamil al-Dajani
- Emile al-Ghury
- Rafiq al-Tamimi and
- Anwar al-Khatib (all members of or affiliated with the Palestine Arab Party)
- Izzat Tannus (an independent Christian medical doctor)
- Antone Attallah (a member of the Greek Orthodox community)
- Ahmad al-Shukayri (a lawyer from Acre and an Arab nationalist)
- Sami Taha - head of Palestine Arab Workers Society
- Yusif Haykal (the mayor of Jaffa, who was politically independent)[22]
In May 1946, the Arab League ordered the dissolution of the AHC and AHR and formed a five-member Arab Higher Executive, under Amin al-Husayni's chairmanship, and based in Cairo. The new AHE consisted of:
- Amin al-Husayni, as chairman
- Jamal al-Husayni, as vice-chairman
- Husayin al-Khalidi
- Emile al-Ghury
- Ahmed Hilmi Abd al-Baqi[23]
In January 1947, it was renamed the "Arab Higher Committee", with Amin al-Husayni as its chairman and Jamal al-Husayni as vice-chairman, and expanded to include the four remaining core members plus Hasan Abu Sa'ud, Izhak Darwish al-Husayni, Izzat Darwaza, Rafiq al-Tamimi and Mu'in al-Madi. This restructuring of the AHC to include additional supporters of Amin al-Husayni was seen as a bid to increase his political power.[24]
Anwar Nusseibeh, a Palestinian nationalist who believed that the best way to advance Palestinian interest was to operate within whichever regime was in power, criticized the Arab Higher Committee's performance during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War as being unaware and ineffective at best and ambivalent at worst to the needs of the Palestinian Arab population. In a personal note, Nusseibeh wrote, "Obviously they thought of the Palestine adventure in terms of an easy walkover for the Arabs, and the only point that seemed to worry them was credit for the expected victory. ... [They] were determined that the Palestine Arabs should at all costs be excluded."[25]
The Arab community, being essentially agrarian, is loosely knit and mainly concerned with local interests. In the absence of an elective body to represent divergences of interest, it therefore shows a high degree of centralization in its political life.[3] The Arab Higher Committee presented a 'common front' for all political parties. There was no opposition party. Decisions taken at the center.[3] Differences of approach and interest, can be discerned, the more so from the strong pressure that is brought against them. In times of crisis, as in 1936-1938, such pressure has taken the form of intimidation and assassination. At present time, nonconformity regarding any important question on which the Arab Higher Committee has pronounced a policy is represented as disloyalty to the Arab nation.[3]
The Arab League - led by Egypt - set up the All-Palestine Government in Gaza on 8 September 1948, while the 1948 Arab–Israeli War was in progress, under the nominal leadership of Amin al-Husayni, which was soon recognized by all Arab League members except Transjordan. King Abdullah regarded the attempt to revive al-Husayni's Holy War Army as a challenge to his authority and all armed bodies operating in the areas controlled by the Arab Legion were disbanded. Glubb Pasha carried out the order ruthlessly and efficiently.[26][27]
After the war, the Committee was politically irrelevant, and banned from the Jordanian occupied West Bank, as was the All-Palestine Government.
See also
- High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel
- Bloudan Conference (1937)
- London Conference (1939)
- ↑ Peel Commission Report Cmd. 5479, 1937, p. 96.
- ↑ Norris, Jacob (2008). Repression and Rebellion: Britain's Response to the Arab Revolt in Palestine of 1936-39. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 36(1):25–45.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 UN special committee Archived February 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine., Palestine under the Mandate, 3 September 1947
- ↑ Swedenburg, Ted (1988) "The Role of the Palestinian Peasantry in the Great Revolt 1936–1939". in Islam, Politics, and Social Movements, edited by Edmund Burke III and Ira Lapidus. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-06868-8 pp 189-194 & Marvin E. Gettleman, Stuart Schaar (2003) The Middle East and Islamic world reader, Grove Press, ISBN 0-8021-3936-1 pp 177-181
- ↑ Pappé Ilan (2004) A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-55632-5
- ↑ British Policy in Palestine, 1937-8: From the Peel to the Woodhead Report, Bulletin of International News, Vol 15, No. 23 (Nov. 19, 1938), pp.3-7
- ↑ Mattar, Phillip (2005), Encyclopedia of the Palestinians, Infobase Publishing, p. 104, ISBN 0-8160-5764-8
- ↑ Smith, Charles. Palestine and Arab-Israeli Conflict. Sixth Edition. 2007. p.111-225.
- ↑ Sayigh, 2000, p. 8.
- 1 2 A Survey of Palestine - prepared in December 1945 and January 1946 for the information of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. Reprinted 1991 by The Institute of Palestine Studies, Washington. Volume II. ISBN 0-88728-214-8. p.949
- ↑ Levenberg, 1993, p.8
- ↑ Abcarius, M.F. (nd) Palestine. Through the Fog of Propaganda. Hutchinson. P.197.
- ↑ David Tal (2004) "Israel-Arab War, 1948 -1949/ Armistices" Routledge ISBN 0-7146-5275-X p. 7
- ↑ Abcarius, M.F. (nd) Palestine. Through the Fog of Propaganda. Hutchinson. p.204.
- ↑ Marlowe, John (1946) Rebellion in Palestine. The Cresset Press, London. pp.209-215
- ↑ Morris, Benny, "The Tangled Truth", The New Republic, May '07, '08
- ↑ Pappe, Ilan (2002) 'The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian Dynasty. The Husaynis 1700-1948. AL Saqi edition 2010. ISBN 978-0-86356-460-4. pp.309,321
- ↑ Cohen, Aharon (1970) Israel and the Arab World. W.H. Allen. ISBN 0-491-00003-0. p.312
- ↑ Politics and government in the Middle East and North Africa By Tareq Y. Ismael, Jacqueline S. Ismael, Kamel Abu Jaber, p 303
- ↑ Gelber, Yoav (2004), Independence Versus Nakba; Kinneret–Zmora-Bitan–Dvir Publishing; ISBN 965-517-190-6; page 31
- ↑ Text of decree in Haim Levenberg, Military Preparations of the Arab Community in Palestine 1945-1948, Frank Cass London, 1993, p. 7.
- ↑ Khalaf, 1991, pp. 121-122
- ↑ Western imperialism in the Middle East 1914-1958 By David Kenneth Fieldhouse, 173
- ↑ Khalaf, 1991, p. 129-130
- ↑ Tom Segev One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate. Trans. Haim Watzman. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2001. ISBN 0-316-64859-0 p.510
- ↑ Shlaim, 2001, p. 99.
- ↑ Benny Morris (2003), p. 189.
- Khalaf, Issa (1991). Politics in Palestine: Arab Factionalism and Social Disintegration, 1939-1948. SUNY Press. ISBN 0-7914-0707-1
- Levenberg, Haim (1993). Military Preparations of the Arab Community in Palestine: 1945-1948. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-3439-5
- David Tal (2004) "Israel-Arab War, 1948 -1949/ Armistices" Routledge ISBN 0-7146-5275-X
- Sayigh, Yezid (2000). Armed Struggle and the Search for State: The Palestinian National Movement, 1949-1993. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-829643-6
- Segev, Tom. One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate. Trans. Haim Watzman. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2001. ISBN 0-316-64859-0


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Silvano Bolmida
Silvano Bolmida has created quite a reputation since his first vintage of Barolo Bussia was released in 2003. Based in La Bussia Monforte d'Alba, Piedmont, a small village in what is commonly acknowledged to be one of the best sub-zones in the Barolo DOCG in Italy's Langhe hills, he took over the reins of the family business having first studied oenology in Alba before spending ten years working at one of the most historically significant producers of Barolo. He has managed to combine a deep respect for the Nebbiolo grape and the traditions of the region with an almost unquenchable thirst to learn more about his vines and the vinification process and to seek incremental improvements in everything that he does. He continues to work with students at his old wine school in his quest to extract the absolute maximum from his vineyards' potential.
His experimentation, though, is not simply for its own sake but is firmly based on gaining as much knowledge about every aspect of the wine-making process as possible in order to further refine his wine-making prowess. Silvano Bolmida tends the 5 hectares of vineyard, situated on soils of fine clay and Miocenic sands in La Bussia, with his family showing respect for organic principles although he has not bothered to seek formal certification of this fact as his focus is firmly on the finished wines. Each process is carried out with his close inspection on the steep, back-breaking slopes including frequent tilling of the soil for oxygenation and improving the cover crops which are grown between the rows of vines, canopy management and the green harvest which takes place in June to concentrate flavour in fewer grapes. To this end he actually cuts the bunches in half and this radical pruning leading to an increase in concentration of the grapes is amply reflected in the end result.
Exceptional care and attention is given to every single vine, the average age of which is about fifty years, and all of the grapes are harvested by hand in the second week of October. There is then a long fermentation process during which the must spends at least four weeks on the skins. It might be expected that such a long fermentation would result in an over-extraction of poly-phenolic compounds producing harsh tannins but this process actually refines the tannic element. Maturation takes place in small oak barrels for the first year and then a further two years in a combination of small barrels (barriques) and the much larger 3,000 litre botti. The traditional oak used in Italy in general and Barolo in particular is Slavonian from the province of Slavonia in Croatia. Maturing the wine on its lees encourages the polymerisation of the phenolics and the refinement of the tannins. After this period in wood the wine is bottled without the use of filtration and there ensues a further fourteen months of bottle maturation before the wine is released. At this point the Barolo Bussia exhibits a fragrant richness of flavour together with an elegant balance and velvet tannins making fine drinking but, if cellared correctly, it has the structure to evolve further in bottle over at least the next ten years and often longer. A mere 6,000 bottles are produced each vintage.
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Thank you Kerry for sharing this wonderful thought ……… This Truth applies to us too when all seems to be going wrong, we remember first that God tells us He does not willingly afflict us, that it is not by His hand and also which is so amazing and wonderful, that He works everything out for good in our lives and He is with us no matter what we go through, His plans for us are very good.
Lamentations 3: 33 – Isaiah 43:1-3 – Jeremiah 29 :11-12
Christian Love from both of us – Anne
Driving to work I hear the anxiety in the radio announcer's voice. London has again been the target of a terrorist attack. This time it's an unprovoked, gruesome attack on a soldier in broad daylight. This is a city where I once lived, an old familiar friend I visited last year with my children. I feel sickened, saddened and then vaguely depressed. The mood lingers. Media sources continue to broadcast the story all week – shaking it about with a clenched jaw and laying it at the publc's feet, like a kitten proud of catching her mouse.
So when the minister at church stands to speak the following Sunday with a photo of the terrorist attack on his powerpoint display, I think, 'Oh no, here we go again!' and prepare myself for another depressing reminder of our flawed humanity.
But then I look more closely at the screen and notice that above the grizzly execution scene is a photo of the smiling face of a blonde woman…
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Tom Friedman's recent NY Times op-ed highlights the need to keep our "eyes on the prize" in Iraq (read his article here). Despite the recent media (and political) focus on Afghanistan and the way ahead, we still have more than double the number of US troops serving in Iraq than we do in Afghanistan. And, with the 2010 national election looming, GEN Odierno has expressed his intent to maintain current troop levels until at least a few months after the elections in January.
While the security situation has improved significantly in the last few years (due to a range of complex, inter-related factors), we are far from being in the clear. Northern Iraq (my old stomping grounds) remains mired in ethnic conflict (mostly of the Arab-Kurd variety) and various reports have indicated a slight resurgence in the AQI network's ability to conduct spectacular attacks (like the massive dual suicide bombing that occurred last Sunday in Baghdad) that have the potential to show the government's weakness in the security realm.
See the LWJ article here for more detail about the attack, including the claim of responsibility from AQI/ISI on a jihadist forum on 26 OCT. Also, see a great analysis of the larger context and long-term implications of the attack from LWJ's Bill Ardolino here.
Friedman's article also highlights the important of the upcoming elections in Jan 2010, highlighting the need to maintain pressure on Iraq's leaders to keep the elections on the scheduled timetable (there are already attempts by some politicians to delay them) and to ensure that there is an "open list" system (which will allow Iraqis to vote for individual candidates rather than just a party). He perfectly describes the precarious political situation in Iraq:
"Watching Iraqi politics is like watching a tightrope artist crossing a dangerous cavern. At every step it looks as though he is going to fall into the abyss, and yet, somehow, he continues to wobble forward. Nothing is easy when trying to transform a country brutalized by three decades of cruel dictatorship. It is one step, one election, one new law, at a time. Each is a struggle. Each is crucial."
As we get closer to elections, expect AQI to ramp up these spectacular attacks in an effort to show the inability of the Iraqi government to provide security and services. We must continue to monitor this situation and ensure that GEN Odierno and MNC-I are properly resourced to finish the job properly in Iraq.
Also, expect a more detailed post from me this weekend that provides background and recommendations on the Arab-Kurd tensions in N. Iraq…
27 October 2009
AQI Getting Jealous?
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By Eric Mann
After 20 years of ownership, Fairhope Mayor-elect Karin Wilson was able to turn a small bookstore she purchased from her soon-to-be 90-year-old grandmother into a thriving community hub which now includes a coffee shop, bar and lounge.
Having defeated four-term incumbent Tim Kant for mayor Aug. 23, Wilson will look to take a step back from Page & Palette in downtown Fairhope, while hoping her foray into city leadership can be just as successful. She said she has arranged to allow employees at the store to take over her role there.
"We already have people in place that are going to be doing these things and I'm training them now," she said. "I have 23 employees and my husband [Kiefer] who has been working side by side with me for 20 years. I mean, we're in a place where we can do it. There's going to be some transition, but it's already happening."
Wilson, who entered the mayoral race a little more than a month before the election, said her identical twin sister, Kelley Lyons, was less than pleased when her sibling decided to campaign. In fact, Lyons threatened to move out of state at the thought.
"My biggest challenge was she did not want me to run, and when I say that I mean she did not want me to run, I mean kicking and screaming," Wilson said. "Not because she knew she wasn't going to talk me out of it, but she was thinking 'I guess I'll move to North Carolina then.'"
While Wilson described herself as outspoken about local politics, she said Kelley and her husband, Mike, are decidedly not.
"I think they're at peace with it now [and] see a lot of opportunity and good, but … they don't ever want to get involved," Wilson said. "I've always been outspoken and all of that and they're just always the ones in the back going 'Karin please. I look like you.''
Despite her sister's initial objections, Wilson ran a month-long campaign and beat Mayor Tim Kant Aug. 23 with roughly 53 percent of the vote, despite a poll earlier that week showing Kant leading the race.
"It was one of those things I knew would be close," Wilson said. "I was happy about that just because it was right where we wanted to be. I don't want to be winning because I want everybody to make sure they go out and vote … "
Wilson's victory marks the first time a woman was elected mayor of Fairhope, a note she acknowledged, but quickly dismissed.
"I think more importantly about this election is not that I'm female, it's about finally there's somebody out there that really wants to listen in a way that's really bringing it into the 21st century," she said. "I mean, I think that, to me, and the people who came out to vote made a difference. Me being female had nothing to do with it."
Development was one of the biggest issues in the election for one of the fastest-growing cities in Alabama. Fairhope has seen its population increase 22 percent from April 2010 to April 2015, according to the U.S. Census website. The population increased from 15,338 to 18,730 during that five-year stretch.
Wilson said she favors growth, but wants wants to manage it with a comprehensive plan.
"The absolute issue in this election has been going on a long time, we have this wonderful city and every year we get more and more popular and there is nothing to plan how to protect it, except coming up with a comprehensive plan that has no value," she said. "You know, if you can't put that into action and enforce it, then it's nothing."
Gary Gover, a 19-year resident who serves on the Environmental Advisory Board and ran an unsuccessful campaign this year against City Councilman Kevin Boone, said he believes voters were partially motivated by the previous administration and council's reluctance to follow the city's comprehensive plan.
"We've had these comprehensive plans as long as I've been here — the first was produced by South Alabama Regional Planning Commission — but the city has not acted on these plans, even until today," he said. "These plans are put into place by the planning commission, but they are not signed off on by the City Council or mayor, and they have kind of been sitting on the shelf neglected. My ambition has been getting moving on it, otherwise members of the community don't have a role to play on how the town develops — it would be in the hands of developers and builders and so on."
To improve upon a decades-old comprehensive plan, Wilson said it would be important to get communities within Fairhope to collaborate on an idea. Her plan would see community leaders and others lead independent discussions to get as many residents as possible engaged in the process. That way, she said, more residents would have a voice than if the planning session was simply held at a town hall meeting.
"Town hall meetings are dead and they've been dead a long time," she said. "They're the most ineffective way to accomplish anything. We have to get out there and talk to people, if we have to divide the city into sections and say 'what do you envision?' And bring it all together with one big plan, that's our job."
Council President Jack Burrell said he also favors growth, but would like to see more controls. For example, he said 2 percent to 3 percent growth would be favorable to what Fairhope is currently seeing.
"Three percent is a lot of growth," he said. "You don't want to stop it completely because you don't want to paralyze the city."
Wilson agrees, saying the city would look for the right kind of development in the future. As a business owner, she said she understands that the city is successful because of its character.
"The reason I'm able to be successful in this business is because of the town we're in and the fact that you cannot do a business like this anywhere," she said. "I think one of the great reasons Fairhope is special and has great character is independent businesses and when you start bringing in things that are just like every other town — which is what they've been doing — then we will definitely lose everything that's special."
Another issue related to the city's rapid growth is highlighted by a lack of adequate parking downtown. As a business owner, Wilson acknowledged the issues a parking shortage can have on commerce. One possible solution, she said, could be a second parking garage.
"In general, I don't think we've ever kept up with the parking needs and I don't think it's painting more stripes on the streets," she said. "We need to actually address the issue and fix the issue."
Additionally, she mentioned possibly adding a trolley service that could transport people from other areas to downtown.
Another big issue in this year's election was the proposed development of apartments throughout the city and the surrounding area, especially near Fly Creek. A controversial development near the Publix at the intersection of County Road 13 and Parker Road was at the center of debate for residents.
Despite many objections from residents, the zoning for the apartments was approved by the majority of the City Council, with only Burrell and Councilman Mike Ford voting against it. Ford decided not to run again for council and his seat was filled by Robert Brown.
Lynn Maser, chairwoman of the politically active Fairhope 98 Committee, said the zoning decision on the apartment complex was what did in Kant and Councilman Rich Mueller. Incumbent Diana Brewer was also forced into a runoff with James Reid Conyers.
Maser described the proposed, two-stage development — a village concept including apartments, townhomes and 511 single-family residences — as Kant's "Waterloo." A record number of Rock Creek voters came out as a result of a plan to tie nearby neighborhoods together.
"He's no longer in office because of the apartments," Maser said. "Rock Creek does matter."
Wilson said the vote on the apartments completely ignored the will of the residents in the area. She also believes it played a big role in the election.
"It was totally wrong and I think timing is everything," she said. "I think it motivated a group that probably doesn't participate much … "
Burrell said he voted against the project too, in part because he didn't hear from any constituents in favor of it.
While growth and development spurred voters, Gover said a need for turnover was also a motivating factor during the election.
"I had people come up to me during the campaign period telling me they were tired of the crap that goes on this town and there was no definition to that, nothing more specific," he said. "I do think these elected offices are really not things that people should get into and stay into as a career. Do a term, maybe two, and move on. There should be turnover, there should be change; when you get entrenched, undesirable things can begin to happen."
The city of Fairhope already contributes roughly $350,000 per year to its public schools and Wilson said she plans to find even more school funding once she gets her hands on the $60 million budget. Part of her plan for savings would be to get the city out of many of the lawsuits she said tend to drag on for years. In addition, she said, money for schools would be about "making sure everyone pays into the benefits."
"They need more and we can absolutely do more when I get finished with the budget," she said. "Honestly, I feel like we'll be able to save that money."
Wilson seemed in favor of funding the schools at a $650,000 level, which a recent study commissioned by the Fairhope Education Advisory Committee determined would be enough to get them into the state's top 10. Even just keeping the funding level would be welcome news to Cecil Christenberry, a former city councilman and current member of the Baldwin County School Board.
"I like the plan," he said. "The schools absolutely need it."
The city's growth has had both a positive and negative impact on the schools, Christenberry said. Currently Fairhope High School has 1,611 students, but its building was designed for roughly 1,400. In October, the school will break ground on a $4.5 million addition of 20 new classrooms, which should help eliminate a dozen portable classrooms currently on campus.
No new schools have been built on the Eastern Shore, Christenberry said, since Fairhope Elementary School in 2010.
"This is a monumental shift," Christenberry said. "I'm not fearful of it. Many people who voted for Karin and Tim understand the need for education."
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With a default seat on the Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery Council, which could allocate as much as $600 million in criminal fines from BP's Deepwater Horizon Spill, Wilson said she'd also re-evaluate Kant's proposed projects.
"I mean, we'll definitely spend it wisely, but it's going to be for the things it's supposed to be for," she said of the BP money. I have heard what he did [and] that can't happen."
The first is a $14.7 million proposal to preserve and restore lower Fly Creek and the second is a $49 million proposal to construct a "Coastal Environmental Education Network," which "carries out the city of Fairhope's 2006 Comprehensive Plan to expand coastal environmental education and outreach, promote green infrastructure and outdoor public recreation areas, restore and protect watershed health, mitigate impacts from coastal storms, and increase coastal resiliency."
The latter is the sixth most costly proposal of more than 240 projects submitted to the Council. Fairhope Director of Community Affairs and Recreation Sherry Sullivan also submitted a $2.4 million request to help fund the city's soccer complex, which has faced several delays and cost overruns, but is expected to open this fall.
Wilson said she would also take a look at the city's infrastructure, which given the city's growth would have to be consistently evaluated. As an example, she mentioned about $13 million recently invested in the city's sewer system.
"I need to look into that more, but what I've been told is it wasn't as much of a solution as it was maybe a Band-Aid or kicking the can down the road," she said. "I think if [sewage] is still going into the bay on any given day, that's a problem. We have to constantly invest money every year into infrastructure, especially when we are the fastest growing city in the state of Alabama."
Gabriel Tynes contributed to this report.
This story was updated on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016 to correct Robert Brown's name.
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One of thrash metal's "big 4" alongside fellow Americans METALLICA, MEGADETH and SLAYER (whom they toured with as recent as June 22, 2010 in Sofia, Bulgaria), the infectious and furious ANTHRAX have been licensed to (f)ill arenas for over three decades now. Although dogged by a series of fluctuating personnel scrapes (e.g. Joey Belladonna has entered the fray on three occasions: from 1984-92, 2005-07 and 2010 to present), the quintet has always had chief songwriter Scott Ian at the helm.
Formed in June 1981 in New York City, NY, guitarists Danny Lilker and the aforementioned Scott Ian (Rosenfeld) chose the ANTHRAX moniker from a biology textbook; note that a similarly-named "anarchist" outfit from Britain confused matters initially when issuing a few records in 1983. Almost as quickly as they were presented into the fold, both drummer Dave Weiss and bassist Kenny Kushner were soon surplus to requirements (the latter displaced by Paul Kahn), while after several filler-type auditions, singer Neil Turbin took up the mic in August '82. In the meantime, Lilker had slid over to bass to accommodate lead guitarist Greg Walls, and Greg D'Angelo took over Weiss's position. The final members to take up their places among fixtures Scott, Danny and Neil (c. summer '83), was drummer Charlie Benante (who squeezed out temp Bob Berry) and the diminutive Dan Spitz (from OVERKILL); D'Angelo resurfaced with hair-metal combo WHITE LION.
ANTHRAX consequently signed to the Megaforce label (licensed to Music For Nations in Europe) by the legendary Johnny Z; their first single coming courtesy of speed-metal effort, `Soldiers Of Metal'. Incidentally, the term "thrash metal" was coined by a Kerrang! scribe when referring to ANTHRAX's `Metal Thrashing Mad', one of several hair-waving delights on their inaugural LP, FISTFUL OF METAL (1984) {*5}. If the non-affiliated thought the title a tad cheesy (the cover was also extreme!), the Rob Halford tonsil-like Turbin was hardly the one to set the rock world alight, although `Subjugator' and `Deathrider' were good for a laugh, as was their passable ALICE COOPER cover `I'm Eighteen'.
By the release of 1985's 12" EP, `Armed And Dangerous', the more traditional metallic tonsils of Joey Belladonna were employed (as was bassist Frank Bello – former roadie and nephew of Benante). A canny couple of moves that lent the band a modicum of style and sophistication; even if they'd turned back the punk clock several years with a version of The SEX PISTOLS' `God Save The Queen'.
ANTHRAX's first outing for Island Records (although still through Megaforce), SPREADING THE DISEASE (1985) {*8}, was a pounding thrash-metal affair that frequently rose above the narrow confines of the genre. By turns humorous, impassioned, and bloody loud, the likes of `Madhouse' (featuring a must-see video), `Aftershock', `Armed And Dangerous' and `Medusa', made this one of the key metal releases of the 80s.
AMONG THE LIVING (1987) {*8} was almost as good (if not better) than their previous effort. And, for many ageing metallers, `I Am The Law' is the definitive ANTHRAX track, a tribute to the meanest comic book cop in Mega City One: Judge Dredd. `Indians', meanwhile, was a more serious affair, dealing with the plight of their Native American brethren. Yet, accomplished as the music was, it was almost overshadowed by the band's image. A case of bullet belts (!) out, skateboards and surf shorts in; for a brief, heady time in the late 80s, ANTHRAX almost made metal – whisper it now – trendy.
Proving there was always a hip-hop element to their hardcore, the band released `I'm The Man', a rap/metal pastiche that quite probably pissed off SAXON fans everywhere. At this point, the band were up there with METALLICA as the great white hopes of thrash, while fans awaited with baited breath for their next album, STATE OF EUPHORIA (1988) {*5}. Inevitably, perhaps, the record was a let-down; on first listen it sounded dense, promising, but on repeated listening it became obvious the songs just weren't there. Equally inevitably, the band's dayglo image prompted a backlash, although one could cherry-pick it via their UK hit version of TRUST's `Antisocial' or their own `Make Me Laugh'.
ANTHRAX retaliated with a considerably darker, more introspective opus: PERSISTENCE OF TIME (1990) {*7}; yet another transatlantic Top 30 set. While the JOE JACKSON cover, `Got The Time', was engaging and punk-y, their own waxing lyricals still verged on inverted intellectualism. `Keep It In The Family', `Time' and `In My World' were fuelled with fire from the underbelly of the beast, and at least the 'Thrax were back on the road to recovery.
A subsequent collaboration with Chuck D on a storming cover of PUBLIC ENEMY's `Bring The Noise' was the band's most effective effort for years and showed what they were obviously still capable of. The Brit hit single was included on ATTACK OF THE KILLER B'S (1991) {*5}, a compilation of flip-sides and rare tracks, while the group embarked on a tour with PE on a genre-busting double bill.
Signing a new contract with Elektra Records, ANTHRAX promptly ditched Belladonna in favour of ex-ARMORED SAINT man John Bush. These were tough times for the band, as every metal combo on the planet purchased a distortion pedal, grew a goatee, and insisted they weren't actually metal after all – no, they were grunge!! (of course). All credit to ANTHRAX then, for sticking to their metal guns and releasing SOUND OF WHITE NOISE (1993) {*6}, a barrage of furious riffing that almost topped the work of their mid-80s golden period. Produced by Dave Jerden, and utilising an ANGELO BADALAMENTI track in `Black Lodge' (a minor hit), there was menace and maelstrom in `Only' (a UK Top 40 breaker), `Room For One More' and `Hy Pro Glo'. Follow-up, STOMP 442 (1995) {*4}, was equally ferocious, but was effectively left out in the cold by fickle fans who preferred the nu alt-metal. Spitz's berth was now filled unofficially by Paul Crook (and on tour), while PANTERA's Dimebag Darrell and POWERMAN 500's Mike Tempesta performed guitar guest spots.
Three years in the making, VOLUME 8: THE THREAT IS REAL (1998) {*4} found ANTHRAX spiralling out of contention in one fell swoop, their creativeness and transition going down like a lead "zeppelin" balloon for many of their once-loyal acolytes.
The ever productive Scott Ian had also turned his hand to side-project STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH (aka S.O.D.) back in the mid-80s. A collaboration with Benante, Lilker and ANTHRAX roadie-cum-singer Billy Milano, the project came to life with the release of 1985's legendary SPEAK ENGLISH OR DIE {*8}. Regarded as one of the pivotal records in the cross-fertilisation of punk/hardcore and thrash metal, the album was a riot of two-minute-wonder noise, fury and irreverent humour which brought charges (not altogether unjustified) of sexism and racism. Incredibly, sales of this cult record eventually topped one million and prompted Megaforce to release a millennial re-mastered edition complete with new studio tracks and live material. While it was originally intended as a one-off affair – Milano going off to form M.O.D. – the group re-formed in 1992 for the ironically-titled LIVE AT BUDOKAN (actually recorded live in New York). From the hilarious IRON MAIDEN pastiche of the cover art to Milano's crowd baiting, the record was a treat for fans of the original album from which much of the material was used (alongside a few choice covers). Finally, the cult of S.O.D. demanded a follow-up studio album and, in 1999, possibly the most belated sophomore effort in recorded history hit the shelves.
BIGGER THAN THE DEVIL {*7} carried on where their debut had left off all those years ago, showing the young pretenders how to really mosh and how to get a proper sense of humour. No target was too soft for Milano's caustic gaze with both mealy-mouthed liberals and bigots coming under attack; they mightn't be bigger than the Devil but SOD probably have all the best jokes. Updating their crossover thrash credentials, studio set number three for STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH came in the shape of RISE OF THE INFIDELS (2007) {*6}; name-checking the likes of Nirvana, Hendrix, Mercury and Sinatra.
Given the musical climate into which ANTHRAX returned in 2003, WE'VE COME FOR YOU ALL {*7} was almost revolutionary in its no-frills thrash metal. While new guitarist and co-producer Rob Caggiano lent a competitive edge to proceedings, there were precious few, if any, concessions to contemporary trends. But then ANTHRAX were always one step removed from their peers. With spandex-rock the unlikeliest of candidates for a fashion resurrection, it wouldn't have been so surprising to see an 80s back-to-the-roots thrash revival. What certainly was surprising was the appearance of ROGER DALTREY (on `Taking The Music Back'), not quite as revolutionary a collaboration as the CHUCK D one, but effective nonetheless; Dimebag Darrell was also present on `Strap It On' and `Cadillac Rock Box'.
The band's undying popularity fired concert set MUSIC OF MASS DESTRUCTION (2004) {*6}; frontman Bush even re-branding a whole album's worth of back catalogue classics, THE GREATER OF TWO EVILS (2004) {*6}, the latter featuring a fan-tasy track listing selected via internet message board. Yet more revisionism was on the cards with ALIVE 2 (2005) {*7}, a CD/DVD package celebrating the return of Belladonna in place of Bush.
Back from exile (Belladonna had again returned from a hiatus superseding Dan Nelson), album number ten, WORSHIP MUSIC (2011) {*8}, guaranteed an audience for ANTHRAX's speed-driven vintage metal. Certainly their most powerful and hostile set since their halcyon days of old, one could be forgiven if one imagined thunderous tracks such as `The Devil You Know', `In The End' and `Fight 'Em 'Til You Can't' were spouting from 20-somethings rather than near 50-somethings. Of interest to fans was the obligatory "Anthems" bonus tracks, given to purchasers of the deluxe edition of the set, made up of versions of RUSH's `Anthem', AC/DC's `TNT', BOSTON's `Smokin'', `Keep On Runnin'' (JOURNEY), `Big Eyes' (CHEAP TRICK) and `Jailbreak' (THIN LIZZY).
Over the years ANTHRAX have dished out a few covers, including: `Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' (BLACK SABBATH), `Friggin' In The Riggin'' (The SEX PISTOLS), `Protest And Survive' (DISCHARGE), `Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun' (BEASTIE BOYS), `Auf Wiedersehen' (CHEAP TRICK), `London' (The SMITHS), `Cowboy Song' (THIN LIZZY), `Remember Tomorrow' (IRON MAIDEN), `Love Her All I Can' + `She' + `Watchin' You' (KISS), `Celebrated Summer' (HUSKER DU), `Dethroned Emperor' (CELTIC FROST), `No Time This Time' (The POLICE), `The Bends' (RADIOHEAD).
2016's vitriolic Viking concept, FOR ALL KINGS {*6}, was ANTHRAX's first to introduce seasoned lead guitarist Jonathan Donais (of SHADOWS FALL); a replacement in 2013 for Cagganio. Interspersed with swathes of orchestral manoeuvres (opener `You Gotta Believe' a prime example), and other lighter-fuel fluff, the menacing `Monster At The End', the machine-gun drumming from `Defend Avenge' and the grunge-y `All Of Them Thieves', were more or less the meat, skull and crossbones of this hour-long, socio-political set.
Captured live in concert, the perennial ANTHRAX were the bees knees; captured live at the Barrowlands in Glasgow (2017), ANTHRAX had become synonymous with the term "rock gods". So with the spring 2018 release of double-CD/DVD documentary, KINGS AMONG SCOTLAND {*6}, the bar was raised high; the roof even higher.
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Cathay Pacific will introduce a new seasonal service between Hong Kong and Christchurch from December 2017, directly linking the two cities by air for the first time and complementing the airline's existing services to Auckland.
The non-stop Christchurch service will operate three times per week, departing Hong Kong on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays using technologically-advanced Airbus A350 aircraft, highlighting the airline's commitment to New Zealand, a country it has served since 1983, and providing a welcome boost for tourism to Canterbury and the South Island.
Subject to regulatory approvals, the new service will operate between December 1st this year and February 28th, 2018, and will complement Cathay Pacific's current seasonal double daily flights to Auckland as well as strategic partner Air New Zealand's daily service between Hong Kong and Auckland.
Cathay Pacific director corporate development and IT, Paul Loo, said the new Christchurch service will meet customer demand for travel to New Zealand throughout the southern hemisphere's peak summer months, as well as provide a convenient option for South Island-based travellers looking to fly on Cathay Pacific to Asia and beyond via the Hong Kong hub.
"We are an airline that puts the needs of our customers at the heart of every decision we make. Christchurch, and indeed the South Island as a whole, is a magnificent part of the world, so we are really excited to be able to connect this new and breathtaking destination direct with our Hong Kong home," said Loo.
Cathay Pacific and Air New Zealand will also extend their strategic alliance partnership on services between Hong Kong and New Zealand for a further five years until 2022, subject to continuing regulatory approvals.
"We are pleased to extend our alliance with Air New Zealand, which has allowed our two airlines to maximise synergies and better meet our customers' needs," Loo added.
Cathay Pacific has expanded its long-haul network significantly in recent times.
In March, the airline will commence a four-times-weekly service to Tel Aviv, while July sees the introduction of a four-times-weekly seasonal operation to Barcelona.
These new services follow the addition of both Madrid and Gatwick in 2016.