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This was my first time attending Bomb Day, although I'd read quite a bit about it ahead of time, so it was interesting to finally see it for myself. It's a pretty big deal for a small-town event; even the New York Times has an article about it today. It's certainly, unquestionably, the biggest event of the year in Marysville, every year.
W. T. Ellis, Jr., mayor of Marysville from 1894 to 1898, described Bomb Day in that era in his autobiography, Memories: My Seventy-Two Years in the Romantic County of Yuba, California:
New Year's day celebration was always followed in the next month with the Chinese "Bomb Day," when bombs were shot up in the air with numbered tags attached and the one who caught the wicker ring with the attached tag when it descended to the ground was entitled to call for and retain for one year a prize screen which was expected to bring good luck to the holder for that year. Great crowds would congregate to witness the scramble for possession of the wicker rings, when they were shot up in the air, particularly for the big prize one, and in those days I have witnessed over 150 Chinese pull and haul and tug for over an hour, trying to get possession of this prize, their clothes torn to ribbons, their hands and arms scratched and bloody, until finally some one of them would be successful, with the aid of his friends, to escape and run as fast as he could to the Joss House where the prize would be awarded him. Then would follow processions and banquets where large roasted hogs, "cooked to a turn," would be the piece de resistance.That, of course, was back when Marysville actually had a large Chinese community. Back before Marysville, along with much of the rest of California at the time, violently drove all the Chinese residents out of town in February 1886, after which Marysville (along with nearby Wheatland, Nicolaus, Lincoln, Chico, Grass Valley) became for many years a sundown town in which Chinese people were threatened with violence if they attempted to live there or remain there after sunset. The Bok Kai Festival continued to be held in Marysville every year despite this - it is now the oldest continually held parade in California, having been held annually since at least 1880, but also apparently held at least sporadically as far back as the 1850s - but the actual Chinese American resident population of Marysville never recovered and is now possibly in the single digits. We do, however, still receive hundreds of Chinese American visitors once a year for the Bok Kai parade, and it seems that a few of them (less than a hundred, I'm pretty sure) either returned for a second day or stayed overnight to attend the Bomb Day celebrations as well.
Far fewer people not of Chinese descent bothered to attend Bomb Day, though. I expected the crowd to be smaller for Bomb Day than for the parade, but I was a little shocked at how much smaller it was. On parade day, you have to show up early to have any chance at a parking spot within ten blocks of the parade, and that's even though large spaces not ordinarily used for parking are converted to legal parking spots for the occasion, and nearby residents offer to rent out parking spaces in their driveways. So on Bomb Day, I drove as close as I thought I possibly could, then kept driving closer while wondering why there were still parking spaces available, and finally just decided there couldn't possibly be any more parking spaces available any closer to the event than I already was, so I pulled into one and got out and started walking . . . only to find myself walking past five more blocks of empty parking spaces.
As I walked, I began to hear firecrackers. The event was supposed to start at 4:00 p.m., and it was only about 3:50 p.m. when I started hearing the firecrackers, but I guess they aren't very particular about exact times. It wasn't really the sort of event you need to be there to see the very beginning of anyway: Bomb Day events begin with lighting the first of a two-block-long string of firecrackers stretched down 1st Street from D to C Streets. (That's two blocks because Oak Street is between D and C.) These two blocks, plus a block of C Street on each side of 1st Street, comprise what's left of our Chinatown. The Bok Kai Temple, and the similarly historic but not so Chinese-themed Silver Dollar Saloon (built in 1851, and rather proud of its former use as a brothel), are at one end, and the Suey Sing and Hop Sing tong buildings are at the other, and in between are the old Chinese school, the Chinese American Museum of Northern California, and a couple of Chinese restaurants. (The tongs, historically speaking, were basically gangs, and could be violent, often in defense against violent white people. I had a memorable conversation a couple of years ago with the man who runs the Chinese American Museum; he described having to engage in perpetual battles in the streets of Marysville in the late 1950s. The conversation was memorable because it isn't often that well-dressed, well-spoken, well-mannered men in their 70s vividly describe to me how they used to beat people over the head with heavy metal chains during their teenage years.) Anyway, the west end of the long string of firecrackers had been lit by the time I arrived, but it hadn't burned very far yet; I watched most of its travels through the small crowd that had shown up. The two-block route was fairly well lined with people; I'd guess there were between 200 and 300 people there, of whom maybe a third appeared to be probably of Chinese descent. (We don't have all that many local residents of any type of East Asian descent, so I think it's safe to assume that the vast majority of Asian people there were of Chinese descent. And have you ever been in a crowd where nearly all the people of one race are from out of town and nearly all the people of any other race are from the local neighborhood? The divisions between out-of-towners and locals tend to be pretty visible even without the race difference. Even more so in a small town where many of the locals know each other.)
When the line of firecrackers reached C Street, it curved around into a large spiral, which was roped off to keep the crowd a little distance back. The people who'd been lining other parts of the route, including me, crowded into a circle around this spiral. When the entire spiral had exploded, it was time for the special "bombs" with the numbered rings of thin rope inside to be shot off. First, the competitors who would grapple for the rings were chosen. Unlike in W. T. Ellis's day, there were probably not 150 people of Chinese descent in Marysville yesterday, let alone 150 youngish males of Chinese descent who felt like volunteering to fight for numbered rings of thin rope with one another, so there were only maybe 15 competitors chosen.
The competitors do all have to be male. I'm not sure why - although, given the physical nature of the competition, if women were allowed to participate, they would probably be competing separately in women-only contests over the rings. But tradition dictates that women are just supposed to stand on the sidelines; only the men are invited to tackle each other and wrestle each other over numbered rings of rope. The competitors also all had to be of Chinese descent, with one exception: our mayor, Ricky Samayoa, was also invited to compete. (And he caught one of the rings! Yay, Ricky!) The competition also appeared to be limited to somewhat youngish men (the oldest competitors were probably in their early 40s), although I think that was a matter of self-selection: older men don't care to volunteer to be tackled and wrestled with by much younger men.
Once the competitors were chosen and lined up inside the rope circle, the man shown below started lighting the bombs with the rings inside them, one at a time, on top of this tree stump, while another man pounded on a gong in the background. Supposedly a total of 100 numbered rings are shot into the air. I'm not sure whether that's really the current number or not. What I did see was that there were two different types of firecrackers being shot off during this section of the festivities: some of them contained numerous rectangular objects, while others contained a single ring of thin rope. I think there were about ten of the firecrackers that contained a single ring of thin rope, so if 90 other numbered rings were also shot into the air, they must have been contained in rectangular boxes.
When the rectangular objects were shot into the air, there were enough for many of the competitors to catch one, so the competitors all ran different directions. But when the single rings of thin rope were shot into the air, all the competitors had to fight for the single ring. If no one caught it while it was still in the air, everyone would dive for it on the ground, which is what's happening in the picture below. (The mayor is the guy in the bright orange shirt. This was not the round in which he successfully caught the ring.)
There seemed to be several methods of obtaining a ring. The easy way was to be tall, good at jumping high, and able to catch it in the air. The harder way was to fight for it after it fell to the ground. If you have basketball-player skills, there doesn't seem to be much sense in resorting to using wrestler skills. Though some of the numbers are considered luckier than others, with the number 4 considered the luckiest of all, so I guess if you really want the number 4 and you didn't manage to catch it in the air . . .
But if you prefer not to get hurt, waiting for the next numbered ring to be shot off and just jumping for it is the way to go.
In the picture below, the guy near the center, wearing a white shirt and grinning, has just caught the ring. You can see it faintly in his right hand.
So now I've seen Bomb Day for myself. It was interestingly different from the parade. The parade mostly consists of a bunch of non-Chinese people dressing up in Chinese costumes while most of the people who are actually of Chinese descent sit on the sidelines and watch. Then on Bomb Day, the non-Chinese people are relegated to the sidelines while the people who are actually of Chinese descent get to participate. So I guess it balances out?
Anyway, the festival seems to have achieved its main purpose this year by pleasing the water god, Bok Eye. It rained last night!
(Historically, the parade and the temple were for the purpose of protecting Marysville more from flooding than from drought, because the debris that the gold miners in the mountains dumped into the rivers during the Gold Rush raised the riverbeds and created severe flooding problems; Marysville is now completely encircled by levees to protect it from this continuing problem. It's said - in the parade advertisements every year - that Bok Eye has never allowed it to rain on the Bok Kai Parade. This year, too, the rain waited until after all the ceremonies were over. But we definitely needed the rain, so it was good to receive some.)


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TOPEKA, Kansas -- The infamous Fred Phelps, head of the Westboro Baptist Church, an independent Baptist church and anti-gay hate group,[1] has "come out" as a gay man. Since November 27, 1955, a central issue and point of contention in Phelps theology has been his condemnation of homosexuality. This turnabout has surprised and shocked the Christian Right and the gay community alike, leaving both at a loss, as to how to manage this change of affairs.
"In a way, it's easier for us to deal with it", says Fundamentalist pastor Jerry Falwell, who once referred to him as a "first-class nut"[2]. "I'd much rather see his brand of craziness attributed to his being a homosexual, than he continue to tarnish the name of our Christian faith any further."
The country of Sweden is silent on the matter, despite his numerous tirades against their "Godless country". Many Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender activists have expressed dismay at the prospect of defending their lifestyles from attacks based from whatever Reverend Phelps may say in the future.
Intrepid UnNews reporters broke into the office of Phelps therapists, and uncovered a rationale behind the life change. Suppressed memories from his childhood were unlocked during hypnosis. He remembered watching lithe, naked men working the fiberglass fields in Arkansas, in the hot sun, day after day. He recalled being aroused by the sight, and the tremendous conflict with his strict Baptist upbringing. After learning that his father had participated in several lynchings of these poor, gay, migrant workers, he buried his young boys lust deeply for the next seventy two years.
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Pianimic Solutions
'For Dr Kwame Donkor Fordwour and Kwame Pianim, they have been and will always remain my navigators in this unpredictable terrain of business and politics in Ghana'- Akenten Appiah-Menka, (Village Boy, Lawyer, Politician, Entrepreneur) The River in the Sea.
'Pianim, an outspoken politician, business economist and investment consultant, blames the NPP national executive for exhibiting 'intellectual and mental laziness'. He is worried that the party is heading in the wrong direction. 'I think the national executives should consider doing the work we have voted them to do, or leave for others to take over,' he says. This is vintage Pianim, a man who is not afraid to speak his mind'- Africawatch – February, 2013.
'We should get more non-Akans to lead the party and find ways to make non-Akan members feel more comfortable in the party…'- Pianim: Africawatch, February, 2013.
'Some of these self-appointed spokespersons of the NPP seem to talk anyhow. Their demeanour and arrogant utterances tend to turn off people from the NPP. They are part of our problem and did not help us in the elections'- Pianim: Africawatch, February, 2013.
'I think people of my age should just stay behind more often quietly and offer advice to the young ones to lead. Now we live in a technologically intensive era and if you are not ICT- savvy and technologically inclined, you cannot be a good party executive and should especially not be aspiring to become president. While it is the right of every able-bodied party member to aspire to the highest post of the land, my personal preference will be to search for our presidential candidate for the 2016 elections within the 40 - 55 - year olds. Let us surprise ourselves and our opponents.'- Pianim Africawatch, February, 2013.
'Pianimic' is an eponym derived from the outspoken, blunt, brazen, candid, unvarnished, politician, business economist, investment consultant and a man of means who goes by the name Kwame Pianim, his baptismal name, Andrews, having been shorn off. His approach towards solving the problems within NPP is what is termed 'Pianimic Solutions'. It is just like 'boycott' is an eponym from Captain Charles Boycott, or a 'maverick' character is one from Samuel Maverick, or 'quixotic' from Don Quixote, or 'herculean' from Hercules, or 'chauvinistic' from Nicolas Chauvin or 'pasteurization' from Louis Pasteur, or saxophone from Antoine Sax, or 'wattage' from James Watt
But for the case pending before the Supreme Court with NPP challenging the results of the 2012 presidential election, many NPP members would have subjected the party (and even its leadership) to serious scrutiny and cross examination.
J.J. Rawlings, the sole founder of the NDC argues: 'We had every opportunity to prevent ourselves from falling into the ditch … should we handle this thing behind closed doors?' J.J. appears to be at liberty to talk this way about his own party and its leadership, because he holds the party in his hand like an egg. He formed the party, literally from his own blood (he used his own blood to sign the NDC Constitution) and no one dare challenge him. The scenario does not operate in NPP. In (Ghanaian) politics, one must be as sly as the fox: talk when talking is expedient; hold your tongue when the topic is worth putting at an arm's length. The aftermath of the last presidential election, for the NPP, is like Chinese Arithmetic - very complicated. When the topnotch in NPP had satisfied themselves that it was worth taking the matter to court, everyone thought that that was the time for a ceasefire - all mouths had to be sealed to await the outcome of the court action.
Mahatma Gandhi has noted that, '(The) evolution of democracy is not possible if we are not prepared to hear the other side'. He goes further to intone that, '(i) tis good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us. This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good heart whatever they might have to say'.
The savant Wereko-Brobby, the nephew of Victor Owusu, would not let sleeping dogs lie, and he broke the ice. As far as he was concerned, he only called a spade a spade (and not a tool for digging). To him, the silent ones were lily-livered or cowardly or rather timorous souls.
Kwame Pianim's Africawatch interview, coming on the heels of Wereko-Brobby's diatribe against the NPP leadership, appeared sufficient enough to make some of the die-hard NPP supporters' skin crawl, their blood boil, and - had the tendency to take their breath away.
When another controversial NPP stalwart, Kennedy Agyapong, returned from an overseas trip, he openly showed disagreement over the NPP decision to boycott the vetting of the NDC ministers- because he would have grilled particular ministerial appointees over some nefarious activities he knew they had engaged in. This time round, Kofi Jumah, another outspoken speaker of the NPP, has not openly criticized his party or the leadership over the boycotts of the inauguration of the President, the vetting of the ministerial appointees, the President's State of the Nation Address.
Just as there are two sides of a coin, there are those who support Pianim's approach, and those against it. To the apologists for Pianim, the man has said all that there is to say: NPP should drop the court case, accept defeat and restrategise; Akufo Addo should not take a leadership position; NPP must accept John Mahama as President of the Republic; the boycott of the President's inauguration portrayed the NPP as composed of confused people; statements by some of the so-called spokespersons tend to turn away people; stop branding NPP as Danquah-Busia tradition because the party is not a family stool; pool resources together to rebuild the party. Among the admirers of Pianim is the personage of Asiedu Nketia, the NDC General Secretary who thinks the failure of NPP members to think logically and heed Pianim's call would wreck the party.
To others, Pianim has opened the Pandora's box- opened a can of worms- and his statements appear as a backhanded compliment. To these people, Pianim has shot himself in the foot and had dissipated or whittled away all that reputation he had earned for himself as well as the accolade given him by Akenten Appiah-Menka. To these people, he has spoken like a Dutch uncle- his advice is not welcome.
In one breath, Pianim notes happily that '…people decided to go to the judiciary instead of resorting to street action.' In another, he proclaims, '…when the results of an election are announced, we should be ready to accept (them) no matter how bitter, assess where we might have gone wrong, where we need to improve upon our performance , reinvigorate ourselves and begin the preparation and campaign for the next election. The interests of individual members and those of the party sometimes differ.'
Before the 2008 election, Pianim proclaimed that any idiot can carry the flag, in bitter reaction to the rejection of his preferred candidate, Dr Frimpong-Boateng. He had earlier tied the party's congress to his fortune in the court case in 1996, in which the Supreme Court ruled that any person convicted of treason is disqualified from standing in the presidential election. Other interesting questions relate to his resignation from NPP in 2000 and his resignation from the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission in 2007. In response to some of the charges against the NPP executives, Nana Akomea accuses Pianim of not availing himself the opportunity of learning the evidence available to challenge the results of the 2012 presidential election; NPP had accepted the 1992, 1996 and 2008 results; NPP flag bearer is chosen by over 100,000 delegates; who are the self-appointed spokespersons- do they include himself?
The question is why did Pianim choose the media, instead of the laid down procedure for airing one's views and grievances? Are his open criticisms meant to unite or divide the rank-and-file of NPP? Sometimes, '… speech is silvern, but silence is golden'.
Disclaimer: "The views/contents expressed in this article are the sole responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of Modern Ghana. Modern Ghana will not be responsible or liable for any inaccurate or incorrect statements contained in this article."


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Jordan Rodgers says he has had a roller coaster of a year, but he's not planning to slow down anytime soon. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, The Bachelorette winner revealed that reality TV fame has its ups and downs, but that it was "the best blessing" he could imagine when finding a fiance in JoJo Fletcher and starting a new life with her in Dallas. Jordan, who just landed a prime sportscasting gig on SEC Saturday Night, admits that the media attention the couple gets has been a crazy experience, including the "crazy fans and trolls and the things that come with the reality side of TV." But it sounds like the trade-off has been worth it.
Rodgers told THR the couple recently moved into a new neighborhood close to JoJo's family, and that things are getting back to normal. But Bachelorette fans want to know why Jordan Rodgers and JoJo Fletcher haven't set a wedding date yet. In Bachelor Nation, a year-long engagement is an eternity.
'We're figuring out our life" Rodgers explained. "We're learning more about each other every single day, what our life is going to look like and where it's going to be…So we're enjoying this time of being engaged, continuing to date and court each other, and getting to know each other even more."
Jordan said the couple wouldn't tie the knot until the time is right, and it sounds like that time is still a long way off.
"When the time is right, we're absolutely going to sit down and start planning [a wedding]," Rodgers said. "But we're definitely taking our time. We want everything to be right and make sure we're in the right place."
In the past, JoJo issued a similar sentiment, telling E! News that living together in Texas is enough. Fletcher revealed that the couple is just "just enjoying being together right now." JoJo has also said they can't decide where to hold the wedding since their families are spread out in Dallas and California.
Fans who are hoping for a TV wedding may be out of luck. Rodgers told THR they hadn't heard anything from Bachelorette producers, so he doesn't think an ABC TV wedding is in the cards for the couple. Not that he wants one, anyway. While he acknowledges that fans would love to witness his wedding to JoJo, Jordan admits he would hesitate to put such a private moment out there.
"That's something we would have to discuss together but very honestly, my first reaction would be that I would probably rather not," Jordan said. "There's a distinct intimacy and privacy and it's a very special moment with family and friends, and I wouldn't want anything to tarnish that or to take away from that."
Jordan Rodgers said he wouldn't want his special day with JoJo Fletcher play out on a network's timetable.
"I want us to run the show and make sure it's always what we imagined," Rodgers said. "If there's a way to do that and include fans, great. But that wouldn't be my first wish."
At this point, fans are just wishing for any Bachelor wedding. In addition to Jordan Rodgers and JoJo Fletcher, franchise alums Kaitlyn Bristowe and Shawn Booth have yet to say, "I do," and Nick Viall and Vanessa Grimaldi are also still in engagement mode. While franchise stars Evan Bass and Carly Waddell tied the knot last month, fans have not yet seen the wedding footage.
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AfriGeneas Free Persons of Color Forum
FROC: Inside the African-American Community
In Response To: Book List - suggested readings on FPOC ()
Free People of Color: Inside the African American Community, James Oliver Horton, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London, 1993
This book is actually a series of essays- with a focus on FPOC in the north, an area that is often overlooked with so much empahasis always placed on the plight of our people in the south.
Horton looks at free Blacks and the underground railroad, Blacks in Antebellum Boston, and also examines gender, color and social identity.
His comparison of the status of the mulatto in three northern communites; Buffalo, Boston and Cincinatti, sheds some new light on the old issue of the relationship between color and social class.
I particularly enjoyed his chapter "Freedom's yoke; Gender conventions among Free Blacks", because he takes a hard look at the pressures on the relationships between black men and woman - and the gender conventions women had to adhere to.
I'd vote this a "must read" for anyone researching FPOC.
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The Feast at Parokya ng Pagkabuhay was celebrated with great fever within Barangay Bagbay, Barangay Sauyo and even some parts of Talipapa.
Camp Grezar Fiesta Arch, Bagbag-Novaliches
This marks the Easter day celebration within the community. The arch or ( arko) was made from indigenous materials and recycled items such as plastic bottles, plastic spoons and cans.
Quirino Highway with orange and yellow cloths which serves indicator of the feast
The highlight of the feast are the arches within Barangay Bagbag and the Salubong at the Parokya ng Pagkabuhay parish .
Franco street
These arches were erected last week as part of the preparations of the Easter festivities. Barangay Bagbag is one of the oldest known Sitios or Barrios of Novaliches. However the Feast of Parokya ng Pagkabuhay was only held in the mid -1970's
Kingspoint Subdivision avenue arch located within Barangay Bagbag
Kingspoint Subdivision is located within Barangay Bagbag where the Parish of Parokya ng Pagkabuhay is under the Vicariate of San Bartolome .
The parish was formed in the early 1970's as a small chapel and was made an independent parish in November 15, 1978.
Kingspoint – Christ the King of the Universe parish started as a small chapel around 1980 with no permanent priest and the chapel was enlarged several times in the late 1980's and in the mid-1990's before the current one was finished to accommodate more people.


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Water demand in Longford exceeds supply by 50 percent
Demand for water is exceeding supply by as much as 50 percent in certain areas of the county, according to Longford County Council.
"This increased demand is being caused primarily by leaks in private property," said Gerry Gillen, Infrastructure and Environment, Longford Co Council.
"Typically many of these leaks are occurring in vacant houses, industrial and retail units, and on service pipes in private lands. Property owners are being urged to check for leaks and to report them to Longford County Council," he said.
"It is likely that restrictions will be in operation for at least a week.," Mr Gillen added. "The restrictions to be imposed will vary from place to place and are likely to include a mixture of pressure reductions and the turning off of supplies overnight in the worst affected areas."
Roads have also fallen victim to recent severe weather conditions with reports of potholes and other road damage on routes throughout the county.
"In most cases the reports relate to the occurrence of potholes. A very serious report was received with regard to a number of potholes on the N4 on the Longford side of Newtownforbes.
"The Council's Road Repair Crew carried out temporary repairs within a few hours and it is likely that more permanent pavement repairs will be completed in the coming days.
"In other areas it is likely that road surfaces will have been damaged and it will be necessary to carry out repairs and patching over the coming weeks. At this early stage it would not be possible to quantify what the cost of repairing damaged roads will be," said Mr Gillen.
Householders are being advised this week that bogus callers may use the water crisis in the county to gain access into their homes and to therefore exercise extreme vigilance in any such cases.
Longford County Council said that all its staff carry identification and that people should ask for it if they become suspicious.
"If doubts arise do not allow an unauthorised person into your home," the local authority said.
Longford County Council has asked that leaks on footpaths or at the roadside - no matter how big or small - be reported to it immediately. Phone (043) 3343300 during office hours or 1850 211525 at other times.


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I'LL start this week's column with an apology that I have been tardy in writing lately, but I have a good excuse! I'm pleased to report that your SNP European Team is settling in well to Brussels and making friends across the borders of country, party, and political group. We've had a blisteringly successful week.
First published in The National, 15 June 2019
On a personal note, I'm thrilled to have been elected President of the European Free Alliance Group in the European Parliament, and thank you to everyone who has congratulated me so far! EFA is a political grouping of progressive nationalist and regionalist parties including the SNP, Plaid Cymru, and the Catalan ERC.
As regular National readers will know, MEPs work in groupings to maximise their power and influence along ideological rather than country lines, so the socialists tend to work in the S&D (European Socialists), centrists join Verhofstadt's ALDE, and the conservative groups plump for the largest group, the EPP.
Not the UK Conservatives, you understand, because David Cameron decided to withdraw from the EPP back in 2009. David Cameron weakening his own political party and the UK's global standing in a short-term move to stave off some hardline Eurosceptic backbenchers? Who would have thought it?
EFA has paired with the Greens (consisting of Green MEPs from all over the EU) and are likely to make up the fourth largest bloc in the Parliament. This means I'm also First Vice-President of the group, which sends a strong message about Scotland's place in the EU.
The vote was unanimous, and so by electing a Scot from a vocal pro-Remain party as First VP, we're showing that not only is Scotland a European nation that wants to play its part in the EU, but also that this is welcomed and valued by the EU27. While I daresay I have friends and wellwishers in the group, I can't see that my personal charm alone would have swung the vote! The EU is by no means hostile to Scotland, and in fact we've got a fair amount of sympathy from MEPs and EU officials who are looking at the Westminster shambles, looking at the clear, calm and professional attitude of the Scottish Government, and then looking back to Westminster.
I've more or less written off the Westminster Tories, including the ones representing Scotland, since you can pretty much guarantee they'll fall in behind the party line, no matter how much of a kicking a no-deal Brexit will give to Scotland and the UK as a whole. There's a strange momentum in Westminster right now, where despite everyone acknowledging a no-deal Brexit will be A Bad Thing (a far cry from the unicorns and rainbows vision of the 2016 EU Referendum campaign), the Brexit boulder is rumbling forward, and now the aim is to get it over the line at any cost.
Remember when "sovereignty" was the watchword? We were voting Brexit to restore sovereignty to our hallowed Westminster Parliament? Aye... Boris Johnson has now reportedly refused to rule out suspending Parliament to force through a no-deal, and MPs voted 309-298 against a Labour motion to block a no-deal Brexit. That included eight Labour MPs, by the way. (All 35 SNP MPs voted in favour of the motion.) That palace on the Thames is crumbling as quickly as the institution it hosts, but Westminster is calling the shots on Brexit and we're still no closer to clarity, despite those two years in the Article 50 timetable, plus the six-month extension that appears to be being squandered on the Tory leadership contest. The EU, to give it its due, has been remarkably gentle with the UK so far, appearing to be adopting Hanlon's Razor as its maxim – "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity", or in this case, that which is adequately explained by rank incompetence.
So while there is sympathy there, the EU has to deal with the UK as the member state, not Scotland, and its hands are tied.
That's why it's so interesting to see the reception given to Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, this week. The First Minister was over in Brussels, ostensibly to launch a showcase of Arts performances from Scotland that had a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe. Along the way, the European Policy Centre, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, and the EU's Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier all somehow found time in their schedules for meetings with the First Minister. Well-publicised meetings.
I've had folk point out, kindly, that I keep repeating "Scotland voted to Remain" but there's a reason for that. We can't let Brexit become an inevitability and we should assuredly not accept a UK perspective rather than Scottish one. We can't just give up. While Westminster is up against the seemingly-unstoppable neurotic juggernaut of the Conservative Party, sensible voices feeling isolated and the priority appearing to be "who can woo the ERG best", Scotland is still putting up a fight. We voted to return four pro-Remain MEPs out of six MEP seats – including an unprecedented three SNP MEPs.
Our First Minister is out there meeting with the big cheeses. There's still an active grassroots that's been making last stand after last stand.
Look at the UK right now and ask yourself if this is what you want. If we go down, we go down fighting, but right now it's all to play for.


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When we watch a television program, we have no trouble identifying places, persons, animals, mountains, and so on. Through becoming involved with the program, we identify with what we are seeing and begin to feel an emotional response. Actually, what we are looking at are not places, persons, animals, or mountains, but points of light on a tube in a little box.
The confusion that is necessary to enjoy a television program is similar to bewilderment or ignorance, where the very vividness or intensity of the images of the mind's lucidity overpowers the mind.
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Rangers fans are not the only ones excited about the signing of Jermain Defoe – on top of the player himself's obvious excitement and desire to win the SPL title at the first time of asking with his new manager and ex-team mate Steven Gerrard, both players' national side also took to Twitter to praise the former England cap and wish him luck on his new journey.
Obviously Defoe and Gerrard are absolute legends of the national game south of the border, and played in many a big tournament together. On top of Defoe's intent on winning the title up here, his country tweeted him a very kind and inspirational comment and we have to say it's clear to see now the Gerrard Effect kicking in further:
Friends reunited! 🤝
Good luck up there, @IAmJermainDefoe. pic.twitter.com/11O8fstudV
— England (@England) 6 January 2019
Whether Rangers do win the title this year or not, this is a signing which has rather scared Scottish football – 'game changer' has been used by many a Celtic-minded individual and while Defoe is no spring chicken any more, you never lose your scoring touch and hopefully he'll gain fitness and regain his sharp edge.
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This board meeting is scheduled 27 May 2019 at 16:00 - 17:00 UTC, a record of motions is preserved on loomio and actions on osgeo todo issue tracker.
Current items
Items in italic are recurring at each meeting.
- roll call
- appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary
- Review and approve past minutes
- Review outstanding action items
- code of conduct revamp
- https://berlincodeofconduct.org - event
- https://www.contributor-covenant.org/ - project
- accountability and enforcement
- Planning F2F Meeting
- UniZar mirroring osgeo
- Additional topics are welcome, meeting is open and you are encouraged to attend
- FOSS4G meeting planning and travel arrangements
- start with believing report, aggrieved party is the judge of harassment
- Intension of behaviour (for example) does not matter, only the result
strong enforcement (harassment):
- evict from the event or community
- crimes are reported to authorities
- public letter to organization (employer or university) posted on our website, to be fair a willingness to publish response from institution
- violators of code of conduct will be not welcomed to future events, local chapters may also wish to respect this
soft enforcement (example inappropriate language, sexually charged slide material):
- discuss code of conduct with individual, evict from event or community as required
- letter to organization (employer or university) allowing organization to handle matter with discretion
- future event participation requires apology + permission of organizer + signed code of conduct posted in public on our website
- Presiding: Michael
- Scribing: Jody
- Michael
- Jody
- Victoria
- Angelos
- Astrid
- Tom
- Maria
Review and approve past minutes
Minutes recorded here [[1]]
- Discussion the Board_Meeting_2019-04-29 notes were not approved, waiting on Jeff see loomio
MOT1: approve last months meeting notes
- Michael +1 (initial motion)
- Jody +1 (seconded)
- Victoria +1
- Angelos +1
- Astrid +1
- Tom +1
Review of outstanding action items
Review of open tickets: https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues
- update section 5.2 of by-laws updated on website, ticket remains open pending reporting change to IRS
- FOSS4G 2018 action item - closed
- Flickr transfer of photos - closed as won't fix (we will just lose our history)
- video and archiving - Astrid will take on
- update secretary page - in progress?
- Write expectations for physical presence at FOSS4G events
- discussion on role of board in this "expected" activities
- lots of interest in volunteer (Victoria, Michael, etc...)
- move to marketing committee meeting ... astid/jody take action
- update sponsorship choices - added
Code of conduct revamp
Discussion of:
- Berlin Code of Conduc - events!
- Contributor Covenant: A Code of Conduct for Open Source Projects - projects!
Discussion on accountability and enforcement (see sidebar above, and sensitive discussion in the IRC logs).
MOT2: Update code of conduct with contributor-covenant recommendation, berlinecodeofconduct for events
- Jody +1
- Maria +1
- Astrid +1
- Michael +1
- Victoria +1
- Angelos +1
- Tom +1
Planning F2F
Meeting planning:
- timetable and travel logistics
- Saturday morning work party
- Saturday noon start
- start email thread to discuss wiki cleanup (done)
- UniZar mirroring osgeo
- OGC API Hackathon coordination - take to email
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About The Book
Emelia Mason has spent her career finding the dirt on the rich and famous. But deep down past this fearless tabloid-reporter façade, there's a nerdy Narnia-obsessed girl who still can't resist climbing into wardrobes to check for the magical land on the other side. When a story she writes produces tragic results, she flees to Oxford, England—home to C.S. Lewis—to try and make amends for the damage she has caused.
Peter Carlisle was on his way to become one of Great Britain's best rowers—until he injured his shoulder and lost his chance at glory. He's determined to fight his way back to the top even if it means risking permanent disability to do so. It's the only way he can find his way past failing the one person who never stopped believing in his Olympic dream.
When Peter and Emelia cross paths on her first night in Oxford, the attraction is instant and they find common ground in their shared love of Narnia. But can the lessons from a fantasyland be enough to hold them together when secrets of the real world threaten to tear them apart? Cobblestone streets, an aristocratic estate, and an antique shop with curious a wardrobe bring the world of Narnia to life in Kara Isaac's inspiring and romantic story about second chances.
My Perspective
What a beautifully written novel! I was immediately drawn to the characters of Emelia and Peter, and could not wait to see where this story was headed. This budding romance had such an original, thought-out plot, and you could tell by all the Narnia references that perhaps Ms. Isaac is a fan herself. Either that or she really did her homework! Since she was so knowledgeable about the books, her characters were just as knowledgeable. I could see myself copying Emelia and searching wardrobe after wardrobe, looking for that magical one that would whisk me away into the world of Narnia.
Although the book is long (373 pages paperback), I did not feel as if the storyline dragged at all. It was lovely to see how these characters interacted in their daily lives, in their natural surroundings, and with each other. I thought their relationship was sweet and innocent in its own way. While it may take a good portion of the book to learn more about their secrets, I felt it was necessary to the storyline and character development. I liked seeing the characters for who they were in spite of their secrets. And I think it was important for Peter and Emelia to see each other that way first. Otherwise they may not have gotten so close.
This book was an absolute pleasure to read. I cannot wait to see what Ms. Isaac has next for her readers! I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher. I was not required to write a favorable review. All thoughts and opinions are 100% my own.


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Spring camp for the Rutgers football team would've been interesting enough if there wasn't a new head coach roaming the sideline. But with Kyle Flood taking charge of the Scarlet Knights in a practice setting for the first time since replacing Greg Schiano, this figures to be the most intriguing spring camp in recent memory.
"Because of when our spring break was, our spring practice is a little bit later than I think most teams in the country, which is fine,'' said Flood, who spent the past seven seasons mentoring Rutgers' offensive line. "There's no negative to that. But it has made us wait a little bit more. It has kind of built the anxiousness in me. And that's just me personally because I'm going through it for the first time.''
There are plenty of position battles to keep the newly-formed coaching staff busy over the next five weeks, but Flood understands no Big East championships are awarded in April.
"If you ask any college football player in the country if they want to win a championship next year, I think they'd all tell you yes,'' Flood said. "And I think our players are no different. They'd tell you the same thing. I can't wait to get out there and watch these guys perform on the field, doing what they love to do, which is play football, because they train so hard in the offseason, and you only get to do it 15 times in the spring. I couldn't be more excited to go out there and watch it.''
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Who will emerge as the go-to playmakers?: Gone is Mohamed Sanu, who accounted for 45 percent of the receptions last season. And while there are plenty of talented holdovers at the wide receiver spot, including Quron Pratt, Brandon Coleman, Mark Harrison and Tim Wright, none produced the kind of consistent results like Sanu did last fall. While Harrison will look to regain the form that saw him produce 829 yards receiving and nine touchdowns in 2010, Coleman will look to build on a redshirt freshman campaign in which he hauled in 17 catches for 552 yards (32.5 avg.) and six touchdowns.


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Votes are due by midnight (central), Wednesday, July 15.
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The dresses, that's the Oscars for me. The beautiful gowns and the ones that make you wonder 'what possessed her?' So anything that provides both oohs and aahs of admiration and WTFs of astonishment is worth watching.
But there's a whole show wrapped around the dresses. This year's show was one of the most disjointed that I've ever seen. The hosts – why? Anne Hathaway I expect to see accepting an award or sitting in the audience. And James Franco – I hang my head in shame (as a long-time but former GH watcher) but I've never heard of him. And he was nominated in Best Actor category. I thought "aren't there enough people in Hollywood that they don't have to double up?"
Actors as hosts?
Listening to CBC Radio's Q this morning, the panelists on the Oscars gave shape to my rather confused impressions of the show. Actors, one said, should not host. If they're at a career high, they're likely to do it no good by hosting (James Franco being the case in point). And if they're not, they're not going to help their career.
In that panelist's opinion, stand-up comedians and talk-show hosts know how to do it. They know timing and know how to ad lib. And they are not being viewed, and therefore judged, as 'Actors'. They are of the industry, but apart from it. Please God, there must be some young comedians or hosts able to do the job if the Academy wants youth for the sake of drawing the 'prime' demographic.
Another point made was that the most articulate and interesting acceptance speeches came from writers, not actors. You would think, the point was, that actors would know enough to write out their lines and memorize them. But no, flailing around and saying nothing at great length – that's what we got.
F "Shock"
The big moment was Melissa Leo's "f" word. I'd thought she'd seemed kind of insincere at her shock at herself. I thought maybe she was just covering, the way you do when you say something stupid then try to pretend you meant to say it. The Q panel thought she had meant to say it, and described her "shock" as the worst piece of acting ever seen. I don't know if her wrestling Kirk Douglas for his cane as they walked off stage was planned or not – it was pretty funny. So was Christian Bale seemingly forgetting his wife's name in his thank-yous.
The Best Song candidates seemed mashed up together without much fanfare. The historical flashbacks to previous Oscar winners were confusing to me. The school choir at the end – why? Nice for them, certainly, but this is the sort of thing you shouldn't have to watch until you're living in the old folk's home.
Best Picture and Best Dress
I wish Best Picture could have gone to both The King's Speech and The Social Network. But, given that it can't, I'm glad The King's Speech won. Maybe the reign of King George VI is long past, but speech impediments aren't. It's a story about a real issue, and a real history that is worth knowing. However, it's impossible to deny the reality and influence of the story of Facebook too. Especially when, as was happening in my household, one person was carrying on a dialogue about the Oscars on Facebook during the commercials.
I was surprised that no one from The King's Speech or The Social Network thanked the people who lived the stories on which these movies were based. Christian Bale did that for The Fighter.
And my favourite dress? The woman from ABC. Stunning, and I couldn't find a picture of it.


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The family split inside the Conservative Party over family income splitting is pure gold for political junkies.
First, the Finance Minister publicly trash talks the key election promise of the Prime Minister, now that the implementation date is fast approaching.
Senior ministers respond by doubling down on the plan to allow families with children under 18 to split their household income, up to $50,000.
Then the Prime Minister's Office chimes in, whispering in reporters' ears that this was all part of the plan: Harper was having doubts about the $3 billion Mad Men giveaway, so he sent Flaherty out to throw cold water on the idea.
But let's get back to the policy and Flaherty's central criticism of it. "I'm not sure that overall it benefits our society," Flaherty explained.
Flaherty is right: an analysis of the proposal shows the Conservative plan is skewed heavily in favour of wealthy two-parent families, with the vast majority of families (86%) receiving no benefit at all.
Too bad so many of the federal tax breaks are skewed toward wealthier Canadians, exacerbating income inequality.
Don't take our word for it. Peter Devries, a former director of fiscal policy at the Department of Finance, lays it out in the Globe and Mail.
"Mr. Flaherty's main argument against income splitting -- that the benefits are not broadly shared -- applies to many of the 160 targeted tax breaks that Conservatives have proudly introduced since 2006," Mr. Devries pointed out.
Here's a sampling:
Child Fitness Tax Credit (CFTC)
The tax credit, introduced in 2007, was designed to promote physical activity among kids, but research shows that the $100 million annual expenditure (in foregone federal tax revenues) doesn't reach families in the different income groups equitably.
Amin Mawan, a professor of taxation at the Schulich School of Business at York University, studied the program and summed it up in an article titled, The fitness tax credit is a subsidy for the rich.
"Our analysis of federal tax-return data showed that those in higher income groups benefit more from the CFTC. Households earning over $200,000 claimed, on average, more than $250 in additional eligible physical activity expenses than households earning less than $40,000."
Education tax credits
The federal government dolls out about $1.6 billion in tax credits each year to help students pay for college and university, and it "turns out the rich kids are getting the lion's share" of the federal and provincial education tax credits. That's the take away from a recent report from the C.D. Howe Institute.
Key findings include:
- 10 per cent of people using education tax credits have an income above $80,000, but they receive 42 per cent of the total credits;
- and about half have incomes below $30,000, but they only get 7 per cent of the total credits.
Pension income splitting
Pension income splitting was implemented in 2007, and is estimated to cost $1.7 billion by 2015. A study released last month by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives found that seven out of the 10 senior families get no benefit at all from the initiative. Meanwhile, the richest 10% of senior families receive more than the bottom 70% combined.
Here's a snapshot of what this looks like, courtesy of the CCPA:
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To learn English listening is a fundamental skill you need to develop. The good news is that there are so many opportunities for you to practice and develop this important skill. Here I will discuss some of the resources that I think are very useful and also highlight some of the lessons on my site that will also help you improve your listening. Ready? Let's get started!
Listening is an important skill in any language. We listen for information for general understanding as well as to understand specific details. Many students find it difficult to understand the radio, television, movies and videos because spoken English in regular everyday speech is very different from how someone would sound trying to slowly and carefully say the same information. This is also why sometimes it is easier for students to understand the news.
When we speak in every day English, we constantly shorten and connect our speech. This is also why learners can sound more formal when they speak English because they don't speak the same way.
In English we often link words together to make our speech flow rhythmically and flow more easily out of our mouths. We may change the sound at the end of one word to make it easier to say the next word. Or we may join the last consonant of one word to the vowel of the next word.
For example, "I'd like an orange."
In regular speech, this sounds like: "I'd likuh norange."
"Likuh?" Never heard of that word. What's a "norange?" Is that some type of fruit?
This can be very confusing to students because they've never heard these words before and they're searching their brains for the vocabulary. This is also why it is best to listen to, but not watch, a video to practice listening (so that you are only using your listening skills).
We also drop or lose sounds in natural speech, especially when there are many consonants together:
We contract and connect "ham and" "what is in" and drop the "s" and "d" sounds in "grilled," "this" and "sandwich."
It's not as hard to train your ear as you think. Once learners actually understand that native English speakers frequently contract words, drop sounds and connect speech, it is easier for them to notice it and be able to develop their listening comprehension through practice.
Targeted practice with minimal pairs (where only a vowel sound is changed - for example, sit -sat, or then-than) may be necessary for some learners, especially if they do not have some of the sounds in their own language. There are many lessons on YouTube to practice, just search for "minimal pairs."
It's simple to learn English listening by using a short video or audio that has a transcript. (You will find several suggestions of places to find videos with transcripts below.)
Step 1: Listen for the gist or general meaning.
The idea is to only listen for the main point of what's being said. What is the person trying to say? Are they expressing an opinion, giving information, reporting an event, describing something, etc. What is the speech about in general?
Step 2: Listen a second time for details
What are some of the supporting details about the speech?
Step 3: Train your ear for natural speech: contractions, weak forms, etc.
You can do this in many ways:
Step 4: Rinse and Repeat
Listen to an audio or video repeatedly. Students often only listen to something once. Usually you only get the main idea if you listen to something one time. But when you listen to something several times, you learn new words, notice speech patterns (as explained above) and your brain begins to hear and understand more and more of the speech. It is better to listen to a short audio or video 5-10 times than to listen to something longer just one time.
There are so many great resources out there but these are a few of my favorites. The reason is that I believe having a transcript is a very valuable resource in developing listening skills. As I mentioned above, listen several times to whatever audio or video you choose is THE key. This is what we call PRACTICE. Sorry to shout but many students never listen to this advice. They don't want to practice and do things enough times to develop a skill. But of course you are not one of those students ;)
Ted Talks are fantastic because they let you hear people speak naturally. They have prepared their speech but they are not reading something they wrote word for word. So you will hear normal pauses and expressions as well as the normal rhythms of spoken speech. Not only do you get a transcript, but you can also turn on the English subtitles and in many cases, you can have a translation into your own language. This can really help you quickly find the meaning of words you do not know.
I like TED Talks so much that I use them to create lessons on my website. Click here to access the video lessons.
Voice of America offers captioned news reports, so these are English speakers using very clear speech. They also have "English in a minute" videos which will help you to learn American idioms in just … you guessed it... one minute! Both are excellent for practicing listening.
You probably know the BBC as they are renowned for their quality information. The BBC has a good cartoon soap opera to help you develop your listening skills as well as a variety of videos with transcripts.
Audible is owned by Amazon.com and provides audio books by many popular authors. You can easily find popular books in any topic or genre. It's a great investment to purchase the book in English as well so that you can read along with the recording.
Be sure to purchase the "unabridged" version of the book if you plan to read along. "Abridged" recordings are shortened versions of the books. I recommend trying to buy a book that you have already read in your own language (and hopefully will have on hand so you can use it to quickly look up words you do not know).
There are many English podcasts available on the internet and I do a monthly podcast myself with my newsletter. If you have not yet signed-up, please enter your name and email in the form. I write a newsletter article and then read it so my learners have the opportunity to listen and learn as I have described on this page. To see samples of the podcast and article, click on the links below:
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Here are a few more listening lessons that I've put together:
The English idiomatic expression, "beauty is only skin deep" means that a person's inner beauty—not their outward physical appearance—is what's most important. Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o discusses her personal struggle with feeling beautiful when she was growing up.
Practice your English listening with this video of Lady Gaga describing to Glamour Magazine what has made her feel beautiful and how she has struggled with her looks during her life. Take the short quiz to test your listening comprehension.
Flight attendant safety rap
This is a fun English listening exercise. Listen as the flight attendant raps (sings) the airline safety instructions before the flight. Test your listening comprehension with the quiz.
50 Shades of Hey
Listening and speaking are opposite sides of communication. In this listening exercise, you'll hear someone say "hey" 50 different times, producing many different meanings.
In this lesson you can practice listening to another airline safety message. It's an Australian accent this time.
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A bit lightheaded, I steady myself, reach up, and hang my parent's gold filigree framed portrait. I found the perfect spot, a bare wall, above my well-lit nightstand. The shadow from the lamp forms a halo, circling their heads, above the heart-shaped matting.
Stepping back, I look to see if it's crooked, smiling with satisfaction, at its symmetry. I'm far from home, in this strange new dormitory setting; yet my parents would expect me to triumph in my transition. Even now, out on my own, Dad's repetitive challenge still resounds in my memory. I can almost hear his baritone voice
"Son, remember who you are, and whose you are."
My heart rests easy, in knowing who I am; I'm their eldest son, and, adopted child of God. I no longer live in the confines of their home, but I still respect their authority, and heed their warnings, to guard my heart.
My family helped me make my final decision. I am confident that I made the right choice; yet, I know temptations will surely arise, in a co-ed dorm. I have convictions, and I fully intend to keep them!
A guy from down the hall sticks his head in the open doorway, making a quick scan of my side of the room.
"Making yourself at home? Cool bedspread! I'm Paul, from room 105."
"Nice to meet you. I'm Jack. Yeah, almost settled, still a few more things to unpack."
"Looks like you like to read, me too. The library is up on the next floor. Think I'm their best customer!"
"Yes. I had a hard time deciding which books to bring."
"Lunch is at 11:30. Why don't you sit with me? I can stop here, on my way to the dining room. After we eat, I'll give you the 10 cent tour!"
"Sounds good!"
I glance down at my Timex, wipe off the face of the watch, and look up, into the friendly face, of my first visitor.
"Almost finished shelving these paperbacks. I'll get out of this sweat suit, be ready in a jiffy."
Paul seems nice enough.
I walk into the shared, now vacant, bathroom. Wiggling out of sweaty clothes, I edge forward to the sink, splash on invigorating water, and dry off. Stepping into comfortable jeans, I zip up, before slipping on, an Ivy League shirt. Closing the door behind me, I shuffle to the closet, lean down, grab sneakers, and ease into the recliner. I try to still trembling hands, as I double-tie, stiff new laces.
Why am I so nervous? You'd think it was my first day of high school!"
"Hi, Paul. Be right with ya'. Wanta' grab a sweater."
"Good idea, sometimes we just about freeze! Like eating at the North Pole!"
Like an obedient pup, I walk at Paul's side, as he leads me through a maze of hallways. My nose serves as efficient compass.
"Pizza! Think I'm gonna' like it here!"
We sit with about a half dozen others, at an oblong table, and Paul shares a steady stream of names. The smile, gentle voice, and green eyes of a red head, lure me. My pulse begins to race; I self-consciously keep looking in her direction. Nodding, as I'm leaving, with hesitation, I stammer, "Nnn-ice to meet you, Katy."
That evening, I succumb to a severe attack of homesick blues, looking up, at Mom and Dad's picture, then down, at my tattered Bible on the stand. I open, to the inside cover.
"To: Jack with Love,
Mom and Dad."
Right before Boy Scout camp, my first time away from home
Mom had inscribed a scripture passage in the lower right hand corner.
"How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you (Psalm 119:9-11 NIV)."
I finger the fading message, visualizing Almighty God's finger extended, atop stone tablets, engraving the Ten Commandments
Barely in a whisper, with parted lips, I pray.
"Lord, guard my lips. Guard my eyes. Guard my heart."
I open the nightstand drawer. With gnarled, fumbling hands, I clasp a heart pendant necklace, dangling it from its delicate chain. Flipping it open, I gaze into angelic side-by-side faces. I will not betray the trust of Mother, or my dearly departed wife. I will vigilantly guard my heart, here, in this assisted living facility.
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A replacement for an earlier Rialto Cinema destroyed by fire, the Rialto Cinema opened on November 25, 1935 with "Gold Diggers of 1935". It had 1,800 seats, was designed by Frederick Dyer and had a proscenium 45ft wide. The Rialto Cinema was equipped with a Compton 3Manual 5 Ranks organ, which was opened by Hal Sherwin.
The wide proscenium came in handy when CinemaScope was installed in 1955, when the opening accommodated a massive 42ft by 20ft screen.
Originally there were four tall narrow fins running up the facade and above the parapet between the windows in the central block. These have been removed to the detriment of the building.
There was a shallow stage which was used infrequently. The last film was shown on 15th October 1961 with William Holden in "The World of Suzi Wong". The Rialto Cinema went over to bingo which it continued to be used for until its closure in 2002 as a Mecca Bingo Club. In 2003, the former Rialto Cinema was demolished to make way for a car park for a new Mecca Bingo Club nearby.
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Demolition begins on 7th of April 2003, as the new bingo hall is now open next door. The site will become a car park. The building has been heavily altered inside for bingo but retained the huge proscenium and original seating in the circle.
Sadly noting remains of this impressive super cinema. It was demolished in June and the site is now a car park for the bingo hall next door.
A couple more pictures of the rialto – including the huge proscenium mentioned above by Tim:–
Two more, earlier pictures here:–
Here is a March 1963 poster:
The Rialto and Clifton cinemas in York were once owned and run by Jack Prendergast, father of film composer, John Barry.
John Barry, (Barry Prendergast)persuaded his father to let him have a short stage spot on Sunday nights, he would appear with his group, later known as the John Barry 7, between the two films which were usually reruns showing for one night only as, by then, York's Odeon and ABC Regal were taking the pick of the general release and the Rialto was becoming difficult to book with the City also boasting other, smaller but more central cinemas. The pop group soon became a draw for many teenagers who would make the "Ri" their regular Sunday night destination. At opening, the Rialto was one of the cinemas where Holophane, the decorative lighting specialists, were contracted not just for the auditorium and stage lighting but also the wall and ceiling reflective treatments and striking main curtains – all to maximise the overall effect. I vividly remember the curtains (Holophane provided identical curtains for the unrelated Capitol, Scarborough)though, by my day, much of the Holophane lighting was not being used, just open-white footlights (economy?), even so, the huge cinema was still most impressive. A mural surrounded the upper parts of the foyer walls and this depicted the Roman walls and gates, or bars, surrounding the City of York.
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A number of students from Gooburrum State School, which Trinity attended, will be present at the Elliott Heads Road church today.
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I'd say I'm on an Odyssey like my book, but since we're getting to know each other, I'll stick with the simple stuff. So you'll be tagging along with me on an adventure, or journey, if you like.
One thing you should know about me is that although I'm only eleven, I'm well-spoken and well-read. Daddy always insisted on us reading and learning all the time.
Anyway, today's letter stands for Abuse and Abandonment. I'm young, but I've experienced both. You see, I'm pretty special. I have two mothers. One of them abused me 'cause she was sick and couldn't cope with stuff, and the other had to go away and leave me. I'll tell you all about it as we go along.
I love talking with adults, so tell me a little about you. D'you like reading young adult fiction? Have you ever had to deal with abuse or abandonment? Come on, tell me what you think, and don't forget to meet me back here tomorrow and I'll tell you more about my life. I'll also tell you a bit about Jamaica, where I live.
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