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Developments in Asia
Although the emergence of Asian theatre was not simultaneous with that of ancient Greece and Rome, it merits discussion here rather than as an appendage to the history of Western drama.
Indian theatre is often considered the oldest in Asia, having developed its dance and drama by the 8th century bc. According to Hindu holy books, the gods fought the demons before the world was created, and the god Brahmā asked the gods to reenact the battle among themselves for their own entertainment. Once again the demons were defeated, this time by being beaten with a flagstaff by one of the gods. To protect theatre from demons in the future, a pavilion was built, and in many places in India today a flagstaff next to the stage marks the location of performances.
According to myth, Brahmā ordered that dance and drama be combined; certainly the words for "dance" and "drama" are the same in all Indian dialects. Early in Indian drama, however, dance began to dominate the theatre. By the beginning of the 20th century there were few performances of plays, though there were myriad dance recitals. It was not until political independence in 1947 that India started to redevelop the dramatic theatre.
In the 4th century a codification was written of the śāstra, or the staging conventions of the dance. It lists not only the costumes, makeup, gestures, and body positions but also any plots considered unsuitable, and it is the most complete document of stagecraft ever compiled. There is no scenery in Indian dance, although there are usually a few properties, such as a three-foot-high brass lamp. A curtain is used, however, by troupes that dance kathākali, an ancient danced drama of southwestern India. The curtain itself is a cloth rectangle that is held between the stage and a large lamp by two stagehands.
The dancers perform a group of preliminary dances behind the curtain until they make an important entrance called "peering over the curtain." In this, a character fans the lamp by pulling the curtain in and out until the flames are spectacularly high. The dancer, still hiding his face, displays his hands and legs at the borders of the curtain. At the climactic moment the dancer pulls the curtain aside, displaying his awesome makeup, and stagehands remove the curtain until the next dramatic entrance.
Classical Indian drama had as its elements poetry, music, and dance, with the sound of the words assuming more importance than the action or the narrative; therefore, staging was basically the enactment of poetry. The reason that the productions, in which scenes apparently follow an arbitrary order, seem formless to Westerners is that playwrights use much simile and metaphor. Because of the importance of the poetic line, a significant character is the storyteller or narrator, who is still found in most Asian drama. In Sanskrit drama the narrator was the sūtra-dhāra, "the string holder," who set the scene and interpreted the actors' moods. Another function was performed by the narrator in regions in which the aristocratic vocabulary and syntax used by the main characters, the gods and the nobles, was not understood by the majority of the audience. The narrator operated first through the use of pantomime and later through comedy.
A new Indian theatre that began about 1800 was a direct result of British colonization. With the addition of dance interludes and other Indian aesthetic features, modern India has developed a national drama. Two examples of "new" theatre staging are the Prithvi Theatre and the Indian National Theatre. The Prithvi Theatre, a Hindi touring company founded in 1943, utilizes dance sequences, incidental music, frequent set changes, and extravagant movement and colour. The Indian National Theatre, founded in Bombay in the 1950s, performs for audiences throughout India, in factories and on farms. Its themes usually involve a national problem, such as the lack of food, and the troupe's style is a mixture of pantomime and simple dialogue. It uses a truck to haul properties, costumes, and actors; there is no scenery.
The most noticeable contrast between China and other Asian countries is that traditionally China has produced virtually no dance. The classic theatre of the Chinese is called "opera" because the dialogue is punctuated with arias and recitatives. Of the amazingly detailed written record of Chinese theatre, the first reference to opera was during the T'ang dynasty (618–907). The development of the opera style popular today took place during the Manchu rule of the 19th century. The Empress Dowager, the last hereditary ruler of China, was so enamoured of opera that she had a triple-deck stage (representing heaven, hell, and earth) constructed in the summer palace at Peking. The most important individual in Chinese theatre of the 20th century, Mei Lan-fang, an actor and producer, was the first to apply scholarship in reviving ancient masterpieces and opera forms.
In general, Chinese theatrical performances start in the early evening and conclude after midnight. The performance itself consists of several plays and scenes from the best known dramas. The audience drinks tea, eats, and talks, and there are no intermissions. The stage itself has a curved apron, covered only by a square rug. On one side is a box for the orchestra, which plays throughout the evening. There is neither a curtain nor any setting to speak of other than a simple, painted backdrop. The virtual absence of scenery accentuates the elaborate and colourful costumes and makeup of the actors.
During a typical performance, the members of a Chinese theatre audience stop talking to each other only at climactic moments. The actors are concerned with their movements only when they are at the centre of the stage; when they stand at the sides they drink tea and adjust their costumes in full view of the audience. An interpretation of this behaviour was the view of the 20th-century German dramatist Bertolt Brecht that a Chinese actor, in contrast to a Western actor, constantly keeps a distance between himself, his character, and the spectator; his performance is mechanistic rather than empathic.
Property men walk around on stage setting up properties for the next play before the preceding one is finished. There are usually very few properties, only a table and a few chairs. A chair may act as a throne, a bench, a tower if an actor stands on it, a barrier if he stands behind it, and so on. A curtain suspended in front of two chairs represents a bed. Doors and stairs are always suggested: an actor mimes opening a door and taking a high step when he "enters" a room.
There are a number of stage conventions; all entrances, for instance, are from a door stage left, and all exits through a door stage right. After a fight scene, the man who is defeated exits first. Wind is symbolized by a man rushing across the stage carrying a small black flag. Clouds painted on boards are shown to the audience to represent either the outdoors or summer. Fire, however, is always represented realistically, either by the use of gunpowder or by pyres of incense. The Chinese feel that Western dramatic realism atrophies the imagination.
Japan is unique in Asia in having a living theatre that retains traditional forms. When an attempt is made in the West to recreate the original production of a Greek tragedy or even a play by Shakespeare, its historical accuracy can only be approximated. In Japan the traditions of stagecraft and costumes for both drama and dance have remained unaltered. Japanese staging developed far earlier than did that of the West; by the time of Shakespeare, for instance, the Japanese had already invented a revolving stage, trapdoors, and complex lighting effects.
Although there are many kinds of theatre in Japan, the best known are the Nō and the Kabuki. Nō was developed by the late 14th century and was first seen by Westerners in the 1850s. It developed from the dengaku, a rice planting and harvesting ritual that was transformed into a courtly dance by the 14th century, and from the sarugaku, a popular entertainment involving acrobatics, mime, juggling, and music, which was later performed at religious festivals.
Two performers and adherents of Zen Buddhism in the late 14th century, Kan'ami and his son Zeami Motokiyo, combined the sarugaku elements with kuse-mai, a story dance that uses both movements and words. Soon dengaku elements were added, and the distinctive Nō style slowly emerged. Like the Zen ways of tea ceremony, ink drawing, and other arts, Nō suggests the essence of an event or an experience within a carefully structured set of rules. There are scores of Nō theatres in Japan today, even though the design of a Nō theatre is so stylized that it is not usable for other types of performances. The Nō stage is a platform completely covered by a curving temple roof. The audience sits on three sides of the stage and is separated from it by a garden of gravel, plants, and pine trees.
Masks are used, though they are restricted to the principal dancer and his companions. The male characters are costumed in brilliant stiff brocades and damasks well suited to the grandiose posturing of the actors. The female roles are played in bright flowered brocades. The outer robes of both sexes are of a fine-woven gauze, light and suitable for the gliding dances when sleeves and fans float in the air. Mask carving is an important art in Japan, and Nō masks add considerable beauty to the traditional robes. Most costumes are based on the classic court hunting dress of the Heian (794–857) and Kamakura (1192–1333) periods.
Kabuki troupes, originally composed only of women, developed in the early 17th century. By the 1680s Kabuki had become an established art form, and curtains and scenery were introduced. Kabuki was first seen in western Europe during the latter part of the 19th century, but it was not until the 1920s that it was accepted there as something more than quaint. The work of the Russian film director Sergey Eisenstein was influenced by the Kabuki troupe that toured the Soviet Union in 1928, and Kabuki staging devices were tried out in theatres in the Soviet Union, France, and Germany; one Kabuki actor, in turn, brought back Russian techniques that influenced the Japanese theatre.
A Kabuki theatre in Tokyo is one of the largest legitimate theatres in the world, with a 91-foot- (28-metre-) wide stage and seating for 2,599 people. Running through the audience and connecting the stage with the rear of the auditorium is the platform runway, called the hanamichi. It is utilized for significant entrances and exits, processions, and dance sequences. Its purpose is to unite the actor and audience by moving the actor out of the decorative background. Originally there were two runways, with a connecting bridge at the rear of the auditorium. Because of economic pressure to seat more people and the influence of Western architecture, the second hanamichi was removed in the early 20th century.
The scenery for Kabuki may be as elaborate and complex as that found anywhere; the stage, for instance, may be a house, a forest, and a river simultaneously. Some settings are triple-level palaces, with the actors using all levels at once; others have only a simple backdrop.
Kabuki costumes are of the Edo period (1603–1868), when Kabuki is considered to have been at its height. Wigs and makeup carefully conform to classical tradition, enabling habitual playgoers to recognize the type of play and characters at a glance. Many of the costumes are much exaggerated; all are designed to accentuate dramatic movement. Courtesans and heroes, for instance, wear stilts that raise them several inches off the ground.
Balinese theatre is included here as representative of theatre in the smaller nations of Asia, such as Thailand, Kampuchea (Cambodia), Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam, in all of which drama consists almost exclusively of dance. Balinese dancing may take place anywhere; usually it is executed in front of a temple or a pavilion used for community meetings. The audience sits on three sides of the performers or, occasionally, in the round. The musicians, called the gamelan, sit on one side of the stage area.
There are neither settings nor visible indications of scene changes; location is suggested by the dialogue or the facial expressions and gestures of the actors. A scenic "device" is employed at the beginning of each section of the dance; for instance, the dancer makes a gesture called "opening the curtain." The hands, palms out, are in front of the face; they separate on a diagonal line to reveal the figure, stopping only when the full, formal posture of Balinese dance is reached.Howard Bay Clive Barker
The Middle Ages in Europe
In terms of performances and theatres, Roman drama reached its height in the 4th century ad, but it had already encountered opposition that was to lead to its demise. From about ad 300 on, the church tried to dissuade Christians from going to the theatre, and in 401 the fifth Council of Carthage decreed excommunication for anyone who attended performances on holy days. Actors were forbidden the sacraments unless they gave up their profession, a decree not rescinded in many places until the 18th century. An edict of Charlemagne (c. 814) stated that no actor could put on a priest's robe; the penalty could be banishment. This suggests that drama, most probably mime, had ridiculed the church or that it had tried to accommodate religious sensibilities by performance of "godly" plays.
The invasions of the barbarians from the north and east accelerated the decline of Roman theatre. Although by 476 Rome had been sacked twice, some of the theatres were rebuilt. The last definite record of a performance in Rome was in 533. Archaeological evidence suggests that the theatre did not survive the Lombard invasion of 568, after which state recognition and support of the theatre was abandoned. Theatre did continue for a while in the Eastern Roman Empire, the capital of which was Constantinople, but by 692 the Quinisext Council of the church passed a resolution forbidding all mimes, theatres, and other spectacles. Although the effectiveness of the decree has been questioned, historians until recently used it to signify the end of the ancient theatre.
The assumption now is that although official recognition and support of performances were withdrawn and theatres were not used, some remnants of at least the mime tradition were carried on throughout the Middle Ages. Christian writings suggest that performers were familiar figures. For instance, two popular sayings were "It is better to please God than the actors" and "It is better to feed paupers at your table than actors." Apart from the mime tradition, one Roman playwright, Terence, retained his reputation through the early Middle Ages, probably because of his literary style.Howard Bay
Women performers were widespread during the period as jugglers, acrobats, dancers, singers, and musicians. There were women troubadours and jongleurs, and many of the French chansons are written from the point of view of female narrators, notably the chansons de mal mariée, or complaints by unhappily married women. Generations of ecclesiastical authorities protested against the great choruses of women who poured into churches and monasteries on feast days, singing obscene songs and ballads. Complaints are recorded from the 6th century ad to the 14th about women taking part in licentious public performances on festive occasions. Women were also active participants in the later mumming plays; the London Mumming of c. 1427 was presented by an all-female cast, while in the Christmas Mumming at Hertford, the young king Henry VI saw a performance consisting of "a disguysing of the rude upplandisshe people compleynynge on hir wyves, with the boystous aunswere of hir wyves."
Church theatre
Medieval religious drama arose from the church's desire to educate its largely illiterate flock, using dramatizations of the New Testament as a dynamic teaching method. It is doubtful whether there is any connection between the drama of classical times and the new rudimentary dramatizations that slowly grew into the miracle and mystery cycles of plays in the Middle Ages. As early as the 10th century in Switzerland, France, England, and Germany, short and simple dramatic renderings of parts of the Easter and Christmas liturgy of the mass were being performed. As these short scenes grew in number, small scenic structures, called mansions, sedum, loci, or domi (the Latin words for seats, places, and homes, respectively), were placed at the sides of the church nave. At these were acted stories of the Nativity, Passion, or Resurrection, depending upon the particular season of the Christian calendar. At the conclusion of each scene the congregation turned its attention to the next mansion, so following a succession of scenes set out at intervals around the nave. Gradually, the performance of liturgical drama passed out of the hands of the clergy and into those of the laity, probably via the trade guilds of craftsmen, which were also religious fraternities. More and more secular interludes crept into the dramas—to such an extent that the dramas moved out of the church building into the public square. The individual plays became linked in cycles, often beginning with the story of the creation and ending with that of the Last Judgment. Each play within the cycle was performed by a different trade guild. Many of the plays from different cycles have survived and can still be seen in parts of England.George C. Izenour Clive Barker
Staging conventions
A number of staging conventions that evolved in the church were to continue throughout the Middle Ages. Apart from the mansions there was a general acting area, called a platea, playne, or place. The methods of staging from these first liturgical dramas to the 16th-century interludes can be divided into six main types. The first involved the use of the church building as a theatre. In the beginning, for Easter tropes (embellishments of the liturgy), a tomb was set up in the north aisle. As dialogue was added, the entire nave was used, and within this space different localities were indicated by mansions. A few mansions housed numerous elaborate properties, particularly those for the Last Supper. Some mansions had curtains so that characters or objects might be revealed at a particular moment or concealed at the end of an episode. Sometimes the choir loft was used to represent heaven and the crypt to represent hell.
The second type of staging evolved by the 12th century, as drama began to outgrow the capacity of the church to contain it. As long as the action was confined to the central theme, it could be played in an arrangement of mansions down the length of the nave. But as the subject matter extended to include both Old and New Testament history, the action was transferred to a stage outside the west door of the church. In 1227 Pope Gregory IX decreed the removal of what had become a show from holy ground to the marketplace or an open field. During the same period the language of the plays began to change from Latin to the vernacular. When drama was first taken outdoors, the crucifix was placed at one end, no doubt where it would have appeared above the altar in the church. Mansions were placed alongside each other, usually in sequences reflecting earlier church performances.
A third type of staging was the so-called stationary setting, found outside of England, which involved placing the mansions in a wider range of locales. Here the audience accepted three conventions. One was the symbolic representation of localities by the mansions; the second was the placing of the mansions near each other; and the third was the use for acting purposes of such actual ground as was enclosed by or in front of each mansion. The mansions were placed in either a straight or a slightly curved line, and all of the scenery was visible simultaneously. Because of their scope, many of the plays were divided into parts separated by intermissions ranging from one to 24 hours. During the intermissions, mansions were changed. Also, some mansions might represent more than one location; the identity of the mansions was announced before each segment of a play. It is difficult to know exactly how many mansions were used; in a play at Lucerne, Switz., in 1583, for instance, 70 different locations were indicated, though only about 32 mansions were actually used.
The two mansions almost always present were those representing heaven and hell, set at opposite ends of the playing area. The earthly scenes were set in the middle, and the two opposing mansions were supposed to represent man's dual nature and the choices that faced him. In the 15th and 16th centuries, heaven was usually raised above the level of the other mansions. Sometimes heaven had a series of intricate turning spheres, from which emanated the golden light of concealed torches. The hell mansion was designed to be the complete opposite of that of heaven; some portions of it, for instance, were below stage level. Sometimes hell was made to look like a fortified town, an especially effective image when Jesus Christ forced open the gates to free the captive souls. The entrance to hell was usually shaped like a monster's head and was called Hell's Mouth, emitting fire, smoke, and the cries of the damned.
The fourth type of staging was in the round. In France and England particularly, surviving Roman playhouses were used for drama, and the mansions were probably placed in a circle. The play Castle of Perseverance from this period was intended to be performed within a moated round. Within the moat was an earthen bank on which the mansions were placed. Within the bank was a circle of flat earth with a tower structure in the centre. Members of the audience perambulated in the centre from mansion to mansion. The actors dressed in a small tent outside the round. Entry to the circle was over one bridge. The remains of several of these rounds still exist, the principle one being Piram Round in Cornwall.
The fifth type of staging employed movable settings. Processional staging was particularly popular in Spain. The wagons, called carros, on which the scenery was mounted were positioned next to platforms that had been erected in every town. Developments were somewhat different in England and the Netherlands. There, the mansions themselves became portable, being called pageant wagons in England and wagonseel in the Netherlands. Beneath the raised platform was a curtained space with room for the actors. Although the number of settings available was the same as for the mansion presentation, only one wagon was visible at a time; the audience remained stationary, and the successive pageants were wheeled into place before it. Sometimes the pageant wagons were quite elaborate structures: a realistic ark, stocked with animals and possibly floated on water, might be constructed for the story of Noah and the Flood; or an ingenious model of a whale, able to contain an actor within its belly, might be used for the story of Jonah.
Special effects, which were very popular, became so complex and numerous by the 15th century that many scenes were added to show them off. For flying, a fixed setting was often placed against a building equipped with pulleys and windlasses on its roof. Additional flying machinery was also hidden inside the heaven mansion. Angels, souls released from limbo, devils, and fire-spitting monsters could be shown flying. The machinery became so complex that 17 people were needed simply to operate the hell scenes at a theatre at Mons, in what is now Belgium. Trapdoors were used for sudden appearances, disappearances, and substitutions of dummies for actors in scenes of violence. In a production involving Barnabas' burning at the stake, bones and entrails stuffed in the dummy gave off a realistic smell.
The morality plays, which first appeared in the 14th century, made use of no scenery or complex properties. Although some were performed indoors, most were offered outside on a stage that anticipated the English Elizabethan public theatre. A fixed facade was built at the rear of a large platform, and there were three openings at stage level that could be used to show interior scenes. A second level included similar openings, and a third level had a throne for the figure being honoured by the morality.
The last type of staging, and the one about which least is known, was the curtained platform. Toward the end of the Middle Ages itinerant professional actors who performed interludes required only a curtain behind them for staging.Howard Bay Clive Barker
Courtly diversions
Another kind of theatre flourished in the courts—more or less impromptu entertainments, deriving from the medieval love of tournament. Essentially secular diversions, they were most sumptuously costumed and caparisoned, with the emphasis on spectacle. This type of theatrical entertainment grew in popularity throughout Europe, culminating during the 16th century.
Another manifestation of courtly theatrical display took place on the triumphant entry into a city of a prince and his entourage after victory in war or on the occasion of a neighbouring ruler's visit. Public participation was usually invited, and sometimes mandated, to help augment the sense of occasion. Such entertainment was followed by private festivities held at court. On occasion, a group of strolling players would also be invited to perform in the great hall or courtyard of the palace.
The theatre of the Middle Ages was essentially one of participation, and throughout its development it never lost an intimacy between actors and audience. It was a theatre that combined realism with considerable symbolism.George C. Izenour Clive Barker


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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals went back to the basics in addressing whether a telemarketing vendor acted as defendant's authorized agent for purposes of TCPA liability. In Jones v. Royal Admin. Servs., Inc., No. 15-17328, 2017 WL 3401317 (9th Cir. Aug. 9, 2017) ("Jones"), the Ninth Circuit endorsed the time-honored multi-factor test set forth in Restatement (Second) Of Agency, and on that basis affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment. The decision provides further reassurance that traditional agency principles apply in assessing potential TCPA exposure related to calls.
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D.C. Circuit Denies Petition for Rehearing En Banc in Appeal of Solicited Fax Rule
As we predicted, the D.C. Circuit today denied the plaintiff's petition for a rehearing en banc of the panel decision striking down the FCC's regulations requiring opt-out notices on solicited faxes. The per curiam order notes only that "[u]pon consideration of the petition for rehearing en banc, the response thereto, and the absence of a request by any member of the court for a vote, it is ORDERED that the petition be denied." This result is hardly surprising given (i) the FCC Chairman's current position that the panel decision overturning the FCC was correct (an anomaly that is the result of turnover at the Commission following the election results in November 2016) and (ii) the infrequency with which petitions for rehearing en banc are granted. We expect that the plaintiffs' bar will continue its appeal efforts via a petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court, but also expect that effort to meet the same fate as the petition for rehearing.
Plaintiff Intervenor Petitioners Challenge Majority Opinion in Bais Yaakov, Fail to Address Standing to Do So
As we've previously reported, on March 31, the DC Circuit issued a 2-1 opinion in the Bais Yaakov appeal holding that "the FCC's 2006 Solicited Fax Rule is . . . .unlawful to the extent that it requires opt-out notices on solicited faxes." Slip Op. at 4. Given the profound impact we expect that ruling to have in TCPA fax litigation, it is no surprise that the plaintiffs' bar is fighting that decision: on April 28, 2017, the plaintiff intervenors in the Bais Yaakov appeal filed a petition for rehearing en banc before the full D.C. Circuit. Continue reading
Rite Aid Wins Summary Judgment in TCPA Class Action Over Flu Shot Reminder Calls
A New York U.S. District Court Judge granted summary judgment in favor of defendant Rite Aid Headquarters Corp. in a putative TCPA class action involving flu vaccine reminder calls. The opinion in Zani v. Rite Aid Headquarters Corp., 14-cv-9701, was recently unsealed after originally being filed under seal on March 30, 2017. In Zani, the court found that Rite Aid's call to the plaintiff's cellphone that used a pre-recorded voice to remind him to get his flu shot fell under what the Court referred to as the "Health Care Rule," which exempted the call from the prior written consent requirement for telemarketing calls under the TCPA. Continue reading
Are Insurance Renewal Notifications Telemarketing? Maybe.
As discussed here, the Central District of California recently granted summary judgment in favor of an insurance company after finding that a prerecorded call to the insured's mobile phone, which reminded her to review her health plan options for the following year, was not telemarketing and therefore did not require "prior express written consent." See Smith v. Blue Shield of Cal. Life & Health Ins. Co., No. SACV 16-00108-CJC-KES (C.D. Cal. Jan. 13, 2017).
But just a few weeks ago, a different judge in the Central District reached the opposite conclusion in a similar case, and denied the defendant's motion to dismiss. See Flores v. Access Ins. Co., No. 2:15-cv-02883-CAS-AGR (C.D. Cal. Mar. 13, 2017) (available here). These two decisions illustrate how courts continue to grapple with the distinction between "telemarketing" and "informational" calls. Continue reading
D.C. Circuit refutes FCC's Authority to Require Opt-out Notices on Solicited Faxes . . . and Chairman Pai Agrees
In a post immediately following the November 8, 2016 oral argument in Bais Yaakov of Spring Valley v. FCC, No. 14-1234 (D.C. Cir.), we noted that, based on the lines of questioning from the bench, the three judge panel of Judges Brett M. Kavanaugh, Cornelia T.L. Pillard, and A. Raymond Randolph appeared to be leaning toward a 2-1 decision with Judges Kavanaugh and Randolph likely forming the majority that would find that the FCC was not empowered to require opt-out notices on solicited faxes. On March 31, the DC Circuit issued its opinion and confirmed our analysis, finding in a 2-1 opinion authored by Judge Kavanaugh (joined by Judge Randolph) that "the FCC's 2006 Solicited Fax Rule is . . . .unlawful to the extent that it requires opt-out notices on solicited faxes." Slip Op. at 4. The Court therefore vacated the 2006 Fax Order and remanded to the FCC for further proceedings. It declined to address the propriety of the waiver program, finding it moot in light of its holding. Slip. Op. at 11 n.2. Continue reading
Central District of California Holds That Insurance Renewal Notifications Are Not Telemarketing Under the TCPA
The Central District of California recently granted summary judgment to a health insurer after finding that a pre-recorded message delivered to the insured's cell phone reminding her to review her health plan options for the coming year was not telemarketing. Smith v. Blue Shield of Cal. Life & Health Ins. Co., No. 16cv108 (C.D. Cal. Jan. 13, 2017), ECF No. 73.
In Smith, the plaintiff completed an application for health insurance through California's Affordable Care Act Healthcare Marketplace, Covered California. As part of that application process, Plaintiff provided her cell phone number as "the best number at which to contact her." As required by law, the insurance was set to automatically renew for 2016, and in 2015, Blue Shield attempted to contact Smith by sending written materials to her mailing address (as also required by law) to inform her of the changes to her plan and provide her with alternatives. Plaintiff's materials, however, were returned to Blue Shield as undeliverable. As with other insureds whose materials were returned, Blue Shield followed up with a pre-recorded message stating in relevant part: "This is an important message from Blue Shield of California. It's time to review your 2016 health plan options and see what's new. Earlier this month, we mailed you information about your 2016 plan and benefit changes. It compares your current health plan to other options from Blue Shield. You can also find out more online at blueshieldca.com. If you have not received your information packet in the mail, or if you have any questions, please call the number on the back of your member ID card." Plaintiff received the call on December 3, 2015; on December 6, 2015, she completed an application for a different insurance plan for the 2016 year. Continue reading
Court Finds Plaintiff-Initiated Text Communication Does Not Constitute Express Written Consent
The Eastern District of California recently denied a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, despite the plaintiff having voluntarily initiated the text exchange at issue and having ignored immediately received opt-out notices. Larson v. Harman Mgmt. Corp., No. 16-0219, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 149267 (E.D. Cal. Oct. 27, 2016). Continue reading
D.C. Circuit Hears Oral Argument in Cross Appeals of Fax Waiver Order
On November 8, 2016, a three judge panel (Judges Brett M. Kavanaugh, Cornelia T.L. Pillard, and A. Raymond Randolph) of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral argument in Bais Yaakov of Spring Valley v. FCC, No. 14-1234. The argument (which lasted ninety minutes) was divided into two portions: argument regarding whether the FCC had authority to require the inclusion of opt-out notices on solicited faxes, and argument regarding whether the FCC was authorized to grant retroactive waivers of that requirement. Our prior posts on the appeal can be found here, here, and here. The audio recording of the argument is available here. Continue reading
Plaintiff Petitioners File Notice of Supplemental Authority in Consolidated Appeal of Anda Order
On October 13, 2016, counsel for class action plaintiffs ("Plaintiff Petitioners") in Bais Yaakov of Spring Valley v. FCC, No. 14-1234, filed a notice of supplemental authority with the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, arguing that the court's recent decision in PHH Corp. v. CFPB, No. 15-1177, 2016 WL 5898801 (D.C. Cir. Oct. 11, 2016), supports their arguments that the FCC's October 2014 Anda Order (the "Anda Order") "constitutes an impermissible retroactive legislative or adjudicatory rule" and violates separation of powers principles. Continue reading

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Worth noting is that when I complete the next twenty books that this project is about funding, I will have made 100 mini-comics. I'm really excited about that there's been enough interest to encourage me to go this long, anyway, on with the story....
So I make these mini-comics the size of a pack of matches. So far there are eighty of them. From slice of life auto-bio (Lost Kisses, REH, UVDS) to Kafka-eque Lovecraftian conspiracies (Worms, Messenger, Pow Wow) to westerns (Just A Man) to horror (Monthly, Star, Marked, Mobil Zombie, Bottle Comics) to crime (Cops & Crooks, XO, Vigilant) to action spoof (XLK) to sci-fi action (Mecha, Built) to experimental comics (Poit, Small Art Series), I'm really proud to have touched on all these genres that I like & to have had the chance to collaborate with a ton of folks on them like Dave Sim (Cerebus), Nick Marino (Super Haters), Melissa Spence Gardner (Plink Comics), Kimberlee Traub (Dark Ink), Jason Young (Veggie Dog Saturn), Joe Badon (Odds and Ends), Jeremy Johnson, Kurt Dinse (One Year in Indiana), PB Kain (Mumblypeg), Andrew White (Sex Buzz), Eric Shonborn (Gutter Trash), Jason Strutz (The Order of Dagonet), Nate McDonough (Grixly), Ed Delaney (Peculiar Comics), Andrew Weathers, & more.
But of course like everyone I have a problem. The problem is these cute little books that are awesome as unique physical objects containing unique & innovative stories are hard to get in people's hands. Which is why I am looking for your help. Maybe you've seen one or two of them somewhere over the years or maybe you've read a review before or maybe you are just hearing about them for the first time now, but here's your chance to help me get them into your hands. I'm planning to make at least ten more books before the end of 2013 (in fact, I have two waiting to be printed & assembled right now & a few more waiting for art to come back) with another ten done by April 2014 at the latest. One of the hold-ups on getting books made is having significant financial incentive for the artists, which back end deals don't really have so the projects often get put in a holding pattern for better paying gigs (which is fine & totally understandable). But with the subscriptions I'll be able to give the artists money upfront since the books have already been pre-sold, which should give me the ability to go from my current rate of about 18 comics a year up to my goal of 24 comics a year.
Thanks for your interest & support.
Here are some reviews of the books....
If you are in the market for something a lot different, something imminently portable, and something that you can read in class or a meeting without getting caught then these mini-comics are worth a look.
~ Tonya Crawford, Broken Frontier
The more I read of Mitchell's minicomics, the more impressed I am. He has excellent command of the format - he understands what he can and can't do, and he plays to its strengths. The stories are lean and mean, no filler, and even though the issues don't take long to read, I find myself going back to particular issues for multiple reads.
~ Brian LeTendre, Secret Identity Podcast
It's hard to go wrong with any of Mitchell's minis. They're action-packed and filled with unexpected twists. Just choose your favorite genre and dive in. $1 each from Silber Media Comics.
~ Midnight Fiction
My thoughts about Silber Media Comics, if the Mayan Prophesy of 2012 is correct and the world is coming to an end, I wouldn't mind having some of these comics in my back pack, for my last reading enjoyment!
~ Paul Dale Roberts, Jazma Online!
For comics that are only as big as a Goliath's thumb, I'm giving these two thumbs up!
~ Katie Riley, Comic Related
All in all, I'd say Silber Media, Brian John Mitchell & friends are putting out fair to high quality comics that are easily worth their humble cover price, especially considering the challenge of conveying emotion and hooking the reader with such a limited medium. I'd say these treats from our neighbours to the south are worth every penny!
~ Where Monsters Dwell
Small things are great, mini things are even better.
~ Maximum Rock & Roll
Brian John Mitchell specialises in mini comics so small that they're probably best described as micro-comics. I've seen many small press creators supplement their traditional DIY output with a few super-tiny publishing experiments over the last few years, but Mitchell really takes this practice to the next level by exclusively focusing on these matchbox-sized books. Working as writer only, he enlists the help of a wide variety of artistic collaborators to illustrate his work, from unknowns to even Dave Sim of Cerebus fame. Featuring avenging cowboys, giant worms, gory gang land killings, post-apocalyptic wastelands and demon fighting, it seems like all weird and wonderful things come in small packages.
Ironically, considering their diminutive size, the content of these comics is almost always epic in scope. As you might be able to guess from the list of features above, there's an extensive focus on loud-and-proud genre work, with pop-culture staples like Sci Fi, Fantasy and even Western, prominently used in his work. The advantage of this is that the stories have an efficient, boiled-down quality to them; providing the reader has some understanding the genres they are channeling. Some work, some don't, but all have a certain charm to them; tiny creative perspectives that gradually form a larger picture of Mitchell's overall style.
~ Martin Steenton, Avoid the Future
The drier the humor and blander the situation, the more interesting Mitchell's comics tend to be... one can get a quick sense of what Mitchell does best, along with an understanding of Mitchell's unusual voice as a writer.
~ Rob Clough, The Comics Journal
I can't help but want to watch more as Mitchell examines his own uncomfortable thoughts and feelings with brutal honesty.
~ Nick Marino, Nasty Musings
When comic writer Brian John Mitchell describes his series of comics as minis the size of a matchbook, he's not kidding. Individually wrapped in little plastic baggies and bound by two teeny staples in their spines, they're two inches in height and width. And you don't need a magnifying glass to read them, which makes them instantly awesome.
~ Amy Greenwood, Broken Pencil
These minuscule mini-comics are adorably sized. The cute factor ends there, however. Inside it's sci-fi dread and hard-core issues of hate, guilt, and anger. I love that each mini is barely larger than a postage stamp. And it's also nice that they come in snug, clear plastic sleeves. Brian gets an A for packaging.
~ Shawn Hoke, Size Matters
Also I suppose it is worth mentioning that last year I got a month long residency at Cyberpunk Apocalypse House working on my comics & I got a third place for a SPACE prize a couple years & a while back I got a grant for my comics from the United Arts Council in North Carolina.
Here's a little slideshow version of a comic I did with Kurt Dinse:
Here's a little video about my process of making an issue of Lost Kisses:
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I've been making these comics for years & I've pretty much smoothed out all the kinks. It probably is worth noting that the subscriptions won't be finished in September (it takes a while to make the comics), but that's when you will get your first package.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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What it was like to grow up in the Fifties
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Poverty Assessment for Constituencies in Eastern Kenya
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- This polygon shapefile shows the poverty rate, poverty gap, poverty density and number of Kenyan Shillings (per month per km2) estimated to close the poverty gap for constituencies in eastern Kenya for 1999.This data is displayed in Map 2.6, Map 2.7, Map 2.8 and Map 2.9 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. It is used to show data for eastern Kenya, for which poverty data for the location- and sub-location-level were not available.
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|Fountain House, the world's leading treatment center for people living with serious mental illness, celebrated its Sixth Annual Fall Fête on November 6, 2013. The event educates an audience of young professionals about Fountain House's unique "working community" treatment model for mental illness and its mission to fight the stigma associated with it.
Event Chairs Byrdie Bell, Madeleine and Alexandre Desmarais, Jeremy L. Goldstein, Kathleen and Reha Kocatas, Katherine Lipton and Alex Lipman, Jennifer Oken, Lil Phillips, Sarah Simmons, Katie Tozer, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, and Katie Zorn were joined by over 200 guests.
|The event was generously sponsored by Alex Roepers and Lilly USA, LLC.
The Associates presented the Fountain House Advocacy Award to filmmaker, physician, and mental health advocate Delaney Ruston, MD. Dr. Ruston grew up in the shadow of her dad's schizophrenia and has spent years caring for the underserved. Her award-winning film, Hidden Pictures, weaves her story and those of individual families in India, China, Africa, France and the U.S. dealing with bipolar illness, depression, schizophrenia, and anxiety. The documentary will air on PBS in May of 2014.
|Two Fountain House members, whose college educations were temporarily interrupted because of their illness, received The Danny Zorn Scholarship. Co-Chair Katie Zorn presented the awards and one of the members shared their personal story. The Scholarship is named after Katie's brother, Danny, who tragically lost his battle with mental illness in October 2012.
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|The 23rd annual Glamour Women of the Year awards was held Monday night at Carnegie Hall and featured stars as both honorees and presenters, including Barbra Streisand and Katie Couric. The awards aim to showcase women for their outstanding work in entertainment, philanthropy, education, fashion and politics. The hit of the evening was Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani education activist who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban a year ago this past October.
The awards and gala, which raises money for charities, will direct its monies this year to The Malala Fund, which supports programs that directly impact the quality and accessibility of education for girls.
Barbra Streisand won the Lifetime Achievement award. Among her philanthropic projects was funding a cutting-edge research center for heart disease at the Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles. Katie Couric presented the award.
|Despite the entertainment star power in the room such as Streisand and her 21st century successor, Lady Gaga, the heroine and real star of the evening was Malala -- "The Girls' Hero" and honoree of the the Women of the Year Fund Initiative. Now 16, she was shot by the Taliban because of her outspoken advocacy for educating girls. Rushed to Britain for treatment, she has recovered and become the world's leading advocate for girls' rights, wrote a memoir, and even was one of the youngest people ever nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. She got her award from America Ferrera.
|Other winners included Lady Gaga, for her anti-bullying campaign; Christy Turlington Burns and Liya Kebede, for their foundations to support better maternal health care around the world, and the "Couple of the Year," Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly, who received their award for their gun-safety campaign after the former Arizona congresswoman nearly died in a shooting in Tucson.
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|This past Monday night at the Mandarin Oriental, Pratt Institute held its annual Legends 2013 gala honoring interior designer David Easton, journalist/novelist Pete Hamill, Margaret Russell, Editor-in-Chief of Architectural Digest, and contemporary artist James Turrell. The gala raises funds for merit and need-based scholarships. Eighty percent of Pratt students receive financial aid to pursue their education and creative ambitions. Pratt's programs are recognized internationally and are perennially listed among the best in top-tier national rankings.
|BROOKLYN — Dr. Leonard Polonsky and his wife Dr. Georgette Bennett hosted an Elizabethan-styled dinner on Sunday, November 10, prior to a performance of Theatre for a New Audience's inaugural production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by multiple Tony Award-winner Julie Taymor with original music composed by Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning Elliot Goldenthal.
A Midsummer Night's Dream opened November 2 at the Theatre's newly-named building, Polonsky Shakespeare Center, 262 Ashland Place between Lafayette Avenue and Fulton Street, Brooklyn.
|The Polonsky Shakespeare Center is named in recognition of a $10 million gift from the Polonsky Foundation.
A Midsummer Night's Dream features a cast of 36 led by Tina Benko as Titania, Max Casella as Bottom, David Harewood as Oberon and Kathryn Hunter as Puck.
|Elie Wiesel has written 36 books. Among his prizes are the Nobel Peace Prize and the Congressional Gold Medal. When he praises a book, we should listen. Last Wednesday, he hosted a book party for Michael Alexiades's highly praised first novel Night Harvest. The book is being heralded as the best medical thriller in the last 35 years. Wiesel wrote, "For all those who love medical thrillers will find in Michael Alexiades's first novel a source of great pleasure and satisfaction."
Wiesel is not the only one to praise the novel. Within the first week of publication Night Harvest has four 5-star reviews on Amazon, has been selling rapidly at The Corner Bookstore, the Mysterious Bookshop, Barnes & Noble and the usual websites. At press time, four film companies including Mandeville Films producers The Fighter, which was nominated for seven Academy awards in 2011, are in discussion with Marianne Strong, the author's agent.
|Alexiades has followed the universal advice given to writers: write about what you know.
He is a celebrated attending Orthopedic Surgeon at three of New York's top hospitals, Special Surgery, Weill-Cornell Medical Center and Lenox Hill Hospital. He is also an assistant professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Cornell Medical School.
The handsome 6'2 foot doctor has been a guest specialist on CBS TV's The Doctors and is scheduled to return in December. Before that Dr. Thomas Sculco, Surgeon-in-Chief Hospital of Special Surgery will host a book party at the Hospital. Sally Grossman hosts one in Woodstock at the Bear Café, The New York Athletic Club will hold one for members only. In December, Alexiades will join Nelson DeMille for the Union League Club's Annual Book Fair.
|The publication-day signing was held at Weill Cornell Medical Center's Griffis Faculty Club. Over 120 appeared to cheer the Doctor and to buy and have him autograph copies of the book. Among those celebrating were Anne Eisenhower, Anthony Haden-Guest, Maggie Norris, Rosalyn and Irwin Engelman, Alyce Faye Cleese, Anita Meltzer, Dr. Noel Armanakas and his wife Dr. Macrene Armanakas (sister of the author), film producer George Stephanopoulos and wife Elena, dress designer Carter Smith with public relations executive Debbie Dickinson, Patty Owen the fashion model who has just finished penning her memoirs, Massey Knakal's Robert Burton, Iris Gordon Rossi, Lord Colin Campbell, the Diary's Jill Lynne, URN's Marcy MacDonald, Pierre Van Goethem and the author's wife Dr. Patrice Buonocore.
When the dapper Doctor is not in the operating room, teaching, or writing, he can be seen tooling around on his Ducatti.
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Dear Primos, Friends and Readers:
This issue is the 150th online issue of Somos Primos. It has been a challenge and a joy to prepare the monthly publications. So much is happening politically, it is difficult to filter out purely current political incidents and events from heritage and family based issues.
It is very encouraging to see so many of you involved in promoting our history and heritage. Thank you all. It is the accumulation and combination of personal family research, which is revealing the reality of history.
Projects are happening all over the nation. The Pascual shield on the front page is an example. In January the Pascual family of Manila held their 3rd International Family Reunion. Somos Primos will be sharing the marvelous accomplishment of their family outreach as an encouraging example to all of us. Their genealogical research goes back to a Spanish soldier in the 1700s.
Congratulations to them.
God bless, Mimi
Pray for Our Great Nation: May 3rd, National Day of Prayer
May 5th, USNS Cesar Chavez to be Christened and Launched
March 31 Proclaimed César Chávez Day
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement Unveils Unprecedented Report
TAMACC 2012 Women of Distinction Award Recipients
Remembering on Mother's Day by Wanda F. Garcia
A Tribute to my Mother on Mother's Day by Irene Mendez Tello
Marco Rubio's Alternative Immigration Bill — by Griselda Nevárez
José Martí Awards. FINAL entry deadline: June 30, 2012
About the National Association of Hispanic Publications
López: The Myth of the 'One Size-fits-All' Hispanic by José Antonio López
Tidbits and Snippets
July 7-10th, NCLR National Conference
The True Meaning of the Tejano Monument, by Cecilia Ballí
This is our history: Effort to build Tejano Monument began in South Texas
Idea for a Tejano Monument at the state Capitol started at UTPA
Tejano monument supporters faced questions
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Inauguration of the Tejano Monument by Andrés Tijerina, Ph.D.
Tejano Monument unveiling (we've come a long, long way) by José Antonio López
Pioneer's Kin proud of new Tejano monument, Dallas Morning News
Cinco de Mayo, A Battle for Recognition by Dr. Lily Rivera
Eva Longoria banner builds 'Class' act
Ralph Perez, October 16, 1915 - April 10, 2012
Julio Gonzalez Estrada, January 7th, 1925 - March 20, 2012
Carlos Truan, June 9, 1935 - April 10, 2012
María Antonia Martínez Juárez, July 20th, 1935 - April 7th, 2012
Ramon Arroyos, 1950 to April 22, 2012
Ernesto Bustillos, March 2, 1951 - March 26, 2012
Gilberto Stephenson Treviño January 11, 1925 - March 28, 2011
Atheists protest, Air Force reacts
University of California Admits Many More Foreign and Out-of-State Students
Pro-Shariah Group Launches Disinformation Campaign
Muslim Sharia law is not limited to religious rituals and beliefs
"After I Pick Up The Fruit" Documentary Explores Lives of Migrant Workers
Exxon/Mobil Deal With Russia
National Association of Latino Independent Producers
Casa Maldonado Saved by Community Involvement
Richard Montañez worked as a janitor at Frito-Lay plant but Cheetos change that
12th NHBWA Annual Business Women of the Year Awards and Scholarships Dinner
Advertising To Hispanics: The Answer Is In Balancing Language And Cultural Signals
Botox, Migraines, and Marijuana by Aury Lor Holtzman, M.D.
"Great Teachers: Building a Better State for Public Education."
'Hunger Games' teaches Anaheim students critical thinking lessons
Why Bilinguals Are Smarter by Yudhijit Hattaacharjee
5 Things You Can Do to Observe Mother Language Day
Bilingual Education Video
Reliving Christ's Passion
Our Lady of Guadalupe
The Musical Legacy of Graciela Gutierrez at O.L.L.U.
NALIP Presents Jerry Velasco, 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award for Advocacy!
Media Outlets Adapt To Growing Hispanic Audience
Artist, Miguel Angel Vidal
Scholar Illuminates Spain's Royal Court Playwright by Mimi Ko Cruz
Project Gutenberg
Juan Felipe Herrera, Fowler native is state's first Hispanic poet laureate
Brownsville Native Wins National Humanities Medal by Gary Long
Syndic Literary Journal, Emphasis on Spoken Word
The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You've Always Believed About Thomas
Jefferson by David Barton
The Forgetting River by Doreen Carvajal
Art and Social Movements: Cultural Politics in Mexico and Aztlán
by Edward McCaughan
Mañana Forever? by Jorge Castañeda
Messi by Leonardo Faccio
MILITARY and LAW ENFORCEMENT PATRIOTS
Una Batalla Mas: The Mexican-American Fight for Civil-Rights
Watching 100 years in 10 minutes
Great WWII Pacific Theater Pictures
Austin Police Officer Jaime Padron shot and killed
Settlement OK'd over Mojave cross on U.S. land
Escuadron 2001
"Thanks just isn't enough"..Cemetery Watchman
A Bizarre Bit of U.S. Naval History About Which Most Americans Know Zilch
European WW II Cemeteries in which Our Men and Women are buried
"Remember the Mexican Soldier" Ceremony
History of Mission San Antonio de Valero— also known as El Álamo
Annual San Jacinto Battleground Festival & Living History Event!
Rudi R. Rodriguez awarded 2011 National DAR Historic Preservation Medal of Honor
Location of historic 1813 Battle of Medina clash still elusive for searchers
First Republic of Texas Born 199 Years Ago by Richard G. Santos
Genealogia de Los Tejada-Leon Por: Guillermo Padilla Origel
Apellido Elizondo
Juan de Lexalde y Ochoa
Mis Apellidos.com
The Carvajal's of England and New Spain By John D. Inclan
Micro-Huevos by Ben Romero
Got My Goat by Ben Romero
Biography of Amando Saenz, Chapter 5 of 9
1940 Census, Information Collected
According to the 1940 Census there were no Latinos in 1940
1940 U.S. Census Community Project Announces Call for Volunteers
Suggestions for Writing Your Personal History
Correct Spelling of the Word GENEALOGY
Writing a special message to a love one.
Portuguese History and DNA
The Genographic Project
mtDNA of Juana Robles by Crispin Rendon
May 2: 13th Annual Newport Festival, Latino Film Day
May 6: Rancho Fiesta Day
May 12: SHHAR Monthly Meeting, Using Marriage Dispensations in Your Research
by Viola Rodriguez Sadler
El Maestro, Gabriel Zavala
El Toro CA, in 1940
May 12: Mother's Day Mass, Historic Yorba Cemetery
May 19: 23rd Annual Adelante, Young Women's Conference
June 2: Heritage Museum of Orange County, Heritage Music & Arts Festival
Miguel Chavez on the Chicana/o Movement in West L.A., 1963-1979
List of those buried at the Los Angeles Plaza Church Cemetery after 1820
43rd Annual Southern California Genealogy Jamboree
Sept 8th: 2nd Annual Grand Marian Procession/Mass for Our Lady of the Angels
El Toro, now Lake Forest, Eddie Remembers
1940 Census: A barrio's hardscrabble existence
Cartoon, Puttin' the bite on the California Taxpayer Again by Sergio Hernandez
Prop 28 to extend term limits for legislators
Check out this tid-bit of California History
June 23rd: Third Annual Romero Family Reunion
Moraga Adobe Suffers More Vandalism
The Chumash as the Keepers of the Western Gate
May12, Nueva Galicia Genealogical Society 2012 Conference
Before well-known Battle of Glorieta Pass, Texans captured Santa Fe
Blocked At The Pass By Jackie Jadrnak
Blocked At The Pass leaves out Hispanos Ttremendous Role in Victory
Frontera NorteSur
Christians and Jews Rediscover Interracial Haven
Battle of Athens, Tennessee
200 Years ago Louisiana Became the 18th State in the Union
An Easter Reflection by Eddie Calderon, Ph.D.
Cinco de Mayo Merienda, Villa San Agustin de Laredo Genealogical Society
Searching by Abstracts or Surveys, TexasFile.com
This Day in History, April 6th, 1813. The First Texas Republic
Clotilde P. Garcia Tejano Book Prize
Mexican artist José de Páez
Libro de Defunciones de la Iglesia Parroquial de Monterrey, Anos de 1695 y 1696
por Tte. Cor. Ricardo Raul Palmerin Cordero
Libro de Matrimonios de la Iglesia Parroquial de Monterrey, Anos de 1670
por Tte. Cor. Ricardo Raul Palmerin Cordero
Personajes en la Historia de Mexico por Jose Leon Robles de la Torre
José López Portillo y Pacheco
Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado
Russell Means: Welcome to the Reservation
Pre-Hispanic Ruins Found in Mexico
Doreen Carvajal: A Reporter's Journey to "The Forgetting River" Part 1 of 4
Shared experiences connect Romney and Netanyahu
Juan Latino
Cuba Rethinks the Revolution
After half century, Cubans again celebrate Good Friday
Libro de migrantes canarios a Puerto Rico
PASCUAL FAMILY of the PHILIPPINES
Politics and the Influence of Movie, Media, and Sports Personalities
By Eddie AAA Calderón, Ph.D.
Brain Drain or Brain Deluge/Surplus By Eddie AAA Calderón, Ph.D.
El Tesoro del Barco Hundido by Angel Custodio Rebollo
Canary Island Music
Investigacion, Conocimiento y Archivo en Red OrganizadaI Biskaia, Bilboa, Spain
Cabildo La Laguna, Canary Islands
The Spanish Armada
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|półwysep Mullet, na horyzoncie widać wyspę Achill
Three days after Halloween
I find bookmarks in the books
along with the recipe for grilled salmon and Irish stew.
I like silence. When I read poems about the murdered
wolves, converted into English whiskey barrels,
trees, I wonder how much blood has fed the heathers.
Savagery marks the limit of impotence, as if I were staying
in another world discovering pests. One after the other.
Glistening scales. Shadows that absorb obstacles, nomadically
determined entries and exits.
We are sitting close together in a bright circle of light,
reflected from the basalt shapes submerged in peat.
A damp corner, flooded in the ocean during the winter. On the other side
Achill cliffs. I see children falling out of their mothers' hands.
They are slouching around us dancing and make us watch out.
What were they like? In a place forgotten by God. Huts without chimneys,
plates of elderberry leaning over the stone walls.
We are singing forgotten songs.
The dog's barking in the distance. The neighbor's staring at Hollywood Wives.
The boarded up building is protruding on the other side of the road.
The tourists are sending cards. Piled green waves or jumps
with the parachute. You can see the cut out Éire. Sea pinks,
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What would it look like if we could borrow some of "Santa's magic" and see all of the students wishlists K-12? I would not be surprised to see some similarities in technology requests at all grade levels. Regardless of age, all students like tools that allow them to communicate, collaborate, learn hands on, get instant feedback, and stay in the know. Surely the best support I've ever seen for using technology in the classroom came from examining the wishlists of our student body! In light of that I did a lap in the building with a Flipcam and here's what our students (2-5) and teacher's had to say:
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Ryan Fairclough returned triumphantly to the Rovers match scene with this winning bag of carp
8th April 2018
A good turnout of twenty two anglers arrived on this wet, rainy day at Greenfields fishery to contest the penultimate match of the series. The fishery, which comprises of several small lakes fished reasonably well to produce a winning weight of 36-1-0 by Ryan Fairclough, who was back from college, to give him a much needed boost in money which will enable him to eat for the next couple of months! Pole with corn and red maggots was his winning combination for an all carp catch. Second was Fred Fairman with 31-1-0 which comprised of twelve carp taken on corn. Fred also had the specimen on the day, a carp of 6-9-0. In third place was Bill Parker with 20-10-0 taken long at fifteen metres down the edge on dead red maggot. This was also the final round of the pairs competition and it produced a very exciting finish. Bob Lane and Keith Gibson, who were in a comfortable position, taking a fourteen point lead into the match, were overtaken by Fred Fairman and Doug Read who put in a magnificent performance with to win the pairs by five points. Congratulations to Fred and Doug on winning what has been a very good close competition this year. The last club match of the season will be at Wood Lane on 22nd April, after which there will be a presentation of prizes for all the competitions. We are looking forward to a good attendance to this final match with all the top league positions still to be decided!
|Fred Fairman completed a hat-trick by framing, winning the pairs and catching the specimen on the day
|Third placed angler Bill Parker. Bill had to fish long at fifteen metres down the edge to catch
|A good day for Doug Read, the other half of the victorious pairs team and section winner on the day
1 – Ryan Fairclough – 36-1-0
2 – Fred Fairman – 31-1-0
3 – Bill Parker – 20-10-0
Fred Fairman – Carp – 6-9-0
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