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megacircuit9universe · 4 years

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Trumpty Dumpty

WED FEB 05 2020

There used to be a legend, in my family, that my mom’s grandfather on her mother’s side, was the son of an, “Indian squaw.” Without getting too technical, research on Ancestry.Com about the woman in question, proved beyond all doubt that she was white as the driven snow.

Why? Because she happened to be Mormon... and Mormons happen to be extremely serious about genealogy... and have been since long before the internet came along.

This woman, my great great grandmother, had a thoroughly researched family tree on Ancestry going back to the Mayflower*... as do all Mormons, because they take history seriously.

I am certain this is why Mitt Romney, today turned out to be the one and only Republican who voted to convict and remove Donald Trump.

...Because while all this talk about how they’ll be viewed by history rings hollow to every other GOP Senator currently in Congress, to Mitt Romney, it means something, because he knows his descendants will never forget who he was, or what he did with his life... and that to join in on the acquittal of Trump would bring shame to his family for generations to come.

And he knew that... because we all know, that nobody in the near future, or the distant future, or the very remote future, will ever think of Donald Trump as anything but a shitty person, a terrible President, and an appallingly myopic world leader.

But yes... there was no flash removal of Trump today. He was acquitted, to the shock of nobody. But it is worth mentioning that the 48 Senators who voted to convict and remove Trump, represent eighteen million more people than the fifty-two Senators who acquitted him.

Eighteen million.

Immediately after his acquittal, Trump tweeted a CGI video flying over Trump campaign signs that said, “Trump 2020,” then, “Trump 2024,” then 28, 30, 40, and so on until beyond the year 9000 or some bullshit, before ending on Trump 4EVA.

I saw this, passing by a TV at work today, an it spooked me pretty good, because... well, here at MegaCircuit9Universe we talk a lot about time travel and in our model, he (his hyperversal twins on all worldlines) are well known for always attempting to, and sometimes succeeding at, becoming a dictator for life.

News folk passed this tweet off as a simple troll, as the video was a modified version of one created last year by Time Magazine (of all magazines) to promote an article about how Trumpism will outlast Trump.

I didn’t read that article, so I can’t comment on it, but the point here is, that was not just a simple troll. That was Trump, surviving one of the final checks on his power, putting us on notice of his intention to be our new dictator for life.

I wonder what the AI bot coalition is thinking about that today... especially since yesterday, at the State of the Union address, he continued to crow about, and take full credit for, the booming economy... that they continuously keep from derailing... because for most of them, it is the primary objective.

I would presume that they, as bots, would seek to exhaust every other possible option available, before actually allowing the economy to tank. And... there are still other options to exhaust in the quest to dislodge Trump from power... within a reasonable time frame.**

This same truth is what likely lead Speaker Pelosi to, just at the end of Trump’s ridiculous SOTU speech (in which he stopped to administer surprise gifts to audience members, encourage cheers of four more years, and in general made the affair a circus of lies) To tear up her copy of the speech, on camera, standing directly behind him.

I should stop to note here that his SOTU, for as crazy as it was, was quite positive in tone... so, very much the opposite of the one I recently suggested might flip the Senate against him... one full of wrath and nonsensical raving.

At any rate, Pelosi’s stunt of ripping up the speech had the immediate effect of stealing all the press coverage about SOTU for the rest of the night and into today. From the minute the speech was over, the only thing anybody in the media or online wanted to talk about was this stunt of hers... with it going viral on social media in the form of animated GIFs... being praised by the left, and decried by the right.

But many now speculate that this was also a signal that the House is not done with Trump. Indeed, some say the whole Impeachment trial, it’s timing delayed by a month, thanks to the Speaker, has been a kind of opening act to warm the audience up for the headliner act... which will be about court cases landing against his obstruction of subpoenas, his taxes coming out finally, more FOIA requests coming to fruition, more crimes coming to light, etc.

It doesn’t require any aluminum foil to imagine that such a second act... or third act, if you count the Mueller probe as act one... could finally bring the roof down on Trump’s head in this, an election year.

We all know the Ukraine shakedown was just the tip of an enormous iceberg, which, beneath the water’s surface, is the size of Mauna Kea... and that a shit ton of it will be coming to light soon... as courts strike down his past attempts at damage control... grant information requests to newspapers... as oversight hearings continue in the house... as books are published... and on.

What’s different now, after the impeachment trial, is that we all now also know which Senators are consciously complicit in Trump’s grand crime scheme, and it’s cover up.

We’ve had an idea for a while which House Representatives were complicit (Nunes), but that’s not such a big deal anymore, as we got back the House in 2018, but it took this impeachment trial to expose those poker faced Senators.

Senators play things a lot closer to the vest (Except for McConnell and Graham) which is natural, given that there are only 100 of them, and each one has a lot more power than the average House Rep... thus, a lot more power to lose, if they dirty their shoes in the muck that Reps will occasionally roll about in like swine.

The Impeachment essentially put a gun to their heads... confess your loyalty, Trump or the Constitution... because it cannot be both.

And now that 52 of them confessed, beyond any doubt, that their loyalty is to Trump, over the Constitution... well, now they’re all fair game, when it comes to exposing the greater bulk of that corruption iceberg.

Lev Parnas named Lindsey Graham as being in the loop with the Ukraine extortion scheme... and Bolton named Cipollone. And now you can bet your ass a lot more Senators and White House cabinet members will be exposed as being in that loop... and other loops... all looping around Trump... who is looping around Putin.

And I’ll leave the impeachment and SOTU analysis there for tonight.

Because I still have to talk about Iowa!

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So, in chronological order, on February 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th, it was... Super Bowl, Iowa, SOTU, and Impeachment.

Ignoring the Super Bowl, which had no real impact on anything here, Iowa, back on the 3rd, is still not resolved tonight as I write.

The Iowa Democratic Party refused to release any election results at all, the night of the caucuses... citing bullshit technical problems. The next day, they released 62% of the results. Then today... released up to 81% of the results... which were found, by sharp eyed election officials to have glaring errors, which IDP then, grudgingly corrected... while still not giving us 100% of the results at the time of writing.

In a nutshell, the original excuse of technical problems with some app they were using doesn’t hold water two days later, because there should have been plenty of time by now to count the paper record by hand, and so it does look as though the IDP simply did not like the results on election night... and has been scrambling to finesse them, ever since.

Why did they not like the results? Because, as I predicted, Joe Biden bit the dust, in this first primary election of the season, coming in a distant fourth place. But even worse... Bernie Sanders knocked it out of the park.

That, for the DNC, is not an acceptable outcome, and so, one would assume, they put pressure on IDP to hold off on announcing and, please double, triple, and quadruple check everything, until... they get something they can live with.

We saw the DNC do this in 2016, when Hillary was their darling, so... the only thing surprising here, is the level of desperation... over-reaching this far to suppress the results, this early on in the game.

The Faustian bargain the DNC (and IDP) are soo sloowly arriving at, is that Pete Buttigieg, who seems to have come in second in reality, should be presented to the world as having come in first... because if there’s no amount of finesse that can save Joe Biden from his pitiful numbers, then hand the centrist torch to Buttigieg. But no way in hell can Bernie Sanders get the political momentum he, and his voters earned out of this!

This does tend to expose how corrupt the DNC still is, and serve to remind us how we got Donald Trump in the first place... after they played this game in 2016, manufacturing consent for Hillary Clinton that did not exist on the ground.

But this time around, it’s not gonna play.

It’s not gonna wash.

It’s not gonna work.

It won’t work because, Bernie has too much of a head of steam, and there is nobody else in the field that can stop him.

Warren looked good until she revealed that she was not really for Medicare for all, but just some public option compromise bullshit. She’s been failing ever since that reveal, and her lame attempt to cast Bernie as a sexist hurt her even worse.

Biden, as predicted earlier in this blog, just has no game, and is running out of money quick. He’ll be gone before Super Tuesday in March.

Buttigieg blew his wad on Iowa and at the moment is simply a centrist place holder for Biden. All of his support will go to Bloomberg, as soon as Bloomberg enters the race in March.

This will leave it between Bernie and Bloomberg through the spring... but Bloomberg has no legs.

How do I know that? Well, as a billionaire trying to buy the election, he’s hemorrhaging millions out of pocket right now, just to stay relevant. And, while being a billionaire, he can afford to hemorrhage millions forever, without feeling the slightest bit faint, it’s a sign of failure that he has to go this route.

Where are his donors? He doesn’t have any because he has no ground game at all. All he has are ads. This is just a publicity stunt at it’s heart.

Obama, famous for his relentless ground game, blew away this kind of media blitz, money-is-no-object, opposition both times out. In his case they were being funded by SuperPacs, but it’s the same strategy of just pouring millions into ads without knocking on any doors.

Bernie Sanders has an even more relentless ground game than Obama ever had, without being funded by any corporate donors or super pacs... with more money than any of his rivals (other than Bloomberg) coming from the donations of regular wage workers.

He also has one magic card that even Trump can never possess... the 18 to 45 vote!

Trump won in 2016 by cobbling together a coalition of white schizophrenics, criminally insane white nationalists, Book of Revelation lunatics, and a freight train of garden variety conservative cowards, groomed by their elders to worship whoever seems to hold the scepter of authority no matter what they say or stand for.

That was a clever way to wring the last ounces of water there was left out of the damp cloth that is the white, conservative, male vote, in a post Obama universe.

But!..

Those hard won numbers in just the right districts, in just the right states... pale in comparison to the numbers available to he who can unlock the all-race, all-gender, 18 to 45 vote.

And Bernie has done that, this time around.

There is opposition to him, among the centrist boomers, and even some GenX and so-called, X-ennials... fearing that his nomination is just what Trump wants, and will seal our doom.

But even in the Primary season to come... that’s not gonna make a difference. By the Convention, the DNC will have no other choice than to nominate Sanders.

That’s my prediction.

Okay... extra long entry for an extra crazy start to February.

I’m going to bed.

*When you go back enough generations, everybody has some claim to a Mayflower passenger in their family tree... just as everybody can claim to be a descendant of Genghis Khan.

It’s just a quirk of the fact that every generation you go back, you are covering exponentially more people.

The point here is that my great great grandmother had an exhaustive family tree researched by many others... going back to the point where it becomes meaningless (mayflower) which guarantees beyond any doubt, she was not an, “Indian squaw,” as family legend contended.

** Economy Bots seek to unseat Trump because he has abused the legacy Presidential power of tariffs, which artificially changes the prices of things in a way they cannot control.

Thus, the reasonable time frame for removing Trump, is... sooner than he can tank the economy all by himself... which, since the inverted yield curve of mid 2018, has meant: as soon as possible.

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hudsonespie · 3 years

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Industry Dialogue Helps Sustain Antarctica's Krill Fishery

[By David Adam]

At the height of the Cold War, a hungry Soviet Union launched an unlikely strategy to reduce its reliance on grain imports from the West: the superpower despatched hundreds of fishing boats to Antarctica and told them to come back with krill.

Krill – small crustaceans related to the prawn and lobster – do not carry much meat on a single body. But added together, the world’s krill population weighs in at between 300 and 500 million tonnes. Beyond single-celled organisms like bacteria and viruses, the hundreds of trillions of krill in our oceans represent the greatest biomass of any wild animal on the planet.

With little competition, the Russian vessels netted as much of this bounty as they could carry and returned to the motherland, where Soviet scientists mashed up the protein-rich creatures into a nutritious paste called Okean. Citizens were expected to mix it into their vegetables and soups. British officials got hold of some in 1973 and reported its taste as “very pleasant”. But the idea never really caught on and, by the 1980s, the Soviets were turning much of the krill they caught into animal feed.

By the early 1990s, of course, the Soviet Union – and its appetite for Okean – were no more. Left undisturbed, the krill were free to swim and drift around Antarctic waters, where they help feed other kinds of life – they serve as an important prey species for the unique region’s penguins, seabirds, seals, fish and whales.

“I am a little bit frightened about the local effects of the increasing fishing effort because the fishery is nowadays very concentrated in space and time,” says Bettina Meyer, a krill researcher at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany. “Due to the very high level of krill biomass that we currently have, and the krill management measures in place, we are not in big danger. But we do have to keep a very, very careful eye on it.”

Antarctic krill

Several different species of krill are found across the world’s oceans, but the Antarctic variety (Euphausia superba) is by far the plumpest and so the most valuable catch. Often found in massive swarms, which can number millions of animals and stretch for several miles of ocean, Antarctic krill haven’t been routinely studied in all seasons over the years, and scientists don’t understand some key features of their life cycle. That can make it difficult to predict their numbers and distribution from year to year, as well as the impact of fishing them in the era of accelerating climate change.

Krill abundance in some regions is known to fluctuate greatly, but the reasons for this aren’t clear. Another issue not understood fully is population dynamics: how many mature krill need to spawn to provide enough offspring to keep numbers sufficiently high. Finally, little is known about where the young krill migrate to in their first year of life.

These uncertainties help to explain why researchers are cautious about judging the possible impact from the fishing industry, Meyer says.

“We have a lot of knowledge gaps,” she says. “When you compare for example the maps of distribution of the krill larvae to the distribution of the entire population, then it might be that only a small proportion is responsible for replenishing the entire population.”

In other words, although a relatively small proportion of krill are pulled from the Southern Ocean each year, if those catches happened to target breeding adults, then such fishing could have an oversized impact.

Officially that should not happen. The Antarctic krill fishery is well managed and branded as sustainable. And unlike some contested areas around the world, scientists, conservationists and the fishing industry there enjoy a largely co-operative and constructive relationship. “I think the relationship is very friendly and also very open,” Meyer says.

CCAMLR

Along with other species, the Antarctic krill fishery is managed by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), made up from a group of 26 nations (including the European Union) with an interest in the region. The commission monitors stocks, assesses the health of the fishery and sets limits on how much krill can be taken each year.

CCAMLR splits the waters surrounding Antarctica into three large areas. The limits on fishing are based on an estimate made in 2010 that krill stocks in one of these large areas – Area 48 on the Atlantic side of the continent – totalled 60.3 million tonnes. This allowed the commission to set an absolute cap on catches – called the “precautionary catch limit” – of 5.61 million tonnes each year. The actual annual take is nowhere near that figure. Fishing is only allowed in seven “sub-areas” and divisions, each of which have their own caps – added together, the total catch from each of these sub-areas cannot exceed 620,000 tonnes – the so-called “trigger level”. However, at present, fishing is only taking place in four of the sub-areas, all in Area 48. The most popular of these, sub-area 48.1 around the Antarctic peninsula, has an annual catch limit of just 155,000 tonnes.

Source: CCAMLR (Graphic: Manuel Bortoletti / China Dialogue Ocean)

In 2020, a total of 450,781 tonnes of krill were taken across the sector, a figure that has doubled in the last five years but is still comfortably below the trigger level. So, all is good? Not necessarily.

Fishery management strategies that permit what look like relatively low catch levels across large regions could still prove to be unsustainable, says Philip Trathan, head of conservation biology at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, the United Kingdom. “It matters where you take it from,” he says. “Say for the sake of argument you are allowed to take 100 tonnes from a defined area. That limit is set with an assumption you are going to take it evenly from across that area. But you’re not going to do that. You’re going to go to the areas where it’s most predictable and most profitable. And those are probably also the regions where the penguins, seals and whales go as well.”

In other words, the fishing industry could be taking their permitted and precautionary amounts of krill out of the mouths of predators that rely on them. That’s important because rises and falls in krill population from year to year, including those influenced by fishing, are believed to have a knock-on effect on the predators that eat them – notably penguins. A 2020 study of penguin colonies in the South Shetland islands, which lie about 120 kilometres north of the Antarctic peninsula, suggested a link between levels of krill fishing in surrounding waters and declining health of the birds.

Using decades of data going back to the 1980s, the research, led by George Watters at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in La Jolla, California, found that when local fishing catches of krill spiked, penguins took longer to find food and had fewer healthy chicks.

One problem with the current fishery management approach, Trathan says, is that it sets up an annual free-for-all that pits fishing vessel against fishing vessel to scoop up as much krill in the shortest time possible. For example, this year the cap for zone 48.1 was reached in early June, so the area is now closed until December. Such an “Olympic-style” management plan can force fishing activity into smaller areas and shorter fishing seasons.

Many scientists and conservation groups would like to see tighter controls on exactly where and when the krill can be caught. Those measures could include dividing the existing sub-areas into smaller zones, each of which would then be allocated its own (smaller) maximum take.

Some countries have gone further and backed the establishment of new marine protected areas, including one around the Antarctic peninsula, which could lead to stricter controls and even outright bans on krill fishing in the most sensitive regions.

Keen to avoid such regulation, the krill fishers have taken steps to show they can manage the threat themselves. In December last year, an industry group called the Association of Responsible Krill Harvesting Companies voluntarily suspended fishing close to three penguin colonies on the Antarctic peninsula for 12 months. This adds to a series of existing buffer zones the industry has established around penguin colonies in which local krill fishing is halted during the incubation and chick-rearing season.

CCAMLR is due to discuss possible new restrictions in November, but Trathan, who sits on the commission’s scientific advisory group, says it’s unlikely much progress will be made. “I think it’s a tall order and it sort of depends on the process as well as the science, making sure that we’ve got enough time to discuss it in the detail that is needed.”

The current focus is on keeping the existing protection in place. The management system that divides the trigger-level catch limit between the seven sub-areas and divisions is due to expire this year. If not renewed, fishers would technically be able to take up to 620,000 tonnes of krill from wherever they liked: including the sensitive waters around the peninsula.

Who fishes?

Krill fishing is currently dominated by Norway. Helped by technology that continuously pumps the contents of submerged nets onboard, Norwegian vessels bagged almost 250,000 tonnes last year, which is more than double its nearest competitor. Chile, South Korea and Ukraine also take significant amounts of krill. An important new player is China. The country landed almost 120,000 tonnes of krill last year (up from 41,000 in 2018 and 50,000 in 2019).

“[Krill fishing] fits with the Chinese policy to develop its distant water fishing fleet,” says Nengye Liu, director of the Centre for Environmental Law at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. The gap between the number of krill allowed to be caught and the number actually caught is of interest to Chinese policymakers as having potential to grow or even just maintain that fleet."

Climate change

As nations target increased krill catches in coming years, scientists are anxious about another possible pressure on stocks. A cold-water species, researchers aren’t sure how the crustaceans will manage as the waters around Antarctica steadily warm.

“Change will happen, but it will happen slowly, so maybe they will be able to adapt. We don’t know,” says Katharina Michael, a krill researcher at the University of Oldenburg in Germany.

To try to find out, Michael and her colleagues caught krill off the Antarctic coast and put them in giant tanks filled with different temperature seawater for eight months. They found that krill responded differently when the water was 3.5C or higher: their metabolism significantly increased, they used more oxygen and they grew to be significantly smaller.

“There is an increased energy demand, which may have implications for long-term processes. So, energy might be taken away from growth and reproduction,” Michael says. “We don’t know that yet. We have to investigate. But there is something going on.” Water temperature in krill habitats changes a lot with the seasons and weather, but currently range from -1.8C to 5.5C.

The Alfred Wegener Institute’s Meyer says the possible effects of warmer temperatures on krill body size is something that should be closely monitored in the future, along with other important information such as the distribution and density of krill stocks.

To gather real-world data, Meyer hopes to take advantage of the currently good relations between krill researchers and krill fishers. With limited slots available aboard scientific research ships and field stations, Meyer hopes that more fishing vessels could help, either by hosting scientists or by taking samples themselves.

With more reliable measurements, the management system could be made more responsive, with catch limits tightened or relaxed from year to year to match the real-world state of the fishery. “What CCAMLR needs to find is a way to reduce the risks to predators like penguins, seals and whales, while recognising that fishing is allowed,” Trathan says. “But ultimately the more krill you take out the more likely you are to see an effect.”

David Adam is a freelance journalist based near London.

This article appears courtesy of China Dialogue Ocean and may be found in its original form here.

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I could tell about Vietnamese American artsA Painful Event of the Southern people and Southern OfficersArticle 62 paragraph 1, 2, 3, & 4 (66). Consequently, the American Government has only ambitious war in the Republic of Vietnam, but it has never understood about the Southern Officers have been forced labor (67) without had limited the humankind burden of suffering in the concentration camps of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam's maltreated us. For example, each day, eating one of the three-parts the manioc, we were working from 7:00 AM to 8:00 Pm without had any rest time when we, each day, destroyed over ten forest hectare. But when we were sick, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam did not treat- therefore, so much of us have died by jungle fever. Some of the inmates had not the tombs because of the Vietnamese communists buried them next to a river shore, so waiting for season flood, the rain ought to cleanly sweep both rivers shore to include the tombs of prisoners of war.Actually, no governments of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the American Government did carry out this Geneva Convention because the Democratic Republic of Vietnam didn't attend the United Nations at this time, but America does not only reorganize the United Nations meeting but also had represented an exemplary action. When the Government of the United States of America secretly combined with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam each other, they secretly imprisoned to kill the Southern Officers. That is why America always interferes strongly to the internal foreign ________(66) The Economic and Social Council may make or initiate studies and reports with respect to international economic, social, cultural, educational, health, and related matters and may make recommendations with respect to any such matters to the General Assembly to the Members of the United Nations, and to the specialized agencies concerned.2. It may make recommendations for the purpose of promoting respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all.3. It may prepare draft conventions for submission to the General Assembly, with respect to matters falling within its competence.4. It may call, in accordance with the rules prescribed by the United Nations, international conferences on matters falling within its competence.(67) The Detaining Power may utilize the labor of prisoners of war who are physically fit, taking into account their age, sex, rank and physical aptitude, and with a view particularly to maintaining them in a good state of physical and mental health. Non-commissioned officers who are prisoners of war shall only be required to do supervisory work. Those not so required may ask for other suitable work which shall, so far as possible, be found for them. If officers or persons of equivalent status ask for suitable work, it shall be found for them, so far as possible, but they may in no circumstances be compelled to work.______________governments, but this event of the Southern officers was silent when an American leader who’s Kissinger said, “I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves. Henry Kissinger.” That is why America did not only violate the United Nations’ Article 73- paragraph a, b, c, d & e (68) but also didn’t respect Geneva Convention’s Article 54 (69). When, Mr. Kissinger and his government did not only trample down the Human Rights but also prohibited the freedom of thoughts of the Southern Officers and people, because, he and his government wanted to anti the right to life of the Southern Officers and the Southern people. Especially, an American leader who’s Kissinger has violated the Bill of Rights of his national own because of the Bill of Rights has respectfully the freedom of thoughts. But Mr. Kissinger has been persuaded the Southern Officers to fight anti- Communism, but, his national America to shall follow behind communism. In the meantime, Prisoners of war who always happen accidents in connection with work, or who contract a disease in the course of the labors, or in consequence of their work, shall receive all the care their condition may require that is why the Democratic Republic of Vietnam has had no treated normally us. The Detaining Power shall furthermore deliver to such prisoners of war a medical certificate enabling them to submit their claims to the Power on which they depend, and shall send a duplicate to the Central Prisoners of War Agency provided for in Article 123. To change a political ideology that is why he and his government is first to force us to fight against Communism, but after that, America could not win communism, it sold the Republic of Vietnam to communism but also imprisoned us. That is why it's against ethical conscience in one's self, but it__________(68)a. to ensure, with due respect for the culture of the peoples concerned, their political, economic, social, and educational advancement, their just treatment, and their protection against abuses; b. to develop self-government, to take due account of the political aspirations of the peoples, and to assist them in the progressive development of their free political institutions, according to the particular circumstances of each territory and its peoples and their varying stages of advancement; c. to further international peace and security; d. to promote constructive measures of development, to encourage research, and to co-operate with one another and, when and where appropriate, with specialized international bodies with a view to the practical achievement of the social, economic, and scientific purposes set forth in this Article; and- e. to transmit regularly to the Secretary-General for information purposes, subject to such limitation as security and constitutional considerations may require, statistical and other information of a technical nature relating to economic, social, and educational conditions in the territories for which they are respectively responsible other than those territories to which Chapters XII and XIII apply.(69)The working pay due to prisoners of war shall be fixed in accordance with the provisions of Article 62 of the present Convention._______________has forced to destroy the Republic of Vietnam and then, it has dedicated the Republic of Vietnam, the Southern people, and the Southern officers to communism when the charter of the United Nations and the International Court of Justice is against abusing the power that has violated Human Rights - Article 1 of The United Nations. In this event, the ethical conscience of the duty and the Responsibility of America was not perfect in all when the Government of the United States of America has needed us in war. so America has forced us to service war but after the national core of interests of America has been done, the American Government did not only leave us on the battlefield but also lets enemy imprison us when the American Government has looked other way to think us to look like the enemy of the American people. Just because through the imprisoned time, the American government has never had its representatives come to visit us, it has left us to our enemy, Vietnamese Communist of America and its American people mistreated us. To prove, Part VI- Execution of the Convention-Section I- General provisions – Article 126 (70) which is why American is a national civilized progressive than other nations of the world, but it has had no slight respected the United Nations and Geneva Convention of prisoners war. So, we would like to ask a question - What can the Charter of the United Nations protect worldwide people when America didn't respect human rights? Of course, America and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam are together party joined members, they do not only solemnly sign the Paris Peace Accords but also approved treaties of Geneva Conference on 20 July 1954 and on 27 January 1973.With the view of us that the Republic of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam were deleted by America completely in a war game, so yet both nations' America and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam exist. In condition, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam has never had a legal government to follow with the trusteeship of the United Nations in which Article 75(71), but America and the United Nations have endorsed it from on 1975 when North and South Vietnam is the same as one situation in which _________(70)Representatives or delegates of the Protecting Powers shall have permission to go to all places where prisoners of war may be; particularly …Representatives and delegates of the Protecting Powers shall have full liberty to select the places they wish to visit. …The Detaining Power and the Power on which the said prisoners of war depend may agree, if necessary …The delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross shall enjoy the same prerogatives. ..(71) The United Nations shall establish under its authority an international trusteeship system for the administration and supervision of such territories as may be placed there under by subsequent individual agreements. These territories are hereinafter referred to as trust territories.____________North Vietnam has supported the financial aid and the weapons by Soviet Union and Mainland China during South Vietnam has been supported financial aid and the weapons by the US Congress which is why America has kicked the Republic of Vietnam out of the war game. Whereas, America did not only have the main member of the United Nations but also America is one of the five Great powers which is why America oughtn't to request the United Nations that ought to review the violation Paris Peace Accords and Geneva Conference's 20 July 1954 of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam- especially is North Vietnam has violate to Geneva Conference and the Paris Peace Accord for prisoners of war. Because of both International Agreements have no imprisoned any soldier parties to conflict war during, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam has had violated these treaties. But America has been silent when the American Government has violated prisoners of war by the Geneva Convention for the treatment to prisoners of war like us to be maltreated by the American Government. Accordingly, No. 17512- Multilateral- protocol additional to the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts ( Protocol I) with annexes, Final Act of the Diplomatic Conference on the reaffirmation and development of international humanitarian law applicable in armed conflicts date 10 June 1977 and resolutions adopted at the fourth session). Adopted at Geneva on 8 June 1977 authentic texts: English, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, French, and Russian Registered by Switzerland on 23 January 1979- We, the Southern officers’ prisoners of war, would like to have viewpoints on the interpretation of this Geneva Convention within the self-evident truths. Because of the United States of America did not only approve this Convention but also had owned signed both International Agreements of the Vietnam War which is why America has maltreated the Southern Officers but also didn't respect these treaties when the super values of the American law and the Constitution have never had protected for the Southern Officers' prisoners of war. Because we, the Southern Officers' prisoners of war, were serviced the proxy war America by the United States Congress has enacted the law which is why the American Government has maltreated us, the United States of America did not enforce the American law, but America has no carried out this Convention to compensate the benefits of prisoners of war.To follow with four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 that many nations ought to protect the war victims, the especial of the Government of the United States of America did not only build the Vietnam war but also wanted to delete the war tracks to avoid out of the violated war. So the justice and the ethical consciences of the American Government had against its modern civilized when America has occupied the Republic of Vietnam by America law. But the compensation of the war victims did not dare pay; the super values of America are not corresponding for the national richest and modern civilized. That is why a super great power’s America refused the self-event truths with a small and weak South Vietnam, or The American Government ought to think about the Republic of Vietnam was deleted by powerful America. And therefore, the Southern officers’ prisoners of war were nothing to do with the Government of the United States of America compensation.As the truth, Article 1 paragraph 1, 2, 3, &4 (73) in which described the right to life of the prisoners of war when the high contracting was respected the treaty between the Government of the United States of America, the Republic of Vietnam, and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, and National Liberation Front of South Vietnam on the Paris Peace Accords. In fact, President Nixon has solemnly declared and said, “No one will be left behind." That is why most of the Southern Officers were imprisoned by America policy, but the high duty of the Government of the United States of America was not respected by this International Agreement. Therefore, we, the Southern Officers' prisoners of war, we are well-reasoned- speech to submit our settlement case with the International Court of Justice. In condition, articles 3 paragraph a, b & Article 4 (74) have to describe that America has been occupied the Republic of Vietnam for a long time. So the Article 4 -LEGAL STATUS OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONFLICT- The application of the Conventions and of this Protocol, as well as the conclusion of the agreements provided for therein shall not affect the legal status of the Parties to the conflict. Neither the occupation of a territory nor the application of the Conventions and this Protocol shall affect the legal status of the territory in question Southern officers' prisoners of war are belonging to the duty and the responsibility of America without had an irrefutable American historical reality which is why the United States Congress refused compensated war victims of the Vietnam War. Therefore, we would like to make a question;Why did the reason for the United States of America occupy the Republic of Vietnam and build so much suffering to the Southern officers and people? When America has published for the Law of war in order to teach for the whole world to hold the peace, the Government of the United States of America has exemplary actions' number one which is why America did barbarously not only betray it's allied but also America had revealed the American belligerents in the Vietnam War. No one of the great powers of our modern civilized present time ought to occupy a small country to sell to other biggest powers. Let America protect the core of interests in the Vietnam War. _____________(73) PART I - GENERAL PROVISIONS… The situations referred to in the preceding paragraph include armed conflicts in which peoples are fighting against …(74) (a) The Conventions and this Protocol shall apply from the beginning of any situation referred to in Article 1 of this Protocol;(b) The application of the Conventions and of this Protocol shall cease, in the territory of Parties to the conflict, on the general close of military operations and, …benefit from the relevant provisions of the Conventions and of this Protocol until their final release, repatriation or re-establishment.____________With respect to Article 5 paragrgh1, 2, 3,4,5,6,7 (75) in which has to decide the high respect to this International Agree, which is why the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was together the United States of America to shred this Paris Peace Accords. North Vietnam violated Pairs Peace Accords and then, it imprisoned all of the Southern officers without had judged. Instead, the Government of the United States of America has never requested the United Nations to should solve the violation treaty of North Vietnam. After the twenty years have gone by, the United States of America didn't carry out any Geneva Conventions of the Vietnam War. But America has taken advantage of the Southern Officers' prisoner of war in order to exploit the cheap labor without had human rights of prisoners of war to the right to life.With respect to SECTION II COMBATANT AND PRISONER-OF-WAR STATUS, let’s prove article 44 paragraph 2 says, “While all combatants are obliged to comply with the rules of international law applicable in armed conflict, violations of these rules shall not deprive a combatant of his right to be a combatant or, if he falls into the power of an adverse Party, of his right to be a prisoner of war, except as provided in paragraphs 3 and 4..” Therefore, we, the Southern Officers of the Republic of Vietnam, were obliged comply the Paris peace Accords in which is the International law, but we have fallen into an adverse state party’s the Democratic Republic of Vietnam through an agreement of the Government of the United States of America to sell us to communism which is why the high duty and valued responsibility of the Government of the United States of America has to eject us out of prisoners of war program to let us demeaned body to making enslaves. Likewise, the Government of the United States of America is the every richest and a modern civilized society than the whole world, but which is why America is fooling for its allied partnership’s the Southern Officers’ prisoners of war with whom is very poor and suffering life. It is true that SECTION III. TREATMENT OF PERSONS___________(75) 1. It is the duty of the Parties to a conflict from the beginning of that … 2. From the beginning of a situation referred to in Article 1, each Party to the conflict shall without delay designate a Protecting Power for … 3. If a Protecting Power has not been designated or accepted from the…4. If despite the foregoing, there is no Protecting Power…5. In accordance with Article 4, the designation and…6. The maintenance of diplomatic relations between Parties…7. Any subsequent mention in this Protocol of a Protecting…______________IN THE POWER OF a PARTY TO THE CONFLICT Chapter I. Field of application and protection of persons and objects - Article 75 paragraph 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5(76) in which revealed the inhumane policies of America and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, they did not only violate the Constitution of the United Nations but also didn't comply the customary law of war. For example, America and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam also violated the International Law when America secretly opened signal green to let North Vietnam attack South Vietnam because of America forced the South Government to surrender the North Government unreasoned condition. After that, the North Government did not only murder so many Southern Officers but also tortured the Southern Officers like me that the Vietnamese Communist police when they have used the gunstock AK.47 (77). They have beaten on my head when they exploited the news of the Republic of Vietnam. For example, they asked me and said," Must you expressly report the Republic of Vietnam of the Department of Police system? I answered and said, "America has sold off the Republic of Vietnam to you from the local government to the central government already to why you need this information to be unnecessary. As quickly as, one of police used his gun to beat on my head, I was fallen with a pass out. When they have ordered other prisoners who carried me to the darkest -room, they have not taken care of me. After a half and one day, I was province again. After that, I made a question. Why has America barbarously treated the Republic of Vietnam when we are allied partnerships with each other? Apparently, the Government of the United States of America did not only discriminate the national color skin but also______(76) 1 of this Protocol, persons who are in the power of a Party to … (a) Violence to the life, health, or physical or mental well-being of persons. (i) Murder; (ii) Torture of all kinds, whether physical or mental; …(iv) [Mutilation]; (b) Outrages upon personal dignity, (c) The taking of hostages;(d) Collective punishments; (e) Threats to commit any of the foregoing acts.3. Any person arrested, detained or interned for actions....4. No sentence may be passed and no …(a) The procedure shall provide for an accused to …(b) No one shall be convicted of an offence except on …(c) No one shall be accused or convicted nor Vol. 1125,1-17512 38 United Nations — Treat}1 Series • Nation» Unies — Recueil des Traités 1979 …(d) Anyone charged with…e) Anyone charged …(g) Anyone charged with have …(h) No one shall be prosecuted or punished by…(0 anyone prosecuted for an offence shall have the right to have …'(/) A convicted person shall be advised …5. Women whose liberty has been restricted for reasons …6. Persons who are arrested detained or …7. In order to avoid any doubt concerning the …(a) Persons who are accused of such crimes should be …(b) Any such persons who do not benefit from…8. No provision of this Article may be construed as limiting or infringing … (77) San Mateo Medical Center-A County System of Healthcare Rehabilitation Services - Audiologist Services –Audiogram_____________prejudiced American law and the US Constitution with the Southern Officers' prisoners of war when from the American Courts and the United States Department of Justice to the United States Supreme Court and the United States Congress, in which they ought to deny to resolve the Settlement case's prisoners of war when this occupation of proxy war was belonged by the United States of America's masterminds. For this reason, in Chapter II - Measures in favor of women and children, Article 76 paragraph 1, 2 & 3 &Article 77 paragraph1, 2, 3, & 4 (78), in which my wife and my seven children that have they had crime what with the United States of America and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam during their father and her husband was imprisoned by America’s war game, but they were maltreated by powerful America? If the Democratic Republic of Vietnam did think us to follow with the United States of America, it imprisoned us, but our children that have they had crime what the Democratic Republic of Vietnam when it maltreated our children? When I was Lieutenant Police of the Republic of Vietnam, My wife is a woman. She has not had a crime with America and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Why did they have together at one to punish my wife to be homeless? Another, the Government of the United States of America has never respected any treaties when America has signed on them. For example, America has not complied its the United States treaties with the Republic of Vietnam because America has not had the law of war and supreme law of land, but its no written rule has used in the Republic of Vietnam in order to protect the right to life of the Southern people. When the American children are freely going to many schools in order to study, to why America has against the Vietnamese children to no right to go to schools study anywhere after 30 April 1975. As a result, this International law in which America did not only have violated prisoners of war but also had against the right to life of the Southern Children. To illustrate, multilateral of the United States treaties have signed with the Republic of Vietnam in the past which is why the United States of America did not only have to not enforce the treaty but also had not published on the public expressly in order to stop up the self-evident truth. For example, MUTUAL DEFENSE ASSISTANCE IN INDOCHINA-AGREEMENT SIGNED AT SAIGON DECEMBER 23, 1950; ENTERED INTO FORCE DECEMBER 23, 1950-V. SAI G. de LATTRE(79), when the parties are attended by The United States of America, Cambodia, France, Laos, and Vietnam. However, this multilateral treaty had belonged to international law or also international custom law of the United States of America because of _________ (78) 1. Women shall be the object of special respect and shall be protected…2. Pregnant women and mothers having dependent infants who …3. To the maximum extent feasible, the Parties to the conflict shall …1 Children shall be the object … 2. The Parties to the conflict shall take all …3. If, in exceptional cases, despite the provisions …4. If arrested, detained or interned for reasons related to …(79) This treaty has five (5) Articles and nineteen (19) paragraphs - All texts will be authentic, but in case of divergence, the English and French shall prevail. DONALD R. HEATH HUU VORAVONG (See attachment this treaty) (See attachment)___________the basis of the law is 22 USC §§1571_1601 Pub. L 329-81st Congress, 63Stat 714, Approved December 23, 1950, in which multilateral nations did not only acknowledge the sovereignty of the Republic of Vietnam but also endorsed the Vietnamese properties through the United States Congress has approved this statutory. For the reason, the Government of the United States of America has been supporting the financial aid and military equipment for the Republic of Vietnam from 1950 to 1975 in order to fight anti-communism. Therefore, within the five articles and the nineteen paragraphs had not betrayed the Republic of Vietnam and not sent any Southern officers to any Vietnamese communist concentration camps, and not nationalized the Southern Officers. So, this treaty is to be International law, but the United States of America seemed to super values of this treaty to stop up the truths- therefore, we would like to call for the International custom law. In fact, two great powers France and America did not only acknowledge the sovereignty of three national Southeast Asian but also had guaranteed to protect security for us in the long run. That is why the United States of America self swallowed this treaty. For that reason, we ought to add this United States treaty would submit this treaty to the International Court of Justice that may call the International law or the International Custom law. Because the United States of America has had a written rule by the United States Congress approved this, but also had the whole world understood about this which is why the United States of America has fooled us by this treaty.In proving, both Great Powers' America and France did not only protect the free people of the world that are Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese but also had to defend the common interests of us to the maintenance of our peace and to defense to endorse independent nations and security of our nations but why the United States of America has torn shredded this treaty in which has had main articles. Especially, the United States of America has had self volunteered to express a good heart with Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam when America has automatically furnished assistance Military equipment to help these nations. But that is why America has torn shreds this treaty, according to the great power of the world ought to self-respect one's self, but America could not take the Vietnamese humans for playing war games. Because of this multilateral treaty of America had not had any articles to allow America to deny compromises in order to anti- any right to live' small nations to special the Southern Officers and the Southern people? Evidently, United States of State has confirmed Treaties in Force that a list of treaties and other International Agreements of the United States in Force on January 1, 2019, which had not expired by their own terms or which had not been denounced by the parties, replaced, superseded by other agreements, or otherwise definitely terminated. Complied by the Treaty Affairs Staff, Office of the Legal Adviser, says U.S. Department of the State. Evidently, United States of State has confirmed Treaties in Force that a list o Evidently, United States of State has confirmed Treaties in Force that a list of treaties and other International Agreements of the United States in Force on January 1, 2019, which had not expired by their own terms or which had not been denounced by the parties, replaced, superseded by other agreements, or otherwise definitely terminated. Complied by the Treaty Affairs Staff, Office of the Legal Adviser, says U.S. Department of the State.Therefore, the self - evident truths of the bilateral of us would like to prove all treaties of the Government of the United States of America complied to meet one's self commitments with the Republic of Vietnam from December 23, 1950, to 30 April 1975, and for example, the American Government has given CLAIMS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION policy at Saigon February 9, 1965 in which has agreement relating to mutual waiver of government claims for damages to government property and for injury or death of members of armed services. Exchange of notes at Saigon entered into force February 9, 1965. 16 UST 140; TIAS 5773; 542 UNTS 175(80) in which has had with condition that the United States of America ought to build the peace and security national South Vietnam to must win communism, but which is why the Government of the United States of America did not respectfully protect the Southern people, self-determination, and the independence of the Republic of Vietnam. This treaty has no allowed giving for the American Government to freely destroyed properties and injured damages or the deaths and imprison of the Southern Officers after America cut and run out off the Republic of Vietnam on 30 April 1975. Apparently, the bilateral agreement CULTURAL EXCHANGES, PROPERTY & COOPERATION is between America and the Republic of Vietnam in which has agreed relating to the exchange of official publications. Therefore, America has had respected the culture of the Republic of Vietnam, but which is why when Bright Quang, he came to America, he created some pieces of artwork. The Government of the United States of America secretly created difficulties to anti- his artwork to exhibit- the especially property of both was endorsed by this bilateral treaty that is why the Southern Officers’ properties weren’t surely protected by the American Government for the long run that is why on 30 April 1975, America has welcomed to North Vietnam to take over the Republic of Vietnam in fact, the property of Bright Quang was nationalized by North Vietnam- therefore, The Government of the United States of America ought to compensate his property which was lost by this bilateral treaty that Exchanged of into notes at Saigon April 4, 1961 Entered into force on 4 April 1961 to be 12 UST 310; TIAS 4717; 405 UNTS 77(81) in __________the (80) _ On February 9, 1965, the United States deployed its first combat ...www.pinterest.com/pin/82612974389655023This is a guest blog by Peter Alan Lloyd An Eyewitness Account by SSG Arnold Krause In Vietnam, the NVA and VC organizations fought a very different war to ...(81) Section 2: multilateral treaties and other agreementshttps://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-Treaties-in-Force-______________which the Republic of Vietnam has had not allowed authorized the Government of the United States of America was freely taken the properties of the Southern Officers and the Republic of Vietnam to give for the Democratic Republic of Vietnam as like 30 April 1975. For example, the sacred traditional culture of the Republic of Vietnam was protected by America and South Government together respected that is why America has free torn shredded this treaty when America is great power and modern civilized of the world.Next, DEFENSE Treaty’s the Government of the United States of America also signed this bilateral treaty with the Republic of Vietnam when all of the super values of America’s great power were cast into the three treaties in the bilateral governments. Let America solemnly protect the sovereignty of the Republic of Vietnam, the transcendent self-determination of the Southern people, and the rights to life of the Southern people that look like the right to vote of the American people to highly respect in all. As a result, America's agreement relating to the assurances required by the Mutual Security Acts of 1951, Exchange of notes at Saigon December 18, 1951, January 3, 16, and 19, 1952. Entered into force January 3, 1952, to be 3 UST 4672; TIAS 2623; 205 UNTS 127 in which agreement relating to the disposition of equipment and materials furnished by the United States found surplus to the needs of the Vietnamese armed forces. Exchange of notes at Saigon March 1, and May10, 1955 - Entered into force May 10, 1955- 7 UST 837; TIAS 3563; 273 UNTS 157 also had agreement relating to the transfer of scrap to Vietnam as supplementary military assistance. Exchange of notes at Saigon November 8 and December 14, 1972, Entered into force December 14, 1972. 8 UST 4263; TIAS 7534 – Amendment September 3 and October 14, 1974 (25 UST 2906; TIAS 7953) (82) to especial regards of the United States of America and the American people has had hardly been passed of a half of the earth to the Republic of Vietnam signing this bilateral treaty in order to protect a weak nation and less undeveloped people than the modern civilized whole world. In the common view, we, the Southern officers did not only respect so million fold the American people, the United States Congress and the America troop but also the generous courage of the America has been donating the good heart for the Southern Officers and the Southern people to let us live in the national peace and prosperity when our sovereignty will not be lost by the barbarous communism- in the same way, the American military has transferred of scrap to the Republic of Vietnam by so many of the cannon 105mm guns in which were to oldest. For example, Mr. Bright Quang, he was behalf of the Police Chief Son-Ha District on Highland of the west Quang ____________(82)[PDF](,1 2 1/,1( https://www.loc.gov/acq/treaties/Vietnam.tias4717.pdf12 UST] Viet-Nam-Exch., Official Publications-Apr. 4, 1961 publications to a port or other appropriate place reasonably con-venient to the exchange office of the other Government. 6. The present agreement shall not be considered as a modification_____________Ngai province at the end of 1974 - at the same time, his spy team has secretly been sought for a Vietnamese communist convoy which was running from the North to the South on the highland road of so-called Ho Chi Minh trail, the Vietnamese communist convoy was run through night and day. He secretly reported this important event to his leader province and then approximately a couple weeks had both teams; one is a leader province and the second is a team of the American Advisor. When they silenced to listen to his reporting a special event, they nodded to take the notes. After that, they quickly had left gone by the same day. The approximately two weeks had gone by, a helicopter group, which was carrying both cannons 105mm guns within having the ten ballets, and it supported our Son-Ha District. When the helicopters group got out of our district with both new cannons 155mm guns to Danang City, We just welcomed to Happy New Year or So-called Vietnam TET, the American Consulate at Danang City has had to orders, three helicopter groups. Each group was six helicopters; they've ordered us to leave out this district within twelve hours and do not carry anything like guns and military types of equipment. So we have given favor to innocent civilians when they got first to refugee to Quangngai City where the free zone is. After then, we included policemen and the police-women, and the district forces got out of our district when no one guerilla who came to take in our government district was left behind. Concurrently, the bilateral treaty of the Government of the United States of America also supported the financial aid for the Republic of Vietnam to lets us fight anti-communism because America is very enrichment stronger than the Republic of Vietnam. When, we, the Southern Officers, were poor more than the United States, America, therefore, has been warranty hired us to fight anti-communism in order to protect American enrichment boundlessly. In order that America thoroughly supports finance for the Republic of Vietnam to fight against communism when America strongly signed both bilateral treaty with the Republic of Vietnam because America did not only endorse the sovereignty of the Republic of Vietnam but also approved the legal independence of the Republic of Vietnam on the whole world - therefore, America has available invested adequately sides for the Republic of Vietnam when America is a modern civilized power, the face of America is representing for the American honor in which America did think the Republic of Vietnam does not only have a small nation but also a people is less modern and the poorest people. Thus, America’s FINANCE has bravely been available invested for the Republic of Vietnam by the firm laws in which for example, Agreement relating to investment guarantees under section 413 (b) (4) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended. Exchange of notes at Washington on November 5, 1957- Entered into force November 5, 1957. 8 UST 1869; TIAS 3932; 300 UNST 23 and Agreement modifying the agreement of November 5, 1957, as amended, relating to investment guarantees. Exchange of notes at Saigon December 16, 1969 and February 12, 1970- Entered into force February 12, 1970 - 21 UST 1148; TIAS 6869; 745 UNTS 312 (83) Subsequently, America has also kindly been supporting the Foreign Assistance for the Republic of Vietnam through the bilateral four treaties (84) were from 1948 to 1975, when the American Government has taken too many money from the American people tax-income to hire the Republic of Vietnam that we were fighting for anti-communism. If the Republic of Vietnam could not have any budgets of the United States, the Republic of Vietnam could perhaps live together with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in the national reconciliation. Because of some of the international great powers, they would not support for bilateral Vietnam, when, they together live on common peace. That is why they wished to build war in a few small nations like North and South Vietnam because of the intellectual standard of the Vietnamese people is very low more than the modern civilized national powers. In fact, America has signed the bilateral economic treaty, which the American Government has been supported for the Republic of Vietnam to strongly raise the economy. Let us fight anti-communism in which Economic cooperation agreement, with the exchange of notes. As a consequence, America ought to make sure with the Republic of Vietnam by the four bilateral treaties are the FOREIGN ASSISTANCE in order to build surely belief with a good partnership in regards. That would like to be signed at Saigon September 7, 1951- Entered into force September 7, 1951. 2 UST 2205; TIAS 2346; 174 UNTS 165 Amendment: June 7, 1962 (13 UST 1279; TIAS 5076; 458 UNTS 300). Agreement relating to duty-free entry and defrayment of inland transportation charges on relief supplies and packages- Exchange of notes at Saigon August 20 and 26, 1954-Entered into force August 26, 1954- 5 UST 2531; TIAS 3115; 234 UNTS 111- Next, Agreement providing for additional direct economic assistance pursuant to the economic cooperation agreement of September 7, 1951. Exchange of notes at Saigon February 21 and March 7, 1955- Entered into force March 7, 1955; operative January 1, 1955. 7 UST 2507; TIAS 3640; 277 UNTS 285. Latin, America was firmly guaranteed for the bilateral treaty by Agreement providing for an information media program pursuant to section 1011 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as an amendment. Exchange of notes at Saigon 11 and November 3, 1955, Entered into force November 3, 1955 - 6 UST 3940; TIAS 3402; 239 UNTS 195 in which the United States of America did not only transfer so many of the young mindset modern civilized American people to the Vietnamese people that who shall brainwash their fixed mindset or so-called the Vietnamese -___________(83) Treaties in Force - US Department of State | Treaty...https://www.scribd.com/document/438723140/Treaties... Treaties in Force –(84) VIETNAM, REPUBLIC OF NOTE: The agreements listed below were in force between the United States and the Republic of Viet Nam (South Viet Nam). The status of these agreements is under review. (See United States Department of States-Treaties in Force- a list of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States in force on January 1, 2019, 2010, & 2011___________people ought to leave patriotism literature to lets us respect for super values of American kinds of literature. Besides that, America has highly endorsed the Educational program of the Republic of Vietnam but which is why after 30 April 1975, America has sold the Republic of Vietnam to communism, America has self-deleted all of the Vietnamese degrees and for example,Bachelors and Doctoral of the Republic of Vietnam were left behind the United States Department of Education when we came to America. So almost all of us were trained by the American Education Program, our degrees were not trained to update knowledge of America when we came to America after 1975. For that reason, America has been worried about the less modern Vietnamese civilized that we shall be theft to violated the excellent intellectual property of America. Therefore, America has forced the Republic of Vietnam to must sign this bilateral treaty or protect the super values of the American peoples. Ironically, the American government has trampled down the excellent intellectual property of him. In fact, his books and piece of artwork copy-rights were trampled by the American Government. So the bilateral treaty of INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY is Declaration respecting the rights of nations concerning trademark protection, with the. Exchange of notes at Washington November 3, 1953, and October 25, 1954; related note dated November 22, 1954- Entered into force October 25, 1954- 5 UST 240; TIAS 3100; 25 UNTS 11. Evidently, TAXATION, within nearly by thirty years of America has been occupied the Republic of Vietnam, the American Government has signed the bilateral treaties with the Republic of Vietnam in which the American Government did not only endorse the Sovereignty of the Republic of Vietnam but also the United States Congress has approved the legal supreme law of the land by this Agreement regarding income tax administration- Exchange of notes at Saigon March 31 and May 3, 1967. Entered into force May3, 1967- 18 UST 546; TIAS 6262; 685 UNTS 207. Not only that, but America also has ordered to sign the bilateral treaty in which Taxation in which the obligation of taxation of the Republic of Vietnam for the United States of America has been done for May 3, 1967, to 1974, but that is why Bright Quang, he was imprisoned by America policy when he has returned to his parent state of America on November 23, 1993, but the Government of the United States of America did not only pay any the benefits of labor or so-called benefits of prisoner of war because the American Government has signed a contracted treaty with the Republic of Vietnam in the past but also when he was a retirement. The American Government has not counted the time of his war was served by America policy and his prisoner of war was injured damaged by the service war for the American government from 30 April 1975 to September 1981, in which Agreement regarding income tax administration. Exchange of notes at Saigon March 31 and May 3, 1967 to lets America and the Republic of Vietnam ought to enforce the Taxation each other. Likewise, Likewise, TELECOMMUNICATION, America has strongly been built impressed for the Southern people with whom ought to believe in the American policy not only communicate for the whole world but also the whole human beings progress of the whole world have been believing into a great power of America to be perfect. Because of American honor, America faces, and American justice has impressed by powerful truths America. Let the Vietnamese people ought to compare Communism and Americanism for special the poorest of the Vietnamese people do not the only eye the truths but also touched realize where are the truths and where are the liars in order to fool the Vietnamese people and the humankind by realism and atheism or so-called is neo-colonialism and pragmatism in which neo-colonialism ought to occupy the small nations in order to exploit the cheaper labor and all of the natural resources of the native people when pragmatism means that the great powers easily robbed the foreign countries by their bilateral treaties in which sold off the small foreign nations to the great nations to let them protect the core of interests. In comparison, the common of neo-colonialism had used the no written rule, let’s easily deny unenforceable any evident treaties to no written rule. When pragmatism often used expressly its bilateral treaty in order to build the impression, therefore, they should be persuaded by the small nations by their ideological telecommunications, which is very impressive. For the American telecommunication does not only persuade the poor Vietnamese people but also defeated the Vietnamese communist propagation's liars, which Agreement relating to television broadcasting in Vietnam. Exchange of notes at Saigon January3, 1966- Entered into force November 30, 1961- 12 UST 1703; TIAS 5954; 685 UNTS 99. Along with, TRADE & INVESTMENT, America's diverse to enrich boundlessly when America has one deserves investment to help for the Southern Government should go to behind American enrichment limitless. Because trade and investment look like a master-key that must open the golden treasure let us take enrichment limitless. Therefore, America must share the secret enrichment to teach the Republic of Vietnam and the Southern people without had any traps, which treaty of amity and economic relations. Signed at Saigon April 3, 1961- Entered into force November 30, 1961- 12 UST 1703; TIAS 4890; 424 USTS 137. Under such circumstances, America is very amity to love the Republic of Vietnam when America has covered anything sides to build a young nation that is lost the excellent experts- therefore; America has been equipping the modern civilized and technological commercials bits of knowledge. Just because of the Republic of Vietnam could be firmly standing on the world school; the Republic of Vietnam would be demean-body to sign so many bilateral treaties with the Government of the United States of America in which have had the fourteen treaties of Agricultural commodities with the American Government. When the Government of the Republic of Vietnam has had strongly believed in the ethical conscience of the American Government and the American people than everything in the policy of the Republic of Vietnam, the Republic of Vietnam could but never be thought to the bad outcome of the bilateral treaty with great power America to be lost a wonderful younger regime. Here are ARICULTURE COMMODITIES; VIETNAM, REPUBLIC OF NOTE: The agreements listed below were in force between the United States and the Republic of Viet-Nam (South Viet-Nam). The status of these agreements is under review. AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES Only the basic agricultural commodities agreements are listed hereunder. Amendments and related agreements, as listed in previous editions of Treaties in Force, are on file in the Office of Treaty Affairs.1. VIETNAM — AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ^ Agricultural commodities agreement with memorandum of understanding and exchange of notes. Signed at Saigon June 17, 1958. Entered into force June 17, 1958. 9 UST 977; TIAS 4066; 321 UNTS 35.2. VIETNAM — AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ^ Agricultural commodities agreement, with exchange of notes. Signed at Saigon October 16, 1959. Entered into force October 16, 1959. 10 UST 1868; TIAS 4351; 360 UNTS 271.3. VIETNAM — AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ^ Agricultural commodities agreement. Signed at Saigon October 28, 1960. Entered into force October 28, 1960. 11 UST 2518; TIAS 4637; 401 UNTS 3.4. VIETNAM — AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ^ Agricultural commodities agreement, with exchange of notes. Signed at Saigon March 25, 1961. Entered into force March 25, 1961. 12 UST 350; TIAS 4722; 406 UNTS 187.5. VIETNAM — AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ^ Agricultural commodities agreement, with exchange of notes. Signed at Saigon July 14, 1961. Entered into force July 14, 1961. 12 UST 1112; TIAS 4822; 416 UNTS 133.6.VIETNAM — AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ^ Agricultural commodities agreement, with exchange of notes. Signed at Saigon December 27, 1961. Entered into force December 27, 1961. 12 UST 3169; TIAS 4920; 433 UNTS 185.7. VIETNAM — AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ^ Agricultural commodities agreement, with exchange of notes. Signed at Saigon November 21, 1962. Entered into force November 21, 1962. 13 UST 3831; TIAS 5256; 469 UNTS 101.8. VIETNAM — AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ^ Agricultural commodities agreement, with exchange of notes. Signed at Saigon January 9, 1964. Entered into force January 9, 1964. 15 UST 13; TIAS 5514; 505 UNTS 173.8. VIETNAM — AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ^ Agricultural commodities agreement, with exchange of notes. Signed at Saigon September 29, 1964. Entered into force September 29, 1964. 15 UST 1973; TIAS 5674; 531 UNTS 183.9. VIETNAM — AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ^ Agricultural commodities agreement, with exchange of notes. Signed at Saigon May 26, 1965. Entered into force May 26, 1965. 16 UST 838; TIAS 5821; 550 UNTS 3.10. VIETNAM — AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ^ Agricultural commodities agreement, with exchange of notes. Signed at Saigon March 21, 1966. Entered into force March 21, 1966. 17 UST 129; TIAS 5968; 578 UNTS 165.11. VIETNAM — AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES^ Agricultural commodities agreement, with exchange of notes. Signed at Saigon December 15, 1966. Entered into force December 15, 1966. 17 UST 2321; TIAS 6177; 681 UNTS 63.12. VIETNAM — AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ^ Agricultural commodities agreement with annex. Signed at Saigon March 13, 1967. Entered into force March 13, 1967. 18 UST 1219; TIAS 6271; 685 UNTS 71.13. VIETNAM — AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ^ Agricultural commodities agreement with annex. Signed at Saigon July 8, 1970. Entered into force July 8, 1970. 21 UST 2443; TIAS 6983; 775 UNTS 107.14. VIETNAM — AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ^ Agricultural commodities agreement. Signed at Saigon October 8, 1974. Entered into force October 8, 1974. 25 UST 2891; TIAS 7952. What does he somehow understand about to Rule of law or rule by the law of the government of the United States of America because Distort justice is a national traitor?...

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Hatt’s Army, Chapter 2

Constructive criticism welcome!

(Originally published July 6, 2017)

Wednesday: June 19, 1940

The next morning, I was awakened by the warmth of the pilot light in my firebox, set alight by a cleaner who had swept the floor, polished all my controls, turned a small valve that looked as if it were built for a garden hose, checked to ensure my auraphone was rising from a low contralto at a healthy rate, and moved on to Edward on my immediate left. Simmering comfortably, I woke up slowly to see, through the crack in my shed door- for the windows were boarded up on account of blackout regulations- that the morning sky was already beginning to brighten. By the time most of our drivers had arrived on their bicycles, we were all still groggy but beginning to grow sharper.

"Good morning, old boy," greeted Boris as he boarded my cab.

He waited a while, but I didn't bother giving anything above a low groan. "Anybody home?" he joked, looking up and rapping at the glass of my fisheye.

"Stop it!" insisted Maxwell, and all-but-shoved him to the back of the cab. I gave a lazy 'tsk-tsk-tsk' in agreement.

"That's no way to start a morning," yawned Edward to whomever it may have concerned.

"Ah well," I responded, "just, erm... be thankful we're heating up in time for the Report."

Edward, who had heard the rumors of my earlier bank engine fiasco with the Wild Nor'Wester, stifled a chuckle. Henry, Gordon and James didn't bother to hold back.

"PFFFFAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH HA ha ha ha!"

"AAAW HA HA HO HO ho ho ho huh huh huh…!"

"Eh HAH ha ha ha hah hah heh heh heh heh...!"

Edward kept quiet because he knew better than to give them a rise. I kept quiet because I knew of no other option.

Soon enough, it was six o'clock, and we were all gathered in time for the Morning Report. Yard Boss Havirty stood before us in his spruce-green uniform and Levi trousers, his goatee and thin, deer-like face standing in stark contrast to his naturally curly, unkempt hair that poked out from under his Zuckerman helmet.

"Good morning to you all, sirs," he shouted clearly after blowing his whistle, as he had done for years.

"Good morning, Foreman," we all answered almost instinctively.

"Today, I have some very important news for you all," Havirty heralded, "so please, pay close attention. I'm looking at you, James." James, who had been admiring a flock of crows against the sunrise, balefully glanced back at the Assistant Director.

"Now, we all heard Big Winnie's speech yesterday afternoon, and he said he would have some legal issues resolved so we could concentrate on the war effort. Among these issues was an ongoing labor lawsuit between a local union and the LMS's Faculty Commission. According to recent reports, the suit has been summarily arbited by royal action in favor of the Union; and as part of their demands, our local Commission representative office has been relocated, from Euston House in London to the Gallant Office Park in uptown Crovan's Gate. I expect you'll all be seeing him by my side quite often- especially you, Gordon. From Monday evening until Thursday morning each week, he'll be making his home in a seaside resort just south of here, and you'll be taking him to and from his office aboard the Nor'Wester. So without further ado, now would be as good a time as ever to get each other introduced. Wait here a moment, I'll call him out." And with that, he stepped into the turntable's control box to use the transceiver inside.

He directed our attention to a black Duesy pulling up nearby. Out from the left-hand front door stepped a man with a rather… heavy-set appearance. I have heard many call him 'pear-shaped', but personally his body reminds me more of a mango. He wore a freshly-ironed blue suit jacket and tie, with a yellow cardigan underneath, matching trousers, a pair of leather dress boots, in which he was almost tiptoeing over the ballast, and a top hat, which he was clutching tightly to avoid having it blown away. He walked over to the turntable with a security guard in uniform at his left, and a butler at his right. Both were keeping uncomfortably quiet, for he was in the foulest of moods.

"It's a pleasure to have you with us this morning, sir," said Havirty as he shook the mogul's gloved hand. Then turning back our way, he announced, "I would like to introduce to you all to Sir Charles Topham Hatt, Faculty Commissioner and Chief Inventory Director of the North Western Division of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. I am- at least, technically speaking- his assistant.”

"So theyse ah Units 1 through 5?" Sir Hatt almost muttered in a curious tone. "I had olways wondahd…"

"Sir," addressed Havirty as he led the stout gentleman down the turntable in my direction, "here is our Fowler 3F, . Hereabouts we like to call him Thomas."

"Hello, kind Sir," I stammered, feeling almost guilty of receiving his attention. He didn't reply, seeming too intent on looking me over. Perhaps he was admiring how my long, slim funnel and dome up above my smokebox and boiler contrasted with the boxy cab and bunker behind and water tanks to the left and right. Sharp-dressed, refined men are always going on about ergonomics and functional form and such.

"Now, Thomas," stated Havirty clearly, "here are your orders for today:

after reporting to Tidmouth Station at 7:30 this morning, you must

arrange the morning Limited for Edward at Platform 4 by a quarter to eight,

and the express at Platform 1 on the hour.

Then James's stopping goods is due out by 8:30 at Platform 3,

and a scenic train is expected at Platform 1 at 10 o'clock.

Then comes Elevenses, and between then and tea you shall report to the Tidmouth depot and cooled for an inspection, wash-down and a refill of coal and water. Then, once you are re-lighted,

you are to report back to your post by tea to disassemble the scenic.

A train of goods vans is expected in at that time, and when unloading is finished- which should be around 4 PM- you are to sort the vans evenly in the 3 spurs up-yard.

Processing for the Wester is expected to end at 6:45,

and for the Limited at half-past seven.

When you have finished shunting those, you may report to the Depot for the Evening Report at nine."

"Yes sir," I registered.

Havirty went on to introduce him to Edward. Our Number Two wasn't the strongest or newest of us, he explained to Hatt; in fact, he was at least 60 and his boiler was smaller than mine. But his age meant that he was dependable, experienced and understanding, and so Havirty had found a niche for him here, equipping him so that he could move both backwards and forwards just as well. This made him great for more urgent deliveries, as he could assemble light trains without the help of a shunter.

Henry was our heavy mixed-traffic engine, impartial to trucks or coaches. He was always recognized everywhere he went both for his wide boiler size and his unique bright green Mid-Sodor livery. He was built here on Sodor in 1916, our manager then explained when his turn came, in response to increasing pressure on the old Mid-Sodor Railway by Parliament to increase wartime production. The story goes that the technicians at the Crovan's Gate Engine Works simply cobbled him together from the spare parts of other engines, and I've heard many a disgruntled yard worker call him 'Crovanstein' behind his back. Nonetheless, when the war had ended and work slowed down, the bean counters at Euston decided we were better off keeping him than replacing him. He was always willing to prove himself to Havirty, for better or worse, and that, we all supposed, was his saving grace.

While Henry was haphazardly designed but modest in his ways, our express engine Gordon was anything but. He was a Princess Coronation, purpose-born and bred to run heavy express lines, and the way he spoke of it, he may as well have had royal blood in his boiler tubes. In his emperor's cloak of Midland scarlet, he was given the job of pulling the island division's flagship express train, the Wild Nor'Wester, from Knapford to the seaside town of Brendam, then to Vicarstown just across the strait from the Greater Isle, each morning from 8 to 9, and back again to Brendam and Knapford from 6 to 7 each evening. On Saturdays, when the express didn't run, he was often given stopping or scenic passenger trains, or occasionally heavy freight (a job he considered unfitting of an engine of his stature). As you may guess, 'Prince Gordon' often seemed to forget whose railway it was and who was giving the orders.

James, who wasn't as scrappy as Henry or as purebred as Gordon, still wasn't sure just where he fit in here. A Class 28, he had done local freight work in Lancashire in his early days; but then war broke out, the Government took control, and the bean counters decided to transfer him here. That must've been two months ago, and Edward was still showing him the ropes. James would always go back to the Depot each evening with another rumor from the lips of a workman for him to evaluate. Though James still missed his friends back home, the rest of us- along with Havirty- were beginning to count him among us in our boilers and smokeboxes.

"How come I never get to pull trains like the rest of you?" I thought out loud, listening to the other engines' orders enviously as Havirty made his rounds. "All the brave young men are off on the beaches and landing-grounds, defending their King and country. Why is it that I should stay here?"

"Bah!" James was quick to answer. "It's out of your league. You're already slow enough now, just pushing coaches in and out of the station!"

"Besides," put in Henry, "you don't even have a tender. I bet that little bunker of yours can't hold enough coal for you to make it to Crosby, let alone the Channel!"

"Ah," added Gordon slickly. "We are in agreement, then. To everything there is a season, little Thomas, and a time to every purpose under Heaven: a time to sow and a time to reap, a time to mourn and a time to dance. My season is now, and my purpose is to help run the Northwestern line. It is what I was put on this Earth to do, and so I give this cause all I have to give. Your own time and purpose, Thomas, is not so different from ours. I suggest you give it the respect and dedication it is due."

I looked over to Edward in hopes he would be holding out for me, but all I saw was a glare of frustration mixed with a dash of regret. A glare from Edward, it was rumored, could speak volumes, and the lowered eyebrow and widened aperture and eyelid-angle of this one came together to read: "Proceed at your own risk."

"Fine, then," I taunted back. "You just wait! You'll be sorry! 'Cos when all the Shunting is gotten done, I shall run away to the Beaches myself! And when I come back, I'll make you all regret every last word you just said just now, 'cos I'll be pulling a whole ticker-tape parade, I will! With a big brass band and everything! You just wait and see!"

The other engines took no notice, for Thomas was a little engine with a long tongue.

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INTERVIEW WITH HANS WEISS

Hans Weiss was born in Hittisau, Vorarlberg, Austria in 1950. He studied Psychology, Philosophy, and Pedagogy at the University of Innsbruck where he did his Ph.D. in 1976. In 1978 he completed a postgraduate course in medical sociology at the Vienna Institute for Advanced Studies. He received a research grant from the British Council with stays at the Universities of Cambridge and London in 1978/79. In 1980, he worked as a pharmaceutical consultant, collecting material on the business practices of the pharmaceutical industry for journalistic reasons. Based on his research, he wrote two books “Gesunde Geschäfte” and “Bittere Pillen,” which caused a sensation at the time. “Bittere Pille” sold more than three million copies in the meantime and became one of the greatest German-language book successes. From 1994 - 1995 he trained at the International Center of Photography in New York and in 1997/1998 as well as in 2010/2011 at the School of Artistic Photography in Vienna.

On April 1, Deutsches Haus at NYU presented the opening of the exhibitoon “The Towers of Babel” by Hans Weiss. His exhibition will be on view until June 7.

Your current photography exhibition at Deutsches Haut at NYU captures the view from the 10th floor of NYU’s Bobst Library, from the same spot, between 2014 and 2018, at different times of the day and during different seasons. What made you choose this particular spot?  

Whenever I stay in New York - usually five or six weeks every year - I use the reading room on the 10th floor of Bobst Library as my work space. It is quiet, I am surrounded by students and books, and I have this great view in front of me: nature (Washington Square Park) and culture (Manhattan skyline with Empire State and Chrysler Building). There are huge windows from floor to the ceiling and even though it is always the same view, it is also always different: changing lights, changing colors, changing impressions.

The photos in the series “The Towers of Babel” were all taken with an iPhone. Why did you choose this medium over a traditional camera?

I started the project not knowing that it would become a longtime project. I use my iPhone regularly as a visual diary. So, the first pictures were shot for private memory. I only started thinking about turning this body of work into an exhibition in 2017. Until 2017 I used an iPhone 4 and after that an iPhone 8. Photographically there is a big difference between the two: I can enlarge iPhone 8-prints a lot bigger than iPhone 4-prints. I am surprised about the quality and the sharpness of the photos. I think it has to do with the fact that I did not take the pictures by holding the iPhone in my hand, but pressing it to the window - with the same stabilizing factor like using a tripod. Using a traditional camera would have meant carrying it with me all the time, which is bulky and heavy.

You have spent four years documenting New York City’s skyscrapers. When you first set out, did you think it would take four years to complete this project? How many pictures did you take during this time and how do you go about the editing process?  

When I started thinking of this as a serious project, I did not set myself a deadline. Although in my mind the project is finished, I still take pictures at Bobst Library. When you have run a long distance, it takes some time until your pulse is back to normal. After I showed some of my pictures to Juliane Camfield in 2018, I was invited to exhibit them at Deutsches Haus at NYU. I was happy but at the same time scared. How to select a small number of pictures out of about 3000? How can I bring them into an order which makes sense?

By chance I came across a famous picture from the Dutch painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder: “The Tower of Babel” (1563). It illustrates a story from ancient times. People started building a tower, to reach the clouds and the sky. It was the first skyscraper. God, who was an almighty figure at that time, felt offended and punished the builders. Everyone was given a different language and all of them were scattered all over the world. My series symbolizes the opposite of this story. People from all places on earth come to New York. They build skyscrapers, they speak 170 different, languages and they understand each other and feel united and at home.

To bring order to the infinite diversity of the world, artists, writers, and philosophers of Pieter Brueghel’s time used magic numbers like 7 or 4. For example, seven vices or four cardinal virtues. This was an important artistic tool in ancient and medieval times - and it helped me too.

In the exhibition you see 4 times of the day, 4 seasons, a group of 4 pictures with the universal topic “love,” and a group of 4 “virtues,” which I defined as curiosity, hard-working, ambition, and dream. Dream not in the meaning of Sigmund Freud’s teaching, but in the sense of Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” - a very conscious effort of creating a better world. In addition to these four groups of four pictures there are 7 pictures representing “emotions”: fear, pride, sadness, courage, hope, anger, joy - scattered all over Deutsches Haus at NYU.

Are there any particularly memorable experiences from your time in the library that you would like to share with us?  

In the fall of 2015, when I was a regular at NYU’s Library, I exchanged a few friendly words with a staff member named Allan. A short time later we became friends. Allan’s Jewish father, who came from Freiburg in Germany, survived Hitler, because in the 1930s he had read Hitler’s infamous book “Mein Kampf.” He was shocked and thought: “Oh, that sounds life threatening for the Jewish people!” Allan is serious about what he writes. He called his family to immediately leave Germany, but they were hesitant. He was the only one who left for New York - and the only one who survived the Holocaust.

Allan’s mother came from Vienna. She was half Jewish. During the Nazi era, she was a member of an underground resistance group, which helped Polish Jews fleeing via Vienna to Hungary - which until March 1944 was allied with Germany, but still an independent state. Therefore, Jews were not deported and killed like in Poland or Austria. But the resistance group was betrayed and the German secret police “Gestapo” caught all members, including Allan’s mother. She was sent to the concentration camp “Ravensbrück” in Germany, but survived. After the war, she spent some time in Vienna, but because the eastern part of Austria was occupied by the Soviet Union, she saw no future by staying and emigrated to New York, where she met Allan’s father.

Allan himself now owns several houses in the Catskills, which he only rents out to very poor people. He does not make any money with that, but he sees this as a moral and spiritual commitment to his mother’s attitude: Helping other people to survive.

You divide your time between Vienna and New York. How do you perceive these two metropoles? How has living in these two places shaped you as a person and photographer?

Until the 1980s Vienna used to be at the edge of Europe. Kind of a dead city, living from and with the past. Gray, old fashioned, slow pulse. That has really changed. The overall quality of life in Vienna is certainly much better than in New York. Now it is more diverse than a decade ago. A very well-maintained city (public transport and other public services). The museum scene is almost as vibrant as in New York. If you are a lover of classical music or German speaking theatre or timeless sitting in a coffeehouse or “dolce far niente,” then Vienna is the right place to stay. I love New York, because it is so fast and dense and New York people are the friendliest and most open minded in the world in my opinion. Vienna is a great place to raise kids and live an easygoing life, but for me it is honestly a bit boring. Whereas New York is an exciting place for photographers - in this regard I feel at home here.

Your fiction and nonfiction books sold more than five million copies and are translated into 20 different languages. What are the main differences in your approaches to writing and to photography?  

For about three years now, I have become more interested in photography than in writing. Before that, I made my living mainly with non-fiction (books and reports for big German magazines). However, from time to time I also wrote literary pieces. Some non-fiction books were the result of huge undercover projects like working as a salesman for big pharma companies - to find out, how they bribe doctors and use patients as guinea pigs. These projects were very demanding and adventurous. You have to organize so many things at once, you have to be constantly aware of yourself playing a role, and you have to be on alert all the time as well as take enormous personal and legal risks. After all, you have to write, which is the most demanding effort. I know quite a few very successful writers. And with only one exception they all think, that writing is a terrible job. The thinking, the editing, the re-writing, the polishing of the words! Awful! But when you have finished something, it is great! Fiction writing is another thing altogether. Did I change the world with my writing? Well, maybe here and there, a little bit, I hope. But all in all, it is rather disappointing, I have to admit.

Photography is very different from anything I write. For me it is more emotional, more spontaneous. At the beginning of photo-projects, I do not think a lot about it. I am more instinct-driven, like an animal. I shoot and I instantly see the result. And only then, possibly, I start thinking. About light, shape, color, improvements, quality, meaning. After that there is the rather technical part of the job: Thinking in files, pixels, color grades, density, and so on. And transferring the images into images and prints, which are of interest for others. And all the organization, which is necessary for an exhibition.

What projects (either in writing or in photography) are you currently working on?  

Currently I am working on three photo-projects: First, on portraits for which I use an app in the wrong way. The pictures look like portraits the cubist painters produced in France at the turn of the last century: distorted, divided, and reassembled. Second, I am currently working on “Tourist” which is a longtime project I began in 1996. Third, I am working on “Smoke” which has nothing to do with cigarette smoking. And I also began writing my autobiography.

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Drilling of water wells to bring unprecedented relief to Region Nine residents

Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon greets members of the Brazilian drilling team The drilling of eight wells, in eight villages in the South Rupununi, Upper Takutu- Upper Essequibo (Region Nine) by the Brazilian Army under its 6th Battalion Engineering Corps, has the potential to bring unprecedented relief to the residents of the Region, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said Monday. Minister Harmon was at the time delivering the feature address at a simple welcome ceremony held at the Lethem Amerindian Hostel for the Brazilian team. The Minister of State said the project’s significance should not be understated or underestimated as it will meaningfully improve the lives and livelihoods of residents in the targeted communities. “We are here in the midst of what I call an ongoing process, whose magnitude and benefits to the Upper Takutu – Upper Essequibo and Guyana should not be underestimated. I cannot emphasise enough the significance of this project, not just in terms of the benefit to the people of the region but as its occurring within the context of Guyana marking 50 years of formal diplomatic relations with Brazil. This project has the potential to bring unprecedented relief to the citizens of Region Nine and it is part of the fulfillment of Government’s pledge to bring a good life to all the people of Guyana,” said Minister Harmon in a statement issued by the Ministry of the Presidency. The Minister of State noted too the importance of knowledge transfer and capacity building of Guyanese in the area of well drilling techniques. He said soon Guyana will be in a better position to drill its own wells, not only at the technical level but more importantly, at the community level. “This is significant because our community members are the first responders and this project is an excellent model of inter-agency collaboration which is a demonstration of an efficient Government. I want to say that the friendship, which exists between our two countries would be further cemented by the work which you would be doing here in the South Rupununi,” the Minister expressed. The drilling of artesian wells will take place in the villages of Aishalton, Chukrikednau, Shea, Maruranawa, Awaruwaunau, Karaudanawa, Achiwib and Bashraidrun. Minister Harmon noted that the Agreement between the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and the Federative Republic of Brazil allows for the use of technologies to reduce the impact of droughts in Region Nine was given the green light at the highest levels in both countries and is a clear signal of the strong friendship between the two nations. “Guyana and Brazil are cooperating within the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR) and the Organisation of American States (OAS) to preserve Latin America and the Caribbean as a zone of peace. Our relations has witnessed cooperation in defence, agriculture, energy, health, infrastructure, security, sport, trade, transportation and water. Above all, Guyana continues to be reassured of Brazil’s support on the Guyana Venezuela Border Controversy,” the Minister of State stated. Director-General of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), which is the coordinating agency; Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig said Guyana has embraced the concept of comprehensive disaster risk management while pointing to climate change and the effects thereof. “The central focus of which is to place greater emphasis on the impacts of climate change, to incorporate more prevention and mitigation measures and to inculcate its components into the national risk management agenda. This project apart from providing potable water to residents is an effective risk reduction initiative aimed at minimising the effects of droughts as experienced annually in the targeted communities,” Craig stated. Meanwhile, Regional Chairman, Mr. Bryan Allicock said the digging of the eight wells across the South Rupununi will result in tremendous relief being given to the residents who have suffered from El Niño. The Regional Administration as well as residents, Allicock stated are pleased with the execution of the project. “I am very pleased and it shows that we have good neighbours. We are very, very happy that our neighbours have put a lending hand and not just drilling wells but also passing on the knowledge. We must thank the Brazilians in honouring this request for this region because our farmers and ranchers suffer every year during the dry season,” Mr. Allicock stated. Brazilian Military Attaché at the Brazilian Embassy in Georgetown, Colonel Emmerson Deni, said he is happy that the project is being executed at a time when the two countries (Guyana and Brazil) are celebrating half a century of strong bilateral ties. Colonel Deni noted that during the drilling phase, there will be technology transfer and capacity building, which will benefit several agencies including the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), the Hydro-meteorological Office (HydroMet), Ministry of Public Infrastructure as well as representatives from the eight villages. The Guyanese team will be drilling the last two wells under the supervision of the Brazilians. Additionally, Mayor of Lethem, Mr. Kerry Jarvis stressed the need to implement sustainable mechanisms, which can address the situation of droughts in the Region. “Water is life and while we are the land of many waters, there is still a difficulty in accessing this resource at different times in different areas. There is a need to have water to sustain our farmlands during the dry weather since not all farms are located next to rivers. We not only have to think about the farms but persons who rear cattle since these animals need to have access to water. When I heard about this project, I was pleased to be part of the initiative. This shows that our ties and collaborative efforts are being strengthen. The Town Council is grateful and pledges our support,” Jarvis stated. It is the intention of the Brazilian team to have the wells handed over to the Guyanese authorities on November 28, 2018. The project follows President David Granger’s State visit to Brazil in December 2017, where the Complementary Agreement to the Basic Agreement on Technical Cooperation between the Government of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and the Federative Republic of Brazil for the Implementation of the Project Technologies to Reduce the Effects of the Drought in Region Nine was inked. The Complementary Agreement states that the Government of Brazil shall undertake to “promote the transfer of Brazilian knowledge and experience related to mitigation of the effects of drought; provide the means for implementation of activities foreseen in the Project, send consultants and experts to implement activities to be carried out in Guyana, support the development of the Guyanese technical team’s capacity to drill artesian wells and monitor and evaluate Project implementation.” Meanwhile, the Government of Guyana, as prescribed in the Agreement, shall undertake to “take responsibility for the maintenance of the artesian wells that will be drilled during the practical operations on the ground; appoint a technical team to monitor and participate in activities to be implemented, provide the technical team sent by the Government of Federative Republic of Brazil with the logistical support required to implement activities of their responsibility and to take measures to ensure that activities implemented by professionals sent by the Brazilian Government will be continued by professionals from the Guyanese implementing institution.” Read the full article

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Nutmegs, sightseeing and honoring mom: 10 Things about Kaku

Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

September 14, 20185:34PM EDT

He was the subject of one of the biggest offseason searches for any Major League Soccer fanbase (surely you remember #KakuWatch), one of the longest and most drama-filled offseason signings and a record transfer fee paid by the New York Red Bulls.

His given name is Alejandro Romero Gamarra, but around MLS he is simply known as Kaku. Find out more about the young playmaker:

Señor Meg

There are few things Kaku enjoys more than nutmegging someone with the ball. His greatest joy is when that happens on the field in a competitive game, but truth be told he’s always looking to put the ball through someone’s legs.

No one, not teammates, communication staff, not even the technical staff is safe when Kaku has the ball at his feet.

In fact, on his first touch with the Red Bulls in a league game, he ‘megged David Guzman in a 4-0 win over the Portland Timbers.

“No, but I saw that his legs were open so I had to do it,” Kaku said when asked if he anticipated doing that on his first touch.

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A Day in the Park

On rare days off, Kaku enjoys experiencing New York City, including a recent first-ever trip to Central Park with his family. Little did he know, teammate Bradley Wright-Phillips and his family had the same idea on that July afternoon.

“I had no idea,” Kaku said. “I was there first, and then I saw Brad driving and then I saw his family. Then we just all hung out together. I wanted to experience that with my family together. It’s a beautiful city. I want to see more of it. That’s why it’s good that the off day did come so we could spend some time out there.”

A first Fourth in NYC

That wasn’t Kaku’s only time seeing the sights of New York. He also went to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Empire State Building.

On the Fourth of July, he and his family took a cruise to Liberty Island and were awed by the Statue of Liberty up close and personal.

“I have a place where the floor I’m living on, [the Statue of Liberty] is the first thing I see when I wake up before I go to training,” Kaku said. “And I just say to myself, ‘Wow, I’m living the dream.’”

The switch to Paraguay

Kaku made five appearances for the Argentine U-20 national team and was selected to the squad that competed in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. He started the opener and came off the bench for the final two games of the group stage.

But an opportunity with La Albiceleste never materialized and in May, Kaku made the one-time switch to Paraguay. He was immediately called up and made his debut off the bench in a 4-2 loss to Japan.

“Honestly it’s a great feeling”, Kaku said. “I’ve never gotten the call before, and this opportunity came up and I thank the Red Bulls for supporting me, and I’m very happy to be able to represent the national team.”

Interestingly enough, Kaku’s new coach with Los Guaraníes is Juan Carlos Osorio, who helped guide the Red Bulls to their lone appearance in the MLS Cup in 2008.

Giving Back

Huracan is a club close to Kaku’s heart. He was a part of the club’s academy before being called up to the first team by Antonio Mohamed, who currently coaches Celta Vigo in Spain’s La Liga.

Kaku played more than 100 times for Huracan, helping the club gain promotion to the Argentine Primera Division and find success in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.

Kaku decided to give back to his former club, donating a new washer and dryer and three TVs to Huracan recently.

Honoring Mom

When he finally donned a Red Bulls jersey, ‘Kaku’ wasn’t on the back. And that was by his choice. Instead, it was ‘R. Gamarra,’ which he said was to honor his mother, Gladys, who passed away in 2017.

Weeks after her sudden death, Kaku scored a goal for Huracan in a 4-0 win over Lanus and immediately thought of her.

“When the ball went in, I just wanted to cry and look to the sky,” he said at the time. “She was everything for us.”

Favorite Assist

Kaku became the fastest player in MLS to reach 10 assists in eight years and he’s led MLS in that category for much of the season. His total of 14 is currently tied with Sebastian Giovinco of Toronto FC and the Philadelphia Union’s Borek Dockal atop the list.

His favorite assist came in a 2-0 win over the New England Revolution on July 21. Kaku took a short pass from Sean Davis and lobbed a perfect ball into the 18-yard box, where Bradley Wright-Phillips coolly headed in the insurance goal.

Why that assist?

Kaku said it’s because it helped the Red Bulls No. 99 score career league goal No. 99.

Goals = Three Points

Goals might only count for one point statistically, but when Kaku scores, they’re worth three in the standings.

Kaku has four goals on the season and each are game-winners.

“He’s a special player and he tends to show up in big moments,” Wright-Phillips said of Kaku. “I’m a big fan of Kaku. I just hope he carries on and gets better toward the playoffs because when he plays well, we play well.”

A family man

It is clear on game days how important family is to Kaku. His three-year-old son Milo, who loves to mug for cameras, is always at his side.

“My kids love being here, especially my son who wants to go to all the parks,” he said. “Whenever we’re done with training, I always try to go out there with him and with my family to just enjoy what’s out here because they love it.”

When it was time for Kaku, who is one of 13 children, to leave his native Argentina and fly to the United States to join the Red Bulls, 30 members of his family saw him off at the airport.

“It’s a dream of every kid to come to a big team like the Red Bulls. It is a dream come true,” an emotional Kaku said in February. “The truth is that I am really happy, my family is also really happy, since we’ve always fought for it, and hopefully I will now be able to buy the house that I always wanted, keep having fun and celebrate — because that is what my mom always told me.”

Near tragedy after triumph

On Feb. 10, 2016, Huracan won a Copa Libertadores match at Caracas and the team was set to leave Venezuela. But what should have been a joyous bus ride to the airport turned scary when the brakes gave out. The bus eventually hit a ramp and flipped over, severely injuring several players.

“I saw life differently, because in seconds you could be gone,” Kaku told the New York Post. “So after that I started to put more value on family. Soccer is different. It’s more to enjoy and have fun. But you have to spend more time and enjoy the family. They’re the ones that are always there for you, and you never know what could happen.”

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UM sophomore Elizabeth Fogarty finished 14th in the world at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Rotterdam, Netherlands last month. Submitted photo

University of Mississippi sophomore Elizabeth Fogarty represented the United States last month Rotterdam, Netherlands, during the International Triathlon Union World Triathlon Grand Final.

A native of Houston, Texas, who is majoring in nursing, Fogarty finished 14th in the world after completing a 1,500-meter swim, 40-kilometer bike ride and 10-kilometer run.

“It was the craziest, most unbelievable experience ever,” she said. “This triathlon was by far the hardest tri I had ever done. I am used to competing when it is 90+ degrees Fahrenheit outside, but race morning it was 12 degrees Celsius (54 F). The water was so cold that everyone swam in wetsuits.”

Fogarty had never raced in those conditions before, which affected her time.

“My toes were frozen from the moment I got into the water until about the run portion,” she said. “The run was through a pretty park and was mostly shaded.

“The bike course itself was a very technical course. There were many curves and sharp turns. It was very difficult to keep a cruising pace because you constantly had to be completely focused and slowing down and speeding up around turns.”

Although she didn’t perform as well as she had hoped, Fogarty pushed through to complete it, knowing that her parents and friends were cheering her on, she said.

“Crossing the finish line was just the coolest thing ever. I was handed an American flag about 400 meters from the finish line, knowing that I just represented the USA. It’s still hard to believe that I am ranked 14th in the world, with only 13 girls – 19 and under – faster than me.”

Fogarty has been athletic her entire life by participating on swim and soccer teams and running cross country and track, said Susan Fogarty, her mother. Elizabeth Fogarty ran track in high school under coach Kristi Robbins, an Ole Miss alumna and runner.

“For the past couple of years, she’s been doing some fun triathlons and really has a natural talent for the sport,” Susan Fogarty said.

Elizabeth Fogarty competed in her first triathlon when she was just 14, since she was already competing separately in all three sports.

“I love being a triathlete because I enjoy every aspect of it, from training to traveling to racing,” she said. “Being a triathlete is both mentally and physically challenging, but it is always fun to test your limits and rewarding to improve and compete.”

Though she had training in high school, Fogarty has made it to the world championships through self-training and her own merit.

She decided to self-train because of her schedule, which includes coursework and jobs, Fogarty said.

“I was not sure that I would be able to commit to a coach or trainer on a daily basis because my schedule changes every day,” she said.

Over the summer, Fogarty held four jobs and would train either early morning, between jobs or late at night.

“Sometimes it was hard to stay motivated, especially when we started classes this fall,” she said. “My friends always asked me to go out with them or eat sweets and junk food.

“It was a little frustrating having to always say no, but I started saying that just as the football team can’t go out or eat unhealthy during the season, I can’t either because I am training for the biggest race of my triathlon career.”

Fogarty modifies her training each week by setting goals and making workouts to reach them.

“It’s just her drive,” Susan Fogarty said. “To make it to worlds on her own impresses me.”

In 2016, Fogarty qualified to compete in the national triathlon championships in Omaha, Nebraska. This is where she qualified to compete in Rotterdam for the world championship in Olympic distance.

Fogarty balances training with her schoolwork and plans to begin nursing school at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in May 2018.

By Christina Steube

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“Bloodlines is the project of a lifetime.”

Melanie George’s program notes for the 2017 season of Bloodlines

“I don’t have one dance home. I have lots of homes.” -Stephen Petronio

Bloodlines is the project of a lifetime. Literally. Initiated in 2014, on the heels of Stephen Petronio Company’s 30th anniversary, Bloodlines simultaneously looks forward and back on the legacy of Stephen Petronio, while making space for the vision and lineage of his most influential predecessors. With specific focus on Petronio’s post-modern heroes and mentors (Trisha Brown, Merce Cunningham, Anna Halprin, Steve Paxton, and Yvonne Rainer), Bloodlines endeavors to shift dance history from the books into the body, and, in doing so, encourages audiences to reframe the narratives assigned to these dances within history. Part homage, part investigation, through Bloodlines, Petronio draws a serpentine line from post-modernism to his own signature elegance and kineticism.

Beginning with Merce Cunningham’s RainForest in 2014, each season, Stephen Petronio Company has added one or more historic post-modern dance works to their repertory, to be performed alongside a new work created by Petronio. For its 2017 season, the company presents an excerpt from Steve Paxton’s Goldberg Variations, a triptych of early works by Yvonne Rainer, and Anna Halprin’s solo The Courtesan and the Crone, performed by Petronio. Though the artists have a shared history in modern dance chronology, each of the works represents a different era in the artists’ lives: Rainer’s works are from the start of her career, Paxton’s dances were originated in his late forties, and Halprin was a septuagenarian when she created her solo. Bloodlines is not a retrospective. More than mere tribute, the repertory is in dialogue with itself and current and future pieces by Petronio. Similar to revisiting great written works, within each dance is context and subtext promoting a rereading of what we think we know of these dances.

Yvonne Rainer’s Diagonal was first presented as part of the evening length work, Terrain (1963). Diagonal is a playful game, full of humor and chance, but with clear rules for space, time, and movement, denoted by letter and number. In reducing the design to a series of actions, devoid of meaning, the performers relationship to the movements is revealed. Dancers alternately revel, grapple, and impose their will on one another. In Diagonal, we glimpse the seeds of Rainer’s movement aesthetic that would eventually be immortalized in her No Manifesto and most famous work, Trio A: a fascination with pedestrianism and repetition, direct locomotor movement, limb initiation as an obstacle to traveling movement, and an averted gaze.

Trio A with Flags (1966/1970), is one of many versions of the iconic dance, Trio A. Originally titled The Mind is a Muscle Part 1, Trio A was first performed on January 10, 1966 at Judson Church. An egalitarian, movement-focused work performed by any willing participant with any degree of skill, Trio A can be a trio, solo, an ensemble work, or duet. Its focus on movement invention sans repetition, seduction, or spectacle, would, over time, be seen as the ultimate rebellious act of post-modern dance. In questioning, and ultimately breaking, most of the rules of conventional dance composition and performance, it succeeded on its own terms and redefined those terms for the field, in general.

In program notes for a March 1968 performance, Rainer stated

“Just as ideological issues have no bearing on the nature of the work, neither does the tenor of the current political and social conditions have bearing on its execution… This statement is not an apology. It’s a reflection of a state of mind that reacts with horror and disbelief… not at the sight of death, however, but at the fact the TV can be shut off afterwards as after a bad Western. My body remains enduring reality.” (1)

Her words reflect the inherent iconoclasm of Trio A’s origins. Though the content remains unchanged, or perhaps because of it, the intent is endlessly malleable. In the case of Trio A with Flags, it is overtly political. First performed in 1970 by Grand Union (with David Gordon, Paxton, and Rainer) during the People’s Flag Show, the dance was used to protest the arrest of fellow artists. Nude, with five foot flags tied around the neck, this version has rarely been performed since 1970.

The decision to revive Trio A with Flags at a time when our cultural and political climate is fractured, is a purposeful, tactical act of resistance. Petronio has chosen to speak with his most effective medium. He states, “...our actions are the architecture of our souls, and so we shall be remembered for the heart and breath and fierce passion of our march.” Where words fail, the body speaks eloquently, transforming what was once a timeless counter-culture political statement, into a timely, necessary declaration on the role of art in society. It incites. It reflects. It validates. It comforts.

Chair-Pillow is an excerpt from 1969’s Continuous Project-Altered Daily. The most structured and conventional of the three excerpts presented on this program, in the original evening length piece Chair-Pillow served as an interstitial counterpoint to a series of interchangeable solos duets, trios and group dances. In documents from the rehearsal period, Rainer writes extensively of a need to interrogate the role of authority and directorship in her creative process. Of this time she commented, “It seemed a moral imperative to form a democratic social structure.”(2) Chair-Pillow is an interesting byproduct of this approach, as it is organized and repetitive, but, in its original incarnation, could be initiated by any dancer, at any time in the performance.(3) What is clear in the early performances, and the Petronio restaging, is Chair-Pillow is a dance about self-inflicted obstacles, theoretical and tangible. Though Rainer and her Judson Church compatriots rarely get due credit for their whimsy, how could the accompanying Ike and Tina Turner performance of “River Deep, Mountain High” be anything but whimsical. In the narrative of the anarchical, political, and experimental leanings of Judson Dance Theatre, humor is often excised. By adding these works to the Bloodlines repertoire, Stephen Petronio Company balances the scales between the wit and wisdom that is woven through Rainer’s choreographic history.

Of the many dance interpretations of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Steve Paxton’s work is, perhaps, the most invested in variety. Beginning in 1986, Paxton’s Goldberg Variations project extended over six years, rooted in his commitment to never perform the work identically. Inspired by Glenn Gould’s 1982 recording, and intrigued by the juxtaposition of an ever changing dance set to a fixed audio reproduction, Paxton did not commit to recording any of his performances until the project’s end in 1992.(4) A quarter of a century later, the video serves as a lush portrait of who Paxton was as a mover during this time, though that was never his intent. Widely revered as the shepherd of contact improvisation, history texts often fail to mention the exquisite nature of Paxton as a performer of his own repertory. Yvonne Rainer once commented that Paxton developed his aesthetic as a means to avoid the inherent technical brilliance of his dancing body.(5) This excerpt from Paxton’s work highlights the magic that results from mating a highly evolved mover with a masterful improviser. Shifting from isolation and fine motor movements to athletic gross motor movement, existing in all dimensions in space, contrasting strong, quick effort with undulations of the spine, the dance, and Nicholas Sciscione’s performance, are facile… curious…. alluring.

The Courtesan and the Crone was chosen for Petronio by Anna Halprin. Halprin created the dance in 1999, at the age seventy-nine. A feminist work about aging and image, the piece is emblematic of the manner in which Halprin remains present in her work, evolving thematic material to reflect current states, eliminating the distinction between life and art. Inspired by the gift of an Italian mask from her daughter, Halprin designed a humorous dance of seduction, revelation, and resignation. Petronio’s performance is sly and provocative, as it simultaneously assumes and subverts the character through age and gender. His performance poses questions found in Halprin’s artist statement: “What next? Where am I going? What is my work now…?”(6), while also touching on drag and genderqueer themes. The result is a mix of illusion and vulnerability from a character of indeterminate identity.

Petronio’s latest work, Untitled Touch, is a mix of purposeful propulsion and dexterous motion. The dancers often act upon another, rather than work in tandem, orbiting around each other while transitions and groupings dissolve. The movement allows varied aesthetics to rub together, as classical lines collide with the deliberate release of effort. As noted in the title, it is a tactile work, but is neither sensitive nor indulgent. Instead, it employs surprisingly percussive movement vocabulary. The accompanying score, composed by frequent collaborator Son Lux, suggests an ongoingness in opposition to the decisive irregularity of the staging. In these moments of juxtaposition, Petronio makes his own dance history transparent, referencing his influences without mimicry or portraiture. The non-discerning eye might miss the elements upon first glance, but in the context of this program, we see clear nods to Trisha Brown’s dynamism, Paxton’s athleticism, Rainer’s intellect, and Halprin’s humanity. In Untitled Touch, and the Bloodlines project overall, Petronio unpacks these coexisting aesthetics, reassembling them like a three dimensional puzzle with its own internal logic and multiple non-linear perspectives.

Bloodlines continually plays with sum and parts, discarding the notion that one is greater. Of note is Petronio’s decision to explore the work of other artists at a point in his career when most artists are concerned with concretizing their own legacy. The notion of legacy as synergistic is anomalous to the vision of modern dance history as a roster of individuals chiefly concerned with authoritative personal statements. Though historians often encourage the reductive geometry of timelines and family trees, we know the evolution and chronology of art is rarely linear or singular. No art form evolves in a vacuum. An alternate reading of the Bloodlines project highlights cooperative artmaking as one of the lasting lessons from Petronio’s early dance training. A dancer’s movement profile is an amalgam of every physical experience encountered over time. There are preferences and predispositions toward style, genre, and technique, but one cannot undo his physical history. What the body encounters changes it, dynamically; what the eyes capture imprint on the brain. The result is a complex recipe that cannot be quantified or duplicated, but is tangible and visible in performance.

-Melanie George

(1) Rainer, Yvonne. Work 1961-73. Halifax: Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1979. Print. (2) Ibid (3) Chair/Pillow History. Perf. Yvonne Rainer, Mila Parrish. Vimeo. Arizona State University ArtsWork Theatre, 2012. Web. 15 Feb. 2017. <Chair/Pillow History>. (4) Steve Paxton's Introduction to the Goldberg Variations. Dir. Walter Verdin. Perf. Steve Paxton. Vimeo. N.p., 1993. Web. 15 Feb. 2017. <https://vimeo.com/188213292>. (5) Kourlas, Gia. "Yvonne Rainer Talks about Her Newest Dance and Judson." Time Out New York. Time Out, 30 Oct. 2012. Web. 15 Feb. 2017. <https://www.timeout.com/newyork/dance/yvonne-rainer-talks-about-her-newest-dance-and-judson>. (6) Halprin, Anna. "Artist Statement." Anna Halprin. N.p., 2016. Web. 12 Feb. 2017. <https://www.annahalprin.org/artist-statement>.

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British Club Rowing is dying. Can we stop the rot?

A guest post by Richard Philips, London Rowing Club.

Whilst sitting in the sun on a training camp I have put together some thoughts about the state of the sport that, for better or worse, has become part of my life. They are my personal thoughts and do not reflect any official point of view.

A look at the British Rowing web site would have you believe that all is well on our rivers and lakes. There are, however some serious problems that could, unless addressed, lead to the death of the traditional amateur sport.

International British Rowing

I suppose the one should start at the top. Great Britain’s rowing team has won medals at the last 11 Olympic Games and is now the envy of the rest of the world. The professional set up, talent ID schemes, training venues, coaches and other support staff swallow a budget that many other countries can only dream of.

Does this money come from within the sport? No.

Does a significant sponsor make it possible? No.

The sport at this level is almost entirely dependent on government funding, via agencies such as Sport England and the lottery. It should be remembered that back in the 1970s we complained bitterly how unfair it was that we had to compete against state sponsored athletes from East Germany and the Soviet Union.

What if, as an election promise, one or more of the political parties were to suggest that they would divert some or all of the money currently spent on elite sport to other worthy causes such as social care?

The Conservative party under John Major introduced the National Lottery Scheme partly as a consequence of Team GB’s lowly performance at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. (1G; 8S; 6B). Buying success at the Olympics is a vanity project that, once every four years, makes us look and feel good. The Olympic effect of attracting more of the population into a healthier lifestyle has not been proven.

Growing Participation

To be eligible for the money British Rowing gets, it does have to tick some boxes. Results at the top end are obviously part of the equation. Attracting and encouraging juniors and other designated groups into the sport is also a key element for securing the funding. British Rowing has, by laying claim to any activity that can be associated with the traditional sport, shown increased participation levels. Gig Rowing, Indoor Rowing (Ergos) Ocean Racing etc. are now all activities that appear in the almanac. The inclusion of all these branches of rowing hides the reducing numbers in the original core group of the sport.

It is worth observing that, for a number of reasons, the entry for the eights head of the river race in 2017 was significantly less than the entry ten years ago. There was a time when the event was limited to 420 crews and there had to be a cull of entries to get them down to that level. This year the entry was about 363 which represents a 20-25% drop in entry numbers.

Club rowing suffers

The state funding is now having a negative effect on the layer of the sport that is not part of the national team and not tied to a funded high performance or talent ID centre. I am looking at the 30 – 50 or so clubs that make up the Club and Student events at Henley Royal Regatta. The athletes at these clubs have, for most part, to combine a full time job or studies with their rowing training. It is likely that they will have to pay a significant amount of money to train and they will have to find the time for any trips such as training camps.

The talent ID pathway and the High Performance centres are able to subsidise athletes to a point where ordinary club athletes cannot compete with them. There are two knock on effects of this

Firstly large numbers of experienced “club” rowers, who are not identified as future Olympians, get to a point where they decide that they have reached a glass ceiling and, without becoming a full-time athlete, there is no future for them in the sport and they give up and leave.

Secondly, few of those who are lucky enough to be identified and nurtured, as a future Olympian, ever see the inside of an ordinary boat club that relies on its own members and efforts for funding. With the opening of Caversham, they are tucked away in their own little bubble with little or no contact with the world outside. Occasionally they might be allowed out to row for their club in one of the Head of the River races, but this is the exception rather than the rule. Ordinary club athletes no longer get the opportunity to train alongside and gain experience from international athletes. When these internationals retire, the chances are that they too will walk away from the sport.

Beginner Rowing

Away from the International level of events, at the opposite end of the sport British Rowing is making great efforts to attract beginners. Clubs are offered incentives to run “learn to row” courses and other taster type packages. To give credit where credit is due, these programs look like being highly successful. However, the system breaks down once the basic few weeks in big wide stable recreational boats are over. The first issue is that there is now a whole world of difference between recreational rowing “messing around in boats” and wishing to compete. It is difficult to explain to an adult novice, who has just completed a six week taster course, that many of the “Masters Crews” of the same age will have decades of experience under their belts and that they will need more than a few weeks to reach the same standard, if they ever can.

A few learn to row graduates are of an age and ability where they might have a future in competitive rowing. They will however soon realise that they are up against those who have rowed since the age of fourteen. Whilst physiologically they could be on a par with oarsmen of the same age, no amount of training and coaching can replace the ingrained technical advantage that those who learnt at a young age will have. A look at the results of the qualifying races at Henley for the Temple shows that several of the big schools can produce a second eight that is significantly faster than quite a few University and college crews.

Competition Rules changes

Under the old competition rules, which are now being phased out, there was a protected “Novice” Status. This category allowed beginners to compete in an environment where they would not meet highly experienced juniors and masters. So far as I understand, this status is now done away with. Thus a rower, who learnt in the autumn and competed in a head race in the spring, would now have Ranking points that might not fully reflect his or her true racing experience. Some regattas might offer a Beginner status, but it is far from clear how this is to be applied.

Many who take up the sport stay in the bottom 75% of the old statuses because they do not have the time, or inclination to progress. To move out of the old Novice/IM3/4 level required a level of commitment, ability and resources that they do not have. There is a log jam at the bottom because the standards and requirements further up the ladder have gone up and, some would argue, are now above and beyond the reach of the traditional club athlete. This is another reason why we lose too many people from the sport. They like to be competitive in a sport that does not take over their life.

The new ranking system does not address the “big fish/little pond” issue, where an athlete from the remote regions picks up points/ranking above and beyond their real ability. Neither the old status system nor the new ranking index does anything to “value” wins. Should a win, in elite pairs with 4 entries over 2000m at a regatta at Eton Dorney have the same weighting as win with four entries IM1 at a Sprint regatta in the late summer? Now that head races are to count to the ranking index, should a national/international event such as the Eight’s Head of the River carry the same weighting as a local event. Over the years, proposals have been put forward to rank regattas and or particular events but nothing has ever become of it because regattas tend to have a NIMBY approach to change.

Whilst Henley Royal Regatta is not a British Rowing event and British Rowing has little or no influence on the decisions that the Stewards take, they have recognised and accepted that winners of events at Henley have reached a standard, where their points under the old system were topped up to 12 for the elite events; 10 for the intermediate events and 9 for Club events. At Henley Women’s Regatta, the tariff was set lower with elite events only attracting 9 points. It can therefore be argued that a precedent has already been set and, to misquote George Orwell, “All wins are equal but some are more equal than others”. How this is to be related to the new Ranking index system has not been made clear.

Domestic competitions

University crews have a championship event BUCS, Juniors have both the National Schools Regatta and a Junior National championships. The Masters have their own championships. Senior Club athletes have no such event during the main season. The Senior British Championships in October is an attempt to create an event for senior club athletes, at a time that allows the international level athletes to also compete. The event does not offer the full range of boat classes and the typical senior club athlete will find that they are outclassed by the full time funded athletes from the High Performance clubs and Talent ID schemes. Most club and university training/rowing programmes kick off their season in September, so an event in October is far too early in the year to be taken too seriously. I suspect that if it was not for the team management at GB rowing imposing a three line whip on FISU, U23 and Worlds team candidates entering, few would bother and the event would wither and die.

In the introduction to the competition review report, that is available on British Rowing’s web site, they state that Of the 26,000 British Rowing registered oarsmen and women who raced in 2014, 85% of Women and 71% of men had fewer than two sweep rowing points and that 90% of both had less than two sculling points. The new system still separates sweep and sculling and gives athletes a Ranking Index for each discipline. Whilst this may be reasonable for the large majority of competitors, who under the old system had less than two points, it is unrealistic at the other end of the scale.

Most successful sweep athletes will, as part of their training, spend time sculling. They may not compete in external heads and regattas, thus picking up ranking points but, by no stretch of the imagination, can they be described as Novice. I can remember, many years ago, taking a group of oarsmen, all of whom had competed in a Henley Final that year to a late summer regatta weekend and entering and winning almost every sculling event from Novice to Elite. Whilst within the rules, it was perhaps not quite within the spirit of the events. It does however illustrate the need to tie sweep and sculling ranking indexes so as to ensure that the index is a true reflection of an athlete’s ranking in both disciplines.

British Student Rowing

Each year, less than 864 oarsmen and coxes compete in the club and student events at Henley Royal Regatta. If one includes those who do not qualify, the total entering is probably in the order of 1,000 – 1,200. This represents a very small percentage of those who compete in the sport. However this minority are vital to the sport and matter for a number of reasons.

Within the UK only the Oxford and Cambridge Boat races and Henley Royal regatta get any significant media coverage and even these events get a fraction of the coverage that they used to. Gone are the days when all the broadsheet papers had a Rowing Correspondent. Henley is therefore, for the moment, the shop front of British Rowing. If you are a potential sponsor, there has to be some kind of payback for the money you might invest in the sport. Henley Royal Regatta would not be the event that it is, if it were not for the clubs and athletes who enter. I doubt the stewards would be very pleased if the standard of the Thames Cup crews dropped to the equivalent of the old IM1 standard. They want to have 32 of the best possible club crews competing and showcasing our sport. So the Oarsmen with more than two points under the old system matter.

Lack of Volunteers

Last year, there was report in the press that the Boy Scout movement in the UK had a waiting list of over 35,000 due to a lack of volunteers. Rowing has a similar issue. Without the club officials, coaches, regatta umpires and other volunteers we will not have a sustainable sport. To run a club, be a coach or umpire requires a degree of experience of the sport at all levels. Therefore long term members matter. Many of the coaches in the successful clubs came from the group that had a long active rowing career. By providing incentives to stay in the sport it can be possible to build up a sound base of volunteers. One has to accept that the pressures of work, families and other commitments often take athletes away from the sport. However we to need to ensure that we are not driving people away before they reach their sell by date.

Whilst one welcomes the competition review, I am not sure that it has truly addressed some of the long term problems and issues facing our sport.

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Huffington Post: Trump's Budget Would Have Dire Effects On Local And Regional Arts Programs

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget would place local and regional arts organizations in jeopardy by stripping funding from the National Endowment of the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

One of the primary missions of the NEA, which is among 19 federal entities that would be completely defunded under the budget introduced Thursday, is to support such arts groups around the country. It allocates much of its funding to grants in every congressional district in the U.S., including in many areas that voted overwhelmingly for Trump.

Arts advocates note that such groups are important economic drivers, so Trump’s budget cuts would seemingly run counter to his pledge to create more American jobs.

“Theater and the arts are an economic engine for growth and jobs, and the NEA is a key part of that formula,” Kate Shindle, president of Actors’ Equity, a union that says it represents more than 50,000 stage actors and managers around the country, told reporters at an event in Washington.

Local and regional theater companies receiving NEA funds create a variety of jobs, according to Shindle. She is currently starring in the national touring production of “Fun Home,” the Tony Award-winning musical based on Alison Bechdel’s best-selling graphic novel.

In addition to artists and performers, arts organizations employ people in positions including administrative and technical work. They also drive tourism and real estate development in the regions that they serve, Shindle said.

Theater and the arts are an economic engine for growth and jobs, and the NEA is a key part of that formula. Kate Shindle, Actors’ Equity president

That financial impact is felt more acutely in smaller cities like Cleveland and Pittsburgh, which have experienced economic revitalization partly through becoming cultural centers in their regions.

“I’m not talking about building more bike lanes and coffee shops to attract more creative hipsters,” she said. “I am talking about real jobs for exactly the middle-class America that has been gutted by evolutions in industry and manufacturing.”

Twenty arts organizations in Pittsburgh received a combined total of nearly $3 million in NEA grants in 2015. The next year, there were 21 grants totaling more than $3.2 million, according to the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council. The NEA funds supported artistic endeavors including music, museums and commissioned artwork.

“The NEA funding funds jobs, and anyone who doesn’t know that hasn’t done their homework,” said Renee Piechocki, director of Pittsburgh’s Office of Public Art. The office has received NEA funding, and helps other groups implement their NEA grants.

“We’re not just talking about things that are extracurricular activities,” she said. “We’re talking about an industry that employs people, and not just employs people in the arts. NEA funding employs fabricators, and carpenters, and electricians, and people who do concrete sandblasting. It’s not just about the arts organizations that it hurts.”

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Donald Trump visiting the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., last month.

Trump administration officials have defended the cuts by claiming that areas like defense spending, which dwarf arts funding, are more important. In 2016, the NEA’s $148 million made up only 0.003 percent of the federal budget.

“When you start looking at places that we reduce spending, one of the questions we asked was can we really continue to ask a coal miner in West Virginia or a single mom in Detroit to pay for these programs? The answer was no,” White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said Thursday morning. “We can ask them to pay for defense, and we will, but we can’t ask them to continue to pay for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.”

When asked about that argument, Shindle objected to the idea that eliminating arts funding is “cutting waste.”

“Don’t coal miners’ kids watch ‘Sesame Street,’ too? Don’t they learn their alphabet and any number of things from the Corporation of Public Broadcasting’s programs?” she said. “I can understand that if you use the reductive argument that the arts are something extra, that you’re cutting waste, but the important argument here to me is that this is not waste. This is actually very well-spent money that these organizations distribute.”

NEA funding is particularly crucial for smaller and more rural areas, according to Piechocki, who has also helped develop public arts initiatives in Wyoming and West Virginia.

“The other places that I have worked, there are hundreds of places around the country where the NEA might be a major source of arts funding for them,” she said. “We’re very lucky in Pittsburgh. There are so many foundations. But in other small rural areas, there’s not that much, so they really rely on the NEA.”

This is also true of arts initiatives in smaller communities outside of Pittsburgh, like the Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Westmoreland County voted overwhelmingly for Trump.

“We’re 35 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. We consider ourselves geographically challenged because we are not in a metropolitan area, and we serve an audience that is both rural and urban,” the museum’s director, Judy O’Toole, told The Huffington Post. “These grants are really significant to us.”

We’re not just talking about things that are extracurricular activities. We’re talking about an industry that employs people, and not just employs people in the arts. Renee Piechocki, Pittsburgh Office of Public Art

O’Toole said an NEA grant recently helped support a public art project called Bridging the Gap. It links the museum to the rest of the city of Greensburg, which has a population of about 15,000. Of the $175,000 needed for the project, $75,000 came from NEA funding.

“It’s a way of getting people up from downtown into the museum and in the neighborhood behind us,” O’Toole said. “It’s a project that’s not something that you would expect a small town embracing.”

NEA grants also help small arts organizations fund significant portions of their programming. Federico Garcia-De Castro, the co-founder and artistic director of Alia Musica Pittsburgh, a classical music ensemble, said NEA grants went toward the group’s biggest productions: a music festival and an artist residency.

“It does allow us to think big,” he said of the grant program. “In fact, as I’m planning the next season, [with] the uncertainty about the NEA, there’s a huge cap on how big we can think.”

NEA grants also help cities like Pittsburgh become major cultural sites.

“People want to live in a vibrant region,” Piechocki said. “They don’t want to live somewhere where there’s nothing to do.”

Garcia-De Castro said the increase in arts and culture “brought a rise in self-esteem in the city.”

“Pittsburgh is a large arts city now, or is becoming one. Our group has been around for 10 years. Ten years ago, there was nothing. There was no NEA funding for music projects for Pittsburgh, and most of what you see in terms of the arts scene was not there. This whole renaissance has brought a rise in the self-esteem in the city. It sounds very not concrete, but it’s a huge, very important issue,” he said. “The recognition from the NEA is both a result of that, but also a cause of it.”

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Industry Dialogue Helps Sustain Antarctica's Krill Fishery

[By David Adam]

Antarctic krill

These uncertainties help to explain why researchers are cautious about judging the possible impact from the fishing industry, Meyer says.

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Who fishes?

Climate change

“Change will happen, but it will happen slowly, so maybe they will be able to adapt. We don’t know,” says Katharina Michael, a krill researcher at the University of Oldenburg in Germany.

David Adam is a freelance journalist based near London.

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