#Richard Wetzel

[jgthirlwell]

Richard Wetzel at the Independent Art Fair 2024 NYC

[revuetraversees]

Richard CONTE et Michel GUÉRIN - Rêves de bête - Editions La part de l'Oeil (collection Diptyque), 112 pages, octobre 2024, 21€.

Une chronique de Marc Wetzel Richard CONTE et Michel GUÉRIN – Rêves de bête – Editions La part de l’Oeil (collection Diptyque), 112 pages, octobre 2024, 21€. Un peintre habile et profond (Conte), un penseur rude et virtuose (Guérin) – et la fascination de l’un pour l’autre ont donné ce livre qui est un chef d’oeuvre. Richard Conte, après une longue carrière picturale, arrive ici à une…

[newcountryradio]

New Country 27e jaargang  #T1241 (S800) (C41)van 12 augustus 2024  (wk 33) uitzending op Smelne fm & Crossroads Country Radio

Album van de week:  Various – Twisters The Album         

Classic album: Garth Brooks – No Fences          1990

Hits of the Year : 2000

Maandfavoriet : George Strait - The Little Things    

Maandartiest : Kenny Chesney    

Kenny Chesney – You Had Me from Hello      *maandartiest

Tim McGraw -Live Like You Were Dying         #1  20 jaar.

Megan Moroney – Am I Okay

Jason Aldean – Whiskey Drink

Midland - Vegas

Billy Strings -Leadfoot

Lainey Wiilson ft Miranda Lambert – Good horses

Ella Langley – Better Be Tough ..

Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)  #1.

Luke Combs - Ain_t No Love In Oklahoma   twister     Album vd week

Miranda Lambert -  Ain’t In Kansas Anymore   *Album vd week

Alabama – mountain Music   Entertainer  1982

Faith Hill – The way You Love Me   2000

Porter Wagoner -  The Fiddle And The Bow

Merle Haggard – I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink   

George Strait - The Little Things  . favoriet 

Cody Johnson -By Your Grace   sofi

Garth Brooks  - Same Old Story     classic album

Garth Brooks – Unanswered Prayers classic album

Johnny Blue Skies – Who I Am

Ty Herdon - What Mattered Most    (3 in 1) 

Ty Herdon - Living In a Moment     

Ty Herdon -  It must Be Love     

Thomas Rhett -  - Feelin Country  (twister)  Album vd week

The Red Clay Strays – Disaster

Koe Wetzel - Bar Song   

Morgan Wallen - Wine into Water   #1 album.

Garrett Gregory. - She Don't Need to Drink to Dance -

Elijah Ocean – Records .

Randall King - I Could Be That Rain

Lainey Wilson -  The Bed Of A Truck. (trucksong)

Kenny Chesney – Don’t Happen Twice     maandartiest

Lukas Nelson – Smile    juweeltje

Johnny Cash - . Soldier Boy      vw

Conner Smith -  - Steal My Thunder (feat. Tucker Wetmore) Album vd week

Richard Lynch - . Old Country

Shania Twain - - Swingin' With My Eyes Closed

Willie Nelson . On The Road Again

Eric De Vries -  Shadow of a Man    Dutch corner

The Bluebirds – Famous .

Lonestar – What About Now    #5 1999

Jo Dee Messina – That’s The Way    #4

Lee Ann Womack – I Hope You dance   #3

Tim McGraw – My Next Thirty Years    #2 1999

Toby Keith – How Do You Like Me Now !?   #1 1999

Eindtune

[brookston]

Holidays 2.28

Holidays

Action Line Day

Aduros Nau (Elder Scrolls)

Burgsonndeg (celebrates end of winter; Luxembourg)

Car Keys and Small Change Day

Community Day (Andalucia, Spain)

Dia de Andalucia (Day of Andalusia; Spain)

DNA Day

Floral Design Day

Gone-ta-Pott Day [every 28th]

HIV is Not a Crime Awareness Day

International Hygge Day

International Jewish Day of Constructive Conflict

International Underlings Day

Kalevala Day (Finland)

Linus Pauling Day (Oregon)

Metamour Day

National Black Heroes Day

National Customized Wheel & Tire Day

National Essay Day

National Heart Healing Awareness Day

National Koe Wetzel Day

National School Governors’ Awareness Day (UK)

National Science Day

National Time Refund Day

National Tooth Fairy Day [also 8.22]

National Vegan Lipstick Day

Nylon Day

Peace Memorial Day (Taiwan)

People’s Sovereignty Day (Benin)

Public Holiday (Kuwait)

Public Sleeping Day

Read Me Day

Smokey the Bear Day

Snowshoe Day

Spade Day (French Republic)

Teachers’ Day (Arab nations)

228 Memorial Day (Taiwan)

World Day without Facebook

World Living Conditions Survey Day (China)

World Sustainable Energy Day

World Tailor’s Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Chocolate Soufflé Day

Global Scouse Day (UK)

National Pancake Day

National Singani Day

4th & Last Wednesday in February

HCM Awareness Day [Last Wednesday]

Inconvenience Yourself Day [4th Wednesday]

Pink Shirt Day (Canada, Japan) [Last Wednesday]

School Bus Driver Appreciation Day (Minnesota) [4th Wednesday]

Teal Ribbon Day (Australia) [Last Wednesday]

Independence & Related Days

Andalusia Day (Spain)

Evanoria (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Gapla (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

Independent Hidden State of Tranquility (Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]

Independence Recognition Day (Egypt; 1922)

Territory Day (Colorado; 1861)

Festivals Beginning February 28, 2024

Elevate Festival (Graz, Austria) [thru 3.3]

Fort Worth Music Festival (Fort Worth, Texas) [thru 3.2]

Gdakon (Gdańsk, Poland) [thru 3.3]

Launceston Cup (Australia)

Feast Days

Abercius (Christian; Martyr)

Alicia the Volcano Rabbit (Muppetism)

Anna Julia Cooper and Elizabeth Evelyn Wright (Episcopal Church (USA))

Apple Wealth Cakes Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Cake Day (Pagan)

Evil Clown Day (Pastafarian)

Fearn Tree Day (a.k.a. Alder; Celtic Book of Days)

Feast of the Martyrs of the Plague of Alexandria (Christian)

Februalia (Ancient Rome)

Frank Gehry (Artology)

Hedwig of Poland (Christian; Saint)

Heraclitus (Positivist; Saint)

Hilarius (Christian; Saint)

Ivan Albright (Artology)

John Tenniel (Artology)

Ken Kesey Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lupicinus (Christian; Saint)

Mar Abba (Christian; Saint)

Matronalia (Day of Juno Lucina; Pagan)

Oswald of Worcester (Christian; Saint)

Proterius, Patriarch of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)

Romanus of Condat (Christian; Saint)

Rufinus (Christian; Saint)

Sabbatu (Everyday Wicca)

Saxon Cake Day (Offering cakes to the Gods & Goddesses)

Velja Noc (Spirits of the Dead visit living relatives, overseen by Veles, Lord of the Dead; Old Slavic)

Zamyaz (Ancient Persia; Everyday Wicca)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [13 of 71]

Prime Number Day: 59 [17 of 72]

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 10 of 60)

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [14 of 57]

Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [14 of 60]

Premieres

Axe Me Another or Heads You Lose! (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 28; 1960)

The Big Show, by Pierre Clostermann (Novel; 1948)

Coach (TV Series; 1989)

Dancing on Air or the Pottsylvania Polka (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 27; 1960)

Donnie Brasco (Film; 1997)

Duck Amuck (WB MM Cartoon; 1953)

Eleven Kinds of Loneliness, by Richard Yates (Short Stories; 1962)

Ernest & Celestine (Animated Film; 2014)

Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen (Final Episode of M*A*S*H; 1983)

Gravity’s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon (Novel; 1973)

Happy Go Lucky (Heckle & Heckle Cartoon; 1947)

Hare-Abian Nights (WB MM Cartoon; 1959)

In My Own Words, by Ne-Yo (Album; 2006)

The Jesus Rolls (Film; 2020)

Justice League: Doom (WB Animated Film; 2012)

The Lake of the Dead, by André Bjerke (Novel; 1942)

The Mambo Kings (Film; 1992)

Molly Moo-Cow and Robinson Crusoe (Rainbow Parade Cartoon; 1936)

Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie (Mystery Novel; 1934) [16]

Pieces of You, by Jewel (Album; 1995)

Pluto Junior (Disney Cartoon; 1942)

Pretty in Pink (Film; 1986)

Tombeau de Couperin, by Maurice Ravel (Suite for Piano; 1920)

Tom Jones (a.k.a. The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling), by Henry Fielding (Novel; 1749)

Trade Mice (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1938)

Train, by Train (Album; 1998)

Waco: Rules of Engagement (Documentary Film; 1997)

War, by U2 (Album; 1983)

”Weird Al” Yankovic in 3-D, by Weird Al Yankovic (Album; 1984)

Wendy (Film; 2020)

Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do, by Studs Terkel (Nonfiction Book; 1974)

Today’s Name Days

Oswald, Roman, Silvana (Austria)

Bogoljub, Roman, Teofil, Vikica (Croatia)

Lumír (Czech Republic)

Øllegaard (Denmark)

Vilmar, Vilmer, Vilmo (Estonia)

Onni, Sisu (Finland)

Romain (France)

Detlev, Oswald, Roman, Silvana (Germany)

Kyra, Marianna (Greece)

Ákos, Bátor (Hungary)

Antonietta, Erminio, Romano, Teresio (Italy)

Justs, Skaidra, Skaidrīte (Latvia)

Romanas, Vilgardas, Žygimantė (Lithuania)

Maren, Marina (Norway)

Chwalibóg, Józef, Makary, Nadbor, Roman (Poland)

Gherman, Ioan, Vasile (Romania)

Zlatica (Slovakia)

Hilario, Román (Spain)

Maria (Sweden)

Chance, Chauncey, Linus, Macey, Macie, Macy (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 59 of 2024; 307 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 9 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 11 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 19 (Ren-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 19 Adair I 5784

Islamic: 18 Sha’ban 1445

J Cal: 29 Grey; Eightday [29 of 30]

Julian: 15 February 2024

Moon: 85%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 3 Aristotle (3rd Month) [Heraclitus]

Runic Half Month: Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Day 5 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 70 of 89)

Week: 4th Week of February

Zodiac: Pisces (Day 10 of 30)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 2.28

Holidays

Action Line Day

Aduros Nau (Elder Scrolls)

Burgsonndeg (celebrates end of winter; Luxembourg)

Car Keys and Small Change Day

Community Day (Andalucia, Spain)

Dia de Andalucia (Day of Andalusia; Spain)

DNA Day

Floral Design Day

Gone-ta-Pott Day [every 28th]

HIV is Not a Crime Awareness Day

International Hygge Day

International Jewish Day of Constructive Conflict

International Underlings Day

Kalevala Day (Finland)

Linus Pauling Day (Oregon)

Metamour Day

National Black Heroes Day

National Customized Wheel & Tire Day

National Essay Day

National Heart Healing Awareness Day

National Koe Wetzel Day

National School Governors’ Awareness Day (UK)

National Science Day

National Time Refund Day

National Tooth Fairy Day [also 8.22]

National Vegan Lipstick Day

Nylon Day

Peace Memorial Day (Taiwan)

People’s Sovereignty Day (Benin)

Public Holiday (Kuwait)

Public Sleeping Day

Read Me Day

Smokey the Bear Day

Snowshoe Day

Spade Day (French Republic)

Teachers’ Day (Arab nations)

228 Memorial Day (Taiwan)

World Day without Facebook

World Living Conditions Survey Day (China)

World Sustainable Energy Day

World Tailor’s Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Chocolate Soufflé Day

Global Scouse Day (UK)

National Pancake Day

National Singani Day

4th & Last Wednesday in February

HCM Awareness Day [Last Wednesday]

Inconvenience Yourself Day [4th Wednesday]

Pink Shirt Day (Canada, Japan) [Last Wednesday]

School Bus Driver Appreciation Day (Minnesota) [4th Wednesday]

Teal Ribbon Day (Australia) [Last Wednesday]

Independence & Related Days

Andalusia Day (Spain)

Evanoria (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Gapla (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

Independent Hidden State of Tranquility (Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]

Independence Recognition Day (Egypt; 1922)

Territory Day (Colorado; 1861)

Festivals Beginning February 28, 2024

Elevate Festival (Graz, Austria) [thru 3.3]

Fort Worth Music Festival (Fort Worth, Texas) [thru 3.2]

Gdakon (Gdańsk, Poland) [thru 3.3]

Launceston Cup (Australia)

Feast Days

Abercius (Christian; Martyr)

Alicia the Volcano Rabbit (Muppetism)

Anna Julia Cooper and Elizabeth Evelyn Wright (Episcopal Church (USA))

Apple Wealth Cakes Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Cake Day (Pagan)

Evil Clown Day (Pastafarian)

Fearn Tree Day (a.k.a. Alder; Celtic Book of Days)

Feast of the Martyrs of the Plague of Alexandria (Christian)

Februalia (Ancient Rome)

Frank Gehry (Artology)

Hedwig of Poland (Christian; Saint)

Heraclitus (Positivist; Saint)

Hilarius (Christian; Saint)

Ivan Albright (Artology)

John Tenniel (Artology)

Ken Kesey Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lupicinus (Christian; Saint)

Mar Abba (Christian; Saint)

Matronalia (Day of Juno Lucina; Pagan)

Oswald of Worcester (Christian; Saint)

Proterius, Patriarch of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)

Romanus of Condat (Christian; Saint)

Rufinus (Christian; Saint)

Sabbatu (Everyday Wicca)

Saxon Cake Day (Offering cakes to the Gods & Goddesses)

Velja Noc (Spirits of the Dead visit living relatives, overseen by Veles, Lord of the Dead; Old Slavic)

Zamyaz (Ancient Persia; Everyday Wicca)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [13 of 71]

Prime Number Day: 59 [17 of 72]

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 10 of 60)

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [14 of 57]

Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [14 of 60]

Premieres

Axe Me Another or Heads You Lose! (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 28; 1960)

The Big Show, by Pierre Clostermann (Novel; 1948)

Coach (TV Series; 1989)

Dancing on Air or the Pottsylvania Polka (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 27; 1960)

Donnie Brasco (Film; 1997)

Duck Amuck (WB MM Cartoon; 1953)

Eleven Kinds of Loneliness, by Richard Yates (Short Stories; 1962)

Ernest & Celestine (Animated Film; 2014)

Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen (Final Episode of M*A*S*H; 1983)

Gravity’s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon (Novel; 1973)

Happy Go Lucky (Heckle & Heckle Cartoon; 1947)

Hare-Abian Nights (WB MM Cartoon; 1959)

In My Own Words, by Ne-Yo (Album; 2006)

The Jesus Rolls (Film; 2020)

Justice League: Doom (WB Animated Film; 2012)

The Lake of the Dead, by André Bjerke (Novel; 1942)

The Mambo Kings (Film; 1992)

Molly Moo-Cow and Robinson Crusoe (Rainbow Parade Cartoon; 1936)

Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie (Mystery Novel; 1934) [16]

Pieces of You, by Jewel (Album; 1995)

Pluto Junior (Disney Cartoon; 1942)

Pretty in Pink (Film; 1986)

Tombeau de Couperin, by Maurice Ravel (Suite for Piano; 1920)

Tom Jones (a.k.a. The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling), by Henry Fielding (Novel; 1749)

Trade Mice (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1938)

Train, by Train (Album; 1998)

Waco: Rules of Engagement (Documentary Film; 1997)

War, by U2 (Album; 1983)

”Weird Al” Yankovic in 3-D, by Weird Al Yankovic (Album; 1984)

Wendy (Film; 2020)

Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do, by Studs Terkel (Nonfiction Book; 1974)

Today’s Name Days

Oswald, Roman, Silvana (Austria)

Bogoljub, Roman, Teofil, Vikica (Croatia)

Lumír (Czech Republic)

Øllegaard (Denmark)

Vilmar, Vilmer, Vilmo (Estonia)

Onni, Sisu (Finland)

Romain (France)

Detlev, Oswald, Roman, Silvana (Germany)

Kyra, Marianna (Greece)

Ákos, Bátor (Hungary)

Antonietta, Erminio, Romano, Teresio (Italy)

Justs, Skaidra, Skaidrīte (Latvia)

Romanas, Vilgardas, Žygimantė (Lithuania)

Maren, Marina (Norway)

Chwalibóg, Józef, Makary, Nadbor, Roman (Poland)

Gherman, Ioan, Vasile (Romania)

Zlatica (Slovakia)

Hilario, Román (Spain)

Maria (Sweden)

Chance, Chauncey, Linus, Macey, Macie, Macy (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 59 of 2024; 307 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 9 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 11 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 19 (Ren-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 19 Adair I 5784

Islamic: 18 Sha’ban 1445

J Cal: 29 Grey; Eightday [29 of 30]

Julian: 15 February 2024

Moon: 85%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 3 Aristotle (3rd Month) [Heraclitus]

Runic Half Month: Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Day 5 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 70 of 89)

Week: 4th Week of February

Zodiac: Pisces (Day 10 of 30)

[enmusasblog]

Stoned Cold Country - ett hyllingsalbum till Rolling Stones 60-årsjubileum Stone Cold Country är ett stjärnspäckat album med några av världen största artister: Jimmie Allen, Brooks & Dunn, Brothers Osborne, Eric Church, Steve Earle, Elle King, Marcus King, Little Big Town, Ashley McBryde, Maren Morris, Elvie Shane, Koe Wetzel, The War And Treaty, Lainey Wilson & Zac Brown Band. Den 17 mars släpps Stoned Cold Country - ett hyllningsalbum som firar The Rolling Stones 60-årsjubileum med omarbetade versioner av det legendariska rockbandets katalog och framförda av country-genrens största stjärnor.   Skivan är producerad av Robert Deaton och hyllad som "ett kärleksbrev till The Rolling Stones från Nashville". Den stjärnspäckade line-upen består av Jimmie Allen, Brooks & Dunn, Brothers Osborne, Eric Church, Steve Earle, Elle King, Marcus King, Little Big Town, Ashley McBryde, Maren Morris, Elvie Shane, Koe Wetzel, The War And Treaty, Lainey Wilson & Zac Brown Band. Alla injicerar sin egen stil i den högaktade musiken från The Rolling Stones. Det spännande resultatet är Stoned Cold Country - en explosionsartat firande av Mick Jagger och Keith Richards mest hyllade låtar. Stoned Cold Country innehåller 14 livfulla framträdanden av klassiska Stones-låtar, alla inspelade i de mest respekterade studiorna i Nashville av några av countryvärldens mest vitala musiker. Albumet är perfekt anpassat till The Rolling Stones monumentala 60-årsjubileum som band. Den hyllade Nashville-baserade Deaton har tillbringat de senaste åren med ett specifikt uppdrag: att belysa Stones inflytande inte bara på countrymusiken i stort, utan också mer specifikt på några av dess mest konventionssprängande samtida artister. “Four years ago, I had this idea of a Country tribute record to the Rolling Stones – the greatest rock band of all time. That we are finally here and introducing this project to the world is both gratifying and honestly, overwhelming,” säger Deaton om dagens släpp. “I could not be more proud of the artists and musicians that participated on this album. As the song says… ‘It's Only Rock and Roll But I Like It’ – I hope everyone will join us in celebrating 60 years of The Rolling Stones.” På "Paint It Black" levererar Zac Brown Band en outplånlig och kraftfull snurr på den dundrande och rörande låten, ursprungligen släppt av The Rolling Stones 1966. Låten var med på Rolling Stones lista över de 500 största låtarna genom tiderna och valdes in i Grammy Hall of Fame 2018. Lyssna på Zac Brown Bands beskrivning av den ikoniska låten, som släpptes idag med albumet, här. "Vi fick öppna för The Rolling Stones förra året i Atlanta. När du träffar artister du är ett fan av är det en surrealistisk upplevelse eftersom de har varit en del av ditt liv så länge”, säger Zac Brown Band. "Det är som att umgås med superhjältar." Dagens release av Stoned Cold Country har flera hits inkluderade, inklusive "Sympathy for the Devil" av Elvie Shane, "You Can't Always Get What You Want" av Lainey Wilson, "Miss You" av Jimmie Allen, och "It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I Like It)" av Brothers Osborne & The War And Treaty – som tog sig till CMA Awards-scenen i november för att leverera en blixtrande framförande av sin tolkning.   Stoned Cold Country låtlista"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – Ashley McBryde”Honky Tonk Women” – Brooks & Dunn”Döda blommor” – Maren Morris"It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I Like It)" - Brothers Osborne & The War And Treaty"Miss You" - Jimmie Allen"Tumbling Dice" - Elle King"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" - Marcus King"Wild Horses" - Little Big Town"Paint It Black" - Zac Brown Band"You Can't Always Get What You Want" - Lainey Wilson"Sympathy for the Devil" – Elvie Shane"Angie" - Steve Earle”Gimme Shelter” – Eric Church"Shine A Light" - Koe WetzelLyssna här:   https://toolkits.bbrmusicgroup.com/stoned-cold-country/stoned-cold-country/ För intervjuer kontakta: Anette Ståhl / Enmusa Music, tel: 0707-180 120  anette@enmusamusic.com För mer information: Ulrika Hammar / BMG, tel 0705–295 312 ulrika.hammar@bmg.com

[protopia23]

Quellen + Links

Im Folgenden findest Du alle in unserem Buch “Hilfe, ich bin ein Mensch!” verwendeten Quellen und protopische Lesetipps. Zu den wichtigsten Fragen aus dem Buch haben wir zudem spannende Kurz-Trips und Alltagsübungen für Deine protopische Entdeckunhgsreise zusammengestellt.

Tipp: Über die QR-Codes im Buch gelangst Du immer direkt zu den passenden Kurz-Trips!

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Aldred, Jonathan: Der korrumpierte Mensch

Allmendinger, Jutta und Wetzel, Jan: Die Vertrauensfrage

Ariely, Dan: Payoff

Ariely, Dan: Denken hilft zwar, nützt aber nichts

Ariely, Dan: Wer denken will, muss fühlen

Axelrod, Robert: Die Evolution der Kooperation, München 2009.

Bakan, Joel: The New Corporation

Banerjee, Abijit und Duflo, Esther: Economie utile pour des temps difficiles

Bartens, Werner: Empathie: Die Macht des Mitgefühls: Weshalb einfühlsame Menschen gesund und glücklich sind, München 2015.

Batson, Dan: Altruism in Humans

Bauer, Joachim: Das Gedächtnis des Körpers. Wie Beziehungen und Lebensstile unsere Gene steuern, München 2007.

Bauer, Joachim: Prinzip Menschlichkeit. Warum wir von Natur aus kooperieren, München 2011.

Bauer, Joachim: Schmerzgrenze. Vom Ursprung alltäglicher und globaler Gewalt, München 2011.

Bauer, Joachim: Warum ich fühle, was du fühlst. Intuitive Kommunikation und das Geheimnis der Spiegelneuronen, München 2006.

Bauer, Joachim: Das empathische Gen

Bauer, Joachim: Fühlen, was die Welt fühlt

Bauer, Joachim: Wie wir werden, wer wir sind

Bauman, Zygmunt: Leben als Konsum, Hamburg 2009.

Becker, Gary S.: Ökonomische Erklärung menschliches Verhaltens, Tübingen 1982.

Bernays, Edward: Propaganda. Der Kunst der Public Relations, Berlin 2011.

Berreby, David: Us and Them. The Science of Identity, London 2006. 

Botsman, Rachel und Roo Rogers: What’s Mine is Yours

Bregman, Rutger: Utopien für Realisten

Bregman: Im Grunde gut

Breithaupt Fritz: Kulturen der Empathie, Frankfurt am Main 2009. 

Buber, Martin: Ich und Du, Stuttgart 2014.

Bröckling, Ulrich: Das unternehmerische Selbst

Brown, Brené: Verletzlichkeit macht stark

Brown, Wendy: Die schleichende Revolution

Buber, Martin: Das Problem des Menschen

Buber, Martin: Ich und Du

Bueb, Bernhard: Lob der Diziplin. Eine Streitschrift, Berlin 2008.

Cabanas, Edgar und Illouz, Eva. Das Glücksdiktat

Christakis, N. A. und Fowler, J. H.: Die Macht sozialer Netzwerke. Wer uns wirklich beeinflusst und warum Glück ansteckend ist, Frankfurt am 2011.

Christakis, Nicholas: Blueprint

Crouch, Colin: Die bezifferte Welt. Wie die Logik der Finanzmärkte das Wissen bedroht, Berlin 2015.

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly: Flow

Damasio, Antonio: Am Anfang war das Gefühl. Der biologische Ursprung menschlicher Kultur, München 2017.

Damasio, Antonio: Descartes’ Irrtum

Darwin, Charles: Die Abstammung des Menschen

Davidson, Richard und Begley, Sharon: The Emotional Life of Your Brain

Dawkins, Richard: Das egoistische Gen, Heidelberg 2007.

Diener, Ed: Happiness

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Dweck, Carol: Selbstbild

Einstein, Albert und Freud, Sigmund: Warum Krieg?

Eisler, Riane: Kelch & Schwert

Eisler, Riane: Die verkannten Grundlagen der Ökonomie

Eisler, Riane und Fry, Douglas: Nurturing Our Humanity

Etzioni, Amitai: The Moral Dimension

Eyal, Nir: Hooked

Felber, Christian: Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie. Eine demokratische Alternative wächst, Wien 2012.

Frankl, Viktor: Über den Sinn des Lebens

Frankl, Viktor: … trotzdem ja zum Leben sagen

Fromm, Erich: Haben oder Sein. Die seelischen Grundlagen einer neuen Gesellschaft, München 1995.

Fromm, Erich: Die Kunst des Liebens. (Fromm: Liebe)

Fry, Douglas: BeyondBeyound war

Gerhardt, Sue: The Selfish Society

Gerhardt, Sue: Why Love Matters

Glover, Jonathan: humanity

Goleman, Daniel; Davidson, Richard J.: Altered Traits. Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body, New York 2017.

Graeber, David: Bullshit-Jobs

Graeber, David und Wengrow, David: Anfänge

Gruen, Arno: Der Verlust des Mitgefühls. Über die Politik der Gleichgültigkeit, München 2015.

Grunwald, Martin: Homo Hapticus

Haidt, Jonathan: The Righteous Mind

Harari, Yuval Noah: Eine kurze Geschichte der Menschheit, München 2015.

Harari, Yuval Noah: Homo Deus. Eine Geschichte von Morgen, München 2017.

Harari, Yuval Noah: 21 Lektionen für das 21. Jahrhundert

Hare, Brian und Woods, Vanessa: Survival of the Friendliest

Hari, Johann: Lost Connections

Hari, Johann: Stolen Focus

Hartkemeyer, Martin, Johannes und Tobias: Dialogische Intelligenz

Hartmann, Martin: Vertrauen

Headlee, Celeste: We Need To Talk

Hertz, Noreena: Das Zeitalter der Einsamkeit

Hirschman, Martin: Leidenschaften und Interessen

Hobbes, Thomas: Vom Bürger. Vom Menschen, Hamburg 2017.

Hobbes, Thomas: Leviathan, Ditzingen 1986.

Hrdy, Sarah Blaffer: Mothers & Others

Illouz, Eva: Gefühle im Zeitalter des Kapitalismus

Illouz, Eva: Warum Liebe endet

Isay, Dave: All There Is

Jaspers, Karl: Die Schuldfrage

Kahneman, Daniel: Schnelles Denken, langsames Denken, München 2011. 

Ryszard Kapuscinski: Der Andere

Kant, Immanuel: Was ist Aufklärung?

Kasser, Tim: The High Price of Materialism, London 2002.

Kast, Bas: Ich weiß nicht, was ich wollen soll. Warum wir uns so schwer entscheiden können und wo das Glück zu finden ist, Frankfurt am Main 2012.

Keltner, Dacher: Born to be Good

Keltner, Dacher: Awe

Keltner, Dacher: Macht-Paradox

Keysers, Christian: Unser empathisches Gehirn. Warum wir verstehen, was andere fühlen, München 2014.

Klein, Stefan: Der Sinn des Gebens. Warum Selbstlosigkeit in der Evolution siegt und wir mit Egoismus nicht weiterkommen, Frankfurt am Main 2011.

Kohn, Alfie: No Contest: The Case Against Competition: Why We Lose in Our Rae to Win, New York 1986.

Kohn, Alfie: Der Mythos des verwöhnten Kindes. Erziehungslügen unter die Lupe genommen, Weinheim und Basel 2005.

Kohn, Alfie: Liebe und Eigenständigkeit. Die Kunst bedingungsloser Elternschaft, jenseits von Belohnung und Bestrafung, Freiburg 2018. 

Korten, David C.: Change the Story. Change the Future. Weltsichten und ökonomischer Wandel, Phänomen-Verlag 2015.

Kropotkin, Peter: Gegenseitige Hilfe. In der Tier- und Menschenwelt, Trotzdem Verlagsgenossenschaft 2011.

Larnier, Jaron: Zehn Gründe, warum du deine Social Media Accounts sofort löschen musst

Lecomte Jacques: La Bonté humaine. Altruisme, empathie, générosité, Paris 2012.

Lecomte, Jacques: Les Entreprises Humanistes

Levitt, Steven und Dubner, Stephen: Freakonomics

Lieberman, Matthew: Social

Locke, John: Eine Abhandlung über den menschlichen Verstand

Lorenz, Konrad: Das sogenannte Böse. Zur Naturgeschichte der Aggression, München 2016.

Margulis, Lynn: Der symbiotische Planet oder Wie die Evolution wirklich verlief, Frankfurt am Main 2017.

Marmot, Michael: The Status Syndrome

Mason, Paul: Postkapitalismus. Grundrisse einer kommenden Ökonomie, Berlin 2016.

Mau, Steffen: Das metrische Wir. Über die Quantifizierung des Sozialen, Berlin 2017.

McCullough, Michael: Kindness for Strangers

McCullough, Michael: BeyondBeyound Revenge

Miegel, Meinhard: Exit. Wohlstand ohne Wachstum, Berlin 2010.

Miegel, Meinhard: Hybris. Die überforderte Gesellschaft, Berlin 2014.

Miegel, Meinhard: Das System ist am Ende. Das Leben geht weiter

Millburn, Joshua Fields und Nicodemus, Ryan: Love People, Use Things

Mirowski, Philip: Untote leben länger. Warum der Neoliberalismus nach der Krise noch stärker wird, Berlin 2015.

Naish, John: Genug. Wie Sie der Welt des Überflusses entkommen, Köln 2008.

Nowak, Martin A. mit Highfield, Roger: Kooperative Intelligenz. Das Erfolgsgeheimnis der Evolution, München 2013.

Oliner, Pearl und Samuel: Toward a Caring Society 

Ostrom, Elinor: Was mehr wird, wenn wir teilen. Vom gesellschaftlichen Wert der Gemeingüter, München 2012.

Pariser, Eli: Filter Bubble.

Pfaff,  Donald: The Altruistic Brain

Philipps, Adam und Taylor, Barbara: On Kindness

Pickett, Kate und Wilkinson, Richard: Gleichheit ist Glück: Warum gerechte Gesellschaften für alle besser sind, Berlin 2009.

Pinker, Steven: Gewalt. Eine neue Geschichte der Menschheit, Frankfurt am Main 2011.

Pinker, Steven: Das unbeschriebene Blatt

Popper, Karl: Vermutungen und Widerlegungen

Pörksen, Bernhard und Schulz von Thun, Friedemann: Die Kunst des Miteinander-Redens

Precht, Richard David: Die Kunst, kein Egoist zu sein. Warum wir gerne gut sein wollen und was uns davon abhält, München 2012.

Precht, Richard David: Anna, die Schule und der liebe Gott. Der Verrat des Bildungssystems an unseren Kindern, München 2015.

Precht, Richard David: Jäger, Hirten, Kritiker, München 2018. (Precht: Jäger)

Prilleltensky, Isaac und Ora: How People Matter

Putnam, David: Better Together

Putnam, David: Bowling Alone. 20 Years Edition

Putnam, David: The Upswing

Rand, Ayn: Die Tugend des Egoismus. Eine neue Auffassung des Egoismus, Jena 2015.

Raworth, Kate: Die Donut-Ökonomie

Ricard, Matthieu: Allumfassende Nächstenliebe. Altruismus – die Antwort auf die Herausforderungen unserer Zeit, Hamburg 2017.

Rifkin, Jeremy: Die empathischeemphatische Zivilisation. Das Internet der Dinge, kollaboratives Gemeingut und der Rückzug des Kapitalismus, Frankfurt am Main 2014.

Rizzolatti, Giacomo und Sinigaglia, Corrado: Empathie und Spiegelneuronen. Die biologische Basis des Mitgefühls, Frankfurt am Main 2008.

Rosa, Hartmut: Resonanz. Eine Soziologie der Weltbeziehung, Berlin 2016.

Rosenberg, Marshall: Gewaltfreie Kommunikation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques: Abhandlung über den Ursprung und die Grundlagen der Ungleichheit unter den Menschen. Ditzingen 1998.

Rushkoff, Douglas: Team Human

Rushkoff, Douglas: The Survival of the Richest

Russell, Bertrand: Eroberung des Glücks

Sandel, Michael: Was man für Geld nicht kaufen kann

Sandel, Michael: Vom Ende des Gemeinwohls

Sapolsky, Robert: Gewalt und Mitgefühl. Die Biologie des menschlichen Verhaltens, München 2017

Schirrmacher, Frank: Ego. Das Spiel des Lebens, München 2013.

Schwartz, Barry: The Costs of Living

Schwartz, Barry: The Battle for Human Nature

Sedlacek, Tomas: Die Ökonomie von Gut und Böse, München 2012.

Sedlacek, Tomas und Tanzer, Oliver: Die Dämonen des Kapitals. Die Ökonomie auf Freuds Couch, München 2017.

Sen, Amartya: Ökonomie für den Menschen. Wege zu Gerechtigkeit und Solidarität in der Marktwirtschaft, München 2007.

Sennett, Richard: Zusammenarbeit. Was unsere Gesellschaft zusammenhält, Berlin 2012.

Skidelsky, Robert: Die Rückkehr des Meisters. Keynes für das 21. Jahrhundert, München 2010. 

Singer, Peter: The Expanding Circle

Singer, Tania: Mitgefühl in der Wirtschaft, München 2015.

Solnit, Rebecca: A Paradise Built in Hell

Spitzer, Manfred: Digitale Demenz. München 2012.

Spitzer, Manfred: Einsamkeit

Splinter, Dirk und Wüstehube, Ljubjana: Mehr Dialog wagen!

Stark, Kio: When Strangers Meet

Stegemann, Bernd: Die Moralfalle

Sußebach, Henning: Liebe Sophie! Brief an meine Tochter, Freiburg im Breisgau 2013.

Szalavitz, Maia und Perry, Bruce: Born for Love

Tomasello, Michael: Eine Naturgeschichte des menschlichen Denkens, Berlin 2014.

Tomasello Michael: Eine Naturgeschichte der menschlichen Moral, Berlin 2016.

Tomasello, Michael: Warum wir kooperieren? Berlin 2012.

Tomasello, Michael: Mensch werden

Turkle, Sherry: Alone Together

Turkle, Sherry: Reclaiming Conversation

Verhaege, Paul: Und ich? Identität in einer durchökonomisierten Gesellschaft, München 2013.

Welzer, Harald. Selbst denken

Welzer, Harald: Alles könnte anders sein

Welzer, Harald: Nachruf auf mich selbst

Welzer, Harald: Der FuturZwei Zukunftsalmanach 2013

Westphalen, Andreas: Die Wiederentdeckung des Menschen

Westphalen, Andreas: Der Mensch im Zeitalter der Katastrophe

Wilson, E. O.: Die soziale Eroberung der Welt

Wrangham, Richard: Die Zähmung des Menschen

Zaki, Jamil: War for Kindness

Zichy, Michael: Die Macht der Menschenbilder

Zichy, Michael: Menschenbilder

Zuboff, Shosana: Das Zeitalter des Überwachungskapitalismus

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Richard Wetzel — Anakena  (oil on masonite, 1983)

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Richard Wetzel

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Details from red white and royal blue that I love:

Nora’s inherited, bleach-stained Holleran For Congress ‘72 sweatshirt

Alex’s eyelashes

“I’ve had whiskey, bear with me”

Henry wears a patterned tie one (1) time - to the election results event where he goes to support Alex and Ellen. The pattern is the yellow rose of Texas.

Ellen Claremont’s private email server that causes so much scandal is eclare45.com, and it was created during her campaign.

David the Beagle is a Slytherin

President Claremont agreed to change the housing of the turkeys at the last minute because her 21-year-old son acted like a 6-year-old.

“Alex knew them both, down to their split ends and nasty habits”

Nora’s ootd in that text thread

Amy’s jacket that she makes for her wife in the pan pride colors.

Zahra making it through that rough time after Richards outed Alex and Henry on nothing but black coffee, a handful of B12, and a Wetzels Pretzel

Rafael signing his anonymous data drop with his Five Guys order, knowing Alex will be able to figure it out

Alex’s picture-perfect memory of Liam’s stubble.

Alex’s roller coaster journey with Henry’s signet ring

The convo between Alex, Henry, and Pez when H&P are driving through the Welsh countryside

Alex is one year younger than Henry, except for that one month of the year between birthdays when Henry is technically two years older.

The podcast that covers what’s going on in Washington uses “Bills, Bills, Bills” by Destiny’s Child as intro music.

Chin dimple.

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The President’s are in the building!

Look at what has just been implemented in the President’s House Corridor! All 9 previous presidents! These photos have just been found in storage deep below the residence! It spans over 78 years since Cascadia became an independent nation from its former ruler Rudania. Let’s give a little talk on who each president was! (open below)

1 - Edward Keen (Federal) - A former Rudanian governor of Richmond who protested for Cascadia to be set free but later became a figurehead during the war of independence and led the country to victory. He is known as the most loved president as he won re-election with a 100% vote!

2 - Bruce Wetzel (Unitary) - One of the longest president lasting 3 terms (12 years) and was the vice-president under Edward Keen. He was the High Admiral of Rudania’s navy and later became the Secretary Of Defence. He is known for being the strongest president as he engaged in many wars with different nations and won!

3 - Dr Richard Valenzuela (Federal) - He was the president during the dangerous pandemic ‘Askaria Flu’ luckily he was a former director of Public Health Cascadia (PHC) and knew how to handle it. The virus disappeared months later with almost 40,000 dead. He spent majority of his time working against the virus and couldn’t do much work. He was known for being the president who did the least in office!

4 - William Abbott (Constitutional) - The first and last constitutional party president (so far) and was the most controversial president. He passed a bill (Church Protection) which stopped LGBTQ+ people to have any sort of occupation and passed a bill (black murder) which allowed all black people to be killed legally. This caused the  ‘Black Streets Of Midtown’ where over 8,000 black people were killed in a single day. 

5 - Thomas Scruggs (Federal) - An immigrant from Rudania and when he announced he was running for president, he was attacked brutally many times by his own party. After winning the election he removed the black murder bill and Church Protection bill and was assumed to be gay as he was caught having an affair by his wife with 5 men at the same time but this was never confirmed. He later declared war on rebelling counties and caused a civil war and then left office.

6 - Terry Doughty (Liberal) - The first black president and had to deal with the civil war. He nearly lost the election but the opposition was assassinated 5 day before the election. With the war going on he declared himself Commander-In-Chief of all military forces and founded the ‘Cascadia Intelligence Service (CIS)’ and Presidential Secret Service (PSS). With the victory in the civil war it won him the re-election but as he tried bring forward a bill (Equal Speech) which allowed everyone to vote in election he was assassinated on his 6th year of presidency.

7 - Neil Forman (Federal) - The former Chief Of Staff under Thomas Scruggs gave him the experience and power to pass the Equal Speech bill and pass another bill (Free land) which allowed the Department Of State to divide up unclaimed land and give it to people to use as farms. He also modernized Cascadia making it a very wealthy country.

8 - Noel Dawkins (Liberal) - A wealthy business man with no political background or experience but made Cascadia the 3rd richest country in the world and made Cascadia join the World Council. He also founded the World Security Board (WSB) and World Court Of Justice (WCOJ) with Cascadia as the president of both.

9 - Nikolas Farley (Liberal) - The Secretary Of Education under Noel Dawkins and former senator to Jewel Creek he became the most influential president but also very controversial. He held illegal parties in the President’s house and used to be a good friend to convicted pedophiles and serial killers. On the other hand he boosted Cascadia to number 1 on the richest countries and got both houses of government (Senate & Congress) a liberal majority!

With Julliana Kaminski as number 10 she could do whatever and nobody knows what the future will hold! We wish her well! God bless Cascadia!

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Colin Powell

Colin Luther Powell (born April 5, 1937) is an American politician and retired four-star general in the United States Army. During his military career, Powell also served as National Security Advisor (1987–1989), as Commander of the U.S. Army Forces Command (1989) and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989–1993), holding the latter position during the Persian Gulf War. Powell was the first, and so far the only, Jamaican American to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving under U.S. President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005, the first black person to serve in that position.

Powell was born in New York City in 1937 and was raised in the South Bronx. His parents, Luther and Maud Powell, immigrated to the United States from Jamaica. Powell was educated in the New York City public schools, graduating from the City College of New York (CCNY), where he earned a bachelor's degree in geology. He also participated in ROTC at CCNY and received a commission as an Army second lieutenant upon graduation in June 1958. His further academic achievements include a Master of Business Administration degree from George Washington University.

Powell was a professional soldier for 35 years, during which time he held many command and staff positions and rose to the rank of 4-star general. His last assignment, from October 1, 1989, to September 30, 1993, was as the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest military position in the Department of Defense. During this time, he oversaw 28 crises, including Operation Desert Storm in the 1991 Persian Gulf War. He also formulated the Powell Doctrine.

Following his military retirement, Powell wrote his best-selling autobiography, My American Journey. In addition, he pursued a career as a public speaker, addressing audiences across the country and abroad. Prior to his appointment as Secretary of State, Powell was the chairman of America's Promise – The Alliance for Youth, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to mobilizing people from every sector of American life to build the character and competence of young people. He was nominated by President Bush on December 16, 2000, as Secretary of State. After being unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate, he was sworn in as the 65th Secretary of State on January 20, 2001.

Powell is the recipient of numerous U.S. and foreign military awards and decorations. Powell's civilian awards include the Presidential Medal of Freedom (twice), the President's Citizens Medal, the Congressional Gold Medal, the Secretary of State Distinguished Service Medal, and the Secretary of Energy Distinguished Service Medal. Several schools and other institutions have been named in his honor and he holds honorary degrees from universities and colleges across the country. Powell is married to the former Alma Vivian Johnson of Birmingham, Alabama. The Powell family includes son Michael (ex-chairman of the Federal Communications Commission); daughters Linda and Anne; daughter-in-law Jane; and grandsons Jeffrey and Bryan.

In 2016, while not a candidate for that year's election, Powell received three electoral votes for the office of President of the United States.

Early life and education

Powell was born on April 5, 1937, in Harlem, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, to Jamaican immigrants, Maud Arial (née McKoy) and Luther Theophilus Powell. His parents were both of mixed African and Scottish ancestry. Luther worked as a shipping clerk and Maud as a seamstress. Powell was raised in the South Bronx and attended Morris High School, from which he graduated in 1954. (This school has since closed.)

While at school, Powell worked at a local baby furniture store, where he picked up Yiddish from the eastern European Jewish shopkeepers and some of the customers. He also served as a Shabbos goy, helping Orthodox families with needed tasks on the Sabbath. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the City College of New York in 1958 and has said he was a 'C average' student. He later earned an MBA degree from the George Washington University in 1971, after his second tour in Vietnam.

Despite his parents' pronunciation of his name as , Powell has pronounced his name since childhood, after the World War II flyer Colin P. Kelly Jr. Public officials and radio and television reporters have used Powell's preferred pronunciation.

Military career

Powell was a professional soldier for 35 years, holding a variety of command and staff positions and rising to the rank of general.

Training

Powell described joining the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) during college as one of the happiest experiences of his life; discovering something he loved and could do well, he felt he had "found himself." According to Powell:

It was only once I was in college, about six months into college when I found something that I liked, and that was ROTC, Reserve Officer Training Corps in the military. And I not only liked it, but I was pretty good at it. That's what you really have to look for in life, something that you like, and something that you think you're pretty good at. And if you can put those two things together, then you're on the right track, and just drive on.

Cadet Powell joined the Pershing Rifles, the ROTC fraternal organization and drill team begun by General John Pershing. Even after he had become a general, Powell kept on his desk a pen set he had won for a drill team competition.

Upon graduation, he received a commission as an Army second lieutenant. After attending basic training at Fort Benning, Powell was assigned to the 48th Infantry, in West Germany, as a platoon leader.

Vietnam War

In his autobiography, Powell said he is haunted by the nightmare of the Vietnam War and felt that the leadership was very ineffective.

Captain Powell served a tour in Vietnam as a South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) advisor from 1962 to 1963. While on patrol in a Viet Cong-held area, he was wounded by stepping on a punji stake. The large infection made it difficult for him to walk, and caused his foot to swell for a short time, shortening his first tour.

Powell returned to Vietnam as a major in 1968, serving as assistant chief of staff of operations for the in the 23rd (Americal) Infantry Division. During the second tour in Vietnam he was decorated with the Soldier's Medal for bravery after he survived a helicopter crash and single-handedly rescued three others, including division commander Major General Charles M. Gettys, from the burning wreckage.

Powell was charged with investigating a detailed letter by 11th Light Infantry Brigade soldier Tom Glen, which backed up rumored allegations of the My Lai Massacre. He wrote: "In direct refutation of this portrayal is the fact that relations between American soldiers and the Vietnamese people are excellent." Later, Powell's assessment would be described as whitewashing the news of the massacre, and questions would continue to remain undisclosed to the public. In May 2004 Powell said to television and radio host Larry King, "I was in a unit that was responsible for My Lai. I got there after My Lai happened. So, in war, these sorts of horrible things happen every now and again, but they are still to be deplored."

After the Vietnam War

Powell served a White House Fellowship under President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1973. During 1975–1976 he attended the National War College, Washington, D.C.

In his autobiography, My American Journey, Powell named several officers he served under who inspired and mentored him. As a lieutenant colonel serving in South Korea, Powell was very close to General Henry "Gunfighter" Emerson. Powell said he regarded Emerson as one of the most caring officers he ever met. Emerson insisted his troops train at night to fight a possible North Korean attack, and made them repeatedly watch the television film Brian's Song to promote racial harmony. Powell always professed that what set Emerson apart was his great love of his soldiers and concern for their welfare. After a race riot occurred, in which African American soldiers almost killed a White officer, Powell was charged by Emerson to crack down on black militants; Powell's efforts led to the discharge of one soldier, and other efforts to reduce racial tensions. During 1976–1977 he commanded the 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division.

A "political general"

In the early 1980s, Powell served at Fort Carson, Colorado. After he left Fort Carson, Powell became senior military assistant to Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, whom he assisted during the 1983 invasion of Grenada and the 1986 airstrike on Libya.

In 1986, Powell took over the command of V Corps in Frankfurt, Germany, from Robert Lewis "Sam" Wetzel.

Following the Iran–Contra scandal, Powell became, at the age of 49, Ronald Reagan's National Security Advisor, serving from 1987 to 1989 while retaining his Army commission as a lieutenant general.

In April 1989, after his tenure with the National Security Council, Powell was promoted to four-star general under President George H. W. Bush and briefly served as the Commander in Chief, Forces Command (FORSCOM), headquartered at Fort McPherson, Georgia, overseeing all Army, Army Reserve, and National Guard units in the Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. He became the third general since World War II to reach four-star rank without ever serving as a division commander, joining Dwight D. Eisenhower and Alexander Haig.

Later that year, President George H. W. Bush selected him as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Powell's last military assignment, from October 1, 1989, to September 30, 1993, was as the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest military position in the Department of Defense. At age 52, he became the youngest officer, and first Afro-Caribbean American, to serve in this position. Powell was also the first JCS Chair who received his commission through ROTC.

During this time, he oversaw responses to 28 crises, including the invasion of Panama in 1989 to remove General Manuel Noriega from power and Operation Desert Storm in the 1991 Persian Gulf War. During these events, Powell earned his nickname, "the reluctant warrior." He rarely advocated military intervention as the first solution to an international crisis, and instead usually prescribed diplomacy and containment.

As a military strategist, Powell advocated an approach to military conflicts that maximizes the potential for success and minimizes casualties. A component of this approach is the use of overwhelming force, which he applied to Operation Desert Storm in 1991. His approach has been dubbed the "Powell Doctrine." Powell continued as chairman of the JCS into the Clinton presidency but as a dedicated "realist" he considered himself a bad fit for an administration largely made up of liberal internationalists. He clashed with then-U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine Albright over the Bosnian crisis, as he opposed any military interventions that didn't involve US interests.

During his chairmanship of the JCS, there was discussion of awarding Powell a fifth star, granting him the rank of General of the Army. But even in the wake of public and Congressional pressure to do so, Clinton-Gore presidential transition team staffers decided against it.

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Potential presidential candidate

Powell's experience in military matters made him a very popular figure with both American political parties. Many Democrats admired his moderate stance on military matters, while many Republicans saw him as a great asset associated with the successes of past Republican administrations. Put forth as a potential Democratic Vice Presidential nominee in the 1992 U.S. presidential election or even potentially replacing Vice President Dan Quayle as the Republican Vice Presidential nominee, Powell eventually declared himself a Republican and began to campaign for Republican candidates in 1995. He was touted as a possible opponent of Bill Clinton in the 1996 U.S. presidential election, possibly capitalizing on a split conservative vote in Iowa and even leading New Hampshire polls for the GOP nomination, but Powell declined, citing a lack of passion for politics. Powell defeated Clinton 50–38 in a hypothetical match-up proposed to voters in the exit polls conducted on Election Day. Despite not standing in the race, Powell won the Republican New Hampshire Vice-Presidential primary on write-in votes.

In 1997 Powell founded America's Promise with the objective of helping children from all socioeconomic sectors. That same year saw the establishment of The Colin L. Powell Center for Leadership and Service. The mission of the Center is to "prepare new generations of publicly engaged leaders from populations previously underrepresented in public service and policy circles, to build a strong culture of civic engagement at City College, and to mobilize campus resources to meet pressing community needs and serve the public good."

Powell was mentioned as a potential candidate in the 2000 U.S. presidential election, but again decided against running. Once Texas Governor George W. Bush secured the Republican nomination, Powell endorsed him for president and spoke at the 2000 Republican National Convention. Bush won the general election and appointed Powell as Secretary of State.

In the electoral college vote count of 2016, Powell received three votes for President from faithless electors from Washington.

Secretary of State (2001–2005)

As Secretary of State in the Bush administration, Powell was perceived as moderate. Powell was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate. Over the course of his tenure he traveled less than any other U.S. Secretary of State in 30 years.

On September 11, 2001, Powell was in Lima, Peru, meeting with President Alejandro Toledo and US Ambassador John Hamilton, and attending the special session of the OAS General Assembly that subsequently adopted the Inter-American Democratic Charter. After the September 11 attacks, Powell's job became of critical importance in managing America's relationships with foreign countries in order to secure a stable coalition in the War on Terrorism.

Powell came under fire for his role in building the case for the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. In a press statement on February 24, 2001, he had said that sanctions against Iraq had prevented the development of any weapons of mass destruction by Saddam Hussein. As was the case in the days leading up to the Persian Gulf War, Powell was initially opposed to a forcible overthrow of Saddam, preferring to continue a policy of containment. However, Powell eventually agreed to go along with the Bush administration's determination to remove Saddam. He had often clashed with others in the administration, who were reportedly planning an Iraq invasion even before the September 11 attacks, an insight supported by testimony by former terrorism czar Richard Clarke in front of the 9/11 Commission. The main concession Powell wanted before he would offer his full support for the Iraq War was the involvement of the international community in the invasion, as opposed to a unilateral approach. He was also successful in persuading Bush to take the case of Iraq to the United Nations, and in moderating other initiatives. Powell was placed at the forefront of this diplomatic campaign.

Powell's chief role was to garner international support for a multi-national coalition to mount the invasion. To this end, Powell addressed a plenary session of the United Nations Security Council on February 5, 2003, to argue in favor of military action. Citing numerous anonymous Iraqi defectors, Powell asserted that "there can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more." Powell also stated that there was "no doubt in my mind" that Saddam was working to obtain key components to produce nuclear weapons.

Most observers praised Powell's oratorical skills. However, Britain's Channel 4 News reported soon afterwards that a UK intelligence dossier that Powell had referred to as a "fine paper" during his presentation had been based on old material and plagiarized an essay by American graduate student Ibrahim al-Marashi.A 2004 report by the Iraq Survey Group concluded that the evidence that Powell offered to support the allegation that the Iraqi government possessed weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) was inaccurate.

In an interview with Charlie Rose, Powell contended that prior to his UN presentation, he had merely four days to review the data concerning WMD in Iraq.

A Senate report on intelligence failures would later detail the intense debate that went on behind the scenes on what to include in Powell's speech. State Department analysts had found dozens of factual problems in drafts of the speech. Some of the claims were taken out, but others were left in, such as claims based on the yellowcake forgery. The administration came under fire for having acted on faulty intelligence, particularly what was single-sourced to the informant known as Curveball. Powell later recounted how Vice President Dick Cheney had joked with him before he gave the speech, telling him, "You've got high poll ratings; you can afford to lose a few points." Powell's longtime aide-de-camp and Chief of Staff from 1989–2003, Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, later characterized Cheney's view of Powell's mission as to "go up there and sell it, and we'll have moved forward a peg or two. Fall on your damn sword and kill yourself, and I'll be happy, too."

In September 2005, Powell was asked about the speech during an interview with Barbara Walters and responded that it was a "blot" on his record. He went on to say, "It will always be a part of my record. It was painful. It's painful now."

Wilkerson said that he inadvertently participated in a hoax on the American people in preparing Powell's erroneous testimony before the United Nations Security Council.

Because Powell was seen as more moderate than most figures in the administration, he was spared many of the attacks that have been leveled at more controversial advocates of the invasion, such as Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz. At times, infighting among the Powell-led State Department, the Rumsfeld-led Defense Department, and Cheney's office had the effect of polarizing the administration on crucial issues, such as what actions to take regarding Iran and North Korea.

After Saddam Hussein had been deposed, Powell's new role was to once again establish a working international coalition, this time to assist in the rebuilding of post-war Iraq. On September 13, 2004, Powell testified before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, acknowledging that the sources who provided much of the information in his February 2003 UN presentation were "wrong" and that it was "unlikely" that any stockpiles of WMDs would be found. Claiming that he was unaware that some intelligence officials questioned the information prior to his presentation, Powell pushed for reform in the intelligence community, including the creation of a national intelligence director who would assure that "what one person knew, everyone else knew."

Additionally, Powell has been critical of other aspects of U.S. foreign policy in the past, such as its support for the 1973 Chilean coup d'état. From two separate interviews in 2003, Powell stated in one about the 1973 event "I can't justify or explain the actions and decisions that were made at that time. It was a different time. There was a great deal of concern about communism in this part of the world. Communism was a threat to the democracies in this part of the world. It was a threat to the United States." In another interview, however, he also simply stated "With respect to your earlier comment about Chile in the 1970s and what happened with Mr. Allende, it is not a part of American history that we're proud of."

Powell announced his resignation as Secretary of State on November 15, 2004. According to The Washington Post, he had been asked to resign by the president's chief of staff, Andrew Card. Powell announced that he would stay on until the end of Bush's first term or until his replacement's confirmation by Congress. The following day, Bush nominated National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice as Powell's successor. News of Powell's leaving the Administration spurred mixed reactions from politicians around the world — some upset at the loss of a statesman seen as a moderating factor within the Bush administration, but others hoping for Powell's successor to wield more influence within the cabinet.

In mid-November, Powell stated that he had seen new evidence suggesting that Iran was adapting missiles for a nuclear delivery system. The accusation came at the same time as the settlement of an agreement between Iran, the IAEA, and the European Union.

On December 31, 2004, Powell rang in the New Year by pressing a button in Times Square with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to initiate the ball drop and 60 second countdown, ushering in the year 2005. He appeared on the networks that were broadcasting New Year's Eve specials and talked about this honor, as well as being a native of New York City.

Life after diplomatic service

After retiring from the role of Secretary of State, Powell returned to private life. In April 2005, he was privately telephoned by Republican senators Lincoln Chafee and Chuck Hagel, at which time Powell expressed reservations and mixed reviews about the nomination of John R. Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations, but refrained from advising the senators to oppose Bolton (Powell had clashed with Bolton during Bush's first term). The decision was viewed as potentially dealing significant damage to Bolton's chances of confirmation. Bolton was put into the position via a recess appointment because of the strong opposition in the Senate.

On April 28, 2005, an opinion piece in The Guardian by Sidney Blumenthal (a former top aide to President Bill Clinton) claimed that Powell was in fact "conducting a campaign" against Bolton because of the acrimonious battles they had had while working together, which among other things had resulted in Powell cutting Bolton out of talks with Iran and Libya after complaints about Bolton's involvement from the British. Blumenthal added that "The foreign relations committee has discovered that Bolton made a highly unusual request and gained access to 10 intercepts by the National Security Agency. Staff members on the committee believe that Bolton was probably spying on Powell, his senior advisors and other officials reporting to him on diplomatic initiatives that Bolton opposed."

In July 2005, Powell joined Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, a well-known Silicon Valley venture capital firm, with the title of "strategic limited partner."

In September 2005, Powell criticized the response to Hurricane Katrina. Powell said that thousands of people were not properly protected, but because they were poor rather than because they were black.

On January 5, 2006, he participated in a meeting at the White House of former Secretaries of Defense and State to discuss United States foreign policy with Bush administration officials. In September 2006, Powell sided with more moderate Senate Republicans in supporting more rights for detainees and opposing President Bush's terrorism bill. He backed Senators John Warner, John McCain and Lindsey Graham in their statement that U.S. military and intelligence personnel in future wars will suffer for abuses committed in 2006 by the U.S. in the name of fighting terrorism. Powell stated that "The world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of [America's] fight against terrorism."

Also in 2006, Powell began appearing as a speaker at a series of motivational events called Get Motivated, along with former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. In his speeches for the tour, he openly criticized the Bush Administration on a number of issues. Powell has been the recipient of mild criticism for his role with Get Motivated which has been called a "get-rich-quick-without-much-effort, feel-good schemology."

In 2007 he joined the board of directors of Steve Case's new company Revolution Health. Powell also serves on the Council on Foreign Relations Board of directors.

Powell, in honor of Martin Luther King Day, dropped the ceremonial first puck at a New York Islanders ice hockey game at Nassau Coliseum on January 21, 2008. On November 11, 2008, Powell again dropped the puck in recognition of Military Appreciation Day and Veterans Day.

Recently, Powell has encouraged young people to continue to use new technologies to their advantage in the future. In a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies to a room of young professionals, he said, "That's your generation...a generation that is hard-wired digital, a generation that understands the power of the information revolution and how it is transforming the world. A generation that you represent, and you're coming together to share; to debate; to decide; to connect with each other." At this event, he encouraged the next generation to involve themselves politically on the upcoming Next America Project, which uses online debate to provide policy recommendations for the upcoming administration.

In 2008, Powell served as a spokesperson for National Mentoring Month, a campaign held each January to recruit volunteer mentors for at-risk youth.

Soon after Barack Obama's 2008 election, Powell began being mentioned as a possible cabinet member. He was not nominated.

In September 2009, Powell advised President Obama against surging US forces in Afghanistan. The president announced the surge the following December.

On March 14, 2014, Salesforce.com announced that Powell had joined its board of directors.

Political views

A liberal Republican, Powell is well known for his willingness to support liberal or centrist causes. He is pro-choice regarding abortion, and in favor of "reasonable" gun control. He stated in his autobiography that he supports affirmative action that levels the playing field, without giving a leg up to undeserving persons because of racial issues. Powell was also instrumental in the 1993 implementation of the military's don't ask, don't tell policy, though he later supported its repeal as proposed by Robert Gates and Admiral Mike Mullen in January 2010, saying "circumstances had changed."

The Vietnam War had a profound effect on Powell's views of the proper use of military force. These views are described in detail in the autobiography My American Journey. The Powell Doctrine, as the views became known, was a central component of U.S. policy in the Persian Gulf War (the first U.S. war in Iraq) and U.S. invasion of Afghanistan (the overthrow of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan following the September 11 attacks). The hallmark of both operations was strong international cooperation, and the use of overwhelming military force.

Powell was the subject of controversy in 2004 when, in a conversation with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, he reportedly referred to neoconservatives within the Bush administration as "fucking crazies." In addition to being reported in the press (although the expletive was generally censored in the U.S. press), the quotation was used by James Naughtie in his book, The Accidental American: Tony Blair and the Presidency, and by Chris Patten in his book, Cousins and Strangers: America, Britain, and Europe in a New Century.

In a September 2006 letter to Sen. John McCain, General Powell expressed opposition to President Bush's push for military tribunals of those formerly and currently classified as enemy combatants. Specifically, he objected to the effort in Congress to "redefine Common Article 3 of the Geneva Convention." He also asserted: "The world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism."

Powell endorsed President Obama in 2008 and again in 2012. When asked why he is still a Republican on Meet the Press he said, "I'm still a Republican. And I think the Republican Party needs me more than the Democratic Party needs me. And you can be a Republican and still feel strongly about issues such as immigration, and improving our education system, and doing something about some of the social problems that exist in our society and our country. I don't think there's anything inconsistent with this."

While Powell was wary of a military solution, he supported the decision to invade Iraq after the Bush administration concluded that diplomatic efforts had failed. After his departure from the State Department, Powell repeatedly emphasized his continued support for American involvement in the Iraq War.

At the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado, Powell revealed that he had spent two and a half hours explaining to President Bush "the consequences of going into an Arab country and becoming the occupiers." During this discussion, he insisted that the U.S. appeal to the United Nations first, but if diplomacy failed, he would support the invasion: "I also had to say to him that you are the President, you will have to make the ultimate judgment, and if the judgment is this isn't working and we don't think it is going to solve the problem, then if military action is undertaken I'm with you, I support you."

In a 2008 interview on CNN, Powell reiterated his support for the 2003 decision to invade Iraq in the context of his endorsement of Barack Obama, stating: "My role has been very, very straightforward. I wanted to avoid a war. The president [Bush] agreed with me. We tried to do that. We couldn't get it through the U.N. and when the president made the decision, I supported that decision. And I've never blinked from that. I've never said I didn't support a decision to go to war."

Powell's position on the Iraq War troop surge of 2007 has been less consistent. In December 2006, he expressed skepticism that the strategy would work and whether the U.S. military had enough troops to carry it out successfully. He stated: "I am not persuaded that another surge of troops into Baghdad for the purposes of suppressing this communitarian violence, this civil war, will work." Following his endorsement of Barack Obama in October 2008, however, Powell praised General David Petraeus and U.S. troops, as well as the Iraqi government, concluding that "it's starting to turn around." By mid-2009, he had concluded a surge of U.S. forces in Iraq should have come sooner, perhaps in late 2003. Throughout this period, Powell consistently argued that Iraqi political progress was essential, not just military force.

Powell donated the maximum allowable amount to John McCain's campaign in the summer of 2007 and in early 2008, his name was listed as a possible running mate for Republican nominee McCain's bid during the 2008 U.S. presidential election. However, on October 19, 2008, Powell announced his endorsement of Barack Obama during a Meet the Press interview, citing "his ability to inspire, because of the inclusive nature of his campaign, because he is reaching out all across America, because of who he is and his rhetorical abilities", in addition to his "style and substance." He additionally referred to Obama as a "transformational figure." Powell further questioned McCain's judgment in appointing Sarah Palin as the vice presidential candidate, stating that despite the fact that she is admired, "now that we have had a chance to watch her for some seven weeks, I don't believe she's ready to be president of the United States, which is the job of the vice president." He said that Obama's choice for vice-president, Joe Biden, was ready to be president. He also added that he was "troubled" by the "false intimations that Obama was Muslim." Powell stated that "[Obama] is a Christian—he's always been a Christian... But the really right answer is, what if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer's no, that's not America." Powell then mentioned Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan, a Muslim American soldier in the U.S. Army who served and died in the Iraq War. He later stated, "Over the last seven weeks, the approach of the Republican Party has become narrower and narrower [...] I look at these kind of approaches to the campaign, and they trouble me." Powell concluded his Sunday morning talk show comments, "It isn't easy for me to disappoint Sen. McCain in the way that I have this morning, and I regret that [...] I think we need a transformational figure. I think we need a president who is a generational change and that's why I'm supporting Barack Obama, not out of any lack of respect or admiration for Sen. John McCain." Later in a December 12, 2008, CNN interview with Fareed Zakaria, Powell reiterated his belief that during the last few months of the campaign, Palin pushed the Republican party further to the right and had a polarizing impact on it.

In a July 2009 CNN interview with John King, Powell expressed concern over President Obama growing the size of the federal government and the size of the federal budget deficit. In September 2010, he criticized the Obama administration for not focusing "like a razor blade" on the economy and job creation. Powell reiterated that Obama was a "transformational figure." In a video that aired on CNN.com in November 2011, Colin Powell said in reference to Barack Obama, "many of his decisions have been quite sound. The financial system was put back on a stable basis."

On October 25, 2012, 12 days before the presidential election, he gave his endorsement to President Obama for re-election during a broadcast of CBS This Morning. He cited success and forward progress in foreign and domestic policy arenas under the Obama Administration, and made the following statement: "I voted for him in 2008 and I plan to stick with him in 2012 and I'll be voting for he [sic] and for Vice President Joe Biden next month."

As additional reason for his endorsement, Powell cited the changing positions and perceived lack of thoughtfulness of Mitt Romney on foreign affairs, and a concern for the validity of Romney's economic plans.

In an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos during ABC's coverage of President Obama's second inauguration, Powell criticized members of the Republican Party who "demonize[d] the president." He called on GOP leaders to publicly denounce such talk.

Powell has been very vocal on the state of the Republican party. Speaking at a Washington Ideas forum in early October 2015, he warned the audience that the Republican party had begun a move to the fringe right, lessening the chances of a Republican White House in the future. He also remarked on Republican presidential contender Donald Trump's statements regarding immigrants, noting that there were many immigrants working in Trump hotels.

In March 2016, Powell denounced the "nastiness" of the 2016 Republican primaries during an interview on CBS This Morning. He compared the race to reality television, and stated that the campaign had gone "into the mud."

In August 2016, Powell accused the Clinton campaign of trying to pin Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's email controversy on him. Speaking to People magazine, Powell said, "The truth is, she was using [the private email server] for a year before I sent her a memo telling her what I did."

On September 13, 2016, emails were obtained that revealed Powell's private communications regarding both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Powell privately reiterated his comments regarding Clinton's email scandal, writing, "I have told Hillary's minions repeatedly that they are making a mistake trying to drag me in, yet they still try," and complaining that "Hillary's mafia keeps trying to suck me into it" in another email. In another email discussing Clinton's controversy, Powell noted that she should have told everyone what she did "two years ago", and said that she has not "been covering herself with glory." Writing on the 2012 Benghazi attack controversy surrounding Clinton, Powell said to then U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice, "Benghazi is a stupid witch hunt." Commenting on Clinton in a general sense, Powell mused that "Everything [Clinton] touches she kind of screws up with hubris", and in another email stated "I would rather not have to vote for her, although she is a friend I respect."

Powell referred to Donald Trump as a "national disgrace", with "no sense of shame." He wrote of Trump's role in the birther movement, which he referred to as "racist." Powell suggested that the media ignore Trump, saying, "To go on and call him an idiot just emboldens him." The emails were obtained by the media as the result of a hack.

Powell endorsed Clinton on October 25, 2016, stating it was "because I think she's qualified, and the other gentleman is not qualified."

Despite not running in the election, Powell received three electoral votes for president from faithless electors in Washington who had pledged to vote for Clinton, coming in third overall. After Barack Obama, Powell was only the second Black person to receive electoral votes in a presidential election. He was also the first Republican since 1984 to receive electoral votes from Washington in a presidential election, as well as the first Republican Black person to do so.

In an interview in October 2019, Powell warned that the GOP needed to “get a grip" and put the country before their party, standing up to President Trump rather than worrying about political fallout. “When they see things that are not right, they need to say something about it because our foreign policy is in shambles right now, in my humble judgment, and I see things happening that are hard to understand,” Powell said.

Personal life

Powell married Alma Johnson on August 25, 1962. Their son, Michael Powell, was the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 2001 to 2005. His daughters are Linda Powell, an actress, and Annemarie Powell. As a hobby, Powell restores old Volvo and Saab cars. In 2013, he faced questions about a relationship with a Romanian diplomat, after a hacked AOL email account had been made public. He acknowledged a "very personal" email relationship but denied further involvement.

Civilian awards and honors

Powell's civilian awards include two Presidential Medals of Freedom (the second with distinction), the President's Citizens Medal, the Congressional Gold Medal, the Secretary of State Distinguished Service Medal, the Secretary of Energy Distinguished Service Medal, and the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award. Several schools and other institutions have been named in his honor and he holds honorary degrees from universities and colleges across the country.

In 1988, Powell received the Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award.

In 1990, Powell received the U.S. Senator John Heinz Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards.

In 1991, Powell was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George H. W. Bush.

In 1991, Powell was awarded the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP.

In 1991, Powell was inducted into the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, which "honors the achievements of outstanding individuals in U.S. society who have succeeded in spite of adversity and of encouraging young people to pursue their dreams through higher education."

On April 23, 1991, Powell was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal "in recognition of his exemplary performance as a military leader and advisor to the President in planning and coordinating the military response of the United States to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the ultimate retreat and defeat of Iraqi forces and Iraqi acceptance of all United Nations Resolutions relating to Kuwait."

On September 30, 1993, Powell was awarded his second Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction by President Bill Clinton.

On November 9, 1993, Powell was awarded the second Ronald Reagan Freedom Award, by President Ronald Reagan. Powell served as Reagan's National Security Advisor from 1987–1989.

On December 15, 1993, Colin Powell was created an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

In 1998, he was awarded the prestigious Sylvanus Thayer Award by the United States Military Academy for his commitment to the ideals of "Duty, Honor, Country."

The 2002 Liberty Medal was awarded to Colin Powell on July 4 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In his acceptance speech, Powell reminded Americans that "It is for America, the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave, to help freedom ring across the globe, unto all the peoples thereof. That is our solemn obligation, and we will not fail."

The coat of arms of Colin Powell was granted by the Lord Lyon in Edinburgh on February 4, 2004. Technically the grant was to Powell's father (a British subject) to be passed on by descent. Scotland's King of Arms is traditionally responsible for granting arms to Commonwealth citizens of Scottish descent. Blazoned as

Azure, two swords in saltire points downwards between four mullets Argent, on a chief of the Second a lion passant Gules. On a wreath of the Liveries is set for Crest the head of an American bald-headed eagle erased Proper. And in an escrol over the same this motto, "DEVOTED TO PUBLIC SERVICE."

The swords and stars refer to the former general's career, as does the crest, which is the badge of the 101st Airborne (which he served as a brigade commander in the mid-1970s). The lion may be an allusion to Scotland. The shield can be shown surrounded by the insignia of an honorary Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath (KCB), an award the General received after the first Gulf War.

In 2005 Powell received the Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award for his contributions to Africa.

AARP honored Powell with the 2006 AARP Andrus Award, the Association's highest honor. This award, named in honor of AARP's founder, Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus, is presented biennially to distinguished individuals who have generated positive social change in the world, and whose work and achievements reflect AARP's vision of bringing lifetimes of experience and leadership to serve all generations.

In 2005 Colin and Alma Powell were awarded the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution.

Colin Powell was initiated as an honorary brother in Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Powell is a recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award, the highest adult award given by the Boy Scouts of America.

A street in Gelnhausen, Germany was named after him: "General-Colin-Powell-Straße."

In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Colin Powell on his list of 100 Greatest Blacks in America.

In 2009, an elementary school named for Colin Powell opened in El Paso. It is in the El Paso Independent School District, located on Fort Bliss property, and serves a portion of Fort Bliss. There is also a street in El Paso named for Powell, Colin Powell Drive.

Powell is an Honorary Board Member of the humanitarian organization Wings of Hope

Since 2006, he is the chairman of the Board of Trustees for Eisenhower Fellowships

In 2006, The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem awarded Colin Powell with the Truman Peace Prize for his efforts to conduct the "war against terrorism", through diplomatic as well as military means, and to avert regional and civil conflicts in many parts of the world.

In September 2012 Union City, New Jersey opened Colin Powell Elementary School, which was named after Powell, and dedicated the school on February 7, 2013, with governor Chris Christie in attendance. Powell himself visited the school on June 4, 2013.

In 2014, Colin Powell was named to the National Board of Advisors for High Point University.

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For absolutely no reason at all, other than that I enjoy gathering information and making lists, here are all of the characters in The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater, in order of appearance and/or first mention. (Page numbers based on the paperbacks for TRB, TDT, and TRK - but hardcover for BLLB)

Please feel free to let me know if I’ve missed anyone or made any errors. 

Blue Sargent - TRB page 1, first words

Maura Sargent - TRB page 1

Jimi (Sargent?) - TRB page 3

Orla (Sargent?) - TRB page 3

Neeve Mullen - TRB page 3 (last name not given until TRK page 247)

Persephone Poldma - TRB page 4 (last name not given until BLLB 385)

Calla Lily Johnson - TRB page 4 (middle and last names not given until TRB 130)

Richard “Dick” Campbell Gansey III - TRB page 13 as spirit “Gansey” / TRB 17 in the flesh as just “Gansey” / TRB 25 with full name and title 

Adam Parrish - TRB 17 (last name not given until TRB 20)

Ronan Lynch - TRB 17

Richard “Dick” Campbell Gansey II - TRB 17 mentioned only as Gansey’s father / TRB 44 as Dick Gansey II 

Declan Lynch - TRB 20

Ashley - TRB 20

Glendower first mention TRB 24 as “tomb’s royal occupant” / named as Owen Glendower and Owain Glyndwr - TRB 44-45 / as The Raven King - TRB 84

Dr. Roger Malory first mentioned TRB page 24 as “a very old British professor” / named on TRB 86

Barrington Whelk - TRB 25

Cialina - TRB 37

Niall Lynch first mentioned TRB 38 / named TRB 69

Noah Czerny as just Noah TRB 47 / as just Czerny TRB 53 / put together TRB - 277

Matthew Lynch first mentioned as “third brother” TRB 48 / named TRB 92

Jonah Milo - TRB 52

“the secretary” - TRB 55

Donny, one of Nino’s 15 managers (no one else named) - TRB 59

Artemus - first mention by Blue as just the father she knows nothing about TRB 59 / as “Butternut” and other nicknames TRB 324 / named TRB 376

Aurora Lynch - first mentioned TRB 70 / named TDT 3

Helen Gansey - TRB 71

Chainsaw first mentioned TRB 94 / named TRB 95

Robert Parrish - first mentioned TRB 109 / named TRB 136

Gansey’s mother (never given first name) - TRB 112

Joseph Kavinsky - TRB 113 (last name not given until TDT 25)

Adam’s mother (never given first name) - TRB 129

Trinity - BLLB 139

Unmaker’s first appearance through Neeve’s scrying TRB 168 / meet in the flesh first time BLLB 390 / named first time as Unmaker TRK 177

Mr. Pintner - TRB 290

Noah’s parents and sisters unnamed - TRB 406 / sister Adele named TRK 100

The Gray Man TDT 13 / as Mr. Gray TDT 108 / as Dean Allen TDT 373

Prokopenko - TDT 26

Shorty and Patty Wetzel - TDT 28

Dr. Colin Greenmantle - TDT 30 

Gray’s brother - TDT 31

Opal - first mention as “an often-present dream companion” TDT 37 / as Orphan Girl TDT 82 / as Opal TRK 437

unnamed waitress at diner - TDT 52

Mrs. Rameriz - TDT 63

Kavinksy’s mom (never given first name) - TDT 95

the night horrors - general introduction - TDT 128

men who break into Monmouth - TDT 183

Laumonier - first mention “he’s French” - TDT 185 / “one of the Laumonier’s” - TDT 332 / introduced as triplets finally - TRK 84

Morris from New Haven - TDT 213

Skov - TDT 217

List of Gansey family party guests that I won’t bother with here can be found on TDT 256

Gloria Elgin - TDT 261

Jiang - TDT 268

Swan - TDT 268

the priest and the 2 cats - Joan and Dymphna - TDT 290

Ms. Capeli - TDT 295

Margo the Gansey’s housekeeper and Delano their neighborhood gateman - TDT 303

woman who stopped to help Adam by side of the road - TDT 304

Foz, the Gansey’s family friend doctor - TDT 305-306

Aglionby’s president Bell - TDT 316

Mike, the boxing teacher - TDT 340

thugs at gas station with Gray - TDT 429

the Dog - BLLB 36-38

Ms. Shiflet - BLLB 57

Tad Carruthers - BLLB 79

Piper Greenmantle - BLLB 85

Charity and T.J. - BLLB 102

various neighbors of Jesse Dittley’s - BLLB 107-108

Boyd - BLLB 122

Henry Cheng - BLLB 150

Headmaster Child - first mentioned BLLB 154 / named TRK 20

Otho, Piper’s dog - BLLB 172

Gwenllian - first appears BLLB 218 / gives her name BLLB 230

ChengTwo - BLLB 288 / named as Henry Broadway TRK 137

Judge Harris and Bailiff Myley - BLLB 296-297

Morris and Beast - BLLB 342

Whitman - TRK 18

Engle - TRK 19

Holtzclaw - TRK 49

Stephen Lee - TRK 96

Mrs. Woo - TRK 136

Ryang - TRK 138

Koh - TRK 138

Logan Rutherford - TRK 139

Lee-Squared - TRK 153

SickSteve - TRK 153

Seondeok - TRK 197-198

Robobee - TRK 211

Henry’s dad (no first name given) - TRK 212

Burton and Cody - TRK 232

Murs and Adler - TRK 267

Gwenllian’s tree-light mother - TRK 286-287

Valquez, Mackey, Xi - TRK 397

Rodney - TRK 400

In Opal story: also mentioned: UPS man, woman who comes to Barns, cloudy lady on bench

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Hero:

A person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life.

The Medal of Honor Recipient Gary G. Wetzel:

After losing his arm with severe wounds to his right arm, chest, and left leg, Wetzel returned to his gun-well and took the enemy forces under fire. His machinegun was the only weapon placing effective fire on the enemy at that time saving numerous lives!

“Sp4c. Wetzel, 173d Assault Helicopter Company, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life. above and beyond the call of duty. Sp4c. Wetzel was serving as door gunner aboard a helicopter which was part of an insertion force trapped in a landing zone by intense and deadly hostile fire. Sp4c. Wetzel was going to the aid of his aircraft commander when he was blown into a rice paddy and critically wounded by 2 enemy rockets that exploded just inches from his location. Although bleeding profusely due to the loss of his left arm and severe wounds in his right arm, chest, and left leg, Sp4c. Wetzel staggered back to his original position in his gun-well and took the enemy forces under fire. His machinegun was the only weapon placing effective fire on the enemy at that time.

“Through a resolve that overcame the shock and intolerable pain of his injuries, Sp4c. Wetzel remained at his position until he had eliminated the automatic weapons emplacement that had been inflicting heavy casualties on the American troops and preventing them from moving against this strong enemy force. Refusing to attend his own extensive wounds, he attempted to return to the aid of his aircraft commander but passed out from loss of blood. Regaining consciousness, he persisted in his efforts to drag himself to the aid of his fellow crewman. After an agonizing effort, he came to the side of the crew chief who was attempting to drag the wounded aircraft commander to the safety of a nearby dike.

“Unswerving in his devotion to his fellow man, Sp4c. Wetzel assisted his crew chief even though he lost consciousness once again during this action. Sp4c. Wetzel displayed extraordinary heroism in his efforts to aid his fellow crewmen. His gallant actions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the U.S. Army and reflect great credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of his country.”

“After Wetzel and the other survivors were rescued the next morning, he spent a week on the critical list. His arm was amputated in a field hospital, but he had to undergo another surgery in a Tokyo hospital because of infection. After about five months in hospitals, Wetzel began to learn how to live a productive civilian life with a prosthetic arm. …

“When asked what the medal means to him, Wetzel replied, ‘When I was in the Tokyo hospital, where the doctors took out more than four hundred stitches, some of the guys I pulled out who were recovering from their wounds found out I was there. They would walk up to my bed and ask, “Are you Gary Wetzel?” And I’d say, “Yeah,” and they would pull out pictures of their wives, kids, or girlfriends and say, “Hey, man, because of you, this is what I’ve got to go back to.” And then Wetzel would reply, “I’m not Superman. I was just a guy doing his job.”‘

GARY GEORGE WETZEL

DETAILS

RANK: PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (RANK AT PRESENTATION: SPECIALIST FOURTH CLASS; HIGHEST RANK: SPECIALIST FOURTH CLASS)

CONFLICT/ERA: VIETNAM WAR

UNIT/COMMAND:

173D ASSAULT HELICOPTER COMPANY, 11TH COMBAT AVIATION BATTALION,

1ST AVIATION BRIGADE

The Giant Killer book, documentary & page honors these war heroes the book details the incredible life of the smallest soldier, Green Beret Captain Richard Flaherty along with the harrowing stories from the men of the 101st Airborne in Vietnam. The Giant Killer FB page honors these incredible war heroes making sure their stories of valor and sacrifice are never forgotten. God Bless our Vets! Available now on Amazon & Walmart.

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Grosshadern LMU Clinic Campus, Munich

Grosshadern LMU Clinic Campus, Munich, German Real Estate Architecture, Images

Grosshadern LMU Clinic Campus in Munich

17 Feb 2021

Grosshadern LMU Clinic Campus

Design: C.F. Møller Architects and HENN Location: Munich, Germany

C.F. Møller Architects and HENN win first prize for the new Grosshadern LMU Clinic Campus. The architects secured the unanimous vote of the jury for their design, thereby prevailing against 17 other planning teams. For the new campus they plan to transform the existing structures completely and create a green, connected and friendly environment for future-proof medical care, research and teaching.

“The jury’s unanimous decision for the team HENN | C.F. Møller Munich/Aarhus design means that it is undoubtedly worthy of the first prize. The design meets the high expectations in terms of functionality, section-by-section realisation, commercial viability and technical feasibility in full. The structure of the work is robust and spacious enough to allow future adjustments and development without the loss of the fundamental concept. Simultaneously, the design succeeds in terms of its external and internal structuring through the chosen colour and material concept in meeting the requirements of patients, visitors and staff for a comfortable and person-focused atmosphere within the hospital.” says Markus Hammes, BDA (Federation of German Architects) freelance architect and chairman of the jury.

The largest public construction project in Bavaria The Grosshadern Campus is part of the Ludwig Maximilian University clinic (LMU), one of the leading national and international medical sites. The new building comprises a total of six new clinical centres and is the largest public construction project in Bavaria since the hospital was built in the 1960s/70s. The current planning competition encompasses the first construction phase of the large-scale project, and involves the realisation of three centres, the cardiopulmonary vascular centre, the oncology centre and the new diagnostic centre, which will be built on an area totalling around 140,000 m². This initial construction stage will constitute around 60 percent of the total construction volume of the new hospital and will be financed by the State of Bavaria with around one billion euros. An abdominal, pelvic and transplant centre, a head centre and a musculoskeletal centre, as well as additional facilities for research, teaching and logistics will be built in subsequent construction stages.

“We are very proud to have been announced as the winning team and we are looking forward to continuing our work in collaboration with HENN and the rest of the team as well as LMU to realise a new building and a campus which meet the structural demands and requirements of a university hospital of the future and at the same time enhance the urban image based on Healing Architecture principles and by putting people in the centre, says Klavs Hyttel, architect and partner at C.F. Møller Architects.

Green spaces and high amenity quality While the primary focus is on medical excellence, the park forms the core element of the design, serving as a meeting place for visitors, patients, scientific staff and students. The intertwining of the park – the lung of the site – and the spine – the logistical heart of the hospital – is what makes this masterplan special. By greening the roof of the main axis and including numerous terraces, natural elements are systematically brought into the structural core of the hospital. The landscape concept is intended to promote atmospheric diversity as well as patient well-being and recovery. This idea is in line with a basic principle of contemporary healthcare architecture: the focus is on the human being.

A modular and permeable building ensemble on a human scale The existing buildings will be successively demolished after completion of the 1st construction phase and will make way for a coherent and accessible ensemble of buildings. A smaller-scale silhouette similar to that of surrounding buildings transforms the existing uniform “healthcare factory” so that it has a varied, urban and human appearance. The total volume of the new large structure is made up of modules which, despite a high degree of spatial efficiency, convey the image of an open, permeable development. The modular masterplan can be easily expanded as needed, ensuring a high degree of flexibility and sustainability for the campus. Inner courtyards and gardens allow for maximum daylight and very good ventilation, resulting in high amenity quality.

“The extremely cooperative collaboration between the offices of C.F. Møller and HENN, as well as the specialists from the various disciplines, makes this outstanding design for the creation of tomorrow’s medicine possible. The well thought-out structure represents flexibility and usage variance and promotes exchange and communication. In addition, the integration of nature as a healing element as well as ecological sustainability is of particular importance to us. The new approaches will have a noticeably positive impact on every patient’s stay and will raise the working conditions in nursing and research, and thus medical care, to a new level. We look forward to continuing the jointly developed ideas and concepts for shaping the university hospital of the future.” says Marcus Fissan, Partner at HENN.

A clear masterplan for a high-quality site The masterplan focuses on short distances, clear orientation and an attractive design. The new building for the LMU Klinikum at the Großhadern Campus will comprise a total of six new clinical centers. The oncology and the research/teaching building form the eastern and western endpoints of the spine, which is the main connecting element for all the medical centres. The generously-sized entrance area opens up perpendicularly to this main axis, giving expression to the new, high-quality site.

The new Campus Grosshadern is characterised by maximized amenity quality with accentuated green spaces and lighting, as well as short distances and a modular site-layout system that will allow the hospital to develop both sensibly and sustainably.

Grosshadern LMU Clinic Campus in Munich, Germany – Building Information

Design: C.F. Møller Architects and HENN

Competition: 1st Prize

Client: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst

Consultants HT Hospitaltechnik Planungsgesellschaft Klett Ingenieure Wetzel & von Seht HHP Nord/Ost Büro Heinekamp SINAI Gesellschaft von Landschaftsarchitekten Berlin

City: Münich

Area 140.000 m2 Gross floor area, Phase 1. 280.000 m2 Gross floor area, Phase 1-4.

HENN

C.F. Møller

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Location: Munich, Bavaria, Germany

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