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shewhoworshipscarlin · 9 months ago

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Jester Hairston

By Life Magazine via Google Images-Photographer Loomis Dean., Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28896923

Jester Joseph Hairston (July 9, 1901 – January 18, 2000) was an American composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor and actor. He was regarded as a leading expert on black spirituals and choral music. His notable compositions include "Amen," a gospel-tinged theme from the film Lilies of the Field and a 1964 hit for the Impressions, and the Christmas song "Mary's Boy Child."

Hairston was born in Belews Creek, a rural community on the border of Stokes, Forsyth, Rockingham and Guilford counties in North Carolina. His grandparents had been slaves. At an early age, he and his family moved to Homestead, Pennsylvania, just outside Pittsburgh, where he graduated from high school in 1921. Hairston was very young when his father was killed in a job-related accident. Hairston was raised by his grandmother while his mother worked. Hairston heard his grandmother and her friends talking and singing about plantation life and became determined to preserve this history through music.

Hairston initially majored in landscape architecture at Massachusetts Agricultural College in the 1920s. He became involved in various church choirs and choral groups, and accompanist Anna Laura Kidder saw his potential and became his benefactor. Kidder offered Hairston financial assistance to study music at Tufts University. from which he graduated in 1929. He was one of the first black students admitted to Tufts. Later he studied music at the Juilliard School.

Hairston pledged the Chi chapter of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity in 1925. He worked as a choir conductor in the early stages of his career. His work with choirs on Broadway eventually led to singing and acting parts in plays, films, radio programs and television shows.

Hairston sang with the Hall Johnson Choir in Harlem for a time but was nearly fired from the all-black choir because he had difficulty with the rural dialects that were used in some of the songs. He had to shed his Boston accent and relearn the country speech of his parents and grandparents. Johnson had told him: "We're singing ain't and cain't and you're singing shahn't and cahn't and they don't mix in a spiritual." The choir performed in many Broadway shows, including The Green Pastures. In 1936, the choir was asked to visit Hollywood to sing for the film The Green Pastures. Russian composer Dimitri Tiomkin heard Hairston and invited him to what would become a 30-year collaboration in which Hairston arranged and collected music for films. In 1939, Hairston married Margaret Swanigan. He wrote and arranged spirituals for Hollywood films as well as for high school and college choirs around the country.

Hairston wrote the song "Mary's Boy Child" in 1956. He also arranged the song "Amen", which he dubbed for the Sidney Poitier film Lilies of the Field, and arranged traditional Negro spirituals.[16] Most of Hairston's film work was in the field of composing, arranging and choral conducting. He also acted in more than 20 films, mostly in small roles, some uncredited. Hairston starred in John Wayne's The Alamo (1960), in which he portrayed "Jethro," a slave owned by Jim Bowie. In 1962’s To Kill a Mockingbird Hairston portrayed the uncredited role of the father of accused rapist Tom Robinson. In 1967’s In the Heat of the Night, Hairston portrayed the butler of a wealthy racist being investigated for murder. In both films, Hairston shot scenes along side men who won an Academy Award for Best Actor in those respective films for portraying white Southerners navigating their jobs through a racially divided culture.

In 1961, the U.S. State Department appointed Hairston as Goodwill Ambassador. He traveled all over the world teaching and performing the folk music of the slaves. In the 1960s, he held choral festivals with public high-school choirs, introducing them to Negro spiritual music, and sometimes led several hundred students in community performances. His banter about the history of the songs along with his engaging personality and sense of humor endeared him to many students.

During his nationwide travels, Hairston checked local phone books for other Hairstons and reunited many people on his family tree, both black and white. He composed more than 300 spirituals. He was the recipient of many honorary doctorates, including a doctorate from the University of Massachusetts in 1972 and a doctorate in music from Tufts in 1977.

In his later years, Hairston served as a cultural ambassador for American music, traveling to numerous countries with choral groups that he had assembled. In 1985, he took the Jester Hairston Chorale, a multiracial group, to sing in China at a time when foreign visitors would rarely appear there.

Hairston died in Los Angeles of natural causes in 2000 at age 98. For his contribution to the television industry, Hairston has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard. He is interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California.

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Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554)

Si vous suivez l’actualité des séries, vous aurez vu passer les news sur la série My Lady Jane, adaptation du roman éponyme de Jodi Meadows, Brodi Ashton et Cynthia Hand. Mais la vraie Jane Grey a eu un destin plus tragique : on ne l’appelle pas pour rien « La reine des neuf jours »

Ou celle qui n’a régné que neuf jours sur l’Angleterre.

Si je vous demande de me donner des noms de monarques sous la dynastie des Tudors, vous allez me dire Henry VIII et Elizabeth I. Les plus historiophiles me diront : Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VII, Mary I et Elizabeth I.

Vous en avez oublié un.

Vous avez oublié Lady Jane Grey.

Figure relativement connue en Angleterre, inconnue au bataillon en France, l’histoire de Jane est une véritable tragédie shakespearienne.

Jane est le premier enfant et la première fille de Henry Grey, Duc de Suffolk (1517-1554) et de Lady Frances Brandon (1517-1559).

Elle descend de la vieille noblesse anglaise par son père.

Sa mère, quant à elle, est la fille de Charles Brandon (C. 1484-1545) qui a été un ami proche d’Henry VIII (1491-1547) et de Marie Tudor (1496-1533), la sœur d’Henry, laquelle mériterait elle aussi son petit article.

Notre Jane est donc une petite-nièce du roi d’Angleterre et une cousine des futurs Edward VI, Mary I et Elizabeth I.

Elle naît vers 1537 à Bradgate, non loin de Leicester.

Jane s’avère être une enfant précoce, scolaire, qui aime les études. Elle est élevée dans la foi protestante. Vers ses 10 ans, elle est confiée à la reine Catherine Parr (1512-1548), la veuve d’Henry VIII, laquelle s’occupe déjà de l’éducation de sa belle fille, la future Elizabeth I (1533-1603), pour laquelle elle a une profonde affection.

L’enfance de Jane n’est guère heureuse : sa mère est une mère abusive et maltraitante. Elle l’insulte, la rabaisse, la frappe, pensant ainsi l’endurcir car sa fille, de nature timide et soumise, l’irrite. Ainsi, malgré ses capacités, la jeune fille se croit idiote et surtout indigne de ses parents, comme elle le confiera à Roger Ascham (1515-1568), le précepteur qu’elle partage avec Elizabeth :

« Quand je me trouve en présence de mon père ou de ma mère, si je parle, me tais, m’assois, suis debout, pars, mange, bois, me réjouis ou m’attriste, couds, joue, danse, fais n’importe quelle chose, il faut que je l’entreprenne comme si la tâche était d’une importance infinie et que je l’achève à la perfection avec laquelle Dieu a créé le monde ; sinon, ils me raillent sans merci, ils me menacent cruellement, parfois par la force… pour que je me croie être en enfer. »

Sous l’égide de Catherine Parr, Jane est plus heureuse et reçoit enfin l’affection dont elle a tant besoin.

Hélas, ces jours heureux ne durent pas et un an après son entrée dans la maison de Catherine, Jane doit lui dire adieu : en effet, la reine douairière, qui s’était remariée à Thomas Seymour, l’oncle d’Edward VII, meurt en mettant au monde son première enfant, une petite Mary, dont on perd la trace après sa deuxième année de vie. Agée de 11 ans, Jane sera le « chief mourner » lors des funérailles : c’est elle qui veillera le corps. Thomas, lui, sera arrêté et exécuté pour trahison.

Jane rentre donc à Bradgate pour y poursuivre sa vie.

On commence à envisager son mariage : Thomas Seymour, du temps où il vivait encore, avait suggéré qu’elle épouse son neveu ! Il semble l’avoir tenue en haute estime : lui proposer la main du roi, dire qu’elle pouvait rester chez lui après le décès de Catherine, ce qui a été annulé suite à son arrestation…

Jane, elle, aimerait bien épouser Edward Seymour (1539-1621), le neveu de Thomas, ce qui ne se fera pas et l’homme épousera, plus tard… Catherine, la plus jeune sœur de Jane !

Frances, la mère de Jane, décide de lui faire épouser Guilford Dudley (1535-1554), pour le plus grand effroi de sa fille qui déteste cette famille. Une bonne petite rouste et le mariage est célébré le 25 mai 1553.

Sinon, au gouvernement, on se pisse dessus : Edward, le jeune roi, est à l’agonie, rongé par la tuberculose. Il n’est pas marié, il n’a pas d’enfants et selon l’acte de succession instauré par son père, s’il meut sans héritier, la couronne revient à l’aîné de ses sœurs : Mary (1516-1558).

Le souci, c’est que Mary est… catholique !

Pour vous la faire courte parce que l’histoire religieuse sous Henry VIII est un bordel !

Quand Henry VIII accède au trône à 18 ans, l’Angleterre est catholique. Henry est pieux, il défend la foi chrétienne, il rédige des écrits contre l’hérésie, tant est si bien que le pape le considère comme défenseur de la Foi, ce qui est un titre qui pète sa mère quand vous êtes croyant.

Henry est marié à Catherine d’Aragon (1485-1536), la veuve de son frère Arthur, et contrairement à ce que l’on pourrait penser, Henry ne l’épouse pas tant pour conserver l’alliance entre son pays et les royaumes de Castille et d’Aragon mais parce qu’il est sincèrement amoureux ! Le problème, c’est que des six grossesses qu’ils ont, seuls deux enfants sont nés : le petit Henry, mort à 52 jours de vie et Mary.

Ce qui fait qu’Henry n’a pas d’héritier mâle alors qu’il est la deuxième génération des Tudor, son père ayant gagné la couronne lors de la guerre des Deux Roses qui a mis fin au conflit entre les Lancastre et les York. (Je vous la fais courte, ça aussi, c’est un bordel!). Ca la fout mal.

Selon la Bible, on n’a pas le droit d’épouser la veuve de son frère, sinon on est condamné à ne pas avoir d’enfants. Sauf si le mariage n’a pas été consommé : là, le frère doit prendre sa belle-sœur pour femme. Catherine soutient et soutiendra jusqu’à sa mort qu’elle est arrivée vierge dans les bras d’Henry.

Sauf que pour Henry, l’absence d’enfant, il la traduit par l’absence de fils vivant, surtout que la belle Anne Boleyn (c.1501-1536) commence à lui faire de l’oeil et contrairement à sa sœur Mary Boleyn (C.1499-1543) qui a été la maîtresse du roi, elle refuse de coucher avec lui et de n’être qu’une maîtresse. La bague au doigt sinon rien !

Henry cherche donc à faire annuler son mariage, le Pape refuse (il kiffe Catherine et il n’a pas envie de se mettre son neveu, Charles Quint (excusez du peu), à dos). Du coup, Henry dit au Pape d’aller se faire voir chez les grecs, il fonde sa propre église : l’Anglicanisme, qui est un mélange entre le catholiscime et le protestantisme, dit qu’il est le chef de l’Église dans son pays, il fait annuler son mariage, il épouse Anne qui lui donne Elisabeth, avant de la faire exécuter le 19 mai 1536 pour épouser, dix jours plus tard, Jane Seymour (c.1508-1537) qui lui donnera enfin le garçon tant espéré : Edward.

Sauf que pour annuler les mariages, il a fallu reconnaître qu’ils n’étaient pas légaux, donc dire que ses deux filles étaient des bâtardes.

Vers la fin de sa vie, en signe de réconciliation, Henry crée l’acte de succession, mettant ses filles dans la lignée, si et seulement si leur frère n’a pas d’héritier légitime.

Ca va, vous suivez toujours ?

Du coup, on est en juin 1553, Edward est en train de mourir, il n’a pas d’enfants et si Mary prend le trône, elle qui est une catholique convaincue, elle va tout faire pour remettre l’Angleterre dans le giron de Rome et forcément, le gouvernement ne veut pas ça.

Edward, élevé en protestant, malgré l’amour qu’il a pour sa sœur (et marraine!) ne le veut pas non plus.

Pensant donc protéger son pays, il décrète que c’est sa cousine Jane Grey qui est son héritière puisque ses deux sœurs, Mary et Elizabeth, sont des bâtardes.

Oui, encore une fois.

Le 06 juillet 1553, Edward meurt et le beau-père de Jane, John Dudley : le duc de Nothumberland, la proclame reine. Si Jane l’accepte, elle semble le faire avec énormément de réticence. Elle élit domicile à la Tour de Londres et refuse que l’on appelle son mari « le roi ». Il sera duc de Clarence, c’est déjà pas mal.

Evidemment, Mary n’accepte pas la situation, rallie rapidement ses partisans et aux côtés d’Elizabeth, elle marche sur Londres pour récupérer son trône.

Oui, on dirait un épisode d’House of the Dragon ou de Game of Thrones, c’est normal, George R.R Martin s’est énormément inspiré de cette période de l’Histoire pour écrire son banger qu’est « A Song of Ice and Fire », les livres qui ont crée cet univers.

Malgré ses tentatives, le duc de Nothumberland ne parvient pas à consolider le pouvoir de Jane et neuf jours après son accession au trône, la voilà déchue : les partisans de Mary ont réussi à la priver de ses droits le 19 juillet 1553, soit 9 jours après son arrivée sur le trône d’Angleterre puisqu’on ne lui a annoncé tout cela que le 10 juillet.

Mary est à Londres le 03 août et elle reprend sans efforts ce qu’elle considère être son droit.

Le 12 novembre 1553, un procès a lieu et Jane est reconnue coupable de haute trahison et condamnée à mourir « brûlée vive ou décapitée, selon le bon plaisir de la reine ». L’ambassadeur d’Espagne rapporte à Charles Quint, cousin de Mary, que sa vie devrait être épargnée. Jane écrit à Mary, s’excuse pour le mal qui lui a été causé, lui relate la vérité des événements. Dans cette lettre, elle se décrit comme une femme aimant son époux. D’ailleurs, Guilford, dans sa cellule, a gravé le prénom de Jane. Est-ce pour elle ou en hommage à sa mère, seul lui le savait.

A la surprise générale, Mary se montre étonnamment bienveillante : elle refuse de punir Jane ! Elle a bien compris que cette pauvre adolescente de 16 ans n’a été qu’un pion sur l’échiquier politique des plus grands. Si elle la garde enfermée, elle refuse de faire exécuter la jeune fille.

Hélas pour Jane, les conseillers de Mary la pressent : son choix est beau, il est noble mais Jane demeure, malgré elle, un point de ralliement pour les protestants. De plus, la rébellion de Sir Thomas Wyatt en 1554 précipite la fin de Jane : Thomas Wyatt voulait renverser Mary, catholique, pour mettre sa sœur Elizabeth sur le trône car protestante. Lors de son exécution, Wyatt démentira la participation de la princesse dans ce complot.

La mort dans l’âme, Mary doit se résoudre à signer les arrêts de mort de Jane et de Guilford.

Le 12 février 1554, Guilford est décapité à la hache. On dit qu’il a fait face à son destin avec courage. De sa fenêtre, Jane aurait murmuré : « Oh, Guilford, Guilford ! ».

Le même jour, Jane monte sur l’échafaud.

Mary demande à ce que l’exécution ait lieu à Tower Green, une pelouse de la Tour de Londres, loin des yeux curieux, afin qu’elle soit exécutée en petit comité, un honneur généralement réservé aux personnes de sang royal.

Jane prononce ces quelques mots :

« Gens de bien, je viens ici pour mourir, condamnée par la loi au même lot. L’acte contre la majesté était illégitime, comme ma participation : mais ce jour, pour autant que je l’aie désiré et en aie ambitionné l’achèvement, j’en lave les mains, devant Dieu et devant vous, bons chrétiens. »

Elle récite ensuite Miserere mei Deus (psaume 50) en anglais. John Feckenham, un chapelain catholique, lequel n’a pas pu la convertir à la foi de la reine, reste à ses côtés.

C’est elle qui s’agenouille, qui se bande les yeux mais alors qu’elle cherche, en vain, le billot du bout des doigts, elle panique : elle craint de mourir sans dignité et s’exclame « Que dois-je faire ? Où est-il ? ». Une âme charitable mène son bras et le bourreau l’exécute sans heurt.

Jane et Guilford reposent en paix, côte à côte, dans la chapelle de Saint Peter ad Vincula.

Le père de Jane, Henry, est exécuté onze jours plus tard, le 23 février 1554.

Frances, sa mère, vivra dans la pauvreté sous le règne de Mary. La reine se montre magnanime, même si elle reste méfiante, la laisse vivre à Richmond et engage à son service ses deux filles survivantes, Mary et Catherine, comme dames d’honneur.

Le père et les frères de Guilford demeureront emprisonnés mais Mary leur pardonnera. Robert, l’un des frères de Guilford, sera libéré et sera le grand ami (voire le grand amour) d’Elizabeth I.

Jane, quant à elle, survit dans les mémoires surtout grâce à la série My Lady Jane qui vient de sortir et avec le film Lady Jane de 1986 où son rôle est tenu par nulle autre qu’Helaena Boham Carter.

– Marina Ka-Fai

Si toi aussi tu veux en lire plus sur Jane, tu peux aller regarder ces sources :

Jane Grey : épisode de l’histoire d’Angleterre. Tome 1 d’Alphonse Brot

Nine Days Queen of England de Faith Cook

Lady Jane Grey : A Tudor Mystery d’ Eric Ives

Lady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen, d’Alison Plowden,

Sovereign Ladies : Sex, Sacrifice, and Power. The Six Reigning Queens of England de Maureen Waller, ;

Children of England: The Heirs of King Henry VIII d’Alison Weir

#femmeshistoriquesoubliees #histoiredangleterre #lady jane grey #reinedesneufjours #lestudors

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Eastbound On The Mountain por David Blazejewski Por Flickr: Just a wide angle take on this scene I also liked and decided to add to the album. Due to 7470 being down for maintenance this year's annual Mass Bay RRE's 'Steam In The Snow' charter on the Conway Scenic Railroad was instead billed as 'Covered Wagons In The Snow' and it did not disappoint. Having traveled as far as the Notchland Inn where four photo runbys were performed the two original Boston and Maine F7s (4266 and 4268) owned by the 470 Railroad Club are starting back east with the train. This route opened in 1875 as the Portland and Ogdensburg Railway and would remain an important through freight route for succesor Maine Central until 1983, known for most of its life as the Mountain Subdivision. Shuttered for a dozen years it was purchased by the State of New Hampshire from MEC Guilford Transportation in 1994 and revived by 1996 to become a wildly popular 25 mile extension of the little Conway Scenic. This shot is taken looking down off the US Route 302 overpass at about MP 76.3 which was was built by the state to eliminate a dangerous grade crossing. Ironically it was completed just months before the line was shuttered by Gullford when they pulled all freight traffic off the line in late 1983 never to return. As for the two classic EMDs, 4266 was built in Mar. 1949 and was acquired for preservation in 1981 off the Billerica deadline. Restored a couple years later, she has called North Conway home ever since and has been operational off and on for the past four decades. 4268 was built in Oct. 1949 and ran for the very first time in almost a half century in early 2022. I'm not sure when her last run was, but I can find no photos of her in service after about July 1974. She languished for a decade behind the Billerica shops after being stripped of all major components including prime mover, main generator and traction motors. In 1986 she finally left Billerica by truck after being acquired by George Feuderer who displayed her in a field in East Swanzey, NH until acquired by the 470 Club and trucked to North Conway in October of 1991. She received a cosmetic restoration in 1993 and had been prominently displayed at the Conway Scenic in the company of her operational sibling ever since. After years of planning, the club began restoration in earnest in 2018 with the full support of the railroad and its shop using ex New Hampshire Northcoast GP9 1751 (ex PRR) as a major parts donor for the four year long restoration project. Addendum: thanks to Carl Byron for supplying the fascinating historical information below that I'd never read about before. The 4268A was actually built in March, 1949 as Engineering Test Dept Locomotive #930. Used for high altitude component testing on the DRGW's Soldier Summit among other locations. It spent some of that summer masquerading as a CB&Q locomotive leading their passenger car display at the 1949 Chicago World's Fair. It was then was cleaned up, re-engined, and made into to a standard F7A and offered for sale at a "slightly used demo" price. The B&M bought it and it was renumbered and painted into the B&M livery and shipped east, so while the builders plate may well say 10/49 but it certainly had a prior interesting career. Notchland Town of Harts Location, New Hampshire Saturday January 7, 2023

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The story of Peter Wlasiuk is one that raises unsettling questions about the justice system, forensic science, and the concept of a fair trial. Convicted of his wife Patricia Wlasiuk’s death in 2002, Peter has faced three trials and remains incarcerated today, even though two of those convictions were overturned on appeal due to significant legal errors. New evidence and expert testimony now challenge the validity of his final conviction, prompting his family and advocates to demand a fresh look at the facts. Could this be a case of wrongful conviction? A Suspicious Death and the Road to Conviction In April 2002, Patricia Wlasiuk’s body was found in Guilford Lake after what initially appeared to be a tragic car accident. However, investigators quickly began to suspect foul play, accusing Peter of staging the accident to cover up a murder. Despite evidence suggesting an accidental drowning, Peter was charged with his wife’s murder, leading to a courtroom battle that has spanned more than a decade. The prosecution’s case hinged on circumstantial evidence and the testimony of experts who claimed that Peter staged the accident. But over time, details have emerged suggesting that the investigation may have been marred by tunnel vision, with authorities focusing solely on Peter as the culprit while disregarding other plausible explanations. Questionable Evidence and Flawed Forensics One of the cornerstones of Peter’s conviction was expert testimony alleging that Patricia was smothered rather than drowned. The prosecution presented this as a near certainty, yet a deeper look into the forensic analysis raises serious concerns. For instance, Dr. Cyril Wecht, a renowned forensic pathologist, reviewed the case and concluded that Patricia’s injuries were consistent with drowning and that there was no physical evidence of smothering. This conclusion directly challenges the prosecution’s narrative and casts doubt on the original autopsy findings. Additionally, experts highlighted the presence of burdock plants, which were found in Patricia’s hair, as crucial evidence. The prosecution argued that these plants proved Peter killed Patricia at their home before transporting her to the lake. Yet recent analyses indicate that burdocks indeed grow around Guilford Lake, directly contradicting the testimony presented in court. The Role of Cognitive Bias and Tunnel Vision Investigators in the Wlasiuk case may have suffered from cognitive bias, a phenomenon where early assumptions influence later findings. From the outset, authorities zeroed in on Peter as the primary suspect and built their case around proving his guilt rather than considering other possibilities, such as Patricia’s reported history of mental health struggles. Records that were never disclosed to the defense indicate that Patricia had previously exhibited signs of depression and suicidal thoughts, a factor that could have supported the defense’s theory of an accidental or self-inflicted drowning. Undisclosed Documents and Legal Missteps The prosecution’s handling of the Wlasiuk case was further complicated by alleged Brady violations, where potentially exculpatory evidence is withheld from the defense. Nearly 300 pages of documents, which included notes on Patricia’s mental health and law enforcement’s early doubts about the case, were reportedly not turned over before Peter’s trial. These documents, if presented to the jury, might have provided context that could sway their perception of the events that transpired on that fateful night. Three Trials, Yet Lingering Questions Peter Wlasiuk’s journey through the justice system has been fraught with inconsistencies. After his first two convictions were overturned due to legal errors, his third trial in 2012 resulted in another conviction. Yet the mounting evidence challenging the original findings leaves open the question of whether justice was truly served. From flawed forensics to cognitive bias and potential prosecutorial missteps, the case against Peter appears less concrete upon...

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Holidays 9.29

Holidays

Amaranth Day (French Republic)

Babi Bar Massacre Anniversary Day

Battle of Boquerón Anniversary Day (a.k.a. Victory of Boquerón Day; Paraguay)

Broadway Musicals Day

Day of Machine-Building Industry Workers (Russia)

Devil Spits Day (UK)

Diplomatic Service Employees Day (Tajikistan)

Free Web Search Day

Halsey 929 Day

Han’gawi (North Korea)

Happy Goose Day

Hidden Heroes Day (UK)

International Adhesive & Sealant Day

International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waster (UN)

Inventor's Day (Argentina)

Jitiya Parwa (Nepal)

Labor Day (Kazakhstan)

Leif Erickson Day

MAGS (Memphis Archeological and Geological Society) Day

Make a List of the Top 10 Happiest Days in Your Life Day

Maneki Neko Day (Japan)

Manit Day (Culture Day; Marshall Islands)

Mechanical Engineer’s Day

Mid-Autumn Festival (Taiwan)

Mutation Day (TMNT)

National Attend Your Grandchild's Birth Day

National Bot Restock Day

National Brave Day

National Carson Day

National Day of Accountability

National Day of Belongingness

National Oxygen Day

National Police Remembrance Day (Australia)

National Silent Movie Day

929 Day

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Quick Draw McGraw Day

Shakira Day

Sibling Support Day

Urban National Wildlife Refuge Day

VFW Day

World Daddy Lumba Day (Ghana)

World Day of Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia

World Heart Day

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Xenophobe Understanding Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Biscotti Day

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Budweiser National Happy Hour

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Happy Goose Day

Michaelmas [traditional start of Bavarian lager brewing season]

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National Dunkin’ Day

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National Starbucks Day

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Villa Alicia (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

5th & Last Sunday in September

Banned Book Week begins [Sunday of Last Week]

Clypping the Church Ceremony (Painswick, Gloucestershire, England) [Last Sunday]

Gold Star Mother's Day [Last Sunday]

International Day of the Deaf [Last Sunday]

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National Get Outside Day [Last Sunday]

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Priesthood Sunday [Last Sunday]

Russian Tiger Day [Last Sunday]

Seven For Sunday [Every Sunday]

Social Justice Sunday (Australia) [Last Sunday]

Souper Sunday [Last Sunday of Each Month]

Sultry Sunday [Last Sunday of Each Month]

Sundae Sunday [Every Sunday]

Sunday Funday [Every Sunday]

Tap-Up Day (Guilford, UK) [Sunday before Oct. 2]

World Day of Migrants & Refugees [Last Sunday]

World Day of Retinitis Pigmentosa [Last Sunday]

World Deaf Day [Last Sunday]

World Heart Day [Last Sunday]

World Rivers Day [Last Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning September 29 (Last Week of September)

National Chimney Safety Week (thru 10.5)

Restaurant Week (Westport-Weston, Connecticut) [thru 10.13]

Shetland Wool Week (thru 10.5)

Festivals Beginning September 29, 2024

Atlantic Antic Street Festival (Brooklyn, New York)

Ballinasloe Horse Fair & Festival (Ballinasloe, Ireland) [thru 10.6]

Fryeburg Fair (Fryeburg, Maine) [thru 10.6]

NBWA Convention & Product Showcase (San Diego, California) [thru 10.2]

Unsound (Krakow, Poland) [thru 10.6]

Vermont Pumpkin Chuckin' Festival (Stowe, Vermont)

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Carl Giles (Artology)

Colin Dexter (Writerism)

Confucius Day (Confucianism)

The Daily Double (Church of the SubGenius)

Day of Hestia Tamia (Pagan)

Double Entendre Day (Pastafarian)

Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel (Roman Catholic)

Festival of Tezcatzonctl (Chief Aztec God of Intoxication)

Fielding (Positivist; Saint)

François Boucher (Artology)

Gwynn ap Nudd’s Fest (Celtic God of the Underworld)

Ian Fairweather (Artology)

Luther D. Bradley (Artology)

Michael, Gabriel, Raphael (Christian; Angels)

Jacopo Robusti Tintoretto (Artology)

Michaelmas [traditional start of Bavarian lager brewing season]

Miguel de Cervantes (Writerism)

Quarter Day (England, Ireland & Wales) [3 of 4]

Rhipsime (Christian; Saint)

Rhipsime, Gaiana and Their Companions (Christian; Martyrs & Virgins)

Riding the Stang (Celtic Book of Days)

Stan Berenstain (Artology)

Tales of Kelp-Kori’s Second Visit Again (Shamanism)

Telly Monster (Muppetism)

Theodota (Christian; Martyr)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [53 of 71]

Premieres

Alice in Slumberland (Ub Iwerks Disney Cartoon; 1926)

All the World’s a Stage, by Rush (Live Album; 1976)

Baby Wants Spinach (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1950)

Best in Show (Film; 2000)

The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories, by Isaac Asimov (Short Stories; 1976)

Big Mouth (Animated TV Series; 2017)

Black Coffee in Bed, by Squeeze (Song; 1982)

Clarinet Quintet in A, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Quintet; 1789)

Core, by Stone Temple Pilots (Album; 1992)

The Creator (Film; 2023)

Death on the Nile (Film; 1978)

Deduce, You Say! (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)

Felicity (TV Series; 1998)

Hamlet (Film; 1948)

The Headless Horseman (ComiColor cartoon; 1934)

Inhumans (TV Series; 2017)

I Yam What I Yam (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1933)

MacGyver (TV Series; 1985)

Masters of Sex (TV Series; 2013)

Mickey Plays Papa (Disney Cartoon; 1934)

Moonlight and Valentino (Film; 1995)

Okie from Muskogee, by Merle Haggard (Song; 1969)

The Old Pioneer (Happy Harmonies MGM Cartoon; 1934)

Open Season (Animated Film; 2006)

Painted from Memory, by Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach (Album; 1998)

Permanent Wave (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)

The Prisoner (UK TV Series; 1967)

Remember the Titans (Film; 2000)

Sackett's Land, by Louis L'Amour (Novel; 1974)

Serenade in C (a.k.a. Ganz Kleine Nachtmusik), by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (String Trio; 2024)

Smells Like Teen Spirit, by Nirvana (Music Video; 1991)

A Spell for Chameleon, by Piers Anthony (Novel 1977) [Xanth #1]

A Star is Born (Musical Film; 1954)

The Stranger, by Billy Joel (Album; 1988)

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (WB Animated Film; 2009)

Tall in the Saddle (Film; 1944)

To Die For (Film; 1995)

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (Video Game; 1999)

Uptown Girl, by Billy Joel (Song; 1983)

Urban Hymns, by The Verve (Album; 1997)

Today’s Name Days

Gabriel, Gabriela, Michael, Michaela, Rafael, Rafaela (Austria)

Gabrijel, Mihael, Rafael (Croatia)

Michal (Czech Republic)

Michael (Denmark)

Mihkel, Miikael, Mikk, Miko, Miku (Estonia)

Miika, Miikka, Mika, Mikael, Mikaela, Mikko, Miko, Miska (Finland)

Gabriel, Michel, Raphaël (France)

Gabriel, Michael, Raphael (Germany)

Kyriakos (Greece)

Mihály (Hungary)

Gabriele, Michele, Nicolò, Raffaele (Italy)

Ivonna, Mihails, Miķelis, Mikus (Latvia)

Gabrielius, Michalina, Mykolas, Mykolė, Rapolas (Lithuania)

Mikael, Mikal, Mikkel (Norway)

Dadźbog, Franciszek, Michalina (Poland)

Chiriac (Romania)

Ludmila (Russia)

Michaela, Michal (Slovakia)

Gabriel, Miguel, Rafael (Spain)

Mikael, Mikaela (Sweden)

Teofan (Ukraine)

Carmichael, Mia, Micaela, Micah, Michael, Michaela, Micheal, Michele, Micheline, Michelle, Mickey, Miguel, Mikaela, Mikala, Mikayla, Mike, Mikel, Mitch, Mitchel, Mitchell (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 273 of 2024; 93 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of Week 39 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 1 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 27 (Bing-Shen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 26 Elul 5784

Islamic: 25 Rabi I 1446

J Cal: 3 Orange; Threesday [3 of 30]

Julian: 16 September 2024

Moon: 8%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 21 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Moliere]

Runic Half Month: Gyfu (Gift) [Day 8 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 8 of 90)

Week: Last Week of September/1st Week of October

Zodiac: Libra (Day 7 of 30)

Calendar Changes

Gort (Ivy) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 10 of 13]

#calendar #Holidays

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Holidays 9.29

Holidays

Amaranth Day (French Republic)

Babi Bar Massacre Anniversary Day

Battle of Boquerón Anniversary Day (a.k.a. Victory of Boquerón Day; Paraguay)

Broadway Musicals Day

Day of Machine-Building Industry Workers (Russia)

Devil Spits Day (UK)

Diplomatic Service Employees Day (Tajikistan)

Free Web Search Day

Halsey 929 Day

Han’gawi (North Korea)

Happy Goose Day

Hidden Heroes Day (UK)

International Adhesive & Sealant Day

International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waster (UN)

Inventor's Day (Argentina)

Jitiya Parwa (Nepal)

Labor Day (Kazakhstan)

Leif Erickson Day

MAGS (Memphis Archeological and Geological Society) Day

Make a List of the Top 10 Happiest Days in Your Life Day

Maneki Neko Day (Japan)

Manit Day (Culture Day; Marshall Islands)

Mechanical Engineer’s Day

Mid-Autumn Festival (Taiwan)

Mutation Day (TMNT)

National Attend Your Grandchild's Birth Day

National Bot Restock Day

National Brave Day

National Carson Day

National Day of Accountability

National Day of Belongingness

National Oxygen Day

National Police Remembrance Day (Australia)

National Silent Movie Day

929 Day

Otorhinolaryngologist Day (Russia)

Quick Draw McGraw Day

Shakira Day

Sibling Support Day

Urban National Wildlife Refuge Day

VFW Day

World Daddy Lumba Day (Ghana)

World Day of Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia

World Heart Day

World Retina Day

World Tacha Day (Nigeria)

Xenophobe Understanding Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Biscotti Day

Blackberries Day

Budweiser National Happy Hour

Coffee Day (Sweden)

Gnocchi Day (Argentina)

Happy Goose Day

Michaelmas [traditional start of Bavarian lager brewing season]

National Coffee Day (a.k.a. Coffee Lovers Day)

National Dunkin’ Day

National Mocha Day

National Poisoned Blackberries Day (Scotland)

National Starbucks Day

Swedish Fish Day

Independence & Related Days

Constitution Day (Brunei)

Villa Alicia (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

5th & Last Sunday in September

Banned Book Week begins [Sunday of Last Week]

Clypping the Church Ceremony (Painswick, Gloucestershire, England) [Last Sunday]

Gold Star Mother's Day [Last Sunday]

International Day of the Deaf [Last Sunday]

National Blood Donor Day (Kyrgyzstan) [Last Sunday]

National Get Outside Day [Last Sunday]

National Hereditary Breast & Ovarian Cancer Day [Last Sunday]

Police & Peace Officers’ National Memorial Day (Canada) [Last Sunday]

Priesthood Sunday [Last Sunday]

Russian Tiger Day [Last Sunday]

Seven For Sunday [Every Sunday]

Social Justice Sunday (Australia) [Last Sunday]

Souper Sunday [Last Sunday of Each Month]

Sultry Sunday [Last Sunday of Each Month]

Sundae Sunday [Every Sunday]

Sunday Funday [Every Sunday]

Tap-Up Day (Guilford, UK) [Sunday before Oct. 2]

World Day of Migrants & Refugees [Last Sunday]

World Day of Retinitis Pigmentosa [Last Sunday]

World Deaf Day [Last Sunday]

World Heart Day [Last Sunday]

World Rivers Day [Last Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning September 29 (Last Week of September)

National Chimney Safety Week (thru 10.5)

Restaurant Week (Westport-Weston, Connecticut) [thru 10.13]

Shetland Wool Week (thru 10.5)

Festivals Beginning September 29, 2024

Atlantic Antic Street Festival (Brooklyn, New York)

Ballinasloe Horse Fair & Festival (Ballinasloe, Ireland) [thru 10.6]

Fryeburg Fair (Fryeburg, Maine) [thru 10.6]

NBWA Convention & Product Showcase (San Diego, California) [thru 10.2]

Unsound (Krakow, Poland) [thru 10.6]

Vermont Pumpkin Chuckin' Festival (Stowe, Vermont)

Feast Days

All Angels’ Day (Christian)

Antoine Coysevox (Artology)

Arturo Lindsay (Artology)

Caravaggio (Artology)

Carl Giles (Artology)

Colin Dexter (Writerism)

Confucius Day (Confucianism)

The Daily Double (Church of the SubGenius)

Day of Hestia Tamia (Pagan)

Double Entendre Day (Pastafarian)

Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel (Roman Catholic)

Festival of Tezcatzonctl (Chief Aztec God of Intoxication)

Fielding (Positivist; Saint)

François Boucher (Artology)

Gwynn ap Nudd’s Fest (Celtic God of the Underworld)

Ian Fairweather (Artology)

Luther D. Bradley (Artology)

Michael, Gabriel, Raphael (Christian; Angels)

Jacopo Robusti Tintoretto (Artology)

Michaelmas [traditional start of Bavarian lager brewing season]

Miguel de Cervantes (Writerism)

Quarter Day (England, Ireland & Wales) [3 of 4]

Rhipsime (Christian; Saint)

Rhipsime, Gaiana and Their Companions (Christian; Martyrs & Virgins)

Riding the Stang (Celtic Book of Days)

Stan Berenstain (Artology)

Tales of Kelp-Kori’s Second Visit Again (Shamanism)

Telly Monster (Muppetism)

Theodota (Christian; Martyr)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [53 of 71]

Premieres

Alice in Slumberland (Ub Iwerks Disney Cartoon; 1926)

All the World’s a Stage, by Rush (Live Album; 1976)

Baby Wants Spinach (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1950)

Best in Show (Film; 2000)

The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories, by Isaac Asimov (Short Stories; 1976)

Big Mouth (Animated TV Series; 2017)

Black Coffee in Bed, by Squeeze (Song; 1982)

Clarinet Quintet in A, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Quintet; 1789)

Core, by Stone Temple Pilots (Album; 1992)

The Creator (Film; 2023)

Death on the Nile (Film; 1978)

Deduce, You Say! (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)

Felicity (TV Series; 1998)

Hamlet (Film; 1948)

The Headless Horseman (ComiColor cartoon; 1934)

Inhumans (TV Series; 2017)

I Yam What I Yam (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1933)

MacGyver (TV Series; 1985)

Masters of Sex (TV Series; 2013)

Mickey Plays Papa (Disney Cartoon; 1934)

Moonlight and Valentino (Film; 1995)

Okie from Muskogee, by Merle Haggard (Song; 1969)

The Old Pioneer (Happy Harmonies MGM Cartoon; 1934)

Open Season (Animated Film; 2006)

Painted from Memory, by Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach (Album; 1998)

Permanent Wave (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)

The Prisoner (UK TV Series; 1967)

Remember the Titans (Film; 2000)

Sackett's Land, by Louis L'Amour (Novel; 1974)

Serenade in C (a.k.a. Ganz Kleine Nachtmusik), by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (String Trio; 2024)

Smells Like Teen Spirit, by Nirvana (Music Video; 1991)

A Spell for Chameleon, by Piers Anthony (Novel 1977) [Xanth #1]

A Star is Born (Musical Film; 1954)

The Stranger, by Billy Joel (Album; 1988)

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (WB Animated Film; 2009)

Tall in the Saddle (Film; 1944)

To Die For (Film; 1995)

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (Video Game; 1999)

Uptown Girl, by Billy Joel (Song; 1983)

Urban Hymns, by The Verve (Album; 1997)

Today’s Name Days

Gabriel, Gabriela, Michael, Michaela, Rafael, Rafaela (Austria)

Gabrijel, Mihael, Rafael (Croatia)

Michal (Czech Republic)

Michael (Denmark)

Mihkel, Miikael, Mikk, Miko, Miku (Estonia)

Miika, Miikka, Mika, Mikael, Mikaela, Mikko, Miko, Miska (Finland)

Gabriel, Michel, Raphaël (France)

Gabriel, Michael, Raphael (Germany)

Kyriakos (Greece)

Mihály (Hungary)

Gabriele, Michele, Nicolò, Raffaele (Italy)

Ivonna, Mihails, Miķelis, Mikus (Latvia)

Gabrielius, Michalina, Mykolas, Mykolė, Rapolas (Lithuania)

Mikael, Mikal, Mikkel (Norway)

Dadźbog, Franciszek, Michalina (Poland)

Chiriac (Romania)

Ludmila (Russia)

Michaela, Michal (Slovakia)

Gabriel, Miguel, Rafael (Spain)

Mikael, Mikaela (Sweden)

Teofan (Ukraine)

Carmichael, Mia, Micaela, Micah, Michael, Michaela, Micheal, Michele, Micheline, Michelle, Mickey, Miguel, Mikaela, Mikala, Mikayla, Mike, Mikel, Mitch, Mitchel, Mitchell (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 273 of 2024; 93 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of Week 39 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 1 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 27 (Bing-Shen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 26 Elul 5784

Islamic: 25 Rabi I 1446

J Cal: 3 Orange; Threesday [3 of 30]

Julian: 16 September 2024

Moon: 8%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 21 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Moliere]

Runic Half Month: Gyfu (Gift) [Day 8 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 8 of 90)

Week: Last Week of September/1st Week of October

Zodiac: Libra (Day 7 of 30)

Calendar Changes

Gort (Ivy) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 10 of 13]

#Holidays

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historyhermann · 2 years ago

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Baltimore region needs transit not transit phobia

Southbound train at Lutherville station, August 2014, courtesy of Wikimedia

Note: Below is a recent letter I wrote, which was published in the Baltimore Sun, online and in print. It was also printed in my blog, History Hermann. The bolded phrase, which is bracketed in the text below, is one I should have added before sending in the piece, but did not realize the error until after the letter was published. Oops. Some phrasing and such was changed when it was finally published, as I originally called Sandra German, Mrs. German due to her marriage noted in the letter, but the Sun changed this to Ms. Since this was published it has been shared on Facebook and by those in the Baltimore Transit Equity Coalition, some of whom I have been communicating with. In sum, Baltimore is my city, so I can't just stay silent and I refuse to stay silent.

Recently, Greater Fern-Glen Community Association President Sandra German wrote a screed against the light rail ("Why Glen Burnie is opposed to light rail,” Aug. 2). As a user of the light rail and buses in the Baltimore area, Ms. German's commentary deeply concerns me. The public transit system in the Baltimore area shouldn't be cut back further, but rather should be expanded.

In 1965, as a recent article by D.W. Rowlands on the web site Greater Greater Washington noted ("Baltimore once had an elevated streetcar along Guilford Avenue," July 31), Baltimore received money from the federal government to study a regional rapid transit system. Three years later, the city released a report proposing a "71-mile system with six branches radiating from downtown." If the system had been built, Baltimore's subway system would be comparable to the Washington, D.C. Metro. In 1971, rather than approving a complete transit system, a 28-mile initial plan was proposed, consisting of two lines which would later become the Baltimore Metro subway route (opened in 1983) and light rail line (opened in 1992). Sadly, the southern branch of the subway was cut due to opposition from Anne Arundel County residents. In this sense, the commentary by Ms. German is in keeping with historical mores!

As for what Ms. German had to say, it is not fair to paint the light rail's users as a bunch of criminals. The majority of those who use the service are well-natured individuals going to and from their jobs, those going to sports games, tourists, or those going to the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, to name a few reasons. The point of a mass transit system is that everyone can use it, including some who are seen, rightly or wrongly, as unsavory types. [1]

The same applies to the bus system. Recently, Baltimore County Council members David Marks and Cathy Bevins have said that the bus service stop at The Avenue in White Marsh should be closed at 11 p.m. because of "large crowds of youth in the evening on the weekends," claiming the youth are disruptive, uncontrollable and harming their own safety, after a recent fight at the White Marsh Mall (“Baltimore County council members urge MTA to reduce bus service to White Marsh Mall area after fight,” Aug. 8). For those who use such mass transit, especially those who are transit-dependent, it is not right to stigmatize them because doing so makes it clear there is a "race issue" at play rather than a concern about public safety, despite what Ms. Bevins told The Sun.

Eliminating the Glen Burnie stop of the light rail [2] would be another blow at the inadequate public transit system of Baltimore. Apart from having a better-run light rail or a Red Line in Baltimore, which is advocated by many, including the Baltimore Transit Equity Coalition, there needs to be a full-throated mass transit system for Baltimore. Already, the SmarTrip Card is part of the WMATA system, so why not have a physical connection [other than the MARC train*] between Baltimore and D.C. by rail? Additionally, Annapolis should be connected to Baltimore, possibly by extending the light rail beyond Glen Burnie, in order to further tie the state together. Having a complete and working mass transit system for the Baltimore area, rather than one outranked by those of Miami, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Atlanta, San Francisco, D.C., Chicago, Boston, and New York, is vital.

It is time that Baltimore live up to its motto still inscribed on many city benches ("The Greatest City in America") by creating a world-class transit system, building upon the existing and inadequate transit system to make something that will benefit the people of the Baltimore area.

Burkely Hermann, Towson

Notes

[1] On ipetition is a petition (strongly pushed) to close the Cromwell and Ferndale Light Rail Stations started by none other than Ms. German. Currently 395 people have signed it. Some even say the Linthicum station should be closed too! Hilarously are the comments on the community association's Facebook page that it is "horribly unprofessional and clearly not in support of any type of "community"...this person clearly has no idea what they're talking about. Whoever is representing this association is the kind of person who ruins communities, not builds them up for the good of the people living there" and another saying "Horrible site run by a nasty racist woman. Not accurate about the area at all." There are some positive comments of course, but many negative ones. The organization, with the page run by Ms. German herself as it seems from some of the comments, takes a clear anti-immigrant stand, saying that "I think it's time to secure the boarders, build the wall, and make sure these kids are given back to their parents" and talking about the "illegals" (undocumented immigrants). They also oppose affordable housing, watches for what they see as crime (like this post), and praised those in the Sun who did not call her racist, reprinting her screed, which was also published in the Gazette in a shorter version. She is clearly preparing for some sort of fight, possibly even in court, apparently, angry at efforts to keep the light rail open, even threatening the Baltimore Sun with newspaper cancellations if her letter was published. She thanked the Maryland Gazette for covering a protest of the association opposing the light rail, which she claims is "unaccountable." I have a strong sense she supports the current U.S. president.

[2] Its officially called the "Glen Burnie (Cromwell)" stop of the Light Rail, or Cromwell Station. It is in Glen Burnie, despite one of the comments which said it isn't...

#baltimore #mass transit #transit phobia #wikimedia #immigration #hysteria #racism #baltimore sun

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awccaproject · 2 years ago

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Blogs and Social Media

@DylanMulvaney

Trans tiktok-er who became well known for documenting her experiences while transitioning

Initial series of “Day x of being a girl”. She documented every day for the first 100 days of her transition and continues to post about her experiences. She uses her platform to promote trans activism and recently had an interview with the president.

This is a useful resource to normalize trans women taking up prominence in the media. It is also important to pay attention to trans women discussing their sincere experiences of transitioning. If we offer more support to trans creators, mainstream media will have to change to maintain their audience.

@LaverneCox - State of Trans representation in Pop Culture

Outlines the presence of trans representation in pop culture

Highlights Laverne Cox’s presence in the Orange is the New Black as an openly trans character in the show.

This resource allows folks to learn about how important it is to have trans representation in the media but also the quality of art being produced

Nikita Dragun situation

Nikita Dragun is a trans influencer content creator, who became popular for her videos on youtube.

She was recently arrested in Florida for making a disturbance at a hotel and walking around naked. Nikita was detained in a men’s ward of the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami, Florida and stayed overnight. But later released on her own recognizance

This resource is crucial to see how trans women are treated within the criminal justice system. In states like Florida, it is evident that trans folks are still treated inhumanely and are not recognized as trans folks.

Victims or Villains: Examining Ten Years of Transgender Images on Television

A GLAAD review of its archive of transgender-inclusive television episodes over the past ten years for Transgender Awareness Week and the Transgender Day of Remembrance revealed that there is still a long way to go before transgender depictions of the community are fair and accurate.

Only 12% of 102 television episodes featuring transgender characters were considered groundbreaking, fair, and accurate, with 54% containing negative representations, 35% ranging from "problematic" to "good."

A useful resource because it shows the different ways transgendered-identied characters are villainized

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I feel like this post implies no other state owns their tracks...

GADOT owns about 10 percent of the rails in Georgia. The state separately owns the western and Atlantic Railroad, leased to CSX.

South Carolina... Exists I guess.

North Carolina owns the entirety of North Carolina Railroad Company which itself owns all of the tracks in the state.

Virginia owns some tracks it seems, but actively avoids ownership in so far as I can tell, little resources available

Same with Maryland and Pennsylvania.

The MTA and Amtrak own a fair portion of the tracks in New York (making it a fair candidate I suppose)

Connecticut is a mess, a mix between the state, the state DOT, Amtrak, Property management groups, heritage railroads, Conrail, Boston and Maine Railroad, NS, CSX, and others own the railroads. If you know American railroads, some of those may have been confusing. That's fine.

I'm not convinced Rhode Island exists

MBTA, Amtrak, Guilford/Pan Am (CSX), CSX, NS, and other freight railroad own railroads in Massachusetts.

So, of the 13 original stares of the union, two are nationalized.

Since New Jersey nationalized their rail tracks in 79, no state has nationalized their trains since, which state is most likely to do it next. Account for political will and skill when voting please

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Genna Raleigh’s Bio

Basics

Full Name: Genevieve Grace Raleigh

Nickname(s): Genna, Evie

Gender: Female

Pronouns: She/Her

Age: 11-18 (HPMA)

Date of Birth: October 8th 1996

Sexuality: Questioning

Species: Human

Blood Status: Muggle Born

Nationality: British

Ethnicity: British

Residence: Liverpool, England

Languages: English

Titles: N/A

Personality

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Good Traits: Energetic, Confident, Imaginative, Optimistic, Brave, Humorous, Loyal, Independent, Individualistic, and Adventerous

Neutral Traits: Questioning, Emotional, Outspoken, Dreamy, Competitive, Wild, Sociable, Fearless, Bold, and Proud

Bad Traits: Impulsive, Oblivious, Fierce, Rebellious, Mischievous, Ignorant, Impatient, Disruptive, Nosy, and Boastful

Likes: Dueling, Strawberries, Football, Magic

Dislikes: Math Class, Textbooks

Appearance

Hair Color: Strawberry Blonde

Eye Color: Green

Skin Tone: Fair

Height: 5’ 6”

Face Claim: Sophie Turner

Voice Claim: TBA

Wand

Wand Wood: Sycamore

Wand Core: Phoenix Feather

Wand Length: 11 1/4”

Wand Flexibility: Surprisingly Swishy

Magical Information

Boggart: TBA

Riddikulus: TBA

Mirror of Erised: Going on grand adventures throughout the wizarding world

Patronus: Wild Horse

Patronus Memory: Getting her Hogwarts Acceptance Letter

Magical Abilities: TBA

Favorite Spells: Incendio

Academics

Hogwarts House: Gryffindor

Best Subject: Defense Against the Dark Arts

Worst Subject: History of Magic

Favorite Teacher: Hagrid

Least Favorite Teacher:

Charms: Outstanding

Potions: Acceptable

Transfiguration: Exceeds Expectations

Care of Magical Creatures: Exceeds Expectations

Herbology: Acceptable

History of Magic: Acceptable

Defense Against the Dark Arts: Outstanding

Friends and Family

Loyalty: Raleigh Family, Durazzo Family, Hogwarts, and Gryffindor

Father: Andrew Raliegh

Mother: Eleanor (Mitchell) Raleigh

Aunts: Adeline (Raleigh) Dubois and Agatha (Raleigh) Forsyth

Uncles: Frank Payne*, Edwin Dubois and Matt Forsyth

Cousins: Madison Payne, Dorothy Forsyth, Liam Forsyth, Abigail Forsyth, David Dubois, Kayla Dubois and Jason Dubois

Paternal Grandparents: Richard Raliegh and Judith Guilford

Roommates: Ivy Warrington and Robyn Thistlethwaite

Other Friends: Daniel Page, Sandy Durazzo, Kevin Farrell and Lottie Turner

Rivals: Cassandra Vole

Enemies: NOTME

MC Friends: TBA

Pets: Iris (Owl)

Backstory

History: Genevieve ‘Genna’ Raleigh is the Muggle Born daughter of Andrew Raleigh and his wife, Eleanor. She was an energetic child with a wild imagination. Her parents would often never believe the stories she’d tell about the strange things that happened around her, that was until the letter came.

Other Information:

Helena’s niece, Sandy Durazzo, was the one who introduced Genna to collecting chocolate frog cards

The Raleigh Family is family friends with the Durazzo Family, the latter of which is the family of my HPHM MC, Helena Durazzo

She was fascinated by the portraits in the grand stair case when she first arrived to Hogwarts which helped start her friendship with Lottie Turner

#hpma #hpma mc #next generation #Genna Raleigh #magic awakened #Harry Potter Magic Awakened #character bio

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My definition of privilege is advantages afforded to a particular group of people. Privilege is not binary, you are not privileged or not. Privilege exists on a gradient, and factors such as sex, gender, sexual orientation, race, religion and many others determine the level of privilege afforded to you. Privilege is not fair, it is not something that you can achieve through a lifetime of hard work and dedication, you are born with it. It is important to recognize the privilege you have, in order to better understand and connect with people not afforded the privileges we possess.

To unpack my invisible backpack as discussed in the lecture, I am very privileged. I am a well educated, white, heterosexual, male, from a middle-class family, who speaks English. These are the obvious privileges afforded to me, but if you look more deeply I have many more privileges than this. I played many different sports, I was introduced to many outdoor activities and was encouraged to not get a “job” but to pursue a career I am passionate about. All of these were afforded to me because my family was financially stable, and I could afford to do so. If you were to think of someone who is privileged, I am the poster boy.

A quote from the reading that really spoke to me was “individuals born into privilege are not taught to recognize their own privileges, and, if acknowledged, they deny the resulting advantages” (Noel, 2000). This quote grabbed my attention because this is exactly how I reacted when we discussed privilege in my high school social equity class. I became frustrated because to me it felt like my teacher was saying that what I had achieved was not due to my work ethic, but rather all the privileges I was afforded. It took me a while to realize that’s not what is being said. Acknowledging your privileges does not mean devaluing your accomplishments, but rather acknowledging the struggles others face.

I think privilege effects every occupation, and nature interpretation is no exception. Becoming a nature interpreter requires a lot of knowledge and skills. A lot of these begin to form at an early age, while being introduced to nature. That in itself is a privilege as not everyone is able to do so. Activities in nature are expensive, be that money or time. Even something as simple as a walk through a public forest, you may need a vehicle to get there, or time off work to go. Not everyone is afforded these privileges. Another way privilege impacts peoples access to nature interpretation is through technology. Technology plays such a crucial role in all areas of life, nature interpretation included. If you want to identify a plant, there’s an app for that, want to learn what bird made that call, there’s an app for that. Not everyone has equal access to technology or access at all. We need to ensure we acknowledge our own privileges and recognize the advantages they grant us. This is the first step in creating the change we want to see.

Noel, J. (2000). Notable selections in multicultural education. Guilford, CT: Dushkin/McGraw-Hill

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babyboybowen · 3 years ago

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Guilford fair! We met up with Bowen’s friends from school and their parents. Had such a fun time! We did a solid 4 hours - he ate great fair food and went on lots of rides. His favorite ride was the motorcycle ride but he also loved the Ferris wheel! Kind of impressed he did so many rides and was so fearless! Wyatt was a trooper too / I wore him in his carrier and he was a champ!

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mary-tudor · 4 years ago

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Selected documented sources concerning Henry VII, King of England (1485-1509), part II: the battle of Bosworth(²).

(a) Continuation of the Crowland Chronicle.

“With Henry Tudor and his men advancing towards him, King Richard felt it necessary “to move the army, though its numbers were not yet fully made up, from Nottingham, and to come to Leicester.

Here was found ready to fight for the king a greater number of soldiers than had ever been seen before in England assembled on one side. On the Sunday before the feast of Bartholomew the Apostle, the king proceeded on his way, amid the greatest pomp, and wearing the crown on his head; being attended by John Howard, duke of Norfolk, and Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland, and other mighty lords, knights and esquires, together with a countless multitude of the common people.

On leaving Leicester, he was informed by scouts where the enemy most probably intended to spend the next night; upon which, he encamped near the abbey of Merevale, at a distance of about eight miles from town.

‘The chief men of the opposing army were: in the first place, Henry, earl of Richmond, whom they called their King Henry VII; John Vere, earl of Oxford; John, Lord Welles, of Welles, uncle to Henry VII; Thomas, Lord Stanley and William his brother; Edward Woodville, brother of Queen Elizabeth, a most valiant knight; John Cheney, John Savage, Robert Willoughby, William Berkeley, James Blount, Thomas Arundel, Richard Edgecombe, Edward Poynings, Richard Guilford, and many others who had been raised to knighthood, both before the present troubles and at the beginning of this campaign. Of churchmen present as counsellors, who likewise had suffered exile, there were the venerable father, Peter, bishop of Exeter, the flower of the knighthood of his country, Master Robert Morton, clerk of the roll of the chancery, Christopher Urswick, and Richard Fox, who were subsequently appointed almoner and secretary, respectively, together with many others.

‘At day-break on Monday morning there were no chaplains on King Richard’s side ready to celebrate mass, nor any breakfast prepared to restore his flagging spirits. For he had seen dreadful visions in the night, in which he was surrounded by a multitude of demons, as he himself testified in the morning.

He consequently presented a countenance which, always drawn, was on this occasion more livid and ghastly than ususal, and asserted that the issue of this day’s battle, to whichever side the victory was granted, would be the utter destruction of the kingdom of England.

He declared that it was his intention, if he proved the victor, to crush all the traitors on the opposing side; and at the same time he predicted that his adversary would do the same to the supporters of his party, if victory should fall to him.

At length with the enemy commander and his soldiers approaching at a fair pace, the king ordered that Lord Strange should be instantly beheaded. The persons to whom this duty was entrusted, however, seeing that the issue was doubtful in the extreme, and that a matter of more weight than the destruction of one man was in hand, deferred performance of the king’s cruel order, left the man to his own disposal and returned to the thickest of the fight.

‘A most fierce battle thus began between the two sides. The earl of Richmond with his men proceeded directly against King Richard. For his part, the earl of Oxford, the next in rank in the army and a most valiant soldier, drew up his forces, consisting of a large body of French and English troops, opposite the wing in which the duke of Norfolk had taken up his position.

In the place where the earl of Northumberland was posted, with a large company of reasonably good men, no engagement could be discerned, and no battle blows given or received. In the end a glorious victory was given by heaven to the earl of Richmond, now sole king, along with a most precious crown, which King Richard had previously worn on his head.

For in the thick of the fight, and not in the act of flight, King Richard fell in the field, struck by many mortal wounds, as a bold and most valiant p rince. Then the duke of Norfolk, Sir Richard Radcliffe, Sir Robert Brackenbury, keeper of the Tower of London, John Kendal, secretary, Sir Robert Percy, controller of the king’s household, Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers, and many others were slain in this fierce battle, and many, especially northerners, in whom the king so greatly trusted, took flight without engaging; and there was left no part of the opposing army of sufficient significance or substance for the glorious victor Henry VII to engage, and so add to his experience in battle.

‘Thus through this battle peace was obtained for the whole of the realm. King Richard’s body was found among the other slain. * * * Many other insults were heaped on it, and not very humanely, a halter was thrown around the neck, and it was carried to Leicester.

The new king, graced with the crown he won with such distinction, proceeded to the same place. Meanwhile, many nobles and others were taken into captivity, most notably, Henry, earl of Northumberland, and Thomas Howard, earl of Surrey, first-born of the deceased duke of Norfolk.

There was also taken prisoner William Catesby, who was pre-eminent among all the counsellors of the late king, and whose head was cut off at Leicester, as a last reward for his excellent service. Also, two yeomen from the West Country, named Bracher, who fell into the hands of the victors, were hanged.

Moreover, there has been no word, nor has it been written or remembered, that any other persons, after the end of the fighting, were dealt with in this fashion, but that, on the contrary, the new prince showed mercy to all.

He began to receive the praises of all, as if he were an angel sent from heaven, through whom God had deigned to visit His people, and to deliver them from the evils with which it had been previously and immoderately afflicted.

‘And thus concluding this history … (we) have brought the narrative down to this battle, which was fought near Merevale, and which took place on 22 August, 1485″

(b) A Castilian Report.

“Entering England by way of Wales, and conquering all before him, Henry Tudor ‘crossed as far as a town called Coventry, near which King Richard stood in the field with as many as 70,000 combatants. But … previous to his entry into England, he had the assurance that my Lord “Tamerlant”, one of the principal nobles of England, and sundry other leading men, who had given him their oath and seals, would give him assistance when they came to battle and would fight against King Richard, and so they did.

Though his people came with faint heart, as not knowing the secret but fully aware of the multitude of King Richard’s army, he greatly heartened them to come to the battlefield.

‘When King Richard was certified of the near approach of Earl Henry in battle array, he ordered his lines and entrusted the van to his grand chamberlain with 7,000 fighting men. My Lord “Tamerlant” with King Richard’s left wing left his position and passed in front of the king’s vanguard with 10,000 men, then, turning his back on Earl Henry, he began to fight fiercely against the king’s van, and so did all the others who had plighted their faith to Earl Henry.

Now when Salazar, your little vassal, who was there in King Richard’s service, saw the treason of the king’s people, he went up to him and said: “Sire, take steps to put your pers on in safety, without expecting to have the victory in today’s battle, owing to the manifest treason in your following”.

But the king replied: “Salazar, God forbid I yield one step. This day I will die as king or win”. Then he placed over his head-armour the crown royal, which they declare be worth 120,000 crowns, and having donned his coat-of-arms began to fight with much vigour, putting heart into those that remained loyal, so that by his sole effort he upheld the battle for a long time.

But in the end the king’s army was beaten and he himself was killed, and in this battle above 10,000 are said to have perished, on both sides. Salazar fought bravely, but for all this was able to escape. There died most of those who loyally served the king, and there was lost all the king’s treasure, which he brought with him into the field.

After winning this victory Earl Henry was at once acclaimed king by all parties. He ordered the dead king to be placed in a little hermitage near the place of battle, and had him covered from the waist downward with a black rag of poor quality, ordering him to be exposed there for three days to the universal gaze.’

“After gaining military assistance from the king of France, Henry Tudor lands in Wales, with the earl of Oxford and Lord Chandée as his commanders. King Richard reacts furiously, ordering his retainers to destroy the rebels with fire and sword. He summons the armed might of the kingdom, but Lord Stanley and his kinsmen go over to the pretender. On the battle itself, André simply notes:

‘I have learned somewhat of this battle from oral sources, but in this matter the eye is a more reliable witness than the ear. Rather than affirm anything rashly, therefore, I pass over the date, place and order of battle, for as I have said I lack the illumination of eye-witnesses. Until I am more fully instructed, for this field of battle, I shall leave blank a space as broad * * * * *’

He then records the celebrations and speech of thanksgiving, noting the presence among the victorious troops of his clerical colleagues the bishop of Winchester, the bishop of St. Asaph and the dean of Windsor, namely Richard Fox, Michael Deacon and Christopher Urswick. More gaps are left for details of the burial of Richard III and the names of the captives. Saturday is given as the day of the battle.”

Link: http://www.r3.org/richard-iii/the-battle-of-bosworth/bosworth-contemporary-tudor-accounts/

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