#john cabot university

[marcogiovenale]

today, october 24th, palestinian artist ameera kawash @ john cabot university: can a.i. truly be decolonized?

oggi, 24 ottobre, h 18:30, alla John Cabot University – Rome: intervento di Ameera Kawash,  artista palestinese attualmente di stanza a Londra. Ameera si occupa di come i crimini contro l’umanità commessi ogni giorno contro i palestinesi vengano riprodotti anche a livello digitale. Il ‘futuricidio’ in corso in Palestina viene perpetrato anche dalle ‘fantomatiche’ I.A. I dettagli dell’evento si…

[unofficialchronicle]

John Cabot University based in Trastevere, Rome.

Link: https://www.johncabot.edu/

[libraryofcirclaria]

1231

Library of Circlaria

Cabotton University Timeline

Westerhill Mines

In 1204, construction was completed for an airstrip near the Westerhill Mines and workers' town in order to facilitate the importation of new workers. This airstrip would become Gentry County Airfield in the years to come.

Starting between 1205 and 1206, however, a boom in ebony mining from nearby Ebony Valley lowered ebony prices. Dave Morriston, the owner of Westerhill Mines, committed to preserving Westerhill profit margins by freezing pay raises as well as forcing workers to work longer hours for the same pay. In 1211, the mine workers, led by Merlin Kent Ogden, united and carried out a strike. Not wishing to negotiate, Dave Morriston resigned from his position and was replaced by George Cabot, a close in-law and family friend to Ogden. Thus, negotiations succeeded in improving pay, hours, and working conditions for the miners. Furthermore, housing in the town was refurbished to facilitate middle-class living standards; and Ogden was rewarded for his efforts with an especially large residence that would become the address: 124 West Mason Street.

In 1217, the dominance of Ebony Valley over the industry forced the Westerhill Mines to close. This led the economy in the former miners' town to shift to that of trading shops, predominantly those of the spellcrafter trade. While this provided stability, Combrian leadership in Hasphitat desired for more of a purpose to be served by this town. They were soon approached by Robert Barrington, who proposed to purchase the preserved lands owned by the Emoran Heritage Foundation and build a special academy to provide a second chance to those Combrians who failed out of the Combrian education system.

Combrian law required all Combrian citizens to attend school through the level of a University bachelor degree. Any person in the University system receiving failing grades would be expelled from said University system and made to take a civil service job with the option of going through military service first in order to be considered for better promotions and pay raises. The issue here was that beginning around the 1210s and 1220s, a growing number of Combrian citizens believed this doctrine to be unfair and furthermore believed that Combrian students should be given second chances.

And thus Barrington rose to the occasion by proposing a new alternative curriculum vested in the construction of the Westerhill Institute of Academic Rehabilitation.

Westerhill Institute for Academic Rehabilitation

A few groups of collective youth working as spellcrafter traders in the former miner town attempted to speak on behalf of the Emorans against the idea of converting the preserved consecrated land to the miner town's immediate South into property developed for this new Institute. However, the Combrian government utterly ignored them and approved Barrington's proposal. Construction began in 1228 and would be completed in the spring of 1231.

The Westerhill Institute of Academic Rehabilitation was "simple-oriented" in its structure, consisting of a vast grid of criss-crossing sidewalks over vast lawns. In each corner square, and in the center square, stood a large structure with a square base. Each structure had a center pillar-wing of rooms, and a pillar-wing in each of its five corners. And each structure was five floors tall. These structures were the Five Schools of the Institute, with the one in the Northwest Corner named the William Peck School of Grammar, the one in the Northeast Corner named the John Arthur School of Science and Spellfire, the one in the Southeast Corner named the John Cracker School of Mathematics, the one in the Southwest Corner named the Michael Kelvin School of History and Law, and the one in the Center Square named the Mack Schrader School of Citizenship. Each School consisted of classrooms on its First Floor and student dormitories on the remaining Floors. The overall design of the Schools and the grounds was designed to be cut-and-dry, as well as large and intimidating in order to incentivize student focus and discipline.

Every student enrolled in the Westerhill Institute was subject to the same basic curriculum: to present what one did to cause academic failure, to receive feedback from the assigned Schoolmaster (mostly shaming), and to complete an assignment schedule given by the said Schoolmaster, with said schedule involving "fundamentals" courses on the affected subject, courses that imposed intense lecture-and-drill. The assignment schedule also required each student to complete a sophisticated project which also involved writing long essays explaining how the student thought to complete each step. This would also be subject to harsh feedback from the Schoolmaster.

Robert Barrington served as the Headmaster of Westerhill Institute from 2 through 23 May 1231, after which he resigned and was replaced by Arnold Stone.

John Fleming, University Establishment

John Fleming was born in December 1208 and grew up in Bridgetown in the District of Ereautea, and pursued a career agenda to become a trade accountant. In 1227, Fleming graduated high school with good grades and enrolled in the local branch of the University of Ereautea. Fleming completed his college freshman year in 1228 with academic distinction, and was recommended to enroll into Bridgetown College, a school independent of the University system and reserved for honors students. Fleming excelled in Bridgetown College for his sophomore year, at the end of which he was accepted into their Upper Division program and assigned a field internship for his junior year. However, Fleming had a political falling-out with one of his peers during this internship, and was made to look as if he was academically incompetent. Fleming as a result was expelled from Bridgetown College and would later have his re-application rejected by the University of Ereautea.

Fleming would work a year as a groundskeeper for the Bridge but then accepted an opportunity he received by letter to enroll in the Westerhill Institute.

Martin Cross was born in 1211, and grew up in Jestopole, where he would pursue a career agenda to be a contract scriptfire planecrafter for the Edoran Kingdom. Cross graduated high school in 1229 and, like Fleming, did so with good grades. That year, Cross enrolled in the University of Combria where he, like Fleming, passed with distinction and was moreover recommended for Upper Division that same school year. For his sophomore year, Cross was tasked with completing a dymensional plane project and presenting it as a proposition to enter the Terredon Royal College in the neighboring Kingdom of the Great North. The project involved creating an imitation of the land and territory of the Duchy of Daylram set in the tenth century. And though it was deemed impressive by Cross' peers, it was utterly rejected by the Royal College, who wrote a scathing complaint to the University of Combria on this. Though the University of Combria did not discipline him over the complaint, Cross had a mental break from the outcome and largely stopped attending classes. The University of Combria would expel him for his resulting attendance issues.

Cross then received a letter to enroll in the Westerhill Institute.

Thomas Snow was born in 1212 and grew up in Ebony Valley in the District of Ereautea to pursue a career as an engineer in ebony and related hardware construction. Like Cross and Fleming, Snow graduated high school in 1230 with good grades, but decided to work one year for one of the Ebony Valley construction companies. In the summer of 1230, before he started his job, Snow trained for and attained his Spellcaster License, an achievement which he made known to his co-workers later that year. This led to abrasion with some of them, including the high manager's son, who set him up to take on an assignment that appeared to simply involve surveying territory to the immediate Northwest for ebony deposits. This turned out to be a set-up, a discovery that Snow and his fellow surveyors only made when they, during the trip out into the wilderness, encountered dangerous wysps kept and then released by the manager's son. One of Snow's surveying crew people ran off and went missing, while Snow saved the other two, discharging spells and killing two wysps in the process. They and the person that ran off were rescued, but the incident did not pass without consequence for Snow. He would later be charged with endangerment for not realizing the area surveyed was prone to wysps, and also be penalized for the killing of the wysps themselves as they were considered by the Remikran Union to be an endangered species. Snow had a lawyer who managed to reduce the sentence for the incident to simply a fine, but this would also result in academic implications later on.

Snow received good grades during his freshman year, 1230-31. However, the University of Ereautea received documentation regarding the wysp incident and the legal proceedings. Though they did not consider this a criminal disqualification, the University leadership cited Snow's apparent lack of knowledge for biology and geography to be grounds for requiring a "remedial exam" in those subjects. Though Snow knew the material, the wording of this exam led him to failing it. Snow was then made to reconsider his career path through an "aptitude exam." And while this exam was open-ended, it was possible for a student to fail it if they did not demonstrate measurable strength for any particular career path. Like the first exam, the wording of this second exam led Snow to receiving a failing score; and so as a consequence, Snow was destined to be expelled from the University system.

Westerhill Institute enrollment was selective in nature and was done by invitation. However, Snow, in the course of working in the ebony mining industry, had befriended Merlin Kent Ogden, who worked closely with the Institute and leveraged them into enrolling Snow.

And so in the summer of 1231, John Fleming, Martin Cross, and Thomas Snow became acquainted with one another.

Such a mutual acquaintance began with Cross and Snow, who were assigned roommates and were quarreling with one another over menial logistical matters. Fleming overheard the arguments and summoned Cross and Snow to his room, where the three of them shared their backgrounds and their common hatred toward the oppressive Combrian education system. Fleming was inspired by Cross' dymensional plane project and suggested that he and Snow build one here at Westerhill. Cross initially dismissed the idea as unfeasible, but Snow voiced disagreement, stating that Merlin Kent Ogden had the hardware and venue to build such an apparatus. Cross surrendered to the idea; and several days later, they met with Ogden, who agreed to the arrangement.

On 13 June 1231, Arnold Stone arrived at the Westerhill Institute to start his tenure as the new Headmaster. The next evening, he was visited by Cross and Snow, who were sent to him by the Master of the Kelvin School for poor academic performance; both students had failed an exam due to not being able to form words for answers quickly enough due to lack of sleep. Upon further investigation, Stone learned that the two students had stayed up late into the night working on the dymensional plane with Merlin Kent Ogden. In response, Stone asked to travel to 124 West Mason Street to see this dymensional plane project.

On 19 June, Stone made the visit to the venue, where instead of moving to shut down the project, Stone was impressed with it and requested to have it moved to the Library located in the Mack Schrader School. The next day, this move was made. And on 21 June, Cross and Snow presented this dymensional plane to the other Westerhill students, who took great interest. The following day, Headmaster Stone made an announcement to all Westerhill students and faculty that this dymensional plane project, now known as simply the Project, would serve as a central part of a new curriculum. Stone furthermore declared that all students and faculty would be termed equally as "Scholars" and that faculty were required to pose research questions and provide resourceful information. Stone also banned the oppressive grading system for academic performance and declared the Library open to all Scholars.

However, George Kormell, Master of the Mack Schrader School, reported Stone to the Combria Department of Education for "significant and detrimental educational curriculum deviations." The Education Department accepted the request to press this charge, and subsequently sent a letter to Stone on 13 September, dismissing him from the Headmaster position. Kormell was assigned as the next Headmaster, prompting waves of protests from the students.

As the new Headmaster, on 17 September 1231, Kormell announced his intent to re-instill the old lecture-and-drill curriculum. However, the students staged a mass-walkout and began forming human chains around each of the Five Schools, chanting "Bring back Stone!"

On 18 September, protests escalated, as students began throwing rocks and destroying property. The Masters of the John Arthur, Michael Kelvin, and William Peck Schools resigned, as Headmaster Kormell called in martial law, who, on that day, shot dead John Fleming during a heated confrontation in front of the Mack Schrader School.

This further enraged the student protestors, who, that evening, stormed the Schools under the Masters who resigned. They overtook the John Arthur School and renamed it the House of Thomas Adams, one of their still-living protest leaders. They also seized the Michael Kelvin School, renaming it the House of Alexander Norris, and the William Peck School, renaming it the House of James Randall.

On 19 September, the student protestors were joined by the former-miner town shopkeepers and the former-miners, both of whom held sympathy for the students and a common hatred toward the old Combrian system. The protestors that day stormed the John Cracker School and beat its Master to death; they would later rename this building the House of Karl Deering. In response, Kormell barricaded himself in his Office and refused calls to leave, and on 21 September, called in more reinforcements. This was countered with even more protestors, consisting of students and a growing number of allies. On 22 September, Kormell sent a ticker-text message to the Combrian government for a significant boost in money and resources to deal with this crisis, to which the government responded with a promise to do so.

Nevertheless, gridlock continued between both sides of the crisis, until 2 October, when Kormell was approached by George Cabot with a proposition to purchase the Institute as private property for a large sum of money. Kormell relented and signed a joint proposition with Cabot for approval from the Combrian government on this. The Combrian government approved the transaction, and, on 12 October, sent Kormell a letter granting him an honorable dismissal from the Headmaster position and a rewarding retirement.

George Cabot, on 13 October, transferred ownership of the Institute to Arnold Stone, who waived ownership to the Scholars. That day, they voted to rename the Institute to Cabotton University and also to rename Mack Schrader School as John Fleming House. On 2 November, the Cabotton University student body voted in a University Constitution, which mandated the University to be run democratically according to its administrative structure, as cited in a corresponding blog entry. And on 6 June 1232, Cabotton University began classes with its first Summer Semester.

Cabotton University would then begin its first official school year with a Fall Semester commencing on 2 September 1232.

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[richwall101]

Bristol City Centre and Harbour

Bristol is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in South West England. The wider Bristol Built-up Areais the eleventh most populous urban area in the United Kingdom.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel Built the first Iron Clad steam ship here in the city docks "The Great Britain" the largest passenger ship in the world from 1845 - 1854 The Ship is now restored as a museum in its original build dock in the City. Brunel also engineered The Great Western Railway from London To Bristol and South Wales, He also built the famous Clifton Suspension Bridge that spans the Avon Gorge at Clifton in Bristol.

A major port, Bristol was a starting place for early voyages of exploration to the New World. On a ship "The Mathew" out of Bristol in 1497, John Cabot, a Venetian, became the first European to land on mainland North America, and In 1499, William Weston, a Bristol merchant, was the first Englishman to lead an exploration to North America. At the height of the Bristol slave trade, from 1700 to 1807, more than 2,000 slave ships carried an estimated 500,000 people from Africa to slavery in the Americas. The Port of Bristol has since moved from Bristol Harbour in the city centre to the Severn Estuary at Avonmouth and Royal Portbury Dock.

Bristol's modern economy is built on the creative media, electronics and aerospace industries; the city-centre docks have been redeveloped as centres of heritage and culture. The city has two universities: the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol). There are a variety of artistic and sporting organisations and venues including the Royal West of England Academy, the Arnolfini, Spike Island, Ashton Gate and the Memorial Stadium. It is connected to London and other major UK cities by road and rail, and to the world by sea and air: road, by the M5 and M4(which connect to the city centre by the Portway and M32); rail, via Bristol Temple Meads and Bristol Parkway mainline rail stations; and Bristol Airport. Bristol has two football teams Bristol City & Bristol Rovers. A major new Entertainment venue is now under construction at Filton (north of the city) The YTL Arena will open in 2024

Bristol was named the best city in Britain in which to live in 2014 and 2017; it won the European Green Capital Award in 2015.

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (12-18 Feb 2023)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

😊 "List of People Who Disappeared Mysteriously at Sea" (Jen Myers) - nicely eerie short story

😊 In The Market For Murder (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #2) (T.E. Kinsey, author; Elizabeth Knowelden, narrator) - again, I'm a fan of the breezy 'not-super-serious-about-historical-accuracy-in-the-small-details' tone; I really like that Flo & Lady H have this backstory/history that we only find small bits about here and there

😍 Same As It Ever Was (QuokkaFoxtrot) - 62K, Steddie - EXCELLENT time-loop fixit AU

🥰 Cabin Pressure - Series 1: Abu Dhabi to Fitton (John Finnemore, author; Stephanie Cole/Roger Allam/Benedict Cumberbatch/John Finnemore, voice cast) - entertained again by the crew of MJN Airlines

😍 Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Steve a Match (BlueSimplicity) - 209K, shrunkyclunks - omegaverse (but fairly nontrad, no mpreg) - the slow burn tag is not inappropriate but also it kind of doesn't FEEL that slow! deep worldbuilding, excellent epistolary component, incredible OC's, the differences/subversions of trad omegaverse tropes gave me clowfish AU vibes, which I loved

😍 Will Wonders Never Cease (PorcupineGirl) - 56K, zimbits AU, You've Got Mail/She Loves Me fusion - magic's real, Bitty's a tech witch with a very cute familiar - read this in one sitting and my face hurt when I was done from smiling so much

🥰 Luke and Billy Finally Get a Clue (Cat Sebastian) - novella, set in 1953; to paraphrase the official description: two best friend pro ball players finally figure their shit out, featuring: inclement weather, only one (real) bed and some hurt/comfort. Technically this is set in the Cabot Universe but there are zero Cabots in this one. Cat continues to score home runs on vibes alone. I love her books so, so much!

💖💖 +189K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

I Want You to Find Me (PorcupineGirl) - Check Please!: zimbits, 23K - canon-divergent AU where Bitty's a camboy that catches Jack's attention (while also still being his former teammate and all)

Ruin me (rainbow_nerds) - Stranger Things: steddie, 11K - absolutely cannot get enough of a reunion/2nd chance fic!!!!! fluffy AF!

Critical Feline Mass (Kryptaria, zooeyscigar) - MCU: stucky, 39K - no-powers AU where they're both retired military, Steve rents an apt to a still-struggling-to-reintegrate Bucky & sparks (and feelings) fly. also there are a lot of adorable kittens.

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Tom Scott & Gavin Free - "We tried the Hot Ones sauces. It was painful."

Queer Historical Romance panel with KJ Charles, AL Lester & Lex Croucher presented by The Portal Bookshop

Poker Face - s1, e5-7

Our Flag Means Death - s1, e8-10

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

⭐ Vibe Check - NFL = National Fenty League

Digital Folklore - Monsters and Mental Healthcare - Vivian Asimos & Kathleen Hale

The Sporkful - Alan And Arlene Alda Bonded Over A Fallen Rum Cake

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Henry Miller Memorial Library

You Must Remember This - 1984: "Vioporn," Body Double and Crimes of Passion (Erotic 80s Part 7)

Switched on Pop - “Flowers” and the art of the response song

Digital Folklore - Hidden Meanings (Haunted Videogames, ARGs, & Folk Groups)

Strange Customs - Katie Lowes and Adam Shapiro—The Rock

It's Been a Minute - Unlocking desire through smut; plus, the gospel of bell hooks

⭐ Vibe Check - There’s Dog Years, and Then There’s Queer Years

ICYMI Plus - The Internet’s Black Emo Renaissance

99% Invisible #525 - The Chinatown Punk Wars

⭐ Fated Mates - S05.22: Trailblazer K.J. Charles

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Pushkin’s Duel

Welcome to Night Vale #222 - Makarov the Magical

Shedunnit - Bonus: Tana French on Josephine Tey

Fated Mates - S05.14: Band Sinister by KJ Charles

Writing Excuses - 18.07: Deep Dive into THE SPARE MAN

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Cactoblastis Memorial Cairn

Writing Excuses - 18.05: An Interview with Mary Robinette Kowal

Ologies - Melaninology (SKIN/HAIR PIGMENT) with Tina Lasisi

You Must Remember This - 1985: Fear Sex. Jagged Edge & AIDS (Erotic 80s Part 8)

Endless Thread - The Journeys of Two Russian Anti-War YouTubers

Strong Songs - From Bach to Miles Davis, with Emily Reese

You're Dead To Me - Early Medieval Papacy

It's Been a Minute - Kelela's guide for breaking up with men

Dear Prudence - My Partner Might Be in Conversion Therapy. Help!

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Rihanna

The Celtic Spirit

my 'Thumbs Up' playlist

Tropical Dance Pop

Hi-Scores

[fuzzydreamin]

Random Headcanons for: Deacon

🕶 Big reader, and he isn't picky about what he reads. From old Live & Love mags to old world classics. He tries to read more scientific stuff sometimes, but he only gets about half of it. Really likes philosophical stuff.

🕶 He's perused the Bible a few times and knows a lot about several religions, but is agnostic himself. He likes what religion can tell him about people. He's that person who is really knowledgable about the subject but will never follow it himself.

🕶 On that note; cult and magic stuff freaks the everloving fuck out of him. Cabot house, psykers, aliens? Nuh uh. Ug-Qualtoth? I think the fuck not. If he's ever seen the Mysterious Stranger, no he hasn't.

🕶 Main pronouns are primarily he and they but you can use literally anything for him. She, xe, bun, it's all good.

🕶 In the time between killing his old gang and being recruited he got pretty heavily into chems and alcohol to drown his emotions. He got lowkey addicted and was rarely fully sober. He really didn't want to be sober.

🕶 John D. is/was Deacon, but it’s still not his real name. His first compulsive lie was telling his Railroad recruiter that his name was ‘John Doe’. He'd already been lying since Barb died (before that if you count him never sharing his past with her), but they had all been concious choices up until then. This one just slipped out without him even thinking about it when they asked what his name was and he barely stopped himself from facepalming for how bad it was. Obviously the recruiter caught that it wasn’t his real name, but they laughed it off and let it be.

🕶 His recruiter helped him break off his chem and alcohol abuse, and taught him a lot of what he knows about being a spy. They also betrayed the Railroad and got a lot of good people killed. They're the main reason he goes so hard on his 'you can't trust everyone' thing with Sole. Because betrayal really can come from the person closest to you.

🕶 One of the worst companions in a fight, bar Curie and Piper. He's competent, but really prefers avoiding them, and it's certainly helped him live this long. He's an information gatherer, not a heavy. He uses a sniper rifle because it keeps him out of the fray, not for any remarkable talent with it. Will resort to using pistols and knives but honestly if he's that close in a fight his main goal is to pop a stealth boy and get the hell out.

🕶 The University Point Deathclaws were directly related to the larger L&L gang, as a smaller, localized, subsection.

🕶 Grew up without parents, they either died or left him behind when he was really young, and was community raised. He doesn't remember them. The lack of them definitely played a part in him joining a gang, since the older gang members within his community took their place as role models and influencers. Also the synth driven paranoia he witnessed amongst pretty much every member of his community.

🕶 Facial reconstruction isn't the magical tool we can use it as in-game, realistically it has limits. Deacon can't change his natural hair colour or make big changes to his body type (height, bone structure, etc). Eye colour changes are possible but harder and risker. That in mind, Deacon doesn't change his eyes because he can't risk going blind and not being able to do his work, but also because his eyes were Barbara's favourite feature about him.

NSFW

🕶 Has bush. The man doesn't bother to dye his damn eyebrows to match his wigs, he isn't bothering to shave any body hair that he doesn't intend to show off.

🕶 His reluctance towards relationships is not because he's ace (he's demi) or that he's still mourning Barbara (he is, he always will), but because he doesnt even know who he is anymore. Because hes been playing roles for so long. He's also super anxious about trusting anyone to be that close to him, even just physically, since he's had to be hyper vigilant for so long to stay safe. He's simply not able to allow himself to act on feelings or get into a relationship until after the Institute is dealt with and synths are safe and he's had time to figure out who he is after it all.

🕶 So with that in mind, if he trusted someone enough to get in bed: To start with he would need absolute control, but not necessarily in a dom/bdsm way, though that would help. Generally he'd need to be sure he was in charge the whole time and the other person didn't do anything without his say so or without prior warning. Like if you move your arm more than a fraction without warning or permission it might throw him off enough to stop. He'd also prefer not being watched if he isn't in a disguise, so doggy style, bent over a desk or whatever, or something similar is best. He'd get better about it all with time. Both sex and romance will be a slow journey of healing and self (re)discovery.

🕶 110% into roleplay. That's where he's comfortable, being anyone but himself. Would be a big factor in his healing, since he could come out of his shell and be more and more his true self over time without having to jump in all the way. He can just play with his masks to his comfort, being more or less transparent as he feels is needed.

🕶 Gender fuckery. Will crossdress, wear lingerie, feminize/masculate himself or his partner, it's all free game for him as long as they're into it.

[kremvhstooth]

The Sole Survivor (68443 words) by Hamburger_time Chapters: 24/40 Fandom: Fallout 4 Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con Relationships: Deacon/Robert Joseph MacCready, Robert Joseph MacCready/Male Sole Survivor Characters: Deacon (Fallout), Robert Joseph MacCready, Preston Garvey, Sturges (Fallout), Cait (Fallout), Piper Wright, Dogmeat (Fallout), Codsworth (Fallout), Jun Long, Curie (Fallout), Father | Shaun (Fallout), X6-88, Desdemona (Fallout), Tinker Tom (Fallout), Drummer Boy (Fallout), Doctor Carrington (Fallout), Mama Murphy (Fallout), John Hancock (Fallout), Glory (Fallout), Lucy MacCready, Duncan MacCready, Synth Shaun (Fallout), Sole Survivor (Fallout), Jack Cabot, Doctor Amari (Fallout), Lorenzo Cabot Additional Tags: Dubious Consent, Mental Health Issues, Nightmares, Grief/Mourning, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Unrequited Love, Obsession, Obsessive Behavior, Possessive Behavior, Stalking, Supernatural Elements, Depression, Suicidal Thoughts, Suicide Attempt, Commonwealth Minutemen (Fallout 4), The Railroad (Fallout), Railroad Ending (Fallout 4), companion takes on the main quest, The Institute (Fallout), Ensemble Cast, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Unhealthy Relationships, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Smoking, Chem Use (Fallout), Hurt/Comfort, Heavy Angst, Canon-Typical Violence, Survivor Guilt, Glory Lives, Chekhov's Gun, Manic Episode, The Sight, Body Horror, Dogmeat is the very best friend, also maybe not exactly a dog, Horror Summary:

An unexpected tragedy tests MacCready's mettle and sanity. Nate has helped him more than anyone ever has and MacCready does not leave a debt unpaid.

New chapter! Finally.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

A Timeworn Scroll Reveals King Henry VII’s Interests in New World Colonization

By Ashley Cowie, 6 October 2018

Rolled up parchment with information of payment to William Weston from Henry VII. (Source: The National Archives, UK)

In AD 1499, England launched its very first English-led expedition to "Terra Nova” (New World) and now researchers studying a 16th century scroll have found King Henry VII awarded William Weston, one the explorers, with a handsome paycheck.

While the payment of 30 British pounds sterling could hardly be called a king’s ransom, at that time, this was a considerable sum of money; equivalent of a laborers salary for six years, said researchers in a their paper, which was published online on October 2 in the  journal Historical Research.

The information was discovered on a huge parchment dating back more than 500 years and ultraviolet light was required to reveal the hidden text said study co-researcher Evan Jones, a senior lecturer in economic and social history at the University of Bristol in a report in Live Science .

Early Transatlantic Rumors

In 2009, the University of Bristol published Jones paper titled The lost voyage: First English-led expedition to North America in which a “long lost letter” written by King Henry VII was addressed to Weston as he “was preparing for an expedition to the new found land.”

The king was excited and in support of Weston because in AD 1497 and 1498, the Venetian explorer John Cabot had successfully sailed the Atlantic having set off from the southern English port of Bristol. But it seems Weston was preparing a British-led expedition.

“The Cabot Project” is an international project aimed at researching the late 15th and early 16th centuries Transatlantic voyages from Bristol.

Margaret Condon of the University of Bristol, who is part of the Cabot Project, researched endless tax records gathering data about the oceanic adventurers traveling to and from North America.

These were “written on huge parchment rolls, created from the skin of more than 200 sheep” according to the Live Science article, and each segment on the roll measured “6.5 feet (2 meters) long.”

In the University of Bristol’s statement about the discoveries, Condon said that the rolls were "beasts to deal with, but also precious and irreplaceable documents.”

Handling them, she said, “sometimes feels like you're wrestling, very gently, with an obstreperous [boisterous] baby elephant!”

Returning to the main discovery, King Henry VII rewarded Weston in January 1498 after they met.

Researchers believe “it appears that Weston was likely one of the unnamed 'great seamen' from Bristol whom Italian diplomats wrote about during the winter of 1497 to 1498” while describing the Bristol explorers who joined Cabot on his two 1490’s expeditions.

Nobody is quite sure how Cabot's last 1498 expedition turned out but perhaps its ill fate inspired King Henry VII to send his expedition the following year, led by one of Cabot's deputies, the researchers speculated.

Further evidence gathered by members of the Cabot Project revealed that "Weston was a bit of a gambler, but perhaps you had to be, to risk your life on such a dangerous voyage into unknown seas.”

On another level of this fascinating story, the new study also confirmed two extraordinary claims made by Alwyn Ruddock, a deceased historian from the University of London who, having studied the early English voyages to the Americas for over 4 decades, claimed that Cabot had explored most of the North American continent’s east coast by AD 1500.

Ruddock never published her discoveries and in a bizarre act, upon her death in 2005, she ordered that all her notes were destroyed, and so they were.

These new findings support the two extraordinary claims made by Ruddock who spent over 40 years researching England's first voyages to North America, and although she never published any of her work, she did submit a book synopsis and this was shared with Jones.

Ruddock also claimed that a band of Italian friars had sailed with Cabot on his AD 1498 expedition who went on to establish “the first European Christian colony and church in North America” according to an article in Newsweek.

Offering reason as to why the king rewarded Weston, she implied that Weston moved northwards up the Labrador coast searching for the North West passage around the continent.

The authors of the latest study suggest it was for this specific reason that Weston was rewarded by Henry VII.

[jxrm]

book log - 2016

[the year my danny was born]

what to expect when you're expected by david javerbaum

seconds by bryan lee o'malley

choose your own autobiography by neil patrick harris

the beast within by serena valentino

the secret life of marilyn monroe by j. randy taraborrelli

brave new world by aldous huxley

fantastic beasts and where to find them by j.k. rowling

harry potter: the prequel by j.k. rowling

start here by scarlett macdougal

the lake house by kate morton

84, charing cross road by helene hanff

she went all the way by meg cabot

too late by colleen hoover

november 9 by colleen hoover

confess by colleen hoover

the motion of puppets by keith donohue

the regulars by georgia clark

life of pi by yann martel

mr. penumbra's 24-hour bookstore by robin sloan

all the missing girls by megan miranda

the singles game by lauren weisberger

emails from an asshole by john lindsay

dark lover by j.r. ward

the nest by cynthia d'aprix sweeney

queen of babble by meg cabot

harry potter and the cursed child by john tiffany

after dark by haruki murakami

one hundred names by cecelia ahern

they left us everything by plum johnson

what is not yours is not yours by helen oyeyemi

boo by neil smith

the royal we by heather cocks

made you up by francesca zappia

the magic strings of frankie presto by mitch albom

the book of awesome by neil pasricha

furiously happy by jenny lawson

the miseducation of cameron post by emily m. danforth

fresh off the boat by eddia huang

everything, everything by nicola yoon

why not me? by mindy kaling

humans of new york: stories by brandon stanton

the heart goes last by margaret atwood

devil may care by sebastian faulks

the book of you by claire kendall

dirty rush by taylor bell

if i was here by gayle forman

yaqui delgado wants to kick your ass by meg medina

let's pretend this never happened by jenny lawson

people i want to punch in the throat by jen mann

something real by heather demetrios

words and their meanings by kate bassett

don't look back by jennifer l. armentrout

reality boy by a.s. king

station eleven by emily st. john mandel

revival by stephen king

please look after mom by shin kyung-sook

please ignore vera dietz by a.s. king

the yorkshire pudding club by milly johnson

52 reasons to hate my father by jessica brody

i wrote this for you by pleasefindthis

what you wish for by kerry reichs

necessary lies by diane chamberlain

the girl with all the gifts by m.r. carey

china rich girlfriend by kevin kwan

the universe verus alex woods by gavin extence

half broke horses by jeannette walls

the book of bunny suicides by andy riley

godmother: the secret cinderella story by carolyn turgeon

harry potter and the philosopher's stone by j.k. rowling

lord of the flies by william golding

[marcogiovenale]

october 24th, rome, palestinian artist ameera kawash @ john cabot university: can a.i. truly be decolonized?

24 ottobre, h 18:30, John Cabot University – Rome: intervento di Ameera Kawash,  artista palestinese attualmente di stanza a Londra. Ameera si occupa di come i crimini contro l’umanità commessi ogni giorno contro i palestinesi vengano riprodotti anche a livello digitale. Il ‘futuricidio’ in corso in Palestina viene perpetrato anche dalle ‘fantomatiche’ I.A. I dettagli dell’evento si trovano…

[agrpress-blog]

“Rompere l’assedio” di Roberto Arditti alla John Cabot University Verrà presentato lunedì 1° luglio ... #Federigoargentieri #johncabotuniversity #mariacristinavicario #paesiedizioni #robertoarditti #romperelassedio https://agrpress.it/rompere-lassedio-di-roberto-arditti-alla-john-cabot-university/?feed_id=5995&_unique_id=668003e80af6f

[libraryofcirclaria]

1234

Library of Circlaria

Cabotton University Timeline

Cabotton University: 1232-33 School Year

Construction was not yet complete for the Hobbes School. However, by the beginning of Cabotton University's first Spring Semester in January 1233, there were enough rooms and corridors inside capable of housing classes, meaning that the school opened for its first unofficial semester. This was aided by the sealed pavilions around the premise providing venues to the classes whose rooms were not yet completed. And a chamber larger than the other classrooms, situated in the Southeast Corner of the school, served as a venue for spellfire practice and testing.

However, there was concern over this practice venue, with it being too small to handle the growing number of enrolled students. There was a long wait list by the month of May; so many began calling for a larger facility. Furthermore, Jon Fortin, one of the students, began voicing concern over the spellfire discharges being able to "influence" each other as they were cast in close proximity. Though this was a myth, Jon had a lot of supporters capable of swaying the University Council accordingly.

Meanwhile, Norris House and the University Administration Hall began to increasingly serve as a venue to the arts, primarily music, literature, theatre, and visual arts. Like with the Hobbes School, there were issues with overcrowding and difficulty scheduling class sessions in the limited availability of classrooms, despite the availability of the sealed pavilions. Overcrowding was also an issue for Fleming House, which had been the primary venue for assemblies and gatherings.

There was also the issue with the Yards. Certain sports, especially the game of handball, played informally between University Houses on a bet-and-schedule basis, were becoming more popular as the students and teams involved reserved certain vacant squares for set tournaments. The Yards would become muddy, or even flooded, in wet weather, while such scheduling and reservations began growing evermore chaotic.

Vested in the University Constitution was a provision for the freedom of student expression. As a result, there emerged a few student-run pamphlets and journals circulating through the student body. Of note was a platform headed by Bryan Cards, who advocated for Cabotton University to establish a University handball team mascot and compete against other schools in the Circlarian hierarchy; and this platform was countered by one run by Coleton McKennan, who advocated against such a thing. Kenzie Stakes had a platform of her own, advocating that the University should focus on other priorities other than sports, and voiced, furthermore, a call to stand with Sedryth Grey and return the vacant Yards back to the Emoran Community. Dorian Glockett was against such attention given to sports as well, but opposed Stakes, calling for an expansion in University real estate to provide a better venue for future students. All of this led to certain groups of students gravitating to certain platforms, a matter which members of University Council grew concerned would threaten the integrity of the student body with biases and misinformation.

The Second Construction Project

On 2 February 1233, even before construction was completed on the First Renovation Project, George Cabot and his donors came forward with a proposition for a Second Renovation Project to take place between June 1233 and June 1234. This new project called for the construction of a new Spellcrafter Gymnasium, a separate College of the Arts, a John Fleming Memorial Complex, a new Assembly Hall, and a new designated Playing Field.

The next day, University Council commenced debates, first on the construction of the Spellcrafter Gymnasium, which was originally going to be built in the Yard square South of the Hobbes School. However, as mentioned above, Jon Fortin pushed the myth that numerous spellfire-casting sessions in close proximity with one another would have unpredictable influences. Though scientific studies have consistently proven this false, Fortin swayed the Council with fear, alongside financial lobbying from his family members, to have the Gymnasium constructed, instead, on a new Yard square on the Southeast end of the University Campus. Sedryth Grey objected to this, citing that this would force more trees to be cut down, breaking the promises made before to the Emoran Community. With this the University Council High Scholars Delegation was, once again, at a tie and impasse. Thomas Snow broke the tie by voting in favor of the University Constitution being amended to allow for the building development. Furthermore, the same amendment allowed all wooded areas on the University property to be subject to the same. James Randall, Thomas Adams, Alexander Norris, and Karl Deering added to this by leading the Council to approve more wooded areas cleared for the construction of the Playing Field. They had chosen that specific location with the intent that future athletic events would not disrupt the academic functions of the University. And thus on 5 February, Council approved construction of the Gymnasium and Playing Field to take place starting that June.

The College of the Arts, intent to house the music, literature, theatre, and visual art programs, was originally proposed for the 1232-33 Renovation Project. However, Kirk Morris, the Head Scholar of the Cabotton New Music Society, had advocated to have added to the building a larger ensemble room as well as an indoor congregation area to encourage the mingling of students between the multiple programs. The involved architects intended to implement these changes as requested by the majority vote of University Council, and thus construction of said College of the Arts was pushed until the Second Renovation Project. Only Sedryth Grey and a handful of Council members were opposed, so the College of the Arts plan passed University Council the same day, 6 February.

Debates began on 7 February regarding the construction of the John Fleming Memorial Complex and the new Assembly Hall. However, Sedryth Grey, that day, asserted herself and demanded a hold on these debates so that she could take the floor and speak on behalf of the Emorans whose land on the University grounds was being impacted. Thomas Snow explained to her that he was aware of her stance and that the Council would not support her, thus justifying that Grey would have to wait until after the voting rounds were concluded on the Renovation Project. Grey, in response, made a call to the Council chamber to vote to override Snow's argument, but the Council Chamber Mitigator stopped the override vote from happening. As a resolve, Grey, starting 11 February, led numerous supporters in the Council to stage a walkout, preventing the High Scholar Delegation from being able to carry a quorum to continue the Renovation debates.

However, Meodra Caemo, leader of the local Emoran Community, opposed Grey's initiative on the walkout, insisting on more gentle means to make their voice heard. Grey insisted that the walkout occur as the more gentle approach would be ignored, but Caemo refused to negotiate further. Grey, in response, opted to have herself and the other protestors dress up in Emoran clothing and make-up and carry out acts of vandalism on University property, with the supposed intent of creating incentive for those in the Emoran Community to join. This, of course, would lead to a falling-out with the Emoran Community in time to come. Regardless, Grey responded to Thomas Snow's calls to cease the walkout with the argument that she and her allies would return to the Council meetings as soon as Snow voiced his intent to have the Council hear her arguments regarding the Renovation and the Emoran Community.

The walkout continued to derail University Council debates until 19 February, when George Cabot intervened and paid Grey's opponents, both those from Thomas Snow's circle and those from the Emoran Community, to circulate negative publicity against Grey. Cabot also paid some of Grey's supporters in Council to resign, prompting the University Affairs Office to call for special elections held 24 February, resulting in the vacancies being filled by those loyal to Snow. Thus, the High Scholar Delegation was now able to carry a quorum once again. On 2 March, they convened and passed the remaining provisions of the Second Renovation Project despite Grey and her remaining supporters not being in attendance. Grey's walkout concluded on 7 March to no avail.

Cabotton University Mascot, Sedryth Grey's Downfall, and Completion of the Second Renovation Project

Sport tournaments, early on at the University, were carried out on an incidental bet-and-schedule basis between Houses. Usually, an assembled team from one House would make a bet against that of another House. They both would then approach the Head Mediator of University Affairs, who would schedule a time and a place in the University Yards for the tournament to take place. This followed no hierarchy or set schedule, and the University did not have any teams at the time to play other schools in Remikra or Circlaria. However, some Cabotton University handball athletes began calling for the University to have a proper team. They argued that this would encourage student unity, and would be appropriate since now there was an actual Playing Field being built.

On 5 May 1233, an official proposal was made by Thomas Adams to the University Council for the funding and establishment of the Cabotton University Stags as the official handball mascot. Sedryth Grey opposed this, stating that the stag was a symbolic animal of the Emoran Community and that having such as a mascot risked expressing an insult to them. In response, University Council voted down the measure and called instead for the establishment of a new University mascot: the Wrayth-Hunters. Grey decried that as a derogatory term against the Darkfire Community, though it would be years before mainstream Middle Remikran society considered the term as such. Like before, Grey was denied floor time. And on 11 May, Grey and her remaining colleagues in Council staged another walkout.

However, the University Council was still able to carry a quorum, and passed the measure to establish the Wrayth-Hunter mascot on 15 May.

Grey campaigned for re-election to her seat in the University Council, expected to take place on 8 October 1233. However, her perceived "disorderly conduct" during the walkouts made her rather unpopular with the Cabotton University student body. Furthermore, she had lost the respect of Meodra Caemo and the Emoran Community, who viewed her dressing-up in Emoran make-up and clothes while carrying out such of vandalism as racist and misrepresenting of the Emorans and serving only Grey's personal interests. George Cabot and Thomas Snow reached out to Caemo for a conference excluding Grey. Such a conference would lead to concessions between both the University and the Emoran Community. Caemo, furthermore, endorsed Dorian Glockett, who was running against Grey in the seat election but had taken part in the concessional agreements with the Emorans.

And thus, on 8 October 1233, Sedryth Grey lost re-election to her Council seat to Dorian Glockett. Seeing no allies or supporters any longer, Grey relocated to the Basin District.

Construction on the Second Renovation Project began on 1 June 1233 and was completed 1 June 1234.

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[kamlatheripemango]

Political advocacy has rarely approached the single-minded tenacity of Jamaica's Daily Gleaner to unseat former Prime Minister Michael Manley during last autumn's national elections.

Only eight years earlier, the Gleaner's support helped vault Manley's People's National Party into office after a decade of rule by the Jamaica Labour Party. However, Manley's entente cordial with the pro-free enterprise Gleaner soon fell apart as the pell-mell growth of the 1960s gave way to global economic gloom in the 1970s. For Manley, the world-wide recession threw Jamaica's economic problems into bold relief. His solution was democratic socialism: more state-run businesses, better prices for essential commodity exports like sugar, bauxite, and bananas, land reform, and cooperation with other Third World countries demanding a New International Economic Order.

For the Gleaner, the Prime Minister's volte-face was tantamount to handing the country over to communism. Within a few short years of Manley's 1972 election, the newspaper's highly skilled columnists took daily potshots at the government's policies. There is nothing strange about that. Politicians change their stripes, and newspapers change their minds. Except in the island's highly charged political atmosphere, the Daily Gleaner is not just another newspaper. It is considered the voice of Jamaica - a 145-year-old cultural institution whose reach is so broad and authority so ingrained that traveling Jamaicans sometimes ask for a New York or Toronto 'gleaner.' Deserved or not, the Gleaner also has status outside the country. The newspaper's views and interpretations of events in Jamaica are accepted without question by major North American and British journals. Gleaner publisher Oliver Clarke has been an active US-based Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) member for years. The IAPA is also linked to the Cabot Prize Committee, which awarded the Gleaner a Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism extraordinary citation of merit in 1979. The award boosted the paper's public image and self-esteem just as it prepared for a full-fledged attack on Manley's administration. Publisher Clarke told New York Village Voice reporter Andrew Kopkind, 'The business community here feels it is under siege from the government, and it looks to the Gleaner to advocate for free enterprise and a Western style of life.'

In last October's election the Gleaner pulled out all the stops to protect those two pillars of Jamaica's middle and Upper class. Columnist John Hearne, one of the most vociferous Manley detractors, said. Kopkind: 'It would be idle to pretend that there has not been a systematic attack on the government by the Gleaner. For myself, my one intention is to get this man Manley out of office by any means at hand.' The 'systematic' aspect of the Gleaner's barrage began to rouse suspicions among Manley supporters and those to his left. Recalling revelations of the CIA's use of El Mercurio to create an atmosphere of fear and instability in Chile before the 1973 overthrow of Salvador Allende's government, critics looked at Gleaner's tactics.

At the invitation of the Press Association of Jamaica, analyst Fred Landis of the Washington-based Cover Action Information Bulletin pieced together a series of startling parallels with El Mercurio. Gruesome stories of murder and terror were featured prominently in the Daily Gleaner alongside pictures of Manley or his ministers illustrating another article. A typical Gleaner front page would include a four-column photograph of a blood-spattered policeman. The photo accompanied a story headed. 'Policeman slain by gunman'. To the left of the photo was a smaller one-column article entitled 'A Cadillac for the PM.' 'The idea,' said Landis, 'is that while all this mayhem is taking place, the most the Prime Minister can think of is to get himself a Cadillac, the theme of the PM fiddling while Rome burns.'

The presence of 200 Cuban doctors, engineers, teachers (and probably a few intelligence officers) was puffed up into a 5000-strong fifth column - brainwashing school children, threatening Jamaica's sovereignty and ready to fight to defend Manley's form of 'communism.' The Prime Minister's friendship with Fidel Castro was exploited whenever possible to back up the supposed Cuban threat. The Gleaner charged Manley with plotting to suspend elections under a state of emergency to maintain power. The Jamaican Labour Party leader Edward Seaga accused Manley of planning a 'military solution' to the polls.

Bottling it up in Kingston, Jamaica.

Photo: Peter Stalker

According to Dr. Landis, the similarity in style and method of attack between El Mercurio and the Gleaner was not just a coincidence. Behind it all, he saw the not-so-subtle machinations of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. At the same time, dissident ex-CIA staff revealed the names of 15 CIA members at the U.S. Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica. The station, they said, was 'undoubtedly the largest in the Caribbean and perhaps the third or fourth largest in Latin America.' The Gleaner was unflappable for its part, dismissing the charges as 'outrageous and unfounded allegations.' Taking the Gleaner's lead, the foreign press amplified the stories of creeping socialism,

economic chaos and unpredictable violence.

Liberal newspapers like the Washington Post made unsubstantiated claims of Manley's intention to 'declare a state of emergency and suspend elections. Linking Grenada, Cuba, and Jamaica, the Los Angeles Times warned of 'Socialist Trade' spreading chaos in the Caribbean. The Miami Herald, US News and World Report, the Journal of Commerce, the London Daily Telegraph, and other significant newspapers played up the disastrous consequences of Jamaica's flirtation with socialism. There was a certain amount of self-fulfillment in the Gleaner's denigration of Manley's government. The tourist trade plummeted during the 1979/80 season as news of the island's political violence spread. It was confined almost entirely to Kingston's squalid shanty towns, not the North Coast tourist strip. After the victory of Manley's landslide in the 1976 election, major multinational corporations, including the economy's linchpins and American and Canadian bauxite companies, refused to extend their investments. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forced strict conditions on loans to the Manley government, including wage controls and currency devaluation. By the time Manley repudiated the IMF, the economic damage was done - more grist for the Gleaner's mill.

The upshot of it all was Manley's thumping defeat last fall (1979) at the hands of Jamaica Labor Party leader Edward Seaga. What Manley's supporters referred to as the Gleaner's 'destabilization' tactics had turned the tide. Virtually overnight, Jamaica's pariah image was shed. Prime Minister Seaga was welcomed as a lost sheep back to the fold by corporate investors, multinational bankers, the IMF, and U.S. President Reagan. Seaga's first step after assuming the office was to order Cuban Ambassador Ulises Estrada to leave the island. His next was to visit Mr. Reagan in Washington. Talks with IMF officials were initiated even before the Jamaican Labor Party's victory. Rewards were quick to follow for the pro-American, pro-capitalist Seaga. The U.S. announced $60 million in new aid to Jamaica, including a $1.5 million military sales credit. A recently concluded IMF agreement requires neither wage controls nor currency devaluation. In addition, a $103 million foreign Debt with 100 commercial banks was successfully renegotiated - a year earlier, Manley was turned down flat by the same banks. According to the Washington Post, Jamaica's finance secretary Horace Barber says 'the whole atmosphere has changed. The business sector is more bullish'.

The alleged CIA manipulation of the Gleaner to destabilize the Manley government may never be proven. Apart from Dr. Landis's intriguing testimony, no hard facts have emerged. However, Gleaner's role in forming public opinion, both nationally and internationally, is not disputed. What seems evident is that some compelling people shared the paper's political assumptions with the ability to make or break the economy of a small Third World nation. It may be just a chance of convergence of interests. However, that seems unlikely.

http://www.newint.org/issue100/vendetta.html

"During George H. W. Bush's first months in Langley, the CIA, under orders from Henry Kissinger, launched a campaign of destabilization of Jamaica to prevent the re-election of Prime Minister Michael Manley. This included a large-scale campaign to incite violence during the election, and large amounts of illegal arms were shipped to the island. $10 million was spent on the attempt to overthrow Manley, and at least three assassination attempts took place with the connivance of the CIA. During his year at Langley, Bush was incredibly forthcoming towards Wall Street, above all, towards the family firm. On at least one occasion, Bush gave an exclusive private briefing, including forecasts on the future development of the world energy market, for partners and executives of Brown Brothers, Harriman. Such an incident, redundant to point out, entails the gravest questions of conflict of interest."

"George Bush: The Unauthorized

Biography" by Webster G.

Tarpley & Anton Chaitkin

See

http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/chia/

Caribbean/NTTHresearchproj/michael_manley.htm

Bob Marley himself was viewed as a Rastafarian messianic figure by some fans, particularly throughout the Caribbean, Africa, and among Native Americans and Australian Aborigines. His lyrics on love, redemption, and natural beauty captivated audiences, and he gained headlines for negotiating truces between rival gangs and, later, two violently warring

Jamaican political parties (at the One Love Concert), led by Michael Manley (PNP) and Edward Seaga (JLP).

http://www.jamaicas.co.uk/Inform

NationOnJamaica/

CIA -- BUSH

1976: JAMAICA. Military coup to overthrow the government of Michael Manley. Unsuccessful.

1979-1980: JAMAICA. Financial pressure to destabilize the government of Michael Manley and campaign propaganda and demonstrations to defeat it in elections. Successful American involvement

http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/sep01/jamaica.html

During the 1972 election campaign, the United States ambassador, Vincent de Roulet, warned Manley not to make the US-owned bauxite industry a nationalization issue. Otherwise, he would "oblige" the opposition Labor Party to take up the issue. Manley kept quiet. He had, however, upset the American government by supporting the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), which the United States government was attempting to destroy and had established diplomatic relations with Cuba and the Soviet Union. In December 1975, U.S. Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, arrived in Jamaica to "suggest" that unless Manley changed his policies, Jamaica's request for a $100 million trade credit "would be reviewed." The Jamaican Prime Minister chose not to toe the Kissinger line and continued to support the Cuban army presence in Angola. The Americans moved into action. By 1976, before the election in Jamaica, the CIA station chief in Kingston, Norman Descoteaux, drew up a destabilization program. Covert shipments of arms were sent to the Jamaica Labor Party. In one shipment alone, which was aborted by the Manley government, there were 500 submachine guns. Pro-Labor gangs began to use such

tactics such as arson, bombing, and assassinations. A wave of strikes in the transport, electrical, and telephone industries hit the island, provoked mainly by the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD), the CIA's principal labor "front" in Latin America and the Caribbean. The AIFLD also provided covert financial support to the Labor Party, as well as infiltrating the Jamaican government's security service.

Propagandists also arrived from the United States, including evangelists. Moreover, faith healers preach against the "evils of communism." Locally, the Daily Gleaner poured out a stream of anti-Manley propaganda, who, in the October 1980 elections, was defeated mainly due to the continuing deterioration in the workers' standard of living, but, in no short measure, due to the intervention by the United States. Jamaica has been uncovered to thousands of tourists; it is the happy island of rum, reggae, and sunshine. However, a new film reveals how rich countries and the IMF keep the Caribbean poor. By Linton Kwesi Johnson

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Friday, February 28, 2003

The Guardian

"The issue is to make globalization work for all. There will be no good future for the rich if there is no prospect for a better future for the poor." That glib, cynical statement from the International Monetary Fund Director Horst Köhler is brilliantly exposed for the platitude it is in Stephanie Black's engaging documentary Life and Debt. Black's film is intelligent in its examination of how IMF and World Bank policies, determined by the G7 countries, led by the U.S., impact on poor developing countries. Life and Debt focuses on Jamaica as a typical example of a small developing country that has taken the IMF medicine. Having made modest strides in shaking off the legacy of slavery and colonialism on the road toward self-reliance during the first decade of independence, Jamaica was suddenly plunged into a deep financial crisis by the rise in the price of oil in 1973. The late Michael Manley, then the leftwing leader of the People's National Party, which served two terms as prime minister in the 1970s was rudely awoken to the realities of international finance.

"In Washington, they just looked at us and said, 'No. Your inflation last year was 18%, and we are not allowing you to lend to your farmers at 12%. You must charge 23%.'" The IMF told Manley he could get a short-term loan under their conditions but would not entertain discussing long-term solutions. At first, the Manley government was defiant. Manley's espousal of "democratic socialism," his friendship with Fidel Castro, and his activism in the Non-Aligned movement did not endear him well to Washington. The CIA deepened Jamaica's financial crisis with destabilization, which dissident CIA agent Philip Agee exposed. In the end, the Manley government had to go back to the IMF cap in hand for a loan, and Jamaica has been swallowing the IMF medicine ever since.

Jamaica's continuing financial crises, high unemployment, lawlessness, and social turmoil have to be seen against the background of IMF/World Bank policies that governments of both the left and the right have been forced to pursue for well over two decades. Life and Debt graphically illustrates how those policies have impacted workers, small businesses, farmers, and Jamaican society. We visit the local farmer whose enterprise is no longer viable because, like his neighbors, he cannot compete with the cheap imported onions and carrots from the U.S. Local farmers were able to make a decent living selling their produce to the local market before the IMF insisted on the removal of tariffs on imported goods. When the farmer tried to diversify to honeydew melons for export, he was told by his prospective American client that the produce did not meet their specifications. "We use machetes for farming -- can Machete compete with the machine," asks the farmer. The dairy tells the same story of the farmer who has to pour his milk down the drain because he cannot compete with the cheap imported subsidized milk powder from the U.S.

We hear from the chicken farmer whose business is no longer viable. After all, his 50-cents-a-pound chicken cannot compete with the 20-cents-a-pound chicken parts from the U.S. At a Rasta camp; we encounter three dreadlocked elders reasoning about the state of the Jamaican economy. One of the elders says that he never saw chicken backs in any supermarket when he visited the U.S., yet they are exported to Jamaica. His bredrin explains that, from the days of slavery, the master kept the best for himself, and the scraps were left for the enslaved people. There are also testimonies from banana farmers whose industry has been devastated by the US-instigated WTO ruling that robs them of their secured tariff-free markets in Europe. The furniture maker who shifted to making coffins is doing good business. In Life and Debt, we see Jamaica through the eyes of the tourist. We also see the Jamaica that the tourist rarely encounters slum dwellers watch themselves on news footage of riots, political violence, and industrial unrest. The Antiguan novelist Jamaica Kincaid's essay "A Small Place" is aptly adopted to provide a poetic narrative. Footage of the slums of Kingston is underscored by reggae and ragga music and dub poetry, as well as lyrical meditations on the nation's state. "I and I want to rule I destiny," chants Buju Banton. Anecdotes from Manley about his "bitter, traumatic" experience with the IMF, World Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank are juxtaposed with the IMF deputy director Stanley Fischer's diagnosis of and prescription for the Jamaican patient.

Women working in unregulated, tariff-free sweatshops called "free zones" talk about their struggle to make ends meet on their weekly salaries of US$30. Black's film shows the spectacular failure of the IMF "remedy." After the structural adjustments, the cuts in public expenditure, the removal of tariffs on imports, privatizations, and devaluations, Jamaica is still plagued by the financial crisis. Development plans have been abandoned as the vision of independence recedes. Life and Debt is a potent weapon in the arsenal of the global movement for a more equitable economic order.

©️ Linton Kwesi Johnson.

http://film.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,46

14650-3181,00.html

In 1981, I visited a friend working in the U.S. Embassy in Jamaica, and she told me that on the night of the election, after Manley had conceded to the CIA favored candidate Edward Seaga, the CIA station chief, had invited the Embassy staff to a champagne party. He proudly opened his monster-sized safe on whose walls he had pasted the hundreds of articles, editorials, and cartoons written or suggested by the CIA personnel that had appeared in the Jamaica press.

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/200

2/12/49161.html

SEE

http://www.expedia.co.uk/lonelyplanet/Jamaica/historyandculture.aspx

EDWARD SEAGA: anthropologist, folklorist, and former record producer.

Jamaica looks forward after violence

By

Susan Candiotti

CNN Correspondent

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CNN) --

More than a week after bullets flew in and around Kingston, Jamaicans were wondering if the deadly violence could spark actual reforms in a political system some say has been plagued with problems for decades. At least 22 people were killed and 40 wounded in the violence that began July 8 during a police weapon sweep in a neighborhood considered a stronghold of government opposition groups. Police said snipers fired first, launching the battle, but residents claimed it was the other way around and accused authorities of shooting indiscriminately into crowded residential areas. The Jamaican military moved in on July 10 to quell the disturbance. Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson took to the national airwaves and announced -- under pressure from the opposition -- the formation of a commission of inquiry to look into the causes of the gun battles. However, many Jamaicans on both sides of the political fence are becoming increasingly weary of a situation that appears to be worsening. The latest trouble in the Caribbean Island had been brewing for months -- the opposition Jamaica Labor Party was calling for an early election and gaining in the polls, ongoing investigations were going on too slowly for some, and rival gang members had been gunned down in separate incidents. Gang violence has plagued Jamaica for years. In the 1970s and 1980s, politicians used gangs as a powerful tool to drum up votes. When Jamaica became a trans-shipment point for drugs, gangs became linked to that lucrative Trade.

Trampling tourism

Jamaica's long battle with political violence has complicated its efforts to improve a struggling economy, in part on a lucrative tourism industry. Drawn to the island's inviting beaches and lush landscapes, tourists bring in more than $2.5 billion per year. However, news of sniper attacks and the military patrolling the streets -- although mainly confined to the capital, Kingston, far from popular tourist attractions -- has image-makers worried. "There are so many other things that Jamaica does well," said Patterson, "so many other positive facets of Jamaican life -- our music, our culture, our sports." But the opposition charges that Patterson's ruling People's National Party, the government has failed to provide answers for poverty, unemployment, and alleged police abuses -- according to Amnesty International, Jamaica has one of the world's highest rates of civilians killed by police. Former Prime Minister Edward Seaga of the opposition Jamaica Labor Party, a charge that Patterson's government incited the recent violence to flex its muscle and show it is still in command. "It is a political device in the circumstances that the government has no other answers to put before the people for the forthcoming general elections," Seaga said. Patterson, who has held the Prime Minister's office since 1992, categorically denies that the government fomented the recent gun battles, limited mainly to Kingston. "It is my view that the police were reacting to the fire which they encountered hostile forces and nothing less," he said. There is no turning back, but long-standing hostility between government party loyalists and the opposition is palpable, particularly in well-defined neighborhoods around Kingston.

Bishop Blair helped lead a recent prayer vigil to unite the warring factions. "I do not know how we have gotten to where we have divided our people to this end, where a mother can cross the road, and her son can be on the other side, and she cannot come down and talk to him," Blair said. After touring the hardest-hit areas, private-sector business leaders met with the prime minister amid talk of renewed efforts to work together. "We will be able to develop a further forum within which both political parties, the government party, and the opposition party can sit together and look at the fundamental issues ... to see if we can develop a fundamental plan that deals with the infrastructure problems," said business leader Peter Moses. Patterson has promised to carry out an ambitious urban renewal plan. He said he remains willing to work with the opposition, despite increasing pressure for early elections that could put his leadership on the line. "We have established levels of dialogue and contacts, which have worked very well in the past," he told CNN. The Jamaica Labor Party leader said that the outlook for Jamaica is good -- despite the problems. "This country has every reason to have a glowing future," he said. Bishop Blair said there is no turning back. "Civil society has said they can take it no more; the private sector has said we can take it no more; tourism industry has said we can take it no more," he said. "I guarantee political leaders will have to listen this time." Changes, many say, are long overdue.

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Topic - International Trade and Investment and Caribbean Regional Economic Development

On Agenda For 11th Annual Caribbean Multinational Business Conference In Panama

By Tony Best

Mention such issues as business partnerships between the U.S. and the Caribbean firms, economic integration, and technology that drives development and executives, entrepreneurs, and elected lawmakers immediately think of the Caribbean Multinational Business Conference. In the decade since the idea of bringing together top managers of some of America's largest middle-size and small firms, together with executives and owners of Caribbean enterprises were first transformed into the annual conference, thousands of decision-makers from the U.S. and the Caribbean examined the vital questions of Trade and Investment, established profitable businesses and enterprises, and moved to dismantle any remaining barriers to joint ventures. Just as important, they have exchanged ideas with elected officials at the federal, state, and local government levels in the U.S. and senior government officials of Caribbean nations and territories.

The upshot: public-private sector policies have emerged and have benefited U.S. and Caribbean cities, towns or villages. That highly successful pattern will continue when the 11th annual Caribbean Business Conference is held in Panama City, November 9-12. It will be the first time the sessions are held in a predominantly Spanish-speaking Central American and Caribbean country with a long history of relations with English-speaking Caribbean countries. "This year's conference to be attended by about 300 participants from the United States and the Caribbean is helping us to branch out into new frontiers that offer exciting possibilities," said Karl Rodney, publisher of New York Carib News, a driving force behind the annual exercise. "The decision to expand our horizons by accepting Panama's invitation was based in large measure on the warmth of Mayor Juan Carlos Navarro of Panama City and the President of the country, Martin Torrijos, and on the country's success as a magnet for foreign investment. Just as important were the interest of Panama's business community and the enthusiasm of the hundreds of immigrants from that country who now call the United States home-away-from-home." With "Panama -Providing the Linkage" is the theme of this year's meeting, a wide range of economic and social issues dominate the agenda. Everything from Western Hemispheric Collaboration;

Unlocking New Regional

Opportunities in Trade and Investment, Expanding Business Horizons, and Technology, the engine of Innovation to regional challenges globalization, security, and travel; to opportunities for Western Hemispheric health collaboration; micro-financing and enterprises, a part of the "Big Picture;" and "doing business in Panama" are to be discussed by the executives, business owners, and government official in joint public sessions. Almost 20 U.S. House of Representatives members, most of them belonging to the Congressional Black Caucus and several Caribbean cabinet ministers, are also to attend. "We believe the conference in Panama adds a new and exciting dimension to the conference," said U.S. Congressman Charles Rangel, one of the longest-serving elected officials on Capitol Hill in Washington. "We in the Congressional Black Caucus consider the conference an effective vehicle that drives closer collaboration between our members and the nations of the Caribbean, our country's close neighbors." Dr. Marco Mason, a Panamanian and prominent member of the Caribbean immigrant community in New York, thinks the decision to go to his birthplace would be an outstanding success. "Panama offers businesses in the U.S. and the rest of the Caribbean prospects for economic growth," he said. "It will also enable people from the rest of the Caribbean to interface with the children and grandchildren of those pioneers who went from Jamaica, Barbados, and other countries at the turn of the 20th century to build the Canal but who have remained in Panama for most of their lives." The conference is being held at the Caesar Park Hotel in Panama City.

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The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of African-American and Caribbean-born military pilots who fought in WWII. They formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the Army Air Forces. The name applies to the navigators, bombardiers, mechanics, instructors, crew chiefs, nurses, cooks, and other support personnel.

All African American military pilots who trained in the US trained at Moton Field, the Tuskegee Army Air Field, and were educated at Tuskegee University. The group included five Haitians from the Haitian Air Force and one pilot from Trinidad. It included a Hispanic or Latino airman born in the Dominican Republic.

March 22, 1942 - The first five cadets graduate from the Tuskegee Flying School: Captain Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. and Second Lieutenants Mac Ross,

Charles DeBow, L.R. Curtis, and George S. Roberts. They will become part of my the famous 99th Pursuit Squadron. List of Tuskegge Airmen.

Paul Adams (pilot)

Rutherford H. Adkins

Halbert Alexander

William Armstrong

Lee Archer

Robert Ashby

William Bartley

Howard Baugh

Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler

George L. Brown

Harold Brown

Roscoe Brown

Victor W. Butler

William Burden

William A. Campbell

Herbert Carter

Raymond Cassagnol

Eugene Calvin Cheatham Jr.

Herbert V. Clark

Granville C. Coggs

Thomas T.J. Collins

Milton Crenchaw

Woodrow Crockett

Lemuel R. Custis

Floyd J. Crawthon Jr

Doodie Head

Clarence Dart

Alfonza W. Davis

Benjamin O. Davis Jr. (C/O)

Charles DeBow

Wilfred DeFour

Gene Derricotte

Lawrence Dickson

Charles W. Dryden

John Ellis Edwards

Leslie Edwards Jr.

Thomas Ellis

Joseph Elsberry

Leavie Farro Jr

James Clayton Flowers

Julius Freeman

Robert Friend (pilot)

William J. Faulkner Jr.

Joseph Gomer

Alfred Gorham

Oliver Goodall

Garry Fuller

James H. Harvey

Donald A. Hawkins

Kenneth R. Hawkins

Raymond V. Haysbert

Percy Heath

Maycie Herrington

Mitchell Higginbotham

William Lee Hill

Esteban Hotesse

George Hudson Jr.

Lincoln Hudson

George J. Iles

Eugene B. Jackson

Daniel "Chappie" James Jr.

Alexander Jefferson

Buford A. Johnson

Herman A. Johnson

Theodore Johnson

Celestus King III

James Johnson Kelly

James B. Knighten

Erwin B. Lawrence Jr.

Clarence D. Lester

Theodore Lumpkin Jr

John Lyle

Hiram Mann

Walter Manning

Robert L. Martin

Armour G. McDaniel

Charles McGee

Faythe A. McGinnis

John "Mule" Miles

John Mosley

Fitzroy Newsum

Norman L Northcross

Noel F. Parrish

Alix Pasquet

Wendell O. Pruitt

Louis R. Purnell Sr.

Wallace P. Reed

William E. Rice

Eugene J. Richardson, Jr.

George S. Roberts

Lawrence E. Roberts

Isaiah Edward Robinson Jr.

Willie Rogers

Mac Ross

Robert Searcy

David Showell

Wilmeth Sidat-Singh

Eugene Smith

Calvin J. Spann

Vernon Sport

Lowell Steward

Harry Stewart, Jr.

Charles "Chuck" Stone Jr.

Percy Sutton

Alva Temple

Roger Terry

Lucius Theus

Edward L. Toppins

Robert B. Tresville

Andrew D. Turner

Herbert Thorpe

Richard Thorpe

Thomas Franklin Vaughns

Virgil Richardson

William Harold Walker

Spann Watson

Luke J. Weathers, Jr.

Sherman W. White

Malvin "Mal" Whitfield

James T. Wiley

Oscar Lawton Wilkerson

Henry Wise Jr.

Kenneth Wofford

Coleman Young

Perry H. Young Jr.

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Best Countries to Study Abroad in 2024

Every year, many students choose foreign universities to pursue their higher education. Many study abroad consultants help students choose the best among the various options available. Studying abroad will broaden your thoughts because it exposes you to a multicultural setting. When you study abroad, you have access to a wide range of additional courses, including those that are skill- and research-based. You may not always have as many possibilities in your home nation as this does. When you study abroad, you get to meet people from all over the world.

Numerous students discover that studying overseas has transformed their lives as it exposes them to diverse cultures and promotes acceptance and comprehension. One of the best ways to acquire global abilities and gain access to opportunities for personal and professional development is to study abroad.

However, choosing the best countries to study abroad might be challenging. You may choose experienced abroad education consultants to make informed decisions. We have curated a list of the best countries where quality education is offered along with a great educational environment. Let’s have a look:

1. England

Students simply adore studying abroad in England for no particular reason. It may be the beauty of the architecture, the friendly crowd, or the top-class education system that almost all study abroad consultants find England as the best country to study. If you're a little anxious about your first time traveling away from home, this is the place to study abroad.

Advantages: England provides a more nuanced introduction to cultural differences, making it the perfect destination for students who have never traveled abroad. Everywhere, everyone speaks English, even though there are regional dialects you can learn, and you should have no trouble finding your favorite domestic brands here.

Disadvantages: While England is among the best countries for students to study abroad, it may be too easy for those looking for a radically different cultural experience. Furthermore, there is no escaping the high cost of living in the UK. Students concerned about cost could search for less expensive programs outside of London.

Top Universities in England for Foreign Students as Recommended by Expert Abroad Education Consultants:

·        University of Oxford

·        University of Cambridge

·        University of Roehampton

·        University College London

2. Italy

Studying abroad in Italy is highly recommended due to its captivating history, exquisite cuisine, enticing language, and stunning artwork. Because of these, Italy is the top choice for many study abroad consultants. It's usually one of the most popular locations for prospective study-abroad travelers. Study abroad programs in Italy provide a distinctive combination of courses in business and fine arts degrees, as well as courses in Italian cultural studies.

Advantages: Students can travel to Italy because most programs require little to no language study of the Italian language. In addition, there are surreal vistas, famous historical locations around every corner, and gelato in hues you never knew existed.

Disadvantages: It's challenging to integrate into the local culture if you don't know the language, but this is one culture you shouldn't pass up. And while consuming so much gelato may not be the best thing for your waist size, it is incredibly beneficial to the soul.

Top Universities in Italy for Foreign Students as Recommended by Professional Study Abroad Consultants:

·        John Cabot University

·        Lorenzo de' Medici

·        American Institute for Foreign Studies (AIFS)

3. Spain

Studying abroad in Spain is the best option if you want to pick up the language quickly. Spain would be the number one choice if you asked any foreign education consultants. Flamenco dancers, siestas, and medieval festivals flourish in this nation. And there's much more than just the clichés; there are fantastic hikes around the nation, amazing beaches catering to all kinds of beachgoers, and an infinite assortment of jamón serrano. Thousands of students travel to Spain every year to study abroad in subjects like international business and European studies, as well as to learn Spanish, of course.

Advantages: A wide range of study abroad options in Spain ensure comfortable living and conducive learning environments. Study abroad students make up a highly diverse group, but don't worry if all you want to do is hang out with the locals and have a glass of sangria. Nothing makes people in this country happier than to converse, eat together, and enjoy the sunshine. It seems like one of the best locations to study abroad!

Disadvantages: Because Spain is such a well-liked study abroad option for American students, it can occasionally be challenging to fully integrate into the Spanish way of life. International students must venture off the usual route and discover new places; join locals for tapas; go on day trips to small towns; and engage with the locals.

Top Universities in Spain for Foreign Students as Recommended by Expert Study Abroad Consultants:

·        Complutense University of Madrid

·        Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

·        Universitat de Barcelona

France

France is a romantic country that attracts many students, making it a top choice for many study abroad consultants. From the bright lights and sights of Paris to the sun and fun of the French Riviera, students adore this country. Not to mention the gastronomic explorations or fashion statements. La vie en rose.

Advantages: There are possibilities for both French and English programs, and they are offered in many places, including the student-favourite Aix-en-Provence and the sophisticated Paris. The level of difficulty you encounter in the upcoming semester is entirely up to you.

Disadvantages: It is highly suggested to have taken some French language classes before enrolling in a study abroad program in France, even if it is taught in English. This is especially true if you live outside of the major cities. Remember that sporadic labour strikes have the power to bring the nation to a halt. It’s all a part of the journey.

Top Universities in Spain for Foreign Students as Recommended by Expert Study Abroad Consultants:

·        Université PSL

·        Sorbonne University

·        Institut Polytechnique de Paris

Conclusion

It is the best investment to study abroad. Studying at one of the top international colleges allows you to socialize, network globally, and take advantage of fantastic employment prospects. But you risk getting into problems if you don't hire abroad education consultants to select a nation and a higher education school.

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John Cabot University is dedicated to fostering a vibrant and engaging student life that goes beyond academics.

The university encourages students to actively participate in various extracurricular activities, providing a well-rounded educational experience.

The commitment to Community Service is evident through initiatives that allow students to give back to the local community in Rome.

Numerous Student Clubs and Organizations cater to diverse interests, ranging from cultural and academic pursuits to sports and hobbies, creating a dynamic campus atmosphere.

JCU organizes a wide array of activities and trips, offering students the opportunity to explore the rich cultural heritage of Rome and its surroundings. Moreover, the university places a strong emphasis on the performing arts, providing a platform for students to showcase their talents and participate in theatrical productions, musical performances, and other artistic endeavors. These student activities contribute to the development of a close-knit and supportive community at John Cabot University, enriching the overall student experience.