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Following the UK parliament's rejection of the Brexit deal in a vote last evening, members of the European Parliament have underlined that the EU will remain united and that citizens’ rights are Europe's priority.
Speaking in a debate in Parliament today, Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans said commitments on the peace process and the border in Ireland or on citizens’ rights cannot be watered down.
Parliament's lead member on Brexit @guyverhofstadt called on UK politicians to build a positive majority to break the Brexit deadlock.
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Shown here is an image of Case 2 of the "'The Inevitable Present': Integration at William & Mary" Exhibit located in the Marshall Gallery (1st Floor Rotunda) and the Read & Relax area of Swem Library at the College of William & Mary, on display from February 4th 2013 to August 13th 2013
The following is a transcription of the labels in this case:
The rejection letters received by African American applicants to William & Mary in the 1950s are strikingly similar. While some were turned away because of a late or incomplete application, most rejections included a statement like this:
“The College of William & Mary is a state-supported institution of the Commonwealth of Virginia which complies with all its laws, rules and regulations. We may not enroll Negroes except as provided for under the statutes of the Commonwealth.”
Letters generally closed with a referral for the applicant to Virginia State College, the present-day Virginia State University in Petersburg and a refund of the application fee. One applicant who received such a rejection letter in the summer of 1955 was Barbara Blayton, daughter of the late Alleyne Houser Blayton and Dr. J. Blaine Blayton, a prominent Williamsburg-area physician and civic leader. Eight years later, Barbara Blayton’s younger brother Oscar would become the first African American undergraduate student admitted to William & Mary.
Office of the President, Davis Young Paschall Records,
UA 2.15, Acc. 1982.74, Box 33, Folder 34: Negro Education, 1954-1971
New Journal and Guide, 2 July 1955
The article is available through the ProQuest Historical Newspapers database at proxy.wm.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview...
Another woman rejected by William & Mary in June 1955 was Miriam Johnson Carter, since her chosen course of study, Education, was offered by Virginia State College. Mrs. Carter was on sabbatical from her teaching position in Philadelphia for the 1955-1956 school year, and wished to spend this time taking classes near her family in Gloucester, Virginia. After her initial application was denied, she exchanged letters with William & Mary administrators attempting to gain admission to a different graduate program. Her request to study at the Institute of Early American History and Culture was denied because the Institute was a research organization that did not support students. She then inquired about taking courses at the Virginia Fisheries Lab, the present-day Virginia Institute of Marine Science, but was told that, while her grades were sufficient, her coursework was not advanced enough.
At the beginning of August 1955, now at her family’s home in Gloucester, Carter again requested admission to the Education program. Another exchange of correspondence between Carter, William & Mary, and this time also Richmond followed. As a result, Miriam Johnson Carter was finally accepted to study law during the 1955-1956 academic year, making her the first African American woman admitted to William & Mary during the decades-long process of desegregation. Carter’s correspondence with administrators is unique in its length and persistence.
Office of the President, Davis Young Paschall Records,
UA 2.15, Acc. 1982.74, Box 33, Folder 34: Negro Education, 1954-1971
In 1967, Lynn Briley, Janet Brown, and Karen Ely became the first African American female undergraduate students as well as the first African American residential students at William & Mary. The three did not know one another previously nor did they know they would be roommates living together in Jefferson Hall basement. Integration at William & Mary was not simply accomplished overnight or with the admission of the first African American residential or female students, but was part of a long process of the university and its people.
In 2011, the Hulon Willis Association honored the three alumnae during Homecoming festivities, which marked their 40th class reunion. In 2012, a plaque was hung in Jefferson Hall honoring Briley, Brown, and Ely.
The Flat Hat, 20 October 1967
The Flat Hat student newspaper, first published in 1911, was digitized by Swem Library and is available from the W&M Digital Archive at digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/20
From the Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library at the College of William and Mary. See swem.wm.edu/research/special-collections for further information and assistance.
(further pictures and information about Vienna are available at the end of page by copying the corresponding link!)
Annexation 1938
Propaganda for the by Schuschnigg planned plebiscite - © Christian Brandstätter Verlag Gesellschaft mbH
Propaganda for the by Schuschnigg planned plebiscite.
Campaign advertising of Fatherland Front. Departure from Josef place.
10/11 March 1938. Photo: Leo Ernst - Albert Hilscher
from "Hans Petschar; Anschluss - A Chronology of pictures"
© Christian Brandstätter Verlag Gesellschaft mbH
The "Anschluss" represents itself as a triple assumption of power:
... as massive military threat by the invasion of the Wehrmacht, accompanied by an yet earlier onset of police action by Himmler's Gestapo; as a takeover by local Nazis and sympathizers who were already in lower as well as higher positions of the "corporate state (Ständestaat)"; and as demonstrative takeover "from below" by threatening street demonstrations, open deployment of previously banned party formations and symbolic actions.
Spontaneous victory celebrations of the National Socialists in Vienna - © Christian Brandstätter Verlag Gesellschaft mbH
Spontaneous victory celebrations of the National Socialists in Vienna.
NS-squad on a truck. 11/12 March 1938. Photo: Dietrich
from "Hans Petschar; Anschluss - A Chronology of pictures"
© Christian Brandstätter Verlag Gesellschaft mbH
The propaganda on this occasion took on a key role. Its effectiveness resulted from the confluence of staging and fascination. Propaganda replaced real power where it not yet could be exercised, intimidated political opponents and raised hopes among supporters. The structure of the necessary propaganda apparatus created simultaneously the foundations for the future party apparatus of the NSDAP as an organization penetrating the society as a whole.
Hitler Youth marched in Vienna. 11/12 March 1938. Photo: Albert Hirscher - © Christian Brandstätter Verlag Gesellschaft mbH
Hitler Youth marched in Vienna. 11/12 March 1938. Photo: Albert Hirscher
from "Hans Petschar; Connection - A Chronology of pictures"
© Christian Brandstätter Verlag Gesellschaft mbH
Even children were mobilized to support the "Anschluss" propagandistically, they were as bearers of hopes of the new era addressees of Nazi propaganda. National Socialism in Austria also meant a significant change in the school system, which itself unresistingly and quite readily adapted to the new conditions.
Marching in of troops of the German Wehrmacht in Vienna - © Christian Brandstätter Verlag Gesellschaft mbH
Marching in of troops of the German Wehrmacht in Vienna.
An armored car is visited by Wiener youth.
13 March 1938. Photo: Albert Hilscher
from "Hans Petschar; Anschluss - A Chronology of pictures"
© Christian Brandstätter Verlag Gesellschaft mbH
Orientated toward the capturing of the "whole" person, the individual as less as possible should be given individual leeway. Personal decisions about connotations of one's life and insight into overall socio-political correlations were not even allowed to arise. Despite the apparent devotion to the children, was this state-imposed education determined by an inhuman ideology of humiliation (Erniedrigungsideologie), which found its expression in racial anti-Semitism, the doctrine of life unworthy of being lived and the devaluation of everything foreign. Companionable acting in the sense of solidarity with the weak, in this system of education had no place. In its place came the mutual monitoring and disciplining for unscrupulous execution of commands given from "above.
Demonstration of the HJ with Baldur von Schirach at Heldenplatz in Vienna.
13 March 1938. Photo: Dietrich
from "Hans Petschar; Annexation - A Chronology of pictures"
© Christian Brandstätter Verlag Gesellschaft mbH
Central guideline of the National Socialist policy in the cultural sector was the exclusion of Jewish artists, which was marked out in Germany since 1933 through a series of bureaucratic measures: compulsory membership in the corresponding professional chambers of the Reich Chamber of Culture as an absolute professional requirement, while rejection of "non-Aryans"; total political supervision of the theater of the spoken word and music theater, but also of the literature and publishing industry as well as the film production by the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda headed by Joseph Goebbels.
Hitler in Vienna - © Christian Brandstätter Verlag Gesellschaft mbH
Hitler in Vienna. Driving on the ring road.
14 March 1938. Photo: Albert Hilscher
from "Hans Petschar; Anschluss - A Chronology of pictures"
© Christian Brandstätter Verlag Gesellschaft mbH
Politically "unreliable and unsuitable" as communists, socialists, conservatives with an anti-Nazi attitude, religious activists and homosexuals were also "as parasites of culture" eliminated. Simultaneously, the advanced civilization operation should be exploited for the stabilization of leadership (Herrschaftsstablisierung), ultimately no new "essentially German" ("blood and soil") cultural movement being created, but the bourgeois approaches to the classics forced (under exclusion of the heritage of dead and living Jewish artists). The high representatives of the regime were satisfied to document toward the inside and abroad that the apparently revolutionary Nazi regime stood in the succession of civil and monarchical rulers. More intense became the Nazi commitment in the entertainment industry, especially in the film, in which the "Wien-Film" productions full of platitudinous operetta bliss further succeeded. Entertainment was a psychologically skilfully orchestrated attempt to divert attention from political repression and massive racist persecution. Artists (females and males), for the time being - with a few exceptions of resistance - rapidly in the new polictical system fell into line, partly too because the working and production conditions at the moment due to increased government spending were much better than in the times of high unemployment.
Parade in Vienna - © Christian Brandstätter Publishing company mbH
Parade in Vienna. German armored vehicles in University Street;
in the background right, the Votive Church. 03/15/1938
from "Hans Petschar; Connection - A Chronology of pictures"
© Christian Brandstätter Verlag Gesellschaft mbH
Political instrumentalization mostly only in the private sector and occasionally assistance for persecuted colleagues was opposed. The National Socialist state sought immediately after the "Anschluss" also to win over the women. The propaganda especially the mothers put in the center. This pretended respect of motherhood should serve to encourage women for giving birth as much as possible of "racially valuable" children to counteract the purportedly looming descent of the German people by falling fertility rates.
A symbolic poster.
The men are at the front;
the women produce weapons.
Title page of exhibition catalog to exhibition "Degenerate Music".
Women, preferably, should be restricted to the household or social care professions. However, during the war there was an acute shortage of manpower, so that also mothers as workers were forced in the defense industry. The education of girls was clearly targeted at household and motherhood. In the "mandatory year" young girls had to work unpaid in agriculture, in large families or in homes of high-ranking Nazis. In this way, they should practice their future work as a housewife and mother.
Göring at the Heldenplatz - © Christian Brandstätter Verlag Gesellschaft mbH
Göring at the Heldenplatz. 27 March 1938
from "Hans Petschar; Anschluss - A Chronology of pictures"
© Christian Brandstätter Verlag Gesellschaft mbH
In political terms, however, women were excluded from any participation, the National Socialist Women's Organization at all levels was subordinated male functionaries. Many women nevertheless found it exciting now being courted propagandistically, and complied with the Nazi standards. Women also participated in acts of persecution and thus became co-participants in the National Socialist crimes. The appreciation but went only to aligned women and corresponding to racist standards. Those who opposed the regime were as ruthlessly persecuted as women who built relationships with Jews, prisoners of war or foreign workers. Despite the threat of persecution, many women offered resistance against Nazism. They were detained in prisons or concentration camps; even young mothers were executed. From Eastern Europe as forced laborers in the German Empire brought women were deprived of all their rights; them it was even forbidden to have children, and with them forced abortions were carried out, if they became pregnant just the same.
In the Nazi propaganda the "national" motives of the "Anschluss" stood in the foreground.
March of the Austrian Legion by the gate Heldentor - © Christian Brandstätter Verlag Gesellschaft mbH
March of the Austrian Legion by the Heldentor.
01 April 1938. Photo: Albert Hilscher
from "Hans Petschar; Connection - A Chronology of pictures"
© Christian Brandstätter Verlag Gesellschaft mbH
But the real reason for the invasion of Austria was another one, 1938 the German armaments industry reached the limit of its capacity. The continuation of the rearmament seemed questioned. Because there was a lack of raw materials, labor force, free industrial capacities and - not least - of foreign exchange for imports of goods essential for armament. Not the highway construction or other job-creation measures had since 1933 reduced unemployment in the German Reich, but the preparation of a new war.
Glue action of HJ - © Christian Brandstätter Verlag Gesellschaft mbH
Glue action of the HJ. March 1938
from "Hans Petschar; Anschluss - A Chronology of pictures"
© Christian Brandstätter Verlag Gesellschaft mbH
The "blitzkrieg" concept Germany should enable to incorporate one country after another into its sphere of influence and with the so obtained increase in economic power to eliminate the each next opponent. In the framework of the second four-year plan, which in 1936 was elaborated under the leadership of Hermann Göring, in addition to the development of substitutes (eg for rubber and oil), the securing of the access to non-substitutable goods (such as the iron ore from the Styrian Erzberg) had top priority.
It is therefore no coincidence that Austria and the so-called Sudeten German areas of Czechoslovakia with their rich economic resources yet before 1938 were in the field of view of National Socialism and that those countries then were "annexed" the first. Of interest in Austria next to the Erzberg were the unused water forces, the oil deposits in the March field, heavy industry, mechanical engineering and the gold and currency reserves of the Austrian National Bank, which exceeded those of the German Reichsbank in 1938 by a multiple.
Following the UK parliament's rejection of the Brexit deal in a vote last evening, members of the European Parliament have underlined that the EU will remain united and that citizens’ rights are Europe's priority.
Speaking in a debate in Parliament today, Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans said commitments on the peace process and the border in Ireland or on citizens’ rights cannot be watered down.
Parliament's lead member on Brexit @guyverhofstadt called on UK politicians to build a positive majority to break the Brexit deadlock.
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Viewpoints of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
"Discrimination against transgender persons must no longer be tolerated"
[05/01/09] During missions to member states of the Council of Europe, I have
been reminded of the on-going discrimination many face on account of their
gender identity(1). Transgender persons encounter severe problems in their
daily lives as their identity is met with insensitivity, prejudice or
outright rejection.
There have been some extremely brutal hate crimes against transgender
persons. One case which received media attention was the murder in Portugal
of a homeless, HIV-positive, Brazilian transgender woman, called Gisberta
(Luna) Salce Junior. She was tortured and raped by a group of young men,
thrown into a well and left to die.
My discussions with non-governmental organisations defending the rights of
transgender persons indicate that a number of such hate crimes go unreported
– even in serious cases. One of the reasons appears to be a lack of trust in
the police.
Some people seem to have a problem with the mere existence of human beings
whose outer expression of their inner gender identity is not the same as
their gender determined at birth. Aggression against transgender persons
cannot however be excused as resulting from ignorance or lack of education.
These attitudes cause serious harm to innocent and vulnerable people and
must therefore be countered.
I have been struck by the lack of knowledge about the human rights issues at
stake for transgender persons, even among political decision-makers. This is
probably the reason why more has not been done to address transphobia and
discrimination based on gender identity. The result is that individuals are
discriminated against all over Europe, in areas such as as employment,
health care and housing.
In a number of countries, the problem starts at the level of official
recognition. Transgender persons who no longer identify with their birth
gender, seek changes to their birth certificates, passports and other
documents, but often encounter difficulties. This in turn leads to a number
of very concrete problems in daily life when showing one's ID papers – in
the bank or the post office, when using a credit card, or crossing borders.
One well-publicised case related to Dr. Lydia Foy in Ireland who sought to
have her legal gender changed from male to female on her birth certificate.
After ten years of struggle, in 2007 the Irish High Court finally ruled that
the State was in breach of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human
Rights.
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that States are required to
recognise legally the gender change of post-operative transsexuals(2). In
one case, Christine Goodwin, a post-operative male to female transgender
person, complained about sexual harassment in the workplace, discrimination
in relation to contributions to the National Insurance system, and the fact
that she was prevented from marrying a man (because she was still legally
male).
The Court stated that "the very essence of the Convention was respect for
human dignity and human freedom. Under Article 8 of the Convention in
particular…protection was given to the personal sphere of each individual,
including the right to establish details of their identity as human
beings."(3)
In some European countries, it has now become possible to correct offical
records and obtain a new first name. However, in other countries a change of
birth certificate is simply not allowed. In a large number of Council of
Europe Member States, such changes are permitted only upon proof that the
transgender person has been sterilised or declared infertile, or has
undergone other medical procedures, such as gender reassignment surgery or
hormone treatment. The individual's sincere affirmation of their gender
identity is not seen as sufficient, and the suitability of the medical
procedures for the person in question is not considered.
Additionally, many countries require that a married person divorces before
his or her new gender can be recognised, even though the couple itself does
not want to divorce. This in turn may have an impact on children of the
marriage. In fact, in several countries the parent who has undergone the
gender change will lose custody rights. Legislation requiring divorce needs
to be reformed in the spirit of the best interests of the child.
To require surgery as a prerequisite to enjoy legal recognition of one's
gender identity ignores the fact that such operations are not always
desired, medically possible, available, and affordable (without public or
other funding). It is estimated that only 10% of transgender persons in
Europe actually undergo gender reassignment surgery.
Even access to ordinary health care is a problem for transgender people. The
lack of trained staff familiar with the specific health care needs of
transgender persons – or simply prejudice towards transgender people -
render them vulnerable to unpredictable and sometimes hostile reactions.
In the United Kingdom, male to female transgender persons have been
struggling to get their gender status accepted for the purpose of pension
benefits. In spite of overwhelming legal arguments they have so far been
denied the pension rights that other women in the country (who were born
female) enjoy without question.
There are other obstacles encountered in day-to-day life. A major problem
for transgender persons is harassment and discrimination at work. Some leave
their jobs to avoid it, while others avoid gender reassignment surgery for
fear of stigmatisation.
Data presented by EU's Fundamental Rights Agency shows that in some
countries the unemployment rate of transgender persons can reach up to 50%.
Some jobless transgender persons are unable to find employment, and see no
other option but to work in the sex industry. A report from Human Rights
Watch on Turkey called attention to the situation of transgender sex workers
in that country - victimised by violence, drug addiction, sexual abuse, lack
of health insurance, homelessness, police attacks, and a high risk of
HIV/AIDS.
To date, very little factual information is available on the situation of
transgender people in Council of Europe Member States. This information is
needed urgently to determine the extent of the problems faced.
There is no excuse for not immediately granting this community their full
and unconditional human rights. Council of Europe Member States should take
all necessary concrete action to ensure that transphobia is stopped and that
transgender persons are no longer discriminated against in any field.
Thomas Hammarberg
Jenna on dialysis in 2005 - 19 years old.
UPDATE: She received a kidney transplant from a kind stranger - Jan. 2007. A rejection episode has reduced her function and she'll eventually need a new kidney. Jenna's Caringbridge page
A Message Forum for kidney patients Click here
A site for Living Donors Click here
Our story: Los Angeles Times Dec. 30, 2006 Column One - by Alan Zarembo
read it here: articles.latimes.com/2006/dec/30/local/me-kidney30
UPDATE: As of Jan 2014 Jenna's transplant rejected and she is back on dialysis - please see her search for a kidney donor:
Henri Gervex(1852-1929), a French painter, born in Paris, who studied painting under Cabanel, Brisset and Fromentin. His early work belonged almost exclusively to the mythological genre which served as an excuse for the painting of the nude, not always in the best of taste. Upon rejection of his work by the jury of the Salon pour immoralité, he afterwards devoted himself to representations of modern life and achieved success. He was later entrusted with several important official paintings and the decoration of public buildings.
It is said that Gervex may have gotten his revenge for rejection of his work by the jury of the Salon de Paris, in a subtle way, by painting 'A Session of the Painting Jury'. The painting which they are voting on is, unsurprisingly, a ‘classical’ nude.
Seen and photographed at d'Orsay Museum (Musee d'Orsay) in Paris, France.
Following the UK parliament's rejection of the Brexit deal in a vote last evening, members of the European Parliament have underlined that the EU will remain united and that citizens’ rights are Europe's priority.
Speaking in a debate in Parliament today, Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans said commitments on the peace process and the border in Ireland or on citizens’ rights cannot be watered down.
Parliament's lead member on Brexit @guyverhofstadt called on UK politicians to build a positive majority to break the Brexit deadlock.
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Decline of Haute Couture, or, Intolerably Common
Madame Noseyn Ayre, nationality unknown, was at one time the embodiment of fashion for the well-heeled on the world stage. Her acceptance or rejection of the smallest detail noticed in a new wardrobe design, could be the quintessential hallmark needed, or the damning condemnation feared, for an aspiring or established designer’s entire collection. Madame held this position of power for many decades until, one day, an upstart Australian fashion critic wrote in the “Outback Ledger” an article about the latest Paris collections being “intolerably common.” Nothing falls so fast, or can be so irreparably devastating, as an artistic ego.
Within a few months, most all the world’s haute couture houses fell. The few remaining refocused their positions and opted to merchandize their products with excessive commercialization and cunning profit-making schemes. “Common” became the new word for “Haute Couture” and as soon as one day melds into the next, everyone was satisfied with anything “off the rack.”
Except, Madame Noseyn Ayre. Standing on soapboxes in public squares and parks, she loudly championed the high ideals of high fashion and quality craftsmanship through an haute couture megaphone to passersby, one and all. Her efforts fell on deaf ears. If her message went unheeded in Rome - she spoke the language fluently - she could next be heard in Tokyo - there, too, speaking the language fluently. Bombay, Moscow, Buenos Aries, Beijing, (she avoided Australia) it made no difference. The world had changed. Her heartfelt efforts had become “intolerably common.”
Madame’s last known speaking engagement was in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. It is said that her financial condition was such that she couldn’t even afford a dogsled to get her out of town. The natives, being a kind people, offered the next best mode of transportation and sent her adrift on an ice flow heading South. Alas, as might be expected, Madame had vanished from the known world of haute couture … and everything else. In fact, her leaving had left everyone else completely happy to enjoy their off-the-rack garments and common sundry things from the top designers. The word, “craftsmanship” was stricken from dictionaries worldwide. The over-saturated markets had made sure that the memory of Madame was completely forgotten; that she had ever existed at all. Which took about a week. Until ….
Coming upon this tree located in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, I was struck by its striking design and unique coloring. Also, at top center, it appeared to be the face of an old woman. An artistic freak of nature … or, was the human hand involved? Approaching the tree from the other side, I moved a little closer. I could see what looked to be an inscription. It is not uncommon to find such inscriptions, actually, scrawls on Aspen trees in this area. It was a means of communication between local natives, passing cowboys and sheepherders during the last two hundred years. An older: “Kilroy was here!” Most are mere, crudely executed initials or dates, while others are symbols of one kind or another, e.g. the sun, a bird, an arrow, etc. This marking, however, was no ordinary scrawl. In fact, it was not a scrawl, by definition, at all. This was an attempt to identify the author as having exquisite taste in penmanship skills; evidenced by writing in an exquisite late 15th century “littera antiqua” calligraphic style. With the sun at a proper angle, I began reading through ages of tree growth irregularities and the ravages time visited upon this tree. All I could make out was: Mad--e -oseyn Ay-e ‘66. Without any doubt, this could only be one person! It was a stunning discovery!
What is shown here is the West side of the tree. These colors are, incidentally, the colors favored by Madame Noseyn Ayre. The other side of the tree, bearing the inscription, was not photographed as I had run out of battery power. I would have to return another day to get a clear image of this sequence of letters . Until then, I would have to wonder if Madame might yet be wandering about in this forest. True, she would be in her early hundreds, but it would not be an unheard of circumstance. If so, it might explain why so many of the birds in this area are ever so fashionable in their tasteful plumage. Some being quite remarkable in a droll sort of way.
Note: I returned a month later to find the tree had been cut down. It had been hauled off and used as firewood to burn a trash pile of discarded Vuitton, Dior, Pucci, Cardin, et al., off-the-rack clothing and accessories. Seems “intolerably common” has a limited lifespan.
Shown here is an image of Case 2 of the "'The Inevitable Present': Integration at William & Mary" Exhibit located in the Marshall Gallery (1st Floor Rotunda) and the Read & Relax area of Swem Library at the College of William & Mary, on display from February 4th 2013 to August 13th 2013
The following is a transcription of the labels in this case:
The rejection letters received by African American applicants to William & Mary in the 1950s are strikingly similar. While some were turned away because of a late or incomplete application, most rejections included a statement like this:
“The College of William & Mary is a state-supported institution of the Commonwealth of Virginia which complies with all its laws, rules and regulations. We may not enroll Negroes except as provided for under the statutes of the Commonwealth.”
Letters generally closed with a referral for the applicant to Virginia State College, the present-day Virginia State University in Petersburg and a refund of the application fee. One applicant who received such a rejection letter in the summer of 1955 was Barbara Blayton, daughter of the late Alleyne Houser Blayton and Dr. J. Blaine Blayton, a prominent Williamsburg-area physician and civic leader. Eight years later, Barbara Blayton’s younger brother Oscar would become the first African American undergraduate student admitted to William & Mary.
Office of the President, Davis Young Paschall Records,
UA 2.15, Acc. 1982.74, Box 33, Folder 34: Negro Education, 1954-1971
New Journal and Guide, 2 July 1955
The article is available through the ProQuest Historical Newspapers database at proxy.wm.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview...
Another woman rejected by William & Mary in June 1955 was Miriam Johnson Carter, since her chosen course of study, Education, was offered by Virginia State College. Mrs. Carter was on sabbatical from her teaching position in Philadelphia for the 1955-1956 school year, and wished to spend this time taking classes near her family in Gloucester, Virginia. After her initial application was denied, she exchanged letters with William & Mary administrators attempting to gain admission to a different graduate program. Her request to study at the Institute of Early American History and Culture was denied because the Institute was a research organization that did not support students. She then inquired about taking courses at the Virginia Fisheries Lab, the present-day Virginia Institute of Marine Science, but was told that, while her grades were sufficient, her coursework was not advanced enough.
At the beginning of August 1955, now at her family’s home in Gloucester, Carter again requested admission to the Education program. Another exchange of correspondence between Carter, William & Mary, and this time also Richmond followed. As a result, Miriam Johnson Carter was finally accepted to study law during the 1955-1956 academic year, making her the first African American woman admitted to William & Mary during the decades-long process of desegregation. Carter’s correspondence with administrators is unique in its length and persistence.
Office of the President, Davis Young Paschall Records,
UA 2.15, Acc. 1982.74, Box 33, Folder 34: Negro Education, 1954-1971
In 1967, Lynn Briley, Janet Brown, and Karen Ely became the first African American female undergraduate students as well as the first African American residential students at William & Mary. The three did not know one another previously nor did they know they would be roommates living together in Jefferson Hall basement. Integration at William & Mary was not simply accomplished overnight or with the admission of the first African American residential or female students, but was part of a long process of the university and its people.
In 2011, the Hulon Willis Association honored the three alumnae during Homecoming festivities, which marked their 40th class reunion. In 2012, a plaque was hung in Jefferson Hall honoring Briley, Brown, and Ely.
The Flat Hat, 20 October 1967
The Flat Hat student newspaper, first published in 1911, was digitized by Swem Library and is available from the W&M Digital Archive at digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/20
From the Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library at the College of William and Mary. See swem.wm.edu/research/special-collections for further information and assistance.
Following the UK parliament's rejection of the Brexit deal in a vote last evening, members of the European Parliament have underlined that the EU will remain united and that citizens’ rights are Europe's priority.
Speaking in a debate in Parliament today, Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans said commitments on the peace process and the border in Ireland or on citizens’ rights cannot be watered down.
Parliament's lead member on Brexit @guyverhofstadt called on UK politicians to build a positive majority to break the Brexit deadlock.
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The reason I named it this is because I kept leaving it out of Flickr saying to myself that I did not like the photo because of the cloudy washed out sky above. I kept going back and forth trying to decide. I finally figured that you will all just have to deal with the cloudy washed out sky because that is the only way that I can show you the waterfall. There is some sunlight going across the cliffs which is nice lighting up the trees. One day I will get it with a blue sky.
Following the UK parliament's rejection of the Brexit deal in a vote last evening, members of the European Parliament have underlined that the EU will remain united and that citizens’ rights are Europe's priority.
Speaking in a debate in Parliament today, Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans said commitments on the peace process and the border in Ireland or on citizens’ rights cannot be watered down.
Parliament's lead member on Brexit @guyverhofstadt called on UK politicians to build a positive majority to break the Brexit deadlock.
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Tickets available for 6 October 2016 but 7/8 October already sold out. More details www.facebook.com/events/1734871350063266/
Photograph by SHAY ROWAN
DEEP THROAT, the 1970s film that changed the porn industry FOREVER, now award-winning Vertigo Theatre Productions bring their smash hit show back to Manchester after a critically acclaimed 5 star run. Porno Chic tells the story of the iconic stars of the movie Harry Reems (Richard Allen) and Linda Lovelace (Celine Constantinides) as they deal with alcoholism, fame, rejection, domestic abuse, sex, taking on the US government and their rise and brutal fall. Written and directed by award winning Craig Hepworth and Adele Stanhope, Porno Chic is both funny and dramatic and not to be missed.
5 Stars 'unmissable' - What's on Stage
5 stars 'Dynamic' - Viva magazine
'extraordinary' - British Theatre Guide
Adult content, nudity, strong language. over 18s.
DRAMA, THEATRE
@VertigoTheatreP
www.vertigotheatreproductions.co.uk
More details on Greater Manchester Fringe until 31 July 2016 www.greatermanchesterfringe.co.uk
Another rejection letter for a primary school job. As I opened it I received a phonecall for an interview at another school after Christmas.
The GT40 was Henry Ford's response to Enzo Ferrari's rejection of Ford's bid to buy Ferrari. The Detroit Giant wanted to win Le Mans, and developed a Lola design into a world beater, with highly-tuned small block Ford V8 engine. To qualify for the Production Sports Car category, Ford needed to homologate the GT40 by producing this roadgoing version. It has sound and heat insulation, softer suspension and a longer body to incorporate luggage space, but it retained all the GT40's key attributes.
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011
This car one of two owned by Ford.
Read EVO article here:-
www.evo.co.uk/features/features/228996/ford_gt40_to_le_ma...
Following the UK parliament's rejection of the Brexit deal in a vote last evening, members of the European Parliament have underlined that the EU will remain united and that citizens’ rights are Europe's priority.
Speaking in a debate in Parliament today, Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans said commitments on the peace process and the border in Ireland or on citizens’ rights cannot be watered down.
Parliament's lead member on Brexit @guyverhofstadt called on UK politicians to build a positive majority to break the Brexit deadlock.
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Rejection so leaving the building!
A new male Peregrine Falcon, Brian band #62/S
black over blue, born 2019 at the Columbia
Generating Station located in Columbia County Wisconsin, observed flying around the tower today in downtown Rockford. 2021. Attempted to mate with Louise today but she was not having anything to do with it.
His partner Moca was in heat. He thought he could mount her and he made a move on her. But somehow he got a flat rejection....
Following the UK parliament's rejection of the Brexit deal in a vote last evening, members of the European Parliament have underlined that the EU will remain united and that citizens’ rights are Europe's priority.
Speaking in a debate in Parliament today, Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans said commitments on the peace process and the border in Ireland or on citizens’ rights cannot be watered down.
Parliament's lead member on Brexit @guyverhofstadt called on UK politicians to build a positive majority to break the Brexit deadlock.
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This picture is #30 in my 100 Strangers project.
Back to my usual stomping grounds, I set out to find another interesting stranger at Pitt St mall. After a little walking around and a little sitting still, I thought I had found the perfect subject. She was sporting a 1950's rockabilly look, complete with hairstyle, clothing and accessories. But it was not meant to be as she declined saying, "I don't do pictures." I've seen her several times since then and always think she'd make a great subject only to recall her stance on being photographed.
In an effort to bounce back from this encounter I actively sought out another stranger right away. Within minutes, I had approached Lucky. Her colourful head wrap was what initially caught my eye. While I normally do not single out individuals in a couple/group, I was determined to ask for a portrait, perhaps spurred on by my previous rejection.
The three of them were only a few steps from walking into the Westfield when I made my approach. She seemed as if she was about to say no and looked a bit confused like she wasn't sure whether she should be flattered or weirded out by my request. She looked to her friends for approval and they seemed supportive, so I got my shot. Lucky was visiting Sydney from Adelaide and was getting a bit of shopping in.
Afterwards, I showed her the photo and she seemed pleased with it. Before I could broach the information exchange, she asked if she could have my email to get a copy of it. However, it has been a few weeks and I still have not heard from her. Hopefully she finds it online!
Thanks for participating, Lucky! Please let me know if you find this photo and I'd be happy to send you a copy.
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To find out more about the project, visit:
100 Strangers website, or the
You can also see the rest of my set here. Constructive criticism is welcome and appreciated!
Following the UK parliament's rejection of the Brexit deal in a vote last evening, members of the European Parliament have underlined that the EU will remain united and that citizens’ rights are Europe's priority.
Speaking in a debate in Parliament today, Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans said commitments on the peace process and the border in Ireland or on citizens’ rights cannot be watered down.
Parliament's lead member on Brexit @guyverhofstadt called on UK politicians to build a positive majority to break the Brexit deadlock.
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Following the UK parliament's rejection of the Brexit deal in a vote last evening, members of the European Parliament have underlined that the EU will remain united and that citizens’ rights are Europe's priority.
Speaking in a debate in Parliament today, Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans said commitments on the peace process and the border in Ireland or on citizens’ rights cannot be watered down.
Parliament's lead member on Brexit @guyverhofstadt called on UK politicians to build a positive majority to break the Brexit deadlock.
READ MORE ►► epinsta.eu/qfU5
This photo is free to use under Creative Commons license CC-BY-4.0 and must be credited: "CC-BY-4.0: © European Union 2019 – Source: EP". (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) No model release form if applicable. For bigger HR files please contact: webcom-flickr(AT)europarl.europa.eu
67 / 365 - FDT : Rejection™ Style
HFDT!!!
It's women's day here in Italy!
According to the tradition we, the proud men, have to gift our beautiful ladies with those yellow strange-looking flowers, called "Mimose"…
As you can see yourself, my imaginary girlfriend didn't really like them and pretty much kicked the imaginary hell out of me until i crashed on the stairs…
Bah, today's FDT was supposed to be COMPLETELY different, but the idea i had involved another person and, believe me or not, i was completely unable to find someone to help me! Uff…
Just because it's women's day, and all the girls are out eating out and drinking with all their girlfriends, probably they will soon all go completely drunk to some club hoping to find someone to have fun with and maybe…
Wait a sec!
What the hell am i doing here then!?
Crap…
Happy Face Down Tuesday, guys!
Camera Info: Nikon D300 | 35mm (ƒ/1.8G) @ 35mm | ƒ/4 | ISO 400 | 1/8 s — Camera on tripod
Strobist Info: SB-900 @ 200mm | 1/100th power | In Shoot-trough Umbrella | Subject left for fill light | Triggered via Nikon CLS.
Today I had my very first rejection! I was actually thrilled to see how a person would decline participation as it yet to happen. So far, I'm 1 for 9 attempts, so the task is surprisingly easier than I had originally guessed. I simply thanked the person, got up and walked off to do my own business, but I found Mike taking a break in a comfy chair at one of the main entrances to the student union.
Mike had a great story to tell. He had just finished some homework and was killing time before going to work for the Indiana Daily Student (the campus newspaper) as a copy/editor. Although the job is pretty far down the totem pole, given it consists of basic grammatical editing, verifying truth value (Yes! They DO ensure their statements are accurate!) and other basic tasks, there's something uniquely interesting about his job. Mike is one of many editors who are assigned hours in a VERY peculiar fashion.
The IDS assigns hours by posting a schedule on Googledocs in which each employee has to jot their name down in hourly spaces. Until he had clarified that this was an online process, I had envisioned a proverbial mass of humans piling on top of themselves in an attempt to jot their names down on the schedule. Mike then clarified the fact that it was literally the case, although the dog pile takes place online. Poor guy. I sympathize with him for the way the hours work, but I have to commend him on what a great story it presents.
This picture is #8 in my 100 strangers project, started on February 14th, 2009. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com
Part of The Flesh and Its Own set.
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The Flesh and Its Own
I know I'm nothing but atoms.
Or rather, nothing but elementary particles, or even weirder things.
I do not, however, have an intuitive, visual grasp of what atoms or elementary particles are.
Sure, I have a vague conceptual understanding of what atoms and particles are from physics classes, but I
do not, intuitively, see myself as made of atoms.
I do, however, have an intuitive grasp of what flesh and blood are. I see myself as nothing but flesh and blood.
I sometimes hear the expression 'Prison of the Flesh', as if our mind could exists as an entity separated from our body of flesh and blood.
Some belief systems imply that, I know. There's even some serious thought being given to the possibility of turning human beings into (immortal) software. This is not how I see things, I don't think we are trapped in the flesh, I think we *are* the flesh and we should accept this fact with all its terrifying implications.
These photos are an attempt to visually represent some of the perhaps unpleasant implications of our flesh and blood existence.
Notes:
- What you see are digital images projected on skin with an LCD projector.
- The meat texture is stock and is, to the best of my knowledge, free to use.
- The blood texture is mine.
In this shoot I took the word “reflections” on differently than I had previously. I chose to rather than concentrate on actual reflections, to concentrate on reflection on yourself and others. I chose to do this shoot to represent my fear of rejection. These photographs show how I used a spotlights and a black backdrop in a dark room to create the scene. The idea was to for someone to turn away after another has finally let that person into their lives and let them see the person they are inside. The fact that it is my hand holding the glass ball represents that I am the one who holds this fear.
A diverse delegation of Christian leaders are today delivering an open letter signed by more than 800 Australians calling on Prime Minister Tony Abbott to rethink the government's rejection of the gift of solar panels for Kirribilli House.
"Experts have assured us there is really no practical reason to reject the gift of solar panels for Kirribilli House," said Jody Lightfoot, climate justice campaigner at Common Grace.
"We understand the important heritage value of Kirribilli House so we had a chat to Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore who told us the City of Sydney has already installed 5,500 solar panels on nearly 30 buildings including ones with irreplaceable heritage value such as Sydney Town Hall,” said Mr Lightfoot.
The letter rejecting the solar panels came via Michael McCormack, Member for Riverina, in his capacity as the parliamentary secretary to the finance minister.
“The rejection of our gift of solar panels for Kirribilli House is symbolic of the government’s failure to invest in renewables, but we’re here to provide the Prime Minister with an opportunity to choose a brighter future for all Australians and to back the 9 in 10 Australians who want a strong Renewable Energy Target," said Mr Lightfoot.
"We know that climate change means more frequent and intense extreme weather events hitting the world's poorest people the hardest. We only need to look to our Pacific Island neighbours to see the devastating cost of climate change. We could be leading the world in taking action on climate change and as Christians we urge Prime Minister Abbott not to reject the sun's grace," said Jarrod McKenna, National Director of Common Grace.
The gift of twelve solar panels was crowdfunded over four days in December by Common Grace, a movement of Christians who are passionate about Jesus and justice. The Solar Council (the peak body for the solar industry in Australia) offered to install the crowdfunded solar panels for Kirribilli House at no cost.
“Trying something new can feel daunting, but we encourage Prime Minister Abbott to look to the Vatican where in 2008 Pope Benedict accepted a gift of 2700 solar panels to provide clean energy to the Holy See," said Sister Jan Barnett of the Sisters of Saint Joseph.
“More than one hundred Australians pitched in to buy the gift of solar for Kirribilli House and now hundreds more are urging the Prime Minister to accept our gift. The solar panels are a gift for the nation, from the nation, to demonstrate public support for a clean energy future,” said Byron Smith, Assistant Minister, St George's Anglican Church.
“If the City of Sydney can install solar panels on the Sydney Town Hall just across the harbour and Pope Benedict could accept a gift of solar panels for the Vatican, we believe Prime Minister Abbott has no excuses for not accepting our free gift for his Sydney residence," said Mr Smith.
“If the Prime Minister accepts the gift of solar for Kirribilli House he’ll be in good company with 1 in 5 Australian households already using solar,” he said.
The open letter encouraging the Prime Minister to accept the solar gift (signed by more than 800 Australians in the last five days) is below.
Christian leaders delivering the open letter today: Sister Jan Barnett, Sisters of Saint Joseph; Rev. Dr Michael Frost, Founder of Small Boat Big Sea; Byron Smith, Assistant Minister, St George's Anglican Church; Rev. John Buchanan, Minister, St Peter's Presbyterian Church; Rev. David Gore, Uniting Church Minister; Weis Shiuringa, Member, Quakers; Jacqui Remond, Director, Catholic Earthcare Australia; Jody Lightfoot, Climate Justice Campaigner, Common Grace.
THE OPEN LETTER:
Dear Prime Minister Abbott,
We are disappointed that the Government has rejected the gift of solar panels for Kirribilli House that was crowd funded last Christmas by 142 Christians. We had hoped you would accept them as a great first step to get Australia moving towards a strong Renewable Energy Target.
We understand that the reasons for declining the gift are Kirribilli House’s heritage listing, ongoing costs of cleaning and maintenance, and security concerns. So we did some research and found many people in your home state and abroad have overcome these challenges.
Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore informed us that the City of Sydney has already installed 5,500 solar panels on nearly 30 buildings including ones with irreplaceable heritage value such as Sydney Town Hall. We discovered Australia’s own actress, Cate Blanchett, installed 1,906 solar panels on Sydney Theatre Company heritage building. I’m sure she’d be willing to give some pointers if you gave her a call?
On cleaning concerns, John Grimes, CEO of the peak body of the solar industry in Australia (Australian Solar Council), informed us that solar panels do not require ongoing cleaning or yearly maintenance - they are cleaned by the rain. Some utilities require a check of the inverter, but this can be done on the ground every five years.
Looking abroad, did you know that President Carter managed to get solar panels installed on the White House way back in 1979? And Pope Benedict negotiated the same kinds of hurdles when he accepted a gift of 2700 solar panels providing clean energy to the Vatican in 2008.
Prime Minister, we believe that a man in your position can overcome challenges like heritage listings and cleaning concerns and choose a brighter future for all Australians. We therefore urge you to implement a strong Renewable Energy Target and accept the gift of solar panels for Kirribilli House, as a powerful signal to the world that Australia’s renewables industry is officially open for business.
Yours sincerely,
Australian Christians and friends
Open letter available online: www.commongrace.org.au/acceptthegift
china and India
english
Manasa (Bengali: মনসা, Manasha) is a Hindu folk goddess of snakes, worshipped mainly in Bengal and other parts of northeastern India, chiefly for the prevention and cure of snakebite and also for fertility and prosperity. Manasa is the sister of Vasuki, king of Nāgas (snakes) and wife of sage Jagatkāru (Jaratkāru). She is also known as Vishahara (the destroyer of poison), Jagadgaurī, Nityā (eternal) and Padmavati.
Her myths emphasize her bad temper and unhappiness, due to rejection by her father Shiva and her husband, and the hatred of her stepmother, Chandi (Shiva's wife, identified with Parvati in this context). In some scriptures, sage Kashyapa is considered to be her father, rather than Shiva. Manasa is depicted as kind to her devotees, but harsh to people who refused to worship her. Denied full godhead by her mixed parentage, Manasa’s aim was to fully establish her authority as a goddess and to acquire steadfast human devotees.
Origins
Originally an Adivasi (tribal) goddess, Manasa was accepted in the pantheon worshipped by Hindu lower caste groups. Later, she was included in a higher caste Hindu pantheon, where she is now regarded as a Hindu goddess rather than a tribal one. As a Hindu goddess, she was recognized as a daughter of sage Kashyapa and Kadru, the mother of all Nāgas. By the 14th century, Manasa was identified as the goddess of fertility and marriage rites and was assimilated into the Shaiva pantheon, related to the god, Shiva. Myths glorified her by describing that she saved Shiva after he drank the poison, and venerated her as the "remover of poison". Her popularity grew and spread to southern India, and her followers began to rival Shaivism (the cult of Shiva). As a consequence, stories attributing Manasa's birth to Shiva emerged and ultimately Shaivism adopted this indigenous goddess into the Brahmanical tradition of mainstream Hinduism
legends
Mahabharata
The Mahabharata tells the story of Manasa's marriage. Sage Jagatkāru practiced severe austerities and had decided to abstain from marriage. Once he came across a group of men hanging from a tree upside down. These men were his ancestors, who were doomed to misery as their children had not performed their last rites. So they advised Jagatkāru to marry and have a son who could free them of those miseries by performing the ceremonies. Vasuki offered his sister Manasa's hand to Jagatkāru. Manasa mothered a son, Astīka, who freed his ancestors. Astika also helped in saving the Nāga race from destruction when King Janamejaya decided to exterminate them by sacrificing them in his Yajna, fire offering.
Puranas
Puranas are the first scriptures to speak about her birth. They declare that sage Kashyapa is her father, not Shiva as described in the Mangalkavyas. Once, when serpents and reptiles had created chaos on the earth, sage Kashyapa created goddess Manasa from his mind (mana). The creator god Brahma made her the presiding deity of snakes and reptiles. Manasa gained control over the earth, by the power of mantras she chanted. Manasa then propitiated the god, Shiva, who told her to please Krishna. Upon being pleased, Krishna granted her divine Siddhi powers and ritually worshipped her, making her an established goddess.
Kashyapa married Manasa to sage Jaratkaru, who agreed to marry her on the condition that he would leave her if she disobeyed him. Once, when Jaratkaru was awakened by Manasa, he became upset with her because she awakened him too late for worship, and so he deserted her. On the request of the great Hindu gods, Jaratkaru returned to Manasa and she gave birth to Astika, their son.
Mangalkavyas
The Mangalkavyas were devotional paeans to local deities such as Manasa, composed in Bengal between the 13th and the 18th centuries. The Manasa Mangalkavya by Bijay Gupta and Manasa Vijaya (1495) by Bipradas Pipilai trace the origin and myths of the goddess.
According to Manasa Vijaya, Manasa was born when a statue of girl that had been sculpted by Vasuki's mother was touched by Shiva's semen. Vasuki accepted Manasa as his sister, and granted her charge of the poison that was produced when King Prithu milked the Earth as a cow. When Shiva saw Manasa, he was sexually attracted to her, but she proved to him that he was her father. Shiva took Manasa to his home where his wife, Chandi, suspected Manasa of being Shiva's concubine or co-wife, and insulted Manasa and burnt one of her eyes, leaving Manasa half-blind. Later, when Shiva was dying of poison, Manasa cured him. On one occasion, when Chandi kicked her, Manasa rendered her senseless with a glance of her poison eye. Finally, tired of quarrels between Manasa and Chandi, Shiva deserted Manasa under a tree, but created a companion for her from his tears of remorse, called Neto or Netā.
Later, the sage Jaratkaru married Manasa, but Chandi ruined Manasa's wedding night. Chandi advised Manasa to wear snake ornaments and then threw a frog in the bridal chamber which caused the snakes to run around the chamber. As a consequence, the terrified Jaratkaru ran away from the house. After few days, he returned and Astika, their son, was born.
Accompanied by her adviser, Neto, Manasa descended to earth to obtain human devotees. She was initially mocked by the people but then Manasa forced them to worship her by raining calamity on those who denied her power. She managed to convert people from different walks of life, including the Muslim ruler Hasan, but failed to convert Chand Sadagar, an ardent Shiva and Chandi devotee. In attempting to convert him, Manasa killed Chand's six sons and left him bankrupt. She also killed Lakhindar, Chand's youngest son, on his wedding night. Chand's wife and widowed daughter-in-law tried to coax him to worship Manasa. At last, he yielded by offering a flower to the goddess with his left hand without even looking at her. This gesture made Manasa so happy that she resurrected all of Chand's sons and restored his fame and fortunes. The Mangal kavyas say that after this, the worship of Manasa was popular forever more.
Manasa Mangalkavya attributes Manasa's difficulty in attracting devotees to an unjust curse she gave to Chand in his previous life. Chand then retaliated with a counter-curse that worshipping her would not be popular on earth unless he worshipped her also.
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy and Sister Nivedita say, "[The] legend of [Chand Sadagar and] Manasā Devī, [...] who must be as old as the Mykenean stratum in Asiatic society, reflects the conflict between the religion of Shiva and that of female local deities in Bengal. Afterwards Manasā or Padmā was recognized as a form of Shakti, [...] and her worship accepted by Shaivas. She is a phase of the mother-divinity who for so many worshippers is nearer and dearer than the far-off and impersonal Shiva...".
Worship
Generally, Manasa is worshipped without an image. A branch of a tree, an earthen pot or an earthen snake image is worshipped as the goddess,[1] though images of Manasa are worshipped too. She is worshipped for protection from and cure of snake bites and infectious diseases like smallpox and chicken pox.
The cult of Manasa is most widespread in Bengal, where she is ritually worshipped in temples. The goddess is widely worshipped in the rainy season, when the snakes are most active.
Manasa is ceremonially worshipped on Nag Panchami - a festival of snake worship in the Hindu month of Shravan (July-August). Bengali women observe a fast (vrata) on this day and offer milk at snake holes.
I love messing around with photos. I was playing with this photo of myself when the face-like image appeared in the background of it's own accord. I added the eyes to give it some depth. I thought it was pretty weird lol Seems robot-like to me.
Miguel Angel Guzman
Direction & Choreography
María Cecilia Cuesta, Marianna Escobedo, Lucía González, Cinthia Pérez Navarro, Amira Ramírez, Carolina Tabares & Jimena Villegas
Performers
Angelina Del Buey
Costume Design
Gonzalo Aguilar
Photography
REJECTION: Groupshow with Alfredo Barsuglia, Sofia Goscinski, Paul Leitner, Lucas Zallmann
unttld contemporary
Schleifmühlgasse 5
1040 Vienna
Austria
Approaching random women to photograph them is an... experience. It's an exercise in social anxiety and patience.
And rejection.
It definitely is not for those who cannot take No for an answer. Or who are afraid of No being the answer.
But with how comfortable I've gotten at approaching women, I need to bear in mind that this is a brand new experience for most of the women I'm approaching. So I've gotten pretty good at reading body language. Plenty of times I've gotten a straight No, but plenty of times I've gotten hesitation. Hesitation isn't always a No, but it's definitely a sign they're not comfortable.
But her response was a little interesting, as it was more... flattery and hesitation. A short conversation, both of us mentioning why we were out there, opened her up just enough. I'm never looking for more than a few minutes with each woman I approach. Because I never need more than that.
At first she thought I'd be put off by her jeans and boots. Yeah, no. Not put off in the least. I've lived quite a few years in small towns in the Midwest. My wife is from small-town Nebraska with most of her family being from rural and small-town Kansas.
Sure, she ain't like the other women I find at the park. But I didn't know that approaching her at first. And I considered it a fortunate surprise.
If I had more time with her, absolutely I would've had some poses for her by her pickup. That is once she got beyond her apparent feelings of "this can't be happening".
Thousands of Greeks have taken to the streets to show their rejection of the government's proposed austerity measures, which are supposed to right the country's flailing economy. Our Observer in Thessaloniki was in the middle of the protest there, along with his camera.
Craig Wherlock is a British expat based in Thessaloniki. He's a teacher at a private school.
I think there were between eight and nine thousand people in the streets [7,000 according to the police]. Unlike in Athens however, there were no clashes here.
The marchers were mainly public sector workers as their unions, like the PAME [communist], are the most active. But there were also employees from the private sector amongst them. Everybody's worried about the wage freeze, cuts to social benefits, an increase in VAT (from 19% to 21%) and the changing of the legal retirement age (currently 60 for women, 65 for men, but could be set at 67 for all).
People are really angry and feeling desperate. Most shop workers and even small factory employees aren't registered and therefore have no social security. They work up to 50 or 60 hours per week for only 600 euros a month [Read Craig's previous post on the high costs and low wages in Greece].
So they're wondering how the country managed to amount 300 billion euros of debt - what was that money spent on? Certainly not, they say, on public services or roads. The protestors have the impression that politicians robbed the country blind. With the former government, there was a corruption scandal every two months. So talk of wasted money is still rife. The former health minister ordered 16 million doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine, but only 400,000 were needed in the end.
I saw the slogan ‘plutocracy should pay for the crisis' - which pretty much sums up the feelings of the protestors."
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The 2012 United Nations Declaration on the Rule of Law and its Projections - By Lilian del Castillo
This panel was sponsored by the UN21 Interest Group and cosponsored by the Government Attorneys Interest Group, the Transitional Justice and Rule of Law Interest Group, and the International Criminal Law Interest Group.
The Moderator of the session, Ambassador Hans Corell, former Under-Secretary for Legal Affairs and Legal Counsel of the UN, and former Sweden Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador, introduced the subject and the panelists, on what resulted in a high-level and thought-provoking session of highly-qualified professors and practitioners of international law.
The first panelists, Simon Chesterman, Dean of the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore, starting the session explaining that three basic elements of the rule of law can be identified. First, public power should not be exercised arbitrarily. This incorporates the rejection of “rule of man” and requires that laws be prospective, accessible, and clear. In the domestic context, this can be understood as meaning a government of laws. Secondly, the law must apply also to the public authority itself, with an independent institution such as a judiciary to apply the law to specific cases. This implies a distinction from “rule by law” and can be abbreviated to the idea of the supremacy of the law. Thirdly, the law must apply to all persons equally, offering equal protection without prejudicial discrimination. The law should be of general application and consistent implementation; it should be capable of being obeyed. This means equality before the law.
The “international rule of law” may be understood as the application of these principles to relations between states, as well as other subjects and objects of international law. But the concepts cannot be translated directly. At the national level, the rule of law regulates subjects in a vertical relation to the sovereign; at the international level it regulates entities that are theoretically equal in a horizontal relationship. It can be helpful, in this context, not to think of what the rule of law means, so much as what it is intended to do. Based on the above elements, each can be understood as having a specific function that is applicable both domestically and internationally: first, to strengthen predictability of behaviour; secondly, to prevent arbitrariness; and thirdly to ensure basic fairness.
In this light, added Simon Cherterman, these principles raised questions with regard to the legitimacy of certain Council activities, in particular when it passed resolutions of a law-making character — counter-terrorism and proliferation of WMD — or targeted sanctions against named individuals, as in the Al-Qaida/Taliban sanctions regime, without clarity as to the appropriate process for listing and delisting.
The next panelist, Clemens A. Feinaeugle, Senior Research Fellow and Coordinator of Scientific Research at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International European and Regulatory Procedural Law, spoke under the title “Strengthening the Rule of Law in the UN – Do we Need a new Approach to UN Targeted Sanctions?” about the rule of law contents in the 2012 UN Declaration and their relevance for the work of the 1267 Sanctions Committee. The rule of law as it appears in the UN Declaration does not provide a list of clear-cut rule of law contents. The rule of law is rather to be seen as a principle with the function of attaching legitimacy and predictability to the work of the UN and the Security Council. Several rule of law improvements have been achieved in the 1267 Sanctions regime over the past years so that a whole new approach is not needed. Procedural safeguards play a major role in this context but multi-level aspects must also be taken into consideration, e.g. the principle of “UN loyalty”, i.e. the obligation of cooperation and mutual respect between the UN level and the EU/national levels involved in the establishment and administration of the UN sanctions regime.
Erika de Wet, Co-Director of the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa and Professor of International Law at the University of Pretoria, and Professor of International Constitutional Law at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands, was the following panelist, addressing “The role of Regional and Domestic Courts in strengthening the Security Council’s adherence to international human rights standards.” The contribution of Professor de Wett focussed on techniques of interpretation in recent cases of the European Court of Human Rights and domestic courts, aimed at reconciling United Nations Security Council obligations and international human rights standards. It illustrated that although the United Nations Security Council is not bound by these court decisions, they generated bottom-up pressure which has contributed to some (incremental) reform in relation to the listing and de-listing of individuals and entities falling within the scope of the Al Qaida sanctions committee.
Professor de Wett specified that the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Nada v Switzerzland (September 2013) departed from the presumption that the United Nations and its organs act in accordance with human rights standards and interpreted the language of the respective Security Council resolutions restrictively. This seems to be a strong presumption that will only be overcome by explicit language in a resolution. This approach was also confirmed by the Dutch Supreme Court in The Iranian students case (December 2012). The Dutch court underscored the need for domestic authorities to avoid a norm conflict between international human rights standards and Security Council obligations through harmonious interpretation.
While acknowledging the limits of these interpretative techniques, Professor de Wett concluded that they constitute useful ways for preventing an outright rejection of Security Council obligations that would undermine international peace and security, while maintaining some respect for international human rights standards (and therefore the international rule of law). Until such a time as the United Nations itself provides for independent review procedures for those affected by certain types of targeted sanctions, the role of domestic and regional courts in safeguarding the rights of individuals will remain necessary – also to strengthen the legitimacy of the United Nations sanctions regime.
In his presentation August Reinisch, Professor of International Law at the University of Vienna School of Law, referred to “Internalizing the Rule of Law – the UN’s Unfinished Tasks,” focusing on the specific access to justice aspect of the rule of law. Vis-à-vis the UN and other international organizations this demand to have one’s rights and obligations determined by an independent and impartial tribunal is regularly impeded by the organizations’ immunity from the jurisdiction of national courts. It is for this reason that Section 29 of the 1946 Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the UN provided that “the United Nations shall make provisions for appropriate modes of settlement of: (a) disputes arising out of contracts or other disputes of a private law character to which the United Nations is a party […]”.
With regard to staff disputes access to justice is largely guaranteed through the reformed system of the administration of justice in the United Nations, now carried out by the two-tiered protection of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal. With regard to individuals listed by the UN SC as terrorists, the Ombudsperson institution has markedly improved the situation, though paragraph 29 of the 2012 Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Rule of Law at the National and International Levels, A/RES/67/1, suggests that there is still a need for reform when it “encourage[s] the Security Council to continue to ensure that […] fair and clear procedures are maintained and further developed.”
Finally, Professor August Reinisch turned to third parties having contractual or delictual claims against the UN which are normally to be settled by arbitration. He questioned though whether this is an adequate remedy under rule of law auspices and voiced concern over three particular aspects: first, arbitration, unless previously agreed upon, is voluntary, so no one can insist on arbitration and in cases of tort claims there is no possibility to agree in advance. Thus, potential claimants are at the mercy of the UN to accept arbitration as the recent example of the cholera epidemic in Haiti has demonstrated. Second, arbitration is expensive and will often deter claimants from pursuing their claims. Third, there always remains the need of voluntary compliance with an award because of the separate immunity from enforcement measures enjoyed by the UN.
August Reinisch concluded his presentation by pointing to the “internalization” approach of the ICJ in its Effect of Awards case where it justified the establishment of an administrative tribunal, among others by saying that it would “[...] hardly be consistent with the expressed aim of the Charter to promote freedom and justice for individuals [...] that [the United Nations] should afford no judicial or arbitral remedy to its own staff for the settlement of any disputes which may arise between it and them.”
The closing comments were the contribution of Sheelagh Steward, Director at the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery of the United Nations Development Programme, which in her concise and relevant participation clarified that the Security Council is a place of contestation, there is nothing as a unified opinion of the Security Council, asserting also that the Rule of Law itself is a site of contestation. Paragraph 5 of the UN Declaration adds a thicker content to the thin content of the rule of law expressed at the beginning. Sovereignty and the rule of law establish the basis of order, including safety and transitional justice, among other elements.
The questions from the audience which followed, and included Judge Hishasi Owada from the International Court of Justice, gave rise to a vivid discussion, limited by the constraints of time but nevertheless illustrating the broad interest in the rule of law concept and implementation.
The Moderator, Ambassador Hans Corell, summed up the session by referring, first to the two papers that Lilian del Castillo had asked the secretariat to disseminate, Security Council Reform and the Rule of Law, adding that he defined the rule of law relatively broadly. In particular, he believed that democracy and human rights are central to a true rule of law. By way of example he mentioned that when the UN governed Kosovo and East Timor, he had an officer in the UN Office of Legal Affairs vet all draft regulations from a human rights perspective before the Special Representative of the Secretary-General was authorized to issue them.
He also referred to his experiences from defending his country Sweden before the European Court of Human Rights and the effects of the rulings of this Court on the national legislation in the states that are members of the Council of Europe.
Furthermore, he mentioned that two institutes in Europe had elaborated a short guide (41 pages only) for politicians on the rule of law: “Rule of Law – A guide for politicians”. The Guide is freely available for downloading and printing from the website of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. (address will come separately). The genesis of the Guide was a discussion among members of the InterAction Council of Former Heads of State and Government in which they pointed to the need to raise the awareness of politicians of the basics of international law and the meaning of the rule of law.
Finally, he mentioned that he had just been informed about the Natalia Project, which aims at protecting human rights defenders who are at risk of being subjected to arrest and detention and maybe also inhuman and degrading treatment because of their fully legitimate work in defending human rights and the rule of law.”
The following links contained the documents mentioned by Ambassador Hans Corell:
Text of letter to PR: www.havc.se/res/SelectedMaterial/20121122textoflettertopr...
International Criminal Justice: www.havc.se/res/SelectedMaterial/20121112corellkeynoteicj...
A Guide for Politicians: rwi.lu.se/what-we-do/academic-activities/pub/rule-of-law-...
Natalia Project- Civil Rights Defenders: natalia.civilrightsdefenders.org/
Lilian del Castillo is professor of International Law at the University of Buenos Aires School of Law, teaching natural resources regimes, territorial issues and dispute resolution, among other topics.
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Legacy
In his memoirs Jag — published after Larsson's death — he declared his bitterness and disappointment over this rejection of the painting he himself considered to be his greatest achievement: "The fate of Midvinterblot broke me! This I admit with a dark anger. And still, it was probably the best thing that could have happened, because my intuition tells me — once again! — that this painting, with all its weaknesses, will one day, when I'm gone, be honoured with a far better placement."
Larsson admitted, however, in the same memoirs that the pictures of his family and home "became the most immediate and lasting part of my life's work. For these pictures are of course a very genuine expression of my personality, of my deepest feelings, of all my limitless love for my wife and children."
Fights between different schools of Swedish artists caused the "Midvinterblot" controversy to continue for many years. In 1987 the museum was even offered the monumental painting for free, provided it would adorn the empty wall for which it had been intended, but the museum declined the offer, so the painting was sold to the Japanese collector Hiroshi Ishizuka. In 1992, he agreed to lend it to the museum for its major Carl Larsson exhibition, where it was hung in the intended place. Public appreciation changed the "experts'" view about the painting, and with the help of private donations the museum was able to buy it from Hiroshi Ishizuka in 1997 and permanently display it where it originally had been intended to be.
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Abed Z. Bhuyan is a recent graduate of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, where he studied International Politics and Muslim-Christian Understanding. His blog, Abedology, will chronicle his experience as an American Muslim who loves tennis and the movie Good Will Hunting
Powell Rejects Islamophobia
On NBC's Meet the Press this weekend, former Secretary of State Colin Powell formally endorsed Barack Obama in this year's presidential election. Pundits will spend the next few days debating whether or not this endorsement matters. In truth, his endorsement of a politician matters less than his strong rejection of the Islamophobia that has tainted this race and that continues to exist unabated in many parts of America.
In a moment that would have made Tim Russert proud, Secretary Powell firmly renounced the divisiveness that has been perpetuated by his own party. During his interview, Secretary Powell exhibited a gravitas that has been unmatched thus far by politicians and pundits alike when it comes to an honest discussion of the state of a presidential race that has increasingly gone negative.
Since the beginning of this way-too-long presidential campaign Americans of conscience have longed for someone of such stature to repudiate the blatant bigotry towards Muslims. On Sunday Colin Powell lived up to his billing as senior American statesman. I know I was not the only one moved to tears by the following remarks of Colin Powell:
"I'm also troubled by, not what Senator McCain says, but what members of the party say, and it is permitted to be said. Such things as 'Well you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim.' Well the correct answer is 'He is not a Muslim, he's a Christian, he's always been a Christian.' But the really right answer is 'What if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country?' The answer is 'No. That's not America.' Is there something wrong with some 7-year old Muslim-American kid believing that he or she can be president? Yet I have heard senior members of my own party drop the suggestion he's a Muslim and he might be associated with terrorists. This is not the way we should be doing it in America.
"I feel strongly about this particular point because of a picture I saw in a magazine. It was a photo-essay about troops who were serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. And one picture at the tail end of this photo essay was of a mother in Arlington Cemetery and she had her head on the headstone of her son's grave. And as the picture focused in you can see the writing on the headstone. And it gave his awards, Purple Heart, Bronze Star, showed that he died in Iraq, gave his date of birth, date of death. He was 20 years old. And then at the very top of the headstone, it didn't have a Christian cross, it didn't have a Star of David. It had a crescent and a star of the Islamic faith. And his name was Karim Rashad Sultan Khan. And he was an American, he was born in New Jersey, he was 14 at the time of 9/11 and he waited until he can go serve his counrty and he gave his life."
It is important that Secretary Powell's statement not be minimized to a political endorsement. It was so much more. But despite the powerful imagery and language used by Secretary Powell, there are two unfortunate facts that accompany his statement. First, the fact that I was so moved by his statement highlights the fact that the many calls for denouncing bigotry towards Muslims have gone ignored. Many Americans, not only American Muslims, have been denouncing Islamophobia in the campaign for over a year, making comments from high-profiled public officials long overdue. Secondly, the portion of the endorsement that I chose to highlight above is likely to get lost in the news. That is because decrying Islamophobia, even though it seemed to be the most important reason for Powell's decision to endorse Obama, is simply not sexy. Very few in the media will give proper credit to Powell for rejecting prejudice towards Muslims. But of all the bigotries exposed in this election cycle, including racism and sexism, Islamophobia has been the most consistent and unchallenged.
Now, given today's political climate, not holding or seeking office makes denouncing Islamophobia a lot easier. Furthermore, it should be noted that Islamophobia is not something that exists only within the Republican Party. After all, the man who has been the target of these so-called smears himself has not issued as strong and direct a rejection as Secretary Powell did this weekend. When Senator Hillary Clinton was battling Senator Obama for the Democratic nomination, she certainly allowed the Obama-is-a-Muslim whispers to continue. Obama has frequently denied the claim that he is a Muslim only by presenting the fact of his Christian faith and not addressing the crucial subtext of the claim: that there is something wrong with being a Muslim.
With his endorsement coming largely as a result of Obama's ability to transcend party and race, Secretary Powell has raised the bar for whoever does win this historic election. Politicians of either party have been unwilling to denounce Islamophobia for fear of appearing both weak and willing to 'pal around' with 'terrorists.' By unequivocally attacking the bigoted tenor of the campaign, he struck at the heart of what politicians have for this entire political season felt a taboo subject to address.
In addressing the Powell endorsement in the coming days, one can only hope that both candidates Obama and McCain see it more as a rejection of heightened bigotry than as a mere endorsement of any one politician.
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The William and Mary men’s basketball team suffered an 80-66 setback to Drexel on Senior Day at Kaplan Arena. The Dragons used a 17-1 run to end the first half and 11 3-pointers to outdistance the Tribe. Prior to the game, W&M (18-11, 12-6 CAA) honored its four-member senior class of manager Brian Gelston, Tyler Johnson, Tom Schalk and Marcus Thornton. Despite the loss to the Dragons (11-18, 9-9 CAA), the Tribe still claimed a share of the CAA regular season championship.
Thornton led the way for the Tribe in his final game at Kaplan Arena, scoring 19 points and dishing
out six assists. He knocked down a trio of 3-pointers and in the process moved into the fifth on the CAA’s all-time 3-point field goals list. Terry Tarpey added his ninth double-double of the season with 12 points and 11 rebounds, while Daniel Dixon returned to action after missing five games and added 14 points, including a 4-of-7 effort from 3-point range.
After a slow start by both teams, W&M opened up a nine-point advantage thanks to an 11-0 run. Trailing 4-2, Tarpey scored on a fast-break lay-up off a dish from Omar Prewitt to knot things and start the run. Dixon knocked down a triple and Thornton drilled one of his own to give the home side a 13-4 lead with 11:20 remaining in the opening half.
Drexel responded with a 13-2 run to move back in front, highlighted by the play of Freddie Wilson. The Dragon senior drilled a trio of 3-pointers during the stretch as Drexel hit four straight shots. Wilson's third trifecta of the night at the eight-minute mark gave the visitors a 17-15 lead.
W&M pulled even at 20 on a Dixon 3-pointer at the 6:19 mark, but the remainder of the first half belonged to the Dragons. Drexel closed the opening 20 minutes on a 17-1 run to take a 16-point cushion to the locker room. Tavon Allen scored 11 of the Dragon’s final 20 points of the first half. He hit three straight 3-poitners during a stretch and connected on a pair of free throws with less than 30 seconds remaining for the final half-time margin to 37-21. It total, Drexel connected on 7-of-12 (58.3 percent) from 3-point range in the first 20 minutes.
W&M scored eight of the second half’s first 11 points to cut the gap to 40-29 on a Schalk lay-up off a feed from Thornton at the 16:47 mark. Drexel though responded with two straight 3-pointers to extend the margin to 17.
The Dragon’s advantage was 15, 54-39, with 10:23 left following two Tyshawn Myles free throws. A Thornton 3-pointer and two Tarpey free throws narrowed the gap to 10 with 9:34 remaining, but Wilson knocked down a big 3-pointer on the ensuing Drexel possession to stem the Tribe’s momentum.
W&M cut the gap to nine points on three occasions, but each time Drexel had an answer. Thornton’s patented step-back jumper at the 4:27 mark closed the Tribe within 64-55. The Dragons responded with six straight points, including the final four from the free throw line, to extend its lead back to 15, 70-55, and put the game out of reach.
Drexel finished shooting 49 percent (24-of-49) from the field, including an 11-of-21 effort (52.4) from 3-point range. The Dragons also did a number at the free throw line and on the glass. Drexel shot 80.8 percent (21-of-26) from the free throw line, including 17-of-22 (77.3 percent) in the second half.
Wilson and Allen turned in iron-man efforts, playing all 40 minutes and scoring 24 and 22 points, respectively. Wilson was 8-of-12 from the field and 6-of-9 from 3-point range, while Allen hit on 5-of-10 from long range. Rodney Williams just missed a double-double for Drexel with 18 points and nine rebounds.
The Tribe finished the game at 45.1 percent (23-of-51) from the field, including a 55.6-percent (15-of-27) clip in the second half. W&M hit 10 3-pointers for the 13th time this season, shooting 35.7 percent (10-of-28) from distance. The Green and Gold dished out 16 assists on 23 made field goals and only turned it over four times, which is tied for the third lowest total in school history.
Thanks to Elon's victory over UNCW on Saturday, W&M is the regular season champion and will be the No. 1 seed in the CAA Tournament, March 6-9, in Baltimore, for the first time in school history. The Tribe will face the winner of No. 8 Elon and No. 9 Towson at noon on Saturday, March 7.
Red Weasel Media RWM was there to capture the fast pace, back and forth action.
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The books in the 'Children of Violence' series (1952-69) are strongly influenced by Lessing's rejection of a domestic family role and her involvement with communism. The novels are autobiographical in many respects, telling the story of Martha Quest, a girl growing up in Africa who marries young despite her desperate desire to avoid the life her mother has led. The second book in the series, A Proper Marriage (1954), describes the unhappiness of the marriage and Martha's eventual rejection of it. The sequel, A Ripple from the Storm (1958), is very much a novel of ideas, exploring Marxism and Martha's increasing political awareness. By the time that this book was written, however, Lessing had become disillusioned with communism and had left the party.
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The center character of Children of Violence is Martha Quest, a young woman of intelligence and passion. Raised in a narrow, provincial community in Central Africa, child of colonial parents committed to the old way, she has turned for direction and sustenance to literature, as previous generations turned to religion. But the moral standards that she has pieced together from her classic and modern writer-heroes are at odds with the life around her. Seeing her profoundest ideals denied by the people closest to her, she continually asks, How can they? (treat the Africans that way, act with such dishonesty toward one another, pretend to regard their defeats as victories, be content to drift with every ill wind from mindless youth to dreary old age). Continually outraged, she probes, argues, struggles to make them understand what they are doing. When she fails miserably, there is a final crisis; she leaves home.
But freedom provides its own shocks and confusions; in rapid succession - almost without volition - involvement with the smart young set, a ritual round of drinking and parties, a suitable courtship, a proper marriage, an immediate pregnancy, a young husband off to war, and the sudden realization that she is no more autonomous than her parents. The old question re-occurs but with an important change. How can I? And, jolted by this sudden insight, Martha begins a scrupulous scrutiny of self and society, of motherhood and love, of the city with its racial tensions, of power and politics.
Martha Quest is a true daughter of her century - the quarreling century in which the conflict between the generations reflects the conflict between old systems and new, between ascendant and ascending nations and races. Martha's personal history mirrors the convulsions and aspirations of our time: the successful rebellion, freedom and its tragic failures, and finally, despair transmuted into a relentless determination to understand life, and through this understanding discover a way to live.
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Over the years, Lessing has attempted to accommodate what she admires in the novels of the nineteenth century - their "climate of ethical judgement" - to the demands of twentieth-century ideas about consciousness and time. After writing the Children of Violence series (1951-1959), a formally conventional bildungsroman (novel of education) about the growth in consciousness of her heroine, Martha Quest, Lessing broke new ground with The Golden Notebook (1962), a daring narrative experiment, in which the multiple selves of a contemporary woman are rendered in astonishing depth and detail. Anna Wulf, like Lessing herself, strives for ruthless honesty as she aims to free herself from the chaos, emotional numbness, and hypocrisy afflicting her generation.