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061912: Washington, D.C. - The House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security held a hearing on emerging border threats. CBP, USCG, and ICE provided testimony. CBP witness is Donna Bucella (left), Assistant Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Intelligence and Investigative Liaison (OIIL).
Photographer: Donna Burton
Rear view of the artificial hillside that today supports the rock-cut facade of the great temple of Abu Simbel.
The rock-cut temples of Abu Simbel are one of Egypt's greatest wonders, and the most powerful testimony to the ambition of the country's greatest Pharaoh, Ramesses II. The visitor cannot fail to be impressed by the sheer spectacle of it all, there is simply nothing else quite like standing before these awe-inspiring colossi hewn from the living rock.
The temples were carved in the 19th Dynasty (c1264-44 BC) at the height of the long reign of Ramesses II (also known as Ramesses the Great) at a remote location along the Nile close to Egypt's southern border in Nubia (close to the border of modern-day Sudan), doubtless to serve as a statement of Pharaonic power to Egypt's southern neighbours. Any visitor travelling northwards would have passed these wonders and have immediately known who was in charge!
The temples also serve as Ramesses's offering to the gods, though deities are easily forgotten amidst his own omnipresent likenesses. The more famous main temple featuring the four seated colossi of Ramesses is dedicated to the gods Ptah, Amun and Ra-Horakhte, along with Ramesses deified self, the whole edifice serving as his own apotheosis. The interior of the temple culminates with (sadly mutilated) carved figures of all four, which are illuminated by the Sun on two separate days of the year.
The facade is dominated by the two pairs of Ramesses colossi, each with smaller figures of queens and princesses alongside or between their legs. The upper half of one of the great figures collapsed in antiquity, pieces of the head and crown remain lying on the ground below. In the centre within a niche above the entrance stands the falcon-headed Sun-god Ra-Harakhte (large in itself though dwarfed by Ramesses) but even the act of placing a deity at the centre of the facade serves the cult of the Pharaoh, since the god holding an User-staff and a figure of the goddess Maat enables the statue to symbolise Ramesses's coronation-name 'User-Maat-Re'.
Within the temple lies an impressive pillared hall, each column again bearing the likeness of Ramesses, this time in standing figures in the pose of Osiris. Reliefs show the king before the gods and a large chariot scene from the battle of Kadesh. Various side rooms contain more humbly finished reliefs whilst the final room is the sanctuary with the gods' images described above.
To the right of the temple of Ramesses stands the smaller temple dedicated to his favourite wife, Queen Nefertari (nominally dedicated to the goddess Hathor whose image is carved on the columns within). The facade is adorned with six standing figures in deeply-splayed niches, four more of Ramesses himself and the remaining two of Nefertari, and unusual prominence for a queen.
The temples are often best remembered for their dramatic rescue during the 1960s when the construction of the Aswan High Dam threatened to submerge them completely. Many Nubian temples were relocated at this time to save them from the rising waters, but none more famous than Abu Simbel, where the unique rock-cut nature of the monuments complicated the rescue. After several options where explored a decision was made to slice the temples into hundreds of movable sections and relocate both to higher ground immediately above their former positions. Between 1964-8 a massive international effort saw the entire rock-face removed and the components of the temples re-erected before two artificial mountains above, each supported by a hollow concrete dome. The engineering feat involved is every bit as impressive as the temples themselves.
Today Abu Simbel is one of the greatest sights of Egypt, though its remoteness requires either a flight or a long three-hour drive south of the nearest city, Aswan. It is worth every effort to reach it, and once seen it is never forgotten.
Former S-21 prison guard Him Huy gives testimony before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (the Khmer Rouge Tribunal) on 16 July 2009.
The photo can be used freely by media provided that the photo is credited "Courtesy of Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia". More info at www.eccc.gov.kh
A tourist acts as a witness to a sighting of Robin Hood, in the courtroom at the Galleries of Justice in Nottingham, England.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, USBP Acting Chief Carla Provost testified before the Judiciary Committee hearing on the subject "The MS-13 Problem: Investigating Gang Membership, its Nexus to Illegal Immigration, and Federal Efforts to End the Threat" at the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Also providing testimony were Mr. Derek Benner, Acting Executive Associate Director, Homeland Security Investigations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Left) and Mr. Matthew Albence Executive Associate Director Enforcement and Removal Operations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Right).
Photographer: Donna Burton
More than 100 people presented testimony at the public hearing for ConnectOregon project recommendations.
FORMER: Commissioner Alan Bersin and ICE Director John Morton Testimony on issues pertaining to US Customs and Immigration Customs Enforcement at the Dirksen Building in Washington, DC on May 17, 2011. Seen here Commissioner Bersin in press interview after testimony.
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Goal:
Easter graphic - leading into series on Hope
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Community (will be reaching out with Easter Invites
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Using www.iamsecond.com as inspiration. Also - to avoid any "girly" easter stuff - and appeal to men more.
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Series graphic, also to be used for banners, printed invite cards, and web landing page
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This Easter - we're mixing things up a bit around here. The teaching will be based on John 20 - and will focus around hope coming out of hopelessness. Imagine the hopelessness Mary experienced as she approached the empty tomb and thought someone had taken Jesus' body, but the hope restored when Jesus revealed Himself to her... We've captured testimonies on video of times when individuals have been in hopeless circumstances. These will air - then the teaching will take place on how even when it seems as if all hope is gone - God is hard at work - behind the scenes waiting to offer hope... then the second video will air - the same peeps sharing the hope God provided in the situation. Our main songs will be "Rescue" and "Everything Rides On Hope Now". The best part - we'll be launching into a 7 part series on Easter - each week the teaching will focus on another video testimony. We'll be closing the series with live testimonies from the chair.
2 weeks into the series we'll add "What's your story of hope?" to the graphic - and will begin collecting stories of hope from the congregation.
Setsuko Thurlow and Yasuaki Yamashita moving testimony on the catastrophic consequences of nuclear weapons during the Second Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, Nayarit, 13-14 February, 2014.
Photo by Zita Guerra/ICAN
A guided walking tour of Vieux Lyon. The tour would take around an hour.
The Vieux Lyon (English: Old Lyon) is the largest Renaissance district of Lyon in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon.
This zone is served by the metro line D
In 1954, Vieux-Lyon, the city's oldest district, became the first site in France to be protected under the Malraux law to protect France's cultural sites. Covering an area of 424 hectares at the foot of the Fourvière hill, it is one of Europe’s most extensive Renaissance neighborhoods. There are three distinct sections: Saint Jean, Saint Paul and Saint Georges.
The Saint Jean quarter: in the Middle Ages, this was the focus of political and religious power. The Cathedral of St Jean, seat of the Primate of Gaul, a title still conferred upon the archbishop of Lyon, is a good example of Gothic architecture. The Manecanterie adjoining the cathedral is one of Lyon's few extant Romanesque buildings. Formerly a choir school, it now houses the museum of the cathedral’s treasures. Saint Jean is also home to the Museum of Miniatures and Film Sets, located in a building that was the Golden Cross Inn in the 15th century.
The Saint-Paul section: in the 15th and 16th centuries predominately Italian banker-merchants moved into sumptuous urban residences here called hôtels particuliers. The Hôtel Bullioud and the Hôtel de Gadagne are two magnificent examples and the latter now houses the Lyon Historical Museum and the International Puppet Museum. The Loge du Change stands as testimony to the period when trade fairs made the city wealthy. The Saint Paul church with its Romanesque lantern tower and its spectacular spire mark the section’s northern extremity.
The Saint Georges section: silk weavers settled here beginning in the 16th century before moving to the Croix Rousse hill in the 19th century. In 1844, the architect Pierre Bossan rebuilt the St George's Church on the banks of the Saônein a neo-Gothic style. In the Middle Ages, when there were only a few parallel streets between the hill and the Saône, the first traboules were built. Derived from the Latin trans-ambulare, meaning to pass through, traboules are corridors through buildings and their courtyards, connecting one street directly with another. Visitors can discover an architectural heritage of galleries and spiral staircases in these secret passageways, as unexpected as they are unique.
The walking tour ended in Place Saint-Jean near Lyon Cathedral.
The Place Saint-Jean is an old pedestrian square in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon (a.k.a. the "vieux Lyon", which means the oldest borough of Lyon). It is located in front of the Roman Catholic cathedral of Saint-Jean.
The square belongs to the zone classified as World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
The Place Saint-Jean is located near the metro station: Vieux-Lyon – Cathédrale Saint-Jean. It is served by line D.
It is the oldest place in Lyon.
On January 10, 1794 , the square was renamed Place du Temple de la Raison (or Place de la Reason).
In 1844 a fountain designed by the Lyon architect René Dardel is built in the center of the square. It reproduces a small ancient temple in a neo-renaissance style housing a sculpture of Saint John the Baptist baptizing Christ , realized by Jean-Marie Bonnassieux .
In the 1850s , the street connecting the square to Tramassac Street was enlarged (in yellow on the map). Later, this street had to be further enlarged and aligned in order to completely open the square whose eastern facades were to be aligned. The Rue des Antonins was also to be enlarged. This part of the project (orange part on the plan) has never been realized. In 1852 a wholesale market was inaugurated on this square. A project carried out in the 1930s even began to transplant this function of wholesale trade to the whole of the district of Vieux Lyon by making a tabula rasa of the preexisting buildings; This project is adjourned and then definitively buried by the Second World War.
Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste.
Lyon Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Lyon) is a Roman Catholic church located on Place Saint-Jean in Lyon, France. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, and is the seat of the Archbishop of Lyon.
The cathedral was founded by Saint Pothinus and Saint Irenaeus, the first two bishops of Lyon. The cathedral is also known as a "Primatiale" because in 1079 the Pope granted to the archbishop of Lyon the title of Primate of All the Gauls with the legal supremacy over the principal archbishops of the kingdom. It is located in the heart of the old town (Vieux Lyon), less than five minutes away from the banks of the Saône river, with a large plaza in front of it and a metro stop nearby providing easy access to and from the city centre.
Begun in the twelfth century on the ruins of a 6th-century church, it was completed in 1476. The building is 80 meters long (internally), 20 meters wide at the choir, and 32.5 meters high in the nave. The cathedral organ was built by Daublaine and Callinet and was installed in 1841 at the end of the apse and had 15 stops. It was rebuilt in 1875 by Merklin-Schütze and given 30 stops, three keyboards of 54 notes and pedals for 27.
Noteworthy are the two crosses to right and left of the altar, preserved since the council of 1274 as a symbol of the union of the churches, and the Bourbon chapel, built by the Cardinal de Bourbon and his brother Pierre de Bourbon, son-in-law of Louis XI, a masterpiece of 15th century sculpture.
The cathedral also has the Lyon Astronomical Clock from the 14th century.
Until the construction of the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, it was the pre-eminent church in Lyon.
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On June 27, 2017, Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner Robert Perez represented U.S. Customs and Border Protection by providing testimony before the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee speaking about "H.R. 2851, Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017". Also providing testimony were Acting Assistant Administrator, Demetra Ashley, DEA and Congressman John Katko of New York's 24th Congressional District.
Photographer: Donna Burton
On June 27, 2017, Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner Robert Perez represented U.S. Customs and Border Protection by providing testimony before the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee speaking about "H.R. 2851, Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017". Also providing testimony were Acting Assistant Administrator, Demetra Ashley, DEA and Congressman John Katko of New York's 24th Congressional District.
Photographer: Donna Burton
On July 25, 2017 U.S. Customs and Border Protection provided testimony at a Border and Maritime Security Subcommittee hearing titled "Deter, Detect, and Interdict: Technology's Role in Securing the Border". The CBP witnesses were Mr. Dennis J. Michelini, Acting Executive Director of Operations, Air and Marine Operations, Mr. Todd C. Owens, Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations and Mr. Scott A. Luck, Acting Deputy Chief, U.S. Border Patrol. Also providing testimony was Ms. Rebecca Gambler, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, U.S. Government Accountability Office.
Photographer: Donna Burton
Hike from Kurbinovo (Курбиново) to Slivnica (Сливница) – Church of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary or Sv. Bogorodica (Рождество на Пресвета Богородица) of Slivnica Monastery (Сливнички манастир). Inscriptions state that the church was built and painted in 1607. It is believed that the water that springs from under the monastery church cures diseases and helps childbirth. According to the testimonies of dozens of people, the Virgin appeared several times around the monastery complex. The first testimonies appear from the time of the First World War, while the last one was recorded in 2006.
Highcliffe Castle has been described as arguably the most important surviving house of the Romantic and Picturesque style of architecture, which flourished at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. Its significance is recognised nationally by its Grade 1 status on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historical Interest.
There is an international importance, too. For a large amount of medieval French masonry, shipped across the Channel, was used in its construction. It is this Norman and Renaissance carved stone, along with the Castle’s Gothic revival features and ancient stained glass, that make it appear older than it is.
Built mainly between 1831 and 1836, the Castle is the realisation of one man’s fantasy. He was Lord Stuart de Rothesay, a distinguished diplomat who had known and loved the cliff-top site overlooking Christchurch Bay since he was a boy.
The magnificent building, once lavishly furnished in the 18th century French style remained a family home until the 1950s. In the late 1960s two fires rendered the building derelict and in 1977, to prevent futher deterioration, Christchurch Borough Council purchased it. More information can be found at our Wikipedia page.
Today the Castle’s renovated exterior is testimony of the remarkable skills of craftsmen and women who carried out a huge repair and conservation programme in the 1990s, jointly funded by Christchurch Borough Council, English Heritage and with a £2.65 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. In 2008 a further £1.2 Million programme of repair was completed to enable public access to the State Dining Room, Butler's Pantry and East Tower.
The Castle is now a popular tourist attraction
On July 25, 2017 U.S. Customs and Border Protection provided testimony at a Border and Maritime Security Subcommittee hearing titled "Deter, Detect, and Interdict: Technology's Role in Securing the Border". The CBP witnesses were Mr. Dennis J. Michelini, Acting Executive Director of Operations, Air and Marine Operations, Mr. Todd C. Owens, Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations and Mr. Scott A. Luck, Acting Deputy Chief, U.S. Border Patrol. Also providing testimony was Ms. Rebecca Gambler, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, U.S. Government Accountability Office.
Photographer: Donna Burton
Lt. Governor Anthony Brown delivers Veterans Legislation testimony before the Education, Health, and Enviornmental Affairs Committee. by James W. Brown at Annapolis
Rev. Phillip Berrigan is escorted to court January 24, 1972 by a Daughin County warden on the first day of jury selection for the Harrisburg 7 trial—Catholic activists charged with conspiracy to blow up government building in Washington, D.C. and kidnap national security advisor Henry Kissinger.
Berrigan, a prominent “hit and stay” non-violent Catholic activist against war, was already in prison for destroying draft records in Catonsville, Md.
It seemed surreal. A group of well-known Catholic activists committed to non-violence charged with conspiracy to raid federal offices, blow up government buildings and kidnap National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger using Washington D.C.’s heating tunnels to carry out the plot.
The seven charged were primarily composed of Catholic non-violent direct action activists: Phillip Berrigan, Sister Elizabeth MacAlister, Rev. Neil McLaughlin, Rev. Joseph Wenderoth, Anthony Scoblick, Mary Cain Scoblick along with Eqbal Ahmad—a Pakistani journalist and political scientist.
The trial sparked a nationwide defense effort that included a rally in Harrisburg that drew upwards of 20,000 people to support the seven.
Father Berrigan was serving time in the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary, in central Pennsylvania at the time of the alleged conspiracy.
Boyd Douglas, who eventually would become an FBI informant and star prosecution witness - was a fellow inmate. Douglas was on a work-release at the library at nearby Bucknell University.
Douglas used his real connection with Berrigan to convince some students at Bucknell that he was an anti-war activist, telling some that he was serving time for anti-war activities. In fact, he was in prison for check forgery. In the course of the investigation the government resorted to unauthorized and illegal wiretapping.
Douglas set up a mail drop and persuaded students to transcribe letters intended for Berrigan into his school notebooks to smuggle into the prison. (They were later called, unwillingly, as government witnesses.)
Librarian Zoia Horn was jailed for nearly three weeks for refusing to testify for the prosecution on the grounds that her forced testimony would threaten intellectual and academic freedom. She was the first United States librarian to be jailed for refusing to share information as a matter of conscience.
U.S. attorneys obtained an indictment charging the Harrisburg Seven with conspiracy to kidnap Kissinger and to bomb steam tunnels. Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark led the defense team for their trial during the spring months of 1972. Clark used a then relatively untested theory of scientific jury selection—the use of demographic factors to identify unfavorable jurors.
Unconventionally, he didn't call any witnesses in his clients' defense, including the defendants themselves. He reasoned that the jury was sympathetic to his Catholic clients and that that sympathy would be ruined by their testimony that they'd burned their draft cards. After nearly 60 hours of deliberations, the jury remained hung and the defendants were freed.
Douglas testified that he transmitted transcribed letters between the defendants, which the prosecution used as evidence of a conspiracy among them. Several of Douglas' former girlfriends testified at the trial that he acted not just as an informer, but also as a catalyst and agent provocateur for the group's plans.
There were minor convictions for a few of the defendants, based on smuggling mail into the prison; most of those were overturned on appeal.
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The photographer is unknown. The image is a United Press International photograph housed in the D.C. Library Washington Star Collection.
Chief Paul A. Beeson, Commander, Joint Task Force West, U.S. Department of Homeland Security testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security in a hearing on Defeating a Sophisticated and Dangerous Adversary: Are the New Border Security Task Forces the Right Approach?
CBP Photographer: Donna Burton
This image, taken of a first floor office window, shows the beginnings of modernity seeping into the Dickensian world.
Typewriters would have made the clerical side of the business run smoother and faster, but they were not common until the 1880s having been commercially introduced in the 1870s. Standardisation of the typewriter did not occur until the early twentieth century.
The images contained within this album were captured in the early twenty-first century and provide a window into a bygone age, where gentlemen of the law would painstakingly produce handwritten testimonies. These images were taken from our album collections as part of our Dickson, Archer and Thorp volunteer project. Feel free to share them within the spirit of the Commons. If you have any enquiries, or would like copies, please contact collections@woodhorn.org.uk for more information.
Testimony of CBP Commissioner Alan D. Bersin and DHS Acting Inspector General & Deputy Inspector General Charles Edwards on June 9, 2011 at the Dirksen 342 building at 10 am before the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee. Subject: Border Corruption-Assessing Customs and Border Protection and the DHS Security Inspector General's Office collaboration in the fight to prevent corruption.
Photographer: Donna Burton
William joined the navy as surgeon's mate about 1780. In Nov 1784 he went on 'Nautilus' as surgeon's mate when that ship was engaged in a survey of the Das Voltas region of west Africa (today Namibia), the government hopeful it might provide a satisfactory destination for the convicts then overcrowding British prisons.
On 21 Oct 1786 he made application to join the NSW venture, an application supported by his former Captain, Thomas Boulden Thompson. Admiral Lord Howe returned his application with a tart reminder that he would be considered in his turn.
He was, however, appointed assistant surgeon and made the voyage aboard the ship 'Alexander' with the First Fleet.
In April 1800 he was granted 550 acres in the Petersham district (now the suburb of Balmain); here with another 100 purchased acres, he cultivated 50 acres of land. He grazed 94 sheep, ten oxen, 40 goats, 55 hogs and three horses.
Balmain sold his grant of 500 acres, which covered nearly the whole of the present suburb, in 1801 to John Gilchirist for 5 shillings, probably as part of a business deal.
Tony Trombino and Tony Brancato were well known to law enforcement agents as "shake-down" artists and mob muscle men.
They were found shot to death in a 1949 Oldsmobile on North Ogden Drive.
The two Tony's had been named as suspects in the attempted hit on Micky Cohen outside Sherry's on the Sunset Strip. Brancato had been arrested as a suspect in the killing of Bugsy Siegel but was released.
The murder of the "Two Tony's" was finally solved in 1978 when Mob hitman, Jimmy the Weasel Fratiano confessed to the killings as part of his testimony before entering the witness protection program.
Industrial relations: Final report and testimony, submitted To Congress (Volume 4)
By United States. Commission on Industrial Relations, Francis Patrick Walsh, Basil Maxwell Manly
1st Session \
SENATE
Washington Government Printing Office - 1916
1 No. 415
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
FINAL REPORT AND TESTIMONY ''y'
SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS BY THE
OA 3 COMMISSION ON INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
CREATED BY THE ACT OF
AUGUST 23, 1912
TESTIMONY OF MR. DAN SHOVLIN.
Acting Chairman Commons. Your name and address?
Mr. Shovlin. Dan Shoviin, 80 East Park Street.
Acting Chairman Commons. What is your occupation?
Mr. Shovlin. Miner.
Acting Chairman Commons. Are you working?
Mr. Shovlin. Yes, sir.
Acting Chairman Commons. For what company?
Mr. Shovlin. The Davis-Daly.
Acting Chairman Commons. Where is that?
Mr. Shovlin. It is a mine down on Park Street.
Acting Chairman Commons. How long have you been in the work?
Mr. Shovlin. Working for that company?
Acting Chairman Commons. No; any company in the mining district
Mr. Shovlin. Been mining about 14 years.
Acting Chairman Commons. What companies have you worked for?
Mr. Shovlin. I worked for the A. C. M. Co., and for the Clark interests when they were here, and for the Davis-Daly people.
Acting Chairman Commons. You were active in organizing the new union, were you not?
Mr. Shovlin. Yes, sir.
Acting Chairman Commons. At what time was that organized?
Mr. Shovlin. It was organized on the 23d of June,
Acting Chairman Commons. What were the causes leading up to that organization? You heard the statement that Mr. Sullivan made? Mr. Shovlin. Some of them: yes, sir.
Acting Chairman Commons. Which of those were prominent in leading to the organization of the new union?
Mr. Shovlin. Dissatisfaction with the old organization.
Acting Chairman Commons. Well, on what grounds, what particular grounds were prominent?
Mr. Shovlin. I believe one of the most important factors in causing the organization of the new union was the refusal of the officers of Butte Miners' Union to accept a motion for a referendum vote on the assessment; that is, the extra assessment that was levied for the strikers in Michigan.
Acting Chairman Commons. What time was that?
Mr. Shovlin. I believe it was in September that that assessment was levied. First there was an assessment that came from Denver of $2. I believe that came in September. That is authorized by the executive board; that is, their power to levy that assessment. It was never questioned that they had that right. At a regular meeting also in September, I believe, the
Acting Chairman Commons. Well, now, what meeting, regular meeting of what?
Mr. Shovlin. Well, now, a regular meeting of the miners' union. I am speaking of the miners' union now.
Acting Chairman Commons. Was that first one the local miners' union or the Denver headquarters that ordered the assessmentV Mr. Shovlin. The first assessment V Acting Chairman Commons. Yes.
Mr. Shovlin. The executive board. There is no executive board in the local.
Acting Chairman Commons. Now, the second one was—just continue.
Mr. Shovlin. It was at a regular meeting of the miners. I don't know how many was there. I happened to be night shift at the time. And they voted at that meeting to put on an amount, enough of an amount to make it shift for the month; that is, a shift wages for the mouth—a day's wage for the month. That would be an assessment that was put on, and we are entitled to a referendum vote on all assesments that are levied in the local. This was put on at a regular meeting.
Acting Chairman Commons. In September?
Mr. Shovlin. I believe it was in September.
Acting Chairman Commons. Well.
Mr. Shovlin. And in October—I believe it was the latter part of September— and then the first part of October I happened to go on the day shift again, and I made a motion from the floor of the miners' union hall at another regular meeting that the members be given a referendum vote on that assessment. The president in the chair at the time refused to entertain the motion. I appealed from his decision, as any member has the right. He refused to put the appeal, showing that he did not understand parliamentary tactics, or he just wouldn't put the motion because Shoviin made it, or some reason or other. And then after, I got the floor then and told him what I thought about that for taking such arbitrary action, and finally some fellow in the audience, I believe it was— I ain't sure who it was now—he says: " Oh, give it to them and show them how bad we can beat them." And on the appeal the president put the motion on the appeal, and I lost on the appeal.
Acting Chairman Commons. Does the referendum vote in the local require action by a meeting of this kind?
Mr. Shovlin. It is not necessary. That was the means we took to force them.
Acting Chairman Commons. What is the rule of the union about initiating the referendum vote? Can you do it by petition?
Mr. Shovlin. Yes, sir.
Acting Chairman Commons. A certain number of names?
Mr. Shovlin. Twenty names are suflicient.
Acting Chairman Commons. Why didn't you follow that procedure, then, and get 20 members to sign your petition for referendum?
Mr. Shovlin. That wasn't necessary, wasn't absolutely necessary. It could have been brought up at a regular meeting and done that, but it wasn't absolutely necessary to petition.
Acting Chairman Commons. When they voted you down on that proposition why didn't you try the other method?
Mr. Shovlin. Just about as useless to attempt the other method as it was to try to get the floor.
Acting Chairman Commons. Why was it?
Mr. Shovlin. I thought so.
Acting Chairman Commons. Couldn't you have gotten 20 names?
Mr. Shovlin. I could have gotten 20 names easily.
Acting Chairman Commons. Why didn't you go and get them, then?
Mr. Shovlin. Because I didn't think it was worth while after being turned down that way. It would have been a waste of time.
Acting Chairman Commons. Why did you think it was not worth while and would be a waste of time? Why did you think it was a waste of time?
Mr. Shovlin. I thought it would be a waste of time; I figured it would be turned down just the same as the other was; it might have been, too.
Acting Chairman Commons. In what way? We have had a description of the way in which the referendum vote is conducted—12 hours, or two days are given for a referendum vote. Would that be a useless procedure?
Mr. Shovlin. If you get a referendum vote it would not be a useless procedure, but you would have to go before the meeting, a regular meeting.
Acting Chairman Commons. When you initiate by petition, does it have to come before a regular meeting?
Mr. Shovlin. Yes. The initiative for petition has to be submitted to the body, and they take action on it
Commissioner Garretson. The petition is directed to the lodge itself, is it not?
Mr. Shovlin. It is directed to the officers calling for a meeting.
Commissioner Garretson. Yes.
Mr. Shovlin. That is subject to discussion to refer that.
Commissioner Garretson. And the body has to pass on it, the lodge itself
has to pass on it before it is referred to the membership for a referendum vote?
Mr. Shovlin. Yes.
Commissioner Garretson. Referred to the lodge itself?
Mr. Shovlin. Yes; that is it.
Commissioner Garretson. And not by the originators of the petition?
Mr. Shovlin. No; it is not referred by them at all.
Acting Chairman Commons. As I understand it, you have two methods, one by the meeting and one by petition? Mr. Shovlin. No.
Acting Chairman Commons. Then the petition has to go before the meeting?
Mr. Shovlin. Yes; it does. The petition that is gotten up that way is simply a called meeting making that a special order of business.
Acting Chairman Commons. Now, what other causes of dissatisfaction?
Mr. Shovlin. Then another cause was later on—was the action of the president in having one of the members of the organization working at the High Ore mine discharged without consulting the local; that is, without consulting the members at a regular meeting.
Acting Chairman Commons. I didn't get that point.
Mr. Shovlin. I say it was the action of the president of the miners' union in having a member of the miners' union discharged from the High Ore mine. Commissioner O'connell. That means up high? Mr. Shovlin. That means the name of the mine.
Commissioner O'connell. Just continue. Why did he ask for his discharge?
Mr. Shovlin. Because they quarreled and they had at the mine—this fellow struck him a couple of times and knocked him down a couple of times, I understand.
Acting Chairman Commons. How did he get him discharged—go to the foreman?
Mr. Shovlin. No, sir. He went to the foreman first, and the foreman says, asked him if this young fellow—said, " Is he in good standing?" And the young fellow answered, "Yes," aud this foreman said, "Well, since you are in good standing, that is all. You can go to work."
Commissioner O'connell. Was that one of the requisites—that the president allow everybody to lick him?
Mr. Shovlin. No; that it not a requisite at all, because this fellow happened to be a big, husky fellow, and the fellow that licked him was a little bit of fellow.
Commissioner O'connell. Ashamed of the fellow?
Mr. Shovlin. So it was no requisite he would have for that.
Acting Chairman Commons. How did he succeed in having him fired?
Mr. Shovlin. He went—afterwards he came down town; the foreman refused; and the president came down town, I presume, and went to the office; he seen one of the managers some place, had this fellow discharged; that is, word was sent to the mine for this fellow to come and see Mr. Gillie. I believe he did that there. That was another of the reasons, I believe.
Acting Chairman Commons. When did that occur?
Mr. Shovlin. Some time in March or April.
Acting Chairman Commons. Well, any other instances?
Mr. Shovlin. Yes; there was another instance. When we thought possibly we could get a square election up there by having voting machines in. An amendment was submitted to that effect, was read at two meetings, and on the night of the third, why, the action was to be taken, and was brought up that night and read, and I made a motion myself that it be adopted as read. Another member there made a motion that it be thrown in the waste basket. The vote was taken on it—that is, the usual form of vote—and we were not satisfied with that, because the president ruled that the motion had carried to throw it in the waste basket, and threw the amendment in the waste basket A division of the house was called with reference to it, and he refused to give a division of the house, and
Acting Chairman Commons. Was this another initiative petition of 20 members?
Mr. Shovlin. No; just made in the usual form; action taken on the third meeting, regular meeting.
Acting Chairman Commons. They refused, then, to adopt the Australian system of voting?
Mr. Shovlin. The machine system.
Acting Chairman Commons. The machine system?
Mr. Shovlin. Yes. And they refused, inasmuch as the president ruled that the motion to put it in the waste basket had carried.
Acting Chairman Commons. At what date was this action?
Mr. Shovlin. I don't know the exact date; that was some time in April also.
Acting Chairman Commons. April?
Mr. Shovlin. Yes; recently.
Acting Chairman Commons. Has the new union adopted the machine method of voting?
Mr. Shovlin. Yes, sir; they are making their first election—that is, the first ballot is on the machines.
Acting Chairman Commons. That was one of the issues, then, that you wished to have a machine method of voting?
Mr. Shovlin. Most assuredly one of the issues.
Acting Chairman Commons. Well, why was that an issue?
Mr. Shovlin. Why was that an issue?
Acting Chairman Commons. Yes.
Mr. Shovlin. Well, because under the old method the ones that happened to have the hall packed the tightest that night would get their judges and clerks in there, and when you get the judges and clerks that was the election.
Commissioner Lennon. Did that apply to both sides, all factions or just one? Whichever faction happened to get possession of the hall, did they carry that plan out?
Mr. Shovlin. Yes; whichever faction happened to get possession of it, but it always happened
Commissioner Lennon. Was that a case of the pot calling the kettle black?
Mr. Shovlin. Yes; whichever one, but the two fellows that have got control at that time got their bunch in there, because there was some method they had worked of getting the men down early, see, and packed them into the hall. There was some way that they had to get around to the mine; I don't know how it was—I got my own views of how it was. They used to get them in there and fill the hall right full, and then when us fellows who were called radicals and rebels and revolutionists, and all that sort of stuff, got around, we had an awful time to get in the hall.
Acting Chairman Commons. Well, then, it was simply due to the fact that you wanted to have a system by which all the membership could vote, was that it? How would machines help unless it was a referendum vote where everybody voted?
Mr. Shovlin. Well, the machines, the way they would help, they could not be—you could not pack them. That's one thing, you could not pack a machine, because the machine is opened in the morning and the numbers taken on the counter, and it is closed, and it is closed until all vote in the evening.
Acting Chairman Commons. But if only 600 get in there they could vote just the same on a machine as they could by tellers.
Mr. Shovlin. You understand me, the machine, this machine to be used at the election is so fixed, the election is held, the regular hours are from 9 o'clock in the morning until 11 at night on the day of the election. It is not in the hall-—it is in the hall and the members pass in and out all during the day.
Acting Chairman Commons. Oh, they do?
Mr. Shovlin. They are not in there for any length of time.
Acting Chairman Commons. Did you also have a machine for referendum purposes? •
Mr. Shovlin. The machine for all purposes of balloting except the election judges and clerks. That would be done at a regular meeting.
Acting Chairman Commons. When was this action in regard to the machine? In April, you say?
Mr. Shovlin. In April some time; yes.
Acting Chairman Commons. Any other instances that you have? What other causes of dissatisfaction?
Mr. Shovlin. I don't know of any others particularly.
Acting Chairman Commons. Have you any questions, Mr. Garretson?
Commissioner Garretson-. What is to hinder the individual passing before the machine and punching each candidate a couple of times?
Mr. Shovlin. The machine don't allow that. It only allows them to vote one name for each office.
Commissioner Garretson. And repeating is not possible with this?
Mr. Shovlin. I don't believe it is possible.
Commissioner Garretson. What is to hinder a man coming back?
Mr. Shovlin. Got a cinch about it.
Commissioner Garretson. If the judges of election are as corrupt on each side as is here inferred, what is to hinder the man from marching around in a circle and going through the performance again?
Mr. Shovlin. Possible chance of coming back; the machine is not—he can only vote once each time he comes back, and the other way he could vote half a dozen times.
Commissioner Garretson. The percentage would be greater under the old plan than under the new? Mr. Shovlin. Yes, sir.
Commissioner Garretson. Has there ever been any instance in an election by referendum where there were more ballots cast than members entitled to vote?
Mr. Shovlin. I believe at this last election there was.
Commissioner Garretson. You stated that the presiding oflicer violated parliamentary procedure when he refused to entertain a motion and did refuse to entertain nn appeal?
Mr. Shovlin. Yes, sir; I did.
Commissioner Garretson. I was just wondering, after your statement that whichever side got in certain things occurred, whether or not, in your statement to the presiding officer, when you told him what you thought of him, that you used parliamentary language altogether.
Mr. Shovlin. I never used anything that was not fit to use here.
Commissioner Garretson. That is all, Mr. Chairman.
Commissioner O'connell. Mr. Shoviin, how long have you been a member of the miners' organization here; I mean the Western Federation?
Mr. Shovlin. I don't know just exactly. Frank Conners was in there as secretary when I went in; I can not say exactly?
Commissioner O'connell: Ten or fifteen years?
Mr. Shovlin. About 14 years; I wouldn't state that positively.
Commissioner O'connell. That is not necessary to state positively. Have you an idea of what the membership of No. 1 was at that time—it was No. 1, then, wasn't it?
Mr. Shovlin. Yes. I did not take an active part at that time, and I couldn't say.
Commissioner O'connell. During your membership what was the largest membership ever had by No. 1 in the city or in the district?
Mr. Shovlin. I believe the largest membership was about 8,000. It was at the time Dan Sullivan was president.
Commissioner O'connell. How long ago was that?
Mr. Shovlin. I can't tell that exactly.
Commissioner O'connell. Four, five, or eight years?
Mr. Shovlin. He stated here a while ago when he was president here.
Commissioner O'connell. Oh, the gentleman that was on before you?
Mr. Shovlin. Yes.
Commissioner O'connell. What is the membership of No. 1 now?
Mr. Shovlin. I haven't the least idea.
Commissioner O'connell. What is the membership of the organization that
you now represent—what do you call it?
Mr. Shovlin. The mine workers.
Commissioner O'connell. The mine workers?
Mr. Shovlin. It has fifty-four hundred and something, I believe.
Commissioner O'connell. Fifty-four hundred?
Mr. Shovlin. Fifty-three or fifty-four hundred.
Commissioner O'connell. In that organization there is what is known and pronounced as I. W. W. men? Mr. Shovlin. Yes.
Commissioner O'connell. What number of that class of men hold membership in your organization? Mr. Shovlin. A very small percentage.
Commissioner O'connell: Five or 10 per cent?
Mr. Shovlin. I couldn't state.
Commissioner O'connell. Approximately?
Mr. Shovlin. I couldn't state, but a very small number, though.
Commissioner O'connell. Do they hold afliliations in any way with the national organization of the I. W. W.? Have they a branch of any of them here?
Mr. Shovlin. The I. W. W.? They have a propaganda like, here. That is all I know.
Commissioner O'connell. That does not hold a charter from the general organization of the I. W. W. at headquarters of Chicago or Detroit? Mr, Shovlin. I haven't any idea.
Commissioner O'connell. You know there are two organizations of the I. W. W., one with headquarters at Chicago, and one with headquarters in Detroit?
Mr. Shovlin. Yes.
Commissioner O'connell. A split between these two organizations, one having for its purpose the evasion of all contractual relations with employers, as stated before our commission, the practice of sabotage, if necessary; the other just reverse. You do not know which of the parties the I. W. W. here are?
Mr. Shovlin. Are afliliated with, no.
Commissioner O'connell. Do you know whether they practice sabotage here in any way?
Mr. Shovlin. I don't know.
Commissioner O'connell. Have there been any rumors that they have? . Mr. Shovlin. I never heard of anything.
Commissioner O'connell. While this is not a matter for our commission to look into personally, what would be necessary to bring the miners of Butte all back into one organization?
Mr. Shovlin. For them to join the mine workers.
Commissioner O'connell. That is the coal mine workers?
Mr. Shovlin. No; the Butte mine workers.
Commissioner O'connell. Oh, your organization?
Mr. Shovlin. Yes, sir.
Commissioner O'connell. That would be the cure of the disease, if there was any disease?
Mr. Shovlin. Yes, sir; I believe so.
Commissioner O'connell. Then you have, I take it, among yourselves the policy that your organization is correct and the other is wrong? Of course if yours is the correct policy, the proper thing would be for them to affiliate themselves with you?
Mr. Shovlin. We believe ourselves to be correct, to be the correct policy, and if it is not correct in the minds of the others they have the privilege of correcting where they see it is wrong.
Commissioner Lennon. Have you n constitution of the new union?
Mr. Shovlin. Yes, sir.
Commissioner Lennon. In print?
Mr. Shovlin. Yes, .sir.
Commissioner Lennon. Will you furnish a copy?
Mr. Shovlin. We will furnish you with one, yes.
("The Constitution and By-Laws of the Butte Mine Workers' Union," Butte,
Mont., adopted July 19, 1014, was submitted in printed form.)
Commissioner Lennon. That is all.
Acting Chairman Commons. Did I understand you to say that personally you belonged to the I. W. W. or not?
Mr. Shovlin. No, sir; you didn't understand me to say that.
Acting Chairman Commons. You say you do not?
Mr. Shovlin. No, sir; I do not belong.
Acting Chairman Commons. And never have?
Mr. Shovlin. No, sir.
Acting Chairman Commons. Your action in this matter is solely based on local conditions?
Mr. Shovlin. Yes, sir.
Acting Chairman Commons. And not on any general principles of philosophy? Mr. Shovlin. Only on the philosophy of industrial unionism, not that as preached by the I. W. W. I am an industrial unionist, but not an I. W. W. Acting Chairman Commons. Are you a Socialist?
Mr. Shovlin. No, sir. That is, I don't belong to the Socialist Party.
Acting Chairman Commons. That is all. Mr. O'Brien.
Overcome lyrics taken from Revelation 12:10-12
Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”
Lt. Governor Anthony Brown delivers Veterans Legislation testimony before the Education, Health, and Enviornmental Affairs Committee. by James W. Brown at Annapolis
Lt. Governor Anthony Brown delivers Veterans Legislation testimony before the Education, Health, and Enviornmental Affairs Committee. by James W. Brown at Annapolis
FORMER: Testimony of CBP Commissioner Alan D. Bersin and DHS Acting Inspector General & Deputy Inspector General Charles Edwards on June 9, 2011 at the Dirksen 342 building at 10 am before the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee. Subject: Border Corruption-Assessing Customs and Border Protection and the DHS Security Inspector General's Office collaboration in the fight to prevent corruption. Seen here Commissioner Bersin in press interview after testimony.
Celebrated Swarovski Christmas Trees. Adorned with an array of sparkling Swarovski Christmas Ornaments, the majestic trees on display at varying worldwide locations are testimony to the brilliance Swarovski brings. This is from Zurich Railwy Station.
SATAN ATTACKS ISRAEL - THE DIASPORA
Revelation 12:13-17, "And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."
Many times in Biblical prophecy a flood refers to a military conquest. In 70 AD Rome (the dragon) burned Jerusalem and destroyed the temple. During the years that followed Israel would be scattered to the ends of the earth. Rome felt that it had destroyed the nation of Israel. For close to two thousand years the Jewish people were scattered all over the world in what is referred as the Diaspora. In a real sense the earth swallowed up the nation of Israel.
Once again the woman represents Israel. The word `wilderness' when used in relation to a person, in this case the woman is defined in Easton's Bible Dictionary as; "deprived of the aid and protection of others, especially of friends, acquaintances, kindred." Since the woman is symbolic of the "nation" of Israel then Israel would have been deprived of the aid and protection of other "nations".
The Jewish people have always retained their own culture no matter what nation they lived in. In many instances this caused prejudice, distrust and hatred. The Jewish peoples became the brunt of jokes, scorn and persecution. They were the people without a nation.
This would change in 1947 when, some would say miraculously, Israel was re-established as the homeland for the Jewish peoples.
In the following three verses to be given wings of an eagle speaks of the Lord's deliverance, His protection and His strengthening.
Exodus 19:4, "Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself."
Deuteronomy 32:11, "As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:"
Isaiah 40:31, "But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."
The dragon, (Satan, or Rome), being angered by the woman, Israel, goes to make war on the remnant, or the rest, of her seed. This remnant is further described as keeping the commandments of God, and having the testimony of Jesus Christ.
It is interesting to note that the "remnant", or the rest of the woman's seed, is described as both keeping the commandments of God and as having the testimony of Jesus Christ. This means that the "remnant" are Christians. As has been said before, apart from the acceptance of the atoning sacrifice of Jesus and the empowering of the Holy Spirit there is no way to keep God's commandments.
Indeed as history points out Rome greatly persecuted Christians in the first years of Christianity. Many were killed for their confession of Christ. We are all aware of the history of being burned at the stake, thrown to lions, sawed in half and many other heinous executions of Christians. — at www.apocalypsetheunveiling.com.
Fatehpur Sikri bears exceptional testimony to the Mughal civilization at the end of the 16th century. It offers a unique example of architectural ensembles of very high quality constructed between 1571 and 1585. Its form and layout strongly influenced the evolution of Indian town planning, notably at Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi).
The 'City of Victory' had only an ephemeral existence as the capital of the Mughal empire. The Emperor Akbar (1556-1605) decided to construct it in 1571, on the same site where the birth of his son, the future Jahangir, was predicted by the wise Shaikh Salim Chisti (1480-1572). The work, supervised by the great Mughal himself, was completed in 1573. In 1585, however, Akbar abandoned Fatehpur Sikri to fight against the Afghan tribes and choose a new capital, Lahore. Fatehpur Sikri was to be the seat of the great Mughal court only once more for three months in 1619, when Jahangir sought refuge there from the plague that devastated Agra. The site was then finally abandoned, until its archaeological exploration in 1892.
This capital without a future, some 40 km from Agra was, however, considerably more than the fancy of a sovereign during the 14 years of its existence. The city, which the English traveller Ralph Fitch considered in 1585 as 'considerably larger than London and more populous', comprised a series of palaces, public buildings and mosques, as well as living areas for the court, the army, servants of the king and for an entire population whose history has not been recorded.
Only one tiny part of the city (where the large buildings are concentrated) has been until now, studied, visited and relatively well preserved. Fatehpur Sikri, constructed on a rocky plateau, south-east of an artificial lake, created for the occasion and today partially dried up, is bounded on three sides by a 6 km wall, fortified by towers and pierced by seven gates (the best preserved is the Gate of Agra, the second from the north). This spacious enclosure defines the limits of the new foundation rather than assuring its defence.
The majority of the important monuments are found to the north of the road from Gaza to Agra; constructed of red sandstone, they form a homogeneous group, even if the eclecticism of their style is evident and is based on borrowings from Hindu, Persian and Indo-Muslim traditions. Among the numerous palaces, gazebos, pavilions, etc., may be cited in particular:
Diwan-i-Am, the Hall of Public Audience, is encircled by a series of porticos which are broken up by the insertion of the imperial box where Akbar, surrounded by his ministers and officers meted out justice. This box communicates directly with Daulat Khana (Imperial Palace), flanked to the north by Diwan-i-Kas (Hall of Private Audience), called the 'Jewel House', a monument known for its central plan, which comprises an extraordinary capital surmounted by a circular balcony: the 'throne'.
Other monuments of exceptional quality are the Ranch Mahal, whose elevation of four recessed storeys recalls certain Buddhist temples, the pavilion of Anup Talao, or the Turkish Sultana, the palace of Jodh Bai, the palace of Birbal, the caravanserai and the problematic 'stables'.
Owing to the piety of Akbar, many religious and votive monuments were constructed at Fatehpur Sikri. The great mosque (Jama Masjid), one of the most spacious in India (165 m by 133 m) could accommodate some 10,000 faithful; it was completed in 1571-72 and according to the dedicatory inscription deserves no less respect than Mecca. It incorporates, in the centre of the court, the tomb of Shaikh Salim, an extraordinary Christian masterpiece of sculpted decoration, further embellished under the reign of Jahangir.
To the south of the court, the Buland Darwaza, completed in 1575, commemorating the victories (the taking of Gujarat in 1572) to which the city, their monumental symbol, owes its existence and its name.