The Historical Society of West Point would like to thank the 18 community members who were gracious enough to take their time to be interviewed for this video in October 2011. By sharing their memories and knowledge about the West Point area we have been able to capture documentation for present and future generations.
Pictured left to right are: Row 1: Beatrice Jones, Alice Lee Reid, Lillian Davis Blondek, Dorothy Sessions Sours, Dorothy Martin Walker Krewatch, Virginia Brown Vranian, (Avril Gove Williams and Pemmy Johnson Peterman of West Point Historical Society). Row 2: Dorothy Martin Putney, Rosetta Dobbins Jarvis, Raymond Tokarz, Emily Darden, Row 3: R. Tyler Bland III, Henry V. “Dal” Perry, Tad Darden, (Dave Lipscombe and Darlene Reilly of L! Marketing). Row 4: Peggy Wood Sears, John H. Lee. Absent Virginia Sturtz Kopacki, Louise Nuttall Croswell Panak, Donald O’Connor, Dr. Richard Hosfield.
The Historical Society of West Point would like to thank Emily and Tad Darden who graciously opened their lovely home in October 2011 for the Historical Society interviews of community citizens for use on their website.
The Darden Home was built in 1920 by Rose and Charlie Bray. Mr. Bray was a pharmacist and the owner of Bray’s Drug Store located on the corner of 7th and Main Streets. The Darden’s moved to West Point in 1966 and in 1969 purchased the Bray home. Tad Darden was a pharmacist and owned Plaza Pharmacy in the same building that was formerly Bray’s Drug Store. Emily and Tad raised their family of 5 in their home on Lee Street where they still reside.
Born 1943 • Age 68 at time of interview • Lived on Lee Street
Family: Tyler Bland Jr., father; Gertrude C. Bland, mother; Bill, younger brother; and Beverly, younger sister.
Ty met his wife Anne Trevilian Bland in West Point and raised two sons. He attended West Point schools through 10th grade and graduated from Randolph Macon Academy. He played school football and basketball and loved water sports, fishing and crabbing, and anything mechanical.
Ty attended St. John's Episcopal Church.
Born 1919 • Approximately 93 year of age at time of interview • Lived on Thompson Avenue
Family: Lill was the ninth child of fourteen children; seven boys and seven girls.
She was born in Barhamsville, New Kent County, and lived on a farm. In 1932 she moved to the Eltham area and when she was twenty-nine years old she moved to West Point, Virginia. Lill married Albert G. Blondek (d. 1994) in Salina, Kansas.
She attended Barhamsville, New Kent Elementary and New Kent High School. She participated in school basketball and was a member of the King William County Woman's Club (twice President). She also worked at the King William County Red Cross two days a week and helped get military servicemen home, setup bloodmobile visits, swimming classes and helped victims of home fires. For twenty-five years she volunteered at the Riverside Nursing Home.
Lill attended First Baptist Church.
Born 1945 • Age 67 at time of interview • Lived on Lee Street
Family: Dr. Hosfield was the middle child with older sister Louise and younger sister Kathy. His father was a physician and originally from Akron, Ohio and his mother's family has been on the Middle Peninsula since the 1600s. He married Joan B. Hosfield in Fayetteville, Pennsylvania and has three children, Elizabeth, Carolyn, and George.
He was born in Buxton, North Carolina and his family moved to West Point when he was one year old.
Dr. Hosfield attended West Point High School and graduated class of 1963 with 28 students in the class. He participated in the school Rifle Club and Band. Later he worked in West Point as a physician at Family Physicians of West Point and practiced Family Practice Medicine from 1976-2005.
He attended West Point Christian Church.
Born 1938 • Age 72 at time of interview
Family: Rosetta was the third child with two older sisters, Eula Mae and Annie Lee. Her father , Charles, worked at the Chesapeake Corporation for 43 years and her mother, Ida Mae, did laundry in her home for others and was a domestic worker.
Rosetta married Monroe V. Jarvis July 20th, 1957 at the Tidewater Agricultural Fair and has three children, Gwendoly, James and Kim. In 2007 she and her husband celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.
Rosetta attended Beverly Allen and St. Clare Walker High School. After completing her high school education and vocational school she became a seamstress. She worked for Middlesex County Public School for 31 years as a school bus driver and substitute teacher. She was also a food service worker at Christchurch School for 25 years.
Her fondest childhood memories are cleaning hard crab shells for Deviled Crabs for Bray's Seafood Shop on 13th Street, getting a Snowball from Miss Odell's Shop on 15th Street and then a Quickstep softball game on the field across the Liquor Pond.
She attended Mt. Nebo Baptist Church in West Point.
Born 1928 • Age 84 at time of interview • Lived in King and Queen County
Bea attended Beverly Allen High School and her freshman class of students from West Point and King and Queen County. In 1943 King and Queen County didn't have a high school for colored children and her parents could not afford to send her to Rappahannock Industrial Academy, a private school in Essex, Virginia, because her sister was already attending. She had to repeat the 7th grade while the Parent's League was negotiating with the Public School System for a high school. The League requested a bus to transport students to Beverly Allen High School in West Point and in September 1944 she was one of the first students to be bussed to the high school. The transportation fee was $3 a month per child and the tuition fee was also $3 a month per child. She graduated in June 1948.
Born 1932 • Age 81 at time of interview
Family: Parents owned and operated a dry cleaning business and she was the sixth child of ten.
Virginia and her husband grew up together and were married in 1952. They had four children, Edward, Jr. Kathy, Michael, and Steve. She and her family enjoyed growing up in a quiet and safe small town. Growing up Virginia attended Catholic Elementary and West Point High School.
Virginia attended Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church.
Born 1917 • Age 95 at time of interview • Lived on King William Road (Port Richmond) and River Road
Her father owned a country store and cut, sold & delivered pine timber cuts to the Chesapeake Corp. Growing up, she lived in King William County, but attended West Point schools. She attended Mary Washington & West Hampton Colleges. She was married to Burton Walker and raised 4 children in West Point. After Burton's death, she married Sam Krewatch & continued to live in West Point.
Dot attended Brett Reed Memorial Presbyterian Church.
Born 1934 • Age 78 at time of interview • Lived 3rd and Lee Streets; 8th and Lee Streets; 13th and Kirby Streets
Family: Mother died when he was very young and he was raised by his grandmother, Alice C. Allen, widower of Beverly Allen. He had six siblings and he was the youngest.
John's home on 3rd Street was the first African American home in West Point, Virginia. It was where the Freedman Bureau Teachers taught children in the morning and adults during the night. He loved playing with his white neighbors and the camaraderie between the races and they visited each other's homes before integration.
John attended Beverly Allen High School (named after his grandfather) and there were nine in his graduating class. He participated in the school choir, basketball, baseball and 4H Club.
John received a BS in music education from Virginia State College (University), a MA in music/music education from Columbia University, and a Certificate in Secondary School Administration from the College of William and Mary. He further studied at Boston University and Virginia Commonwealth University. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and certificates. Among which he was honored as Man of the Year at Mt. Nebo Baptist Church in West Point, Richmond Chapter of National Association of Negro Musicians Honoree, Virginia Music Teachers Association Award honored by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
John was a band and choral teacher at Central High School in King and Queen County and later became an assistant principal and acting principal. He was also a former adjunct music instructor at Virginia Union University and conducted many choral workshops and clinics with many in the Williamsburg area.
John attended Mt. Nebo Baptist Church and was Minister of Music for over 50 years and became Director of Music Ministries.
Born 1933 • Age 78 at time of interview • Lived on Lee Street
Family: Ninth child of nine children. Married Doris Waxmunski and has one daughter. He loved being a part of a large family.
He attended our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament for grammar school and then West Point High School. Donald continued his education at University of Richmond. He enjoys sailing, fishing and working with the Historical Society of West Point.
Donald attended Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church.
Born 1929 • Age 82 at time of interview
Family: Two siblings, step sister Alice Nuttall and step brother James Hudgins. Her father was killed when she was three and her mother died in childbirth with step brother James Hudgins when she was five. She was raised by her grandmother.
Louise lived in West Point all her life and attended West Point schools. She married Marvin Croswell in 1948 when he came back from the war and later married her high school sweetheart Martin Panak in 2007. She had two children, Marvin, Jr. and Janet.
Louise enjoyed cross-stitching, playing outside with children in her backyard, going to Tucker's Beach, and attending Christmas Eve service at church and then riding around town looking at the Christmas lights.
Louise attended West Point Methodist Church.
Born 1922 • Age 90 at time of interview • Lived at 1st and Kirby Streets
Family: Dal was the third of three children, sister Mary Adams and brother Lynn. His father became a distributor for Texaco 1917 and his mother was a homemaker.
Dal was born in West Point, Virginia where he met his wife Jacqueline (Jackie) Ritchie. Growing up he loved to play anywhere, the river, open lots for ball games, etc. For most of his childhood he had a dog and a rowboat and loved sailing.
He attended West Point High School and graduated class of 1939 with 34 students in the class. In 1955 he became the manager of the Texaco and loved the people he worked with.
Dal and his father attended St. John's Episcopal Church while his mother, brother and sister attended a baptist church.
Born 1925 • Age 87 at time of interview • Lived on Lee Street
Family: Father was a policeman and sergeant and her mother was a homemaker. Dot had one sister, Mary Anne. She met her husband at the West Point Hotel and had two children, Meriwether V. Putney, Jr and Dorothy Meriwether Putney Williams.
Dot loved growing up in West Point and the freedom she had during that time. She would ride a bicycle everywhere, walk to movies, row across the river to Brookshire and was never afraid. She loved to play football and Saturdays her classmates Virginia Bland and Judy Riech would pack lunch and ride their bikes to Five Mile Hill.
Dot attended West Point Elementary and West Point High School. She graduated from Mary Washington of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg class of 1947. She taught English at West Point High School. She also worked two summers for Lucky Strike Cigarettes in Richmond, Virginia.
Dot attended Brett-Reed Memorial Church on King William Road.
Born 1932 • Age 79 at time of interview • 3rd and Lee Streets
Family: Grew up in a family of five which included her grandmother. Later she lived with an aunt, Mrs. Gazelle Edwards, on 14th Street.
In 1954, Alice married her childhood friend, Miles Reid, and had a daughter, Alicia.
She attended Beverly Allen Elementary School, Beverly Allen High School and Virginia Union University where she was involved in the college choir, Young Women's Christian Association, and book clubs. She became an elementary teacher and taught for 18 years.
She has been involved with West Point Historical Society and church organizations and enjoys sitting in the sun, fishing, jogging, bicycle riding and skating. She also enjoys painting and scrapbooking of family and historical events.
Alice attended Mt. Nebo Baptist Church on 13th Street.
Born 1927 • Age 85 at time of interview
Family: Her mother, Emma, kept house and her father, Dallas, worked as a Millwright in the maintenance department of the Chesapeake Corporation. She was their only child. Peggy and her husband, James, grew up together attending West Point schools. They were married in 1950 and have one son, Dallas.
Peggy attended West Point Elementary School and West Point High School graduating in 1944. She then attended Madison College (currently James Madison University) in Harrisonburg, Virginia where she received her Bachelor of Science in Education.
Some of Peggy's fondest memories of West Point include going to Richmond on the bus or train which was a big, special event and the peaceful slow pace of the town where doors were not locked and neighbors checked on each other. July 4th parades, Firemen's Carnivals and yard parties with lemonade, cake walks, etc. were just a few of the many things she enjoyed growing up.
Peggy loves music and at one time played in a local band. She also enjoys boating, fishing and golf with friends.
Peggy attended First Baptist Church of West Point, Virginia.
Born 1931 in Conway, South Carolina
Dorothy moved to West Point with her family at age 5. She attended West Point schools and was married in 1949. She was a homemaker & mother of 2 girls; Kathy and Linda. She worked at Carter House and York Wholesale Companies. Later she worked at Tidewater Insurers and retired from Leggett's Department Store when it closed. c.1989.
Dorothy attended West Point United Methodist Church.
Born 1921 • Age 92 at time of interview • Born in Port Richmond (current West Point)
Family: Mother and Father operated a grocery store where the family lived in the rear. His father was also Post Master of Port Richmond. Raymond was the 4th of 7 sons. Raymond met Harriet Hammer on a blind date and married her in 1943. They have two children, Andrea and Michael.
He attended Catholic school and West Point High School. Raymond graduated from Virginia Tech as an industrial engineer. He enjoyed the track team and Cotillion Club.
His most memorable moment was when the Pamuncky River froze and the Chesapeake Corporation used tug boats to break the ice which save most of the Eltham Bridge. Later the Chesapeake Corporation hired ferry boats to transport laborers.
Raymond enjoys boating, fishing, and crabbing as well as oil painting. He has also been active in the Kiwanis Club, Knights of Columbus, and the Town Council.
Raymond attended Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church.
Born 1918 • Age 94 at time of interview • Lived on River Road
Family: Virginia's parents were farmers and she was the oldest of three children. She met her husband, Henry Vranian, in West Point, Virginia and was married on the City of Richmond steamboat in 1939. She had four children.
Virginia moved to West Point when she was 29 years old. Growing up she attended New Kent schools and loved getting ice cream at Ayeth's Confectionary for 5¢. She participated in Monday Club and the Women's Club and enjoyed traveling and knitting.
Virginia attended West Point United Methodist Church.


By Peter Inker
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Change is an inevitable part of life. So why are most of us parents shocked and surprised when our daughters change in unexpected, dramatic, significant ways once they hit the teen years? Girls go through their most dramatic developmental changes during adolescence. And they need parents to be there, just as present and involved as when our little girls were, well, still little girls! As you read through the pages of "A Parent's Guide to Understanding Teenage Girls," veteran youth workers Brooklyn Lindsey and Mark Oestreicher will help you re-examine some assumptions and misunderstandings about this season of life. Then, from a place of trust in God, you will gain a fresh perspective on who your daughter is and who she's becoming. This book explores the major changes of adolescence, the influence of parents and friends, the onslaught of feelings and how to respond, and the significance of celebrating milestones in a girl's life. A Parent's Guide to Understanding Teenage Girls will offer wisdom, insight, and encouragement to respond well, react wisely, and engage effectively. This book is also an ideal resource to prepare you and your daughter for the impending season of change and transformation, if you aren't there quite yet.
Almost all cultures and societies affirm the importance of having children. However, reproductive technologies challenge the traditional understanding of the process by which a couple becomes parents. Technologies do this by separating the procreation of children from the conjugal act. This forces people to rethink the concept of becoming parents. Different people have different views on the use of reproductive technologies and different understandings of parenting. Lisa Sowle Cahill characterizes the parent-child relationship primarily as a freely chosen relationship. However, John Paul II teaches that becoming parents is not only something couples choose, but something intrinsic to marriage and couples' self-gift to each other. This book examines Cahill's and John Paul II's understanding of becoming parents as distilled from their moral analyses of reproductive technologies. It will study parenting in regard to the attitude with which couples approach parenthood, as well as the decision and the means used to become parents with particular reference to Chinese culture and society. Cahill's approach to parenting and reproductive technologies is closer in spirit to the values of Chinese society than John Paul II's. John Paul II brings to bear a full-blown personalistic hermeneutics in his analysis. Having identified their respective idioms and their differences, the author argues that becoming parents is not only something couples choose, but something intrinsic to the vocation of marriage and the couples' bodily self-gift to one another. It is a good work for any student or professor of theology. It helps couples to have a better understanding of becoming parents. It also offers wonderful information for further research on this subject with reference to Chinese situation.
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Fusing theory with advice and information about the practicalities of translating, Becoming a Translator is the essential resource for novice and practicing translators. The book explains how the market works, helps translators learn how to translate faster and more accurately, as well as providing invaluable advice and tips about how to deal with potential problems, such as stress.
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Offering suggestions for discussion, activities, and hints for the teaching of translation, the third edition of Becoming a Translator remains invaluable for students and teachers of Translation Studies, as well as those working in the field of translation.
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Is it too bold a thing to say that the reputation of 'Christopher North,' the man, has survived that of his works? Third in the great dynasty of Scottish literary sovereigns, he ascended the throne upon the death of Scott, reigned gloriously and held high state in the Northern Capital—whence in earlier days he had waged direst war—and at his death passed on the sceptre to Carlyle, from whom in turn it descended to Stevenson. To us of to-day, he looms on the horizon of the past, the representative of a vanished race of physical and intellectual giants,—the historic legend revealing him as before all things a good man of his inches, a prince of boon-companions and good-fellows, a wit, a hard hitter, the soul and centre of a brilliant circle, and the author of the Noctes Ambrosianæ. Many other works he wrote—important in their own day—but now not unjustly forgotten, or all but forgotten. But the man himself was greater than his works; he, more than they, is our enduring possession; his memory it behoves us to preserve.
The story of his life has been told, in terms of affectionate appreciation, by his daughter, Mrs Gordon. Born at Paisley—in a neighbourhood where that natural beauty to which he was so susceptible was still at that time almost unsullied—on the 18th May 1785, he was the eldest of his parents' sons and their fourth child. His father, a gauze-manufacturer by trade, was possessed of considerable wealth; whilst through his mother, whose maiden name was Sym, and who claimed descent from the great Marquis of Montrose, he had inherited a strain of 'gentle' blood. From the first he was a robust and lively boy, and his childhood, being passed under the most favourable of conditions, was an entirely happy one. His taste for field-sport first declared itself at the early age of three years, when equipped with willow-wand, thread, and crooked pin, he set off, unattended, on an adventurous angling expedition. Meantime the parallel mental activity, which was to be through life his characteristic, was manifested in quaint infantine pulpit-oratory at home. After receiving the rudiments of instruction at Paisley, he was placed as a boarder with the minister of the neighbouring parish of Mearns, with whom he remained until his twelfth year. Here he was not less happy than at home. Without doors—and one thinks of him as a boy whose life was spent chiefly in the open air—he had a wide and beautiful country to range; whilst within, his education proceeded merrily—he was foremost among his young companions at the task as well as in the playground—and he was carefully trained in the paths of wisdom and virtue. In later life his memory reverted fondly to these days, to which his writings contain various references—as when he tells of boyish shooting experiences, with an antiquated musket, traditionally supposed to have been 'out' in both the Fifteen and the Forty-five, of an adventure in a storm when lost upon the moors, and so forth. In his twelfth year he lost his father, and soon afterwards he was placed at the University of Glasgow, where he continued to attend classes until the year 1803. Here he resided in the house of the Professor of Logic, Professor Jardine, to whom and to the Greek Professor, Young, he in later life gratefully acknowledged his debt. Meantime his mother with her young family had gone to live in Edinburgh.
There and at Glasgow, from January to October 1801, young Wilson kept a diary, which was preserved, and from which his biographer prints some extracts. These are disappointing; but the document itself is remarkable for orderliness and precision, exhibiting the writer as the very pattern of a well-brought-up youth. More interesting, however, as a manifestation of character is the impulse which, in the year following, led the seventeen-year-old young man to


I’m excited to invite you to join our next book club titled; My God Is...
Are you ready to dig into the attributes of God? That’s exactly what we are going to dig into during our first study of 2024! It is a Book Club on the book titled ”What Do I Know About My God” by Mardi Collier.
What do you believe about your God?
I feel like you could give me a lengthy list. I feel like you could maybe even tell me why you think that. Yet, do you believe it? Do you let it sink in and internalize it? Do you live like you believe these things you know about your God?
We are going to dig into this very topic… I believe this study will:
- Equip you with tools to remember, internalize, and believe the attributes and character of God
- Give you a tangible place to record the truth you already know about God
- Provide you with a whole library of verse that you can look back and reference each time you need a reminder of God’s character
Ready to live with a big-picture view of your great God? That’s what this study is going to give you!
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My God is… Book Club Details —
- Starting January 22nd – It is an eight-week study
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Meet the author of the Book Club Packet — Trudie Schar
I’m Trudie; Worshiper of God, wife, mommy, homeschooler, and writer. Over 16 years ago or so, I married my high school sweetheart, Ethan. We have 4 girls, whom I homeschool. As a family, we love camping, helping others, and trying new foods together.
I’m an introvert. INFJ fits me to the T. I feel most alive when I’m writing. A coffee shop surrounded by people I don’t have to talk to, with my Bible, a salted Carmel Hot Cocoa, and my journal is one of my favorite places to be.


On Sunday we went to Carter's friend James' birthday party. It was a costume party. Mom and Dad were lame and didn't dress up, but Carter made a really cute lion.
Here is a little video of Carter dancing. He is very particular about the kind of music he wants to listen to. I went to the library and got some cute little kids cds but he didn't like them and kept asking me to turn them off. Right now his favorite seems to be Nickel Creek. He doesn't mind Coldplay, but definitely didn't like John Legend.


Some SCRAM tools and tests may be absent in distribution packages. Also, the package version may be older than the latest release.
SCRAM is available in Debian’s official repositories since Debian Stretch.
apt-get install scram apt-get install scram-gui # The GUI front-end in unstable.
SCRAM is available in Ubuntu’s universe repository since Ubuntu 17.04.
sudo apt-get install scram sudo apt-get install scram-gui # The GUI front-end since 17.10.
Alternatively, run the following commands to get SCRAM from its PPA.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rakhimov/scram sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install scram sudo apt-get install scram-gui
Install from the official Fedora repositories:
sudo dnf install scram


Is Copyright Achieving Its Purpose?
Copyright is not generally seen as a major political issue. It is rare to hear politicians speak about it, and it is certainly not a major aspect of their campaigns. The Democratic Party does not mention it at all in their platform (Democratic Party Platform Committee), and the Republican platform contains only one passing mention in reference to international relations (Republican Party). However, it is an important issue that deserves more attention than it currently receives – the current laws are far too strict and have many negative effects. Copyright laws should be amended to loosen restrictions and shorten terms.
First, copyright restrictions should be loosened because they place an undue burden on the freedom of the public. Copyright must limit freedom to some extent to achieve its legitimate aims, but current copyright laws make many more restrictions than is necessary. Many of these restrictions influence everyday life, even in situations that do not seem to involve copyright at all.
Works not covered by copyright, referred to as being in the public domain, bring many benefits to the public. For example, the nonprofit Project Gutenberg publishes e-book editions of over 70,000 books at no cost to the public. The vast majority of their collection consists of “older works for which US copyright has expired” (Project Gutenberg, home page). Another project which uses public-domain works in a way that is beneficial to the public is LibriVox. This organization publishes audio versions of public-domain books read by volunteers, also at no cost (LibriVox). Although it is clear that free access to books is useful, some may question whether it is necessary for works to be free of copyright in order to bring these benefits. Why is it necessary to download books online when it is possible to check them out from a library for free? An essay on Project Gutenberg’s Web site explains why. Public-domain or freely-licensed works give the public rights to use the work beyond simply reading the work. Receiving a copy of a work under full copyright restrictions at no cost gives the recipient no rights except permission to read privately. In contrast, a person with a copy of a public-domain or freely-licensed work is allowed to copy, distribute, modify, or otherwise adapt the work (Project Gutenberg, “No Cost, or Free?”). (A freely-licensed work is one that is under copyright, but has been released by the copyright holder with a license that grants permission to distribute and modify the work with few or no restrictions.) If copyright terms were shorter, organizations such as Project Gutenberg and LibriVox would be able to include more recent works. Copyright terms should be shortened because long terms prevent many uses of works that benefit the public.
Another problem with modern copyright is the negative effects of so-called Digital Rights Management (DRM) software. DRM is nominally designed to prevent illegal copying and distribution of copyrighted works by restricting the methods by which the user can access the information. For example, it may allow a user to read an ebook, but not share copies of the book or take screenshots of it. However, DRM is problematic because it also limits legitimate uses. For example, a DRM program that prevents the user from copying and pasting text from an ebook in order to make it more difficult to duplicate the book illegally will also make it difficult to copy excerpts from the book for legal purposes such as commentary and criticism that are considered “fair use.” It also prevents the creation of software to access the work on computer platforms that are not otherwise compatible. More importantly, DRM may impede the development of assistive technologies for disabled people; these technologies provide functionalities such as screen readers for blind users or closed captions for deaf users. DRM is problematic because it prevents legitimate uses of copyrighted works.
DRM also restricts private property rights. For example, as explained by an article from the popular online technology magazine MakeUseOf, many smartphones contain DRM that is designed to prevent the user from replacing the operating system. On these phones, only the manufacturer has the ability to replace core parts of the system (Hoffman). While most users do not care about changing the operating system, preventing those who do from making these changes is problematic because it limits the phone owner’s rights to his or her own property. A similar, but even more important, issue relates to automobiles and other machinery. For example, as described by Emma Roth in an article for The Verge, John Deere tractors have computer systems designed to prevent certain “unauthorized” repairs; these systems are a form of DRM. Repairs must be “authorized,” not by the tractor’s owner, but by John Deere; these systems deny farmers the right to repair their own equipment. John Deere has recently signed an agreement with the American Farm Bureau Federation to allow farmers to repair tractors, but other manufacturers can still limit repairs, and there are several weaknesses in the agreement that allow John Deere to regulate the means by which repairs are performed (Roth). While this agreement is helpful to farmers, it does not change the fact that a manufacturer should not have the right to dictate what customers may and may not do with equipment they own. DRM is harmful because, in addition to preventing legitimate uses of copyrighted works, it also encumbers private property rights.
DRM is almost always relatively easy to circumvent, however, because of inherent limitations of computer science. At least part of the software must run on the user’s computer in order to be useful, and this means that a sufficiently knowledgeable user always has some way to manipulate the system. Of course, this requires in-depth knowledge of computer programming, but once one person has created a program to bypass the DRM, this developer can share his or her code to allow the public full access to the work. Although this does make infringement easier, it also enables legitimate uses such as using speech synthesis software to read a book out loud for a blind person, accessing the work on an otherwise incompatible device, or replacing a smartphone’s operating system. Because it can virtually always be bypassed, DRM is ineffective, but not, on its own, necessarily harmful to legitimate users. It is usually merely an annoyance, both to infringers and legitimate users. The problem arises because the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the main current US copyright law, makes it illegal to circumvent DRM without the permission of the copyright holder for any reason, unless the circumvention is included in an exemption granted by the Library of Congress (United States Code, title 17, sec. 1201). (Most other countries have similar laws.) This is the case even when the goal is to make an otherwise noninfringing use of the work. Banning DRM circumvention does not make any previously legal yet harmful activities illegal, while it does make otherwise legal and beneficial uses illegal. Actions such as distributing copies of the work would be copyright infringement regardless of whether or not DRM circumvention were illegal, and the ban on circumvention also prohibits uses which are otherwise legal. Some beneficial uses, such as accessibility tools for disabled users, are covered by exemptions, but others, such as accessing works on incompatible devices or repairing vehicles, are not. Copyright laws should be amended to remove the prohibition on DRM circumvention.
Although current copyright laws significantly restrict the freedom of the public, one could argue that this does necessarily mean they need to be changed. If authors have a right to control the use of their works, then copyright is working as intended. However; this is not the case; today’s copyright laws contradict the constitutional purpose of copyright. The federal government’s authority to enact copyright laws is established by the Copyright and Patent Clause of the Constitution, which grants Congress the power “[t]o promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries” (Constitution of the United States, art. 1, sec. 3, cl. 8). In the 1834 case Wheaton v. Peters, the Supreme Court ruled that the Copyright Clause authorizes Congress to create a new right, not to “protect… an acknowledged legal right.” The court pointed out that the word “secure” is applied equally to authors, who hold copyrights, and to inventors, who hold patents. They further note that “it has never been pretended by anyone either in this country or in England that an inventor has a perpetual right at common law to sell the thing invented.” (English law is relevant because the US Federal government and all states except Louisiana accept English court rulings prior to 1776 as precedent if they are not contradicted by newer American laws; this is referred to as common law.) Thus, because the word “secure” is clearly referring to the creation of a new right in the context of inventions, the only logical conclusion is that it is also referring to the creation of a new right with regard to authors. There is a common-law right to be the first to publish one’s own writings, but this is entirely separate from copyright in published works. Thus, the common-law system does not recognize a natural right to control publications of one’s writings after the initial publication (Wheaton v. Peters).
Lawrence Lessig, a legal scholar, former constitutional law professor, and leading copyright-reform activist, makes another argument against the view of copyright as a natural right. He points out that the Constitution, in the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment, says that “private property [shall not] be taken for public use, without just compensation” (Constitution of the United States, amend. 5). In contrast, the Copyright Clause says that copyrights may be “secur[ed only] for limited Times”. In other words, the Constitution strictly limits the taking of physical property for public use, but it mandates the taking of copyrights and patents for public use after a limited time. Lessig argues that this shows that the Founding Fathers did not hold the view, widely promoted by advocates for strict copyright today, that copyright is legally or morally equivalent to physical property. Rather, they saw it as a fundamentally different kind of right, one which is not entitled to the same degree of protection as physical property rights (Lessig, 117-20).
Having determined that copyright is not a natural right, the next consideration is whether or not current laws further the purposes for which copyright is established. Any law should be written in a way that does not impose excessive restrictions that are not necessary to achieve its goals, but as Lawrence Lessig argues, this principle should be applied more strictly to copyright because it inherently limits the First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and of the press. Because copyright laws do limit constitutionally guaranteed freedoms, albeit for a legitimate aim, they should be held to stricter political, if not legal, scrutiny than laws which do not burden constitutionally-protected activities (Lessig, 128). As mentioned earlier, the purpose of copyright, as stated in the Constitution, is “[t]o promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts.” Similarly, the Copyright Act of 1790, the first US copyright law, states its purpose as “the encouragement of learning” (Copyright Act of 1790). Clearly, the ultimate goal of copyright is not to reward creators; this is merely a means to the true end of promoting the creation of new works. Copyright exists solely for the benefit of the general public; the benefits it brings to creators are only a means to this end.
A copyright restriction that does not provide an incentive to create new works does not further this purpose. Current copyright laws are fundamentally flawed because they are created with the primary goal of giving copyright holders control over their works, often at the expense of the public, in direct contradiction to the constitutional purpose of these laws. Derek Khanna, a fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, points out that this is in large part due to the influence of lobbyists representing large media companies such as Disney (Khanna). Of course, it benefits these companies to have copyright terms repeatedly extended and other restrictions tightened, and these large companies have a much larger political influence than start-up companies, independent content creators, and others who have much to gain from the public domain. The political influence of these large corporations has resulted in copyright laws that favor established copyright holders over everyone else, having exactly the opposite effect of the true goal of copyright.
One way in which today’s copyright laws hinder, rather than advance, “the Progress of Science and useful Arts” is by making it difficult to reuse existing works in new ones. Of course, this must be limited to some extent by any copyright law, but current laws are far too restrictive in this area. Lessig notes that the Copyright Act of 1790 helped to promote creativity by taking a loose stance toward derivative works (Lessig, 170-1). If an author wanted to reuse portions of another book in a way that did not make the new book effectively a copy of the prior work, this reuse was permitted under the 1790 Act with no license required. Allowing such reuse is consistent with the purpose of copyright; it is unlikely that the existence of a work incorporating portions of, but not replacing, another work will significantly decrease sales of the original, while allowing this type of use does promote the creation of new works. Today’s laws do not allow reuse of other works, except under limited exceptions for “fair use,” which mostly cover non-profit educational use and commentary and criticism of the work being quoted; although the fair use doctrine is important; it is quite narrow. The benefits of derivative works are recognized even by many who support strong copyright; an article in WIPO Magazine, published by the World Intellectual Property Organization, a pro-copyright agency of the United Nations, acknowledges that modern cultures have developed through “remixing” of prior cultural works, and that current copyright laws impede further remixing (Rostama). Copyright laws should be changed to allow more reuse of existing works in ways that do not affect the market for the original works.
Although a strong political case can be made against current copyright laws, moral and ethical issues are also relevant. For example, some may be concerned that making copyright less restrictive would facilitate increased plagiarism. This is not the case, because plagiarism is not the same thing as copyright infringement. Black’s Law Dictionary, the most widely-used American legal dictionary, notes that plagiarism essentially involves “passing [another’s works or ideas] off as the product of one’s own mind” (Black, 1035). The article “Is Plagiarism Illegal?” on Plagiarism.org notes that copying from a public-domain work without attribution is not copyright infringement, but is plagiarism. Likewise, long quotations from copyrighted works used with attribution are not plagiarism, but may be copyright infringement (Plagiarism.org). The essential problem with plagiarism is not that a writer uses someone else’s work, but that the writer claims to be the creator of the reused work. Unlike copyright, plagiarism is not fundamentally about copying; it is about lying, which is unethical but typically not illegal. Because plagiarism is mostly penalized academically, not legally, loosening copyright restrictions would not enable increased plagiarism.
Although there is, legally speaking, no natural right to profit from one’s creative work, some may believe that there is a moral right to do so, and oppose copyright reform on this basis. It is true that entirely abolishing copyright would interfere with such a right, if one exists, but shortening terms and loosening other restrictions would not necessarily be problematic. Terms shorter than those created under current laws could still provide ample time to earn profits from works, and restrictions such as the prohibition on DRM circumvention are certainly not necessary for this purpose. Even if one does believe there is a moral right to profit from creative works, this does not mean that copyright must be maintained in its current form.
What is the best way to promote remixing and other beneficial uses of works, while still achieving copyright’s legitimate aim of creating an economic incentive to create new works? One helpful step would be to shorten copyright terms. Under current laws, copyright lasts for seventy years after the last surviving author’s death. For works published anonymously or pseudonymously, or created for hire, the copyright expires 95 years after publication or 120 years after creation, whichever comes first (United States Code, title 17, sec. 302). (These rules apply to works created in or after 1978. Other rules apply to works created before then.) Clearly, shorter terms would be sufficient to incentivize the creation of new works. These long terms are one of the aspects of copyright law which Derek Khanna notes as being heavily influenced by lobbying by large media corporations (Khanna). Shorter terms would bring increased benefits to the public without reducing the incentive created by copyright. A term of thirty years, for example, would allow sufficient time for substantial money to be earned if the work is profitable, while also benefiting the public by having works enter the public domain sooner. Such a term would be similar to the maximum 28-year duration under the 1790 Act. Another option would be to have copyright last for the entire life of the author, but no longer. Either of these options would have various benefits and drawbacks, but either would be better than the current term lengths.
Another beneficial change would be to create a remixing exemption similar to that included by the Canadian Parliament in the 2012 Copyright Modernization Act. This allows non-commercial remixing if the source is credited, the original work is not itself a violation of copyright (or the remixer reasonably believes that it is not), and the new work “does not have a substantial adverse effect, financial or otherwise, on the exploitation… of… [or] market for [the original work], including that the new work… is not a substitute for the existing one” (Copyright Modernization Act, sec. 29.21). A similar exception in American copyright law would further the constitutional goal of copyright by facilitating the creation of new works without adversely affecting the economic incentive.
Finally, it would be beneficial to legalize circumvention of DRM. As described earlier, this would not legalize activities traditionally seen as copyright infringement, but would allow beneficial uses of works and restore the rights of owners of private physical property. Removing the ban on DRM circumvention would be an important step that could be taken toward restoring the traditional concept of copyright, as this portion of the law goes far beyond excessive restrictions on reuse of works, and regulates actions that are only distantly related to copyright in the traditional sense. As explained earlier, this change on its own would not legalize any actions that fall under the traditional scope of copyright, so even those who believe that authors should have long-term, extensive rights to their works could support this change. Legalizing the circumvention of DRM would certainly not solve all of the problems of today’s copyright system, but it would be an excellent start.
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Finally in their own 3-issue limited series, DOC RED follows Dr. Ellen Redinbaugh and her nurse and daughter-in-law, Hattie Redinbaugh, on a treacherous trail through the Arizona Territory to the gold mines of Bellville, California in 1862. An odyssey denied even a day of peace, the Redinbaugh widows are assaulted by thieves, accidentally run afoul of a Confederate conspiracy to take over Arizona, and find themselves back on the gallows after thinking they’d already slipped the noose.
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When music store owner and drum teacher Jim Marshall set to work designing "the world's first rock 'n' roll amp" to realise the musical vision of local guitarists, he was creating a tradition that laid the very foundations of rock music. After playing the sixth prototype of 'Number 1', which would later become the JTM45, Jim said, "That's it! That's going to be the Marshall sound from now on." And so it was: since the 1960s, Marshall amps have been the first choice of the greatest guitarists in rock history.
Now, Jim Marshall's story is told in a new authorised biography, 'Jim Marshall: The Father of Loud', by Rich Maloof (published by Backbeat Books), which features a forward written by guitar hero (and personal friend of Jim) Slash. The tale is a captivating one, broken down into two main parts. The first section traces Jim's story, from childhood as a young boy diagnosed with a rare bone disease, to his stage success as a singer and big-band drummer, to the development of the iconic Marshall stack and Marshall's rise to prominence in the amplifier industry. It profiles a man dedicated to listening to his customers and inventing new ways of satisfying them, constantly improving and fine-tuning his designs and, from the beginning, a believer in the value of teamwork.
The second half of the book delves into the amplifiers themselves, including a well-illustrated section on 'amp anatomy', with inside shots of the amps, plus a 'Top 11' list of Jim's favourite models over the years. There's a tour of the factory, a fascinating collection of comments from Marshall owners, 'Setups of the Marshall Stars' - detailed rig diagrams of six Marshall greats from the 1960s to the 2000s - and other 'Marshallabilia' that will please Marshall owners and guitarists of all ages. There's also a view of Marshall in the 21st century, and an Appendix on dating Marshall amps by serial number.
Now in his eighth decade, Jim is still pursuing his goal of bringing musical visions to life, on a worldwide scale. This book honours the man and encourages the reader to do the same - most importantly, by pursuing their own musical dreams.
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Susan B. Anthony
1820 - 1906
ANTHONY, Susan Brownell, reformer, born in South Adams, Massachusetts, 15 Feb., 1820. Daniel Anthony, her father, a cotton manufacturer, was a liberal Quaker, who educated his daughters with the idea of self-support, and employed skillful teachers in his own house. After completing her education at a Friends' boarding-school in Philadelphia, she taught in New York state from 1835 to 1850. Her father removed in 1826 to Washington County, New York, and in 1846 settled at Rochester.
Miss Anthony first spoke in public in 1847, and from that time took part in the temperance movement, organizing societies and lecturing. In 1851 she called a temperance convention in Albany, after being refused admission to a previous convention on account of her sex. In 1852 the Woman's New York State Temperance Society was organized. Through her exertions, and those of Mrs. E. C. Stanton, women came to be admitted to educational and other conventions with the right to speak, vote, and serve on committees. About 1857 she became prominent among the agitators for the abolition of slavery. In 1858 she made a report, in a teachers' convention at Troy, in favor of the co-education of the sexes. Her energies have been chiefly directed to securing equal civil rights for women. In 1854-'55 she held conventions in each county of New York in the cause of female suffrage, and since then she has addressed annual appeals and petitions to the legislature. She was active in securing the passage of the act of the New York legislature of 1860, giving to married women the possession of their earnings, the guardianship of their children, etc.
During the war she devoted herself to the women's loyal league, which petitioned congress in favor of the 13th amendment. In 1860 she started a petition in favor of leaving out the word " male" in the 14th amend-merit, and worked with the national woman suffrage association to induce congress to secure to her sex the right of voting. In 1867 she went to Kansas with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone, and there obtained 9,000 votes in favor of woman suffrage.
Petition From Susan B. Anthony to the United States Congress
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In 1868, with the cooperation of Mrs. Stanton and Parker Pillsbury, and with the assistance of George F. Train, she began, in New York city, the publication of a weekly paper called "The Revolutionist," devoted to the emancipation of women. In 1872 Miss Anthony cast ballots at the state and congressional election in Rochester, in order to test the application of the 14th and 15th amendments of the U. S. constitution. She was indicted for illegal voting, and was fined by Justice Hunt, but, in accordance with her defiant declaration, never paid the penalty. Between 1870 and 1880 she lectured in all the northern and several of the southern states more than one hundred times a year. In 1881 she wrote, with the assistance of her co-editors, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Matilda Joslyn Gage, "The History of Woman Suffrage," in two volumes. This was latter expanded to four volumes by Anthony et al and published in New York, 1884–1887.
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Susan B. Anthony, in 1890, orchestrated the merger of the NWSA with American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) thus creating the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). The NSWA's merger of the Lucy's Stone's moderate AWSA marginalized the more radical elements within the women's movement, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Susan B. Anthony in an attempt to unite all the leaders campaigned hard for Stanton to be voted in as the first NAWSA president.
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After retiring in 1900, Anthony remained in Rochester but remained very active in correspondence for women's rights. In another i letter dated April 11, 1900 Susan B. Anthony, aged 80, writes a young feminist preparing for a speech on National American Woman Suffrage Association letterhead:
I have put you up a most valuable lot of ammunition--1st the Congressional Hearing speeches of 1894--containing a most careful & exhaustive compilation of testimony of Woman Suffrage in Wyoming-- Second--the House Hearing of 1898--that contains a valuable statement on School Suffrage and on Universal[?] suffrage--& one on & from each of the free states--Wyoming, Colorado, Utah & Idaho...Then--3d--the Senate hearing of 1900--with unanswerable statements--from most reliable women--then the House report of 1900--has valuable papers on Economic reasons for Woman Suffrage. Enquire at your various city Libraries for History of Woman Suffrage & Life & Work of S.B.A....Hope you will have a splendid debate--& that you will send me a report thereof....
A series of family letters that recently sold in at Christies Auction house revealed a feminist leader who expressed some strong opinions about marriage and notions of manliness. Here, in a April 2, 1900 letter, Anthony has several words of advice on proper male behavior :
There are but few things necessary for you to reach the height of your avocation, and those are the strictest integrity, patience and perseverance, and continuance in what I hope are now your fully established habits of eschewing the so-called pet vices of men." 23 May 1900: She mentions attending the Republican national convention in 1900 and hopes Burt is "living up to your highest ideal of true manliness.
In a June 26, 1900 she writes her nieces:
I do hope everything will work together for the happiness of Anna O. & Leon A. Everything will hinge on their capacity to conform one to the other, or at least to be happy in seeing the other not conform, but acting out his or her own individual idea.
But the subsequent marriage and the name change of her nieces upsets her and she writes on July 11, 1900:
So the nieces of Susan B. Anthony blot their own and their family names out of existence at one fell swoop of the pen. Well, if her nieces have no love for their identity, no reverence for a name they have been known by for 26 years, how can we expect the daughters & nieces of other people to care or do other than bury themselves under the name of the man they love!
Several of the letters also mention Anthony lecturing at Chautauqua and other places, while others mention fellow feminists Carrie Chapman Catt and Anna H. Shaw. She takes a jibe at lawyers and thinks about mortality on January 11, 1905, when she summons her nephew to a family meeting on estate-planning:
Your Mother wants to fix her property so that the lawyers wont get the major part of it when she dies. She doesn't calculate to die, but then nobody does, so everybody should be prepared for it.
14 Months later, on March 13, 1905, Susan B. Anthony died of heart disease and pneumonia in her house at 17 Madison Street on March 13, 1906. She was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery. The New York Times Obituary reads:
ROCHESTER, March 13, -- Miss Susan B. Anthony died at 12:40 o'clock this morning. The end came peacefully. Miss Anthony had been unconscious practically all of the time for more than twenty-four hours, and her death had been almost momentarily expected since last night. Only her wonderful constitution kept her alive.
Dr. M. S. Ricker, her attending physician, said Miss Anthony died of heart disease and pneumonia of both lungs. She had had serious valvular heart trouble for the last six or seven years. Her lungs were practically clear and the pneumonia had yielded to treatment, but the weakness of her heart prevented her recovery.
Miss Anthony was taken ill while on her way home from the National Suffrage Convention in Baltimore. She stopped in New York, where a banquet was to be given Feb. 20 in honor of her eighty-sixth birthday, but she had an attack of neuralgia on Feb. 18 and hastened home. Pneumonia developed after her arrival here, and on March 5 both her lungs became affected. She rallied, but had a relapse three days ago, and the end after that never was in doubt.
Miss Anthony herself had believed that she would recover. Early in her illness she told her friends that she expected to live to be as old as her father, who was over 90 when he died. But on Wednesday she said to her sister:
"Write to Anna Shaw immediately, and tell her I desire that every cent I leave when I pass out of this life shall be given to the fund which Miss Thomas and Miss Garrett are raising for the cause. I have given my life and all I am to it, and now I want my last act to be to give it all I have, to the last cent. Tell Anna Shaw to see that this is done."
Miss Shaw said:
"On Sunday, about two hours before she became unconscious, I talked with Miss Anthony, and she said: 'To think I have had more than sixty years of hard struggle for a little liberty, and then to die without it seems so cruel."
Susan Brownell Anthony was a pioneer leader of the cause of woman suffrage, and her energy was tireless in working for what she considered to be the best interests of womankind. At home and abroad she had innumerable friends, not only among those who sympathized with her views, but among those who held opinions radically opposed to her. In recent years her age made it impossible for her to continue active participation in all the movements for the enfranchisement of women with which she had been connected, but she was at the time of her death the Honorary President of the National Woman Suffrage Association, the society which she and Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized in 1869.
Miss Anthony possessed a figure of medium size, a firm but rather pleasing face, clear hazel eyes, and dark hair which she always wore combed smoothly over the ears and bound in a coil at the back. She paid much attention to dress and advised those associated in the movement for women suffrage to be punctilious in all matters pertaining to the toilet. For a little over a year in the early fifties she wore a bloomer costume, consisting of a short skirt and a pair of Turkish trousers gathered at the ankles. So great an outcry arose against the innovation both from the pulpit and the press that she was subjected to many indignities, and forced to abandon it.
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Lucretia Mott, Grace Greenwood, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Anna Dickinson,
Mary Livermore, Susan B. Anthony, and Lydia Maria Child.
Miss Anthony was born at South Adams, Mass., on Feb. 15, 1820. Daniel Anthony, her father, a liberal Quaker, was a cotton manufacturer. Susan Anthony was first instructed by teachers at home. She was sent afterward to finish her education at a Friends' boarding school in Philadelphia. She continued to attend this school until, at the age of fifteen, she was occasionally called on to help in the teaching. At seventeen she received a dollar a week with board by teaching in a private family, and the next summer a district school engaged her for $1.50 a week and "boarded her round." She continued to teach until 1852, when she found her taste for this profession entirely gone, a school in Rochester being her last charge.
Miss Anthony had become impressed with the idea that women were suffering great wrongs, and when she abandoned school teaching, having saved only about $300, she determined to enter the lecture field. People of to-day can scarcely understand the strong prejudices Miss Anthony had to live down. In 1851 she called a temperance convention in Albany, admittance to a previous convention having been refused to her because it was not the custom to admit women. The Women's New York State Temperance Society was organized the following year. Through Miss Anthony's exertions and those of Elizabeth Cady Stanton women soon came to be admitted to educational and other conventions, with the right to speak, vote, and act upon committees.
Miss Anthony's active participation in the movement for woman suffrage started in the fifties. As early as 1854 she arranged conventions throughout the State and annually bombarded the Legislature with messages and appeals. She was active in obtaining the passage of the act of the New York Legislature in 1860 giving to married women the possession of their earnings and the guardianship of their children. During the war she was devoted to the Women's Loyal League, which petitioned Congress in favor of the thirteenth amendment. She was also directly interested in the fourteenth amendment, sending a petition in favor of leaving out the word "male."
In company with Mrs. Stanton and Lucy Stone, Miss Anthony went to Kansas in 1867, and there obtained 9,000 votes in favor of woman suffrage. The following year, with the co-operation of Mrs. Stanton, Parker Pillsbury, and George Francis Train, she began the publication in this city of a weekly paper called The Revolutionist, devoted to the emancipation of women.
In order to test the application of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments she cast ballots in the State and Congressional election in Rochester in 1872. She was indicted and ordered to pay a fine, but the order was never enforced.
Miss Anthony succeeded Mrs. Stanton as President of the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1892, Mrs. Stanton having resigned because of old age. This office she held until February, 1899, her farewell address being delivered at a meeting of the association in Washington. For a number of years she averaged 100 lectures a year. She engaged in eight different State campaigns for a Constitutional amendment enfranchising women, and hearings before committees of practically every Congress since 1869 were granted to her.
She was the joint author with Mrs. Stanton, Mrs. Ida Husted Harper, and Mrs. Matilda Joslyn Gage of "The History of Woman Suffrage." She also was a frequent contributor to magazines.
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Hartford, CT – March 18, 2016 – A $4,995 grant to Hartford Stage, awarded by Connecticut Humanities, will help support a multi-platform intergenerational storytelling exhibition to complement its production of Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years, which runs March 31 through April 24.
“Having Our Say is about the lives of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American sisters who were born at the end of the 19th century, and who lived through over 100 years of American history. We thought it would be great to share the stories of African-American women currently living in our community who have also experienced huge changes in our society and culture during their lifetimes,” said Michael Stotts, Managing Director of Hartford Stage. “Our exhibition, called Having Their Say – Generations in Conversation, is in many ways a continuation of how the lives of African-Americans have evolved in the years since the Delany sisters passed on.”
Having Their Say – Generations in Conversation is a captivating photography, video and narrative exploration of African-American history as told by ten senior African-American women from the Greater Hartford area. The women were interviewed by 12 young African-American females. Their conversations, covering personal histories and shared stories both historic and contemporary in nature, were recorded and photographed for the exhibition.
The women interviewed include Janet L. Jackson, Geraldine Jones, Elizabeth “Betty” Taylor, Patricia Johnson, Helga “Petie” Gordon, Elaine Mobley, Ann Jennings, Sistah Nandi aka Christine Dixon-Smith, Alyce Rawlins, and Patricia Wrice. The youth interviewed for the exhibition include Kailey Gordon, Tyra Harris, Amara McNeil, Trinity Stewart, Natalie Best, Elyece Patterson, Simone Shorter, Shelby Caballero, Nakeia Herbert, Zakiya Evans, Kamre Williams, and Miracle Hyde.
Each interview will be edited into three-to-four minute videos and will be accompanied by photography and narrative in both lobbies of the theatre for patrons to explore via tablets and visual displays. These interview segments, along with supplemental material, will also be available for viewing on the Hartford Stage website. A longer documentary piece is also being created. The Connecticut Humanities grant will assist with the costs involved with recording and creating the exhibition.
Connecticut Humanities, a nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, supports cultural and historic organizations that tell the state’s stories, build community and enrich lives.
Having Our Say centers upon 103-year-old Sadie Delany and 101-year-old Bessie Delany, daughters of a former slave who grew up in the Jim Crow South, lived in Harlem during its renaissance, and had professional careers as a teacher and a dentist, respectively. While they make dinner to remember their father’s birthday, the two sisters tell us the story of the last century, as they lived it.
Travelers serves as Principal Sponsor for Having Our Say. Robinson & Cole is a Production Sponsor, and The Doris & Simon Konover Family Foundation is an Assisting Production Sponsor. Additional support for Having Their Say – Generations in Conversation was provided by the Greater Hartford Arts Council and the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, as recommended by the Jackson-Batchelder Family Fund.
Having Our Say runs at Hartford Stage March 31 through April 24. Tickets for all shows start at $25. For group discounts (10 or more), contact Group Sales at 860-520-7114. To purchase tickets through the Hartford Stage box office, call 860-527-5151.
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Now in our 52nd year, Hartford Stage is one of the nation’s leading resident theatres, known for producing innovative revivals of classics and provocative new plays and musicals, including 68 world and American premieres, as well as offering a distinguished education program, which reaches more than 20,000 students annually.
Hartford Stage has earned many of the nation’s most prestigious awards, including four 2014 Tony Awards for A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder on Broadway, including Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical by Darko Tresnjak, and the 1988 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Other national honors include Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, OBIE, and New York Critics Circle awards. Hartford Stage has produced nationally renowned titles, including the New York transfers of Enchanted April, The Orphans' Home Cycle; Resurrection (later retitled Through the Night); and Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Water by the Spoonful, winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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"A husband strives to make the right care choices after his wife is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in this debut memoir.
The two communicated by touch and by “talking with our eyes.” The author writes of making a new, deeper connection through nonverbal interactions that seemed to bypass the part of his wife’s “brain affected by Alzheimer’s.”
The subject matter of this work is unavoidably distressing, but Alderdice maintains a positive tone throughout, embracing the seize-the-day sentiment suggested in the book’s title: “Make the most of everything you love—the ‘dancing’ in your life—developing strong relationships and creating great memories that will last as long as possible.” The author has a levelheaded writing style, describing his physical and emotional states clearly and without unnecessary adornment...Caretakers will relate to Alderdice’s spectrum of emotions, from a sense of “loss and loneliness” to feelings of guilt and regret.
…a well-written, uplifting memoir. The author is keenly aware that with regard to Alzheimer’s, “no two stories are the same,” but his personal experience demonstrates that the trajectory of the disease does not always take the shape of a continuous downward spiral. The suggestion that a higher plane “of happiness” may be achieved on a journey that presented “horrific times” may offer hope to those facing similar circumstances.
A tenderly observant account that champions the power of love in the face of adversity.”
Readers' Favorites Review - 5 Stars:
Don't Forget to Dance: A Unique Alzheimer's Journey - from Bizarre to Blissful follows the story of Mary and her husband Marc as they face challenges of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Diagnosed at the age of fifty-nine, Mary's initial symptoms were subtle, but the progression of the illness led to psychiatric manifestations and a decline in communication skills. As they confront the realities of the disease, they navigate anticipated and unexpected complications, finding ways to cope and remain resilient. Mary's journey involved moments of distress and the need to make difficult decisions, ultimately leading to a choice of specialized memory care. Throughout the ups and downs, their strength in the bonds of love and support for each other shines.
Marc Alderdice's memoir Don't Forget to Dance struck a chord with me as I read about his wife's journey with Dissociative Identity Disorder amidst the challenges of Alzheimer's. Having witnessed my late grandmother's struggles with dementia, Alderdice's descriptions of his wife's embodiment of alternative personalities were insightful and, sadly, relatable. The young adult identity, where Mary was pleased with her appearance and had conversations with an imaginary friend in the mirror, presented a dichotomy in the sorrow of Mary having the disorder and it being somewhat uplifting in how it made her feel: beautiful. This profoundly honest book will surely resonate with those facing similar situations, providing support and understanding. Moreover, it offers valuable insights for clinicians and students navigating the complexities of dementia in a more personal and empathetic light.
Very highly recommended.
Bill Groom, retired educator and missions pastor, Dallas, Texas
Everyone knows someone, or will know someone, with the challenges of Alzheimer’s disease. Don’t Forget to Dance allows readers to take a very personal walk with the author, Marc Alderdice, through many experiences of loving and caring for his wife as she lives with Alzheimer’s. As I read this story, I often felt like I was with them.
This is almost an instruction manual on how to enjoy life with your spouse, regardless of the circumstances. Marc uses phrases like: “We found a way to make it work.” And “We discovered…” He explains how he experimented and found ways to support Mary, and eventually also himself.
Don’t Forget to Dance illustrates how very individual each person’s experience is, and how valuable family, friends, and support groups have been for them both. This story can definitely help prepare readers for dealing with the difficulties of Alzheimer’s, but it can help anyone see new opportunities to strengthen their current relationships. Two lessons I took from Don’t Forget to Dance are your words and actions have great power to enhance your life and the lives of those you love, and that no caregiver or Alzheimer’s patient should go through the experience alone.


Nominations for 2022 London & District Business Hall of Fame open through March 25th
If you know someone who would be a good candidate for the London and District Business Hall of Fame, now is the time to let us know! 2022 Laureate nominations will be open through March 25th.
Established by Junior Achievement of London and District in 1990, the London and District Business Hall of Fame honours the lifetime achievements of London and area’s most distinguished individuals who have helped shape our community through their business success, entrepreneurial spirit and philanthropic contributions. These distinguished leaders have planted the seeds of greatness that today’s youth will harvest to create their future.
Inductees are nominated by their peers and chosen by a selection committee. This year’s Laureates will be welcomed into the JA London and District Business Hall of Fame at the 2022 Induction Ceremonies and Gala Dinner on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at the RBC Place London (as possible). Laureate portraits will be installed at the permanent exhibit located on the second floor of the downtown London Public Library, 251 Dundas Street, London, Ontario.
Read more about the selection criteria and make your nomination: Laureate Nomination Form 2022


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With organizations everywhere promoting diversity and inclusion, Gentelligence is an essential but overlooked piece to the D&I puzzle. This book is the “how to” manual on navigating an intergenerational workforce, complete with lessons to tap all it has to offer. It’s hard to imagine winning the War for Talent without fostering an environment that celebrates generational diversity rather than stifling it. Gentelligence is indeed the future of work.
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Co-authors Gerhardt, Josephine Nachemson-Ekwall, and Brandon Fogel present strategies for managing a generationally diverse workforce. Their focus is on progressive, open approaches to balancing the different interests of different generations of workers.
This book expands nicely on Jason Dorsey and Denise Villa’s Zconomy. The extensive citations, supplemental reading sources, and bibliography firmly establish the credibility of this solid, impressive work.
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Aotearoa Animals Story Stone Set
Story Stones are a neat interactive and educational activity for preschoolers. Introducing early literacy as well as picture matching, storytelling and imagination. Aotearoa board book by Christine Dale, features seven native New Zealand animals in English and te Reo Māori. Accompanied with seven beautifully painted story stones.
Our Story Stones are painted with water based paints, then sealed with non-toxic natural sealers. They are not intended for use outdoors or for soaking in water, but can be wiped to clean. Although the sealer is natural, we recommend for use with children aged 2+.


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Criminal Law in Malawi by Lewis Bande, a lecturer of Law in the Faculty of Law, is a textbook on Malawi’s substantive Criminal Law. The book discusses the rules and principles that constitute Criminal Law in Malawi and the theories, values and norms that underlie them.
The book has three major parts: Part One introduces the Criminal Law of Malawi, discussing such issues as the nature and function of Criminal Law, sources of Criminal Law, criminal jurisdiction, and definitions and classifications of crimes. Part Two explores the general principles of criminal liability and responsibility, discussing such issues as the “conduct” and “‘mental” elements of a crime, causation and general defences. Part Three is on specific offences. It covers offences provided by Malawi’s criminal law-related statutes such as the Penal Code and the Corrupt Practices Act.
Whilst the focus is on the law as contained in Malawian statutes and court interpretations, the book also refers to statutes and case law from comparable common law jurisdictions, notably South Africa, Zambia, England, Canada and Australia.
It is a useful textbook for law students, lawyers, law enforcement officers, judges, magistrates, legislators, and policy makers.
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The St. Louis Storytelling Festival proudly presents storyteller and musician Mike Anderson with his show "Hugo Kringle", a fun, interactive holiday show that does not involve "what I want for Christmas"!
You've probably heard about Kris Kringle (aka, Santa Claus), but did you know he had a brother named Hugo? At this family-friendly event, Hugo will sing secular holiday songs and tells stories of growing up with the boy who would become Santa Claus. There will be special giveaways, and fun all around! Tickets available at the link, kids 8 and under are FREE!
December 19, 2019 - 6:30 PM
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The High Low is a literary arts cafe operated by the Kranzberg Arts Foundation. A venue for freedom of expression through spoken and written work, the High Low encourages creativity and literacy. Featuring a library, cafe, gallery, performance & event space, and dedicated office space. Please visit http://highlowstl.com/ for a full event listing and more information.


One of the more frequent questions I am asked by readers is what to read that can help make them a better investor. My stock answer is everything. I am in the Charlie Unger camp on this on and think that one of the keys to a successful life is to read often and always. I read at least two newspapers every day to gain a sense of what is going on in town and around the world. On weekends I plow though the daily papers as well as the Weekend Journal, The Sunday NY Times and Barrons. I read several magazines relating to the banking and real estate industries since these two areas influence so much of what happens in the rest of the financial world. Of course I also am a voracious reader of fiction and all things baseball as well. I keep up with what’s being released in business and finance books but most of the newer ones seem to be a rehash of the good old stuff. With that in mind here is my list of books that should help make you a better investor and can even improve your trading.
I do not care how you approach the markets everyone everywhere should read Ben Grahams The Intelligent Investor. In addition to the basics of value investing Graham teaches how to differentiate between speculation and investment, something all too few seem to recognize today. The book also outlines both the defensive and enterprising approach to investing and help you determine which classification into which you fall. We are also introduced to the critical concept of margin of safety and introduced to the maniac Mr. Market who can be your worst enemy or best friend.
Martin Whitman’s Aggressive Conservative Investor also makes the grade as a must read. The concept of maximizing returns through minimizing risk through security evaluation in selection has been at the heart to of my career. This was the first book on investing I ever read and the concepts and techniques have served me well over the decades. Although the book was released in 1979 be sure to get the edition released in 2006 as Whitman updated the text to adjust for changes in the financial world. Whitman’s Distressed investing Principles and techniques should also be read be serious investors adopting the value approach to the markets.
The Little Book of Value Investing by Chris Browne is also a must read in my opinion. I must issue the disclaimer that I had a hand in the writing of this book and Chris Browne is one of my favorite people in the history of Wall Street. He was intelligent, witty, articulate and a real gentleman. I learned more from Chris than anyone else in the course of my investing career. The book teaches the basics of the game, how to find cheap stocks, analyze them and manage a portfolio of them.
As an aside I have always felt that it is critically important to understand all approaches to the market and not just the one you favor. The Wiley Little book series is a Phd course in market approaches that allows you to quickly learn the various schools of thought from the best practitioners. Serious investors and anyone offering financial services to the public should buy, read, and keep the entire series.
This will come as a surprise to a lot of people but I think everyone involved in the markets in any fashion should read the Education of a Speculator by Victor Niederhoffer. The book gives insights into the successful speculative mind that simply cannot be obtained elsewhere. The life lessons derived from sports, gambling and board games can be applied to both life as well as the markets. Investors and traders alike who have not done so should read it sooner rather than later.
James Montier is an articulate insightful writer whose letters and article have been a must read for year. So is his book Value Investing: Tools and Techniques for Intelligent Investing. This book give insights not just into picking stocks but how to think about stocks and market to increase your chances of success. Any book recommended by Seth Klarman has to be on your reading list.
Speaking of Mr. Klarman if you can get your and on a copy of his Margin of Safety you should do so. The only problem here is that used copies can fetch upwards of $1000 and is out of print. Klarman has refused entreaties to republish the tome but you can sometimes find a copy by digging around the interwebs.
If you do not understand arbitrage at some point in your life you will lose a bunch of money to someone who does. Keith Morre and Guy Wyser Pratte have written fabulous books on risk arb that will give you a deeper understand of this complex corner of the market. You need to read them.
I rarely suggest new books but I am impressed by the wealth of information in Quantitative Value the new book by Tobias Carlisle and Wesley Gray. They do a great job of testing and explaining various approaches to the market and using quant model to pick value stocks.
That’s my starter list of things you must read to make you a better investor but my best advice is to read everything.


Locals Only – skateboarders in 1975
This book is a documentary of a different era. Aside from some astonishing photos, it documents a post-60’s time. The grainy and warm nature of the film gives it an authentic feel that is difficult to capture on modern digital cameras.
Framing is such an important aspect of photography, and these pictures provide a unique perspective on skateboarding.
I would recommend this book to anybody interested in photography, the 70’s, or skateboarding. It is published by AMMO Books (ISBN:9781934429471)


REAL SCIENCE. REAL LEARING. REAL FUN.
The Science Club Handbook is a step-by-step guide to help teachers quickly plan, organize, and maintain a Science Club at their school. Science Club is the perfect tool for helping students ENJOY Science without adding to a teacher's work load, and with The Science Club Handbook, teachers will move easily from "How does Science Club work?" to "My kids will love this!"
The strategies and techniques in The Science Club Handbook provide a complete blueprint to help you immediately begin a Science Club that brings fulfillment back to the classroom for both teachers and students. It is a must-read for:
Teachers who want to ignite passions for Science
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