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"Only if we fought just as hard to understand as we do to disagree." -#Rehastime
Keep this in mind when it comes to how much more work is put into disagreeing versus agreeing.
The reality is that we all have disagreed with someone over someone or something. It is fine to have disagreements as long as people allow to let them serve as catalysts toward identifying issues and creating change.
Today's inspiration is all about you getting to a point where you can learn to agree with someone. We will cover the following questions:
- What is a disagreement?
- What can cause a disagreement?
- How can you come into an agreement versus a disagreement?
Now that we have the questions, let's find the answers!
What is a disagreement?
Merriam-Webster defines disagreement as:
To have a different opinion : to fail to agree.
To be different.
To not be suitable for or pleasing to someone.
A disagreement is simply where two or more people simply do not see eye-to-eye on someone or something.
What can cause a disagreement?
The causes of a disagreement can vary from person to person and from situation to situation. Spencer Greenberg gives us some insight in his post called The Seven Causes of Disagreement. I will list and give my brief take on the points below:
- Facts.
- The facts that people have when it comes to a disagreement can vary depending on the information that is presented to each person.
- When people have different sets of facts, it become difficult to be on the same page with the information.
- Definitions.
- How people use and define words can vary when someone else does not understand how or why that word was used based on what they know of the word.
- When people have different sets of definitions, it can lead to a bit of confusion on some topics to where certain words get lost in translation.
- Values.
- Values can serve as the basis on what a person knows to be right and wrong based on how they were raised and what they were exposed to over time.
- When people are unwilling to agree due to their values, it can create a stalemate.
- Signaling.
- Sometimes a person can say or do something that can signal a certain response they want to convey to someone.
- If a person is not careful with their signaling, it can provoke a response that they may not be ready to receive.
- Failures of logic.
- People tend to disagree with each other using false logic in order to prove something that may or may not happen.
- This can lead to some heated and passionate arguments that may produce ideas, but it will also be a waste of time because nothing is done with them.
- Information processing methods.
- How people gather and process the information presented in a discussion can lead to a disagreement because it may not be similar to how another person does it.
- This can lead to some anger over the fact that maybe one person can process and understand something slower and differently than another person.
- Default beliefs.
- People may find a disagreement in this situation because of the assumption that similar beliefs equal 100% agreement, but that may not be the case once you dig deeper.
- This can lead to some frustration and confusion over the fact that what a person may appear to believe and think on the surface may not be truly what another think believe and think after further investigation.
Disagreements are going to happen, but if you do not recognize what can cause it, you are only to make them grow even larger over time.
How can you come into an agreement versus a disagreement?
Granted, you may not see eye-to-eye with a person on a certain topic or issue, but it should not stand between you both coming to an agreement. Here are five ways you can come into an agreement with someone else:
- Stop and listen.
- You cannot begin to understand someone else's perspective on someone or something if you are constantly trying rush them in order to get your point across.
- Just sit and hear the other person out without interruption nor judgement.
- When you stop and listen, you will get a better grasp of another person's perspective.
- Ask questions to gain full comprehension.
- Not all the time will a person's point of view be comprehensive enough for you to understand, so questions are a good way to fill in the blanks.
- Ask questions in a manner in which will allow the person to be able to answer and help you understand their point of view in a way that is comprehensive for you.
- When you ask questions to gain full comprehension, it will help you clear up any areas where you are lacking in understanding.
- Share and collaborate ideas.
- There is nothing wrong with throwing your sharing and collaborating ideas as long as you are trying to work together on a common goal.
- Come together to present ideas and opinions in a nonjudgmental manner to where every idea can be accepted and adapted to form a collective viewpoint.
- When you are sharing and collaborating ideas, you are creating an avenue to where you can have a unified and diverse perspective.
- Accept and acknowledge when someone else's idea or view is better than yours.
- There is nothing wrong with accepting that maybe someone has a better view or perspective on something than you do.
- If someone presents something that makes sense to you to be better than what you thought, accept the thought, let them know they are right, and use the new-found thought to improve things around you.
- Doing this can show people that you are willing to be open to listening and accepting new perspectives and ideas.
- Find common ground to agree on.
- Finding common ground can be the basis towards finding more things to agree upon with other people.
- Take the time to find a connection on something in which you and the other person have a similar viewpoint or perspective on that can bring you in unison with one another.
- Finding common ground to agree on can help break down barriers and bring you and someone else closer to being on the same page on other issues and topics.
When you learn to come into an agreement, it just makes everything easier to deal with.
I encourage you to take the time to look at all of the things you have disagreed with someone else about. It may have made feel good to hold your ground and stand firm in your belief and perspective in those moments, but when it results in you not being included in team building activities and thought collectives, it may not feel as good. Let's remember that what stands between you and someone coming into agreement is each other; when you learn how to break down your walls and not let your disagreements get in the way, nothing will stand between you and someone else agreeing to work together and accomplishing a lot as a team.
I have a few questions in which I would love for you to give some thought. Feel free to answer and comment below:
- Can you recall a moment where you found yourself in a serious disagreement with someone else?
- What was your disagreement about?
- How did you decided to go about your disagreement?
- Did you decided to remain in a disagreement or decide to work towards an agreement and why?
- What was the result of you dealing with the disagreement?
- What would you recommend to someone as to how to deal with a disagreement?
Your answers and comments can help yourself or someone else figure out this important question…
- How can you come into an agreement versus a disagreement?
-Michael J. Fite


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This is a healthy, filling and tasty meal that is easy to throw together in thirty minutes. It's nearing the end of peach season and it's with sadness that we say goodbye to one of the best years I've witnessed for this magical fruit. There was something truly special about the peaches on our tiny tree in the backyard. Matt brought one in to me a couple weeks ago and when I tasted it, the first thing I said was, "This tastes like a Jolly Rancher!" The summer peach is like the summer tomato – neither fruit can be reproduced in full effect and glory throughout the rest of the year. So we ate our modest harvest directly from the tree while standing in the yard and I cooked up the rest in a couple different meals.
The quinoa is nearly the show-stealer for this meal, though. Our good friend posted a quick tip on her Facebook feed a few weeks ago, mentioning that she loved to stir coconut oil into her quinoa at the end of cooking and top it with avocado. We tried that exact recipe and swooned. I made it again as quickly as possible and created this meal. The coconut quinoa and the sweet spice of the sausage and peaches paired perfectly together and tasted like summer. There's not much time left to make meals like this, so hop to it!
Coconut Quinoa with Grilled Sausage and Peaches
1 cup pearl quinoa
2 cups water
2 TBS extra virgin coconut oil
salt and pepper to taste
2 cooked sausage links (to serve 4)
1 TBS unsalted butter
1-2 ripe summer peaches, sliced
Rinse the quinoa for about a minute under cold running water. This may seem unnecessary to you, as it did to me the first time, but it's the difference between good tasting quinoa and extremely bitter tasting quinoa. How 'bout I write "quinoa" one more time?
In a medium saucepan, bring the water to a boil and add in the quinoa and lower to a simmer and cover. Cook for about 20 minutes until water is absorbed. Or just follow the package instructions! When it's done, stir in the coconut oil and salt and pepper and adjust seasoning to taste. If you want to go vegetarian, simply substitute avocado for the sausage and serve with seared peaches. For the sausage, add a tablespoon of butter into a clean skillet and sear the sausage until browned on both sides. Remove the sausage and add the peaches and saute until warmed through. Serve on top of quinoa along with the sausage.


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Spurs win fifth NBA title, end Heat's two-year reign
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — From their low moment in the NBA Finals, back to the top of the league.
The San Antonio Spurs turned the rematch with the Miami Heat into no match at all.
The Spurs finished off a dominant run to their fifth NBA championship Sunday night, ending the Heat's two-year title reign with a 104-87 victory that wrapped up the series in five games.
A year after their heartbreaking seven-game defeat, their only loss in six finals appearances, the Spurs won four routs to deny Miami's quest for a third straight championship.
Kawhi Leonard, named the finals MVP, had 22 points and 10 rebounds for the Spurs. San Antonio added this title to the ones the Spurs won in 1999, 2003, '05 and '07. They nearly had another last year, but couldn't hold off the Heat and lost in seven games.
San Antonio rebounded from an early 16-point deficit by outscoring the Heat 37-13 from the start of the second quarter to midway in the third.
The celebration the Heat canceled last season was on by the early second half Sunday, when the Spurs had finished digging their way out of an early 16-point hole and opened another huge lead.
LeBron James had 31 points and 10 rebounds for the Heat, who lost their spot atop the NBA to the team that had it so long.
The Spurs won four titles in nine years, but hadn't been back on top since 2007, making Foreigner's "Feels Like the First Time" and appropriate song choice after the final buzzer.
Tim Duncan and coach Gregg Popovich have been here for all of them, and it was the fourth for Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, who with Duncan are once again the reigning the Big Three in the NBA.


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Sailing by: Trouble in The South China Sea
Most eyes may still be on Syria as the epicentre of global tension, but the temperature just rose in South China Sea too where several countries, including China, lay claim to the same waters.
The much-previewed US challenge to China's claims has finally taken place with an American navy warship sailing within 12 nautical miles of one of the artificial islands Beijing has built in the disputed waters of the Spratly, or Nansha, archipelago.
Chinese naval vessels shadowed the US ship and warned it off, but no clash took place – this time. China's navy commander has warned his counterpart of the danger of an accidental war if the Americans do it again.
The American move comes just a few weeks after President Obama gave President Xi the red carpet treatment in Washington. So what's going on?
The US was demonstrating that it doesn't recognise China's extensive claims in the South China Sea.
It also insists it doesn't take sides over Beijing's disputes with the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei, which also claim parts of the Sea.
To try to substantiate this, the US patrol also passed through areas claimed by Hanoi and Manila, but as Washington has been distinctly quiet over the island-building activities of other countries, which pre-dated China's, it is clear the Americans are only really bothered by the Chinese.
The Pentagon characterised the patrol by the USS Lassen as "routine", but given the months of discussion and open hinting by Washington that it would carry out such a patrol, it clearly wasn't.
There are other inconsistencies in the US position too, although both Beijing and Washington are being disingenuous.
The Pentagon describes the patrol as a Freedom of Navigation exercise to demonstrate that its ships can sail wherever international law and customary practice allow.
But despite its extensive claims in the South China Sea, there is no evidence China is threatening that freedom. In fact, given the dependence of its economy on trade and energy imports passing through the Sea, it is not in Beijing's interest to do so.
By sailing close to one of China's artificial islands, the Americans were seeking to utilise one of the clauses of the international treaty governing use of the seas – UNCLOS, the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
The only problem is the US itself has never ratified UNCLOS.
If Washington is concerned about establishing the right of freedom of navigation for its ships, a more effective and consistent way to do it would be to push the Senate to ratify the treaty.
This patrol was less about international law than raw power. Everybody, including of course China, knows the US did it to show that it can and to show the Chinese it is still boss on the water to try to deter Beijing from consolidating its extensive claims in the region.
As for China, it is a party to UNCLOS, but its position is also flawed.
Beijing denounced the sail-by as "illegal", but under the Convention it wasn't.
China has also shown a lack of regard for UNCLOS by refusing to take part in arbitration with the Philippines under the Convention – a refusal that has not had the desired effect of preventing the Permanent Court of Arbitration from allowing the case to go ahead.
Chinese officials say Beijing has built the artificial islands – seven in the past year – to provide airfields and docking facilities to support disaster relief operations in the typhoon-prone region.
That is valid as far as it goes, but by asserting the 12-mile limit around these installations, China is also clearly using them to advance its territorial claims.
If it wants to uphold the international law it says is essential for maintaining peace, China should agree to talks to settle these claims by compromise as it has done on several of its land borders. Instead, it says it wants to agree a code of conduct to manage relations in the South China Sea with its South East Asian neighbours, but talks on that have yet to yield any fruit.
This has led to rising tensions, particularly between China and the Philippines and Vietnam, both of which have turned to Washington for support, giving the US another reason for its challenge to Chinese claims – to show its friends it can be relied on when push comes to shove.
Although, Chinese and American officers have been talking about ways of reducing the risk of accidental clashes on the sea and in the air, more is needed if the two sides want to avoid getting into a shooting war.
A better course would be for China to sit down with its rival claimants and settle their maritime borders – and for the US to leave them to it.
As things stand this is unlikely to happen.
Beijing shows no appetite for multilateral talks and despite Washington's lip service to the changing global order, the US attempt to stop its allies joining Chinese-led initiatives, like the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, shows it has still not been able to truly accept that the rise of China means it has to treat Beijing as more of a military and diplomatic equal.
As much as anything else this is what lies behind the US Navy sail-by, which instead of encouraging compromise over the South China Sea, is only stoking further tension.


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It's that time again,
Another farewell,
My heart is sad,
But I know the drill well.
Removal trucks rumble down the street,
Friends pack up their homes,
New adventures they seek.
Ovens are scrubbed,
Garish curtains rehung,
Walls washed, holes filled,
Nothing to be billed.
The March Out is done,
A new home awaits,
No longer will they be here for coffee and cake.
Our children lose their play dates,
Ask where their friends have gone.
To young to understand what it means to move home.
The Army has told them,
it's time to move on,
with a clatter of doors the trucks are gone.
On this carousel that is Army life,
So long to you,
fellow Military wife.
The houses stand empty,
tears roll down our cheeks.
It never gets easier to lose the friends we meet.


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I feel incredibly fortunate to have had my blog mentioned on the internet king of all miscellanea, BoingBoing, last week when they published an email I wrote to one of the co-founders. That single mention has brought more readers on the blog, which is always a good thing in my book.
If you're new or just finding this for the first time, here's a greatest hits list of some of the most popular posts and among the posts that I am most proud of:
- The Value of Topic Sentences
- Against Cynicism in Education
- What Mario knows that you don't: Video games and assignment design
- Games in the writing classroom: designing and teaching an RPG creative writing class
- Deliberate practice, motivation, and "The Dan Plan"
- The Hidden Value of Writing Everyday
- Staying focused on writing: The High Score Method
- Motivating Students: When "giving a sh**" meets the "oh sh**!" moment
Since one of my jobs is helping students transition from the widely taught five-paragraph essay into a more fluid format, I also constructed a series of posts called "The Five-paragraph Fix." Here are some of the better posts in that series:
I should also take this time to mention that I'm eager to talk to readers and to develop a community here where others have a voice. If you have specific topics you'd like to seen written about or you have topics that you want to write about, please comment or drop me a line.


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Greetings the issue that im about to talk about has been bothering me for sometime and i thought it would be best if i can get advice from people.I have strict parents and i think this has affected my social life negatively.The only time i could actually spend time with my friends was at school,and i was at a boarding school in high school.During the holidays my parents would never allow us to go for friends birthday parties,movies and just generally spending time with them as they believed having a social life was not important.we rarely used to have friends over because me and my siblings would always be afraid of bringing our friends home because of the fear of what our parents would say and do.The only time i had friendships that existed was when i was in school,the moment i went home for holidays my friendships were non existant.I am currently in University but im home on holiday and my parents have given me a curfew which is at 18:00 hrs.My parents barely let me have freedom.I now look at my life and ive realised that i barely have any friends.No one calls my phone to ask to do anything with me.My social life especially when im home is non existant.And ive stayed with not having really close friends for a very long time.What advice would you give me as i need to have a social life and friends with whom i can spend time with?
I am 14. For the past months I've been experiencing an anxiety like feeling. I usually worry about things that shouldn't be worried about it shouldn't be worried about that much. Then everyday it keeps happening I keep thinking and then I over think and it could be positive but if it's negative then it will get me scared or have me keep thinking about it. And everyday I fidget or walk around non stop back and forth and when I do I think. Good or bad. I think. Most of the times I overthink and I don't want that feeling. And I can't sleep well at night and I stay up late. Not like through until the middle of the night but my bed time is usually around 10:30 or suppose to be but I usually fall asleep between 12:30 to about 2 the most. Then when I wake up everyday I feel like I need to sleep in more because I'm tired and sleepy still. That's just one problem with my sleep. The other is that I'm afraid sleeping by myself in the dark. I just think if I try to sleep peacefully then I would hear whispers or I would feel something rub on me and open my eyes someone would be there. I believe in ghost but that experience never happend with me. Meaning I know it won't happen but my anxiety is taking over making me scared and rarely panic sometimes to where I have my mom sleep with me. Or I sleep with the lights on. And next one is my ear. I think I might either have the mineres disease or tinnitus or whatever because for years I've been hearing ringing in my ears or left ear mostly . but I figured it was normal but now since I gotten smarter and mature I decided to look up what it was. But I still hear it til today like this moment. Usually at night it gets loud. But on a daily basis I can hear it but it's no big deal. I just want to get it checked out just to be on the safe side. Rarely it goes to both of my ears or spreads but mainly it's been on my left ear. It might also be on my right ear but not as much but Idk. All I know is that I hear ringing like 24/7 and there has come times where I ignore it and forget it's the
So I joined college a week ago and it's been great so far. Haven't made a lot of friends yet but it's fine. My roommate is some girl I've never met before till like 4 days ago and she and her friends seem pretty cool. I'm not a very talkative person (probably awkward af) and I try to be social but it just turns into a very awkward situation. The hostel I stay in usually offer meals and since I can't eat some foods (tummy issues) I decided to order takeout on my first day stay. My roommate and her friend were on the top bunk talking during dinner and they told me to go get some food and I declined saying I was full and all but then my takeout arrived and when I got to eating, she and her friend weren't there so there's no way I could offer it to them. So when they came back, the food was already cold and I felt bad offering them cold food (bc it seems like I'm giving them my leftovers; rude) so I just kept it there till the next morning when I threw it out. A few days later, I hear her talking to her friends telling them how selfish I am. It really hurts bc we don't know each other that well and she's already making judgements about me. We don't talk much but I feel like I've been nothing but good to her despite being quiet and all. God knows what nonsense she's been feeding her friends. What should I do? I really do like her friends
My dad crossed the united states illegally about 19 years ago. He met my mother after being here for a couple of months. She is an american citizen. He and my mother had 3 children. I am almost 18 and my brother and sister are under 18. He payed taxes and he never got in trouble with police. He went back to mexico around 6 years ago. I was wondering if he has a chance coming over to the U.S.A but legally. If he can, how can we help him.
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War, for Konami, has changed again. The publisher is heading back to the Middle East with Six Days in Fallujah, a new, documentary-style video game set in the Iraq War.
According to the Wall Street Journal's report on the Atomic Games developed title, Six Days in Fallujah will be a commentary-free "game-amentary" that deals with the complex issues of war and the difficult decisions one must make, all set against the replicated backdrop of the Second Battle of Fallujah.
While Atomic Games—responsible for titles like the Close Combat series—say "for us, games are not just toys," the Konami marketing folks seem to see it slightly differently, telling the Journal "At the end of the day, it's just a game."
"We're not trying to make social commentary. We're not pro-war. We're not trying to make people feel uncomfortable. We just want to bring a compelling entertainment experience," Konami's VP of marketing, Anthony Crouts, tells the Wall Street Journal.
Atomic Games president Peter Tamte says to the Los Angeles Times that the developer's goal was to bring to Six Days in Fallujah "the horrors of war in a game that is also entertaining." The team is reported to have consulted with some three dozen or so Iraq War vets who were in Fallujah.
Looks like the new issue of GamePro has additional details, should you be a subscriber.
Iraq, the Videogame [Wall Street Journal]
Konami announces Six Days in Fallujah, based on 2004 Iraq battle [LA Times]


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Afterword: Citizen of the Macrocosm
Robert Zend admired Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy for his unwillingness "to accept any label, either for himself or for others":
He didn't identify with any group; he belonged nowhere, but this non-belonging meant for him an extremely strong belonging to Man, to Mankind, to Humanity.1
Zend similarly disregarded boundaries in seeking out like-minded writers and artists around the world, in shaping themes exploring the connectedness of all humanity and a cosmic sense of place, and in creating art using the most humble and mundane objects.
National culture is a fuzzy proposition, and this is true for the countries where Zend found kindred artists and writers. At a certain point, the idea of nation becomes merely a convenient rubric to demonstrate his cosmopolitanism. For example, within Canadian culture are the cultures of many nations. In turn, the cultures of those nations cannot be thought of as pure but are often congeries of contributions from many peoples across history. As Zend resisted the notion of labels and boundaries, my use of them here might seem to contradict his convictions.
But nations, perhaps especially one such as Hungary, whose language and culture evoke in many Hungarians fierce sentiments of belonging, are of course not totally artificial cultural constructs. And although Canada's historical quest for a cohesive national culture has been eroded over the decades by the crosscurrent trend toward a national policy of multiculturalism, Canadian cultural protectionism has cast an enduring shadow on any debate on national identity.
Zend had Hungarian cultural roots, and part of his cosmopolitan Budapest heritage was also the thirst to look beyond borders to find literary and artistic kin worldwide. This desire was integral to the freedom that he so valued. In Canada, he had close ties to immigrant as well as Canadian-born artists and writers. Thus his Canadian heritage and legacy are based not so much on national identity as on multicultural affinities.
In the afterword to Oāb, he lists his "spiritual fathers and mothers" as well as "chosen brothers and sisters." They include poets, artists, sculptors, short story writers, novelists, philosophers, literary theorists, actors, and filmmakers from Argentina, Canada, the United States, France, Austria, Germany, Ancient Greece and Rome, Romania, Flanders, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Russia, Hungary, Great Britain, and Belgium. In short, his tally of creative family is a model of interdisciplinary and cosmopolitan openness.
Zend was a Canadian original: born in Hungary and adopted by Canada, he wrote about both places. He was also a citizen of a broader community of writers and artists and wrote about realms of cosmic dimension. His cosmopolitan outlook is a part of Canadian cultural history. It is a remarkable achievement and an homage to what he most admired in other writers, artists, and cultures without regard to borders.
Thank you for reading my series on the life and work of Robert Zend — I hope you enjoyed it. It has been a great pleasure to work on this project.
A Special Announcement —
The Robert Zend Website
One important matter remains: in a few days, I'll announce the completion of a significant project recently undertaken by Zend's daughter Natalie Zend: The Robert Zend Website. This valuable resource provides information on acquiring his books and art and offers information to anyone interested in learning more about his remarkable life and work. Stay tuned . . .
Acknowledgements and Bibliography
Below is a list of heartfelt acknowledgements to the many people who have kindly assisted my research. Particular gratitude goes to Janine Zend, Natalie Zend, and Ibi Gabori, who so generously contributed to this project. Please do not hesitate to let me know if I have overlooked any person or institution.
And for anyone interested in the sources I used during my research, I include a Bibliography at the end of this post.
I am grateful for the kind assistance and generosity of the following:
The family of Robert Zend: Janine Zend, Natalie Zend, and Ibi Gabori
Rachel Beattie and Brock Silverside, curators of the Zend fonds at Media Commons, University of Toronto Library
Edric Mesmer, librarian at the University at Buffalo's Poetry Collection and curator of The Center for Marginalia, and the other wonderful librarians of The Poetry Collection for their research assistance
Brent Cehan and other librarians of the Language and Literature division of the Toronto Reference Library
The librarians in the Special Arts Room Stacks at the Toronto Reference Library
The librarians at Reference and Research Services and at the Petro Jacyk Central and East European Resource Centre, Robarts Library, University of Toronto Libraries
Susanne Marshall (former Literary Editor for The Canadian Encyclopedia)
Irving Brown
Robert Sward
bill bissett
Jiří Novák
"Administrative history / biographical sketch." Robert Zend fonds. Media Commons, University of Toronto Libraries, Toronto, Canada. http://mediacommons.library.utoronto.ca/sites/mediacommons.library.utoronto.ca/files/finding-aids/zend.pdf
Bangarth, Stephanie, and Andrew S. Thompson. "Transnational Christian Charity: the Canadian Council of Churches, the World Council of Churches, and the Hungarian Refugee Crisis, 1956–1957." American Review of Canadian Studies 38, no. 3 (2008): 295–316. General OneFile. Web.
The Book of Canadian Poetry. Edited by A. J. M. Smith. Toronto: Gage, 1943.
Borges, Jorge Luis. Comments on back cover of Daymares: Selected Fiction on Dreams and Time by Robert Zend. Vancouver: CACANADADADA Press, 1991.
———. Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings. Edited by Donald A. Yates and James E. Irby. New York: New Directions, 1964.
Botar, Oliver, to Janine Zend. Email. 9 April 2001.
Buzinkay, Géza. "The Budapest Joke and Comic Weeklies as Mirrors of Cultural Assimilation." In Budapest and New York: Studies in Metropolitan Transformation, 1870–1930, edited by Thomas Bender and Carl E. Schorske, 224–247. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1994.
Catalogue. Országos Széchényi Könyvtár (National Széchényi Library) in Budapest, Hungary.
Cavell, Richard. McLuhan in Space: A Cultural Geography. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003.
Clarity, James F., and Eric Pace. "Marcel Marceau, Renowned Mime, Dies at 84." New York Times. 24 September 2007.
Colombo, John Robert. Ottawa Journal. 11 May 1974. 40.
Day, Lawrence. "Re: Handbook 386(b) – Ken Field." Chess Talk. 27 August 2008. http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/printthread.php?s=bea6d4e5851d02610f6670258010f473&t=375
———. IMlday. 23 September 2004. http://www.chessgames.com.
Donaghy, Greg. "An Unselfish Interest? Canada and the Hungarian Revolution, 1954-1957." In The 1956 Hungarian Revolution: Hungarian and Canadian Perspectives, edited by Christopher Adam, Tibor Egervari, Leslie Laczko, and Judy Young, 256—74. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2010.
Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. "Hungary: The Great Depression." Library of Congress Country Studies. 1989. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html.
Ferrazzi, A. Portrait of Giacomo Leopardi. C. 1820. Oil on canvas. Casa Leopardi, Recanati, Italy.
"Fiftieth Anniversary of the Hungarian uprising and refugee crisis." United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 23 October 2006. http://www.unhcr.org/453c7adb2.html.
Fifield, William. "The Mime Speaks: Marcel Marceau." The Kenyon Review 30, no.2 (1968): 155-65.
Fleeing the Hungarian Revolution, Settling in Canada: Photos and documents of Robert, Ibi and Aniko Zend's voyage November 1956 – April 1957. 1956 Memorial Oral History Project: Materials accompanying Eve (Ibi) Gabori's interview, 31 March 2007. Prepared by Natalie Zend, 24 June 2007.
Fosler-Lussier, Danielle. Music Divided: Bartók's Legacy in Cold War Culture. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2007.
Frye, Northrop. Afterword to Daymares: Selected Fictions on Dreams and Time, by Robert Zend. Vancouver: Cacanadada Press, 1991.
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———. The Mask Maker./em> Available at http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7ffi4_marcel-marceau-le-masque_fun.
———. Portrait of Robert Zend. Drawing (medium unknown). Dust jacket cover of From Zero to One by Robert Zend. Translated by Robert Zend and John Robert Colombo. Mission, BC: The Sono Nis Press, 1973.
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———. Youth, Maturity, Old Age, and Death. Film stills from 1965 performance. Available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5RLTZSrr4A.
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———. Zendocha-land. Unpublished manuscript, 1979.
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With Hemingway and Gellhorn currently on HBO and a remake of The Great Gatsby heading to theatres this Christmas, The Observer's Daniel D'Addario ponders if we're experiencing a "Lost Generation Boom."
The Lost Generation refers to the writers during the World War I era, many of whom became expatriates. The Lost Generation writers include F. Scott Fitzgerald, T. S. Eliot, Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, and John Dos Passos, among others. Hemingway popularized the term in A Moveable Feast, in which he quoted Stein as telling him a story about a man who said, "That's what you all are … all of you young people who served in the war. You are a lost generation."
D'Addario also references last summer's Midnight in Paris, but in some regard, we've been experiencing the "boom" for quite some time now … at least in the cocktail scene. A few years ago, speakeasy-type bars became all the rage here in New York. Dimly lit lounges served up spiked punches in tea cups. There are also Jazz Age parties on Governor's Island, where everyone gets all dolled up in fantastic flapper dresses and Sacque suits. And the Oak Room—which in the '20s was Algonquin's Pergola Room—just reopened.
However, Hollywood isn't only obsessed with the Lost Generation. The Beat Generation, which wasn't popular for a long time, is beginning to see a revival. On the Road, based on Beat writer Jack Kerouac's novel, just premiered at Cannes Film Festival in May and will be released Stateside sometime later this year. Next year, Kill Your Darlings, about a murder involving Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and others associated with the Beat Generation, will be released. In 2010, Howl, based on Allen Ginsberg's poem and the trial that followed its publication, came out. These aren't small movies by any means. Howl starred it-boy James Franco, Kill Your Darlings will star Daniel Radcliffe, and much has been made of On the Road starring Kristen Stewart.
Perhaps we're trying to figure out our own generation by looking at those in the past.


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Today, I'd like to endorse – and urge you to vote for – Representative Glen Bradley for North Carolina State Senate District 18 in the May 8 Republican Primary.
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This photo makes me smile!
It makes me think of something I have dedicated my life to. Something I have worked so hard for throughout my whole life.
As a child striving to be better every week at a certain step or routine, as a teenager pushing myself harder and harder to get into dance college. As a young adult as I grew as an individual and performer at college and then dancing abroad. Then finally as an adult where I have pushed all my limits as I run a dance studio. My dream!
A dream that can sometimes feel like a love hate relationship, as it takes so much time and energy yet it's something I love so much!
This is one of my students who performed at a dance festival yesterday! Someone I have tried hard to pass on my love and passion for dance to, building her technique, style and confidence on a weekly basis and yesterday so many of my dancers shone!
They went home with medals in their hands, smiles on the faces and pride in their hearts! And do did I.


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The Gender Report provides a regular round-up of links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. The links below are to recent noteworthy articles on topics related to women in journalism, media and technology, as well as articles related to the intersections of gender, race, class, nationality, ability, and sexual orientation and the media. Articles included in this feature do not necessarily reflect the views of The Gender Report or its writers. View past round-ups here.
Reading List
On Journalism:
–Where Are the Women? Why we need more female newsroom leaders (Nieman Reports)
–Why Disruptors Are Always White Guys (New York Mag)
–Hacker destroys International Women's Media Foundation website (OneWorld News)
–Jezebel staffers wanted to 'light a fire under management's collective ass' (Poynter)
–Doing feminist journalism is hard. It's time publishers invested in protecting their staff. (Washington Post)
–Why I've Stopped Reading Twitter Mentions (Slate)
–Giving female journalists a voice in developing nations: Zubeida Mustafa helps illuminate the lives of women in Pakistan (Columbia Journalism Review)
–Why Don't African Women Write Their Stories? (The WIP)
–Women's eNews crowdfunds project on domestic abuse (Journalism.co.uk)
–Best of Q: Is sports journalism a man's game? (CBC Radio)
On Technology
–Closing the High-Tech Gender Gap (MIT Technology Review)
–Managers Tell Women in Tech They Are "Abrasive" and Need to "Step Back" to "Let Others Shine" (Slate)
–Startup that places women in tech jobs plans journalism vertical (Poynter)
–Network wants to see more women in tech startups (DW)
–Building women media entrepreneurs (The Media Online)
–For Facebook, access to women's rights information is a basic one (Fortune)
–What If Men Weren't Allowed on Facebook? On Women.com (Slate)
On Film/TV
–From Now On, Women Save the World: Hollywood Has Realized That Movies Starring Women Can Make Money (New York Times)
–Flipping the Script: Female directors (New York Times Style Magazine)
–#AskHerMore Calls Out The Questions We Wish Reporters Would Ask Women at the Emmys (Mic)
Interviews and features
–Digital divas: Meet our women media leaders of tomorrow (The media online)
–The 60-second interview: Elizabeth Spiers, editorial director, Flavorwire (Capital New York)
–Former New York Times Editor Jill Abramson on the Paper's Future (Re/code)
–Research chat: Sarah Cohen of the New York Times on the state of data journalism and what reporters need to know (Journalist's Resource)
–BuzzFeed's Founding Editor Peggy Wang: On Japanese Snacks And The Future Of Digital Media (The New Potato)
–Women In Tech: Nicola Hughes & Data Driven Journalism (Orbis)
Women on the move
–Katharine Weymouth leaves Washington Post (Poynter)
–Timeline of Katharine Weymouth and The Washington Post (Poynter)
–'Good Morning America' Anchor Robin Roberts Launches Production Company (Variety)
–Maureen Dowd joins N.Y.T. Magazine ahead of 'major redesign' (Capital New York)
–Emily Bazelon leaves Slate for New York Times Magazine (JimRomenesko.com)
–Diane Sawyer Signs Off 'World News:' 'I'll See You Right Back Here on ABC News, Very Soon' (TV Newser)
–Bloomberg Politics taps Jeanne Cummings in D.C. (Politico)
We encourage readers to submit suggestions of articles to include in future editions of this feature by sending an email to genderreport[at]gmail.com. For links to articles like these throughout the week, follow @GenderReport on Twitter.


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Here's a festive dish. Called "House Pasta" — beetroot stained fettuccine cooked right to firm, clinging to a pistachio pesto, further greened with parsley leaves, blobbed white with chevre, and slick with a pepita and pistachio oil. In addition to looking good, it had a vibrant flavour. The only thing missing was the gold bow.
Merry first Christmas to The Albion Rooms in Ottawa's Novotel Hotel, and to its team, led in the kitchen by chef Stephen La Salle. Ottawa is the richer for this new place.
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Braun suspended for remainder of season
MILWAUKEE -- After declaring his innocence for a year and a half, Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun came clean Monday and accepted a suspension through the remainder of 2013 for violations of Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
His suspension is without pay and effective immediately, covering the Brewers' final 65 regular-season games and any potential postseason games.
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"As I have acknowledged in the past, I am not perfect," Braun said in a statement. "I realize now that I have made some mistakes. I am willing to accept the consequences of those actions. This situation has taken a toll on me and my entire family, and it has been a distraction to my teammates and the Brewers organization. I am very grateful for the support I have received from players, ownership and the fans in Milwaukee and around the country.
"Finally, I wish to apologize to anyone I may have disappointed -- all of the baseball fans especially those in Milwaukee, the great Brewers organization and my teammates. I am glad to have this matter behind me once and for all, and I cannot wait to get back to the game I love."
MLB's statement announcing the suspension referenced multiple violations, but it did not detail Braun's specific infractions or mention Biogenesis, the defunct South Florida "wellness clinic" under investigation for allegedly supplying players with banned substances. Under the terms of baseball's Basic Agreement, Commissioner Allan H. "Bud" Selig has the power to suspend players for "just cause" in the absence of a failed drug test, one reason that Braun's suspension did not follow the usual 50-100-lifetime ban formula spelled out in the league's Joint Drug Agreement.
"We commend Ryan Braun for taking responsibility for his past actions," said MLB executive vice president Rob Manfred. "We all agree that it is in the best interests of the game to resolve this matter. When Ryan returns, we look forward to him making positive contributions to Major League Baseball, both on and off the field."
Said MLB Players Association executive director Michael Weiner: "I am deeply gratified to see Ryan taking this bold step. It vindicates the rights of all players under the Joint Drug Program. It is good for the game that Ryan will return soon to continue his great work both on and off the field."
Late Monday afternoon, Braun informed Brewers general manager Doug Melvin, manager Ron Roenicke and other club officials that he had accepted a suspension. He then addressed teammates, but did not specifically admit taking performance-enhancing drugs.
That meeting took place before batting practice and lasted 5-10 minutes. Second baseman Rickie Weeks characterized the mood as "somber" and said Braun appeared embarrassed. Catcher Jonathan Lucroy, one of Braun's staunchest allies, characterized Braun's mood as "depressed."
"He was in a tough situation and obviously made some bad decisions, and now he has to pay for them," Lucroy said. "It's part of life, man. We all do things we have to learn from. We all make mistakes. Every single one of us."
A five-time All-Star who won the 2007 National League Rookie of the Year Award and the 2011 NL MVP Award, Braun is in the middle of a club-record contract that runs through 2020. He is earning $8.5 million this season and will forfeit nearly $3.5 million during his suspension.
Braun still has seven years and more than $120 million remaining on his contract. He will earn $10 million in 2014 and $12 million in '15 before a five-year, $105 million contract extension kicks in. It runs through at least 2020.
"We are disappointed with the news today of the suspension of Ryan Braun and his admitted mistakes," Brewers principal owner Mark Attanasio said in a statement. "It's clear that Ryan used bad judgment, but we accept his apology and believe that he should be given the opportunity to redeem himself.
"We have always been and continue to remain strong supporters of Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Testing Program, an initiative that strives to ensure the integrity of the game."
Melvin declined to talk about the content of his afternoon discussion with Braun, but he spoke of closure for the club.
"Every year is challenging, but this has always been a cloud over the ballclub, not knowing what's going to happen," Melvin said. "There was a lot of speculation out there; you read about it, you hear about it. I didn't have any idea what was going on. I only knew what I read in the paper the next day. So you move forward and you play each day as it comes.
"I am glad, and I think as an organization we are happy that Ryan, the union and the Commissioner's Office have all put their heads together and made a wise decision for baseball and for us, the organization."
Braun's PED saga began Oct. 19, 2011, when he was informed that a urine sample submitted after Game 1 of the Brewers' NL Division Series against the D-backs had tested positive for an elevated level of synthetic testosterone. The Brewers went on to defeat Arizona in five games, with Braun batting .500 (9-for-18) with one homer, four RBIs, five runs scored, three walks and a stolen base. That December, ESPN's "Outside the Lines" broke the story, and Braun, facing a 50-game ban, spent the winter with his lawyers planning what would prove to be a successful appeal.
On Feb. 23, 2012, just as the Brewers were beginning Spring Training, Braun became the first Major Leaguer to have a suspension overturned by an arbitration panel. His legal team won by questioning the chain of custody of Braun's sample, which was not immediately shipped to the approved lab via FedEx.
The next day, with teammates in attendance, a defiant and emotional Braun emphatically asserted his innocence in prepared remarks, providing a step-by-step account of his defense and declared himself "the victim of a process that completely broke down and failed."
"The simple truth," Braun said, "is that I'm innocent."
He added: "If I had done this intentionally, or unintentionally, I would be the first one to step up and say, 'I did it.' By no means am I perfect, but if I've ever made any mistakes in my life, I've taken responsibilities for my actions. I truly believe in my heart, and I would bet my life, that this substance never entered my body at any point."
Manfred, in his own statement, expressed support for the process but made clear that MLB "vehemently disagrees" with the decision rendered by arbitrator Shyam Das.
Three months later, in May 2012, Das was dismissed by MLB and replaced by Fredric Horowitz, 63, who will preside over any Biogenesis cases that reach appeal. In June 2012, MLB and the MLBPA amended the Joint Drug Agreement to, among other things, more clearly specify when collectors must deliver specimens to the courier, as well as how specimens should be stored prior to delivery.
Meanwhile, Braun put together another solid season in 2012, overcoming early-season boos to bat .319 while leading the NL with 41 home runs, 108 runs scored, 356 total bases and a .987 OPS while playing 154 of the Brewers' 162 games. He finished second in the NL MVP balloting to the Giants' Buster Posey and ranked no lower than third on any voter's ballot.
The Biogenesis story broke in late January, when the Miami New Times published excerpts of clinic boss Anthony Bosch's notebook that implicated Major Leaguers, including the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, the Blue Jays' Melky Cabrera and the Rangers' Nelson Cruz. The New Times decided at the time against publishing references to Braun, because they did not clearly link Braun to any banned substances.
But on Feb. 5, Yahoo! Sports published excerpts that included three mentions of Braun. In one, Braun's name appears on one line, with "RB 20-30K" on the next. According to Yahoo!, Bosch listed the amount of money owed by other players in similar notation, though the numbers were usually lower.
In another instance, Braun's name is listed in what Yahoo! said appears to be a letter from Bosch to Juan Nunez, who worked for the agency that represented Cabrera and Cruz. The undated letter references "the 'Braun' advantage."
Hours later, Braun offered an explanation, saying his lawyers had merely used Bosch as a consultant during Braun's appeal.
"There was a dispute over compensation for Bosch's work, which is why my lawyer and I are listed under 'moneys owed' and not on any other list," said Braun, 29. "I have nothing to hide and have never had any other relationship with Bosch. I will fully cooperate with any inquiry into this matter."
But when Braun met with MLB investigators on June 29, as the Brewers played the Pirates in Pittsburgh, he did not cooperate, according to reports. The New York Daily News reported that more than 10 other players connected to Biogenesis also opted not to answer investigators' questions.
Bosch, however, did cooperate with the league's investigation, as did a former Biogenesis associate, Porter Fischer, the man who had supplied the Miami New Times with the documents that broke the story. And it was in that June 29 meeting with MLB investigators, according to an ESPN report on Monday, that Braun realized the seriousness of the evidence against him. He reportedly requested another meeting with MLB officials to begin talks that led to Monday's suspension.
On the field, 2013 has been an injury-riddled season for Braun, who missed time early in the year with a stiff neck and has been plagued throughout the summer months by an inflamed nerve near his right thumb. He was on the disabled list from June 9-July 9, then missed the Brewers' final four games prior to the All-Star break when a family medical emergency took him home to Los Angeles.
With the suspension official, "We can move forward starting tonight," Melvin said.


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Check out this elitist view of "amateurs" who have ruined the marathon in this screed against slow runners from Gabriel Sherman in Slate magazine.
Apparently, if you're not able to run a sub 3:00 marathon like the author is, you're not worthy of running a marathon at all and you're ruining it for the "real" runners. So, who died and made this guy the judge of who's worthy to run in a marathon? Besides, since he's at the front of the pack, what does he care who's behind him?
Anyone who runs a marathon is worthy of admiration, in my mind. Someone who commits to running 26.2 miles has already shown more fortitude and self-discipline than 99.9% of our lethargic population. Would Mr. Sherman prefer all of us back of the pack and midpack runners sit on our couches instead of joining him on the road? I guess so.
Part of what I love about non-professional road racing is that it's unlike any other sport. Unlike most sports, most of the people are not trying to "win". And it's the only sport I can think of where you get a mix of genders and age groups all competing against each other, all on equal terms.
Besides, Mr. Sherman is wrong. Those of us who really care about the sport know who Deena Kastor is. We're just happy to be able to run in the same race with her, even if she's miles ahead of us. She was miles of ahead of Sherman too, but he seems to have forgotten that.
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Radio jock Charlamagne Tha God gives the backstory on his epic on-air conversation with Kanye West
For the Kanye West obsessive, Thanksgiving arrived a few days early. After illuminating New York City brighter than its normal holiday wattage with his "Yeezus Tour"––two shows each at Barclays and Madison Square Garden––Kim Kardashian's better half capped his Big Apple exhibitions with a 48-hour press run that appeared as dizzying in route as it was on-air. The impassioned and often enigmatic rap artist stopped by terrestrial stations like Z100 and satellite kings such as Sirius. His interviews ran a monopoly on Internet headlines. There was breaking news (the Yeezys fart Air; Ye inks new shoe deal with Adidas), new info on old news (West chose Jay-Z over Dame Dash to learn how to be nice), a litany of poppycock quotables ("Me and Don C got people wearing Jordans"), and an expected spazz on an unexpected target (Sway Calloway). The cream of the crop, though, was the Power 105.1's Breakfast Club interview aka Yeezus vs Charlamagne Tha God. With DJ Envy and Angela Yee taking a reclined seat, a steely, resolved and relentless CTG jabbed his way through quite possibly the best interview of his 16-year career. The interview was such a highlight, it inspired VIBE Editorial Consultant, Bonsu Thompson to ring Charlamagne (fresh off of a plane to his home state of South Carolina for the holidays) in hopes of garnering some insight on CTG's interview and current disdain for Mr. West. Thanksgiving came early indeed. This is how the on-record portion of the epic 55-minute call went.
*Phone rings*
Charlamagne: Yooo
VIBE: What up sir?
Again, great work yesterday. You were definitely prepared, but loved the way you kept your pivot.
Thank you, man. You know what's funny? Everybody kept saying 'You were prepared,' but I'm a fan of the culture. We all sit back and hear Kanye's rants and interviews and wonder what happened to our guy.
When did you first hear that you were going to interview Kanye?
Friday [the station] hit me and said Kanye would be coming to the station [on Monday] at 10am. My reply back was 'Yeah, right. I'll believe it when I see it.' That was literally my reply back, and I didn't think nothing else of it. On Sunday, we got a call from Def Jam like 'Kanye's not going to do the interview unless you go see his show.' I was like 'I'm going to watch my Cowboys play the Giants.' [Laughs] I would love to interview him, but I'm not beat. Angela Yee ended up going to the show and he ended up coming.
To be honest, what Angela said about the show making you appreciate the Yeezus album a little more is true. So were the Cowboys the only reason you were against seeing the show?
I'm not on the Yeezus tip right now. He put out an album that didn't shift the culture at all. He talks about it being a conversation piece and polarizing, but everything that comes out, whether it's a TV show or book, is polarizing. So for that to be the selling point of his album is not good. That's regular. Saw the "Glow In The Dark Tour"––amazing. Saw the "Watch The Throne Tour"––amazing. Just wasn't into Yeezus. Rather go see my Cowboys.
Kanye walks in for his interview. What's his energy like?
First thing the label people asked was, 'Charlamagne, you going to be nice today? 'Absolutely not,' was my response. Nice to them is me throwing softball questions and stroking his ego. That's not what I do. I'm either a fan or a disgruntled fan. With 'Ye I was a disgruntled fan. All year this guy has turned me off. I'm looking at him like 'Who is this guy?' What is your agenda? If you're upset because they won't allow you into the fashion world, that's a Kanye West plight. That's not a black people plight. How does you not getting into the fashion world effect us as a community?
It is his plight, but it seems as if he's trying to motivate the same way he did on College Dropout, where he spoke on folks wanting to him to only produce and not rap. Now he's a superstar rapper but still an artist who still wants to create and be more. As on Dropout, he's saying don't let them tell you what you can't be. He feels they're putting him in a box, so…
He put himself in a box! You said he's telling us not to let anybody tell us what we can't be, but he's allowing them to tell him what he can't be. Kanye West is one of the most powerful people in music. He's a multi-millionaire, has tons of resources. Why can't he do what Jay-Z did? Why can't he do what Diddy did? If you don't want to have an urban brand, don't make an urban brand!


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The name of Edward Courtenay always comes up during the reign of Queen Mary I, mostly as a possible husband for Queen Mary herself or for her sister Elizabeth. Although he was born of royal blood, he spent his early years imprisoned in the Tower of London and when he was released, he was ill-equipped to navigate the politics of the era and the perils of court intrigue. I've always been curious about why he was not considered a proper prospect as a husband for the two Tudor princesses and also what happened to him.
Edward was born c. 1526, the son of Henry Courtenay, Marquess of Exeter, nobleman and courtier and Gertrude Courtenay, daughter of William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy. He was a great grandson of King Edward IV whose daughter Katherine married his grandfather William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon. During his early years, he occasionally spent time in the household of Mary Tudor, Dowager Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk. After her death in 1533, he returned to his family's household. He was tutored privately by Robert Taylor of Oxford.
Edward's father was in favor with King Henry VIII early on but during the divorce crisis, his mother supported Katherine of Aragon. He was also associated with the alienated families of the Poles and the Nevilles. Edward's father was suspected of plotting a Roman Catholic uprising with the self-exiled Cardinal Reginald Pole, including a plan to marry Edward to King Henry VIII's daughter Mary. This connection of Edward's father with the Pole family would create trouble later in Edward's life.
In November 1538, Edward's parents were arrested and imprisoned in the Tower. Edward joined them there. His father was executed on December 9, 1538 and both Edward and his mother were attainted. His mother was released in 1540 but he remained in the Tower for the next fifteen years. Edward was given £4 per month for his maintenance and the services of a tutor. While in the Tower, he spent a lot of time with rebels, doomed politicians and resentful aristocrats. Edward cultivated a friendship with Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester who was also in the Tower and thought of him as a second father. Because Edward was considered a threat to the Tudor dynasty, he did not receive a pardon when Edward VI became king.
Edward may have been suspected of involvement in the summer rebellion of 1549 but the rebels did not request his release from prison so it is unlikely he participated. At the end of 1549, his freedom may have been considered when a conservative faction of the government gained ascendancy. There is evidence Edward sought favor with Protector Somerset. He translated a volume of "The benefit of Christ's Death" and dedicated it to Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset.
He collaborated in the translation with Reginald Pole and the book was one of the most influential works of the evangelical reformers within the Catholic Church. The work would put those who translated it under suspicion of Catholic authorities. But his hopes of release were dashed when the Duke of Somerset fell from power and the Duke of Northumberland, John Dudley expanded his own role on the ruling council. And when King Edward VI died and Northumberland was preparing to put Jane Grey on the throne, Edward was told to prepare to die.
But Mary Tudor prevailed and became Queen. When Mary reached the Tower Gate, the Duke of Norfolk, Bishop Gardiner and Edward awaited her, kneeling to ask her pardon which she gave. Because his family had supported her mother, Queen Mary was more amenable to rehabilitation and at the behest of his mother, Courtenay left the Tower on August 3, 1553 and was created Earl of Devon on September 3. He was made a Knight of the Bath on September 29. The Queen gave him a grant of lands worth over £1242 per annum and restored him to most of the Courtenay patrimony on September 28 although he was unable to inherit the title of Marquess of Exeter. There were rumors Mary would make him Duke of York.
Edward must have been optimistic about his future. He had the gracious accomplishments of a courtier and an excellent education. He knew the classics and could play several instruments. He had a regal bearing and refined features. He was praised for his comportment, his civility, and his intellectual accomplishments and for his interest in music. Reginald Pole found him to be the "flower of English nobility" and he was very popular with the Londoners. The Imperial ambassador Simon Renard called him "the last sprig of the white rose". Edward bore the sword of state at Queen Mary's coronation.
Talk of Edward marrying Mary began as soon as she became queen. Edward's mentor Bishop Gardiner was the new chancellor and while he didn't personally promote Edward as a husband, he argued against foreign entanglements. Many of the nobility, as well as some of Mary's closest household officials were sympathetic to Edward's cause. But Mary remained deeply skeptical.
She had observed Edward's behavior in the first few weeks of her reign and didn't like what she saw. She thought he was dissipated. It became obvious he had no martial skills, no knowledge of armor or riding. His manners were uncouth, he was arrogant, impetuous, unstable, obstinate, inexperienced and vindictive. He gained a following of the most unprincipled courtiers who were banking on him marrying the queen. He was counting on the influence of his mother on the Queen to become her husband.
The earl of Pembroke sought the preference of Queen Mary shortly after her accession to the throne. He approached Edward, asking him to persuade his mother to speak to the queen in his favor. He sweetened the deal by giving Edward a sword and poniard, a basin and ewer and several horses. All this was worth over three thousand pounds. Edward did convince his mother and the earl received a place on the Queen's council.
He soon became more than a nuisance. When Reginald Pole came to court, Edward threatened vengeance on him and his family, considering Pole and his brother Geoffrey responsible for the death of his father. There were some who believed Edward was hatching a plot with the French ambassador and Elizabeth that directly threatened the Queen. Although many were promoting the match with the Queen, she had no intention of marrying him. Mary said Edward was a man of small power and authority and she knew of his intrigues with the French ambassador. She said England needed money which was another reason not to marry him.
Mary was determined to marry her Hapsburg cousin, King Philip II of Spain. When the news broke, it aroused anxiety in the country and in Parliament. In November, a delegation was sent to Mary to beg her not to marry a foreigner. Mary refused to listen and many men were driven to intrigues in the hope of delaying or even halting the Spanish wedding. A conspiracy was hatched by Sir James Croft, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Sir Peter Carew and the duke of Suffolk which consisted of simultaneous uprisings in the west country, Hertfordshire, Kent and the midlands. The plotters main concern was the threat of Spanish domination.
The conspirators plans were vague and there seemed to be little consensus regarding their true objectives. Some were probably planning to depose Mary and replace her with her sister Elizabeth, supposedly married to Edward. Mary's marriage to Edward was also discussed. The French ambassador Noailles did everything in his power to promote Courtenay, short of offering military help to the rebels. Some may have viewed Edward as the key to the rebel's plans but it is unknown how involved Edward actually was in the rebellion. This lack of clarity from him may explain why the rebellion was disorganized and not effective.
Edward's marriage to Elizabeth was supported by some on the Queen's council who viewed it as a way to neutralize opposition to Mary's marriage to King Philip. Edward's mentor, Bishop Gardiner warned him not to marry Elizabeth because he considered her a heretic. Queen Mary's cousin, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V had already rejected the idea.
Edward was in contact with Carew and he had an intermediary who delivered messages to Wyatt. The French ambassador noted that Edward was unstable and reported that he had a plan to flee England and to murder Paget and Arundel, his political opponents on Queen Mary's council. Edward's mother tried to curb her son's behavior but he was already compromised. The conspirators began to doubt his courage and suspected he would give them up. The French ambassador warned the plotters to not give him too much information.
The Queen's government became apprised of the conspiracy, forcing the plotters to act before they were ready. Because of Gardiner's affiliation with Edward, he was concerned he would be implicated. He confronted Edward on January 21, 1554 and compelled Edward to reveal what he knew about the plot. The rebellions in the west country, the midlands and Hertfordshire dwindled but Sir Thomas Wyatt posed a genuine threat to London. Wyatt eventually surrendered but Edward was still in trouble. He was imprisoned in the Tower on February 12.
All this strife convinced the Imperial ambassador Simon Renard that Mary would never be safe until her sister Elizabeth and Edward were removed. Renard worked assiduously to bring Edward and Elizabeth to trial after the fall of the Wyatt rebellion. Gardiner did just the opposite and worked to shield Edward from conviction. There was some evidence found against Edward. There was a great quantity of armor at his house and some peculiar costumes were found which could be considered disguises. It was alleged he used a secret cypher to communicate with Carew. He had organized a relay of post horses to transport him to Devon.
But none of this was enough to convict. Edward's involvement in the conspiracy seriously compromised Bishop Gardiner and the chancellor was forced to suppress the revelation of Edward's participation. Notes on Gardiner's interview with Edward were "lost". All Gardiner's work to shield Edward was successful as he was never brought to trial.
Wyatt implicated Edward in a confession possibly obtained under torture and in hope of being pardoned. On the day Wyatt was executed, the sheriffs of London witnessed an exchange between Wyatt and Edward. Wyatt supposedly asked Edward's forgiveness for falsely accusing him of being part of the plot. As Wyatt spoke from the scaffold, he absolved Edward and Elizabeth of any involvement, to the embarrassment of Queen Mary's government.
Edward was moved from the Tower to Fotheringhay on May 25 where he remained until April 6, 1555. The Queen believed she was pregnant and her council decided to send Edward to Brussels in May where he experienced the hospitality of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. But there were brawls between his servants and the Spaniards of the court which he believed were encouraged by the authorities and he may have been justified in his suspicions.
He requested safe conduct to Italy and by the time he received it, Philip II's adviser Ruy Gómez had formulated a plot to have him assassinated once he arrived in Italy. Gómez offered a Dalmatian soldier one thousand crowns to murder Edward. Edward departed from Brussels on November 7 and travelled through the Holy Roman Empire, reaching Padua by the first of the year. The hired assassin defected to the Venetian authorities and Edward was spared.
Edward decided to work on furthering his education and refining his courtly accomplishments. He enrolled in the University of Padua but his real occupation was to cultivate his connections with the opponents of Queen Mary's government. He established and maintained contacts with Sir Philip Hoby who was deep in a conspiracy against Mary which was being organized by Sir Henry Dudley. Dudley's plan included robbing the exchequer, murdering Queen Mary and replacing her with Elizabeth and Edward. There was also talk of making Edward king.
Edward never did overtly commit to this plot. But his associations with the earl of Bedford and Sir Henry Killigrew made him suspicious in the eyes of Mary's government. King Henri II of France pressured Edward to conspire against Mary and even offered to arrange a marriage for him with Mary Queen of Scots. By this time Edward certainly knew something was afoot but he had learned to be cautious. All the plotting came to an end when Edward died on September 18, 1556. He had contracted a fever after getting caught in a storm while hawking three weeks before. He was buried in the church of Sant'Antonio in Padua.
Further reading: "Mary I: England's Catholic Queen" by John Edwards, "Two Tudor Conspiracies" by D.M. Loades, "Bloody Mary" by Carolly Erickson, entry on Edward Courtenay, first earl of Devon in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography written by Ian W. Archer


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