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The murder and mayhem in the US, can be traced back to the miseducation in American higher education, and the lessons of still-in-vogue Marxist instructors like Herbert Marcuse, who professed: "Nothing is 'real' which does not sustain itself in existence, in a life and death struggle with the situations and conditions of its existence." And "identity is only the continuous negation of inadequate existence." (Reason and Revolution, 1941)
Dialectical 'transformation' doesn't support human dignity nor does it lead to peace — because it is inherently untruthful and therefore unjust — history has shown that to be true.
Back in class.
High School Grad, NYC – June 22, 2018
Last class of Millennials (born 1981-1996).
SVA Graduation – May 9, 2017
As he prepares to take office, it's been said that Mr. Trump considers education to be a low priority. And yet the high number of poorly educated young people in America, as evidenced by recent demonstrations, should make education a top priority. The problem, though, is many educators see truth as oppressive — the enemy. So rather than being oriented to it they are in rebellion against it, which leaves young people running on empty.
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The so-called black 'reformers' are just as domineering as the establishment types that produced Teddy Roosevelt and Barack Obama.
When human relationships are based on disordered self-love, which is the source of contempt of neighbor and human relationships based on domination ("Spain must go,""Assad must go," "Wolfe must go"), civilization has broken down, and the institutions that helped bring about the collapse should be abandoned.
On June 6, 1944, Allied Forces (U.S., England & Canada) succeeded in surprising Hitler, and the Wehrmacht, with their landing at Normandy.
Days later, Hitler still believed it was a diversion, and that the main landing would be at Calais. By then the Allies had landed 1 million troops and 500, 000 tons of material. So desperate had the situation become for the Germans that Field-Marshal Rommel told Hitler "the West would inevitably smash through the Normandy front and break into the homeland." He urgently requested that the war be brought to an end. Hitler responded to Rommel's assessment with: "Rommel has lost his nerve; he's become a pessimist. In these times only optimists can achieve anything." Adolf Hitler, John Toland (Doubleday, 1976).
The war with Germany could have ended in the days after D-Day. On July 20, 1944 an attempt was made on Hitler's life. Many of his top generals knew it was over and would have handed Hitler over if the Allies had been willing. There was even a deal in place with the U.S. for Stalin to join the fight against Japan as soon as Hitler had been defeated. Churchill and Stalin had other ideas. As a result the wars in Europe and the Pacific waged on and were more costly, with millions more lives being lost because of sordid leadership.
"The United States had given us the most handsome assistance in the fight against Germany." Winston Churchill
Had the U.S. stayed out of the WWI (The Great War) there would have been no Hitler or Holocaust. By appeasing Churchill, Roosevelt kept England from settling with Germany (Germany tried in 1940), which would have been better for the world.
The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter is presented at the New York Public Library through September 7, 2014.
From the exhibition guide:
"Behind every children's book is a vision of childhood: a shared understanding of what growing up is all about. Accordingly, authoritative voices from the realms of theology, philosophy, psychology, and education have all played their part in shaping the nature of literature for young people…now and then, when visions of childhood clash, literature for young people becomes anything but child's play."
Just last week, life imitated (children's book) art when the brother-in-law of Prince Charles, Mark Shand, was in NYC to help sell large Faberge eggs at a Sotheby's auction. After the auction he slipped and fell, hitting his head, and later died. The egg he had sponsored was titled: Humpty Dumpty.
"(A) dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement…a dream of being able to grow to fullest development as man and woman, unhampered by the barriers which had slowly been erected in the older civilizations, unrepressed by social orders which had developed for the benefit of classes rather than for the simple human being of any and every class." James T. Adams, Yale 1900 (The Epic of America, 1931)
"That the Moral Nature, that Law of laws, whose revelations introduce greatness,—yea, God himself, into the open soul, is not explored as the fountain of the established teaching in society. Men have come to speak of the revelation as somewhat long ago given and done, as if God were dead. The injury to faith throttles the preacher; and the goodliest of institutions becomes an uncertain and inarticulate voice." Ralph Waldo Emerson, Harvard Divinity School, 1838
Hundreds of thousands of American high school seniors were to have learned, by today, if they were accepted by colleges, through early admission.
Going to college in the U.S. is more expensive and necessary than ever, but also more unhealthful than ever. One reason is because students are being misled and defrauded with 'dreams.' Back in August, Peter Salovey PhD, President Yale University, welcomed the Yale 2017 Class with an address in which he mentioned "dream" or "American Dream," no less than 19 times — saying "the dream is very much alive here at Yale." No doubt the Wall Street guys who drained $5.9 billion, in 2008, from the Yale endowment fund were thinking the same thing.
American mythology was given a boost with Morris Abel Beer's 1918 poem, Manhattan — "This is the Promised Land of Dreams." The 20th century notion of the American Dream saw an 'unhampered' departure from the right thinking of earlier Americans, like Ralph Waldo Emerson, who were oriented around Natural Law. Today's American Dreamers are oriented around 'success' with little or no respect for truth. The result is a disordered 'get some' culture of murderers and madmen (and women) — where having trumps being.
The irony is that today's, so-called, liberal education (with its materialism and revolt against Nature) is making people unfit for democracy.
Photographs: Stephen Wise
Fritz Stern, Professor Emeritus and former Provost of Columbia University, received the Sander Prize this evening at Deutsches Haus/NYU.
In its inaugural year, the Sander Prize will be awarded annually by Deutsches Haus of NYU to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the cultural relationship between the German speaking world and the United States.
Professor Stern is considered to be one of the master historians of Modern European, German and Jewish history.
In his laudation, Ambassador Dr. Peter Wittig, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations, said that Professor Stern "helped us (Germany) gain confidence on the path to a responsible liberal democracy and to win the trust of our neighbors, our trans-Atlantic friends and our partners in the world. The lessons of the past—so wisely formulated by Fritz Stern—guide us in dealing with today's challenges."
In his remarks, Professor Stern described this as a "melancholy moment," for Germany and the United States, in the wake of NSA eavesdropping on Chancellor Merkel's phone conversations, which he characterized as "ill-begotten, foolish, appalling, criminal acts" that have damaged the trust built up between the countries over the years.
LE Observation: The U.S. government's eavesdropping on its own citizens, and leaders of foreign governments, is not the work of a vital democracy but rather the desperate machinations of a failed democracy.
Photograph: Stephen Wise
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, in NYC, held their graduation exercises today for 3339 students, the largest class in the school's history. School president Jeremy Travis commented: "We are fierce advocates for justice." A good percentage of John Jay graduates typically get jobs in law enforcement.
This year's valedictorian, was Rizwan Ali Raja — from Pakistan, with a 4.0 GPA in Political Science.
One of the speakers said that "people are crying out for justice and the rule of law." Ironically, a Pakistani student was the valedictorian, at a U.S. school for criminal justice, on the same day the U.S. continued to violate international law, natural law and divine law by assassinating individuals inside Pakistan — who they consider to be bad guys.
Peter Neufeld, attorney and Co-Founder of the Innocence Projects, addressed the students and exhorted them to "speak scientific method to ignorance." He and his partner Barry Scheck are on the forefront of DNA testing in litigation.
The graduation class was divided in half, with one group graduating in the morning and the other in the afternoon. Senator Charles Schumer addressed both groups — pointing out the tuition tax credit he got through Congress, and then holding up a paper saying he had prepared a speech only to rip it up, twice…
Analysis: In a society where nature and the 'whole person' are not understood or accepted, science/technology and egoism/rebellion are filling the void — with justice becoming the domination of rather than the serving of others.
Now we, returning from the vaulted domes
Of our colossal sleep, come home to find
A tall metropolis of catacombs
Erected down the gangways of our mind…
Backward we traveled to reclaim the day
Before we fell, like Icarus, undone;
All we find are altars in decay
And profane words scrawled black across the sun.
Still stubbornly we try to crack the nut
In which the riddle of our race is shut.
Sylvia Plath sent this poem to her mother just days before Mother's Day in 1954. She was 21 at the time.
The photograph is of Danielle McCloskey, an FIT art student, in an installation she created for the school's graduation art exhibit. Danielle said the work is a commentary on identity, which is prevalent throughout the show.
In a world where computers are taught to think and humans taught to tweet, where individuals are told they are gods and nothing — but a pile of data, it's hard for women and men to find a coherent and correct view of reality — and their true identity.
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"Just a note in the appropriate midst of Escape from Freedom to let you know I won one poetry prize this year on the basis of my sonnet "Doom of Exiles," which I wrote this spring. Only $20, I think, but it will keep me in new shoes for Marty's wedding. Also I just got elected president of the Alpha Phi Kappa Society, honorary society of the arts, which has the advantage of being a very honorary post with a minimum of work and a solid gold, ruby-studded pin from Tiffany's…" Sylvia Plath, May 20, 1954
A secular society, that exalts algorithms and egoism, is seeing the human person increasingly diminished by forces inside and outside of herself. Activist organizations that seek to promote human rights often times undermine the people they claim to be helping. This can be seen in the Women's Movement.
The Women's Movement in the U.S., organized to achieve voting rights, was in fact a revolutionary movement that (consciously or not) sought to emancipate women from nature — as Trotsky sought to break with nature in Russia during the Russian Revolution. In 1913 Helen Keller said: "I am a militant suffragette because I believe suffrage will lead to socialism, and to me socialism is the real cause."
A recent symposium in NYC, organized by WNET New York Public Media, presented a documentary on the Women's Movement to a group of Girl Scouts. The discussion that followed featured prominent activists, including Marlo Thomas. The comments reflected a utilitarian perspective on life: "Gloria and I didn't want to be domesticated. You can't mate in captivity." "Until the domestic arrangement changes, nothing will change for women." "I must, I insist, I have to have."
As with Marxism, the Women's Movement is a materialist movement that sees women's power as a function of numbers — "If you have half the group then you have power." "When 51 women are in the U.S. Senate, then we can relax." The result is a failure to understand the true power of women and to operate in the natural order of existence. The better way is for people to grow to understand their inter-dependent spiritual nature, and how to participate in being in a conscious and concrete way. For that, men and women need to freely choose to respect and serve each other in all areas of life. The free and sincere 'gift of self', rather than the assertion of self, is the way to achieve happiness and peace within and among persons.
"There is no international morality left, everybody snatches whatever booty he can." Adolf Hitler to Joachim Ribbentrop, May 1938
The Czech Center in New York is presenting a two-part program: From Democracy to Dictatorship and Genocide: Jews in the Czech Lands and Slovakia before during and after the Second World War.
The first session, by Benjamin Frommer a historian at Northwestern University, was given on 4/11. His talk: The Ghetto Without Walls: The Identification, Isolation and Deportation of Bohemian and Moravian Jewry, 1938-1945 addressed the impact of the Nazi occupation on Jews, in what is now the Czech Republic — with lessons for today.
Since coming to power in 1933, Hitler was driven by a desire to "smash" the Versailles Treaty of 1919, which had reduced German territory, and (in his mind) been pushed for by Jewish elites in the U.S. and England. The Munich Agreement (Sept 1938) gave Hitler the Sudetenland and control over the remaining Czech area, which the Nazis occupied in March 1939. Before the Nazis arrived, Czechoslovakia was the only democracy in central/eastern Europe, with a Jewish population that was fully integrated in Czech society — including 30% intermarriages.
In his talk, Mr. Frommer commented that "in 1939 the Nazis weren't aware that they were going to create Auschwitz and try to kill every Jew in Europe." The question is was there a tipping point (added to by outside forces) in the "step-by-step process" that led to genocide?
In Jewish Prague (Akropolis Publishers, 1991), Ctibor Rybar reported that the Jews began to be deported from Prague and Brno on October 19, 1941. It was on September 11, 1941 that President Roosevelt announced to his nation, in a fireside chat, that "the time for active defense is now," after manufacturing the Greer incident. Could it be that the Nazi's 'final solution of the Jewish question' began when the U.S. decided to enter the war?
Historians like to say there is no logic for the insanity and evil of Hitler and the Holocaust. And yet when looking at the facts, and connecting the dots, one can't help but believe that World Wars I & II, and the Holocaust could have been avoided if leaders in the U.S., Britain and Russia had themselves possessed less furor teutonicus.
The Catholic Center at New York University held a symposium, 2/4, exploring the thinking of John Henry Newman and the question — What positive contribution can religion make to the ongoing life of the contemporary university?
"Newman reminds us today, that as unlikely and outlandish as it might seem, theology and the speculative contemplation of which it gives rise to is about the only thing that can save the university from its total functionalization and commodification. For theology reminds all the other disciplines that the greatest freedom comes with the contemplation and communication of the transcendent truth of God." Reinhard Huetter, Duke Divinity School
"For you, also, we have a message, and it is this: Continue to search, tirelessly, never despairing of the truth! Recall the words of one of your great friends, St. Augustine: 'We seek with a desire to find, and we find with a desire to seek further.' Happy are those who, possessing truth, seek it, in order to renew it, to deepen it, and give it to others. Happy are those who, not having found it, go toward it sincere in heart; may they seek tomorrow's light in today's, till they come to the fullness of light."Pope Paul VI
At this year's Clinton Global Initiative, Queen Rania of Jordan called for an 'education revolution' in the Arab World. She said the focus of 21st century education should be on designing the future rather than dissecting the past.
Commentary: The American General George Marshall advocated, after World War II, for educators to teach students about how wars began. He thought that by doing so they might be avoided in the future.
LE engaged a CGI volunteer in a discussion about the Arab Spring — and its connections with the Russian Revolution. But she quickly said: "I was much better at science and math than I was at history."
Today the 'family of man' is being torn asunder by the 'strong and the weak', as checks and balances fail and society disintegrates.
How can a modern democratic state, whose institutions are rotten to the core, possibly reform itself — when the people are so broken? What would James Madison and Thomas Jefferson say — on this the 225th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution? Perhaps they would say: "We're not surprised." In different ways they both saw it coming.
Commentary: A good education should foster an authentic understanding of being human with free participation in a 'more perfect union'. Self-interest, STEM Education, and passion are not enough. In the words of German philosopher Edith Stein: "The individual human being is in his content not merely a particularization of something more universal, but a member of a whole that realizes itself as a vital unity and that can achieve its unfolding only in the vital context of the whole, in its particular place and in cooperation with the other members." Finite and Eternal Being (ICS Publications, 2002)
Photographs: Stephen Wise
A junior at Columbia College wrote an editorial in the Columbia Spectator (April 19, 2012) in which she says: "I'm not ready to be a senior and I'm sure there are other juniors who feel the same way." She laments not having anyone older to help answer her "existential questions".
"Who's going to grab coffee with me next year? I've started wondering to myself. I never really had role models growing up — I had figured out by middle school that my parents, cheerleading coaches and baby sitters knew a lot about life because they were older, but in many ways they were still clueless too."
The editorial takes a dramatic turn when she adds: "One of my professors recently said, 'Parents don't know what the fuck they're doing either. There's no ultimate handbook for parenting.' Maybe we could say the same thing about being a senior — you've got three years of experience behind you, but you still don't have a definitive guide for exactly what you should be doing…"
Photograph: Stephen Wise
As politicians and business leaders get more involved with education, the emphasis on productivity, efficiency and scale have produced unfortunate outcomes — from No Child Left Behind (during the Bush years), to e-learning with President Obama.
E-learning is hot. A recent Google search generated 181,000,000 responses. But is it good? Already people are discovering (as with NCLB), that e-learning can fail to deliver what is most important (reality) for a person's growth and development, and can even be harmful. Psychiatrists are finding that excessive computer time (over 5 hours/day) and WiFi exposure — are unhealthful for children and adults.
Maria Bartiromo, Anchor of CNBC's "Closing Bell," was honored at a dinner for "Futures In Education" — an organization whose mission is to provide tuition assistance and program support to the neediest students attending Catholic schools in Brooklyn and Queens NY.
Included with Ms. Bartiromo, in the photo are Frank Bisignano CAO, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (second from right) and The Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn.
At a time when public school education, in the U.S., is not oriented to helping young people discover the truth, Catholic education is needed more than ever. But it has to remain true to what it is.
Pratham, the largest 'education' focused NGO in the world, held a fundraiser this week in NYC for its work in India. The organization's mantra is "Every Child in School and Learning Well." According to Pratham Founder & CEO Dr. Madhav Chavan, Pratham has "developed a scalable approach to driving education and ending illiteracy in India."
Pratham USA Ambassador, Archie Panjabi, the award-winning British actress, was on hand to help MC the program.
Nicholas Negroponte, founder of MIT Media Lab, addressed a gathering of IIT (India Institute of Technology) alumni today at their 2011 Global Conference in NYC.
Describing himself as the 'tooth fairy,' Mr. Negroponte has sought through his non-profit OLPC (One Laptop per Child), to make laptops affordable (100 Swiss Francs) and available to all children — especially in developing countries — who he considers to be 'agents of change.'
Mr. Negroponte spoke about the need for 'learning learning,' which for him means getting away from 'rote learning' — which he said it is "killing kids."
A better way, he believes, is helping children to 'make things.' Toward that end, Negroponte has installed "constructionist" software (Logo & Scratch) in all OLPC computers going to children. He thinks the process of debugging a computer program is an example of 'learning to learning' — the "joy of bugs" as he put it.
Negroponte was highly critical of the Indian school system, saying that "to make children fearful of mistakes is criminal behavior." He thinks it's important to "get to children (by the first grade) before they are screwed-up by school."
Commentary: One has to keep in mind the real likelihood of hindered spatial awareness and development, especially in young children, resulting from computers and devices. Those who push computers and devices on children are as irresponsible as those who push antipsychotic drugs on children. In fact computer use has contributed to mental health issues, resulting in school administrators/nurses forcing children to take psychotropes. 'Children with computers' is not a fix for the errors in education, but rather is adding to them.
Shamus Khan, Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, reads from his book, "Privilege — The Making Of An Adolescent Elite At St. Paul's School."
"What is the future function of a predominantly Anglo-Saxon and Protestant upper class in an ethnically and religiously heterogeneous democracy? In many ways this is the most important question of all." E. Digby Baltzell
" Some will always be above others. Destroy inequality today and it will appear tomorrow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mr. Khan is a graduate of St. Paul's School in Concord, NH (an elite prep school), as was E. Digby Batzell (1915-1996). Mr. Batzell is credited with coining the term White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP).
In his book, Khan looks at the "logic" of entitlement, privilege and elitism as they have evolved at the prep school level, and by extension the rest of society. He mentioned during his talk that America's elites have historically "made fences around resources" to keep others from getting access. So, true to form, in places like Columbia, where the student population has become "representative," graduates still "go on to drive inequality." Schools can contribute to "entitled" individuals becoming elitists, said Khan.
LE asked Mr. Khan if he thought the U.S. was in decline, and if so — do the elites bear some responsibility? He said "yes" and "absolutely," but added that if America's elites were all of a sudden to disappear, "whoever replaced them would do the same things."
On the St. Paul's School homepage, the first thing a visitor notices is the question: "What is Freedom with Responsibility?" They answer with "clear rules, consequences, moral standards, and an honor code govern our lives together; freedom does mean we have no rules."
"Honor Code?" Mafia bosses are guided by an Honor Code (see Joe Bonanno's "A Man Of Honor").
The elite schools of America are not presenting their students with a coherent, compelling and complete view of the human person and of reality. Until or unless they do, the leaders of society will continue to be driven and guided by their 'animal spirits' and society will founder.
Photograph: Stephen Wise
WNET (New York Public Media) held their 6th Annual Celebration of Teaching & Learning last week, with over 10,000 educators from across the globe.
In a panel called Youth Voices, one of the students said he wanted to hear teachers say "I trust you" — rather than, "I am a criminal — I am not a criminal; I can be more than that!"
Arthur Dean Myers, author and advocate for young people, echoed the same sentiments in his talk, when he said that young people "need someone to show them what the right thing is." He quoted from Goethe "For man to fulfill himself, you must expect the highest." And then added "What can you be?"
With an ever growing cast of looters, rapists and murderers running American society (into the ground), it's easy to see how young people have difficulty seeing, embracing, and making real — the highest human ideals.
African peace activist Leymah Gbowee helped to create the movement (Women Of Liberia Mass Action For Peace) that succeeded in bringing an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003.
She spoke yesterday, at the "Celebration of Teaching and Learning" conference in NYC.
An important difference exists between feminism in Africa and feminism in the United States. In the U.S., women use their power to advocate for war. In Africa, women are mobilizing to put an end to war.
African feminism has a spiritual component. American feminism is more material, with women viewing their power as coming from their body, money, guns and pills. Ms. Gbowee's work has brought together Christian and Muslim women to pray and work for peace through non-violent means.
In her talk, to several thousand educators, Ms. Gbowee cautioned the group, "Don't buy everything that people say, see to it that you get the true story."
Afterwards, she commented on the power of the media in the formation/deformation of men and women.
The next stop for Ms. Gbowee is Ivory Coast.
Photograph: Stephen Wise
Writers Zadie Smith and Nathan Englander delighted an audience of supporters of the Matawi Organization, with a discussion of their work, Thursday night at SVA in Manhattan.
The event was a fundraiser for the Dadaab scholarship program, to benefit women in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya.
Both Ms. Smith and Mr. Englander are acclaimed authors and university professors (NYU and Hunter College respectively), who seem to respect each other's work. The format of the discussion included their asking each other questions and commenting on process, sources of inspiration, and societal concerns.
Coming from an Orthodox Jewish background, Mr. Englander talked about "entitlement," and the pressure to write using Jewish themes and characters. He said he likes writing because of its "subversive" possibilities, and talked about "wanting out of our (suburban Long Island) town so badly" but at the same time realizing that it was where he found what was "most important."
Ms. Smith is from northwest London, and a mixed race family. Her mother is Jamaican and her father English. She said that she feels pressure to write about "everybody" and not just "professors." She commented, that for people today "it's almost impossible to see themselves as the bad guy." Englander added that "you have to understand what is good and evil to work (as a writer) — I want to bring back right and wrong."
Photograph: Stephen Wise
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund is underway this weekend with its 10th Annual Leadership Institute & Career Fair.
There are 600 attendees, from the 47 historically Black Colleges around the U.S., in the Big Apple for a weekend of activities.
Today's luncheon, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense, included remarks by Mr. Larry Stubblefield, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army. Also on the dias (in photo), was Mr. Brian Simmons of the U.S. Army Test and Evalualion Command.
Mr. Stubblefield spoke about the "human" — soft skills, necessary for effective leadership.
Photograph: Stephen Wise
Arne Duncan, (third from left) the U.S. Secretary of Education, lead a discussion Wednesday on The Role of Service in Remaking American Education. He was joined by among others, Anthony Salcito (far right), Microsoft VP-Worldwide Education.
Given the stark reality that a large percentage of America's young people are not graduating from high school, and among those who do, many are not "college ready." Mr. Salcito advocated for "service learning" as a way to "drive immediate change in classrooms today."
Will the adults be good role models in showing young people how to serve others, in a "disinterested" and good-hearted way?
Photograph: Stephen Wise
At the recent Teaching and Learning Conference in NYC, that included 9000 educators from around the U.S. and some foreign countries, two women stood out for their leadership, wisdom, and courage — Diane Ravitch and Queen Noor.
Diane Ravitch, formerly the Assistant Secretary of Education under George H. W. Bush was an early advocate of "No Child Left Behind" — the program that emphasizes student testing along with "sanctions and incentives" for teachers.
In her talk, Ms. Ravitch said the program "has been a failure" that is "defrauding students" by not addressing their needs and by manipulating tests and scores to falsely indicate improved performance. As the saying goes — "the tests have become the curriculum." She said the "problem is not with testing, but in the misuse of testing."
She went on to say that a "data-driven" program that scapegoats teachers is not the answer, nor are charter-schools that hand students over to hedge fund managers, resulting in "educational apartheid." A better way is to take into account the diverse needs of children with a broad curriculum that preserves the public school system.
Her view is that the Obama Administration has essentially continued the failed Bush approach — which "will not produce school reform."
At the end of her talk, Ravitch said that parents and educators need to "organize" to create a better way (there was no mention of union bosses and their role as obstructionists of reform). She was given a rousing ovation from the standing room only crowd.
Queen Noor quickly won over the group of educators, when she said that "Queen is well below Superintendent."
Talking from her experience as a highly educated Arab-American woman, who married King Hussein of Jordan in 1978, she addressed the mistaken idea the Islam oppresses women. She said that when Muslim women have been oppressed it has been because of other factors, including vestiges of colonialism, not their religion.
One of her themes was the "interconnectedness" of the world today. She said that our common humanity trumps our differences, and offers the "key to peace." She added that the three major religions have at their core, the teaching: "treat others as you would like to be treated."
Noor suggested that Hollywood has added to unfair stereotypes and misunderstandings of the Muslim world over the years. But added that Hollywood could also play a roll in "building peace." She said that this is the most important time in history for teachers and that problems won't be solved with more wars, weapons, and technology. What's needed is to join critical thinking skills with empathy and a sense of humanity.
Before her talk, I asked Queen Noor how the Israeli/Palestinian problem might be resolved? She looked at me intently and said — "Faith, Hope, Humanity and (with arms raised) Justice!" She too was given a standing ovation.
It would be nice to have a penny for all the times in the last decade someone said: "No one could have seen this coming." "No one connected the dots." "We didn't have the right intelligence" — blah, blah, blah.
Most people in the U.S. are trained to be "foxes," that is — to have a lot of experiences and know many things — but without any systematic way of synthesizing the experiences and information into a coherent whole.
What is lost in that approach, is failing to understand the nature of "Being," and how to participate in Being in a conscious and concrete way.
As a result, people can become disoriented and lost, in good times and in bad — missing the big picture, and not thinking and acting well for themselves.
Geoffrey Canada, President & CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone, speaking at the "Changing the Odds" conference going on this week, in NYC.
Begun in 1997, HCZ seeks, in the words of Canada: "to change the cradle to jail pipeline" that exists in many poor urban neighborhoods, in the U.S..
The Harlem Children's Zone exists as an interlocking network of services for children that begins at birth and stays with each child until college. In addition, HCZ aims to strengthen the families and community that surround the child.
President Obama has created an anti-poverty initiative called: Promised Neighborhoods, and has designated that HCZ be the model to be replicated in 20 other communities around the country. The purpose of the conference is to familiarize community leaders from around the country with the HCZ approach.
Ken Chenault, Chairman & CEO of American Express and a member of the HCZ board, spoke to the group about bringing lessons from the business world to bear in education programs. After the talks, I spoke with both Canada and Chenault about the fixation a lot of people have with test scores — to the exclusion of everything else. They both agreed, that often times the most important progress in education is intangible, and can't be measured with standardized tests. The challenge is to find the most appropriate metrics for measuring results and holding people accountable.


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Flat peaches, apricots (water, lime and rum optional)
July 17, 2012
While Juice Nation's London Embassy is a perfect place to catch the summer rays of summer sun, this year, like many others, there has mainly been rain. Olympic London is an exhausted, overstretched, paranoid and angry sponge. A sponge filled to capacity with rain, sweat and grey, sludgy muck. We've all got a duty to try to squeeze something out of that sponge, even if it's just the bits around us, so we don't get too wet. Today, our method of doing this was to experiment with a juice compound we hadn't tried before, Peach AND Apricot (PANDA). We got the raw ingredients from a local Turkish supermarket, just under £2 for 500g of Paraguyan flat peaches and 500g of Spanish apricots, both were graded class 2 quality and looked and tasted decent.
The flat peaches, a stunted, almost mushroom-like in appearance, variety we haven't seen in the UK before, were at the earliest stage of ripeness. The standard apricots at their latest, so juicy the stones could be squeezed out by pinching the fruit with thumb and forefinger. The main sweetness in the juice came from the pulpy apricots with the peaches adding a sweet/savoury accent. Five flat peaches and nine apricots were juiced through the JN masticating juicer. The juice wasn't filtered and the ripeness of the apricots gave a very pulpy juice, we got approx 400ml.
The first flavour that came to mind on tasting the fresh juice was carrot, perhaps the influence of the colour a deep, vibrant orange, but the juice had an earthy sweetness. There was also an echo of pineapple, a piña colada flashback. The peach flavour stood out well within the apricot sweetness and the combination is distinct. To further dabble with this batch, we diluted the 300ml juice with 250ml of water, this made the compound more drinkable, there was still a full flavour. The juice of half a lime put an accent on the sweetness, as well as heightening the distant neon of the half-forgotten cocktail bar. A dash of imported Jamaican over-proof rum created an interesting but far from perfect juice cocktail. The super-sweet, pungeunt spirit almost sat a bit awkwardly with the juice drink, getting on, but only just. After this test juice we plan to try the PANDA compound with both carrot and pineapple juice, as well as maybe some coconut milk and some rum.
Juice Incoming
April 28, 2011
Visit to Bloc Weekend music festival yields juicy new juice
March 25, 2010
A plain clothes unit of Juice Nation operatives attended the Bloc Weekend music festival in Minehead earlier this month with the twin aims of enjoying the music and juice networking. The music was great, the crowd also great, Juice Nation heartily endorses Bloc as the holiday of a lifetime.
The juice networking was of mixed success. Before sharing the germination of a couple of new special guest Juice Nation recipies, I'll share a Juice disaster, one of many. This one happened before the festival even began. An operative, while queuing in the Minehead Tescos, his trolley loaded with fruit, bankrupted Juice Nation. He gave the entire £15,000 JN operating fund for the 2010/2011 tax year to a middle aged man in smart trousers, grey trainers and a leather jacket. The man had claimed that he could double the money, with a machine that he keeps in his car, that works with the cigar lighter. Needless to say, the con-man walked with the money and the gullible operative was RETIRED and JUICED.
On the plus side, Juicing went on. Two long-standing master juicers, who have been inspirational and supportive to the Juice Nation project, shared their skills and shared their juice. Luke's Anger, a creative juicer and shining star of 21st century Dance, brought his flesh tearing, juice gushing centrifugal juicer to the event. Luke demonstrated his juicing prowess, bringing a sweet but sharp approach. His creations had echoes of Caribbean islands, warm days in the sun and balmy nights under starry skies. Luke agreed to share his knowledge on Juice Nation at some point in the future, we can't wait.
Also on great juicing form was DJ Joe Hart, who moved the crowds (in a good way) with his sets over the weekend and moved the bowels (in a good way) with first class juice combos. Joe, working on the Juice Nation burgundy Matstone, made a rare litre of 'Methadone', his greener than green fruit/veg juice of distinction. A closely guarded secret, the recipe for this legendary blend has long been a subject of much debate in the juicing community. We can reveal that Joe offered to share this recipe with the world, through the proud medium of Juice Nation! Keep those eyes PEELED.

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Walk through any tag sale, or your friendly neighborhood antique store, and you'll probably find carnival glass.
You know the stuff I'm talking about. It's possible one of the colorful dishes sat on your grandmother's coffee table, filled with hard candies.
With an iridescent sheen and the occasional flamboyant flair, these glorious, if gaudy, pieces are a popular collector's item. While a variety of pressed products were made in the early 1900s, you know it's carnival glass if it reminds you of parking lot oil spots on a wet afternoon.
I'm afraid I'm not making this sound appealing. That it's been dubbed "the poor man's Tiffany" doesn't help, either. Nor that it gained its name because the iridized glass was so cheaply made, it lost consumer value and was given away as carnival prizes in the early twentieth century. But these dishes, with their vibrant but unassuming iridescence and assorted designs are highly coveted by collectors.
Given the proliferation of the glassware throughout the early twentieth century, there are plenty of vintage pieces to go around. But there are enough hard-to-find patterns and colors to seek out, and contemporary reproductions to avoid, to make the hunt thrilling.
So where would a novice collector start? Though Fenton was the most prolific carnival glassmaker of the 20th century, they were certainly not the only one. Cambridge, Dugan, Imperial, Northwood, U.S. Glass, and Westmoreland are among the other large carnival glass manufacturers who, along with many smaller companies, saturated the market, which means there are thousands of designs and myriad colors.
But if you're hoping to focus on a certain time period, or a certain manufacturer, be prepared to do your homework. All the seasoned collectors have. "When we first started collecting carnival glass, there was no internet." Barb Chamberlain of the International Carnival Glass Association said in an email. "I think that was probably a plus for us long-time collectors. We had to study books if we wanted to be knowledgeable."
Identifying pieces can be difficult. Manufacturers labeled their work inconsistently, if at all, and identifier marks changed over the years, For example, Chamberlain said, Northwood used an underlined N to mark some of their early 1900s work, but "some were marked just with a circle and some were not marked at all." Later, an overseas company started marking new glass with the N-in-circle trademark, making the logo an unreliable indicator of the glassmaker. Chamberlain said the American Carnival Glass Association has since acquired the trademark.
In addition, glass molds often changed hands, so glassware from different manufacturers would come from the same mold. And though manufacturer-specific colors and post-mold shaping could make the final product significantly different, the original logo would remain in the mold, and would have to be updated. Imperial marked a few pieces with an iron cross, and the name spelled out across it. But more recent Imperial glass, was usually marked with an I through a G. When others used the Imperial mold, letters were added in front of the IG markings. "Fenton," Chamberlain said "used their script 'Fenton' in an oval or used a script 'F' in an oval if they used a mold from another company for their more recent glass."
Chamberlain suggested a number of books for an ameteur collector to check out, including Bill Edwards and Mike Carwile's The Encyclopedia of Carnival Glass and David Doty's A Field Guide to Carnival Glass. "I recommend that anyone starting to collect, who really wants to learn about glass, study one or more books," she said.
That is not to undermine the usefulness of the myriad websites dedicated to the collection and identification of carnival glass, which cannot only help with identification, but can offer up-to-date pricing and crowdsourced information regarding the whereabouts of certain pieces.
Focus First
Perhaps you've inherited a few colorful pieces from Aunt Mildred and Uncle Bill. Maybe you remember the dish your mother served cranberry sauce in every Thanksgiving, and want to hunt for that, and pick up a few more pieces along the way. Or maybe you just happened by a shelf of those glorious dishes in an antique store and thought "I want that."
The reasons for collecting carnival glass are many, as are the tactics for collecting them. Perhaps a certain shade, shape, or pattern piques your interest. I'm considering a collection of my own, and have found myself enamored with the ripple glass vases. I plan to keep my eye out for those during my personal spring estate sale adventures.
They're so pretty. I can't wait.
And having a goal in mind will keep me on track. The siren song of estate sales can be a haunting one. Many a sailor has walked out of a tag sale with armsful of things they didn't plan to buy, smitten with the idea of creating new collections, drowning in an ocean of glass.
So find your focus, Keep your focus. Unless you see something really shiny and pretty, then get that too.
But then immediately put your eye back on the prize.
As you begin your own collection—whatever shape that takes—there are a few things to consider.
Color identification
Perhaps you are drawn to the marigold pieces. I have good news: those are the most common, and therefore should be easy to find. Amethyst, blue, and green are also common colors. The color is determined by the base glass color—the color underneath the iridization. Hold the item up to the light. (Natural sunlight is best.) Through the finish, you should see the color that lies beneath it. Exceptions to this rule are marigold, clambroth (a light, transparent yellow), white, and some smoke pieces, which are all created by applying iridescent spray onto clear glass.
The very bottom of many early carnival pieces were not iridized, so that's the best angle to start with when inspecting.
There are more than 2000 carnival glass patterns in existence. About half of them are relatively common, and many are very similar. And because of stiff competition among carnival glass manufacturers, many of the patterns are very similar. Dugan made two patterns that, to the novice collector, could be easily misidentified: Fishscale and Beads and Honeycomb and Beads, seen above. And between glassmakers, there were many similarities. At least three manufacturers produced fleur de lis designs, for example. Several have patterns called "Cherries." (Millersburg's and Dugan-Diamond's can be seen below.) Five companies produced "Smooth Rays" patterns.
You get the idea.
But between the common patterns and the extremely rare and expensive ones, there are patterns that hit a sweet spot in the middle. Take, for example, Farmyard by Dugan (below, left). It's a coveted pattern, and relatively rare, but not so much that it couldn't turn up at a local estate sale or auction. Fenton's Kitten pattern (below, right), on the other hand, is one of the more abundant designs, but it remains in high demand, because who doesn't love kittens?
No one, that's who.
As you begin, try to decide if you're in it for the thrill of the hunt or the simple joy of collecting. This should help you determine what your future collection might look like. There are plenty of options for either type of collector.
Be very aware of the quality of the piece before you make a purchase. Carnival glass, because of the way it's made, is incredibly fragile. The glassware was often iridized by hand, so there may be differences in the effects from piece to piece. It can also affect a piece's worth.
Heavy patterns and thick ruffles can sometimes hide a piece's imperfections. Look closely. Hold the glass to the light: do you see any internal cracks? Does the paint have the level of vibrancy you desire? Is it consistent throughout the piece? These kinds of issues can affect value.
"...New collectors need to realize that condition of the pieces is important in buying either in a shop or at auction," Chamberlain said. "Chips affect the value, but cracks or parts missing practically devalues the piece to nothing, unless it is a very rare piece."
If you're buying the glass online, such issues may not be noticeable. Filters may have been used to make a piece look more vibrant or iridized than it really is. Don't hesitate to ask questions or request more pictures. At estate sales, auctions, and antique malls, you'll have a better opportunity to personally inspect the glassware before negotiating a price or bidding on a lot.
If you have the opportunity to talk to a seasoned collector beforehand, do so. As with many collector's items, there are Facebook groups, local clubs, and regional and national organizations designed to bring together people excited to talk about their passion for pressed glass.
Whether you're searching for a piece or two that remind you of childhood, or are seeking out a majestic collection of breakable iridescence, the best advice I can offer as far as carnival glass—or life in general—is to find what brings you joy, and see where that takes you.
All photos courtesy of Carnival Glass Worldwide, except for Fenton's Farmyard, which is from the collection of Christina Katsikas, available for viewing at Carnival Glass Showcase.
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Last weekend wasn't all about SummerSlam and the WWE as there were numerous other wrestling events going on in Toronto. One of those was Ring of Honor's Summer Supercard which was headlined by ROH world champion Matt Taven taking on Alex Shelley.
Taven joined Wrestling Inc's Nick Hausman before the event where he talked about what Alex Shelley has meant to him personally.
"Alex Shelley is one of those guys that when I was getting into wrestling, I was watching Alex Shelley all the time. He's one of those guys that I modeled my career after because I thought that was the way to do things going to Mexico and Japan and learning all of these different styles. To me, I don't think he gets enough credit. People kind of sleep on his legacy," Taven said before crediting Shelley, Chris Sabin and Generation Me as trailblazers in the industry.
"To me being a big wrestling fan, this is a proving ground night since we're here in ROH. It's a big night to prove myself against a guy I have nothing but respect for."
Taven won the world title at the G1 Supercard in April and has spent over 100 days as champion. He needed just one word to describe his ongoing run as champion.
"Stressful! I've had more title defenses than anyone in history in 125 days," stated Taven. "Man, you work so long to get to MSG and your friends and family is there, and then a week later you are right back to defending the belt. You get no time to enjoy the fruits of your labor. But this is what I've wanted and this is the position I've wanted. As much as I jokingly say this is stressful, this is where I've always pictured myself.
"Now I'm about to defend it in Toronto against a guy I used to watch. It doesn't get much better than that."
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Basketball is mostly in the hall operated ball sport in which two teams try to play ball in the two mounted at a height of 3.05 meters on the opposite narrow sides of the playing field baskets to throw. A team consists of five field players and up to seven substitutes. Each hit in the basket out of the game counts depending on the distance two or three points. Met a free throw is worth one point. The winner is the team with the higher score.
Basketball was in 1891 by the Canadian coach James Naismith invented the sport hall. Since 1936, the sport's Olympic . Today, the sport of basketball has worldwide, especially in the United States , a high priority. Every four years in a country in each other instead of a Basketball World Championship of the World Basketball Association Fédération Internationale de Basketball is organized. According to the International Basketball Federation FIBA about 450 million people worldwide play basketball.
The invention of basketball
100 years basketball: German stamp from 1991
Basketball is one of the few sports that were invented by a single person. The Canadian physician and teacher James Naismith developed the game ball in 1891 in Springfield (Massachusetts) as a sports hall for its students. James Naismith had realized that the battle emphasized this creates awareness in other ball sports that the whole game action takes place in the same plane (as for example in American Football ). He sought a less combative sport with a low risk of injury to distract the 18 students in the class in the winter. So he moved the baskets (English baskets) in a different level than the players. The caretaker pop Stabbins then attached peach baskets to the 10-foot high balcony (gallery) the YMCA Training School in Springfield. The then more randomly determined suspension height corresponds to 3.05 meters and is valid internationally today.
To prevent that viewers can influence from the gallery basket throws, a board was mounted behind the basket. The school secretary Lyons Naismith helped in the creation of the 13 principles that have remained almost unchanged. The first official basketball game was held on 20 January 1892 in Springfield instead. Within the two halves of play, with a half-time break of five minutes usually only one goal was scored. Despite this low success rate is developed by James Naismith ball game prevailed in the United States.
The following year, women's basketball was at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts introduced. Senda Berenson Abbott has the women's basketball very much influenced at this time by changing developed by James Naismith basic rules and the women conformed. [2] On 22 . March 1893 was held the first women's basketball game at Smith College. Senda Berenson subsequently published a magazine specializing in women's basketball.
College Basketball
Kent Benson, basketball player for the Indiana University at Bloomington Hookshot (English hook shot)
Soon after the invention of basketball in 1891, the sport was able to colleges and universities to enforce in the United States. The first basketball game between two college teams took place on 8 April 1893 in Beaver Falls in Pennsylvania instead. The Geneva College won that day against the New Brighton YMCA. [3] The first basketball games were first held with seven or nine players per team. On 18 In January 1896 the first game with the current system of only five players in place Iowa City instead, the University of Chicago won the game 15-12 points against the University of Iowa .
In the next few years of college basketball has become increasingly popular in the United States. The most recognized universities (such as the Columbia University ) and colleges had sponsored and supported their teams. Due to the numerous college teams of voluntary association "was in 1906 National Collegiate Athletic Association "(kurz. NCAA) founded in Chicago. The first NCAA national championship of men was in front of 5500 people in 1939 in Evanston (Illinois) discharged. The University of Oregon has the opposing team the Ohio State University with a 46:33 defeat in the final.
Also, the women's basketball has evolved at colleges and universities. In 1926, having Amateur Athletic Union organized the first women's basketball championship. Since then find annual NAIA championships instead of women. In the 1930s, more and more basketball tournaments were held between women and men. Here, however, prescribed for the men's basketball rules were always used.
The college basketball has lost in the years 1948-1951 in credibility and popularity. This was mainly due to the numerous scandals manipulation (so-called match fixing), were involved in the professional teams.
Origin of the first teams
The Buffalo Germans, winner of the Pan American Championships in 1903
In the following years, was first panel with balls that resembled today's volleyballs played. Since that time was still the rule that a landed out of bounds ball comes into possession of that team that reached him first, the players jumped often without regard to the spectators in the stands. So the ball could not even get off, we went over to the basketball court fence with a cage of chicken wire. This "basketball cages" gave the sport its nickname "cage game" (Eng. cage match). How uncomfortable was playing in the cages, described Barney Sedran , a player of the New York Whirlwinds : "Most of us had ever cuts, and the court was covered with blood." [4]
At the beginning of the 20th Century, were two famous teams, the later into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame were taken. The Buffalo Germans were among the strongest teams at the YMCA. In 1904, the Germans have in the III. Olympic Games in St. Louis demonstrated because basketball is not officially the IOC recognized. In addition to the Germans who were original Celtics one of the most influential teams. In the 1920s, the Germans and the Celtics were replaced by other teams like the New York Renaissance or the Cleveland Rosenblum. In 1925, the American Basketball League (abbreviated ABL) is introduced, which changed the game of basketball in some areas. The chicken or metal wire was abolished and replaced by ropes. Furthermore, the backboard (English back-board) was officially introduced behind the baskets.
The emergence of the NBA
On 6 May of 1946 Basketball Association of America (BAA kurz.) was founded. Walter Brown, the then president of the Boston Bruins, and Edward Gottlieb among the founding members of this league. The Philadelphia Warriors (later Golden State Warriors ) won the first finals series the league with 4-1 victories against the Chicago Stags. In 1949, this league was in " National Basketball Association "(short NBA) renamed. The most famous player of the 1940s were Bob Davies and George Mikan .
The American entrepreneur Fred Zollner has as owner of the Fort Wayne Pistons (later Detroit Pistons ) introduced many changes in the basketball area. Since 1952, his team was transported by a team plane to the basketball games. He helped the BAA and the NBA financially and was in major rule changes (eg shot clock involved). On 1 October 1999 he was admitted as a promoter in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Basketball today
A major advance in global perception of basketball made in 1992, when at the Olympic Games in Barcelona for the first time professionals were admitted and the American National Team (also called " dream team called ") started its legendary triumph. In subsequent years, the presence of basketball in the media more and more intensified. Well-known basketball players like Michael Jordan represented the sport known in an advertisement or on the covers of various magazines.
The sport of basketball has spread to many countries of the world. Most European countries have their own basketball league and more and more training camps take place in many countries that will teach players the basic principle of the normal and the style of play. In addition to the championships and games, there are also numerous events (eg, the "And1 Mixtape" tour) that are sponsored by companies and for your amusement.
International Basketball
At the beginning of the 20th Century has been featured in various countries of the world basketball. In 1893 was the first game held in Paris on French soil. In 1902 the rules were written by James Naismith translated into German for the first time. Four years later, basketball was introduced in Italy. In 1913, the ball game was in Puerto Rico received and celebrated friendly. In the following years, basketball has been presented in many other countries (including 1916 in Bulgaria and 1917 in Albania and in Greece ).
In 1923, the first national championship of men took place in the Soviet Union. By the end of the 1920s basketball enjoyed an increasing popularity. In 1930 took place from 6 to 14 December, the first continental championship held the men in South America, in which Uruguay against Argentina was able to prevail. The first step for the international acceptance of this sport was laid in 1930, when the International Olympic Committee (abbreviated IOC) Olympic basketball recorded as a sport. 1932 established eight national associations in Geneva, the Basket-ball Association World FIBB founded in Geneva, from 1935 to 1986 Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur [FIBA] (see associations and leagues). The International Basketball Federation controls the international championships and the Olympic tournament and defines the international rules. In 1958, a FIBA European Cup of Champions (men) and 1959 national champion (women).
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From 1932 held in Germany Basketball collection, first by Hugo Murero at the Army Sports School Wunsdorf, then in Wroclaw and Gera, and from 1933 in Bad Kreuznach by Hermann Niebuhr . He had learned as a teacher at the German School in Istanbul basketball. [5] He founded in 1935 the first basketball department of the "Vfl 1848 Bad Kreuznach". Also in 1935 involved a German high school basketball tournament selection on the Academic World Games in Budapest. In 1936, Germany at the last minute at the first Olympic basketball tournament in Berlin in part, and all three games were lost. 1939 was the first German championship of men held in Hamburg. Won the title of Air Force Sports Club (LSV) Spandau. Germany denied 1936-1942 19 international matches, 4 matches were won.
Basketball was under the Third Reich to the person Office 4 Handball / Basketball of the Germans, later renamed the National Socialist German Reich for Physical Exercise. After the end of World War II first basketball games were held in the fall of 1945. After two predecessor organizations were the first The October 1949 "in Dusseldorf German Basketball Federation "(DBB) was founded as an independent organization in the Federal Republic. This national association has been responsible for hosting the German basketball championship. In the GDR was the first basketball section, from 1958 the German Basketball Federation. 1953 posted both organizations an all-German team of the Men's European Championships in Moscow. With the founding of the National Basketball League (BBL briefly) in 1966, a professional basketball league in Germany was first introduced. Germany won 1993 71:70 Russia against the European Championships in Munich.
Basketball was in 1936 at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin officially played. The game was divided into two halves of 20 minutes each game and the tennis courts of the Reich Sports Field practiced. In the final, the U.S. national team prevailed with 19:8 against Canada. In 1950, the first official "found Basketball World Championship for Men "in Buenos Aires , Argentina instead. The Argentine basketball team won against the U.S. in the final.
Three years later, took place in Santiago de Chile , the first official " World Basketball Championship for women "instead. Here, the team from the United States could claim against the hosts. Since 1976 (Montreal) and the women's basketball team play for Olympic medals.
The sport of basketball has today in many European countries (eg Spain , the Baltic States, the Balkans and Greece ) and South American countries (such as Brazil or Argentina ) a high priority. In the basketball world championship in 2006 in Japan, the men, the Spanish basketball team won 70:47 against the team from Greece. At the previous World Basketball Championship countries were like Serbia and Croatia , Yugoslavia or in women and men Russia or the Soviet Union successfully.
Match Ball
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Basketball, Size 7
The ball game has been developed and improved over the last hundred years. In the first two years of basketball was played with balls panel. This panel balls were comparable with current volleyballs. From 1894 to the 1940s laced basketballs were used at competitions and games. In this case, which was already visible "typical" form of lines of basketball.
The current basketball is made of synthetic material or leather and nylon threads.
In competitions for men the official game ball has a circumference 749-780 mm (size 7) and weighs 567-650 grams
Since 2006, the Molten GL7 is used as a pawn in the World Basketball Championship for Men.
In the German women's basketball leagues will be played since the 2004/05 season with a ball that has a circumference 724-737 mm (size 6) and 510-567 grams.
In the first half of the 20th Century, players wore jerseys and wool dress pants. It was also wearing knee, elbow and shin pads during the game required. This was mainly due to the hard style of play and the poor condition of the arenas. By the sexual revolution in the 1960s, the clothing of the players has changed considerably. The jerseys were comfortable and free and the dress pants were replaced by comfortable and short shorts.
Also the basketball shoes have changed since then. First, the players wore leather shoes impractical. In the 1980s, the first stars of sports goods manufacturers were like Nike , Adidas , Puma or Converse contracted.
Dimensions of the board
The aim of the game is the game ball dribbling (the ball touch the ground) or by passing game to move into the opponent's court and there to throw into the opponent's basket. The basketball must fall from above into the basket hanging at a height of 3.05 meters. Here, the ball can be played on the board. A successful shot for, layup or dunk is considered in the normal case with two points. A litter basket from beyond the three-point line counts three points, one point, a free throw. The winner of the competition is the team that has scored at the end of the season more points than the opponent. Case of a tie for an extension of five minutes played. This is repeated until a winner is determined.
Basketball court since 2010
Basketball games are always played on a rectangular field with a hard surface. For the main official competitions of FIBA , the dimensions of the playing field must be 28 meters by 15 meters. It is divided by various circles, lines, and areas that have a specific function. Here are the main ones:
(Called "baseline"), the hinged side lines and end lines limit the playing field. If the ball touches one of these lines or the area outside of the lines, he's out. The same applies if the player holding the ball or only touches the line or the area outside touched with any part of the body.
The median (center line) divides the court into two equal halves. If the team has possession of the ball in the attacking half of the so-called "advance" brought in their attack, the center line is treated as an out line (see "return").
To the center of the centerline having a radius of 1.80 meters, the fluid circuit shown, which is used at the beginning of a game ball to the execution of the branch.
Among the baskets is a rectangle, called the "zone", located. The zone is important, particularly for that attacking player is not allowed to be present continuously for more than 3 seconds.
At this rectangle followed by a semi-circle, which is important with his line to the zone, the so-called "free-throw line," for the execution of free throws.
The so-called "three point line" which is a large semi-circle (radius from the basket: 6.75 m) forms with flattened sides outside of the zone indicates the distance from which a successful union is evaluated on the basket with three points.
The no-Charging semicircle under the basket selected a range, shoving in the foul category / put (Charging) can not be punished by an attacking player.
On the field, two teams play each with five field players. The initial formation of a team is also called Starting Five (German: Launching First Five Five or shorter), respectively. This need not always be the five most powerful and best players of the teams. However, it is considered essential to have a strong and balanced front bench. Often veterans bench player or role players in critical situations for the necessary – to provide impetus in the game – and needed at this moment. This can, for example, by three-point throws, fast game, ball control, defense special tasks or simply a strong rebound presence are reached. Players can be changed often unlimited. A change is possible during any stoppage of play.
Job titles in basketball
Guards Basketball half-court 1 Point Guard Combo Guard (PG / SG)
2 Shooting Guard Swingman (SG / SF)
Forwards 3 Small Forward Point Forward (SF / PG, PF / PG)
4 Power Forward Combo Forward (PF / SF)
Center 5 Center Center Forward (PF / C)
see also: Starting Five | Sixth Man | Tweener | Backcourt | frontcourt
In the history of basketball players (forwards) and "defenders" were "attacker" divided (Guards). With the rising popularity of the sport and the introduction of new rules specific task areas have developed for the five players.
The starting lineup of five active field players usually consists of a large physical actor, the center , two forwards and two guards . But there are also several other variations are possible, such as the use of three guards (the so-called "small ball", because Guards are usually the smaller players), how often of the Detroit Pistons under Chuck Daly practicing or playing with two centers as the Houston Rockets did in the mid 1980s and the San Antonio Spurs still do. However, the German basketball, it happens frequently that one modifies this system something, it is usually with two centers, two wings players (forwards) and a point guard (guard) played.
The Center is the largest and most physically strongest players on a team. He acted mostly in the zone and have to get as many rebounds. The Guards (point guard) are divided into "shooting guard" and "point guard". The shooting guard is specialized in distance throws (three-point shot), while the point guard as a playmaker (Playmaker) (see terms ) on the clearance of his team decides.
The forwards (wingers) are divided into two positions: "small forward" and "power forward". Here is the biggest difference between the two positions in the size of the player. Both forwards are attacking players who act as the center of the zone and try to score as many hits in the attack area.
The positions are numbered from smallest to largest player players from # 1 (point guard) to # 5 (center).
A game is basically controlled by two referees. In the NBA , the NCAA and many "higher" national and international leagues and competitions but three referees are used. All arbitrators shall have equal rights and have different areas of observation and responsibilities that will permanently change. Decisive here is the position of the ball on the field. In the two-referee technique is a front Impartial referee. His position is behind the base line of the defending team. His colleague takes the following as a referee position behind the attack about three meters away from the ball, where he has to remain in the area of the left foul line to about the middle of the field.
Besides the referees there is a court martial on so-called scoring table. Here sit timekeeper (every time the whistle is stopped), 24-second timer (you only have 24 seconds for an attack) and scorer (logs all points and fouls).
A basketball game is composed of regular neighborhoods. In the associations belonging to the FIBA, each quarter has a duration of ten minutes. In the NBA played per quarter to twelve minutes. It is tied at the end of the fourth quarter, there are extensions of five minutes (engl. overtime) until one team is established as the winner. Originally played two halves, each twenty minutes. The new timing is a transfer from the NBA , played for some time in the four quarters. An exception is the American College League of NCAA , when still two periods are played. Unlike, for example, in football, only the pure play time to count the time will be interruptions of the game when the referee stops the game (such as fouls or Ausbällen). The actual duration of a game is usually 80 to 100 minutes. After each quarter, and each renewal there is a pause of two minutes, the half-time break after the second quarter lasts fifteen minutes (FIBA).
For a successful throw in the normal case, two points are calculated. A throw in which the throwing player behind the so-called three-point line is, brings his team three points. The three-point line is 6.75 meters (since 2010/11) from the center of the basket (NBA: 7.24 m).
When a foul during a test shot for the fouled player gets the same number of free throws as points would have been possible with a successful throw. The free throw is done from the free throw line (English free-throw line), which runs in parallel to the end line 5.80 meters. A successful free throw is worth one more point. If a player is fouled immediately during a throw attempt and the attempt is successful in spite of the foul, these points are regularly counted and the player will also receive a bonus free throw. Thus he has the opportunity to obtain 3 (or 4) points.
The rules described in the following section refer to the official FIBA rules. Rules differences to other leagues such as the NBA or the NCAA will not be considered here or it is explicitly pointed to this fact (see also differences in the rules between FIBA and other leagues )
jump ball
Jump ball between Marlies Askamp ( Oberhausen ) and Yvonne Weber ( Marburg )
According to FIBA rules, each game begins with a jump ball in order to determine the first possession. The first of the referee tosses the game ball in the center circle between two opposing players in the level, the player then try zuzuspielen the falling ball to a teammate. In subsequent quarters possession changes and appears with a direction arrow on the judges.
In the NBA the jump ball is also used in other game situations, for example after a double foul with free throws, generally if the possession is unclear. The jump ball is then not in the center circle, but in the circuit (see Field ), which is the last game situation at the next run.
Main article: Foul (basketball)
A distinction between personal, technical, unsportsmanlike (formerly intentional) and disqualifying foul. Technical fouls are technical errors, administrative offenses and discipline of players and coaches. Offenses of this kind are for example:
too many players on the field
Depend on the ring
Disrupt the enemy through gestures and facial expressions (such as clapping or shouting during the throwing experiment)
violent swing with the elbow, even if no contact is made [6]
Unsportsmanlike foul shall be imposed if the contact is very hard, or the player has no chance to play the ball and contact occurs (eg shock with both hands in the back). Since 2008, with a fast attack (English: fastbreak ) also considered a contact from the side and from behind as unsportsmanlike foul. [6]
Disqualifying fouls are pronounced for gross unsporting conduct (assault, insult, etc.). A foul in which the injury to the opponent is taken into account, depending on the severity leads to a disqualifizierendem or unsportsmanlike foul.
1998 is the "advantage-disadvantage principle" was inducted into the Basketball Rules with, for example, touching the opponent with his hands must be no foul. The referee must decide whether the player who caused the contact has an unfair advantage thereof (see "Fouls" and Article 33.10 of the Official Basketball Rules of 2008. [7] ).
fouls the defender
The defender commits a foul by holding, blocking, pushing, shoving, Tripping and by interfering with the movement of an opponent by extending the hand, arm, elbow, shoulder, hip, leg, knee or foot. Has defended the attacker just no ball, some pushing and tugging is quite legal.
The attacker has defended the ball, the possibilities of defense are limited. The attacking player may not be met, unless this specifically examined the body contact. In this case, the attacker must not be hindered by legs or arms, but only with the body. Good defenders are so fast that they without the use of arms relegate the attacker may be able to even bring it to run backwards.
fouls the attacker
The referee shows his fist in the air and with the other hand on the foul gambler.
An attacker with the ball commits a foul when a standing position in a legal defense or backward moving to a defensive player makes contact (offensive foul) and the attacker thus gets an unfair advantage. Typical offensive fouls are illegal contact with the elbow, pushing away the opponent with a forearm or if the attacker runs shoulder first into an opponent.
An attacker without the ball commits a foul if it has a "moving block" (English: illegal moving screen or pick) sets. Standing blocks, however, are allowed in basketball (as opposed to football, where the so-called "Let casserole" considered a foul). Another difference from the challenge of a defender is that when offensive foul (foul ball leading the team) no free throw penalties are imposed (except for unsportsmanlike offensive foul). However, they are among the team fouls.
Consequences of Fouls
Free throw Dirk Nowitzki (2005)
A disqualifying foul or two unsportsmanlike fouls result in the exclusion game. The disqualified must leave immediately or wait until the end of the game in the crew cab the hall.
Five personal or technical fouls result in loss of eligibility for the current game (NBA: six fouls).
Two technical fouls against a coach, a technical foul against a coach and two technical fouls against the Bank or three technical fouls against the bank will result in disqualification of the coach. [6]
Please note that this is personal terms. Does not change the number of players on the field.
Basically, a foul resulting in unsuccessful attempt to basket depending on the position of the fouled to two or three free throws. In a basket with success tackle – ie the attacker is fouled in the act of shooting – gets the points went down and an additional bonus free throw.
A foul basket without trying to basically not free throws. Exception: From the 5th Team foul (all personal and technical fouls all players on a team per quarter, foul limit) there are basically two free throws (per Defender foul earlier there were in this situation 1 + 1 free throws, ie, only when the first one hit was, there was a second).
Time transgressions
24-second clock (shot clock)
The original 24-second clock (shot clock) in Syracuse , New York
Each attack can last for a maximum of 24 seconds (eg in Germany , USA , 30 or 45 seconds is allowed only in a few countries), which are counted on a clock. Time is shown restarted when the referee "intentionally playing the ball with the foot" whistles. In addition, the time starts to ring every touch of the ball again. Finally, a rally leads, (defender captured the ball and becomes the attacker, called "Steal") and a foul by the defending team to restart the 24-second clock. Other hand, leads a decision-bounds without change of possession not to restart. Spectacular scenes leads to the following special feature: A basket counts when a player throws off the ball before the 24-second clock. The signal will sound when the ball is in the air (also of dropped in the last second of the game ball counts, although only after the season he reached the basket). In American college basketball you have 35 seconds time, which leads to fewer points than in professional basketball for an attack.
8-second rule
One team gets the ball or was it a throw, they must bring the ball seconds into the opposition half within eight (at 24 seconds). It does not succeed, there are the opponents for a throw-in at the center line.
3-second rule
During an attack, the attacking player must be no longer than three seconds remain continuously in the opponent zone (in the free throw area), regardless of whether each player has the ball or not. But here it should be noted that no referee stops the clock with three seconds. They are (as the 8-second) counted "in the head" or decided by feel. To high-class level is rarely disciplined under this Rule.
Meanwhile, the referees are instructed not to penalize the 3-second violation when an attacker to more than three seconds in the zone is, but during that time does not engage actively into play. If a player receives the ball after it has already been three seconds or longer in the zone, this is a violation. Forbearance is practiced with a player if he is two seconds in the zone, but he immediately raises the basket layup or about to. [8]
5-second rule
A player must throw the ball to hold in only a maximum of five seconds before he runs the ball. In the game he has to do a basket toss, begin to dribble or pass the ball when he is watched closely for five seconds. If any of these rules are violated, the opposing team receives the ball by ball at the nearest foul line.
Other rule violations
Off is awarded when ball or touch the ball leading player on the floor or outside the foul line. The ball, however, is not out of bounds, if it is outside the foul line in the air. A player who jumps off on the pitch can fit it back into the game, as long as players or ball does not touch the ground.
During an attack, the game ball by any player of the team's leading ball from the opponent's half (run) in their own half of the field (the backcourt) can be played back. If it happens, that is a rule violation, the so-called "return" (English backcourt viola tion). As a return game every ball movement is evaluated over the center line, so it does not matter if was fitted or dribbled. The ball is in a giving him only in advance if both ball and both feet of the dribbler ends have contact with the tarmac. One other use is punished with a throw to the opposing team from the sidelines ago and this the place nearest to where the player touches the ball in the backcourt.
Exceptions: There is no return when a defender taps the ball into the backcourt of the attacking team (the "tap" the ball does not enter the ball) or the ball from an attacking player fit into the backcourt and intercepted by an opposing player (the ball omitted here, logically, because the ball goes anyway). It is not considered return match if a player jumps off the apron and plays ball in flight back to the apron. Furthermore, a defender may jump ahead, catch the ball and end up in his backcourt. However, he should not be in this situation the ball to a teammate or tap fit.
Step Error
Players must dribble with the ball (the ball on the ground tap) if he wants to move. If he does not, will be decided at step error (traveling) and the opponent gets ball on the sideline. According to FIBA rules must first be dribbled, allow the NBA rules, the first step, and then to make the dribble.
After he ceases to dribble and still in motion, that is, when running, he may still have two ground contacts with the feet before he throws fits or at the basket. Here, the mainstay for the purpose of the passport or litter may raised, but not put back (eg when dissolved star step ).
Once an attacker receives the ball after a Dribbling (tap the ball on the ground), it shall not recognize again to dribbling. A violation is throw for the opponents from the sidelines. Another version thereof Carrying: In this case during the dribbling player turns his hand over so that the hand is at the ball. The consequences are the same as in normal Doppeldribbling. The so-called "Fumbling" does not count as dribbling. It taps the ball while on the ground, due to the lack of ball control is therefore not the rule infraction.
It is only allowed to catch a target on the basket ball thrown by the enemy from the air, or block, as long as it is in the upward movement. Has he reached the apex of his flight or is already on the decline and he is completely over ring level, the ball must touch the basket before it is playable again. This shall not apply if the ball goes wrong obviously. Initially, there was this rule does not, and so were very tall players over to themselves under their own basket and catch all throws.
Another form of goaltending is to block the ball after it has touched the board and he is completely over ring level. Touched a ball in a basket litter the board, he is not free, unless it is obvious that he goes wrong. This is in contrast to the union without a board, whether he is still in the upward or downward movement in the already.
A player commits goaltending with a free throw to the basket when he touched the ball in the air before it touches the ring.
Also grasping or striking the backboard into the net by a defender who prevented a basket, can be described in a broader sense than goaltending.
Consequence of goaltending is that the attacking team, the basket attempt is counted as a basket of success.
The attacking team can get caught and goaltending, the conditions are the same. This is called offensive interfence.


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Fairhope is about to get a little bit tastier. Local celeb and restaurateur Pete Blohme, Panini Pete to most of us, just revealed several new photos on Facebook of his latest upcoming restaurant, Sunset Pointe at Fly Creek Marina.
We told you months ago the idea for this creation was far different from his Panini Pete's cafes, and will focus heavily on fresh seafood. There is no glimpse of the actual menu yet, but the original plan was to keep away from heavy fried platters like those that made so many Causeway restaurants famous and instead, introduce the area to a fresher, lighter side.
The initial pictures are impressive, but there is no word on an actual opening date just yet. There are some birdies saying we might get to see something around Dec. 5's Fairhope ArtWalk. This is the Word of Mouth column, anyway. We will let you know as soon as we hear something firm.
Hungry Owl getting into the food truck game
Food trucks are popping up all over Mobile. The national rage has taken this city by storm. The latest to throw their hat into the meals on the wheels game is West Mobile's Hungry Owl. Chef Tony Nicholas and the gang are very close to having their latest toy on the streets.
The truck has been purchased and outfitted with shiny stainless steel. The thing looks like a beauty, and there is a Facebook contest to see who can come up with the best name. It's not operational just yet, but they are optimistic we could be lining up to chow down in the next couple of weeks.
While you eagerly await the next food truck festival, they are now taking reservations for Christmas parties at their stationary location at the corner of Cottage Hill and Schillinger. Call 251-633-4479.
Italian Fisherman closes the season with a Holiday Wine Celebration
The Italian Fisherman ended its traditional wine dinners for the season but Chef John Weichman has one more trick up his sleeve! Dec. 2 is a fantastic way to kick off your holiday season with the Holiday Food and Wine Celebration, and the menu is over the top.
What makes this one different from his traditional pairing dinners is that it will be more of a dinner party. The food will be set up at different stations throughout the restaurant in a self-serve fashion with wines served by the staff paired for each. Chef John's objective is to give attendees ideas for holiday season entertaining in their homes.
This event is limited to 36 people so reservations are required for the $60-per-person meal. That is a heck of a deal when you hear about the more than 20 menu items such as lamb chops, duck l'Orange,
Cognac shrimp and an array of baked oysters, to name a few. If that doesn't get you into the holiday spirit, then the wine will.
Italian Prosecco, Rotari Rose, Chateau St. Michelle Chardonnay, Kim Crawford Pinot Gris, Seven Hills Wahluke Slope Merlot and Lyric Pinot Noir can surely change your mood.
Call now for your reservations and have your credit card handy if you aren't a previous attendee. The number is 251-478-2881.
Frios Gourmet Pops
Just in time for the holiday season, Frios Gourmet Pops announced via their Instagram page that they are opening a small shop inside LoDa's Urban Emporium. I don't care how cold it is outside. These things are fantastic. This will be Frios' first Mobile location and I hope it will not be their last.
Stay up to date by visiting www.friospops.com and visit the Urban Emporium 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday for some great local shopping.
Cousin Melanie's onion dip
The year before last I went to a holiday party at my friend Melanie's house in Baldwin County. There was a tremendous amount of food, all done by the amateur chef herself, but the one thing that stood out above the rest was an onion dip that blew my mind.
I'd thought of Melanie as tremendous baker, and I would put her cakes up against any in this area for flavor. But this onion dip was out of this world for an onion lover like me. I begged and begged for the recipe. It's easier than I thought. Make this one part of your Thanksgiving meal or save it for the weekend when the dust settles.
2 large onions, Vidalia if you are lucky enough to find them, chopped
2 cups of Swiss cheese, shredded
2 cups of mayonnaise
Cayenne pepper to taste
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Mix the first three ingredients in a glass dish, and top with a little cayenne.
Bake in the oven for 22 to 25 minutes. I like to let the onion tips brown. It's the easiest thing I have ever printed in these pages.
Serve hot with toast points or your favorite cracker.
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24 to's for 32 Celtics points. You aren't winning many games with 24 to's with 10 minutes left.
24 to's for 32 Celtics points. You aren't winning many games with 24 to's with 10 minutes left.
Knicks out scored by 30 points in the 2nd half. Time for Fizdale to go. Take our front office and our owner with you.
With that being said our fan base is down right rotten TRASH. They are erupting over the play of Tako for a team supposedly these fans HATE right?
I'm disgusted, absolutely disgusted by what I've seen tonight on all fronts
RJ scores 26 on almost 50% shooting from the floor. MRob scores 17 on 7 for 7 shooting from the floor. Randle has another double double.
And...we lose by 23 points. This team is in trouble.
Well quick 0-3 after leading at the half. RJ and MRob are keepers but the rest of this bunch??? One week in to the season not even the cats have shown no progress anywhere. Laughable they put together a power forward/backup pg lineup and thought they could compete. Knicks franchise prints $$$ by stealing from us fans. What a joke this team is. Knicks/Celtics/Bulls used to mean something. Now those games are losses on top of heaps of other loses with no end in sight. Knicks-TAnk picking up steam in 2019😢
Clyde saying that game against the Bulls is a must win. I don't think Clyde has seen the Bulls, they have a nice squad. Zach actually looks like he's trying to play defense along with his explosive ability to score, Coby White so far is the best PG out of the draft, even better than Ja but it's early. Expect another beat down on Monday for the boys.
Now think about what you just said and we lose by 23 pts!!! You fueling up the stat sheet but not producting anything. You should see some excitement about how they play. There is nothing their but RJ making a ugly face. Something to give hope. Change your starting lineup.
Looks like we finally out rebound somebody. 55 - 45 and lost:
Nobody shoot above 50% from the field tonight except Dotson.


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This is among activities to mark the 13th anniversary of Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day on November 23.
A range of distinctive cultural activities were held nationwide on November 23-25 to celebrate Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day, including traditional dances, folk singing and folk games, as well as a calligraphy exhibition at Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi.
Lam Dong Province organised a festival to honour folk music with performances by ethnic minorities from the Central Highlands area.
Ho Chi Minh City held a meeting and photo award ceremony to praise the winning works that reflect the beauty of the city's heritages.
|The hats and lanterns make Dao Duy Tu Street similar to Hoi An Town in Quang Nam Province.
|The decoration will be maintained until December 2.
|Many young people come to take photos there.
|Foreigners enjoy the street space
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The Ship Inn, Lathom - pub details
Address: 4 Wheat Lane, Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L40 4BX [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 30452) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Burscough Junction (0.6 miles), Burscough Bridge (0.8 miles), Hoscar (1.2 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
- Canalside location
- Outside seating, Dogs allowed
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Junction Hotel, Burscough (0.5 miles), Ring O'Bells, Lathom (0.6 miles), Waterfront, Burscough (0.7 miles), Hop Vine, Burscough (0.7 miles), Bridge, Burscough (0.7 miles) - see more nearby pubs
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|Visited at lunch time last Friday. There were 5 or 6 pumps at the bar - a chalk board listed 6 ales so it was probably 6. I had a pint of Zenith by Cross Bay, a 5% ale at £3.20 for the pint. Black Sheep and Doom Bar were spotted, but the others were all something a bit different.
Nice smart pub, looks as though it may have been a row of cottages originally as it is split into sections. I didn't see any of the food but it did smell nice.
RealAleRobUK - 19 Jul 2017 23:10
Just to let everyone know, the Ship was taken over by two local Parbold couples and was given a major refurb in 2011. We also recruited some talented chefs allowing us to deliver quality food using the finest local ingredients (wherever possible!).
Our aim is to create a Great British Pub in this great canalside location. Your feedback is welcomed as we look to continually improve and provide a fantastic dining and drinking experience to every one of our customers.
theshipinn - 10 Feb 2012 11:21
|Ship Inn has been updated and look fantastic as well as the food being great. Very friendly and staff more than happy to help. They were having a BBQ when we arrive how great music playing it was really nice. Would go again.....soon!
meichalfie - 30 Apr 2011 18:09
|We moved back home after many years away from Burscough in Sept 2010. The Ship being our " new" local. It was sad, it was once a lovely pub and we were disappointed. In early November it changed hands, and hurray what a difference some TLC makes. Ray, Sandra and all their staff are warm and welcoming. It is a credit to them. many new cask ales on tap, entertainment, great food. A great local, and also a great resteraunt. Well done chaps!!! cant wait for the refurb in a few weeks time.
andreahelen - 10 Feb 2011 14:14
|I've read the last comment posted. I would FULL HEARTEDLY disagree with what was said. I've had a lovely evening. My family and I came in to The Ship to eat. The food was exactly what we came to a canal side pub for. Our meals were beautiful! Fish and chips (Huge fish) , Steak and Ale Pie, Scampi and chips, and I have to say i had the Gammon, it was to die for. We had a good old chat with a long haired bar man, lovely young man ( I'm Sorry we didn't learn his name or whether he was new management) He told us all about the area and the tales of 'the blood tub' . We had a choice of 6 real ales, which included Moorhouses! They even had there own Moorhouse's Ship Inn Ale. (beautiful!) Great time had by all! Maybe the last post just visted at the wrong time!? Although i will say the toilets need some work! Everything else was 10/10! I hope 'The Ship Inn' can survive as a real canal side pub, dogs n' all! It makes a really nice change these days. HIGHLY recommended!
canalside53 - 1 Jul 2010 10:41
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