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Suffragette & WSPU August 28, 2016

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From 1908, the WSPU adopted the colour scheme of violet, white and green: purple symbolised dignity, white purity, and green hope. These three colours were used for banners, flags, rosettes and badges, They also would carry heart shaped vesta cases, and appeared in newspaper cartoons and postcards.

Mappin & Webb, the London jewellers, issued a catalogue of suffragette jewellery for Christmas 1908.

In 1909 the WSPU presented specially commissioned pieces of jewellery to leading suffragettes Emmeline Pankhurst and Louise Eates. Some Arts and Crafts jewellery of the period incorporated the colours violet, white and green using enamel and semi-precious stones such as amethysts, pearls, and peridots. However jewellery that incorporated these stones was already quite common in women’s jewellery during the late 19th century, before 1903 and could not be connected with the suffragettes, before the WSPU adopted the colours. Also, it is a popular myth that the colours were green, white, and violet, to spell GWV as an acronym for “Give Women Votes”.

The colours of green and heliotrope (purple) were commissioned into a new coat of arms for Edge Hill University in 2006, symbolising the University’s early commitment to the equality of women through its beginnings as a women-only college.

Suffragette

 

The Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) was the leading militant organisation campaigning for Women’s suffrage in the United Kingdom, 1903–1917. Its membership and policies were tightly controlled by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters Christabel and Sylvia (although Sylvia broke away). It was best known for hunger strikes (and forced feeding), for breaking windows in prominent buildings, and for night-time arson of unoccupied houses and churches.

Women’s Social and Political Union

 

Captain Dunn’s 1936 Pontiac Six 4.0-Litre Motorhome

Captain Dunn's Motorhome Sad yet loving story

Captain Dunn’s Motorhome
Sad yet loving story

 

At the Bexhill festival, the owners were introduced to an elderly gentleman who had been an apprentice at Russell’s in the mid 1930s and whose first job had been to work on the Pontiac motorhome. They were also introduced to the Dunn family’s financial advisor, who told them that Captain Dunn had contracted polio on his honeymoon, which left him paralysed and requiring the use of a wheelchair. During WW2 Captain Dunn was evacuated to Wales on account of his disability.

In 1946 he died, leaving everything to his widow. Apparently, the van had been placed in storage in 1940, raised on blocks and with the spark plugs removed and oil tipped into the cylinder bores. Every few months Mrs Dunn would turn the engine over on the starting handle, a practice she repeated right up to her death in 1991. This explained why the engine had started so readily, despite the Pontiac being off the road for some 50 years.

1936 Pontiac Six 4.0-Litre Motorhome
Coachwork by Russell’s of Bexhill
Registration no. NJ 9247
Chassis no. 6BA13333
*Unique coachbuilt 1930s motorhome
*Two owners from new
*Outstandingly original ‘time warp’ condition
*9,205 miles from new

Sexual Consent: SNAFU August 28, 2016

Wiki: Rikers Island

Officials told the Times that Cosme engaged in further sex acts with women who were incarcerated at the time, and therefor not legally able to consent.

Hannah Gold: Rikers Island Correction Officer Indicted on Rape Charges as Sexual Assault Allegations Against Jail Staff Spike

 

The main culprit, critics say, is Security Chief Turhan Gumusdere, a man who has faced scandal in the past for distorting data in the jails by deleting hundreds of fights among inmates from the records when he was a deputy warden.

Stephen Rex Brown, Reuven Blau: EXCLUSIVE: Rikers Island correction bosses routinely ‘purge’ unfavorable violence stats to create illusion of reform, review shows

 

Roman Palanski, Bill Cosby & Nate Parker

Nate Parker, does he have daughters & sons?

On his understanding of sexual consent today, Parker says, “I’m learning, still. I’m 36-years-old and I’m learning about definitions that I should have known when I started having sex.”

And while we’re on the subject of learning things, Parker also admitted that when he wrote the initial Facebook post, a whole two weeks ago, he, “never took a moment to think about the woman.”

No doubt many moments from this interview will also be instructive to Parker.

Hannah Gold: Nate Parker Says He Did Not Think of Consent ‘As a Definition’ When He Was Accused of Rape

In 1999, Mr. Parker and his roommate Jean McGianni Celestin were accused of raping a young woman while they were students and wrestlers at Penn State University. (They said that the sex was consensual.) There was a third man, Tamerlane Kangas, who chose not to participate in the incident. At the trial two years later, Mr. Kangas said, according to court transcripts, “I didn’t believe that four people at one time was — you know, it didn’t seem right.”

What happened in 1999 is a familiar story: college athletes, alcohol, a vulnerable woman and allegations of sexual assault. The unnamed woman pressed charges against Mr. Parker and Mr. Celestin, claiming she was drunk, unconscious and unable to consent to sex.

Roxane Gary: Nate Parker and the Limits of Empathy

Travels with Vectorville

Vector’s World

Public indecency shield Outdoor urinals are fairly common in Amsterdam but this is the only one I saw while in Haarlem.

Public indecency shield
Outdoor urinals are fairly common in Amsterdam but this is the only one I saw while in Haarlem.

 

 

 

Flat Bed Cycle

Flat Bed Cycle

 

Oppre$$ion of America’$ Profe$$ional Athlete$ August 28, 2016

Colin Kaepernick

“I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.”

Kaepernick continued:

To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.

The 49ers responded to Kaepernick’s symbolic statement by recognizing his right to protest the anthem:

The National Anthem is and always will be a special part of the pre-game ceremony. It is an opportunity to honor our country and reflect on the great liberties we are afforded as its citizens. In respecting such American principles as freedom of religion and freedom of expression, we recognize the right of an individual to choose and participate, or not, in our celebration of the national anthem.

Timothy Burke: Colin Kaepernick Refuses To Stand For Anthem: “There Are Bodies In The Street”

 

Kaepernick’s salary-cap figures are $3.767 million for 2014, $17.265 million for 2015, $18.765 million for 2016, $21.365 million for 2017, $21.865 million for 2018, $21.2 million for 2019 and $23.4 million for 2020. The 49ers also have a mechanism built into the deal where they can create additional salary-cap space at any time throughout the course of the deal at their discretion by converting base salaries into signing bonuses.

Kaepernick’s Salary Cap Oppre$$ion

 

Colin Rand Kaepernick How he helps other oppressed people?

 

ARMY: Major SNAFU again August 28, 2016

Sex Addict or just a Dic%?

A U.S. Army general with access to some of America’s most sensitive information has been forced to resign following a sex scandal.

A warning to readers and viewers – this material could be unsuitable for children.

Major General David Haight

 

 

Not Michael Phelps’ Corvette

The music. The slow pan up to the “DO NOT CROSS WHEN FLOODED” sign. The biker. The one lazy headlight poking up. The flipping music! Thank you, 12News Arizona.

 

Justin T. Westbrook Corvette Can’t Swim

Alaska Fair Godzilla’s Garden

Devin Kelly: Warmer weather and experimentation lead to new mix of prize-winning Alaska fruits and vegetables

 

School District New Approach to Attacks

Tegan Hanlon: The Anchorage School District is using a new approach to train students, teachers how to respond to attacks

 

 

What does ALICE stand for?

A – Alert: Sound an alarm using plain and specific language to alert others to the danger.

L – Lockdown: Move to a secure location, lock the door and take action to better barricade the room and begin preparing for other strategies if needed, such as evacuate or, as a last resort counter.

I – Inform: Share the violent intruder’s location and direction as often as possible using any means necessary (such as the intercom, handheld radios, text, cell phone or other means) so that everyone on site has access to the information. The goal is that knowledge is the key to survival.

C – Counter: This is a last resort.  Interrupt the physical act of the violent intruder by making noise or other distraction with the intent of reducing the intruder’s ability to execute his/her plan. This could mean throwing available objects to hinder the intruder’s aim. This is a last resort when the violent intruder is in the immediate vicinity and individuals are unable to escape.

E – Evacuate: When it is safe to do so, remove yourself from the danger zone. The goal is to get as many people away from the situation as possible. ALICE training provides techniques for safer and more strategic evacuations that will make the need to counter less likely. Individuals are encouraged to always evacuate when possible.

The strategies do not need to be completed in order and should not be considered a checklist. Staff and students will rely on the information at hand and their own judgment to determine the safest course of action.

 

The school district is holding an informational meeting on ALICE at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the ASD Education Center, 5530 E. Northern Lights Boulevard.

Additional communication will be made with parents when the training is scheduled to take place in their child’s school.

The ALICE Training Institute response was vetted by the Anchorage Police Department, Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson and is in use in other school districts throughout the state.

 

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Nancy Jane Kulp

Nancy Jane Kulp (August 28, 1921 – February 3, 1991)

Nancy Jane Kulp (August 28, 1921 – February 3, 1991)

Kulp left the University of Miami in 1944 to volunteer for service in the US Naval Reserve (WAVES) during World War II. While on active duty Ltjg. Kulp received several decorations, including the American Campaign Medal. She left the service in 1946.

Nancy Jane Kulp aka Miss Jane Hathaway