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Beatification under Pope Benedict XVI .Divine Law and the United Nations General Assembly
Not wishing to be the bearer of bad tidings but the catalyst for good I refer you to all my posts and edits under all my usernames. I see that a State may propose a questioning into a contentious issue between states before the General Assembly of the United Nations. I feel sure that the pontiff would relish the chance as the Head of State now to ask for such an advisory opinion available to him as such concerning adoption of  magisterial  law, particularly that of romans 3,8. And that He ask for this christian injunction to be incorporated as soon as practicable into the drafting of International Law such that further loophole injustices such as those seen at Nuremberg concerning this very issue of law, be closed. I repeat the earlier call for pontifical resolution of the cases of  Pope Pius XI and Pope Pius XII  and Monsignor  Ludwig Kaas and  here I add  Franz von Papen, who availed of this loophole at the Nuremberg Trials .Famekeeper 13:17, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * You're right, that Schacht and Papen were acquitted "as charged". Helping Hitler to power was not a crime tried at Nuremberg and I'm not sure that a law court is the place to deal with such things. However, they were convicted during de-nacification.

 * As for your other point, Church law is not penal law, it mostly works "internally", i.e. appealing to the individual conscience. You cannot apply it as penal law unless you want a "tyranny of virtue" à la Robespierre.
 * Apart from that, I guess, such a move would be called "fundamentalism" or "interference in the public order" by many people.
 * But I'd applaud any move of any state of bringing legislation more in line with natural law.
 * Str1977 30 June 2005 10:32 (UTC)

Transcluding
Ok, looks like I opened a door I should not opened. What do people think about what I have done with the transcluding? Zscout370 (Sound Off) 23:04, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Official photographic portrait
When is the official photographic portrait of Benedict XVI going to be placed in the article? See John Paul I and II articles (wearing red with the stole of Peter; photographic pose; neutral/subdued background). To be honest it is not clear what the official portrait is as of yet but I don't think it is the one currently be used by Wiki, showing Benedict seated in the Sistine Chapel (looking slightly bemused). The home page of the Vatican has a couple possible contenders. Any thoughts? [June 26, 2005]
 * We tried to get some, but the Vatican is not really helping things out. We need to wait and see, though I think what we have now is great. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 02:02, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Reigning link
Can anyone explain the rationale behind wikifying "reigning". Str1977 29 June 2005 21:01 (UTC)

Because some people, particular those who do not live in political cultures or in religions whose heads reign, don't understand what the concept of reign is. It is normal to link words that may not be universally understood, to an article that explains it. Fear ÉIREANN (talk) 2 July 2005 21:07 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. Str1977 3 July 2005 11:59 (UTC)
 * How about this: in the US, we call the reign of a pope a "papacy." We can create a page called Papacy, redirect to reign, and put a small note in the reign article that the term used to describe the length of time the a pope held a position is called a papacy. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 3 July 2005 21:37 (UTC)

But isnt't "pontificate" a more accurate term? With "papacy", I think about the whole institution. Str1977 3 July 2005 21:58 (UTC)
 * Not sure, I heard the latter used more often in the US press. Plus, I found out Papacy redirects to Pope. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 3 July 2005 22:03 (UTC)

Actually papacy is an office. reign is the period in time a monarch holds office. One can talk of the Pope's reign, but not the Pope's papacy. Pontificate is more akin to reign but linking to reign is best because they'll see the same term used in other articles on monarchs. And while one can talk about a pope reigning, one cannot talk about a Pope pontificating (well, one can, but it means something totally different in that contact!! When someone is described as pontificating one can be taken to mean by some people that "they are showing off and acting as if they know everything". It is a POV term so not a term Wikipedia can use. Fear ÉIREANN (talk) 3 July 2005 22:54 (UTC)

 * Yes, I agree with FearÉIREANN. In fact, I was just entering this comment, but it got caught in an edit conflict with him.  I would prefer pontificate to reign or papacy when referring to the period of a pope's reign.  However, although the Oxford English Dictionary does allow it, I'm not comfortable with pontificate as a verb.  "Pope John Paul's pontificate lasted from 1978 to 2005" is fine, but I don't like "Pope John Paul pontificated from 1978 to 2005", as it carries connotations of being pompous, etc.

 * The official Vatican translation of a document written by a pope would normally end with something like, "Given in Rome, at Saint Peter's, on 7 April, the Second Sunday of Easter, the Feast of Divine Mercy, in the year of our Lord 2002, the twenty-fourth of my Pontificate." (Earlier popes wrote, the 5th (or 6th, or whatever) year of our pontificate.)  Pontificate on Wikipedia redirects to Pontiff.  I don't think "pontificate" is important enough to warrant its own article.  What about leaving "reign" wikified, but editing the article Reign to say something like, "In the case of a pope, the word pontificate is also used"?  I'm Irish, and I'm not very familiar with the use of the word "papacy" to describe the period of his reign.  I won't say I've never heard it, but pontificate comes to mind far more.  Like Str1977, I think of papacy as referring to the institution.  Ann Heneghan 3 July 2005 23:01 (UTC)

Links
As one has to sign in for the "... lover of cats..." article, is it an appropriate link?
 * ? Zscout370 (Sound Off) 30 June 2005 23:56 (UTC)

 * Possibly not. The "fondness for cats" was in the article some time ago.  I took it out, as I thought it was a little frivolous for an encyclopaedia article.  However, someone put it back in again, and I didn't want to ruffle any feathers, since it wasn't a terribly important issue.  As the article stands right now, the "cats" reference is a footnote to Georg Ratzinger's statement, "Our father was a bitter enemy of Nazism because he believed it was in conflict with our faith."  Do we need that particular statement?  (I'm personally in favour of it.)  And, if we need it, do we need the reference?  Ann Heneghan 3 July 2005 23:03 (UTC)

 * The article about cats was this (or in other location) and the link is long gone. I am quite sorry to see this unusual information being dismissed, but that's not the point. Conf 4 July 2005 00:19 (UTC)

Condoms and Moral and Ecclesiastical Law
The BBC tried questioning Primate Cormac Murphy O'Connor before his journey to demonstrate at Edinburgh recently, about the Catholic church's attitude to prevention of Aids through the greater use of Condoms His unsatisfactory , nigh evasive , answers provoke  a further questioning.

Humanae Vitae states that no member of the church can possibly deny that the church is competent in her magisterium to interpret natural moral law. The encyclical further states that God has wisely ordered laws of nature. However ,as we all know, there is a new biological "law" of infectivity which states that human bodily intercourse can of itself be a death sentence. God's law previous to this new law of cause and effect might have or did appear to be wisely ordained, but the situation now is completely ovetaken by what presumably (in inversion of God ) would be classed as a 'devilish' law but which medically is recognised as being an infective human immuno-deficiency syndrome.

We know that in fact this infectivity is not limited to humans. We know that the result of the infectivity is mortal destruction, irrespective of morality or belief , or, indeed, species. We know that the church's response thus far is to solely countenance abstention from intercourse between humans as solution, whereas we know that the simplest of protective plastic film is enough to protect life ,already in existence ,from this mortal  danger.

Here we have a plain contradiction in the natural law trumpeted under the aegis of the Magisterium by Humanae Vitae and ,doubtless, throughout this faith's teaching. The natural law has changed ,however a faith may wish to deny this - the mortality is present and it's virulence exceeds any inverse of God's will (such as the fallen Angel's name earlier mentioned  describes-but which we should not use except in this particular  theological analysis ).

The belief in Hum. V. is that each man through the exercise of his conjugality, is not the master of the sources of life  but rather  the minister of the design established  by the Creator. Indeed so, and irrefutably, the design is subject now to AIDS (whether through God's will or not is in comparison a theological as opposed to real discourse). The church -which has always insisted on the inverse of God -the unrepeatable name, is well-placed to therefore recognise that a duality exists now within natural law.

However it appears that the members of the church Hierarchy are in natural and hence, from the above, moral confusion. As natural law has changed and the duality has entered within the very chain of ministry that is conjugality, we see that there is a complete up-ending of the socio-moral order of society. Death is overtaking wide sections of humanity, simply because of their natural adherence to the previous natural order. Marriage is no bar to infectivity, intention is no bar. The Primate's only advice is towards abstinence by all from the most instinctual  natural functions of the body , which is an equal up-ending of the natural law , and one which we see financially bankrupting the church following the human failure of its own ecclesiastic's  even with their magnificent support system of the  Mother Church, providing them with nourishment and care  to the grave.

It is not here the intention to simply point to hypocrisy, because this will not further understanding or provide advance. Nevertheless I have to relate this central subject of world concern back to a similar moral problem, that implicated by the teachings of romans 3,8 .This  is necessary  because the central argument of  humanae vitae rests upon the same magisterial or divine law  tenets. These state that whilst a lesser evil may be tolerated to prevent a greater evil, that yet , evil shall never be chosen in order to promote a good. HV states though it is sometimes lawful to tolerate a lesser moral evil in order to avoid a greater evil or in order to promote a greater good ,"it is never lawful even for the gravest reasons, to do evil that good may come of it ,-in other words to intend directly something which of its very nature contradicts the moral order...even though the intention is to protect ... an individual .. or society in general .

Laudable injunctions, which I note at length  throughout the relevant pages, were broken by  Pope Pius XII, Hitler's Pope and his  predecessor Pope Pius XI. That is a subject of dispute here on wikipedia and elsewhere. It appears to many historians that indeed the Catholic Church as led  at the time, chose actively (in  1932 and 1933 ) to consider Nazism a lesser evil than Communism and was therefore culpable in upending the moral order of society.

The church, in so far as it can operate to defend itself from the accusations and the historical realities (through apologists ) should now recognise that just as it chose then  to avail of the lesser evil policy  , now it should see the damage  considered resultant upon the use of protective condoms to marital structure and promiscuity and actual conception  to be clearly the lesser evil  given that God  (let us use the word) has now inserted  the dualism of death into this conjugal ministry of life.

(Ye who would cavil at my use of these pages to raise these issues, as those who cavil at the additions to the historical pages, should deeply consider the morality of your complaints before carping at these words...)Famekeeper 7 July 2005 08:58 (UTC)

FK, those that cavil are those wikipedians that don't consider themselves above the (wiki) law. But I digress. Apart from the fact that your evaluation of the Pius XII situation is wrong, now you are also inconsistent: Only a few lines above this post you called on BXVI to go to the UN make what you call "the Law" a.k.a. as the principle "don't do evil to achieve good", to make this principle international binding law. I considered this simplistic, unrealistic and unpractical. But now, in this post, you are calling on the same BXVI to do the complete opposite, namely to declare an evil, though a lesser evil, good. Yes, I agree using condoms are a lesser evil than spreading AIDS and IMHO the late and the current Pope agree. But it's still evil, according to Catholic morality - and I hope you can muster enough tolerance to at least let us be and follow our consciences.

Very confusing is your remark that "natural law has changed" - no, natural law has not changed, it cannot change, otherwise it wouldn't be natural law. And natural law doesn't change because of the appearance or spreading of a disease. There were other STD here before anyone could spell AIDS.

However, for those you seriously consider the Pope responsible for the spreading of this pandemia, please read the following, non-Catholic articles:

http://www.spiked-online.com/Printable/0000000CA993.htm

http://canadiancoalition.com/forum/messages/7406.shtml

Str1977 20:36, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Space Pope
This "vandal" version should definitely be stored in some kind of humor archive: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pope_Benedict_XVI&oldid=18563853 Torfgeist 12:50, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Benedict and WWII
Is Benedict the last political figure/person in the news who has a link with WWII?

This comment can be incorporated in the main article if appropriate.

 * Hard to say. There are still lots of people (political figures) alive with some sort of "link with WW II", anyone of them could appear in the news the next day for some reason, for example Robert McNamara (helped to plan the 1945 bombing of Tokyo). Gestumblindi 18:59, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Was he in the german army at all ?

Lawsuits, Saints ,Infallibility and Heresy
How can the editor wish away a federal case, if the vatican lawyers themselves cannot ? A federal court has denied immunity in a case to do with this partly beatified, part-saint. Is it true he has been put in the deep freeze for 50 years by Jewish outrage ?

 * Since you're referring to me, FK, here's my answer:

 * I cannot wish away this suit and I'm not trying to - look, it's still in  article as it should be (though I'm not sure about the section, but I don't have an alternative and don't want to change it). Though your eyebrows should rise at a "Srebrenica-denier" issuing such a suit ... in ac court that is not concerned - but we have seen this before in Athens, in Belgium and in the US.

 * Who the blank  are you  to belittle  this man Bill Dorich ? It is  most unsavoury of you to do so  . He is not a anything -it is rude  and shocking given the subject: priests killing  and competing with fellow [[Ustashe[[ to kill personally without bullets, up to 1500 a night. You really should consider when to make slight of a man, who represents his own blood and family as well as others.  Why do that , Sir? Why even defend an institution which  ran the gold-teeth of these dead into a rat-line to save these damned Nazi souls ? I have tried very hard to  help you and your church(your claim) out of this moral catastrophe, and here your actions seem instinctively protective despite  the moral crisis this American suit will entail......extraordinary.

 * In German we would say "Es ist ein starkes Stück" of you to hurl accusations, insults and other things at other people - living or dead or editing here - while you are so sensitive as regards your person and those that you cite for your cause.
 * But please read this: http://so-cal-cetniks.tripod.com/bosna/dorichsrebrenicamyth.htm
 * Or go to this aticle http://compuserb.com/wtimesad/srbflgwh.htm and have a look at the main page

 * Yes, "Jewish outrage" has delayed the proceedings on the beatification of this saintly man - outrage voiced by some for forty years. But don't forget the praise for Pius XII from Jews voiced since sixty years (the NYT times back then, Golda Meir, Pinchas Lapide, the Rabbi of Rome etc). Fortunately, this delay only concerns us down here and not him up there with Him.

 * They did, but their diplomatic stances do not let your churchman off the hook. You have shown by the use of the word  "soul"  by his close friend and associate  that an enormous contumacy existed in Kaas and  the responsibility lies with the Hitler's Pope pair of pontiffs . Argument and denial  is not the way forward for the church , repentance precedes forgiveness. Your faith is apparently blinding you to understanding  the seriousness of the issue. That is has been covered up and has  suckered these diplomatic individuals  hitherto is not going to stop this volcano blowing.  They will have to be removed from the crypt  under St. Peters following the canonical  repair if the scandal . You yourself should be outraged' at their still remaining . You yourself should wish the preservation of the good by this rooting out of contumate evil'' . Help the church ....

 * they certainly weren't talking just as diplomats. Pinchas Lapide acted as a diplomat yes, but he didn't write "Rome and the Jews" as a diplomat. And back then the NYT still was the paper of record. Such a long time ago.
 * Also see this: http://www.geocities.com/frjimlloyd/piusxii.htm
 * As for "soul": once again you are over- and misinterpreting a quote, this time hooked at a single word. But I will give reply my reply over at the other page.

 * And once again I am outraged at your, yes and stop uttering it if you don't want to hear it, impiety.

 * I read 50 years, if you confirm that , add it . I didnt put it in beacause you'd have demanded the source and 'they'  weren't named  but 50 years is mentioned as is the location of the disquiet , obviously.

 * What are you talking about fifty years?

Pius XII has been smeared and slandered (before you ask I don't think you a conscious slanderer, just the messenger) ever since Hochhuth's crackpot play. That was 1963, 43 years ago. But I don't want to argue about such trifles. I don't understand what you mean by "add it".

 * That the vatican agreed a 50 year shelving of the beatification.

 * I never heard of this. It'd be a bad thing to do.

 * Oh, and thanks for fixing my typo. :-)

Str1977 17:57, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Dear man, you are exceeding the normal here but as you always have been  doing . Would you kndly re-insert my  addition  relevant to the topic of as yet partial -beatification ... I removed most reference to you whilst you were busy and if you read  it you will see . The facts are as YOU quoted them : answer the question and cite the german and the source for these words of Kaas's  to do with soul? I cannot be responsible for your regret at implicating the church in this . Put it back as it is 'on topic' just as you have admitted within the inch above.

 * I only smoothed out your post a bit without removing any substance.
 * There is no such thing as partial beatification. Pius XII is not yet beatified. Once he is, he is. Until then, he isn't.
 * If you were talking about your alleged "case proven" post:
 * The reference to me was only part of the problem. It is worse that you are once again resorting to your strange pseudo-legal reasoning. But I will answer this at the other page (and will provide the German quote once I get my hands back on that book)
 * The whole thing was off-topic here.

 * I advise, otherwise, to  see  discussion :history, Mr. Dorich  . Famekeeper 18:30, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Please stop producing nonsense links and learn to walk the "blank". And stop moving my signature line.
 * Str1977 20:11, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

User:207 etc. (anonymous) has added a very pertinent qualification that brings this old  subject (and widespread editing conflict) into the subject of fallibility. It would suggest the impossibility of sainthood being conferred on any of these popes before their lawyers have recanted their mis-found beatification scrutiny  (in the reign  of  JPII the chief lawyer having been  the previous Alois Ratzinger). What is canonically wrong, as proved by my old friend  and  the canon law I quoted, cannot remain as infallible /doctrinally sound and in complete agreement with catholic doctrine , is in fact not free from heresy  but  is unabashed contumacy against the magisterium. JPII was ill-advised. However as in the case of Mowrer and Pius XI in 1928 the simple solution is that BXVI say that of course he was wrong about Pius  XII, and that his infallibility now is intact with this qualification. However, that would be to leave JPII hanging  out to dry. The church is skating on very thin ice here and BXVI  might begin to  feel nervous about his position given what the anonymous editor finished with "heresy bars one from any position in the church, such as bishop pope and especially saint ." Thanks to the anonymous editor .Famekeeper 19:17, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Oh my,

1) look up infallibility and learn what it means (I'll give you a clue: faith/doctrine and morals if ex cathedra, beatifications) 2) look up at this very page what the pope's former name was. 3) unfortunately, the reasoning provided by 207... (is he your "old friend"?) is to my knowledge wrong. AFAIK all writings of a candidate are checked for heresy in the beatification process, i.e. the checking of JPII's writing starts now and must be positively concluded before his being declared "venerable". Also this refers to his writings (books, encyclicas etc) not to his infallible decisions. He has made no ex cathedra definition but beatifications are also protected from error. These are es sese correct. But there is no such protected beatification by JPII (or any other Pope) of Pius XII. So even if your claims were true, if Pius were the villain you make him out to be, even if his being declared venerable were wrong, infallibility is not concerned in the least.

 * Ok here, fair enough.

 * Another possibility is that BXVI, if he ordered what 207... stated, was plainly wrong (Again: infallibility is not the issue here). And 207..'s conclusion from this also wrong. BXVI cannot just declare everything doctrinally sound like that. Well he can declare that, but also I can declare this and that. Neither of these declarations are infallible in any way.

 * I move 207... addition to the talk page, if someone knows better than me:

 * "By opening the cause for Pope John Paul II, Benedict is declaring that ALL of his writings and speeches are doctrinally sound and in complete agreement with Catholic doctrine, since Pope Benedict XVI ordered that no canonization cause be opened, until all documents have been reviewed and been found to doctrinally sound and completly free from heresy. Heresy bars one from any position in the Church, such as bishop, pope and especially saint."

 * Str1977 20:11, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

I have no clue what is going on here. I've been asked to have a look, and this thread is mindbogglingly confusing. From what I see from the article history, everything is ok, and editors seem to be getting along well enough. The best sense I can make out of this thread is that someone, perhaps FK?, feels that Pope Benedict XVI may have Ustashe ties, and thus will have trouble being canonized as a saint after his passing. If that is true, I would strongly recommend alerting local or Vatican catholic authorities to this matter. If I am mistaken, could someone please try to explain (carefully ;) ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 22:02, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

After more investigation, it would appear that it is Pius XII who has the alleged ustashe war crime culpability, and theoretical complication to his canonisation. Is this correct? ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 22:06, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Well, Sam, not actual Ustashe ties. There were ties between the Ustashe and the Croatian clergy and this clergy than had ties with the Pope of course. This is the justification for the lawsuit.

However, I see no disagreement about the actual article here. The reference (beatification and law suit) is in the article, maybe it still needs clarifying if it misled you at first. Str1977 23:04, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

No. There are several disagreements in progress here that amount to revert war on at least three pages, Centre Party Germany reverted 3 mins ago, Hitler's Pope and here on this discussion page. i'll tell you what this is really about now.

We end exactly as in this section, whereby Ratzinger okayed the 'venerable' for Pius XII legally, now that  has to be rescinded(like sometime before  the end of the papacy according to St Malachi , shortly) because the  Federal case is going to blow the head off the denial engine in Rome OR , the Str1977 german (presumably) quotatation I have  recognised as contumacy in Ludwig Kaas is the danger : it is an internal danger because it relates to all my analysis of the canonical law broken by Kaas ,Pius XI and Pius XII. That was the overturning of heaven by accedance to the destruction of the moral order in backing Hitler. These arguments are all cited history and law, with thrown into the pot the report by the Chicago Daily News   hard-bitten  foreign correspondent. He remembered and accused and that  accusation relates to these words of Kaas' about soul .The point is  Kaas was okayed by Pacelli (Pius XII later from c1938) indeed Pacelli was either  leading the thoughts of his boss, Pius XI or defining them, but both were aware of what Nazism was (there were endless reports to them from Germany )and Kaas was aware  that this , his recommendation , in the  suicide of democracy votewas against the soul which is the holy spirit etc. The suit by Dorich concerns as STr1977 says but furthermore  it connects to the Vatican Bank. It claims that the war loot torn from  the victims bodies not only entered the Vatican Bank but that it was then used to finance the rat-line  escape of  an unknown large number of murderous nazis and ustashe and Franciscans who evaded capture  and trial( one priest was'' hanged). This further allegation is a real can of worms and goes deeper into conspiracies which are like as to the vatican as a mouse is to an elephant. User: Famekeeper 23:33, 14 July 2005

 * Again, FK, verbosity and no substance.

"Ratzinger okayed the 'venerable' for Pius XII legally, now that has to be rescinded"

 * You might think it has to be rescinded, but that doesn't mean it has to be.

"sometime before the end of the papacy according to St Malachi"

 * Go on resorting to fabrication from the Renaissance, go on

 * Good, I'm glad to hear that, Sir.

 * I hope you noticed the irony.

"because the Federal case is going to blow the head off the denial engine in rome"

 * I guess the Vatican people are all shaking in their shoes.

 * Don't suppose they relished the triple judges throwing out their appeal.

 * I think they did neither

"analysis of the canonical law broken by Kaas, Pius XI and Pius XII."

 * Yes, your allegations and claims, all unproven.

"He remembered and accused and that relates to these words of Kaas' about soul."

 * No, it doesn't Mowrer has no word about Kaas referring to "the soul of the party" - that was from the published minutes of a Centre party meeting.

 * Not what I said, I said it related , not that Mowrer used  soul, really , steady.

 * Sorry if I misunderstood you.

"The point is Kaas was okayed by Pacelli"

 * Claim without proof. What was okayed?

 * I have already proved to you that hierarchy would have ordained all the  close political relationship between the  Vatican Secretary of State and the Centre Chairman Kaas.  And Kaas ' activities as chairman . I have done this  canonically, do you deny the canons  or something  ?

 * If you're saying that all clergy back then needed approval of their superior to get involved in politics you are right. No one disputed this. Kaas got this, but had to give up his academic chair. However, that doesn't mean that a cleric must get approval for everything he does as a politician.
 * Pointing out the error in your conclusions is not denyingthe canons. Let me illustrate:
 * If I claim that my neighbour fell from his chair yesterday and give as evidence Newton#s law of gravity, someone may point out that my neighbour did not actually fall from his chair at all. I cannot respond to that by asking: "Do know deny Newton's findings?"

"(Pius XII later from c1938)"

 * It's 1939.

 * Thats why I put circa- couldnt give you the slightest ammo ...

 * Sorry for overlooking (but you could have also given the exact date) Never mind.

"indeed Pacelli was either leading the thoughts of his boss, Pius XI or defining them"

 * More conspiracy stories.

 * You again ignore all the citations : you are  trying to cover up the 5th  Weimar period putsch, the german /vatican putsch.

"but both were aware of what Nazism was (there were endless reports to them from Germany )"

 * Yes, they were, especially Pacelli, but they - regardless of your stories - did not put Hitler into power. The Centre party was involved but your monocausalism is breathtaking.

 * My monocausalism has centred on your Kaas quotation  as clincher of contumacy, and your editing is breathtaking.

 * based on a quote misinterpreted and edited (!!) and then based your argument on the word you inserted. More of this when I got the German quote back.

"Kaas was aware that this  his recommendation  in the  suicide of democracy votewas against the soul"

 * No, you are misinterpreting the quote. Kaas said, the party must be wary of the two dangers of losing its soul and of the consequences of rejecting the Enabling Act. But Kaas, with these words, still advocated accepting the bill. You might not agree with his assessment, I might not agree, but that doesn't matter.

 * This is a cardinal error :supply it in German please, when you have it.

 * I will.

Kaas said too much and did too much, for a christian. He broke the magisterium, as Pius XI required and Pacelli abetted.

 * You cannot break the magisterium. If he did wrong, he didn't adhere to it. That's his fault, not the magisterium's.

 * You show every sign of trying to cover up yourself What does that make you...

 * Back in the personal attack field again. Why should I cover myself up. I was born in 1977, so I can hardly be involved in these affairs.

"which is the holy spirit etc."

 * That's nonsense, but I don't want to discuss theology.

 * Funny, you are prepared to discuss canonicals, then you deny they've been dealt with , same with sources, why not theology, are you frightened . Youre toast in canonicals .... and I did put 'etc'

 * I don't deny anything. I just don't accept your far fetched, artifical conclusions.
 * Nonsense was referring to the (perceived) equation of the soul with the holy spirit.

"The suit by Dorich concerns as Str1977 says but furthermore ...."

 * Allegations. Not proofs. Not verdicts. Though the trial is illegal in my book, wait for the results. The article here refers to the suit and that's enough.
 * Str1977 23:52, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Why is it illegal ? I still think you are rude to a man who has every capacity to exact a penalty, perhaps just that he'll get  the point about appointing his own canonical lawyer , which will serve  your church right - further will you have assisted in the repair of the monstrous scandals.
 * Famekeeper 00:33, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

 * It is (in my book) illegal, since a crime should be tried (if possible, but it is possible in this case) with at the place where the crime was committed (German: Tatortprinzip). But of course he wants to make use of the class lawsuit system. The problem is with the US (judiciary) claiming universal jurisdiction. But the Belgians did this as well, not so long ago (Sharon).

 * Str1977 10:36, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Surely the point is that a crime should b e recognised, otherwise it can't be a crime . If there is no penalty  wherein lies the definition  and sanction ? The lack of acountability is what is driving the world  at present. The particular abandonment of responsibility by the churchmen in question,( one of whom Ratzinger passed/adjudged) led directly to   an overturning of the (moral)order of society  and we live with the repercussions . the real lawsuit is as I have stated a cononical-theological suit within the law of the church which is deemed divine .  You forced me to bring in Dorich , and as ever you accept  such inveigling until the later point where you can neutralise it  ( I am currently reverting you on the Centre Party Germany page ,boringly again, as you are quite  without  any wish to accept historical reality ) . I tell you that this is a subject of world-wide university study and the particular history is well required here on the WP.

We are here because BXVI is and ,was before in charge, of this case (via CDF acceptance  towards  the beatification of Pacelli) and  BXVI is faced with the dilemma of history , not you or me. I hope I have provided him with the true path, and warn that if this particular scandal (32-33) is not cleaned  by the church  ,as I related it can be in the canons , the addition to the pages will be  worse still. I said revert censorship and I believe it to be precisely censorship.

Because, against censorship, is  a quote from Pius XI about Hitler in 1933 , during the negotiations  for the  vatican's Reichconcordat. I called for an rfc for this discussion page on account of Str1977 deletions. WP needs to see these outrages reported  and this is why I take up this space. Pope Pius I Comment from 1933, Reason and Good Will :

Franz von Papen is on record relating the words of this  Pope, whom I placed in this article. On page 315 of John Toland's  1976 Adolf Hitler (Doubleday)  appears the following  relation of Papen's   April visit to the vatican  ( the same one I cited before -this is repetition)

 * His Holiness welcomed Hitler's representative, Franz von Papen , " most graciously and remarked how pleased he was that that the German government now had at its head a man uncompromisingly opposed to Communism and Russian nihilism in all its forms."

Indeed .Through Pacelli and through the Hierarchy,  Pope Pius XI knew  much more , and undoubtedly  was aware of the  exterminating anti-semitic nature of Hitlerism , as Hitler was  braggardly in  claiming that  (Toland writes) "He was only going to do more effectively what the Church of Rome  had been attempting for so many centuries ". Earlier in April Hitler had  defended his legislation, the Law Against Overcrowding of German Schools , in a talk with Bishop Berning and Monsignor Steinmann  saying "the Jews were nothing but pernicious enemies of the State and Church ".

Whilst this was aimed at driving Jews out of academic life and   the public professions, there were  many Hitlerian explicit references to Jews perishing and being eradicated out of Europe.

I remind you all that good action must not only conform to moral law, but be done for the sake of moral law. That good will is good not by what it performs but simply by virtue of the volition, and that  the function of  reason is to produce a will good in itself , for reason recognises the establishment of a good will as its highest practical destination. I urge you to consider your positions regarding the necessity for these article to relate not to whitewash , but to the  history. Necessarily, the failure of good action  and good will must be reported  and the legalities  enumerated. I am angered  by  the continuous absence  of good will and the suffocation of reason. Famekeeper 00:00, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

Please add new archivals to Talk:Pope Benedict XVI/Archive13. Thank you. Str1977 19:12, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

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Alexander Macdonell (bishop of Kingston)

Alexander Macdonell (17 July 1762 – 14 January 1840) was an outlawed "heather priest" of the illegal Catholic Church in Scotland, the first Roman Catholic military chaplain in Post-Reformation British military history, and the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Kingston, Upper Canada.

He was born at Glen Urquhart in Scotland and served as a chaplain with the Glengarry Fencibles during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. His presence insured that the regiment "distinguished itself by its humanity". When the regiment was demobilized, most of the soldiers found themselves unemployed and destitute.

He led them to Upper Canada, where they received a grant of land in return for their military service in what became the Canadian Gaelic-speaking pioneer settlement of Glengarry County, Ontario. When Macdonell arrived in 1804, he found only three priests and three churches in Upper Canada. By his energy and perseverance he induced a considerable immigration of Gaels to the province, and left at his death forty-eight churches attended by thirty priests, plus a major seminary and a college.

Early years
Alexander Macdonell was born 17 July 1760/62 at his father's house in Glen Urquhart. His family were known for stubborn adherence to the illegal and underground Catholic Church in Scotland. For example, at the burn known as Allt a bhodaich in Glen Cannich, Màiri ni'n Ailein, the future Bishop's aunt, was struck by the sabre of a redcoat while trying to remove the chasuble of Fr John Farquharson following the latter's arrest in a local Mass house. Màiri survived, but her scalp and skull were left scarred for life.

MacDonnell's early education was at the strictly illegal Buorblach Seminary, near Morar. Around 1775 he went to the Scots College in Paris, and continued his studies in the Royal Scots College in Valladolid in 1778. He was ordained a priest there on 16 February 1787. Returning to his native land he exercised a secret apostolate for five years in Lochaber, where he was termed in Scottish Gaelic as Sandaidh Mòr ("Big Sandy") and Maighstir Alisdair ("Father Alistair").

Glengarry Fencibles
In 1792 his people were evicted from their homes during the Highland Clearances. Despite the fact that, the penal laws still being enforced, being a Catholic priest he was an outlaw, Macdonell involved himself in their affairs and persuaded Glasgow business owners to employ them while he acted as the Highlanders' priest and interpreter (for they were Catholics in a predominantly Protestant town and spoke Scottish Gaelic rather than Scottish English). He also used his influence on behalf of fellow Catholic Gaels from Barra who had attempted to emigrate but wound up shipwrecked and destitute near Glasgow. In May 1792, with permission of the apostolic vicar, Macdonell took up residence in Glasgow and found work for about 800 Catholic Highlanders.

Within two years after the Highlanders' arrival in Glasgow, the French Revolution ruined the export trade of Glasgow and deprived Macdonnell's parishioners of their livelihood. The only avenue open to the unemployed was service in the militia, but even this was closed to Catholics, who could not take the required oath for military service. Macdonell then drafted a proposal that the Highlanders be commissioned as a Catholic regiment in service to the government. Clan chief Alexander Ranaldson Macdonell and John Fletcher of Dunans went to London and presented the documents to King George III, along with letters of commendation from Glasgow merchants. Letters of service were accordingly issued in August, 1794. Though contrary to the existing law, Alexander Macdonell was gazetted as chaplain to the regiment, thus becoming the first Catholic military chaplain in the British Army since the Reformation. A Presbyterian minister was appointed as well for those of that persuasion. More than half the regiment that numbered 800, were from the area of Glengarry. In June, 1795, the regiment was deployed to Guernsey, where it remained until the summer of 1798.

The Glengarry Fencibles were then sent to Ireland during the Rebellion of 1798. The regiment saw action at Laggan Hill and was involved in some skirmishing at Kilkenny, Hackett's Town and New Ross. ""They everywhere won golden opinions by their humane behavior towards the vanquished, which was in striking contrast with the floggings, burnings, and hangings which formed the daily occupation of the rest of the military. Father Macdonell, who accompanied the regiment in all their enterprises, was instrumental in fostering this... The Catholic chapels in many places had been turned into stables by the yeomanry, and these he caused to be restored to their proper use. He often said Mass himself in these humble places of devotion, and invited the inhabitants to leave their hiding places and resume once more their wonted occupations, assuring them of the king's protection, if they behaved quietly and peaceably. Such timely exhortations had almost magical effect, though the terror-stricken population could scarcely believe their eyes when they beheld a regiment of Roman Catholics, speaking their language, and among them a soggarth, a priest, assuring them of immunity from a government immemorially associated with every species of wrong and oppression.""

An American bishop gave testimony to the chaplain's services: "The memory of Father Macdonell is as green in those regions as the fields they cultivate. That holy, chivalrous priest saved the lives of many innocent Irishmen and restored the chapels to their original purpose."

Glengarry County, Upper Canada
When the regiment was disbanded in Glasgow in 1802, Macdonell appealed to the government to grant its members land in Canada. The government countered with a proposal for the recently acquired island of Trinidad, but Macdonell held fast. Influential lairds and landholders raised objections to "depopulating" the land, and the Emigration Act rigidly enforced. With all the obstacles placed in his way, Bernard Kelly says, "he may be literally said 'to have smuggled his friends away'"

Macdonell arrived at York, Upper Canada (now Toronto), 1 November 1804, and proceeded to settle the people on the lands granted by the British government. The area was part of the Diocese of Quebec. Macdonell, was assigned to the mission of St. Raphael's in Glengarry, which he made his headquarters for twenty-five years. On his arrival he found three priests in the province: Roderick Macdonell at St. Andrews (St. Andrew's West, Ontario) and St. Regis (St. Regis, Quebec), Francis Fitzimmons in Glengarry, and Richard at Sandwich.

Roderick Macdonell died in 1806 and Fitzimmons removed shortly afterwards to New Brunswick; this left Macdonell in charge of the whole province for the next ten years with limited assistance. He was obliged to travel over through the province, carrying the requisites for Mass, and the administration of the sacraments, sometimes on horseback, sometimes in birch canoes, and sometimes on foot.

The unusually harmonious and amicable relations between local Gaels of different denominations is now legendary. Fr. MacDonnell prided himself on his knowledge of Protestant prayers and joked that he could easily fill in for Presbyterian minister Rev. John Bethune if necessary.

In 1812, he raised another regiment, the Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles, and followed them into repeated battles against the United States Army during the War of 1812. William Foster Coffin would later liken Macdonell to "a medieval churchman, half bishop, half baron, [who] fought and prayed, with equal zeal, by the side of men he had come to regard as his hereditary followers".

Following an 1814 visit to the settlement, Dr. D. MacPherson wrote, "You might travel over the whole of the County and by far the greater part of Stormont, without hearing anything spoken except the good Gaelic. Every family, even of the lowest order, has a landed property of 200 acres... However poor the family (but indeed there are none that can be called so) they kill a bullock for the winter consumption; the farm or estate supplies them with abundance of butter, cheese, etc., etc. Their houses are small but comfortable, having a ground floor and garret, with regular chimney and glass windows. The appearance of the people is at all times respectable, but I was delighted at seeing them at church on a Sunday; the men clothed in good English cloth, and many of the women wore the Highland plaid."

Dr. MacPherson continued, "The chief object of my visit to Glengarry was to see an old acquaintance, Mr. Alexander MacDonald (sic), a priest, who has been resident in this country ten years. I believe you know him, or at least you know who he is. A more worthy man is not in Canada; he is the mainstay of the Highlanders here; they apply to him for redress in all their grievances, and an able and willing advocate they find in him. He is well known from the poorest man to the Governor, and highly respected by all. Were he ambitious of enriching himself, he might ere now be possessed of immense property; but this appears not to be his object; his whole attention is devoted to the good of the settlement; and the great and numerous services which he has done, cannot well be calculated."

St. Raphael's Catholic Church was built around 1821. It was one of the oldest churches in what was then Upper Canada. In late 1970, the church interiors, roof and tower were destroyed by fire. In 1973, a smaller church with the same name was built, attached to the ruins.

Bishop
In 1817, Upper Canada was set apart from the See of Quebec as a vicariate Apostolic, and two years later Macdonell was appointed vicar apostolic. His consecration as bishop of Rhosina taking place in the Ursuline chapel, Quebec, on 31 December 1820. King George IV gave Macdonell a gift of an episcopal ring. Six years later, 14 February 1826, the vicariate was raised to a bishopric by Pope Leo XII, and Macdonell then became the first bishop of Upper Canada with his see at Kingston.

Macdonell's thorough knowledge of the country and its people and his great administrative ability made his counsel desirable to the government, and on 12 October 1831, he was called to the Legislative Council of Upper Canada, and thereafter was accorded the title "Honourable".

He founded churches and schools and in 1839 established Regiopolis College, which offered academic and theological training to Roman Catholic youth. The original building has been part of the Hotel Dieu Hospital (Kingston, Ontario) on Sydenham Street, Kingston, Ontario since 1892.

Death
Macdonell died from pneumonia on 14 January 1840, aged 77 in Dumfries, Scotland, where he had gone with the hope of interesting Irish and Scotch bishops in a plan of emigration and to raise funds for the college. He was buried in the crypt of St. Margaret's Convent chapel, Edinburgh, but his remains were subsequently removed to Canada and interred in Kingston Cathedral 26 September 1861.

A bronze bust of Macdonell is installed in Toronto, corner of Bathurst and Adelaide.

Legacies
The town of Alexandria in North Glengarry, Ontario is named after him. There is a tablet to his memory in St. Raphael's, Alexandria, erected 18 June 1843, by the Highland Society of Canada, which Macdonell had founded.

In Guelph, Ontario, Canada, a Catholic secondary school was renamed to Bishop Macdonell Catholic High School in 1962 and Macdonell Street at the foot of Church of Our Lady Immaculate is named in his honour.

Macdonell Street in Kingston, Ontario is named after him.

When Macdonell resided in Toronto after returning from Europe he resided in a house on the south-east corner of Nelson (today's Jarvis) and Duchess (today's Richmond) Streets. The house, built in 1832, still stands, although it has been remade into a restaurant. It is a designated heritage building.


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The Charms

The Charms are an American garage rock band from Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, who were formed in 2002. Following 8 straight years of releasing records and touring the band went on a hiatus and returned for a few one off shows before releasing the "Deep End Of The Dial" EP in 2015.They have performed on and off the last several years. The first single called "Gimme Your Love" recorded by Scott Riebling (Letters To Cleo) was well received. The most recent lineup consisted of Ellie Vee, Joe Wizda, Kat Kina, Mark Nigro, and Jason Sloan. The band teamed with local Boston based management company Twisted Rico Management (Steev Riccardo) and formed Red Car Records in 2003.

In September 2015, the band released the single "B.O.S.T.O.N", also recorded and mixed by Scott Riebling. Due to having children and other obligations, the band has been on a long break since but have not ruled out reuniting at some point.

Other releases

 * 2004 Christmas with the Kranks soundtrack Hollywood Records
 * 2011 The Scandalous Years compilation Twisted Rico Recordings

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Silesian String Quartet

The Silesian String Quartet is a string quartet founded in 1978 by the graduates of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland. Its current members are:
 * Szymon Krzeszowiec (violin I)
 * Arkadiusz Kubica (violin II)
 * Łukasz Syrnicki (viola)
 * Piotr Janosik (cello)

History
In 1978, graduates of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice founded the Silesian String Quartet. They participated in masterclasses with such artists as, among others, the musicians of the LaSalle Quartet, Amadeus, Juilliard, Smetana and Alban Berg string quartets.

In 1993, the Silesian Quartet launched an annual chamber music festival held under the motto "Silesian Quartet and its guests".

Since 2005, the Self-Government of Gliwice has been the patron of The Silesian String Quartet and the Music Theatre of Gliwice has been its partner.

Festivals
The ensemble performed at numerous festivals, including: Berliner Musiktage, Time of Music in Viitasaari (Finland), Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival (Finland), West Cork Chamber Music Festival (Ireland), Festiv´Alpes in Grenoble (France), Inventionen in Berlin, Musicorama in Hong Kong, Festival de Saint-Denis in Paris, Wien Modern (Austria), EuroArt in Prague (Czech Republic), Contemporary Music Festival Melos-Etos in Bratislava (Slovakia), Musique de Amitié Festival in Biel, Bornholms-Musik Festival, Musikhost in Odense and the World Music Days in Amsterdam, Warsaw Autumn (Poland), Penderecki Festival in Kraków (Poland), Poznań Music Spring (Poland), the Polish Contemporary Music Festival in Wrocław (Poland), Tongyeong International Music Festival (South Korea).

Concert halls
The Silesian String Quartet has given over 1000 concerts, attracting enthusiastic critical response, in many European countries, as well as the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan and Hong Kong. It has appeared at some of the world's most prestigious concert halls including Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Konzerthaus in Vienna, Vredenburg in Utrecht, De Unie in Rotterdam, De Singel in Antwerp, Schauspielhaus in Berlin, Tivoli in Copenhagen, Tonhalle in Düsseldorf, Wigmore Hall in London, Salle Pleyel in Paris, Merkin Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York City and Jordan Hall in Boston. The Silesian String Quartet also worked with radio stations in Germany (RIAS, SFB, WDR), the Netherlands (NOS), Greece and the Czech Republic.

Cooperation
The Silesian String Quartet performed with other eminent artists such as: Dmitri Ashkenazy, Andrzej Bauer, Eduard Brunner, Bruno Canino, Martin Frost, Stefan Kamasa, Jadwiga Kotnowska, Eugeniusz Knapik, Karri Krikku, Waldemar Malicki, Jerzy Marchwiński, Janusz Olejniczak, Piotr Pławner, Ewa Pobłocka, Ewa Podleś, Jadwiga Rappe, Hokan Rosengren, Jan Stanienda, Hary Sparnay, Wojciech Świtała, Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Krystian Zimerman.

Repertoire
The Silesian String Quartet's repertoire includes over 300 pieces of chamber literature, of which almost 200 were written by 20th-century composers. More than 100 works, by Polish and foreign composers, were premiered by the Silesian String Quartet. These were, among other works:
 * Rafał Augustyn – String quartet no. 2 (with flute, 1983)
 * Stanisław Krupowicz – Only Beatrix (with tape, 1989)
 * Grażyna Krzanowska – String quartets nos. 2 and 3
 * Andrzej Krzanowski – Relief no. 9 (with tape, 1989), Reminiscenza B
 * Aleksander Lasoń – String quartets nos. 2, 6 and 7
 * Edward Sielicki – String quartet
 * Witold Szalonek – Inside? Outside? (with bass clarinet); Symphony of rituals (2002)
 * Paweł Szymański – Five pieces for string quartet (1992)
 * Eugeniusz Knapik – String quartet (1980)
 * VSTO [version 1] – String quartet (1989)

Awards and decorations
The Silesian Quartet was awarded many prizes at international musical competitions got a number of Polish awards and decorations, including:
 * 2008 Medal for Merit to Culture - Gloria Artis
 * 2005: "CD of the year 2005", « Hi-Fi Muzyka» Magazine (the album « Republique »)
 * 2002: Warsaw Autumn Music Award "Orfeusz"
 * 1999: Gold Cross of Merit (Poland)
 * 1998: honorary badge Meritorious Activist of Culture
 * 1996, 1998, 2005: Polish CD Award "Fryderyk" for recordings of works by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Witold Lutosławski, Karol Szymanowski and Ernest Chausson
 * 1992: Mayor of Katowice’s Artistic Award
 * 1990: Stanisław Wyspiański Award for Young Artists
 * 1988: Katowice Province Governor Artistic Award
 * 1984, 1988: UNESCO International Composers´ Rostrum for the recording of string quartets by Eugeniusz Knapik and Aleksander Lasoń
 * 1981: Poznań Music Spring (1981)
 * 1979: Contemporary Music Competition in Kraków

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User:Nobs/Magdoff

Henry Samuel Magdoff (born 21 August 1913) and married to Beatrice.

Early years
A child of poor Russian Jewish immigrants, Magdoff grew up in the Bronx. In 1929, at age 15, Magdoff first started reading Karl Marx when he picked up a copy of The Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy in a used-book store. "It blew my mind," recalled Magdoff in 2003. "His view of history was a revelation... that got me started reading about economics. We were going into the Depression then and I wanted to figure out what it all meant." His interest in Marx led him to embrace socialism.

He studied mathematics and physics from 1930 to 1933 at the City College of New York taking engineering, math and physics courses and was active in the Social Problems Club with many school mates who later joined the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, a Comintern organization that fought in the Spanish Civil War. Magdoff attended New York University after 1933 studying economics and statistics and received a B.S. in Economics in 1935. He was suspended and later expelled from City College for his activities related to editing Frontiers, a radical student magazine not sanctioned by the school.

Government service
In the mid-1930s, Magdoff moved to Philadelphia to take a job with the Works Progress Administration measuring the productivity of various manufacturing industries. An FBI investigation later revealed that Magdoff made false statements regarding his employment after graduation in order to obtain employment with the federal government.

By 1940 Magdoff was working for the New Deal Works Progress Administration (WPA) as its Principal Statistician. He received several letters of recommendations from David Weintraub, who also worked in the WPA. Of Weintraub, the Senate Interlocking Subversion in Government Committee said, "Weintraub occupied a unique position in setting up the structure of Communist penetration of Government agencies by individuals who have been identified by witnesses as underground agents of the Communist party." During World War II Magdoff worked on the War Production Board.

Espionage
The Official History of counter intelligence operations in the United States, published by the United States Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive (ONCIX), lists Magdoff as a member of the Perlo group of Soviet spies (p.31). Magdoff was identified by Arlington Hall cryptographers in the Venona project, and FBI counterintelligence investigators as a Soviet source under the code name "Kant" in 1944.

Elizabeth Bentley was placed in contact (pgs.3-4) with the Perlo group in early 1944 for the purposes of obtaining secret government information for transmission to the Soviet Union. Magdoff was part of this group. Venona decrypt # 687 reports on the meeting:
 * They are reliable FELLOWCOUNTRYMEN (members of the CPUSA), politically highly mature; they want to help with information. They said that they had been neglected and no one had taken any interest in their potentialities"

Magdoff at the time was ending a prolonged leave of absence due to a gall bladder operation. Being a new recruit, or "probationer", in Soviet parlance, a background check was done. Venona decrypt # 769,771 transmits the personal histories of the probationers of the new group:
 * "KANT" [Harry Magdoff] became a member of the CPUSA a long time ago, being [8 groups unrecoverd], works in the Machine Tool Division of the War Production Board.

In Moscow, the head of KGB foreign intelligence operations Lt. General Pavel M. Fitin, then sent a request to Secretary General of the Comintern Georgi Dimitrov, to complete Magdoff's recruitment. The document was unearthed in the Comintern Archives in the late 1980s (Fitin to Dimitrov, 29 September 1944). This document has been reported in a book published in 1989 by Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, and Fridrikh Igorevich Firsov, and separately in the memoirs of Alexandre Feklisov, who was the Soviet Case Officer for Julius Rosenberg and Klaus Fuchs, published in 2001.

Moscow responded to New York KGB headquarters on 25 February 1945 in Venona decrypt # 179,180. Magdoff's codename of "Kant", had been changed to "Tan", according to Allen Weinstein and Alexander Vassiliev's study of the Moscow archives. It was not uncommon to change codenames. Moscow expressed concern that knowledge of some probationers working for various groups was widely known among other CPUSA members. Code name "Tan" also appears in Anatoly Gorsky’s December 1948 Memo on the Failed American Networks. Gorsky was then a senior official of the Committee of Information (KI), the Soviet agency at the time supervising Soviet foreign intelligence.

A top secret internal FBI memorandum dated 1 February 1956 from Assistant to the Director and head of FBI's Internal Security Section Alan H. Belmont to L.V. Boardman discussed the advantages and disadvantages of using Venona project materials to prosecute suspects. In that memorandum, which remained classified forty-one years until the Moynihan Commission on Government Secrecy obtained its release to the public in 1997, Boardman quotes the 13 May 1944 Venona transcript, which named several members of the Perlo group, including Magdoff. Ulitmately, in consideration of compromising the Army Signals Intelligence efforts, the decision was made not to prosecute. (pgs.68-71)

Post-war
Magdoff left employment with the United States Government, then with the United States Department of Commerce, on 30 December 1946, and went to work for the New Council on American Business in New York and was happy to leave government service. Magdoff worked there with many business associates until 1948, at which time he began employment with Trubeck Laboratories in New Jersey.

Following the war he was an economic advisor and speechwriter to former Vice-President and then unsuccessful Presidential candidate Henry Wallace. In the 1950s Magdoff began a career in academia.

His first and perhaps most influential book, The Age of Imperialism, was published in 1969. The book sold over 100,000 copies and was translated into fifteen languages. Two years later, after the death of Leo Huberman, he began co-editing with Paul Sweezy Monthly Review, the leading independent Marxist journal in the United States, and has continued to edit the magazine into his 90th year. Under Magdoff's direction, the Monthly Review has focused more and more upon imperialism as the key unit of analysis for global development and the forces challenging neocolonialism in the Third World as the most likely prospects for challenging the system. This perspective put the magazine and its press squarely on the "New Left" intellectual agenda since the late 1960s.

Magdoff's work has kept him in the forefront of leftist thought in the U.S. from the 1930s to this day. The Great Depression left a strong impact on Magdoff's perspective on capitalism. One of the few prominent socialists in the U.S., Magdoff recalls the sense of doom felt by capitalism-watchers at mid-century, and has held that nothing since 1929 leads him to believe that the system has become immune from cycles of severe crisis.

Magdoff and the late Paul Sweezy together produced five books. Magdoff's most recent book is Imperialism without Colonies, published when he was 89. Today Magdoff co-edits the Monthly Review with John Bellamy Foster.

Magdoff has two sons. His son, Fred Magdoff, is an expert in plant and soil science. His wife of almost 70 years, Beatrice, died in 2002.

Venona
Magdoff is mentioned in four Venona transcripts that were recovered. These four are:

 * Venona 629 KGB New York to Moscow, 5 May 1944
 * Venona 687 KGB New York to Moscow, 13 May 1944
 * Venona 769, 771 KGB New York to Moscow, 30 May 1944, p.1
 * Venona 769, 771 KGB New York to Moscow, 30 May 1944, p.2
 * Venona 769, 771 KGB New York to Moscow, 30 May 1944, p.3
 * Venona 179, 180 KGB Moscow to New York, 25 February 1945, uses codename "Tan"

Books published

 * Imperialism Without Colonies (2003)
 * The Age of Imperialism (1969)
 * Imperialism from the Colonial Age to the Present (1977)

Books with Paul M. Sweezy

 * The Dynamics of U.S. Capitalism (1970)
 * The End of Prosperity (1977)
 * The Deepening Crisis of U.S. Capitalism (1980)
 * Stagnation and the Financial Explosion (1987)
 * The Irreversible Crisis (1988)

External link

 * "Socialism still makes sense to 90-year-old Harry Magdoff" (by Susan Green)

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Huw Stephens

Huw Meredydd Stephens (born 25 May 1981) is a Welsh radio and television presenter, currently broadcasting on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio 6 Music.

Stephens founded the Sŵn music festival with John Rostron and the yearly showcase Welsh Language Music Day.

Stephens produced the 2018 documentary film Anorac about the Welsh language music scene. He presented the Cofiwch Dryweryn documentary for S4C, following the history of the graffiti that his father painted in 1963, and The Story of Welsh Art, a 3-part documentary series for the BBC. He also presented Cymru Rising on BBC Radio 4, documenting the Welsh language music scene.

Career
Stephens joined Radio 1 in 1999 at the age of 17 as part of the station's new regional output, where he hosted the Wales opt-out with Bethan Elfyn and became the youngest ever Radio 1 presenter. Before this he was a DJ on Rookwood Sound hospital radio in Llandaff, Cardiff. In 2015 he became a joint patron of Rookwood Sound.

In 2005, Stephens gained a UK-wide slot when he became one of the replacements for the late John Peel as part of Radio 1's One Music strand, which was intended to keep the spirit of Peel's show going with DJs Rob da Bank and Ras Kwame. He went on to present the weekend afternoon show and a two-hour new music programme on Thursday evenings, as well as being regular daytime cover. Stephens presented the 22:00–01:00 show, Monday to Wednesday. He currently presents on Sunday evenings, concentrating on new music championed by BBC Introducing. He also presents regularly on BBC Radio 6 Music, deputising for Steve Lamacq, Lauren Laverne, Mary Anne Hobbs, Marc Riley and Gideon Coe.

Stephens is a fluent Welsh speaker and has long presented an evening show on BBC Radio Cymru, formerly part of the C2 music strand; originally on a Monday evening slot, his show currently runs on Thursday evenings under the name Byd Huw Stephens. Stephens also presented Bandit, a television show on Welsh-language channel S4C which showcased Welsh language music talent, until it was taken off air in December 2011. He founded the "Boobytrap Singles Club", which released limited singles by Mclusky, The Keys and Zabrinski amongst others. Stephens is one of the founders of Welsh language label Am, whose releases include Mr Huw, Radio Luxembourg and Threatmantics. In 2009 he released a compilation called "Music Sounds Better With Huw Volume 1" via Wichita Recordings on iTunes. It featured 21 up and coming artists including Gold Panda, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Banjo or Freakout and Young Fathers.

Stephens is a curator of the BBC Music Introducing Stage, which showcases new unsigned and emerging music at the Reading and Leeds, Glastonbury, Radio One's Big Weekend and T in the Park festivals. He has also invited bands and artists to play at Sonar, Groningen and the SXSW music festivals. Since its inception in 2006 he has curated the Lake Stage at the Latitude Festival in Suffolk, inviting The 1975, Cate le Bon, The xx, Sam Smith, Catfish and the Bottlemen amongst others to play. Stephens has been the opening presenter on the Mountain Stage at the Green Man Festival, and DJ's there regularly onstage and on Green Man Radio.

In 2005 Stephens became the compere and DJ for the main stage of Reading Festival. He hosted the NME Awards from 2014 until 2018 and has DJed at Green Man, Sonar, Camp Bestival, Bestival, Big Chill, Field Day and the National Eisteddfod of Wales, where he also presented the Gig y Pafiliwn with the Welsh Pops Orchestra. He has contributed to the Western Mail, Kruger Magazine, The Independent, The Mirror and NME, and guest-edited the Guardian music blog. He was the voice of the Discovery Shed television channel.

In 2007 he established a new music festival for Cardiff. The first Sŵn festival took place on 9–11 November across 13 venues in the city and has occurred yearly since (with the exception of 2020). Sŵn (pronounced "soon") is the Welsh word for "sound", and the festival brings new bands, DJs and performers from Wales, the UK and elsewhere together with art and films in Cardiff city centre's venues. Clwb Ifor Bach currently runs the Swn Festival.

In 2015 Stephens began co-presenting the RTÉ music show Other Voices, featuring performances from the Irish festival, alongside regular presenter Aidan Gillen, Annie Mac and MayKay. He was also the host of that year's BAFTA Cymru awards ceremony, which took place at St. David's Hall in Cardiff in September, and has presented it yearly since. Huw has presented the Glastonbury Festival coverage for BBC 1 and 2 television since 2015, and Reading Festival on BBC4 television.

Stephens was a member of the jury for the 2017 ANCHOR – Reeperbahn Festival International Music Award. He has also been a judge for the AIM Awards.

In November 2020, it was announced that Stephens would be leaving Radio 1, but will continue broadcasting on 6 Music and Radio Cymru.

In March 2022 Stephens was confirmed as the new regular presenter of the weekday evening show at BBC Radio Wales on Monday to Wednesday evenings, with Byd Huw Stephens (renamed Huw Stephens) continuing on BBC Radio Cymru on Thursdays. The Radio Wales show had previously been hosted by Janice Long until her death at the end of 2021. The show on Thursday would be presented by Welsh-Jamaican Reggae artist Aleighcia Scott.

Stephens has also continued presenting television documentaries for S4C and the BBC, including The Story of Welsh Art (2021) and Wales: Music Nation (2022).

On 1 September 2023, it was announced that he will take on BBC Radio 6 Music's drivetime show from Tuesday to Friday, from 8 January 2024, replacing Steve Lamacq who would still continue on the show on Mondays. It was the first 6 Music show to be broadcast live from BBC Cymru Wales' Cardiff headquarters, where Stephens does his other radio shows.

Personal life
Stephens was born in Cardiff, Wales, the son of the author and literary journalist Meic Stephens. He married his longtime girlfriend, Sara, in 2012; they met at Clwb Ifor Bach in Cardiff.

In July 2015, Stephens received an Honorary Fellowship from Bangor University. Among those also receiving the honour that day was his cousin, musician Gruff Rhys. Their mutual grandfather had been president of the students union at the University. In 2011 he was awarded an honorary degree for services to education and culture from the Open University. In 2012 he received an honorary fellowship from the University of Glamorgan.

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Vue, Loire-Atlantique

Vue (Gwagenez) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

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Countdown (Dutch TV program)

Countdown is a popular Dutch music television program which was broadcast by the public broadcasting system Veronica from 1978 to 1994. It ranked as the top music television programs in all of Europe. Due the popularity of the program, one of its hosts, Adam Curry, became a celebrity. Other hosts included Simone Walraven, Jasper Faber, Erik de Zwart and Wessel van Diepen.

A special English-language edition of Countdown was produced for pan-European music channel Music Box in 1987, with presenters Adam Curry and Erik de Zwart.

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Alan Hevesi

Alan George Hevesi (January 31, 1940 – November 9, 2023) was an American politician who served as a New York State Assemblyman from 1971 to 1993, as New York City Comptroller from 1994 to 2001, and as New York State Comptroller from 2003 to 2006. Hevesi was originally from Queens, New York City.

A member of the Democratic Party, Hevesi was elected State Comptroller in 2002 and reelected in 2006. He resigned from office effective December 22, 2006, as part of a plea bargain with the Albany County Court related to his unlawful use of state employees to care for his ailing wife. In February 2007, Hevesi was sentenced to a $5,000 fine and permanently banned from holding elective office again; he received no jail time and no probation. He also pleaded guilty to corruption charges surrounding a "pay to play" scheme regarding the New York State Pension Fund; on April 15, 2011, he was sentenced to one to four years in prison.

Personal life
Alan George Hevesi was born in Manhattan on January 31, 1940, and grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, where he primarily resided for the rest of his life. His parents were Jewish immigrants who left Hungary in 1938 to escape the Nazis. 55 of Hevesi's relatives were murdered in concentration camps. Hevesi's father was Eugene Hevesi (1896–1983), a Hungarian-born American Jewish leader who served as foreign affairs secretary for the American Jewish Committee and as representative to the United Nations for several Jewish NGOs. His brother, Dennis, a reporter for The New York Times and Newsday, died in 2017.

Hevesi earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1962 from Queens College, CUNY. He received a Ph.D. in public law and government from Columbia University in 1971. The title of his doctoral dissertation was Legislative Leadership in New York State. Hevesi taught political science at Queens College for more than 30 years.

Hevesi married Carol Stanton in 1967; they had three children and were married until her death in 2015. Their sons, New York State Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi and former New York State Senator Daniel Hevesi, have both had careers in politics.

Hevesi died from Lewy body dementia at a care home in East Meadow, New York, on November 9, 2023, at the age of 83.

State Assembly
On November 2, 1971, Hevesi was elected to the New York State Assembly to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Emanuel R. Gold. He took his seat during a special session in December 1971. Hevesi served in the Assembly for 22 years.

New York City Comptroller
Hevesi unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for city comptroller in 1989, as did Frank Macchiarola. Both finished behind Brooklyn District Attorney and former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman. In May 1993, Hevesi began his second campaign for city comptroller. The primary election again featured a three-way race, with Holtzman, Hevesi, and Herman Badillo. Hevesi defeated Holtzman to secure the Democratic nomination, then Badillo, who contested the general election as a fusion candidate of the Republican Party and Liberal Party.

In 1995, Hevesi, as Comptroller, thwarted an attempt by then Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to fill a one-time hole in the city budget that year by selling the New York City water supply system.

By December 1997, Hevesi enlisted the weight and soundness of his city's finances in the cause of forcing Swiss banks to meet the demands of the World Jewish Congress and other organizations then suing Swiss banks over Nazi-era bank balances the WJC said were owed to the heirs of victims of the holocaust, joined eventually by both then-Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and then-Governor George Pataki. In his book on the subject, Norman Finkelstein called Hevesi "the godfather of Holocaust restitution sanctions."

Hevesi recruited many other states' and municipalities' financial officers to put their powers in the service of this cause, at one point calling them to a conference in New York at which they discussed ways to coordinate their actions for maximum effect. Sanctions against Switzerland having seemed successful in securing the $1.25 billion (1999) settlement, Hevesi then brought the power of the ad hoc network he had constructed to bear on subsequent actions against Germany, Austria, and other countries, where its use was deemed successful in raising the amounts of the settlements.

Hevesi served as New York City Comptroller from 1994 to 2002, when he was term-limited out of the office. He won his second term with a Liberal Party endorsement, after which former mayor David Dinkins declined to support him.

State Comptroller
In 2001, Hevesi sought the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York, running on the platform of "Most Experienced, Best Qualified". He finished fourth, behind Public Advocate Mark Green, Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer, and New York City Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr. Hevesi was the Liberal Party nominee for mayor in the general election, but did not campaign, instead endorsing Green. Following his defeat in the mayor's race, Hevesi started his campaign for state comptroller, defeating William Mulrow in a primary, followed by Republican John Faso in the 2002 election.

In November 2006, Hevesi was reelected as New York State Comptroller. On December 23, 2006, Hevesi pleaded guilty to a single felony, agreed to pay a fine of $5,000, and immediately resigned as comptroller.

Commencement comments
At a commencement address he delivered at Queens College on June 1, 2006, Hevesi told his audience that U.S. Senator Charles Schumer was so tough he would "put a bullet between the President's eyes if he could get away with it." Several hours after his remarks, Hevesi apologized for his comments, calling them "beyond stupid, beyond moronic, totally offensive" and "incredibly moronic".

Using state employees to chauffeur wife
On September 21, 2006, Hevesi admitted that he used Nicholas Acquafredda, a state employee and member of his security detail, to drive and aid his ailing wife. Hevesi claimed that in 2003, the State Ethics Commission decided that he should pay back the entire cost of having a state employee chauffeur his wife unless such services were necessary for safety purposes. A spokesperson from the State Ethics Commission denied that such a decision was made.

On September 26, 2006, after his Republican challenger, Christopher Callaghan, asked the Albany County District Attorney's office to investigate the matter, Hevesi said he would reimburse the state more than $82,000 for having a public employee chauffeur his wife. Callaghan first phoned in the complaint to the State Comptroller's own hotline. Hevesi had admitted the previous week that he had not previously reimbursed the state. Callaghan and the 2006 Republican nominee for Governor, John Faso, also called for Hevesi's resignation. Then New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who was then running for Governor of New York, withdrew his endorsement of Hevesi. The controversy stimulated interest in the candidacies of Callaghan and minor party candidates Julia Willebrand of the Green Party and John Cain of the Libertarian Party.

Hevesi claimed that drivers were needed to provide security to his wife, though a bipartisan ethics panel concluded that the State Police found no threat that would justify such an arrangement. The panel also concluded that Hevesi had no intention of repaying the state for the services rendered to his wife until Callaghan publicly filed a complaint.

On October 12, 2006, Albany County District Attorney David Soares' office acknowledged that it was officially investigating actions by Hevesi regarding the public employee hired to chauffeur his wife.

On October 23, 2006, the "Ethics Commission concluded that Hevesi had 'knowingly' violated state law." On November 3, 2006, Hevesi was ordered by the office of state attorney Geeneral Elliot Spitzer to reimburse the state $90,000 — in addition to the $83,000 he has already paid – in compensation for what had been deemed an improper use of a state employee. Hevesi apologized in a TV ad, stating, "I'm asking you to weigh my mistake against my 35 years of public service, I'm human...I'm a good comptroller who did a dumb thing."

On December 12, 2006, Hevesi agreed to a deal that called for the $90,000 in escrow money to be turned over to the state and for him to pay an additional $33,605 within 10 days, making his payback total (with $83,000 already paid) $206,000. According to the Attorney General's report, Hevesi had actually hired four (not two) employees as his wife's "security detail", and said employees ran personal errands for the Hevesi family. On December 13, 2006, a poll conducted between December 5–11 by Quinnipiac showed that 45% of people in New York believed that Hevesi should resign, while 43% believed that he had paid his debt to the state.

On December 14, 2006, the Albany County District Attorney acknowledged that he had a strong enough case to indict Hevesi. In February 2007, after Hevesi had pleaded guilty in December 2006 to a charge of defrauding the government, he was sentenced by Judge Stephen Herrick in Albany County Court to a $5,000 fine and barred permanently from elected office. As part of the plea deal, he was given no jail time and received no probation. Prior to sentencing, Hevesi paid the state more than $200,000 in restitution. He expressed remorse for his actions and told the judge: "I'm culpable, I'm responsible and I apologize."

Payoffs to Raymond Harding for political favors
On October 6, 2009, Raymond Harding, chairman of the Liberal Party of New York, pleaded guilty to charges that he accepted $800,000 from Hevesi's aides when Hevesi was comptroller of the state of New York.

Accepting gratuities
As state comptroller, Hevesi faced a conflict of interest allegation in relation to a private capital fund named Markstone Capital Partners, according to a report in the New York Sun. The opening paragraph stated, "The New York State comptroller, Alan Hevesi, encouraged California pension managers to invest in a private capital fund founded by a man whose wife has been a generous donor to his political campaigns." The story originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times.

Hevesi met with his California counterpart, comptroller Steve Westly, and Elliott Broidy of Markstone Capital Group. They met on May 19, 2003, in order to "pitch" the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) to invest in Markstone, a fund that invested in Israeli companies. The Sun reported that in June 2003, Hevesi had invested $200 million in Markstone. Broidy is a major Republican political contributor who did not directly contribute to Hevesi's political campaigns, but Broidy's wife, Robin Rosenzweig, had contributed $80,000 since 2002 — $30,000 before the May 2003 meeting, and $50,000 afterwards. She also contributed to Andrew Hevesi's State Assembly race.

On October 7, 2010, Hevesi pleaded guilty to accepting gratuities for steering the investment funds to California venture capitalist Elliot Broidy. Hevesi had accepted $75,000 in trips for himself and his family and $500,000 in campaign contributions, and benefited from $380,000 given to a lobbyist. After being accused of "pay to play" practices involving the New York State Pension Fund during his tenure as Comptroller, Hevesi pleaded guilty to a corruption charge; on April 15, 2011, he was sentenced to one to four years in prison. He began his prison term on April 17, 2011.

Hevesi went before a parole board on November 14, 2012, and was released on parole on December 19, 2012. He served 20 months of a maximum four-year sentence.

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The Summoning (video game)

The Summoning is an isometric-view fantasy role-playing video game developed by Event Horizon Software (later known as DreamForge Intertainment) and published by Strategic Simulations in 1992.

Gameplay
The sequel to Event Horizon's first game, DarkSpyre, The Summoning replaced the random-generated dungeons of the previous game with pre-designed levels. The title featured numerous magic items, as well as a spell-casting system utilizing virtual hand gestures. The game also utilized "runes" as a way to magically gain abilities or items.

The game had several features typical of dungeon crawls, such as random treasure, weapon and armor options, treasure chests, and the use of a mannequin to visually aid in inventory management.

The dungeon in The Summoning was broken up into separate levels and sections, with different types of monsters (such as undead) and NPCs being found in each.

The featured weapon in the game is a large two-handed blade called "Warmonger." When first found, it is rusty and not very effective. But by repeatedly using it to kill, the magical blade becomes an immensely powerful weapon. The blade is actually a sentient, evil being with bloodlust.

Reception
Computer Gaming Worlds Samuel B. Baker in 1993 praised the "creature comforts" of The Summonings graphics and user interface, and concluded "I was sorry to finish this game". The magazine's Scorpia also liked it, citing the "BIG game with much to do"'s "unique ending", puzzles, and automap. She concluded that "it's worth your time". The magazine nominated it as the Role-Playing Game of the Year in October 1993, alongside Veil of Darkness.

The game was reviewed in 1993 in Dragon #194 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 5 out of 5 stars.

Reviews

 * PC Joker (Nov, 1992)
 * Power Play (Dec, 1992)

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Lara Jo Regan

Lara Jo Regan is an American photographer. Her work has spanned the realms of photojournalism, documentary, street, fine art, magazine photography and film. She contributed frequently to national publications including Time, Newsweek, LIFE, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Magazine, Premiere, and Entertainment Weekly from the late 1980s to the mid Aughts. She later worked on long-term documentary and fine art projects while becoming a photography columnist for Artillery magazine in 2011 and continued to author books on dog photography.

The recipient of many of her field’s top honors, the progressive hybrid nature of her work influenced the aesthetic direction of photojournalism documentary coverage of the entertainment industry  and animal portraiture.

Regan won the World Press Photo of the Year in 2000 and was the creator of the Mr. Winkle photo collection that achieved international cult popularity. Residing in Los Angeles since 1985, she has also built up one of the most extensive collections of Southern California street photography.

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Denny Brown

Dennis Brown (born January 10, 1956) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Downtown" Denny Brown. He is best known for his appearances with the National Wrestling Alliance affiliates Championship Wrestling from Florida and Jim Crockett Promotions in the 1980s and with World Championship Wrestling in the 1990s.

Early life
After serving in the United States Army, Brown attended welding school in St. Petersburg, Florida. After completing his training, he moved to Knoxville, Tennessee in search of work, but was rejected by the trade union due to not coming from Tennessee. His uncle introduced him to professional wrestler Rick Conners, who agreed to train him.

Professional wrestling career
Brown debuted in 1979. In 1980, he began wrestling for Jim Crockett Promotions as "Downtown" Denny Brown. After wrestling as a jobber for several years, Brown won the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship at Starrcade in 1984 from Mike Davis. When New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) withdrew their separate claim to the title, Brown was recognized as the undisputed champion in August 1985. He held the title three times over the following months, feuding with Nelson Royal, Gary Royal, Steve Regal and Lazer Tron.

Later in his career, Brown wrestled in Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) and as a jobber in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) before retiring in 1997.

Championships and accomplishments

 * Championship Wrestling from Florida
 * NWA Florida Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Georgia Championship Wrestling
 * NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * International Wrestling Association of Japan
 * IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Jim Crockett Promotions
 * NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * National Wrestling Alliance1
 * NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
 * South Atlantic Pro Wrestling
 * SAPW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

1NWA records are unclear as to where Brown was or what NWA affiliated promotion he was wrestling for when his first reign with the championship began.

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Talk:Able Label

Run by Forster and Mclennan?
As far as I know it was run by a guy who owned a record shop, where McLennan worked, and who had some money. I forgot his name, but I'll check the Nockols-Book for that. --BarbD 19:19, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

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You Are Free

You Are Free is the sixth studio album by Cat Power, the stage name and eponymous band of American singer-songwriter Chan Marshall. It was released in 2003 on Matador Records. The album features guest appearances by Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam and Warren Ellis of the Dirty Three.

Recording
You Are Free was recorded over the course of a year, the longest Marshall had spent recording an album at that point. Marshall and engineer Adam Kasper recorded about 40 songs during these sessions.

In a 2003 interview with Pitchfork, Marshall explained the album was recorded "Sporadically. While I was traveling...Adam was working on other things, and I worked on his schedule. He'd get these really nice studios, and when he had off time we'd go in and then try to remember what we did like two months ago and pull that tape up. I'd be like, 'Uh, no, I wanna do something new,' and then I'd write a new song. So it basically worked like that-- every few months getting together and essentially writing new songs." According to Marshall, Kasper helped her decide which of the 40 songs they recorded should make it onto the album.

Marshall revealed that she chose Kasper because "I was looking for somebody who would let me do what I wanted to do, who's a really good engineer," and said that she saw him as an engineer, rather than a producer.

Numerous songs on the album are performed solo, with only Marshall on vocals and guitar or piano. Dave Grohl plays drums on the songs "Speak For Me," "He War" and "Shaking Paper," and plays bass on "Shaking Paper." Eddie Vedder provides backing vocals on "Good Woman" and "Evolution," while Warren Ellis plays violin on "Good Woman."

The songs "Good Woman" and "Werewolf" feature string arrangements by David Campbell, which were recorded after Marshall's vocals had been completed, at the Boat Studio in Los Angeles, California.

Reception
You Are Free, Marshall's first album of original material since the critically acclaimed Moon Pix (1998), has received widespread critical acclaim since its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on 26 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".

Kelefa Sanneh of Rolling Stone wrote that "Free may be her most beautiful album, as well as her cagiest: There are gaunt rock songs and ramshackle ballads, all painted with bold, sure strokes that belie her ambivalence." Heather Phares of AllMusic wrote that "You Are Free may take awhile longer than expected to unfold, but once it does, its excellence is undeniable." Chris Ott of Pitchfork called it an album "full of arresting, serene beauty...Sans a handful of lesser inclusions and tributes, the imaginary, shorter version of You Are Free is flawless."

In 2009, Pitchfork placed the album at number 98 on their "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s" list.

"Werewolf" is on the soundtrack of Pedro Almodóvar's 2009 film Broken Embraces.

Commercial performance
You Are Free became Cat Power's first album to chart on the Billboard 200, reaching number 105. The album also debuted at number one 1 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums Chart. As of 2007, You Are Free has sold over 163,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The song "He War" was released as a single, and a music video for the song directed by Brett Vapnek was released.

Personnel

 * Chan Marshall – vocals, guitars, piano
 * Warren Ellis – violin on "Good Woman"
 * Dave Grohl – bass on "Speak For Me", drums on "Speak For Me", "He War" and "Shaking Paper"
 * Eddie Vedder – vocals on "Good Woman" and "Evolution"
 * David Campbell – string arrangement on "Good Woman" and "Werewolf"
 * Maggie & Emma – vocals on "Good Woman"
 * Technical
 * Adam Kasper – recording, mixing
 * Rick Fisher – mastering
 * Mark Borthwick – photography

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The Covers Record

The Covers Record is the fifth album by Cat Power, the stage name and eponymous band of American singer-songwriter Chan Marshall. It was released in 2000 on Matador Records.

The album consists entirely of cover songs, with the exception of a new version of Marshall's song "In this Hole," which initially appeared on Cat Power's 1996 album What Would the Community Think.

Background
The success of Cat Power's fourth album, Moon Pix (1998), led to high expectations for her follow-up, and made it difficult for her to live what she called “a normal life.” She elected to release an album of covers in part because she felt more comfortable playing covers than her own material. Between Moon Pix and what became The Covers Record, she scheduled a number of solo shows during which she played only covers. In order to take attention away from herself, she projected the 1928 French silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc behind her onstage.

Marshall's decision to release a covers album was reportedly disappointing to Matador, who considered her a “genius songwriter” and wanted to capitalize on the success of Moon Pix. According to Gerard Cosloy, the promotional campaign for The Covers Record, which he calls “a great album,” was intentionally “muted,” in order to allow it to “find its audience.” However, Marshall saw The Covers Record as a personal and important release, and interpreted this as lack of faith on the record company's behalf in the record's ability to connect with her audience.

Marshall's contract for The Covers Record was allegedly drafted on the spot on a Post-it note.

Recording
The Covers Record features sparse instrumentation, with only Marshall on vocals and guitar or piano. The song “Salty Dog” features guitar by American musician Matt Sweeney.

The album was recorded at Night Owl Studios, Kampo Studios and Rare Book Room Studios, in New York City, in 1998 and 1999. According to Marshall, “I ended up in the studio recording with this young man at this place called Night Owl Studios across from Penn Station. I did most of the songs there just very, very, very, very quickly, and there’s like four songs that are from different recording sessions.”

Reception and legacy
Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone called the album "a stopgap" until the release of her next album of original material, but described her stripped-down version of the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" as "powerful." Spin called the album "essential," and wrote, "With only a guitar or piano, and a voice that is developing into one of the most expressive in rock, Marshall crafts deeply textured explorations of heartache, terror, longing, dismay, and emotions I'm pretty sure I've not found yet.... Rock will see few finer releases this year." Rhapsody (online music service) praised the album, calling it one of their favorite cover albums.

Dave Grohl, vocalist and guitarist of the Foo Fighters and former drummer of Nirvana, cited the album in a 2000 issue of NME, saying, "'Satisfaction' is the hit off that record, or so everybody thinks. But for me, it's that Velvet Underground song, "I Found a Reason". It's beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. My favourite." Grohl would work with Marshall on Cat Power's subsequent release, You Are Free (2003).

In 2005 the album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series.

Several songs on the album have been used in films, including "I Found a Reason" (Saving Face, Dandelion andV for Vendetta), "Sea of Love" (Juno), and "Wild Is the Wind" (Into the Forest).

Personnel

 * Chan Marshall – vocals, guitar, piano
 * Matt Sweeney – guitar ("Salty Dog")

Charts
Album – Billboard

As of March 2003, it has sold 52,000 units in the United States. Combined sales of The Covers Record and Moon Pix are 200,000 copies, as of 2001. As of 2023, Sea of Love was certified gold in Canada.

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