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Wellesley Writes It: Interview with Anissa M. Bouziane ’87 (@AnissaBouziane), author of DUNE SONG

Anissa M. Bouziane ’87 was born in Tennessee, the daughter of a Moroccan father and a French mother. She grew up in Morocco, but returned to the United States to attend Wellesley College, and went on to earn an MFA in fiction writing from Columbia University and a Certificate in Film from NYU. Currently, Anissa works and teaches in Paris, as she works to finish a PhD in Creative Writing at The University of Warwick in the UK. Dune Song is her debut novel. Follow her on Twitter: @AnissaBouziane.

Wellesley Underground’s Wellesley Writes it Series Editor, E.B. Bartels ’10 (who also got her MFA in writing from Columbia, albeit in creative nonfiction), had the chance to chat with Anissa via email about Dune Song, doing research, publishing in translation, forming a writing community, and catching up on reading while in quarantine. E.B. is especially grateful to Anissa for willing to be part of the Wellesley Writes It series while we are in the middle of a global pandemic.

And if you like the interview and want to hear more from Anissa, you can attend her virtual talk at The American Library tomorrow (Tuesday, May 26, 2020) at 17h00 (Central European Time). RSVP here.

EB: First, thank you for being part of this series! I loved getting to read Dune Song, especially right now with everything going on. I loved getting to escape into Jeehan’s worlds, though sort of depressing to think of post-9/11-NYC as a “simpler time” to escape to. My first question is: Reading your biography, I know that you, much like Jeehan, have moved back and forth between the United States and Morocco––born in the U.S.A., grew up in Morocco, and then back to the U.S.A. for college. You’ve also mentioned elsewhere that this book was rooted in your own experience of witnessing the collapse of the Twin Towers on 9/11. How much of your own life story inspired Dune Song?

AMB: Indeed, Dune Song is rooted in my own experience of witnessing the collapse of the Twin Towers on 9/11. As a New Yorker, who experienced the tragedy of that now infamous Tuesday in September almost 19 years ago, I would not have chosen the collapse of the World Trade Center as the inciting incident of my novel had I not lived through those events myself. So yes, much of what Jeehan, Dune Song’s protagonist, goes through in NYC is rooted in my own life experience. Nonetheless the book is not an autobiography — I would consider it more of an auto-fiction, that is a fiction with deep roots in the author’s experience. The New York passages speak of the difficulties of coming to terms with the tragedy that was 9/11 — out of principle, I would not have chosen 9/11 as the inciting incident of my novel if I did not have first hand experience of the trauma which I recount.

EB: Thanks for saying that. I feel like there is a whole genre of 9/11 novels out there now and a lot of them make me uncomfortable because it feels like they are exploiting a tragedy. Dune Song did not feel that way to me. It felt genuine, like it was written by someone who had lived through it.

AMB: As for the desert passage that take place in Morocco, though I am extremely familiar with the Moroccan desert — and have traveled extensively from the dunes of Merzouga to the oasis of Zagora — this portion of the novel is totally fictional. That being said, I am one of those writers who rides the line between fiction and reality very closely, so if you ask me if I ever let myself be buried up to my neck in a dune, the answer would be: yes.

EB: How did the rest of the story come about? When and how did you decide to contrast the stories of the aftermath of 9/11 with human trafficking in the Moroccan desert?

AMB: Less than six months after 9/11, in March of 2002 I was invited back to Morocco by the Al Akhawayn University, an international university in the Atlas Mountains near the city of Fez. There I gave a talk which would ultimately provide me with the core of Dune Song: the chapter that takes place in the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, where following a mass in commemoration of the victims of the 9/11 attacks, an Imam from a Mosque in Queens was asked to recite a few verses from the Holy Quran. The Moroccan artists and academics present that day were deeply moved by my talk (which in fact simply recounted my lived experience); they told me that I should turn my talk into a novel. I thought the idea interesting and began to write, but within a year the Iraq War was launched and suddenly a story promoting dialogue and mutual understanding between the Islamic World and the West seemed to interest few, so I moved on to other things. Nonetheless, the core of Dune Song stayed with me.

Years later, as I re-examined that early draft, I realized that if I was to turn it into a novel, it had to transcend my life experience — and that is when I turned to my knowledge of the Moroccan desert and my longstanding interest in illegal trafficking across the Sahara desert. I returned to Morocco from the USA in 2003 thanks to Wellesley’s Mary Elvira Stevens Alumnae Traveling Fellowship to research what will soon be my second novel, but truth be told I got the grant on my second try. My first try in the mid-90s had been a proposal to explore the phenomenon of South-North migration across the Sahara and the Mediterranean. I remained an active observer of issues around Trans-Saharan migration, but I went to the desert three or four times on my return to Morocco before I understood that this was where Jeehan too must travel. My decision to bring Jeehan there probably emanated out of the serenity that I experienced when in the desert, but if Dune Song was to be more than just a cathartic work, I realized it should also attempt to draw a cartography of a better tomorrow — and so Jeehan would have to go to battle for others whose fate was in jeopardy because of a continued injustice overlooked by many. It seemed clear to me that Jeehan’s path and those of the victims of human trafficking had to cross. Her quest for meaning in the wake of the 9/11’s senseless loss of life depended on it.

EB: I really loved the structure of the book––the braided narratives, moving back and forth between New York and Morocco. How did you decide on this structure? And how and why did you choose to have the Morocco chapters move forward chronologically, while the New York chapters bounce around in time? To me it felt reflective of the way that we try to make sense of a traumatic event––rethinking and obsessing over small details, trying to make sense of chaos, all the pieces slowing coming together.

AMB: Fragmented narratives have always been my thing, probably because, as someone who straddles many cultures and who feels rooted in many geographies, I felt early on that fragmented forms leant themselves to the multi-layered stories that emanated out of me. My MFA thesis was an as-yet-unpublished novel entitled: Fragments from a Transparent Page (inspired by Jean Genet’s posthumous novel). Even my early work in experimental cinema was obsessed with fragmentation — in large part because I believe that though we experience life through the linear chronology of time, we remember our lives in far-less linear fashion. I agree with you that trauma further disrupts our attempts at streamlining memory. The manner in which we remember, and how the act of remembering — or forgetting — shapes the very content of our memory is essential to my work as a novelist, for I believe it is essential to our act of making meaning of our lived experience.

In Dune Song the reader watches Jeehan travel deep into the Moroccan desert. We also watch her remember what has come before. And we witness her struggle with her memories, which is why the New York chapters bounce around in time. The thing she is frightened of most — her memories of seeing the Towers crumble, knowing countless souls are being lost before her eyes — this she cannot remember, or refuses to remember clearly. And it is not until she is in the heart of the desert and is confronted with the images of the collapse of the WTC as beamed through a small TV screen in Fatima’s kitchen, that she takes the reader with her into the recollection of that trauma. Once that remembering is done, her healing can truly begin — and the time of the novel heads in a more chronological direction.

EB: While this is a work of fiction, I imagine that a significant amount of research went into writing this book, especially concerning the horrors of human trafficking. What sorts of research did you do for Dune Song?

AMB: As I mentioned earlier, beginning in the mid-nineties, the issue of human trafficking across the Sarah became a subject of academic and moral concern to me. But the fact that I grew up in Morocco, and spent many of my summers in my paternal grandmother’s house in Tangier, sensitized me to this topic very early on. Tangier, is located at the most northern-western tip of the African continent, and therefore it is a weigh station for many who aim to cross the Straits of Gibraltar with hopes of getting to Spain, to Europe. I recall a moment when as a teenager I gazed out over the Straits from the cliff of Café Hafa, where Paul Bowles used to write, and imagined that the body of water before me as a watery Berlin Wall. One of my unpublished screenplays, entitled Tangier, focused on the tragedy of those who risked their lives to cross the Straits. So, did I do research to write Dune Song? You bet — I folded into Dune Song topics that had been in the forefront of my consciousness for years.

EB: I know that Dune Song has been published in Morocco by Les Editions Le Fennec, published in the United Kingdom by Sandstone Press, published in France by Les Editions du Mauconduit, and published in the U.S.A. by Interlink Books. What was the experience like, having your book published in different languages and in different countries? Were any changes made to the novel between editions?

AMB: Dune Song was first published in Morocco in an early French translation. Initially this was out of desperation, not choice. I wrote Dune Song in English, and I shopped the English manuscript in the UK and the US to no avail. I was told by people who mattered in literary circles that the book was too transgressive to be published in either the US or UK markets. Suggestion was made to me that I remove all the New York passages from the book if I was to stand a chance of having it hit the English speaking market. I refused to do so and instead worked with my friend and translator, Laurence Larsen to come up with a French version. That being done, I shopped it around in France only to be told that a translation couldn’t be published before the original. Dismissively, I was told to seek-out who might benefit from an author like me existing. The comment hit me like a slap across the face, and I sincerely thought of giving up on the work all together — more than that, I thought I might give up on writing — but my students (who have always been a source of support for me — more on that later) convinced me not to trow in the towel. Once I had the courage to re-examine the question posed to me by the French, I realized that there was a viable answer: the Moroccans. That’s when I contacted Layla Chaouni, celebrated French-language publisher in Casablanca, and asked her if she might want to consider Dune Song for Le Fennec.

Layla’s enthusiasm for the novel marked a huge shift in Dune Song’s fortunes: the book was published in Morocco, won the Special Jury Prize for the Prix Sofitel Tour Blanche, was selected to represent Morocco at the Paris Book fair in 2017, which then lead me (through my Wellesley connections) to gain representation by famed New York literary agent Claire Roberts. It was Claire who got me a contract with Sandstone as well as with Interlink and with Mauconduit — she has been an unconditional champion of my work, and for this I will be eternally grateful. It must be noted that when the book got to Sandstone, I believe it was ‘wounded’ — it had gone through many incarnations, but I was not thrilled with the final outcome. My editor at Sandstone, the fantastic Moria Forsyth gave me the space and guidance to “heal” the manuscript — that is, she identified what was not working and sent me off to fix things, with the promise of publication as a reward for this one last push. The result was the English version that everyone is reading today (published in the UK by Sandstone and in the US by Interlink Publishing). My translator, Laurence Larsen worked diligently to upgrade the French translation for Mauconduit.

It has been a long journey, at times dispiriting, at time exhilarating. I am terribly excited that today, my Dune Song has been published in four countries, and there is hope for more. In the darkest hours of the process, I gave myself permission to give up. “You’ve come to the end of the line,” I told myself, “it’s okay if your stop writing altogether.” In hindsight, hitting rock bottom was essential, because the answer that came back to me was NO. No, I won’t stop writing. I accepted that I might never be published, but I refused to stop writing, for to do so would be to give up on the one action that brought meaning to my life.

EB: You’ve mentioned that Dune Song was originally written in English, though I am guessing, based on your background and reading the book, that you also speak Arabic and French. How and why did you decide to write Dune Song in English? And did you translate the work yourself into the French edition?

AMB: Yes, Dune Song was originally written in English. Though I speak French and Moroccan Arabic (Darija) fluently, my imagination has always constructed itself in English. Growing up in Morocco as of the age of eight, I considered English to be my secret garden — the material of which my invented worlds were made. I had often thought that my return to the United States, at the age of 18 to attend Wellesley, was an attempt to find a home for my words. Even today, living in Paris, I continue to write in English.

I chose not to translate Dune Song into French myself, primarily because my French does not resemble my English — it exists in a different sphere belonging more to the spoken word. I wanted a translator to show me what my literary voice might sound like in French. I have done a fair amount of literary translation, but always from French into English, and not the other way around. Nonetheless, as you rightly noted, I have actively wanted to give my readers the illusion of hearing Arabic and French when reading Dune Song. I like to refer to this as creating Linguistic Polyphony: were the base language (in this case English) is made to sing in different cords. I think my French translator, Laurence Larsen was able to reverse this process and give the French text the illusion of hearing English and Arabic.

EB: In addition to your research, what other books influenced or inspired Dune Song? My fiancé, Richie, happened to be reading the Dune chronicles by Frank Herbert while I was reading your book, and then I laughed to myself when I saw you reference them on page 56.

AMB: The Dune Chronicles, of course! Picture this: a teenage me reading Frank Herbert’s Dune while waiting at the Odaïa Café on the old pirate ramparts of Rabat while my mother was shopping in the medina. I read twelve volumes of the Chronicles. Reading voraciously in English while growing up in Morocco was one of the ways for me to always ensure that my imagination was powering up in English. You’ll note that I give Jeehan this same passion for books. Many of the books that she turns to in her time of need are the books that have shaped who I am and how I see the world: Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, Allende’s House of Spirits, Okri’s The Famished Road, Calvino’s The Colven Vicount, Aristotle’s The Poetics, Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poetry…

EB: What are you currently reading, and/or what have you read recently that you’ve really enjoyed? What would you recommend we all read while laying low in quarantine?

AMB: I’m one of those people who reads many books (fiction, non-fiction, and poetry) at the same time. If I look at my night stand right now, here are the titles I see: in English — Hannah Assadi’s Sonora, Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing, Du Pontes Peebles’ The Air You Breathe, and Margo Berdeshevsky’s poetry collection: Before the Drought, in French — Santiago Amigorena’s Le Ghetto intérieur, and Mahi Binebine’s La Rue du pardon.

In quarantine, Margo’s poetry has provided me with a level of stillness and insight I did not realize I longed for — and has seemed prescient in its understanding of humanity’s relationship to our planet.

EB: On your website, you mention you are also a filmmaker, an artist, and an educator in addition to being a writer. How do you think working in those other fields/mediums influences your writing? How do you think being a writer influences those other pursuits?

AMB: Writing as an act of meaning making is the mantra I constantly recite to my students. In my moment of greatest despair, they echoed it back to me. Why do I allow myself this type of discourse with my students? Because as a high school teacher of English and Literature, my speciality is the teaching of writing. While at Columbia University, though enrolled in a Masters of Fine Arts in Fiction at the School of the Arts, I had a fellowship at Columbia Teachers College, specifically with The Writing Project lead by Lucy Calkins (today known as The Reading and Writing Project). There I worked as a staff developer in the NYC Public School system and conducted research that contributed to Lucy’s seminal text, The Art of Teaching Writing. Over the years my students have helped me realize why we bother to tell stories and how elemental writing is to our very humanity. I could never divorce my writing from the act of teaching.

Regarding cinema, as I mentioned earlier, my frustration with how to translate multi-lingual texts into one language is what originally drove me to experiment with film. What I discovered as I dove deeper into the medium, was how key images are to the act of storytelling. Once I returned to writing literature, I retained this awareness of the centrality images in the transmission of lived experience. I smile when readers of Dune Song point out how cinematic my writing is — film and fiction should not stand in opposition one to the other.

EB: Writing a book takes a really long time and can be a really lonely and frustrating experience. Who did you rely on for support during the process? Other writers? Family? Friends? Fellow Wellesley grads? What does your writing/artistic community look like?

AMB: It took me over ten years to write and publish Dune Song. The tale of how it came to be is almost worthy of a novel itself. When things were at their most arduous, I went back to reading Tillie Olsen’s Silences, about how challenging it is for women to write and publish — it was a book I had been asked to read the summer before my Freshman year. Though I won’t tell the full story here — I must acknowledge that without the support of my sister, Yasmina, and my parents, as well as essential and amazing women in my life, many of them from Wellesley, Dune Song would never have seen the light of day. Sally Katz ‘78, has been my fairy-godmother, all good things come to me from her, plus other members of the astounding Wellesley Club of France, especially its current president, my dear classmate, Pamela Boulet ‘87. I must thank my earliest Wellesley friend, Piya Chatterjee ’87, who plowed through voluminous and flawed drafts. Karen E. Smith ’87, who reminded me of my creative abilities when I seemed to have forgotten, and who brought her daughter to my London book launch. Dawn Norfleet ’87 who collaborated with me on my film work when we were both at Columbia, and Rebecca Gregory ’87, with who was first in line to buy Dune Song at WH Smith Rue de Rivoli, and Kimberly Dozier ’87, who raised a glass of champagne with me in Casablanca when the book first came back from the printers. The list of those who helped me get this far and who continue to help me as I forge ahead is long - and for this I am grateful… writing is a thrilling but difficult endeavor, and without community and friendship, it becomes harder.

And since the book has been published, the Wellesley community has been there for me in ways big and small, even in this time of COVID. Out in Los Angeles, Judy Lee ’87 inspired her fellow alums to read Dune Song by raffling a copy off a year ago — and now, they have invited me to speak to their club on a Zoom get-together in June!

EB: Speaking of Wellesley, and since this is an interview for Wellesley Underground, were there any Wellesley professors or staff or courses that were particularly formative to you as a writer? Anyone you want to shout out here?

AMB: When a student at Wellesley, a number of Professors where particularly supportive of me and my work. At the time, I was a Political Science and Anthropology major; Linda Miller and Lois Wasserspring of the Poli-Sci department were influential and present even long after I graduated, and Sally Merri and Anne Marie Shimony of the Anthropology department helped shape the way I see the world.

Any mention of my early Wellesley influences must include Sylvia Heistand, at Salter International Center, and my Wellesley host-mother, Helen O’Connor — who still stands in for my mother when needed!

More recently, Selwyn Cudjoe and the entire Africana Studies Department, have become champions of my work. Thanks to their enthusiasm for Dune Song, I was able to present the novel at Harambee House last October and engage in dialogue about my work with current Wellesley students and faculty. This was a remarkable experience which gave me a beautiful sense of closure regarding the ten-year project that has been Dune Song. Merci Selwyn!

I speak of closure, but my Dune Song journey continues, just before the pandemic, thanks to the Wellesley Club of France and Laura Adamczyk ’87, I was able to meet President Johnson and give her a copy of Dune Song!

EB: Is there anything else you’d like the Wellesley community to know about Dune Song, your other projects, or you in general?

AMB: Way back at the start of the millennium, when the Wellesley awarded me the Mary Elvira Stevens Traveling Fellowship, I set out to excavate family secrets and explore the non-verbal ways in which generation upon generation of mothers transmit traumatic memories to their daughters. My research took me many more years than expected, but I am now in the process of writing that novel, along with a doctoral thesis on Trauma and Memory.

In conjunction with this second novel, I am working with Rebecca Gregory ’87, to produce a large-scale installation piece exploring the manner in which the stories of women’s lives are measured and told.

EB: Thank you for being part of Wellesley Writes It!

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papermoonloveslucy · 4 years

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BARBARA BABCOCK

February 27, 1937

Barbara Babcock was born in Fort Riley, Kansas, although she spent much of her youth in Japan because her father was a US Army General stationed abroad. Babcock studied in Switzerland and Italy and graduated from Wellesley College, where she was a classmate of Ali MacGraw.

From 1962 to 1968 she was married to actor Jay Sheffield.

Her screen (and television) debut came on a 1956 episode of “United States Steel Hour” titled “Bang the Drum Slowly” starring Paul Newman.

Babcock worked with Lucille Ball in October 1967, playing the English Teacher in “Lucy Gets Her Diploma” (TLS S6;E5).

The character does not have a name, but calls upon Lucy to recite a soliloquy from Hamlet. Unfortunately, a mischievous boy has put itching powder down her blouse and “To Be Or Not To Be” is not to be!

Babcock was back at Desilu for six episodes of their hit space series, the original “Star-Trek”. She provided voice work for four of those and actually appeared in two: “A Taste of Armageddon” (1967) and “Plato’s Stepchildren” (1968), the latter opposite Majel Barrett, who also did voice and acting work on the series and also had first appeared on “The Lucy Show.”

Babcock is probably best remembered for playing Grace Gardener on “Hills Street Blues” (1981-87) for which she won an Emmy Award. She was also a regular on “Dallas” (1978-82) as Liz Craig.

She was ranked in People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 1994.

She retired from acting in 2004 when she was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and now resides in Carmel, California.

#Barbara Babcock #Lucille Ball #Star Trek #The Lucy Show #Hill Street Blues #Dallas

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theliberaltony · 6 years

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One of the many reasons I think New England is great1 is that its elections are conducted — and its results are reported — at the city/town level, not the county level. That lets psephologists like me study them in greater detail, and one election I’m particularly interested in is the just-concluded 2018 U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts.

For Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the race was little more than a tune-up for the 2020 presidential campaign she is now gearing up for2; she breezed to re-election by 24 points (although it was arguably an underwhelming performance given the state’s blue hue). But we can look at who voted for Warren in 2018 for clues as to who might vote for her in 2020 — both in the primary and, if she gets there, in the general election.

This isn’t as simple as just looking at which areas Warren won — because partisanship predicted the 2018 election results so well, all that would tell us is that she does well in the most Democratic places. Instead, you have to look at how Warren performed relative to other Democrats. Since she is vying to succeed Hillary Clinton as the Democratic presidential nominee, I used Clinton’s 2016 general-election performance as my point of comparison. If Warren did better than Clinton in a given town, it suggests that its voters were more enthusiastic about her than they were about Clinton. If Clinton did better than Warren, it indicates that those voters were relatively cool toward the state’s senior senator.

I calculated the difference between Warren’s and Clinton’s vote shares for all 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts as well as the 255 voting precincts in the city of Boston. Armed with demographic statistics about each of those jurisdictions (plus my knowledge as a Massachusetts native), I spent a few days looking for patterns in the data. Here’s what I found.

1. She’s weak in elite suburbs

One clear trend is that Warren underperformed in extremely wealthy, highly college-educated communities. In 2013, The Washington Post conducted a nationwide analysis that identified the wealthiest and most educated zip codes in the U.S., labeled “Super Zips” (building upon an earlier analysis by political scientist Charles Murray). Modifying the Post’s Super Zip calculations to look only at Massachusetts,3 I identified the state’s 12 upper-crustiest cities and towns. The list is a veritable where’s-where of elite Boston suburbs — and Warren did worse than Clinton in all 12.

Warren underwhelmed in ‘Super Zips’

How Hillary Clinton (in the 2016 presidential race) and Elizabeth Warren (in the 2018 Senate race) performed in the 12 wealthiest and best-educated communities in Massachusetts

Vote Share City/Town Median Income* % with Bachelor’s Clinton Warren Diff. Wellesley $177k 82.7% 71% 64% -7% Weston 197 82.4 66 60 -6 Medfield 154 72.5 59 55 -4 Dover 204 82.7 57 54 -3 Needham 142 74.6 70 68 -3 Sherborn 171 82.9 67 64 -3 Winchester 152 75.5 63 61 -2 Sudbury 171 78.5 69 66 -2 Wayland 167 82.6 72 70 -2 Andover 143 73.7 58 57 -2 Lexington 162 81.6 77 75 -2 Carlisle 171 84.7 69 68 -1 Statewide 74 42.1 60 60 0

*By household

Communities qualified as Super Zips if they scored at least a 95 in our calculation, which averaged each community’s percentile in education with its percentile in income to get a score from 0 to 100.

Sources: 2013-2017 American Community Survey, Massachusetts secretary of the commonwealth

Although I’d like to include some of the more well-to-do sections of Boston in this list, no income or education data is available for individual precincts within Boston. To get at least a rough sense of how those neighborhoods voted, however, we can use past election results — specifically, the precinct’s margin shift from 2012 to 2016 presidential results — to find likely Super Zips within the city. (As has been thoroughly documented here and elsewhere, affluent, well-educated Mitt Romney voters flocked to Clinton in 2016.) Seven of the eight precincts that shifted the most toward Clinton are in Beacon Hill or the Back Bay, two of Boston’s poshest neighborhoods.4 Warren lagged behind Clinton in these precincts by anywhere from 2 points to 9 points, confirming our statewide findings.

Of course, after Clinton won upper-class areas by eye-popping margins in 2016, some reversion to the mean is expected. However, it also makes sense that Warren would be unpopular among wealthy voters, given her career-long crusade against big business. It certainly appears that social and economic elites are not part of Warren’s base.

2. She could win back Obama-Trump voters

So where are the voters who love Warren? Here are the 10 cities and towns where she outran Clinton by the biggest margin:

Places that swung toward Trump still like Warren

The 10 Massachusetts cities and towns where Elizabeth Warren (in the 2018 Senate race) outperformed Hillary Clinton (in the 2016 presidential race) by the highest margin

Vote Share City/Town Median Income % with Bachelor’s 2012 vs. 2016 Margin Shift Clinton Warren Diff. Hawley $66k 39.6% R+12 51% 67% +16% Middlefield 75 26.0 R+30 51 67 +15 Cummington 53 43.2 R+11 60 72 +12 Wendell 43 45.9 R+13 69 81 +12 Sandisfield 69 37.3 R+17 53 64 +11 Peru 69 24.5 R+30 50 60 +11 Otis 70 32.5 R+19 47 57 +10 Leverett 87 64.9 R+3 77 87 +10 Tyringham 86 49.3 D+11 69 78 +9 North Adams 39 24.5 R+20 64 73 +9 Statewide 74 42.1 D+4 60 60 0

*By household

Sources: 2013-2017 American Community Survey, Massachusetts secretary of the commonwealth

They have a lot in common. They are all small towns in Western Massachusetts. With a few exceptions, they have incomes lower than the statewide average. Most of them have fewer college graduates than average as well. And Trump improved upon Romney’s margin in all but one of them.

Just like other white,5 blue-collar areas in the rest of the country, Western Massachusetts broke with longstanding Democratic tradition in the 2016 election. Warren’s ability to match or even exceed President Obama’s 2012 performance in these areas suggests that she might be the right candidate to persuade Obama-Trump voters to once again vote Democratic in the 2020 general election. In addition, a majority of Democrats in most of these towns — some of which are fairly bohemian — voted for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic primary. That’s a pretty good indication that Warren may also find a primary base among economically struggling communities that could be receptive to her populist message.

3. Young people seem to like her

Young people generally make up a small share of the electorate, so it’s hard to draw any firm conclusions about how they might feel about Warren based on Massachusetts election results. So let’s stick to what we know: Warren exhibited moderate strength in Massachusetts’s 10 youngest municipalities.6

Warren’s youth movement

How Elizabeth Warren (in the 2018 Senate race) performed compared with Hillary Clinton (in the 2016 presidential race) in the 10 youngest communities in Massachusetts

Vote Share City/Town Median Age Clinton Warren Diff. Amherst 21.4 83% 89% +6% Sunderland 31.3 71 76 +5 Aquinnah 25.6 82 86 +4 Somerville 31.5 83 87 +4 Williamstown 29.9 81 84 +3 Cambridge 30.4 88 91 +3 Springfield 32.9 74 75 +1 Boston 32.0 81 81 0 Lawrence 31.4 82 81 -1 Wenham 24.7 56 54 -3 Statewide 39.4 60 60 0

Sources: 2013-2017 American Community Survey, Massachusetts secretary of the commonwealth

In six of them, Warren outran Clinton by 3 points or more, and in three of the other four, more than half the population is nonwhite, which is likely far more important in explaining the communities’ electoral preferences than age is. (The 10th town, Wenham, is an easily-explained-away exception: It’s an elite suburb that appears on the list mostly because a local college7 drops its median age.) Although the sample size is small, this does suggest Warren has a natural constituency in and around college towns, based on her overperformance in places like Amherst8 (+6 points), Cambridge9 (+3 points) and Williamstown10 (+3 points). The Boston precincts where Warren outpaced Clinton the most were also disproportionately located in the city’s Allston and Brighton neighborhoods, which stretch from Boston College to Boston University; as of the last Census, more than half the population there was between the ages of 20 and 34.

4. Nonwhite voters are a wild card

There’s one demographic variable we haven’t mentioned yet, and it’s a big one in a Democratic primary: race. Both the places where Warren did especially well and the places where she did especially poorly were overwhelmingly white.11 How did Warren’s vote share compare with Clinton’s in Massachusetts’s predominantly nonwhite communities (yes, they do exist)? Overall, the differences were minimal, implying that Warren is no better, nor any worse, at wooing these voters than Clinton was.

Warren does OK in diverse places

How Elizabeth Warren (in the 2018 Senate race) performed compared with Hillary Clinton (in the 2016 presidential race) in the 12 Massachusetts communities where less than half the population is white

Share of Population Vote Share City/Town White Hispanic Black Asian Clinton Warren Diff. Aquinnah* 40% 0% 0% 1% 82% 86% +4% Everett 46 23 19 6 67 69 +2 Malden 47 9 16 24 70 72 +2 Lowell 49 20 7 21 64 65 +1 Springfield 33 44 19 2 74 75 +1 Lynn 38 39 12 8 67 67 +1 Randolph 36 8 38 12 75 76 +1 Boston 45 19 23 9 81 81 0 Holyoke 43 51 3 2 70 70 0 Brockton 37 11 39 2 71 71 0 Chelsea 22 66 6 3 79 79 0 Lawrence 16 79 2 2 82 81 -1 Statewide 73 11 7 6 60 60 0

*42 percent of Aquinnah residents are Native American.

Sources: 2013-2017 American Community Survey, Massachusetts secretary of the commonwealth

We can take a closer look at how Warren performed among Hispanic, black and Asian voters specifically by zooming in to the precinct level in Boston, whose neighborhoods remain fairly segregated by race.12 This data reveals that Warren may hold special appeal among nonwhite voters after all — specifically, Hispanic voters. Warren did between 1 and 6 points better than Clinton in all 10 Boston precincts where, as of 2010, at least 50 percent of residents were Hispanic. At the same time, the precinct data also seems to confirm that black voters are truly agnostic about Warren. On average, Warren did only 1 point better than Clinton in Boston’s 56 majority-black precincts, with very little precinct-by-precinct deviation. It was hard to arrive at a conclusion about Asian voters; Boston had no majority-Asian precincts in 2010. The three precincts where Asians constituted a plurality of the population differed dramatically from one another. In one, Warren did 2 points better than Clinton; in the other two, Warren did 4 and 10 points worse.13

People of color cast about 40 percent of all votes in the 2016 Democratic primary, so anyone who hopes to be the party’s 2020 nominee must win a healthy share of nonwhite voters. On the plus side for Warren, it’s a good sign that her 2018 performance among these voters wasn’t actively bad, given that Sanders (whose natural constituencies overlap with Warren’s) struggled so much to win minority voters in the 2016 primary; indeed, her campaign managers ought to find her recent performance with Hispanic voters downright encouraging. But on the other hand, Warren has also shown no particular knack for connecting with black and Asian voters. She has plenty of other strengths as a candidate — including her ideology and fundraising ability — but fostering more of a base among nonwhite voters could give her the complete package.

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【常威中史】慈禧平反系列（一百七十二回）

時間繼續停留係1905年，依一年係重要一年，日俄戰爭結束，俄國第一次革命發生，孫中山同黃興組成同盟會，1905年亦係愛因斯坦業餘進修獲得博士學位嘅一年，同年佢發表咗關於光電效應、布朗運動、狹義相對論、質量和能量關係四篇論文，依一年被後人稱為「愛因斯坦奇蹟年」，最著名解釋世界嘅公式（E = mc2）亦係呢一年出現。

1905年嘅大清帝國，現代化改革不斷發生，其中女權運動嘅興起，亦同時發生，之前豆斗已經發出諭旨，容許滿漢通婚，鼓勵女性唔再紮腳，紮腳呢樣嘢，真係人類歷史上一樣最變態最殘酷最不知所謂嘅事情（下刪粗口一萬字），偏偏又係中國人發明，偏偏喺中國行咗成700幾年（傳聞發明紮腳係中國最偉大詞人南唐李後主，睇見紮腳嗰隻三寸金蓮，真係隔夜飯都嘔），二十世紀初，豆斗冇強行禁止紮腳，因為當時國民士大夫階層仍然反對，依種虐待婦女嘅變態傳統，喺民國期間仲未消失，真係要去到1949年中共取得江山，強行禁止，中國婦女先從呢種咁殘酷變態嘅傳統裡面完全解放出嚟。

同期婦女開始能夠進入學校讀書，1905年一個滿族女性惠興（1870-1905），唔係劉慧卿，佢籌款響杭州興建一間女子中學，但中學建成之後，原本答應畀錢嘅人冇畀錢，於是惠興女士憤然吞生鴉片自殺，死諌詢學，呢件事震動咗成個清國，惠興女士亦成為中國女權運動嘅先驅者。之後豆斗大力推廣女權運動，1907年奏定女學堂公布，清國嘅女性，開始同男性一樣擁有接受教育的基本人權。

1907年，任職兩江總督嘅新派官員端方（1861-1911），派出第一批女性前赴美國留學，呢批留美女性中間，有畢業於喬治亞洲威斯利安女子學院（Wesleyan）、後來成為孫中山夫人嘅宋慶齡，仲有佢個妹，畢業於麻塞諸塞州衞尼斯學院（Wellesley）嘅宋美齡，佢後來係蔣介石老婆。

1905年豆斗派出端方、載澤（1876-1929）、戴鴻慈（1853-1910）、徐世昌（1855-1939）同紹英（1861-1925）五大臣出洋考察，出門之前，佢哋經過正陽門車站遭到革命黨嘅炸彈襲擊，不得不改由海路由上海出發，五大臣遊歷日本、美國、英國、法國、德國、丹麥、瑞典、挪威、奧地利、俄國十國，1906年8月返國，呢次考察空前成功，五大臣將西方各國嘅憲政模式同豆斗報告，而在同一個時間，清帝國亦開始君主立憲嘅預備工作。

同期，豆斗委任前李鴻章幕僚、我哋香港人之光法學博士伍廷芳（1842-1922），大力改革大清法律制度。之前講過，科舉制度亦響1905年壽終正寢。當然唔怕再提一次，廢除科舉我覺得係大清亡國嘅主因，因為呢個變動實在係太巨大太震撼。用當時嚴復（1854-1921）嘅講法係「自從商鞅廢井田，開阡陌以來，華夏還沒有領教過如此巨變」。20世紀初期清帝國嘅現化化改革係二千幾年嚟，中國所前所未見。一個封建傳統野蠻落後嘅帝國終於要邁向現代化之路，融入整個大世界。

你可能會問，一切都太遲了，豆斗做得太遲了。但我想同你講，其實20世紀初期嘅現代化大改革，只不過係洋務運動2.0嘅終極版，洋務運動由豆斗一上臺開始已經展開，只不過之前有太多障礙物存在，有太多守舊嘅人阻頭阻勢，豆斗同清帝國向前邁進真正嘅大改革，係要等呢批人死曬先可以出現。

最後想補充一句，首尾呼應吓今日篇文，20世紀初期你派人出國留學讀大專，去考察外國憲政制度嘅時候，人哋德國猶太人愛因斯坦已經發現咗狹義相對論，利用上帝嘅眼睛去解構時間同空間嘅秘密，彼此個距離真係好闊，闊到幾千光年咁闊……

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A Twist of Fate (Or Loyalty and Duty)

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by ThePoetess

Words: 87, Chapters: 1/24, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of The Devil or the Deep Blue Sea

Fandoms: Horatio Hornblower - Fandom, Master and Commander, Richard Sharpe Series, Les Miserables

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Underage

Categories: F/M, Gen

Characters: Henry Wellard, Archie Kennedy, Horatio Hornblower, William Bush, Styles, Matthews, James Orrock, Jack Hammond, "Black" Charlie Hammond, Captain "Dreadknot" Foster, Admiral Edward Pellew, Jack Simpson (From memories), Maria (Mariah) Mason Hornblower, Miss Mason, Buckland, Gunner Hobbs, Captain Sawyer, Major Lord Edrington, Kitty Cobham, Barbara Wellesley, John Clayton, Mr. Hornblower, Oldroyd, John "Jack" Aubrey, Stephen Maturin, Edward Ledward, Christine (Hatherleigh) Wood, Queenie, Andrew Wray, Fanny Harte, Amanda Smith, Clarissa Oakes, Richard Sharpe, Maggie Joyce, Jane Gibbons, John Hopper, Josefina LaCosta, Florent Joly, Jehan Prouvaire, The Les Amis D'LABC, Eponine

Relationships: Horatio Hornblower/Barbara Wellesley, Clarissa Oakes (Harvil)/Archie Kennedy, Eponine/Henry Wellard, Eponine/Archie Kennedy

Additional Tags: Love, Loss, Heartache, Death, Archie Kennedy - Freeform, Marriage, Bad Dreams, Hurt, happiness, Friendship, Archie and Shakespeare, puns, Jokes, Anger, Deception, Intrigue, Memories that Haunt, Sea Tales, Folklore, Loyalty, and Duty

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Bilderberg 2017 Tegoroczne spotkanie odbywa się w dniach 1-4 czerwca w Westfields Marriott Hotel w miejscowości Chantilly, w stanie Virgina, w USA. Warto przypomnieć, że Stowarzyszenie Bormanna (Bormann Brotherhood, Brown Eminence) stworzyło NATO za pomocą loży P2, nowy twór skupiający organizacje okultystyczne i struktury najemno-militarne, został oficjalnie nazwany Grupą Bilderberga. Każdy myślący człowiek, jest przyszłym wrogiem ... Martin Bormann Plan spotkania obejmuje następujące panele dyskusyjne : 1. Globalny Terroryzm 2. Przyjęcie euro przez wszystkie państwa zrzeszone 3. Wycofanie gotówki i wykorzystanie pieniądza elektronicznego 4. Zmniejszenie populacji świata 5. Niezależność państw europejskich w kontekście powstania Stanów Zjednoczonych Europy 6. Walka z globalnym ociepleniem poprzez zmniejszenie populacji ziemi 7. Pozyskiwanie funduszy na rzecz programu multikulturowości ( Paneuropa i uchodźcy ) 8. Mieszanie narodów w celu zniesienia tożsamości narodów europejskich 9. Agenda 2030 10. Przyszłość Stanów Zjednoczonych i Francji pod przywódctwem Donalda Trumpa i Emmanuela Macrona 11. Polityka Rosji w kontekście Europy, Ameryki i Bliskiego Wschodu Rozmowy oficjalne (iluzja) : 1. Administracja Trumpa, 2. relacje transatlantyckie, 3. finansowanie NATO, 4. kierunek Unii Europejskiej, 5. spowolnienie globalizacji, 6. bezrobocie i spadające dochody obywateli, 7. wojna informacyjna, 8. wzrost populizmu, 9. Rosja i międzynarodowy porządek, 10. Bliski Wschód, rozprzestrzenianie się broni atomowej, 11. Chiny oraz bieżące wydarzenia. I znów mamy nawiązanie do liczby 22 i wielkich arkan : http://czuwajacy.blogspot.com/2017/05/wielkie-arkana-22-czyli-gupcy-i-ich.html http://czuwajacy.blogspot.com/2017/05/dowody-zastosowania-tarota-w-planowaniu.html Na spotkaniach pojawił się team Trumpa : Henry Kissinger, Wilbur Ross i Chris Liddell, szef IMF - Christin Lagard, Cui Tiankai, a także Eric Schmidt szef Alphabet - Google, szefostwo Carlyle Group, KKR, George Osborne, prezydent Turner International, Sir Nicholas Houghton, Radosław Sikorski ... Pełna lista przedstawicieli zorganizowanej grupy przestępczej : Bilderberg 2017: Przewodniczący: Castries, Henri de (FRA), Former Chairman and CEO, AXA; President of Institut Montaigne Uczestnicy: 1. Achleitner, Paul M. (DEU), Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG 2. Adonis, Andrew (GBR), Chair, National Infrastructure Commission 3. Agius, Marcus (GBR), Chairman, PA Consulting Group 4. Akyol, Mustafa (TUR), Senior Visiting Fellow, Freedom Project at Wellesley College 5. Alstadheim, Kjetil B. (NOR), Political Editor, Dagens Næringsliv 6. Altman, Roger C. (USA), Founder and Senior Chairman, Evercore 7. Arnaut, José Luis (PRT), Managing Partner, CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut 8. Barroso, José M. Durão (PRT), Chairman, Goldman Sachs International 9. Bäte, Oliver (DEU), CEO, Allianz SE Baumann, Werner (DEU), Chairman, Bayer AG 10. Baverez, Nicolas (FRA), Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 11. Benko, René (AUT), Founder and Chairman of the Advisory Board, SIGNA Holding GmbH 12. Berner, Anne-Catherine (FIN), Minister of Transport and Communications 13. Botín, Ana P. (ESP), Executive Chairman, Banco Santander 14. Brandtzæg, Svein Richard (NOR), President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA 15. Brennan, John O. (USA), Senior Advisor, Kissinger Associates Inc. 16. Bsirske, Frank (DEU), Chairman, United Services Union 17. Buberl, Thomas (FRA), CEO, AXA 18. Bunn, M. 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Ucząc się, zapamiętujcie tylko to co warte waszej uwagi, abyście nigdy nie zapomnieli o swojej tożsamości, bo tylko wtedy wchodząc świadomie w struktury systemu, możecie być świadomie użyteczni dla Lechii, która odrodzi się na szczątkach tworu tymczasowego, jakim była i jest Polska ... Jeśli jesteś młody i masz w sobie tyle siły aby działać na rzecz Lechii, Wolność i Równości zgłoś się, do nas ... Jeśli, jako jedyni mamy swoich ludzi w grupie Bilderberga, oznacza to małe zwycięstwo rozumu i logiki nad bestialską siła nakazu i pieniądza ... Nielegalne twory będą tym, czym chcielibyśmy aby były ... i zrobimy to z waszą pomocą w ciszy, spokoju i cieniu działań tych, który pozycja rozmyje się niczym kurz wspomnień ... Myśl, słowo, działanie ... bowiem wiedza jest wtórne wobec faktów ... a my stworzymy fakty, które będą zalążkiem powrotu do wiedzy starożytnej ... Lepiej działać w ciszy, niż chwalić się osiągnięciami, których nie ma ... I pamiętajcie, możecie być przyszłością Lechii, możecie pozostawić po sobie historyczny ślad przywrócenie Lechii jej tożsamości ... Wojna nie polega na agresji lecz na inteligentnym przygotowaniu zadań, których realizacja prowadzi do konkretnego i ukrytego za chaosem celu. Depopulacji dotyka tylko inteligentnych jednostek, mogących zaszkodzić władzy ... Więc nasza wojna, będzie implozjom wypychającą ze środka Lechii całą szumowinę ... Tylko opanowanie państwa za pomocą silnej struktury wewnętrznej, pomoże nam osiągnąć plan nadrzędny, polegający na likwidacji hierarchii i elit stających na drodze samostanowienia ... Przemyślcie to ... Liga Świata Samostanowienia i Samoograniczenie

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——————————————————————— Britt Condo (955 Bay St) The Britt Condos to replace the Sutton Place Hotel at Bay and Wellesley in Toronto. Developed by Lanterra with design by IBI Group.

1bedroom+den, face South, 540sf, $549,990 2bedroom+den, face West, 750sf, $860,000

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1bedroom, face East, 496sf, $509,900 1bedroom, face North East, 507sf, $569,900 Jr bedroom, face South, 346sf, $419,900

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1bedroom+den, face West, 589sf, $610,000

——————————————————————— AYC Condo(181 Bedford Road) These high-rise Toronto condos are expected to be completed in 2020 by Diamondcorp. Located in Downtown’s Annex.

2bedroom, 2 washroom, 616sqf+137sqf balcony, face west, middle high floor, 620k 2bedroom+D, 2 washroom, 834sqf+87 balcony, including one parking, face west north, 800k. Good deal ————————————————————————- Alter Condo (99 McGill St) Located on the corner of Church and Gerrard in Toronto, Alter Condos is a new development by Tridel, one of the top Developers in the city. Expected to be completed to be completed in June this year.

1bedroom, face South. 477 sf, $470,000 2 bedroom, 2 washroom, face East South,796sf, $788000 2 bedroom, 2 washroom, face East South,796sf, $790000

—————————————————————————————– Vox Condo(28 Wellesley St) Vox Condominiums at 28 Wellesley Street East in Downtown Toronto. 35-storey tower designed by architectsAlliance for Cresford Developments

2 bedroom, 2 washroom, face East, 698sf, $668,000

————————————————————————————– 50 Wellesley 50 Wellesley Residences is a new condo project by Plaza currently in preconstruction at 50 Wellesley St E in Toronto.

1bedroom+den, face East, 582sf, $ 580,000

————————————————————————————————- Cumberland at Yorkville (200 Cumberland St) Cumberland at Yorkville is a new condo development by Camrost Felcorp.

1 bedroom, face South, 455sf, $510,000

————————————————————————————————— 87 Peter 87 Peter is a spectacular new condominium by Menkes Developments Ltd that sets the standard for downtown living. At King and Peter in downtown Toronto, it’s in a prime location in the heart of one of the world’s most dynamic cities.

1bedroom, face North, 500sf, $498,000 1bedroom, face South, 449sf, $499,000

———————————————————————————————— Messay Tower(197 Yonge St) The Massey Tower is a new condo development by MOD Developments Inc. and Intracorp currently under construction at 197 Yonge St, Toronto

1 bedroom, face West, 559sf, $726,000 1 bedroom+den, face East, 645sf,$774,000

———————————————————————————————– Harbour Plaza (88, 100 Harbour St) Harbour Plaza is a new condo development by Menkes located at 88 – 100 Harbour Street Toronto, the prime waterfront location. The Harbour Plaza consits of two condo towers of 70 and 74 storey at 90 and 100 Harbour street Toronto.

1 bedroom, face West, 518 sf, $530,000

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Composite photos, made by aggregating individual photos of members of a group. For example, lower left: “Sixty members of the class of ‘87 at Wellesley College.” The century magazine. November 1887.

Somewhat in sync with the eugenics movement, composite photos sometimes were represented as revealing the truth or essence of national, racial and other groupings of people.

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A New $36.3 Million Commitment to Advance Babson College Campus-Renewal Projects

WELLESLEY, MA–Robert (Bob) Weissman and his wife, Jan Weissman , have made a $36.3 million gift to Babson College, enabling construction to begin on a new collaborative environment in the center of campus where students, faculty, staff, and their ideas will intertwine.

“We are all humbled, inspired, and deeply grateful for the Weissmans’ extraordinary and unmatched generosity and commitment to Babson College,” said President Kerry Healey. “Bob and Jan’s remarkable support is a testament to their deep engagement with our mission: to prepare entrepreneurial leaders who create great economic and social value everywhere. Their guidance and support has benefited every aspect of the Babson community—our students, alumni, faculty, and the campus experience—and will continue to drive excellence at Babson for generations to come.”

While the Weissmans’ gift is unrestricted, a portion of it will be used to enable construction to begin on a new 10,000-square-foot structure in the heart of Babson’s campus. This beautiful, light-filled space will include a four-season garden for use by students and will serve as the gateway to Horn Library, making it much more accessible. Within the new structure will be group study areas and informal gathering spaces, a café, and a new home for the Stephen D. Cutler Center for Investments and Finance. This new construction will also establish centralized locations for Babson’s academic and extracurricular resource centers, create a state-of-the-art classroom, and provide additional faculty and staff offices.

“Babson plays a vital role in advancing the work of family businesses, of businesses led by women, of businesses that promote the common good for all people, and of entrepreneurs of all kinds,” said Robert Weissman. “Our entire family feels very fortunate that we are able to help sustain Babson’s mission around the world and to do so during our lifetimes so that we can see the impact our philanthropy is having now and in the months and years ahead.”

Robert and Jan Weissman are among Babson’s most generous and committed philanthropists. Their new gift brings their lifetime support of Babson to a record $100 million.

The Weissman family has deep ties to Babson. Married for more than 57 years, Robert and Janet Weissman have two sons that hold Babson degrees (Michael D. Weissman ’87, P’20, and Christopher J. Weissman MBA’90), as does one of their daughters-in-law (Wendy Munroe Weissman ’88, P’20). One of their grandsons is currently attending Babson.

Robert Weissman is a co-founder of Cognizant Technology Solutions, an information-consulting company that has grown to 250,000 employees and sales of more than $14 billion. During the 1970s, he was a pioneer in the cable television transmission industry and later in the nascent computer-time-sharing industry. In 1980, he was named Executive Vice President of Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, and, in 1984, he was named President and COO of the company. Ultimately, he spent 17 years with Dun & Bradstreet, eventually becoming Chairman and CEO in 1994.

Babson College is the educator, convener, and thought leader for Entrepreneurship of All Kinds®. The top-ranked college for entrepreneurship education, Babson is a dynamic living and learning laboratory where students, faculty, and staff work together to address the real-world problems of business and society. We prepare the entrepreneurial leaders our world needs most: those with strong functional knowledge and the skills and vision to navigate change, accommodate ambiguity, surmount complexity, motivate teams in a common purpose to make a difference in the world, and have an impact on organizations of all sizes and types. As we have for nearly a half-century, Babson continues to advance Entrepreneurial Thought & Action® as the most positive force on the planet for generating sustainable economic and social value.

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«Δεν είχα ποτέ σχέση με λεσβία», υποστηρίζει η πρώην υπουργός Εξωτερικών των ΗΠΑ, Χίλαρι Κλίντον σε συνέντευξη που παραχώρησε στον Αμερικανό ραδιοφωνικό παραγωγό, Χάουαρντ Στερν.

Η πρώην «Πρώτη Κυρία» των ΗΠΑ μίλησε για την προσωπική της ζωή επισημαίνοντας ότι ουδέποτε είχε σχέση με άτομο του ιδίου φύλου. Ξεκαθάρισε επίσης ότι της αρέσουν οι άνδρες.

«Ποτέ, ποτέ, ποτέ», είπε η Χίλαρι σχολιάζοντας τις φήμες που κυκλοφορούσαν και συνεχίζουν να κυκλοφορούν ότι είναι bisexual.

H Χίλαρι αποφοίτησε από το Κολέγιο Θηλέων «Wellesley College» το 1969. Εκείνα τα χρόνια είχαν κυκλοφορήσει οι φήμες ότι είχε σχέση με την συγκάτοικό της. Από τότε πλανώνται οι φήμες περί λεσβιακής σχέσης.

Στο Πανεπιστήμιο, ενώ είχε σχέση με συμφοιτητή της, γνώρισε τον Μπιλ Κλίντον.

«Αμέσως κατάλαβα πως ήταν ο άντρας της ζωής μου», δήλωσε.

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What Is The Smallest Space You Could Possibly Live In?

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Laugh at the question if you want to, but believe it or not, a lot of Torontonians will be forced to answer this question in the next decade.

Condos are being built smaller and smaller, for a variety of reasons which is a topic for another day.

And while I’m fascinated by these 800-something square-foot three-bedroom condos, I’d like to focus on 1-bedroom condos today.

What is the smallest space in which you could live? And what would that look like?

Do you know the size of the average jail cell in the United States?

48 square feet.

That’s a 6 x 8, single-person cell.

Throughout the country, there exist some luxurious 6 x 9, single person cells.

But there also exist 6 x 12, two-person cells.

Of course, there are also open gymnasiums with hundreds of bunk beds in prisons with over-crowding, but that doesn’t really play into our real estate analogy.

I suppose the thought here is: how much larger do you expect your condo to be, than this:

Okay, I cheated a little.

That’s actually a spacious two-person cell.

And considering I just spent ten minutes Googling prison cells, that’s one of the nicest prison cells you will ever find!

In any event, I think we’re a ways from creating 50 square foot condos, and we’re also a ways from living in drawers:

But with the way condos in Toronto are shrinking, there simply must be a limit, or a “bottom line,” for most people.

Whether it’s a look, a feel, or simply a number of square feet, what is the bottom line for you?

I don’t believe I have ever sold a condo of less than 400 square feet.

In fact, I think the smallest unit I’ve ever sold is probably around 450 square feet.

On Monday night, I have a client bidding (I know, every condo has “bids” now…) on a 480 square foot unit that feels palatial, when compared to the actual number of square feet. And that’s important to note: small spaces can feel a lot smaller, or larger, depending on the layout.

There is a number at which a true 1-bedroom condo ceases to be possible, and that’s probably somewhere south of 400 square feet.

I’ve been looking at a handful of condos, some existing, some planned, and examining units that are less than 400 square feet.

I want those of you who read floor plans like Braille to tell me which spaces work, and which don’t.

And I want the rest of you, who may or may not have any idea how to read a floor plan, to give me your honest opinion about these spaces.

Let’s look at five condos, in descending order of square footage:

Condo #5 – “The Britt” – Bay & Wellesley

Here’s a typical sub-400 square foot unit for you.

This is at “The Britt,” which is a pre-construction development by Lanterra Developments, located at Bay & Wellesley.

The issue I have with this floor plan (and we’re assuming I like any floor plan below 400 sqft), is the long foyer.

There’s no measurements here, but it looks like of the 396 square feet in this unit, a good 50-60 square feet is tied up in a useless hallway.

I don’t know if I trust the “furnishings” in any of these floor plans.

Keep in mind, a king-sized bed is 8 x 7 with a modest bed-frame, so when you see the floor plans including beds, chairs, night stands, et al, they’re probably tiny.

Note that the chair on the left almost touches the kitchen counter, and that 4-person-table-with-chairs, that looks like a smushed mushroom, is only moderately larger than one of the living room chairs. I’d have a hard time believing you can actually fit a 4-person table and four chairs.

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Condo #4 – “Nicholas Residences” – 75 St. Nicholas Street

Only one square foot smaller than the first floor plan, this unit at 75 St. Nicholas Street does not have the big hallway that I didn’t like.

It does, however, have something potentially worse.

Any guesses?

That pillar!

That giant black circle is deal-breaker.

A pillar is bad enough in your typical floor-plan, but in a 395 square foot condo, which is hard enough to furnish as is, it completely kills the space.

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Condo #3 – “Massey Tower” – 197 Yonge Street

Built atop the Canadian Bank of Commerce building, circa 1905, this massive 60-storey, 699-unit building will tower atop the heritage site like the birds that crapped on the old structure for a decde. If you think I’m kidding, I’m not. It was so bad, the buidling became known as “the bird poop building.”

This is the best layout so far, although you have to admit – it’s only because the furniture outlines make the space work.

The issue I have here is the awkward angle.

These towers are designed to look aesthetically pleasing from the outside, and that comes before the interior layouts. Otherwise, every single condo in the city would be a perfect square.

The result, is that diagonal slanted window.

and as you can see from what is probably a double-bed, or less, there’s one inch of space between the bed-frame and the window.

It should also be noted in all of these layouts, that there’s virtually no room to store your clothing. That closet behind the washer-dryer is all the space in the condo.

Downsize your condo, downsize your wardrobe…

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Condo #2 – “365 Church Condos” – Church & Granby

Completed only a few months ago, this Menkes Developments condominium is a mere 21-storeys; which basically makes it “low-rise” in 2018.

Only one square foot smaller than the previous floor plan above, this is a far better layout.

This unit is square, which makes all the difference.

However, there’s that damn pillar again! Not the large black circle which you’d wish was an end table once you move in.

I would estimate that’s four feet from the end of the pillar to the window, which completely kills about 30-40 square feet of your 377 square foot condo.

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Condo #1 – “Wellesley On The Park” – 11 Wellesley Street

300 square feet, folks.

We’re reached the bottom of the barrel.

Did you ever think you’d see a 300 square foot condo?

This 60-storey, 739 unit condominium by Lanterra Developments is scheduled for compeltion later this year, and there are a whole lot of 300-something-square-foot units!

It’s incredible because during my search, I found a lot of units that were 350-400 square feet, but there aren’t that many below 350.

Art Shoppe Condos has a lot in the low-300’s, but I figured this one was far more interesting.

The living/dining/kitchen is 11’6″ by 12’4″, and that’s basically your condo. 142 square feet.

Once again, the diagonal-slanted wall makes the space really awkward.

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Condo #(-1): “Karma Condos” – Yonge & College

Smile!

Because I did.

After I found the 300 square foot unit at Wellesley on the Park, I thought I was finished.

But alas, karma struck.

Karma Condos, that is, and their miserable 277 square foot unit.

I do believe that’s the smallest condo available for sale in the city, but please, oh please, let me know if you find one smaller…

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So what do you think, folks?

Do any of these tickle your fancy?

Could you live in 277 square feet?

What about 395 square feet?

I welcome your thoughts…

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2018 Best Colleges and Universities in New England

When it comes to world-class colleges and universities, the New England area doesn’t have a shortage. It is home to some of the most prestigious and selective colleges and universities in the world. In this piece, we will discuss the best colleges and universities in New England.

Harvard University – Founded in 1636 and one of eight Ivy League campuses, Harvard ranks second among universities nationwide. Getting accepted at this private school isn’t easy; Harvard is one of the most selective schools in the United States, but it also has a 97% retention rate among freshmen. A best-value campus, the annual tuition, and fees will run $50,000. Harvard is heaven for book lovers and home to the largest academic library in the world. It’s also a great place to network. Harvard tends to produce American presidents, Nobel laureates, and future billionaires. One of the things prospective students appreciate most about Harvard is that unlike other top schools which tend to skew towards the sciences, Harvard divides equal attention to humanities as it does to science. Harvard boasts a student success core of 76.67%.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology – If you’re considering research schools, you’ve inevitably considered MIT.MIT is the holy grail of American research schools by design. Unlike other schools, it adopted a model of teaching from European universities that prioritizes laboratory instruction in addition to classroom instruction. MIT students can participate in or even initiate projects as part of their academic credit or as volunteers. MIT ranks fifth in national universities, and some of the best minds in science, engineering and technology can be found here. MIT is home to the Sloan School of Management. The acceptance rate is 10%. Tuition and fees are approximately $65,000.

Tufts University – This school offers more than 70 majors, and it’s well-known for its School of Medicine and the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. Your tuition and fees here will be approximately $54,000 each year.

Brandeis University – The curriculum focus here is a unique combination of liberal arts embedded with research, and students are encouraged to participate in the many extracurricular activities that the school provides. Freshmen and sophomores live on campus. Tuition and fees are $53,582 annually.

Northeastern University – Also in the top 40 of national colleges and universities, Northeastern is well-known for getting their students hands-on work experience through internships.

Amherst College – A top-ranked liberal arts college, Amherst attracts students from around the world because of its academic offerings. Tuition and fees here are $54,000 annually.

Wellesley College – Known for its academic rigor, this all-female school encourages women to dream big and achieve their goals. Wellesley has cross-registration agreements with schools like MIT. Tuition and fees are $51,000 each year. Not all the schools in Massachusetts are behemoths in size, but they offer just as rigorous a curriculum as larger universities.

University of Massachusetts-Lowell – This school offers more than 100 bachelors degrees, as well as masters and doctoral degrees, and students are encouraged to participate in community service. Tuition and fees at this school are $14,800 annually.

Bowdoin College – This small, private college is the third-best liberal arts school in the United States. In addition to providing an excellent education, the college also offers plenty of rich college experiences. This school is home to the Peucinian Society, of which alumni Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a member. Bowdoin is a best-value school and is respected for its undergraduate teaching. Annual tuition is approximately $52,000.

Maine Maritime Academy – This college offers independent and regimental programs of study. Students enrolled in the regimental program train as midshipmen, but there is no requirement for military service. Most students complete academy cruise training consisting of at least four ports of call. This school is a best-value college, and it has a respected engineering program. Annual tuition at MMA is approximately $13,300.

University of Maine – Farmington – This institute of higher education offers a rigorous liberal arts education in a residential setting that encourages students to focus on their studies. The school also teaches community service and prides itself on hiring inspirational faculty to help students learn and grow. This college was the first school of higher education in Maine. The university is a best-value school, recognized as a great school for veterans, and is #4 among top public schools. Annual tuition here is approximately $9,500.

Colby College – Colby ranks at an impressive #12 among liberal arts colleges in the nation. Many students here attend the college to major in environmental studies; attractions include a nearby peat bog and environmental This college offers fifty majors, and two-thirds of the students study abroad at programs in France, Spain, and Russia. The annual tuition and fees run approximately $53,000.

Bates College – This private, liberal arts school is #23 in the nation among similar schools. The college provides students with a well-rounded education designed to prepare them for their careers, and many students participate in the school’s program for studying abroad. Students can take advantage of many outdoor activities, including canoeing and skiing. Most students live on campus in one of many Victorian homes located on the 133 acres of the school. Tuition here averages $52,000 a year.

Middlebury College – Situated in the small town of Middlebury, this college is located between the Adirondacks and the Green Mountains in the picturesque Champlain Valley. The #6 liberal arts college in the nation offers studies in the environment, sciences, literature and international topics. The campus is home to the Bread Loaf Writer’s’ Conference, and attendance at Bread Loaf is a highly sought-after honor. Middlebury is in the top ten of best undergraduate teaching schools, and it is also a best-value choice. The acceptance rate is 16%. The annual tuition and fees run $52,496.

Vermont Technical College – This school ranks #19 in the North among similar colleges and is the only technical trades college in the state. It’s considered an excellent choice for veterans and anyone else looking for good value in a public school. The school turns away 30% Expect to pay approximately $15,000 in in-state tuition and fees.

Castleton University – Ranked at #24 among regional colleges in the North, Castleton is a public school that focuses on the individual and challenges his or her thinking. In-state tuition and fees run approximately $11,500 annually.

Lyndon State College – Lyndon State has earned the rank of #33 among northern universities. The school offers degrees in liberal arts and education. Annual tuition and fees here are approximately $12,000.

Norwich University – The school prides itself on teaching American thought in a global world to cadets and civilians. The school is a best-value choice and has a recognized engineering program, and it is #86 among national universities. The annual tuition and fees are $38,662.

Bennington College – Ranking at #87 in national liberal arts colleges, this private school encourages traditional learning and hands-on activities that add relevance to the college experience. The annual tuition and fees run $52,420.

Champlain College – Champlain is another private institution of higher education, and it ranks #91 regionally among northern universities. Half the students here also study abroad, encouraged by frequent classroom discussions of world travels. This school is not only a best-value choice, but it is also tied for second place in innovation. The school charges $39,818 in tuition and fees each year.

The University of Vermont – Coming in at #97 in among national universities, this school is a popular choice among four-year degree candidates. Veterans will find that the university caters to their needs, and it’s also a best-value choice. The in-state tuition and fees cost $17,740 annually.

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