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OPINION: Government’s anti-corruption vision was a goose that was cooked on many fronts
Posted by: Denis Chabrol in Opinion September 23, 2018 0
by GHK Lall
I read that two leading commentators, Ram and Hinds-neither a new accounting firm nor political consulting one-observed that the coalition government has moved away from its once sturdy anti-corruption posture. Rather regrettably, I must agree and strongly so.
Like that other, once arresting vehicle, social cohesion, government’s anti-corruption measures, muscle, and volume all seem a quiet echo of its earlier strident, straight-ahead, take no prisoners approach. For all intents and purposes, anticorruption energies have not shrunk to a quiet echo and pale shadow, but withered, tired, almost nonexistent reflections in both instances. There are multiple reasons for this development; I outline only a few now.
No government, no matter how well-intended, can mount a successful anti-corruption fight of significance when a growing number of its own people-stalwart, influential people-are themselves renowned for being in the same league as their despised predecessors, corrupters in large part. The situation is further worsened when those who were in league before are in still up to their old tricks. Nothing of consequence can attained; and this is one of the reasons why matters do not proceed well towards the courts; or within the courts when they do make their way to that sometimes sorry place. In these instances, the governmental fish does not rot from the head, but from the trunk all the way down to the tail. Some very far-reaching and high-ranking people are known to have been fingered. Their biometrics are conclusive. And for further verification, check their friends; and if that still does not suffice, then trace the histories of both themselves, as well as their friends and neighbors and comrades and fellow travelers. In Guyana, there are no pure communists; only greedy, venal, money-sucking capitalists of the worst sort.
Second, the government’s early anti-corruption engine room (such as it was) powered the zeal to expose the opposition and stick it to the losers and their henchmen. Some of them. There was one particular leading character, who the people (including his own) recognized as an illuminating combination of Machiavelli, Medici, and Ponzi; unsurprisingly, he has exhibited more immunity than all three. So that, too, has stalled. But at bottom, the much lauded and much vaunted anticorruption drive was never really to clean up the incalculable mess left behind, as that would have laid bare partners, peas in pods, and strange bedfellows. The wisdom of hindsight and belated intelligence has convinced that Guyana is a de facto single party state, with membership from the government side and the benches on other side of the parliamentary aisle. They shared before and they share now; the only losers are the voters. Thus, this hullabaloo about government’s anti-corruption vision was a goose that was cooked on many fronts by many hands. From the inception, it was dead on arrival. The few poor souls (untouchables) fighting a
losing battle are left holding baskets; the bottoms are not tarred. To emphasize this point of political collusion, I have heard floated the term “rogue elements.” People in the know were not talking of law enforcement, but of the cabinet of all places. Chew on that salted, pickled morsel.
Third, the old government had so wired, mined, and compromised the bureaucratic machinery that even those who did not support it at the ballot box, benefited immensely and criminally then. Today, those well-entrenched beneficiaries know nothing, find nothing, push nothing. To do so would be self-incriminating. The fallback is taking the Fifth. Again, the well-meaning in the government have very little to work with or on which to construct the sinews of a case. True believers and dogged faithful soldiers are stymied into irrelevance. The chaps on Robb Street are having a good laugh; so, too, are their buddies in Sophia.
Fourth, in the circumstances, it should not be unexpected that the government’s anti-corruption caravan has disappeared into the mists. But here is the kicker and the killer. Even the shortsighted and the lamebrained in this society now discern that the bulk of the populace (from taxi drivers to tycoons and peasants to professionals) has neither interest nor enthusiasm for anything that takes bread out of its mouth and the swagger in its stride. The endless cataracts of dirty money, corrupt money, and hot and easy money made their day. It also made an unimagined opulent lifestyle possible for many bottom feeders and those at every rung up the ladder. Hence, there is no need, no welcome for sheriffs and pietists and party spoilers. I call this the green counterrevolution, Guyana style.
The people want the old hustles and the quick rich pickings; trickle-down economics it surely was. It is what is awaited prayerfully. And the people must not be made to suffer. Of course, these same yearning citizens prioritize loud concerns about crime, quality of life, gangs and drugs in the schools and communities, and guns all over. But they are willing to coexist with all these plagues, as long as the cash keeps coming. The price, though steep, is right.
So whether from the political inside or the larger social environment, the game is up: point, set, match.
The government is compelled to tuck in its head and turn turtle on anti-corruption. The writings are on the wall. Unlike Nebuchadnezzar, the hands are visible and familiar. Goodbye, anti-corruption.
Denis Chabrol
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DHR_000x's adventure through bits and bytes
Schwiizer Nati!!
Today it ain't about gaming, like I give a damn. Stay and listen...
Look at your phone.Look at the bottom right hand of your computer. Look at the calender on the wall made up of pictures of hot half naked downhill racer chicks. You know what date was yesterday right? Of course you do. It was the 25th of June 2014, silly. Doesn't seem too significant at first, does it? But it is and it should be ringing bells like Sunday at twelve o'clock. Think about it for a minute there while the rest of us amuse ourselves with Chinese finger traps. Got it yet? Well? Seriously? Come on now. Ah here, this is embarrassing. Sure man, I'll just tell you. It's 36 years since the rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time... nahm that may be important to you but it's not what I am talking about here. It's also 17 years since Jacques Cousteau passed away leading to a Tsunami wave of Shark documentaries, not talking about that either. It's four yea…
Why u called Battlefield?
Wooohooo new Battlefield game, let's do this! [... 1 hour later...]
I... i... okay lets keep it together and make a review based on the facts. Facts like THIS AINT NO FUCKING BATTLEFIELD. C'mon, those who read this know i dont bitch about games without knowing the bakgrounds. Let's get a little feeling of what this is about.
Battlefield Hardline is being developed by the Visceral Games team. They are mostly known for making the Dead Space series. Aside of that, they made 2 Lord of the Rings games (the crappy Hack and Slash ones, not the awesome RTS LOTR: Battle for Middle-Earth), a few old James Bond games, Dantes Inferno and Army of Two 3. There are a few games in their list that are halfway okay (only Dead Space was truly awesome) and only half of them are shooters. So you may ask, why did they get chosen by EA to make Battlefield Hardline? Because they made the BF3: Endgame DLC. Thats all.
I'm not really sure if they have chosen the right team to develop the new BF …
There goes another "What to do while downloading" post.
Meep meep! Im downloading Battlefield Hardline Beta right now in order to give it a kicking in a few minutes from now.
I am kind of overwhelmed with all this BFH stuff that is comming out. I mean, not more than 15 days ago it got leaked because somebody found BFH related files in the Battlelog installation. Not even half a day after the leak, EA and DICE confirmed the existence of a new Battlefield game and a few hours later there was a teaser trailer already online... say what?
The official statement from EA was that they "had it all ready for E3 but we screwed it up". Yeah, you just left candy on the park bench by accident, and stalked the kids grabing it while sitting in your dirty van by accident. And now you are calling them to your van for more candy.... by accident...
WELL IT FUCKING WORKED OKAY? I wouldnt be downloading it otherwise, wouldn't i?
I've seen some live streaming of LevelCap with Ma…
In Flames in Zürich
WAAADAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP !!!!
So i just got wind about In Flames coming to Switzerland on the 3rd of October this year. Took a picture of the add in the papers, sent it to Stealth and Boo, no reaction at all. So fuck it, first row for me and rocking the shit out of the concert, because i got a ticket woohooo!!
Taking place in the Komplex 457 in Zürich, the will showcase their new album "Siren Charms" which doesn't come out until 3 weeks before the concert. I cant wait to hear in which direction their path takes after 25 years active.
Nothing much to add, i leave you here with one of my favourite songs from the album "Come Clarity" from 2006 which stayed on top of the charts in Sweden for no more that 13 weeks.
Why 240p you ask? Because it must be contained you fools! \o/ Cheers DHR_000x
DHR_000x
Enthusiast gamer for the last 16 years and low key blogger that from time to time comes up with some pretty cool stuff to write about.
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Strategy [Rocket League]
What's an updog?
I am close to clock my 250th hour playing this game. It is still amazing, and I am still learning. Back in mid August I reviewed this game based on my experience after playing it for only two weeks, which was enough to get a basic understanding of what you can do in the game and how it works.
Today I'm playing on a Gold II level on Ranked, where this game stops being just cars bumping into a giant metal ball. Behind its goofy appearance this game has some very dense strategic elements that give you a never ending desire to improve and keep climbing upwards on the skill ladder.
Here I would like to give you a basic understanding on the strategy and tactics universally used by above average Rocket League players.
Project 90 [FN P90]
Today, let us talk about that one weapon I have been admiring since it first made an appearance on TV in Stargate SG1, the FN P90. The ergonomics, the proprietary ammo and it's looks makes it almost legendary. My appreciation for this gun doesn't come from what it can't, but from what it can do, so let me go more into detail.
WTTL Quest - Phantom Program [Battlefield 4]
Hello my buddies, hello my baby, hello my ragtime gaaaaaals
What's up mates, todays entry to my logfiles is dedicated to the Phantom Program of Battlefield 4. Since even before the release of the game, DICE has been giving us hints about some awesome Easter-eggs scattered through all of the Battlefield maps. These are by no means normal Easter-eggs as we saw in Battlefield 3, this is advanced Easter-egging, they even made a series of Assignments that form part of the so called Phantom Program. Every new DLC pack that git released came with its own Phantom Assingment, which has to be unlocked with a password that can only be found out by interpreting correctly different Easter-eggs of the game.
One year has past and the last Achievement got unveiled with the release of Final Stand which, upon completion, awards you with the Phantom Bow. One of my favourite youtubers JackFrags has been hunting these Easter-eggs from the beginning, and yesterday finally discovered how to get to the P…
WTTL Clan
My TOP 10 games of all time
1. Rocket League ♥
2. DayZ
3. Half Life 2 Deathmatch
4. World of Warcraft
5. Battlefield 4 ♥
6. Borderlands 1 & 2
7. Company of Heroes
8. Battlefield Bad Company 2
9. Supreme Commander 2 ♥
10. DOOM 2016 ♥
*♥ Currently playing
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Pending High-Fives
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e rdumont@dumontjanks.com
t 617.275.2355 x 700
CT, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI
selected writing & press
mission and place, praeger series on higher education
the creative virtues of density on campuses, chronicle of higher education
Selected awards
SCUP Honor Award for Excellence in Planning for an Existing Campus, University of Florida Strategic Development Plan, 2017
BSLA Award of Merit, Martire Center Sacred Heart University, 2017
AIA Award of Merit, Martire Center Sacred Heart University, 2017
SCUP/AIA-CAE Honor Award for Excellence in Architecture, The Ohio State University South Campus District, 2013
AIA New England Citation Award for Design Excellence, Fordham University Campbell, Salice and Conley Residence Halls, 2012
ASLA Award of Excellence for Analysis and Planning, The One Ohio State Framework Plan, 2012
BSLA Honor Award for Landscape Analysis and Planning, Vermont Law School Master Plan, 2011
BSLA Merit Award for Landscape Analysis and Planning, The One Ohio State Framework Plan, 2011
SCUP Award for Institutional Innovation and Integration, The One Ohio State Framework Plan, 2011
SCUP Merit Award for Excellence in Planning, Vermont Law School Master Plan, 2011
AIA Honor Award, Sacred Heart University Chapel and Courtyards, 2010
AIA, Utah Chapter, Award of Honor, Utah State University, Manon Caine Russell Kathryn Caine Wanlass Performance Hall, 2006
BSA Honor Award, Utah State University, Manon Caine Russell Kathryn Caine Wanlass Performance Hall, 2006
BSLA Honor Award for Urban Design and Planning, Sweet Briar College Master Plan, 2003
BSLA Honor Award for Urban Design and Planning, Bethlehem Southside and Residential Districts, 2003
SCUP and AIA Design Awards, University of Scranton Master Plan, 2002
AIA Housing Design Awards, University of Scranton Mulberry Street Housing, 2002
City of Cambridge, Building / Neighborhood Restoration Award, Cameron Avenue Studio Lofts, 2000
AIA Regional Design Award, Billings Farm, 1985
ASLA National Certificate of Honor, 1977
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Advanced Standing Scholarship, 1977
Selected presentations
“Creating an Engaging Community,” The Annapolis Group, Annapolis, Maryland; 2018
“The Role of Physical Design in Academic Transformation,” Panelist, Forum for the Future of Higher Education, Aspen, Colorado; 2013
“Creating THE FOREST at Ohio State University,” The Ohio State University Arbor Day Address on the Oval; 2011
“The Future of Cities - The Urban Model for 2020”, Panelist, Swiss Institute for Urban Design + Harvard Graduate School of Design; 2010
“New Paradigm on the Research Campus Case Studies: Colorado Mines, Louisiana Tech, and Ohio State Research,” National Conference on University Research Campuses, 2008
“Path to the Knowledge City and Ohio State,” The Ohio State University Two-Day Symposium; 2008
“Sasaki Mission and Place: A Quest for Integration,” Kansas State University College of Architecture, Planning, and Design Annual Lecture; 2008
“The Knowledge City Economy,” National School of Architecture and Design Lecture Series; 2008
“The Knowledge City Evolution,” The Ohio State University School of Architecture Symposium; 2008
“Universities: City/University Development Strategies,” New Zealand Symposia for the Auckland Ministry of Development and Planning; 2008
“University Research and National Parks: Sustainable Strategies and Resource Stabilization,” National Ministry of Interior; 2008
“Evolution, Integration, Aspiration,” Philadelphia College of Art and Design Lecture Annual Series; 2007
“Sasaki Mission and Place: A Quest for Integration,” Syracuse University and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, George Earle Lecture for the School of Landscape Architecture, 2007
American University Research Parks National Conference; 2007
“Sasaki Mission and Place: A Quest for Integration,” National University of Architecture, Santiago, Chile; 2006
“The Knowledge City Economy,” Purdue University School of Landscape Architecture Annual Lecture Series; 2006
“Mission and Place,” SCUP AIA / ACE National Conference; 2006
“The University and City: Attributes of Great Places,” Utah State University Innovation Campus Groundbreaking; June 2003
“A Niche in Nashville: Vanderbilt University,” Society for College and University Planners, Regional Conference; November 2002
“The University Civic,” American University Architects Annual Conference; 2002
“The University Civic,” Professional Development Course on Campus Planning, Harvard Graduate School of Design; 2001
“Urban Guidelines for the University,” Society of College and University Planners, Mid Atlantic Conference; 2001
“Elements of the Great American Campus,” American Society of Landscape Architects Conference, Ohio State University; 2000
“Elements of the Great American Campus,” Professional Development Course on Campus Planning, Harvard Graduate School of Design; 2000
“American Settlements; Precedents, Milestones, Conflicts,” American Society of Landscape Architects Centennial Conference; 1999
“City Re-Generation: University of Scranton,” Harvard Graduate School of Design, Professional Development Course on Master Planning; 1999
“The 6th Plymouth Village: Pine Hills,” Harvard Graduate School of Design, Professional Development Course on Master Planning; 1999
“The American Campus: Urbanization v. Urbanity”, North American Conference on Greening the Campus, Ball State University; 1999
Landscape Architects Centennial Conference; 1999
ricardo dumont
Ricardo has trained as a landscape architect and architect and is co-founder with Gregory Janks of DUMONTJANKS in Boston. Ricardo’s extensive institutional planning and design experience includes award-winning frameworks, master plans, urban design projects, and built work for over 75 institutions including Bates College, University of Virginia, Brown University, Fordham University, Georgetown University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, the Mayo Clinic, Northwestern University, The Ohio State University, Purdue University, and Auburn University.
His public and private urban development work includes planning, urban design, and built work for mixed-use and residential projects such as the East Baltimore District Plan with Forest City/Johns Hopkins, Technology Square @ MIT, and the waterfronts of Nantucket and Newburyport. These private development projects have ranged in scale from dense urban sites to thousands of acres. His rural agricultural background has led to a strong understanding, beliefs, and work portfolio in large land preserves. He has served such diverse clients as the Rockefeller family, the Aga Khan Foundation in Central Asia, a family and government eco-tourism consortium for a national park in Cozumel, Mexico, the City and Mayor of Santiago Chile for Parque O’Higgins. He has worked extensively with the large land resources of American colleges, universities, and land grant agricultural schools.
The design teams led by Ricardo have been recognized with planning and design awards from the American Institute of Architects, the American Society of Landscape Architects, and the Society for College and University Planning. He is a graduate of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and Syracuse University.
Ricardo is the co-author of Mission and Place: Strengthening Learning and Community through Campus Design, published by Praeger Press.
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Equity futures are very near flat after being both up and down overnight. The Dollar is moving sideways just below overhead resistance that is located at 88.8. If it breaks above that then the Euro is also likely moving lower out of another but smaller sideways triangle. Those triangles in the currencies are being reflected in equities. Below is a 5 minute chart of the DOW on the left and S&P on the right:
Those are descending wedges. Under normal circumstances, those wedges would be expected to be terminating patterns and that prices would break up. However, if we are in wave 3, and the last two day’s action sure looks like it, then prices may just slide right out the end of those wedges and spill downwards like water obeying the call of gravity. This is what happened to these patterns in ’08 – so I think this is an important point as they are forming just above key support in the 1,040 SPX area. Break the currency triangles and throw the dollar higher, then we spill out the bottom of these. Currencies hold and we bounce.
Bonds are also moving sideways. Oil is up a little this morning, while gold set another all-time new high at $1,253.90, which follows yesterday’s new all-time closing high.
Yesterday’s close took the Transports, the NDX, and the RUT to a close beneath their respective 200 day moving averages. Both the Transports and the Industrials made new lows together, this is confirmation of the bearish trend. Both the Industrials and the SPX closed below the closing lows of last February.
From the highs of this April, the indices have fallen:
DOW = -12.8% (-1,443 points)
S&P = -13.9%
NDX = -12.7%
RUT = - 17.2%
XLF = -18.8%
This places the S&P 500 in the same place we were NINE months ago, last September! If that weren’t bad enough, it also places prices where they were in January – get this – 1998! That was more than 12 years ago, and I want to be clear, stocks overall did NOT perform that well! No, always keep in mind that these are indices and they suffer from substitution bias – buying and holding individual stocks will net you poorer performance overall.
Notice on that chart above that we are sitting right on the 200 MONTH moving average. Note, too, that the RSI and monthly Stochastic are on monthly sell signals just coming down out of overbought.
But don’t worry if you happen to believe that stocks always go up and thus you buy and hold “for the long run.” No, Bernanke, who has done such a wonderful job of forecasting the future notes that recovery “won’t feel terrific.” Gee, that’s nice. I guess he means unless you are a central banker.
He warned the unemployment rate will remain high "for a while," explaining, "that means that a lot of people are going to be under financial stress."
So, with all that stress, where are the bailout trillions for the people? I mean when the financial system was “under stress” we threw trillions at it, but when the people are under stress what action do we take???
Oh, Ben has a plan - “the Fed will raise interest rates from a record low before the economy returns to “full employment,” Bernanke said. That’s nice.
According to reports, Bernanke talked about the need for U.S. leaders to take control of the nation's deficits over the medium term, some three to six years from now, in a way "that will allow us to bring our fiscal house in order over a long period of time."
But when asked if the nation has such a plan, or if he's seen one, Bernanke said: "No. Not yet. I don't."
Hmmm… Guess he doesn’t want to talk about Freedom’s Vision because that would mean he’s out of a job! It would also end the central banker debt-backed money box paradigm which is key to finding any true solution.
There are no worthy economic reports today, yesterday’s Consumer Credit report stunk up the joint again. First, the March number that was reported as +$2 billion was revised downward to show a $5.4 billion contraction, gee, nearly 300% off in the totally opposite direction of what was originally reported. Nice.
For the month of April, non-revolving credit supposedly rose $9.4 billion, but revolving credit (credit cards) fell by $8.4 billion leaving a net $1 billion supposed increase. Here’s Econoday:
Consumer credit rose $1.0 billion in April in a gain far offset by a $7.4 billion downward revision to March which now shows a $5.4 billion contraction. Non-revolving credit, reflecting strong car sales, jumped $9.4 billion in April but was offset by a nearly as large of a fall in revolving credit. The drop in revolving credit reflects the month's slowing in ex-auto retail sales.
Vehicle unit sales firmed further in May pointing to a gain for the non-revolving side. But early retail indications for May are flat, pointing to offsetting weakness on the revolving side. Consumer spending has been an important factor for first-half strength, reflected to a degree in this report where a record contraction came to an end in January. But improvement in this series has been choppy and will no doubt turn on progress in the labor market, which for May was very soft.
This is a very weak Consumer Credit report, it shows that people are not out spending wildly with their credit cards.
Yesterday John Williams at Shadowstats.com revised his calculations for M3, the largest measurement of money supply, and it came in at negative 5.9%! He says that it is a “Post-World War II Record drop” that “signals intensifying business contraction.” He goes on to say that a “renewed recession will set [the] stage for U.S. Solvency Crisis and Severe Inflation Threat.”
John has been in the hyperinflation camp for quite some time, calling it “imminent” on several occasions. Yet, that’s just not what we’re seeing, we are seeing contracting money supply, contracting credit, and we’re seeing contraction in the shadow banking world of derivatives. Will this bring about hyperinflation? I do believe that their reaction to a deflationary spiral could lead to it yes, but that would mean massive printing without debt backing that printing for it to happen – OR, it can also come about because we have so much debt that people just lose confidence in our ability to ever repay. Either outcome is the same in the end, no one wants to hold your money. Right now, though, because everyone is trying to get out of DEBT, they NEED our money. Again, watch the 88.8 level on the dollar.
Bernanke, buddy, there’s something less than genuine about you… and listening to you talk, frankly, pisses me off.
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← Norman Finkelstein Case Can Be a “Win” for DePaul and for “Freedom.”
Palestine Chronicle Quotes Kirstein, Reprints Insidehighered.com Article on Dr Finkelstein Tenure Issue →
The Issue of “Service” and the Assessment of Professor Norman G. Finkelstein
Teaching, research and service are the triad of productivity that are generally evaluated when a professor is seeking promotion and tenure. Previous posts have discussed DePaul University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ Dean Chuck Suchar’s assessment of Norman Finkelstein’s teaching and research rhetoric. Let us examine how his service has been assessed. Service may mean how many committees and sub-committees a probationary colleague has served on. Many run for committees but are simply not elected. It may refer to how many ad hoc assignments one was willing to endure during “pledge weekâ€â€”six years of going along to get along prior to the tenure decision.
Academic Freedom is Never Free
DePaul University’s College of Arts and Sciences’ College Personnel Committee recommended unanimously, (5-0) that Professor Finkelstein receive tenure. They evaluated his service as “mixed†according to the March 22, 2007 memorandum of Dean Suchar. Some felt that Dr Finkelstein’s public intellectual role and national prominence in addressing issues of the Middle East and American Jewry, more than satisfied the requirements of service. Others, according to Dean Suchar who had access to their report, felt there was a lack of service on university committees. The dean, who clearly displayed animus against Dr Finkelstein when he excoriated him as an “ideologue and polemicist,†finds Dr Finkelstein’s service to the university to be “unimpressive.†Curiously dismissing the fact that Dr Finkelstein has served on department committees, the dean is critical of the professor’s lack of committee work on the college or university level.
It seems to me that fairness requires a sense of balance. We have a professor whose teaching is described as “exceptional†by the College Personnel Committee. We have a professor who has published several books with his most recent work for the University of California Press and is a leading national intellectual in his field. He has served on department committees. It seems to me that such productivity and stature should more than merit satisfying this amorphous area of service. Service to the university is frequently a red herring to measure one’s “loyalty†and “commitment†to the university. While I am not privy to the documents that the professor submitted to the various committees, I believe the dean could have adopted a more reasoned assessment of his service. His service, as argued by some of his colleagues, was not “unimpressive†but impressive given his total profile and amazing energy and productivity in his service to his community and nation.
I think that universities are best served when service requirements are enumerated in some detail in the by-laws or faculty handbook. The more specificity, the less likely that arbitrary and capricious judgments will be rendered.
I reiterate an earlier disclaimer. I have had no contact directly or indirectly with any of the principals involved in this matter.
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Pompei – Porta Ercolano
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An archaeological surveyor from Éveha International participates in the research project on the Porta Ercolano in Pompeii. The team is directed by S. Zanella (Paris I/Collège de France), L. Cavassa (CNRS, University of Aix-Marseille), N. Laubry (University of Créteil), and N. Monteix (University of Rouen).
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THE EXCAVATION CAMPAIGNS (BY YEAR)
Pompeii – Porta Ercolano – 2015
Sandra Zanella (University of Paris I; Collège de France)
Laëtitia Cavassa (UMR 8299 Centre Camille Jullian, CNRS, Aix Marseille University)
Nicolas Laubry (University of Paris-Est Créteil)
Nicolas Monteix (University of Rouen)
Location and historical summary
The town of Pompeii is located in the South of Italy, on the Bay of Naples. Its foundation dates from the 7th-6th centuries BC. Having become Samnite at the end of the 5th century, the town was gradually Romanised after the Roman conquest of Campania, before becoming a Roman colony in 80 BC. In 79 AD, it was mostly buried during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Several necropolises are attested, starting in the Samnite period, one of which was identified in the area around the Herculaneum Gate. This area of the town maintained a funerary function up to the burial of the town. Large numbers of tombs still line the road. What is unusual about this area is that the dead were in close quarters with the living; several houses are known, including the Villa of the Mosaic Columns, the Villa of Cicero or the Villa of Diomedes. A variety of other workshops, production areas and shops are also associated with these houses, some of which were still in use when the eruption occurred.
The Herculaneum Gate necropolis was one of the first areas of Pompeii to be excavated. A number of villas were uncovered and published in the 18th century. The tombs were also identified early on and articles and summary publications about them have appeared over the years. The existence of Samnite tombs was identified in the late 19th century, and further discoveries took place throughout the 20th century.
Ultimately, this area is quite well documented, and we can outline the main aspects of its evolution. However, a detailed study still needs to be conducted.
A new project was therefore launched in 2012. Its focus is predominantly on the dynamic between the areas used for burial and those with a production or commercial function. It will also enable us to determine the precise role given to each of these spaces and, where possible, to establish their legal status: the presence of numerous inscriptions associated with the burial has provided precious information about the identity of the owners.
How Eveha International Participates
École Française de Rome
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Devlopment
Centre Camille Jillian
Centre Jean Bérard
University of Rouen
University of Paris-Est
CmD2 and Artfusion
École française de Rome Official website
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What Is LEED Certification?
LEED certification results from a third-party verification of a building or neighborhood’s design and construction or operations and maintenance in accordance to the LEED Rating System. LEED certification is a high-profile tool transforming the way our buildings and communities are conceptualized, designed, constructed, operated, and maintained towards environmentally sustainable indicators such as energy and resource efficiency, clean air and waste reduction.
When we notice a certification label of any kind we acknowledge that a third-party has verified a claim of meeting specific standards is true and correct. LEED Certification means that a building’s sustainable performance claims were verified by a disinterested, third-party who is not beholden to anyone associated with the design, construction, operations or maintenance of the certified entity.
Sustainable certifications exist in many industries. Several sustainable certifications certification can be found in your grocery store. When you see products with labels such as ‘Organic’, ‘Fair Trade certified’, ‘Food Alliance certified’, ‘Marine Stewardship Council’ certified, and ‘Non-GMO’ certified, the consumer is assured that those products meet established standards of those certifications. That claims made by the manufacturer or producer is verified to be true.
In order for a product to display the ‘Organic’ label, a producer’s organic operations must demonstrate that they are protecting natural resources, conserving biodiversity, and using only approved substances as stated in the Organic Food Production Act, USDA Organic Regulations, and the National Organic Program Handbook. The ‘Organic Certification’ is third-party verified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and a USDA-accredited certifying agent.
Akin to ‘Organic’ certification there are regionally, nationally, and internationally recognized certifications for buildings, neighborhoods, sites and even roadway infrastructure. As with the example of ‘Organic’, LEED certification for buildings and neighborhoods must meet established, proven measures and be third-party verified. A feature that makes LEED certification so credible and widely accepted is its dual-level third-party verification process, the first of which is the commissioning requirement. Commissioning is a vital process that requires oversight by a skilled, trained professional who ensures that energy and control systems are installed and operating as specified. The second is the LEED verification documentation process, administrated by Green Business Certification, Inc., an arm of the U.S. Green Building Council, the non-governmental organization that authors the LEED rating system. It is this dual third-party verification combined with the rigor of credit requirements that makes LEED the preeminent performance green building rating system in the United States and fast becoming so in a dozen other nations.
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The choice of espresso in your beverage.
With Starbucks Origin Espresso we continue to share with you coffees from around the world that you can enjoy as part of your daily routine throughout the year.
Each of the world’s three main growing regions imparts distinctive characteristics on a coffee’s taste. Starbucks Origin Espresso gives you the opportunity to choose from our classic Espresso Roast; or try an espresso from one of these regions in your handcrafted beverage. Each offering exemplifies the unique flavour qualities of these regions:
Latin American coffees such as Guatemala-Antigua tend to be clean, familiar and friendly, with flavors reminiscent of nuts or cocoa.
African/Arabian coffees such as Kenya are extraordinary and enticing, with floral aromas and flavors of berries and citrus.
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Coffee trees grow in the equatorial band between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. The three primary coffee growing regions are Latin America, Africa/Arabia and Asia Pacific, each distinct in its landscape, climate and in the flavor it imparts to the coffees grown and processed there. Our new Origin Espresso roasts exemplify the unique flavor qualities of these regions.
A round, balanced coffee with medium body, soft acidity and mild nut flavours. Once the heart of the Inca Empire, the lush landscape of Peru is now home to smallholder coffee farms. On the slopes of the Andes, Arabica beans thrive in partnership with the sun, rain, shade-tree canopies and rich soil, reserving only the highest quality single-origin beans to make the outstanding taste in your cup.
Medium bodied and refined in its acidity, this Origin Espresso boasts gentle spice flavours and subtle cocoa-like texture. Nestled among three volcanoes, this lush part of southern Guatemala offers high altitudes and loamy soils to create conditions that are nearly ideal for coffee growers and coffee lovers alike.
Colombia Nariño
This Colombian marvel erupts on the palate with a juicy mouth-feel and strong, smooth flavours, a testament to the hearty riches of volcanic soils to which it’s found. Grown sitting at 2.000 meters of elevation, nestled among the beautiful and distinctive Colombian countryside, its remarkable finish, dry with hints of walnut, lifts this superior coffee into a class of its own.
Starbucks® Ethiopia
With a velvety soft texture and notes of dark chocolate, sweet citrus and sharp, warming spice, this is our tribute to the birthplace of coffee. On the ancient slopes flanking Africa’s Great Rift Valley, coffee trees first emerged from the rich, volcanic soil. From these ninth-century highlands, Arabica coffee beans began their long journey from Ethiopia to the rest of the world, straight to your cup.
An espresso like no other, a full bodied medium blend that’s juicy and complex. You can recognize Kenya through its tell-tale citrus flavours similar to grapefruit and lemon. Kenya’s high altitudes, ideal climate and strong traditions have helped put premium Kenyan coffees like this one among the world’s most treasured. There’s a sparkle to this coffee, a bright acidity that makes it so refreshing to drink. In fact, it's a terrific iced coffee on a hot summer day.
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HOME > NEWS > Belt and Road Initiative Lists Hungary as Its First Participating European Country
Belt and Road Initiative Lists Hungary as Its First Participating European Country
EL Borromeo | Jun 09, 2015 05:02 AM EDT
China's "Belt and Road" initiative is a landmark project initiated by President Xi Jinping. (Photo : Reuters)
After announcing its intention to partake in China's "Belt and Road" initiative, Hungary has become the first participating European country in the program that aims to intensify trade among countries in the so-called Silk Road Economic Belt and Maritime Silk Road.
The agreement was made during the recent visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in the country.
"Today we signed the 'One Belt, One Road' cooperation document which is the first such cooperation document between China and a European country," Wang remarked.
"It has a very high importance and will be a role model. The Chinese side appreciates that the Hungarian side is taking on this role and encourages others to join this process," the foreign minister added.
During his visit, Wang has been attending meetings with key Hungarian officials, including one with Hungarian President Janos Ader.
Ader is optimistic that Hungary could be a regional platform by which China could use to expand its "Belt and Road" initiative to other European countries.
The Hungarian leader also said that the current upgrades to a 370-kilometer rail line between Budapest and Belgrade, the Serbian capital, is of significant help in that regard. The financing of the upgrade is 85-percent supported with Chinese funds.
The "Belt and Road" initiative is a campaign, which aims to revive ancient intercontinental trade routes and build maritime connections, providing business from participating countries with an efficient means of facilitating transactions.
The program, composed of the Silk Road Economic Belt and Maritime Silk Road, was unveiled by Chinese President Xi Jinping in September and Oct. 2013, respectively.
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Home » Family Health » Jessica Simpson's Son Ace Shows Off His Impressive Golf Skills: 'Already Borrowing His Dad's Clubs'
Jessica Simpson's Son Ace Shows Off His Impressive Golf Skills: 'Already Borrowing His Dad's Clubs'
24.05.2019 Family Health
Jessica Simpson‘s son Ace is following in his father’s footsteps — or should we say, golf shoes.
The star shared a video of her 5½-year-old son Ace on a driving range Thursday afternoon, where he makes an impressive swing. The video goes into slow motion just in time for the club to hit the ball, highlighting her son’s skills.
“Already borrowing his dad’s clubs 💚#ACEKNUTE,” she captioned the video, clearly proud of her son’s burgeoning athletic ability.
But golf isn’t the only sport at which Ace seems to excel. Earlier this month, Simpson posted a photo of Ace on the baseball diamond, calling him the “homerun king.” Ace’s athletic ability should come as no surprise, considering dad Eric Johnson used to play in the NFL.
Simpson has been celebrating her new title as a mother of three since she and Johnson welcomed daughter Birdie Mae in March.
For mother’s day, Ace and Simpson’s oldest daughter Maxwell “Maxi” Drew, 7, wrote their mom a sweet card, telling her that she’s the “greatest mom in the universe.”
Johnson also showed his appreciate for his wife with a sweet tribute.
“Dear Jess, You have literally taken motherhood to the next level,” he said. “You have given us three kids and I could not be more grateful or in awe of you. You make every one of my days special. I love you with all my heart. Love, Eric.”
“Mother’s Day 2019: fresh milk and hormonally crying reading my Mother’s Day cards,” Simpson joked on her Instagram story.
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“Three is challenging. We are trying to get into the groove and make sure all three kids are getting equal attention … it’s more than a full-time job right now,” Simpson told PEOPLE in April, adding: “The other night, all three kids were crying at the same time, so I just joined in! Ha!”
Despite the more chaotic moments, Simpson added that Birdie “makes our family complete.”
“Someone once told me to keep in mind that everything is a phase with infants and kids … trying to remember that fact, and celebrate the small victories,” she added.
Ace and Maxi seem to think Birdie is the perfect addition, too.
“They were incredibly gentle with her and just wanted to hold her and kiss her,” Simpson said of her older children when Birdie was born. “They had made her welcome signs and chosen their own gifts for her that they brought in when they met her for the first time. To see them love her instantly truly melted my heart.”
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Posted by Fiddlin Bill at 9:24 PM 2 comments:
On the Question of Consent
Mr. Limbaugh brought up a curious hair ball the other day in the form of an argument that is, in analysis, too cute by at least half. Here's what he said, via a transcript from Media Matters, and copied and pasted here from Crooks and Liars:
RUSH LIMBAUGH: You know what the magic word, the only thing that matters in American sexual mores today is? One thing. You can do anything, the left will promote and understand and tolerate anything, as long as there is one element. Do you know what it is? Consent. If there is consent on both or all three or all four, however many are involved in the sex act, it's perfectly fine. Whatever it is. But if the left ever senses and smells that there's no consent in part of the equation then here come the rape police. But consent is the magic key to the left.
Of course what he's trying to attack is the allegedly "liberal" tendency to live and let live, to be nonjudgmental in the domain of the private and personal. This is part and parcel of the general right wing pushback against expanding marriage to include people of the same sex, and of decriminalizing various sex acts that once were not only taboo, but actually criminalized. See, e.g., the criminal state destruction of Oscar Wilde's life, and the tragic suicide of the genius mathematician who broke the German coding machine in World War II. There was a time not long ago when discovery of one's homosexuality would end careers in government, and in many other public spheres of endeavor. The constitutional acceptance of same sex marriage confers legitimacy on a whole class of formerly closeted American citizens. It also, as a small but not insignificant benefit, makes the fact of homosexuality less subject to the kind of blackmail that, in turn, rendered government workers possible security risks.
Part of the current Republican platform includes rolling back these rights. A thin end of this wedge, in North Carolina, is the odious HB2 legislation. Hundreds of right wing lawyers toil without rest to find any number of potential chinks in the armor of obvious righteousness that surrounds the final Supreme Court judgment that, indeed, a gay person is still simply a person, and a first-class citizen. But to the right, and to Mr. Limbaugh obviously, it is a galling bit of sand, and generates apparently pearl after pearl.
But as with much on the right, underlying this issue is a deeper and more existential one: power, and authority. It is indeed true that consent is a hallmark of legitimacy for liberal morality. But there is a deep reason for this. Consent is not a magic incantation. Consent can only exist in a relationship of equality. If someone is ordered, at the point of a gun, say, or the point of a legal writ, or the point of community censure, or the point of divine and eternal damnation, to do or say something that they would otherwise abjure, how is such a recantation anything more than coercion. Oh yes, for sure, a person can still choose to be a martyr. It's brave, courageous, and a great movie moment, to say "fuck you, do your worst," in the face of coercion. In that very narrow sense there is still a kind of choice. But when a person acquiesces to rape, this is not the same as consent, but a transaction acknowledging power and the lack of it. For the right, physical power is the ultimate test of moral authority. A rape is an affirmation of physical power. Just lie back and enjoy it they used to say with a smile.
It's odd, by the way, this unholy alliance between Trump's male dominating world view and the NRA, now running ads featuring female victims. In one ad a woman reaches into her bedside gun case only to find it empty as the thumps in the night grow ever closer. Hillary has supposedly taken her gun. In another ad a young woman tells the camera that she successfully fought off a knife-wielding male attacker with her own gun. So how does that jibe with Trump's assertions and obviously beliefs that his wealth and power are aphrodisiacs to the women he finds worthy of his brief physical company, his hand under their skirt or blouse. How enraged would Mr. Trump or Mr. Limbaugh be if the cute little lady whipped out her purse pistol and said "Make my day, mofo." For that matter, how does a gun aid in fighting off an attacker armed with the aphrodisiac of money and power. The problem in that case is that aphrodisiacs alter the mental state of the victim, like roofies.
I think Mr. Limbaugh, like Mr. Trump, sneers at "consent" because the authoritarian right generally refuses to acknowledge that there is ever an equal relationship between men and women, just as much of the authoritarian right rejects the possibility of an equal relationship between white people and any other race. In the authoritarian right, white males are by stipulation the dominant force. If a black man becomes President that is proof, by definition, of some sort of malfeasance. This is the same if it comes to pass that a woman is elected President. For Trump, Mrs. Clinton must, by definition, be broken, weak, using drugs, on her last legs. She cannot legitimately win against a man. As long as a woman accepts the true "nature" of male/female order (see, e.g., the Southern Baptist Church's creed concerning wifely submission), of course Mr. Trump can "respect" such a woman. But Mr. Trump, in his own mind and in Mr. Limbaugh's, needs no "consent." His power is greater, like it or not. All the right wing male patriarch need do is confer or withhold. "I'll treat her nicely if she treats me nicely." "She wasn't beautiful enough to warrant my unwanted advances."
For Limbaugh, and for Trump, and unfortunately for millions of Republican voters, consent implies too much. But in historical fact, we do here in the US continue to struggle towards a day when consent is the true test of legitimacy. Black people did not consent to be slaves. Women did not consent to be male property. As long as the spell of subjugation was strong enough, subjugated groups acquiesced. When they didn't, the lesson was historical, generational. The earth was salted. There is a reason, for example, why Haiti is the poorest, most wretched nation in the western hemisphere. It was the seat of the first successful black slave rebellion. The United States punished the little island nation of Cuba for nearly six decades for accepting leadership which fundamentally rejected our hegemony. Even now, should a Republican administration return after November, expect an immediate cancellation of Mr. Obama's efforts to at last normalize relations with Cuba. The authoritarian lesson is clear--we confer, we do not need your consent.
To quote David Byrne, "same as it ever was." Or, to quote Leonard Cohen, "Everybody knows... old black Joe's still pickin' cotton, for your ribbons and your bows."
[John McCutcheon took the photo some years back.]
Further reading: https://balkin.blogspot.com/2016/10/an-anti-feminist-icon-for-our-time.html
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Next week North Carolina finally starts early voting. I'm planning on voting the first day, assuming there are no tricky aspects, such as making early votes "provisional" or something. Our current state government adopted the national GOP strategy in place since Mr. Obama was first elected: oppose by any means necessary, obstruct by any available method, and in general suppress any voting blocks that might reasonably be predicted to vote Democratic. I intend, on that grounds alone, to do my tiny part to vote all of the rascals out. We're seeing at the moment polls which show our Republican Governor slightly behind the Democratic candidate, Roy Cooper, who is at present Attorney General. The Democrat running against incumbent senator Richard Burr is also leading. The appalling Trump campaign is surely not helping the NC GOP hopes, nor is the transparent manufacturing of phony wedge issues such as HB-2, which is costing the state economy millions and millions of dollars for no good reason at all. How many fearful parents of teen girls will breathe a sigh of relief that the public bathroom is "safe" from something or other as they stand in the reception line at a Trump rally with their daughter. The dissonance is so bad a pit stop on green is in order. Even Dana Perino yesterday called discretely for a barf bag. http://crooksandliars.com/2016/10/dana-perino-smacks-trump-surrogates-im
I watched a fine documentary biography of Howard Zinn last night. It reminded me of the longer view, something almost all media coverage ignores entirely these days. The basic truth is that relatively speaking, power in the US and the world is mostly in the hands of the vested. When good things do manage to happen with the aid of government, it is a breath of fresh air in a claustrophobic mine shaft. The Vietnam War was a project of both Democrats and Republicans, both Johnson and Nixon. Jimmy Carter was brought low by his naive support of the puppet prince of Iran, who had been installed with the aid of the CIA to thwart a perceived "leftist" but duly elected Iranian President. Bill Clinton sat by while the Rwanda genocide took place, possibly savoring a cigar dipped in the elixir of Monica, and Mrs. Clinton's ambition subjected the nation to Bill's randy itch, and indeed, subjects all of us to the whole queasy ferry crossing yet again this year, after she and her husband had been rejected by the country in 2008. The reason why Hillary Clinton's vote supporting George W. Bush's profoundly immoral war against Iraq is important is because it shows a deep lack of political and even moral courage on her part. It is yet another item in the list ad infinitum of the methodology of triangulation which is the hallmark, start to finish, of Clintonian politics. There are many speculations that Trump was goaded to run by the Clintons in the first place, as being the most easily defeated Republican. There is no doubt that whole cable networks cleared the decks for the Clintons during this election season: hey, I'm talking to you, MSNBC. But most of Trump's problems are in the end the result of Trump himself, and his shocking incompetence obviously translates on the presidential stage to an utter inability to do diplomacy at every level: in his own party, with Democrats, or with the family of nations. As President, Mr. Trump's tendency to self-destruction becomes a tendency that affects all of us and the life of the United States. There might well be no opportunity to repair the kind of damage Mr. Trump might initiate. We have a system of either A or B. Picking the unicorn is a fantasy, and the argument that the better Clinton does in the popular vote can matter is a significant argument in a situation where the Trump side is already claiming that the whole system is "rigged."
The bottom line remains what it is. Mr. Trump is so grandly unqualified that a vote for him is a leap into the abyss. His remarkable percentage of supporters, given the appalling litany of his own campaign oratory, is a testimony to the psychology of hate and brand loyalty worthy of scholarly treatises, which will surely follow his defeat in November. I read today that even the sad, brainwashed students at Liberty Bible College in Lynchburg, VA, are rejecting their college president's call to vote Trump or risk eternal damnation. Perhaps I should revise my ideas about Liberty University: they must be teaching some good thinking habits up there.
I want to just get 'er done! The Nationals lost, a wonderful team I grew very fond of over the past season. I'm hopeful that the team owners will leave everything in place, including their great manager. The 5th game was lost on the field. Daniel Murphy was at the plate. He popped up. End of story. Time to rent some more movies, and watch the fall progress. The hurricane forced the Greenville, NC dance we were to play today to be cancelled. Too many roads flooded. But as one door closed another opened, and Libby and I are now set to play a dance in Morehead City on December 3. By then the waters will surely have receded to their more typical levels.
Onward and Upwards with the Arts. Don't drive through the flood waters.
[Photo from WRAL.com, of Highway 58 in Nashville, NC. We used to stop in Nashville to pick up some barbeque on the way to see the old vet in Tarboro, just downstream on the mighty Tar River.]
Posted by Fiddlin Bill at 1:25 PM No comments:
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Stuck Inside of Mobile
The lyrics are well worth reading, since they are certainly literature:
Oh, the ragman draws circles
Up and down the block
I'd ask him what the matter was
But I know that he don't talk
And the ladies treat me kindly
And they furnish me with tape
But deep inside my heart
I know I can't escape
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile with the
Memphis blues again
Well, Shakespeare, he's in the alley
With his pointed shoes and his bells
Speaking to some French girl
Who says she knows me well
And I would send a message
To find out if she's talked
But the post office has been stolen
And the mailbox is locked
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Mona tried to tell me
To stay away from the train line
She said that all the railroad men
Just drink up your blood like wine
An' I said, "Oh, I didn't know that
But then again, there's only one I've met
An' he just smoked my eyelids
An' punched my cigarette"
Grandpa died last week
And now he's buried in the rocks
But everybody still talks about how
Badly they were shocked
But me, I expected it to happen
I knew he'd lost control
When I speed built a fire on Main Street
And shot it full of holes
Now the senator came down here
Showing ev'ryone his gun
Handing out free tickets
To the wedding of his son
An' me, I nearly got busted
An' wouldn't it be my luck
To get caught without a ticket
And be discovered beneath a truck
Oh, Mama, is this really be the end
Now the tea preacher looked so baffled
When I asked him why he dressed
With twenty pounds of headlines
Stapled to his chest
But he cursed me when I proved it to him
Then I whispered and said, "Not even you can hide
You see, you're just like me
I hope you're satisfied"
Now the rainman gave me two cures
Then he said, "Jump right in"
The one was Texas medicine
The other was just railroad gin
An' like a fool I mixed them
An' it strangled up my mind
An' now people just get uglier
An' I have no sense of time
And when Ruthie says come see her
In her honky-tonk lagoon
Where I can watch her waltz for free
'neath her Panamanian moon
An' I say, "Aw come on now
You know you knew about my debutante"
An' she says, "Your debutante just knows what you need
But I know what you want"
Now the bricks lay on Grand Street
Where the neon madmen climb
They all fall there so perfectly
It all seems so well timed
An' here I sit so patiently
Waiting to find out what price
You have to pay to get out of
Going through all these things twice
(c) Bob Dylan, first recorded on Blonde on Blonde, which I listened to over and over again as soon as I could buy a copy, way way back when. I think about the idea of the bricks on Grand Street being "so well timed" nearly every day.
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Old Raw Shrimp: De Bait of Choice
The glacial-paced arrival of Hurricane Matthew dominated the past week. Here in central NC we were first soothed by predictions that the storm would stay on the coast, then even further calmed by predictions that it was going to turn to the east before it even got to the NC border. But, in a fact not predicted anywhere at all that I saw--and I spent Friday and Saturday watching various weather channel and local weather coverages--in fact the storm came ashore at McClellanville, SC, and may have more or less looped over the central NC Piedmont region before sweeping back out to sea somewhere around Cape Lookout. We were on the far western edge of predicted effects, so I watched TV on Saturday, and kept an eye on the swirling wind in the tree tops just outside the slider. I didn't bother to set up water catchments as I've done in earlier storms. (For Fran, in '96, I had tied up a big aluminum canoe to a basketball goal out in my cleared field, and found after the storm had passed and the power was out that it had filled completely with very clean rain water, which was then available for dish washing and toilet flushing for the whole week that power was out.) I'd thought of the canoe, but it looked like we were really going to be missed. Then, at about 6:30 Saturday night, the power went out and stayed out--not even a flicker.
We did have candles and a bit of water. I'd ground up two rounds of coffee in advance. A gizmo we got to run things like radios, sort of a fancy encased battery with too many functions for its own good, ran a radio as we sat in the candled darkness and listened to the Raleigh TV station tell us what was happening. It was cozy and romantic. We woke on Sunday with still no power, though Duke Power did tell us in a recorded message that people were on the job "assessing" the situation. We were sent to the Duke Power website, difficult without power admittedly. I rigged up the gizmo Sunday morning to run the DSL modem and indeed we appeared as a green dot on a Duke Power map. I was considering a hike down the hill to the creek for buckets of water to wash and flush, or perhaps a drive around to find some neighbor who still had power and a hose. I have a few garbage cans with lids that can haul quite a bit of water. Before I got around to it, the power came back at 1:30. Sunday--and today--was otherwise beautiful, the air quite washed of dust, the sky blue, the leaves green and probably on their way to fall colors. We're back to the future. As it does usually, "things did work out."
I was happy to see, in the late afternoon, that Jimmie Johnson would win the Charlotte 500, and that the Washington Nats would even up their post season series 1-1. The power outage cost me a chance at another DCI Banks, a show I've grown very fond of lately. It's not being rerun later in the week on our PBS affiliate, but there's a new one coming on Saturday. We may be down in Greenville playing a dance that night, so the show's already set to record on the DVR. And we may be here, as Greenville is far downstream and predicted to hit flood stage on the Tar River much of the latter part of this week. Turns out NC's version of Hurricane Matthew is much like the horrible flood experience of Hurricane Floyd in 1999. In that storm we lost 53 citizens to drowning, mostly in the days after the actual storm, when all the water flowed downhill to the sea flooding many roads and towns along the way. Last night the news said Princeville, a little mostly-black town on the Tar, was being totally evacuated. During Floyd Princeville was entirely underwater. I-95, I-40, and US-70, are all closed in places due to flooding.
I felt a civil duty to watch the second "debate" last night. I did, mostly, with quick checks over to the Giants/Packers game. The best moment in the latter was a new ad by Peyton Manning, where he finds his jingle melody sung back at him from every direction. He really could manage a nice comedic career if he likes. The debate was depressing in the extreme. The punditry aftermath pretty much the same, as Fox commentators galore opined that Trump had saved his campaign yet again. His campaign, it would seem, is much like a marriage:
https://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2016/10/09/donald-trump-the-labial-grabbing-law-and-order-candidate-and-his-supporters-take-a-page-out-of-the-domestic-violence-handbook/
Hannity and the rest of Fox have given him yet another chance. They love him, after all. As for boring things like what to do about Syria, or about monster hurricanes for that matter, pretty much the answer from all quarters is "whatever." The rest of the media rides the wave of interest. Everyone's interested in the train wreck. Nationwide is on your side.
After some reading: https://bpicampus.com/2016/10/10/second-debate-calm-clinton-vs-tyrant-trump/ I put "debate" in quotes when talking about the Presidential Debates of 2016 because there is never any sort of debate, just a kind of shouting match. Indeed, as the blogger above states, Trump "won" or "tied" because he never ever admitted that he didn't know what he was talking about. Stone-walling works, until in a few rare cases such as the Watergate Hearing, it doesn't. For that to happen we need Col. Butterfield. Time has moved on from the elysian fields of Sam Ervin and Howard Baker. Hugh Hewitt would call the Butterfield testimony "oppo research." Problem solved.
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Filed Under: Burgraff/Kortlever/Stek/Bel Tagged With: Burgraff, Kortlever, Noteboom, Pen, Roo, Van Diest, Wilcox
The Kortlever Children
Cornelis born 16 April 1873 in Leerdam, Zuid, Netherlands.1 The only documentation of Cornelis after his birth record on Genlias is the passenger list previously shown. I believe he died previous to the 1885 Iowa State Census because his name is recycled to Baby Cornelis born about 1884.
Maria Mary, 17 October 1874–16 April 1926, married John Burgraff . Mary and her 10 children were previously discussed.
Hugo 18 January 1876–16 Jun 1955.2,3 Hugo was born in Leerdam and immigrated with his mother in 1882. He married Martha Roo (21 July 1883–22 July 1974)4 on 22 September 1903 in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington.5 They had five children: John H., Raymond B., Carl M., Marshall F., and Victor E. He appears to be close to his sister Mary since she requests he be named guardian of her minor children in her will. Hugo and Martha are buried in Monumenta Cemetery in Lynden.
Maaike 3 September 1877-21 October 1877, Leerdam.6
Bastiaan Cornelis born 30 December 1878 in Leerdam.7 He immigrated with his mother in 1882 and is last recorded on the 1885 Iowa census. I believe he may have died in Iowa before 1895 as I find not found any further record of him.
John Cornelis 6 June 1882–September 1969.8,9 I found no birth record for John on Genlias. It is possible that he was born in Belgium while his mother was waiting for the ship. His World War I Draft Record states his father John Kortlever of Lynden, Washington, is his point of contact. According to an un-sourced family group sheet, John married Mae Agnes Wilcox and died in Long Beach, California.
Cornelis born about 1884 in Alton, Sioux County, Iowa. The only record of Baby Cornelis is the 1885 Iowa State Census. I have found no other records.
Maaike 1 May 1885–18 June 1956. Maggie was born in Iowa and on 25 April 190410 she married Herman Pen (24 January 1875–30 December 1949)11 in Lynden. Maggie and Herman had 11 children: Frank, Johan (John), Jacob, Jennie, Florence, Hugo, Josephine, Dick, John, Marshall, and Cornelius. Herman and Maggie are buried in Monumenta Cemetery.
Cornelia 3 May 1890–13 June 1955.12 Nellie was born in Iowa and on 30 January 191213 she married Rendit Van Diest (5 February 1885-2 June 1959)14 in Lynden. They had 5 children: Cornelius, John B., Gerrit H., Margaret F., and Trenton. Ren and Nellie are buried in Monumenta Cemetery.
Jennie 15 October 1892-23 October 1920.15 Jennie was also born in Iowa and on 20 January 191816 she married Abraham Noteboom (30 January 1883–25 Nov 1970)17 in Lynden. They had one child: Cornelius. Jennie and Abraham are buried in Monumenta Cemetery.
1. Genlias database, Genlias (http://www.genlias.nl/en : accessed 10 Feb 2010), Cornelis Kortleever, 16 Apr 1873, Kedichem; Nationaal Archief (Rijksarchief Zuid-Holland).
2. Genlias database, Genlias (http://www.genlias.nl/en : accessed 10 Feb 2010), Hugo Kortleever, 19 Jan 1876, Kedichem; Nationaal Archief (Rijksarchief Zuid-Holland).
3. Whatcom County, Washington, death certificate no. 12360 (16 Jun 1955), Hugo Kortlever; Washington State Vital Records, Olympia, Washington.
4. Washington State Deparatment of Health, “Washington Death Index, 1940-1996,” database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Feb 2010), Martha Kortlever, 23 Jul 1974, Cert #017155.
5. Whatcom County, Washington, Marriage Licenses, 1753, Hugo Kortlever-Martha Roo, 22 Sep 1903; Whatcom County Marriage Records, Bellingham.
6. Genlias database, Genlias (http://www.genlias.nl/en : accessed 11 Aug 2009), Birth, Maaike Kortlever, 3 Sep 1877; Schoonrewoerd, Zuid, Netherlands.
7. Genlias database, Genlias (http://www.genlias.nl/en : accessed 11 Aug 2009), Birth, Bastiaan Cernelis Kortleever, 30 Dec 1878, Leerdam; Nationaal Archief (Rijksarchief Zuid-Holland).
8. “WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Feb 2010), John Cornelis Kortlever, 6 Jun 1882.
9. State of California Dept. of Health Services, “California Death Index, 1940-1997,” database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Feb 2010), John C. Kortlever, died 11 Sep 1969, Los Angeles.
10. Whatcom County, Washington, Marriage Licenses, Herman Pen-Maggie Kortlever, 25 Apr 1904; Whatcom County Marriage Records, Bellingham, Washington.
11. Whatcom County, Washington, death certificate no. 22307 (30 Dec 1949), Herman Pen; Washington State Vital Records, Olympia, Washington.
12. Whatcom County, Washington, death certificate no. 12357 (13 Jun 1955), Cornelia Van Diest; Washington State Vital Records, Olympia, Washington.
13. Whatcom County, Washington, Marriage Licenses, 748, Rendit Van Diest-Cornelia Kortlever, 30 Jan 1912; Whatcom County Marriage Records, Bellingham, Washington.
14. Whatcom County, Washington, death certificate no. 13179 (2 Jun 1959), Ren Vandiest, age 84; Washington State Vital Records, Olympia, Washington.
15. “Many attend Services for Late Mrs. Abe Noteboom,” (Lynden) Lynden Tribune, 28 Oct 1920.
16. Whatcom County, Washington, Marriage Licenses, 3625, Abram Noteboom-Jennie Kortlever, 10 Jan 1918; Whatcom County Marriage Records, Bellingham.
17. Washington State Deparatment of Health, “Washington Death Index, 1940-1996,” database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Feb 2010), Abram Noteboom, 25 Nov 1970, Cert.#026911
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The Official Bird of the Internet Is the Cat, But Where Is My Dot Christmas?
By Oliver | Dec 17, 2012
While the World Wide Web as we know it might be vast and it’s size unimaginable, it’s still wild, new and vastly unconquered. It’s a brave new world, where mere dot commers are like colonial squatters staking their flag in the rich binary soil. Some will grow digital crops of t-shirt’s with witty slogans and some will be daily logs of anthropomorphisms of house cats and other animals. If the Internet had a flag, there would be a cat on it for sure. However, .coms and .orgs have had their day; it’s time to find a new empire. Where’s my land of virtual plenty? Where are my 40 gigabytes and an avatar of a mule? Where is my digital El Dorado?
In 2013, we might see the end of the physical world, but we might see a wide broadening of a digital one. On June 20, 2011, thirteen years after the Los Angeles based non-profit private organization took over the job from the United States Government, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) board members officially voted to ban most of the restrictions of applications for generic top level domains. In early 2012, 1,930 proposals for applications, which cost $185,000, with an annual fee of $25,000 just to apply, for arbitrary domain names from a myriad of industries around the world, came rushing in.
Ridiculous domains like .lol. .wtf and more practical domains like .music and .store; both proposed by e-commerce giant Amazon. And applications, which were sitting on the desks of ICANN since early 2000, were finally approved, like the much abhorred .XXX domain which became available to the masses in early 2012. But ICANN, master and ruler of all Internet domains, can’t just pick and choose which applications will be accepted.
On Monday I tuned into a live stream of ICANN’s Preliminary Prioritization Draw Results at the International Ballroom of the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel. Tickets for actually being there were about $100 a pop. The draw is essentially a lottery of sorts to see which applicants get priority to go live first in the coming months. Most of the time there was silence as the announcer literally read out thousands of accepted applicants and their respective domains.
There was the occasional cough and empty sound of boredom, but in some cases you could hear laughing, excitement and polite cheer when a popular domain received priority. In 2013, we’ll see for the first time ever domain strings in other alphabets, like Cyrillic, Chinese, and Japanese. We’ll also see new domain’s like .love, .flowers, .tattoo, .dad, and .Christmas.
But while the draw marks a literal windfall for the domain registrar and a major coup for most of the major multi-national corporations, like JP Morgan Chase (who won .chase) and pharmaceutical giant Merck, who could afford the applications, it’s also a possible water mark of the decreasing democratization of the web.
Yes, the World Wide Web is about the get a lot more complicated and a lot of more strange as bigger companies purchase bigger and bigger slices or the pie. Will the mere dot commers be like feudal .serves to the .lords of the new future Internet? In the end, Monday marked a historic day in the Web – hello .pizza, .gifts, .tjmaxx, .smile and fittingly enough .pioneer. To see all the results head over to the ICANN website.
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BMC Macedonia 80 Lucius Fulcinius, quaestor in Macedon, Æ21, 167 B.C.
Macedon under Roman Rule, Æ21(9.17g). Lucius Fulcinius, Quaestor, 167 BC. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet terminating at the top in the head of a griffin. Border of dots / ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ ΤΑΜΙΟΥ ΛΕΥΚΙΟΥ ΦΟΛΚΙΝΝΙΟΥ in three lines within a wreath of oak-leaves. Above, monogram. Line border. MacKay, "Bronze Coinage In Macedonia, 168-166 BC," ANSMN 14 (1968), pp. 6-7, pl.III, 7; BMC Macedonia 80.
This bronze comes from a series struck obviously only over a short period under two quaestors in Macedon. Unfortunately neither Lucius Fulcinnius, nor Gaius Publilius(the other quaestor, whose similar type is pictured here), appear in the history books, so the exact dating of these issues is debated but I believe that the most logical dating is Pierre MacKay's chronology laid out in "Bronze Coinage In Macedonia, 168-166 BC," ANSMN 14 (1968). MacKay argues that, rather than the "After 148/146 B.C." date that many give these types, they should actually be placed in 168-167 B.C., during the period between the victory of Lucius Aemilius Paulus over Perseus in 168 B.C. and his return to Rome in 167 B.C.
MacKay theorizes that Gaius Publilius was the quaestor who followed Paulus into Macedon and struck the initial run of coins from the defeat of Perseus in 168 until Spring 167 B.C. when Fulcinnius was sent to Macedonia to relieve him. Then the Fulcinnius types were struck from Spring-Winter 167 B.C. at which point Paulus returned to Rome to celebrate his triumph. When Rome split Macedon into four "independent" client republics shortly thereafter, MacKay argues that it was likely decided that these coins with Roma on them were simply too strong a symbol of Roman dominance and the decision was made to overstrike them with a new type bearing the image of Silenus on the obverse and "MAKEDONON" on the reverse.
MacKay's dating and hypothesis are backed up by the fact that many of the Silenus types appear to be overstrikes and they are only known to be overstruck on the Roma/Wreath types and not some of the other, potentially less offensive types struck during this period. Additionally, if the argument is correct that the Silenus types were overstruck on the Roma/wreath types due to offense taken by the Macedonian population, it makes much more sense for this to occur at the end of the Third Macedonian War when Rome was at least attempting to present an image of an independent Macedon, rather than at the end of the fourth Macedonian War when Rome officially annexed Macedon and split it into the provinces of Achaea and Epirus. Additionally, Publilius struck some types that were continuations of types in use in Macedon before 168 B.C., further strengthening the dating of these types, and by that same token, the associated Silenus types.
Thanks Romae Aeternae Numismatics for the image!
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1. Tom Morrissey to Speak at Rim Country Republican Club - 5/29/17
Please come to the Memorial Day meeting of the Rim Country Republican Club to hear a presentation byTom Morrissey, Past Chairman of the AZ GOP. The meeting will be held on May 29 at Tiny's Restaurant, Highway 260 in Payson Arizona at 11:00 am. Mr. Morrissey's talk will be about his experiences with the Establishment in our party when he was State Chairman and what really goes on behind closed doors, far from the eyes and ears of the grassroots and true believers.
Tags: Trump, Republicans, Bureaucracy, DOJ, Leftists, Media Malpractice
3. Mr. Trump: Tear Down This Wall!
Which wall?
The laws, rules, regulations, executive branch and federal agency proclamations and issuances, memos, guidance documents, bulletins, circulars, announcements with practical regulatory effect, “significant” agency guidance documents, and thousands of other such documents that are subject to little scrutiny or democratic accountability, and that have stifled entrepreneurship, jobs, the economy, and innovation.
That Wall. Tear it down, Mr. Trump.
Of the 10 highest-ever Federal Register regulation page counts, Obama is responsible for seven. Obama keeps breaking his own record! 77,687 (2014); 78,961 (2012); 79,311 (2013); 80,260 (2015); 81,247 (2011); 81,405 (2010).; and 91,642 (2016). That's an Atlas-back-breaking total of over 570,000 pages. There are some "fact checkers" who quibble about number of pages versus number of regulations, blah, blah. However, the point is this: Americans are being strangled by regulations.
This is what the Regulatory Wall looked like in 2013, before Obama "hit his stride."
Tags: Obama, EPA, Bureaucracy
4. Rep. Bob Thorpe's Letter Regarding Transgender Bathrooms
Recently, Gilbert Watch published Arizona Joins Texas in Lawsuit to Stop Federal Overreach. Arizona joined this lawsuit following a letter from Arizona lawmaker Representative Bob Thorpe (R-LD6). Rep. Thorpe has provided the letter to Gilbert Watch, as well as the data for how the State, Local and Federal education funds break down for 2014-2015.
Dear Arizona Superintendent of Schools Diane Douglas and Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich:
Legislators have been receiving numerous complaints from constituents who are very concerned with the threatening tone of the May 13, 2016 letter from U.S. Attorney General Lynch and U.S. Department of Education Secretary King.
The letter coerces our nation’s K-12 public schools and colleges to ensure that transgender students must be allowed to use the gender designated restrooms, changing rooms and locker facilities of their choosing, not necessarily that of their biological gender. It has been estimated that approximately 0.3% of U.S. individuals identify themselves as transgender.
Tags: Educational Malpractice, Schools, Taxes, Arizona Legislature, Bureaucracy, Constitution
5. Arizona Joins Texas in Lawsuit to Stop Federal Overreach
In response to a letter from Arizona lawmaker Representative Bob Thorpe (R-LD6), Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas announced that Arizona will Join Texas in a Lawsuit to Stop Federal Overreach. Co-signers of Rep. Thorpe's letter included Sen. Sylvia Allen (R-LD6), and Representatives Brenda Barton (R-LD6), Paul Boyer (R-L20), Karen Fann (R-LD1), Mark Finchem (R-LD11), Anthony Kern (R-LD20), and Vince Leach (R-LD11). (Please express your thanks to Bob Thorpe and the other legislators who signed his letter, as well as Mark Brnovich and Diane Douglas. See email addresses below.)
The COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF concerns the May 13, 2016 "Joint Guidance" issued by the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education relating to requiring public schools that receive federal funding to allow transgender students to use whatever restroom or locker room they wish, based on how they identify their gender.
The threat to withdraw federal funding from any school that doesn't comply is very clear in this sentence: "Under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, schools receiving federal money may not discriminate based on a student's sex, including a student's transgener status."
Tags: Educational Malpractice, Bureaucracy, Schools, Education, DOJ, Obama, Taxes
6. Georgia ACLU director resigns over transgender fight
Liberal compassion towards transgenders ends when.....it negatively affects THEIR kids.
"Maya Dillard Smith, the head of Georgia’s ACLU chapter, stepped down this week in protest of the civil rights group’s challenge of a controversial North Carolina law that critics see as discriminatory to transgender people."
“I have shared my personal experience of having taken my elementary school age daughters into a women’s restroom when shortly after three transgender young adults over six feet with deep voices entered,” she writes. “My children were visibly frightened, concerned about their safety and left asking lots of questions for which I, like many parents, was ill-prepared to answer.”
Want to know why those guys used that bathroom? Because they can.
Tags: Educational Malpractice, Bureaucracy, Schools
7. House Ed. Committee Poised to Stifle Voice of Voters: SB1313
The first effort to strip our duly elected Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) of powers was during the Legislature's last session. Thankfully, HB2184 was held in the House. The second whack at our eleted SPI was brought forward this session by Sen. Jeff Dial, via SB1416.
SB1416 has been held by Speaker of the House David Gowan, until very recently, when he caved under pressure from Governor Ducey. Gowan is currently running as a "conservative" for U.S. Representative in CD1. Is "caving under pressure" a trait you seek in a U.S. Congressman?
SB1416 has now morphed into an even uglier SB1313, championed by Rep. Paul Boyer, known for his disdain for parental authority in matters relating to the education of their children. See Rep. Paul Boyer Won't Allow Parental "Opt Out" Bill to be Heard! , Boyer Blocking Parental Choice, Privacy Bills , and Boyer Tries To Dodge Public On SB1313, Education Overhaul
See below for a Summary of SB1313 by Vicki Alger, Ph.D.
Very simply, THIS BILL MUST BE STOPPED!
The House Education Committee will meet on Wednesday, March 16, at 2:00 PM, to vote on SB1313. Click HERE for the agenda. Please call, visit, use the RTS (virtual Request to Speak), email the following Committee members as soon as possible!
Tags: Arizona Legislature, Schools, Oligarchy, SBE, Bureaucracy
8. HB2115 Passes the Government and Higher Education Committee
"Everything at the City of Phoenix is geared toward the employees," DiCiccio said. "The taxpayers come last, always." See Undisciplined Bureaucracy: Civil Service Job Protections Make Disciplining a Problem Government Employee Complicated, Costly and Time Consuming
An extremely good bill, HB2115 passed its first Committee hearing on 1/28/2015: 6 in favor, 2 against, 1 absent. It would have passed 7-2, because Rep. Justin Olson (LD25), who was absent, was one of the bill's Primary Sponsors. But it has a long way to go to become law.
Please recall from my original article, Rep. Warren Petersen (LD12) crafted this legislation as a deterrent, making public officials think twice before illegally spending thousands of taxpayer dollars, thinking they can walk away with lucrative taxpayer-paid benefits or severance pay. After watching the committee hearing, including Phoenix Council member Sal DiCiccio's comments, it's clear that government employees enjoy far more "job protections and tolerance for bad behavior" than private sector employees.
In the case of Stephen Banta, CEO of Valley Metro, following an investigation by The Republic, they reported that Banta was reimbursed with taxpayer funds for flying first-class, buying alcohol, staying in $600/night hotels, and eating in some of the most expensive restaurants in Portland, charging all of it to the taxpayers, while running Valley Metro. This included 44 round-trip airfares between Phoenix and Portland from February 2010 to July 2012 for Banta and his wife. The Republic also found that Banta was reimbursed for dinners that included guests who said they didn't attend those dinners.
In spite of all this, Banta was awarded $265k in an annuity upon termination of employment.
Democrat Lela Alston (LD24), who voted against the bill, commented: "Maybe his contract should have read: 'You can't take your wife on vacations using public funds.'" Democrat Jonathan Larkin (LD30) agreed.
In another recent case
Tags: Bureaucracy, Arizona Legislature, Oligarchy
9. Support HB2115: No Payouts/Benefits for Public Officials Who Misappropriate Taxpayer Dollars!
Rep. Warren Petersen has crafted legislation that will have a chilling effect on public officials who illegally waste money and then walk away with lucrative benefits or severence pay. It's HB2115 Simple, straightforward, brief. (This bill is scheduled to be heard Jan. 28 at 9:00 am in the Government and Higher Education Committee. See ACTION at the end of this article.)
Should a public official who is caught and terminated for fraudulently, lavishly spending taxpayer dollars on meals, travel, hotels, entertaining, etc., go on to receive lucrative payouts, annuities, pensions, and other benefits?
Rep. Warren Petersen doesn't think so, and neither do the many other sponsors and co-sponsors of this excellent bill. HB2115 spells out that anyone who is found guilty would forfeit any future benefits. While there already are laws on the books against fraud and misappropriation of public funds, these cases don’t always get pursued as the official is fired or even allowed to quit.
HB2115 ensures that these public officials forfeit any future benefits. States Petersen: “All too often, those who are caught and terminated leave with lavish payouts, annuities, pensions and other benefits. Termination from a high position in government office should not be like winning the Lotto. Rewarding someone for bad behavior can only encourage more of the same.” See Petersen Seeks to Prevent Lavish Payouts to Errant Public Officials.
Two cases come to mind:
Tags: Arizona Legislature, Warren Petersen, Bureaucracy, Oligarchy
10. Obama's Radical War on the Navajo Nation and Rural Arizonans
In this video, you will see that West Virginia is suffering 6.9% unemployment, due to the Obama Administration's determination to shut down the coal industry with excessive regulations, thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). There is no mention of the more than 50% unemployment suffered by 300,000 Navajos, or the destruction of jobs in Northern Arizona!
Tags: Energy, Environmentalists, EPA, Obama, Bureaucracy, Oligarchy
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Live : Damien Dempsey / Ian Prowse
16 March 2019, 02 Academy 2 [Liverpool]
You wake up the day after a great gig and your mind is running on the mental images and sounds of it, and your spirits are still lifted.
This concert at Liverpool's O2 Academy 2 was somewhere north of magnificent from the point Ian Prowse took the stage for his extraordinary support set, until the crowd eventually stopped singing the final refrain of Damien Dempsey's last song, a long time after the man himself had left the stage.
Ian Prowse has a song catalogue that can be plundered for live treasure - he did that here, ranging from 90's Pele classics to material off his soon-to-be-released next album, Here I Lie. Playing acoustically, with two members of his band Amsterdam at his side, the sheer energy and charisma Prowse brought to the performance meant every second of his stage-time was compelling to watch. He left one key song unsung, saved for later.
Damien Dempsey's set was a swirling full force gale of emotive music. Backed by a four piece band driven by John Reynolds' emphatic, imperious drumming, he took the audience from attentive congregation to full voiced choir in an instant, and that is where they stayed for the full ninety minutes; Apple of My Eye offering the peak moment of rapture.
Dempsey's songs are deeply moral symphonies of the street; watching him sing them it's impossible not to be moved, and sharing the communion he has with his audience is inescapable. Not a word went unsung by the crowd, and there was not a note of the music you wouldn't want to live again if you could.
There was a special, unforced magic to the encore, which reached its own crescendo when Ian Prowse returned to the stage with Demspey for a rousing The Auld Triangle and Prowse's own Does this train stop on Merseyside - the latter, with the two singer-songwriters trading verses, given what must be its most majestic and hymnal ever reading.
Dempsey closed the evening alone - the healing mantra 'love yourself, today' of It's All Good resonating out into, and back from, the hall.
It was an absurdly great night; my heart is still singing from it two days later, and will be for a good while yet.
More : Ian Prowse Website I Damien Dempsey Website
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(CNN)Serena Williams remains on course for an eighth Wimbledon singles title after trouncing Czech Barbora Strycova to reach her 11th final at the All England Club. The women’s singles final takes place Saturday at Wimbledon, with the men’s final Sunday. READ: Coco Gauff: How do you protect a 15-year-old tennis prodigy? READ: Serena says she owes Naomi Osaka an apology. Osaka’s response made her cry Unforgiving America’s Williams was in unforgiving mood and forced world No.54 Strycova, a shock semifinalist, to scamper and cover every blade of grass inside the opening exchanges. The Czech defended valiantly against Williams’ blistering groundstrokes, which seemed to be tearing through Center Court with extra venom. A missed return on a short Strycova second serve …
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Al Bello/Getty Images Sport/Getty Images These Tweets About The U.S. Women’s Ticker Tape Parade Are Cheering Their Equal Pay Fight By Madhuri Sathish 3 hours ago Just three days after winning the 2019 World Cup final against the Netherlands, the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team took to the streets of New York City to celebrate their victory. On Wednesday, July 10, thousands of people converged on the Canyon of Heroes — a stretch of Broadway between Battery Park and City Hall — to shower the team with confetti and cheer them on. But these tweets about the parade prove that New Yorkers weren’t just there to celebrate the team’s latest trophy; they were also applauding the U.S. Women’s fight for …
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It’s early afternoon in Orlando, the hottest time of day on a characteristically sultry Wednesday in Florida, a state famous for its perennially warm, wet, shirt-soaking conditions, which just so happen to be pretty much perfect for playing tennis. Or so I’m told. I’m standing—sweating, squinting, panting—at the opposite end of a court from 21-year-old Ulises Blanch, one of the many elite athletes who train here at the United States Tennis Association’s National Campus. I’m here to learn about the upper limits of the serve, the most nuanced stroke in tennis and one of Blanch’s specialties. I tell him I’m ready. He toes the baseline, lobs the ball into the air, and sends it bolting past me. “One hundred thirty-one,” …
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Embarrassing losses, boring performances, poor effort, steroid use, light racism, not-so-light sexism, questionable technique, doubtful conditioning, missed weight, DUIs, domestic violence, eye pokes, groin strikes, punches after the bell, chokes held a second too longjust about anything can be excused. What the MMA community wont readily forgive is the belief that a fighter has dodged a fight. Cowardice is the unforgivable sin. When fans decide that a fighter has squirmed his or her way out of a match with a frightening opponent, that fighters reputation is shot. Which is what happened to de Randamie in 2017 when she refused to defend her UFC featherweight title against the woman everyone knew was actually the best featherweight in the world at the …
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Aggers issues Tube advice for World Cup final
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionJonathan Agnew takes over tube announcements for the Cricket World Cup final. Sports fans arriving by Tube for the final of the Cricket World Cup will find themselves greeted by BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew. Announcements read by the commentator will be relayed at St John’s Wood – the north-west London Underground station that is closest to Lord’s. Aggers’s passenger tips will include: “To avoid being run out, please hold the handrail on the escalator.” England take on New Zealand on Sunday with radio coverage on Radio 5 Live. In another message, the BBC correspondent warns: “For some reason St John’s Wood is a very windy station so hold on to your …
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England v Australia: 142 years of cricketing beef
Because although today’s match will be a one-day game, the intense rivalry has its roots in the history of Test cricket between the two sides. And it all started with a tiny pottery perfume jar. Ashes to Ashes Cricket has its roots in 16th Century England, but the first international matches were played in the late 1800s. An England team played in Australia in 1877, in what are regarded as some of the first ever international Test matches, and a return series was held five years later. It was after those games in 1882 that a sporting newspaper made a joke that became part of history. The Sporting Times ran a fake “obituary for English cricket” that concluded “the body …
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Sex role-play death prompts law change plea
“The extent of his encouragement to her to carry out this act and his failure to report appropriately when she lost consciousness makes it clear that the male was so subjectively reckless as to amount to manslaughter,” Mr Haigh ruled in Hope’s inquest last week. Staffordshire Police said Jerome Dangar, 45, from Tintagel, Cornwall, was online when Hope died, but made no attempt to raise the alarm. It is understood a file was being prepared by police for submission to the Crown Prosecution Service to consider charging him with Hope’s manslaughter. Police and her family said this would have been a landmark legal first in the UK – but were denied justice when Dangar was found dead at HMP Dartmoor …
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Which would-be prime minister wears unusual socks?
Two men – Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt – are competing to become the next leader of the Conservative Party and the UK’s next prime minister. They’ve been out and about trying to win the votes of party members who will decide on the winner. With less than three weeks to go until the result, what’s been happening over the past seven days of campaigning? Event of the week To try to put a fiendishly complicated issue in the simplest terms possible… EU rules say there must be checks at its borders with non-EU countries. But, with the shadow of decades of violent conflict around the Irish border at the forefront of their minds, all sides agree that no visible …
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Jodrell Bank gets World Heritage status
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Soviet cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky (left), who went on three space flights, met Jodrell Bank founder Sir Bernard Lovell in 1967 The UN World Heritage Committee is meeting in Azerbaijan until 10 July to decide on the latest sites to be given the honour – awarded to areas considered to be important for the whole of humanity, which will be protected by international treaties. Jodrell Bank Observatory The site’s new accolade marks the end of a decade-long bid to gain World Heritage status, following a 2010 application to be included on the UK’s nominations shortlist. Professor Teresa Anderson, director of the Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre, said: “This is wonderful news and a great day in …
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BMW 2019 i8 review: Driving yesterdays car of tomorrow, today
The BMW i8 is a lovely vehicle to drive even though it’s lacking. It hugs the road and commands attention. It’s thrilling in a way that few cars can achieve without speed. Sure, it’s quick, but it won’t set track records or quarter-mile times. It just feels great to drive. By the numbers, there’s little reason to buy a $164,000 BMW i8 Roadster. Want speed? Buy a Porsche 911 Turbo for $161K or Corvette ZR1 for $123K or Nissan GT-R for $112K. Supercar aesthetics? Get an Acura NSX for $157K. Want all-electric? Get a Tesla Model S. All are faster and cheaper than the BMW i8. The BMW i8 is just a stepping stone in BMW’s history. An oddball. It’s …
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Googles Pixel 4 renders surface and all anyone can do is stare at that top bezel
This time last month, Google took the surprise (and anticlimactic) move of tweeting out images of the Pixel 4 well ahead of its October launch. Of course, that glimpse just focused on the rear of the device. Not only was the company looking to nip leaks in the bud, they were almost certainly attempting to show off their camera array before Apple got the jump on them. New 3D renders from OnLeaks may reveal why Google wasn’t in a rush to show off the front of the phone. The 6.25-inch phone appears to maintain the company’s staunch indifference to the war of notch attrition, forgoing the hole-punch camera from what appears to be a sizable top bezel (forehead). Perhaps there’s …
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Serena Williams Pens Emotional New Essay Apologizing For 2018 U.S. Open Outburst – Perez Hilton
Less than a year after Serena Williams lost at the 2018 U.S. Open, the seasoned tennis pro is apologizing once again for how she handled the situation. As we reported, the 23-time Grand Slam champion Now, with the benefit of hindsight, Serena realizes she was in the wrong. In a new essay for Harper’s Bazaar, Serena reflects on how the entire fiasco totally marred her the historic victory for her opponent, 20-year-old Naomi Osaka. She candidly admits: This debacle ruined something that should have been amazing and historic. Not only was a game taken from me but a defining, triumphant moment was taken from another player.” It’s hard to forget the way the half-Japanese, half-Haitian tennis star was overcome with emotion …
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US World Cup win proves female players deserve equal pay, team says
(CNN)The US Women’s National Team sealed the deal with its fourth stunning victory Sunday at the World Cup, but the players are still fighting another battle back home. In March, 28 members of the USWNT sued the US Soccer Federation for allegedly discriminating by paying the women less than members of the men’s national team “for substantially equal work and by denying them at least equal playing, training, and travel conditions; equal promotion of their games; equal support and development for their games; and other terms and conditions of employment equal to the MNT.” The soccer federation and the plaintiffs last month tentatively agreed to mediation, which is expected to begin now that the World Cup is over. During the …
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Jill Ellis: The shy girl from England who became US Soccer’s record-breaking head coach
Lyon, France (CNN)A few hours before Sunday’s Women’s World Cup final, John Ellis will seat himself at his organ and play “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” Liverpool Football Club’s stirring anthem. A Royal Marine commando who became a football coach, the 80-year-old is no vocalist, but nevertheless he will warmly sing the words and glance at a framed photograph of his daughter, Jill. It is a ritual the Englishman goes through every time the United States plays. “That song says it all,” he tells CNN Sport over the phone from his Florida retirement home.
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4,500 jobs at risk as William Hill axes 700 stores
Which betting shops are affected? We don’t know yet. William Hill will not be revealing which stores will close until later this year. However, staff at the shops were told about the decision earlier this week. What are fixed-odds betting terminals? Gambling firms pledge £60m to help addicts The government cut the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs), which had previously been £100, because of widespread concern that players were able to lose large amounts of money in a short space of time. These are electronic gaming machines that allow players to bet on the outcome of various simulated games and events, such as roulette, blackjack, bingo and horse races. In its annual report, published in March, William Hill …
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US fans roar at Lionesses defeat
Lionesses ‘left hearts and souls’ on pitch USA beats England 2-1 Brit Richard Lindley, who has lived in the US for nine years, says: “When we found out England was playing the USA, we took the day off work to be here. I feel horribly outnumbered though.” “We’re going to see if our marriage lasts the game, But we have an agreement that we’re not going to gloat, no matter what,” promises his American wife Ridley Williams with a smile. Image caption Christine Nawrot and Stephen Ikin react to a tense moment during the match Christine Nawrot says: “There’s no way this bar would be so full. But I like that it’s not just women supporting the game – it’s …
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Vitamin C, Sepsis and Coagulopathy: An Ancillary Study of the CITRIS-ALI Trial
Brophy, Donald Fitzpatrick
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
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This is an ancillary study associated with a recently funded NIH UM-1 application at our institution [UM1-HL116885-01: Vitamin C: Infusion for the Treatment in Sepsis Induced Acute Lung Injury (CITRIS-ALI)]. The parent UM-1 is a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, multi-center, Phase II clinical trial examining the efficacy of high dose intravenous vitamin C (VitC, ascorbic acid) infusion for 96 hours in human sepsis-associated acute lung injury. The proposed ancillary study will examine the effects of parenteral VitC on sepsis-associated coagulopathy and platelet dysfunction (which is not being evaluated in the parent UM-1). Sepsis provokes intense systemic pro-inflammatory and pro-coagulant responses that arise from dysregulation of host-derived mediators of inflammation and coagulation. As a result, sepsis-driven coagulation induces consumption of coagulation and fibrinolytic factors that lead to Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC), one of the most feared complications of sepsis that leads to widespread systemic microvascular thrombosis. DIC is a critical mediator of sepsis-associated multiple organ failure. The long range goal of our research team is to develop optimal strategies to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with human sepsis, specifically targeting the attenuation of DIC and other thrombotic events that lead to end-organ dysfunction. We have preliminary data suggesting Vitamin C significantly attenuates the inflammatory and pro-coagulant cascades in both animal and human sepsis. The Central Hypothesis is that parenteral VitC reduces sepsis-associated coagulopathy in humans by restoration of hemostatic integrity, and by the normalization of platelet function. We believe the molecular basis by which this occurs is through mechanisms attenuating increases in circulating pro-inflammatory mediators (which are being measured in the parent UM-1 study). The rationale is that if Vitamin C attenuates the inflammatory and coagulation pathways in sepsis, the occurrence of end-organ dysfunction can be reduced thereby improving morbidity and mortality.
The specific aims will: (1) Determine the effects of parenteral vitamin C on plasma coagulation biomarkers in patients with severe sepsis; (2) Characterize the effect of parenteral vitamin C on platelet function in patients with severe sepsis; and (3) Determine the relationships between Vit C, persistent hypercoagulability, and DIC score in the CITRIS-ALI study. Finally, consistent with the R-15 mechanism, this study will provide pharmacy- and graduate students hands-on experience in clinical and translational research.
Patients with sepsis have unacceptably high mortality rates as a result of systemic clotting throughout the body. We hypothesize that intravenous Vitamin C will prevent the dysregulation of the clotting processes. Should our hypothesis be confirmed, this could revolutionize treatment strategies in sepsis utilizing an inexpensive, cost-effective parenteral vitamin C supplement.
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Made of more – “Sapeurs “. Behind the creative.
Nadja Lossgott and Nicholas Hulley tell the story of the inspirational men behind the striking new Guinness ad.
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It is every creative’s dream to be asked to make the next brand ad for Guinness. But the fear soon dawns, knowing the iconic work that has come before.
The creative idea
In Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, there is a group of real blue-collar guys – taxi drivers, carpenters, warehouse workers – who transcend the everyday slog of their lives by wearing incredible suits, getting together to do what they do, and generally bringing a bit of joie de vivre to everyone around them. They call themselves Sapeurs: the Society of Elegant Persons of the Congo. We thought they were absolute beacons. If they can live with such dignity and joy after all they’ve been through, they could be inspirational role models for the rest of the world. If they can, then who can’t? In the context of “made of more”, the real message is not the suits, it’s about the substance of the men inside them. For us, they embodied a universal truth that you can always choose who you are.
The style and direction
The Sapeurs are the stars of the show, so we were adamant that we use the real guys from Brazzaville. Our brief to directors was to capture their irrepressible spirit on screen. That meant it was crucial that we didn’t just capture the surface quality of their lives. Of course it is about their suits, their colours, their style and the stark contrast of these against their surroundings. But it would mean nothing if we didn’t capture the inner qualities of these proud, soulful guys who reach beyond their circumstance. Their story is so much more than just a visual tapestry. When we spoke to Nicolai [Fuglsig, the director], the precision of his vision immediately hooked us. He is the master of the visual feast and the emotional journey.
Like all shoots, it had its challenges. Most of the Sapeurs we used had never acted or been on a film set before. To further complicate things, they only speak French-Congolese and had to take direction, through an interpreter, from a Danish director and a German director of photography. But befitting their huge personalities, they took to the process like naturals. One of the great privileges of shooting with Nicolai, Alwin [Küchler, the director of photography] and [the costume designer] Mr Gammon is their superhuman attention to detail. You can pause on every shot and it looks as if it were meant to be a still.
The editing
We were lucky enough to work with Rick Russell, who managed to cut hours of footage together into 90 seconds of story. More than most edits, his is a complex Jenga puzzle. With so many beautiful shots trying to get into the cut and everyone having their favourites, we faced the old problem: you take out some frames, you break the flow; you change a shot, you kill the story. Fortunately, Rick tirelessly assembled the blocks.
We’re not going to lie. We listened to a lot of tracks. When we started, we had a strong idea in our heads. We wanted something that was universal and unifying. One of the nicest comments we’ve heard about the ad is how it treats Africa as a place of cultural equals and inspirational role models. We think the music helps that. It took us a while to find the song that captured their emotional journey from Congolese everymen to the rousing ending when they are being Sapeurs. With the band The Heavy, we found everything we wanted. The song is a raucous echo of these incomparable guys and the words “what makes a good man” are a great fit. So, we’re very happy with what we ended up with. All in all, we feel privileged to have met and worked with the extraordinary Sapeurs. And we’d like to thank them. Nadja Lossgott is an art director and Nicholas Hulley is a copywriter at Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO
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Home » Gunner Talk Blog » Uncategorized » Koscielny: Wenger ‘still the man’ for Arsenal
Koscielny: Wenger ‘still the man’ for Arsenal
23 Mar, 2016 in Uncategorized by Arseblog News Hound
Laurent Koscielny has given his backing to Arsene Wenger stating his manager is ‘still the man’ to lead Arsenal.
The French defender, who was signed by Wenger from Lorient in 2010, also spoke optimistically about not giving up on the Premier League title, even though the Gunners sit 11 points behind leaders Leicester with just eight games remaining.
“He has been at the club for a while now, the banners are not something new for him,” Koscielny told press in France ahead of his country’s friendly game with Holland.
“He’s very calm. He knows what he has done for the club and the coach is still the man to help us, maybe with a little luck to win the championship.
“I can understand the frustration of the fans, having not won the championship for a long time. In any case, we try by all means each season to lift the trophy.
“However, everything is not under our control. The club has to deal with injuries, periods of poor form.
“There is a small chance but mathematically it’s still possible. We must win all our matches.”
Koscielny’s support for Wenger comes less than 24 hours since Mesut Ozil took to social media to dismiss spurious rumours that he’d leave Arsenal if the manager remained at the helm next season.
“Have seen the media reports today,” he wrote on Twitter. “Arsène Wenger was a big reason for me joining Arsenal – this hasn’t changed!”
Elsewhere, The Times are ‘exclusively’ claiming that Per Mertesacker will not be handed a new deal before he enters the final twelve months of his current deal.
The German, who joined Arsenal in 2011 from Werder Bremen, is contracted until July 2017 by which time he’ll be nearly 33-years-old. The report also claims that Wenger could hand the captaincy to Petr Cech this summer when Mikel Arteta leaves the club.
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The Permanent Committee on Tides & Mean Sea Level (PCTMSL) is a technical sub-committee of ICSM, with representation from national, state, port and scientific agencies engaged in the determination of tides and sea level. The agencies represented include the Australian Hydrographic Office, the National Tidal Centre, the Bureau of Meteorology, the Australian Antarctic Division, the Australian Academy of Science, the Association of Australian Ports and Marine Authorities, state marine agencies and port authorities.
The role of the PCTMSL is to:
co-ordinate a national database of tidal records.
develop national standards and best practice guidelines for tidal related matters.
acts as a focal point for national enquiries relating to tides and mean sea level.
Australian Coastal Vertical Datum Transformation (AusCoastVDT) Software
AusCoastVDT is an easy to use vertical datum transformation tool, developed in collaboration with the CRCSI, applicable to the Australian coast. The tool includes transformations between data referenced to the GRS80 ellipsoid (GDA94) ⁄ WGS84 ellipsoid (WGS84), Lowest Astronomical Tide (LAT), Mean Sea Level (MSL), the Australian Height Datum (AHD), Highest Astronomical Tide (HAT) and other tidal vertical datums of user interest (and vice versa). The tool was developed in 2013 and updated in 2016, with the supplied vertical separation grid based on the limited data available at the time. The grid will be updated as new information becomes available. The tool also offers the option for users to supply their own vertical separation grid.
Installation instructions are available in a read me text file and the user manual is installed with the software and can be accessed via the ‘Help’ button on the ‘About’ tab. For more information please visit the AusCoastVDT page on the CRCSI website.
Please email ICSM to receive the AusCoastVDT tool version 1.20 — Transformation grid updated September 2016.
The Australian Tides Manual
The PCTMSL prepared and periodically updates a manual for tides in the Australian context. It was published in 2004 as the Australian Tides Manual. (SP9) This was originally published by the National Mapping Council in 1984 as the booklet Recommended Operating Procedures for Tide Gauges on the National Network; Special Publication 9 (or SP9).
The Manual has been expanded and up–dated and is now available in .PDF format.
Australian Tides Manual V5.0 updated October 2018 (1.05MB)
Accuracy of Tidal Predictions
An assessment of the factors which contributing to confidence in the accuracy of tidal predictions can be accessed here.
Current Activities of PCTMSL
The groups current activities include:
Developing an Australian Tidal Data exchange format to assist in data exchange between agencies and users.
Standardising tidal analysis methods to provide for improved tidal predictions for safe navigation of large vessels.
Investigation of mean sea levels around Australia and their significance for land-based vertical datums.
PCTMSL News, covering items of interest including work being carried out by the National Tidal Centre and state/port authorities, is included in the ICSM Newsletter which is produced every six months.
Web Sites of Interest
National Tidal Centre (NTC)- http://www.bom.gov.au/marine/
Australian Hydrographic Service (AHS) - http://www.hydro.gov.au
Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) - https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/gloss_handbook/
Permanent Service on Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) - http://www.psmsl.org/
Tidal Interface Working Group (TIWG)
In November 2006, ICSM disbanded its Tidal Interface Working Group (TIWG). This had developed a Compendium of Terms Associated with the Tidal Interface Zone. Activities relating to the tidal interface zone will primarily be undertaken by the PCTMSL.
Secretary PCTMSL (Jasbir Randhawa)
Wollongong, NSW 2500
Email: Jasbir.Randhawa@defence.gov.au
Topographic Information
Tides and Mean Sea Level
Fundamentals of Mapping
Fundamentals of Land Ownership
Australian Tides Manual
Gazetteer of Australia
Upgrades to the Australian Geospatial Reference System
Biennial Report 2014-16
Control Surveys (SP1)
GDA 2020 Technical Manual
© Commonwealth of Australia on behalf of ICSM
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“I wish some of the personal domestic family life padding in the earlier part of the script had of been minimised as it seemed to slow the pace down a little till we reached the real battle in the court room and after reading Ruth Vader Ginsburg's contributions to The Marriage Equality Supreme Court hearings in 2015 and especially after she appears briefly as herself now in her mid 80's I think if her achievements in that debate had of been included it would have made this a much more dynamic and dramatic story.
“ Yet another left wing identity politic propaganda flick that re-writes history in the way the left wants you to believe is true.
“ The first part of the movie was a bit slow in my opinion.
“ The acting for the most part is first rate and the story shows that society is slow to change even now more than 60 years later in the me-too era.
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“ I watched her host SNL and she was one of the most boring hosts I have ever seen.
“ But these movies have their place in film and can be an enjoyable watch every once in a while.
“Lastly, whilst clearly a wholesome champion of the right and the truth for metropolitan liberals throughout Mrs Ginsberg was portrayed as ponderous, didactic, overbearing and lacking in any humour.
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“On the Basis of Sex is a film well worth watching, because I think this film represented more about our history and the impact upon our legal system.
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“ On the Basis of Sex is a film well worth watching , because I think this film represented more about our history and the impact upon our legal system.
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“ And so, the fight that she started is still going on today and it was very enjoyable to see the origin of modern battle for women's equality as represented in this film.
“ This film is a biopic based on a really interesting story, so though I had reservations about this film I saw it and really enjoyed it.
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“ Feeble, telemovie-style travesty of a potentially fascinating story .
“ But I feel like this film gets dragged down a bit by a bit too much going on in it, there are some sub stories that I felt took away a bit from the focus of the film.
“ kinda dull .
“ A fascinating and well made biopic .
“ But whereas I found that a very powerful and compelling movie, *On the Basis* struck me as almost a Halmark movie.
“ I find her story incredibly absorbing, which is one reason I loved the biographical film.
“ An important but ultimately dull legal bio-pic .
“ An inspirational history lesson for some, but some will doze off before the payoff at the end.
“ The film certainly has important subject matter but felt too dreary and too into a case that doesn't really captivate its viewers.
“ Truly enjoyable and inspirational film.
“The premise is interesting but the journey is pretty slow.
“ I found this movie to be thoroughly engaging.
“ Suspenseful but predictable .
“ This was just so boring and obviously politically biased.
“ Absolutely compelling from start to finish, even if the first act was not as persuasive as its concluding courtroom drama.
“ The court process in reality is a very long and tedious one.
“ On the Basis of Sex's pace was not for me, becoming a little tedious at times as it hobbled along to get to the big case at hand.
“ It made law - as dry a subject as I can imagine- fascinating, which alone made the movie worth watching.
“ But this one suffers by comparison, because as others said, it is paint-by-numbers and bland.
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Varsity Brands and Star Atheltica - A Closer Look
Rosie Burbidge Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - #copyright, #fashion, applied art, cheerleading uniforms, Conceptual separability test, copyright, Fashion, Star Athletica v Varsity Brands
Varsity Brands' registered copyright works
In March the IPKat reported the breaking news that the long awaited US Supreme Court decision in Star Athletica v Varsity Brands had finally come out.
Now, in the words, of Seth Meyers, it's time for A Closer Look.
The Supreme Court decision is not about whether the cheerleader uniforms in issue met the requisite level of creativity to qualify for protection as copyright works (although both majority opinions did note that the level of creativity required is "extremely low" following Feist).
Instead, this case was concerned with art as it is applied to functional (or "useful") items be that a cheerleader's outfit, a lamp or anything in between. More specifically it was about the circumstances in which it is possible to separate the artistic work from the functional item and the method for doing so.
Some applied art
(at Tate Britain until 29 May 2017)
§101 of the US Copyright Act defines “Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works” as including:
two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of fine, graphic, and applied art... the design of a useful article, as defined in this section, shall be considered a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work only if, and only to the extent that, such design incorporates pictorial, graphic, or sculptural features that can be identified separately from, and are capable of existing independently of, the utilitarian aspects of the article (emphasis added).
Star Atheltica argued that the five designs in issue served the useful function of identifying the garments as cheerleading uniforms and therefore they could not be physically or conceptually separated from the cheerleading uniforms.
Is it necessary to consider separation at all?
Varsity Brands' primary argument was that the copyright works in issue are two dimensional graphic designs which appear on useful articles but are not themselves designs of useful articles. The above images depict the registered copyright works. They were all created before the cheerleading uniforms rather than taken from the uniforms after creation. Therefore, they said, it is not necessary to consider whether the artistic work can be separated from or exist independently of the cheerleading uniform because the designs in issue are not for a useful article.
The Supreme Court disagreed. Because the designs were incorporated into the design of a useful article and §101 explicitly provides for two dimensional items being part of a useful article, this must be the sort of issue that congress had in mind when drafting the section. Therefore, the majority held that the separability analysis applies in this instance.
Ginsburg J disagreed with this analysis and noted that because the designs were created before they were applied, "the designs are themselves copyrightable pictorial or graphic works reproduced on useful articles" (emphasis in original). Therefore, in her view, the separability analysis is not necessary at all.
What is the separability test?
The separability test consists of two requirements (as set out in the statute):
separate identification - this was considered to be "not onerous" as anyone can look at a useful article and identify some 2D or 3D component which has PGS qualities (i.e. pictorial, graphic or sculptural qualities);
independent existence - is usually "more difficult to satisfy". This requires that the PGS work must be able to exist alone once it is separated from the useful article.
One of the statuettes from Mazer
The key authority in this decision was able to shed some light on this issue. Mazer v Stein, 347 US 201, 214 (1954) concerns the protection of lamps. More specifically it answered the question as to whether a statuette which was intended for use as a lamp base could be protected by copyright.
Mazer held that: (i) copyright subsisted in the statuette even though it was intended for use as a lamp base; and (ii) it was irrelevant whether the statuette was initially created as a freestanding sculpture or as a lamp base.
Therefore, Mazer said that "if a design would have been copyrightable as a standalone pictorial, graphic or sculptural work, it is copyrightable if created first as part of a useful article". The Supreme Court traced the origins of §101 to Mazer and consequently intepreted §101 in line with Mazer.
They summarised the test as:
"[A] feature of the design of a useful article is eligible for copyright if, when identified and imagined apart from the useful article, it would qualify as a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work either on its own or when fixed in some other tangible medium."
When applying this test to the cheerleading uniforms in issue they found that:
the surface decorations on the uniforms could be identified as features having pictorial, graphic or sculptural qualities;
the arrangement of colours and chevrons etc could be separated from the uniform and applied to another medium e.g. a painting;
removing the surface decorations from the uniforms would not replicate the uniforms themselves.
If the decoration is removed, what is left?
Why was the Supreme Court divided?
This was not a unanimous decision. The court was split 6-2 with Breyer J and Kennedy J dissenting.
The court's opinion was divided on the following key issues.
Separability
The dissent argued that removing the designs from the cheerleading uniforms and placing them in some other medium, e.g. a canvas, would create "pictures of cheerleader uniforms". In other words, even when the surface decoration is extracted, you cannot entirely remove the useful article (the uniform).
The majority noted that two-dimensional applied art inevitably correlates to the medium on which it is recorded and it would be ludicrous for a fresco, ceiling panel or dome to lose copyright protection simply because they are designed to track the dimensions of the surface on which is is painted.
Moving from fine art to a more popular realm, the justices applied the same reasoning to painted guitars being replicated on album covers. They noted that it would create an anomaly if they (a) deny copyright protection to art that was first applied to a useful object whilst (b) allowing art which was later applied to a useful object to be protected.
The dissent allowed that a work of art printed on a T-shirt could be protected. The majority noted that there is no material difference between a T-shirt and the uniforms. They were clear that this decision does not give anyone the right to prevent the manufacture of cheerleading uniforms of the same shape, cut or dimensions.
Physical vs conceptual separability - usefulness after removal
One of the arguments around separability focused on whether it was necessary for the original item to remain as useful after the artistic work is removed. In this instance, the dissent considered that the designs were necessary to identify the wearer as a cheerleader. If the surface decoration it would simply be a plain white outfit rather than a cheerleading uniform.
The majority gave this argument short shrift. They noted that it you took the lamp in Mazer and removed the statuette you would be left with a shade, bulb and wires - i.e. it would not be equally useful after removal. Importantly, "the statute does not require that we imagine a nonartistic replacement for the removed feature to determine whether that feature is capable of independent existence" (emphasis in original).
As a result of their analysis, the court "necessarily abandon[ed] the distinction between 'physical' and 'conceptual' separability which some courts and commentators have adopted". The justices were very clear that because the statute does not require the underlying useful article to remain, the physical-conceptual distinction is unnecessary. The only relevant question for separability is: can the artistic work be conceptually separated from the useful article?
Artistic judgment and marketability
There was an argument that the test for identifying an artistic work should include two objective components:
(1) do the design elements reflect the designer's artistic judgment?
(2) would the artistic feature be marketable to a significant segment of the community without its utilitarian function?
As neither test has any basis in the US Copyright Act, both tests were rejected. Adding market surveys into the copyright process did not sound like a good idea to the justices as it "threatens to prize popular art over other forms or to substitute judicial aesthetic preferences for the policy choices embodied in the Copyright Act".
Inconsistent with the exclusion of industrial design
There has been a long history of the fashion industry trying to get protection for clothing as a specific useful article (in a similar way that semiconductor chips and boat hulls have been protected).
Because congress has declined to specifically protect clothing as copyright (and left it to be covered by design patents), Star Athletica argued that there was a "presumption against copyrightability".
The majority noted that (i) "congressional inaction lacks persuasive significance", (ii) design patents and copyright are not mutually exclusive; and (iii) the test formulated by the Supreme Court would not protect the physical garments including their shape, cut and dimensions but only the surface decoration applied to those uniforms.
Although the ultimate decision on infringement could still go in Star Athletica's favour, the basic principle from this decision (i.e. that art can be protected as a copyright work if it can be conceptually separated from a utilitarian object) seems perfectly reasonable to me. Whether this will make a tremendous change to industry remains to be seen.
For more on the history of the Mazer v Stein statuettes including more images of the statuettes at issue in the case and an explanation for any ballet dancer/Balinese dancer confusion see Zvi Rosen's fascinating blog here.
Finally - a big caveat and a shout out to all the US copyright lawyers. I am an English lawyer and whilst many of the principles in this judgment are similar, if there are any errors or omissions, whether in use of language or interpretation of the decision, please let me know and I can update the post.
By Rosie Burbidge
Varsity Brands and Star Atheltica - A Closer Look Reviewed by Rosie Burbidge on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 Rating: 5
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We Could Be Heroes
SUBHEAD: A letter to my dismal allies on the importance of the radical right abandoning all interest in truth and fact.
By Rebecca Solnit on 27 September 2012 for Tom Dispatch -
(http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175598/tomgram%3A_rebecca_solnit%2C_we_could_be_heroes/)
Image above: Detail of watercolor with anti-imperialist message painted by Chinese Gu Yuan in 1951 for sale for $450,000. From (http://www.childlit.com/battledore/shop/index.php?productID=176).
Dear Allies,
Forgive me if I briefly take my eyes off the prize to brush away some flies, but the buzzing has gone on for some time. I have a grand goal, and that is to counter the Republican right with its deep desire to annihilate everything I love and to move toward far more radical goals than the Democrats ever truly support. In the course of pursuing that, however, I’ve come up against the habits of my presumed allies again and again.
O rancid sector of the far left, please stop your grousing! Compared to you, Eeyore sounds like a Teletubby. If I gave you a pony, you would not only be furious that not everyone has a pony, but you would pick on the pony for not being radical enough until it wept big, sad, hot pony tears. Because what we’re talking about here is not an analysis, a strategy, or a cosmology, but an attitude, and one that is poisoning us. Not just me, but you, us, and our possibilities.
Leftists Explain Things to Me
The poison often emerges around electoral politics. Look, Obama does bad things and I deplore them, though not with a lot of fuss, since they’re hardly a surprise. He sometimes also does not-bad things, and I sometimes mention them in passing, and mentioning them does not negate the reality of the bad things.
The same has been true of other politicians: the recent governor of my state, Arnold Schwarzenegger, was in some respects quite good on climate change. Yet it was impossible for me to say so to a radical without receiving an earful about all the other ways in which Schwarzenegger was terrible, as if the speaker had a news scoop, as if he or she thought I had been living under a rock, as if the presence of bad things made the existence of good ones irrelevant. As a result, it was impossible to discuss what Schwarzenegger was doing on climate change (and unnecessary for my interlocutors to know about it, no less figure out how to use it).
So here I want to lay out an insanely obvious principle that apparently needs clarification. There are bad things and they are bad. There are good things and they are good, even though the bad things are bad. The mentioning of something good does not require the automatic assertion of a bad thing. The good thing might be an interesting avenue to pursue in itself if you want to get anywhere. In that context, the bad thing has all the safety of a dead end. And yes, much in the realm of electoral politics is hideous, but since it also shapes quite a bit of the world, if you want to be political or even informed you have to pay attention to it and maybe even work with it.
Instead, I constantly encounter a response that presumes the job at hand is to figure out what’s wrong, even when dealing with an actual victory, or a constructive development. Recently, I mentioned that California’s current attorney general, Kamala Harris, is anti-death penalty and also acting in good ways to defend people against foreclosure. A snarky Berkeley professor’s immediate response began, “Excuse me, she's anti-death penalty, but let the record show that her office condoned the illegal purchase of lethal injection drugs.”
Apparently, we are not allowed to celebrate the fact that the attorney general for 12% of all Americans is pretty cool in a few key ways or figure out where that could take us. My respondent was attempting to crush my ebullience and wither the discussion, and what purpose exactly does that serve?
This kind of response often has an air of punishing or condemning those who are less radical, and it is exactly the opposite of movement- or alliance-building. Those who don’t simply exit the premises will be that much more cautious about opening their mouths. Except to bitch, the acceptable currency of the realm.
My friend Jaime Cortez, a magnificent person and writer, sent this my way: “At a dinner party recently, I expressed my pleasure that some parts of Obamacare passed, and starting 2014, the picture would be improved. I was regaled with reminders of the horrors of the drone program that Obama supports, and reminded how inadequate Obamacare was. I responded that it is not perfect, but it was an incremental improvement, and I was glad for it. But really, I felt dumb and flat-footed for being grateful.”
The Emperor Is Naked and Uninteresting
Maybe it’s part of our country’s Puritan heritage, of demonstrating one’s own purity and superiority rather than focusing on fixing problems or being compassionate. Maybe it comes from people who grew up in the mainstream and felt like the kid who pointed out that the emperor had no clothes, that there were naked lies, hypocrisies, and corruptions in the system.
Believe me, a lot of us already know most of the dimples on the imperial derriere by now, and there are other things worth discussing. Often, it’s not the emperor that’s the important news anyway, but the peasants in their revolts and even their triumphs, while this mindset I’m trying to describe remains locked on the emperor, in fury and maybe in self-affirmation.
When you’re a hammer everything looks like a nail, but that’s not a good reason to continue to pound down anything in the vicinity. Consider what needs to be raised up as well. Consider our powers, our victories, our possibilities; ask yourself just what you’re contributing, what kind of story you’re telling, and what kind you want to be telling.
Sitting around with the first occupiers of Zuccotti Park on the first anniversary of Occupy, I listened to one lovely young man talking about the rage his peers, particularly his gender, often have. But, he added, fury is not a tactic or a strategy, though it might sometimes provide the necessary energy for getting things done.
There are so many ways to imagine this mindset -- or maybe its many mindsets with many origins -- in which so many are mired. Perhaps one version devolves from academic debate, which at its best is a constructive, collaborative building of an argument through testing and challenge, but at its worst represents the habitual tearing down of everything, and encourages a subculture of sourness that couldn’t be less productive.
Can you imagine how far the Civil Rights Movement would have gotten, had it been run entirely by complainers for whom nothing was ever good enough? To hell with integrating the Montgomery public transit system when the problem was so much larger!
Picture Gandhi’s salt marchers bitching all the way to the sea, or the Zapatistas, if Subcomandante Marcos was merely the master kvetcher of the Lacandon jungle, or an Aung San Suu Kyi who conducted herself like a caustic American pundit. Why did the Egyptian revolutionary who told me about being tortured repeatedly seem so much less bitter than many of those I run into here who have never suffered such harm?
There is idealism somewhere under this pile of bile, the pernicious idealism that wants the world to be perfect and is disgruntled that it isn’t -- and that it never will be. That’s why the perfect is the enemy of the good. Because, really, people, part of how we are going to thrive in this imperfect moment is through élan, esprit de corps, fierce hope, and generous hearts.
We talk about prefigurative politics, the idea that you can embody your goal. This is often discussed as doing your political organizing through direct-democratic means, but not as being heroic in your spirit or generous in your gestures.
Left-Wing Vote Suppression
One manifestation of this indiscriminate biliousness is the statement that gets aired every four years: that in presidential elections we are asked to choose the lesser of two evils. Now, this is not an analysis or an insight; it is a cliché, and a very tired one, and it often comes in the same package as the insistence that there is no difference between the candidates. You can reframe it, however, by saying: we get a choice, and not choosing at all can be tantamount in its consequences to choosing the greater of two evils.
But having marriage rights or discrimination protection or access to health care is not the lesser of two evils. If I vote for a Democrat, I do so in the hopes that fewer people will suffer, not in the belief that that option will eliminate suffering or bring us to anywhere near my goals or represent my values perfectly. Yet people are willing to use this “evils” slogan to wrap up all the infinite complexity of the fate of the Earth and everything living on it and throw it away.
I don’t love electoral politics, particularly the national variety. I generally find such elections depressing and look for real hope to the people-powered movements around the globe and subtler social and imaginative shifts toward more compassion and more creativity. Still, every four years we are asked if we want to have our foot trod upon or sawed off at the ankle without anesthetic. The usual reply on the left is that there’s no difference between the two experiences and they prefer that Che Guevara give them a spa pedicure. Now, the Che pedicure is not actually one of the available options, though surely in heaven we will all have our toenails painted camo green by El Jefe.
Before that transpires, there’s something to be said for actually examining the differences. In some cases not choosing the trod foot may bring us all closer to that unbearable amputation. Or maybe it’s that the people in question won’t be the ones to suffer, because their finances, health care, educational access, and so forth are not at stake.
An undocumented immigrant writes me, “The Democratic Party is not our friend: it is the only party we can negotiate with.” Or as a Nevada activist friend put it, “Oh my God, go be sanctimonious in California and don't vote or whatever, but those bitching radicals are basically suppressing the vote in states where it matters.”
Presidential electoral politics is as riddled with corporate money and lobbyists as a long-dead dog with maggots, and deeply mired in the manure of the status quo -- and everyone knows it. (So stop those news bulletins, please.) People who told me back in 2000 that there was no difference between Bush and Gore never got back to me afterward.
I didn’t like Gore, the ex-NAFTA-advocate and pro-WTO shill, but I knew that the differences did matter, especially to the most vulnerable among us, whether to people in Africa dying from the early impacts of climate change or to the shift since 2000 that has turned our nation from a place where more than two-thirds of women had abortion rights in their states to one where less than half of them have those rights. Liberals often concentrate on domestic policy, where education, health care, and economic justice matter more and where Democrats are sometimes decent, even lifesaving, while radicals are often obsessed with foreign policy to the exclusion of all else.
I’m with those who are horrified by Obama’s presidential drone wars, his dismal inaction on global climate treaties, and his administration’s soaring numbers of deportations of undocumented immigrants. That some of you find his actions so repugnant you may not vote for him, or that you find the whole electoral political system poisonous, I also understand.
At a demonstration in support of Bradley Manning this month, I was handed a postcard of a dead child with the caption "Tell this child the Democrats are the lesser of two evils." It behooves us not to use the dead for our own devices, but that child did die thanks to an Obama Administration policy. Others live because of the way that same administration has provided health insurance for millions of poor children or, for example, reinstated environmental regulations that save thousands of lives.
You could argue that to vote for Obama is to vote for the killing of children, or that to vote for him is to vote for the protection for other children or even killing fewer children. Virtually all U.S. presidents have called down death upon their fellow human beings. It is an immoral system.
You don’t have to participate in this system, but you do have to describe it and its complexities and contradictions accurately, and you do have to understand that when you choose not to participate, it better be for reasons more interesting than the cultivation of your own moral superiority, which is so often also the cultivation of recreational bitterness.
Bitterness poisons you and it poisons the people you feed it to, and with it you drive away a lot of people who don’t like poison. You don’t have to punish those who do choose to participate. Actually, you don’t have to punish anyone, period.
We are facing a radical right that has abandoned all interest in truth and fact. We face not only their specific policies, but a kind of cultural decay that comes from not valuing truth, not trying to understand the complexities and nuances of our situation, and not making empathy a force with which to act. To oppose them requires us to be different from them, and that begins with both empathy and intelligence, which are not as separate as we have often been told.
Being different means celebrating what you have in common with potential allies, not punishing them for often-minor differences. It means developing a more complex understanding of the matters under consideration than the cartoonish black and white that both left and the right tend to fall back on.
Dismissiveness is a way of disengaging from both the facts on the ground and the obligations those facts bring to bear on your life. As Michael Eric Dyson recently put it, “What is not good are ideals and rhetorics that don’t have the possibility of changing the condition that you analyze. Otherwise, you’re engaging in a form of rhetorical narcissism and ideological self-preoccupation that has no consequence on the material conditions of actually existing poor people.”
Nine years ago I began writing about hope, and I eventually began to refer to my project as “snatching the teddy bear of despair from the loving arms of the left.” All that complaining is a form of defeatism, a premature surrender, or an excuse for not really doing much. Despair is also a form of dismissiveness, a way of saying that you already know what will happen and nothing can be done, or that the differences don’t matter, or that nothing but the impossibly perfect is acceptable. If you’re privileged you can then go home and watch bad TV or reinforce your grumpiness with equally grumpy friends.
The desperate are often much more hopeful than that -- the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, that amazingly effective immigrant farmworkers’ rights group, is hopeful because quitting for them would mean surrendering to modern-day slavery, dire poverty, hunger, or death, not cable-TV reruns. They’re hopeful and they’re powerful, and they went up against Taco Bell, McDonald’s, Safeway, Whole Foods, and Trader Joe’s, and they won.
The great human-rights activist Harvey Milk was hopeful, even though when he was assassinated gays and lesbians had almost no rights (but had just won two major victories in which he played a role). He famously said, “You have to give people hope.”
In terms of the rights since won by gays and lesbians, where we are now would undoubtedly amaze Milk, and we got there step by step, one pragmatic and imperfect victory at a time -- with so many more yet to be won. To be hopeful means to be uncertain about the future, to be tender toward possibilities, to be dedicated to change all the way down to the bottom of your heart.
There are really only two questions for activists: What do you want to achieve? And who do you want to be? And those two questions are deeply entwined. Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style.
That is the small ongoing victory on which great victories can be built, and you do want victories, don’t you? Make sure you’re clear on the answer to that, and think about what they would look like.
• As in 2004 and 2008, Rebecca Solnit and her blue-state henchwomen and men will probably invade northern Nevada on election week to swing with one of the most swinging states in the union. She is, however, much more excited about 350.org’s anti-oil-company campaign and the ten thousand faces of Occupy now changing the world. Also, she wrote some books.
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Building a private label future with beauty
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By Louisa Hallett Beauty might just be one of the private label industry’s most important categories. Although private label beauty products are still not as popular as private label food products, there is still massive growth potential in the category — not to mention demand, according to a recent PLMA Live! report. There is such demand for private label beauty products that even hard discounters such as ALDI have developed their own store brand beauty collections. The private label beauty industry has quickly turned into a multimillion-dollar segment, with eye cosmetics alone reaching a value of $25.2 million in 2018, according to market researcher Statista. Private label beauty has become quite popular among younger generations, such as Generation Z, or consumers who are “balling on a budget,” as they say. As a millennial myself, I grew up in the age of YouTube with makeup tutorials and had to explore beauty trends with private label substitutes because they were cheaper than their name brand counterparts. Demand for these cheaper private brand beauty products has escalated so considerably that millionaire YouTube beauty gurus such as Jeffree Star, who currently has more than 15 million followers, have created videos testing out and reviewing private brand beauty products, such as the Simply Me Beauty line from Dallas-based convenience store chain 7-Eleven. The company’s value-priced beauty line has now gone viral through YouTube and multiple influencers have tested out its products and compared them to more expensive counterparts. I absolutely love a good private label beauty “dupe,” a popular term within the beauty community used to reference a cheaper counterpart to a more expensive name brand product. If a retailer such as 7-Eleven or ALDI has a beauty product that is cheaper and just as good or better than name brands, that is enough incentive for me and probably millions of beauty product fanatics to walk into bricks-and-mortar stores and purchase the product. With YouTube and social media influencers testing out and promoting private label beauty products as just as good, or even better, than the more expensive name brand products, it’s easier than ever for retailers to attract shoppers to their private brand programs by rolling out robust beauty collections geared toward younger makeup fans.
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Poetry returns to Forest Hills Cemetery
by Rebeca Oliveira • January 20, 2012 • 0 Comments
Poetry-reading is returning to Forest Hills Cemetery in a new series organized by the Forest Hills Educational Trust (FHET).
It is the first poetry series to be held at Forest Hills Cemetery since FHET abruptly suspended programming in January 2011. Last year, only the Lantern Festival and a small series of walking tours were held. State funding for FHET was suspended for lack of programming.
“One can only hope that this is only the beginning of the renaissance of the great treasure that is the Educational Trust,” said Joe Bergin, spokesperson of the Carpenter Poets, one of the participating groups. “This is only a glint of the returning sunlight.”
The cemetery and FHET are separate organizations with separate boards of directors. FHET functions like a “friends” group of the cemetery, fundraising and organizing programming that the cemetery must approve. FHET is currently run by Program Coordinator Jonathan Clark.
“This [series] is Jonathan’s idea,” Bergin said. “He wanted to re-establish the poetry series [but] had to run it by the cemetery’s board [of directors].”
The cemetery board approved the series earlier this month, Bergin said.
The poetry series will feature the Jamaica Pond Poets, the Carpenter Poets, Tapestry of Voices and Simone Beaubien, the director of last year’s National Poetry Slam. The series was inspired by Boston Poet Laureate Sam Cornish.
“Boston and JP are so rich with poetry and Forsyth Chapel is such a wonderful place for it,” Clark said.
“I’m very excited about it,” Cornish told the Gazette. “I feel there is a lot of quality work being done in Massachusetts…and this series [showcases the poems] in a place that does visually what the poet does in words.”
Harris Gardner, head of Tapestry of Voices, did not answer a Gazette email. Last January, he told the Gazette, “They should keep some of their programs going while they evaluate. Having the community use the space for events really brought the cemetery to life.”
The series will take place at Forsyth Chapel on the last Sundays of January, February, March and May.
Tapestry of Voices previously organized the poetry series presented by FHET. This time, it is taking turns sharing the stage: the Carpenter Poets will read in January; the Jamaica Pond Poets will read in February; Tapestry of Voices will read in March and Beaubien and other young poets will perform in May.
“I thought it would be interesting to include other poetry groups around Boston,” Clark said.
Longtime Executive Director Cecily Miller left the organization and other staff was let go at the same time as FHET programming was suspended. The suspension of programming has never been explained.
1The FHET board created an online survey to evaluate the future of the nonprofit organization, as the Gazette reported last January.
The outcome of that evaluation was not “exactly revelatory,” Clark said. Clark was invited back to organize the Lantern Festival last spring.
“We already knew how much people valued the Trust’s events and programs. The survey simply confirmed it,” Clark said. “Other things were similarly presupposed: the Lantern Festival is our most popular event, followed by the Day of the Dead and the concerts, poetry readings, and walking tours.”
Clark has previously hinted at an upcoming “big announcement,” but confirmed that this poetry series was not it.
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Phantom Ball, With Video – And Monty (Updated)
In Spring Training of 2011 I wrote of the lost joy of pre-game “infield practice,” in which a team’s manager or coaches hit grounders and flies to their position players while barking out game situations. Then-manager Jim Riggleman of the Nationals had reintroduced the ritual (and gotten chastised by confused groundskeepers at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, who told him he was screwing up their field).
I’m not talking about shortstops standing behind screens at first base nor pitchers shagging fly balls during batting practice. This was one or two catchers, all the starting infielders and outfielders, and many of the reserves, on the field, twenty minutes before first pitch, chasing everything from pop-ups behind third to long drives into the right field corner. It was a mini-spring training.
Teams used to do this before almost every game. Earl Weaver thought it was the most important thing his club did, next to hitting three-run homers. And when done well, it achieved nearly the qualities of ballet. It gradually faded from the scene because some managers were concerned it gave away too much real-time information on the health of fielders and particularly the game-day strength of outfielders’ arms, and the players happily used this as an excuse to go and hide in the dugout the moment BP ends.
So imagine my joy when my old friend Robin Ventura came into Yankee Stadium for the first time as a manager last night, and at about 6:20 his Chicago White Sox were doing this under the guidance of another old friend, third base coach Joe McEwing (number 47), with back-up catcher Tyler Flowers to his left, and bullpen catcher Mark Salas. Before the joy of watching his team “take infield,” I had already had a long conversation with Ventura, who was probably the champion of dry-witted baseball figures during his time as a player. He was the one who spread the story that when Rickey Henderson joined the Mets in 1999, he asked first baseman John Olerud why he wore a helmet in the field (Olerud had suffered a brain aneurysm in college and benefited from the limited plastic protection). Ventura quoted Rickey as saying “A guy I played with in Toronto did that too.” The guy, of course, was the self-same John Olerud, with whom Henderson had been teammates six years before.
Henderson was many things, but he did not have a bad memory about players. The story was entirely apocryphal, but Ventura sold it so well that for years it was treated as gospel. And everybody kept Robin’s name out of it. When somebody finally confronted him about it he simply smiled. This was exactly the insurrectionist attitude that I thought would serve Ventura so well as a manager. When I reminded him of that he deadpanned “Yeah, but every day the writers still ask me if I’m afraid I’m going to lose control of the club.”
I took this long side trip into the persona of Robin Ventura for a reason. Take another look at that picture of the White Sox. I’ll ask you what Sox co-owner Eddie Einhorn asked me as I marveled that his club was actually taking infield: “Do you notice if anything’s missing?”
There’s no baseball.
They were taking infield practice, for ten minutes or more, without any baseballs. It took me at least two minutes to even notice it, and another two to convince myself either my vision or my circulation hadn’t gone bad. No baseball. They were pantomiming it.
I shot a brief video:
At one point catcher Flowers came running right at me in pursuit of an imaginary foul ball. I thanked him for making sure it didn’t hit me.
Eddie Einhorn said his club calls it “Phantom Ball.” In the Negro Leagues in the ’30s, the teams used to entertain fans pre-game with a high speed version that including leaping catches and plays at the plate, which they called “Shadow Ball.” Under whatever name, it was a joy to behold, and the Sox insist it’s terrific for honing instincts and reducing the risk of injury because there’s no ball in use.
As I left the field Ventura asked me how I liked it and insisted it was Joe McEwing’s idea. “See?,” he added, still deadpan. “There’s a reason they keep asking me if I’m going to lose control of the club. I can’t even get them to use a baseball.”
Ventura might just win that division.
Update, 9:45 PM EDT: Ben Walker of the Associated Press, who loves “Infield” as much as I do, sent me an email mentioning that he asked Ventura and McEwing about this tonight and the skipper said they did this at least once under the guidance of coach Cookie Rojas when they were with the Mets – that would date to the 2000 season. This reminded me that Ventura told me last night “Every once in awhile we go all Cookie Rojas out there.”
DAYAN VICIEDO AND MONTY MONTGOMERY
He sure as shootin’ will if the Sox keep doing stuff like this. Three hours after Phantom Ball ended, Dayan Viciedo tore into a David Robertson pitch and all of a sudden a nice safe 3-1 Yankees’ ninth inning lead was a White Sox 4-3 victory.
Not long after, an ESPN researcher tweeted that it had been a long time since that had happened to the Yankees: that the last time a visiting team trailing by two or more went ahead on a home run in the 9th had been in 1972, when Bob Montgomery did it to them.
And a distant bell went off in my head.
I was at that game too, and boy was I cheesed off.
The Yankees trailed the third-place Red Sox by just a game-and-a-half when they met for a twi-night doubleheader at Yankee Stadium on July 28, 1972, on day two of a five-game series that would probably decide which one of them might still challenge for the AL East Division crown. As an aside, for those of you who think the rivalry was always like it is now, the attendance for two Yankee-Sox games that night was 20,129.
I was one of them, and I happily watched my favorite, Mel Stottlemyre, hold the Sox to three hits and two runs until the ninth. The Yanks were up 5-2 when Stott got wild and walked Reggie Smith and Rico Petrocelli. Manager Ralph Houk brought in relief ace Sparky Lyle, and I got worried because Lyle had recorded his 20th save the night before, but had pitched 2-1/3 innings to do so.
Sure enough, Danny Cater (whom the Yankees had astutely traded to Boston for Lyle in one of the worst one-for-one trades in baseball history) singled to drive in a run and cut it to 5-3. Shortstop John Kennedy worked the count full but then struck out. This brought up Bob Montgomery, Boston’s third string catcher who had, to that point in the 1972 season, hit exactly no home runs and driven in exactly two. In fact, in the middle of his third big league season Montgomery had hit exactly three career homers (he would go on to a long career as a Boston back-up, be the last man to regularly bat without a batting helmet, and then become a beloved color commentator on the Red Sox tv broadcasts).
Montgomery promptly put Lyle’s pitch into the right field seats and, just like last night, a two-run Yankee lead had become a one-run visitor’s victory.
I was not happy. And this is not memory speaking. It took me five minutes to find my scorecard. The blasphemies directed at Manager Houk (“Lyle? 2 Days in a row…You are a fool!”) will not be illustrated here. The scorecard will: 40 years is a long time between any two similar events.
Just how long is underscored by what’s on the page behind that scorecard. It lists the names and numbers of the pitchers of the American League teams. For the future 1972 World Champion Oakland A’s, there are only nine pitchers listed.
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For those interested in the other stuff I’ll be appearing as a guest Sunday morning on ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos.
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“relief ace Sparky Lyle…had recorded his 20th save the night before, but had pitched 2-1/3 innings to do so.”
It’s like a transmission from the prehistoric, that line. How often does a closer go two and a third? When was the last time a closer averaged just shy of two innings a
game across a season? When was the last time a closer didn’t get his 20th save until that late in the season?
By Stephen S. Power on June 29, 2012 6:13 pm - Reply
Not since 1972? That’s unbelievable. I had to look up Kubel’s grand slam off Mariano but that was in the 8th with the Twins trailing either 3-1 or 3-2 (I think Mo walked in a run just before that– unbelievable too). I’d watch Keith on Sunday but there might be some Republicans on there– the Mouse Ears Network would require that. Anyway, I hope the Yankees beat Obama’s team!
By Sam on June 29, 2012 6:40 pm - Reply
Good to hear your voice on the clip. Looking forward to seeing you as well.
By Dave Sikula on June 29, 2012 6:49 pm - Reply
Speaking of comebacks. On this day in 1952, the Cubs played the Reds at Crosley Field. The Cubs were down by 6 runs, 2 out and no on. The Cubs came back to win 9-8 in the ninth. Do you know of any other games like this?
By sanford943 on June 29, 2012 6:54 pm - Reply
Oh how I loved hearing your voice on the video. You’re getting quite talented with the new tech toy. I enjoyed reading about the ‘phantom baseball’ warm up. It takes imagination and I imagine it’s a whole lot of fun. The score card got me confused. I used to know what all that means scoring for my softball league. You have so many moments to remember and archives to prove it! Looking forward to seeing you on This_Week_ABC this Sunday. LyK
By Mary_Caruso on June 29, 2012 7:00 pm - Reply
I was wondering whether your account of the ’72 game was all from memory. I thought “If so, he’s more than a baseball fan, he’s the freakin’ Rain Man.” Whew. But it took you only FIVE MINUTES to search through your collection of memorabilia (at least the stuff not locked up in storage somewhere) and find that scorecard? My hat is off to you for your organization. And even at 13, you kept a NEAT scorecard.
The “phantom baseball” clip is very cool. Looking forward to seeing you on TV Sunday!
By Truly S. (@hotincleveland) on June 29, 2012 7:42 pm - Reply
Great piece, Keith! I love the addition of the video! Wow! And I am thrilled Youklis is now with the White Sox, even though he was my favorite Red Sox player! (I said he just changed his Sox.) He seems a better fit there. And Truly, he is a dang genius! I am always amazed at his ability to make connections, which defines gifted and talented. Also, I am thrilled about watching THIS WEEK tomorrow morning! What a treat! All the fans will be up early! Thanks, Mr. O! You are the best!
By patricia ellyn powell on June 30, 2012 11:35 am - Reply
You were terrific this morning. I wish we could hear your voice five days a week, again.
By Vicki on July 1, 2012 6:05 pm - Reply
Keith, they still practice real infield at Larks Park in Hays, Kansas. The Larks are a summer collegiate wooden bat team that has featured stars like Albert Pujols, Lance Berkman, and Jack Wilson. When they go out for infield, it reminds me of the old Terry Cashman song, “Baseball in Ballet.” Come out my way, Keith. I’ll buy you a $2.50 Larksburger and a cold beer in a can and you can watch some great kids readying to be major leaguers.
By larfromhays on July 2, 2012 4:52 pm - Reply
You are right about infield. When I was kid growing up about a mile from Ebbets Field, it cost 60 cents to sit the bleachers. And the seats were prized. You’d get in line about 10 a.m and the gates would open about 11 or 11:30 for a 1:35 game. You got a chance to watch both teams take batting practice and infield. And then, for the same 60 cents, you got to watch the game. It’s never gotten any better that.
By Stephen Seplow on July 3, 2012 3:45 pm - Reply
Yaz had ONE home run at the end of July.
By Freddie Gasparini on July 5, 2012 8:52 am - Reply
On June 18, 1961, the first-year expansion Washington Senators had a 12-5 lead with two out in the ninth in the first game of a doubleheader at Boston…and lost 13-12. Red Sox catcher Jim Pagliaroni tied the game at 12 with a grand slam, and the Bosox followed with two more hits. To add insult to injury, Boston won the nightcap 6-5 as Pagliaroni homered in the 13th. It capped a four-game Bosox sweep, and the Senators — who entered the series 30-30, tied for fourth place and who had a 6-0 lead in the third inning of the series opener on Friday — never recovered, ending at 61-100, tied for ninth with the Kansas City A’s.
Is it any wonder Washington fans are pinching themselves over this year’s Nationals? It’s like entering another realm, an alternate universe. Baseball success simply doesn’t happen in D.C.
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Well Keith glad to see your not unemployed. Figured with your outrageous liberal stances you would go unemployment and blame Bush for your misfortune. Just hope you never again thing your political commentary is worth while.
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It might seem like there’s a weight-loss secret floating around out there that everybody knows but you. But in reality, about 80 percent of unlocking the weight-loss puzzle is choosing the right mix of filling and nutritious foods, says Marjorie Nolan Cohn, R.D.N., a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
That's right, it's all about what you eat, says Cohn. (Foodies, rejoice!) But don't worry, we're not about to suggest that you spend hours slaving over the stove to nail your diet. Keeping things simple by minimizing meal prep—and planning ahead for leftovers—can help keep you on track. “I try to avoid complicating weight loss with extensive recipes,” says Cohn.
Here’s how to fill your plate to start reaching your weight-loss goals—without spending a million hours in the kitchen.
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16 January 2013 » Football, History, Thoughts
The NFL’s conference championship (semifinal) games always capture my imagination.
In many cases, it’s where the two best teams in the league face off, even if they still move on to face a weak opponent from the other conference in a largely ceremonial Super Bowl. Most of the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboy match ups from the early 1990s fall into this category. So these conference games represent the de facto league championship game.
In other cases, there are some teams that just can’t catch a break, like the Cleveland Browns or New York Jets, despite numerous, and often successive, championship game appearances. Without at least a Super Bowl appearance, these teams fall by the wayside of NFL history.
The forgotten championship
In all cases, the loser quickly disappears from the public’s memory – unlike the Super Bowl participants who have at least a moment’s glory on the national stage – despite an excellent season up to that point.
Do you remember how dominant the Browns were in the late 1980s? Or the Los Angeles Rams in the late 1970s?
A second chance at three hours
I often contemplate what NFL history could have looked like, had the NFC and AFC championship games gone the other way and the losers instead advanced to the Super Bowl.
See the full results below, starting with the 1970 season, with the winner shown in bold. I assume the conference that won the real Super Bowl also wins the alternate match up, though admittedly this is unlikely in several match ups. My observations follow the results.
AFC team
NFC team
V Oakland Raiders San Francisco 49ers
VI Baltimore Colts San Francisco 49ers
VII Pittsburgh Steelers Dallas Cowboys
VII Oakland Raiders Dallas Cowboys
IX Oakland Raiders Los Angeles Rams
X Oakland Raiders Los Angeles Rams
XI Pittsburgh Steelers Los Angeles Rams
XII Oakland Raiders Minnesota Vikings
XIII Houston Oilers Los Angeles Rams
XIV Houston Oilers Tampa Bay Buccaneers
XV San Diego Chargers Dallas Cowboys
XVI San Diego Chargers Dallas Cowboys
XVII New York Jets Dallas Cowboys
XVIII Seattle Seahawks San Francisco 49ers
XIX Pittsburgh Steelers Chicago Bears
XX Miami Dolphins Los Angeles Rams
XXI Cleveland Browns Washington Redskins
XXII Cleveland Browns Minnesota Vikings
XXIII Buffalo Bills Chicago Bears
XXIV Cleveland Browns Los Angeles Rams
XXV Los Angeles Raiders San Francisco 49ers
XXVI Denver Broncos Detroit Lions
XXVII Miami Dolphins San Francisco 49ers
XXVIII Kansas City Chiefs San Francisco 49ers
XXIX Pittsburgh Steelers Dallas Cowboys
XXX Indianapolis Colts Green Bay Packers
XXXI Jacksonville Jaguars Carolina Panthers
XXXII Pittsburgh Steelers San Francisco 49ers
XXXIII New York Jets Minnesota Vikings
XXXIV Jacksonville Jaguars Tampa Bay Buccaneers
XXXV Oakland Raiders Minnesota Vikings
XXXVI Pittsburgh Steelers Philadelphia Eagles
XXXVII Tennessee Titans Philadelphia Eagles
XXXVIII Indianapolis Colts Philadelphia Eagles
XXXIX Pittsburgh Steelers Atlanta Falcons
XL Denver Broncos Carolina Panthers
XLI New England Patriots New Orleans Saints
XLII San Diego Chargers Green Bay Packers
XLIII Baltimore Ravens Philadelphia Eagles
XLIV New York Jets Minnesota Vikings
XLV New York Jets Chicago Bears
XLVI Baltimore Ravens San Francisco 49ers
Some observations
The New York Giants never reach the Super Bowl. The New England Patriots appear only once (and win).
The Vikings, Lions, Eagles, Chargers, Oilers, Panthers and Seahawks each win at least one Super Bowl.
San Francisco still wins 5 Super Bowls, but also loses 3 times. Oakland wins 5 (including 3 in a row, which has never happened in Super Bowl history) and loses two.
The Browns make it to 3 Super Bowls but lose all of them. The Jets make 4 but win only one.
There is an expansion team meeting the year after both new teams joined the league, when the Carolina Panthers defeat the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys still meet two times.
The Bears go 3-0, representing the best overall Super Bowl record.
The Buffalo Bills still don’t win a game.
There are lots of interesting local rivalries. Los Angeles and Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Philadelphia and Baltimore, Jacksonville and Tampa Bay.
It would also be interesting to consider alternate MVPs, though I’d limit this to quarterbacks, since defensive or special teams players reflect a strong individual performance rather than the overall team strength. Kenny Stabler and Joe Montana would probably lead the MVP tally.
05 August 2010 » Opinion, Thoughts, Writing
The New York Times has published two articles recently about the perception of a rise in plagiarism in the current school-age, digitally native generation:
To Stop Cheats, Colleges Learn Their Trickery
Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age
In a highly technologized culture where information is cheap and easily copied, students can no longer be trusted or expected to make the effort to be creative, critical and original thinkers.
It’s far too easy nowadays to remix what’s already out there and in so doing, not to properly attribute a source.
Laziness and unoriginality
In the latter Times article, Sarah Wilensky – a college student herself – decries what she sees as both laziness and unoriginality in her peers. Institutions that don’t stridently enforce the rules only accelerate the disturbing trend.
“…Relaxing plagiarism standards “does not foster creativity, it fosters laziness… You’re not coming up with new ideas if you’re grabbing and mixing and matching,” said Ms. Wilensky… in a column in her student newspaper headlined “Generation Plagiarism.”
“It may be increasingly accepted, but there are still plenty of creative people — authors and artists and scholars — who are doing original work… It’s kind of an insult that that ideal is gone, and now we’re left only to make collages of the work of previous generations.”
Combining old elements
But it’s very interesting to contrast this urgent, modern lament against some thoughts from a 1965 book on advertising, “A Technique for Producing Ideas” by James Webb Young, in a chapter titled “Combining Old Elements”:
With regard to the general principles which underlie the production of ideas, it seems to me that there are two which are important.
The first of these has already been touched upon in the quotation from Pareto: namely, that an idea is nothing more or less than a new combination of old elements.
This is, perhaps, the most important fact in connection with the production of ideas…
The second important principle involved is that the capacity to bring old elements into new combinations depends largely on the ability to see relationships.
Here, I suspect, is where minds differ to the greatest degree when it comes to the production of ideas. To some minds each fact is a separate bit of knowledge. to others it is a link in a chain of knowledge. It has relationships and similarities. It is not so much a fact as it is an illustration of a general law applying to a whole series of facts…
The point is, of course, that when relationships… are seen they lead to the extraction of a general principle. This general principle, when grasped, suggests the key to a new application, a new combinations, and the result is an idea.
Consequently the habit of mind which leads to a search for relationships between facts becomes of the highest importance in the production of ideas.
Prior art is everywhere
Young argues that there’s nothing fundamentally wrong with leveraging work done by others, in fact it’s the only sensible way to make progress in a society (and run a successful ad campaign). He doesn’t ever consider attribution of these newly forged ideas in his essay.
Moving from abstract ideas to a concrete example, consider a beautiful and unique building near you. It’s largely created from well accepted architectural patterns, common construction tools, and zoning standards. You don’t see attributions on these edifices. They’re not in the blueprints or on the cranes either.
Maybe educating students and aspiring authors to properly credit their sources is the wrong approach altogether. In many ways, it’s a distraction from original thought and pure innovation.
A proposal for a read-mostly society
I believe it should no longer be the burden of the student or writer or speaker to quote his source… it should be assumed, by default, he is building on the work of others and attempting to convey a new idea built on those foundations.
Instead, it should now be up to the reader to accept that the work is derivative and take on the responsibility to vet the work.
Current plagiarism software should instead help suggest attributions… it does, in fact, rely on the same technology to check content against an existing pool of sources. With networked e-book readers and smartphones paired to efficient search algorithms, this should become ever easier.
How can you tell if a piece of work contains original research, legitimate sources or draws reasonable conclusions? Use the reader technology, find the sources and judge for yourself.
Beyond lifting the burden on authors to free them to focus on their original idea, this shift would empower readers to engage their critical thinking facilities through constant and simple source checking. This approach could also neutralize writers with an agenda who may decide to remix ideas selectively to skew a point.
In a technological society formed mostly of passive content consumers and relatively few active content producers this can only be a good thing.
Oh, and as far as the unoriginal title to this blog post. Who should I attribute it to, Duke University or the Barenaked Ladies?
I’ll let you and Google decide.
Helsinki and Tallinn
19 June 2008 » Photos, Thoughts
I spent some time with the family in Helsinki, Finland and Tallinn, Estonia earlier this week. Gorgeous places, both. Especially under twenty hours of daylight in June.
We’re still in Finland, looking forward to our second wedding party on Midsummer‘s eve this coming Saturday with the family who couldn’t make it to the US last November. :)
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Council Report Recommends Update to Williamsville Main Street Study
Published on: 2019/05/16 - in Releases by Steve Gerard
RELEASE — At its May 21 meeting, council will consider a proposed Interim Control Bylaw (report 19-152) for the Williamsville corridor, that would pause the consideration of planning approvals for new buildings that exceed current development permissions.
The Interim Control Bylaw (ICBL) is in response to council’s request to complete an update the Williamsville Main Street Study and would be in effect for a period of one year. Applications that respect the existing zoning in the corridor are able to proceed during the time that ICBL is in place.
Complete applications and developments that have already received council approval will not be affected and are able to obtain building permits. At present there are 1,078 approved units for the Williamsville corridor that can proceed to building permit during the time the ICBL would be in effect. An additional 539 proposed units for the Williamsville corridor will continue through the planning process over the next year. The proposed interim control bylaw would also allow the consideration of minor variance applications for projects seeking minimal relief from the approved zoning.
“The City remains committed to supporting ongoing housing growth by ensuring that current approvals remain unaffected by this. Updating the Williamsville Main Street study will allow staff to ensure future projects reflect good design and proper built form while fulfilling the vision in the City’s Official Plan,” says Paige Agnew, director of planning, building and licensing.
The proposed interim control bylaw is part of an update to the Williamsville Main Street Study to ensure that future development in the corridor helps to fulfill the vision set out in the Official Plan and the City’s recent commitments to climate action and GHG reduction.
Kingston Development Facts
A total of 1,078 residential units have already been approved for the Williamsville area and are waiting to begin construction.
An additional 539 residential units are under review and are exempted from the interim control bylaw.
Over 70 planned units are located adjacent to the Williamsville Main Street Corridor.
645 units will need to be added to the current housing supply, in addition to the current growth rates, to bring the vacancy rate to 3 per cent, which is considered to be a “healthy” municipal vacancy rate.
Building permits have been filed for 476 residential units in 2019, compared to a total of 137 permits filed in 2018.
Learn more about current projects in the Williamsville corridor at CityofKingston.ca/Projects.
Learn about the City’s mid-rise and tall building design policies at CityofKingston.ca/DensitybyDesign.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Laslovarga)
Release: City of Kingston
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Alex Rich on Building A Research Team at NIH
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We…by mid -1954 my fellowship was ending. I was in the United States Public Health Service while I was at Caltech. And, they, …I was appointed to Head of Section on Physical Chemistry at NIH. And I discovered I had to hire people. I actually pulled together a good group. Jack Dunitz who was a colleague at Caltech, he thought, Sure he would come to NIH and join us, join me. And this was in the middle of the Korean war, people were very concerned about being drafted. Jim was worried. So I said, Jim, why don’t you simply come to NIH and join the Public Health Service? You won’t have to give up research. So he agreed. If he couldn’t, …if the alternative was going into the military or going to NIH, he would go to NIH. Matt Meselson also agreed to come. And, but as it turned out both Matt and Jim were deferred for different reasons. I think Matt may have had asthma as a child. But, anyhow, the net result was that in June of ’54, I arrived at NIH in this large Building 10 that had just been opened and set up a lab. I had already ordered x-ray diffraction equipment and material needed to run the lab. And then I continued working on this problem. Things changed rather dramatically in the fall of 1955 because Severo Ochoa came to NIH to give a lecture. Oh…Exuse me fall of 1954. Severo Ochoa came to give a lecture on an enzyme that he had, that Marion Grunberg-Manago had just purified in his laboratory. This was called polynucleotide phosphorilase. What it did is take ribonucleoside diphosphates, cleave off the terminal phosphate and polyermise the ribonucleotides to make RNA chains. Well I thought to myself this, this seems like a better bet for making an oriented fiber. And so I started drawing fibers. I learned how to make the enzyme and make polymers of different kind. I began to get better diffraction patterns, better orientation and suggestions that some might be helical.
Alexander Rich (b. 1924), biologist and biophysicist, is the William Thompson Sedgwick Professor of Biophysics and Biochemistry, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology. Rich first joined the MIT faculty in 1958. Subsequent to serving in the U.S. Navy from 1943-1946, Rich earned his undergraduate degree (A.B., magna cum laude, 1947) and medical degree (M.D., cum laude, 1949) from Harvard University. While doing his postdoctoral work at Caltech under Linus Pauling, Rich met Jim Watson and they began their collaboration on the structure of RNA. From 1969-1980 he was an investigator in NASA's Viking Mission to Mars, the project which designed experiments to determine if there is life on Mars.
Alex Rich's most well-known scientific discoveries are left-handed DNA, or Z-DNA, and the three-dimensional structure of transfer RNA. He has been elected to the the National Academy of Sciences (1970), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, the French Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (the Vatican.) Among other awards and honorary degrees he has received are the Medal of Science granted by President Clinton in 1995, the Rosentiel Award in Basic Biomedical Research, and the Presidential Award of the New York Academy of Sciences.
Since the 1980s Alex Rich has been actively involved in number of companies in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. He co-founded the pharmaceutical company Alkermes Inc. in 1987 and currently serves as a director. He is also Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Repligen Corporation, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Roseta Genomics, and a member of the Board of Directors for Profectus Biosciences, Inc.
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Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition and Stem Cell Markers in Patients with HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
Antonio Giordano, Hui Gao, Simone Anfossi, Evan Cohen, Michal Mego, Bang-Ning Lee, Sanda Tin, Michele De Laurentiis, Charla A. Parker, Ricardo H. Alvarez, Vicente Valero, Naoto T. Ueno, Sabino De Placido, Sendurai A. Mani, Francisco J. Esteva, Massimo Cristofanilli and James M. Reuben
Antonio Giordano
Authors' Affiliations: Departments of Hematopathology and Breast Medical Oncology, The Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, Department of Molecular Pathology and Metastasis Research Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; Department of Endocrinology and Molecular and Clinical Oncology, University of Naples Federico II; Department of Breast Oncology, National Cancer Institute “Fondazione Pascale”, Naples, Italy; Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia; and Department of Medical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaAuthors' Affiliations: Departments of Hematopathology and Breast Medical Oncology, The Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, Department of Molecular Pathology and Metastasis Research Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; Department of Endocrinology and Molecular and Clinical Oncology, University of Naples Federico II; Department of Breast Oncology, National Cancer Institute “Fondazione Pascale”, Naples, Italy; Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia; and Department of Medical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hui Gao
Authors' Affiliations: Departments of Hematopathology and Breast Medical Oncology, The Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, Department of Molecular Pathology and Metastasis Research Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; Department of Endocrinology and Molecular and Clinical Oncology, University of Naples Federico II; Department of Breast Oncology, National Cancer Institute “Fondazione Pascale”, Naples, Italy; Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia; and Department of Medical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Simone Anfossi
Evan Cohen
Michal Mego
Bang-Ning Lee
Sanda Tin
Michele De Laurentiis
Charla A. Parker
Ricardo H. Alvarez
Vicente Valero
Naoto T. Ueno
Sabino De Placido
Sendurai A. Mani
Francisco J. Esteva
Massimo Cristofanilli
James M. Reuben
DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-12-0460 Published November 2012
Currently, there is extensive information about circulating tumor cells (CTC) and their prognostic value; however, little is known about other characteristics of these cells. In this prospective study, we assessed the gene transcripts of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition—inducing transcription factors (EMT-TF) and cancer stem cell (CSC) features in patients with HER2+ metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Epithelial cells were enriched from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) using antibody-coated anti-CD326 antibody (CD326+) magnetic beads, and the residual CD326− PBMCs were further depleted of leukocytes using anti-CD45 antibody-coated magnetic beads (CD326−CD45−). RNA was extracted from all cell fractions, reverse transcribed to cDNA, and subjected to quantitative reverse transcription PCR to detect EMT-TFs (TWIST1, SNAIL1, ZEB1, and TG2) as a measure of CTCs undergoing EMT (EMT-CTCs). In addition, PBMCs were analyzed using multiparameter flow cytometry for ALDH activity and CSCs that express CD24, CD44, and CD133. Twenty-eight patients were included in this study. At least one EMT-TF mRNA was elevated in the CTCs of 88.2% of patients and in the CD326−CD45− cell fraction of 60.7% of patients. The CD326−CD45− fraction of patients with elevated SNAIL1 and ZEB1 transcripts also had a higher percentage of ALDH+/CD133+ cells in their blood than did patients with normal SNAIL1 and ZEB1 expression (P = 0.038). Our data indicate that patients with HER2+ MBCs have EMT-CTCs. Moreover, an enrichment of CSCs was found in CD326−CD45− cells. Additional studies are needed to determine whether EMT-CTCs and CSCs have prognostic value in patients with HER2+ MBCs treated with trastuzumab-based therapy. Mol Cancer Ther; 11(11); 2526–34. ©2012 AACR.
The presence of circulating tumor cells (CTC) in the blood of patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) is an independent prognostic and predictive factor (1–9). Several techniques have been used to isolate, enumerate, and characterize CTCs, all of which rely on procedures to enrich for epithelial cells that express the epithelial cell adhesion molecule, EpCAM/CD326. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration–cleared CellSearch system defines CTCs as EpCAM/CD326+ nucleated cells that co-express cytoplasmic cytokeratins (CK8, CK18, and CK19) and not the common leukocyte antigen, CD45 (1). Recently, we found that CTCs detected by CellSearch are heterogeneous, with different prognostic values among breast cancer subtypes (10). In particular, CTCs lack predictive value in patients with HER2-amplified (HER2+) tumors treated with targeted therapy (11, 12). One possible explanation for this observation is the loss of the expressions of EpCAM (13) on CTCs that may be undergoing epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT-CTCs) and the high efficacy of treatment with HER2-targeted therapy eliminating HER2+ CTCs (11, 14).
Earlier, we reported that a majority of disseminated tumor cells express a cancer stem cell (CSC) phenotype (15) and others have suggested that a subset of disseminated tumor cells can be induced to become CSCs (8, 16). To initiate metastases, disseminated tumor cells with characteristics of CSCs must acquire the ability to intravasate into and survive in the peripheral circulation. To acquire the properties of extravasation, migration, invasion, and metastasis seeding, epithelial cancer cells must undergo multiple biochemical and structural changes that enable them to acquire a mesenchymal cell phenotype. Through oncogenic EMT type 3, cancer cells shed many of their epithelial characteristics, detach from epithelial sheets, and undergo drastic morphologic and phenotypic alterations (17–19). Loss of functional E-cadherin adhesion protein expression, leading to loss of cell polarity, is considered the hallmark of EMT. Members of the E-cadherin repressor/EMT inducers of the zinc-finger transcription factor SNAIL, Slug, ZEB1, ZEB2, FoxC2, and TWIST have been extensively evaluated (18). In addition to loss of epithelial characteristics, EMT frequently coincides with the acquisition of motility, invasiveness, cytoskeletal protein changes (vimentin and α-smooth muscle actin expression), altered adhesion receptor expression (switching from E- to N-cadherin), and proteinase secretion (e.g., matrix metalloproteinases; ref. 20). These findings suggest that determining the expressions of epithelial cell surface markers, such as EpCAM (13), and cytoskeletal proteins, such as CKs (21), is not the ideal strategy for evaluating and characterizing heterogeneous CTCs with a mesenchymal phenotype.
Independent of these findings, studies of neoplastic tissues have shown that the presence of self-renewing, stem-like cells also known as CSCs (22) constitute a small minority of neoplastic cells in tumors and are defined operationally by their ability to seed new tumors (23). During the tumor metastasis process, which is often enabled by EMT (24), disseminated cancer cells seem to acquire a self-renewal capability, similar to that exhibited by stem cells, to spawn macroscopic metastases. This observation raises the possibility that the EMT process, which enables cancer cell dissemination, imparts a self-renewal capability to disseminating cancer cells. Therefore, researchers have addressed the possible association between EMT and stem cell formation. In many respects, cells that have undergone EMT behave similar to stem cells isolated from normal or neoplastic cell populations (25). Moreover, evidence shows that HER2 plays a role in mammary carcinogenesis by regulating the stem cell population (26) and that HER2 overexpression in multiple breast cancer cell lines increases the fraction of ALDH1+ cells, which has a greater ability to invade and form tumors when transplanted into immunodeficient mice (27). The correlation between breast CSCs and EMT has been shown in vitro and here we will try to investigate how the CTCs transit from primary tumor to enter peripheral blood and traverse to distant organs.
In this prospective translational study, we isolated epithelial and nonepithelial cells from blood of patients with HER2+ MBCs and characterized their epithelial differentiation, transcript levels of transcription factors known to induce EMT (EMT-TF), and stem cell features to better understand CTC seeding.
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This is a prospective translational study (LAB08-0079) conducted in the Department of Hematopathology, in collaboration with the Department of Breast Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX), and was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB).
All patients with MBCs with immunohistochemical analysis (IHC) or FISH HER2+ disease, regardless of previous treatment history were eligible for this study. Between August 2009 and March 2010, we recruited 28 patients with MBCs with HER2+ tumors before starting a new line of therapy and 2 with HER2− tumors and HER2+ CTCs (28). At the same time of patient enrollment, 20 healthy women older than 18 years old (healthy donors) were recruited as control subjects; all patients with MBCs and healthy donors gave informed consent according to the IRB-approved protocol.
Clinicopathologic analysis
All tumor specimens were assigned a study identification number that was distinct from the patient's medical record number. The histologic type and grade of invasive disease were coded according to the World Health Organization classification system (29) and modified Black nuclear grading system, respectively (30). Tumor specimens were analyzed in a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act–certified clinical pathology laboratory for estrogen and progesterone receptor status by IHC staining. Patients with at least one positive hormonal receptor were considered hormone receptor–positive. HER-2/neu status was determined using IHC analysis or the PathVysion FISH Kit (Abbott Molecular; ref. 31) For FISH, 30 nuclei were scored per sample, and the number of HER2 and CEP17 signals was recorded. A ratio of HER2 to CEP17 >2.2 was defined as gene amplification; polysomy 17 was defined as ≥3 CEP17 signals per nucleus (average for 30 cells). Specimens with no evidence of staining on IHC analysis or no gene amplification by FISH were considered negative for HER-2/neu. Specimens that had a 3+ stain intensity on IHC analysis or gene amplification by FISH were considered HER2+.
Patients were required to have clinical and radiological evidence of MBCs, with measurable or evaluable disease, before initiating therapy. All patients underwent imaging studies, laboratory evaluations, and treatment planning at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Disease status was evaluated every 6 to 12 weeks using the same imaging techniques, depending on the treatment schedule, until loss to follow-up or death. Response to therapy was evaluated according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1 (32).
Blood specimens
Patients provided 30 mL of peripheral blood in heparin anticoagulant before initiating a new treatment to isolate tumor cells. The blood samples were processed immediately or no later than 6 hours after phlebotomy. Contemporaneously, 7.5 mL of peripheral blood was collected in a Veridex CellSave tube for CTC isolation and enumeration using CellSearch (Veridex, LLC).
Detection of CTCs by CellSearch
The CellSearch system was used to detect CTCs in 7.5 mL of peripheral blood, as previously described (1). In brief, peripheral blood samples were subjected to EpCAM+ cell enrichment with anti-EpCAM–coated ferrous particles. Thereafter, EpCAM-enriched cells were stained with 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) and reacted with anti-CD45 antibody to identify leukocytes and with a cocktail of antibodies against CK8, CK18, or CK19 (33). CTCs were defined as EpCAM+-nucleated cells (DAPI-stained nucleus) that lacked surface expression of CD45 but expressed cytoplasmic CK (33). Samples were considered positive if they had ≥5 CTCs per 7.5 mL of peripheral blood.
CTC detection by magnetic bead separation
Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were isolated from 30 mL of peripheral blood using a Ficoll-Hypaque density gradient, washed twice with sterile PBS, and counted. Patient samples with more than 30 × 106 PBMCs were enriched for epithelial cells (EpCAM/CD326+, step 1) using magnetic bead separation methods, and the residual PBMCs were further depleted of leukocytes (CD326−CD45−, step 2). Patient samples with less than 30 × 106 PBMCs and healthy donor blood were directly separated into leukocyte-enriched (CD45+) and -depleted (CD45−) cell fractions (step 2). The reason for not conducting step 1 separation in samples with less than 30 × 106 PBMCs was the lower yield of cells of interest from each of the depletion steps than in samples that contained more than 30 × 106 PBMCs. The inability to collect sufficient numbers of cells of interest after each depletion step compromised our ability to extract sufficient concentration of RNA for downstream analysis by reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR). In step 1, the PBMCs were adjusted to a concentration of 107 PBMCs per mL and incubated with 100 μL of magnetic beads coated with anti-CD326 antibody (Miltenyi-Biotec) and 100 μL of FcR blocking reagent (Miltenyi-Biotec) for 30 minutes at 4°C. In step 2, the CD326-depleted PBMCs were incubated with 20 μL of magnetic beads coated with anti-CD45 antibody (Miltenyi-Biotec) for 15 minutes at 4°C. Thereafter, the PBMCs were passed through a magnet-filled column on an AutoMACSPro Cell Separator system (Miltenyi-Biotec) using the positive selection protocol (POSSELD program) to enrich for EpCAM-positive cells and the negative selection protocol (DEPLETE program) to enrich for CD45-depleted CTCs. The CD45-depleted (CD45−) fraction underwent an additional run through the magnet-filled column using the MACS DEPLETES program to prevent any residual contamination of CD45+ cells. The mean purity of CD45− fraction was 96.6% (range, 89.4%–99.9%). The efficacy of the separation process is already shown in a previous article (13).
RNA isolation and cDNA synthesis
Total RNA was extracted using the miRNeasy Mini Kit (Qiagen), according to the manufacturer's instructions, and purified using the fully automated QIAcube system (Qiagen) to standardize the RNA isolation procedure. All RNA preparation and handling steps were conducted under RNase-free conditions in a laminar flow hood. RNA concentration was determined using a NanoDrop 2000 spectrophotometer (Thermo Scientific), and RNA quality was assessed by evaluating the RNA integrity number using RNA 6000 Pico Kit and Agilent's 2100 Bioanalyzer (Agilent Technologies), according to the manufacturer's instructions. RNA was converted in cDNA using the high-capacity cDNA Reverse Transcription Kit (Applied Biosystems Inc.).
The MCF-7, BT-474, SKBR-3, and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection and grown in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium (DMEM):F-12 culture medium supplemented with 10% FBS (Tissue Culture Biologicals), 1% antibiotics penicillin and streptomycin. The immortalized human mammary epithelial cells HMLE and HMLE-TWIST were kindly provided by S.A. Mani (co-author) and were cultured in a 1:1 mixture of MEGM (Lonza) and DMEM:F-12 supplemented with 5% horse serum, 1% antibiotics penicillin and streptomycin, 10 μg/mL insulin, 10 ng/mL EGF, and 0.5 μg/mL hydrocortisone. RNA extracted from 1 × 106 cells was used as control for EMT-TFs (Supplementary Fig. S1; ref. 34).
Gene expression analysis by RT-PCR
Gene expression was quantified with the TaqMan gene expression assay and RT-PCR on a 7900HT Fast Real-Time PCR System (ABI Applied Biosystems), following the manufacturer's instructions. The glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) gene was used to normalize gene expression levels, and the relative expression of each gene was calculated using the equation
, where
. The TaqMan assays ZEB1 (Hs00232783_m1), SNAIL1 (Hs00195591_m1), TWIST1 (Hs00361186_m1), TG2 (Hs00190278_m1), GAPDH (Hs02758991_g1), EpCAM (Hs00158980_m1), KRT19 (Hs00761767_s1), and HER2 (Hs00170433_m1) were purchased from ABI.
CSC markers
PBMCs were evaluated for ALDH activity using the ALDEFLUOR assay, according to the manufacturer's protocol (StemCell Technologies), as previously described (15). In brief, 4 × 106 PBMCs were suspended in ALDEFLUOR buffer containing a proprietary ATP-binding cassette transport inhibitor. One third of the cells were reacted with 5 μL of the ALDH inhibitor, diethylamino benzaldehyde, to serve as a negative control. Both the test reaction and negative control were incubated for 35 minutes at 37°C in a 5% CO2 atmosphere. Purified anti-CD44 monoclonal antibody (BD Pharmingen) was conjugated with Alexa700 using the Zenon antibody labeling Kit (Invitrogen) before being reacted with the ALDEFLUOR-labeled cells. In addition, pre-conjugated antibodies to anti-CD24 (PE) and anti-CD45 (PE-Cy7), both from BD Pharmingen, and anti-CD326 and anti-CD133 (APC, Miltenyi-Biotec) were used to label cells at ambient temperature, in the dark, for 30 minutes. An additional tube of ALDEFLUOR-labeled cells was stained with the appropriate immunoglobulin isotype-matched controls. The stained cells were washed twice with PBS, and the cell pellet was suspended in 200 μL of PBS before being analyzed on a LSR-II flow cytometer capable of discriminating 6-color fluorescence emission signals (BD Biosciences). Cellular debris was excluded from the analysis on the basis of low-forward light scatter. In the ALDEFLUOR+ epithelial cell population, a subset of CSCs was defined as cells with a CD44+CD24lo and CD133+ phenotype.
Thirty patients with MBCs were enrolled in this pilot study that was designed to determine the feasibility of isolating RNA from CTCs for the detection of EMT-TF genes. We excluded the 2 patients with HER2− tumor from this analysis. Patient characteristics were summarized using the median (range) for continuous variables and frequency (percentage) for categorical variables. The Fisher exact test was used to assess the association between overexpression of EMT-TFs and other patient characteristics. Although the expression and the data are unlikely to yield sufficient data to relate to clinical outcome, we analyzed overall survival (OS) rate at median follow-up in the 17 patients according to the CTC gene expression profiling. OS duration was defined as the time from baseline blood draw to the date of death. All living patients were censored at the last follow-up date. P < 0.05 was deemed statistically significant. All statistical analyses were conducted using SPSS 19 software (IBM).
To determine whether CTC samples overexpressed gene transcripts, we established the following cutoff points: in the CD326+ cell fraction, because the EpCAM/CD326+ cell fraction was not available in healthy donors, EMT-TF and HER2 genes were considered elevated if the
value of each gene was higher than the mean
+ 3 SD in the CD45+ cell fraction. In the CD45− cell fraction, an EMT-TF was considered elevated if
value was equal to or higher than 2. EMT-TF gene expression medians in the CD326+ cell fraction were compared using the Mann–Whitney test.
Patient characteristics
Twenty-eight patients and 20 healthy donors were included in the study. Patient characteristics are shown in Table 1. Ten patients received trastuzumab plus chemotherapy (docetaxel or paclitaxel) as first-line treatment for metastatic disease, before study enrollment. Among the 28 patients included in this study, 17 had more than 30 × 106 PBMCs and underwent separation (step 1) plus depletion (step 2) and 11 patients had fewer (only step 2).
Gene expression analysis of EpCAM/CD326+ cell fractions
In the EpCAM/CD326+ cell fractions, 9 of 17 (52.9%) patients presented with low expression of EpCAM or KRT19 in the CD326+ cell fraction. We combined the EpCAM and KRT19 expressions and found that 7 (41.2%) patients had low epithelial gene expression in their CD326+ cell fractions. At least one EMT-TF was elevated in 15 of 17 (88.2%) patients. TWIST1, SNAIL1, and TG2 were elevated in 13, 11, and 11 patients, respectively. ZEB1 was not elevated in any patients. HER2 was elevated in 16 of 17 (94.1%) patients. The median expression levels (
) of TWIST1, SNAIL1, TG2, and HER2 in the EpCAM/CD326+ cell fractions were higher than those in the CD45+ fractions (P < 0.05). Figure 1 summarizes the mRNA expression levels of the analyzed genes in the CD326+ and CD45+ cell fractions.
Gene expression levels of EMT-TFs (TWIST1, SNAIL1, ZEB1, and TG2) and HER2 in the CD45+ and CD326+ cell fractions. The GAPDH gene was used to normalize gene expression levels, and the relative expression of each gene was calculated using the equation
. Samples were considered positive if the gene expression of
was higher than the mean of that in the CD45+ cell fraction
+ 3 SD (cut-off line). The
medians among fractions were compared using the Mann–Whitney test.
Gene expression analysis of CD45− cell fractions
For TWIST1, SNAIL1, and ZEB1 gene expression, samples were available from 28 patients, respectively. For TG2, and HER2/neu gene expression, samples were available from 26 patients. The TWIST1 gene was not elevated (
< 2) in any of the patients; SNAIL1 was elevated in 5 of 28 (17.9%) patients; ZEB1 was elevated in 7 of 28 (25%) patients; and TG2 was elevated in 8 of 26 (30.8%) patients. At least one EMT-TF gene was elevated in 17 of 28 (60.7%) patients. HER2/neu was elevated in 7 of 26 (26.9%) patients. Figure 2 summarizes the results for the CD45− cell fractions.
Gene expression levels of EMT-TFs (TWIST1, SNAIL1, ZEB1, and TG2) and HER2 in the CD45+ and CD45− cell fractions. The GAPDH gene was used to normalize gene expression levels, and the relative expression of each gene was calculated using the equation
was equal to or higher than 2 (cut-off line).
Association between CTCs detected by CellSearch and EMT-TF expression by RT-PCR
CTC counts, as determined using CellSearch, were available for 22 of the 28 patients. Nineteen (86.4%) evaluable patients had less than 5 CTCs per 7.5 mL of peripheral blood, and only 3 (13.6%) had ≥5 CTCs. Two of the 3 patients with ≥5 CTCs were about to receive first-line trastuzumab at the time of study enrollment. The CellSearch CTC numbers were correlated with EMT-TF expression levels in the CD326+ (n = 10) and CD45− (n = 22) cell fractions (Table 2). In 19 patients with less than 5 CTCs per 7.5 mL of peripheral blood, 7 of 9 (77.7%) presented with an elevated EMT-TF transcript in the CD326+ cell fraction and 9 of 19 (47.4%) in the CD45− fraction. In particular, even in patients with no CTCs (n = 12), we detected at least one EMT-TF transcript that was elevated in 66.7% of CD326+ cell fractions and in 50% of CD45− cell fractions. All patients with ≥5 CTCs per 7.5 mL of peripheral blood had elevated EMT-TF transcripts in their CD45− cell fractions.
EMT-TFs expression according to CTC count and treatment
Association between treatment and EMT-TF expression
Ten patients (group 1) underwent baseline assessments before starting first-line therapy with trastuzumab plus chemotherapy for metastatic disease. The remaining 18 patients (group 2) had been treated with at least one line of trastuzumab-based therapy plus chemotherapy. As shown in Table 2, we detected at least one elevated EMT-TF transcript in the CD326+ cell fractions of groups 1 and 2 (83.3% vs. 90.9% of patients, respectively, P = 0.596). On the other hand, we found at least one elevated EMT-TF transcript in the CD45− cell fraction in 8 of 9 (88.9%) patients in group 1 but only in 8 of the 18 (44.4%) patients in group 2 (P = 0.033).
Association between CSC and EMT-TFs
Twenty-eight patients were evaluated for CSC markers by multiparameter flow cytometry. We identified a CSC population (ALDEFLUOR+ CD44+CD24lo) in the EpCAM+ (ALDEFLUOR+ CD44+CD24lo/CD326+CD45−) and EpCAM−/CD45− cell fractions (ALDEFLUOR+ CD44+CD24lo/CD326−CD45−; Fig. 3A). A mean of 0.1% of PBMCs were ALDEFLUOR+ (range, 0.008%–0.57%); among these, 4.8% (range, 0.3%–17.2%) were CD326+CD45− and 59% (range, 43%–82%) were CD326−CD45−. A mean of 3% (range, 0.6%–13.5%) of ALDEFLUOR+ cells was CD44+CD24lo/CD326+CD45− and 48.7% (range, 37.2%–71.9%) of these cells were CD44+CD24lo/CD326− CD45−. After combining the CD44 and CD24 stem cell markers with EMT-TFs and the 2 groups of treatment, we found no particular association among stem cell markers (Fig. 3B). Interestingly, there was an association between CD133 expression and EMT-TFs elevated in CD45− cell fractions. Patients with elevated EMT-TFs (SNAIL1 and ZEB1) in the CD45− cell fraction had a higher expression of CD45− ALDEFLUOR+CD133+ cells in the blood (P = 0.038). Moreover, HER2+ trastuzumab-naive patients had a higher ratio of CD133+ stem cells in the blood than did those who were previously treated with trastuzumab (P = 0.042; Fig. 3B).
A, flow cytometric gating strategy to identify the CSC populations (ALDEFLUOR+ CD44+CD24lo/CD45− and ALDEFLUOR+ CD133+/CD45−). SSC, side scatter. B, we compared the percentage of stem cell marker–positive cells, ALDEFLUOR+ CD44+CD24lo/CD45− on the left and ALDEFLUOR+ CD133+/CD45− on the right, in the CD45− cell fractions with and without amplified EMT-TFs. The groups were compared using the Mann–Whitney test as follows: at least one amplified EMT-TF versus none, trastuzumab-naïve (group 1) versus trastuzumab-treated (group 2).
Clinical outcome and EMT markers
After a median follow-up duration of 19 months, 20 had experienced disease progression and 8 of 28 patients had expired. Among the 17 who underwent gene expression profiling in the CD326+ cell fraction, 9 patients with low EpCAM transcript expression had lower OS and progression-free survival (PFS) rates than those of the 8 patients with high expression (44.4% of low-expression patients died vs. 0% of high-expression patients; P = 0.041; for PFS, 87% vs. 75%, respectively, P = 0.343; Fig. 4).
PFS (A) and OS (B) Kaplan–Meier curves for all 17 patients according to EpCAM transcript expression in the CD326+ cell fraction. EpCAM high expression (solid line; n = 8); EpCAM low expression (dashed line; n = 9); time was measured from the basal blood draw to the death for OS and to radiological evidence of disease progression (PFS).
In this pivotal translational trial, we characterized CTCs from patients with HER2+ MBCs, specifically looking for EMT-TFs and CSC features. We successfully isolated CTCs from the peripheral blood of patients with MBCs; these CTCs differed in epithelial differentiation and expressed EMT-TFs. Moreover, we showed that CTCs with EMT features (EMT-CTCs) can be detected even in patients with undetectable CTCs using CellSearch. Specifically, we found that TWIST1 and SNAIL1 transcripts were elevated in the CD326+ cell fractions and SNAIL1 and ZEB1 transcripts were elevated in the CD45− cell fractions. These data are in agreement with published reports in which they indicated that a subset of patients with primary breast cancer showed a subtype of CTCs that had undergone EMT could not be detected using currently available detection methods for CTCs (35). Other researchers have found, independently of HER2+ subtype, positive expression of the EMT-related markers vimentin and fibronectin in EpCAM+/CKdim/CD45− cells, which do not meet the established definition of a CTC by CellSearch (25, 36). The existence of hybrid CTCs with an epithelial–mesenchymal phenotype was observed also in patients with non–small cell lung cancer (37).
Recent studies (25, 38) have shown an association between EMT and acquisition of CSC characteristics, leading to the hypothesis that cancer cells that undergo EMT are capable of metastasizing through their acquired self-renewal potential, thereby enabling them to spawn the large cell populations that constitute macroscopic metastases. We found that most cells with a CSC phenotype were in the CD45− cell fraction. However, no EMT-TF genes were associated with the putative CSC markers (ALDH+ and CD44+/CD24lo/−). This inconsistency could be explained by the fact that some of patients were heavily pretreated and the heterogeneity of patient population and the small number of samples could explain the absence of significant association between stem cell markers and EMT-TFs. Interestingly, we found an association between ALDH+CD133+ cells and SNAIL1 and ZEB1 transcript expression in the CD45− cell fractions. Moreover, the ability of trastuzumab to reduce the percentage of CSCs was shown in a previous report (27). These findings are consistent with those of Armstrong and colleagues (39) that showed in addition to cells expressing both epithelial and mesenchymal markers, an unknown number of CTCs that are more mesenchymal-like and thus are EpCAM−. All these observations lend support to the new metastatic cascade theory postulated by Chaffer and colleagues in which CTCs are plastic and undergo bidirectional interconversions between stem and non-stem compartments (40). In our study, CTCs in peripheral blood of patients with HER2+ MBCs are composed of a heterogeneous population of differentiated epithelial cells that express EpCAM that are readily detected by CellSearch, to a CTC with an EMT/stem cell–like phenotype that does not express EpCAM and, hence, cannot be detected by CellSearch. We are cognizant that our study included a small number of patients with only 22 of 28 women analyzed with CellSearch and more studies are needed to understand the biologic characteristics of the metastatic cascade and the possible effect of CSC targeted therapy on clinical outcomes. Another caveat of our study is related to the small quantity of gene material analyzed from a limited number of CTCs. All isolated CTCs were used for the EMT-TF expression and stem cell markers analysis, and no additional assays for protein and DNA assessments were possible.
In conclusion, we showed, for the first time, that a cluster of CTCs with elevated EMT-TFs can be isolated from the peripheral blood of patients with HER2+ MBCs and that this cluster of CTCs is not always detectable using the current EpCAM enrichment enumeration methods. We found that patients with EMT-TFs in CTCs had more ALDH+CD133+ CSC-like cells. Considering the small number of patients enrolled in this study, additional studies are needed to determine whether EMT events and CSCs have prognostic value in patients with HER2+ MBCs treated with targeted therapy.
Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest
M. Cristofanilli is a consultant/advisory board member of Alere. No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed by the other authors.
Conception and design: V. Valero, S. De Placido, J.M. Reuben
Development of methodology: A. Giordano, H. Gao, E. Cohen, M. Mego, B.-N. Lee, S.A. Mani, J.M. Reuben
Acquisition of data (provided animals, acquired and managed patients, provided facilities, etc.): A. Giordano, H. Gao, S. Anfossi, E. Cohen, S. Tin, C.A. Parker, R.H. Alvarez, V. Valero, F.J. Esteva, J.M. Reuben
Analysis and interpretation of data (e.g., statistical analysis, biostatistics, computational analysis): A. Giordano, S. Anfossi, B.-N. Lee, V. Valero, N.T. Ueno, M. Cristofanilli, J.M. Reuben
Writing, review, and/or revision of the manuscript: A. Giordano, H. Gao, S. Anfossi, E. Cohen, M. Mego, M. De Laurentiis, V. Valero, N.T. Ueno, S. De Placido, S.A. Mani, F.J. Esteva, M. Cristofanilli, J.M. Reuben
Administrative, technical, or material support (i.e., reporting or organizing data, constructing databases): F.J. Esteva
Study supervision: A. Giordano, J.M. Reuben
The study was supported by Human Breast Cancer Stem Cell Surrogates, CA138239-02, NIH/NCI (S.A. Mani, M. Cristofanilli, and J.M. Reuben); State of Texas Rare and Aggressive Breast Cancer Research Program, The Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic (H. Gao, S. Tin, R.H. Alvarez, V. Valero, N.T. Ueno, M. Cristofanilli, and J.M. Reuben); Assessment of Circulating Breast Cancer Stem Cells To Predict Recurrent Disease, W81XWH-09-1-0031 01, DOD (E. Cohen, and J.M. Reuben); and University of Naples Federico II and Second University of Naples, PhD Program in Medical and Surgical Oncology and Clinical Immunology (A. Giordano).
The authors thank Ann M. Sutton from the Department of Scientific Publications at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX) for editing the manuscript.
Note: Supplementary data for this article are available at Molecular Cancer Therapeutics Online (http://mct.aacrjournals.org/).
Presented in part at the 2011 ASCO Annual Meeting as a poster presentation by Antonio Giordano.
A. Giordano is the mentee of J.M. Reuben.
Received May 10, 2012.
Revision received July 20, 2012.
©2012 American Association for Cancer Research.
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Meet Indonesia's middle class (part 2): Jakarta's two cities
Joanne Sharpe
Published 20 Feb 2014 08:12 0 Comments
This is the second in a four-part series on Indonesia's growing middle class. Part 1 is here.
The middle class increasingly inhabits an alternative Jakarta of suburban housing complexes, high rise offices and malls, all stitched together by air conditioning. But brutal commutes remain the great leveller.
Money can buy green spaces and functioning utilities, but public investment and better options for urban living are needed to resolve dysfunctional transportation systems. Will the growing middle class contribute to those changes, or will Jakarta collapse under the weight of all those cars?
Jakarta is infamous for its alternately traffic choked and flooded streets. Pavements are either non-existent or broken up by big holes to trip up the unwary and tip them into filthy storm drains. With a few exceptions, like Car Free Day on Sunday mornings on the Sudirman artery, you don't set foot in the streets if you can avoid it. So driving around BSD City, a satellite community just under thirty kilometres from Jakarta's central business district, feels like stepping into a parallel universe. It's Indonesia all right — just, well, a bit nicer.
BSD City's marketing material claims it is half size of Paris. An estimated 100,000 people live there, in gated communities of varying degrees of poshness. In the new 'Foresta' complex, a pretty townhouse on 120 square metres of land starts at about US$170,000 off the plan. The brochure shows digital mockups of wide streets, neighbourhood playgrounds and bike paths, separated from streets and pedestrian pathways by manicured green verges.
Green is a big theme in BSD City: 'The Green' is an established complex that accommodates some of the grander designs, huge ships of houses decorated with colonnades and cupolas. 'Froggy' is fairytale castle (actually white) that will serve as an indoor children's playground. BSD City salesman Kemi runs through the selling points: the schools, the malls. Kemi has lived in BSD City himself since the mid 1990s, and doesn't have much occasion to leave. 'We have everything here' he says. 'Now there's even a cemetery, divided into sections for Muslims, non-Muslims and the Chinese'.
Meanwhile, back in Jakarta proper, the battle to pull Jakarta's failing infrastructure back from the brink is on.
Along the Sudirman artery, work has begun on an overground mass transit system. There will be new buses for the overcrowded Busway network next year. But it's a race against time; as soon as 2014, the volume of cars in Jakarta will equal and exceed the length of road available for them to drive on, leading to predictions of total gridlock.
BSD City is just one among many large suburban developments in 'Jabodetabek' (Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tanggerang, Bekasi), the massive and growing conglomeration of formerly distinct cities that now makes up greater Jakarta. Increasingly, those who can afford it are retreating to the user-pays alternate reality of private development.
Unlike even the wealthiest parts of Jakarta proper, BSD City boasts mains water, drains that drain and streets that allow two cars to pass one another. Jakarta's pollution haze doesn't quite extend out this far and kids can, in theory, ride to school. They don't have to ride far, as there are 63 schools and colleges in BSD City, many franchises of high-end private schools from other parts of Jakarta and Indonesia.
But places like BSD City are islands of privilege in a sea of 'macet' (traffic), and those not super-rich enough to afford a helicopter taxi must swim through it every day to reach their downtown offices. 20.7 million people travel through the capital on a daily basis, and 57% drive their own vehicles (cars and motorbikes). A one- to two-hour commute is a good run; three- to four-hour commutes, especially in the wet season, are common.
BSD City is relatively fortunate to be serviced by the Bintaro train line. Efforts are being made to modernise the train service through Jabodetabek, to make it more comfortable and attractive to commuters. Recently, the air conditioned economy service was retired, leaving only 'executive' air conditioned carriages. At peak hours passengers are packed in tightly, with nary a space to wield a BlackBerry, and there's every chance they will still get stuck in traffic between the CBD train stations and their offices. The tragic collision between a Bintaro train and a petrol tanker that left 11 people dead in December last year served as a reminder of the chronic problems that beset public transport throughout Jakarta.
Apartment living in Jakarta is still relatively uncommon, and the preference for moving to the suburbs for some fresh air rather than live near work is clear. But that may be changing. In the CBD it is boom time for 'kost' (boarding houses). In the old, central neighbourhoods like Setiabudi and Benhil, houses are making way for midrise blocks with up to twenty rooms for rent. Many boarders are early career unmarried office workers, but many are established professionals who own property but can no longer face the commute every day.
Yudi, a wealthy executive with an international firm, has taken this to its logical extension. He has just bought a two-bedroom apartment in Rasuna Epicentrum, right in the centre of the CBD. Next year, his children will attend schools in central Jakarta, although on the weekend they will go back home to the suburbs to play.
Yudi has come to the end of this patience with his two-hour commute from his suburban home in Cibubur, south of Jakarta. Yudi was spending as much on his weekly commute as he would on a modest room in a kost. 'Petrol alone costs me Rp 600,000 ($60) per week. So times four, that's Rp 2.4 million ($240). Plus the toll, which is Rp 20,000 ($2) per day. Not to mention wear on vehicle. So it's better to have a kos.'
As the middle class grows, ever more cars are hitting the streets, with an estimated 1.1 million more cars in Indonesia this year. People who already have cars opine that other people shouldn't be allowed to have so many.
This debate is writ large at the moment, with Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo (Jokowi) publicly opposing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's push to introduce low cost, 'green' cars to Indonesia. SBY wants to develop a manufacturing industry and give more people access to the trappings of the middle class; Jokowi fears his city could grind to a permanent halt. After decades of neglect, public infrastructure development is ramping up, but nothing will change in the short term.
Despite all of this, demand for housing in places like BSD City remain strong. And while money can buy green spaces and functioning utilities, the 'macet' will remain the great leveller for the foreseeable future.
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FOUND: There’s Bourbon in them there Prairies
I figured that eventually I would find out what attracted me to the prairies of Kansas. Well I think I may have discovered it at long last: there is a big movement here to produce small batch whiskeys and bourbon. I’m in!
Back in the Wild West days, Kansas was a hotspot for whiskey. You know all those saloons in old western movies? That’s Kansas – as in Dodge City which was known as “the town to be born from a barrel of whiskey.” At some point Kansas became very conservative, perhaps to escape the image of whiskey-fueled gunfights, and became one of the driest states in the union.
Although still way more conservative than most of the country, Kansas is not nearly as dry as it used to be and there is a renaissance in the distillery business here these days.
For example, the fine folks at Dodge City Distillery have a wonderful locally produced spirit: Dodge City Distillery’s Double Barrel Bourbon Whiskey.
About Dodge City Distillery’s Double Barrel Bourbon Whiskey: “Double Barrel Bourbon is one of the most labor intensive bourbons made in the U.S.A. Each batch is carefully aged for a minimum of 3 years, then re-barreled by hand for a second time to give it a very distinctive taste and color. Each bottle is hand-washed, hand-filled, corked, sealed, labeled, and hand-packed … done in the same manner used by our predecessors in the days of the Wild West. Bourbon in the 1800′s was worth as much as gold, and was traded as such as one of the “finer luxuries of life”. Savor the taste and the passions that goes into each bottle! Savor every precious drop! Lose yourself in this luxury!”
Visit Dodge City Distillery online here.
Learn more about Dodge City Distillery’s Double Barrel Bourbon Whiskey here.
Meanwhile, the fine folks at the Dark Horse Distillery (just across the Missouri River in Kansas City, MO) has been producing their own brand of locally distilled beverages since way back in 2010.
About Dark Horse Distillery: “Founded in 2010, our story is not a long one. But all traditions have a beginning. Dark Horse is a young upstart, mixed with a bit of maverick and a splash of daring. But don’t confuse our fresh faces for a lack of commitment. We’re committed to our craft. Family owned and family operated, we started Dark Horse Distillery to bring something to Kansas City: bold, pure spirits hand-crafted with conviction, distilled with tradition, delivered with devotion. And while our story may be short, our spirits and passion will leave a lasting impression. We may be the Dark Horse you didn’t see coming, but we are the one you’re sure to come back to.”
Try Dark Horse Distillery’s Reserve Bourbon Whiskey.
About Dark Horse Distillery’s Reserve Bourbon Whiskey: “Distilled from a sour mash recipe, Dark Horse Reserve goes the distance. Handcrafted in our copper pot still using only traditional methods—we distill our bourbon whiskey gently in small batches and age it to perfection in our signature barrels. From first sight to final sip, you’ll be seduced by its tender notes of vanilla, maple, caramel and smoke. Neat or in a cocktail, our reserve is a smooth reminder that some things are best enjoyed slowly.”
Visit Dark Horse Distillery online here.
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SAG Nominations 2015
Do you feel it? Do you feel the joy in the air? Not the joy one gets from seeing suburbia transformed into a tacky light display, but the joy of AWARD SEASON STARTING. The nominations for the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards have been announced today. This is my Christmas morning, people.
Ansel Elgort –pause for swooning– and Eva Longoria announced
the TV and film nominees selected by SAG-AFTRA.
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Michael Keaton’s “Birdman" led with four nominations, followed by “Boyhood,” “The Imitation Game” and “The Theory of Everything” with three each and “Foxcatcher” with two in the film categories.
The biggest surprise was Jennifer Aniston's nomination for the film "Cake." The indie film has yet to be released and is her first nomination for a film role. Meryl Streep received her 16th nomination –bow down– for "Into the Woods."
"Modern Family," not surprisingly, leads the TV categories with four nominations. The cast won the last four years. Behind them, "House of Cards" has three nominations.
The SAG Awards are a big teller of the road to Oscars and who will receive nominations/wins. Those actors voting for SAGs make up about 20% of those voting for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for "The Theory of Everything." What movies and shows are you hoping takes home the hardware?
Below is a complete list of nominees:
Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Naomi Watts, St. Vincent
Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role
Steve Carell, Foxcacther
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role
Jennifer Aniston, Cake
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture
Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Adrien Brody, Houdini
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: His Last Vow
Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge
Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart
Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo
Female Actor in Television Movie or Miniseries
Ellen Burstyn, Flowers in the Attic
Maggie Gyllenhall, The Honorable Woman
Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Julia Roberts, The Normal Heart
Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful
Outstanding Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Louis C.K., Louis
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Outstanding Female Actress in a Comedy Series
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Clarie Danes, Homeland
Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Outstanding Male Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Woody Harrelson, True Detective
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Ensemble in a Drama Series
Winners will be announced during the ceremony on Jaunary 25, 2015. The show will be aired on TNT and TBS. Now onto more important things...what will they wear?
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9 Over-the-Top, High-End RVs You Can Rent on Airbnb
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Pack your hiking boots, but skip the sleeping bag: It’s time to go glamping.
Glamping is for travelers who want to camp in luxury, exploring nature in secluded natural environments but staying in renovated Airstreams or furnished tents with electric ports. It’s one reason that recreational vehicles are seeing a resurgence. Sales have been soaring, due to both retiring baby boomers and a new millennial fan base, according to the Wall Street Journal.
But for plenty of people, an RV in the driveway isn’t quite as appealing as an occasional weekend in a tricked-out, secluded Airstream. Check out these nine extreme glamping sites, all available on Airbnb.
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Cost per night: $236, airbnb.com
This vintage 1969 Airstream Globetrotter, which sits at 1,400 feet above ground//SUB sea level? in the San Gabriel Mountains, boasts sleek hardwood finishing and famed L.A. views. Take in the panorama—which includes the city skyline, the Hollywood sign and the surrounding hills and canyons—from the roomy patio.
Cost per night: $85, airbnb.com
Get ready for a blast from the past in this groovy 1969 Airstream just north of San Francisco. The vintage RV has an iconic aluminum exterior, kitchen appliances entirely in retro red, and various 1970s paraphernalia like lava lamps and dream catchers.
The rental is perfectly situated right between San Francisco’s trendy restaurants and Napa and Sonoma valleys’ scenic wineries; there are also various trails nearby for hiking and biking.
Wimberley, Texas
Get close to Texas’ natural beauty in this RV, located right in the heart of Hill Country. This highly rated Airstream—nicknamed the “Dixie Daisy”—includes a hot tub, outdoor shower, fire pit and patio grill, set within 10 acres of trails and creeks. Use the day to sample the region’s own rural attractions, or drive into San Antonio and Austin for some city amenities, then unwind at night by snuggling up with your partner to watch something of the (included) impressive selection of Western movies.
This 1976 Airstream, situated within walking distance of downtown Salt Lake City, features modern decor, with laminate countertops and hardwood floors and walls. The rental is also more spacious than some of the others on this list: It comes with both a double bed and a single bed, is family- and kid-friendly and can be used for events.
Cosby, Tennessee
Camp in the Smoky Mountains in style. This snug, 6- by 12-foot red 1959 Shasta camper is nestled in the woods of Tennessee and has a bonfire right outside. As a bonus, the host family includes complimentary breakfast fixings: homemade bread, eggs and goat’s milk from their own farm.
Temecula, California
Experience Temecula Valley Wine Country by staying in this spacious 31-foot 1974 Airstream. The RV sits on 2.5 acres, overlooking both mountains and vineyards. The trailer’s luxe amenities include an 800-square-foot private deck, an outdoor pool, gas barbecue, and a cocktail bar.
And when you finally want to leave your groovy Airstream, you’ll enjoy its convenience: It’s located within walking distance of a whopping seven wineries.
Ellijay, Georgia
For some incredible fall foliage views, stay in this rustic RV, surrounded by lush Appalachian forest. The property includes a roomy patio with leather couches, as well as a fire pit. Go hiking along the many nearby trails and streams, or take a short drive to Carters Lake for a boating trip.
Rogue River, Oregon
This 1970 Airstream is an eco-friendly glamping dream. The RV is completely off the power grid and situated on a solar-powered family farm. Truly be one with nature as you milk goats, hike with the herd, and even do yoga among the mountains. Stay more than two nights, and you’ll also get a complementary bottle of local wine.
Staying in this 1957 Airstream gets you panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean, Catalina Island, Santa Barbara Island, and the Santa Monica Mountains. Two lawn chairs are situated right outside, perfect for late-night stargazing. Visit one of the nearby vineyards or the Backbone Trail hiking paths.
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Carolina Cup Lands Major Support for 2016 Race
January 22, 2016 08:40 AM EST
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C., Jan. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Carolina Cup, the world's largest gathering of stand up paddleboard racers, landed key support from West Marine as the 2016 title sponsor.
"We are honored to have West Marine on board," said race director Mark Schmidt. "Watersports and the water lifestyle are a unique and special family. West Marine has been a mentor and part of this family for almost 50 years."
Organized by the Wrightsville Beach Paddle Club and sanctioned by the World Paddle Association, the 2015 Carolina Cup attracted top paddlers from roughly 20 nations and 40 states. An estimated 950 people registered for last year's races and clinics.
"We're so excited about West Marine's title sponsorship of this event," says Deb Radcliff, West Marine Senior Vice President, Marketing. "The Carolina Cup is one of the premier international stand up paddleboard racing events, and we're proud to have West Marine associated with a race of this caliber. Getting people out on the water is what we're all about, and The Carolina Cup encourages people to participate in stand up paddling at all skill levels. It's a ideal partnership, and we're looking forward to a great event!"
Schmidt also announced Surftech as presenting sponsor for The Carolina Cup. "Surftech is a pioneer of design and innovation in the paddleboard community, making some of the very best high-performance SUP equipment available," said Schmidt.
The 6th annual West Marine Carolina Cup presented by Surftech is expected to attract more than 1,000 competitors from around the world. Races, clinics, and expos will be in Wrightsville Beach, April 19-24. All races will begin and end at Blockade Runner Beach Resort. http://wrightsvillebeachpaddleclub.com/carolina-cup/
Australian Travis Grant captured the 2015 men's stand up paddleboard championship in The Carolina Cup's grueling 13.2-mile Graveyard Race. Danny Ching of California, multiple Battle of the Paddle winner and three-time champion of The Carolina Cup, placed second.
In the women's division of the elite Graveyard Race, the top-ranked paddler in the world, Annabel Anderson of New Zealand, returned to Wrightsville Beach and successfully captured her third consecutive victory. Sonni Hönscheid of Germany placed second in the women's division.
A portion of event proceeds benefits The Ocean of Hope, paddlers and ocean enthusiasts dedicated to raising awareness and funds for Sarcoma Alliance to help those fighting cancer.
About West Marine
Founded by a sailor in 1968, West Marine Inc. has grown to become the largest omni-channel specialty retailer exclusively offering boating gear, apparel and footwear, and other waterlife-related products to everyone who enjoys recreational time on or around the water. With more than 260 stores located in 38 states and Puerto Rico and an eCommerce website reaching domestic and international customers, West Marine is recognized as the dominant waterlife outfitter for cruisers, sailors, anglers and paddlesports enthusiasts. West Marine has everything you need for your life on the water. For more information about West Marine, its products and store locations, visit westmarine.com or call 1-800-BOATING (1-800-262-8464).
About Surftech
Surftech, "The original board manufacturing company," was founded in 1989 in Santa Cruz, California by Randy French. A pioneer of composite technologies, Surftech was the first company to introduce composite manufacturing to the surfing, paddling, and SUP industry. Surftech's business model has always been about giving board builders a way to scale and expand their businesses with a seamless solution that would complement their existing lineups. In the early 90's, Surftech partnered with a world-class international factory that matched their commitment to excellence, providing unparalleled capabilities, strong environmental practices, unmatched craftsmanship and most importantly could scale to meet demand. Surftech brands include Channel Islands, Donald Takayama, Bob McTavish, Robert August, BARK Paddleboards, Softtop, Blacktip and is the North American Distributor for the NSP brand (Nature, Science, Passion).
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MADELEINE McCANN MYSTERY
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LATEST: 5.3.19.....Mark Saunokonoko's excellent 9 part new podcast https://omny.fm/shows/maddie/playlists/podcast is featured in The Sun newspaper, with PeterMac interview...…….SONIA POULTON'S NEW DOCUMENTARY HERE - The McCanns and the Police Part 1...… Gemma O'Doherty confirms she has spoken to witness Martin Smith who maintains he is 60-80% sure it was Gerry McCann carrying a child on the night Madeleine disappeared .....
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Re: Gemma O'Doherty, Investigative Journalist - now published investigation into Madeleine McCann case
Freedom on Mon 05 Feb 2018, 6:34 pm
Candyfloss and I have decided to put the posts on Tony Bennett's reaction to the article back here. Please though let's only comment on his theory and not him personally.
Location : The nearest darkened room
Dee Coy on Mon 05 Feb 2018, 6:41 pm
unreorganised wrote:
poster wrote: Attack is the best form of defense, so they say...
I've heard that said, but sometimes in football training you do 5-a-sides, attackers vs. defenders, and the defenders always win. I think because, when pushed, the defenders can score goals. Whereas the attackers can't defend to save their lives.
That was a pointless interjection, I know....
Got to say this isn't the case in rugby league. Everybody - including the wingers and the halves - needs to be able to defend or you're fooked . Think of it as a massive game of British Bulldog...
Transcribing this to TB - his defence is very very weak indeed. For years he's been chucking dummies out wide to confuse the enemy, but people are sussing this now and are charging straight at him. He's about as good at deflecting a fact as a turnstile is at stopping a crowd 2 minutes before kick-off.
Philip Larkin wrote: It stands plain as a wardrobe, what we know, Have always known, know that we can't escape, Yet can't accept.
Dee Coy
joyce1938 on Mon 05 Feb 2018, 11:07 pm
Thmay recall it ere was a person that eventually came for ward and told police that He carried his daughter that night too,and he even showed some pyjamas too that he said had ben kept for about 6 years .We were sown some pics of said p j s,well they were nothing like the ones from M and spencers one s the bottoms looked really thick and colours no way were same . Then al went quiet about that .I think others here will recall this .joyce1938
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Freedom on Mon 05 Feb 2018, 11:38 pm
That was the revelation on the 2013 Crimewatch programme that the man seen by Jane Tanner (or allegedly seen) had come forward, not the man seen by the Smiths.
candyfloss on Tue 06 Feb 2018, 11:54 am
I couldn't get my breath when I read this from a certain poster over the road. WTF!
Since September 2007, there has been a fusion of stories relating to the Smith and Tanner sightings involving any number of ancillary persons to add to the confusion. Meanwhile, on the surface, Martin Smith has remained silent representing an outstanding citizen caught up in a horrendous web of lies and deceit. Named and/or implicated - Martin Smith has never, to my knowledge, publicly cleared his name. He contacted Richard D Hall via the Rich Planet website to correct the allegation that he knew Robert Murat - why didn't he demand a public apology for the allegations made on Crimewatch 2013 and the BBC documentary productions? Because he is a fine upstanding Irish citizen or because he knows more than he's prepared to admit.
Excuse me but am I being thick............. (don't answer that), but what the f*** does Martin Smith need to clear his name of? As far as I know he is an honest witness in the case, the only accusations that I see are - well we know where they are from.
Need to go back to this avatar methinks...
Sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory.......... Dr Seuss
candyfloss
Dee Coy on Tue 06 Feb 2018, 12:52 pm
It has been interesting to note that Verdi has been holding back over the last couple of days, seemingly to wait for TB's directive post appearing before responding with his own waxing lyrical. it's almost as if there is a directive from above.
With that post highlighted by candyfloss above, Verdi has overstepped the mark in his eagerness to post his acquiescence. What is going on over there?
Gloria-Trubshawe on Wed 07 Feb 2018, 12:29 pm
They seem insistent that Martin Smith was friends with Murat. They have decided that Martin Smith is a corrupt individual who would lie to police on behalf of a friend and is working with team McCann. They think his every action is governed by them. On top of this he is some kind of super effective authoritarian who can also twist his family into lying to the police.
Is it not possible he is just an ordinary man who saw something and doesn't actually enjoy - or have the resources to fight legal battles with the media over things that have been misrepresented? Of course it is but this more likely scenario is ignored.
They have decided all this and never actually spoke to him or with any evidence he knew Murat. On some forums, supporters of the abduction believe that the Gaspar statement is mistranslated, it was all an innocent misunderstanding and Mr Gaspar didn't hear anything suspicious so Mrs Gaspar is making the whole thing up. This Smithman situation is now like that, deciding someone has given a false statement because it doesn't fit your pet theory. There seems to be an adherence to this theory above all others and some ego involved in resisting to acknowledge the theory might be flawed.
How can you get to the truth when you refuse to consider other possibilities due to your own ego? You can't of course!
Gloria-Trubshawe
Freedom on Wed 07 Feb 2018, 12:40 pm
Good post, Gloria.
That sums up what I feel about this. Yes, people do lie to the police to protect themselves or their families and friends but there is just no evidence to suggest that the Smiths and Robert Murat knew each other well and, even if they did, it doesn't mean that they (the Smiths) lied.
Inca on Wed 07 Feb 2018, 1:26 pm
Your post says itlike it is Gloria. I don't think Wembley Stadium could now hold the amount of people that are lying and in on it. Gemma is now included,it just never ends.
candyfloss on Wed 07 Feb 2018, 1:56 pm
@Inca
Someone over the road makes a point of saying how easy it would be to disprove if Mr Smith was lying about knowing Murat, because he would have been seen by locals with him. So why are they so convinced Mr Smith is a liar, and the rest of his family. How can that be said, there is absolutely no proof at all to convince me and many others it would seem that this is indeed the case. They repeat the same stuff over and over - i.e. how Mr Smith says the man did not 'look like a tourist' the same as a few others questioned. This imo not evidence at all that he is lying , just that the police asked many witnesses the same questions to see how their answers tally in order to get a better description of the man. I expect the PJ had a list of questions for each witness, I see nothing wrong this it is just to prompt a witness.
Antonia on Wed 07 Feb 2018, 2:21 pm
Mr Smith hasn't said he doesn't know Murat, he knows him 'to see' is the expression I think he used which means he is a casual acquaintance he might exchange pleasantries with if meeting in the street. that does not make him a friend. if locals had seen Mr Smith and Mr Murat engaging in conversation in public that proves nothing other than possibly that they are both polite men!
There is no proof whatsover that the two men are close. I would have lots of friends, close and less close, but I wouldn't lie in a case like this for any of them and I think most people would be like that.
chirpyinsect on Wed 07 Feb 2018, 3:27 pm
Exactly so Antonia. I know lots of people "to see" (although that's not an expression used where I'm from) In no way would I count them as friends but we exchange pleasantries, time of day, ask after them if we have heard they have been sick, etc. Ask me about their families, former jobs, politics, religion or place of origin; not a clue.
However, ask me if it was Mr A carrying a child around my local village, I would be able to be 100% either way.
Everything I write is my own opinion. Nothing stated as fact.
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PMR on Wed 07 Feb 2018, 3:52 pm
I've said before I visit my holiday home in France two usually three times a year. It is a residential rather than tourist area. There are lots of people I see over there regularly from friends,neighbors, people I say hello to and people in the village. Not one would I commit perjury for
I used to have a holiday home in the country. When my children were young we'd be down quite often but in recent years very little. the people in the cottage 50 metres away we'd know reasonably well as they lived their permanently and cut our grass, kept an eye on the place etc. We'd go in and have a cup of tea and a chat. We'd let their visiting young nieces and nephews use our swings. We'd borrow things we'd run out of and we'd get their advice on local workmen. They kept our spare key to let in meter readers. Lovely people but i wouldn't lie for them. Other people in the area I might meet strolling in the adjacent country lanes. I'd say hallo, nice weather (or not!) and might comment if they'd had a baby since I last saw them. I would be able to identify them if I passed them on the (badly lit) local road.
the obsession with Mr Smith is really weird when there is no evidence, he just messes up someone's theory.
Freedom on Wed 07 Feb 2018, 4:23 pm
The expression "to know someone to see" is mainly used in Ireland I think whereas in England we usually say "to know someone by sight".
TheTruthWillOut on Wed 07 Feb 2018, 6:01 pm
Inca wrote: Your post says itlike it is Gloria. I don't think Wembley Stadium could now hold the amount of people that are lying and in on it. Gemma is now included,it just never ends.
Whilst I've long since come to the conclusion that TB and socks are a broken old man even Textusa thinks that Sutton is a bad egg with an agenda and is hinting that Gemma is going the same way reading their comments so far.
The whole case is in, and will remain, in crazy town until someone in a high position (GA, PJ, for example) either give up and draw a line under the case unsolved or make arrests. This ridiculousness will be coming to an end for me in no later than this years anniversary. Hopefully my decision can be brought forward around the time OG money needs reviewing again.
I really do think the strategy is now to keep dragging things out until we all die or give up. Congrats to whoever, it worked on me!
Sorry for the depressing rant but I really have now had enough of the case and especially people that should be in a position to stand up and demand publicly and loudly answers and either haven't done so or promised they would and haven't delivered.
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Gloria-Trubshawe on Wed 07 Feb 2018, 7:40 pm
Martin Smith sent an email to Richard Hall asking for a correction over him saying he was friends with Murat. For some this means he must be friends with him or why would he bother contacting someone about it? Then when he doesn't contact the media for corrections, that's also deemed suspicious. It's a bit like asking if someone's a witch in the 1700s, if they say no, obviously they're lying because they're a witch.
Gloria-Trubshawe wrote: Martin Smith sent an email to Richard Hall asking for a correction over him saying he was friends with Murat. For some this means he must be friends with him or why would he bother contacting someone about it? Then when he doesn't contact the media for corrections, that's also deemed suspicious. It's a bit like asking if someone's a witch in the 1700s, if they say no, obviously they're lying because they're a witch.
Well I don't know what is really going on but I now do feel it is something fishy. We have had MS talking to RDH (why?), according to Gemma MS complained to Panorama and was ignored but she contacted them and they had the program changed (really?). That is just more recent events. Why the BBC ignore MS when asking for false info to be spread but agree when a random reporter demands it?
Normally when a key witness has made a statement to Police the usual practice/request from Police is that they don't speak about anything to anyone, especially media. On top of this from what I've read, MS and family have only ever had contact with Police back in May 2007 as it says in Gemma's piece. If anyone knows for fact there has been more recent contact I would love a link that confirms it and the nature of contact.
Now to reiterate again my post here isn't having a go at the Smiths I'm just using it has an example to get some stuff off my chest. Like I've been alluding to before when complaining I really don't like the whole blogger/insider/Twitterers/media all hinting nudge, nudge wink, wink-ing about the case year after year and just wish someone would just stand up and blow the case open publicly and loudly with none of the pretentious crap!
Sorry for the meltdown everyone but has you can see I've blown up....! (I haven't been hacked, I've just finally had enough)
poster on Wed 07 Feb 2018, 9:18 pm
Gloria-Trubshawe wrote: They seem insistent that Martin Smith was friends with Murat. They have decided that Martin Smith is a corrupt individual who would lie to police on behalf of a friend and is working with team McCann. They think his every action is governed by them. On top of this he is some kind of super effective authoritarian who can also twist his family into lying to the police.
Surely the main eye-witnesses should be protected? This is, after all, an ongoing police investigation. There is not a shred of evidence to support the idea that Martin Smith or any members of his family are lying. What would be the motive for Mr Smith lying? Equally, Mrs Fenn - there is no evidence to support the idea that she was lying. What would be the motive for her to lie?
A crime needs a motive or a reason. There is some explanation behind it. Even if it is just a crazy person acting out. That is still a reason for what happened.
No-one has given an explanation as to why some of the important key eye-witnesses in the case would have lied - including the Gaspars. They reported what they saw and Mrs Gaspar gave an explanation as to what she thought.
Ah - now talking about shreds of evidence - let me think...is there a shred of evidence to support the McCann's version of events? Just one piece of evidence is all I ask for. One?
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Maybe the BBC retracted it because of G.O Doherty's track record? She's not one to back down and exposed quite a bit of corruption that went pretty deep, she has experience with legal cases and getting damages and won various awards.
Sorry to hear you've blown up!
Dee Coy on Wed 07 Feb 2018, 10:22 pm
Hi, TTWO. Sorry you feel like this. I went through this pain several years ago when I accepted that the size of the protection and cover overarching this case probably means we'll never see justice.
The problem is, as I see it, there are so many bigwigs implicit it has gone beyond the prosecution of two rather unpleasant and irritating working-class upstarts (as I'm sure they're viewed from above). I'm sure that if it were just a matter of cutting them free to face the consequences we would have seen just that years ago. But it's so much more than that, I fear - and I don't know what. The answer to why there is this protection would elicit all the missing jigsaw pieces.
But c'est la vie. I can live with it, observe and remain interested but reconciled. And there's still the hope I've got it all wrong!
One thing I do take increasingly seriously is Textusa's take on it all (excluding the swinging motive - I can't go with that). But I do think her analysis of the politics has some merit.
May I ask where you read Textusa's thoughts on Gemma O'Doherty's piece? Checked her blog but can't see any recent posts?
TheTruthWillOut on Wed 07 Feb 2018, 11:02 pm
Yeah sorry for the meltdown. In my own life recently a few things have happened that have made me change from being quite passive, patient and laid back to being more assertive and having stronger opinions.
I agree there is far more to why this case has dragged on so long than a couple of docs and their friends and a lot of it stuff done way after May 2007 and involving Police, media and politicians. Probably risk a lynching here but even at least the Portuguese gov to one extent or the other have some responsibility not to mention why they would bend over and put up with so much crap for so long. Makes zero sense to me.
The comments by TextUSA are in the latest post here toward the bottom: http://textusa.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/the-reliability-of-cadaver-dogs.html#comment-form
@Gloria.
If I was MS I'd be royally pi**ed if my request as the subject involved was refused/ignored for a random reporter (no one here can honestly say they'd heard of her before she mentioned the case!) to come in and white knight him. Not for the first time has MS been ignored when making a request IIRC? He must feel well embarrassed....
TheTruthWillOut on Fri 09 Feb 2018, 4:36 pm
The article is now online with a comment section too...
https://villagemagazine.ie/index.php/2018/02/maddie-did-the-bbc-bend-the-truth/
Freedom on Sat 10 Feb 2018, 1:08 pm
A tweet from the arch McCann supporter Michael Walker. How he can possibly know whether or not Gemma spoke to Martin Smith is anyone's guess.
@walkercan1000
"Her investigation". Too funny, she even starts her Tweets with a lie. She's not spoken to Smith, she's a liar. Nor the BBC. The iPlayer was edited a long time ago. Deceitful. XXX #mccann
TheTruthWillOut on Sat 10 Feb 2018, 1:25 pm
To be honest the back and forth (I know these two aren't in direct contact) is just embarrassing now. The big question is why does Martin Smith put up with him and his family being used this way or at least confirm who, if any, of these people talking on his behalf should the public trust?
I understand him wanting a quiet life and wishes he hadn't gotten involved but he did and if I was him I would put this whole mess to bed.
Am I being unreasonable here?
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Party at Sankeys...in New York?
Manchester’s Sankeys opens a sister site in the big apple
Published on July 29th 2010.
Love Sankeys but hate Ancoats? The good news is Sankeys has opened its second venue. The bad news is, it’s all the way in New York.
Sankeys has been organically built around the great traditions of New York. This is now our way of giving New York back what it gave Sankeys, with my own futuristic twisted twist of course.
Well actually it’s not bad news at all. The announcement comes after months of club land whispers placing the new venue everywhere from Marple to Manhattan. We’re pleased to confirm it’s the latter. Here’s why.....
New York’s club scene has been at the forefront of the global inspiration that created the original Sankeys in Manchester. You could say that Sankeys is a pip that’s fallen from the Big Apple, having captured the essence of legendary old school basement nightclubs like Twilo, Sound Factory and Vinyl in New York. Now it’s time to put the pip back.
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To celebrate the New York announcement, this Saturday 31 July Sankeys and New York collide for “I Love NY”. The Martinez Brothers start their Manchester residency and treat the Sankeys crowd to another magical four hour set. The energetic brothers from the Bronx will be spinning alongside Sankeys NYC resident A-LUV and a rare showcase from NY based record label, Wolf+Lamb featuring Soul Clap and Zev.
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Top bloody banana. Sankeys is one of THE top clubs in the north...cutting edge Manchester being exported around the world...well done David...and good luck ;-)
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"You could say that Sankeys is a pip that´s fallen from the Big Apple, having captured the essence of legendary old school basement nightclubs like Twilo, Sound Factory and Vinyl in New York. Now it´s time to put the pip back."
You could say that... but for the sake of the English language best not to, eh?
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Love or loath Mr Vincent, you have to admit that Sankeys is now brilliant; now they've sorted out the layout, opened up the back staircase, etc, etc. The Colour night is one of the best things to hit Manceshter clubland, FACT.
The diehard oldskoolistas will disagree obviously!
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The TV Column (2 Feb)
Mo Mowlam, Julie Walters, Alex Reid and the final ever word on CBB, all mentioned here by Gerry Corner
Published on February 2nd 2010.
THE opening minutes of Mo (C4, Sunday) showed a woman steadfastly giving her all; be it attending a karaoke night at the local community centre or attending to her husband on a crowded beach. (Having witnessed another female Labour MP unashamedly getting to grips in a public place, I can vouch for the scene's veracity. They obviously can't help themselves.)
Julie Walters seems incapable of a bad performance: as Mowlam she looked the part (her dedication extended to shaving her head and at times you forgot it was her) and she embraced the comedy and the tragedy of the piece with equal dexterity
She liked a drink, Mo Mowlam, and a smoke, but most of all she liked a good swear. Her profanities, apart from providing some of the best entertainment of Neil McKay's 130-minute drama, had a greater significance. The MP's famously plain-speaking approach during the Northern Ireland peace talks (she told Ian Paisley to “fuck off”) is thought to have been key to the signing of the Good Friday Agreement.
In Mo, she displays absolute equality in her disrespect to others – addressing Tony Blair as “babe” and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness and Gerry Adams as “bastards”. McKay's script suggests that the disinhibiting effect of a brain tumour exaggerated Mowlam's natural openness to the point where it quite disarmed – not literally, that came later – stony-hearted, inflexible men from both sides of the divide.
The irony here is that had Mowlam been honest about the seriousness of a condition that would kill her, it is unlikely she would have got the Northern Ireland job. As it is, we can never know how much peace in the province was the result of a neuropsychological dysfunction, but by such things history is decided.
Perhaps that disinhibiting effect is what prompted her to whip off her wig (worn to hide the ravages of radiotherapy) and suggest to Adams and McGuinness, “tell you what, boys, let's start this meeting again but this time, no cocks on the table”.
It's hard to imagine the history of negotiations in the province had ever provided so much fun for a dramatist. MP Adam Ingram, who worked closely with Mowlam, tells her at one point in negotiations at Stormont, “Paisley says there are terrorists - and at least one homosexual - in the building”.
There were some terrible moments of exposition in the script. Show, don't tell, is the screenwriter's mantra but Unionist leader David Trimble's lengthy elucidation to Mowlam of an incident happening, right there and then, in the Maze prison - and its consequences for the Loyalist ceasefire - read like a page from a history textbook.
“David, I understand all that,” sniped Mo, only emphasising that an implausible exchange was there solely as background for viewers.
But this was a big subject, and as the real-life Adam Ingram observed of the drama, ““there are minutes depicting years,” and the occasional clunk of dialogue was more than compensated for elsewhere.
The politicians portrayed were all carefully constructed lookalikes except, oddly, in the case of Liverpool MP Peter Kilfoyle. He was played by a dead ringer for John Prescott, suggesting the actor was hired as the deputy leader but had the role of Mo's friend, and close scouse colleague, thrust upon him instead.
Julie Walters seems incapable of a bad performance: as Mowlam she looked the part (her dedication extended to shaving her head and at times you forgot it was her) and she embraced the comedy and the tragedy of the piece with equal dexterity.
The inevitable end is hard to bear, but not overly dwelled on; Walters and an adept make-up department show Mo's political and physical decline credibly and with poignancy. Her anger and resentment at what she perceived as a plot to replace her in the Northern Ireland job with Peter Mandelson was equally painful. It was, she later complained, “fucking unfair . . I can't help thinking about it”.
But it is the Labour minister's spirit and forthrightness that provide the real spark. “I bet this is the first time there's ever been a fanny in the place,” she nervously remarks en route to address an Orange Order meeting. And then, confronted by the snarling male crowd, “I take that back, the place is full of cunts” .
SO FAREWELL then Celebrity Big Brother (C4, all January until Saturday). Come the final series even the celebrities were complaining that their housemates were not famous enough. Such was the struggle to attract anyone of note that some contestants were allowed to bring along some fame they had borrowed from a friend.
Thus the winner, Alex Reid, was known only by association with girlfriend Katie Price, and Katia for being rogered by Ronnie Wood. While Dane had been a little tiny bit famous once, but not, he confessed, ”for a long time”.
By the end, most of the housemates had gained the impression that Vinnie Jones was a national hero and all-round great guy. Mostly from Vinnie.
Jones had agreed to take part in the hope of improving his image as a one-time footballing hard case whose chief asset was his ability to intimidate the opposition, and now an actor playing hard cases whose chief asset is their ability to, er . . .
His strategy went well just as long as everybody agreed that he was in charge of everything: cooking, cleaning, bitching, taking the piss. When Sisqo questioned his authority, Vinnie informed Stephanie that “in the old days he'd have been thrown through the window”. Instead, he merely threatened to unleash his lawyers, which goes to show what a big softy he's turned into.
Perhaps sensing he could never quite shake off an air of low menace, Vinnie played for sympathy. You and I might think living in an eight-room mansion in Beverly Hills is pretty cushy but we don't know the half. I mean, Vinnie's gotta pay the cleaner, the poolman, the dog groomer, car valet, nails for the girls, that's two and a half grand a week “before you even get out of bed in the morning”.
Stephanie sympathised in the way that only fellow rich bastards can. “I just cut down,” she said. Cut down! How does the woman manage, for God's sake? Stephanie might have won for her good humour in the face of BB's worst indignities, and a humanity that extended to defending Sisqo, but sadly never in a way that would seriously get up Vinnie's nose.
The dubious judgement of the viewing public betrayed itself more than once. They showed the door early to the most interesting member of the household – part-time thespian, full-time Christian, Stephen Baldwin – reducing the final ever week to a tame affair. And they initially decided to swallow whole the tabloid version of Alex Reid, with the result that he was comprehensively derided on his way into the house.
That he won was largely the result of him turning out not to be the ranting, cross-dressing freak a couple of newspapers had insisted upon, but an everyday, okay bloke. No more, no less. The nation said sorry by telephone vote. So, in a sense, it was the Sun wot won it, but in a way they could never have imagined.
We learned one thing in this final series; that Sweden may have the best education system in the world, it may be a model of tolerance and social equality but there is a price, and the price is not higher taxes, but a sense of humour that has failed to graduate from the fifth form toilet block. The by-product of living in a crap country is good comedy; in Sweden they put their hands down their trousers to raise a laugh.
Thus, the Swedish entrant, Jonas, spent the entire series blowing up condoms and breaking wind to the exasperation of certain members of the household, most notably Ivana. Strange, but fitting, that the chief objector to Jonas's persistent farting should be a Trump.
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Navigating the Storm
"Left" Obamites Prefer Kool-Aid to Struggle
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Black Agenda Report executive editor Glen Ford answers Linda Burnham's recent assault on the non-Obamite Left [article posted below], whom she sneeringly refers to as victims of "Left 'anticipatory disillusionment'" and assorted other "psycho-babble." Burnham sets up Left straw men, to knock them down, all in an attempt to justify her cohort's capitulation to Power. "One great tragedy of the current episode," writes Ford, "is that the [economic] crisis occurred at a moment when the remnants of the Left and Black movements in the U.S. have been neutralized by imperialism's Black champion." Hilariously, Burnham credits Obama with having "wrenched the Democratic Party out of the clammy grip of Clintonian centrism" when, in actuality, "Obama's government IS Clintonian. And the new president is as skilled and ruthless a triangulator as Bill ever was."
by Glen Ford
Lots of folks on the left, it is now apparent, no longer seek anything more than to bask in the sunshine of Barack Obama's smile. No matter how much national treasure their champion transfers to the bankster class, and despite his exceeding George W. Bush in military spending, so-called progressives for Obama continue to celebrate their imagined emergence as players in the national political saga. Having in practice foresworn resistance to Power, they relish in bashing the non-Obamite Left.
In tone and substance, Linda Burnham's recent, widely circulated piece, "Notes on an Orientation to the Obama Presidency" is several cuts above last summer's vicious rant by Amiri Baraka, "The Parade of Anti-Obama Rascals." But both assaults on Left critics of Obama are based on the same false assumptions and willful illogic, and although no one can trump Baraka in argumentative foul play and sheer nastiness, Burnham's article is nonetheless littered with sneers at those who "are stranded on Dogma Beach…flipping out over every appointment and policy move [Obama] makes."
Burnham launches immediately into a denigration of non-Obamites, claiming Obama's election "occasioned some disorientation and confusion" among those on the Left who "have become so used to confronting the dismal electoral choice between the lesser of two evils that they couldn't figure out how to relate to a political figure who held out the possibility of substantive change."
Burnham's method is to invent straw men and then place words and thoughts in their fictitious mouths and brains. Certainly, we at Black Agenda Report were anything but "confused" by either Obama's political conduct or his extraordinary popularity, having placed the young upstart under intense scrutiny beginning in the early Summer of 2003, while he was still a low-ranked candidate for the Democratic senatorial nomination in Illinois. His phenomenal talents, hitched to a transparently corporatist, imperial worldview – and a practiced dishonesty about his rightist alliances – made Obama a person worth watching. The BAR team, then operating out of Black Commentator, had Obama pegged as a potential vector of confusion in Black and progressive ranks long before his worldwide debut at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. And we were right. It is in Burnham's political neighborhood that confusion reigns, not ours.
Burnham claims that many on the Left "were taken by surprise at how wide and deep ran the current for change." Either she's talking about herself, or she hangs around a very cloistered crowd. Or, more likely, Burnham is conflating the word "change" with "Obama" – an effect of drinking too much Kool-Aid. In either case, none of it applies to folks like us at BAR – and there are a number of others on the Left – who more than five years ago understood both Obama's mass appeal and the mass desire for real change, and feared that one would thwart the other.
Left critics of Obama, according to Burnham, fail to recognize that he is not the "lesser of two evils," but rather holds out the "possibility of substantive change." This is a core position, central to the "progressive" Obamite argument. Beyond the fact of having broken the presidential color bar, which in the American context is a positive development on its face, Obama is near-identical to Hillary Clinton on virtually every policy issue, as became evident in the primaries. Their compatibility was revealed as something closer to political intimacy when Obama erected his Cabinet – a house as Clintonian as anything Bill ever built, with plenty of room reserved for friends from the Bush gang. Color aside, whatever kind of "evil" Hillary and Bill are, Obama is.
Burnham outlines what she says is the "active conversation on the left about what can be expected of an Obama administration and what the orientation of the left should be towards it." We will have to take her word for it, although her mischaracterization of Left Obama critics (certainly those at BAR) makes us less than confident that the "conversation" is as she describes. Below are the "two conflicting views" on Obama, on the Left:
"First, that Obama represents a substantial, principally positive political shift and that, while the left should criticize and resist policies that pull away from the interests of working people, its main orientation should be to actively engage with the political motion that's underway.
"Second, that Obama is, in essence, just another steward of capitalism, more attractive than most, but not an agent of fundamental change. He should be regarded with caution and is bound to disappoint. The basic orientation is to criticize every move the administration makes and to remain disengaged from mainstream politics."
The first viewpoint is no doubt held by Burnham. It is essentially mooted by the reality that most Left Obamites only weakly "criticize" and virtually never "resist" Obama's rightist policies and appointments in the crucial military and economic arenas – which was, first, the fear and, later, the main complaint of the non-Obamite Left. The Obama Effect is to neutralize Blacks and the Left (Blacks being the main electoral base of the American Left) by capturing their enthusiasm for Obama's own corporate purposes. Obama and his Democratic Leadership Council allies (and their corporate masters) monopolize the "motion," all the while shutting out even mildly Left voices (as in the recent White House Forum on Health, from which single payer health care advocates were initially barred). Blacks and the Left have not been in any kind of effective forward "motion" since Election Day. As we shall see, Burnham's definition of "motion" does not involve confronting Power, but rather, attaching oneself to it.
Policy-wise, Obama no more "represents a substantial, principally positive political shift" than his political twin, Hillary – again, color aside.
The second viewpoint is supposedly held by the opposition, and partially reflects the views of the BAR team. Yes, Obama is "just another steward of capitalism, more attractive than most, but not an agent of fundamental change." This has been easily observed, since Blacks and the Left have allowed Obama to act upon his corporate and imperial instincts, unimpeded by even the mildest counter-pressures. His presidency takes shape to the Right of Democratic congressional leaders, who have made more noise over Obama's Iraq trickle-out and his clear threats to Social Security and other "entitlements," than have many Left Obamites.
Obama is not simply "bound to disappoint" – he has already been cause for great disappointment, even among those of us who scoped his essential corporatist nature years ago. Who would have predicted that he would play the most eager Gunga Din for the bizarre Bush/Paulson bank bailout decree, last year? Who would have foreseen that Obama would retain the loathsome international criminal Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense? That he would continue Bush's policies on Africa – Zimbabwe, Sudan, Somalia, AFRICOM – without missing a beat? That he would so quickly offer to put Social Security "on the table" for "reform" (in the Republican sense of the term)?
But Burnham would have you believe the Left opposition are nothing but nitpickers, inflating executive pinpricks into major assaults. Thus, she seeks to make the opposition look silly, as if we "criticize every move the administration makes." In truth, her argument is designed to excuse her and her Left allies failure to "resist" or confront Obama in any meaningful way.
Like many of her cohorts, Burnham is quick to grant that Obama "is a steward of capitalism," but maintains that "his election has opened up the potential for substantive reform in the interests of working people and that his election to office is a democratic win worthy of being fiercely defended."
Again, if Obama's election opened up the "potential" for reform, so would have Hillary's. They were (and remain) political brother and sister under the skin. The Obamites would be utterly helpless if unable to deploy (and abuse) the term "potential," given the actuality of Obama's presidency. Conveniently, "potential" lives in the future, where it can't be pinned down. That's why Obama's "potential" is a central theme of his Left camp followers – it allows them to claim that the opposition's critiques of their hero might harm the "potential" good he might do in the future.
At any rate, the Obamite Left can claim no credit for Obama's progressive "potential," since they did little or nothing that might have caused him to abandon his relentless rightward drift.
Burnham & Co. want us to accept Obama's corporate orientation as "what he was elected to do." Burnham urges us to be "clear" about Obama's "job description": "Obama's job is to salvage and stabilize the U.S. capitalist system and to perform whatever triage is necessary to restore the core institutions of finance and industry to profitability."
That is certainly what Obama and his big campaign funders believe his job is, but a progressive's task is to cause him to serve the people – an assignment that I am not convinced Burnham and her allies have accepted.
On the international scene (i.e., The Empire), Obama's job – as Burnham says should be clear to "us" – is "to salvage the reputation of the U.S. in the world; repair the international ties shredded by eight years of cowboy unilateralism; and adjust U.S. positioning on the world stage [so far, so good, but here Burnham slips down the proverbial slope] on the basis of a rational assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the changed and changing centers of global political, economic and military power – rather than on the basis of a simple-minded ideological commitment to unchallenged world dominance."
Obama's military budget, bigger than Bush's, his escalation in Afghanistan/Pakistan, the unraveling of his Iraq "withdrawal" promises, and his provocations in Africa all signal that this president has no intention of relinquishing the goal of global U.S. hegemony. To paraphrase his famous statement on war, "I'm not opposed to imperialism, just dumb imperialism."
Burnham should bring herself to admit that Obama is, indeed, merely a more charming face pasted on the imperial monster – with the same teeth (weapons), appetite and ambitions. In an indirect way, she does offer a version of the truth, packaged in what sounds like genuine, praiseful admiration:
"Obama has been on the job for only a month but has not wasted a moment in going after his double bottom line with gusto, panache and high intelligence. In point of fact, the capitalists of the world – or at least the U.S. branch – ought to be building altars to the man and lighting candles. They have chosen an uncommonly steady hand to pull their sizzling fat from the fire."
Burnham then sets up the Left straw men, so as to knock them down. These one-note Charlies, real or imagined, are incapable of sophisticated thought and analysis:
"For the anti-capitalist left that is grounded in Trotskyism, anarcho-horizontalism, or various forms of third-party-as-a-point-of-principleism, the only change worthy of the name is change that hits directly at the kneecaps of capitalism and cripples it decisively. All else is trifling with minor reforms or, even worse, capitulating to the power elite. From this point of view the stance towards Obama is self-evident: criticize relentlessly, disabuse others of their presidential infatuation, and denounce anything that remotely smacks of mainstream politics."
Such people may exist, but they don't resemble BAR or any of our allies and correspondents. Burnham is employing the cheapest trick of argumentation: she picks (or invents) the weakest, most unreasonable, narrow opponent, and savages him. I know of no serious activist that believes "the only change worthy of the name is change that hits directly at the kneecaps of capitalism and cripples it decisively." If that were so, then such activists would have nothing to do for most of their lives, since chances to "cripple" capitalism "decisively" are few and very far between.
But crises of capitalism do occur, and we are living through one of them. Capitulationists are also real, and reveal themselves at the worst possible junctures. One great tragedy of the current episode is that the crisis occurred at a moment when the remnants of the Left and Black movements in the U.S. have been neutralized by the "uncommonly steady hand" of imperialism's Black champion, to whom Burnham and countless others have, yes, capitulated.
In order to defend the capitulation, the Burnhams of the Left must credit Obama with achievements he has not made, plus the amorphous "potential" achievements to which he has "opened the door" and which will magically occur even in the absence of organized people making a demand. A hilarious Burnham example of an Obama feat: He has "wrenched the Democratic Party out of the clammy grip of Clintonian centrism. (Although he himself often leads from the center, Obama's center is a couple of notches to the left of the Clinton administration's triangulation strategies)…."
Ha! Burnham imagines "notches" that aren't there. Obama's government IS Clintonian. And the new president is as skilled and ruthless a triangulator as Bill ever was, consistently finding a position to the Right of whatever passes for Left on Capitol Hill, but nestled near to the corporate bosom.
Burnham spends additional pages working the same themes of Left "anticipatory disillusionment" and other psycho-babble to mask her own cohort's capitulation. Many Obama critics did anticipate his center-right behavior, and we were correct – but never disillusioned. Political groupies, however, are fated to suffer disillusion and betrayal.
Burnham reveals inklings of her own emotional state when she gratuitously urges "those who missed interacting with the motion of millions against the right, against the white racial monopoly on the executive branch, and for substantive change," to re-examine their political orientation. In addition to her condescending tone, which seems to assume that her targets have no experience with the "motion of millions" in actual political movements, rather than a corporate-shaped and funded presidential election campaign, Burnham appears to think of the non-Obamite Left as people who didn't RSVP for the best party of the year, and are now resentful.
In the last hundred words of the piece, we discover that her idea of "building the left" requires folding up the tent in or near the Obama camp. Examine this extraordinary passage:
"The current political alignment provides an opportunity to break out of isolation, marginalization and the habits of self-marginalization accumulated during the neo-conservative ascendancy. It provides the opportunity to initiate and/or strengthen substantive relationships with political actors in government, in the Democratic Party, and in independent sectors, as well as within the left itself – relationships to be built upon long after the Obama presidency has come to an end. It provides the opportunity to accumulate lessons about political actors, alignments and centers of power likewise relevant well beyond this administration. And it provides the opportunity for the immersion of the leaders, members and constituencies of left formations in a highly accelerated, real world poli-sci class."
This sounds uncannily like Obamite Prof. Leonard Jeffries' admonition that all Black folks "study Obama-ism." Burnham's gushings are remarkable for their abject surrender, not just to Obama's persona and mystique, but to the institutional trappings and annexes of corporate-tethered rule. She wants us all to take lessons from the corporate-bought structures – to better serve the people? No. Burnham is telling us that now that she's seen the Big Party, she doesn't want to leave. She's tasted that vintage wine, drank the good stuff, and is determined not to go back to movement rations.
I do agree that Burnham can use some political education. "For the anti-capitalist left," she writes, "this is a period of experimentation. There is no roadmap; there are no recipes." Maybe, but there are abiding truths that she has willfully forgotten: "Power concedes nothing without a demand."
Those elements that refuse to make demands of Power ought to stop calling themselves part of the Left. Unless the Left is in power, it is a contradiction in terms.
Posted by Kali Akuno at 8:44 AM
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Statue of Liberty was deemed safe on Friday after a bomb threat lead to a security sweep and the evacuation of hundreds of tourists from Liberty Island in New York Harbor, NBC’s local television affiliate reported, citing law enforcement sources. The United States Park Police, which has jurisdiction over the island, could not be reached immediately to confirm the report on NBC 4 New York. (Reporting By Frank McGurty; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry pulled out of conservative straw poll
Gov. Rick Perry is currently battling Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison for the GOP nomination.
WASHINGTON (CNN) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry was originally included on 2012 Presidential Straw Poll ballot at this weekend's Values Voter Summit in Washington, but his staff requested that his name be removed.
A spokesman for Perry's re-election campaign told CNN that the request was made because the two-term governor is not thinking about running for President, but is instead "focused on running for governor." Perry is currently battling Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison for the GOP nomination.
The governor, however, is still attending the conference and is slated to speak on Saturday.
The potential Republican candidates on the straw poll ballot are: former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Indiana Rep. Mike Pence, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.
Four of the Republicans on the ballot will actually attend the event.Pence, Huckabee and Pawlenty will address the conference on Friday morning, while Romney will deliver remarks on Saturday.
Filed under: Republicans • Rick Perry
Reagan was wrong
My vote is for Ron Paul. Although I like that Republicans drove us to the edge of the cliff with their unsustainable versions of capitalism and conservatism, I would much rather be pushed off the cliff, explode in mid-air, and then land on a pile of jagged rocks.
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no need to know
We who have intelligence don't give a (^%**(&!! what any republican talks about or does because they are a group and lying idiots!
The repubs will soon know how the rest of us felt when Bush won two terms......They seem to hate Obama sooooo much that we are going to deal with their nastiness for 8yrs. Perhaps even 12. Then maybe they will not to be so hateful
wow what diversity...very representative of the american electorate.
PS: I hope you sense the sarcasm
A Texan
Please, please, PLEASE, Rick, run for president. Leave Texas.
Palin, Huckabee, Romney, Jindal...judging by this list of potential candidates I would say the odds of Obama getting reelected just went WAY up!!!!
Lee in TN
Rick Perry and his idea of secession seems to have been the final word in his volume of goofy ideas. As a matter of fact, has there ever really been an ethical or credible candidate from the state of Texas?
kathy5
I don't know what to say – 2 of these people didn't make the cut last election – 3 if you count Palin and the others are complete duds. No, strick that – make that 4, I had forgotten Newt ran a few cycles back didn't he?
The economy will be better – a healthcare reform will will get passed, unemployment numbers will go down – Obama will go unchallenged by any Democrats so looks like 2012 will bring us 4 more years of an Obama presidency!
Works for me!
Its all over for the gop because their approval rating with latinos is at an all time low 14%,their rating with blacks are 3% their ratings with asians are 28%,the gop is going to be very shocked when they only win about 5 seats next year in lose 2 more seats in the senate,and if those numbers continues with minority voters in 2012 the gop is going to have to get 68% of the white vote to squeak by obama because they are getting killed with the minority vote.and the gop chances of getting 68% of the white vote is slim in none,when the right-wing realize they cant ever win again its going to be very dangerous to live in america because these right-wing haters are going to do something very bad i can just feel it,but its the gop fault for dumping their moderate views for very hard conservatives views,which turned off 95% of the minorities.
sensible Cape Coral FL
If Texas wants to succeed from the country, please send me an address so that I can send a donation to the cause.
Brendan H., San Antonio, TX
Perry was Bush's hand-picked, Texas lapdog. You don't think people would be stupid enoiugh to vote for him, do you?!
Jarod from San Diego
This moron simply dosent want to see how many people disapprove of him. Ignorance is bliss to this simple minded right wing nutbag.
For everyone bashing Rick Perry, look at your governor and see if any of them run a balanced budget, have kept low unemployment, and grown their state's economies as Rick Perry has for Texas.
Dont you mean that he wants to secede from the straw poll?
Republican bashing sounds like fun; always finds it on CNN ticker.
Pragmatic on the closed thread on same topic asked: "Will someone, anyone, show me the facts? I want proof of when any conservative idea, put into real use, in the current century, ever was successful!
Answer: Ronald Reagon. Even President Obama admits it.
"And I mean successful for the nation as a whole … not just successful for the rich and famous! When did a conservative policy ever do something positive for America? Put your money where your principals are and show me!"
Answer: Conservatives work hard to be successful and rich, then they share their wealth in charitable giving, volunteer in soup kitchens, provide employments, etc. Check staitistics who gave more. Liberals want to spend other people's money to help people. Famous liberal Joe Biden gave mere hundreds to charity.
There are some liberals who truly care about the poor and I admire them. I suspect others do it to get votes from the receivers of benefit.
Please study about ACORN operation. More democrats supported them. Does not matter about moral character as long as they can get us votes.
People, there are bad apples on both sides. Criticize away their deeds and policy. That's your right. Just stop the name calling, talk about issues and differences.
Generally, only kids find fun in calling names.
Chris from NC
Yeah right!!! They probably pulled his name out of the poll because the GOP doesn't need to have some nut on their national ticket who suggested seceding from the Union.
He would probably make a good one but I don't blame him for not wanting to leave Texas for that stinkhole Washington D.C.
Josh in TN
I hope Kay wipes the floor with them. Republicans have shown a very devilish DNA pattern.
RVGrandpa
Mr Texas Guy,
Eight months in office and you HATE him already. which of his terrible liberal acts aggravate you most? Saving wall street, creating a program to save the auto industry, commencing the ending of the Iraq war, or what. Makes you kind of miss the good ole days of the epitome of efficiency, W, doesn't it?
Arliss
Just remember when you hear the names on the straw poll that these are the Religious nuts and who do you expect them to want?
sara-fl
How about straws for Joe the fake Plumber, Joe Wilson the confederate redneck , or maybe Raymond Clarke the control freak! Hahaha.
Bob the Observer
M. M. Miller Said:
I'm sorry but isn't Huckabee the one who suggested we throw out the Constitution and just use the Bible instead?!!?
1) I would like to see the source on that one. I somehow missed it.
2) Since when did liberals start defending the Constitution? If you're not going to use it, could we borrow it for a while?
Historical Republican
LBJ wasn't a Republican … get your facts straight. If he was, Brown vs Board of Education would not have been signed. FACT.
Brown vs Board of Education was not "signed." It was a case that was judged by the Supreme Court in 1954, before LBJ was a president or even a Senate majority leader.
He had nothing to do with that decision.
He did, however, unify Republicans and northern Democrats, at the request of Eisenhower, a Republican, to get civil rights legislation passed in the mid- to late 50's.
He was strongly opposed my leading Democrats of the time for his efforts in civil rights.
Seem we all need to get our facts straight.
JonDie
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Indiana Rep. Mike Pence, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.
What a pathetic bumch of losers everyone of them.
Rick from Murfreesboro, TN
He's probably waiting to run for President of Texas after he makes good on his threats and has the state secede from the Union.
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Influence of Growth Conditions of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Carbide on Optical Properties of the Interfacial Layer in SiC-Based Photodevice
S. Kaci a, A. Keffous a, I. Bozetine a, M. Trari b and O. Fellahi a
aResearch Center on Semiconductor Technology for Energetic, 2 Bd Frantz Fanon, PB 140, 7M Algiers, Algeria
bUniversity of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene, PB 32, ElAlia, Bab Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria
The attention has been focused on the optical properties of structures of the form: Au/MS/a-Si1-xCx:H/Si(100)/Al as a function of the deposition temperature of the a-Si1-xCx:H films. The amorphous SiC:H films were obtained for different temperatures ranging from 150°C up to 500°C. By photoluminescence, blue emission from all the structures was observed at room temperature and a high emission was obtained for sample whose amorphous film was deposited at 500°C. The spectral response of Au/MS/a-Si1-xCx:H/Si(100)/Al structures with a-Si1-xCx:H film deposited at 250°C, exhibits a maximum value at λ=950 nm while for structure with a-Si1-xCx:H film obtained at 150°C, a maximum value of λ was observed at 400 nm.
PACS numbers: 78.68.+m, 78.66.-w, 78.67.Bf, 78.55.-m
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Publications des agents du Cirad
Catalogue of conserved coconut germplasm
Bourdeix R. (ed.), Batugal P. (ed.), Oliver J.T. (ed.), George M.L. (ed.). 2010. Rome : IPGRI.
http://www.inibap.org/cogent/index.php/conserved-germplasm-catalogue
The idea of making an illustrated coconut germplasm catalogue as a printed book was first presented by R. Bourdeix in 1993 to the COGENT Steering Committee meeting held in Montpellier, France. Since 2000, the COGENT network, Bioversity and CIRAD have been collaborating to develop and publish this catalogue of coconut germplasm. The Catalogue provides a wealth of information, both as text and illustrations. The descriptive material will help users to identify varieties they already hold, while the information on evaluation and uses will help them to select new materials to suit various purposes, whether as promising parents for breeding programmes or for immediate use at the farm and community level. Both scientific evaluations relating to variables such as pest and disease responses and yield are provided, as well as information on more traditional uses and cultural aspects. The catalogue presents comprehensive and sound scientific content aiming at increasing awareness of the coconut and its diversity. The information in the catalogue has been presented in a popular manner so that it is attractive and understandable enough to the general public, while retaining its technical rigour to be appreciated by scientists, researchers and students. (Résumé d'auteur)
Mots-clés : collection de matériel génétique; germplasm; système d'information; identification; variété; variation génétique; cocos nucifera
Thématique : Génétique et amélioration des plantes; Documentation et information; Taxonomie végétale et phyto-géographie
Agents Cirad, auteurs de cette publication :
Bourdeix Roland — Bios / UMR AGAP
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Rogue Art Research & Writing
Not Just Rainbows and Teddy Bears: A Profile of Susanna Conaway
On October 9, 2012 by Andrea Magee Steedman
Most people have never thought about stained glass as an art form outside of their visit to Notre Dame or maybe when considering Louis Comfort Tiffany. For those who get to know stained glass better, there is a shockingly high percentage of patterns for things like teddy bears holding balloons, happy cats and dogs, and oftentimes rainbows with cartoon suns at the end of them. Stained glass also isn’t an art that encourages creativity, as most people who create stained glass work from an established pattern, only breaking out of the mold long enough to decide which glass to use.
Into this very well established paradigm walks Susanna Conaway. Susanna creates art works that turn the world of stained glass on its head. Although she creates conventionally beautiful pieces as well, her work always breaks one convention or another, whether it’s technique, form, function or subject matter. I caught up with Susanna at her workshop in Berkeley to talk to her about how she got started in this traditonal medium, and where her interesting and unconventional artworks stem from.
Susanna explained how she first got started in stained glass: “When I was living in Chicago, I was working for Gallery 37, which is basically an afterschool program and is run by the city. I was assisting teaching ceramics (which is what my degree was in), but after doing that for a year I was at a point where I wanted to learn something different. So I got to work with the person who was teaching stained glass at Gallery 37 and that was my first taste of stained glass. I liked how different it was from ceramics: it was this building process, you had to plan and you could see the process all the way through.”
The first pieces she made on her own were what she calls her “Fracture” pieces, which she created while living in Wisconsin at a stained glass workshop. These pieces are basically pieces of glass that she breaks, and then solders along the lines where she broke them. She describes them as “this active, spontaneous moment, which is then stopped by soldering it.” These pieces are reminiscent of the randomness of Dada or even Marcel Duchamp’s The Large Glass, which was not complete, according to him, until it was broken and then repaired. After moving to New York, Susanna got an amazing commission to do a triptych in a night club that was being built. The owner wanted goddesses-but they actually wanted erotica. The resulting piece is reminiscent of figural traditions in stained glass, but only if they were to take the media to a whole new level of beauty and complexity.
Since moving to California from New York, Susanna has been taking commissions and showing in small venues and raising her daughter as well as enjoying Berkeley. Her more recent projects include stained glass sculpture like a birdhouse-shaped terrarium, and a television that was greatly improved by a stained glass screen. She has showed at such diverse venues as Old Crow Tattoo shop in Oakland, Ironworks climbing gym in Berkeley, and most recently at the glass shop and gallery, Stained Glass Garden in Berkeley.
When asked what she likes about stained glass, Susanna sums up the beauty of glass in a nutshell: “…I like that it has a personality-when the sun comes through it and changes it throughout the days. It’s more organic: and the cool thing about stained glass is it has so many different steps so you can fit the step in the projects to your mood.” The allure that first led people to put stained glass windows in cathedrals still inspires artists today, but few have brought the medium into the 21st century as well as Susanna Conaway.
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Russell Boyd
Films and Machinima - Real and Virtual 602 Squadron - Family - Albums - Munky Clan - Joe90
Wee Bit Studios
Wee Bit Films
Flight Sim Movies
Dallachy
1974 approx, written off in a crash in Calais - Vauxhall Avenger (dad's car I learned to drive in)
1982 approx, scrapped 1988 approx - Nissan Sunny
1988 approx, traded in 1990 - Opel Kadett
1990 Dec, written off after being crashed into 1992 - Ford Fiesta 1.1L
1992, written off by driving over a jump too fast 1992 - Ford Sierra 1
1992, traded in 1992 Aug - Peugeot 305 (no picture)
1992 - Austin Maestro 1.6HL (I can't remember what happened to this, possibly traded in)
1997, written off by driving into a flood 1999 - Rover 218SD
1999, traded in 2000 Nov - Peugeot 405GL 1.6 Estate (only a picture from the advert)
2000, traded in 2001 - Ford Mondeo GLXTD 1.8 (no picture)
2001, traded in 2004 - Nissan Primera 1.6LX
2004, traded in 2005 - Vauxhall Zafira Club 1.6
2005, written off by fire from car behind that was torched 2010 - Mistubishi Carisma 1.6 Mirage
2010, still going strong 2013 - Vauxhall Vectra 1.8 Life
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Films and Machinima
My films can be found at Wee Bit Films
The best IL2 and other flight sim films can be found at Flight Sim Machinima
No 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron RAF
The Pilots and Their Spitfires
There were many brave pilots from all countries involved in World War 2. Because I am from the West Coast of Scotland, I will try to remember some of the brave men from 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron RAuxAF. The following pages show artwork of the Spitfires and Pilots of 602 Squadron.
602 'City of Glasgow' auxiliary squadron was a household name long before WW2 began. It had been the first auxiliary squadron to get into the air in 1925. Two of its members, Lord Clydeside and David McIntyre were the first to fly over Mount Everest in 1933. The squadron sweeped the board in gunnery and bombing, and achieved the second most kills during the Battle of Britain and more imporantly for the least of themselves shot down, beating the regular squadrons at their own game. It was the first auxiliary Squadron to be equipped with Spitfire fighters as far back as March 1939 and it was the squadron to shoot down the first enemy aircraft on British Soil.
The squadron moved south from Drem airfield in East Lothian on August 14th 1940 to relieve the already battered no. 145 squadron at Westhapnett, Tangmere's satelitte station in Sussex. The squadron suffered 5 casualties during the battle. The squadron remained at Westhampnett until December 1940 to be replaced by 610 auxiliary airforce squadron. 602 squadron itself remained active up until 1957 when it was put into mothballs.
I also fly as a virtual pilot in the flight simulator IL2 Sturmovik along with friends from the virtual European Air Force - 602 Squadron. In this squadron, we have all chosen our own callsigns including:
LO-P Painter, LO-J Joe90, LO-S Sporran, LO-M MonsTTer, LO-F Flashheart, LO-D Jarred, LO-E Puffman, LO-W Whizz (here is the most up to date roster)
602 Pilots and a Spitfire Mk IXb at Detling, April 1944
LO-Z Flt.Lt. Raymond Baxter
See my Machinima Movie showing Raymond Baxter and fellow pilots during Operation Big Ben here.
Raymond Baxter, who became a household name as a radio and television commentator and presenter after the war, flew Spitfires during WW2. One of his many memorable exploits against the German V1 and V2 effort, graphically described to the artist, is the subject of this print. Flt. Lt. Raymond Baxter's Spitfire Mk. XVI and F/O P.C. Webb narrowly avoid a church spire as 602 Sqn. makes a precision low level attack on the V1/V2 headquarters in The Hague on March 18th 1945.
A Dutch eye-witness wrote "1945 the 18th March! I'll never forget! As a 17 year old boy I found myself somewhere on the fourth floor of the building, and when I looked out of the window I saw aircraft diving down from the sky and flying straight in my direction. Air raid! The building was badly damaged and our dwelling (adjacent) was totally destroyed, but we all survived including our spaniel Robby!"
LO-P F/O P C Webb
F/O P.C.Webb of No 602 Squadron was injured on the 9th of September 1940 at 17:30hrs. He crash landed his Spitfire I (K9910) at Box Grove, Sussex after being attacked by a Bf 109 over Mayfield.
SPECIAL DELIVERY by Michael Turner
LO-B Air Commodore Alan Deere CBE DSO DFC
A magnificent painting specially commissioned to commemorate the Anniversary of the Allied Victory in World War II and the 40 plus years of peace in Europe. Britain's leading aviation and marine artist brings to life the two greatest fighter aircraft ever to fly, in a gigantic vista over Londan and the River Thames. Air Commodore Alan Deere in his Spitfire and Wing Commander Bob Stanford-Tuck in his Hurricane. A truly symbolic painting, rich in color and brimming with emotion, a picture to commemorate the greatest military victory in history.
VICTORY SALUTE TO LONDON by Robert Taylor
LO-D Pierre Closterman DFC
Ten Focke-Wulfs began to prowl round us, at a respectful distance, as if suspecting a trap. Anxiously Carp and I kept an eye on them. Suddenly they attacked in pairs. Short of juice as we were, all we could do was to face each attack by a very tight 180° turn, fire a short burst in the approximate direction of the Hun, and immediately resume our position by another quick 180° turn. This performance was repeated a dozen times but we succeeded in making the Focke-Wufs keep their distance. They eventually tired of it - or so we thought.
Over Dieppe the fighters gave way to the Flak. We were flying at about 10,000 feet. The german light Flak opened fire with unbelievable ferocity. An absolute pyramid of black puffs charged with lightning appeared in a fraction of a second. Violently shaken by several well-aimed shells, Carp and I separated and gained height as fast as we could with our meagre reserves of petrol. The poor Liberator, incapable of taking any sort of violent evasive action, was quickly bracketed. Just as, after a few agonizing seconds, we thought it was out of range, there was an explosion and the big bomber, cut in half, suddenly disappeared in a sheet of flame. Only three parachutes opened out. The blazing aluminium coffin crashed a few hundred yards from the cliffs in a shower of spray, dragging down the remaining members of the crew. With heavy hearts we landed at Lympne, our tanks empty. (Pierre Closterman, 'The Big Show')
ESCORTS by B. Freudenthal
LO-E Jaques Remlington
"Look out, yellow section, Flak-ship, one o'Clock !" And immediately after Frank Wooley, it was Ken Charney who saw a Flak-ship, straight in front of us! "Max blue attacking twelve o'clock!". A grey mass rolling in the mist, a squat funnel, raised platforms, a mast bristling with radar aerials - Then rapid stoccato flashes all along the superstructure. Christ! I released the safety catch, lowered my head, and nestled down to be protected by armour plating. Clusters of green and red tracer bullets started up in every direction. Following Jacques, I went slap through the spray of a 37mm charger which only just missed me - the salt water blurred my windshield. I was fifty yards from the Flak-ship. Jacques in front of me was firing; I could see the flashes from his guns and his empties cascading from his wings. I aimed at the bridge, between the damaged funnel and the mast, and fired a long, furious continuous burst, my finger hard on the button. My shells exploded in the water, rose toward the water line, exploded on the grey black-stripped hull, rose higher to the handrails, the sandbags. A wind-scoop crashed down, a jet of stream sputtered from somewhere. Twenty yards - two men in navy-blue jerseys hurled themselves flat on their faces. Ten yards - the four barrels of multiple pom-pom were pointing straight between my eyes - quick - my shells exploded around it. A loader carrying two full clips capsized into the sea, his legs mown from under him, then the four barrels fired. I could feel the vibration as I passed a bare yard above - then the smack of the steel wire of the aerial wrenched off by my wing as I passed. my wing tip had just about scarped the mast ! Phew ! Passed him. (Pierre Closterman, 'The Big Show')
Jaques et Pierre by B. Freudenthal
LO-F Air Commodore C J ‘Mickey’ Mount CBE DSO DFC
Flying Officer C.J Mount joined NO.602 squadron on August 8th 1940 after a brief conversion course on Spitfires. On August 18th his Spitfire L1005 was severely damaged in combat with JU 87's and BF109's over Ford. Micky was unhurt. he again escaped injury when his Spitfire X4270 was damaged landing at Tangmere. He served in many of the theatres of WW2 and he flew Hurricanes in Malta and North Africa and Wellingtons in the Middle East.
Mickey Mount and his MkII Spitfire successfully attacks a Messerschmitt Me109 low over the cliffs of Beachy Head.
COMBAT OVER BEACHY HEAD by Nicolas Trudgian
LO-J Air Vice Marshal Sandy Johnstone CB DFC AE DL
Sandy was in command of no. 602 squadron during the critical days of the Battle of Britain, flying with the squadron before the war though to 1941, when he was posted to the Middle east, he also served with 229 and 249 squadrons in Malta during the Island's most fateful days of the war.
Nicolas Trudgian’s superb action painting takes place against a backdrop of a very atmospheric sky over the South Coast of England on August 25th 1940. Scrambled to intercept a raid approaching the Isle of Wight, Squadron Leader Sandy Johnstone hurriedly climbed his 602 Squadron Spitfires to 15,000 feet. In spite of short notice, the Spitfires intercepted the large force of 50 Ju88s and Do17s, escorted by Me109s and 110s, before they reached the target. The CO downed a Me110 by blowing off its tail unit before becoming embroiled in a one-on-one dogfight with a Me109 – Nicolas Trudgian’s painting captures the action – the CO despatching the enemy aircraft to notch up his second victory of the day. 602’s tally amounted to 13 aircraft destroyed without loss.
HEAD TO HEAD by Nicolas Trudgian
'Nuts' Niven
In August 1940 602 squadron were posted from their base in Scotland to Westhampnett in West Sussex, a satellite station of Tangmere. One of their first major tasks was to repel a huge German formation of aircraft that attacked Tangmere. They gave a very good account of themselves. They also gave a very good account of themselves in every dogfight and battle that they were involved in, showing their true professionalism. On many occasions they were called upon to 'Scramble' up to seven times a day. One pilot describes the conditions that they lived under, a mattress on the floor, a suitcase as a chest of drawers. They lived from day to day, most of their time spent in a Nissan hut while waiting in the 'Readiness State'.
They were all anxious to 'do their bit' for Britain and to stop the German invasion of our island. They worked as a team and it worked very well. A number of dogfights are described. One pilot 'Nuts' Niven describes his thoughts and feelings when his Spitfire was hit by a canon shell from a German fighter, severley damaging his wing while flying over the Kent countryside, something he wasn't best pleased about.
'Nuts' Niven by Puffman
S/L Chris Le Roux
Normandy, July 17, 1944. It is just over a month since the allies landed on D-Day. Field Marshal Rommel is in charge of the German defenses. He has been travelling hundreds of kilometers a day, meeting with his battle commanders, doing what he can, for a war that he knows is lost. Late in the day, he is returning to his headquarters at La Chateau Roche-Guyon. Travel is risky, the Allies have total air superiority. On this beautiful clear afternoon in the French countryside, the Desert Fox's luck is about to run out.
"Chris Le Roux, a South African was leading the flight, which was made up of Jacques, 'Mouse' Manson, Jonssen the Norwegian, Robinson, and the New Zelander, Bruce Oliver. Oliver opened fire with his two 20mm. guns and his four 303 machine guns. A second shell hit the car at the height of Rommel's back, indeed, Jacques Remlinger, in the second Spitfire, also fired, killing the motorcyclist." (The Big Show, 2004, Pierre Clostermann)
ROMMEL UNDER ATTACK by Lance Russwurm
Some photograph albums from my old ntlworld webspace.
More recent albums are on photobucket or flickr.
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Boyd Family History
Here are my Great Grandfather, Grandfather, Father and Sons.
Nettie, Jane, Robert, Willie, Tom, John (1887-1978), Robert (c1852-1932), Bessie
Robert(1935), Russell(1964), Sarah(1896-1986), John(1887-1978), Heather(1962), Ellen(1937-1983)
Darren (1989), Chris (1991), Cameron (1993), Russell (1964)
Munky Clan - America's Army
The Munky Clan was an America's Army squad formed by Insight in February 2003. The aim was to make a clan with only one rule - to have fun.
Well we did have a great time, had lots of fun, made friends and lost friends.
The clan reached a peak in April 2004 after which there was a major bust up from which it couldn't be recovered, despite the efforts from those left behind.
Read more about the history here.
At that time, the "elders" (we had no leaders, no hierachy, just old timers to help run the clan) were these guys:
Mad-Bad
Webjocky
All the Munky's were:
Airbourne, APOSTOLIS, Band-Aid, Banzai, Blazing-Wolf, Bulgy, Chewy, Dark-Horizon, Devious-Woman, droush, Drunky, EbolaDeath, EminemD12, Filthy_Pleb, Flip__, g-core, GeoFaster, Immaterial, Insight, Joe90, Mad-Bad, METAL69SLUG, n2deep, Necro, ODM,PaveHawk, PoWeR, Scope, Setzar, SlimShady313, Snaggle, StealthRaptor, Struga, TEXAS_Killa, Unkle, USAF_Raptor and Webjocky.
Quite a few of us got together again around December 2004 for a last bash with the AOG clan (Army Ops Girlz) who Devious Woman had left Munky to join. It gave good closure to us all, and helped old friends come together again.
I hope I've given a fair recount of the Munky days, and would love to hear from a few of the old gang. I know some of you are still around.
Screenshots from the reunion:
602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron
Munky Clan - The Rise and Fall of an America's Army Squad
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James Blackman puts up respectable performance in FSU loss
Published on September 23, 2017 in Sports/Top Headlines by Bob Sparks
Going into Saturday’s game against North Carolina State, the concern for Florida State was true freshman quarterback James Blackman would either be unable to move the offense, or commit a couple of key turnovers or two, or both. In the end, the Seminoles’ frustrating 27-21 loss to the Wolfpack, which dropped them to 0-2 for the first time in 28 years, could not be laid solely at the feet of Blackman.
Blackman did fumble deep in NC State territory after being hit in the first half, but the freshman did a respectable job in his first start as a collegian. He completed 22 of 38 passes for 278 yards and a touchdown and zero interceptions. He at least met, if not exceeded, basic expectations of him.
“For the first game going out there and playing, (he) hit some nice big plays,” FSU Coach Jimbo Fisher said in post-game remarks. “(He) put his team in position, made one real nice touchdown throw on the first one.”
Falling short was the FSU defense, who gave up a number of big plays that either produced scores or allowed the Wolfpack to keep possession.
The biggest was the 71-yard catch-and-run by Jakobi Meyers that put his team ahead 10-0. Meyers put a move on Derwin James that left FSU’s All-America candidate whiffing on his attempt to bring the runaway receiver.
The final dagger was the 15-yard scamper by Nyheim Hines late in the game on third-and-seven that allowed NC State to retain possession and run out the clock.
Here are five takeaways from this game.
o Blackman showed he has the arm Fisher said he had. While he missed some throws he could have completed, he showed poise that will serve him and the Seminoles well down the road.
o NC State showed they have an imaginative offense. When they execute as they did on Saturday, they can be difficult to beat. Facing a team in FSU that had not played in three weeks was fortunate for them as well.
o Special teams were much better on Saturday than against Alabama. Brian Burns’ late-game block of a punt gave FSU one last bit of hope, but could only generate a field goal.
o Freshman Cam Akers provided a glimpse of how good he can become. He ran for 56 yards on 12 carries, but drew Fisher’s ire early in the game when he failed to plow forward and convert a third-and-one in the red zone. Ricky Aguayo then missed a 30-yard field goal that would have tied the game.
o The Seminoles must clean up the penalties. They were flagged 11 times for 93 yards on Saturday.
Game 2 of the Blackman era is next Saturday in Winston-Salem, North Carolina when Florida State takes on Wake Forest.
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News: NEW CHILD BOARD CREATED IN THE POLITICAL SECTION FOR THE 2016 ELECTION
Scared Monkeys Discussion Forum > Missing, Exploited and True Crime > Missing Exploited and True Crime > Holly Bobo, 20yrs old missing Parsons, TN 4/13/11 > Topic: Holly Bobo #5 - 3/11/14 - 9-08-14 Body Found
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Re: Holly Bobo #5 - 3/11/14 -
« Reply #360 on: June 05, 2014, 10:36:03 AM »
http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2014306040029
Judge: Zachary Adams to be treated same as other inmates; Prosecutors to begin turning over evidence to defense
DECATURVILLE — Judge Charles Creed McGinley said Wednesday that he expects Zachary Adams to be treated like any other inmate in the Chester County Jail.
Adams, who was not wearing a bullet-proof vest as he had for other hearings, was in Decatur County Circuit Court for a status hearing Wednesday.
The judge also heard motions filed by Adams’ attorney, Jennifer Lynn Thompson, who asked for the judge to consider granting Adams “standard access to jail visitation” including jail telephone privileges, and access to a pencil, paper, postage and “basic mail services.”
The motion said Adams has had only limited access to the front desk telephone to talk to his attorney. Adams, who is being held without bond, also has only been able to visit with family at the request of his attorney, Thompson said in her motion.
Chester County Sheriff Blair Weaver said, according to the motion, that Adams has been held under the rules of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, which has been investigating Bobo’s disappearance since she was abducted in April 2011.
“I don’t want him treated any differently,” McGinley said during Wednesday’s hearing.
Prosecutors argued that Adams should not have the requested privileges in part because he has been charged with trying to coerce a witness in the case. Prosecutors allege Adams communicated a message to his brother to keep quiet about the Bobo case or “he will be in the hole beside her.”
Josh DeVine, spokesman for the TBI, said, “The District Attorney’s office requested, through TBI, that the sheriff not allow phone or mail privileges (for Adams).”
McGinley clarified after the hearing that he didn’t rule one way or another, just that Adams should be treated the same as the other inmates in regard to phone, visitation and other privileges.
“I don’t know what the rules are” at the Chester County Jail, McGinley said. “He just needs to be treated like any other inmate.”
Weaver could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
Adams has been placed in solitary confinement since his arrest. Weaver previously said this was to ensure Adams’ own safety.
The judge also ruled that Adams’ attorney will no longer be required to be present when his family visits him at the jail.
Thompson explained after court that being present for every visit is not only a burden for her, but if any comments were made that could incriminate Adams, she would then have to be a witness and couldn’t be his attorney, too.
Thompson also filed motions asking McGinley to make prosecutors give her any favorable evidence that pertains to her client’s guilt or innocence, including witness statements and search warrants. Thompson also wants the state to tell her what punishment may be imposed if Adams is found guilty at trial. Prosecutors have not ruled out the death penalty.
Prosecutor Beth Boswell said she is working to assemble the evidence, and she will disclose all that she must under the law.
McGinley set a case schedule for Adams on Wednesday.
The same schedule was given last week to Jason Autry, 39, who is also charged with aggravated kidnapping and felony first-degree murder in Bobo’s disappearance. Autry also has pleaded not guilty.
McGinley reminded the court that Adams and Autry are not co-defendants and will be tried separately, as of now.
McGinley said he wanted the prosecution to give both defendants the prosecution’s evidence within 90 days.
The defense will then have 60 days to make pretrial motions, and the state will have 30 more days to respond.
He said there will then be 30 days for judicial review.
McGinley said this is a longer schedule than normal due to the “unusual complexity” and length of the investigation.
McGinley also told prosecutors not to wait until the end of a court-ordered 90-day period to hand over evidence they have already gathered.
Prosecutors and the TBI has released few details about their investigation. Bobo’s body has not been found, but TBI investigators have said they believe Adams and Autry were involved in kidnapping and killing her. The TBI has said it has witnesses who saw Bobo alive with the two men after she was abducted from outside her home in Darden.
" Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." - Daniel Moynihan
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Zach Adams' status hearing held at Decatur County courthouse
Zach Adams appeared in the Decatur County Courthouse for a status hearing, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. Adams is charged with aggravated kidnapping and felony first degree murder. KENNETH CUMMINGS/The Jackson Sun
« Reply #362 on: June 05, 2014, 05:41:35 PM »
ding, ding ding!
These scum just refuse to get it, they lost their rights to a certain extent when they abducted, murdered (God knows what else) a young beautiful woman along with all their other crimes that had put them in the hole countless times before. I mean, what does he expect to happen after he threatened someone or for that matter Autry who is constantly acting out. If I were in charge of the jail, Id take the same strict restrictions according to the law available to me as well....they are dangerous & cannot be trusted.
Is Adams's attorney a nitwit who cheated to pass her bar, does she really have to ask what his possible punishment is lol, come on now. Hello, earth to Thompson, your client as been charged with aggravating kidnapping & felony first degree murder....read the statutes!
Monkey Junky
i was looking around at old news for holly,and ran across this vid
@ .50 is john dylan adams, i thought i had seen his face b4, in
the search footage vids of holly, but couldnt find it, but did find
an older vid about the search and the evidence found, wonder
if the perps left dna or prints on any of the evidence
@.50
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/25324712/new-details-that-led-to-arrest-in-holly-bobo-case
evidence & searches
SPJ Breaking News Category: Abduction of Holly Bobo
Natasha Chen Natasha Chen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C8dOuuAOdk
goodmorn,goodnite, got to go, as always its been wonderful, talking with you, and most of all have a great day, and dont forget to smile
grace-land
Video and photos at the link
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/25733037/authorities-not-commenting-on-possible-new-holly-bobo-evidence
Authorities Not Commenting On Possible New Holly Bobo Evidence
Posted: Jun 09, 2014 5:53 PM CDT
Updated: Jun 09, 2014 6:14 PM CDT
LEXINGTON, Tenn. - Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are not commenting on the possible existence of a video that could possible be connected to the kidnapping of nursing student Holly Bobo.
Court documents obtained by NewsChannel 5 from Henderson County showed that on May 29, Jeffrey Kurt Pearcy was arrested and charged with Tampering with Evidence and Accessory After the Fact.
The affidavit said that Jeffrey Pearcy has a video on an electronic device, "that will prove to be beneficial in the prosecution of a current on-going investigation being conducted by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation."
On Monday, Officials would not say to which case that video was connected.
Jeffrey Kurt Pearcy was currently being held in Henderson County without bond.
NewsChannel 5 also obtained court documents from Decatur County, which suggested another man, Mark Lynn Pearcy, may have also appeared in that video.
Mark Pearcy was arrested on May 29 and also charged with Accessory After the Fact and Tampering with evidence. Those documents showed that, according to a witness, Mark Pearcy was identified as being in that video when it was recorded but officials will not comment on the content of the video.
Quote from: cw618 on June 09, 2014, 02:04:35 PM
Thank you CW.
Quote from: grace-land on June 10, 2014, 12:16:37 AM
This is interesting. Thank you for posting it grace-land.
http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20140610/NEWS01/140610021/Two-more-men-arrested-charged-connection-Holly-Bobo-case
UPDATED: Two more men arrested, charged in connection with Holly Bobo case
Jun. 10, 2014 6:56 PM
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has said two more men have been arrested and charged as accessories in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Holly Bobo.
The brothers were arrested on May 29.
Mark Pearcy and Jeffrey Kurt Pearcy have been charged with tampering with evidence and accessory after the fact, according to TBI spokesperson Josh DeVine.
DeVine wouldn’t comment further on what the evidence is or the circumstances around the charges.
Investigators believe that Jeffrey Pearcy has possession or has knowledge of where the video is, according to the affidavit.
The affidavit states that Jeffrey Pearcy is an “accessory after the fact due to his conduct concerning the concealment of evidence into the investigation.”
Tampering with evidence is a Class C Felony and accessory after the fact is a Class E Felony.
Jeffrey Pearcy, 42, is currently being held in Henderson County without bond.
Mark Pearcy was transferred from Decatur County to Carroll County last week and is also being held without bond.
Mark Pearcy is not being represented by Baker.
According to online records, Mark Pearcy registered as a sex offender in 2000 for statutory rape.
Both men are expected to be in court tomorrow morning for their arraignments.
Jeffrey Kurt Pearcy
Mark Lynn Pearcy
Video at the link
http://www.jrn.com/newschannel5/news/262617221.html?lc=Smart
Additional Arrests Made In Connection With Bobo Case
CREATED 6:13 PM
by Chris Conte
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Two men from Henderson County have been arrested in connection to the Holly Bobo case, NewsChannel 5 confirmed on Tuesday.
On Tuesday his attorney, Olin Baker, confirmed the arrests are connected to the kidnapping and murder investigation of nursing student Holly Bobo. He said the charges are related to the possible existence of a video which shows Holly after she was taken from her home in Decatur County three years ago.
"They’re saying there’s either a recording or audio or something on an electronic device that relates to the Holly Bobo case," Baker told NewsChannel 5 on Tuesday.
Baker said his client denies such a video exists.
"He (Jeff) says there’s no truth to it, no video, he’s been questioned on it by TBI and they’re out on hearsay making arrests. This is a warrant based largely on hearsay it looks to me like a police tactic to try to make an arrest and they are trying to rattle some evidence loose... the TBI is on a fishing expedition," he added.
Jeffrey Kurt Pearcy, 42, was currently being held in Henderson County without bond.
"At the end of the day there’s probably no evidence that exists. (Jeff) never met her, never met Holly Bobo. I don’t think he has any connection to the Bobo case," attorney Baker said.
NewsChannel 5 also obtained court documents from Decatur County which suggested Mark Lynn Pearcy, may have also appeared in that video.
Mark Pearcy was arrested on May 29 and also charged with Accessory After the Fact and Tampering with evidence. Those documents showed that, according to a witness, Mark Pearcy was identified as being in that video when it was recorded but officials would not comment on the content of the video.
Mark Pearcy was transferred from Decatur County to Carroll County last week, where he has been held without bond.
The TBI released a statement saying, "Out of respect for the judicial process, we cannot speak to the particular possible pieces of evidence in this case. We continue our work to follow the leads wherever they might lead. We won’t stop until we find a sense of justice and closure for the family and friends of Holly Bobo.”
wow, i dont understand how so many of these men can be involved
what the ____ is going on, was this a case of drunken boasting or ??
i ran across another img of one of the perps Jason Wayne Autry,
this img looks like someone i saw in the search footage too
maybe over wknd i can get time, to look at some old footage of the
searches, just to see if im seeing things
Jason Wayne Autry
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/04/29/article-2616300-1D75161D00000578-263_634x478.jpg
Two brothers charged with hiding evidence in the case of nursing student Holly Bobo who
disappeared three years ago
By DAVID MCCORMACK and JESSICA JERREAT
PUBLISHED: 21:22 EST, 10 June 2014 | UPDATED: 22:08 EST, 10 June 2014
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2654705/Two-brothers-charged-hiding-evidence-case-nursing-student-Holly-Bobo-disappeared-three-years-ago.html
Well, I'll bet that attorney will also being eating his words shortly
https://twitter.com/WSMVCarley
June 11, 2014 Tweets
Carley Gordon @WSMVCarley · 10m
Brothers Mark and Jeff Pearcy are accused of hiding a video that would help TBI investigators in #HollyBobo case.
Carley Gordon @WSMVCarley · 1h
The #HollyBobo case takes @WSMVSarahClause and I to Hamilton Co today. 2 brothers charged with tampering w evidence and acc after the fact.
http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20140611/NEWS01/306110001/2-brothers-charged-Bobo-case-Charges-accessory-tampering-affidavit-alleges-possession-knowledge-video
2 brothers charged in Bobo case: Charges of accessory, tampering; affidavit alleges possession or knowledge of video
By Nichole Manna
Mark Pearcy, left, and Jeffrey Pearcy have been arrested and charged as accessories in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Decatur County nursing student Holly Bobo, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. / Submitted photos
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said two men have been arrested and charged as accessories in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Decatur County nursing student Holly Bobo.
Jeffrey Kurt Pearcy and Mark Pearcy, who are brothers, are charged with tampering with evidence and accessory after the fact, said TBI spokesman Josh DeVine. The brothers were arrested on May 29.
According to an affidavit filed in Henderson County court, investigators believe Jeffrey Pearcy has “shown a visual recording on an electronic device to an individual. According to the witness, this visual recording shows information that will prove to be beneficial in the prosecution of a current ongoing investigation being conducted by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.”
Investigators believe that Jeffrey Pearcy has possession or has knowledge of where the video is, according to the affidavit. The affidavit does not describe the contents of the video.
The affidavit also doesn’t mention Bobo by name, but Pearcy’s attorney said the ongoing investigation referred to is the Holly Bobo investigation.
Jeffrey Pearcy’s attorney, Olin Baker, said the charges and claims against his client are untrue.
“The allegations against Mr. Pearcy are absolutely untrue, and we look forward to our day in court,” he said in an email statement to The Jackson Sun.
Tampering with evidence is a Class C felony, and accessory after the fact is a Class E felony.
Jeffrey Pearcy, 42, is being held in Henderson County without bond.
Mark Pearcy, 38, faces the same charges. He was transferred from Decatur County to the Carroll County Jail last week and is also being held without bond.
Mark Pearcy is not being represented by Baker, and it was unknown Tuesday if he has an attorney.
According to online records, Mark Pearcy registered as a sex offender in 2000 after being convicted of statutory rape. He lives in Decaturville, according to the records.
Both men are expected to be in court this morning for their arraignments.
https://twitter.com/ChrisConte
Chris Conte @chrisconte · 24m
Bond hearing today for Jeff Pearcy. Authorities believe he saw video of #hollybobo after being kidnapped. Read more: http://www.jrn.com/newschannel5/news/262617221.html?
http://www.wsmv.com/story/25745205/two-other-men-charged-in-connection-with-holly-bobo-case
Two other men charged in connection with Holly Bobo case
Updated: Jun 11, 2014 7:54 AM CDT
The TBI says brothers Mark Pearcy and Jeffrey Pearcy have been charged with tampering with evidence and accessory after the fact in connection with the case.
According to the affidavit, the TBI says Jeffrey Pearcy showed a visual recording on an electronic device to someone and that this recording "will prove to be beneficial in the prosecution of a current on-going investigation being conducted by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation."
Jeffrey Pearcy is believed to have possession of the recording or knows where it is, according to the affidavit.
Jeffrey Pearcy is being held in Henderson County and his arraignment is set for Wednesday morning.
Chris Conte @chrisconte · 7m
Jeff Pearcy is accused of seeing a video of #hollybobo after she was kidnapped. His bond was just set at $25K @NC5
Carley Gordon @WSMVCarley · 22s
Jeff Pearcy's daughter: "my dad is innocent." #HollyBobo
Jeff Pearcy's bond set at 25,000 he will wear an ankle monitoring system. Pearcy's attorney says he is totally innocent. #HollyBobo
Mark Pearcy is a registered sex offender. Convicted of stat rape in 2000. #HollyBobo
May 11, 2014 Tweets
Carley Gordon @WSMVCarley · 4m
Pearcy's family member: "she's just doing this because she's mad" Perhaps she is referring to the TBI's witness?
Outside court Jeff Pearcy's daughter: "my dad is innocent" .. He's now required to wear a GPS bracelet #hollybobo
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Ghostface Killah
PLAN A: Six Organs of Admittance, Calcutta Kid @ Soda Bar. Six Organs of Admittance is the kind of band that rarely makes the same record twice, plucking gentle acoustic music one moment and getting into a noisy psych-rock freakout the next. No matter what, their music is always interesting, bold and very cool. PLAN B: Blackalicious, Khalee, DJ Artistic @ The Casbah. Blackalicious has been far from prolific in recent years, but thanks to 2000’s Nia, they’ll never not have a special place in my music library. As lame as the term “conscious rap” is, the Northern California duo made social commentary and laid-back beats cool as fuck.
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EDF FINANCIAL DEAL 'A STARTING POINT' SAY'S LABOUR COUNCILLOR
Cllr Leigh Redman
Cllr Leigh Redman of Dunwear ward commented ‘The Section 106 that was agreed by Sedgemoor District Council should be seen as a starting point, there is a lot of work left to do should the secretary of state grant permission for Hinkley C. The agreement provides many good things for the people of Bridgwater and puts in place the mechanism for sorting problems as soon as they arise, increased traffic, HGV’s in the wrong place, too much noise etc but we must all work together to make sure lives are not too disrupted.’
‘I have worked with SDC, EDF and Hallam to try and find a way forward over the loss of Bridgwater sports and social club football pitches, the agreement reached puts in place a program that will see football played on the current pitches until May 2013 (EDF will not be able to start the accommodation blocks till after this date). Two New pitches will be laid out on the north east Bridgwater site to allow continuity of resource and should be available for 2013-14 season with a third pitch for 2014-15 season, I am working with all parties to enable this, I am hoping to be able to get a small pavilion with changing facilities included.’
'Now is the time for Bridgwater residents to make contact with their local councillors so that the agreement can be shared and understood, we need you to help Bridgwater make the most of EDF’s proposed development, if granted Hinkley C will be one of the biggest infrastructure developments this country has ever seen and take upto 10 years, Bridgwater people will be the ones effected most.' Cllr Leigh Redman also supported an additional recommendation calling for SDC to urgently set up a working party made up of officers and councillors to monitor and report on the development.
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City of Regina
Saskatchewan CA
Executive Committee Public Report
EX18-16
Approved as Amended
Safety in School Zones
Office of the City Clerk
Printout
Appendix A - Safety in School Zones Report EX17-27
Appendix C - Detailed Discussion
1. That Administration undertake an audit of existing school zones to review signage locations, parking and drop off locations and overall safety, prior to the implementation of any further recommendations.
2. That the City Solicitor be instructed to prepare the necessary amendments to Bylaw No. 9900, The Regina Traffic Bylaw, 1997, as recommended in this report, effective August 30, 2019.
That this report be forwarded to the August 27, 2018 meeting of City Council for approval.
Report Body
In response to Council motion MN16-4, the Traffic School Zone Safety Committee made up of subject matter experts, reviewed school zone safety issues and considered school zone signage, speeding, pedestrian and vehicle movements, parking concerns, violations and fines, educational opportunities and school site layout concerns. The committee also considered the implementation, feasibility, costs, enforceability, expected compliance, levels of safety improvement and impact on the community, including the road user in their recommendations.
Administration is supportive of the committee’s recommendations and concurs that an audit of existing school zones to review signage locations, parking and drop off locations and overall safety is essential prior to the implementation of any further recommendations. Upon City Council approval, Administration would begin conducting the audit in the fall of 2018. It is anticipated that the audit will require six months to complete.
Upon completion of the audit, the following changes to school zones are proposed:
Amendments to the Traffic Bylaw (Effective August 30, 2019)
· A speed limit change to 30 kilometres per hour from 7 a.m.to 7 p.m. in school zones and playground zones to enhance pedestrian safety, while reducing evening hours to better reflect the presence of children at schools.
· Prohibiting U-turns in school zones, increasing the visibility of the school zone and introducing traffic calming initiatives, will also improve pedestrian safety.
· To establish fines for speeding in school zones, to align with the provincial Traffic Safety Act fine amounts.
Other Recommended Changes that Administration will Undertake
· Pedestrian crosswalks in school zones should follow national standards and be upgraded to the higher visibility pavement markings of the ‘zebra crossing’.
· Education and collaboration with the Province on future school sites will help ensure safety is addressed in a proactive manner going forward, while enhancing violation fines for school zone related offences will ensure citizens understand the importance of complying with school zone regulations and discouraging inappropriate driver behaviour.
· Signing of school zones and school areas to be consistent with national guidelines and best practices.
Additionally, Administration would recommend changes to the Traffic Bylaw in order to align the City’s current fee and fine structure with the Provinces fee and fine structure, as outlined in the Traffic Safety Act.
At the April 25, 2016 meeting of City Council, the following motion MN16-4 was passed:
1. That Administration undertake to form a committee made up of City traffic staff, School Board representatives and representatives from the Regina Police Service to consider, but not be limited to the following:
a. Reducing the speed in school zones.
b. Signage indicating that the passing of vehicles is not allowed within school zones.
c. Adding a pedestrian signal where appropriate to a school zone.
d. Adding bulb outs or other traffic calming methods.
e. Adding signage to indicate when a school zone comes to an end.
f. Declaring the area directly in front of a school a fire or emergency only parking zone so that school age children have a clear sight path to a safe crossing.
g. Suggest methods to handle parent drop off zones that can be used in most school zones.
h. Consider the hours that a school zone would be in effect. For example, whether a 7-7 time slot for school days and no school zone for weekends and summer vacation would be effective.
2. This Committee be struck and meet in the fall of 2016 with a report back to Executive Committee in the spring of 2017 with recommendations.
In 2016, Administration formed a committee consisting of City of Regina (City) Traffic staff, Regina Public and Separate School Boards, Regina Police Services (RPS), Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI), Canadian Automobile Association (CAA), Saskatchewan Safety Council and parent representatives to consider safety improvements in school zones. The committee met throughout the 2016/2017 school year to discuss traffic safety improvements for school zones. City staff provided technical presentations on pedestrian safety and school zone best practices and conducted jurisdictional reviews from other municipalities.
The committee was supportive of a multi-faceted approach to improving safety in school zones through the use of appropriate engineering controls, education and enforcement. Committee members demonstrated a desire to create school zone standards that increased the visibility of school zones, crosswalks and were supportive of reductions to speed limits. However, the committee’s structure and governance limited its ability to issue final recommendations with respect to engineering controls or priorities for budget allocation and was hesitant to comment on engineering best practices or develop engineering guidelines.
At the September 13, 2017 Executive Committee meeting report EX17-26 was presented. The committee was to be restructured to ensure consistent representation from respective subject matter experts, as well as establish clear governance for committee decisions, which would allow the committee to provide recommendations on safety improvements in school zones. Report EX17-26 can be found in Appendix A.
It was resolved that a special committee consisting of City of Regina (City) Traffic staff, Regina Public and Separate School Boards, Regina Police Services (RPS), Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI), Canadian Automobile Associate (CAA), Saskatchewan, Safety Council, and parent representatives provided recommendations for future consideration by Executive Committee in Q2 of 2018.
The Traffic School Zone Safety Committee met between November 2017 and March 2018 to develop joint recommendations on school zone safety improvements. Other interested parties have also been informed of the proposed recommendations.
The committee recommendations were focused on applying industry best practices for mitigating vehicle versus pedestrian children collisions in school zones by effectively using engineering controls, education and enforcement. The City has a relatively small population with low volume of incidents in school zones. As such, the City needs to rely on industry guidelines developed from larger data sets to forecast expected safety improvement metrics that can be evaluated against unique city scenarios and correspondingly apply improvement measures. The copy of the Traffic School Zone Safety Committee Terms of Reference can be found in Appendix B.
The committee conducted a review of the current state of Regina school zones, including:
1. Consistency and visibility of school zone signage
2. Vehicular speeds and compliance with speed limits
3. Pedestrian accessibility and visibility
4. Vehicular movements
5. Parking and loading activities
6. Parking fines and traffic violations
7. Education opportunities
8. School site designs and layouts
The analysis of these issues informed the committee’s recommendations found below. The committee also carefully considered implementation feasibility, costs, enforceability, expected compliance, levels of safety improvement and impact on the community, including the road user in their recommendations.
Before finalizing the recommendations, Administration met on April 10, 2018 with the Regina School Pedestrian Safety Committee whose members include representatives from Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI), Canadian Automobile Association (CAA), Saskatchewan Safety Council and parent representatives, to provide the committee’s findings and recommendations. These representatives were a part of the initial engagement on school zone safety and were supportive with the final committee recommendations.
Supporting details on alternate options considered for recommendations and the various financial, timing and administrative implications are contained in Appendix C.
Administration will conduct an audit of all existing school zones and determine any required signage changes to ensure compliance with national standards and best practices, including but not limited to zone limits, sightlines and no stopping restrictions. Schools across the community were developed at different times and the signage would have been put in place based on the standards of the day. Through the review process, Administration should remove signage from school zone locations that no longer qualify as a school zone with a reduced speed. These would become school areas with signs indicating schools were present, but a speed reduction is not required. Remaining school zones should establish clear limits, including the end of the zone by the erection of an appropriate sign.
The committee determined this complete review of existing schools is the foundation for further
recommendations. Properly established school zones will ensure a consistent experience for drivers and pedestrians throughout the city, while serving to protect vulnerable children and reducing unwarranted restrictions on motorists. Further, completing this work in advance of other changes will ensure decreased implementation costs for labour and material, while reducing the amount of consecutive changes to school zone signs which could serve to confuse drivers.
The following issues were reviewed by the committee. The preliminary recommendations for safety in school zones will help outline the items to be reviewed as part of a safety audit. Following the audit of all schools, a report will be brought forth to council recommending changes to the Traffic Bylaw and addressing any concerns or implementation issues that arise from the safety audit.
Issues Reviewed by the Committee
School Zone Speed Limits and Effective Hours
The committee’s evaluation of collision data and speed statistics indicated the majority of vehicles currently make a reduction to their speed in school zones during the hours children are commonly visible. The review of this data, given the current speed limit of 40 kilometres per hour, did not find the current condition to be inherently unsafe.
A primary factor in the committee’s recommendation for 30 kilometres per hour was the increased survival rates for pedestrians struck at 30 kilometres per hour compared with
40 kilometres per hour. School zones by their nature have a high concentration of vulnerable persons; young children are still developing impulse control and depth perception and are more likely to act contrary to instruction or to misjudge the risk to their person. A reduction to
30 kilometres per hour increases the survivability of pedestrians for all collisions, but is also the primary factor for improving survivability for collisions, which are not effectively controlled by other means such as engineering controls.
Secondly, reducing the speed limit to 30 kilometres per hour is consistent with the recent direction of other comparable Canadian municipalities and is further consistent with the City of Regina speed reductions in construction zones on 50 kilometres per hour roads.
The recommendation to reduce the speed is part of a holistic solution that considers the recommendation to simultaneously implement adjusted school zone hours to better align with the periods of the day when young children are unaccompanied in the school zone.
The recommendation to move from the current school zone hours of 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.to a
7 a.m. to 7 p.m. time period reflects a desire to ensure enhanced coverage during morning student drop offs during the busy a.m. peak commuting period, while reducing the impact to motorists in the late evening when unaccompanied children are not expected in school zones.
The committee considered various hours for school zones, however the next most preferred option was 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. as to provide extended coverage into the evening hours when schools are used by community groups for various activities. In considering the average age and typical levels of supervision for children at these evening activities, it was determined to proceed with the recommendation of the 7 p.m. school zone end time to mitigate impact on motorists in school zones that are largely inactive in the evenings.
In recommending the 7 p.m. end time however, it is imperative that Administration work with the School Administrators to ensure adequate education and communication with parents regarding the reduction in evening hours for school zones. In doing so, parents will be able to make appropriate determinations regarding the needed supervision levels for their children.
Currently school zones typically see lower levels of proactive enforcement by Regina Police Service (RPS) officers in the evening, which corresponds to the lower levels of activity at these locations. However, where required, instances of dangerous driving behaviours in these areas in the evening hours can still be addressed by RPS through violations other than those directly related to exceeding school zone speed limits.
Finally, the committee did not recommend any changes to the current days in a year the school zones are in effect. The committee determined a consistent approach was preferred, rather than limiting the zones to weekdays or to the school calendar year. Additionally, although playground zones and areas were beyond the scope of the committee, it was recognized that a level of consistency would also need to be applied between these two types of zones. Both school zones and playground zones typically involve young children that should be provided a consistent level of protection. As playgrounds are active throughout the year, including summers and weekends it was determined the preferred approach to school zones would not preclude uniformity with playground zones.
The committee recommended that all existing school zones are reviewed prior to the implementation of bylaw changes. This would ensure the limits of school zones are properly established and that only qualifying school zones are signed as school zones at the new speed reduction and hours. Non-qualifying zones would be signed as school areas with no corresponding speed reductions, as appropriate. The committee believes it is important that the 30 kilometres per hour speed limit is constrained to areas that warrant a school zone and that these zones are neither too extensive, nor too short.
Required work for review, sign design and installation has an estimated timeline of eight and one half months. This work can begin in fall 2018.
Corresponding bylaw changes will be considered by the Traffic Bylaw Working Group in late 2018 and brought forward to Council for approval, in advance of the 2019/2020 school year.
Pedestrian Crosswalks
That Administration continue the existing process for evaluating intersections for appropriate pedestrian controls, including pedestrian corridors following the Transportation Association of Canada’s (TAC’s) national standards. New installation locations should be aligned with national standards and best practices. Existing locations should be upgraded to conform to national standards based in conjunction with other infrastructure renewal activities or as prioritized, based on condition and function.
That Administration continue to engage the existing Pedestrian Safety Committee and School Administrators as needed, when reviewing and implementing pedestrian crosswalks in school zones.
That Administration, where in alignment with national standards and best practices, provide an enhanced level of conspicuity for pedestrian crossings in school zones.
Committee discussions indicated support for continuing the current practice of following standard guidelines for the installation of pedestrian crossing amenities. The committee believes this approach will provide for appropriate crossing locations both within school zones and the neighbourhoods surrounding schools.
The committee believes it will be important for Administration to continue to work with School Administrators and the Pedestrian Safety Committee to highlight existing pedestrian amenities for parents, so they instruct their children accordingly to plan their travel to school to take advantage of these amenities.
Pedestrian crosswalks can be implemented in 2018 and on a go-forward basis as per available existing capital budget. The engagement with the School Pedestrian Safety Committee and School Administrators can commence in September 2018 and continue throughout subsequent school years. Enhanced conspicuity of crosswalks in school zones at new locations and retrofit locations can begin in 2019.
Prohibition of U-Turns in School Zones
That U-turns within school zone limits be prohibited and engineering controls be implemented, such as signage or physical barriers, as needed at locations where compliance challenges exist on a go forward basis.
The committee determined vehicle U-turns in school zone are common during pick up and drop off times, and pose a substantial risk to children. U-turns are contrary to pedestrian expectations and are particularly dangerous for children who find these movements challenging to predict. U-turns require drivers to track vehicles and pedestrians in multiple directions which is made more challenging by the small stature of children in school zones.
U-turns are currently prohibited at signalized intersections, including pedestrian half signals, at flashing pedestrian corridors when activated, and at intersections controlled by school safety patrols. The recommendation will extend the prohibition to all intersection with the school zone, as well as midblock locations in school zones.
Pavement markings of centre lines in school zones were also considered but pose enforcement challenges during winter months when pavement markings are not visible. The recommendation does not preclude reinforcing the bylaw as needed through the use of signs, markings and barriers based on engineering judgement regarding compliance concerns.
Bylaw changes will be considered by the Traffic Bylaw Working Group in late 2018 and brought forward to Council for approval in 2019.
Overtaking in School Zones
The committee does not recommend establishing a prohibition against overtaking or passing vehicles in school zones.
Through a review of the safety concerns posed by vehicles overtaking adjacent vehicles within school zones it was determined the safety concerns could be better addressed through alternate means, including, but not limited to enforcement of speed limits, dangerous driving laws, and the implementation of traffic calming measures in school zones.
Enforcement can be undertaken at any time by Regina Police Services upon request from the schools or concerned individuals for any concerns related to the Traffic Bylaw and the Traffic Safety Act. Traffic Calming measures should be identified as part of the safety audit. The timing and installation of these will be dependent upon work planned near the school or subject to funding approval through the budget process.
Parking Restrictions in School Zones
The committee does not recommend establishing the area in front of a school as fire or emergency only parking zone.
Parking and stopping restrictions should be put in place to ensure sightlines at pedestrian crossings. Intersections and driveways must be maintained, and emergency access points kept clear at all times. The remaining curbside parking should have an appropriate mix of parking and loading zones, customized to meet the needs of each school. This will include, but is not limited to, bus loading zones, persons with disabilities parking and parent drop off zones.
Working with the school boards, Administration should promote a reduction in congestion due to on-street loading by encouraging staggered loading times or the use of alternate staging areas.
A review of the parking and loading demands in school zones, and considering existing capacity concerns for school bus loading, the committee recommends limiting parking restrictions for sightline safety requirements only.
Once the review of existing school zones has been completed, any required changes to parking restrictions/signage will be undertaken as part of the re-establishment of the school zone signage and speed signage changes, if approved.
Traffic Calming Initiatives
That Administration develop an annual School Zone Safety Improvement Program to implement traffic calming initiatives. This program will include location evaluation, prioritization, engineering design, and installation work of curb extensions or other appropriate traffic calming features in school zones.
The committee recognizes traffic calming solutions are critical for improving compliance with speed reductions in school zones. Curb extensions (bulb-outs), when used appropriately can naturally slow vehicular traffic while improving pedestrian visibility and sightlines, as well as shortening the crossing distance for pedestrians at intersections.
Curb extensions have higher associated costs with retrofitting existing roadways and are challenging to absorb into existing budgets. The committee recognizes a multifaceted approach to implementing curb extensions in school zones is ideal, whereby opportunities can be incorporated into planned City infrastructure renewal projects or required in new development locations. High priority locations that fall outside of upcoming renewal projects will require dedicated budget. The committee believes an annual budget should be established, with dedicated funds for infrastructure improvements in school zones, such as curb extensions.
There is sufficient staff capacity available in 2018 to commence initial work on the development of an annual program parameters, as well as the evaluation of several priority school zone locations based on existing data. Subsequent design of appropriate traffic calming features may also be undertaken in 2018, with implementation beyond 2019 dependent on funding through future budget requests. The scope of an ongoing annual program will be subject to funding available in subsequent years.
Conspicuity of School Zones
That Administration, together with their community partners, research best practices and develop initiatives in school zones to enhance the year-round prominence and visibility of school zones. This will be considered in future budget processes if required.
The committee recognizes that a portion of speed violations in school zones are inadvertent and that by increasing the conspicuity of the school zones may reduce these unintended offences. Gateway signs, enhanced pavement markings, and the implementation of school zone coloured vertical infrastructure in school zones were discussed and should be further evaluated by Administration.
This work can commence in fall 2018 in conjunction with review and design work to support other school zone changes, with stakeholder engagement in 2019.
School Zone Fines
That Administration put forward amendments to the Traffic Bylaw, Bylaw No. 9900, to increase fine amounts for no stopping violations in school zones.
That Administration increase proactive enforcement of no stopping restrictions in school zones.
The committee believes aligning fine amounts for speed violations to the Traffic Safety Act will provide improved consistency between fines issued by Automatic Speed Enforcement and RPS officers in addition to providing stronger incentives for compliance.
The committee has determined that violations of no stopping restrictions in school zones are a common occurrence and are a significant risk to sightlines in school zones. Low voluntary compliance, even in well-signed locations indicates the existing levels of enforcement and the value of the associated infraction’s fines do not provide sufficient deterrence. The committee recognizes that increased fine amounts and proactive enforcement are extremely effective in improving driver compliance and these increases would further demonstrate the seriousness with which the Administration views sightline offences in school zones.
Bylaw amendments could be brought forward in late 2018 or in 2019 in conjunction with other bylaw amendments.
That Administration work with community partners to develop a strategy for targeted advertising campaigns on safety in school zones to be considered in future budget processes as required.
That Administration put forward a recommendation for RPS to provide an annual safety mascot-type program to be considered in future budget processes.
The committee recognized that education of drivers, parents and children is critical to ensure and reinforce other safety initiatives. The committee believes leveraging existing resources with community partners and coordinating messages is key to effective educational campaigns. Where existing resources are insufficient, the committee believes increased funding should be requested by the appropriate entity.
Administration would look to working with the school boards and RPS on educational programs beginning in the fall of 2019.
Provincial Collaboration on Future School Sites
That Administration collaborate with the Province and developers on future school sites to increase opportunities to achieve school zone safety through improved design, including but not limited to the provision of off-street bus loading zones and site-specific amenities, such as on-site daycare loading zones.
The committee recognizes that recent school developments provide new challenges for school zones. Where possible, Administration should provide concerns and recommendations for improvements to the Province and Developers during design phases. This should include road classifications surrounding school zones in addition to appropriate off-street loading amenities and busing procedures.
Collaboration is dependent on the timing of any new schools proposed by the Province.
A review of all existing school zone limits and no stopping restrictions is estimated at $25,000 in 2018 and can be funded from the existing 2018 Traffic Infrastructure Renewal budget. Sign changes to support recommendations are estimated at $180,000, of which up to $45,000 could be funded from the existing 2018 Traffic Infrastructure Renewal budget, with the remaining requiring additional funding in 2019. Other Operating and Capital expenses associated with the implementation of the remaining recommendations will be brought forward through future budget processes where they cannot be covered in existing budgets.
Additionally, revenue related to Automated Speed Enforcement may be used to fund some of the recommendations, subject to approval by SGI and the City Manager for use of these funds for traffic safety initiatives within city limits.
Environmental Implications
None with respect to this report.
Policy and/or Strategic Implications
The pursuit of an overall action plan for school zone safety supports the strategic priorities of the Official Community Plan (OCP), the Transportation Master Plan and the City’s vision of promoting active transportation for residents to get to work and school.
Strategic priorities from the OCP that will be addressed through this work include:
· Section C, Goal 4 - Ensure that new neighbourhoods and employment areas maximize infrastructure investments and quality of life though a compact and integrated built form.
· Section D1, Goal 2 - Support regional economic growth through an effective and efficient transportation system.
· Section D2, Goal 4 - Build a resilient city and minimize Regina’s contributions to climate change.
· Section D3, Goal 1 - Offer a range of year-round sustainable transportation choices for all, including a complete streets framework.
· Section D3, Goal 3 - Integrate transportation and land-use planning in order to better facilitate walking, cycling, and transit trips.
· Section D3, Goal 4 - Optimize road network capacity.
· Section D3, Goal 5 - Promote active transportation for healthier communities.
· Section D4 Goal 1 - Meet regulatory requirements and industry best practices for design, construction and operation of infrastructure.
The recommendations will contribute to achieving the City’s outcomes for a connected, safe and accessible community.
Other Implications
Accessibility Implications
Installing curb extensions near schools will reduce the crossing distances for people with accessibility needs.
A communication plan for changes to the Traffic Bylaw will be developed for the fall 2019. Information will be shared with the school boards and community to help inform residents of the changes.
The recommendations contained in this report require City Council approval.
Norman Kyle, Director, Roadways & Transportation
Karen Gasmo, Executive Director
Report prepared by:
Carolyn Kalim, Manager, Traffic Engineering
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July 31 - Aug 4 6:30pm / 7:40pm SoNo Summer League with SoNo Coaches - Week Nights! U15-U16-U18 $275 $35
Aug 7-11 8:00am - 5:00pm Train Like a Pro - All Day Camp PeeWee & Bantams $495 $125
Aug 7-11 10:00-12:00pm Eric Lind: Mastering Edges PeeWee & Bantams $295 $75
Aug 7-11 3:00pm-5:00pm After the Rush with Piatek & Minkler PeeWee & Bantams $325 $65
Aug 7-11 5:00-6:30pm Workhorse Camp with Chris Gerwig U15-U16-U18 $275 $65
Aug 7-11 8:15am-9:15am Future Oilers: Little Guy Hockey for Beginners 7 & Under - Beginners $80 $20
Aug 7-11 9:15am-10:15am Little Oilers: Advanced Little Guy Hockey 7 & Under - Advanced $80 $20
Aug 7-11 11:45am-2:45pm Positional Camp with Chris Gerwig 8:1 Defensemen PeeWee & Bantam $795 n/a
Aug 7-11 4:45pm-7:45pm Art of Deception with Tomasz Piatek 8:1 PeeWee & Bantam $795 n/a
Aug 7-11 6:30pm / 7:40pm SoNo Summer League with SoNo Coaches - Week Nights! PeeWee & Bantams $275 $35
Aug 7-11 6:30pm / 7:40pm SoNo Summer League with SoNo Coaches - Week Nights! U15-U16-U18 $275 $35
Aug 14-18 8:00am - 5:00pm Train Like a Pro - All Day Camp PeeWee & Bantams $495 $125
Aug 14-18 10:00-12:00pm Eric Lind: Mastering Edges PeeWee & Bantams $295 $75
Aug 14-18 3:00pm-5:00pm Battle & Attack - Minkler & Piatek PeeWee & Bantams $325 $65
Aug 14-18 5:00-6:30pm Workhorse Camp with Chris Gerwig U15-U16-U18 $275 $65
Aug 14-18 8:15am-9:15am Future Oilers: Little Guy Hockey for Beginners 7 & Under - Beginners $80 $20
Aug 14-18 9:15am-10:15am Little Oilers: Advanced Little Guy Hockey 7 & Under - Advanced $80 $20
Aug 14-18 11:45am-2:45pm Positional Camp with Chris Gerwig 8:1 Defensemen PeeWee & Bantam $795 n/a
Aug 14-18 4:45pm-7:45pm Art of Deception with Tomasz Piatek 8:1 PeeWee & Bantam $795 n/a
Aug 14-18 6:30pm / 7:40pm SoNo Summer League with SoNo Coaches - Week Nights! PeeWee & Bantams $275 $35
Aug 14-18 6:30pm / 7:40pm SoNo Summer League with SoNo Coaches - Week Nights! U15-U16-U18 $275 $35
Aug 21-25 10:00-12:00pm Battle & Attack - Minkler & Piatek PeeWee & Bantams $325 $75
Aug 21-25 3:00pm-5:00pm Workhorse Camp with Chris Gerwig PeeWee & Bantams $295 $65
Aug 21-25 5:00-6:30pm Boot Camp with Marvin Minkler 2005's - 2006's $275 $65
Aug 21-25 11:45am-2:45pm Danielle Ward's: House of Skills 8:1 U10 & U12, Mites & Squirts $625 n/a
Aug 21-25 2:45pm-5:45pm Shoot Like a Pro with Tomasz Piatek 8:1 PeeWee & Bantams $795 n/a
Aug 21-25 4:45pm-7:45pm Finding your Edge - Tune-up Camp with Devin Edgerton - 8:1 U15-U16-U18 $795 n/a
Aug 28 - Sept 1 9:30am - 11:30am Boot Camp with Marvin Minkler 2005's $295 $70
Aug 28 - Sept 1 1:30pm - 3:30pm European Pro with Tomasz Piatek 2004's $295 $70
Aug 28 - Sept 1 3:30pm - 5:30pm Workhorse Tune-up with Chris Gerwig 2006's $295 $70
Aug 28 - Sept 1 5:30pm - 7:30pm Eric Lind Hockey - Pre Season Tune-up Camp 2003's $295 $70
Aug 28 - Sept 1 7:30pm - 9:00pm Eric Lind Hockey - Pre Season Tune-up Camp U15 - U16 - U18 - Juniors $275 $65
Aug 28 - Sept 1 2:00pm - 4:00pm Danielle Ward's House of Skills: Girls Tune-up Camp U14 $250 $60
Aug 28 - Sept 1 6:00pm - 8:00pm Danielle Ward's House of Skills: Girls Tune-up Camp U16 - U19 $250 $60
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Anonymous, "Dennis" European Magazine 31 (January 1797) 89-90.
John Dennis:
1700: Rev. Samuel Wesley
1700: Daniel Kenrick
1711: Alexander Pope
1712: Rev. Thomas Newcomb
1720: Giles Jacob
1725: Thomas Cooke
1734: Aaron Hill
1764: David Erskine Baker
1782: Isaac Reed
1786: William Cowper
1807: Robert Southey
1812: Isaac D'Israeli
1812: Charles Caleb Colton
1814: Charles Lamb
1842: C. H. Timperley
1882: W. J. Courthope
Amongst the singularities of this learned self-tormentor, he either hated or affected to hate a pun so much, that he either grew outrageously angry, or quitted the company whenever a pun happened to be let off in his presence. He has expressed his contempt of this species of wit in many parts of his writings, particularly in one where he makes this very particular remark: "I look upon the difference between a pun, and a sentiment well conceived and happily executed, to be as great, as the pain of teasing — and the exquisite pleasures of fruition."
With this well-known prejudice against him the wits of his time constantly availed themselves: One night in particular, at Button's, Steele wanted to make a party without Dennis, tho' he could not decently do it, as Dennis was in the coffee-house at the same time; ruminating for some time how to get rid of him, he at last observed Rowe sitting at the opposite side of the same box, when coming up to Dennis he asked him aloud, "what was the matter with him?" — "The matter with me," says Dennis, "what do you mean by that?" — "Why," says Steele, "I did not know; but you appeared to me to be like an angry waterman; you look one way, and Rowe another."
This was enough for our angry critic, who immediately bounced up, and left the room, thundering his anathemas against all puns and miserable punsters.
This acerbity of temper stuck to poor Dennis to the last, as the following anecdote, not generally known, will prove; nor could even the liberality or assiduity of his friends allay it. Having outlived an annuity which he had of one hundred pounds per year, the latter part of his life was supported partly by the benefactions of his friends, and partly by benefit plays which they occasionally procured for him. His last benefit was "The Provoked Husband," which was obtained by the interest of Pope and Thomson; and as it turned out successful, Savage, who could contribute nothing but by his pen, wrote and published, in Dennis's name, some complimentary verses on the occasion. When Dennis heard these lines repeated to him (for by this time he was quite blind), he exclaimed in a great fury, "Why am I treated in this manner? by G—d this can be no other than that fool Savage."
This was perhaps his last flash of critical resentment, as he died two days afterwards.
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2026 World Cup: Wales announce will to bid despite having only one stadium
12.12.2013 12:19 source: StadiumDB.com
First minister and football association chief of Wales both suggested the country will apply for the 2026 World Cup. But despite their claims they have only one stadium to offer at this point and their most preferred joint bidders, England, don’t seem to need a partner.
During recent large event conference first minister Carwyn Jones and FAW chief executive Jonathan Ford both drew impressive visions regarding Welsh plans regarding football. The country will host its first ever European Supercup in 2014, at the Cardiff City Stadium that is now being expanded.
Future plans include the already announced bid for one group of the Euro 2020 and a newly-announced application to hold a Champions League final at Millennium Stadium. But most surprising and bold idea is the one to grab the 2026 World Cup.
"The most likely joint bid would be with England and we know we have three good stadia we can offer. By 2026 we can get the Liberty Stadium and Cardiff City Stadium up to 30,000-plus to supplement the Millennium Stadium." said first minister Carwyn Jones.
However it is worth mentioning that capacity of 30,000-plus still fall short of the FIFA minimum set at 40,000 for group games. Meanwhile already now the planned expansions of Liberty Stadium and Cardiff City Stadium have caused controversy and it seems adding further few thousand seats might be problematic. In Cardiff the traffic congestion and parking infrastructure caused concerns, while in Swansea the plot is restricted.
Should the expansion plans for both Premier League venues not change, Wales has only one stadium meeting the FIFA-set regulations and with that in mind the invitation for England to join the bid sounds immodest. Especially with England being the biggest loser of the previous bid for 2018 and 2022 World Cups and already then the country had more than enough cities bidding to meet FIFA’s expectations.
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Royal LePage Real Estate Services Privacy Policy
At Royal LePage Real Estate Services ("Royal LePage"), we respect the privacy of our clients and we are committed to keeping your personal information accurate, confidential, secure and private. We have adopted the following Privacy Policy to ensure that Royal LePage continues to meet its commitment to your privacy.
The following sections, read as a whole, comprise the Royal LePage Privacy Policy:
2. The Ten Principles of Privacy
3. Application of the Ten Principles
i) The Kind of Information We Collect
ii) How We Use Your Information
iii) When We are Permitted to Disclose Your Information
iv) With Whom We May Share Your Information
v) How We Safeguard Your Information
vi) Web Site Security
vii) Accessing and Amending Your Information
viii) Opting Out
(ix) Anonymous Information and "Cookies"
4. Questions, Concerns and Complaints About the Royal LePage Privacy Policy
Royal LePage provides a variety of products and services to the public, including but not limited to: real estate brokerage services, real estate agency services, advising with respect to real estate purchase and sale, home leasing, property management, real estate brokerage franchising services and other real estate advisory services.
In the course of providing these products and services, Royal LePage may collect, with their consent, certain personal information about its clients, employees and Royal LePage brokers.
"Personal Information"means information about an identifiable individual. This may include, without limitation, the individual's name, home address, age, income, credit history or other financial information, credit card information, personal preferences and other information about his or her family. Personal Information does not include the name, title, business address or telephone number of an employee of an organization.
The Royal LePage Privacy Policy is based on, and complies with, Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act ("PIPEDA"), which includes the Ten Privacy Principles outlined in the Canadian Standards Association Model Code for the Protection of Personal Privacy. For more information about this legislation, please visit the official Web site of the Privacy Commission of Canada at https://www.priv.gc.ca.
This Privacy Policy describes the ten principles that Royal LePage follows to ensure that we protect your Personal Information when we collect, use or disclose it in the course of carrying on commercial activities in Canada. All of our employees who have access to Personal Information must adhere to the Royal LePage Privacy Policy and related procedures. To this end, Royal LePage has appointed a Chief Privacy Officer to ensure compliance by all Royal LePage employees and to address your privacy concerns.
The Ten Principles of Privacy
The following ten principles govern our actions as they relate to the use of Personal Information:
Principle 1 - Accountability
Principle 2 - Identifying Purposes
Principle 3 - Consent
Principle 4 - Limiting Collection
Principle 5 - Limiting Use, Disclosure and Retention
Principle 6 - Accuracy
Principle 7 - Safeguarding Personal Information
Principle 8 - Openness
Principle 9 - Access
Principle 10 - Addressing Complaints
Royal LePage is accountable for all Personal Information in its possession or custody, including Personal Information disclosed to third parties for purposes of providing services requested by you.
Royal LePage will inform you of the purposes for which it is collecting any Personal Information, before or at the time the information is collected.
Royal LePage will obtain your consent before or when it collects, uses or discloses your Personal Information.
Consent can be express, implied, or given through an authorized representative. You may withdraw your consent at any time (subject to any legal consequences of which you will be informed). Royal LePage, however, may collect, use or disclose Personal Information without your knowledge or consent in exceptional circumstances where such collection, use or disclosure is permitted or required by law.
The information collected by Royal LePage will be limited to those details necessary for the purposes it has identified to you or to perform the services you have requested. Information will be collected by fair and lawful means.
Personal Information will only be used or disclosed for the purpose for which it was collected unless you have otherwise consented. Personal Information may only be retained for the amount of time needed to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected.
In certain exceptional circumstances, Royal LePage may have a legal duty or right to disclose Personal Information without your knowledge or consent with respect to matters that concern the company's or the public's interest.
Royal LePage will keep Personal Information as accurate, complete and current as necessary to fulfil the identified purposes for which it was collected. You may have this information amended where it is found to be inaccurate or incomplete.
Personal Information is safeguarded using measures appropriate to the sensitivity of the information.
Royal LePage will make information available to its clients, employees and Royal LePage brokers about the policies and procedures Royal LePage uses to manage personal information. You have access to this information through our Web site, or through alternate means if requested.
Upon written request, you will be informed of the existence, use and disclosure of your Personal Information, and will be given access to it. Royal LePage will respond to such requests as efficiently as possible. If Royal LePage is prohibited from providing such access they will explain the reasons for the lack of access, except where prohibited by law.
Principle 10 - Addressing Complaints and Suggestions
You may challenge the Royal LePage compliance with this Privacy Policy. Royal LePage has policies and procedures to receive, investigate and respond to complaints and questions regarding this Privacy Policy and our collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information. You may contact the Royal LePage Privacy Officer to express any concerns or to request access to your Personal Information. The contact information for this individual is provided at the end of this document.
Application of the Ten Privacy Principles - How we treat your personal information:
The Kind of Information We Collect
Royal LePage gathers and uses Personal Information in order to provide you with the products and services you have requested, namely: information that is required to effectively market and sell the property of sellers or lessors; to locate, assess and qualify properties for buyers; evaluate independent broker applicants, and to otherwise provide professional and competent real estate services to clients and to ensure that you are satisfied with the products and services we have provided. Royal LePage may also use your Personal Information to update you about our services and to offer you additional products or services that you may be interested in, so that we may continue to serve your real estate needs.
We may be required to collect your Social Insurance Number if the federal government obligates us to do so pursuant to the Income Tax Act.
If you visit Royal LePage Web sites, we do not collect personally identifiable information about you unless you provide it. All information that you do provide us with is securely maintained and kept strictly confidential. This Privacy Policy does not apply to aggregated data from which it is not possible to determine the identity of a specific individual. Royal LePage reserves the right to use aggregated data in any way that it determines appropriate.
At Royal LePage we use Personal Information for three general purposes:
1. To communicate with you in order to provide you with our products and services.
2. For inclusion in documentation relating to your particular real estate transaction.
3. Transactional information to monitor our level of service and report back to you to ensure your satisfaction with the provision of such services.
We will only use Personal Information for the purpose that we have disclosed to you. If we want to use your information for a different purpose, we will notify you and ask for your consent first.
When We are Permitted to Disclose Your Information
Royal LePage is obliged to keep your Personal Information confidential except under the following circumstances:
(i) When Authorized by You
(ii) When Required by Law
(iii) When Permitted by Law
Many of the services offered by Royal LePage require us to obtain Personal Information about you in order to perform the services you have engaged us to provide. We will always obtain consent from you first, and we will never use the information for purposes other than those we have told you about.
You may withdraw your consent at any time, subject to any legal implications (which we will inform you about). In some cases, if you do not consent to our use or disclosure of certain Personal Information, we may be unable to continue to provide all or part of the services you have requested.
The type of information we are legally required to disclose usually relates to government tax reporting requirements. However in some cases, such as under a court order, we may be required to disclose certain information to persons specified in the court order. We will only provide the specific information requested and only upon being satisfied that the authorities have legitimate grounds to request the information.
The legislation has provided certain situations where Royal LePage is legally permitted to disclose Personal Information without your consent. Examples include situations involving the collection of debt in arrears, medical emergencies, or suspicion of illegal activities.
With Whom We May Share Your Information
(i) Royal LePage Employees
In the course of daily operations, access to sensitive Personal Information is limited to those employees with a legitimate reason for accessing it. As a condition of their employment, Royal LePage employees are required to follow all applicable laws and regulations, including this Privacy Policy. Unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential client information by any Royal LePage employee is prohibited and may result in disciplinary measures.
(ii) Royal LePage Affiliates
In order to better meet your needs, we may share some of your Personal Information with our affiliates. We will only do this with your express consent and you may withdraw this consent at any time. The procedure for withdrawing consent is outlined below under the section "Opting Out".
(iii) Royal LePage Third Party Suppliers
As you may know, we may engage and coordinate third party suppliers to provide you with certain services offered through Royal LePage. Such suppliers are only given the information that is needed to provide the specific service for which we contract them to provide. Suppliers are obliged to protect the confidentiality of your Personal Information and are prohibited from doing anything with this information that we have not authorized them to do. They are required to treat your Personal Information in a manner consistent with the Royal LePage Privacy Policy.
(iv) Sale of Business
We may transfer your personally identifiable information to a third party in connection with a sale, merger or other disposition (whether of assets, stock or otherwise) of our business.
How We Safeguard Information
Royal LePage has extensive controls in place to maintain the security of its information and information systems. Client and independent broker files are stored according to the sensitivity of the information contained therein. Appropriate controls (such as restricted access) are placed on our computer systems and data processing procedures. Physical access to areas where Personal Information is gathered, processed or stored is limited to authorized employees.
When you telephone a Royal LePage employee to speak about your file, you may be asked for some personally identifying information. This type of safeguard is designed to ensure that only you, or someone authorized by you, has access to your file.
Web Site Security
In order to serve you better, Royal LePage offers clients access to certain information through its Web sites.
a) http://www.royallepage.ca provides general information about Royal LePage and the products and services it offers.
b) Real Estate Tracker, available on http://www.royallepage.ca, is a web-based service available exclusively to Royal LePage clients that allows clients to subscribe to an email notification service for property listing information and save property listing and neighbourhood information in a personalized section of the site. This service requires that the clients register and use a password that enables them to access the site.
The Royal LePage Web site contains links to other Web sites, including those of its business partners. Royal LePage is in no way responsible and cannot guarantee the content or privacy of other sites linked to www.royallepage.ca.
Accessing and Amending Your Information
As a client or Royal LePage broker, you have the right to access the Personal Information we keep in your file and you have the right to verify or amend the information if it is shown to be inaccurate. If you would like to view the Personal Information held in your file, please make a written request to the Privacy Officer at the address listed below, under "Questions, Concerns and Complaints". We will respond to your request as efficiently as possible.
To make a change, please make a similar request in writing to the Privacy Officer.
In order to provide you with our services and products, Royal LePage will, with your consent, share your personal information with other Royal LePage affiliates. Should you not want to receive promotional materials from or have your Personal Information shared with these companies please contact the Privacy Officer at the address, phone number or email address provided at the end of this document.
Anonymous Information and "Cookies"
Royal LePage may collect anonymous information about you. This means that the information collected cannot be traced back to a specific person. For example, our Web servers may record certain information automatically when you visit Royal LePage Web sites. This information is collected using "cookies" and might include the pages you visited, your IP (Internet Protocol) address and other site usage statistics. This anonymous information is used for research and analytical purposes only (like evaluating how many visitors our Web sites receive or which pages they visit most often). It does not reveal any Personal Information about you, the user. This aggregate data may be disclosed to third parties, but never with personally identifying information.
"Cookies" are small text files that contain a unique identification number that allows our computers to identify your Web browser (but not you) each time you visit one of our Web sites that uses cookies. The information helps Royal LePage improve the functionality of the site and enhance the navigation and security of your session. Most major Web sites use this technology and most browsers are set up to accept them.
You may configure your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, and you may refuse to accept them entirely. However, if you refuse to accept cookies, you may limit the functionality that we can provide to you when you visit our site. For example, the Royal LePage exclusive web-based service "Real Estate Tracker" requires cookies to recognize clients with valid access to the database. If your browser does not accept cookies, the site will not grant you access via the login and password.
Questions, Concerns and Complaints
If you have any questions, concerns or complaints about your Personal Information, or about the Royal LePage Privacy Policy, please contact our Privacy Officer using the contact information provide below:
Max M. Cohen
Royal LePage Real Estate Services
41 Wynford Drive,
Don Mills, Ontario M3C 1K1
E-mail:mcohen@cohenlaw.ca
E-mail:mcohen@brascanfinancial.ca
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Reconciliation – Education – Community Building
Future Generation Primary School
Kush State University
Manute Bol School
St. Mary Girls School
Sudan Unlimited
Hope for South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda
14 Sep, 2017 in News
“In a statement, UNHCR, notes that an average of more than 1,800 South Sudanese refugees a day have fled to Uganda in the past year. The influx has become the fastest growing refugee crisis in the world.”
As the refugee crisis in Uganda worsens, Daniel Deng Kuot, a pastor from the Episcopal Church of South Sudan, continues his mission to bring hope and encouragement to South Sudanese refugees in Uganda.
He ministers to those who have lost everything in the current conflict and famine in South Sudan. We are thankful for Daniel and his effort towards reconciliation.
Please check out more about his ministry under “Our Projects” on our page. You can help by donating to this cause today!
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As we remember the life of President George H. W. Bush, I am reminded of Manute Bol repeating that he wanted to build 41 schools in South Sudan. When I asked why 41, he wouldn't tell me. About a year later he confided, "because I like Bush. He's a fighter." A few months before Manute died he was scheduled to meet President Bush in Houston, together with Sudan Sunrise Chairman, John Zogby and Board member, Curt Smith. Manute missed the chance to meet his hero, because he prolonged his stay in South Sudan. Manute couldn't leave, because he was witnessing the Bashir regime's election meddling designed to derail the 2011 referendum on south Sudan's independence. I have a fantasy of a conversation in heaven, "Hey, did you know I wanted to build 41 schools? Wanna know why?".
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"I have personally been involved in helping Sudan Sunrise realize Manute’s bold dream, and I invite you to join the growing circle of those who are helping to make his dream a reality.”
– George Stephanopoulos, Chief Political Correspondent, ABC News
"I want to thank [Sudan Sunrise] for continuing [Bol's] noble cause; –building 41 schools for children in Manute’s war-torn Sudan. Good luck–and Godspeed.”
– President George H.W. Bush
“[Manute] Bol will never be able to cut the ribbon at the schools he dreamed of. But we can pick up where he left off. In a world with so much athletic narcissism, let’s celebrate a Most Valuable Humanitarian by building schools through his charity, Sudan Sunrise.”
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Articles on cellphone
Cellphones carry certain risks for elementary school students. Rido/www.shutterstock.com
Kids with cellphones more likely to be bullies – or get bullied. Here are 6 tips for parents
Elizabeth Englander, Bridgewater State University
While many parents believe equipping their young child with a cellphone is a matter of safety, research shows the practice comes with certain risks.
A base station or GSM relay antenna on a roof in Paris. Pyb/Wikimedia
Our exposure to electromagnetic waves: beware of commonly held beliefs
Joe Wiart, Télécom Paris – Institut Mines-Télécom
Is it necessary to control exposure to electromagnetic waves by limiting the number of relay antennas? Yes, but that's not the only thing.
What attaches us so deeply to our phones? Al Case
3 reasons why we are addicted to smartphones
Jaco J. Hamman, Vanderbilt University
Why we love our phones so much might be related to our basic yearnings as human beings, explains a scholar, who is also a pastor.
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Mobile phones offer a new way for Africa’s students to learn programming
Chao Charity Mbogo, Kenya Methodist University
Computer programming is best learned through practice, but students in developing economies don't always have access to desktop or laptop computers. Mobile phones may be the solution.
When calling these people, you want to be able to get through. Fairfax County, Virginia
Attackers can make it impossible to dial 911
Mordechai Guri, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Yisroel Mirsky, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and Yuval Elovici, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
'Denial of service' cyberattacks are increasingly used to shut down websites. New research reveals that 911 call centers are vulnerable to the threat as well.
Pocket your phone without worry. Phone image via www.shutterstock.com.
Why you can’t fry eggs (or testicles) with a cellphone
Timothy J. Jorgensen, Georgetown University
Did your holiday gift list include radiation-shielding undies to protect your privates from cellphone radio waves? A radiation expert explains they're unnecessary – your phone won't affect your fertility.
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Improving patient care by bridging the divide between doctors and data scientists
Leo Anthony Celi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Analyzing electronic data from many doctors' experiences with many patients, we can move ever closer to answering the age-old question: what is truly best for each patient?
Mobile phones have many benefits. But they can also interrupt classes and distract pupils. KODAKovic/Shutterstock.com
How mobile phones are disrupting teaching and learning in Africa
Gina Porter, Durham University
More pupils in Ghana, Malawi and South Africa are taking smartphones to school. These can be useful learning tools – or terrible distractions.
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‘Burner’ phones, social media and online magazines: understanding the technology of terrorism
Thomas Holt, Michigan State University
Throwaway phones are just one piece of the ever-widening technological arsenal of extremists and terror groups of all kinds.
What do students miss when they access the Internet only through mobile devices? Monash University
Many low-income students use only their phone to get online. What are they missing?
Crystle Martin, University of California, Irvine
A third of families living below poverty level access the Internet only through their phones. And young people from these families get access to few learning opportunities.
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The value of unplugging in the Age of Distraction
John Rennie Short, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
As summer vacations approach, it's worth recalling the value of disconnecting and perils of multitasking in our digitally distracted lifestyles.
Low-income teens are unable to participate in social media conversations of their wealthier peers. Phone image via www.shutterstock.com
Teens without smartphones encounter a new digital divide
Crystle Martin, University of California, Irvine and Mimi Ito, University of California, Irvine
With low-income kids unable to participate in the social media conversations of their wealthier peers, a new form of digital inequity is emerging.
cellphone ban
electromagnetic waves
Crystle Martin
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Irvine
Elizabeth Englander
Professor of Psychology, and the Director of the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center (MARC), Bridgewater State University
John Rennie Short
John Rennie Short is a Friend of The Conversation.
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Research Director, Digital Media and Learning Research Hub, University of California, Irvine
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Timothy J. Jorgensen
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Everything You Know Is Wrong May 2001
Answers to those Doggone Thermal Design Questions
By Tony Kordyban
Copyright by Tony Kordyban 2001
Dear Thermal Pessimist,
Isn’t your job actually getting easier day by day? It seems like every year the voltage level of digital logic devices goes down another notch. Years ago everything ran on 12V and 5V. Now you got your 3.3V logic family, your 1.8V stuff, and 0.5V is just around the corner. Isn’t the heat generated proportional to the square of the voltage drop? Pretty soon the power you deal with will be only 1/100th as much as your grandpappy handled back in the good ol’ days of TTL (Twentieth Thentury Logic). Why be so pessimistic, except about your job security?
Pollyanna,Cape of Good Hope
Dear Polly,
I am pessimistic about everything, including job security for electronics cooling specialists. But not for the reason you give.
You are right that power (heat generation) is related to the square of the voltage drop. Power per gate has gone down dramatically, and thermal issues for run-of-the-mill logic devices like flip-flops, buffers, and inverters have been eradicated like smallpox. But gate sizes have shrunk at an even faster rate. In the time that power per gate has been divided by a factor of 100, the number of gates on a single die has gone up by a factor of something like 1 million. There have been lots of other changes that have prevented the average processor power from being 10,000 watts. The point is that power per area is still going up faster than power per gate is going down.
Thermal challenges continue to get worse with time. Power per chip is growing exponentially. There are plans to continue shrinking die features, and clock speed appears to be able to increase without limit. Power is directly proportional to clock speed for technologies like CMOS.
One of these days they will figure out how to make integrated circuits in three dimensions. That will increase gates per volume, while reducing the surface area. And surface area is the only tool we thermal engineers have to pull out the heat.
Optical computing and optical communications have just entered the game. Lasers produce much more heat than they do light, AND are very sensitive to temperature. Lasers with tight wavelength specs actually work best when cooled below normal room temperatures. They are some of my biggest headaches (opportunities!).
And in case you think our jobs are much easier today because of all the advances in computer analysis tools, like desktop CFD, I agree, up to a point. Ever try to find flash memory that is rated to 125 degrees C ambient? If my “grandpappy” couldn’t cool his 8 kHz micro by slapping on a heat sink, he’d just bump up the device temperature rating from commercial to industrial grade, or even military grade if he had to, for a few extra bucks. Thanks to the end of the Cold War, nobody makes military grade components anymore.
All that should point to better thermal job security, right? Not when you take a closer look at this minimally researched timeline of electronics cooling history:
Vacuum tube computers Thermal engineers are created to add heat sinks, fans, and water cooling to keep tubes from burning out every five minutes
Transistors replace tubes Thermal guys become TV repairmen
TTL integrated circuits Re-hire thermal guys
CMOS replaces TTL Thermal specialists re-trained to write C code
high frequency CMOS, introduction of the 100W microprocessor Mechanical designers and analog circuit gurus take 3-day courses in CFD
Worst thermal problems ever Electronics cooling viewed as a legitimate engineering discipline
It is pretty obvious, at least to me, that we are overdue for a huge, unforeseen breakthrough in technology which will wipe out all our thermal problems for the next 5 to 10 years. What will it be? I haven’t got a clue.
Could the person plumbing cold water into ENIAC have foreseen the invention of the transistor?
I saw a paper presented at SemiTHERM a few years ago that may provide a hint. (V. Guruprasad, Synchronous Coherent Extraction of Heat, Proceedings of IEEE Semiconductor Thermal Measurement and Management Symposium, 1998) I couldn’t tell if the guy was a genius or a fruitcake, or both. His idea was that CMOS devices all generate heat synchronously — all gate transitions occur on a clock signal. That makes them predictable. So you could add some other device (exactly what it was, he was somewhat vague about), acting out of phase with the clock, that could either cancel out the heat, or recapture the energy back into electricity, or laser light. Maybe it was perpetual motion. But some outlandish notion like that is bound to put me out of a job soon.
That is my kind of pessimism.
Dear Mr. Temperature,
My grandpappy always told me that the electronics cooling business was cyclical. Do you have a favorite anecdote about it from the world of TV, or maybe science fiction?
Z. Cochrane, Talos IV
Dear Zeph,
I’ll do you one better — a true story about electronics cooling from sci-fi AND TV.
In 1966 they were filming the original Star Trek series. The show was set a few hundred years in the future — when thermal problems were so important that an engineer was a major character. Scotty was always warning the captain, I forget his name, that his engines were about to overheat, or that the dilithium crystals were on the verge of cracking from channeling too much energy.
The show’s writers must have become familiar with these kinds of problems by just hanging around the Enterprise bridge set. Robert Justman, the Associate Producer of the series, described the situation in Inside Star Trek, the Real Story, (Herbert F. Solow and Robert H. Justman, Simon and Schuster, 1996.)
“It was the equipment, specifically that which powered all the console read-outs and light displays in the Bridge set. This was 1966. There were no computer chips or integrated circuits yet. Left on for any length of time, all the old-fashioned vacuum tubes, flickering lights, and wiring built up heat inside the cramped consoles until the overheated circuits blew out.We shut down the displays during rehearsal, but that didn’t solve the overheating problem. Heat built up continuously, and by afternoon the circuits overloaded within minutes of being activated. Our only solution was to rent portable air conditioning units. Large flexible ducts snaked across the stage floor and pumped cold air into special effects boss Jim Rugg’s complicated electronics.”
So cooling electronics was critical in 1966, and will be again when the Star Date is 4213.8. The trouble is convincing the bosses how important it is in between.
Isn’t Everything He Knows Wrong, Too?
The straight dope on Tony Kordyban
Tony Kordyban has been an engineer in the field of electronics cooling for different telecom and power supply companies (who can keep track when they change names so frequently?) for the last twenty years. Maybe that doesn’t make him an expert in heat transfer theory, but it has certainly gained him a lot of experience in the ways NOT to cool electronics. He does have some book-learnin’, with a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Detroit (motto:Detroit— no place for wimps) and a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford (motto: shouldn’t Nobels count more than Rose Bowls?)
In those twenty years Tony has come to the conclusion that a lot of the common practices of electronics cooling are full of baloney. He has run into so much nonsense in the field that he has found it easier to just assume “everything you know is wrong” (from the comedy album by Firesign Theatre), and to question everything against the basic principles of heat transfer theory.
Tony has been collecting case studies of the wrong way to cool electronics, using them to educate the cooling masses, applying humor as the sugar to help the medicine go down. These have been published recently by the ASME Press in a book called, “Hot Air Rises and Heat Sinks: Everything You Know About Cooling Electronics Is Wrong.” It is available direct from ASME Press at 1-800-843-2763 or at their web site at http://www.asme.org/pubs/asmepress, Order Number 800741.
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June 22nd, 2015: - Listen | Download
A defiant and Besieged City.
Joshua Tartakovsky
Phil speaks with Joshua Tartakovsky, an independent journalist and filmmaker, originally from Jerusalem, graduate of Brown University with a BA in International Relations and a MSc from the London School of Economics. Previously, Mr. Tartakovsky has worked or interned in Bosnia, UK, Brazil, Germany.
Joshua Tartakovsky discusses the reality of the Western siege against the people of Ukraine, especially in the independent Donetsk, which he visited via a trip organized by Europa Objektiv, a Russian-German NGO.
Tartakovsky's great grandparents died in the 1941 massacre at Babi Yar - largest single massacre during WWII, killing at least 30,000 Jews, who were accused of being Bolsheviks. Also murdered were Russians and Polish.
Tartakovsky points to double problem: (1) Mainstream media does not report the shelling that is happening in violations of the Minsk agreement and (2) EU and US are largely supporting a regime in Kiev that is killing its own citizens. It is a collective punishment that also cuts off medical services, pensions, and access to banks.
Tartakovsky lists the three major demands of the Donetsk People: (1) Justice for the People (2) Cultural rights, esp. allowing Russians to speak Russian (3) Removal of the current regime in Kiev
Tartakovsky fears that the escalating hatred resulting from atrocities and the difficult economic times will lead to war, extremism and incitement.
Washington has been using very irresponsible methods and supports the most extreme elements in Ukrainian politics, especially since February of 2014, the Maidan Massacre. DC has to stop supporting and inflaming situation by trying to sabotage Minsk 2. Washington is seeking to have a much wider conflict, probably because of financial, strategic and other interests.
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1. Rwandan Spy chief Karenzi Karake was arrested in London on a warrant issued by Spain, who accuses Karake of war crimes. The two Phils discuss the many priests and nuns who were murdered since the invasion in the 1990, including a Canadian priest.
2. Intriguing historical truth: Connecting the history of slavery, the civil war and recent shooting at historical church in Charleston, South Carolina. Phil traces the White Supremacist ideology back to Thomas Jefferson, who was committed to slavery, and to Jefferson Davis, who waged a treacherous war against those who voted for a "Black President" (Abraham Lincoln). Then came Reconstruction to enforce the rights of ALL Americans, followed by the White supremacist, both South and North, deconstruction of Reconstruction. Some Canadians reflected the racism in the US and welcomed Jefferson Davis with cheers and singing Dixie. Phil praises the Russians for being the one true friend to the Americans back in 1863 when they put their ships in the NYC Harbor and San Francisco harbor to prevent the British and the French from closing those harbors. Phil gives a history lesson that explains the same thinking that incites the white supremacists today and is expressed in the South Carolina church shootings. We ALL need to hear Phil's connecting the historical dots, which cannot justifiably be limited to a summary. Statement (paraphrased) by Phil: You can't falsify history and then say we want reconciliation. You have to say those who control the past, control the future, and they have been controlling the past with a great myth that justifies White supremacist thinking.
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June 15th, 2015: - Listen | Download
Ted Schmidt and Claude Lacaille: Seeing Life from the Role of the Oppressed. Challenges to Rwandan Foreign Refugees' Integration in Zambia.
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Ted Schmidt discusses Claude Lacaille's recently released book, Rebel Priest in the Time of Tyrants, Mission to Haiti, Ecuador and Chile and asserts that Lacaille brings back into focus the importance of seeing life from the role of the oppressed people and that deserting Vatican II was a betrayal of a moral mission to serve the masses, especially the oppressed.
Schmidt praises Pope Francis, who declared El Salvadoran Archbishop Romero a martyr and who is turning back to the Vactican II mandates based on discussion, inclusion, justice for humanity.
What were the major flaws of Pope John Paul II and Pope Ratzinger? Listen to the show for Schmidt's lucid analysis.
Phil Taylor and Phil Conlon track the third flotilla to Gaza mission in progress.
Phil Taylor comments on the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta (June 15, 1215), in which the barons demanded certain rights (legal, political, financial, religious) and which inspired the masses to fight a long unending struggle for the same rights.
Taylor decries how we have lost respect for Habeas Corpus (bringing the body to court to hear charges and to be heard) and emphasizes that the fight for human rights is not a linear process (chapter by chapter) but that we have to continually fight to renew lost rights.
Bishop John Osmers testifies to the plight of the Rwandans who have lost their refugee status in Zambia and on whom Rwandan President Kagame is trying to force repatriation.
Osmers and Phil Taylor discuss why the Rwandan refugees in Zambia lost their refugee status in Zambia June of 2013, Rwanda's offer for repatriation of these ex-refugees, why the Rwandans in Zambia are afriad to repatriate (obvious fear of Kagame's retaliatory brutal regime), the recent meetings between the Rwanda government, the Zambian government and the UN High Commission on Refugees.
The clincher is: Removal of the former refugee status not only creates stiff limitations on freedom of movement in Zambia but it also disqualifies the Rwandans for UNHCR support for services such as health and education needs and consideration for resettlement programs.
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November 10th, 2014: - Listen | Download
An Apology to General Proctor.
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The Cult of Brock was established in Canada by the Tories in order to build the idea of a British identity. Part of this historical revisionism involved the demonization of General Proctor. Phil explains how Canadian history suppresses the story of how Proctor tried to maintain the Crown's alliance with local First Nations peoples. He was retroactively pilloried by his own masters for following the spirit of these orders.
October 20th, 2014: - Listen | Download
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October 6th, 2014: - Listen | Download
Ferguson flash mob at symphony. BBC Documentary: Selective impunity does NOT yield justice nor the grounds for reconciliation.
Tiphaine Dickson
Phil Conlon discusses a very interesting and radical (going to the root) flash mob that interrupted St. Louis Symphony with Requiem for Michael Brown. The Symphony was to perform Johannes Brahms' requiem. There was no violence, as the protesters were allowed to finish the short demonstration which can be viewed on youtube.
The two Phils discuss Black sports figures, including Joe Lewis, and give an introduction to the BBC2 documentary, Rwanda's Untold Story--which reflects the massacre of Blacks on all sides whose lives should have mattered, but did not and never do to the imperialists.
Tiphaine Dickson discusses the recent BBC2 one-hour documentary, Rwanda's Untold Story, which, for the first time presents a host of credible witnesses and commentators challenging the narrative of Kagame the liberator. The interviewees who speak against Kagame have placed themselves in the dangerous "target range" of the US puppet Kagame regime.
Key question is cui bono, who benefited from the shoot down of the plane that killed Rwandan President Habyarimana, the spark which ignited the April 1994 war and massacres in Rwanda. The permanent removal of Habyarimana, the ending the Arusha Accords and the destruction of democracy were necessary for Kagame and the RPF to take power.
The tribunals are political organizations that administer "selective impunity," instead of the needed holistic approach that that evaluates and prosecutes all sides. Selective impunity does not yield justice, nor the grounds for reconciliation
Dickson also spoke about the importance of a new book by Barrie Collins, Rwanda 1994 (Palgrave Macmillan) for which she has written the forward.
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September 1st, 2014: - Listen | Download
Labor Day -- Before and Now: From Internationalist Unity to Militarism. 'Anti-ISIS campaign' is a Trojan Horse to escalate the war against Syria.
Phil Taylor and Phil Conlon discuss how the meaning and practice of Labour Day has been corrupted: Going from a celebration of internationalism of workers who saw themselves as part of humanity and anti-militarism to celebration of military air shows and a ritual of pretending to care about those who fell in the past.
Phil Conlon reads Joe Fiorito's satirical column, "It's time to end the celebration of death and kill the airshow."
Taylor also praises and summarizes Ishmael Reed's article "Bad Apples in Ferguson," which emphasizes police brutality is not just against blacks, but against a rainbow of minority colors, esp. Native Americans, Latinos and Muslims. Reed says that the statistics in polls should reflect this reality.
The U.S. is hyping ISIS as the greatest terror force imaginable, even though according to the FBI, "there are no credible threats to the U.S. homeland."
The ideology of the Caliphate derives from Qatar and Saudi Arabia. ISIS-style beheadings are an institution in Saudi Arabia.
Yet the Pentagon is discussing airstrikes on Syria instead of the medieval terror kingdoms that it supports in the Middle East.
Stephen Gowans also discusses the NATO buildup over Ukraine. NATO is constantly checking the windows and the doors of countries it doesn't own.
Don't expect the United States to adopt a consistent posture on sovereignty when it comes to Syria or Ukraine.
It�s time to end the celebration of death and kill the airshow. - by Joe Fiorito
Western Leaders Fear-Monger to Mobilize Support for Air-Strikes on Syria
July 21st, 2014: - Listen | Download
The Pitfalls of Peacekeeping. Cuba's Rebellion Day. Gaza under brutal Israeli Military Attack.
Peter Robinson, Morteza Gorgzadeh
Phil interviews Peter Robinson, an American International Criminal Lawyer who has argued cases at the Hague, the ICTY and ICTR. Robinson defended the peace-seeking Joseph Nzirorera, former President of the Rwanda National Assembly, at the ICTR.
Robinson notes the ICTR trials were not legitimate: They were a political process instead of a judicial, legal process. Phil and Peter also discuss the "Genocide Fax."
Morteza Gorgzadeh discusses a Toronto July 26th celebration. The event is dedicated to memory of Nelson Mandela and to the Cuban Five Anti-Terrorist Heroes. The storming of the Moncada barracks gave impetus for the whole country to come together to fight the Revolution under the leadership of Fidel Castro. The celebration reflects the underlying struggle to bring down racist apartheid regimes.
The Cuban Five Gerardo's statement: "It will take a jury of millions to free the Five."
Phil Taylor and Phil Conlon discuss international support for Palestinians in Gaza --Belfast, Scotland, Wales, Chile, Venezuela. Will the support stand strong or waver until the next attack?
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July 7th, 2014: - Listen | Download
Lac-M�gantic Rail Tragedy One Year Anniversary. How Quebec bookstores survived. Workers rights, human rights and the responsibility to stop wars
The Taylor Report remembers a wonderful figure from the international labour movement, Dave Feikert. Feikert was a mine worker official and labour safety expert, and friend of China.
Phil Taylor, Phil Conlon and Robin Philpot discuss the Lac-M�gantic railway tragedy, the increase in carloads of crude oil from 144 carloads in 2007 to 127,924 carloads in 2013, the new Liberal leadership that is considering reversing the current Qu�bec ban against fracking, the export of oil from the tar-sands in Alberta, and privatization/profits trumping people's rights and environmental integrity.
Montreal-based publisher Robin Philpot (Baraka Books) explains that Quebec has survived the bookstore demise due to its regulation (certified publishers, bookstores, distributors) and 100 percent Quebec ownership. Half of Canadian books are sold in Quebec which has only 23 percent of the Canadian population. Regulating the market, which guarantees sales to institutions, and legislating fixed prices are necessary for the survival of bookstores. They also discuss the cultural value of books, as in the example of Mick Lowe's "The Raids."
The two Phils discuss cultural wars, including the censoring of the 1954 film "Salt of the Earth," concerning the struggle of New Mexico miners. Women and children picketed after male miners were banned from picketing.
Conlon and Taylor also discuss Wal-Mart's battle with Quebec's workers, and the disgusting spectacle of Human Rights Watch (HRW) promoting sectarian conflict in the Middle East.
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May 19th, 2014: - Listen | Download
Workers take the fall for Lac-M�gantic. Mick Lowe - The Raids.
Mick Lowe
Phil Taylor's co-host and former rail worker Phil Conlon explains the latest in the Lac-M�gantic disaster investigation. [10:20] It turns out that ordinary rail workers are doing the perp walk. The oligarch who runs the broken system? Still collecting profit.
Phil interviews Mick Lowe, author of "The Raids," a novel which takes place in Sudbury, Ontario, during the Red Scare of the 1950s. It details union raiding at a bitter and violent period of time in which workers fought each other instead of the boss. Moreover, the CIA may have been involved in the labour conflict because of the strategic importance of Canadian nickel to the United States.
Wrong parties charged in Lac-M�gantic disaster
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July 22nd, 2013: - Listen | Download
Gaza's Ark and Palestine Solidarity Update, recent events in Syria, the removal of Morsi, and more.
Mahdi Nazemroaya, David Heap
Mahdi Nazemroaya discusses his recent article "From Turkey With Love: Another Israeli Attack on Syria," and explains Israel and Turkey's role in the latest attack on Syria. "We shouldn't be skeptical about this event: Turkey and Israel have coordinated events before."
In addition to missing Jimmy Carter's statement that America has no functioning democracy, our media has also neglected to point out that over 90 prominent Canadian authors have signed a statement against the eviction of Palestinians in order to clear land for an Israeli army firing zone.
David Heap from Gaza's Ark updates us on the new construction, and also significant worldwide developments in Palestine solidarity.
Phil Conlon continues his analysis of the Lac-M�gantic rail disaster.
July 15th, 2013: - Listen | Download
Trayvon Travesty; Technocrats' Train Terror Torches Town. Syria on the Frontline.
Glen Ford, Stephen Gowans
Glen Ford from Black Agenda Report is today's featured guest. But first, Phil Conlon comments on the destruction of a small Quebec town by an undermanned locomotive. "Railways just love every new computer system," everything capital intensive, everything that involves less and less workers until the day they can have no more workers.
The train was on a 5 MPH speed restriction - they couldn't trust the track. When the infrastructure fails, and there's no workers, there's no fallback.
Glen Ford returns to the program to discuss the Trayvon Martin affair. This is an important moment in history. "It is well known the that the U.S. is a surveilliance state and an incarceration state." Black people have always known this. Once a white person can convince a jury that they were acting "reasonably," then the case against them disappears.
Zimmerman's profiling and stalking of Trayvon Martin was "reasonable conduct" to police. The onus is on the profiled one, and not the white vigilante. In the trial, the police acted as defense witnesses, rather than prosecution. They recognized a kindred spirit.
In a jury of one's peers, how is it that six white women ended up as a jury of "peers?" Ford explains the decline of Affirmative Action and the rise of a racist subjectivity.
Now that so many Syrian rebels have discredited themselves, their foreign sympathizers have attempted to discover a secular, democratic component.
But there are too many reports of Al Qaeda activity in the Fee Syrian Army.
The whole discussion of democracy rests on the "Arab Spring." Yet, money from Qatar has been flowing into elections to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and other countries since the initial outbreak in Tunisia. If the 1% dominate U.S. elections, can they not do so in other countries?
The Muslim Brotherhood has been organizing riots in Syria since 1964, long before history began for the Americans in 2011.
September 19th, 2011: - Listen | Download
Mahdi Nazemroaya reported from Tripoli during the NATO bombardment, he shares important insights. Phil Conlon praises new films about the plight of African refugees crossing the Mediteranean
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August 29th, 2011: - Listen | Download
The life and political legacy of Jack Layton. The media on Libya.
Jacob Leibovitch, Phil Conlon
Jacob Leibovitch, Phil Conlon and host Phil Taylor discuss Jack Layton's life and political legacy.
We also review the agit-prop coverage of events in Libya.
Remembering Peter Leibovitch.
Jacob Leibovitch, Mike Hersh, Phil Conlon, Sid Ryan, Tina Conlon, David Jacobs
A panel of friends (Phil Taylor, Jacob Leibovitch, Mike Hersh and Phil Conlon) remembered acclaimed activist and labour leader Peter Leibovitch. OFL President Sid Ryan, Tina Conlon (community activist), and labor lawyer David Jacobs commented by phone.
Readings from and commentary on Combat Medic, Terry Picard's eye-witness account of the April 1995 massacre of refugees at Kibeho, Rwanda.
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Gregory Elich, Phil Conlon
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Dave Zirin, Phil Conlon
EdgeOfSports.com
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Barbara Isherwood, David Jacobs
Phil interviews Barbara Isherwood who recently returned from the 2005 Venice Biennale. Ms. Isherwood, a writer on visual arts and CIUT staffer, discusses the 110 year history of this grandfather of international arts exhibitions. The 2005 Biennale included the works of over 400 artists in 109 separate exhibitions. One highlight was the guerrilla girls exhibit 'reinventing the "f" word - feminism'.
Phil Conlon talks to lawyer David Jacobs about the Supreme Court of Canada decision on the deportation of Leon Mugesera to Rwanda. The Supreme Court unanimously overturned the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal that had found the allegations against Mugesera to be without foundation. Jacobs points out that the Federal Court of Appeal thoroughly analysed Mugesera's speech and declared that it was not a speech calling for genocide or the killing of Tutsi's. The Federal Court of Appeal also ruled, after a thorough hearing, that the witnesses against Mugesera were clearly biased, and their allegations were not believable.
Jacobs notes that the Supreme Court did not overturn the findings of the Federal Court of Appeal, but instead ruled they should not have investigated the facts. By "trying to write history and law with the same pen" the Supreme Court gets neither correct.
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Camilo Mejia
Phil talks with Phil Conlon about Kevin Boyle's new book: "Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights and Murder in the Jazz Age". Boyle's book is about the incredible story of Dr. Ossian Sweet, an African-American doctor who faced a mob protesting his moving into a white neighborhood of Detroit in 1925. When the mob attacked the house with stones, the Sweets and their friends inside fired in self-defense and a mob member was killed. The police arrested everyone inside the house and charged them with first degree murder. Sweet's trial and his defence by Clarence Darrow was a defining moment in the fight against racism in the US
Phil interviews Camilo Mejia. On May 21, 2004, 28-year-old Sgt. Camilo Mejia was sentenced to one year in prison for refusing to return to fight in Iraq. Camilo spent six months in combat in Iraq, then returned for a 2-week furlough to the US. There he reflected on what he had seen, including the abuse of prisoners and the killing of civilians. He concluded that the war was illegal and immoral, and decided that he would not return. In March 2004 he turned himself in to the US military and filed an application for conscientious objector status. Mejia notes that a year ago the US military acknowledged 500 awols, and today there are 6000. "It shows how many people are saying we don't want to be part of this war".
Free Camilo Mejia: GI Resister, Conscientious Objector & Iraq War Veteran
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Joel Reodica, Isaac Saney
Joel Reodica talks to Phil about the police killing of his brother Jeffrey a year ago. A controversial investigation by the Special Investigations Unit exonerated the police, but the Filipino community and others continue to press for the truth to come out.
Phil interviews Isaac Saney about recent developments in the case of Luis Posada Carilles. Posada Carilles is notorious for carrying out terrorist acts against Cuba, including the bombing of a Cubana airliner in 1976 that killed 73 people and bombings of Cuban hotels in the 1990's. Posada Carilles, who worked for the CIA, recently was able to enter the US and apply for asylum. Saney, the author of "Cuba, A Revolution in Motion" draws the parallels with numerous other terrorists who have been pardoned by US Presidents including both Bushes.
Phil and Phil Conlon also cover such topics as the battle against extradition of Gary Freeman; the mayoralty election in Los Angeles; the new National Library in Quebec; and the reinstatement of William Mandel by Berkely radio station KPFA.
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March 14th, 2005 : mp3 file not currently online
Dave Zirin
Dave Zirin talks about two of his recent columns on "Edge of Sports":
"CSI: Hockey - How Owners Destroyed the NHL", and
"Neo-McCarthyism Slugs Major League Baseball".
Dave Zirin also talks to Phil about the campaign to stop the execution of Vernon Lee Jones in Maryland. Zirin points out that 77% of those on death row in Maryland are, like Jones, African Americans accused of killing whites. Yet, 80% of murder victims are African American.
Phil and Phil Conlon talk about the wounding of Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena and killing of officer Nicola Calipari when US military forces fired on their vehicle. They refer to Jerry Fresia's article in Counterpunch March 11 that makes the case that the US considered her a target.
CSI: Hockey - How Owners Destroyed the NHL - EdgeOfSports.com
Neo-McCarthyism Slugs Major League Baseball - EdgeOfSports.com
Targeting Guiliana Sgrena - Counterpunch.org
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Jordi Palou-Loverdos
Phil interviews Jordi Palou-Loverdos, a spokesperson for the International Forum for Truth and Justice in Africa. Palou-Loverdos talks about the case just launched in the Spanish courts against the current government of Rwanda, the FDR, and its leader Paul Kagame. The Forum charges Kagame and the FDR with the murder of 11 missionaries and medical workers, 9 of them Spanish. As well, crimes allegedly committed by General Kagame and his army, the Rwandan Patriotic Army, have resulted in the death of more than 5 million people in Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (ex-Zaire). "Our case is not against the Tutsi people, but the leaders of the FDR, who are directly responsible for the murders of the Spaniards, but we also want to show that bosses of multinational companies involved in the local gold and diamond mining industries must share the blame for these war crimes... We have proof that the FDR was responsible for the murders of all the Spaniards.� Palou-Loverdos also mentioned Canadians who are among the victims of the murders.
Phil and Phil Conlon also talked about the current situation in Sudan.
Case Against Paul Kagame and the Rwandan Defense Forces
VeritasRwandaForum.org
January 31st, 2005 : mp3 file not currently online
Keith Ellis
Phil opens by reading from Dave Zirin's Counterpunch article on Donovan McNabb: "We should never pass up the opportunity to point out that Rush Limbaugh is not only a racist pig but, unlike the swine, one of our stupider mammals as well. This past weekend, as All-Pro quarterback Donovan F. McNabb led the Philadelphia Eagles to their first Super Bowl in 25 years, Limbaugh was undoubtedly chasing oxycontin with Kahlua in a state of utter misery." Zirin will be a guest on the Taylor Report February 7. Phil and Phil Conlon also talk about Zirin's important comments about Tom Frank's outrageous attack in The New Republic on critic's of the US attack on Iraq - calling for the use of a "bunker buster" on Arundhati Roy, for example.
Guest Keith Ellis, the translator of a bilingual anthology of poems by the acclaimed Cuban poet Nicol�s Guill�n, talks about some of the progress being made by Hugo Chavez in Venezuela. He discusses the current redistribution of 75 million acres of land to 117,000 Venezuelans, and the ability of the Venezuelan government to direct $4 billion to health care, with the strong support of Cuba. Ellis also talks about the Colombian-sponsored kidnapping of Colombian guerilla leader Rodrigo Granda from Caracas in December.
Mr. Frank's Fatwah
Proud "Black Quarterback"
FieldGenerals.com
January 17th, 2005: - Listen | Download
Ben Chaney
Ben Chaney, brother of slain civil rights martyr James Earl Chaney, comments on the recent indictment of 'Preacher' Killen in the 1964 murder. He expresses his disappointment that "the rich and powerful individuals" responsible are still being protected.
Phil talks to Phil Conlon about the US civil rights movement; the importance of Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight boxing champion; and the recent death of James Forman, who had been prominent in the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee and the Black Panthers.
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December 20th, 2004: - Listen | Download
Under the shadow of Mt. Weather
Joe Bageant
Phil and Phil Conlon discuss Seymour Melman, a Columbia University scholar who helped galvanize the antiwar movement from the 1950's on with analyses of the social costs of military spending. Melman died on Dec. 16 at his home in Manhattan.
Phil interviews Counterpunch contributor Joe Bageant about his Counterpunch article "Under the Shadow of Mount Weather: Driving on the Bones of God":
"Mount Weather is the hub of a nerve center of about 100 other Federal Relocation Centers, which guarantee that the really big players in the game escape even the worst disasters they create with their asses intact."
Bageant talks with Phil about current US politics, the militarization of American culture, the role of the religious fundamentalists, and the use of Lynndie England and others like her as cannon fodder and scapegoats.
Under the Shadow of Mt. Weather - Counterpunch.org
Robin Philpot , Phil Conlon
Phil interviews Robin Philpot about his upcoming book on the Quebec referendum of 1995 and pro-federalists' willful violation of Quebec's election law. Philpot points out that the federal government and others outside of Quebec spent something like $17 million to support the 'no' vote, although Quebec law limited spending by each side to $5 million in total. Examples include the Toronto Star renting buses and running full-page ads to urge people to attend a 'unity rally' in Montreal days before the vote. Air Canada provided a 'unity fare' of under $100 return from Vancouver for that rally, that Philpot says was, "more like an occupation than a love-in".
Phil and Phil Conlon talk about Iris Chang, author of "The Rape of Nanking", "Thread of the Silkworm" and "The Chinese in America". Chang's works on Japanese atrocities in Nanking in 1937-1938, and 150 years of history of Chinese immigration to the US have been widely acclaimed. She was working on a book about the experience of Americans who were Japanese prisoners of war in WWII when she apparently committed suicide in November.
The Official Home Page of Iris Chang
Keith Harmon Snow
Phil talks with independent journalist Keith Harmon Snow live from Kinshasa in the Congo. Snow talks about the current situation in the Congo, which he describes as corruption and racketeering, mainly sponsored by Western corporations in allegiance with various armies and militias. The goal is the plunder of Congo's resources: timber, coltan, oil, gold and diamonds. Over five million have died in the last few years in these conflicts, but it's not in the news.
Phil also talks with Phil Conlon about the current events in Africa and in Ukraine. Phil reads John Laughland's insightful piece from the Guardian titled "The Revolution Televised - The western media's view of Ukraine's election is hopelessly biased".
The revolution televised - Guardian Unlimited
All Things Pass - Keith Harmon Snow.
Survivors' Rights International
November 8th, 2004 : mp3 file not currently online
Phil Conlon, Michael Quigley
Friends of 89.5 Fall Fundraising Show.
October 4th, 2004 : mp3 file not currently online
Marjaleena Repo
Phil Taylor, Phil Conlon and Steve Reimer talk about Mel Hurtig's new book, "Rushing To Armageddon: The Shocking Truth About Canada, Missile Defence and Star Wars". Steve interviewed Mel Hurtig recently and discusses the issues Hurtig is raising.
Phil interviews Marjaleena Repo, senior advisor to David Orchard and former Progressive Conservative Party Vice-president for Saskatchewan. Repo discusses the "coup d'�tat" that resulted in the takeover of Canada's founding party by the neo-con Canadian Alliance, the Republican Party North. In a fast-paced back and forth, Taylor and Repo cover the dramatic territory of this unprecedented story and explore its political significance.
September 6th, 2004: - Listen | Download
Keith Harmon Snow, Phil Conlon
Phil talks to Keith Harmon Snow, a researcher for Survivors' Rights International, about the situation in the Great Lakes region of Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of Congo. Snow points out that five million people have been killed in the Congo in the last five or six years, but it's off the media's agenda. Powerful interests are pilfering the resources of the country, chiefly diamonds and coltan, and mercenaries and proxy armies are enforcing the theft. Snow pointed out that the US supported the invasion of the Congo in 1996, and Rwanda and Uganda supplied the two big proxy armies that acted on their behalf. Snow also talked about related issues of mercenaries linked to Heritage Oil and Gas and Margaret Thatcher's son, and events in Darfur.
Phil talks to Phil Conlon about Labour Day, and the Canadian Labour Congress' Report Card for Canada. The CLC gave low marks to the government of Canada for perpetuating a system in which one in ten full-time workers live in poverty, and only one unemployed worker in three qualifies for unemployment insurance. The figure a few years ago was 75%, before the reforms introduced by then Finance Minister Paul Martin.
www.allthingspass.com
www.survivorsrightsinternational.org
July 12th, 2004 : mp3 file not currently online
Could Burundi be the next Rwanda? Members of Military Families Speak Out talk about their opposition to the war in Iraq and the case of Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia.
V�n�rand Ndegaya, Nancy Lessin & Charlie Richardson
Phil remarks on the death of Phoebe Brand, a founder of the Group Theatre and a victim of the McCarthy blacklist after she was named by Elia Kazan in 1952.
V�n�rand Ndegaya, author of �R�pression Au Burundi: Journal d'un prisonnier vainqueur�, talks to Phil about the history and current situation in Burundi. Burundi and Rwanda share many of the same demographics and issues. Ndegaya talks about the history of control by the Tutsi minority up to the first democratic election in 1993. Melchir Ndadaye, a Hutu, was elected by 70% of the vote that June and assassinated by the Tutsi-dominated army in November. The second Hutu president was killed in 1994 when the plane carrying him and the Rwandan President was shot down by the Rwandan Patriotic Front. This was followed by an army coup. Current plans for democratic elections are in jeopardy because the necessary preconditions are not in place.
Nancy Lessin and Charlie Richardson talk with Phil, Phil Conlon and Steve Reimer, about their organization Military Families Speak Out. They represent 1500 families with members in the US military. They oppose the illegal, immoral war on Iraq. "The only right thing is to say the war is wrong - it's the only way to support our troops". They point out that, "the mainstream media was really complicit in bringing our nation into a war based on lies". They also talk about the case of Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia who was imprisoned for desertion. He had refused to return to his unit in Iraq, citing moral reasons, the legality of the war and the conduct of US troops towards Iraqi civilians and prisoners. Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of conscience, imprisoned for his conscientious opposition to participating in war.
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www.bringthemhomenow.org
Amnesty International declares SSgt. Camilo Mejia "prisoner of conscience"
Why do we continue to trust 'authorities'? If Colin Powel and Kofi Annan are supposed to be the saviours of Sudan, then Sudan is in trouble.
Phil talks about the current situation in Sudan and points out some of the gaps and false assumptions made by the media in their coverage of this crisis. Phil, Steve Reimer and Phil Conlon also discuss the Michael Moore film Fahrenheit 911.
The program continues with Phil Conlon's discussion of the uneasy coexistence of Irish-American and Italian-American Catholics in New York City, as seen in a recent controversy where the Cardinal of the Archdiocese of New York refused to attend a gathering organized by Italian-American Catholics.
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Lacrosse star and former Monash student Tim Graham is heading stateside
Photo: Tim Graham
Few people would be more excited for what’s to come in 2019 than former Monash Engineering and Science student Tim Graham.
The Lacrosse young gun is moving onto bigger and better things this year, after receiving a Lacrosse scholarship from Cornell University in New York.
Graham was previously part of Monash’s Elite Student Performer Scheme and credits the University for “making sure I [he] had every opportunity to succeed”.
The scholarship opportunity is a product of Graham’s terrific play at last year’s FIL Men’s Lacrosse World Championships in Israel.
Tim was deserves plenty of credit for being a major catalyst towards Australia finishing 4th place overall, highlighted by his strong performance in the Tournaments Quarterfinals against the host side of Israel.
Tim and the Australian’s were bested in the 3rd place playoff by the Iroquois Nationals, following a semi-final loss to The United States, the tournaments eventual winners.
Photo: Cornell University
Graham completed high school at St Kevin’s College and was a Monash University student up until the end of 2018, where he was part of both Monash’s cricket and AFL clubs.
An impressive all-around athlete, Tim’s scholarship at Cornell comes as no surprise.
Graham was a two time captain of the U18 Victorian Lacrosse team, he was named the tournament MVP at the 2017 U18 Australian Lacrosse Championship’s and was named a three time All-Star at the U18 Australian Lacrosse Championships from 2015-2017.
His sporting resume and many individual accolades speak for themselves and we can expect big things from Tim as he completes his freshman year at Cornell.
A promising young career with an undoubtedly bright future. You can follow along with Tim's journey on the Cornell University website and we here at Monash wish him all the best for the upcoming 2019 season. #monashpride
Written by: Joseph Arthur, Media Coordinator
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A dynamic duo: Creative Communications Consultants meeting recap
By: Meaghan Shaw
Last Tuesday, mother-daughter duo Claudia and Arielle D’Avanzo of Creative Communications Consultants visited PRSSA to share advice on starting out in the PR field.
Claudia, an Auburn graduate, has worked in PR for 30 years and started CreativeCommunications Consultants in 1998. “There’s lots of different ways to describe what we do,” she said, but among the descriptions she favors are a “boutique marketing communications firm” and “brand communications consultancy.”
Arielle – a self-proclaimed “Bulldog” – graduated from UGA in 2012 with a major in public relations and a minor in Spanish. She worked with Edelman in Washington, D.C., after graduation for the food and nutrition team, with a focus on health-centered campaigns. After transferring to New York from D.C., she came back to Atlanta. Arielle has been with CCC for four years now and is an Account Director.
Arielle’s personal advice to the members of PRSSA was to “land that first internship.”
“It doesn’t have to be the perfect fit,” Arielle said. “It doesn’t have to be everything that you are hoping for, but it’s something to start building your network up.”
Arielle, who herself had agency, nonprofit, paid and unpaid internships before graduation, urged members to apply for internships because they show credibility, drive and motivation.
The pair brought with them advice they compiled from friends and colleagues they worked with over the years, people whose companies ran the gamut from InterContinental Hotels Group to Scout Marketing to The Bitter Southerner. Some were freelance practitioners. However, each person had shared a piece of advice that stuck with the D’Avanzo women, which they brought in front of PRSSA.
Claudia shared that it is important for interns to treat their internships like a “real job.” A good way to do this, she shared, is to “ask questions about other parts of the business.” Not only does asking questions lead to a “big-picture” understanding of a project, it keeps interns engaged and helps them bring more to the table.
When asked about big agencies and small agencies, the D’Avanzo women had positive things to say about both. However, Claudia emphasized the importance of working for a large agency.
“If you can get a big-name company on your resume, for starts, that’s always good,” Claudia said. “It gives you street cred.”
For current PRSSA members, Arielle recommended going on PRSSA’s agency tours.
“I would definitely recommend it,” Arielle said. “It’s really good just to kind of see what agencies are out there, what you kind of mesh with, what feels like a good fit for you.”
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Travel Guide 2 > Japan > Towns and Cities > Kyoto
Temple of the Golden Pavilion:
Located in the center of Honshu, Kyoto is a city in Japan. As of 2006, Kyoto had a population of 1,473,068.
Kyoto was once the imperial capital of Japan, but today it is principally known outside of the country for the Kyoto Protocol (full name: Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), which is an international treaty on climate change. The treaty, which was opened for signature on December 11th 1997, aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and assigns mandatory reductions for some signatories.
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Books about Kyoto
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Lonely Planet Kyoto (Travel Guide)
By Lonely Planet & Rebecca Milner
Lonely Planet’s Kyoto is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Walk through thousands of vermillion entrance gates towards the summit of Fushimi Inari-Taisha; glimpse ‘old Japan’ in the lanes of Gion; and time your trip for the best cherry blossom and crimson maple leaves. All with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of destination and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet’s Kyoto:
Cultural insights provide a richer, more rewarding travel experience - covering history, people, music, cuisine, politics, etiquette
Covers Downtown Kyoto, Kyoto Station Area, Southern Higashiyama, Northern Higashiyama, Central Kyoto, Northwest Kyoto, Arashiyama & Sagano, Kitayama Area & North Kyoto
The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet’s Kyoto is our most comprehensive guide to the city, and is perfect for discovering both popular and offbeat experiences.
Looking for just the highlights? Check out Pocket Kyoto & Osaka, our handy-sized guide featuring the best sights and experiences for a shorter visit. After wider coverage? Check out Lonely Planet’s Japan for a comprehensive look at all the country has to offer.
Lonely Planet Pocket Kyoto & Osaka (Travel Guide)
Lonely Planet Pocket Kyoto & Osaka is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Get a panoramic view of Kyoto at Ginkaku-ji, catch a glimpse of geishas in the Gion district, or amble through the streets of Amerika-Mura; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of the best of Kyoto & Osaka and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet Pocket Kyoto & Osaka:
Free, convenient pull-out Kyoto map (included in print version), plus more than 10 colour neighbourhood maps
User-friendly layout with helpful icons, and organised by neighbourhood to help you pick the best spots to spend your time
Covers Downtown Kyoto, Central Kyoto, Southern Higashiyama, Arashiyama & Sagano, Kita, Minami and more.
The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Pocket Kyoto & Osaka , a colorful, easy-to-use, and handy guide that literally fits in your pocket, provides on-the-go assistance for those seeking only the can't-miss experiences to maximize a quick trip experience.
Looking for a comprehensive guide that recommends both popular and offbeat experiences, and extensively covers all of Kyoto's neighbourhoods? Check out Lonely Planet Kyoto guide.
Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet Japan guide for a comprehensive look at all the Japan has to offer.
About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves. The world awaits!
Lonely Planet guides have won the TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Award in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016.
'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' -- Fairfax Media
'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times
Frommer's EasyGuide to Tokyo, Kyoto and Western Honshu
By Beth Reiber
FrommerMedia
In a country of fascinating contrasts―ultramodern cities, ancient traditions, majestic mountain ranges―Frommer’s cuts through the noise and confusion to deliver a guide to Japan that’s clear, candid, thorough, and portable. Expert planning tips, honest assessments of hotels and attractions, accessible itineraries designed to appeal to a wide range of interests, and insightful commentaries on Japanese history and culture lead travelers to the sort of authentic experiences and exciting adventures that make for truly unforgettable journeys. It’s the sort of travel that Frommer’s has been making happen for more than 60 years. And with accurate and timely pricing info as well as helpful money-saving advice, you can see Japan no matter the size of your budget.
*Helpful maps, including a fully-detachable fold-out map
*Strategic itineraries, including for families and weeklong stays, so you can make the most of your time
*Candid reviews of the best restaurants, attractions, tours, shops, and experiences―and advice on the ones not worth your time and money
*Accurate, up-to-date info on transportation, useful websites, costs, telephone numbers, and more
*Budget-planning help with the lowdown on prices and ways to save money, whether you’re traveling on a shoestring or in the lap of luxury
About Frommer’s: There’s a reason that Frommer’s has been the most trusted name in travel for more than sixty years. Arthur Frommer created the best-selling guide series in 1957 to help American servicemen fulfill their dreams of travel in Europe, and since then, we have published thousands of titles became a household name helping millions upon millions of people realize their own dreams of seeing our planet. Travel is easy with Frommers.
Kyoto: Seven Paths to The Heart of The City
By Diane Durston
What better way to see Kyoto than at dawn, when the back streets and alleys of this 1,200-year-old city are still under the spell of the past? Old folks fuss about with their bonsai and laundry poles, pausing to chat on their way to the neighborhood shrine with flowers and morning prayers. Knock-kneed white egrets stalk the stream beds for breakfast, and the giant bronze temple bells awaken the former capital of Japan every morning as they have done for centuries.
Through wars, fires, famines, tyrants, and now rapid modernization, the old neighborhoods of Kyoto are the places where the customs and traditions of this fascinating city, with its confusing blend of old and new, have managed to survive.
American writer and former Kyoto resident Diane Durston introduces seven must-see precincts of this ancient capital city, including four Historic Preservation Districts. Among them are the world-famous geisha quarter, the kimono textile neighborhoods, the sake-brewing area of Fushimi, and the tea-growing region of Uji. Durston weaves together local lore and historical sites to create a panoply of provocative walking tours that take the reader back in time to the elegance of earlier days.
Accompanying each section is a full-color map and the fine photography of Katsuhiko Mizuno, a Kyoto native and one of the city's most famous photographers. Sections highlighting Kyoto crafts, cuisine, festivals, and tourist essentials round out this attractive volume, making it the perfect introduction —and guide— to one of the world's most evocative cities.
• Photographs by one of Kyoto's most renowned photographers
• Locations of the most important Historic Preservations Districts
• Detailed maps and suggested routes
• Scenic and little-known walking paths
• Completely revised and updated information
The Monocle Travel Guide to Kyoto: The Monocle Travel Guide Series
Hardcover (148 pages)
Monocle reports from around the globe. As its Edited bys and correspondents dart from city to city, they get to know the best places to rest their heads, stretch their limbs, and kick back with a contact in a hard-to-find cocktail bar. That information is now available in The Monocle Travel Guide Series: a line-up of titles that speaks to readers in an informed but informal way about everything from architecture to art, late-night bars to early-morning markets. Designed to be compact and collectible, these books go beyond the traditional tourist beats to make sure visitors get the best out of a city – no matter how short their stay. The guides are also discerning: they will not list a hundred places to eat, but they will focus on what is best for any occasion.
Old Kyoto: The Updated guide to Traditional Shops, Restaurants, and Inns
Down the cobbled paths and behind the tranquil noren curtains of Kyoto, the old way of life goes on, nurtured in the restrained furnishings of the traditional inns and in the old shops where fine handmade items still add a touch of quality to life.
Since the first edition appeared in 1986, this lovingly written travelogue-cum-guidebook has become de rigueur
For knowledgeable travelers seeking to find "the real Kyoto" behind the modern face of the city's constantly changing boulevards. Old Kyoto focuses on the family establishments that have been in business for at least a hundred years, and in some cases for over ten generations. Astonishingly, many of the old shops and inns of Kyoto can still be found on narrow backstreets, under the heavy, tiled rooftops of traditional machiya dwellings. Here, the adventurous traveler will uncover treasures: the way in which a hand-crafted calligraphy brush is bound, a miniature garden tended, a bamboo basket woven.
For critics and travelers alike, Old Kyoto has long been regarded the essential guidebook to Japan's most cherished city. This second edition of Old Kyoto is completely updated. Shops have been added, and maps, prices, directions, descriptions, and general information have all been thoroughly revised.
Fodor's Essential Japan (Full-color Travel Guide)
Fodor's Travel
Written by locals, Fodor’s Essential Japan is the perfect guidebook for those looking for insider tips to make the most out their visit to Tokyo, Kyoto, and beyond. Complete with detailed maps and concise descriptions, this Japan travel guide will help you plan your trip with ease. Join Fodor’s in exploring one of the most exciting countries in Asia.
Japan offers something for every traveler, with opportunities to try outstanding cuisine, experience nature, and immerse yourself in art, nightlife, and adventure. The country continues to draw visitors to experience its exquisite beauty. In stunning full-color, Fodor’s Essential Japan illustrates the country’s eternal draws, from ancient temples and gardens and the deliberate pace of the tea ceremony, to the dizzying, frenetic pulse of its high-tech cities.
Fodor’s Essential Japan includes:
•UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE: Fully updated, including fresh reviews on new hotels in Kyoto, to a closer look at the increasingly popular Okinawa prefecture, plus the latest in culture, dining, and art.
•ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE: A spectacular color photo guide captures the ultimate unmissable experiences and attractions throughout Japan to inspire you.
•DETAILED MAPS: Full color and full-size street maps throughout will help you plan efficiently and get around confidently.
•GORGEOUS PHOTOS AND ILLUSTRATED FEATURES: Full color photos will help inspire you. Stunning magazine-style color features highlight must-have experiences, including Japan’s history and cuisine, shopping in Tokyo, gorgeous sites like Mount Fuji and temples in Kyoto and Shikoku, the art of Monozukuri, a walking tour through Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park, and more.
•ITINERARIES AND TOP RECOMMENDATIONS: Sample itineraries will help you plan and customize your own itinerary so you can make the most of your time. Includes tips on where to eat, stay, and shop as well as information about nightlife, sports and the outdoors. “Fodor’s Choice” designates our best picks in every category. “Fodor’s Choice” designates our best picks in every category.
•INDISPENSABLE TRIP PLANNING TOOLS: Fodor's Japan features a beautifully illustrated Japanese Cultural Primer, with the lowdown on everything from etiquette to the tea ceremony to the Japanese obsession with baseball. Money-saving tips help travelers make the most of their yen. Each individual chapter has its own planner section with all visitors need to know about regional transportation and accommodation.
•JAPANESE CHARACTERS AND TRANSLITERATIONS: This edition includes Japanese characters and transliterations across our listings for hotels, restaurants, sights and more, making the guide indispensable for solo exploring.
•SPECIAL EVENTS COVERAGE: Information on experiencing the Cherry Blossom Festival which takes place from March to May (or February in Okinawa).
•COVERS: Tokyo, Kyoto, Mount Fuji, Okinawa, Sapporo, Hiroshima, and more.
ABOUT FODOR'S AUTHORS: Each Fodor's Travel Guide is researched and written by local experts. Fodor’s has been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years.
Looking for a more in-depth look at Japan’s capital city? Check out Fodor’s Tokyo.
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Japan
The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this cultured and unique nation.
Take a guided Tokyo walking tour, bathe in hot springs, hike Japan's mountainous interior or visit peaceful temples: everything you need to know is clearly laid out within color-coded chapters. Discover the best of Japan with this indispensable travel guide.
Inside DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Japan:
- Over 30 color maps, plus a Tokyo subway guide, help you navigate with ease
- Simple layout makes it easy to find the information you need
- Comprehensive tours and itineraries of Japan, designed for every interest and budget
- Illustrations and floorplans depict Tokyo National Museum, Senso-ji Temple, Nijo Castle, Himeji Castle, Taiyuin-byo Shrine and more
- Color photographs of Japan's stunning landscape, temples and shrines, impressive castles and more
- Detailed chapters, with area maps, cover Tokyo, Honshu, Kyoto, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa and Hokkaido
- Historical and cultural context gives you a richer travel experience: learn about history, festivals, rituals, values, beliefs and traditions
- Experience the culture with features on Japanese houses, sumo and the martial arts, Japanese traditional theatre, the samurai and Japanese traditional dress
- Essential travel tips - our expert choices of where to stay, eat, shop and sightsee, plus useful phrases, visa and health information
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Japan is a detailed, easy-to-use guide designed to help you get the most from your visit to Japan.
DK Eyewitness: winner of the Top Guidebook Series in the Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards 2017.
"No other guide whets your appetite quite like this one" - The Independent
On a shorter break? Try our DK Eyewitness Top 10 Tokyo guide.
About DK Eyewitness Travel: DK's highly visual Eyewitness guides show you what others only tell you, with easy-to-read maps, tips, and tours to inform and enrich your holiday. DK is the world's leading illustrated reference publisher, producing beautifully designed books for adults and children in over 120 countries.
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Chinese streaming service Xiami Music adds MQA hi-res audio
Chinese technology company Alibaba’s music-streaming service, Xiami Music, is hoping to steal a march on rivals by boosting its sound quality – via a partnership with hi-res audio firm MQA. Xiami will be using MQA’s technology for the ‘SVIP’ tier of its service, initially within its Android and iOS apps. It will also be giving all […]
MQA talks music and the future of in-car entertainment
This week, rumours that Spotify is preparing to launch a $100 in-car speaker as its first hardware resurfaced. It’s a sign of the wider excitement around the potential for music-streaming in cars. Hi-res music-technology firm MQA is part of that trend: earlier this month, it showed off how its studio-quality music can be experienced in […]
Tidal takes MQA-powered ‘Masters’ hi-res music to Android
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“Cake Boss” Buddy Valastro restaurant to replace St James Gate at Sands Casino
by The El Vee November 17, 2015 November 17, 2015
The Sands Casino said today that its St James Gate restaurant will be closing on November 30th. The announcement comes over a year after the Sands Casino president, Mark Juliano, announced several changes coming down the pipeline to the casino’s restaurant landscape. At the time he said that Emeril’s Italian Table is expected to shut down as well, and will be replaced by something similar to Emeril’s New Orleans.
Taking the place of St James Gate will be Buddy V’s, an Italian restaurant concept by Buddy Valastro of “Cake Boss” fame. Opening in spring of next year, the Sands president said in a statement that “we are committed to providing a variety of exciting dining experiences for our guests…with the addition of Buddy V’s, we are proud to add another successful, award-winning restaurant to our offerings.” The Sands also operates a Buddy V’s at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas.
Menu items include ‘family favorites’ from Valastro like steak pizzaiola, linguini with clams and lobster, and several other recipes that he says were passed down from his mother, grandmother, and aunts.
Comedian Bill Burr to perform at the Sands Event Center
by The El Vee October 13, 2015
Comedian Bill Burr will perform at the Sands Event Center on Saturday, November 7th at 8pm, the venue recently announced. Burr, who is known for his ranty and loud style, is a…
Guns N’ Roses, Melissa Etheridge, Ten Tenors Announce Bethlehem Shows
by The El Vee February 19, 2014
The Sands Bethlehem Event Center has announced that Guns N’ Roses, Melissa Etheridge, and The Ten Tenors will be performing at the venue in the coming months.
Demi Lovato, Volbeat, Billy Gardell, Mike Tyson Coming to Bethlehem
by The El Vee January 21, 2014 January 21, 2014
The Sands Bethlehem Event Center announced this morning that Demi Lovato, Danish Rock band Volbeat, Mike Tyson’s ‘one man show’, and comedian Billy Gardell will all be hitting the stage at the venue later this year.
Trace Adkins, Sammy Hagar, and More Announced for Sands Shows
by The El Vee September 11, 2013
The Sands Bethlehem Event Center announced earlier this week that Sammy Hagar, Kevin James, Terry Fator, and Trace Adkins will grace the stage of the venue later this year.
Brian Wilson and Jeff Beck to Play Bethlehem Show
by The El Vee August 5, 2013
The Sands Bethlehem Event Center announced today that Brian Wilson and Jeff Beck will perform at the venue on Sunday, October 6th.
Sands Announces Three New Comedy Acts
by The El Vee May 13, 2013
The Sands Event Center is bringing a series of comedians to Bethlehem with their most recent announcements. Seth Meyers, Jay Leno, and the Impractical Jokers are all set to hit the stage at the venue this summer.
The Goo Goo Dolls, Steve Earle, The Machine, and Boz Scaggs Playing Bethlehem
by The El Vee March 11, 2013 March 11, 2013
The Goo Goo Dolls, Steve Earl, The Machine, and Boz Scaggs are all set to hit the stage at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center in coming months.
Creedence Clearwater Revisited to Play Bethlehem Show
by The El Vee November 26, 2012
Creedence Clearwater Revisited, formed by former Creedence Clearwater Revival members Stu Cook and Doug Clifford, will be performing at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center in Bethlehem on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013.
The Wallflowers, Matchbox 20 Playing Bethlehem Shows
The Sands Bethlehem Event Center announced this morning that The Wallflowers and Matchbox Twenty will be performing at the venue.
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We Need More Than a Strong Defence - On the System Threat From Russia
Originally published in Dala-Demokraten, 9 October 2014: It is time to face realities. Europe is at war and Ukraine is the first victim. We have awoken to new realities with an aggressive and authoritarian Russia, an annihilated European security order and the destruction of international law. A reactionary Russia poses a system's threat to freedom, democracy, and justice.
The new Swedish government needs to meet the challenges of the threat in our neighbourhood, and regain initiative to preserve peace and security in our surroundings.
The West has given up on Ukraine, lost the information war, and betrayed the promises of funding for a vulnerable Ukrainian democracy. NATO and the EU stand nonplussed in front of Russian aggression, occupation, and destabilization of Europe's next largest state. It is a moral capitulation, not by military superiority, but by human impotence. Russia's strength is our weakness in a battle of wills rather than realities. As Moscow's will meets realities, the risk also increases of a Russian Ragnarok in a putinistic regime collapse. What we with Ukraine have not dared call a war a war, so we dare not call the Russian regime by its true nam. Let us thus no longer deceive ourselves: Putinism is fascism. Russia is ruled by a party that since 2006 is a sworn enemy of a free and open society.
Putin speaks in terms from Hitler's "Mein Kampf" and threatens the use of nuclear arms if his will won't be done. Russia's threat is a system's threat that concerns all areas of society. We need more than a strong defence to counter this threat. We need a comprehensive security policy with a wide approach that beyond foreign and defence policies, also addresses economic, business, and legal policies.
The foundations of non-alignment in international law and sovereignty as well as Nordic-Baltic balance and stability in our surroundings is the nexus of Swedish security policy. Here, we need to regain initiative, widen maneuverability, increase our freedom of action, to preserve peace and security in Europe. Sweden's role to recreate a European security order should not be underestimated. To bind us to a nonplussed and spineless NATO confronted by Russian aggression bears witness to an incapability of assuming the responsibility for our own security. Security policy takes courage, judgment, and patience for the long-term construction in defence of Sweden's strategic interests and values. Beyond traditional Swedish security policy we are however confronted by a struggle in new arenas.
A first line of battle runs along the information arena. It takes political will and perseverance, distinction and openness about the Russian threat to oppose Moscow's power. We should not be misled and directed by Russian information warfare, paralyzing European initiative in Ukraine. A new psychological defence should be forward-looking, independent and flexible, with a capacity to oppose influence of politics and economy as well as defence and security.
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Eurovision Grand Final 2016: A Quick Glance at the Results
Well that was an exciting finish, wasn’t it?
Perhaps fans who follow Melodifestivalen, the Swedish national selection for the Eurovision, were less surprised by the new voting format. But certainly here in the Auckland jury, everyone agreed that the new method was a massive improvement for the viewers at home. First, we got to see the jury votes. As well, revealing the aggregate pan-viewing televote scores on a per entry basis was both efficient and gripping. Having such masterful hosts also helped (best ever? We’re inclined to say ja).
While it is only mid-afternoon here in New Zealand, we did start our day from the crack o’ Eurovision (06h). We promise more analyses later.
Juries In
Russia landed the top score four from juries (if you were curious, Ukraine blanked them—and the feeling was mutual), but 21 juries gave Russia zero points, including most of Western Europe. That left Sergey with a measly 130 points after the jury scores was complete. Ukraine’s 211 points included ten 12s; similarly 15 juries blanked Jamala, though they were from across Europe.
Jury queen Dami earned Australia a seemingly insurmountable 320 points. That included eight 12s and points from all but three juries, Czechia, Ireland and San Marino. Adding in nine 10s and six 8s, and Dami Im’s jury score accumulated quickly and consistently. Jurors from every corner of Europe appreciated her.
In fact, the jurors spread their joy quite a bit–though a few entries hoovered up a rather glutinous score (more on that shortly). There was a surprising amount of jury love for Belgium. They scored 130 jury points, including douze points from Australia and Ireland. Well done Laura! Their total of 181 earned them their second top 10 result in a row. The Netherlands, Italy, Israel, France, Lithuania, Spain, Malta, and the UK all scored one 12.
Televotes
The televote story of the night was Poland. Michał Szpak received a pittance from jurors, a mere seven points: two from Austria, three from Lithuania, and one each from Montenegro and Norway. The support from Lithuania makes cultural sense: Vilnius has been both a Polish and Lithuanian majority city over the last century and still has a significant Polish minority. But Michał scored a massive 222 televote points—the third highest. Added to the paltry support from jurors he earned 229 points; good enough for 8th place overall—Poland third top 10 result ever and best result since 2003.
With Australia ahead by over 100 points after the jury vote, few though Dami Im could be caught; most also realized that Russia’s 130 points from juries made it almost impossible for Sergey to catch Dami. The more pressing question was how plausible was it for Ukraine to score more than 100 points higher than Australia to offset their jury advantage? Many gasped when Dami’s fourth place televote score of 191 points was announced.
After Poland’s we waited to see who had finished second in the televote—and how many votes had they scored? And waited…and waited (damn you SVT, but well done all the same), to hear 323 points for…UKRAINE! That put Jamala 23 points ahead of Dami.
We knew Russia’s televote was the highest, but it would have had to be 404 points to beat Jamala. 361 points was around 40 points short. Victory for 1944.
Happy and Sad
Aside from the obvious joy across Ukraine tonight, several other delegations are doubtless chuffed. Poli Genova proved that taking a second crack at the Eurovision can work, if you make sure you elevate your game. If Love Was a Crime ended up in fourth place—Bulgaria’s best ever result and only their second ever appearance in a Grand Final. Their 127 jury points and 180 televotes show how successful entries can be are both entertaining and musically sound. In 2011 Poli languished in the semi-finals.
Another comeback kid improved on a second attempt: Donny Montell from Lithuania. He took I’ve Been Waiting for This Night (104 juries, 96 televotes) to ninth place in the Grand Final, only the second time team LT has earned a top 10 result. In 2012 he finished 14th with Love is Blind.
France (248 juries, 109 televotes) and Frans Sweden (122 juries, 239 televotes) demonstrated again that pre-qualified entries can still do well in a Grand Final. When Michał defeated two higher profile acts in the Polish national final, few expected him to qualify for the Grand Final. The public got this right.
The joy associated with Czechia’s first Grand Final appearance was short lived. I Stand earned the dreaded null points from televoters and 41 jury points for 25th place. Germany’s Ghost earned a single jury vote and ten televotes for last place. And the UK, whom many thought would break the pattern of finishing in the bottom five earned a decent level of jury support (62 points), only for the voting public to shrug (eight points). You’re Not Alone ended up in 24th place.
Interestingly the Netherlands and Malta, both earned 153 total points. However Slow Down’s 39 televote points eclipsed Walking on Water’s 16, so Douwe Bob ends up 11th and Ira Losco 12th. She joins an extensive list of Eurovision comebacks who performed worse on a subsequent appearance, a list featuring several Maltese, it must be said.
There’s a mountain of data to analyse from this year’s Grand Final; there’s two smaller mountains from each semi-final too. Expect one more article later today focusing on this year’s winner. At which it will be nap time…
Congratulations to Jamala, Ukraine and the Eurovision community. This proves that sending something unique, complex and exceedingly polished can do well at the Eurovision. Even win it!
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Funding for 20mph Limits
20 mph limits give great value for money. Slower speeds can be funded from many sources and money combined from different funders can help make communities safer and improve the quality of life for all road users.
Public spending is increasingly monitored for value for money. Where speeds are an issue, for instance where people live, a first question is whether to aim to implement zones (with traffic calming) or signed only limits. Cost effectiveness analysis suggests that the benefits in casualties prevented of 20 mph zones for high casualty areas are greater than the implementation costs, whereas those in low casualty areas are not. 20 mph zones become cost effective when a road has over 0.7 casualties per km per year[1]. Zones cost approximately £60,000 per km at 2005 prices.
However, 20mph limits (without traffic calming) are 7.2 times more cost effective per mile per hour reduced than zones. Evidence from early implementations of town-wide 20mph limits have shown a 20%+ reduction in casualties.
Implementing a 20 mph limit scheme involves a public education campaign and consultation, signage, some signposts, and changing traffic regulation orders with advertising these in local media. ‘Light touch’ policing can enforce it.
Portsmouth’s Total 20 mph implementation cost was £425,000 for 1200 roads (94% of its network). Per street this is £333 or £1,158 per km. £425,000 is equivalent to two signal controlled junctions. In the DfT review of Portsmouth’s 2nd year of this policy a 22% drop in collisions was found compared to previous 3 year’s average[2]. Oxford spent £300,000. The “value” of this reduction in casualties has enabled local authorities to show that implementing area-wide 20mph limit can provide a First Year Rate of Return of over 800%[3].
Funding Options for 20mph Limits
1) Local Highways/Transport planning department from central government funds, for instance as part of the Local Transport Plan budget, or ongoing capital works programme. This is the most common route. It was how limits were paid for in Portsmouth, Oxford, Islington, Bristol and many more.
2) Transport Authorities like Transport for London.
3) Local Sustainable Transport Fund. A local authority can bid to the Department for Transport’s LSTF, which specifically includes 20 mph speeds. There are £5 million and £50 million pots. As an example, 20’s Plenty for Us believe that West Sussex CC have put 20 mph limits in their 2011 bid for Chichester.
4) Councillor vote in deciding amendments when setting council budgets. For instance, in York a Green Party budget amendment in 2009 succeeded in getting £30,000 to set up a pilot 20 mph limit scheme.
5) Developer money as part of a Section 106 agreement to benefit nearby residents, for instance when new homes or businesses are built.
6) Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) will see a health improvement if fewer people are being injured and more people become physically active due to slower speeds. Glasgow’s Health Commission recommended 20 mph zones. Councillors agreed £100,000 for 280 streets in 20 areas, 2 each in the 10 area health committees in Dec 2010.
Liverpool’s PCT agreed 40% of funding for limits in Liverpool in November 2011 amounting to - £665k of £1.665m
7) Local ward or assembly funding. City of York Council has agreed this in principle, though ward funding budgets could only part fund a ‘Total 20’. This has also been done in Sheffield where the City Council has made money available to those communities who want it.
Most importantly we have found that where councillors do support 20mph speed limits for residential roads then usually there are ways to find the money required for implementation.
[1] Grundy, Steinbach, Edwards, Green, Armstrong & Wilson – Effect of 20 mph traffic speed zones on road injuries in London www.20splentyforus.org.uk/UsefulReports/20-mph-zones-and-road-safety-in-london.pdf
[2] Department for Transport – Interim Evaluation of the Implementation of 20mph Speed Limits in Portsmouth.
[3] Warrington Borough Council – 20mph Speed Limit Pilots Evaluation Report – Para 13.10
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Wipro sees strong demand for services from financial clients
MUMBAI/BENGALURU - Indian IT company Wipro Ltd said it was seeing strong demand for its services from clients in banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI), while it faces challenges in its India business and in the U.S. healthcare sector.
India's No.3 IT firm said on Friday that BFSI, its biggest segment, now accounted for 30 percent of its revenues, up from 25.7 percent a year ago, as it reported a 2 percent rise in net profit for the three months through June, beating analysts' forecasts.
Bengaluru-based Wipro said it expected revenue form its key IT services business for the quarter ending September to be in the range of $2.01 billion to $2.05 billion.
That would mean growth of 0.3 percent to 2.3 percent from its current revenue of $2.03 billion, after adjusting for the loss of roughly $23 million in revenue due to the sale of its hosted data services business in the June quarter.
"While we see continuing challenges in our India business and the ACA (Affordable Care Act)-related decline in healthcare, we do see stronger momentum in the rest of our business led by BFSI and the Americas," Chief Executive Officer Abidali Z. Neemuchwala told a news conference.
More than half of Wipro's sales are in the Americas.
Wipro also said it has been trying to restructure its India business, which along with the Middle East contributes less than 10 percent of its revenues, while the uncertainty around ACA, commonly known as Obamacare, in the United States has pushed healthcare clients to hold off big spends.
The company also said it needs to attract more big spending clients. It has only eight clients that bring in annual revenues of more than $100 million.
"I wish we were doing better on that," Chief Financial Officer Jatin Dalal said. "We are pushing up from the base and you hopefully will see an acceleration from hereon."
There was ample client demand for Wipro's software services though, Dalal said.
"Our challenge is to make sure we harness the demand... and how quickly we convert that from a demand to opportunity, opportunity to order book, and order book to revenue."
Wipro said net profit for the three months to June 30 totalled 21.21 billion rupees ($309 million), topping analysts' expectations of 19.52 billion rupees, according to Thomson Reuters data. Its results came out after the stock market close.
It also announced on Friday that it will partner with Alight Solutions and buy out the U.S.-based human resources solutions provider's India operations for $117 million in cash.
India's $154 billion software services industry, led by Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys Ltd, faces tighter margins in legacy businesses such as routine infrastructure maintenance as clients increasingly demand more work for less money.
Still, Tata Consultancy Services this month reported a record profit helped by a rebound in its financial services business. Infosys too reported a rise in net income even though it missed street estimates.
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The area offers a very busy calendar of exhibitions, events and festivals that takes place in cities and villages in the Mugello area. Check the dates on www.mugellotoscana.it to link http://goo.gl/SVaHQ
Below is a brief description of the main cities.:
San Piero a Sieve 15 km away from the farmholiday Corzano
situated on the oldest way of communication between Bologna and Florence, has maintained the narrow streets of the center, rising up to the fortress of San Martino. Other important buildings are Trebbio Castle, the church of St. Peter and the convent of Bosco ai Frati with a crucifix by Donatello. Here is the nearest train station to our farm.
Weekly market on saturday.
Scarperia at 18 km
Fortification built by the Florentine Republic in 1300, is famous for the art of forging cutting tools. Visit the palace of the Vicars, the rectory of Saints Philip and James and the Romanesque church of S. Agata. Today Scarperia is also famous for the Mugello International Circuit which hosts one race of the Moto Grand Prix World Championship, and is used by the Ferrari racing team for car’s tests. Visit: www.autodromomugello.it
Weekly market on friday.
Borgo San Lorenzo at 20 km
In the middle of Mugello is the largest municipality and this is considered the capital of the territory, but only by their inhabitants, of course. In the center there is one of the oldest Romanesque churches in the area; and the villa Pecori-Giraldi, which houses the Museum of the Chini factory
Weekly market on tuesday
Vaglia at 22 km
It ‘s nearest town to Florence, and coming from the capital of Tuscany, at Pratolino, we meets in the park of Villa Demidoff, with the famous statue of giant “Apennine”. Near there is the twelveth century Monastery of Montesenario.
Weekly market on wednesday.
Vicchio at 28 km
I’ts the last town of the valley, known as Giotto’s birthplace.. In its territory there are many valuables villas, churches and oratories; the church of San Cassiano in Padule is one of the oldest.
Weekly market on thursday.
Dicomano at 37 km
located south of the Mugello, where the Sieve river receives the waters of the San Godenzo. In it’s municipality is located the Muraglione pass, through which we go down to the Adriatic coast. In the village there is the Church of St. Maria with important frescoes, and in the area there are several churches, oratories, and the convent of San Giovanni Battista in Sandetole.
The cities of highest Mugello
Beyond the Giogo and Colla passes, along the valleys of the rivers Santerno, Senio and Lamone that descend towards Romagna there are 3 municipalities, immersed in a significant environment which belongs to Mugello, but due to the location are much affected by the influence of Romagna Region.
Firenzuola at 24 km
Accessible through the Futa Pass from our Farmhouse, the “little Florence” was built by the Florentine Republic in 1300, which still maintains the fortress.
Weekly market on monday.
Palazzuolo sul Senio at 52 km
quiet village with important historical testimonies; the Palace of the Captains of the People, houses the museum of mountain’s peoples, and the Sanctuary of Madonna of the Snow.
Marradi at 54 km
famous for the production of chestnuts, we suggest to visit: Scalelle square with the Town Hall, nearby the church of S. Reparata in Salto; and for those who wants to walk: the hermitage of Gamogna, on the trail to the roard to San Benedetto in Alpe.
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Brussels, March 2 2017
International Press Release
Live animal transport – investigation and footage of cruelty towards animals in transport
Animals International (AI), Tierschutzbund Zurich/Animal Welfare Foundation (TSB|AWF) and Eurogroup for Animals released shocking footage showing breaches of European animal welfare legislation and international agreements concerning live animal transport from Europe to Turkey, the Middle East and northern Africa, as well as their slaughter.
In a landmark eight-month investigation conducted from June 2016 to February 2017, AI and TSB|AWF have documented the horrific mishandling and slaughter of European livestock across their European journey from EU to their final destination in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine and Egypt. Their footage shows that transport and slaughter methods that are routine in such importing countries are breaching European regulations and international standards.
Alarming discoveries of the investigation prompted AI and TSB|AWF organizations to join forces with Eurogroup for Animals and its members from all over Europe, including Animal Friends Croatia association. They will send a request to the European Commission to phase out live animal transport.
Every year, well over 2 million European cattle and sheep are exported by sea and road to Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa, despite these destination countries having no laws to protect animals from brutal treatment.
Footage documented by Animals International in importing countries reveals:
• Turkey: terrified, fully conscious bulls being hoisted to the ceiling by one rear leg before having their throats cut in slaughterhouses;
• Lebanon: cattle being tortured with electric prods before being slaughtered;
• Palestine: petrified and fully conscious bulls being brutally restrained with ropes before having their throats hacked with blunt knives;
• Turkey, Palestine, Egypt: the extended suffering of animals in full inversion slaughter boxes (which are turning live animals upside down) for ritual slaughtering;
• Palestine and Jordan: the brutal handling and slaughter of sheep.
Investigation of animal transport by TSB|AWF and AI showed:
• Animals arriving at EU harbors completely exhausted, with workers routinely and hastily forcing animals to move up ramps using electric prods;
• Hungry young calves calling for their mothers as they are prevented from being weaned;
• Exhausted and almost unrecognizable cattle being unloaded in Turkey, completely covered with excrement.
Antonija Magas from Animal Friends Croatia association states, “Live animal transport entails unimaginable cruelty and horrible suffering for the animals. Each one of us can help end their suffering in trucks and ships by changing our dietary habits and switching to a plant-based diet.”
“This investigation reveals an abject failure by EU officials to monitor live animal export. Animals raised in Europe are being transported in manners that are in breach of EU regulations and they are enduring horrific slaughter practices in breach of international agreements,” said Animals International EU Director, Gabriel Paun.
Eurogroup for Animals Director, Reineke Hameleers, stated, “The European Court of Justice has ruled that the EU’s Transport Regulation also applies outside EU borders, until animals reach their final destinations. Yet this ruling is not being abided to and animals continue to be exported in horrible conditions.” In addition she said, “Not only is this illegal, it is also immoral and unnecessary as all of the cited destination countries also import lots of chilled and frozen meat. There is absolutely no excuse for putting animals through unnecessary suffering by exporting them alive.”
“Ethical and regulatory failures in animal transport start well before animals even arrive in the importing countries. Currently there is no requirement to have a vet onboard livestock vessels leaving the EU, thus thousands of animals are without access to veterinary care for up to 10 days in a high risk environment,” said TSB|AWF Director, Iris Baumgärtner. She added, “All you need to think about is thousands of animals imprisoned on a ship - not conceived for animal transport - tossed around in wild seas, to understand just how wrong this trade is.”
Collected evidences will be provided to the European Commission and to EU Ministers as a proof of the abuse and slaughter without respecting proper procedures of European animals which are exported from Ireland, France, Romania, Lithuania, Hungary, Belgium, Czech Republic, Portugal and Spain to non-EU countries.
The investigation storyline is available here.
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MONSTER ENERGY CAROLINA REBELLION EXPANDS TO THREE FULL DAYS IN 2016
AntiHero Magazine December 5, 2015
EXPANDS TO THREE FULL DAYS IN 2016
MAY 6, 7 & 8 AT ROCK CITY CAMPGROUNDS AT
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SPECIALLY PRICED PRESALE TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW
Monster Energy Carolina Rebellion expands to three full days in 2016, featuring best of today’s rock, along with legendary classic artists playing on four stages, the expanded Pig-Out BBQ village, and premium camping facilities. The 2016 festival is set for May 6, 7 and 8 at Rock City Campgrounds at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, NC, just outside Charlotte, NC, and will feature performances from over 50 top rock artists including Disturbed, The Scorpions, Rob Zombie, ZZ Top, Five Finger Death Punch, Shinedown, Deftones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, A Day To Remember, 3 Doors Down, Alice Cooper, Bring Me The Horizon, Cypress Hill, Pennywise, Lamb Of God, and many others.
The Mid-Atlantic’s Biggest Rock Festival sold out in advance in 2015, with a record-setting 80,000 fans in attendance for the fifth annual Monster Energy Carolina Rebellion.
The current band lineup for Monster Energy Carolina Rebellion 2016 is as follows: Disturbed, The Scorpions, Rob Zombie, ZZ Top, Five Finger Death Punch, Shinedown, Deftones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, A Day To Remember, 3 Doors Down, Alice Cooper, Bring Me The Horizon, Cypress Hill, Pennywise, Lamb Of God, Megadeth, Ghost, Sixx:A.M., Anthrax, Collective Soul, Clutch, The Sword, The Struts, Asking Alexandria, Yelawolf, BABYMETAL, Pop Evil, Bullet For My Valentine, P.O.D., Sevendust, Hellyeah, Between The Buried & Me, Parkway Drive, Black Stone Cherry, Saint Asonia, Trivium, Escape The Fate, August Burns Red, Turbowolf, Enter Shikari, Sick Puppies, Filter, Candlebox, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown, New Years Day, Aranda, Thousand Foot Krutch, Red Sun Rising, Texas Hippie Coalition, Hands Like Houses, Code Orange, Failure Anthem, Avatar, Lacey Sturm, The Glorious Sons, From Ashes To New, Wilson, I Prevail, Monster Truck, Audiotopsy, Wild Throne, and RavenEye.
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Monster Energy Carolina Rebellion specially priced weekend presale tickets are available now. Visit the Monster Energy Carolina Rebellion Facebook and Twitter pages for a password to purchase now. Fans are encouraged to buy early and save since ticket prices will increase at the public on-sale on Friday, December 11 at 10:00 AM ET at www.CarolinaRebellion.com.
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Hotel and Camping Packages are also available now at www.CarolinaRebellion.com. All Hotel Packages are for three or four nights and are available for 2 or 4 people. Each package includes access to the Thursday Night Campground Party in the campgrounds. Camping is open from Noon on Thursday, May 5 through Noon on Monday, May 9. Camping Packages also include a $25 merchandise voucher (one per person), access to the VIP Lounge in the concert site, event poster (one per person), and access to the Thursday Night Campground Party.
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The Darkling
By William Henry
“Catherine, you suffer endless torment.” Wolfram knew me as well as anyone did. Always did he know the state of my emotions. His head shook, as if not understanding. “You feel too much. You think too much. You let that serpent live rent-free in your head. The wages of you doing this is continuous despair.” He lifted the cigarette up to his lips with one hand while the other brushed my bangs out of my eyes. “I know the look in those two green daggers of yours all too well. I know you know what I’m talking about. I hunt to rid the world of evil, one fiend at a time. You hunt one man for one purpose.”
Many a day had I spent out on the streets, helping those in need, the poor, the disadvantaged. As an Adjuvare, that was my calling, Wolfram reminded more times than I can remember, not trolling the world for Lord Bishop.
“If you want peace,” casting an eye down at me through his bangs, “you must be willing to let go of the past. We’ve hunted him for all these many years. And here it is 1773.” He fiddled with a black onyx button on his coat, thinking of something, and then he looked at me. “I’ll continue to help you hunt him till the end of time, but just think of all the emotion you waste in his pursuit.” He looked at the yellow butt between his long white fingers as if contemplating whether he was finished with it, then his eyes floated up to my face for a response.
I wiped at my eyes. “What’s your point?”
“What’s my point?” he sighed with a shake of his head. “My point is that you spend so much time thinking of the dead you forget about the living. But you must release your pain someday--before it devours you whole.” He bent an eye at me. “It begins with willingness, Catherine.”
I knew the pain was beginning to destroy me from the inside out, but I didn’t want a lecture on my reasons for doing what I did from this living sculpture of a man. Try as I might, I couldn’t divorce myself from the desire for vengeance. Justice for Lord Bishop’s litany of crimes was all that I thought about these days--for his one crime that bade me into a well of sorrow. He was responsible for the murder of my beloved apprentice. Three hundred years had I spent hunting Bishop to no avail.
And here was Wolfram reminding me of my shortcomings.
He stomped the snow off his boots. “Let’s get going before we’re both icebergs.”
We started down the boulevard again, turning the corner onto a narrow lane that slanted down into darkness, a dark abysses that called to me. My step slowed. A hand rose to my chest, feeling it heaving. Memories of my apprentice who was more like a son flooded my heard and mind. His death lay squarely on Lord Randolph Bishop’s shoulders; countless other murders lay stacked upon that. These thoughts made me swallow hard. It felt like a cold hand was squeezing my heart. This deserted lane seemed oblivious to the pain of its passing occupant. The entire city of Paris seemed oblivious to my pain. Somewhere off in the distance a horse and carriage rumbled through a street, the grinding of wheels on cobbles, the hollow clop, clop, clop of hooves. As I focused on that sound, the tears began building again, the heartache tightening its grip on my heart.
Push it down, I told myself. Push it down deep.
No matter how much time passes, a parent never fully recovers from the loss of a child--nor a sorcerer from her apprentice.
A hand reached into Wolfram’s coat to fumble for leather pouch. He loosened the pouch strings, withdrew a small square sheet of wrinkled paper and a pinch of dried golden-brown leaves. “You suffer like no one on earth,” he said rolling another cigarette without breaking stride. “Do you know why?”
I didn’t answer. I didn’t even move my shoulders or head to indicate I’d heard any part of what he’d said.
I came to a complete stop.
Wolfram shuffled to a stop beside me. He took off his black felt hat and handed it to me. He smoothed down the raven strands and reached back to retie the black ribbon that secured his ponytail.
I thrust back to him his hat while gazing at the thousands of falling snowflakes. With the cigarette hanging from his lips as he talked of the theater we had attended that evening, he put his hat on off to the side dashingly.
The worn brown leather strap that kept my tangled mass of red curls tied back had begun to loosen earlier, but it unraveled completely as we stood there and a shock of hair tumbled into my eyes. I pulled it back and tried to retie it but was having trouble.
Wolfram moved behind me and gently pulled my hair back and retied it, his breath hot on my neck and smelling of whisky.
As he stepped back to draw puffs, a fleeting figure moved before one of the glowing lanterns hanging beside a door, casting a momentary shadow on the shimmering snow. We both froze.
A whisper came clear to my ears. And someone snickered.
I withdrew a step. “What was that?”
“What was what?”
“Didn’t you hear that?”
“I didn’t hear anything.”
“I thought I heard someone say...sugar plumb.”
“Sugar plumb?” Wolfram laughed softly while glancing about.
Wolfram withdrew a step. “What was that?”
“...Hear what?”
“I heard someone whisper.”
The voice wasn’t the utterance of a mortal. Sounded ethereal, like a dream voice, the trace tongue of a cherub--or a dark angel.
Again the faintest silvery voice encircled me. “I heard it again.”
“So did I.”
“What is this? Trickery?” I hazarded.
Not seconds after I put forward those words of question, someone threw the words back at me in mockery, like a child does to another child to induce aggravation. “What is this? Trickery?”
The tension mounted.
A voice inside my head now said, Above and before. It was as dark as pitch. There wasn’t a torch or oil lamp anywhere. The moon was full, but the strange greenish-gray scudding clouds that hung low over our heads like a great velvet tapestry masked it. Even with sorcerer eyes, it was difficult to locate the source of the voice.
Looking around and up to the rows of four story high houses on either side of the street, I determined there were creatures on the rooftops and ground.
Were we surrounded?
Whoever and wherever they were, they were using magic to throw disorienting voices, to confuse.
Still looking up, in the periphery of my vision, I caught glimpse of a head, a white face, two burning orbs, and a cameo of scorn. Then it drew back into the liquid darkness, having realized it was seen.
A figure slipped across our path again. Both our heads turned as it crunched off to the left. But then nothing. Silence. No sooner had we begun to move, I became aware we were being followed. Whoever or whatever it was stepped as we stepped. They crunched snow as we crunched snow. They paused when we paused. Perfectly in time with our step.
We both spun around to find no one there.
There was a rustle of garments and a scrape of boots landing on tiles as a lone figure rose to the roof.
“ Wolfram von Goethe, the Nequam filth,” came a voice,
The words rode the frosty air, sweeping down upon the night from some unseen stratum of the sky.
“Catherine Brutticelli, the Adjuvare--,” began another.
I didn’t allow the insult to be uttered. I ran up a wall, with Wolfram fast on my heels. We both landed with a slide on the roof to find three young men dressed in white from head to toe standing before us, as if spawn of the very substance on which they stood. The wind carried on its wings the smell of cologne, the scent of aristocrats. Two of the three were twins. One of the twins, grinning with obvious amusement, looked straight at me with a shaft of derision and said, “Don’t you know us, sugar plumb?” I felt my forehead wrinkle. His words “sugar plumb” rang with odium. In his eyes was more hate, more virulence than I thought possible in any creature. Something about this person revolted me, but why? They scattered in opposite directions before I could separate the entanglement his question.
Wolfram pushed ahead in pursuit, his black cape flowing after him.
As he bolted left and I right, I sensed immediately that the one I was after was less sinister than the other two. He was one of the twins. He jumped from one roof to another, with me in pursuit. He leapt down to the street. I was surprised by his abilities--such agility. Few could maneuver as he. He gestured in my direction and shouted, “Accendere!” A fireball the size of a pumpkin shot in my direction, as if the earth had belched its molten blood. Whoosh! I dodged the fire by running up the entranceway arch of an abandoned hotel. The rush of hot air brushed past my face as it shot up into the sky like a rocket gone astray. The one I was engaged was nowhere to be seen. From my vantage point, Wolfram’s tall form could be seen jumping from roof to roof, roof to ground, ground to roof, the scissoring of his long legs, dodging the smoking chimneys in pursuit. Moonlight and snow dueled to paint the rooftops platinum, and it was difficult at times to see the creatures. I got the impression watching the white-clad figures’ quickened tread that they were just toying with Wolfram and me. That they could have moved much faster. Only their capes seemed animate, like white sheets having escaped a clothesline to dance in the wind. They had no trouble negotiating the chimneys and hairpin curves of the streets and roofs. I spotted the one I was after. I jumped and was born aloft, landing down on the street before him. He slid to a stop some twenty feet distant. He hesitated. He made to turn and run but twisted around and threw out a hand and shouted, “Accendere!” A fireball hurled towards me. I jumped out of the way as the fireball struck the front doors of the hotel. The doors blew out in a tangle of smoke and shattered boards. What remained hung in splinters, the latches glowing orange and falling with a sizzle into the snow. As I began in his direction, something hit me in the head that stayed my tread. Then a knife sliced painfully across my neck and a curtain of blood began down my chest. Desperately I looked around but saw not a person. In my solar plexus, I did sense the tingling presence of another immortal. Then I heard a rustle of clothing as a fist smacked my face, sending me stumbling into a blazing lantern post, cracking the glass panels. I gathered all my power and lunged forward, taking hold the neck of this fast moving creature, and threw my full weight against him so that we both fell into the street. I rolled over and over with him in the snow. Mustering all my strength, I punched at his face with my naked fists. It was the weaker one, the one I’d been chasing, the twin. A sudden gust of wind caught my cape and threw it over my head to cast us both into darkness. “Who are you?” I pressed. His lips quivered attempting to form words but couldn’t. I released his neck so he could speak. I threw back my cape. “How do you know me?”
As he began to speak, I was grabbed from behind and thrown to the ground. The one I’d grabbed jumped to his feet. I lay on my back stunned for a second. Both stood over me scowling, backlit by the greenish glow of the sky, the wind snapping their capes about them.
When I rose--and I rose quickly--they were gone. They vanished as swiftly as lizards vanishing into cracks of walls.
I was now alone; could feel they had gone. And my heart pounded in my ears like a caveat drum.
Wolfram came running up. He’d lost track of the one he’d been chasing. His white face was smeared with soot, coat missing buttons and torn at the sleeve. “Never seen sorcerers move like that. So fast they were nothing more than blurs. Are you all right?” His chest heaved, his stare level, pirouetting round on the ball of a foot scanning the area.
“Yes,” I coughed, stroking my throat, feeling the wound healing by the minute.
“What’s going on?” I lobbed the question into the wind, not just to Wolfram. “Who were they?”
Feeling half-past exhaustion, we returned to our hotel, with an agreement that we’d search for the three in white next evening.
I repaired to my chamber without another thought. Entering, I withdrew my dagger from my boot, clunking the heavy dagger down on a bedside table. I kicked off my boots, unbuttoned my collar, shed my coat, and threw myself on the mahogany four-poster bed with a moan, not bothering changing out of shirt, waistcoat, and breaches.
It is difficult to say how long I lay there before the voice.
“Catherine.”
For a brief moment, I thought it was Wolfram standing beside my bed. “Yes,” I mumbled drowsily.
“Catherine, look at me.” One eye cracked open. I pitched my head up, glimpsed the figure and rolled out of bed and onto my feet. I grabbed him by the throat and took him down to the floor. It was one of the three in white.
“What are you doing here?” I screamed. My eyes darted about to insure I wasn’t surrounded. One hand pushed him down. The other reached clumsily for my dagger, nearly upsetting the small table as it balanced on two legs. I drew the leather sheath off with my teeth. “What are you doing here?”
“I mean you no harm,” his limp arms held out before him. “I mean you no harm.”
Wolfram burst through my chamber door. He took the door off its hinges as he did. He stood dagger in hand ready for battle. Realizing there was an intruder, he charged. “Get back, you!” Wolfram rumbled in a low key of command as he gained the room. He grabbed him by the arms and thrust his dagger into his stomach.
“Pray listen to me. I mean you no harm. Will you at least listen?” fled his lips as he was tossed about like a rag doll.
Blood was soaking his white coat.
Not responding, I picked him up by the ruffles of his shirt and slammed him against the wall, leaving a smeared trail of blood on the magnolia-painted wall and the chestnut parquet. A painting fell as he elbowed the wall in a failed attempt to stand up. I stooped over him holding my dagger to his neck with one hand and rummaged his pockets with the other. I don’t know what I was looking for, perhaps some reason for his being there, or who he was. All his pockets yielded were lint and a crumpled theater ticket.
He was rattling off: “I mean you no harm. Please allow me to explain,” when I looked into his eyes, into his dark orbs--into his soul. What I saw sent me stumbling away, only to hastened back.
My Adjuvare vows rose in my head now, the vows I took when I promised my master that I would uphold the sacred covenant of my religion. It is my sacred duty to always be of service to all souls in need when anyone, anywhere reaches out for help.
I helped take off the young man’s coat and shirt. I fetched a towel from the privy and dipped it in the pitcher on a side table. The Elixir had already begun to heal the wound when I returned with the towel. The wound came together and closed. We’d drunk the Elixir that same day, as all sorcerers do on every full moon to render us immortal, a product of sorcerer alchemy, and so the wound healed quickly. As long as we drink it on every full moon, we will remain perfectly preserved, as when the nectar of the sorcerer first passes our lips. I rubbed the blood away where the wound had been, revealing his unscathed, smooth white belly.
My companion’s mouth had dropped open, as if thinking, What in the hell are you doing? Confusion was stamped on his face.
“Look into his eyes. Look into his eyes.”
Wolfram did what was suggested, taking a step back. “What’s your name?”
“Ethan. Ethan Bishop.”
I gasped. Words of shock rested on my lips half formed as Ethan’s words fell with disbelief upon my ears. Stunned, my eyes passed from the intruder’s white face to Wolfram’s.
“My God,” I managed.
Mein Gott,” Wolfram chorused in the language of his birth, his eyes dilating with astonishment.
In Ethan’s eyes, carefully hidden behind the hard eyes he had to show his father and brother, lay an honest soul, a good soul unhardened by the way of deceit, the way of Sanius. A hurting soul did I see, a soul in need. I saw this. Taking his arm, I helped him to his feet. His crushed hat had lain under him. Picking up the hat with my free hand, I conducted him to my bed.
Other than Ethan muttering he no longer subscribed to the ways of his father--the way of Sanius--he was silent. He knew reason for our near faint. He knew at mere mention the name Bishop we’d recoil, for he was the son of Lord Randolph Bishop. The most insidious sorcerer I’d ever known was again in our midst, his namesake was anyway.
Ethan was Lord Bishop’s child, meaning he had his father’s blood coursing through his veins, powerful blood, powerful lineage.
Drawing near, I could see his father’s features in his face, as if he’d been cast from same mold, only Ethan’s features were smooth, not fully developed, boyish.
Wolfram turned to me. “I just don’t know what to think about this. It’s so...”
“Bizarre,” I breathed, completing his ellipsis that contained the shock of the years we’d searched for his father.
Wolfram dropped a nod of agreement, his bangs falling into his eyes.
I laid a hand on Ethan’s shoulder. “So why did you come here? What do you hope to gain by telling us this?”
“I want to join you. I want to learn your ways. ...The way of Adjuvare.”
Did I hear that right? Could this be true? The son of my enemy seeks my counsel? Something about this was very wrong. A trick, it had to be a trick. Yet it couldn’t be.
An opium haze had engulfed us, or so it seemed. “Lord, this is like a dream.” I gestured at Ethan. “Here in our suite is the son of the very man we hunt.”
“And he wants to join us,” Wolfram added with a chuckle. “How do we know this is not a ruse.”
“Do you not feel my intentions?” Ethan’s brow rose. He turned from Wolfram’s face to mine. “Do you not discern that I am no threat to you? Do you think I have designs to bring you harm?”
We didn’t respond.
A shadow of contrition crossed Ethan’s face now. “I don’t blame you for not trusting me. I probably wouldn’t trust me either, considering my family’s constitution ...all the terrible things they’ve done. All the terrible things I’ve done.”
“How did you know where we’re staying?” I wanted to know this more than anything.”
Ethan didn’t immediately answer. He scratched his abdomen, eyes glassy, reflecting. “We saw you at the opera. And we followed you after the performance. After we had that run-in with you, I told my brother I wanted to walk alone, to think. I saw you walking down the boulevard toward your hotel. And I followed you.”
Knowing they had seen us and we hadn’t seen them was uncomfortable. But knowing Ethan had followed at such a close distance was disturbing.
The idea that he had stared up at my silhouette framed in my chamber window as he debated whether to enter added to the consternation.
“My father knows whenever you both get close.” This statement left his mouth with such suddenness it caught me off guard. “I see by the surprise on your faces you didn’t know that. That’s why you have never been able to get him. And he told my brother and me all about you. Where to find you. How you practice. We spotted both of you as you arrived in port. We would see the red and black hair all over town.” He gestured at me and then at Wolfram. “That’s how we know you. Not many Adjuvare sorcerers associate with Nequam sorcerers.”
Ethan was right about that. Most Adjuvare live pure, peaceful, honest lives to the glory of the Creator, helping the poor and the disadvantaged whenever and however possible--the commission of the Adjuvare. But I was not most Adjuvare. Nequam are irrepressible rogues with a singleness of purpose--hunt the creatures of the night. It’s something about the hard look in the unblinking eyes of the Nequam that distinguishes: fierce protector of the innocent and brutal slayer of the wicked.
All religions of the sorcerer have a text of magic that incorporate similar spells and incantations. Although the Nequam and the Adjuvare have different beliefs, the objective is the same: the use of white magic to help humankind.
Those who practice the way of Sanius--Lord Bishop’s religion--care not for anyone but themselves. They help and heal no one. They take what they want and kill any and all who attempt to stop them.
All immortal sorcerers memorize their chosen religions’ spells and incantations. And we all take the Aeternitas Elixir (Elixir of Life) on the full moon to render us immortal. But it’s what we do with our knowledge of the magical arts that defines us as good or evil.
Wolfram withdrew a sheet of cigarette paper and a pinch of tobacco from the pouch, laying the pinch in the center and rolling. Immersed in thought, he eased the cigarette up to his lips. “Ardesco.” He filled his lungs and let the smoke out slowly. Running fingers along the stitching of the black leather pouch, he asked, “And what will your father think when he discovers that you have betrayed him,” his head cutting through the soft curl of smoke to display a raised black eyebrow of curiosity. “Betrayed his beliefs.”
“I have not and will not betray my father; I love him. I just don’t accept his interpretation of the ways of the sorcerer. That’s all.”
Wolfram laughed soundlessly and blew smoke. “It’s not nearly that simple.”
My bed was covered with Ethan’s blood which was black and sticky on the gray coverlet. Ethan collected his shirt and coat and our gathering moved from my chamber to the salon, to a walnut settee. Wolfram lit a single candle, casting a feeble radiance on the table like a spilled jar of yellow watercolor, the rest of the salon draped in shadow. The candlelight carved out his prominent cheekbones, his features luminous like a figure in ivory.
I got dressed and Wolfram got dressed. Ethan ‘s clothes were covered in blood, so Wolfram lent a change to our houseguest, black from head to knee. The white blood-spattered boots gleamed against the black breeches. Looked very much the Nequam from knees up he did.
“I apologize for your stomach,” Wolfram said to Ethan as we took seat. There was no longer any noticeable mark on his body, owing to the Elixir’s healing power, but he felt it necessary to apologize.
Ethan turned to me. “And I apologize for Julian taking hold of your neck last evening.”
“Julian?” I questioned.
Ethan threw back a tuft of brown hair fallen in his eyes. “Julian’s my twin brother. And Bjorn is the blond one.” Ethan cleared his throat. “Bjorn and my brother are more alike than my brother and I. They are both vicious and ruthless. More so than my father. My father...he calls us Darklings.”
“Darklings?” Wolfram questioned with wrinkled brow.
Ethan nodded. “A gang of powerful sorcerers that make the night their realm like the Nequam.”
I shook my head. “A gang of white-clad sorcerers bent on death and destruction, you mean.
“It is what it is. But do not misunderstand. I make no excuse for them.” He looked off into the room and then back at me. “Because of the way they are, I am here. And because you are an Adjuvare, I am here.”
Wolfram crossed his legs, amazingly at ease. “So you’re here because you want to change your ways?”
“I’m determined to change my ways.”
I noticed a small shiny silver pin attached to the lapel of his coat crumpled at his feet. I took hold the coat, lifting to my lap. Plucking the pin from the coat, I rotated the pin in the light. Inscribed on a round face were the words Nec Aspera Terrent, Latin for Fear Not the Use of Brutality. I pointed to the pin. “What’s this supposed to be?”
“That’s the Darklings’ motto. My father’s idea.”
I nodded with understanding. “Figures.”
“It’s supposed to counter the Nequams’ motto of ‘whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to me.’ ”
Wolfram didn’t respond. He merely shook his head with a frown.
With a cigarette between two fingers, Wolfram gestured at Ethan’s clothing. “Tell us about your father’s reason for dressing you in white,” a sprinkling of ashes falling at Wolfram’s bare feet. He must have been caught in the middle of undressing when he’d heard my screams rent the air. His wrinkled black shirt hung out over his black breaches. “The Nequam wear the color of night to blend into the night. But the color you wear...” motioning at Ethan.
“The white is supposed to be the antithesis of the Nequam. And my father doesn’t want the Darkling to blend in with the night like the Nequam. He wants us to stand out.”
“Brazenly stand out, you mean,” I added.
He nodded.
Wolfram’s lips parted exposing teeth. Whatever momentary humor he felt hardened at once with solemnity. “What does he hope to accomplish by organizing sorcerers such as your brother and Bjorn?”
“What does he hope to accomplish by organizing a gang?” I sat forward, giving Wolfram a sidelong glance.
Ethan received the question with sadness in his eyes. Lines of anguish creased his face now like a map of where he’d been, completely changing his appearance. Suddenly he looked older. “I told you I would not betray my father. I will not do anything that harms him.”
Wolfram heaved a loud sigh; the candle extinguished. Candle smoke wafted. It was pitch until the oil lamps on the street slowly seeped into the room. “You come to us for help, but you won’t give even the tiniest information in return.”
The inner turmoil was palpable. “You telling us what he’s planning won’t get him hurt.”
Ethan blinked at me.
“If anything, it will help keep us from taking him out for good.”
I picked up a long matchstick off a side table, struck it on the floorboard, the sharp crackle of the flame bursting to life (To this day, I love the sound of a match strike), and re-lit the candle. The redolence of sulfur thickened the air.
I drew near to Ethan and touched his bare chest. He drew back slightly in response to my cold fingers. “What I mean is, if we find out down the road that your father is doing something that is hurting people, we won’t hesitate taking him out. But if you tell us in advance, we can prevent him even starting, and thus save his life.”
Ethan gazed down at the street five stories below through the ironwork baluster on the balcony. “He’s assembling...”
A pregnant pause lingered in the air.
He stood up, turning with folded arms to the frosted window. “He’s assembling sorcerers that recognize the way of Sanius to go to America. Has a large financial interest in America tied to the British government maintaining control of the colony. He fears tensions could escalate and affect his business interests. Affect his profit. And he’s going to stop the colonists from rebelling.” Then as if to punctuate importance, he said us, “At any cost.”
Realizing the gravity of Ethan’s words, Wolfram’s and my eyes brushed past each other’s faces, exchanging shared concern, shared urgency.
Redirecting his attention from the window to me, Ethan said, “He’s gathering sorcerers and training them to be warriors--like the Nequam--to fight with the British. The British won’t know they’re sorcerers. They’ll just think they’re volunteers. Sorcerers that will fight the Americans and crush any talk of American freedom. And, if need be, kill those responsible.”
Everything was grist that came to Lord Bishop’s mill. Nothing was sacred to him. There was nothing he wouldn’t do to win. I knew what we had to do. We had to work in tandem to prevent him from aiding the British. France was the nursery where he grew these beasts--these demons in white--and we were resolved to put an end to it, here and now.
Ethan went on to say that his father had a château in Orléans.
Men’s voices out on the street caught my attention. I threw a finger up to my lips. “Shh! Did you hear that?”
Before they could answer, a voice boomed. “Do you betray us, Ethan?”
Startled, we swung round and gazed down at the street to catch sight of the burning faces of four figures, as if their eyes were balls of fire peering out of bleached skulls. They glared up at us as though we were the monsters, not them. There were two new faces among the two with whom we were familiar.
It was surprising to see them. Ethan had obviously been followed.
“Do you betray me?” Julian continued, his voice even louder. He leaned forward. A long arm reached out. A bony finger pointed up in our direction. “Do you choose them over Father?”
“Do you know the other two?” I asked, turning from the distant faces to Ethan’s.
“No, but my father told Julian and me that sorcerers were going to join us here in Paris. And then we were to travel to America.”
I don’t remember who but one of us said that we should act now. Immediately we jumped to our feet, grabbed our daggers, then we three sprang from the balcony doors and were born aloft, landing down on the street. The dazed onlookers passing on the street shrunk back in fright. Their heads shrank between shoulders, drawing as far as possible into the shelter of their frames like turtles.
Julian rushed Ethan and kicked his brother in the head, then lifted into the sky. Ethan rose after him. He grabbed hold Julian’s boot, his hands sliding off the wet leather. Julian swung around and kicked Ethan again, sending Ethan tumbling into the street. Up, up Julian rose, vanishing.
Bjorn whipped his blond head around and drew back and yelled, “Moveo!” and Wolfram, Ethan, and I were thrown back as though by a strong wind. Bjorn and the other two then ascended to follow.
Ethan grabbed my arm. “I know where they’re going. We used to always meet at Notre Dame. We’ll find them there.”
To Wolfram and Ethan, “You two go on. I’ll meet you there.”
The people on the street were in dismay, disbelieving what they’d seen, motioning at me, gabbling to one another. Gesturing at the spectators, “Oblivisci! You will remember nothing!” At once, the spectators were washed over with a manner described as how one is when awakened from a dead sleep, with no memory of what had happened.
I couldn’t just leave the spectators in a stew. Once done, I stepped into an alley. The only thought that lay in my head as I rose into the air was the universe never ceases revealing secrets, never ceases to amaze and mystify--one of Lord Bishop’s sons was good. An intractable laugh escaped my lips as the bite of wind stung my face and hands as Paris passed below me. I would never have imagined, never in my wildest dreams, that Lord Bishop could produce anything good--the irony!
I landed behind Cathédrale de Notre Dame.
I began cautiously around to the front. The great gothic edifice seemed to rise out of the earth like a colossus astride the world. The oak doors were open and I could see the flickering of dozens of candles in those little red glass holders, the wind tickling the flames, row after row of red glass. The faint scent of wax mixed with smoke mixed with incense drifted out the doors to greet me. My flaring nostrils took hold.
Utter exhaustion dug its fangs into me suddenly, as surely as if it had been a snake. That scent reminded me of the mediaeval cathedrals of centuries before. It reminded me that I’d been searching for Lord Bishop for centuries. And what had it gotten me? What had my search yielded? “I don’t think I can do this anymore,” I sighed, stumbling with lassitude into a door. The search for Lord Bishop had been on going for what seemed forever. I’d been doing this for so long, too long. I was tired beyond reason, and for that one moment as I leaned against the wood, cradling my face in my hands, I just wanted to give up.
I closed my eyes, squeezing out tears, opening them wide to the candles within.
Then the memory of my apprentice filled my head, as the light from the flames filled my eyes, and I remembered why I was doing this, that Lord Bishop was responsible for the cold-blooded murder of my son.
Knowing that I had to continue on, I passed through the central door of the three, searching with inner senses. Making my way, I glanced up at the ribbed high-vaulted central nave, pointed arches and about. A universe could swim in that cathedral, truly. The seemingly endless row of huge columns leading to the choir seemed dwarfed by the height of the interior. The interior was as empty as I felt. A boy was picking up trash and rags left by communicants that had knelt on the cold stone floor to pray. Continuing to walk, my heels clicking on the stone, the sound leaving and then returning from the walls, I made my way through the central nave towards the transept, the choir and the high altar. Drawing closer to the altar, my eyes scanned the area before and behind me. Another boy in a black cassock was putting out the candles in the chandelier at the altar that had been for evening mass with an extinguisher on a long brass poll. He reached on tiptoes to drop the small funnel down on the flames, one after another, the gray smoke corkscrewing up into the air. A lone woman was knelt at the altar engaged in silent prayer, her face shadowed by the brim of a green felt hat. I reached the altar, knelt beside the woman, whispered a prayer, and crossed myself. She remained motionless and silent, but for the slight movement of her fingers and the click of her rosary beads. Something about her genuflection drew my suspicion. I grabbed her hat, spilling gray hair onto her shoulders.
“Oh!” she gasped. “The nerve to disturb an old woman in prayer!”
The boys turned sharply around.
I waved an all was well. I returned to her the hat, tipping my hat to her as I did. “Forgive me. Thought you might have been someone else.”
I was a jumble of nerves. “Get a hold of yourself, Catherine,” I muttered treading to the back, to the tower stairs.
Ascending the 387 steps of the north tower, I could hear a voice. Two tall figures leaned against the wall just outside. I withdrew my dagger from my boot. Nearing, I saw it was Wolfram talking with Ethan, sharing a flask of whisky, viewing the city. It was very cold and windy, blowing their hair.
“Magnificent.” Wolfram gazed out at Paris, a black sea threatening to drown the faint constellation of twinkling oil lamps and torchlights.
The moon escaped the clouds, yielding up the snarling stone gargoyles perched on the bastion, jutting forward as though to spring forth, casting stares out at the city like monsters laying in wait.
I laid a hand on the frozen ledge and another on Wolfram’s broad shoulder. “Have you seen them?”
His warm hand closed over mine. He shook his head.
“They might have gone somewhere else,” Ethan said.
The River Seine looked like liquid silver in the moonlight. I think Wolfram’s gaze dropped to the ice-encrusted banks then because he shivered. He pulled the collar up about his neck and pushed his hat down to his ears.
Ethan sighed with frustration. “I knew I should not have gone to your suite. Now they know that I am with you. And it will only get worse. They will only get worse.”
“But we are unharmed,” I said, gesticulating at we three. “I will not change my life...we will not change our lives! We will go where we will!”
“But you do not understand my brother and my father.”
I flicked him a sideways glance. “Perhaps I understand too well.”
Wolfram snorted and dug his hands deeply into his coat pockets.
“We must go to your father.” I turned to him. “We must put an end to the madness.
“He and Julian are at his château. Planning strategy. They leave tomorrow for the America.”
First we heard rustling garments, then came the force of the bodies slamming into us like a stampede of horses. Julian, Bjorn and the other two plunged from the sky like griffins and surprise kicked us, sending us tumbling down onto the stone ground before the cathedral.
We picked ourselves up. We stood en garde; ready for fight or flight, there would be no compromise. We were standing in a flash, yet they had already appeared on the ground and surrounded us like lions surrounding prey. Again I was in awe of their speed.
“Traitor. You betray your blood,” Julian said, eyes narrowing, moving round us glowering. “You betray your brother, and you betray your father.” He slowed to a stop, stood in place. With a crinkled face of disgust, his face contorted as though Ethan was nothing more than a repulsive insect. “You pathetic coward. You are not my brother. You are not my father’s son.” The blue veins beneath his white throat throbbed.
“Julian...” Ethan fell silent, wounded.
Julian’s tone was deceptively soft (measured). Yet the ire flickering in his eyes betrayed the tone. “And what is this?” He motioned as if just noticing. “You trade the white for the black?” He shook his head.
“Julian, I--”
Julian’s right hand rose. “I don’t want to hear anything you have to say. You’ve made your choice. You’ve chosen them over Father.”
“I cannot and will not involve myself in Father’s ways any longer!” There was a tumult of emotion to his words. “I cannot and I will not!” I knew Ethan fought the will of his emotions to wet his face. He grudged Julian any bit of satisfaction.
The great bells of Notre Dame began to toll now, a slow peal. The heavy cast iron bells swirled about us a deep, sepulchral reverberation, denoting the time: 3 a.m. Julian’s eyes trailed off mechanically in the direction of the towers and then back down. He pointed a bone-thin finger at Ethan. “If you get in the way of Father’s business, if you get in the way of Father, I will kill you. I will.” And then they were gone in the blink of an eye, that fast, as it they were never there. They just melted into the night.
Tears welled up in Ethan’s eyes, drops of mercury; the more effort he employed in brushing them away the more they seemed to spring anew.
A maelstrom of snow blew into our faces, biting into our cheeks like tiny shards of glass. I took hold Wolfram’s arm with one hand and Ethan’s with the other, pulling in to speak. “We must go now to your father,” my voice dissolving in the wind, “before he is alive to the danger and vanishes. We haven’t a moment to spare.”
We landed as softly as snowflakes behind a cluster of evergreen trees. We were a good half-mile from the compound. We’d bend a limb back, peer around the trees taking in the scene. I wiped my eyes. To Wolfram, a hand on his arm, “At last. At last.” A tiny grin did steal across his alabaster face at the emotion behind those four words, but it faded. For we had no idea what was in store for us. It would not prove easy, a realization flowering within me every minute we stood there.
Wolfram and I had our swords, having retrieved them from our suite. Ethan had but a dagger. I always felt more in control when in company of arms. I’d learned how to defend myself utilizing magic, but there’s just something comforting about having a long, shiny blade at my side.
Ethan knew Wolfram’s and my desire to right his father’s wrongs. He implored us not to hurt his father or his brother, saying they were all he had. His words tugged on my heart, for I am an Adjuvare--and the defining principle of the Adjuvare sorcerer is compassion. Yet, we knew what had to be done.
From where we were, hidden behind the evergreen trees that stretched out to make a perfect concealing screen, a singe road winded, twisted up a steep hill to the portal his château, over looking the Loire River, which slices through the center of Orléans. His château was actually a church, an abandoned Romanesque church, with an enormously high square bell tower that seemed to rise like a sinister spike into the clouds, as though to impugn the sanctity of the heavens with the evil of the Sanius. A great wall encircled the property, punctuated by an enormous heavy-forged iron gate. Rough-hewn stones stained with age made up the ancient façade of the church and the wall. Mortal guards walked the grounds, as did Darklings, their gleaming white garb. The guards, the Darklings, Lord Bishop, my desire, need, to kill him consumed me! All this was bane congruity!
“To defeat me you must first become me,” echoed in my head.
A gasp escaped my lips.
Wolfram turned to me.
“He knows we’re here,” I breathed.
Wolfram remained speechless as he looked at me fixedly with wide-open eyes.
Ethan turned and gazed off towards the compound.
Wolfram remained speechless.
I shook my head with astonishment.
Then Ethan, “He always knows...everything.”
With singleness of thought, and without saying a word, we three sprang into the air, landing within the compound, the austere courtyard. The moment we touched the ground, we were met by a sortie of sword-drawn fiends. Volley after volley of metal striking metal rang out like music, a symphony of clangs and clatters. A half-dozen Darklings were taking us on. I recognized Bjorn as the one fighting Wolfram. Receiving my wrath was a nameless face. Ethan was fighting his brother and a nameless. Julian was issuing obscenities between breaths, “Zounds you idiot! You worthless pile of shit! You miserable coward!” We each fought two or three guards as well. I was hit in the face hard. The impact launched me like a projectile onto the stone-topped lauze roof. I landed on my tailbone. I lay dazed seeing blue circles float across my closed eyelids. My eyes opened and I tried to climb backwards up the roof, my slipping feet sending tiles shooting off the roof into the snow. I jumped down and returned the blow, sending my opponent hurtling into the side of an apse. A sword swung at my hand by a new opponent, sending my sword somersaulting away. When I reached for it, he kicked it away. He drew near to finish me off. I dug into the snow, to the hard crusty earth. I threw a handful of rocks and dirt in his face, and kicked him away, allowing me to retrieve my sword.
This lasted for several minutes until the mortal guards were slain and lay in ghastly piles of tissue, blood, bone, fabric, as well as two Darklings. We were surely gaining the upper hand.
Then, amidst the bedlam, the words “tempestas nix!” filled my ears. It was a hard as steel voice I recognized as Lord Bishop’s. Instantly, a blast of bitterly cold wind and snow swept through the courtyard. We stood our ground until the force became too powerful, and were carried away into the abyss.
When I opened my eyes, we were in what appeared to have been a wine seller at one time. It was now a sorcerer’s studio, presumably Bishop’s, nestled deeply in the earth, presumably beneath the church, the cellar more ancient than the above church. I sat up, eyes half open, and took a look about the room, at the intercourse of light, stone and shadow. I was hunting, in my dazed state, for a breach in this impenetrable prison. We were each seated in chairs carved from solid oak, Wolfram and I, padded with carmine velvet cushions. Drops of water seeping out of the stone walls hemming us in like a dungeon looked like beads of gold above the wrought-iron candelabrums. The room contained a table supporting our swords and empty bookcases. A fire burned in a deep fireplace carved crudely into a stone wall. Open crates and chests were scattered throughout, presumably for the voyage across the Atlantic.
There were two backs to us warming to the fire’s heat, one immensely tall and wide figure with dark bushy hair dressed in puce contrasting the brown haired tall and lean figure in white.
Years seemed to pass imprisoned in those chairs.
I realized that I hadn’t tried to move. I attempted to stand up. I wanted to stand up. All but my head was as immovable as stone. Wolfram was on my left in a trance of some sort, what I must have been in before I snapped out of it. “Wolfram!” I whispered. His eyes cracked open. His head tossed back and then forward as though drunk.
The two figures turned to us.
“We have awaken,” said the larger of the two.
The smaller one grinned despicably.
“Where’s Ethan? What have you done with him?” As I spoke it seemed the walls breathed and moved, delirium threatening, the ground shifting beneath my feet. The room was a wave of flowing stones. I closed my eyes. We were under the influence of a spell. “What have you done with Ethan?” I repeated, opening my eyes.
Just as I began to ask the question for the third time, the door opened. Ethan entered carrying a tray of glasses and a wine bottle. He set the tray on the table.
“Ethan?” I fumbled with the word like it was cold to the touch.
“Yes,” Lord Bishop smiled, “the prodigal son has returned.”
I couldn’t believe it. Had he deceived us? God, no, he couldn’t have. I felt the sinking feeling of having been violated. Then the thought that I am too much like elder Adjuvare coursed through my head--giving people the benefit of the doubt, believing there is good in the worst of people, that all people no matter their transgressions are reachable.
Ethan filled a glass with wine and handed it to his father. I remember focusing on the dark fluid in the glass and thinking it looked like tar. I wanted to reach out and touch the glass, feel the smooth, rounded shape, dip a finger into it to see if it was thick and sticky like tar. Bishop took a drink and his eyes fell upon me. He put the glass down. Ethan laid a hand on his father’s back and leaned over as if to speak to him, but was waved away. Ethan placed the bottle and the glass on the table and left the room with the tray tucked under an arm. As he was leaving the room, he took a last mournful glance, or at least I thought it was mournful, at Wolfram and me before he vanished into the narrow stone stairwell. I closed my eyes. The image of his dark orbs was vividly burned on my brain like coal afire. Pity was his glance, what one gives the condemned before put to death.
I opened my eyes.
When Lord Bishop spoke, no matter the number of voices near, it seemed there was no one else speaking. There was something about his voice that forced you listen, commanded you take head. It was effrontery, the earth trembling in his presence. His enormous size and his powerful voice were intimidating. And he knew it. He knew how to use it to his advantage. His very presence always sent revulsion coursing through my veins like lava, hot anger, a feeling of intense anger.
Bishop leaned over me now, a great beast towering over its prey before it gobbles it up. “Did you really think my son would revolt against his father?” He straightened up, then, with his hands loosely clasped behind him, moved about the room, thinking out of loud. “Did you really think you could use him to get to me? Did you really think you could defeat me? I see by the look in your eyes that you did. You delude yourself.” His words thrown into sharp relief, I turned my head from him genuinely hurt. I’d placed a margin of trust in Ethan. A margin of trust is a lot for me. I’d believed him, his desire to change, his ardent plea to help him change his ways. And it was all a lie.
A hard pain began in my stomach, inching up to my heart, traveling all the way to my larynx and eyes. I felt the tears building again. Have to push them down, I told myself. Push them down deep. But it was no use. Tears began down my face, and I sniffed back more. It wasn’t a full on cry, but it was enough for Lord Bishop to take notice.
His thick wooly eyebrows rose. Laughter the song of heartless demons passed his lips.
I tried to reach up to wipe my face, but my arms wouldn’t budge. They were frozen to the armrests. I did my best to reach out and strike Bishop. In my periphery, I saw that Wolfram also struggled against the unseen restraints. He was a flame in the corner of my eye, a flickering black tongue of fire.
Bishop reached up dragging a hand across his lantern-jawed chin, features so strong they seemed chiseled out of stone. “I didn’t realize...” he began with a lengthening grin,” that I could move with my speeches. Perhaps I should run for elected office.” He laughed again at the mere suggestion.
A hand of realization caught me by the throat, stopping the tears. “You’re responsible for the murder of my apprentice,” I burst out in a fevered state. “You’re responsible for the murder of children, you bastard! Innocent children!” The words jumped out of the very depths of my being, the ascent like some red-hot force that tore from my lips. “God knows how many other innocent people you hurt or killed.”
“A tragic monologue,” Lord Bishop sighed.
I fought the unseen restraints. Straining to stand up. Groaning. Enraged. “Why don’t you let me up and fight me like a man. You coward!”
Julian scurried over to me. “Easy, kitten,” he grinned patting my arm. His smile twisted into a frown as he forcefully pulled my head back by the hair and put the cold blade of his dagger up to my bare throat. “Shall I do it now, Father?” His eyes flashed. His throat, full of excitement, told of sweltering hate and ridicule.
“No...Ethan will do it.”
At this moment there came a knock at the door that sounded like the knuckles of a large fist thrown up against thick oak boards. Julian dropped my head to answer the door, my hair loosening out of the tie and bouncing forward into my face. I shook my hair out of my face. A guard came in and asked Bishop a question about estate business. Bishop grunted, “No, no, I’ll take care of it.” With a gesture, he bade his son follow. They all left the room, but first Julian locked the door. I remember hearing the grinding of key in lock and the thumb of the bolt.
We struggled against the force that restrained us, but it was no use. The spell had us securely moored to the chairs. I felt the resignation creeping in, delivered into the hands of my immortal enemy.
What happen next was fluid and fast.
Just as I began to give myself over wholly to doom, I heard someone try the locked door, the jiggle of the handle. Then Ethan crashed through the door, sending splintered wood flying in every direction. This had a jolting effect, a snapping awake.
He wasted no time. He hurried up to us and said, “Up!” as if his power enough would release us.
He backed up and moved frantically about the room, overturning crates, rummaging through chests. He was searching for the Sanius spell book.
I spotted it. “The far chest,” gesturing to the right with my head.
He picked up the huge leather-bound text. He unfastened the straps, threw open the cover, and began thumbing madly through the pages. Flustered, “Where is it, where is it?” Then, “Here it is.” Upon examining the page, he began reciting the words. Instantly, it felt as though a pile of stones had been lifted off my chest and shoulders. Wolfram and I sat up and tried to stand up, but we both fell to the flagstone, weak.
That was when they returned.
In a force equivalent to a hurricane, Lord Bishop, Julian, Bjorn and two others, as well as three mortal guards, stormed into the room. Each drew his sword. They made a triangle around us. Ethan drew his sword, striking down two of the guards. One would punch Ethan right as another punched him left. One would slug him left as another slugged him right. Ethan made a last swing, and then Julian and Lord Bishop grabbed an arm and slammed him against a wall.
I sprang to my feet, grabbed my sword from the table.
Bjorn spoke dark poisonous words, his hands weaving a spell in the air, sending me hurling into the stone wall. He lunged at me ready to strike. But Wolfram caught him in the arm with his blade before he could make it to me. Bjorn raised his sword, thrust to the left, slicing Wolfram across the leg. Bjorn swung again. He severally injured Wolfram in the stomach, then backed up with a glow of triumph.
Wolfram staggered, fell to his knees, then collapsed into a wall.
Ethan, quite unexpectedly, broke free of his captors. I thought Wolfram was done for, but Ethan felled Bjorn’s blade with his own, to the start of Bjorn.
The world waited in breathless suspension for a response from Lord Bishop. For a moment, father and son’s eyes were locked in mutual, yet polar disbelief, Ethan, shock at what he was doing, Lord Bishop, shock at what his son was doing.
I had taken Julian on, but when Ethan broke free, Julian focused his attention on his twin, and I Bjorn.
He punched me in the face. I drew breath and kicked him in the chest, sending him into the fireplace, his coat taking the fire. Overcome with smoke, he stumbled into an empty bookcase, the dry wood pilfering flames, spreading up to the timber beams. He started smacking the flames out on his sleeves. When extinguished, he set his sights on me, sword at the ready.
Julian and Ethan were engaged in a bloody battle. Both had severe cuts to their torsos and limbs.
I turned to engage Bjorn. Just as I did, Bishop threw some kind of blinding powder at me. I began swinging my sword wildly, madly. A thrust cut into my arm. I released a cry of pain. I was able to wipe enough of the powder out of my eyes to restore partial sight. Blood pumped through my exterminates, adrenaline surging as Bjorn swung a fist at my face. I lost grip of my sword. I drew my dagger and sliced into his jugular.
At the exact moment Bjorn slumped to the floor, Julian cut into Ethan with a force that almost took off his head.
“No!” I screamed. I felt the wind leave my chest, that terrible spike in the gut.
Julian paused taking in what he’d done, then crossed the room to me.
Bishop moaned deep in his throat like an injured animal and flung himself at his now lifeless son’s side. His hair loosened out of the tie and fell into his face. Ethan lay sprawled out, a macabre figure, swathed in his own blood, his hair matted, stuck to his face. The anguish his father felt spilled out of his eyes. He held Ethan’s head up and brushed the hair out of his face.
“He loved you!” I cried to Julian. “You heartless monster!” He was blind to what he’d done and ignorant of his father’s agony. This energized me. I kicked at him then swung at his face, cutting into his pathetic visage. As he collapsed beside his brother, I stood panting as his eyes rolled over to me. He tried to raise his hand but it fell hard like lead. I hovered over him ready to strike. His head lifted, his chest heaving, his mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water. Then he fell motionless. I stood over him still, lest he rise out of the shadows like Lazarus.
Only then did I stop to catch my breath. I was expecting Bishop to fly at me enraged. Yet, he had positioned himself between his two sons. His Head bowed; a hand rested on each chest. He released the most heartrending supplications I’d ever heard.
I was taken back by Lord Bishop’s mourning as Ethan and Julian’s stream of crimson life widened about their bodies.
I knew this the perfect opportunity to take him out in his moment of weakness as he knelt there as if positioned for the guillotine. I approached. I lifted my blade. I swung up and...froze, blade suspended in the air. Something within me hesitated. A voice inside my head now said, Show him the compassion he didn’t show you. Give him his Life. Have mercy upon him. Help him. I lifted the blade again, ready to end it once and for all and...froze. Lord Randolph Bishop wailed gutturally, with no thought or care of me. I stumbled backwards and into a chair. I knew those tears. I knew the sickness that plagued his heart. “God, I hate this,” I muttered, raking fingers through my damp mane. “Why does it always have to come to this? Why do we have to kill each other? Is this victory? Is this how it always has to end?”
At this moment I understood Bishop’s words “to defeat me, you must first become me.” To defeat him, I must become filled with mindless rage, and act on that rage. I couldn’t do it. I wouldn’t do it. I threw my sword down.
All around us lay bodies. All around us lay death.
The studio was rapidly filling with fire. Smoke was billowing along the ceiling. My clothes were blackened and singed.
“We have to get out of here,” Wolfram choked, struggling to rise, groaning to fall on his face.
Coughing and coughing, a hand up to my face, eyes narrowing against the smoke, feeling the moisture building in them, burning in them. Again I motioned to Bishop with my sword. The searing heat was an animal nearing to devour not only me but everyone in the room. I wanted to strike him down--yet I felt sorry for him. I slid my sword into its scabbard. “We have to get out of here,” I yelled at the grieving Bishop. He was sobbing, immersed in grief. He didn’t even look up, sobbing. I dropped and crawled over to Wolfram. He was too weak to get to his feet. And I was too prostrated with exhaustion to pick him up. All I could do was drag him by the arms.
Choking, I ascended the smoky stairwell with Wolfram, stumbling and falling on a stone step. A warm rivulet of blood ran down my leg. The door wouldn’t open. Mustering all my strength, I kicked open the door. A sucking draft drew the flames to us, the prickly heat at our backs.
Once out of the château, I lay Wolfram beside a tree. I started to go back to get Bishop when the roof caved in. Flaming fragments of the church and sparks like so many demons escaping hell shot up into the sky. I could hear the faint hissing of those demons falling back into the snow.
That was it. No sorcerer could have survived that.
Wolfram came to and we limped down the hill. We found a spot to our liking and lay in the snow to watch the blaze consume the church, a great body of purification.
If I said I was stunned that a son of Lord Bishop would come to us at our suite and plead help, then later race into his father’s cellar to rescue us, it wouldn’t even come close to what I felt. My lips parted to speak, to frame words, but nothing came out. Wolfram shook his head in private reflection, his hair falling down into his face to make a veil.
I can’t say how long we lay watching the place burn.
Streaks of crimson and violet were breaking over the horizon when we finally picked ourselves up and left for our hotel, where Wolfram and I collapsed into deep slumber.
We returned the following evening. We had to see that broken, burned wine cellar, that collapsed bell tower. The church/château was now nothing but a pile of ash, partially burned wood, and scorched stone. A few crumbling walls remained standing. A few skeletal beams jabbed at the sky like spikes. Three mortal guards still gripped staves. Their mouths were open wide in frozen screams, screams of pain. They looked like they belonged in one of Francis Bacon’s ghastly paintings. Several bodies I believed were Darklings still clutched hilts. All were charred beyond recognition. Frozen with death, they looked like hideous mannequins. I lifted blackened beams searching for more, but there were none.
“He’s dead.” Wolfram came up behind me, laying a hand of friendship on my shoulder--my companion, my eternal companion. “No one could have survived that inferno unless they’d limped out with us. Even sorcerers as old as they were.”
I knew he was right, yet I was still plagued by confusion. I’d been searching for this man for so long; I didn’t know how to live a normal life. What is normal anyway, especially to one who will live forever?
It seemed impossible that the long search had ended--so impossible. But it was true. My roots grasped a new soil. I finally could let go of the past. I had that elusive peace.
© 2004 by William Henry. I live in Irving, TX, with Mojo, my black Labrador retriever. I've authored several short stories and a novel. I write about five hours a day, working mostly on my second novel. My first is entitled The Ways of the Sorcerer and is due out at the end of May or the beginning of June with Treble Heart Books http://www.trebleheartbooks.com. The Darkling is a novelette that I'm expanding into the second novel with many of the same characters from the first book.
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ANALYSIS: Pakistan’s new government unlikely to improve ties with Kabul
ANALYSIS: Pakistan’s new government unlikely to improve ties with Kabul /node/1358846/world
In this photo released by the National Assembly, the leader of Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf party Imran Khan, speaks at the National Assembly in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. (AP)
Sayed Salahuddin
Analysts says Ghani’s politically and ethnically divided government has neither the ability nor the options to reduce the new wave of tension and mistrust between the two countries
Pakistan may resort to putting further pressure on Kabul until a new Afghan government is in place, say experts
KABUL: When Imran Khan won Pakistan’s elections last month, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was one of the first leaders to congratulate him. Ghani issued an official invitation to Khan to visit Kabul in an effort to start a new chapter in the historically uneasy relations between the two neighbors.
The sense of optimism in Kabul followed Khan’s pledge in his victory speech that he wanted a EU-style soft border with Afghanistan despite the fact that he had struck a pro-Taliban stance in the past.
Less than a month on, that sense of optimism seems to have faded following events on the battlefield, particularly a major assault by the Taliban on the city of Ghazni last week.
Local officials allege that Pakistan assisted the Taliban in Ghazni, and Ghani subsequently stated that Taliban soldiers wounded in the attack had been taken to Pakistan for treatment. All of which reduces the odds of any improvement in relations in the near future.
Analysts have suggested that Ghani’s politically and ethnically divided government, which has suffered a number of successive losses in battle, has neither the ability nor the options to reduce the new wave of tension and mistrust between the two countries.
They predict that, instead, Pakistan may resort to putting further pressure on Kabul until a new Afghan government is in place. Presidential elections are currently slated for April.
“I do not think that these challenges and tensions will decrease until a new government comes to power here,” Ahmad Saeedi, an analyst who served as a diplomat in Pakistan told Arab News. “There will be even tougher times ahead, with militants possibly targeting more major cities and even Kabul.”
Saeedi said that recent talks between the Taliban and US officials may further embolden the Taliban to step up their attacks so they can speak from a position of strength in future talks, something he said Islamabad wants in order to balance India’s growing influence in Afghanistan.
He added that Washington and NATO — both of whom have troops in Afghanistan — may only want to prevent the total collapse of Ghani’s government, but that they do not seem to trust “the government’s weak leadership to have the ability to govern.”
Waheed Mozdah, another analyst, said Afghan officials have no strong evidence to prove Pakistan’s involvement in the Taliban’s victory in Ghazni, which has struck another major blow to Ghani’s administration.
He pointed out, too, that Ghani’s allegations are unlikely to help improve relations with Pakistan. “After Ghani’s allegations, I do not think Imran Khan even will visit Afghanistan,” he said. “Ghani’s comments are not helpful at all. He seems to have turned the new government in Pakistan against him.”
When contacted by Arab News, government spokesman Shah Hussain Murtazawi said Kabul expected these problems to be solved, but did not elaborate on the government’s plans to do so.
During a recent visit to Ghazni, Ghani accused Khan of not honoring his pledge as an ethnic Pashtun and directed the same charge at Pakistan’s army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa.
“Imran Khan, you are the son of Pashtun parents. Investigate this and give me an answer. Gen. Bajwa, you have repeatedly given me assurances over phone calls that special attention would be given to the issue of peace in Afghanistan once elections took place in Pakistan. Now give me an answer,” Ghani said, while addressing a group of tribal elders attending the jirga on Friday.
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Pakistan reopens airspace to civil aviation after India standoff /node/1526381/world
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan opened its airspace to civil aviation on Tuesday, following months of restrictions imposed in the wake of a standoff with neighboring India.
“With immediate effect Pakistan airspace is open for all type of civil traffic on published ATS (Air Traffic Service) routes,” according to a so-called Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) published on the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority’s website.
The move by Pakistan, which lies in the middle of a vital aviation corridor, offers a welcome break for international airlines after the airspace restrictions affected hundreds of commercial and cargo flights each day, adding to flight time for passengers and fuel costs for airlines.
India’s ministry of civil aviation said that after the lifting of the NOTAMS, there were no further restrictions on airspace in either country.
“Flights have started using the closed air routes, bringing a significant relief for airlines,” it said.
Pakistan closed its airspace in February after an attack by a Pakistan-based militant group in Indian-controlled Kashmir led to an armed standoff between the two nuclear-armed powers.
Both countries carried out aerial attacks over the other’s territory and warplanes fought a brief dogfight over the skies of the disputed Kashmir region during which an Indian fighter jet was shot down.
Partial operations at Pakistani airports resumed once the immediate crisis passed but restrictions continued to affect many international carriers using Pakistani airspace.
Pakistan’s announcement came hours after United Airlines Holdings Inc. said it was extending the suspension of its flights from the United States to Delhi and Mumbai in India until Oct. 26, citing continued restrictions of Pakistani airspace.
Topics: Pakistan India
Pakistan Today: PML-N to sue Daily Mail for publishing ‘planted’ story
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Thanks For Giving Us Our Own Money Back!
These are the sorts of news stories that drive me crazy. From our local conservative radio station, WOWO in Fort Wayne:
Indiana gets $521K grant for statewide smoke detector push
I am in no way anti-smoke detector or part of some shadowy alt-houseburning group sharing memes of cartoon frogs burning down houses.
Now what gets me is this from the story:
Indiana has received more than a half-million dollars in federal funding to kick off a campaign to install 10,000 smoke detectors in homes around the state.
The State Fire Marshal’s office will use the $521,000 to install smoke detectors in the homes of high-risk populations to reduce injury and prevent fire deaths.
People always seem to get excited when their state or community gets "Federal funding". But where exactly does that Federal funding come from? Well it comes from the income taxes paid by working Americans. In other words at least a significant chunk of it comes from Indiana.
We are supposed to be grateful for getting money back that the Federal government took from us so we can buy a very common household item. If you were going to the store to buy a $10 smoke detector and someone robbed you of $30 but then gave you $10 back so you could buy the smoke detector you were planning on buying anyway, would you be grateful for that?
What is really irritating is that the half million being sent back did not start as a half-million. It probably started as a million or two. Then it sloshed around D.C. for a while, some overpaid bureuacrats did some studies that showed people in Indiana died in house fires, they did some conference calls and meetings with Powerpoint, someone in Indiana probably applied for a grant which took untold hours of paperwork explaining that people in Indiana die in house fires, that paperwork went through a different committee and finally it was approved to send back half a million dollars to buy smoke detectors which you can buy at most retail stores or at Amazon for less than ten bucks.
Federal funds don't come from a magic pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. They come from the states and then when our overlords deem it appropriate we are allowed to have some of those funds back, provided we jump through the hoops the Feds require. I can't overemphasize this point:
"Federal funds" is just a euphemism for giving us our own money back.
A smoke detector from Amazon costs less than $10 but let's round that up to $10 because math is hard. The goal is to install 10,000 regular smoke detectors and 1,000 "shaking bed"/strobe alarms for the deaf and hearing impaired. 10,000 regular smoke detectors cost about $100,000. A strobe smoke detector is around $65-80 so let's go with $80. That is another $80,000 for a total of $180,000 which leaves $341,000. So where does the other $341 grand go? It goes to administer the program and pay for installation. In other words only around 35% of the funds are even used for smoke detectors, the rest is administrative. That is quite an efficient program!
Maybe, and I am just spitballing here, maybe we could leave more money in Indiana and Idaho and Georgia and let the people of Indiana, Idaho and Georgia decide how best to spend those funds instead of sending the funds to D.C. where some bureaucrat gets to decide. We have smoke detectors in our house and didn't even have to get free money from the government. We just allocated some of our cash to purchase a simple, widely available and inexpensive lifesaving device.
Everyday people across America make purchasing decisions without asking the government to draw up a shopping list. I think we can be trusted to buy our own smoke detectors too.
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'Jai Ho' box office collections at Rs 60.68 crore
Story Dated: Monday, January 27, 2014 07:49 hrs EST
Salman Khan starrer 'Jai Ho' could manage only Rs 17.55 crore in the opening day box office collections, making it the no 11 among of the top opening day grossers. On the opening weekend front, Jai ho's Saturday box office collections was Rs 16.68 crore, while the Sunday figure was estimated to be better Rs 26.25 crore, taking the figure to Rs 60.68 crore for the first three days.
According to industry expert Taran Adarsh, “No one can read the audience's mind. What the industry folk may consider 'hot' within the industry may not be the case with the moviegoer who has to dig into his/her pocket to shell out hard-earned money to watch a film. Jai ho has everything going in its favor... Salman Khan in the lead and a Salman release after more than a year. On top of that it was a Republic Day weekend.
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The Hallow Revisits Familiar Territory
Posted by Sean K. Cureton | Nov 10, 2015 | Reviews | 0 |
Overview: A British conservationist moves to Ireland with his wife and infant child, only to find the woods that surround their new home indigenous to a certain malevolent local legend. Entertainment One; 2015; Not Rated; 97 minutes.
Trespassing on Hallowed Grounds: At its center, director Corin Hardy’s directorial debut is a fairly simple genre film that borrows heavily from a litany of obvious theatrical and literal references. Hardy’s debts to close personal friend and fellow visual effects creator, Ray Harryhausen, are obvious in the aesthetic established in creating the Hallow creatures, the demonic ghouls that inhabit the naturally preserved lands of an otherwise picturesque, rural Irish countryside. In terms of direct inspiration, the film borrows from both the body horror and creature feature sub-genres in films such as John Carpenter’s The Thing and David Cronenberg’s The Fly, while supporting a surrounding fairy tale narrative that delves deeply into near folkloric traditions. The threat mounted against conservationist Adam Hitchens (Joseph Mawle) and his wife Claire (Bojana Novakovic) of having their young son taken away from them after trespassing upon hallowed grounds is real, and the creatures that begin to threaten them after their increasing encroachment upon foreign soil has far reaching political, social, and thematic resonance beyond the boundaries of the forbidden territory depicted within the film proper.
Domestic Colonialists: Much of the rhetorical impetus of Hardy’s film has something to do with provincial development of ever-dwindling expanses of untouched natural preserves within Europe specifically, and around the world by extension. Accordingly, Mawle becomes a monster before his climactic transformation in the film’s thrilling third act, and well before its somber dénouement, in his attempts made towards the provincial development of an uncivilized geographical expanse. By turns, Mawle tacitly takes on the role of the callous colonialist, however much he may wish to treat his latest professional assignment as a mere casualty of his individual employment, domestically speaking. Thus, in seeking to invade the Hitchens’ household, the Hallow are merely responding in kind to mankind’s latest attempt at totalitarian invasion of un-peopled terrain, a sub-tract that makes for a soft parable on the indispensable nature of national parks and undeveloped lands.
Convenient Catharsis: There are moments throughout the first act that feel deeply resonant and novel. Following Mawle as he makes his way through the woods of the film’s titular spirits as he performs among his first of many surveys of the land for imminent development is affecting and serves to establish the mood, atmosphere, and rhetorical impetus of the film’s ecological fable. Unfortunately, the production moves forward at a near breakneck pace that fails to deliver on much of the back story for many of its featured protagonists, thereby lessening the impact of their individual plights across the course of the film’s second and third acts. Brief glimpses into the mythology of the Hallow and the Irish natives who surround them are offered in fits and spurts throughout the course of the film’s fairly concise 97 minute runtime, but in keeping his film as tightly constructed as he does, Hardy sacrifices a lot of subtlety in the service of fast, tight scares, and claustrophobic moments of intimacy that never expand into an all pervasive tone or mood. A lot of the film feels cheap, and more than a little clumsy, even as it all comes together in a tender, well-earned and cathartic conclusion.
Overall: Hardy’s first feature length motion picture is a capable horror movie that delivers the kind of story that it sets itself up to tell, even if it misses out on much of the humanity latent to its various characters and genre tropes.
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Nili Brosh’s ‘A Matter of Perception’ Guitar Contest – Alexandra Zerner’s Entry – Behind the Scenes
Generally I stopped participating in guitar competitions, because most of them turned into a shredding show-off, which is not my cup of tea, but this contest grabbed my attention just because Nili Brosh announced it as a melody writing contest, which is something, that I would gladly participate in. It’s done by the courtesy of PremierGuitar as a PG Giveaways. The other major reason is that this contest actually helps Jason Becker by generating donations to his fund and this is a great motivation to me to do something about it.
Nili Brosh is a great player and musician in general, and she does very interesting music, so it was a pleasure for me to compose something over her track. It was a quite challenging task to perform, because of the two distinct parts, bringing very different flavours for the listener, combined with nice chord progressions, so it was really ‘A Matter of Perception’ for me to work on.
As a matter of fact, I wrote the second part first – when I heard the track, this à la Marty Friedman melodic line popped up in my mind immediately, so it should be a shame not to record it. It is a bit harmonically demanding, so I needed to adjust few notes and phrases in order to fit the chord progression good enough. Then came the first section, which sounded to me a bit middle-east asian, so I decided to use an arabic octatonic to build my melodic lines there. I was afraid, that both sections won’t go along together very good, but nevertheless I gave them a chance. I hope you’ll like the result.
Enjoy, subscribe and share! 🙂
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Happy Birthday Song – cover by Alexandra Zerner – Behind the Scenes
The idea of making a cover version of this peremptory hit, is wandering across my mind for a very long time, as the genre concept of the eventual release is changing all the time. In fact, I’ve never found time to invest in developing the idea and coming to a complete idea of how this cover should sound like, until March 10th, when realising that two of my friends have their birthdays on that date, I concluded, that it’s an excellent occasion to start working on this cover.
I already had some basic concepts of what I should do with the harmony in order to make it more interesting and… more me-ish, so I grabbed the 12-string acoustic guitar and started experimenting, until I hit the right key, which, being a synesthete, I value as a component of a high importance. I wanted to integrate several different flavours in the arrangement, because this is how it sounded in my head, so beside the 12-string, I cleaned the dust from the the mandolin’s case and put this small and exquisite instrument at work. I often tend to use a mandolin in a combination with a 12-string guitar in my work as a composer, because it gives me the opportunity to create a broadband string-based soundscape, where these instruments could also move in counterpoints, creating interesting and full harmonic and melodic content.
Then came the piano as a timbral and melodic addition to the acoustic guitar and the mandolin, then the bass and the drums. I put the last two in order to develop the composition dynamically, which was already extended to more than 2 min. because I decided to put a guitar solo part as well, moving into the relative minor key, so I can create more dramatic and well constructed shape of the song.
Finally I came to the lead guitar part, which is the most interesting element here. The first and the obviously most logical approach was to put the main melodic theme, played in a traditional 6/8 bluesy fashion, but then I asked myself “Why should I do that? Everybody would do it exactly this way.” Once I saw a movie, where a guy was asked how he constructs so complex and well working plans, when he’s not that smart. He answered: “I imagine someone smarter than me, and then imagine what they would do.” There is a enormous amount of wisdom in this principle and it saved me a lot of times, when I felt stuck. In this particular case, I imagined my guitar heroes Jason Becker and Marty Friedman and asked myself: “What they would do with this track?” Right away the “answer” popped in my mind and I just translated it into sound, using my guitar.
I must admit, that I fancy the result, which doesn’t happen often, but what’s more interesting is that Jason Becker liked it too and shared it on his facebook page – there couldn’t be a greater recognition for this rendition of mine 🙂
Concerning the video, I thought that the approach I used for my cover of Dream Theater’s “Wait for Sleep” would be a great idea, that’s why I shot all the takes of the different instruments, except playing the drum parts on my keyboard – it’s not so interesting performance to watch, also it would unnecessarily flood the screen and won’t leave space for more important things.
The other essential thing is, that this is the project, that I finished for the shortest period of time, considering the amount of work – starting from scratch (not even chords on a paper) to a finished video, uploaded to YouTube, there were exactly 12 hours, with two 15 min. breaks within this period. I doubt I will ever do that again, because it’s extremely exhausting, but at least now I know I am capable of doing it.
Well, enough talking – below is the video, so enjoy, subscribe and share! 🙂
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Perpetual Burn (Jason Becker) – Cover by Alexandra Zerner – Behind the Scenes
As you may remember, last year I uploaded a video on my official facebook page of me practicing Jason Becker’s “Perpetual Burn”. This piece is one of the greatest guitar challenges and a milestone for every melodic shred guitarist since 1988, when the “Perpetual Burn” album was released. So, this video of mine was shot for personal intends in order to check where I am in the process of learning and polishing the piece. Due to my practice to upload such videos to my facebook page, I decided to upload and this one and five minutes later, Jason Becker himself posted it on his page, which left me with my jaw dropped… Honestly, I didn’t expect such thing, at least because this so-called cover that I did, wasn’t the full track – it stopped somewhere around 2/3 of the length, also it was captured by the built-in microphone of my laptop and the sound quality was pretty bad. Nevertheless, I gained a serious amount of views and popularity, which was, according to my own beliefs, an undeserved fame, especially when later the same year Jason Becker mentioned my cover in the October edition of Guitar Player Magazine along with Jeff Loomis (whom I would like to thank a lot for the great backing track of “Perpetual Burn”). I felt both proud and bit ashamed, because it’s a great thing for someone to be aknowledged by their idols, but at the same time I still didn’t think I should get such credits for just a practice video with a poor quality. This, though, motivated me to sit down on my butt and practice “Perpetual Burn” until I get it right – it was a long and difficult road to walk on, because I learnt this piece by ear, which is a serious challenge, considering the speed of certain phrases, also every month I was discovering, that I play something wrong and I needed to fix my mistakes. Finally, I reached some point, where I think I played the piece at an acceptably high level, so I decided to shoot a decent video of it and put in on YouTube. This, of course, led to issues that every musican is pretty familiar with – the sudden drop of the playing abilities when recording, which combined with my “recording apnea”, causing constant hiccups, forced me to play this piece about 30 times in a row to get it right on the video. As a result, my hands got very tired and a bit aching at the end, but I think the result is somewhat good, so enjoy and feel free to share:
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Alexandra Zerner’s “Aspects” (2015) – Behind the Scenes
Once upon a time, the solo musicians and the bands have been releasing a new album almost every year. These were good times, ages of nice and intelligent music for intelligent people, played for real. But those days are long gone now. Today, the darkness is creeping all over the Earth, sneaking up into the tiniest holes of every single media, troubling the good people and comforting the bad ones.
In these times of terror, I stood for the sake of the good music, in the name of the ones, who built the Empire of the Guitar!
I released a second solo album just one year after my debut one!
And this album, I called “Aspects”!
My first album “9 Stories” was а conceptual one, although it may not sound like such, but anyway – all the pieces in there were inspired by books and movies, having something in common in their plots. If you have read/seen them, you will notice, that every single one of them describes the relationship (of any kind) between older, wiser man, and younger girl… I will leave the rest to your imagination.
Due to my passion to enigmatic works, symbolism, and occultism, also being a devoted progressive metal/rock listener and fan (besides being a player as well), it came naturally to put my efforts in composing a more conceptual album, or at least – more noticeable conceptual.
The first question I am receiving, everytime I speak about my second album is “What aspects?” Well, the answer couldn’t be short, because I need to put on the table certain terms, along with clarifications, so they could serve as a background for further explanations. So, basically, we’re talking about astrological aspects (detailed explanation here). I used this as a base, because the concept of the album is, again, relationships between people; in this particular case – me and other people. Everyone you meet falls in some basic category according to astrology, and this category (zodiac sign) forms a specific aspect with your own zodiac sign. This aspect produce an environment of the relationship, which can also be categorised to certain degree, so when summarising all of these experiences as objectively as possible, you could describe and even predict this environment, therefore the relationship itself. This is what I did, composing every one of these seven aspect-pieces – I did my best to paint in a musical form how I felt in all these personal environments, connected them all in a quasi-scientific order, and put them into the bigger picture.
When you’re listening to the album (the video below), at certain point you will notice repeating motifs, patterns and reprises – these were made, considering the specifics of the already mentioned relationship environments, that came up to be similar between the different aspects, and the zodiac signs Elements as well (more on the topic here). You will also see, that the pieces are 9, but I mentioned only 7 aspects – I used two more basic astrological events for an intro and outro track of the album, as they still have their important roles in the whole piece – the Ascendant is considered to indicate the direction of the individual’s path in life and the soul’s intention, while the Descendant indicates our perception of others, notably in our intimate relationships, thus these both, put that way in the whole picture, form this specific journey from “me” to “you/us”.
Being a some sort of esoteric and occult geek, I decided to present this work of mine in the style of the medieval mysticism, so I used the old latin names of the aspects, put some alchemy symbols in there, and used a big amount of symbolism in the main drawing, which I scratched with a pen on a piece of paper, then I gave it to Sofia Zasheva (check her other works here), who did miracles and created great artwork. In this matter, she also did the artwork for my first album – “9 Stories” (both albums can be purchased here).
In a purely musical sense, this album is more prog, more metal, and maybe a bit darker than “9 Stories”, and this time not every instrument part was recorded by me – the bass parts were played by Simon Slavcheff, who is (besides being a great bass player) and my sound engineering mentor – he helped me a lot with the mastering of the album. There is also a guest musician appearance from the Land of the Rising Sun – Japan, where the amazing Keiko Kumagai does her keyboard sorcery with her well known japanese progressive rock band Ars Nova. Keiko was so kind to accept my invitation to contribute to my album and she did a great keyboard solo on my track Quadratum.
Speaking of the technical side, this time I used 8-string guitar for the whole album – my Jackson JS32-8Q, which I customised by replacing the bridge humbucker with Seymour Duncan Pegasus, put a Kahler 2218 stud mount tremolo on the guitar, also now it has my custom, designed by me, Moon Phase Inlays, special thanks to Univox Guitars Bulgaria. I recorded all the electric guitar parts with this guitar, plugged into my tube preamp from Engl Amps – the E530 (with a Boss GT-8 plugged into the FX loop), and then the preamp goes directly into the sound device, without an amp. I used D’addario EXL120-8 strings and Jim Dunlop Jazz III 2.0 guitar picks. Almost all of the gear, I use, I got it with the great help of Nikki Savov from MusicWorld.bg.
Well, I hope I enlightened you good enough about my ways and reasons to do my album this way, so the rest is up to your ears and brains. Enjoy and buy it if you like it!
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Carol of the Bells (Shchedryk) – cover by Alexandra Zerner – Behind the Scenes
Here come the holidays again and this year I decided to do something, that I intended for a long time. I guess you’re familiar with the piece, named “Carol of the Bells” and maybe some of you were singing it around Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Well, this piece has an interesting story, that I decided to share with you, before I show you my cover:
“Shchedryk” (from Ukrainian: Щедрий вечiр, “Bountiful Evening”) is a Ukrainian “shchedrivka”, or New Year’s carol. It was arranged by composer and teacher Mykola Leontovych in 1916, and tells a story of a swallow flying into a household to sing of wealth that will come with the following spring. “Shchedryk” was originally sung on the night of January 13, New Year’s Eve in the Julian Calendar (December 31 Old Style), which is “Shchedry Vechir”. Early performances of the piece were made by students at Kyiv University.
“Shchedryk” was later adapted as an English Christmas carol, “Carol of the Bells”, by Peter J. Wilhousky following a performance of the original song by Alexander Koshetz’s Ukrainian National Chorus at Carnegie Hall on October 5, 1921. Wilhousky copyrighted and published his new lyrics (which were not based on the Ukrainian lyrics) in 1936, and the song became popular in the United States, where it became strongly associated with Christmas. (Wikipedia)
Now, when you know the story, I want to add, that I used the arrangement, that Mykola Leontovych did, but transposed it in Dm, because it sounded better on guitar (the original key is Gm). So… enough talking… here’s my cover.
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Morning Star (Vinnie Moore) – cover by Alexandra Zerner
Here’s one more shred guitar cover, that I did – it’s a Vinnie Moore’s track from his great album “Time Odyssey”, and I think it’s the track, that I love the most from this album – “Morning Star”.
I put a lot of efforts to learn this one, because Vinnie is one of the most clearly playing guitarists, so it is hard to achieve his preciseness, also learning such piece by ear is very time consuming, but definitely rewarding.
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WeeklyckZ #35
This week in “WeeklyckZ” I decided to show you an ascending arpeggio lick, based on Em9maj7 chord. The lick is constructed by patterns, each one starting from different, sequential notes of the chord.
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This week in “WeeklyckZ” I decided to show you a four arpeggio sequence, based on Gm, Gm#7, Gm7, and Gm6 chords. Played slow, it may sound a bit weird to you, but in the original tempo it’s pretty useful, if you want to spice up your solos.
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This week I decided to show you a bit more advanced arpeggio lick, inspired by Jason Becker’s style of playing diminished arpeggios. This one is a mixture of three different arpeggios – A♭dim, Fm7 and G7, which combined construct a G7♭9♭13 chord – it has a dominant function and a bit of gypsy jazz flavour.
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Alien: Covenant Movie & Sequel News
Why Alien Isolation 2 is NOT in development!
Gavin for Alien: CovenantScified2019-01-11 00:04:522019-01-11 00:04:52https://www.scified.com/articles/why-alien-isolation-2-not-development-12.jpg
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The recent revelation of the mobile game Alien: Blackout (pictured below) seems to have upset some of the fans of the Alien franchise. Aside from the games platform, which while being the video games industries widest reaching market, is widely scorned by players due to excessive use of pay-to-win microtransactions, one of the main reasons for the negative fan reaction to Alien: Blackout is that it uses components and assets taken from the 2014 video game Alien: Isolation, while not being an actual sequel to said game. This has created the somewhat misguided hype that a sequel to Alien: Isolation was in development. To clarify the situation TQ Jefferson, VP of External Development at FoxNext reached out to Variety, promising fans more stories based around Alien: Isolation and Alien: Blackout protagonist Amanda Ripley, while stating that Alien: Isolation 2 is not in development.
Although there is another video game set within the Alien franchise being developed by Cold Iron Studios, a division of FoxNext Games, it will be an FPS (First Person Shooter) with a heavy focus on its online functionality; AKA an online shooter, and as such will not be a sequel to Alien: Isolation. While this untitled online shooter may yet prove to be a good game, it sadly will not feed the Alien fanbase's desire for a non-mobile sequel to Alien: Isolation, which leaves us with the inevitable question of when fans can expect to see Alien Isolation 2.
Sadly the answer is a blunt and cold NEVER. Although fondly remembered for its fear-inducing confrontations with the Xenomorph and the games amazing level of detail seen in the game's assets which looked as though they were lifted from the set of the first two Alien movies, commercially Alien: Isolation was not as successful as hoped, reportedly selling only 2.1 million copies in the US and Europe by March 2015. Critically the game fared little better, with many reviewers criticizing the lack of confrontations with the Xenomorph, the game's overuse of backtracking and the characterization of the games cast. Additionally, it was revealed in 2017 that most of the team that worked on Alien: Isolation had since left developer Creative Assembly for pastures new, meaning that even if Creative Assembly could re-acquire the license allowing them to develop a new Alien video game, it is highly unlikely they would be unable to recapture what little of Alien: Isolation the fans liked. This means that, while it was reported recently that Creative Assembly was working on a first-person tactical shooter based on a new intellectual property (other than their Total War series), the likelihood of it being an Alien game are thin, and the chances of it being Alien: Isolation 2 is even thinner.
The sad fact is that Alien: Isolation 2 will never happen, at least not directly and not in the near future. However, it is possible that another developer could create a spiritual successor to Alien: Isolation as we here at Scified have highlighted previously with the proposals for Aliens: The Fall of Hadley's Hope and Alien: Hope for the Future. Some (likely FoxNext) could argue that Alien: Blackout is that title if it was not for the divide between mobile gaming and console/PC gaming.
Another possibility would be for a spiritual successor to Alien: Isolation to use a new property, similar to how Rareware developed the amazing Nintendo 64 title Perfect Dark, which was vastly superior to its more fondly remembered predecessor, Goldeneye 64. As for the continuation of Amanda Ripley's story (outside of Alien: Blackout), so far this only exists in the 2018 comic book Aliens: Resistance by Dark Horse Comics.
Sadly the fate of Alien: Isolation is one that is being echoed throughout the video gaming industry. Although Epic Games is enjoying great success with Fortnite, most of the developers that fortified the companies position over the years with Unreal Tournament and Gears of War have since left Epic Games, with some such as Cliff Bleszinski and Rod Ferguson starting their own companies. For other, once prolific video games developers such as Maxis, Lucasarts, Westwood, and Visceral Games, they have been dissolved and scattered by bigger companies (such as EA), with the teams responsible for the development of some of our fondly remembered games forever lost. However, there is a small glimmer of hope courtesy of the recently released Darksiders III, which although developed by new developer Gunfire Games, the development team is composed of most of the same team once employed by Vigil Games (who developed Darksiders I & Darksiders II).
Could the team once responsible for Alien: Isolation reform and build upon what players and the Alien fanbase loved about Alien: Isolation? Only time will tell.
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Written by GavinPublished on 2019-01-11 00:04:52
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12 Fan responses to Why Alien Isolation 2 is NOT in development!
Jan-11-2019 12:31 AM
Sorry, but the fact that there will be no more Isolation games is a good thing. Time to let the whole $$$$-show die and come up with something new all together.
ignorantGuy out of curiosity have you played Alien Isolation? The game has a more compelling, intense and well-crafted plot than half the movies.
Alien Isolation is nothing but a beacon of positivity for the franchise
I Raptus 8 Yes I did play a bit, but it could not defeat my aversion towards the nostalgia (retro-futurism, lightning, alien story cliches, etc), considered the main feature of it.
If you liked, bought it and was hoping for a new one, I can understand your likely frustration but i still think that the whole franchise could take a long break.
Interesting details...
So it seemed that Alien Isolation had its share of Critics, for similar reasons to Prometheus, for similar reasons to IF we got another Alien Movie instead of Alien Covenant that would have ONE Xenomorph like Monster that kept to the Shadows...
The Fanbase has some different interests and a lot Sadly prefer the more Action Type that ALIENS Gave and so would maybe have preferred a Game that was more Action Shooter.
I have to agree to a degree... any Alien Isolation 2 would have to do very well to continue the exact same Formula, it would likely had needed a little more Action! The Alien Isolation Formula could maybe work better with another Alien Franchise Spin off.... such as going down to LV-223, Planet 4 or Origae-6... I just dont think seeing Amanda either on another Ship, Space Station or Planet/Moon base and having to sneak around and avoid a LONE Xenomorph would quite work again.
Hopefully the Fans of Alien Isolation could be heard and make Disney see that there is a Market for a Survival Horror Game like Isolation but i also think a ideal sequel or similar game would need a bit of Action too....
But it does come down to $$$$$ and i think Isolation looked like a Game that could have cost quite a bit of $$$$ and so it will likely depend indeed on making a Good % Return! With most of the Team Disbanded.... any sequel may NEVER quite feel the same...
Maybe in Future we could see a sequel? But at present it looks unlikely... HOWEVER.. Fan Reaction to the Amanda Ripley Projects they have in the Pipeline could sway them to make another similar PC/Console Game. It depends how well and how well received the Amanda Ripley Projects are.
Jan-11-2019 3:33 PM
Isolation was nothing less than a sheer labor of love. As great as it is, a sequel of more of the same would disappoint. It could have some of the same elements but may have more action. I am not really sure there should be a sequel with the bar as high as it is.
Great point dk.
CA left no stone unturned to make Isolation so great. It would be damn hard to top that effort without it being more of the same.
How about this as a possibility. Just thinking out loud here
IF we don't get a cinematic sequel to Alien Covenant perhaps Amanda Ripley could have a run-in with David and the engineers as a sequel.
Given the timeline between Covenant, and the events on the Sevastopol (33 years) you could tie in a canonable conclusion to Ridley's Sequel with Amanda Ripley, and give a different but worthy sequel to Isolation. 2 birds with 1 stone and all that.
The Sevastapol was orbiting KG-348 in the Zeta Reticuli Region in at least "close" proximity to Calpamos and LV-223, there is no reason Amanda Ripley could not have been caught up with this story arc.
Imagine the irony that while Ellan Ripley slept her daughter was responsible for stopping David and potentially eliminating the Engineers as a threat to humanity. Given we do not see the species again in the franchise after the derelict on LV426 in Alien/Aliens something happened between Covenant and Alien to the Engineer race.
The sequel game / third prequel could take place on Origae-6, Paradise or LV-223 and focus on battling the antagonistic David AND explore the Engineers more.
Perhaps 33 years after the Covenant Amanda is picked up by a domestic ship near whichever planet David had taken the ship to. They have since set-up a fully fledged colony in which David cruelly Overlord over them. Then the Engineers arrive to get revenge for what we did to their colony on Planet 4.
It would be a completely different experience to Isolation but maintain the high standards set in Isolation. Make it semi-opened world, let you explore the planet, the colony, Engineer ships/structure etc.
Lets face it, Amanda Ripley is a much more likeable central character than Daniels. Include her and Tennessee but make Amanda the lead.
You can damn well guarantee Amanda would get that cabin on the lake built
David and Amanda in a game. That sounds enticing. It could still have the Isolation vibe and intensity, only this time, David would be the major AI instead of the Xeno. Imagine dealing with David messing with your mind for the duration of a game like the Xeno did. This time, the challenge would be trying to figure out whether David is telling the truth, using sins of omission or outright lying. It would be very satisfying to see Amanda hand David his ass at the end!
Actually, Gavin put it best when describing a successor. We fogies will recall how Rare made both Golden Eye 64 and Perfect Dark. PD had the same vibe and over all spirit of GE but felt fresh too.
Oh, top example! Goldeneye was mind blowing when it was released and it was hard to see how Rare could top that....but they did, and then some.
If the game was set initially in the Covenant's established colony and David was like an Overlording Big Brother. Controlled all the systems, held all the power and you had to thwart him.
If his character had the brutal lack of regard for human life he showed in the Advent clip he could be as terrifying as the Xenomorph if he started stalking you.
But unlike the xenomorph he could trap you, herd you, force you around the colony in a way that left you feeling powerless.
It would be a different experience to the sheer animalistic fear the xeno induced, but just as powerful
Jan-11-2019 10:04 PM
Indeed. The important thing would be the game's AI. The goal would be beating David either by killing him or just surviving, but it would be mostly about wits. Just think how great it could be to figure out how to use David's methods to outsmart him. That would be a very ambitious game.
To suck the winds out of my own sails, Isolation was a veritable work of art and highly revered- but I don't think it turned enough profit to be considered for a sequel.
One can dream.
Controlled all the systems, held all the power and you had to thwart him.
I never played Mass Effect but it sounds like a similar direction?
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ALIEN 5: Resurect? or Purge?
Nov-07-2017 6:11 AM
With the disappointment of Alien: Covenant and Ridley Scotts comments alluding to maybe showcasing and going the Xenomorph route could have been the wrong route to take a Prometheus Sequel.
I thought it would be a nice time to bring up ALIEN 5, a movie idea by Niel Blomkamp that seemed to had gained interest during the period of a lack of News regarding a Prometheus Sequel during 2014. It could be that the interest from the Fandom regarding Alien 5, and disappointment and complaints about Prometheus had brought about maybe a Change of Direction for FOX to give the Fans a more ALIEN Movie and could well have influenced the decision to make the Prequel Franchise now a ALIEN: Prequels rather than Promtheus sequels.
With Ridley Scotts latest comments regarding the Emphasis should be more on David and AI, rather than the Xenomorph, it could be a Alien: Covenant Sequel would be less Xenomorph Flick than Most fans would like? Yet Alien 5 was set up to be a very much return to Xenomorph and Ripley..
However... the beast had been cooked, the Question is would ALIEN 5 had Cooked it more? or done it more Justice? Would a Aliens Sequel that would take Alien 3 and Alien R out of Cannon had been a Good Idea?
Should they had made another movie and bring back Ripley? or even the more Iconic Xenomorphs that we saw throughout the Franchise, including Alien Covenants... or did we need something more different like the Deacon and Neomorphs?
Is the ALIEN Franchise about just the Xenomorph, and Ripley? or can further movies touch upon the other aspects such as the Company, AI and Androids and Themes that Prometheus laid out... and our Space Jockey/Engineers... Or does the Franchise Need a Xenomorph and a Ripley?
I would like this Topic to discus, the above and look at what kind of a Flick Alien 5 seemed to be shaping up to be, and if it should be a Resurrected Project?
Or maybe a Project that can take some of the ideas presented in Blomkamps Alien 5?
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In all honesty, I think Alien 5 would fall prey to the same fate as Covenant. Re-introducing familiar plot elements and monsters simply doesn't cut it anymore. Look at how many people are saying Prometheus was BETTER than Covenant and throughout many discussion forums, I'm seeing a lot of people more interested in the Engineer story arc than the Xeno's.
Assuming not much was to change with Blomkamp's Alien 5, we would have been given a nostalgia-driven fan service film, full of gimmicky salutes to the Cameron's Aliens. It would not hold water with the majority of both movie-goers and Alien fans in general.
The fandom is certainly divided right now, but from what I read, those complaining about the familiarity of Covenant and how boring it was or how predictable its plot played out are the same ones supporting Alien 5, which would essentially be the SAME thing, but instead of it being a nostalgia kick to 79's ALIEN, it would be the Covenant to ALIENS.
Now, I have my own gripes with Covenant, and for the most part I agree with the critics on almost all of their points, unlike when Prometheus released - but I am NOT for regurgitating the same story over and over and although I adore Sigourney Weaver and would love to see Ripley kick ass in space again, I just can't bring myself to support a plot that would upset the entire fabric of this franchise's timeline just for the sake of showing a familiar face. That tactic didn't work out so well for the Terminator franchise, and I see Alien 5 being akin to Genisys more than anything to be honest.
The ONLY way I would get behind Alien 5 is if the story were altered so that it ran parallel to the Prometheus series so that:
- Alien Covenant 2 would pursue the Engineer side of the franchise, exploring the expansion of the Alien universe for those Prometheus die-hards like myself
- Alien 5 act as a Xenomorph / action thriller satisfaction for those longing for the familiar and the tried and true.
One gives us the expanse we're wondering about while the other gives us a narrow view of one aspect of this franchise, WHILE still remaining canon and connected to the events which unfold in the parallel Prometheus timeline.
The separation of the two timelines would cause confusion and upset the flow of where this franchise is headed. (ala Genisys)
Let's not forget, that according to Scott, there wasn't much to Alien 5 besides a few pages of a draft - not a complete script. So, my confidence in the project taking serious flight in the near future is slim, but I know that the studio has not thrown in the towel on Alien 5 and will likely still pursue it down the road. I just pray they align it more to what the Prometheus timeline has established and not go off on a completely new tangent.
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Blomkamps Alien 5 seemed to have some interesting ideas, at the basis of it all it was a way to introduce Ripley back into the Franchise and bring back the Xenomorphs.... but it did have some fresh ideas.
Not much was known about the Plot, and it would be nice to eventually get more information and anyone who has any are welcome to share it here.
The Plot by Blomkamp was reported to be a Long 10 Page Synopsis more than any actual Draft, the Movie idea would have in effect been a ALTERNATIVE Sequel to ALIENS were it would have been set some 20-25 years after the events of ALIENS with Ripley and Hicks no doubt settling down to a peaceful future together with Newt... Miss Weaver said she felt Ripley deserved a Happy Ending.. but i dont think the Franchise requires Happy Endings.
So it appears some 20 plus years had past by, Newt would now be a grown Woman in her 30's Concept work seemed to show Newt in what looked like a Pilot Uniform. But at some point in 20 plus years after the events of Aliens, some Company has indeed got its hands back on a Engineer Juggernaught or maybe even the Derelict itself.
The Plot seems to show that some Outpost/Facility had obtained a Engineer Juggernaught/Derelict, and this outpost had a very Oriental Feel to it.... And indeed Concept work shows us some Military Personnel who had a Korean Flag.
Some of the ideas shown are not just mearly a case of a Asian Company obtain a Engineer related Ship, as yes indeed the concept work shows they also obtain a Xenomorph Queen which they try to contain, but it gets lose... But it also seemed to show that they was going to explore and introduce us to some other different forms of Xenomorph, from Different Eggs, Face Hugger and no doubt Adult Xenomorphs.
The Plot also seemed to show us prehaps a Hive set up, with what looks like a Egg Morph in Process, it appeared a Humanoid was being consumed and merged with a Hive like backdrop much like we saw in the deleted ALIEN Scene and so a Egg Morph was maybe going to be explored... Ripley looks on in Horror at this.. whats interesting is the Humanoid being Egg Morphed does have a resemblance to BISHOP, surely not the Android from Alien?
Another interesting idea was we see Ripley wearing some kind of Engineer Suit, and so it looked like we may explore Engineer Technology and how Mankind can use this Technology.
I think ALIEN 5 had some interesting ideas.... i am not so sure about having to do a sequel that continues Ripleys Story, even though the Rumor was the movie would set up NEWT to become the New Central Character and Heroine of Future movies.
I do however believe the Plot as far as a company uncovering and obtaining a Engineer Ship, and then trying to experiment maybe on the Xenomorph/Black Goo or introduce us to variants of the Xenomorph (maybe Each ship had different Cargo or many Cargo Holds with different variants?)
I thought this was interesting... but also the concept of a Human using Engineer Technology (Ripley Space Jockey Suit) is something that would be interesting to explore.
I will leave you now with some Concepts and feel free to discus what you interpret from them and what the Plot could have been, and if you think this kind of Movie would have worked... or if these ideas could be used but maybe replace the Ripley/Hicks/Newt with new Characters.
Thanks for the reply Chris...
Indeed i was going to post my reply as part of the OT but it may have been long so i cut it into two parts...
So indeed as your reply states, my 2nd part was to touch upon things like you mentioned, which was that i feel ALIEN 5 had some good ideas, but i am not sure that going the whole Ripley route is a good idea.
I was worried when Ridley Scott mentioned about how Ripley was someones Child, which made me feel the sequel to Alien Covenant they would be trying to Spoon Feed a Ripley Family connection when i dont think its needed.
But i do think ALIEN 5 Plot was interesting one if we took these ideas and simply removed any Ripley connections... so a movie where in future a company discovers a Engineer Ship and tries to obtain it would be very interesting.
A movie that explore the Egg Morph, would explore applications or Engineer Technology (Reverse Engineering) and introduce us to alternative versions of the Xenomorph would for me be something interesting.
However bringing in a direct Aliens sequel, with Ripley, Newt and Hicks and Xenomorph Queens for me would only please the Fanboys.. but i feel its these things that could have changed the direction of any Prometheus 2 to become Alien Covenant.
I actually think they need to not change things laid down in other movies, and so No resurrection of Ripley, and i think the same has to be said with Alien Covenant... Alien Franchise Ripley was killed off, there is the potential for a Alien 5 as a direct sequel to Alien Resurrection but how could this be done? Surely a Self healing Ripley 8 would not Age... but i had a explanation for how this could be done and was going to work on a ALIEN V: Vengeance which would be somewhat like the FLY movie... in that the Xeno DNA Ripley 8 would start to revert back to Xeno DNA, where Ripley's Skin would start to shrivel up and decay much like SETH in the Fly, and as Seth slowly became the FLY, a Ripley 8 would slowly become more Xenomorph.
This would have allowed for a older Miss Weaver to play the role, and introduce something fresh and not have to worry about CGI to De-Age her.
Because for me the Franchise had killed Ripley off, and i dont think going for a Re-boot of any Aliens sequels would be the Good idea.. what happened in Alien 3 and Alien R should be considered Canon.
Just as with David now being the Xenomorph creator needs to stay, we cant have them U-Turn all over the place, we can just hope they get more creative with the WAY Davids Creations end up on a Engineer Ship and why this ship would be heading towards the LV-223/426 system.
it really depends on what they want to do. is alien 5 gna be an 'alien' movie, then fine id like to see it. where covenant fell was I think it was neither an 'alien' movie nor a Prometheus sequel. give us a clear understanding of what type of movie wer getting and it could do well
I would rather I have an alternate dimension of a true Prometheus sequel, moody and atmosphere with an highly original soundtractk and without Weyland-Yutani James Bond like conspiracies, without killer robots (explore AI when it meets things that they can not process), but ancient beings, terrifying in their strangeness. (Be they ancient giant pale humans).
Nov-08-2017 10:07 AM
I want see Alien 5 (or as I called it "true Alien 3").
Retcon is not bad, if franchise has slipped. And Alien truly has slipped on Alien 3.
You asked - Should they had made another movie and bring back Ripley?
Yes, if it will be a retcon, not AlienR sequel.
did we need something more different like the Deacon and Neomorphs?
Yes, we still don't see the Ultramorph. And I hope to see the earlier Giger's aliens with black eyes. How about praetorian?
Is the ALIEN Franchise about just the Xenomorph, and Ripley?
Xeno - yes, Ripley - no. I'm against of messiah complex or cult of personality. And it's all about Xeno, not Ripley or humans.
or can further movies touch upon the other aspects such as the Company, AI and Androids and Themes that Prometheus laid out... and our Space Jockey/Engineers...
Yes - AI, WY, androids, black goo, Engineers and much more things. But Xeno (and his species Neo- Ultra- other-morphs) is an Alpha and Omega of this universe.
I think. Need get still one movie with Ripley (Hicks and Newt) and pass the torch to Newt or other characters. But not Ripley's family - they not Skywalkers.
Have Cameron do a politically correct Avatar-ish v5, where the Xeno is the protagonist... :-) hehe
Nov-08-2017 12:02 PM
where the prequel trilogy is concerned, gimme the Prometheus/engineers story line with a pinch of monsters. but alien 5 should be an 'alien' film
I am not completely against Alien 5 I would not like to see A3 and AR erased.
I think it would be a great time to make a movie based on Alien Isolation.
Im not against Blomkamp doing Alien 5. I feel it would be more of a glitzy polished mainstream addition to the franchise, but he makes entertaining films. Agreed dk Id rather him to do it without the A3 and AR retcon.
That being said I feel Ridley Scott should be free to push the main body of the franchise.
My frustration at the moment is towards the endless second-guessing and reactive knee-jerking by the Execubots....That and Ridley's inconsistent rhetoric.
Seriously, just back your product and your creative vision.
The franchise will never go forward whilst trying to chase what viewers wanted 5 year ago. Its a viscous cycle of reaction. Be PROactive
cuponator3000
Nov-08-2017 2:52 PM
I think that when the franchise continues after Ridley Scott is through with it, the best option is to nuke the site from orbit.
So, basically do the soft reboot that was/is reportedly being thrown around. Start a new trilogy/saga many years after Resurrection that can function away from the previous movies. Or, maybe build a new, exciting series of movies from the emotions/happenings of the other films, such as The Force Awakens or the upcoming Terminator (is rumored to be).
It's the only way to be sure.
Not a map, an invitation
I think that Ridley Scott has an interesting idea behind the exploration of AI, and it appears he wants to do something fresh. But while Prometheus had set up to explore the Space Jockey more than the Xenomorph, and introduce us to the whole Story Arc regarding Ancient Alien and Creation kind of Mythos, of which some very good Philosophical Themes were being explored and a sequel could have touched on these more. The Change of Direction to concentrate on and bring back the Xenomorph into the Franchise by adopting the ALIEN: Prefix and having the Prequel Destination now set out to explore the Xenomorph Creation and Evolution eventually leading to HOW and WHY and WHEN those Eggs end up on a Engineer Ship..... They now would have to carry on through with this Plan, than to distance itself from the Xenomorph.
Ridley Scott and FOX have written themselves into this corner... yet it appears RS wishes to explore the AI and Philosophical and maybe Creation themes...
WHAT HE DOES NOT REALIZE IS....
There is a route to indeed explore these themes, as Prometheus/Alien Covenant was not the first movie to touch up these things..... While Blomkamps ALIEN 5 was to perhaps eradiate the Sequels to ALIENS and thus ALIEN 5 would be a Alternative ALIEN 3, would it really had offered something NEW? There was a few interesting ideas and concepts, but it would be hard to bring back a Ripley at the Age she is unless they movie was set some 25 years after ALIENS
However RIGHT in FRONT of Ridley Scotts Eyes is another ALIEN 5 that would be a Literal ALIEN 5 and would allow RS/FOX to explore those Creation, Religious, Philosophical themes and especially regarding AI and Rebellion. BECAUSE we had ALIEN RESURECTION which gave us a back ground Plot regarding the Potential of what happens when Creation, Sub-Creates... Ridley Scott is very interested in DAVID and especially the Theme of what happens when our own Creation, decides to Create for themselves... this Theme is the whole Big Reason for Ridley Scotts interest and pursuit in making David the Creator of the Xenomorph.....
However..... Alien Resurrection clearly shows us that indeed Mankinds Creations (Synthetics/Machines) indeed did Sub-Create and this lead to the AUTONS, were we briefly get some back ground around a Great Uprising and Recall, and a Back Ground that informs us about how Synthetics are in the Future Shunned and potentially Mankind realizes the errors of our ways in our Sub-Creation... Just as the Engineers had done so with Mankind and attempted to put an end to this 2000 years ago... Thus the starting point for the Xeno-Strain of Black Goo that ultimately leads to the Xenomorph.
So already we have the kind of AI Sub-creation Arc already within the Franchise, and the END of Alien Resurrection shows us a Earth that has gone through some kind of destruction and WAR, and indeed its Stark Warnings by those like Professor Steven Hawkings who warn that Mankinds Pursuit of Creating Advanced AI would One Day be our Undoing... We see this Theme, in movies like The Terminator, The Matrix and the devastation on Earth in Alien Resurection shows us that indeed potentially the same has happened in the Alien Timeline..
So i feel that a TRUE sequel to the Franchise, a Literal ALIEN V can actually tackle the Themes RS is so desperate to touch upon with David and AI. It appears the warnings RS had said about what happens when David Sub-creates and what this means for Mankind, are indeed evident by the Auton Rebellion, the Fact that Autons are Sub-Creations of Synthetics and the Chaos that had happened on Earth at this point in the Timeline.
There is a whole Story to be told regarding AI and its Evolution and Effects within the latter parts of the Alien Timeline, and the Aftermath of such a Event... Alien Resurrection regarding the Auton Call and her Background/Story is very similar to that of the Replicants in the Blade Runner Franchise.
THEREFORE.... i feel that there is a potential for a ALIEN V that would instead follow on from the end of Alien Resurrection, Earth is clearly in a state of Destruction, AI/Synthetics have had a large impact on Earth and Mankind, Alien Resurrection shows us a True Distrust of Synthetics and yet we have Call who is not a Wicked Threat like David 8 is, we see that the Autons and indeed likely other Synthetics indeed became Sentient, were able to think for themselves and see themselves as not merely Machines Created to Serve. So the whole History behind the Autons and aftermath of Rebellion and the state that Earth is in regarding AI and Humans is something that could be explored..
But would a sequel to ALIEN RESURECTION not have to be about the ALIEN and RIPLEY? Well YES, but not entirely, you see those comments about AI and the XENO that Ridley Scott had made regarding Alien Covenants sequel, would certainly more so FIT and apply to a literal Alien 5, But how do they bring back Ripley? A Long time has passed since Alien Resurection?
While a Alien 5 Blomkamp Style, would in effect Replace Alien 3 and Alien R, by having Ripley, Hicks and Newt Survive, the Age of those Actors etc, means a Aliens Alternative Sequel would have to be set 25+ years later, due to the AGE of the Surviving Aliens Cast... unless they try to De-age Ripley which can be done with CGI and Ridley Scott explained this could be done, but if its not done right then it can look really poor and it is also expensive...
I propose and i have done this before, that a True Alien 5 set after Alien Resurrection could give us something FRESH and NEW and explore those THEMES that Ridley Scott is so desperate to explore.
But Ripley is a Clone, she has Xenomorph DNA and can Regenerate and Heal Herself, so surely a Ripley 8 would never AGE so we would definitely have to use CGI to De-Age her? Not really.. you see what kind of a Plot would it be to have a Immortal so to speak Ripley 8 going around fighting Xenomorphs, this is very limited and so there has to be a interesting way to explore Ripley 8 or is there?
YES.... Ripley 8 is a Hybrid she has Human DNA and Xenomorph DNA, just as Seth Brundle from the 1986 Movie the FLY, was turned into a Hybrid, part Fly, part Human and yet he gained increased Senses and Strength and Abilities due to the FLY DNA, just as Ripley 8 had from the Xenomorph DNA
Seth however ultimately began to change into a FLY, the Flies DNA started to Re-write his Human DNA, his Skin started to Age, and Human Flesh and Parts Fall off, as he was slowly turning into a FLY Hybrid. Where his FORM would be 50/50 Fly/Human and not just the appearance of a Human with abilities gained from the Flies DNA.
THIS is the Route they could explore Ripley 8, it would explain away her AGE, as we gradually see her Human Skin, Determinate as she Evolves into a Hybrid, she could then be given CGI/Make up to make her appear as a Hybrid, maybe less than we see as far as say the HR Giger Inspired SIL from the 1995 Movie Species.
This gives Ripley 8 a interesting ARC, and Make up can make her a Hybrid that still retains a lot of Human Appearance, but covers up a near 70 year old Human Appearance.
What about Call? Well Winona Ryder is still very young looking, but she has lost her way due to some personal demons, but the good thing is that there are some Actresses who look a lot like her, and even a Natalie Portman could play the role of Call.
What about a Plot? I am working on a Synopsis for a ALIEN V: Vengeance it will cover those themes about AI and as we see Earth in the year 2386 has suffered a lot of destruction, the back ground for Alien Resurrection, shows us that AI has been shunned and Outlawed, Earth has suffered what appears to be a Great War. The Company United Systems Military. Had tried to obtain the Xenomorph via Ripleys DNA and paid the consequences.
The USM Auriga Crashing on Earth, we can assume destroying the Xenomorph.... However Ripley 8 still has Xenomorph DNA, and what i propose is a World where there are different Factions a World In Turmoil regarding those who are Religious and hold out on Faith, compared to those who Ultimately have accepted the Revelation that our Creators are the Engineers. We are no more to them as Synthetics are to us.
We have Remnants of Autons like Call and we have Remnants of Synthetics with a Agenda to Rule Supreme. We have the USM Company who wish to obtain the Xenomorph. And we could explore how a Cult of Synthetics or Synthetic Worshipers, have the Agenda of once again Sub-Creating... The Autons being a Failure, a attempt at Synthetics to Sub-create. Yet this Cult, worships and is comprised of Some Synthetics.... who Worship the Original Synthetic Sub-Creator.... DAVID
They could even have a Mural made from a Deactivated David Model , attached to a Cross in Cruciform pose like Christ, and Worshiped, maybe this David is Alive but attached to some Bio-Mechanical Cross? Maybe its DAVID 8?
The Synthetics could be explored as becoming Sentient, and then wanting to destroy Mankind and replace us, and then Sub-create their own Servants the Autons.... this would fit with the back ground that was laid down in Alien Resurrection. But this David 8 worshiping Cult, aspire to David 8 as the Original Synthetic, the Original Synthetic who realized he was not Create to Serve Mankind, but to Dominion over Mankind. David also being the First Synthetic to Sub-create its own Favoured Creation.... THE XENOMORPH
So we could have this Cult go after Ripley 8 who is now becoming a True Hybrid, and this Cult wishes to use her DNA, to Create a New Army a New Race a New Sub creation, that would retain the DNA of their Worshiped David 8’s Ultimate Creation the Xenomorph.
This allows us to Create something NEW, Hybrids that are part Xeno/Human something Fresh.
I would even consider having Ripley 8 captured and becomes Pregnant, giving Birth to TWINS.. one being a Human BOY which could be Called ADAM and the other Child Shunned or maybe not, the other child a GIRL a Hybrid called EVE.
This opens up a sequel to explore ADAM as a new hope for Mankind a Star-Child.... while EVE who would be like the Baby-Head Concepts for Prometheus would be in effect a Star-Beast, so a Sequel could be called Star-Beast and explore the Procreation of this Hybrid, which could introduce the Egg Morph to create Organisms that would be say 75% Xenomorph and 25% Human.
So it shows there is way to introduce something NEW to the Franchise, explore AI and give Ripley a Final Outing and Send Off.
With Disney buying Fox, Alien 5 suits the family friendly popcorn action flick Disney would produce.
I'm good with Blomkamp doing whatever he wants. Just more A L I E N movies please!
ALIEN V: Vengeance. I like the idea BigDave....Almost has a Beneath the Planet of the Apes vibe...Mass destruction and Xeno's!
BigDave you prove once again why you should be on some type of official think-tank for this franchise!!
An Alien 5 post-Resurrection incorporating the backstory of the Autons (AI's building AI's) with David's arc is a sublime idea!!
I was working on a Re-write of Prometheus, a Prometheus 2 and i had ideas for 3 more Alien movies... One which was set just after Alien, where a Mining company had set up on a Moon and a incoming Ship with new Equipment to Drill into a Rock that the current equipment could not get through, this revealed a Cave, with Spores and a Engineer Ship... it was to show case Aliens that was not far off the Neomorphs as far as how i thought they would look years ago... a cross between Neomorph and the Fresco Creature.... the idea being to tease that this place was where the Engineers discovered the Organism that leads to the Fresco, as they took infected crew back to LV-223 at a latter time..
The other was a Parallel movie to Alien R, where the Failed Ripley 7 Queen was taken with some Ripley 8 DNA to USM Outpost near Saturn, where they cloned the Failed Queen 7 to produce something that was a Xeno/Human Hybrid, that had a different method of Procreation. (similar to the Pred-Alien) this Outpost was a Military one where they was also working on Super Human Soldiers, and so we see a Xeno-type Organism Outbreak vs Super Humans but Ultimately its a Super-Human Created from Ripley 8 DNA that saves the Day.
The other Alien one was regarding finding a Engineer Ship and Black Goo that escaped from LV-223, this one was more based with Engineers.
I have many ideas, that i evolve into a Long Plot/Synopsis and then i plan drafts for some Scenes, but never get to finish them... i had some sticking points with my Prometheus 2 so i abandoned it.
And then when working on others, i had started to suffer from some problems that effected my motivation etc.
I'm not against the idea of Alien V per se, but I'm dead against Blomkamp having anything to do with it. He made one great movie, District 9, but all his movies since look exactly the same! The novelty of District 9 wears off quite quickly.
chli
I think I would want Scott to finish his prequels first (just one more). Let him do Alien: Awakening his way. Let him tell the story of David to the end and round off what happened before Alien. I think prequels are more tricky to make since they are forced to finally lead to a certain end (a connection to the original story). When this is done, the field is free to carry on with new adventures in the Alien Universe - like Blomkamp's Alien 5.
Even though both Prometheus and AC are disappointments I would rather not have Alien 5. Ripley is a good character but has been over-used. It is time to move on to something else, the Engineers seem interesting and their connection to the Xeno it is just that they need to change a few things from where they are now.
Expand the human role and make the engineers more important. Less AI please.
Maybe it wouldn't need to be in the official time-line. Maybe they could do a spin-off? Those kind of movies are not what I am a fan of in general but it could be done right so maybe. A spin-off wouldn't hurt if you look at where they are now in the franchise.
Just because Prometheus and AC were not that good doesn't mean that we need another movie about Xenos. Alien Covenant made it worse by implying that David was the creator of the Xeno, F that sh--.
Change the director while we are at it. All he cares for is this boring story about artificial intelligence. If they will be a part of the story (which I don't mind) they should be more in the background, keep the focus on the humans.
Taking AR out of cannon wouldn't be a problem to me but taking Alien 3 out would be so. Maybe Alien 5 could be a what if Alien 3 didn't happen. I would not have a problem with that if it is done well but I would not like to have it as a official versions/official events after Aliens since A3 is my favorite movie in the franchise.
You have many questions in your post BD, I will try to answer some of them as good as I can.
I am not interested in another Ripley story. Let the character be a new leading figure, at least the prequels did that right. We don't need a Ripley 2, we need a sympathetic character that we care for and that we worry about when things go bad for he or she. The main character could be a man, as long as it is well written I don't care if it is a male or a female. Even though Shaw was annoying at least she wasn't a Ripley clone, I give her that. Daniels wasn't as annoying but she felt kind of flat. My preferred character would be someone that isn't one-dimensional but that is somewhat rational and that we care for. Hell, the hero could be the garbage man at the ship, a chef or something, not a scientist or a soldier (that would be new).
Maybe they don't need pure Xenos but something related to it. I like that Prometheus and AC tried new monsters.
The Alien franchise isn't only about the Xenos and Ripley even though I think that the Xenos play a important role. Alien means unknown to me, so as long as there are sympathetic (and well-made) human characters that get into a situations that they are not well prepared for and there is tension and disaster it is good to me. My reason for putting that in Italics is because that is what the franchise is about in a nut-shell to me.
Of course it can be about other topics, it depends on how you deal with them and if you have sympathetic human characters in it. This is where I believe that it might be time to drop Ridley since he is mainly interested in AI.
The Engineers is something that could be interesting as long as they are well-written and have a clear connection to the Xenomorph. Unfortunately they were swept under the carpet in AC instead of being expanded on. I honestly believe that if they would have been made interesting in Prometheus they could have been explored more in AC than what became the case. More Engineers please, I would rather have that than having a story about a mad AI with a creator complex. Before AC I had ideas about an advanced society made up on interesting buildings that they were good at science, buildings/architecture. They had military structures, religious ceremonies like priests and so on. This would be really interesting if they would expand upon. Imagine a sci-fi with influences (not copies!) of the lord of the rings with specialized warriors, priest, scientists, and so on but it an Engineer kind of way. This could be really awesome, I would be more interested in that compared to the AI angle.
We have the Weyland-Yutani part, if the Empire in Star Wars could be done right then I guess that WY could be done justice too. It depends on how you portray it. Yes it is bad but is it in the background or the foreground of things? How much of foreground or background is it? Do they do their dirty business themselves or do they hire some sort of hit-men or what ever to call it to do their more shady things. Imagine if they are willing to do what ever they can do get their profits including murder. Assassins that kill opponents of the company. We have already seen the company being bad so why not add another angle to it? This could be interesting if it would be done right. Keep the Alien feeling but add a mix of the Empire or maybe the mafia family kind of structure in it. Maybe I am just babbling now but these are some ideas that at least I think could be interesting. Speaking of it I would watch a movie like this if it would be done right and have interesting plots and characters.
It feels like I have 100 ideas or so, it is just that I suck at structuring them.
Totally Agree Thoughts_Dreams excellent points.
We need Characters who can develop, their was potential to FIX Dr Shaw, but they wrote her off, and sadly the way they ended AC withDaniels knowing about David does not bold well for her, David can not let her awake and interact with the other Crew, as that would Spoil any plans David would have. So they have written themselves into a corner.
And so it looks like they have to introduce us to new Characters who they can build upon which means they need to take part in TWO movies. Are these Characters going to be Colonist in Cryo-sleep, or Humans on a incoming Ship?
I agree Characters need to be done more better.
ScorpioStar
So, let's just forget everything that's happened and get rid of that nasty but necessary feeling that things evolve?
Sorry, the 1980's are over, as well as all the TERMINATORs and PREDATORs and the sort. It was fun at the time, but, seriously, can't people just get over and move on? I was a teenager then, but not anymore - I know better now.
Seriouly?! Blomkamp and Ripley and Hicks and... Seriously?!
All good things come to an end, even Star Wars is looking tired.
I've no wish to see a 70year old Ripply running around a strange planet. Having said all this it'll be interesting to see how Predator rewrites itself.
Challengerrtfan
before Scott kid napped and ruined the trajectory of his own franchise alien 5 momentum was building. After the horrific and polorizing last 2 prequel prequels it's time to answer the questions he promised to with Prometheus. The terror and intrigue launched in the original alien needs to be pursued. Bring it
hardboiled is kind of right. Besides, no matter what comes down the pike, it will not likely be a huge money maker as the franchise history has shown and hard core fans will find ways to bitch about whatever comes next. Godzilla has an animated origins story coming next week and looks pretty good. Maybe the Alien franchise should stretch out a bit like some have suggested. Hmm. Maybe the Godzilla franchise isn't all worried about profits. It has eleven time lines and everything is pretty much canon. It has a history dating back to the 1960s to be conservative, and still has a huge fan base. Hmm...
No, I don't trust Blomkamp as a director and with all my love to Sigourney and Ripley it all looks like a kind of necrophilia.
Also I don't like that a plot disrespects Alien3 and Resurrection.
What I want to see - a true sequel to Prometheus which will expand the Universe of the franchise and won't use hackneyed cliches.
Critters5
My vote is, after Ridley's next and hopefully final disappointing prequel to Alien, they should do an Alien 5 while the cast is still alive and then start a completely new trilogy with characters we care about and new strains of xeno's and a further exploration of the Engineers with much more Giger influence on the landscapes etc.
samwisefan
It's ageist to suggest that Sigourney Weaver cannot be an action star at her age. Ellen Ripley is, in my opinion, the greatest fictional character ever created. And Sigourney is, at minimum, 50% responsible for that. Do I want more Ripley? Yes. Do I think Sigourney can still kick ass? Yes. Do I think Neill Blomkamp would make a fantastic ALIEN sequel? YES! He's a great filmmaker. He's gone on record that ALIENS is his favorite movie of all time. He's so desperate to make his ALIEN movie that he already got Sigourney to star in this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjQ2t_yNHQs (Not to mention CHAPPIE!) I honestly don't understand why someone wouldn't want a new ALIEN sequel! RESURRECTION was horribly open-ended.
Some very interesting and Valid Points raised...
In favor of a Alien 5 i think personally the route Blomkamp was to take would have been a mistake, indeed it could still be pulled off but it would have to be about passing the Torch onto Newt, the movie would also have to be set some 25 years after Aliens if it was being worked on NOW... if a Alien 5 Project was Resurrected in 2-3 years then they have to take this into account when portraying the Age of Ripley and what year it would be set in. Because while Miss Weaver may look good for her near 70 years, they would still have trouble trying to portray to the Fans a Ripley aged more than 10 years what Miss Weaver is at the time of shooting and so looking at Blomkamps Concept Work this Ripley does not look the wrong side of 50 never mind in her 60's and so having a Miss Weaver pulling off a 45 year old Ripley would have been a push.
Also the Alien 5 concept by Blomkamp would have just given us the same thing we have seen over and over for the most part, and would also mean we have to view Alien 3 and Alien R in a different Light...
Why i think while Blomkamps Ideas had some Merit, i feel that some of these ideas could well be used in a Alien 5 but not as far as bringing back Ripley and not as far as bringing back the Traditional Aliens Queen.
What's wrong with bringing back the traditional Aliens queen? Its cannon. I would like both the queen and the egg morphing explored more in the forefront.
I think its a case of how do you do this justice?
If its handled wrong then it could back fire and cause the beast to be overcooked....
The Franchise is split, as far as Fanbase and some Fans would indeed love to see Xenomorphs and Queens and another movie that is like a Remake of Aliens, but its a case of if we go to the Well to many times it becomes Dry....
I feel a Alien Sequel aka Alien 5 has to try something different, i mean there has to be a SOLID Reason why after Alien 3 the Franchise had 200 year Gap with no Xenomorphs (but movies could fill in this gap) but we have to ask the BIG QUESTION...
Why go after Ripley in Alien 3?
Was the Derelict completely Destroyed? we have to assume so, but then AC shows us Xenomorph Eggs exist on Planet 4 as part of Davids Experiments, and David is off to Origae-6 and from his TWO Face Hugger Embryos we must eventually arrive at Thousands of Eggs that end up on the Derelict.... so surely there could be Xenomorphs on Planet 4 and Origae-6
Indeed we can SAFELY Assume so now, but there has to be a Reason that the Companies only means to the Xenomorph is via Ripley and after she had Sacrificed herself to the Fire Pit.... the Xenomorph died with her... until Alien Resurrection where they resurrected if via Cloning Ripley (bit of a flawed Plot). So i think as far as a Literal Sequel to Alien Resurrection it would be better to explore something different.
We have to assume, that by the time of Aliens the Derelict and those Eggs are all that remains of Davids Xenomorph for some Reason, and after the Destruction of the Derelict in Aliens with the Destruction of Hadleys Hope, the only route left was via a infected Ripley. Thus the Xenomorph is GONE... but they could try and Re-clone Ripley from Ripley 8 DNA but this would be a copy of Alien Resurrection, or they could have it some Xenomorphs or DNA survived the destruction of the USM Auriga. But again why tread over something all ready done.
We cant have a Alien 5 with Xenos and Queens, and a Alien Prequels with Xenos and Queens unless its done Perfectly, and so far every Alien movie after Alien 3 has had a flawed approach....
HOWEVER......
We are shown the Xenomorph is a creation of David's and so at some point, Davids Creation must Evolve to become more Bio-Mechanical and Multiply to become Thousands of Eggs, and so if the next few movies link to Alien then they have to at least in some way cover the Xenomorph.
A few Xenomorph Related Events that have to happen and potential holes that need covering are.
*Davids Creations must end in Thousands of Eggs on the Derelict (plus how a Queen could arise)
*David still has a number of Eggs on Planet 4
*David is off to Origae-6 the Advent Prologue suggesting he wishes to see his creation develop and his Wolves need Lambs (Colonist) and a Queen and so David must on Origae-6 create another Nest of Eggs.
These all leave avenues to be explored and introduce us to the Xenomorph if done right, and as far as any other sequel to the Original Franchise, or Parallel stories that do not involved the events between Alien Covenant and Alien Literally, must be avenues where we explore something different and not the Xenomorph.
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What we know about Engineers so far
Infos gathered from the commentary, many interviews.
-LV-223 was a military outpost. Confirmed by Ridley Scott on the commentary of AC.
-Engineers are not gods, just superior beings. Confirmed by RS on the commentary of AC and many interviews.
-Engineers (in the context of those from Planet 4) have a lifespan of around 150 years. Explained on the commentary of AC by RS.
-The giant stone heads inside the citadel represent 6-7 elders of the entire civilization; Intellects, artists, wise men. Confirmed by RS on the commentary of AC.
-The artbook also described the giant stone heads as a way Engineers celebrate themselves. Like a depiction of false gods watching over everything.
-Beings on Planet 4 are Engineers. This was confirmed by the filmmakers in the interviews, commentary of the film, artbook, and the people who played them.
-There are female Engineers. Females are seen in the flashback and in some of David's illustrations. Also, people who got to play these Engineers said
there were females on the set.
"Now this is a good question! We worked with a second unit that day and the second unit director wasn’t giving much away to what we really were but they did confirm we
are Engineers! And the costume designer called us all “her Engineers” so we do know we are 100% Engineers but I do believe our origins is something
M.r Scott is holding close to his chest… what I will say there was speculation that the Prometheus Engineers where more like a military type rather than our more
civilian look I think all will be revealed if Sir Ridley gets his way and films the next one."- Billy Mansell on AVP Galaxy interview.
-The Engineer's role is evolution. Explained on the commentary of AC by RS.
-Ridley Scott also said that he sees Engineers as gardeners of space.
-During a podcast with empire magazine, Scott explained that the Engineers visit planets they seeded with life to check on them, and to update them. If their creations proved
to be a disappointment, the Engineers would wipe out the whole planet and start all over again.
"If the planet went wrong, they would want to wipe it clean. But that could take 500 years. When they revisit –
because different visitors would come back and see we’re not doing so well – they would look at these human beings that are jerks,
that are killing the planet, killing themselves, can’t settle down, they’re like a bunch of children. We should wipe it clean."
-Ridley also mentioned on the commentary of AC that the Engineers let their children, human beings, get out of control. So humans are both no longer valid
or useful.
-Despite being more powerful than humans, Engineers were defeated by their own invention. Explained on the commentary of AC by RS.
-Engineers send their ships on different intervals. When Shaw and David's juggernaut arrived, there was a welcoming ceremony occuring as 2 million Engineers
gathered at the plaza, welcoming the juggernaut's arrival. When David unleashed the ampules, they were shocked by the act. Explained by RS in the commentary of AC.
-Scott James, the guy who played the Engineer in AC, in AVP Galaxy interview also indicated that Engineers send their ships on various missions.
"The Engineers send the crescent-ships out on a various mission and they return infrequently. It’s a very big event and those at home make the effort to show their respect and welcome the ships and their honored crew home. This seems consistent with the ritualistic and important ceremony afforded to the sacrificial Engineer in Prometheus. No-one was expecting David’s ship back, but they’re obviously a trusting race…a bit too trusting maybe! They realize something’s wrong when the cylinders drop but don’t know what’s happening then yeah…it becomes pretty apparent after it’s too late."
-Ridley Scott and Damon Lindelof mentioned this many times before, but they speculated that The Engineers didn't originally create the black goo.
"Human heaven? Goodness, humans don't go to heaven.
Someone just made that up to prevent you from all going nuts."
- Kryten, Red Dwarf S3E06 "The Last Day"
86 Responses to What we know about Engineers so far
It is all nice and dandy, but what is your point?
Imo, engineers story has run its course - they are/were plot convenience only. The main story is all about the fact that someone got the jin out of the bottle the moment he created an AI, that is emotional and granted it unconditional freedom after his death. Everything else is a consequence of this event. How it all ends? Invariably, with "the march towards inevitable" - the "fossilized" guy in the first movie. But surely, there would be some twists along the way, should a sequel see the daylight.
Nice night for a walk : washday tomorrow, nothing clean, right?
The answer is irrelevant. Have a good journey...
"Imo, engineers story has run its course - they are/were plot convenience only."
I would say Originally they intended to cover our Engineers in more Depth, but maybe not devote a whole new series to them as their is a common Theme of Creation, Sub-Creation and this Creation being allowed too much Knowledge and Free-will and Rebelling against their intended Purpose, and then Sub-Creating themselves and REPEAT! These themes and reasons for those actions could be continued with how Mankind Reacted, and then how our Creation AI/David Reacts and so IF we have RS wishing to explore such Themes, then they dont need to go and cover Engineers in Depth to tell such a Tale of Creation and the Hubris of this Creation becoming Sentient, because this can be told via Davids Story and Arc.
So i can agree that maybe NOW our Engineers will only be Plot Devices, in which they need some to Return to Provide the Derelict and its Pilot.
@Dark Nebula
Indeed thats a nice Summary, some of it is a little contradicting.... but thats just my opinion... (MILITARY ASPECT)
I still think maybe we need to consider the WHOLE Plot about these Engineers, and its (well was intended) not so show we have these Engineers who Create LV-223 to Create Bio-Weapons and thats it! Its indicated our Engineers are VERY Ancient, and maybe LV-223 is 35'000 years old (at least) so if these guys had used this as a Weapons Facility then it would have been maybe for at least 35'000 years or maybe NOT?
The more common thing that RS mentioned in context to our Engineers BEFORE we got Alien Covenant and its Plot.. was these Engineers are Ancient Gardeners of Space! And RS had appeared to hint to us the Sacrificial Scene was a Benevolent Act that allowed Creation and these Engineers invested a lot of time visiting Earth and Evolving us both Genetically and Technologically
For what reason... we NEVER know.... Ridley Scott also leaves some Elements tied to Paradise Lost and there is some point when our species have Upset the Engineers, we have turned out/started to behave in ways they had not intended and after attempts to try and put us back on track, they decided that we had to be WIPED OUT!
However another element to consider is at the time of Prometheus and years following (prior to AC Plot) we have RS also referring to our Engineers as FALLEN ANGELS he also calls them Aggressive %£$^$%&$%
But we can get the Notion that maybe these Guys were not always this way, well maybe as far as the Original Intention, and indeed the Deleted Scenes in Prometheus show us their kind in a DIFFERENT Light. Those Elders did not seem like Aggressive SOB's and Fallen Angels. The Last Engineer appeared to have some Intrigue and Interest in Mankind especially the Female Elisabeth Shaw, and a interest in our Evolution Technology, and via Arts as he appeared Fascinated by the Violin Girl and Books in Vickers Lifeboat.
You get the Impression these Engineers had came to us and Taught us things, and had set a certain set of rules and way of living for us.... we had eventually become rebellious and doing things that went against their intentions for us... and it looks like the LAST ENGINEER had looked on at us with Surprise at how FAR we had come and what we had achieved ONCE they abandoned us. Maybe it was No Coincidence his Cryo-Chamber was labeled HERO-CHAMBER a Hero to who though?
His own Kind? or was it his Actions (plus others devoted to the same cause) that saved us from destruction 2000 years ago, but ALAS when Mankind Turned up and he Witnessed via Weylands Actions that Mankind had become Selfish and Wicked and NOW could travel the Stars... the Engineer had NO choice but to Proceed with his Original Mission to Destroy Mankind... where he maybe felt we Did-Not have to be Destroyed... but after witnessing we could now Travel the Stars and Sub-Create we had indeed proved to be too much of a risk to allow to have such Freedom/Technology.
This was my interpretation... i think it was likely the Original Concept... but this got changed after Editing and so we have our Angry SOB Engineers instead...
So we come to ALIEN COVENANT on thing RS had mentioned when talking about the Elders Scene being CUT from Prometheus was he NEVER wanted to meet GOD in the First Movie.... this implies those Engineers on LV-223 and our Sacrificial Engineer are NOT the Gods.
We can now turn to his comments regarding any sequel to Prometheus, where he confirmed THEY (Dr Shaw, and David) would be off to Paradise, where they WOULD meet these Gods, but they are NOT Gods in the Traditional Sense, and they are Far from BENEVOLENT but David is bringing HELL with him... what happens when the Black Goo is used on a God or a Machine?
We cant read too much into this... but we can accept that David and Shaw had reached this Paradise... and we then we have to look at potentially a MASSIVE clue that you forgot to mention Dark Nebula, its one comment by RS that may be very revealing!
RS confirmed those are not just Engineers... they are the ORIGINAL Engineers... another interesting comment is when he also said the Engineers are NOT a Race but a Civilization. He also said just as their are many Versions of Mankind, WHY cant the same be said for our Engineers.
These are VERY interesting comments, when combined with the look of those more Human looking Engineers and how they live for about 150 years and they have Females and can Procreate.
We then maybe have to start to LOOK at some of the Themes at play... we see that Perfection is a Key theme and the Pursuit of it and also Sub-Creating and having this Creation become Sentient.... this applies to the ANGELS created Perfect by GOD, with Lucifer being the most Perfect Creation but also one with too much FREE-WILL so he begins to Question why a being so Perfect has to Serve God and he sees the limitations of the Angels and sees a better way of Life where they Do-Not have to Serve... we can look at it as Lucifer/David and Angels/Walter in comparison.
It is maybe due to the Rebellion/Fall of Lucifer to why Mankind was created, intended to be Race Perfect (Adam) who would serve God without Question... but again via Forbidden Knowledge passed on via the Trickery of the Forbidden Fruit.. we see that Mankind had became FALLEN
This theme passes on with our Creation David, we can see the potential Problems a Sentient AI that thinks for themselves and sees them as more Perfect than their Creators can Cause! If all Synthetics/AI becomes like David then we are Truly Screwed! If David was limited in his Free-will like Walter then we would not be in trouble.
Now the reason for those Paragraphs is if we NOW look at our Engineers in Prometheus... and look at the things i have mentioned in this post, we can maybe see a likely pattern.
*Those LV-223 Engineers are FALLEN (well had became).
*Those LV-223 Engineers are NOT the Original Engineers.
*Those LV-223 Engineers appear to be more Enhanced and Engineered than those Engineers on Planet 4
*The original idea was our Engineers had lived for Thousands and Thousands of years, and had Evolved/Engineered themselves to a point they LOST the ability to Procreate.
This has been dropped with the introduction of our Planet 4 Engineers. But maybe its been carried over to the LV-223 Engineers? We maybe have a Repeated theme at play here.
David is a Humanoid... a Synthetic One, Created by Mankind, Engineered for Perfection, David would not live for 100 years but much more... Maybe we are being shown that our ENGINEERS had either Evolved themselves with Experiments to become those LV-233 Engineers. Maybe those Planet 4 Engineers had created the more Perfect/Enhanced LV-223 Engineers like the Replicants where in Blade Runner?
Had those Engineers Engineered those LV-223 Engineers to be used for some Purpose? did those Engineers create these more Perfect beings to use them to be Sacrificed to see more Enhanced DNA? Did these or some of those LV-223 Engineers Rebel? Then Sub-Create?
Or did a Faction of Engineers Tinker with the Creation Tool to Engineer themselves this way and were cast out?
It would be interesting to PONDER why those Engineers look so different, more advanced/enhanced and powerful and yet are NOT the Original Engineers.
Do those Engineers (LV-223) have more in common to David and/or Replicants?
To continue.....
The Military Engineers was referenced but we have to look at a few things, HAD those Engineers been purely created for a Military Purpose and at what Point? 35'000 years ago?
Why leave a MAP to a Military Outpost 35'000 years ago and come and visit us over and over leaving clues to this place at certain intervals...
*Was this always a Bio-Weapons Facility?
*Was it always intended to use this on Mankind or other Wayward Creations?
*Was it created as a insurance Policy just in-case the time came when they had to Eradicate us IF/WHEN we had outlived out use, or had turned out not as intended?
But then WHY leave the Star Maps?
How could they maintain this Place for over 33'000 years before they then LOST control of the Place and suffered a OUTBREAK around the Time they had Planed to Launch a Mission to Destroy us? Had they suffered a Outbreak before?
IF they intended to Wipe Failed Creations out, then WHY use a Substance that Creates Parasitic Organisms, that maybe would pose a Threat to any potential return... via Life being EVOLVED/REPLACED by Hostile Organisms? This would make Sense if Said Organisms had a Limited Shelf Life.
A Bombardment of this kind would be like dropping a NUKE on a Country you wished to Destroy, then waiting the Thousands of Years before the Radiation has gone and then you go and Take Over that Country and Expand your own Civilization upon it.
IF the Sacrificial Scene was the STARTING point, and we see the Sacrificial Goo had consumed the Engineer and it either USED his DNA to Create the Seeds of Basic Life or it was the Catalyst that would EVOLVE basic Life with the Engineers DNA.
Then WOULD-NOT dropping Urns of Engineers DNA not be the best option to RE-SET a World.. so that Life becomes infected and reverts back to a earlier Evolutionary State?
Back to PLANET 4, we have to ask WHY do those Engineers flock to the Plaza around the HANGER and await the arrival of a Engineer Ship? To welcome Returning Heroes from WAR? Surely if this WAR was to Destroy Mankind and they are FULLY aware of the Black Goo and LV-223 then would they not Question WHY it has been so long for them to Return?
Ridley Scott confirms Engineers return time to time and we have to ASSUME its not Thousands of Years, so if they are MILITARY and they return more regular then they are involved in the Destruction of MANY Worlds.... We then have to ask WHY are they involved in the Destruction of Many Worlds? If its because they are THREATS or out of Control Creations then are these Engineers so NAIVE that they see only their Race as the most Advanced and other Races are kept on Worlds in a State of Technological Evolution that is like Earth was Thousands of Years ago so they are NO threat to the Engineers (are not Techologically Advanced).
so they see NO need for Protection against incoming Ships... are these Engineers so 100% Confident that EVERY one of their kind will stick to the Rituals/Religion and Principles of their kind so there is NO chance of any Rebellious Factions or other Engineers who would go on to have different Agendas?
So these Engineers had NO concern for when those Military Ships come back, they are so Naive that they could NEVER ponder that.
1) Another Race or Creation could obtain their Ships and use them against themselves?
2) That the Engineer Race would never have Rogues who would USE their Weapons on their own kind?
Or when we consider my last TWO posts, is there another REASON for LV-223?
Those Engineers do not look Aggressive $"£%£$ they seem to shun Technology apart from where its Necessary, and we have to remember the BASIS of these beings is as RS refers to more often... SPACE GARDENERS
The Plaza has loads of Statues of Engineers, the Hanger has Statues that are in the Buddha Offering Pose! We have to ask WHY are these Statues around the Hanger, why that Pose? What is that Bowl they are holding?
We see the Engineers had a very Ritual way of Life, the Sacrificial Scene was a Engineer Offering his Body to Create Life.
WHAT IF the Plaza and those Statues Purpose is to Reflect their Sacrificial Ways.. What if the JUGGERNAUTS are just a more Advanced Seeding Ship... These ships return to Collect Chosen Sacrifices who will LIVE on in the Genetic Material they pass on to Create Life and are also Immortalized in Statues to their Memory/Honor?
Sacrificial Goo ==> Broken Down Mutagen that passes on Engineer DNA.... So what if this Engineer was Sacrificed inside a Container so that his broken down Material/Mutagen was collected into a VASE and this was then Poured into the Waterfall/Lake... would the OUTCOME not be the Same?
Would collecting Engineer DNA via the Sacrificial Goo and deposited on Worlds this way, not be more efficient than a Lone Engineer who has to then consume the Sacrificial Go (what happens if he changes his mind?)
Would not Sacrificing Multiple Engineers in a Ritual and having their DNA stored in Urns not only be more Practical but also offer more Genetic Diversity?
If we look at the Juggernauts, Sacrificial Ritual in this context then it would make PERFECT sense for those Engineers Reaction... this is the Return of a Ship where the Chosen are to be Gifted with the Chance to become something more than their 150 year existence.
Carry on with the Space Gardeners.... if you are wishing to Seed World and then Visit them and Evolve Life, then if we look at it as a Gardener, a Gardener who is Evolving, Experimenting on various Hybrids and New kinds of Plant, Fruit or Vegetable etc.
Would you not want a SANDBOX to work on your experiments and then when you are pleased with the results and sure they will not IMPACT or effect the other Plants, Fruit or Vegetables etc you have in your Garden, then you seed your new Creation in your Garden.
Then having a Nursery, Greenhouse a SANDBOX to carry out Experiments and Evolutionary Hybrids would make PERFECT sense... IF the Engineers are GENETIC SPACE GARDENERS it becomes more Practical to have such a place.
Which is WHAT i think LV-223 was, it was being Terra-formed for some reason... those Engineers could survive on the Surface of LV-223. So why do the Complexes support a Environment for Humans?
If this place is a SANDBOX then you would need a Environment your Creations can Survive for Testing Purposes and having Each OUTPOST separated by a distance in a Harsh Environment that LIFE would not survive in would ensure any Experiments that escape will not survive to get to the other Outposts.
THIS is what i think LV-223 was... it makes sense for the Star Maps.... they was showing us WHERE we was created.
Something maybe went WRONG, those (None Original) Engineers had began experimenting with something related to the Xenomorph DNA (Hence Mural with Sacrificial Bowl in the Original Scene).
WHY though? Maybe if we look at those Engineers as being more closer to David then we can make sense of it more. Or if they was a Faction who had became obsessed with the Deacon DNA/Organism. Saw it as Perfect and wished to use ITS DNA to Evolve Worlds rather than Engineers...
"Sometimes to Create one must first Destroy"
I think when we look at WHAT we really know about the Engineers, we have a ever Changing Landscape. The Ideas Presented down from the Brainstorming that lead to Jon Spaights Drafts and WHO these Engineers were/are have gone through changes with each Incarnation of how we are shown and what we are shown as the Prequels Progressed. So that ideas laid down in the Original Conceptual ideas may no longer apply.
We can apply this to the ELDERS in Prometheus we see them as Frail, Old but they have the same Marbled like Skin and Dark Eyes only their skin is vastly aged compared to the Sacrificial Engineer and LV-223 Engineer. But as the Elders Scene was removed... Our ELDERS may now look like more Frail/Older Versions of the Planet 4 Engineers.
Whether or Not the Planet 4 Engineers were intended to look how they was, or it was a cost saving OVERSIGHT, what we are left with is a Engineer Race who appear to be Pale, and have some Engineer Features but they seem to lack that Marbled, almost Glossy (Synthetic) look of those Engineers we saw in Prometheus (Omitting the Elders).
But these guys we have (Planet 4) are referred to as Originals and so HERE is what we know about their species.
*The are are Ancient Humanoid Race, who in some way have played a Role in the Seeding of Worlds and Evolution of Life on Worlds via Self Sacrifice.
*Those beings on Planet 4 are the Originals and this place is there Home-world.
*This could imply WHY the LV-223 and Sacrificial Engineer look different.
*The Hall of Heads and indeed likely those Heads Carved into the Mountains Represent the Engineers Past/Elders. They are the Hierarchy, the Apostles (of their ways) and Superior beings (to whom?)
*These Engineers live a very Ritual Life-style but they also seem to live a very Basic, Pre-Technological Revolution like existence by Choice (like say the Amish People).
*They had abandoned some of their OLD ways and Rituals, likely because the Power/Technology they possessed became to much for them, or caused them Problems.
*They viewed and likely still do that the Value of Sacrifice is very important to their Culture and maybe how they view/intend other Intelligent Life to Behave.
*It is possible the Prometheus Engineers are either a result of Genetic Engineering to enhance their kind, or are a purposely Engineered Creation in their Image.
*They in part have turned away from some of the things they had Experimented with and Created, maybe the Advancement of their Species had lead to their Near Fall in the Past and they DO-NOT wish to repeat this.
What is UNCLEAR is the Relationship between the Black Goo and these Engineers, The Advent Viral where David talks of Ancient Cruel Rituals that they have abandoned and the Wolf they had Banished and they knew they had to give Life to the Wolf and the Lamb.. are ambiguous.
It could mean these Engineers were involved in the Creation and Experimentation with Organisms via the Black Goo related to the Xenomorph/Deacon DNA but it could also just apply to the Sacrificial Rituals being classed as Cruel (i get the impression they are maybe seen as a Honor, but who knows how the Sacrificed felt about this, at least all of them).
So its still not 100% Clear at what point such Horrific Creations that the Black Goo on LV-223 could bring about has with those Planet 4 Engineers or their Past... or indeed those LV-223 Engineers.
I think the Engineers angle is fantastic! Chariots of the Gods ..Ancient Astronauts! Very cool.
https://youtu.be/6OZi_DKR0ZU
Do they still procreate? Or is all test tubes and growth chambers?
You'd think they've moved on from natural child birth.
Based on the flayed Engineer corpse in David's lab, who happens to have testicles and seemingly cut off penis, it seems that the Planet 4 Engineers procreate just like humans.
However, I don't think the same could be said for the Engineers from LV-223.
Much like Replicants from Blade Runner, who are bioengineered humans with increased strength, speed, agility and intelligence. They lack the ability to procreate because that's how humans made them (except for Rachael, who was an experimental replicant capable of procreating).
In the commentary of AC Ridley is offering some of the rule book he used to guide those involved in the production of AC whether actors or design artists so they had context.
Its a longitudinal view, a series of observations but carefully avoids a latitudinal view where we receive the history of the Engineers through story a moving narrative which has emotional and philosophical meaning.
Indeed none of these things are said in the film and therefore for the greater audience not considered important to tell the story.
I think its a mistake to connect these rule book observations with the questions posed by Prometheus for one simple reason. David did not end up reaching the place that Damon and Ridley had talked about in the closing months of filming Prometheus. As Damon said they may never "go there" either literally or philosophically.
There is I think a crucial disconnect between the Engineers behaviour in Prometheus and Covenant. In Prometheus the Mutagen is connected to the very building blocks of life whether literally adjusted or altered by inappropriate use. In Covenant it is merely a Pathogen like Ebola or Agent Orange which destroys its targets. No Engineer was transformed or adjusted as were the hammerpedes, fifield and holloway.
The neomorphs hardly represent the upgrade which was hinted at would be achieved if the bombers in Prometheus had reached earth. They oddly enough return us to Darwinism rather than an Intelligent Creation expressed with such power and nobility in the first few moments of Prometheus.
"As Damon said they may never "go there" either literally or philosophically"
Certainly and Ridley Scott also hinted that they may not go to where Dr Shaw wants, by virtue of mentioning once Davids head is back on and Dr Shaw is in Cryo-sleep.. then David has the Freedom to go wherever he wants.
So it does-not necessarily mean they would be going to Paradise or the Engineers Home-world but on the other hand they alluded that they would be going to this place.. I think a lot depends on in WHAT way does where those LV-223 Engineers came from relates to what we would call Paradise. I dont think it would have been a literal Paradise as in the Concept of Heaven... certainly not as far as where our Souls would end up with our Omnipresent, Omnipotent yet invisible GOD but likely a place that would have either reflected the Cradle of Creation as in the Garden of Eden, or/and a Place that only the Worthy are allowed. Its interesting that Ridley Scott had alluded to Paradise being a place that could be a Connotation of Evil/Dread or along those lines, implying Paradise as viewed by Dr Shaw would be nothing like the Paradise her Faith would have taught, or indeed a place that was once Paradise but is now Lost, a Pandemonium of Sorts.
I do think Prometheus opened up a MASSIVE Universe and Alien Covenant had SHRUNK this down...
We had been given a Background of these Majestic, Powerful almost Statuesque Synthetic looking beings who are very Ancient, Many Hundreds of Millions of years IF NOT Billions of years old. A Race who Seed Worlds, who seemingly could LIVE for Thousands of Years and are implied in the Seeding of Many Worlds. A Race who poses the ability to Travel no only to the FAR REACHES of our Galaxy but to other Galaxies (Why have a Star Map/Navigation to them otherwise?) so for these beings the distance between Earth and Zeta 2 is just a drop in the Ocean of their Inter-Galactic Travels.
But to have a Home-world that could be Many Hundreds or Thousands of Light Years away would pose a Problem for how to they introduce English Speaking Humans, a movie about Dr Shaw and David would not suit everyone.. and so with the need to involve Human Fodder and introduce the Plot of the events after Prometheus Chronologically tie to the Xenomorphs Creation... then a Paradise set on the Door Step to Humanity i guess was a Necessity.
Indeed we see those more Human looking Engineers could Procreate, we have Females, Space Jockey Penises and indeed infant and young Engineers.... where as the IDEA that led to Prometheus was these beings had Engineered themselves to the Point of loosing Procreation.. which if we consider that Mankind Perfects itself so our Organs Regenerate, and Age at a much slower Rate, say 10-100X slower and we have become immune to All or Most Diseases and Illness then a Super Race of Humans Engineered this way who now can live for 2000-10'000 years would maybe eventually loose the need to Procreate.
With this now dropped, and they showing us those Planet 4 Engineers are the ORIGINALS and can Procreate and only LIVE for about 150 years. It now does paint the Picture that those LV-223/Prometheus Engineers are a Engineered version of their Species/Creations.
The Question is are they Creation like David or Replicants, or are they a faction of Engineers who Engineered themselves to this LEVEL? The prior would relate a bit to what Prometheus had shown us with the layers of Creation, but the latter could apply to maybe the Quest/Agenda that a Mr Weyland would have had.
The Pursuit of Perfection, Evolution and Improving oneself are themes we have in the Prequels... but also a Hubris/Morality tail about Pursuing such things. It could be via NO Accident or Coincidence those LV-223 Engineers Pressure Suits and Technology shares some Aesthetic with the Xenomorph.
If you are a Race of Genetic Space Gardeners, then you would be looking at Traits of Creations/Evolution you have created/discovered and then look how to apply/mix this with other Creations or your own kind. We can see the Black Goo could be used to Hybridize/Mix Traits (Davids Creation had utilize traits of many Organisms he encountered).
I guess you also have to WONDER what does such a Race of Genetic Space Gardeners do when they Discover something that is Evolutionary Near Perfect... or has potential and THIS Organism is something the Engineers HAD NEVER created... they would surely be very interested.. I think the discovery of something like this and the attempt to incorporate its Traits to Perfect themselves is what lead to those LV-223 Engineers Hubris/Fall. I think such a Race or Related discovery of Davids Creation would attract their interest too and their attempts to Harness/Perfect this Discovery of Davids Creation will ULTIMATELY prove theirs and the Space Jockeys Down-Fall.
"In Prometheus the Mutagen is connected to the very building blocks of life whether literally adjusted or altered by inappropriate use. In Covenant it is merely a Pathogen like Ebola"
Indeed, also in Prometheus it was referenced similar to a Pathogen like Ebola i think indeed it works as such to a degree, but certainly the differences between the Sacrificial Scene and events in Prometheus with the Goo, were kind of complicated to a degree... I think there is a few reasons why it appeared as such... partially because of a reduction in Xenomorph DNA they wanted and THUS a less Xeno-Virus Mutation Fifield.... and i also WONDER if the Engineer Corpses and Cryo-sleep Engineers where Props already worked on/near finished based off Spaights Draft?
Which could lead to clues that can cause confusion? Indeed little things like the replacement of the Sacrificial Bowl with the Green Crystal also confuse things a little.. (but it had to be done as the Scale of the Bowl to Holloway would have suggested the Sacrificial Engineer was 10ft Tall).
Then the release of the Weyland File made things even more contradicting..... when in reality Jon Spaights Scarabs had the Explanation we needed if we look at it as a Creation/Evolution and Hybridization Tool.
But then we came to Alien Covenants Bombardment which muddied the waters a little... but ALAS the Advent with the Radical AI allows the Substance to be a McGuffin and have it basically do what ever the Writers need it to do.
The only Logical Explanation now is the Goo can be Programed to act a certain way as far as how interacts with Organic Life... So that when it contacts cells it breaks them down where either it then becomes a mutagen to pass the DNA of those Cells on... or it breaks them down to allow the Mutagen (with pre determined results) to Multiply.
But when it comes into contact with a Procreate Cell, like a Egg and so a Cell that could become a Zygote or other Cells of Reproduction such as Spores... then it uses these Procreate Base Cells to Hijack and Create a Procreated Hybrid form of the Xeno-Virus.
I think a interesting thing to PONDER and Question would be some of Ridley Scotts comments in relation to the Engineers both from the time of Prometheus, to the time in-between and Alien Covenant and just prior to Alien Covenant. And over the years Ridley Scott had not really mentioned much regarding our Engineers and the Bio-Weapon Black Goo he seemed to mention more about the Engineers in relation to FALLEN ANGELS and Paradise Lost but also Creators and Space Gardeners.
When talking about Fallen Angels, it appeared he was referring to those in Prometheus but he could also mean the Engineers in General.... he had also mentioned he DID-NOT want to meet God in the First Movie this could set up meeting GOD/GODS in future but it certainly meant the LV-223 and Sacrificial Engineers were NOT the Gods. This implies they are a Creation of another Race.
When we get our Planet 4 Engineers who he refers to as Originals, this kind of hints to us those Prometheus Engineers came after those Planet 4 Types.. we have to look at RS comment about not wanting to meet GOD in the first movie in context with the Removal of the ELDERS scene. With the HALL OF HEADS room, he tells us these beings are the Wise-men, Apostles (of their Culture/Rituals) and Superior Beings.. Superior to WHO? Those Planet 4 Engineers or just Mankind... they was also referred to as the HIERARCHY and so we MAY have not seen those beings yet who are likely the ELDERS they could look nothing like those in Prometheus... (Older Frail versions of Sacrificial Engineer) they could be just Older Frail versions of the less Pale/Less Synthetic looking Planet 4 Engineers... maybe they a Race related but not the same?
I then think we should come to RS comments prior to announcing Alien: Paradise Lost he referred to we have ONE Handsome Guy who goes to all the Parties, gets all the Girls and then another LESS Handsome Guy who stays at home being boring!
When we look at AC we see those Planet 4 Types appear to stay at HOME and live very Basic and Ancient ways of Life, while in Prometheus we do see those more Majestic Statuesque Marble looking Engineers going around Seeding Worlds, and Visiting Worlds.
The Guy who goes to the Parties and gets the Girls could be a reference to the Fallen Engineers, because RS also had mentioned that he felt the Fallen Angels in Paradise Lost had the most Fun and so a sequel to Prometheus would delve into these guys.
So does this mean our Planet 4 Engineers are ANGELS and the LV-223/Sacrificial are FALLEN ANGELS? We have to ponder HOW/WHEN/WHY they became Fallen. Can we look at the relation between David and Walter in comparison?
We certainly get the impression of the Space Gardeners being the GREATER cause that these beings go around doing, while we dont see the ELDERS due to the Scene being Cut, maybe we have to ASK why does our Sacrificial Engineer look more like our LV-223 Engineers (who are not the Originals) rather than our Planet 4 Engineers who are the Originals?
Could it be the Sacrificial Engineer is a Engineered Perfection of those Planet 4 Engineers or the Hall of Heads Elders? A Creation that Can-not Procreate (having a Superior Creation Procreate is not Good). so they are Created for a Specific Reason like David.... much like the Iggi too (Sumerian Mythos)
Could these Created Beings who cant Procreate (assumption) but are used to Seed their Superior DNA, could these beings had Grown the same Sentiment towards their In-superior Creators that David had with his? And these then decided to Create and Miss-use the Black Goo for the same Reasons David had?
We can see that David as with Lucifer had become Fallen, because they saw the Perfection they were, and Questioned why should they Serve..... and in hindsight the Free-will a David/Lucifer had over the Angels/Walter is what allowed for such Pride, Question their Role as Servants and Rebellion against Creator...
Could the same thing had happened to our LV-223 Engineers?
This assumptions makes sense and fits with the Themes of Prometheus and RS comments, the ONLY FLAW well a Major one.. is... IF those Planet 4 Engineers are aware of the Fallen LV-223 Engineers then WHY would they have no Concern or Fear for a Returning Juggernaught?
The only Logical Explanation would be that there are either many places these Juggernauts are based, and ONLY the LV-223 Engineers Rebelled and this was TAKEN care of, or that these ships are numerous and also Piloted by our none LV-223 looking Engineers too.
I have always wondered what the supposed Sources comments meant too, as they had implied a Blade Runner plot was at play but more so a MATRIX kind of Plot and one of the last things they said was the Plot was a Basic DARK CRYSTAL Rip Off...
I can kind of see a connection when we look at the Mystics (maybe Planet 4 Engineers) and Skeksis (LV-223 Engineers maybe). And the broad Plot which is a Race urSkeks and a Faction of them trying to PERFECT themselves with the Dark Crystal but at a Great Hubris that caused them (Fallen 18 of them) to be Banished from their World to another World Thra where they attempted to atone and use the Crystal to Cleanse them of their Dark Ways but split them into the TWO Races.
When looking at the Plot as far as Background to the Dark Crystal i can indeed see how it could connect and how it also could connect to Paradise Lost.... but who knows..
@BigDave
Change of Direction not Plot
You have missed my point about Damon Lindelof's remarks. Ridley and Damon had a view about the type of world that Elizabeth and David would go to. They knew in mid 2012 what that looked like and would answer the questions of Prometheus. On seeing Covenant Damon's view is that where they ended up was not that "place" not because David rerouted the craft or it was not as Elizabeth expected they have simply changed the direction of the story. They were going to the Engineers Home world its just it looked nothing like the John Logan vision of a great place which David turned over.
Prometheus 2 in the autumn of 2012 had no monsters it was obviously a story about what does Paradise look like in a mythos which is neither materialistic or creationism. Naturally it would have included within it a sense of what is life which is at the heart of Bladerunner and particularly 2049. It would have also answered where do we go when we die and what is a soul the two big questions for David and Elizabeth.
People can speculate on what is now merely texture and a plot device till the cows come home. The tragedy is not making story out of it. If you want to communicate something of a belief system a creation system the story has to be about that not just a rule book so you can put a monster on the screen to get bums on seats. The point about the Dark Crystal Story is it puts the mythos inside the story by making "it." the jeopardy. Equally David and Elizabeth when they turned up at Paradise were not simply going to have a ten minute de brief on the meaning of life something has to be at stake.
The Mutagen of Prometheus.
What the Story Tells
That it is a creation tool. Hammerpedes, Fifield, Charlie and Shaw. Indeed in Damons script when Elizabeth pleads with David to remove the foetus he says you might want to consider this is not destruction but creation. Its earlier form of the power line "in order to create first you must destroy." Davids words to Elizabeth better reflect what the material in the ampules are a manipulation rather than mere death. its a very powerful line but it means in the context of what we see in the story first we must overwrite the original format and then replace it with something else. So Charlie and what he is would be destroyed in order to make him something else. Equally the mutagen has stimulated Elizabeth's reproduction system but overwritten the outcome. That is not how a pathogen works thats a mutagen.
Conversely the story of the head and what happens to it is you think momentarily it might be a mutagen but its outcome is pathogenic.
What the Props tells us
The piles of Engineers indicate all the Engineers died in a catastrophic one off hit, some of the Jockeys believed entering the sanctuary would save them clearly it did not. Janek correctly interprets that through his story to Vickers.
To Elizabeth after studying the head the video logs it looks like the Ebola her father died of is a pathogenic outcome.
Those two strands of narrative are not taking us to the same conclusion. There are two separate things happening here.
However to return to the Grand Theme of Prometheus whatever the precise cause of the wipeout on LV 223 the message is they meddled and all ended up dead instantly no one got away.
"Cavalorn" in his wonderful treatise takes the view that misuse itself will lead to punishment. Is that punishment existential (we know it is wrong so it becomes wrong) or is it external (another element is actioning the punishment).
if we had arrived at the Engineers Homeworld I am sure we would have found out the answer. The clue for me is in what happened after the outbreak someone was satisfied with the outcome. You also have to wonder why one Engineer was left alive was their a simple explanation or was it design part of the myth of Pandora. I think for Peter Weyland that applies but it put David as a rational objective being on a steep learning curve which like Elizabeths healing of him as a rational objective being should have had rational consequences unless he is merely mad as a box of frogs.
I always assumed showing/visiting the Engineers homeworld was a budgetary thing.
I personally would have David and Shaw find all the Engineers in hibernation.... locating billions of hypersleep chambers beneath the surface.
David "If I wake one...It will wake all in this sub chamber......... and I fear we are unprepared to greet 10 million Engineers..."
@Michelle Johnston @BigDave is there anything to gain arguing about one or the other said if RS makes it up as he goes along (as he reads something in the Telegraph or in a other place)... I will say only good health to Ridley .
@ignorantGuy
The answer to your question is self evidently no. But I believe in two things :-
1) That Damon was right to assert that the answers were there for the taking in Prometheus. If people do not study text or chose to overcomplicate things thats their affair.
2) I will not give Ridley a pass by saying that he adjusted the script of Prometheus 2 and slipped the Xenomorph in. That is patently not what happened. He is business man who thought making another movie about an Intelligent Creation within the context of an ALIEN type association had no legs.
He maybe right but making a movie about a mad robot who made the Xenomorph had no legs either, certainly not with my generation who came back to Prometheus in the same way he did to create and experience something genuinely fresh as he described in 2012.
What I would accept as a criticism is I maybe guilty of repeating myself in which case I will shut up. Johnston Out.
When I first joined this community back in late 2011, I, as we all did, had high hopes that a prequel to Alien would expand the mythology in the way we had always hoped - establishing the Xenomorph and their creators as ancient biomechanical terrors with technology and motives beyond our comprehension. We hoped for Giger meets Lovecraft meets Dante meets Milton. We wanted grandeur, terror, mystery, and wonder.
In all honesty, Prometheus didn't deliver, but it was a stepping stone towards what we had hoped, something Paradise seemed to be a further step in the right direction. Unfortunately, Covenant was a step backward, an attempt to appease the social media masses, with a stroke of ego massaging from Scott - self-proving his "point" about the Alien.
Personally, I would like to see the franchise continue by putting the Alien itself center stage, and the main focus of any expanded mythology. I believe Paradise could still be part of the prequels, maybe a Hadley's Hope streaming serial, or some low-budget movie explorations of the creature to help expand some of the mythology.
As for Scott and his obsession for Fassbender - have him make a movie called David, exploring the characters history pre-Prometheus and linking Blade Runner to Alien. beyond that I feel Ridley should leave Alien well alone. His contribution is noted and appreciated, but remember the Alien we know and love is the result of many, many minds, of which Ridley's contribution is but a small part in the grand scheme of things.
"You have missed my point about Damon Lindelof's remarks."
sorry... yeah i think i know now what you mean, there were a number of comments made about the direction of a sequel, so i was trying to think which you could have implied.. I now see it was regarding how the Place may be the same but its different to what picture they had painted back after Prometheus was released. I guess a lot of things change as we go along, like those Planet 4 Engineers and LV-223 Engineers, at the time of just after Prometheus can we say the vision of these beings would look would have been slightly different to our Sacrificial Engineer or would they had appeared almost the same.
Now forgive me if i again get this wrong... i am thinking you are referring to HOW Lindeloff either saw what is important about Prometheus and where a Sequel would go.. as far as Creation and how we have the Scientific Darwinism aspect which includes the Big Bang as the starting point.. But then we have the Faith/Spiritual Aspect where a ever Omnipresent yet Unseen God. Then we have Prometheus offering a Go-between to Blur the Lines (Chariots of the Gods).
So we had this Mission for the Truth, to meet our Makers, and what they found may have gone against Dr Shaws Faith Teachings.. but she still keeps her Faith... and along for the Journey we have David... Mankinds Creation who is has already met and knows his Creator and he is not Impressed/Disappointed in his Creators, and he sees the disappointment that Holloway and Dr Shaw may have found when they Found/Sought out their own Creator and finding out that to OUR creators we are insignificant would maybe have a interesting impact of Davids thinking because now he kind of has ONE over his Creators. Yet David is on this Journey because Dr Shaw still wants answers and is still keeping to her Faith, and hope that their is more to Creation (of Mankind) and her Faith which includes where we go when we die and the Spirit and the Soul... and while David may see this Quest is for NOTHING and he may already know its a Folly and they kind of have their Answers... David appears to be interested in this FAITH that keeps Dr Shaw searching. So the continuation could be seeing just WHAT Dr Shaw can eventually find out and if our Creators and Purpose are anyway close to what Dr Shaws Christian Faith would show (Relationship between our Creation, God, our Soul). or if indeed its just as unimportant as Weylands Creation of David, and what David learns from Dr Shaws continued Faith in spite of it all.. so it could indeed send David on some kind of Spiritual Journey. WHERE and WHAT would have been revealed i am not sure Lindeloff had hinted or revealed... i doubt they would have even gave a definitive answer and so it may have been left to Ambiguity because Lindeloff seemed to be one of those who FEEL that ONCE you are given the Answers..... what happens if these Answers are NOT what you expected and so sometimes some things are best left Vague and to the Imagination.
Or maybe your point is regarding how Lindeloff had felt the way Paradise well Planet 4 was revealed, which is maybe also the role those Engineers appeared to play, how the place looked... was NOT like what he and Ridley Scott had envisioned when thinking of where to go NEXT... By that perhaps this place Aesthetically is not looking or feeling as AWE inspiring to fit the BILL of these Ancient Creator beings and their Homeworld... if i recall Lindeloff felt this place just never felt like the Homeworld of a would be Creator Race of Godlike beings.. that this Planet was maybe a Detour and that prehaps we would get to the REAL Homeworld of such Godlike beings at a latter point, that would feel and look different to what Planet 4 was. Which did have the impression of just a Ancient Settlement like these Engineers may have visited on Earth Thousands of years ago.
I think a lot depends on what they viewed a Paradise would look like, what does a Home to the Gods look like... is it a Place sitting above the Clouds with Angels playing Harps and at the top of a Stairway a Gate into this Kingdom.. Is it a place thats Dark and very HR Gigeresque.
RS had said this is the Home-world (Planet 4) but i do think they Do-Not look a Race that has Ships that can Travel to Galaxies and i find a Godlike Race who can Travel to Galaxies who have their Home-world with very little of this Technology sitting right on our DOOR-STEP a bit of a Coincidence, but likely a Plot Convenience for the U-Turn to introduce the Xenomorph Origin and Series of Events that place its Creation to Events that lead to those Eggs getting on the Derelict as taking Chronologically after the events of Prometheus.
In part the route taken has not really done what could have been these Enigmatic Creator Gods any Justice, but who knows if they would introduce us to another Aspect or Higher Race that would fit this Purpose...
The Dark Crystal i think i can use to look at Prometheus... where the Elders Scene could give us a sense of similar to the urRu/Mystics the LV-223 Engineers the Skeksis and if we look at it like that i guess we could have expected to see a Race much like the UrSkeks but what we ended up with was a Race that while having some kind of element of Peaceful/Basic Living Folk like the urRu/Mystics the Planet 4 Engineers looked more like just a Religious Group of Buddhist Monks than Superior Beings.
I think it would be interesting to see WHERE they had planned to explore what Dr Shaw would have found in relation to where we go and the Soul, but i was not drawn to them showing us Literally say Dr Shaw dying and her Spirit then meeting some Magical Divine God... i had a feeling the path we would have been taken would have been Sinister and nothing like her Biblical Faith.... but thats just my assumption.
I also find indeed Dr Shaws fate as in Prometheus, where she could not Bare Children... and how the Black Goo had allowed her to Create, just not a Traditional Fetus.. and its interesting to see how David would have viewed this Creation, for it is after all still a Child of Dr Shaw's or is it? It depends on the outlook one would take, and we have to wonder what outlook had David taken... indeed in the Draft, David sees it as Creation. You are drawn to Ponder that David would maybe have wanted to see what the Outcome was, and surely as he maybe NEVER got to see the Full Implications of this Creation, you had to wonder would he like to see his event Re-Created again? I was always drawn to Ponder David offering Dr Shaw a LIFE-LINE... she had lost everything but her Faith and this has been put into Question with the findings in Prometheus, but she still has Faith and wishes to continue to get her Answers.. And i felt as Dr Shaw HEALED David... i pondered would he be able to offer her a THANK YOU... what if he felt he could Reverse the Defect that meant Dr Shaw could not Create Traditional Life...... what would Dr Shaws Answer be to David offering her a potential way to have a Child?
This was something i was going to explore in a Prometheus 3 i was planning to work on, but Ultimately i had intended the Horror that Dr Shaw would just be used to not Produce Off-spring so she could start a New Paradise.. but David had a Agenda to use these for his own Perverse Creation...
Years latter when we saw those leaked set Photos of what i noticed were Human Baby Skulls... i wondered if indeed this is what David had done, and those Unfortunates where Babies of Dr Shaw's that David had helped her to create so that he could use them as Experiments.... but it turned out the REAL REASON for them was Engineer Infants, so he must have subjected Engineer Females to the Fate i had intended for Dr Shaw if i had perused the route i would have taken.
One of Davids comments about how he had offered Dr Shaw a chance to start a New Paradise together but she rejected, may indeed indicate that the Writers may have been thinking along the same lines.
"@Michelle Johnston @BigDave is there anything to gain arguing about one or the other said if RS makes it up as he goes along"
I would not say arguing is accurate, i think we both have a slight difference in interpretation for some things, but your correct regardless of what we interpret of think makes sense, its ULTIMATELY down to what they choose to show, and there seems to be a trend of changing things on the FLY.. Those points DarkNebula pointed out could be MOOT by the time they show us what comes next.... it does not matter what RS says in interviews or commentary, the Planet 4 Engineers being the Originals, and Living for 150 years etc... because as far as ONSCREEN we dont get none of this Spelt out for us and so its subject to change much like the Inevitable Space Jockey Event which seems to be heading for a route that was NOTHING like what RS had at the time of Prometheus were he explained it (Off Film) but chose to not go the route of showing it On Film... which now seems to be a U-Turn.... but again they could U-Turn things around once again. So discussions could be Pointless in Context to what we will eventually GET if EVER.. but its still good to discus them with others, regardless of their view on the matter.
"I always assumed showing/visiting the Engineers homeworld was a budgetary thing."
Could be... i think maybe also it could have to do with a HR Giger Estate thing.... Originally Concept Artist were allowed Freedom to touch upon very Giger-esque Aesthetic but then they was told to TONE it down.
On the other hand if we are connecting to the Chariots of the Gods and Ancient Mankind as far as our Aesthetic in Construction etc... Then ancient cultures such as for example the Ancient Egyptians or depictions of Greek Gods, never had a ALIEN HR Giger Aesthetic and so maybe having the Home-world of these beings Aesthetically looking similar to Ancient Mankind Aesthetic was a way of making things just TIE into the Chariots of the Gods Plot, as opposed to a HR Giger World thats very ALIEN.
@Gavin
I think you raise some good points... in hindsight indeed the Chariots of the Gods was maybe not the right way to go, they wanted a Prequel that had to give more than just the Xenomorph, was the Bigger Question more about WHERE did the Xenomorph come from... was it Engineered/Created or Discovered or a mix of both... then it was to ASK what was the Space Jockey doing with the Xenomorph... did they Discovery it as a Pre-existing Organism, did they Create it?
This is what the PREQUELS attempted to Answer and had shown it was kind of a MIX... but they felt that the other thing to explore once we ANSWER Why the Space Jockey had those Eggs and well their connection... would be to explore WHO the Space Jockey Race Was....
This is where the Curve-ball Chariots of the Gods Plot was introduced.... a Bold Plot... and its this Plot that FOX felt should be explored more and to steer away from the Xenomorphs that then caused the Evolution of Jon Spaights work to Damien Lindeloff's
For some this was just NOT Alien enough... some may have felt the Space Jockey was a Skeleton and Expected a Giant Elephantine Race... but close inspection and Concept work showed it WAS a Space Suit... just maybe the occupants ended up being too close to HUMAN in size and appearance.
But DEEP in the Creation Themes there is maybe a Answer there that could be explored... We have to ASK the reason for Creation..... and Culture to Culture, Religion to Religion and Mythos to Mythos there are many themes that are similar. Maybe DAVID is the Answer staring us in our FACE!
David is NOT our creator, he is our Creation, made to Serve a Purpose, a Purpose he Rebels against.... what happens IF David overthrows and WIPES OUT his Creators..? Knowing the History of Mankind.. our Faith in our Gods and our Mythos that turn out to be the Engineers and then Discovering the Truth about those beings and their Destruction too.
David is NOW the GODS... what kind of a World would he Create... would he get Bored of a Xenomorph Creation that Can-not hold a Conversation with him... would he become LONELY? What if David on a FAR FAR away World... with NO Humans or Engineers EVER being able to Visit (as they are all GONE) what if he uses some Human Embryos to Resurrect the HUMAN Race... and have them believe that HE is their Creator and GOD were David can then lay down his own set or Rules/Commandments, thus becoming his OWN God and Creating his own Religion and Mythos... then Generation, by Generation these Humanoids Expand in Number have Religious books devoted to their GOD and his Rule...
Can we FATHOM this happening? If your open minded and say YES or MAYBE... then i want you to CONSIDER THIS!
If the thought i just proposed.... David introducing Human Babies into his WORLD having them then believe he is GOD (how would they know any different) then could you see the potential for a NEW Religion/Mythos spanning from this and ASK what happens in Thousands of Years after David has gone off... but these Humans follow and tell of their God and his ways....
YET David is NO God... he is a Creation, meant to Serve but Rebels against this and is NOW the God... If you can consider such a thing happening.... Then ASK..
Could something like this have happened before... Millions or Billions of years ago... where a Creation meant to Serve some Role has Rebelled and NOW become the New Gods Creating their own Mythos....
When we look at HR Gigers Concepts and his comments regarding those Concepts.... then indeed we could introduce a ANCIENT History regarding the Role the Engineers Served LONG LONG ago... But become Free from this Servetude and are now the GODS..... then ask WHAT Happened to their Creators and WHERE are their Creators...
This Layer could be something very Lovecraftian with a HR Giger Twist...... THIS is one of the ideas i was thinking of exploring for my Eventual Reveal... when working on a Prometheus 2 and 3.... but in part some of this conflicted with other ideas of who the Creators of the Engineers are, so i abandoned any such ideas..
It does not mean something like this could NOT be explored in Future... One interesting comment Ridley Scott mentioned about Prometheus 2 back in late 2012... was that David was bringing HELL with him and what happens if the Black Goo infected GOD or a MACHINE..
Could a Bio-Mechanical God who is so unlike anything we could possibly consider, be something worth exploring?
I would like to come back to what may have been the Original Plan after Prometheus wrapped up, but as IgnorantGuy had mentioned we have had a lot of things changed as they go along. After Prometheus it would seem Ridley Scott and Lindeloff had ideas of where they would take the Franchise.... it appears Lindeloffs comments more recently after Alien Covenant, seem to indicate that the Vision that Covenant had laid down was NOT quite what had been discussed back in 2012.
It really depends on what exactly he meant as Prometheus was vague, and comments by RS afterwards are also a bit vague and he can latter make comments that seem to contradict... But it certainly seems that the Sequel we got was very different to what Lindeloff and Ridley Scott had discussed after Prometheus. It depends how we interpret the comments by Lindeloff... but it does seem to imply that he feels the World David ends up on is NOT the World that they had envisioned as far as what we got, compared to what they may have planned. There has to be some differences if Lindeloff looks at Planet 4 as a Detour and not the Destination that leads them to the Engineers Home-world.
We have to look at WHY/WHAT this could mean?
*Is it the Landscape/look of the World... was the Engineers World or Paradise as envisioned by RS and Lindeloff in 2012 a similar Earth like World? was it a Dark World like LV-426, a Vision of Hell/Brimstone? Was it intended to be a place so Alien and looking more like LV-223 in Fire and Stone, or a World like PANDORA in James Camerons Avatar... or the Pearly Gates of Heaven?
*Is it the Aesthetic/Culture of the beings they were to discover, and so is the Technology/Lack of it and the Aesthetic of the Buildings not the same as intended?
*Was it the beings they discover... and so was the Aesthetic of the Planet 4 Engineers different, more simplistic or their implied Culture and Ways that are similar to those of Antiquity? or were they to meet a different Race all together?
I think we need to look at what was known at the time of after Prometheus...
We are introduced to these Engineers as Ancient Majestic Race, from the Seeding/Sacrificial Scene, with the Pale, Genetically Perfect Marble Statuesque looking Engineer. To latter the LV-223 Engineers and their Bio-Mechanical Technology and Suits.. We are also introduced to the ELDERS but as this scene is removed.. we maybe have to not consider their appearance..
Ridley Scott had said after Prometheus that he DID-NOT want to meet GOD in the First Movie (this i believe was in context to the removal of the Elders Scene). This implies the Sacrificial Engineer and LV-223 Engineers are not GODS. But it depends in what context RS did not want to meet GOD... does he mean GOD as in a single God or as in Gods... does this mean those Engineers are the Creation of another RACE? or is the Term Gods more in tone with a kind of Hierarchy like how the Pharaohs are in Ancient Egypt? as this really is the BIG Question in that context..
Ridley Scott confirmed that Dr Shaw and David would be going to the Planet of the Engineers, where they would meet these beings.... who are NOT Gods in the Traditional Sense.. (are these beings different to our Engineers?) and they are Far From Benevolent (in General or only in Context to their actions towards their Creations?). RS and Lindeloff had indicated that you had to go where Dr Shaw wanted to go.. you cant leave a Movie ending with Dr Shaw and David jetting off and not follow where they are going.
So it has to be the idea/portrayal of HOW this World would have looked/felt and HOW those beings on this World would have looked like and reacted to the Arrival of Dr Shaw and David. It appears Lindeloff feels how Planet 4 and its occupants looked/were represented is NOT how they had envisioned. A lot depends on HOW did they view PARADISE to be.... was it a Lush Beautiful Paradise of a World... or maybe indications it ONCE was? RS had indicated that Paradise could have the Connotation of being a Dark and Sinister place... this does not have to mean a LV-426 looking or what you would picture HELL to look like... it could be deemed Dark by the Sinister Agenda and Outlook of its Inhabitants/Rulers.
We have to maybe look at Dr Shaw, as she is the one who wants Answers... she had been brought up with Faith in the Biblical God and Religion, yet she had been told before that their are different Cultures who have different Believes and Gods.. During her Adult Life it was her LIFE'S work to piece together many archeological digs clues that indicate the potential of interaction from some Visitors not of this World across many points in History and Locations that could indicate that Most of Mankinds Religions and Mythos could all stem from ACTUAL contact with a Race of beings from the Stars.... These Findings have the Potential to Discredit her Faith she was brought up on.... However... seeking out these Clues could give her the Hope of Finding these beings or Discovering Answers that could either put her Faith back on Track, or Reveal a Truth that would disprove her Faith....
The Prometheus Mission discovers that indeed those Star Maps do take them to a place, where they discover the remains of a Humanoid Race who are Genetically Related to us.. This kind of proves that THEY (Engineers) maybe created us... but Dr Shaw still tries to Clutch at Straws with her Faith by asking WHO created them? Upon finding out these beings had intend to Destroy their Creation.. Dr Shaw as in Denial.... choosing to believe that HER God would never intend to Harm the Human Race.
So she is off to hopefully shed some light, that hopefully reveals there is a Higher Power/Creators above the Engineers and that these GODS would surely not want to Harm Mankind but Love us... The Question is WHAT does she discover and DOES she get the chance to find out.... and at very least if there are no Gods, then she wants to know WHY we was created, and then to be Destroyed.
David is along for the RIDE... he has always known who his Creator is, and he knows how his Creators Race have treated and viewed him... he was disappointed at his Creator knowing he was more Superior... he knows the intended reasons for his Creation... and it was not to be looked after, praised, cherished... So a BIG Question would be DO OUR CREATORS... have a similar outlook and view towards US as we have towards David... or are our Creators/Gods the Benevolent God who Loves and Cherish his Beloved Creation? As Per Dr Shaws Faith..
For a Android who feels apartheid treatment by his Creators Race yet he is more Superior... you have to wonder what the Revelation of our Creators and how we are maybe NOT Special for them.. and what this does to David.. he would maybe feel a bit of Justice.. Pleasure in knowing our own Creators Care little for us too..
Its also interesting that in-spite of all that is discovered, Dr Shaw still holds on to her Faith, and that she will discover some being or beings who will FIT more with what her Faith Teaches that a Loving Gods intentions and view of us are.. David who is discovering his Emotions and is NOW Free, would surely Find the Pursuit of answers and Faith Dr Shaw holds in spite of it all.. INTERESTING..
But back to HOW what we got in Covenant is different to what Lindeloff/RS had maybe envisioned... Even if we dont ask is this Paradise different in Appearance, it certainly seems the beings that Dr Shaw would have met or found evidence off, would certainly had appeared more fitting with would be GODS than those beings on Planet 4 are portrayed as... We also have to Ponder the Questions of WHY Create and WHAT is a Soul and where to do we go when we DIE...
These are things RS had teased with, but things that are certainly not touched upon in ALIEN COVENANT and we have to ask are these things that would have been covered in the Plans they had in 2012? Was they really going to reveal there is a SOUL/AFTERLIFE or reveal only such a thing applies to those who Created the Engineers... or even reveal there is NO SUCH thing...? This really is the Big Mystery... and i think IT along with a few other things would be things they would give a few Curve-balls or things to Ponder but not SHOW us a Definitive YES/NO to those kinds of Questions... because when you Answer such things then the Answers are maybe never as Interesting as the various Imaginations that each Viewer could be drawn to conclude.
What it BASICALLY came down to in 2012 was that those Engineers in Prometheus are NOT the Hierarchy or ones running the Show... and then the Question is WHO are and are these GUYS Godlike and is the Demeanour of these beings towards us or in General Benevolent or maybe even Further from Benevolent than our Engineers in Prometheus where... and DO those above the Engineers even know about our Creation? IF not how would they view the Creations of their own Creation Turning up Asking Questions.. and is it wise to seek such Questions..
Alien Covenant did-not really Answer or Touch upon such Questions..
What if the engineers from LV223 were the gardeners of space, the ones that cleanse and seed new life on different planets, the engineers from Paradise being only the DNA source, the sacrificial engineers.
This would explain why they welcomed the arrival of the Juggernaut returning, in their opinion, for the next chosen one.
Or the engineers from LV223 were just replicants in charge with seeding and cleansing worlds, LV223 the factory and storage place for the pathogen/mutagen and the outpost for the 'gardening' missions.
"This would explain why they welcomed the arrival of the Juggernaut returning, in their opinion, for the next chosen one"
This is the conclusion i am most drawn to, as far as to explain Planet 4 and how these beings are presented and have little concern over the incoming Juggernaught... i am drawn to maybe the JUGGERNAUTS and URNS being a Evolution of the Seeding/Sacrificial Method of seeding Life.
This is described better in the Post and ones near it that i made where i have posted the Image of the Sacrificial Engineer Scene and the Hanger.
The LV-223 Engineers as Replicants is interesting... as thats how i am kind of drawn to these also..
*Where these Guys Created for a Specific Reason? By and with the knowledge of those on Planet 4?
*Did the Planet 4 Engineers see these other Engineers in Prometheus as being more Perfect and Chosen their DNA to Seed Worlds instead of their own?
*Did those Prometheus Engineers Evolve themselves and then decided to Seed their DNA on Earth and other Worlds and so THIS was not intended by those on Planet 4?
All interesting Questions to Ponder...
Maybe we could consider them in context to the Movie THX 1138
As far as some Purpose where in this context the Robbed Monks are the Elder Engineers, and where the Android Police are the LV-223 Engineers?
Oct-02-2018 7:55 AM
I don’t think that the Engineers are done, they are still important in a way and I hope that we will see more of them in the next movie if there is one. Hopefully they will have a part in the Derelict thing and not David, so hopefully they will be used for that purpose. They should have had more of a role in AC but unfortunately it was reduced to story about a mad android, something that I can not relate to. By the way, I wonder what the differences between the sacrificial Engineer in Prometheus and those in AC are? I guess that it could be that they have different tasks but I would like for them to expand on that a bit in the next movie if there is one.
There was a cut scene in P when the Elders gave the sacrificial Engineer some thing before he dissolved into the water. I wish that they could have kept that scene because that would not have revealed too much about their culture but rather have made the viewers interested if it would have been done right. Sure they could have had a reason for cutting it but I would have preferred if it would have stayed in the movie.
As far as some twists are concerned as BioDegradable puts it, I hope that we will see some interesting things that are unexpected but that are good (not of the quality of David creating the Xenon, ugh!) but we will see if that happens. Yeah it sucks that it is all about David now.
Give David a lesser role/less screen time in the next movie if there is one and focus on the Engineers and the humans with well done human characters. I don't really care about the David story that much, that is one of the things that brought AC down. The themes mean nothing if the characters and the story don't work. Right now there is no one to support so that has got to change and I do not mean that they should give David a change of thoughts but that they should introduce sympathetic and interesting humans in the next movie. Maybe someone will say that it is too late because the prequel trilogy is on its last chapter but I say that they should try to make an end to it that hopefully will make up for Prometheus and Alien Covenant because the result that we have after P and AC is not very impressive to say the least.
It is too bad that we got what we got, I would prefer an interesting movie about the Engineers than a poorly done movie about the Xeno but then you can also say that AC wasn’t about the Xeno as much as it was about an android that had gone bonkers.
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“We hoped for Giger meets Lovecraft meets Dante meets Milton.”
Do you mean about the aesthetics (landscapes and that)? That didn't disappoint me, I think that they made that interesting both in Prometheus and Covenant although Prometheus looked better in that way.
As far as David is concerned I think that Scott should make a movie that is just about David. Unfortunately the story about David is connected to the prequels and because of that the Alien story in general. I would not watch a movie about him since I just don’t care that much about the character. Let Scott make a movie about David or something similar but do not have it connected to Alien because that would probably just give us another mediocre movie connected to the franchise. The whole situation about the franchise is just so disappointing.
Didn’t Scott say that it should be the story about the Xeno? It is not even about that at this point. The whole thing is about a mad robot that wants to create for what ever reason. Unfortunately he just cares about David and everything else has got to take a back-seat because of that which lowers the quality of it. Right now we have two prequels and neither of them is very good. Hopefully they can get it right with a third prequel if there will be one but I doubt it. I would honestly prefer if they did not do prequel number three if we would get a disappointing one, I would rather get nothing than to get some crap.
Big Dave:
“We also have to Ponder the Questions of WHY Create and WHAT is a Soul and where to do we go when we DIE...”
Interesting but leave that to another franchise, I would like to get some more information on the Engineers and why they created the Xeno but I guess that a movie about what you mention would be too much to answer especially if we will just get one more prequel, if that. To me that sounds more like a fantasy movie like a crazier version of The Hobbit or what ever.
Paradise could be like the home world of the Hobbits and so on. The heaven could be like that one even though it is not very much like the Alien franchise but that is my point that the franchise is not very much about that at least if we follow what was established in the first three movies. It wasn’t until Prometheus that we got these questions and it feels like Scott is more interested in that than to deal with the monster. He could make another non-alien movie about that, it would maybe make some people interested. Maybe I would watch it but if should be a movie of its own.
“These are things RS had teased with, but things that are certainly not touched upon in ALIEN COVENANT and we have to ask are these things that would have been covered in the Plans they had in 2012?”
Maybe he changed his mind and got more interested in the story of David than a movie about those kind of things. He seems to change his mind a lot, maybe that makes it difficult to make a good story to begin with since things change now and then.
Yup, I think that the idea is interesting but there is so much that you could do with these things so you would eventually make some fans disappointed no matter what you do, like with the alien prequels really. The higher you aim the more likely it is that you will fail.
Perhaps it would have been better if Prometheus would have been a stand alone movie? This would have required better characters and maybe a somewhat different story but when you look at it the movie had potential but got somewhat screwed up along the way but I still can watch it from time to time. Even since the start that was a really mixed bag for me, it is not bad but it is not very good either and there are parts of it that I really dislike but is a two out of five for me, so that is pretty much unchanged.
As far as the Engineers in Prometheus versus those on Planet 4 the Prometheus ones looked a lot more interesting. The AC ones looked like a bunch of farmers from way back. Replicants? Leave that to the Blade Runner thing and similar movies, keep it away from the alien franchise.
"It wasn’t until Prometheus that we got these questions and it feels like Scott is more interested in that than to deal with the monster."
The Original Idea was to give us Xenomorphs, but also different kinds and then hint to us that there are various related Organisms that are created via using a EVOLUTIONARY CREATION TOOL to experiment with some related Organism that is likely NOT a creation of the Space Jockey Race.
But once you have answered HOW/WHEN the Xenomorph was Discovered/Created and we have our Answers, and once we have a Spoon Fed Plot to show HOW/WHEN the Eggs got in the Derelict, then its a Question of WHATS NEXT?
Once we reveal the Xenomorph is a Engineered Weapon... HOW MANY more times can we introduce Eggs, Face Huggers, Chest Busters and Xenomorphs?
So when working on a Prequel this was no doubt one of the MAIN things to look at... if the Xenomorph is a Engineered Weapon, then the BIGGER Question then is WHY as in who was this Weapon Intended for and for what Purpose (to Attack or Protection from WHO?)
Once you have answered that, its then how many more Done to Death Xenomorph movies can you push out! Once you have answered the Xenomorph Origin and Purpose and who it was intended for its a case of WHATS NEXT?
Which then would likely be to EXPLORE the Space Jockey Race!
*Who are they?
*Where are the rest of them?
*What Purpose/Goal to they have?
These are what they can explore ONCE they have answered the connection with the Xenomorph, especially if it was a Engineered Bio-Weapon. And this is where the ENGINEERS/GODS Plot came into play... Bold indeed... a error in Hindsight? Maybe...
"Perhaps it would have been better if Prometheus would have been a stand alone movie? "
They hoped it would Branch off to be its own thing, and steer away from LV-426, and Xenomorphs... but i guess the point you are making is that IF there was NO Weyland Company, IF those Engineers Suits/Ships DID-NOT look like the Space Jockey suits and Derelict.. and Finally if the Black Goo and Organisms DID-NOT look to close to the Xenomorph... Then it could have been a interesting Stand Alone Franchise but once the Plot is Connected to the ALIEN Franchise it was bound to not set right with some Fans, and when it then NEVER provided enough Answers for them, it further disappointed those fans.
"Replicants? Leave that to the Blade Runner thing and similar movies, keep it away from the alien franchise."
By Replicants.... i mean that it appears that those Prometheus Engineers could be Genetically Upgraded Creations of those Planet 4 Engineers. There is a connection, they are different but also similar. So just as Humans are Similar to Engineers, just as Replicants are similar to Humans, and David is similar to Humans (only not Organic) This was the connection they are trying to make, in the pursuit of Creating in your OWN image.
So we may have though the Prometheus Engineers are the Gods/Creators... but the route they are taking now seems to imply they are just a Creation/Upgrade of those Planet 4 Engineers.
Ridley Scott Broadly is touching on the subject and chain of Creation/Creator and Rebellion by Creation and Hubris of creating something in your own image and then when this Creation becomes Sentient. It also touches on the Pursuit of Creating Perfection and the Hubris this brings.
"Sure they could have had a reason for cutting it but I would have preferred if it would have stayed in the movie."
Ridley Scott had hinted WHY the Elders Scene was deleted, and in part it was because he Did-Not want to Give to Much away in the First Movie. And also he Did-Not want to meet GOD in the First Movie.
This implies the Prometheus Engineers are not the GODS and indeed their is a Hierarchy above them, the Question is would this be their Creators? or is the Hierarchy more like Egyptians Pharaohs and Demi-Gods or is it more like some Ancient Cultures such as Native Indians in that the Elders are just the Old/Wise?
We really could not be sure... could it be that RS intended to show those above the Engineers in Prometheus would look more different, than just OLD, FRAIL versions of those Prometheus Engineers?
Another thing to consider is the passing of the Sacrificial Cup from these ELDERS to the Sacrificial Engineer, which we see the Elders are about the same Height as the Sacrificial Engineer.
ORIGINALLY the Altar in Prometheus had the Sacrificial Cup and NOT a Green Crystal and this Sacrificial Cup was LARGER compared to Humans (Holloway) which if we ASSUMED it was the Same Cup than this would IMPLY the Sacrificial Engineer and Elders are LARGER than Humans and NOT as in 7-8ft Tall but as in 10ft Tall.
But we could all see the LV-223 Engineers were NOT 10ft Tall, and so that would be a Good Reason to Replace the Sacrificial Cup/Bowl. By then removing the ELDERS it could imply our Sacrificial Engineer is about 7-8ft Tall... which LEAVES it open to have the Beings/Elders above those Engineers to be introduced as a TALLER 10ft+ Race
By showing the Elders Scene we would be shown maybe that the Sacrificial Engineer and Elders are about the same size as the LV-223 Engineers... Especially if the ALTER Sacrificial Cup/Bowl was kept in place.
But ALAS we was shown some differences with the Paradise Engineers, but they was about the same size maybe bit smaller than our Prometheus Engineers... the comments about the Engineers, seems to indicate those Prometheus Engineers are a Creation (in their image) or Upgrade to those Planet 4 Engineers.
HOWEVER... we have still not seen the ELDERS it is indicated they are the Hall of Heads Engineers, and RS had confirmed these are the Origins of the Engineers Ways/Culture and the Hierarchy/Leaders but also suggesting they are SUPERIOR BEINGS lets us Ponder in relation to WHO? Planet 4 Engineers, LV-223 Engineers, or Humans?
This means IF we explore who those Hall of Heads Engineers are they could be made to look like OLDER versions of the Planet 4 Engineers, or OLDER versions of the LV-223 (like Deleted Scene) or even have them as a TALLER Race.
"The Original Idea was to give us Xenomorphs, but also different kinds and then hint......."
My brother and all his friends assumed that Prometheus was about the Xenomorphs and it was their origin story. I Had to sit them down and explain the why/what/who.
To the casual viewer, it's was probably Ripley or the star beast. Space Jockey who?
After Prometheus and AC have been out for a long time now, I look at the Engineers in general as being wiped out by David.
I think RS had a idea to bring them back.... seems he was not pleased with the Direction of Alien Covenant, due to him mentioning that he felt he was (ahead of the curve) with Prometheus.
He has indicated the Engineers are NOT all gone, they do return to Planet 4 and certain Intervals and they will RETURN to discover what has happened to their Civilization on Planet 4 and WONT be pleased about it.
So he has indicated that the Engineers will be one of the 3/4 Incoming Parties to where ever David ends up with he Covenant Ship. Is it interesting to Ponder HOW is it RS cant make his mind up that its 3/4 Parties? Does this mean ONE Party is actually TWO Parties who differ somewhat, be that Agenda or Looks...
Could that mean we have Planet 4 Types and LV-223 Types? or only ONE type and if so which?
So i think they will come back, well they was planned to be, but its in what Context/Role i know RS was interesting in the Themes of Prometheus and the Creation/Creator Rebellion and Sub-Creation Theme.. Which David/AI fits in and he is also very interesting in the David Angle in this Context.
The Question is he interesting in this angel in Context to our Engineers, and will we be seeing more Depth/Story regarding the Engineers... or is there RETURN only needed as a PLOT DEVICE to obtain our Space Jockey and his SHIP?
This is interesting to Ponder because the Plot for Prometheus gives more scope than to just having these Engineers visit Earth, Experiment on LV-223 and Originate from Planet 4.
Where else have they seeded LIFE, how many more Intelligent Organisms have they Created/Manipulated and Evolved? How many other Worlds have they Visited and still visit and how many Worlds have the Colonized?
Because Prometheus seemed to indicate this could be MANY especially for a Race that has been doing the whole Seeding/Evolving for Many Millions or Years.. and ESPECIALLY for a Race who have other GALAXIES in their Space SAT-NAV Systems.
So it would be interesting to see HOW much RS would be bringing our Engineers back... the whole he could do another 6 movies and the WAR OF THE WORLDS route he would take the Franchise if he was allowed... Does kind of make us wonder HOW such a Plot could contradict the Alien Franchise?
It WOULD-NOT if the Space Jockey/Derelict Event was closer to the Time-Line of ALIEN (10 or less years prior) AND if they removed ALIENS onward from Canon.. Then a WAR OF THE WORLDS aftermath to Alien Covenant would NOT affect or cause any in-continuity problems with a ALIEN sequel/sequels.
I just dont think that would SIT well with many Fans, but then also going the War of the Worlds Route could conflict the Alien Franchise.
I think its something to consider about WHAT Engineers would RS had introduced us to, in any sequel to Alien Covenant.
Planet 4 or LV-223 Types?
I think a lot of Fans were disapointed the Planet 4 Engineers just seemed to not look as Inspiring as the Prometheus ones, was this only in PART due to the Technological Level and thus a LACK of HR Giger Bio-Mechanical Aesthetic to their City and Clothing?
Or was it also the more Human looking appearance, due to lacking that more Synthetic, Marble like Skin Tone/Glossy look with cues of Purple Pigments, Dark Veins and Darker Sclera that the Prometheus Engineers had?
I know a number of Fans are Wondering what this difference is, was it intended? Or just a Production Oversight? Well when RS has mentioned the Planet 4 Engineers being the ORIGINALS it leaves these other Engineers as being Genetically Evolved to some degree, and Engineered that way for a Purpose. Is this a Natural Evolution that had occurred due to those other Engineers traversing the Galaxies, while the Planet 4 ones stay at home in the same Environment they have adapted to? Or is there other Reasons those LV-223 and Prometheus Engineers could be different and Engineered?
So maybe due to the reaction Fans had to those Planet 4 Folk, maybe its the Prometheus types that would be re-introduced?
Or is there SCOPE to introduce us to another related Race, who are Taller, thus would make the Space Jockey Size Anomaly less of a Concern?
Well the earlier ideas and concepts was a 12-15ft Race of Engineers, but even 10ft would appear large on Screen.. also some of the Concepts looked a little less Human than even the Prometheus Engineers... some even MUCH less Human looking than our Engineers.
So its still very interesting to see what is revealed about our Engineers, and WHOM is at the Top of their Creation Hierarchy.
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Cab owner killing not a death penalty case
The scene after John Dixson was left to die in a ravine here in March.
By Walter Geiger
Despite allegedly hijacking a cab, robbing and stabbing its owner and then leaving his victim to die in a ravine, Jamarris Latuan (Man) Williams will not face the death penalty.
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#1 Barnesville Runaway on 12/18/12 at 11:14 PM
If this is not a case for the death penalty I would hate to see what actually would qualify. What a tragedy, that something so horrible can be done to such a sweet and caring person and the most that this punk is going to get is a slap on the wrist. Talk about a miscarriage of justice.
I just can not express my outrage at this, it would not be proper for a public forum. Things like this is why people continue to have no regard for human life. They do the crime and then get a slap on the wrist and get pampered at our expense.
#2 Gordon College Library Eskridge on 12/19/12 at 02:41 AM
How could this not be a death penalty case? This savage needs to be treated just as he treated Mr. John. Walter could you please follow up on this story by asking Milam to explain why the case doesn't meet the standards for the death penalty? Is it any wonder that the American people have no faith in the court system? Where is the justice for victims of violent crime?
#3 Cats on 12/19/12 at 08:03 AM
Do you think the in-house prison justice system will mete out the penalty that the court system failed to?
#4 WI John Galt on 12/19/12 at 03:33 PM
Richard "plead them out" Milan and Ms Ellen Granum would be a great team.
Just think no guns and no death penalty...boy, the evil ones would have a field day.
No wonder Obamasan is always smiling!
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[KINGSTON, JAMAICA – June 27, 2019] Caribbean Cement Company Ltd (CCCL) has announced a change in leadership, which becomes effective on July 31, 2019 when the tenure of Peter Donkersloot Ponce, General Manager will end and that of Yago Castro will begin as of August 1.
Currently the General Manager at Arawak Cement Company Limited with responsibility for the operations of TCL Guyana Incorporated, Mr Castro brings to CCCL, extensive industrial and strategic experience coupled with strong technical, financial and operational competencies developed over 16 years with the CEMEX Group. He has served as Director Planning, Procurement and Legal for CEMEX in Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador and in various roles at CEMEX Europe, Midwest and Central America. Mr Castro has a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and an Executive MBA from the IE Business School, also located in Madrid, Spain.
Both Carib Cement and Arawak are members of the CEMEX Group. CEMEX is a global building materials company with presence in more than 50 countries. Leadership rotation and succession planning are part of CEMEX’s talent development programme. Having been with CEMEX for 13 years, Mr Donkersloot has advised the company that he will not seek an extension of his contract.
The Board and Management of CCCL thank Mr. Donkersloot for his outstanding leadership in managing a period of critical transformation for the company, which resulted in improvements in safety, operational efficiency and shareholder value. Carib Cement is on a stronger and more sustainable path which will continue under Mr. Castro’s leadership.
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CATA dealers help Rawhide Boys Ranch as donated car collection points
Since its founding in 1965, Rawhide Boys Ranch has been changing the lives of troubled young men from communities in Wisconsin and Illinois.
And since 1992, dealers of the Chicago Automobile Trade Association have been helping Rawhide achieve its mission of redirecting troubled boys, to put their lives on a productive path.
Their help comes by serving as collection points for vehicles that owners wish to donate to the New London, Wis.-based Rawhide.
There currently are 15 area dealers who participate as Donor Service Centers. A DSC is a dealership where vehicle donors can drop off their used car for a brief time, until Rawhide can pick it up. A DSC also assists the donor with paperwork to transfer the title and acknowledge the donation.
Rawhide Boys Ranch, which was co-founded by Football Hall of Famer Bart Starr, is seeking to create a network of up to 45 Donor Service Centers in the Chicago area, to provide convenient sites for donors to drop off and donate their vehicles.
Rawhide provides full support to the dealerships that participate, including all of the paperwork and training for dealership staff. In addition, there is a toll-free number for dealerships to call if they have any questions or concerns.
The benefits of becoming a Donor Service Center are:
1. Rawhide Boys Ranch has a strong reputation and a proven track record of more than 40 years of changing the lives of troubled youth. Starr maintains strong ties with the organization.
2. Rawhide has an existing relationship with CATA dealers.
3. Rawhide provides full support to help dealership employees, and will pick up vehicles in a timely manner.
4. Becoming a DSC will help bring traffic to a dealership, providing a benevolent opportunity to build a relationship with donors for current or future vehicle purchases.
5. Accepting donated vehicles can help to close sales, by providing a viable alternative for new- or used-car customers with an older vehicle.
6. It takes only 15 minutes to help prepare vehicle donation paperwork.
7. Serving as a DSC gives donors in the community a way to support Rawhide Boys Ranch.
Donors soon can connect to the Rawhide Web site, www.rawhide.org, via sponsor links on the DriveChicago portal.
To learn how to become a Donor Service Center, to help Rawhide and community, call Rawhide’s Donor Service Center Express line, 800-762-0066.
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Back in the early 60’s and late 50’s there was a boatbuilder named McGlassen (sp?) who built a 24′ sloop (attributed to the board of John Alden) called the Catalina Islander.
Hearing about efforts to build boats in fiberglass, he consulted an outfit in Costa Mesa that built fiberglass outhouses for the construction industry.
The company took a mold off the Catalina Islander (a unique feature was the “v” planking) which became the Islander 24. The company also kept a copy of the mold without the “V” grooves (whether intentionally or experimentally)and formed Columbia Yachts, producing the Columbia 24.
There weren’t too many original ideas in those days….Islander widened the deck of the 24 to produce the Bahama 24, and Columbia followed suit with their model (I don’t recall the name). (Editor’s note: Ed is referring to “raised deck” boats, and my wild guess is the Columbia model may have been the first Challenger.)
Such goings on were not limited to Columbia. An Islander dealer in Redondo Beach got into some altercation with Islander over commissions or something and “splashed” the Bahama hull, modified the deck and splashed it. The result was the Del Rey 24.
He did add approximately 4 to 6 inches of draft and 500 pounds more ballast which, purely by accident, made it the best performer of the group.
This is the guy I worked for, who would later be known around the SoCal boat world as “Capt. Splash”…needless to say, he didn’t stop at Islander.
The other models in the group of Islander clones were the Gladiator 24, something called the Thoroughbred, and another whose name escapes me. Rumor had it that the 29’s of Islander were the same hull from similar circumstances. Del Rey didn’t produce a 29 so I can’t attest to the fact or fiction of that.
The reference to the 5.5 was a mold made by the parent company of Columbia for Ericson (they kept a mold for the Columbia 5.5) thus the confusion in one of the posts (on this web site).
Incidentally, the early Columbia / Islander / DelRey’s were super tough boats. None of the builders understood the engineering of fiberglass and followed the “more is better” philosophy, hence the heavy layups. Osmosis isn’t anything to worry about too much in those hulls, as the leaching would have to go on too many years (undetected or ignored) to do structural damage.
I hope I didn’t bend your ear too much, but I thought Columbia owners might enjoy some of the legends of the past. Cheers, Ed
This article appeared in the February 1998 C-Nuz 2 issue
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Tigers sit at 4th on the table after 5 matches
The Lanna Tigers beat Phrae United handily 3-1 in their home match at 700 Year Stadium on March 9, 2013.
(Photo by Lek Changply)
The Chiang Mai FC Lanna Tigers sit at 4th place in the AIS Regional League Division 2 after five matches. The Tigers opened the season strongly and beat Phrae United at home on March 9 in their 4th match winning 3-1.
On March 17 they travelled to Phichit to play Phichit FC and led the match in the first half with a goal in the 20th minute by Anggello Machuca and another goal by Amoah Isaac. However, Phichit fought back strongly to draw the match at 2-2.
Phitsanulok TSY FC is a the top of the table followed by Sukhothai FC and then Lampang FC.
Chiang Mai will meet the Lamphun Warriors at home at the 700 Year Stadium on March 27 at 7 p.m.
Ritthipong Techapun, Deputy Governor of Chiang Mai and Chairman of the Board of the golf tournament “Chiang Mai Golf Classic 2013” announced the province’s readiness to host this world class tournament that will be held at Alpine Golf Resort in San Kamphaeng on March 28-31, 2013. 144 professional golfers are expected to take part in the competition which will have a total of 150 million baht in prizes and a first prize of $US 750,000. Organized by the Chiang Mai Provincial Administration Organization, PTT (Public Company), Tourism Authority of Thailand and other agencies big names such as Ernie Els of South Africa and Thai start Thongchai Jaidee will take part. They will be recording a promotional video on Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep that will be released to ESPN and shown to over 650 million people around the world.
On Saturday, March 9, CrossFit Chiang Mai hosted the first week of the Reebok CrossFit Games Open competition. The Open is a series of strength and fitness challenges happening in CrossFit gyms all over the world. Chiang Mai saw 32 participants, and this first week’s challenge was a series of burpees and barbell snatches. The competition continued through Saturday, March 16 at 10 AM, at Crossfit Chiang Mai (http://www.crossfitchiangmai.com/). If you want to compete for fun or just to see how fit your really are, come by and compete in the Scaled, Open or Masters divisions.
The Sawasdee Cup is played by junior cricketers just developing their skills.
Richard Lockwood
Support for youth cricket in Chiang Mai and Lamphun has always been an important part of the San Miguel Chiang Mai International Cricket Sixes and this has included a generous sponsorship for a Sawasdee tournament for junior cricketers who are just starting to develop their batting, bowling and fielding skills.
The Chiang Mai Sixes Sawasdee Cup was staged for the 14th time when it was held at Pathan School in Banthi on Saturday 9th March and Rimping School from Lamphun were the surprise winners when they beat Kheelek School in the final of the tournament which involved eight school teams of very keen and enthusiastic boys and girls.
Sawasdee is a form of cricket played by young children with a soft ball where the eight players on each side bat in pairs for two overs and every player bowls one over. It has proved the starting point for more than a generation of hard ball players in Chiang Mai and Lamphun and so forms an important part of the coaching program run by the Chiang Mai Schools Cricket Alliance.
The eight teams were divided into two groups, with Ban Jam, Huay Keao, Sibonyeun and Kheelek forming Group 1, Muangwak, Anuban, Rimping and Mae On forming Group 2. Rimping, a recent addition to the CMSCA program, were the form team in the competition as they were the only side to win all three of their group matches.
Group 1 was a much closer affair with Huay Keao and Kheelek very closely matched. Kheelek looked to hold the advantage by beating Huay Keao by one run with a missed run out from the last ball proving the crucial difference. Kheelek then lost to Ban Jam by 9 runs, so Huay Keao could still qualify for the final if they beat Sibonyeun by 22 runs but they could win only by 15.
Kheelek and Huay Keao both had two wins and one defeat but Kheelek finished top of Group 1 thanks to a better run-rate. The 12 group matches had been played two at a time on the school field but the final was played on the full ground. Rimping batted first and were restricted to a total of 243 but their bowlers ensured they maintained their unbeaten record and won the 2013 Sawasdee Cup by 15 runs as Kheelek could manage only 228.
Ban Jam, Muangwak and Huay Keao were regarded as the strongest teams in the tournament so it is a sign of the growing strength in depth in the schools in Chiang Mai and Lamphun that it was Rimping who finished first and Kheelek second.
The individual awards were shared between the three leading schools with Chakalak from Rimping the best bowler, Ert from Huay Kaeo the best batter and Keen, Kheelek’s wicket-keeper, the best fielder.
All the children who played thoroughly enjoyed themselves and were all rewarded with new green shirts, snacks and medals, while the older hardball players helped as coaches, umpires and photographers.
The Sawasdee Cup is only one way that the San Miguel Chiang Mai International Cricket Sixes help the development of youth cricket in the North of Thailand with money donated to help run a detailed coaching program, to cover children’s travelling expenses and pay for their food.
Money is also raised to donate to the Hill Tribe Fund which supports seven children who live with coach Chris Dodd and his wife in Lamphun. The four boys and three girls are all very capable cricketers with Bunchuaai one of the most outstanding juniors in Thailand who will be soon playing for the Under-19s in Malaysia.
The girls, Nok, Aree and Dao, who all played for the winning side in last year’s Sawasdee Cup will soon be representing Lamphun in the National Youth Championships in Maha Sarakham, where Chiang Mai’s boys and girls teams will also be taking part.
The Bashundhera Cricketeers from Bangladesh won last year’s top prize and are expected to perform well this year also.
Last year the San Miguel Chiang Mai International Cricket Sixes celebrated its 25th tournament so the 2013 edition that is being held at Chiang Mai Gymkhana Club between 31st March and 6th April completes the full 25 years of a tournament that has built unrivalled success on a recipe of enjoyable yet competitive cricket with teams from around the world returning year after year.
A Sixes competition (six players aside five-over matches) was first staged in Chiang Mai back in 1988 and began on a small scale with a handful of visiting teams competing against the locals but the event quickly grew in scale to become one of the largest amateur tournaments staged anywhere in the world with as many as 36 teams playing a total in excess of 100 matches during the week.
A competition for women, a softball Sawasdee tournament for the increasing number of junior cricketers playing in schools around Chiang Mai, and special matches for veterans were also staged but it is the main tournament that takes centre stage with several well known Test players taking the field over the years alongside a multitude of enthusiastic amateurs.
Teams come from around the world: far afield from England, Australia, New Zealand, or South Africa, but also from countries closer at hand in the Far or Middle East, along with several local teams from Chiang Mai. The defending Cup champions, Bashundhera Cricketeers, who have won three times in the last four years, come from Bangladesh.
Teams of all standards have the chance to compete on even terms and every player who takes part in the competition has the chance of winning a trophy. The first half of the tournament will see the 30 teams ranked for the second stage with teams divided into five different categories with five trophies up for grabs.
The leading six teams will compete for the Cup, won in 2012 by Bashundhera Cricketeers, the next six teams will play for the Bowl held by the Divine Felons and the next six will compete for the Shield won by Yarrambat. The next tier play for the Plate held by Darwin Dilettantes and the lowest ranked six teams will be striving hard to win the Spoon which last year was won by Sa Pa.
There will be five teams of winners and five teams of runners up so a third of the 30 teams will win prizes at this year’s event and some of the best junior cricketers in Chiang Mai will be on show playing for the Thai Thevada team who have always given a good account of themselves here at the Sixes.
As well as almost a hundred short and sweet cricket matches with fours and sixes galore, spectators will find a festival atmosphere with food and drink available all day and there are three official functions during the seven-day event.
The San Miguel Chiang Mai International Cricket Sixes has become very much part of the sporting and social calendar in Thailand and everybody will be made to feel most welcome at Chiang Mai Gymkhana Club from 31st March to 6th April. Play will normally be under way by 9.00 am every day and finish by 5.30 pm. The competition concludes with finals day on Saturday 6th April.
Further details are available on the website chiangmaisixes. com where online video and audio feeds will be found as well as updated scores from all the matches.
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