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Creating Democracy for our Communities
The growing gap in voter behaviour
Frank Graves, president of EKOS Research Associates, opened the door on the growing gap between the world of the voter and the world of the non-voter, two worlds with boundaries etched increasingly by telephone usage and, most important, age. Election 2011 revealed a voting fault line delineated by a generation gap.
On one side of the gap: Canadians over 45 enthusiastically favouring the Conservatives, with a likelihood of voting starting at about 60 per cent and rising with age to more than 80 per cent.
On the other side: younger Canadians generally disliking the Conservatives, but with a voting likelihood of at most 40 per cent, decreasing to about 30 per cent for the youngest electoral cohort, those under the age of 25.
The proportion of Canadians who vote has always increased with age, but the differential has never been as great as it is now. In addition, the values gulf between young and old probably has never been greater. And the demographic skewing of the population – proportionately so many older people – is almost certainly unprecedented.
from A Pollsters Painful Reckoning
Globe and Mail, June 17, 2011
Exploring Democracy
Do democratic government systems create democracy? What could contribute to improving how our democratic systems work? Is democracy possible in a community? Is democracy having a vote or a voice? Who should have a voice? Who should have a vote if needed? How do we improve our ability to contribute our voice to our community enterprise?
If community democracy serves interests we have in common as a community, how does that relate to our common identity as a community, who we are, our culture, and our common enterprise?
How could democracy be defined? What systems could contribute to improving our ability to create democracy?
What Democracy Needs
The societies we are striving to create — free, democratic, willing to some degree to share equally — require strong identification on the part of their citizens.
A citizen democracy can only work if most of its members are convinced that their political society is a common venture of considerable moment, and believe it to be of vital importance that they participate in the ways they must to keep it functioning as a democracy.
This means not only a commitment to the common project, but also a special sense of bonding among people working together in this project. This is perhaps the point at which most contemporary democracies threaten to fall apart.
A citizen democracy is highly vulnerable to the alienation which arises from deep inequalities and the sense of neglect and indifference that easily arises among abandoned minorities.
This means they must be capable of adopting policies with redistributive effect, and to some extent also with redistributive intent. And such policies require a high degree of mutual commitment.
from Why Democracy Needs Patriotism
Chinese Thought – July 28, 2006
We do not have the ability to contribute our point of view to our community, our community leaders, and our government leaders and decision-makers.
Making informed choices requires literacy, the ability to understand communications, the ability to make informed choices, and the ability to contribute to the conversation
The politics of our democratic government systems contribute to creating us and them and to the idea of a democracy as a choice between us or them.
The idea of a democracy is that our government institutions and our elected and appointed governing officials represent and make decisions in the interests of the community of common interest they serve.
If people seeking to be our elected representatives do not give us the information we need about their experience, their interests, and their ideas, we can not make informed choices.
We cannot easily change our government systems. We can change the way we govern ourselves. We can change the way we respond to the behaviour and decisions of citizens who take or are given power over our government – over our laws and our investments in our safety, our health, our education, and our well-being, – over our common resources held in trust for our community, – and over our relationships with other communities.
We can explore how we can create democracy in communities that demonstrate an interest in the idea, – communities who are creating governing structures and processes that give community contributors a voice, and a vote if needed, in communities of common enterprise, and in community enterprises pursuing common interests.
We could explore ideas on how we could become informed and more able to contribute our point of view.
Where we are now – the questions
What do we mean by democracy?
What is Democracy – Film
Where we are now – contributions
Shopping for Votes – A New Manual for Power Seekers
Ice Sage on Democracy – Film
Contributors to the conversation
UBC Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions
Democracy is much more than a way of making governments responsive to the wishes of the people. Well-designed and innovative democratic institutions can and do reduce violence and deprivation, and increase freedom, diversity, tolerance, education, health, social innovation, cultural creativity, and economic development.
Ideas for creative exploration
150 cultures that contributed to our ideas of democracy
150 events that contributed to the evolution of our democratic systems
150 ideas that contribute to the idea of democracy
150 ideas that could contribute to creating democracy
Community Government Centre
Creating Our Government Systems
Centre for Community Journalism
Creating Our Legal Systems
Centre for Literacy
Roger Chilton
from My Point of View
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Direct File / Statutory Exclusion / Automatic Transfer
Assessing the Relative Effects of State Direct File Waiver Laws on Violent Juvenile Crime: Deterrence or Irrelevance
Juvenile waiver, or transfer, laws allow certain young offenders to be removed from juvenile court jurisdiction and prosecuted in criminal court, where the range of sanctions is presumably greater. In the past several decades, many states have modified their existing transfer statutes in order to streamline the waiver process and make it easier to prosecute juveniles in criminal court. In doing so, states have excluded certain offenses from juvenile court jurisdiction or added concurrent jurisdiction provisions to their existing waiver statutes. Concurrent jurisdiction, or direct file, statutes afford prosecutors the unreviewable discretion to charge certain juveniles in either juvenile or criminal court. Although the increased legislation has generated a considerable amount of evaluations of the various effects of juvenile transfer laws, few studies have examined the deterrent effects of such laws on aggregate juvenile crime. In this study, we assess the general deterrent effects of direct file transfer laws in fourteen states which have such provisions. Findings reveal that direct file laws have little effect on violent juvenile crime.
Do Criminal Court Outcomes Vary by Juvenile Transfer Mechanism? A Multi-jurisdictional, Multilevel Analysis
In recent decades, the number of juvenile defendants transferred to criminal court has increased dramatically, in large measure due to an expansion of available transfer mechanisms. While transfer traditionally occurred by judicial waiver of jurisdiction, alternatives have emerged and eclipsed judicial waiver as the primary route to adult court. The present study examines whether the mechanism of waiver—judicial, prosecutorial, or legislative—affects sentencing outcomes for juvenile defendants transferred to adult court. Results from multilevel models that control for state-level variation indicate that sentencing outcomes are inextricably tied to method of transfer. Most notably, non-criminal outcomes are most likely for cases that arrive in criminal court by legislative waiver. This suggests that legislative waiver is an ineffective means of sending juvenile offenders to criminal court, and provides some empirical support for the notion that judicial waiver is the most appropriate method of transfer.
Legislative Waiver Reconsidered: General Deterrent Effects of Statutory Exclusion Laws Enacted Post‐1979
In recent years, the juvenile justice system has undergone a “get tough” transformation. One component of the system which has experienced substantial alteration is the mechanism by which states allow for the waiver of juvenile offenders to adult criminal court. Most of the state systems now have some form of transfer procedure in place and many allow for the automatic transfer (or statutory exclusion) of juveniles who have been charged with certain offenses. Although the effects of waiver laws on individuals have received much empirical attention, their effects on the respective states’ aggregate level violent juvenile crime rates are less understood. In this study, we examine the relative effects of legislative waiver laws in 22 states that have added statutory exclusion provisions since 1979. In doing so, we assess whether legislative waiver should be reconsidered.
Reforming Automatic Transfer Laws: A Success Story
This brief is one in a series describing new knowledge and innovations emerging from Models for Change, a multi-state juvenile justice initiative. Models for Change is accelerating movement toward a more effective, fair, and developmentally sound juvenile justice system by creating replicable models that protect community safety, use resources wisely, and improve outcomes for youths. The briefs are intended to inform professionals in juvenile justice and related fields, and to contribute to a new national wave of juvenile justice reform.
Stop Presumptive Transfers: How Forcing Juveniles to Prove They Should Remain in the Juvenile Justice System is Inconsistent with Roper v. Simmons & Graham v. Florida
This Comment provides an overview of the juvenile justice system, focusing primarily on its history and purpose. It explores juvenile transfer legislation and discusses the various types of juvenile transfer mechanisms. It also examines the Eighth Amendment in conjunction with the Supreme Court’s response to over expansive juvenile transfer legislation. Furthermore, this Comment analyzes the ways in which presumptive waivers are inconsistent with the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence. It also examines the Illinois statute, 705 ILL. COMP. STAT 405/5-805. Finally, this Comment proposes that the Illinois legislature should amend that statute to eliminate the presumptive waiver.
Transferring Juvenile Defendants From Adult to Juvenile Court: How Forensic Evaluators and Judges Reach Their Decisions
The purpose of the study was to determine how often Maryland judges agreed with the opinions of forensic evaluators in deciding whether to transfer youthful defendants to juvenile court from adult court and to investigate which factors were most important in the opinions of the evaluators and the final decisions of the judges. Data were extracted from a sample of 200 waiver evaluations, and case outcomes were determined. Factors were examined with both univariate analysis and logistic regression models, to find correlates to and predictors of judges’ decisions and evaluators’ opinions. The most important factor influencing the decision of the judges was the forensic evaluators’ opinions. Logistic regression analysis identified three factors that were significant predictors of the evaluator’s opinion: public safety risk, history of the involvement of Department of Juvenile Services, and defendant’s age at the time of the offense. The judges’ decisions correlated strongly with the forensic evaluators’ opinions.
We Don’t Always Mean What We Say: Attitudes Toward Statutory Exclusion of Juvenile Offenders From Juvenile Court Jurisdiction
In the United States, juvenile offenders are often excluded from the jurisdiction of juvenile court on the basis of age and crime type alone. Data from national surveys and data from psycholegal research on support for adult sanction of juvenile offenders are often at odds. The ways in which questions are asked and the level of detail provided to respondents and research participants may influence expressed opinions. Respondents may also be more likely to agree with harsh sanctions when they have fewer offender- and case-specific details to consider. Here, we test the hypothesis that attitudes supporting statutory exclusion laws measured in the absence of specific case-specific details may not be the best indicator of agreement with such laws in practice. We found that support for statutory exclusion was affected by exposure to information about an offender’s unique situation and by exposure to general scientific information about adolescent development. These results suggest that despite apparent widespread agreement with automatic exclusion statutes, laypersons consider factors other than those allowed by the law when they are asked how to treat an individual offender.
Juvenile Transfer to the Adult System
Brain Development and Trauma
Youth in Adult Jails and Prisons
Youth in Adult Court
Transfer and Special Populations
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GTI Gets a Boost
Posted on November 5, 2018 by Derek Price
Cargazing
By Derek Price
Today’s cars have improved in a lot of ways. Reliability, technology and fuel efficiency are at the top of that list.
One area in which they seem to be falling behind, though, is personality.
That’s something the Volkswagen Golf GTI has in spades, and thank goodness.
Ever since it hit U.S. shores in 1983, the GTI has enjoyed a cult following among enthusiasts for its mixture of spunky style, everyday practicality and — above all — spirited performance.
It’s the performance aspect that sees the biggest change for 2018, as the GTI’s standard turbocharged engine gets a boost in output to 220 horsepower, up 10 from last year. It also makes the monster brakes from the Golf R and torque-sensing limited-slip differential standard on SE and Autobahn trims.
Thin red accents make the fast, powerful Golf GTI stand out while giving a nod to its history. Large wheels, a lower ride height and lower front fascia also set it apart from the more mundane Golf.
While that much power makes the small, lightweight GTI a quick car, raw speed isn’t its strong suit. Instead, it’s much more about balance and dynamics, the way it feels and responds while putting all that power to good use.
Rarely do I enjoy driving cars as much as I did in my week behind the wheel of an SE trim GTI with its engaging suspension and telepathic steering. It’s a car that practically begs to be pushed hard, a big part of its engaging personality.
The other aspect is its one-of-a-kind sense of style. Unmistakable red accents on the body, a low-slung look — it rides more than half an inch lower than the standard Golf — and LED lighting give it a good mixture of contemporary modernism and knowing nods to its history for insiders.
The interior follows the same theme with the added benefit of soft materials and solid construction that evoke the feelings you get in more expensive German sedans. Red lighting mirrors the sleek body accents, and it comes with my favorite funky GTI feature of all: standard plaid cloth seats.
Plaid seat cloth may be unusual in 2018, but that’s one of the endearingly quirky reasons the Golf GTI is popular with enthusiasts. This classic hot hatch also has a unique sense of style.
One of this car’s most appealing aspects is that it’s extremely fun and eminently practical, an unusual mixture. The cargo space is as generous as some small crossover vehicles, and its fuel economy ratings of 25 mpg in the city and 33 on the highway are downright miserly for a car that feels so fast when you stomp the gas pedal.
Also noteworthy on a practical basis is the GTI’s warranty. Volkswagen offers a six-year, 72,000-mile, bumper-to-bumper warranty that beats its competitors in both years and mileage.
While ordering a GTI with anything other than its heavenly six-speed manual transmission would be sacrilege, its quick-shifting DSG is one of the best automatics in the world. If you’re going to commit sacrilege, this is the way to do it.
Pricing starts at $26,415, making it a fantastic bargain for a performance car at the entry level. Adding performance and luxury features raises the price considerably, up to $30,470 for the SE trim or $35,070 for the lineup-topping Autobahn version.
What was tested?
2018 Volkswagen Golf GTI 2.0T SE ($30,470). Options: Leather package ($695). Price as tested (including $850 destination charge): $32,015
Wheelbase: 103.6 in.
Length: 168 in.
Width: 70.8 in.
Height: 57.8 in.
Engine: 2.0-liter turbocharged four cylinder (220 hp, 258 ft. lbs.)
Transmission: Six-speed manual
Fuel economy: 25 city, 33 highway
Style: 8
Handling: 10
Ride: 6
Quality: 7
Why buy it?
It’s clearly built by drivers, for drivers. It’s invigorating to drive with sparkling handling, incredible brakes and steering, and far more than adequate power with 220 horses under foot.
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معرفی قطب
برنامه پیشنهادی
اهداف خرد
دامنه کار
معرفی افراد
مدیر قطب
اعضاء هیئت علمی
منابع، امکانات و توانمندیها
نیروی انسانی
سوابق پتانسیلهای آموزشی
معرفی آزمایشگاهها و کارگاهها
برنامه، طرحها و اقدامات
طرحها و اقدامات
برنامه میانمدت
مکانیک محاسباتی
گسترش در مکانیک سازهها
فعالیتهای مهندسی زلزله
موضوعات استراتژیک
معرفی دستاوردها و افتخارات
مقالات قطب
گنجینه کتاب
اخبار آموزشی - پژوهشی
اخبار کنفرانسها و همایشها
نظرتان درباره سایت چیست؟
آدرس: تهران، میدان رسالت،
خیابان هنگام،
دانشکده عمران، طبقه سوم،
دفتر قطب علمی پژوهشهای بنیادین در مهندسی سازه
داخلی 6458
آدرس الکترونیکی:
cefsee AT iust.ac.ir
کدپستی:
علی کاوه
مرتبه علمی
دورنگار
alikaveh AT iust.ac.ir
رشته تحصیلی
تاریخ اخذ
دکترا تکنیک
مهندسی سازه
دانشگاه فنی وین
دیپلم مهندسی (کارشناسی ارشد)
انگلستان، دانشگاه لندن
ایران، دانشگاه تبریز
تجربیات
زمینههای تحقیقاتی مورد علاقه
عضویتها
عضویت کمیتههای علمی
همکاری با مجلات علمی و بینالمللی
سوابق تدریس دانشگاهی
کتابهای بینالمللی
کتابها به زبان فارسی
مقالات در مجلات علمی و بینالمللی ( ISI , ISC )
مقالات کنفرانسهای ملی و بینالمللی
طرح و تحلیل سازه ها به مدت 3 سال.
تدریس موضوعات زیر به مدت 36 سال در سطوح کارشناسی و کارشناسی ارشد و دکترا.
مقاومت مصالح 1 و 2.
تحلیل سازهها 1 و 2.
تحلیل ماتریسی سازهها با مقدمهای بر روشهای اجزاء محدود.
طرح و تحلیل پلاستیک سازهها.
روشهای گراف تئوریکی برای تحلیل ماتریسی سازهها.
کاربردهای تئوری گرافها و توپولوژی در مهندسی عمران.
هدایت سمینارهای کارشناسی ارشد.
هدایت پروژههای کارشناسی ارشد و دکترا.
مشاور مرکز تحقیقات ساختمان و مسکن به مدت 16 سال.
مشاور شرکت نیرپارس به مدت 2 سال.
مفاهیم بنیادین تحلیل سازهها
روش نیروها برای تحلیل سازهها
توپولوژی و تئوری گرافهای کاربردی
بهینهیابی مسائل ریاضیات ترکیباتی
ترتیب برای کاهش نوار، پروفیل و جبهه ماتریسها
تاشهپردازی
تحلیل سازهها به روش مستقیم تکراری
طرح و تحلیل پلاستیک سازه ها
طراحی بهینه سازهها
صلبیت سازههای اسکلتی
روشهای اجزاء محدود
روش زیرسازهها و افراز برای تحلیل سازههای بزرگ مقیاس
زیردامنههی بهینه برای مدلهای اجزاء محدود بزرگ مقیاس
سازههای تاشو
شبکههای عصبی در مهندسی عمران
آموزش مهندسی
روشهای بهینهیابی فراکاوشی و کاربردهای آنها
تقارن و نظم در مکانیک سازهها
عضو پیوسته فرهنگستان علوم جمهوری اسلامی ایران
عضو آکادمی جهان سوم
عضو ارشد انجمن مهندسان راه و ساختمان ایران
عضو پیوسته انجمن ریاضیات و کاربردهای آن (انگلستان)
عضو انجمن ریاضیات صنعتی و کاربردی امریکا
عضو انجمن ریاضیات کاربردی و مکانیک آلمان
عضو انجمن مهندسان راه و ساختمان امریکا
عضو انجمن ریاضی ایران
عضو پیوسته انجمن مکانیک محاسباتی اروپا
عضو انجمن ریاضی امریکا
عضو انجمن بینالمللی اندرکنش مکانیک و ریاضیات اروپا
3rd International Conference on Space Structures, Surrey, UK, 1984.
International Conference on Applied Mathematics, IUST, Tehran, 1991.
4th International Conference on Space Structures, Surrey, UK, 1993.
Iranian Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering, Shiraz, 1993.
Civil-Comp 93, Edinburgh, UK, 1993.
1st International Conference on Graphs and Mechanics, Poland, 1993.
International Conference on Applications of Fussy Systems, Iran, 1994.
Civil-Comp 95, Cambridge, UK, 1995.
Computational Structures Technology, Budapest, Hungary, 1996.
Mouchel Centenary Conference on Innovation in Civil Engineering, Cambridge, 1997.
International Conference on Theoretical, Applied, Computational and Experimental Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, 1998.
4th International Conference on Civil Engineering, Iran, 2000.
Civil and Structural Engineering Computing, Oxford, 1999.
2nd International Conference on Graphs and Mechanics, Poland, 1999.
Civil and Structural Engineering Computing, Belgium, 2000.
Civil and Structural Engineering Computing, Austria, 2001.
The first M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, USA, 2001.
The second M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, USA, 2003.
Civil and Structural Engineering Computing, Prague, 2002.
6th Int. Conference on Civil Engineering, Isfahan-Iran, 2003.
Civil and Structural Engineering Computing, Netherlands, 2003.
Civil and Structural Engineering Computing, Lisbon, 2004.
The Tenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Rome, Italy, 2005.
Civil and Structural Engineering Computing, Spain, 2006.
The Eleventh International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, St. Julians, Malta 2007.
Third International Conference on Computational Mechanics, Cape Town, South Africa 2007.
The Ninth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Athens, Greece, 2008.
The Twelfth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Madeira, Portugal, 2009.
2nd Conference on Domestic Technology, IUST, Tehran, 2009.
Fourth International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, Cape Town, South Africa, 2010.
International Conference on Advances in Materials and Techniques in Civil Engineering India, 2010.
The Tenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Valencia, Spain from 14-17 September, 2010.
The 1st International Conference on Structural and Building Materials, Guangzhou, China, 7-9 January, 2011.
The Thirteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Chania, Crete, Greece, 6-9 September 2011.
International Conference on Civil, Architectural and Hydraulic Engineering., Member of Scientific Committee, Zhangjiajie, China, 10-12 August, 2012.
The 2nd International Conference on Structural and Building Materials, Hangzhou, China, March 10-12, 2012.
The Eleventh International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Dubrovnik, Croatia 4-7 September 2012.
Innovations in Concrete Construction Congress, Jalandhar Punjab India, 5-8 March 2013.
The Fourteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing (CC2013) is to be held in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy from 3-6 September 2013.
The Third International Conference on Soft Computing Technology in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, 3-6 September 2013.
Conference on Engineering and Applied Sciences Optimization (OPTI 2014) , Kos Island, Greece on 4-6 June 2014.
The 15th EU/ME European Metaheuristics Community Workshop, Metaheuristics and Engineering, Istanbul, 24-25 March 2014.
The Twelfth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology (CST2014) Naples, Italy, 2-5 September 2014.
2014 International Conference on Environmental Protection and Sustainable Ecological Development [EPSED2014], Wuhan, Hubei, China, 30 - 31 August, 2014.
3rd International Conference "Graph Modelling In Engineering", 22 - 24 June 2015, University of Bielsko-Biala , Poland.
The Seventh International Conference of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (SEE7), Member of the Scientific Committee.
The Sixth International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, 5-7 September 2016, Cape Town, South Africa, International Advisory Board for SEMC 2016.
Fifth International Conference on Parallel, Distributed Computing Technologies and Applications (PDCTA-2016), Program Committee Member, Zurich,Switzerland, 2~3 January, 2016.
International Conference on Structural Dynamics EURODYN 2017, Member of the Scientific Committee, Rome, Italy, 10-13 September, 2017.
The 4th International Conference on Applied Mechanics, Mechatronics and Intelligent System (AMMIS-2016), Member of the Scientific Committee, Beijing, China, April 16-17, 2016.
2nd International & 6th National Conference on Earthquake & Structures, Member of the Scientific Committee, October 14-15, 2015, ACECR of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
نام مجله
Asian Journal of Civil Engineering
Computers and Structures
عضو هیئت تحریریه
Asian Journal of Structural Engineering
سردبیر سابق
I.J. Water Resources Engineering
عضو هئیت تحریریه سابق
Iranian Journal of Science and Technology
عضو هیئت مشاوران
Scientia Iranica
عضو هئیت مشاوران
Amirkabir Journal of Science and Technology
Journal of Tabriz University
International Journal of Engineering, IUST
مؤسس و سردبیر سابق
Iranian Journal of Engineering Education
سردبیر سابق و عضوهیئت تحریریه
Civil Engineering Journal of Sharif
The Open Civil Engineering Journal
The Open Construction and Building Technology Journal
International Journal for Engineering and Applied Sciences
تحلیل ماتریسی سازهها با مقدمهای بر روشهای اجزاء محدود.
هدایت پروژه های کارشناسی ارشد و دکترا.
A. Kaveh, Structural Mechanics: Graph and Matrix Methods, Research Studies Press (John Wiley), Exeter, U.K., 1992 (first edition), 1995 (second edition), 2004 (third edition).
A. Kaveh, Optimal Structural Analysis, John Wiley (Research Studies Press) Chichester, U.K., 1997 (first edition), 2006 (second edition).
A. Kaveh, Recent Developments in the Force Method of Structural Analysis, ASME Press, 45, September 1992.
A. Kaveh, Topological Transformation in Structural Mechanics, 2013 (in preparation).
A. Kaveh, Optimal Analysis of Structures by Concepts of Symmetry and Regularity, Springer Verlag, GmbH, Wien-NewYork, 2013.
A. Kaveh, Computaional Structural Analysis and Finite Element Methods, Springer Verlag, GmbH, Wien-NewYork, March 2014.
A. Kaveh. Advances in Meta-heuristic Algorithms for Optimal Design of Structures, Springer Verlag, 2014.
A. Kaveh & V.R. Mahdavi, Colliding Bodies Optimization: Extensions and Applications, Springer, Switzerland, 2015.
کتابهای به زبان فارسی
روشهای پخش ممان، انتشارات دانشگاه علم و صنعت ایران، 1363، 1366، 1369.
تحلیل سازهها، مرکز نشر دانشگاهی، 1363، 1364، 1367، 1371، 1376، 1379، 1382، 1386، 1387، 1388.
روش اجزاء محدود، انتشارات دانشگاه علم و صنعت ایران، 1363، 1369، 1373، 1376، 1386، 1390.
تئوری ماتریس سازهها، انتشارات دانشگاه علم و صنعت ایران، 1364، 1369، 1373، 1379، 1390.
مقاومت مصالح کاربردی، انتشارات جهاد دانشگاهی، 1365، 1366، 1369.
جداول ثابتهای قابها، انتشارات دانشگاه یزد، 1364، 1369، 1373، 1376.
تحلیل کامپیوتری سازهها، انتشارات مرکز نشر دانشگاهی، 1365، 1368، 1381، 1387
تحلیل ماتریسی سازه، انتشارات دانشگاه علم و صنعت و دانشگاه یزد، 1361، 1369، 1365، 1382.
طرح و تحلیل پلاستیک قابها، انتشارات دانشگاه علم و صنعت ایران، 1371، 1365.
مکانیک مصالح، انتشارات دانشگاه یزد، 1364.
روش اجزاء محدود کاربردی، انتشارات دانشگاه علم و صنعت ایران، 1370، 1379.
اصول پایداری سازهها، انتشارات مرکز نشر دانشگاهی، 1370.
قابلیت اعتماد در سازهها، انتشارات دانشگاه علم و صنعت ایران، 1377.
تحلیل سازه ها به روش ساده، انتشارات دانشگاه علم و صنعت ایران، 1377.
طرح و تحلیل پلاستیک قابها، جلد دوم، انتشارات دانشگاه علم و صنعت ایران، 1377.
تحلیل ماتریسی سازهها، مرکز انتشارات علمی و فرهنگی، 1379.
روشهای انرژی در مکانیک سازهها، مرکز انتشارات علمی و فرهنگی، 1379.
شبکههای عصبی در بهینهیابی سازهها، مرکز تحقیقات ساختمان و مسکن، 1381، 1385، 1390.
شبکههای عصبی در طرح و تحلیل سازههای فضاکار، مرکز تحقیقات ساختمان و مسکن، 1382، 1383، 1385، 1390.
تحلیل، طراحی و اجرای قابهای فضائی فولادی، مرکز تحقیقات ساختمان و مسکن، 1383 و 1387، 1390.
طرح و تحلیل بهینه پلاستیک قابها، مرکز تحقیقات ساختمان و مسکن، 1385، 1387.
بهینهیابی توسط کلونی مورچگان، مرکز تحقیقات ساختمان و مسکن، 1386.
مقالات در مجلات علمی و بینالمللی (ISI, ISC)
A.C. Cassell, J.C. de C. Henderson and A. Kaveh, Cycle bases for the flexibility analysis of Structures, International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, 8(1974)521-528.
A. Kaveh, Improved cycle bases for the flexibility analysis of structures, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 9(1976)267-272.
A. Kaveh, Static and kinematic indeterminacy of skeletal structures, Iranian Journal of Science ad Technology, 7(1978)37-45.
A. Kaveh, A combinatorial optimization problem; optimal generalized cycle bases, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 20(1979)39-52.
A. Kaveh, Topological study for bandwidth reduction of structural matrices, Journal of Science and Technology, 1(1977)27-36.
A. Kaveh, Cycle selection for system analysis-A review, Journal of Science and Technology, 1(1977)88-96.
A. Kaveh, A note on two-step approach to finite element ordering, International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2(1984)1553-1554.
A. Kaveh, Multiple use of a shortest route tree for ordering, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2(1986)213-215.
A. Kaveh, An efficient program for generating subminimal cycle bases for the flexibility analysis of structures, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2(1986)339-344.
A. Kaveh, An efficient flexibility analysis of structures, Computers and Structures, 22(1986) 973-977.
A. Kaveh, Statical bases for a flexibility analysis of planar trusses, Z. Angew. Math. Mech., 66(1986) T149-T150.
A. Kaveh, Statical bases for an efficient flexibility analysis of planar trusses, J. Struct. Mech., 14(1986)475-488.
A. Kaveh and A.M. Behzadi, An efficient algorithm for nodal ordering of networks, Iranian J. Sci. Tech., 11(1987)11-18.
A. Kaveh, A combinatorial study of the rigidity of planar structures, Acta Mechanica, 59(1986)189-196.
A. Kaveh, Graph-theoretical methods for efficient flexibility analysis of planar trusses, Computers and Structures, 59(1986)559-563.
A. Kaveh, Ordering for bandwidth reduction, Computers and Structures, 25(1986)413-419.
A. Kaveh, Element ordering for bandwidth and frontwidth optimization, Z. Angew. Math. Mech., 67(1987)T482-T484.
A. Kaveh, Subminimal cycle bases for the force method of structural analysis, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, 3(1987)277-280.
A. Kaveh, Topological properties of skeletal structures, Computers and Structures, 29(1988) 403-411.
A. Kaveh, Suboptimal cycle bases of a graph for networks, International Journal of Networks, 19(1989) 273-279.
A. Kaveh, Topology and skeletal structures, Z. Angew. Math. Mech., 68(1988) 344-356.
A. Kaveh, On subminimal cycle bases of a graph for the force method, Computers and Structures, 30(1988) 1215-1217.
A. Kaveh, A note on ordering; transversal of a shortest route tree, Iranian Journal of Science ad Technology, 11(1987) 281-287.
A. Kaveh, On minimal and optimal cycle bases of graphs for sparse flexibility matrices, Z. Angew. Math. Mech., 69(1989)T212-T214.
A. Behravesh, A. Kaveh, S. Sabet and M. Nani, A set theoretical approach for configuration generation, Computers and Structures, 30(1988) 1293-1302.
A. Kaveh, Suboptimal cycle bases of graphs for the flexibility analysis of skeletal structures, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 71(1988) 259-271.
A. Kaveh, Space structures and their planar drawings, ZAMM, 70(1990) T225-T228.
A. Kaveh, Graphs and structures, Computers and Structures, Issue 4, 40(1991) 893-901.
A. Kaveh, Planar drawing of space structures, Iranian Journal of Science ad Technology, 14(1992) 23-32.
A. Kaveh and A. Behravesh, Iterative analysis of large structures, Computers and Structures, 35(1990)279-282.
A. Kaveh, Algebraic graph theory for ordering, Computers and Structures, 37(1990) 51-54.
A. Behravesh and A. Kaveh, Direct-iterative analysis of large structures, International Journal of Engineering IUST, 1(1990) 1-10.
A. Kaveh, Algebraic graph theory for optimization, International Journal of Engineering IUST, 1(1990) 41-49.
A. Kaveh, A connectivity coordinate system for node and element ordering, Computers and Structures, 41(1991) 1217-1223.
A. Kaveh, Graphs and Structures, Computers and Structures, 40(1991) 893-901.
A. Kaveh, Optimizing the conditioning of structural matrices, Computers and Structures, 41 (1991)289-294.
A. Kaveh, Algebraic and topological graph theory for ordering, Z. Angew. Math. Mech., 71(1991) T739-T742.
A. Behravesh, A. Davaran and A. Kaveh, A finite difference scheme with variable recti-linear mesh for solving multi-harmonic partial differential equations, Computers and Structures, 44(1992) 789-795.
A. Kaveh, Recent developments in the force method of structural analysis, Applied Mechanics Review, No.9, 45(1992)401-418, A FEATURE ARTICLE.
A. Kaveh, Bandwidth reduction of rectangular matrices, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, 9(1993) 259-267.
A. Kaveh, Matroids applied to the force method of structural analysis, Z. Angew. Math. Mech., 73(1993) T355-T357.
A. Kaveh, Space structures and crossing number of their graphs, Mech. Struct. Mach., 21(1993) 151-166.
A. Kaveh, Matroids in structural mechanics, Computers and Structures, 47(1993)169-174.
A. Kaveh, A Graph theoretical approach to configuration processing, Computers and Structures, 48(1993) 357-363.
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, Substructuring and ordering: graph theoretical approaches, Scientia Iranica, No. 2, 1(1994) 81-92.
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, A revised Greedy Algorithm for the formation of a minimal cycle basis of a graph, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, issue 7, 10(1994) 523-530.
A. Kaveh, and G.R. Roosta, Improved cycle bases of a graph for the force method of frame analysis, Computers and Structures, No. 3, 53(1995) 337-339.
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, An improved Turn back method for the formation of cycle bases, Asian Journal of Structural Engineering, No. 1, 1(1994) 31-44.
A. Kaveh and S.M. Behfar, Finite element nodal ordering, algorithms, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, 11(1995) 995-1003.
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, Graph theoretical methods for substructuring, subdomaining and ordering, International Journal of Space Structures, No.2, 10(1995) 8-17.
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, An efficient method for finite element nodal ordering, Asian Journal of Structural Engineering, No.3, 1(1995) 229-242.
A. Kaveh and A. Davaran, Analysis of pantographic foldable structures, Computers and Structures, 59(1996) 131-141.
A. Kaveh, Topological transformations applied to structural mechanics, Computers and Structures, 63(1997) 709-718.
A. Kaveh and A. Mokhtar-zadeh, Comparative study of the combinatorial and algebraic force methods, Computers and Structures, 63(1997) 727-737.
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, Domain decomposition for finite element analysis, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, 13(1997) 61-71.
A. Kaveh and I. Ghaderi, Conditioning of structural stiffness matrices, Computers and Structures, 63(1997) 719-727.
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, Combinatorial methods for the formation of sparse flexibility matrices, Microcomputer in Civil Engineering , No . 1, 12(1997) 227-232.
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, Cycle bases for sparse flexibility matrices, Iranian Journal of Science ad Technology, 1998.
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, Comparative study of finite element nodal ordering methods, Engineering Journal, Nos. 1&2, 20(1998) 86-96.
A. Kaveh and A. Davaran, Domain decomposition of adaptive finite element meshes using spectral bisection method, Amirkabir J. Sci. Tech, 37(1998) 15-26.
A. Davaran and A. Kaveh, Substructuring dynamic analysis of large scale problems using Lanczos method, Amirkabir J. Sci. Tech., 38(1998) 104-115.
A. Kaveh and A. Iranmanesh, Comparative study of backpropagation and improved counterpropagation neural nets in structural analysis and optimization, International Journal of Space Structures, 13(1998) 177-185.
A. Kaveh and A. Davaran, Spectral bisection of adaptive finite element meshes for parallel processing, Computers and Structures, 70(1999) 315-324.
A. Mokhtar-zadeh and A. Kaveh, Optimal plastic analysis and design of frames; graph-theoretical methods, Computers and Structures, No.2-5, 73(1999)485-496.
A. Kaveh and A. Mokhtar-zadeh, Bandwidth optimization for rectangular matrices, Computers and Structures, No.2-5, 73(1999)497-510.
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, An Algorithm for partitioning finite element meshes, Advances in Engineering Software, 30(1999)857-865.
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, A graph theoretical method for frontwidth reduction, Advances in Engineering Software, 30(1999)789-797.
A. Iranmanesh and A. Kaveh, Structural optimization by gradient base neural networks, International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, 46(1999) 297-311.
A. Kaveh and A. Iranmanesh, Structural optimization by neural networks, Amikabir J. Sci. Tech, 1999.
A. Kaveh, A. Bahreini-nejad, and M. Mostafaie, A hybrid graph-neural method for domain decomposition, Computers and Structures, 70(1999) 667-674.
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, Cycle bases of graphs for sparse flexibility matrices, Computers and Structures, Nos. 2-5, 73(1999)511-518.
A. Kaveh A. Jafarvand and M.A. Barkhordari, Optimal design of pantograph foldable structures, International Journal of Space Structures, 14(1999) 295-302.
A. Kaveh and H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady, Finite element nodal ordering using complementary Laplacian matrix, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No.1, 1(2000) 15-27.
A. Kaveh and H.A. Khalegi, Prediction of strength for concrete specimens using artificial neural network, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No.2, 2(2000) 1-13.
A. Kaveh and H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady, Ordering for wavefront optimization, Computers and Structures, 78(2000)227-235.
A. Kaveh and H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady, Finite element mesh decompositions using complementary Laplacian matrix, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, 16(2000)379-389.
A. Kaveh and A. Davaran, A hybrid method for domain decomposition in parallel computing, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, 24(2000) 321-332.
A. Yavari, A. Kaveh, S. Sarkani and H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady, Topological aspects of meshless methods and nodal ordering for meshless discretization, International Journal Numerical Methods in Engineering, 52(2001)921-938.
A. Kaveh and H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady, Spectral trisection of finite element models, International Journal Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluids , No. 2, 11(2001) 358-370.
A. Kaveh and H. Servati, Design of double layer grids using backpropagation neural networks, Computers and Structures, 79(2001) 1561-1568.
A. Kaveh, Fazel-Dehkordi and H. Servati, Prediction of moment-rotation characteristic for saddle-like connections using BP neural networks, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 1, 2(2001)11-30.
A. Kaveh, R. Elmieh and H. Servati, Prediction of moment-rotation characteristic for semi-rigid connections using BP neural networks, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 2, 2(2001)131-142.
A. Kaveh, Algebraic and combinatorial graph theory for optimal structural analysis, Chapter 13 of the book on 'Civil and Structural Engineering Computing', Edited by BHV Topping, UK, 2001.
A. Kaveh, Expedient transformations in structural mechanics, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 3, 2(2001)207-224.
A. Kaveh and H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady, A multi-level finite element nodal ordering using algebraic graph theory, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 38(2002)245-261.
A. Kaveh and H. Servati, Neural networks for the approximate analysis and design of double layer grids, International Journal of Space Structures, 17(2002)77-89.
A. Kaveh and V. Kalatjari, Genetic algorithm for discrete sizing optimal design of trusses using the force method, International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, 55(2002)55-72.
A. Kaveh and H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady, A hybrid method for finite element ordering, Computers and Structures, 80(2002)219-225.
A. Kaveh and H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady, Spectral Nodal Ordering for meshless discretization, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 2, 3(2002)93-108.
A. Kaveh and H. Rahami, An efficient algorithm for embedding non-planar graphs in planes, Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms, 1(2002)257-268.
A. Kaveh, Topological Transformation in Structural Mechanics, Chapter 13 of the book on 'Civil and Structural Engineering Computing', Edited by BHV Topping, UK, 2002.
A. Kaveh and M.A. Syarinejad, Computation of eigenvalues of matrices with special patterns using graph symmetry, Scientia Iranica, No. 2, 10(2003)220-226.
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, Suboptimal cycle bases for the force method, Engineering Computations, No. 3, 20(2003)58-66.
A. Kaveh and V. Kalatjari, Topology Optimization of Trusses Using Genetic Algorithm, Force Method and Graph Theory, International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, No.5, 58(2003)771-791.
A. Kaveh and M.A. Sayarinejad, Eigensolutions for matrices of special structures, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, 19(2003)125-136.
A. Kaveh and H. Rahami, Algebraic Graph theory for sparse flexibility matrices, Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms, 2(2003)131-142.
A. Kaveh and H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady, A hybrid method for decomposition, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 39(2003)1237-1247.
A. Kaveh and M. Raiessi Dehkordi, RBF and BP Neural Networks for the Analysis and Design of Domes, International Journal of Space Structures, No.3, 18(2003)181-194 .
A. Kaveh and M.A. Syarinejad, Eigensolutions for factorable matrices of special patterns, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, No. 2, 20 (2004)133-146.
A. Kaveh and V. Kalatjari, Size/geometry optimisation of trusses by the force method and genetic algorithm, Z. Angew. Math. Mech., No.5, 84(2004)347-357.
A. Kaveh and H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady, Bisection for parallel computing using Ritz and Fiedler vectors, Acta Mechanica, Nos. 3-4, 167(2004)131-144 .
H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady and A. Kaveh, Nodal ordering using graph theory and a genetic algorithm, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, Nos. 9-10, 40(2004)1271-1280.
A. Kaveh and H. Rahami, A new spectral method for nodal ordering of regular space structures, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 40(13/14)(2004) 1931-1945.
A. Kaveh and M. A. Sayarinejad, Eigensolutions for factorable matrices of special patterns, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, No.2, 20(2004)133-146.
A. Kaveh and M.A. Sayarinejad, Graph symmetry in dynamic systems, Computers and Structures, Nos. 23-26, 82(2004)2229-2240.
A. Kaveh and H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady, Wavefront reduction using graphs, neural networks and genetic algorithm, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 60( 2004)1803-1815.
A. Kaveh and H. Rahami, Algebraic Graph theory for suboptimal cycle bases of graphs for an efficient force method, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transaction B: Technology, 28( 2004)529-536.
A. Kaveh and H. Rahami, An efficient method for decomposition of regular structures using graph products, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 61(2004)1797-1808.
A. Kaveh and K. Khanlari, Collapse load factor of planar frames using a modified Genetic algorithm, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, 20(2004)911-925.
A. Kaveh and A. Abditehrani, Design of frames using genetic algorithm, force method and graph theory, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 61(2004)2555-2565.
A. Kaveh and B. Salimbahrami, Eigensolutions of symmetric frames using graph factorization, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, 20(2004)889-910.
A. Kaveh, The Role of Algebraic Graph Theory in Structural Mechanics, Chapter 4 of the book on 'Progress in Computational Structures Technology', Edited by B.H.V. Topping and C.A. Mota Soares, Saxe-Couberg Publications, UK, 2004.
A. Monir Abbasi, A. Afshar, and A. Kaveh, Application of AHP in highway pavement budget allocation in Iran, Journal of Science and Technology, IUST, No. 2, 15(2004)1-13.
Y. Nouri, A. Janali-zadeh Choobbasi and A. Kaveh, Soil profile prediction using artificial neural networks, EJGE, 2004, Ppr0402.
F. Daneshjoo, A. Kaveh and M. Fathi, Seismic behaviour factor and period of moment resisting steel frames, Journal of Faculty of Engineering, Tabriz University, 29(2004)23-34.
A. Kaveh and M.A. Sayarinejad, Eigenvalues of factorable matrices with form IV symmetry, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, No. 6, 21(2005)269-278.
A. Kaveh and H. Rahami, An efficient spectral method for bisection of regular finite element meshes, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 6(2005)127-143.
A. Kaveh and H. Rahami, A Unified Method for Eigendecomposition of Graph Products, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, No.7, 21(2005)377-388.
. Kaveh and H. Moez, Subminimal cycle bases of graphs for sparse flexibility matrices, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, No. 11, 21(2005)619-629.
A. Kaveh and H. Rahami, New canonical forms for analytical solution of problems in structural mechanics, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, No. 9, 21(2005) 499-513.
A. Kaveh and M.A. Syarinejad, Augmented canonical forms and factorization of graphs, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 6, 6(2005) 495-509.
Behravesh A., Mozaffary I., Kaveh A., Nomograms for column base plates using the method of contact problem, IUST-International Journal of Engineering Science (Persian) No. 5, 15(2005)1-22.
Massumi A., Tasnimi A.A., Kaveh A. Prediction of overstrength and redundancy in concrete moment resisting frames using nonlinear incremental static analysis, IUST-International Journal of Engineering Science (Persian) No. 5, 15(2005)235-258.
A. Kaveh and M.A. Sayarinejad, Additively properties of graphs with Form II symmetry, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, No. 3, 22(2006)181-195.
A. Kaveh and H. Moez, Minimal cycle bases for efficient flexibility analysis of semi-rigid jointed frames, Engineering Structures, No. 6, 28(2006)829-836.
A. Kaveh, M.A. Sayarinejad, Augmented canonical forms and factorization of graphs, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, No. 10, 65(2006)1545-1560.
A. Kaveh and H. Rahami, Analysis, design and optimisation of structures using force method and genetic algorithm, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, No.10, 65(2006)1570-1584.
A. Kaveh and M. Jahanshahi An efficient program for cycle basis selection and bandwidth optimization, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 1, 7(2006) 95-109.
A. Kaveh and H. Rahami, Unification of three canonical forms with application to stability analysis, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No.2, 7(2006) 125-138.
A. Kaveh and M. Nikbakht, Buckling load of symmetric plane frames using canonical forms and group theory, Acta Mechanica, Nos. 1-2, 185(2006)89-128.
A. Kaveh and H. Rahami, Block diagonalization of adjacency and Laplacian matrices for graph products; Applications in structural mechanics, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, No. 1, 68(2006)33-63.
A. Kaveh and M. Shahrouzi, Direct index coding for discrete sizing optimization of structures by genetic algorithms, International Journal of Civil Engineering, IUST, Nos. 3-4, 3(2006)166-181.
A. Kaveh and M.A. Syarinejad, Eigsolution of special compound matrices and application, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 6, 6(2005) 495-509.
A. Kaveh and M. Sayarinejad, Eigensolution of specially structured matrices with hyper-symmetry, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, No.7, 67(2006) 1012-1043.
A. Kaveh and M. Shahrouzi, Simultaneous topology and size optimization of structures by genetic algorithm using minimal length chromosome, Engineering Computations, No. 6, 23(2006) 664-674.
A. Kaveh, Advances in Computational Mechanics via Graph Theory, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 4, 7(2006)393-410.
A. Kaveh and H. Rahami, Special decompositions for eigenproblems in structural mechanics, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, No. 9, 22(2006) 943-953.
A. Kaveh, H. Rahami, Nonlinear analysis and optimal design of structures via force method and genetic algorithm. Comput Struct 84(2006)770-778.
A. Kaveh and M. Babaei, Generation and Geometric nonlinear analysis of scissor-like foldable structures, IUST International Journal of Engineering Science, No. 1, 17(2006) 39-49.
A. Kaveh, Symmetry and Structures, Chapter 19 of a book, Innovation in Engineering Computational Technology, Edited by BHV Topping, G. Monteroand R. Montenegro, Saxe-Couberg Publication, UK, 2006, pp. 403-424.
A. Kaveh and M.R. Farmanbar, A fast approximate method for calculating the collapse load factor of planar frames, Sharif Journal of Science and Technology, 35(2006)65-75.
A. Kaveh and M. Shahrouzi, Simulated annealing and adaptive dynamic variable band mutation for stuctural optimization by genetic algorithms , Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No.6, 7 (2006) 655-674.
A. Kaveh H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady and L. Shahryari, Buckling Load of Symmetric Planar Frames with Semi-rigid Joints Using Graph Theory, International Journal of Civil Engineering IUST, No. 3, 4 (2006)157-175.
A. Kaveh and M. Nikbakht, Block diagonalization of Laplacian matrices of symmetric graphs via group theory, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, No. 5, 69 (2007)908-947.
A. Kaveh and B. Dadfar, Eigensolution for free vibration of planar frames by weighted graph symmetry, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, No. 6, 69 (2007)1305-1330.
A. Kaveh and S. Shojaee, Optimal design of scissor-link foldable structures using ant colony optimization algorithm, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 22 (2007)72-80.
Sh. M. Karimi, S.J. Mousavi, A. Kaveh and A. Afshar, A fuzzy optimization model for earthwork allocation with imprecise parameters, ASCE, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management , February (2007)181-190.
K. Sholeh, A. Vafai, A. Kaveh, Online detection of the breathing crack using an adaptive tracking technique, Acta Mechanica, Nos. 3-4, 188(2007)139-154.
A. Kaveh and B. Dadfar, Eigensolution for stability analysis of planar frames, by Graph Symmetry, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, No. 5, 22(2007)267-275.
A. Kaveh and S. Shojaee, Optimal design of skeletal structures using ant colony optimisation, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, No. 5, 70(2007) 563-581 .
A. Kaveh and K. Koohestani, N. Taghizadeh, Efficient finite element analysis by graph-theoretical force method, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, Nos. 6-7, 43(2007)543-554.
A. Kaveh and M. Shahrouzi , A hybrid ant strategy and genetic algorithm to tune the population size for efficient structural optimization, Engineering Computations, No. 3, 24(2007)237-254.
A. Kaveh and M. Nikbakht, Decomposition of symmetric mass-spring vibrating systems using groups, graphs and linear algebra, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, No. 7, 23(2007) 639-719.
A. Kaveh and H. Rahami, Compound matrix block diagonalization for efficient solution of eigenproblems in structural matrices, Acta Mechanica, Nos. 3-4, 188(2007)155-166.
A. Kaveh and B. Salimbahrami, Buckling load of symmetric frames using canonical forms, Computers and Structures, No. 11, 85(2007)1420-1430.
A. Afshar, A. Kaveh and O.R. Shoghli, Multi-objective optimization of time-cost-quality using multi-colony ant algorithm, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 2, 8(2007)113-124.
A. Kaveh and H. Rahami, Tri-diagonal and penta-diagonal block matrices for efficient eigensolutions of problems in structural mechanics, Acta Mechanica, Nos. 1-4, 192(2007)77-87.
A. Kaveh and H. Fazli, Graph coloration and group theory for factorization of symmetric dynamic systems, Acta Mechanica, Nos. 1-4, 192(2007)111-113.
A. Kaveh and H. Fazli Graph coloration and group theory in dynamic analysis of symmetric finite element models, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, Nos. 11-12, 43(2007)901-911.
A. Kaveh, M. Zahedi and K. Laknegadi, A novel nodal ordering algorithm for profile optimization by efficient solution of differential equation, Engineering Computations, No. 6, 24(2007)572-585.
A. Kaveh and H. Fazli, A comparative study of algorithms for minimal cycle bases for efficient force method of frame analysis, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, No. 10, 23(2007)921-943.
A. Kaveh and K. Koohestani, An efficient graph theoretical method for plate bending finite element analysis via force method, Engineering Computations, No. 7, 24(2007)679-698.
A. Kaveh and M. Raiessi Dehkordi, Application of artificial neural networks in predicting the deformation of domes under wind load, International Journal of IUST, 18(2007)45-53.
A. Kaveh and L. Shahryari, Buckling load of planar frames with semi-rigid joints using weighted symmetric graphs, Computers and Structures , 85(2007) 1704-1728 .
A. Kaveh and M. Najimi, Inter-relation of the structural variation theorems and the force method, Engineering Computations, No. 8, 24(2007)763-779.
A. Kaveh and K. Koohestani, N. Taghizadeh, Force method for finite element models with indeterminate support conditions, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 4, 8(2007)403-417.
A. Kaveh and L. Shahryari, Eigenfrequencies of symmetric planar frames with semi-rigid joints using weighted graphs, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, No. 15, 43(2007) 1135-1154.
A. Kaveh, M. Zahedi and K. Laknegadi, Symmetry detection for structural graph models, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 8(2007)659-676.
A. Kaveh, M. Shahrouzi, Dynamic selective pressure using hybrid evolutionary and ant system strategies for structural optimization, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering , No. 4, 73(2008)544-563.
A. Kaveh and M. Shahrouzi, Graph theoretical implementation of memetic algorithms in structural optimization of frame bracing layouts, Engineering Computations , No. 1, 25(2008)55-85.
A. Kaveh and P. Sharafi, Optimal priority functions for profile reduction using ant colony optimization, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design , No. 3, 44(2008)131-138.
A. Kaveh and P. Sharafi, An ant algorithm for profile reduction of sparse matrices, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 1, 9(2008)35-46.
A. Kaveh, B. Salimbahrami, Analysis of symmetric structures using canonical forms, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, No. 3, 24(2008)195-218.
A. Kaveh and S. Shojaee, Optimal domain decomposition via p-median methodology using ACO and hybrid ACGA, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, No. 8, 44(2008) 505-512.
A. Kaveh and P. Sharafi, Ant colony optimization for finding medians of weighted graphs, Engineering Computations, No. 2, 25(2008)102-120.
A. Kaveh, Y. Gholipour, and H. Rahami, Optimal design of transmission towers using genetic algorithm and neural networks, International Journal of Space Structures, No. 1, 23(2008)1-19.
A. Kaveh and M. Shahrouzi, Optimal structural design family by genetic search and ant colony approach, Engineering Computations, No. 3, 25(2008)268-288.
A. Kaveh and K. Koohestani, Graph products for configuration processing of space structures, Computers and Structures, 86(2008)1219-1236.
A. Kaveh, M. Jahanshahi and M. Khanzadi, Plastic analysis of frames using genetic alkgorithm and ant colony algorithm, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 3, 9(2008) 227-246.
A . Kaveh and S. Talatahari, A hybrid particle swarm and ant colony optimization for design of truss structures Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 4, 9(2008)325-344.
A. Kaveh and M. Jahanshahi, Plastic limit analysis of frames using ant colony systems, Computers and Structures, 86(2008)1152-1163.
A. Kaveh and H. Moez, Minimal cycle bases for analysis of frames and semi-rigid joints, Computers and Structures, 86 (2008)503-510.
A. Kaveh and K. Koohestani, Efficient finite element analysis by graph-theoretical force method; triangular and rectangular plate bending elements, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 44 (2008)646-654.
A. Kaveh and H. Rahami, Factorization for efficient solution of eigenproblems of adjacency and Laplacian matrices for graph products, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, No. 1, 75 (2008)58-82.
A. Kaveh, K. Laknegadi and M. Zahedi, A new algorithm for domain decomposition of finite element models, Engineering Computations, No. 5, 25 (2008)464-479.
A. Kaveh, and S. Talatahari, A discrete particle swarm ant colony optimization for design of steel frames, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 6, 9 (2008)531-542.
A. Kaveh and R. Mirzaie, Minimal cycle basis of graph products for the force method of frame analysis, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, No. 8, 24 (2008) 653-669.
K. Sholeh, A. Vafai, A. Kaveh, Localized identification of shear buildings with embedded foundation in frequency domain, Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, No. 2, 17 (2008)245-256.
A. Kaveh and A. Jahanmohammadi, Group-theoretic method for forced vibration analysis of symmetric structures, Acta Mechanica, Nos. (1-4), 199(2008)1-16.
H. Rahami, A. Kaveh and Y. Gholipour, Sizing, geometry and topology optimization of trusses via force method and genetic algorithm, Engineering Structures, No. 9, 30(2008) 2360-2369.
A. Kaveh, B. Hassani, S. Shojaee, and S.M. Tavakkoli, Structural Topology Optimization Using Ant Colony Methodology, Engineering Structures, No. 9, 30(2008)2559-2565.
H. Rahami and A. Kaveh, Forced vibration of symmetric structures, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering , No. 11, 24(2008) 1393-1406.
A. Kaveh and H. Fazli, Analysis of frames by substructuring technique based on using algebraic and graph methods, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering , No. 10, 24(2008) 867-874.
A. Kaveh, B. Farhmand Azar, S. Talatahari, Ant colony optimization for design of space trusses, International Journal of Space Structures, No. 3, 23(2008)167-181.
A. Kaveh and M. Nikbakht, Stability analysis of hyper symmetric skeletal structures using group theory, Acta Mechanica, Nos. (3-4), 200(2008)177-197.
A. Kaveh and H. Rahami, Topology and graph products; eigenproblems in optimal structural analysis, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering , No. 11, 24(2008)929-945.
A . Kaveh and M. Najimi, Variation theorems for dynamic analysis of 2D structures (TN), International Journal of Civil Engineering, IUST, No. 2, 6(2008)216-225.
A. Kaveh and K. Koohestani, Efficient graph-theoretical force method for three dimensional finite element analysis, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering , No. 11, 24(2008) 1533-1551.
A. Kaveh and M. Daie, Formation of statical basis for efficient force method by ant colony optimization, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 1, 10 (2009)79-96.
A. Kaveh and B. Alinejad, A general theorem for adjacency matrices of graph products and application in graph partitioning for parallel computing, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, No. 3, 45(2009)149-155.
A . Kaveh, and S. Talatahari, Particle swarm optimizer, ant colony strategy and harmony search scheme hybridized for optimization of truss structures, Computers and Structures, 87(2009)267-283.
A. Kaveh and M. Shahrouzi, Graph theoretical topology control in structural optimization of frame bracing systems, Scientia Iranica, Transaction A, No. 2, 16(2009)173-187.
A. Kaveh and B. Salimbahrami, Eigensolution of symmetric space frames by factorization of their graph models, Advances in Structural Engineering, No. 2, 12(2009)139-167.
A. Kaveh and M. Nouri, Weighted graph products for configuration processing of planar and space structures, International Journal of Space Structures, No. 1, 24(2009)13-26.
A. Kaveh and K. Laknegadi, Factorization of product graphs for graph partitioning and domain decomposition, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, No. 6, 45(2009)476-483.
A. Kaveh and P. Sharafi, Nodal ordering for bandwidth reduction using ant system algorithm, Engineering Computations, No. 3, 26 (2009)313-323 .
A. Kaveh, Y. Gholipour, and H. Rahami, Optimization of transmission towers using genetic algorithm, Sharif (in Persian), 46(2009)74-84.
A. Kaveh, and S. Talatahari, An efficient hybrid algorithm based on harmony search, particle swarm and ant colony strategies for optimal design of structures Chapter of a book entitled: Harmony Search Algorithms for Structural Design , Edited by Z.W. Geem, Springer Verlag, Chapter 5, 2009.
A. Kaveh, and S. Talatahari, A particle swarm ant colony optimization for truss structures with discrete variables, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Nos (8-9), 65(2009)1558-1568.
A. Afshar, A. Kasaeian Ziaraty, A. Kaveh, and F. Sharifi , Nondominated archiving multicolony ant algorithm in time–cost trade-off optimization, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management (ASCE), No. 7, 135(2009)668-674.
A. Kaveh and E. Naseri, A four-node quadrilateral element for finite element analysis via an efficient force method, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 3, 10(2009)283-307.
A. Kaveh, and S. Talatahari, Size optimization of space trusses using Big Bang–Big Crunch algorithm, Computers and Structures, 87(2009)1129-1140.
A. Kaveh and M. Daei, Efficient force method for the analysis of finite element models comprising of triangular elements using ant colony optimization, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, No. 10, 45(2009)710-720.
A. Kaveh and K. Koohestani, Efficient graph-theoretical force method for two dimensional rectangular finite element analysis, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering , No. 9, 25 (2009)951-971 .
A. Kaveh and K. Koohestani, Combinatorial optimization of special graphs for nodal ordering and graph partitioning, Acta Mechanica, Nos. (1-2), 207(2009)95-108.
A. Kaveh and B. Alinejad, Eigensolution of Laplacian matrices for graph partitioning and domain decomposition: Approximate algebraic method, Engineering Computations, Issue 7, 26(2009)828-842.
A. Kaveh and M. Hassani, Simultaneous analysis, design and optimization of structures using force method and ant colony algorithms, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 4, 10(2009)381-396.
A. Kaveh and S. Talatahari, Engineering optimization with HPSACO, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 6, 10(2009)611-628.
A. Kaveh, M. Nouri and Taghizadieh, Eigensolution for Adjacency and Laplacian Matrices of Large Repetitive Structural Models, Scientia Iranica, No. 6, 16(2009) 481-489.
A. Kaveh and B. Salimbahrami, Eigenproblems of Symmetric Planar Frames, Scientia Iranica, No. 6, 16(2009) 467-480.
A. Kaveh and E. Naseri, A new four-node quadrilateral plate bending element for highly sparse and banded flexibility matrices, Acta Mechanica, Nos. 3-4, 209(2010) 295-309.
A. Kaveh, and S. Talatahari, An improved ant colony optimization for constrained engineering design problems, Engineering Computations, Issue 1, 27(2010)155-182.
A. Kaveh and M. Nikbakht, Improved group-theoretical method for eigenvalue problems of special symmetric structures, using graph theory, Advances in Engineering Software, 41(2010)22-31.
A. Kaveh and S. Talatahari, Optimal design of Schwedler and ribbed domes; hybrid Big Bang-Big Crunch algorithm, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 66(2010) 412-419.
A. Kaveh and A. Shakouri Mahmud Abadi , Cost optimization of composite floor system using an improved harmony search algorithm, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 66(2010)664-669.
A. Kaveh, B. Farahmand Azar, A. Hadidi, F. Rezazadeh Sorochi and S. Talatahari, Performance-based seismic design of steel frames using ant colony optimization Journal of Constructional Steel Research, No. 4, 66(2010)566-574. Continuously ranked as on of the Top 25 Hottest Articles by Elsevier.
A. Kaveh and S. Malakouti Rad, Hybrid genetic algorithm and particle swarm optimization for the force method-based simultaneous analysis and design, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, 34( 2010)15-34.
A. Kaveh and S. Talatahari, A discrete Big Bang–Big Crunch algorithm for optimal design of skeletal structures, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, Issue 1, 11 (2010)103-123.
A. Kaveh and S. Talatahari, An improved ant colony optimization for design of steel frames, Engineering Structures, Issue 3, 32 (2010)864-873.
A. Kaveh, M. Nikbakht and H. Rahami, Improved group theoretic method using graphs products, for the analysis of symmetric-regular structures, Acta Mechanica, Nos. (3-4), 210(2010)265-289.
A. Kaveh and B. Alinejad, Graph products with specified domains for configuration processing and formation of the adjacency matrices, Engineering Computations, Issue 2, 27(2010) 205-224.
A. Kaveh and S. Talatahari, Charged system search for optimum grillage systems design using the LRFD-AISC code , Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 66(2010)767-771.
A. Kaveh and K. Koohestani, Formation of graph models for regular finite element meshes, Computer Assisted Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, 16(2009)101-115.
A. Kaveh and B. Alinejad, New graph products of specified domains for configuration processing, PAMM, No. 1, 9(2010)585-586.
A. Kaveh and L. Shahryari, Eigenfrequencies of symmetric planar trusses via weighted graph symmetry and new canonical forms, Engineering Computations, Issue 3, 27(2010)409-439.
A. Kaveh and S. Talatahari, A charged system search with a fly to boundary method for discrete optimum design of truss structures, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, Issue 3, 11(2010)277-293.
A. Kaveh, H. Rahami and M. Nikbakht, Vibration analysis of regular structures by graphs products: cable networks, Computers and Structures, 88(2010)588-601.
A. Kaveh and S. Talatahari, Corrigendum to: particle swarm optimizer, ant colony strategy and harmony search scheme hybridized for optimization of truss structures, By A. Kaveh and S. Talatahari, 88(2010)648.
A. Kaveh and S. Talatahari, Optimal design of truss structures via the charged system search algorithm, Structural Multidisplinary Optimization, No. 6, 37(2010) 893-911.
A. Kaveh, X. Jia and Q. Weng, Rotation as a general operation for configuration processing, Scientia Iranica, No. 2, 17(2010)131-140.
A. Kaveh and M. Daei, Suboptimal cycle bases of graphs using an ant colony system algorithm, Engineering Computations, Issue 4, 27(2010)485-494.
A. Kaveh and H. Fazli, Eigensolution of augmented graph products using shifted inverse iteration method, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, No. 5, 83(2010)558-574.
A. Kaveh and S. Talatahari, Imperialist competitive algorithm for Engineering design problems, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 6, 11(2010)675-697.
A. Kaveh and Shahrouzi, An efficient stochastic search with minimal initial population for structural optimization, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 6, 11(2010)741-763.
A. Kaveh and N. Farhoodi, Layout optimization for X-bracing of planar steel frames, International Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 3, 8(2010)187-206.
A. Kaveh and M. Najimi, Structural variation theorems extended to integrated force method for the analysis of skeletal structures, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering , No. 8, 26(2010) 1050-1063.
K. Koohestani and A. Kaveh, Efficient buckling and free vibration analysis of cyclically repeated space truss structures, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 46(2010)943-948.
A. Kaveh and S. Talatahari, A novel heuristic optimization method: charged system search, Acta Mechaica, Nos. (3-4), 213(2010)267-286.
A. Kaveh and S. Talatahari, Optimum design of skeletal structures using imperialist competitive algorithm, Computers and Structures, 88 (2010)1220-1229. Continuously ranked as on of the Top 25 Hottest Articles by Elsevier.
A. Kaveh and H. Rahami, An efficient analysis of repetitive structures generated by graph products, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, No. 1, 84(2010)108-126.
A. Kaveh, M. Shahrouzi and Y. Naserifar, Tuned genetic algorithms for finding p-median ofa weighted graph, Scientia Iranica, No. 5, 17(2010)350-362.
A. Kaveh and A. Shakouri, Harmony search algorithm for optimum design of slab formwork, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, No. B4, 34(August 2010)335-351.
A. Kaveh and S. Talatahari, Optimal design of single layer domes using meta-heuristic algorithms; a comparative study, International Journal of Space Structures, No. 4, 25(2010)217-227.
A. Kaveh and F. Nemati, Eigensolution of rotationally repetitive space structures using a canonical form, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering , No. 12, 26 (2010)1781-1796 .
A. Kaveh and H. Rahami, Eigenvalues of the adjacency and Laplacian matrices for modified regular structural models, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering , No. 12, 26(2010)1836-1855.
A. Kaveh and S. Talatahari. Hybrid Algorithm of Harmony Search, Particle Swarm and Ant Colony for Structural Design Optimization, Harmony Search Algorithms for Structural Design Optimization Studies in Computational Intelligence , 239(2009) 159-98.
A. Kaveh and Aalizadeh Arvanaq, Free vibration of symmetric planar frames via the force method and canonical forms, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering , No. 6, 27 (2011)936-961.
A. Kaveh and S. Talatahari, Hybrid charged system search and particle swarm optimization for engineering design problems, Engineering Computations, No. 4, 28(2011) 423-440.
A. Kaveh and N. Farhoodi, A unified approach to parameter selection in meta-heuristic algorithms for layout optimization, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Issue 10, 67 (2011)1453-1462.
A.Kaveh and S. Talatahari, optimization of large-scale truss structures using modified charged system search , International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, No. 1, 1(2011) 15- 28.
H. Rahami, A. Kaveh, M. Aslani and R. Najian Asl, A hybrid modified genetic-nelder mead simplex algorithm for large-scale truss optimization, International Journal Of Optimization In Civil Engineering, No. 1, 1(2011)29-46.
A. Kaveh and S. Talatahari, A general model for meta-heuristic algorithms using the concept of fields of forces, Acta Mechanica, Numbers 1-2, 221 (2011)99-118.
A.Kaveh and K. Laknejadi, A novel hybrid charge system search and particle swarm optimization method for multi-objective optimization, Expert Systems and Applications, No. 12, 38 (2011) 15475–15488.
A. Kaveh, O. Sabzi, A comparative study of two metheuristic algorithms for optimal design of planar RC frames, International Journal of Civil Engineering IUST, 9(3) (2011)193-206.
S. Talatahari, A. Kaveh, R. Sheikholeslami , A n efficient charged system search using chaos for global optimization problems , International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering , No. 2, 1 (2011) 305-325.
A.Kaveh and H. Nasr, Solving conditional and unconditional p-center Problem with greedy harmony search and its application , Scientia Iranica, A 18 (4)(2011) 867–877.
A. Kaveh and K. Laknejadi, A hybrid multi-objective particle swarm optimization and decision making procedure for optimal design of truss structures , Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, 35(C2)(2011)137-154.
A. Kaveh, M. Kalateh-Ahani and M.S. Masoudi, The CMA evolution strategy based size optimization of truss structures, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering , No. 2, 1(2011)233- 256.
A. Kaveh and H. Fazli, Approximate eigensolution of Laplacian matrices for locally modified graph products using implicitly restarted Lanczos method, Journal of Computational Applied Mathematics, 236 (2011) 1591–1603 .
A. Kaveh and M.S. Massoudi, Plate bending elements for efficient force method using graph theory Scientia Iranica, No. 5, 18(2011)1045-1053.
A. Kaveh and B. Alinejad, A general theorem for eigensolution of Laplacian matrices of product graphs and applications in structural mechanics , Acta Mechanica, Nos. 3-4, 222(2011)331-350.
A. Kaveh and A. Shakouri Mahmud Abadi , Harmony search based algorithm for the optimum cost design of reinforced concrete one-way ribbed slabs, The Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering, No. 7, 37(2011)1179-1187.
L. Shahryari and A. Kaveh, Calculation of buckling load and eigenfrequencies for planar truss structures with multi-symmetry, International Journal of Engineering, Transaction A: Basic, No. 4, 24 (2011)351-365.
A. Hadidi, A. Kaveh, B. Farahmand Azar, S. Talatahari, C. Farahmandpour , An efficient hybrid algorithm based on particle swarm and simulated annealing for optimal design of space trusses, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering , No. 3, 1(2011) 377- 396.
F.R. Rofooei, A. Kaveh, F.M. Farahani, Estimating the vulnerability of the concrete moment resisting frame structures using artificial neural networks, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering , No. 3, 1(2011) 433- 448.
A. Kaveh and H. Fazli, Optimal analysis of regular structures using a substructuring technique , Asian Journal of Civil Engineering , No. 3, 13(2012)387-404.
A. Kaveh and B. Eftekhar, Optimal design of double layer barrel vaults using and improved hybrid Big bang-Big crunch method, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 4. 13(2012)465-487.
A. Kaveh and M. Ahangaran, Discrete Cost Optimization of Composite Floor System Using Social Harmony Search Model, Applied Soft Computing , No. 1, 12 (2012) 372–381.
A. Kaveh and S. Talatahari, Charged System Search for Optimal Design of Planar Frame Structures, Applied Soft Computing, No. 1, 12(2012) 382-393 .
A. Kaveh, K. Laknejadi, B. Alinejad, Performance based multi-objective optimization of large steel structures, Acta Mechanica, No. 2, 223(2012) 355-369 .
A. Kaveh and P. Sharafi, Ordering for bandwidth and profile minimization problems via charged system search method, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, 36(2012)39-52.
A. Kaveh and S. Talatahari, and B. Farhmand Azar, Optimum design of composite open channels using charged system search algorithm , Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, 36(2012)67-77.
A. Kaveh, and A. Zolghadr , A multi-set charged system search for truss optimization with variables of different natures; element grouping, Periodica Polytechnica , No. 2, 55(2011)87-98.
A. Kaveh, E. Ebrahimi. Graph-theoretical force method of finite element models with triangular and rectangular elements, Asian Journal Of Civil Engineering, No. 5, 13 (2012) 597-616.
A. Kaveh, T. Bakhshpoori and E. Afshari , An optimization-based comparative study of double layer grids with two different configurations using cuckoo search algorithm, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering , No. 4, 1(2011) 507-520 .
A. Kaveh , and V.R. Mahdavi, Optimal design of arch dams for frequency limitations using charged system search and particle swarm optimization, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, No. 4, 1(2011) 543-555 .
A. Kaveh and M. Hassani, Ant colony algorithms for nonlinear analysis and optimal design of structures, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering , No. 4, 1(2011) 571-595 .
A. Kaveh and Tolou, Efficient finite element analysis using graph-theoretical force method; brick element, Finite Elements for Analysis and Design, 54 (2012) 1–15 .
A. Kaveh, S. Talatahari, and M.T. Alami , a new hybrid meta-heuristic for optimum design of frame structures, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering , N o . 6, 13 (2012) 705-717 .
A. Kaveh and H. Nasr, Hybrid harmony search for conditional p-median problems, International Journal of Civil Engineering, IUST, No. 1, 10(2012)32-36.
A. Kaveh, A. Shakouri Mahmud Abadi and S. Zolfaghari Moghaddam, An adapted harmony search based algorithm for facility layout optimization, International Journal of Civil Engineering IUST, No. 1, 10(2012)37-42.
Ali Kaveh and Sepehr Beheshti , Weighted triangular and circular graph products for configuration processing, Periodica Polytechnica-Civil Engineering , No. 1, 56 (2012) 63-71.
A. Kaveh, T. Bakhshipour, and M. Ashoory , An efficient optimization procedure based on cuckoo search algorithm for practical design of steel structures , International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering , No . 1, 2 (2012) 1-14 .
A. Tahershamsi, A. Kaveh, R. Sheikholeslami and S. Talatahari , Big Bang – Big Crunch algorithm for least-cost design of water distribution systems , International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering , No . 1, 2 (2012) 70-79 .
A. Kaveh and H. Fazli, Canonical forms for symmetric and regular structures, to
Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms, No. 2, 11(2012)119-157.
A. Kaveh, A. Zolghadr, Truss optimization with natural frequency constraints using a hybridized CSS-BBBC algorithm with trap recognition capability, Computers and Structures, 102-103(2012)14-27.
H. Rahami, A. Kaveh and H. Mehanpour, Optimal analysis of non-regular graphs using the results of regular models via an iterative method, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering , No. 2, 2(2012) 153-171 .
A. Kaveh and VR Mahdavi, Generation of endurance time acceleration functions using the wavelet transform, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, No. 2, 2(2012) 203-219 .
A. Kaveh, H. Rahami, and H. Mehanpour, Static and modal analyses of structures with different repeated patterns, Advances in Engineering Software, 51(2012)1-9.
A. Kaveh and S. Talatahari, A hybrid CSS and PSO algorithm for optimal design of structures, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, No. 6, 42(2012)783-797.
A. Kaveh, New developments in graph products and applications in structural engineering, Periodica Polytechnica-Civil Engineering, 7 (2012)105-117.
A. Kaveh and A.F. Behnam, Cost optimization of a composite floor system, one-way waffle slab, and concrete slab formwork using Charged System Search algorithm, Scientia Iranica, No. 3, 19(2012)410-416.
A. Kaveh and O. Sabzi, Optimal design of reinforced concrete frames using big bang-big crunch algorithm, International Journal of Civil Engineering, IUST, No. 3, 10(2012) 189-200.
A. Kaveh and A. Zolghadr, An improved charged system search for structural damage identification in beams and frames using changes in natural frequencies, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering , No. 3, 2(2012)321-340.
A. Kaveh and P. Zakian, Performance based optimal seismic design of RC shear walls incorporating soil-structure interaction using CSS algorithm, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering , No. 3, 2(2012)383-405.
A. Kaveh and M. Ahanghran, Social harmony search algorithm for continuous optimization, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, C2, 36(2012)121-137.
A. Kaveh and M.S. Massoudi, Cost optimization of a composite floor system using ant colony system , Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, C2, 36(2012)139-148.
S. Talatahari, A. Kaveh, R. Sheikholeslami , Chaotic imperialist competitive algorithm for optimum design of truss structures, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, No. 3, 46(2012) 355-367 .
S. Talatahari, A. Kaveh and N. Mohajer Rahbari, Parameter Identification of Bouc-Wen Model for MR Fluid Dampers Using Adaptive Charged System Search Optimization, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, No. 8, 26(2012)2523-2534.
A. Kaveh and H. Fazli, Eigensolution of locally modified regular structures using
shifted inverse iteration method, Computers and Structures, 108-109(2012)75-82.
A. Kaveh, H. Rahami, and P. Pezeshky, Geometric nonlinear analysis of circulant structures using an efficient eigensolution method, Acta Mechanica, No.10. 223(2012) 2167-2182.
S. Talatahari, A. Kaveh, Sheikholeslami, R., Engineering design optimization using chaotic enhanced charged system search algorithms, Acta Mechanica, No. 10. 223 (2012) 2269-2285
A. Kaveh and M. Khayatazad, A new meta-heuristic method: ray optimization, Computers and Structures, 112-113 (2012) 283–294.
A. Kaveh, N. Shamsapour, R. Sheikholeslami, M. Mashhadian, Forecasting Transport Energy Demand in Iran Using Meta-heuristic Algorithms, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, No. 2, 2(2012)533-544.
A. Kaveh, H. Rahami, S.R. Mirghaderi, and M. Ardalan Asl, Analysis of near-regular structures using the force method , Engineering Computation, No. 1, 30(2013) 21-48 .
A. Kaveh, M. Fahimi-Farzam, and M. Kalateh-Ahani, Time-history analysis based optimal design of space trusses: The CMA evolution strategy approach using GRNN and WA, Structural Engineering and Mechanics (Techno Press), No. 3, 44( 2012)379-403.
A. Kaveh , M. Farahani and N. Shojaei , Optimal design of barrel vaults using charged search system, International Journal of Civil Engineering, IUST, 4, 10(2012)301-308.
A. Kaveh and O. Khademhosseini, A hybrid HS-CSS algorithm for simultaneous analysis, Design and optimization of trusses via force method, Periodica Politechnica, No. 2, 56(2012)197-212.
A. Kaveh, and A. Nasrollahi, Engineering design optimization using a hybrid pso and hs algorithm, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 2, 14(2013) 201-223.
A. Kaveh and M. Khayatazad, Ray optimization for size and shape optimization of truss structures, Computers and Structures, 117(2013)82-94.
Ali Kaveh, Mohammad Ali Motie Share, and Mahsa Moslehi, A new meta-heuristic algorithm for optimization: magnetic charged system search, Acta Mechanica, No. 1, 224 (2013)85- 107.
Siamak Talatahari and Ali Kaveh, Optimum Design of Skeletal Structures via BigBang-Big Crunch Algorithm, Chapter of a book entitled: Metaheuristic Applications in Structures and Infrastructures, Elsevier, 2013.
A. Kaveh , B. Ahmadi, F. Shokohi, N. Bohlooli, Simultaneous analysis, design and optimization of water distribution systems using supervised charged system search, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering , No. 1, 3 (2013)37-55.
A. Kaveh , V.R. Kalatjari, M.H. Talebpour, J. Torkamanzadeh, Configuration optimization of trusses using a multi heuristic based search method, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering , No. 1, 3 (2013)157-184.
A. Kaveh, P. Zakian, Optimal design of steel frames under seismic loading using two meta-heuristic algorithms, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 82(2013)111-130.
A. Kaveh, K. Laknejadi, A hybrid evolutionary graph based multi-objective algorithm for layout optimization of truss structures, Acta Mechanica, 224(2013)343-364.
A. Kaveh and T. Bakhshpoori, Optimum design of space trusses using cuckoo search, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, C1, 37(2013)1-15 .
A. Kaveh and M.S. Massoudi, Plate bending finite element analysis by the force method using ant colony optimization, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology C1, 37(2013)17-35.
A. Kaveh, I. Shojaei, Y. Golipour and H. Rahami, Seismic design of eccentric braced frames using multi-objective optimization, Structural Engineering and Mechanics
(Techno Press), No. 2, 45(2013)211-232.
A. Kaveh and A.F. Behnam, Charged system search algorithm for the optimum cost design of reinforced concrete cantilever retaining walls , The Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering, 38 (2013)563–570 .
A. Kaveh, B. Hashemi Soudmand, R. Sheikholeslami, Optimal design of laminated composite structures via hybrid charged system search and particle swarm optimization, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 4, 14(2013)517-531.
A. Kaveh, K. Laknejadi, A new multi-swarm multi-objective optimization method for structural design , Advances in Engineering Software, 58 ( 2013) 54–69 .
A. Kaveh and A. Zolghadr, Topology Optimization of Trusses Considering Static and Dynamic Constraints Using the CSS, Applied Soft Computing, No. 5, 13(2013)2727-2734.
A. Kaveh and B. Ahmadi, Simultaneous analysis, design and optimization of structures using force method and supervised CSS algorithm, Scientia Iranica, No. 1, 20(2013)65-76.
Ali Kaveh, and Vahid Reza Mahdavi, Optimal design of structures with multiple natural frequency constraints using a hybridized BB-BC/Quasi-Newton algorithm, Periodica Politechnica , 57 /1 (2013) 1–12 .
A. Kaveh and N, Farhoudi, A New Optimization Method: Dolphin Echolocation, Advances in Engineering Software, May, 59(2013)53-70.
I . Shojaei, A. Kaveh, H. Rahami, Analysis of structures convertible to repeated structures using graph products, Computers and Structures, 125 (2013) 153–163 .
H. Rahami , A. Kaveh, and S.M. Mirhosseini, Efficient solution of differential equations for linear and non-linear analysis of structures, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 6, 14(2013)831-848.
M. Grigorian and A. Kaveh, A practical weight optimization for moment frames under combined loading , International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, No. 2, 3(2013)289-312.
A. Kaveh, H. Rahami, M. Ardalan Asl and S.R. Mirghaderi, Analysis of regular structures with member irregularity using the equilibrium equations and singular valued decomposition, Advances in Structural Engineering, No. 5, 16(2013)823-843.
A. Kaveh and S. Beheshti, New graph products for configuration processing, IJCE (IUST), No. 2, 11(2013)67-76.
A. Kaveh and M.J. Tolou Kian, Efficient finite element analysis of models comprised of higher order triangular elements, Acta Mechanica, No. 9, 224(2013) 1957-1975.
S. Talatahari, N. Mohajer Rahbari, A. Kaveh, A new hybrid optimization algorithm to identify highly non-linear systems, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 5, 17(2013)1099-1110.
A. Kaveh and T. Bakhshpoori, Optimum design of steel frames using Cuckoo Search algorithm with Lévy flights, Tall Buildings and Special Structures , Issue 13, 22(2013) 1023–1036,
A. Kaveh, H. Rahami and H. Mehanpour, Application of Kronecker product to the analysis of modified regular structures, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, C2, 37(2013)191-202.
A. Kaveh, S.M. Javadi and M. Maniat, Damage assessment via modal data with a mixed particle swarm strategy, ray optimizer, and harmony search, No. 1, 15(2014)95-106.
A. Kaveh and A.F. Behnam, Optimal design of 3D reinforced concrete structures by charged system search considering frequency constraints, Scientia Iranica, No. 3, 20(2013)387-396.
A. Kaveh, T. Bakhshpoori, M. Kalate-Ahani, Optimum plastic analysis of planar frames using ant colony system and charged system search algorithms, Scientia Iranica, No. 3, 20(2013)387-396.
A. Kaveh, H. Rahami and Mir Hosseini, Analysis of structures transformable to circulant form using U-transformation and Kronecker products, Acta Mechanica, 224(2013)1625-1642.
A. Kaveh, V.R. Kalatjari and P. Mansourian, Reliability-Based Optimization of Trusses Using Parallel GA, Force Method and Artificial Intelligence, Journal of Ferdowsi University, No. 2, 24(2013)1-26.
A.Kaveh, M. Kalateh-Ahani and M. Fahimi-Farzam, Constructability optimal design of reinforced concrete retaining walls using a multi-objective genetic algorithm , Structural Engineering and Mechanics (Techno Press), No. 2, 47(2013)227-245.
A. Kaveh, MS Massoudi and MJ Massoudi, Efficient finite element analysis using graph-theoretical force method; rectangular plane stress and plane strain serendipity family elements, Computers and Structures, 128 (2013)175-188.
A. Kaveh and M. Nikaeen, Optimum design of irregular grillage systems using CSS and ECSS algorithms with different boundary conditions, International Journal of Civil Engineering, IUST, No. 3, 11(2013)143-153.
H. Rahami, A. Kaveh and H. Mehanpour, Optimal analysis of non-regular graphs usingthe results of regular models via an iterative method, Int. J. Optim. Civil Eng., No. 3, 3(2013)445-463.
A. Kaveh, B, Mirzaie and A. Jafarvand, Optimal design of single-layer barrel vaults using improved magnetic charged system search, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, No. 4, 3(2013)575-600.
A. Kaveh and V.R. Mahdavi, Shape optimization of arch dams under earthquake loading using meta-heuristic algorithms, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 7, 17(2013)1690-1699.
R. Sheikholeslami and A. Kaveh, A survey of chaos embedded meta-heuristic algorithms, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, No. 4, 3(2013)617-633.
A. Kaveh, B, Mirzaie and A. Jafarvand, Optimal design of double layer barrel vaults using improved magnetic charged system search, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 1, 15(2014)135-154.
A. Kaveh, P. Zakian, Enhanced bat algorithm for optimal design of skeletal structures, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 2, 15(2014)179-212.
A. Kaveh and A. Zolghadr, Democratic PSO for truss layout and size optimization with frequency constraints, Computers and Structures, 130 (2014)10-21 .
A. Kaveh, S. Talatahari, R. Sheikholeslami, M. Keshvari, Chaotic Swarming of Particles: A New Method for Size Optimization of Truss Structures, Advances in Engineering Software, 67 (2014) 136–147.
A. Kaveh and A. Nasrollahi, Performance-based seismic design of steel frames utilizing charged sharged system search optimization, Applied Soft Computing, 22C(2014) 213-221.
. Kaveh, F. Shokouhi, and B. Ahmadi, Analysis and design of water distribution systems via colliding bodies optimization, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, No. 2, 4(2014)165-185.
A. Kaveh and Sh. Bijary, Optimum cost design of reinforced concrete one-way ribbed slabs using CBO, PSO and Democratic PSO algorithms, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 6, 14( 2014)788-802.
A. Kaveh and S.M. Javadi, An efficient hybrid particle swarm strategy, ray optimizer, and harmony search algorithm for optimal design of truss structures Periodica Polytechnica, No. 2, 58(2014)65-81.
A. Kaveh and M, Maniat, Damage detection in skeletal structures based on charged system search optimization using incomplete modal data, International Journal of Civil Engineering, IUST, No. 2, 12(2014)291-298.
A. Kaveh, MS Massoudi, Efficient finite element analysis using graph-theoretical force method; tetrahedron elements, International Journal of Civil Engineering, IUST, No. 2, 12(2014)347-367.
A. Kaveh and A. Zolghadr, Performance comparison of nine meta-heuristic algorithms for structural optimization with frequency constraints, Advances in Engineering Software, 76(2014)9-30.
A. Kaveh, V.R. Mahdavai, Colliding Bodies Optimization for Truss Optimization With Multiple Frequency cobstraints, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000402 , 04014078.
A. Kaveh, T. Bakhshpoori and E. Afshari, An efficient hybrid particle swarm and swallow swarm optimization algorithm, Computers and Structures, 143(2014 )40–59.
A. Kaveh and M. Ilchi, Enhanced colliding bodies optimization for design problems with continuous and discrete variables Advances in Engineering Software, 77(2014)66-75.
A. Kaveh, L. Jafari and N. Farhoudi, truss optimization with natural frequency constraints using a dolphin echolocation algorithm, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 1, 16 (2015)29-45.
A. Kaveh, Ali Zolghadr, Magnetic charged system search for structural optimization, Periodica Polytechnica-Civil Engineering, No. 3, 58(2014) 203–216.
A. Kaveh and M. Ilchi Ghazaan, computer codes for colliding bodies optimization and its enhanced version, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, No. 3, 4(2014)321-332.
A. Kaveh, M. Kalateh-Ahani and M. Fahimi-Farzam, Life-cycle cost optimization of steel moment-frame structures: performance-based seismic design approach, Earthquakes and Structures, No. 3, 7(2014) 271-294.
A. Kaveh and P. Hosseini, a simplified dolphin echolocation optimization method for optimum design of trusses, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, No. 3, 4(2014)381-397.
M. Shahrouzi,and A. Kaveh, Dynamic fuzzy-membership optimization: an enhanced meta-heuristic search, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 2, 16(2015)249-268.
A. Kaveh and A. Nasrolahi, A new hybrid meta-heuristic for structural design: ranked particl optimization, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An International Journal, No. 2, 52(2014) 405-426.
A. Kaveh, M.S. Massoudi and M. Ghanooni Bagha, Structural Reliability Analysis Using Charged System Search Algorithm, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, 38 C2, (2014) 439-448.
A. Kaveh and H. Safari, Hybrid-enhanced charged system search for solving travelling salesman problem and one of its applications: the single-row facility layout problem, International Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 3, 12(2014)363-370.
A. Kaveh and A. Zolghadr, A new PSRO algorithm for frequency constraint truss shape and size optimization, Structural Engineering and Mechanics (Techno Press), No. 3, 52 (2014) 445-468.
H. Arzani, A. Kaveh, M. Dehghan, Adaptive node moving refinement in discrete least squares meshless method using charged system search, Scientia Iranica, No. 5, 21(2014)1529-1538.
A. Kaveh, and P. Zakian, Optimal seismic design of reinforced concrete shear wall-frame structures, KSCE, No. 7, 18(2014) 2181-2190.
A. Kaveh and M. Ilchi, Hybridized optimization algorithms for design of trusses with multiple natural frequency constraints, Advances in Engineering Software, 70(2015)137-147.
A. Kaveh, and T. Bakhshpouri, M. Barkhori, Optimum design of multi-span composite box girder bridges using Cuckoo Search algorithm, Steel and Composit Structures-Techno, November, No. 5, 17(2014)705-719.
A. Kaveh and M. Ilchi Ghazaan, Enhanced colliding bodies algorithm for truss optimization with dynamic constraints, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 2014, 10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000445 , 04014104.
A. Kaveh, B. Mirzaei and A. Jafarvand, Shape-size optimization of single-layer barrel vaults using improved magnetic charged system search, International Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 4, 12 (2014)447- 465.
A. Kaveh and VR Mahdavi, Colliding bodies optimization for optimal design of arch dams with frequency limitations, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, No. 4, 4(2014)473-490.
A. Kaveh, O. Khadem Hosseini, S. Mohammadi, V. R. Kalat Jari and A. Keyhani, optimum selection and scaling of accelerograms required in time history analysis of spatial Structures, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, No. 4, 4(2014)525-547.
A. Kaveh and A. Zolghadr, An improved CSS for damage detection of truss structures using changes in natural frequencies, Advances in Engineering Software, 80(2015)93-100.
A. Kaveh and B. Alinejad, Hypergraph products for structural mechanics, Advances in Engineering Software, 80(2015)72-81.
A. Kaveh and Sh. Hasana, Optimization of latticed columns using democratic PSO and CBO algorithms, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 3, 16(2015)437-450.
A. Kaveh And M. Ilchi Ghazaan, Metaheuristic algorithms for minimum crossing number problem, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, No. 1, 5(2015)67- 77.
Sh. Jalili / Y. Hosseinzadehand A. Kaveh, Chaotic biogeography algorithm for size and shape optimization of truss structures with frequency constraints, Periodica Polytechnic, 58/4 (2014) 397–422.
A. Kaveh, M. Kalateh-Ahani and M. Fahimi-Farzam, Damage-based optimization of large-scale steel structures, Earthquakes and Structures, No. 6, 7(2014) 1119-1139.
Kaveh A, Massoudi MS. Multi-objective optimization using Charged System Search, Scientia Iranica, No. 6, 21(2014)1845-1860.
M. Saberi, and A. Kaveh, Structural damage identification using enhanced charged system search algorithm, Scientia Iranica, No. 6, 21(2014)1793 - 1802.
S. Mokhtarimousavi, H. Rahami, A. Kaveh, Multi-objective mathematical modeling of aircraft landing problem on a runway in static mode, scheduling and sequence determination using NSGA-II, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, No. 1, 5(2015) 21-36.
A. Kaveh, M. Ilchi Ghazaan, Structural reliability assessment utilizing four metaheuristic algorithms, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, No. 2, 5(2015)205-255.
A. Kaveh, B. Mirzaei, A. Jafarvand An improved magnetic charged system search for optimization of truss structures with continuous and discrete variables, Applied Soft Computing, 28C(2015)400-410.
A. Kaveh, M.S. Mallaki and H. Rahami, Application of singular value decomposition in symmetric structures by force method, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 4, 16(2015)493-504.
A. Kaveh, T. Bakhshpoori, and M. Azimi, Seismic optimal design of 3D steel frames using cuckoo search algorithm, Tall Buildings and Special Structures, No. 3, 24(2015) 210-227.
H. Rahami, A. Kaveh and I. Shojaei, Swift analysis for size and geometry optimization of structures, Advances in Structural Engineering, No. 3, 18(2015)365-380.
A. Kaveh and T. Bakhshpoori, subspace search mechanism and cuckoo search for size optimization of space trusses, Steel and Composite Structures, No. 2, 18(2015) 289-303.
A. Kaveh, and F. Shokohi, Optimum design of castellated beams using colliding bodies optimization algorithm, Steel and Composite Structures, No. 2, 18(2015) 305-324.
A. Kaveh and R. Gaffarian, Shape optimization of arch dams with frequency constraints by enhanced charged system search algorithm and neural network, International Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 1, 13(2015)102-111.
Kaveh And Sh Bijari, Bandwidth optimization using CBO and ECBO, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 4, 16(2015)535-545.
Kaveh and V.R. Mahdavi, Optimal domain decomposition using Colliding Bodies Optimization and k-median method, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, June 98(2015)41–49.
Kaveh and V.R. Mahdavi, Two-dimensional colliding bodies algorithm for optimal design of truss structures, Advances in Engineering Software, 83(2015)70-79.
H. Rahami, A. Kaveh and M. Ardalan Asl, S.R. Mirghaderi, Finite element analysis using mixed force-displacement method via singular value decomposition, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, C1, 39(2015)1-19.
Kaveh, S. Mohammadi, O. Khadem Hosseini, A. Keyhani and V.R. Kalatjari, Optimum parameters of tuned mass dampers for seismic applications using charged system search, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, C1, 39(2015)21-40.
Kaveh and V.R. Mahdavi, Colliding bodies optimization for size and topology optimization of truss structures, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An International Journal, No. 5, 53(2015)847-865.
Kaveh, I. Shojaie, and H. Rahami, New developments in the optimal analysis of regular and near-regular structures: decomposition, graph products, force method, Acta Mechanica, No. 3, 226(2015)665-681.
Kaveh, A.A. Aghakochak and P. Zakian, Reduced record method for efficient time history dynamic analysis and optimal design, Earthquake and Structures, Techno, No. 3, 8 (2015)639-663.
Kaveh and M. Ilchi Ghazaan, A comparative study of CBO and ECBO for optimal design of skeletal structures, Computers and Structures, 153(2015)137-147.
S. Talatahari and A. Kaveh, Improved bat algorithm for optimum design of large-scale truss structures, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, No. 2, 5(2015)241-254.
S. Talatahari, A. Kaveh, Magnetic charged system search algorithm for optimum design of large-scale truss structures, Iranian Journal of Structural Engineering, No.1, 1(2015)18-25.
Kaveh, T. Bakhshpoori and E. Afshari, Hybrid PSO and SSO algorithm for truss layout and size optimization considering dynamic constraints, Structural Engineering and Mechanics (Techno Press), No. 3, 54(2015)453-474.
Kaveh, M. Fahimi-Farzam and M. Kalateh-Ahani, Performance-based multi-objective optimal design of steel frame structures: nonlinear dynamic procedure, Scientia Iranica, No. 2, 22(2015)373-387.
Kaveh and M. Naeimi, Corrections for sizing optimization of skeletal structures with a multi-adaptive harmony search algorithm, Scientia Iranica, No. 2. 22(2015) 345-366.
Kaveh, S. Pirgholizadeh and O. Khadem Hosseini, Semi-active tuned mass damper performance with optimized fuzzy controller using css algorithm , Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 5, 16(2015)587-606.
K. Laknejadi and A. Kaveh, A swarm based memetic evolutionary algorithm for multi-objective optimization of large structures, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 5, 16(2015)621-649.
Kaveh and N. Soleimani, CBO and DPSO for optimum design of reinforced concrete cantilever retaining walls, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 6, 16(2015)751-774.
Shojaei, A. Kaveh, H. Rahami, B. Bazrgari, Efficient non-linear analysis and optimal design of mechanical and biomechanical systems, Advances in Biomechanics and Application, Techno, No. 1, 2(2015)11-27.
Shojaei, H. Rahami and A. Kaveh, Efficient finite element solution of regular and near-regular systems using graph products, Acta Mechanica, Issue 7, 226(2015) 2393-2405.
Ali Kaveh, Mohsen Maniat, Damage detection based on MCSS and PSO using modal data, Smart Structures and Systems, Techno, No. 5, 15 (2015)1253-1270.
M. Esmaeili, J.A. Zakeri, A. Kaveh, A. Bakhtiary, M. Khayatazad , Designing granular layers for railway tracks using ray optimization algorithm, Scientia Iranica. Transaction A, Civil Engineering, No. 1, 22 (2015)47-58.
Kaveh, Expansion process in mathematics and structural mechanics, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 7, 16(2015) 943-954.
Kaveh A, VR Mahdavi, A hybrid CBO and PSO for optimal design of truss structures with dynamic constraints. Applied Soft Computing, 34(2015) 260–273.
Kaveh and M.S. Massoudi, Efficient finite element analysis using graph-theoretical force method; rectangular plane stress and plane strain Lagrange family elements, Applied Mathematics Computation, 266 (2015) 72–94.
R. Sheikholeslami, and A. Kaveh, Vulnerability Assessment of Water Distribution Networks: Graph Theory Method, International Journal of Optimization In Civil Engineering, No. 3, 5(2015)283-299.
Kaveh and F. Shokohi, Cost optimization of end-filled castellated beams using meta-heuristic algorithms, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, No. 3, 5(2015) 329-351.
Kaveh, H. Rahami and I. Shojaie, An efficient method for seismic analysis of structures, Engineering Computations, issue 6, 32(2015)1708 - 1721.
Kaveh, M. Fahimi-Farzam and M. Kalateh-Ahani, Optimum Design of Steel Frame Structures Considering Economic Cost and Damage Index, Smart Structures and Systems, Techno, No. 1, 16(2015)1-26.
Kaveh and P. Zakian, Stability based optimum design of concrete gravity dam using CSS, CBO and ECBO Algorithms International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, No. 4, 5(2015)419-431.
Kaveh And M.H. Ghafari, Plastic analysis of planar frames using CBO and ECBO algorithms, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, No. 4, 5(2015) 479-492.
Kaveh and VR Mahdavi, Damage identification of truss structures using CBO and ECBO algorithms, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 1, 17(2016)75-89.
M. Saberi, and A. Kaveh, Damage detection in space structures using charged system search algorithm and residual force method, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology , No. C2, 39(2015)215-229.
Kaveh and Sh Hasana, Optimal design of tapered latticed columns using four meta-heuristic optimization algorithms, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 2, 17(2016) 259-270.
Kaveh, N. Farhoudi, Dolphin echolocation optimization for design of cantilever retaining walls, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, No. 2, 17(2016)193-211.
Kaveh and I. Shojaee, Advances in swift analysis of structures: near-regular structures, and optimal analysis and design, Advances in Engineering Software, 90(2015)119-126.
Kaveh A, Khanzadi M, Alipour M, Rajabi Naraky M, CBO and CSS algorithms for resource allocation and time-cost trade-off, Periodica Polytechnica-Civil Engineering, No. 3, 59(2015) 361-371.
Kaveh and N. Farhoudi, Layout optimization of braced frames using differential evolution algorithm and dolphin echolocation optimization. Periodica Ploytechnic-Civil Engineering A, No. 4, 59(2015) 441-449.
Kaveh, T. Bakhshpoori, and S.M. Hamzeh-Ziabari, Derivation of new equations for prediction of principal ground-motion parameters using M5′ algorithm, Earthquake Engineering, Accepted for publication, 2015.
Kaveh, F. Shokohi, A hybrid optimization algorithm for the optimal design of laterally-supported castellated beams, Scientia Iranica, Accepted, June 2015.
Kaveh and M. Ilchi Ghazaan, Layout and size optimization of trusses with natural frequency constraints using improved ray optimization algorithm, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, to be pulished end of 2015.
M. Khanzadei, A. Kaveh et al., Application of CBO and CSS for Resource Allocation and Resource Leveling Problem, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Accepted, 2015.
Kaveh, Shamstalei and A. Nasrolahi, Application of probabilistic particle swarm in optimal design of large-span prestressed concrete slabs, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Accepted, 2015.
Kaveh and M. Rezaie, Topology and Geometry Optimization of Single Layer Domes Utilizing Colliding Bodies Optimization, Scientia Iranica, Accepted for publication, 2015.
Kaveh and M. Ilchi Ghazaan, Optimum design of large-scale dome trusses using cascade optimization, Submitted to Stuctural Multidisciplinary Optimization, Accepted for publication, 2015.
Kaveh and M. Rezaie, Topology and geometry optimization of different types of domes using ECBO, Techno, Accepted for publication, 2015.
Kaveh and P. Zakian, An efficient seismic analysis of regular skeletal structures via graph product rules and canonical forms, Earthquake and Structures, Techno, Accepted for publication, 2015.
A. Kaveh, Generalized cycle bases for the flexibility analysis of structures, Proc. 2nd International Conference on Space Structures, Edit. J. Supple, Surrey, UK, 1975.
A. Kaveh, On 2-cell embedding of a graph, Proc. 6th Iranian Math. Conf., Ahwaz, 1975, pp. 106-112.
A. Kaveh, On optimal cycle bases of graphs for mesh analysis of networks, Proc. of Optimization Days, Canada, 1984, p.72.
A. Kaveh and K. Ramachandran, Graph-theoretical approach for bandwidth and frontwidth reduction, Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. On Space Structures, Elsevier Applied Science Publishers, London, Edit. H. Nooshin, 1984, pp. 245-249.
A. Kaveh, An associate graph for finite element ordering, Proc. 15th Iranian Math. Conf., Shiraz, 1984.
A. Kaveh, A graph-theoretical approach for an efficient analysis of structures, Proc. 4th Int. Sym. Numer. Meths Eng., Atlanta, in Innovative Numerical Methods in Engineering”, Springer Verlag, Edit. R.P. Shaw et al, 1986, pp.573-578.
A. Kaveh, Nodal and element ordering for bandwidth optimization, Proc. Int. Sym. On IASS, Japan, 1986, pp. 177-184.
A. Kaveh, A graph theoretical approach for examining the rigidity of planar structures, Proc. The 1st Int. Conf. Light Weight Structures Arch., Sydney, Vol.2, 1986, pp. 791-797.
A. Kaveh, Subminimal transversal of a shortest route tree for ordering, Proc. Comput. Mech., Beijing, China, 1987, pp. 118-123.
A. Kaveh, A combinatorial approach to flexibility method, Proc. Int. Sym. Innovative Applications on Shells and Spatial Forms, India, Vol.1, 1988, pp.185-192.
A. Kaveh, A Connectivity Coordinate System for Node and Element Ordering, Paper 4.2 from CCP: 9/10, ISBN 0-948749-10-5 (1989)]
A. Kaveh and A. Behravesh, A direct-iterative approach to the analysis of large structures, Proc. Int. Conf. Struct. Engng., Beijing, China, 1990, pp. 63-71.
A. Kaveh, Topological invariants of a graph for the flexibility analysis of structures, Proc. Int. Conf. Struct. Engng., Beijing, China, 1990, pp. 63-71.
J. Bloori and A. Kaveh, Optimal design of trusses using AISC specifications, Proc. Iranian Congress on Civil Engineering, Shiraz, 1990.
A. Kaveh, Graphs applied to structures (invited lecture), Proc. Iranian Congress on Civil Engineering, Shiraz, 1990.
A. Kaveh and A. Mokhtar-zadeh, Fully automated force method, Proc. Iranian Congress on Civil Engineering, Shiraz, 1990.
A. Kaveh, Graphs and structures, In Structural Analysis System Guidebook Series, iitt International, 1989.
A. Kaveh and A. Mokhtar-zadeh, A combinatorial approach to optimal plastic design of structures, Computational Mechanics, Edit Y.K. Cheung, J.H.W. Lee and A.Y.T. Leung, A.A. Balkema / Rotterdam / Brookfield, Vol.1, 1991, pp. 349-354.
A. Kaveh, Crossing number, genus and thickness of a graph for the flexibility analysis of structures, In Trends in Application of Mathematics to Mechanics, Edits W. Schneider, H. Troger and F. Ziegler, Longman Scientific & Technical, New York, 1991, pp.333-338.
A. Kaveh, Unsolved problems common to graphs and structures. Invited lecture, Int. Conf. Appl. Math., IUST Tehran, 1991.
A. Kaveh, Minimal, optimal and optimally conditioned cycle bases of a graph (invited lecture), 6th SIAM Conf. On Discrete Math., Vancouver, Canada, 1992.
A. Kaveh, Topological transformations in structural mechanics (invited lecture), Proc. Iranian Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering, Shiraz, 1993.
A. Kaveh, Optimal analysis of structures (invited lecture), The 1st Conference of Mechanical Engineering Society, Tehran, 1993.
A. Kaveh, Space structures and their topographical invariants, Space structures 4, Edited by G.A.R. Parke and C.M. Howard, Thomas Telford, Vol. 1, pp.186-194.
A. Kaveh, Topological transformations applied to structural mechanics, Proc. Civil-Comp 93, Edited by B.H.V. Topping , Edinburgh, U.K., 1993, pp.1-10.
A. Kaveh, Topological Transformations Applied to Structural Mechanics, Paper 1.1 from CCP: 19, ISBN 0-948749-21-0 (1993)
A. Kaveh and Mokhtar-zadeh, Comparative study of the combinatorial and algebraic force methods, Proc. Civil-Comp 93, Edited by B.H.V. Topping, Edinburgh, U.K., 1993, pp.21-30.
A. Kaveh and A. Mokhtar-zadeh, A Comparative Study of the Combinatorial and Algebraic Force Methods, Paper 1.3 from CCP: 19, ISBN 0-948749-21-0 (1993)
A. Kaveh and I. Ghaderi, Conditioning of structural stiffness matrices, Proc. Civil-Comp 93, Edited by B.H.V. Topping, Edinburgh, U.K., 1993, pp.39-45.
A. Kaveh and I. Ghaderi, Conditioning of Structural Stiffness Matrices, Paper 1.5 from CCP: 19, ISBN 0-948749-21-0 (1993)].
A. Kaveh, Graphs, matroids and structures, Proc. 1st Int. Conf. Graphs and Mechanics, Poland, 1993.
A. Kaveh, Graphs for configuration processing, Proc. 1st Int. Conf. Graphs and Mechanics, Poland, 1993.
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, A graph theoretical method for decomposition in finite element analysis, In Advances in Parallel Vector Processing for Structural Mechanics, Edited by B.H.V. Topping and M. Papdarkakis, Civil-Comp Press, 1994, pp. 35-42.
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, A Graph-Theoretical Method for Decomposition in Finite Element Analysis, Paper 2.2 from CCP: 20, ISBN 0-948749-22-9 (1994)
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, Graph-theoretical methods for substructuring and ordering, Proc. Of the 10th European Conf. On Earthquake Engineering, Vienna, 1994, pp. 1461-1467.
N. Razzaghi Azar, and A. Kaveh, The Zangiran earthquake of 20th June 1994 in Iran and its destructive influences, Proc. Of the 10th European Conf. On Earthquake Engineering,, Vienna,1994, pp.2133-2139.
A. Kaveh, and M. Malek-zadeh., Finite element nodal ordering, Proc. Civil-Comp 95, Cambridge, 1995.
A. Kaveh and M. Malek-Zadeh, Finite Element Nodal Ordering Methods, Paper 4.5 from CCP: 33, ISBN 0-948749-35-0 (1995)
A. Davaran and A. Kaveh, Analysis of pantographic deployable structures using pantograph stiffness matrix, Proc. Civil-Comp 95, Cambridge, 1995.
A. Davaran and A. Kaveh, Analysis of Pantographic Deployable Structures using Pantograph Stiffness Matrix, Paper 2.4 from CCP: 33, ISBN 0-948749-35-0 (1995).
A. Mokhtar-zadeh and A. Kaveh, Non-linear combinatorial force method, Proc. Civil – Comp 95, Cambridge, UK, 1995.
A. Mokhtar-zadeh and A. Kaveh, Non-Linear Combinatorial Force Method, Paper 2.2 from CCP: 33, ISBN 0-948749-35-0 (1995).
A. Kaveh, G.R. Roosts and A. Mokhtar-Zadeh, Substructuring for the Combinatorial Force Method of Structural Analysis, Paper 2.6 from CCP: 33, ISBN 0-948749-35-0 (1995)
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, A graph-theoretical domain decomposer for finite element analysis, Proc. Second Int. Conf. In Civil Engineering on Computer Applications, Bahrain, 1996.
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, An Algorithm for Partitioning of Finite Element Meshes, Paper 7.8 from CCP: 38, ISBN 0-948749-40-7 (1996).
A. Mokhtar-Zadeh and A. Kaveh, Graph-Theoretical Methods for Optimal Plastic Analysis and Design of Frames, Paper 4.3 from CCP: 40, ISBN 0-948749-42-3 (1996)
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, Cycle Bases of Graphs for Sparse Flexibility Matrices, Paper 1.2 from CCP: 43, ISBN 0-948749-45-8 (1996).
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, Automated mesh decomposition for finite element analysis, Proc. 2nd Int. Mech. Engng. Conf., Iran, 1996.
A. Kaveh and A. Davaran, A mixed method for subdomain generation for parallel processing, Advances in Computational Structures Technology, Budapest, pp. 259-264, 1996.
A. Kaveh and A. Davaran A Mixed Method for Subdomain Generation for Parallel Processing, Paper 7.4 from CCP: 38, ISBN 0-948749-40-7 (1996)
A. Kaveh and A. Mokhtar-zadeh, Bandwidth Optimization for Rectangular Matrices, Paper 5.3 from CCP: 39, ISBN 0-948749-41-5 (1996).
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, Graph-theoretical methods for profile reduction, Mouchel Centenary Conference on Innovation in Civil and Structural Engineering, Cambridge, UK, 1997.
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, Graph Theoretical Methods for Profile Reduction, Paper 3.1 from CCP: 50, ISBN 0-948749-52-0 (1997).
A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta, A Graph Theoretical Method for Frontwidth Reduction, Paper 5.1 from CCP: 39, ISBN 0-948749-41-5 (1996).
A. Kaveh and H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady, Element ordering for Frontwidth optimization, Advances in Engineering Computational Technology, Edit. BHV Topping, Civil-Comp Press, UK, 1998, pp. 77-84.
A. Kaveh and H. Rahimi Bondarabady, Element Ordering for Frontwidth Optimization, Paper 4.2 from CCP: 55, ISBN 0-948749-57-1 (1998)].
A. Kaveh and A. Khalegi, Prediction of strength for concrete specimens using artificial neural networks, Advances in Engineering Computational Technology, Edit. BHV Topping, Civil-Comp Press, UK, 1998, pp. 165-171.
A. Kaveh and A. Khalegi, Prediction of Strength for Concrete Specimens using Artificial Neural Networks, Paper 4.3 from CCP: 53, ISBN 0-948749-55-5 (1998).
A. Kaveh, A. Jafarvand and M.A. Barkhordari, Optimal Design of Pantograph Foldable Structures, Paper 16.12 from CCP: 55, ISBN 0-948749-57-1 (1998)
A. Kaveh and A. Asadi, Bandwidth optimization of the stiffness matrices for finite element models, The First Conference of the Iranian Society of Civil Engineering, Tehran, 1999.
A. Kaveh and H. Servati, Design of double layer grids using neural networks, Artificial Intelligence Applications in Civil and Structural Engineering, Edited by BHV Topping, Civil Comp-Press, Oxford, 1999, pp. 93-107.
A. Kaveh and H. Servati, Analysis and Design of Double Layer Grids using Neural Networks, Paper 4.2 from CCP: 62, ISBN 0-948749-64-4 (1999).
A. Kaveh and H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady, A hybrid method for finite element nodal ordering, Developments in Analysis and Design Using Finite Element Methods, Edited by BHV Topping, Civil Comp Press, Oxford, 1999, pp. 25-31.
A. Kaveh and H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady, A Hybrid Method for Finite Element Nodal Ordering, Paper 1.4 from CCP: 59, ISBN 0-948749-61-X (1999).
A. Kaveh and A.R. Rahimi Navasi, Configuration processing of space structures using graph theory, The First Conference of the Iranian Society of Civil Engineering, Tehran, 1999.
A. Kaveh and H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady, Optimal analysis of structures, 5th Int. Conf. on Civil Engineering, Mashad, 2000.
A. Kaveh, M. Sabagian, and V. Kalatjary, Optimal topology of planar trusses using graph theory, The First Conference of the Iranian Society of Civil Engineering, Tehran, 1999.
A. Kaveh, J. Keyvani, and Roostaie, Parametric study of the design of double and triple layer grids, The First Conference of the Iranian Society of Civil Engineering, Tehran, 1999.
A. Kaveh, D. Fazel-Dekordi and H. Servati, Prediction of moment-rotation characteristic for saddle-like connections using FEM and BP neural networks, Civil-Comp Press, Leuvan, 2000.
A. Kaveh, D. Fazel-Dehkordi and H. Servati, Prediction of Moment-Rotation Characteristic for Saddle-like Connections using FEM and BP Neural Networks, Paper 1.3 from CCP: 64. ISBN 0-948749-66-0 (2000).
A. Kaveh and H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady, A multi-level finite element model ordering using algebraic graph theory, Civil-Comp Press, Leuvan, 2000.
A. Kaveh and H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady, A Multi-level Finite Element Nodal Ordering using Algebraic Graph Theory, Paper 2.2 from CCP: 65, ISBN 0-948749-67-9 (2000).
A. Kaveh and H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady, A hybrid graph-genetic method for domain decomposition, Civil-Comp Press, Leuvan, 2000.
A. Kaveh and H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady, A Hybrid Graph-Genetic Method for Domain Decomposition, Paper 2.8 from CCP: 64, ISBN 0-948749-66-0 (2000).
A. Kaveh and M. Saberi, Dynamic behaviour of double layer barrel vaults, The 5th Int. Conf. on Civil Engineering, Mashad, 2000.
A. Kaveh and S.M. Yousefi, Dynamic analysis of single layer domes, The 5th Int. Conf. on Civil Engineering, Mashad, 2000.
A. Kaveh and H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady, Optimal analysis of structures, The 5th Int. Conf. on Civil Engineering, Mashad, 2000.
A. Kaveh and J. Keyvani, Design of double layer grids using artificial neural networks, The 5th Int. Conf. on Civil Engineering, Mashad, 2000.
A. Kaveh and N. Ehsani, Efficient graph theoretical methods for examining the rigidity of planar trusses, Proc. 8th Int. Conf. on Civil and Structural Engineering Computing, Eisenstadt, Austria, 2001, pp. 43.
A. Kaveh and F.N. Ehsani, Efficient Graph Theoretical Methods for Examining the Rigidity of Planar Trusses, Paper 15 from CCP: 73, ISBN 0-948749-77-6 (2001)].
A. Kaveh Algebraic and Combinatorial Graph Theory for Optimal Structural Analysis, Chapter 13 from CSETS: 5, ISBN 1-874672-15-6 (2001).
A. Kaveh and HA Rahimi Bondarabady, Decomposition of space structures for parallel computing, 5th Int. Conf. Space Structures, in Space Structures, edited by G. Parke and P. Disney, Thomas Telford , Vol. 2, 2002, pp. 949-956.
A. Kaveh Topological Transformations in Structural Mechanics, Chapter 13 from CSETS: 7, ISBN 1-874672-16-4 (2002).
A. Kaveh and MA Sayarinejad, Symmetry in graphs and space structures, 5th Int. Conf. Space Structures, in Space Structures, edited by G. Parke and P. Disney, Thomas Telford, Vol. 2, 2002, pp. 1015-1024.
A. Kaveh and M.A. Sayarinejad, Symmetry in Dynamic Systems, Paper 31 from CCP: 75, ISBN 0-948749-83-0 (2002)].
H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady, A. Kaveh and H. Nooshin, Pattern optimisation of stiffness matrices for finite element meshes using graphs and formices, 5th Int. Conf. Space Structures, in Space Structures, edited by G. Parke and P. Disney, Thomas Telford, Vol. 2, 2002, pp. 1573-1582.
A. Kaveh and M. Raiessi Dehkordi, RBF and BP Neural networks for design of domes, 5th Int. Conf. Space Structures, in Space Structures, edited by G. Parke and P. Disney, Thomas Telford, Vol. 1, 2002, pp. 469-478.
A. Kaveh and MA Sayarinejad, Symmetry in dynamic systems, Proceedings of the 6th Int. Conf. On Computational Structures Technology, Prague, 2002, Page 75-76.
A. Kaveh, Algebraic graph theory and optimal structural analysis, Invited Lecture, The 6th Int. Conf. Of Civil Engineering, Edit. By: D. Mostofinejad, Isfahan, 2003, pp.509-518.
A. Kaveh and M. Abdie, Design of Frames using Genetic Algorithms, Force Method and Graph Theory, Paper 130 from CCP: 77, ISBN 0-948749-89-X (2003)].
A. Kaveh and M. Raiessi Dehkordi, BP and RBF Neural networks for predicting displacements and design of Schwedler domes, Proc. of the 9th Int. Conf. on Civil and Structural Engineering Computing, Egmond-aan-ZeeNetherlands, September 2003.
A. Kaveh and M. Raeissi Dehkordi, BP and RBF Neural Networks for Predicting Displacements and the Design of Schwedler Domes, Paper 62 from CCP: 78, ISBN 0-948749-92-X (2003)].
A. Kaveh and H. Rahami, An efficient method for decomposition of regular structures using algebraic graph theory, Proc. of the 9th Int. Conf. on Civil and Structural Engineering Computing, Egmond-aan-Zee, Netherlands, September 2003.
A. Kaveh and H. Rahami, An Efficient Method for Decomposition of Regular Structures using Algebraic Graph Theory, Paper 11 from CCP: 77, ISBN 0-948749-89-X (2003)].
A. Kaveh and K. Khanlari, Collapse load factor for rigid-plastic analysis of frames using genetic algorithm, Proc. of the 9th Int. Conf. on Civil and Structural Engineering Computing, Egmond-aan-ZeeNetherlands, September 2003.
A. Kaveh and K. Khanlari, Collapse Load Factor for Rigid-Plastic Analysis of Frames using a Genetic Algorithm, Paper 33 from CCP: 78, ISBN 0-948749-92-X (2003)].
A. Kaveh and B. Salimbahrami, Buckling Load of Frames Using Graph Symmetry, Proc. Of the 4th on Engineering Computational Technology, Lisbon, September 2004.
A. Kaveh and B. Salimbahrami, Buckling Load of Frames using Graph Symmetry, Paper 62 from CCP: 80, ISBN 0-948749-98-9 (2004)].
A. Kaveh, The Role of Algebraic Graph Theory in Structural Mechanics, Chapter 4 from CSETS: 11, ISBN 1-874672-21-0 (2004).
A. Kaveh and S. Shojaee, Optimal Design of Scissor-link Foldable Structures Using Genetic Algorithm, Proc. of the 4th on Engineering Computational Technology, Lisbon, September 2004.
A. Kaveh and S. Shojaee, Optimal Design of Scissor-link Foldable Structures using Genetic Algorithms, Paper 94 from CCP: 80, ISBN 0-948749-98-9 (2004).
A. Kaveh, Topological Transformations in Structural Mechanics, Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM) Austrian Academy of Sciences, Linz, Austria, 17th September 2004.
A. Kaveh, H. Moez and M.A. Barkhordari, Suboptimal cycle bases for analysis of frames with semi-rigid joints, Proc. of the 10th Int. Conf. on Civil and Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Rome, September 2005.
A. Kaveh, H. Moez and M.A. Barkhordari, Suboptimal Cycle Bases for Analysis of Frames with Semi-rigid Joints, Paper 100 from CCP: 81, ISBN 1-905088-02-7 (2005)].
A. Kaveh, H. Rahami, Topology and Graph products; Eigenproblems in optimal structural analysis, Proc. of the 10th Int. Conf. on Civil and Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Rome, September 2005.
A. Kaveh and H. Rahami, Topological and Graph Products: Eigenproblems for Optimal Structural Analysis, Paper 95 from CCP: 81, ISBN 1-905088-02-7 (2005)].
A. Kaveh, Optimal structural analysis, Invited paper, Concrete and Developments, Tehran, May 2005.
F. Rahim Zadeh Roofoie and A. Kaveh, and F. Masteri Farahani, Estimation of the vulnerability of concrete structures using neural networks, Concrete and Developments, Tehran, May 2005.
A. Kaveh, Optimal analysis of structures, Invited paper, Khajee Nasir University, 2006.
A. Kaveh, Optimal structural analysis via graph theory, 6th ASMO UK, Oxford, July 2006.
Ehsan Gharaie, Abbas Afshar, Ali Kaveh, Dynamic site layout optimization; ant colony optimization approach, Proceeding of the International Society for Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Montreal, 2006.
A. Kaveh, Symmetry and Structures, Invited paper, Las Palmas, September 2006.
A. Kaveh, Symmetry and Structures, Chapter 19 from CSETS: 15, ISBN 1-874672-28-8 (2006).
A. Kaveh and M. Nikbakht, Improved group-theoretical method for eigenvalue problems of special symmetric structures, using graph theory, Las Palmas, September 2006.
A. Kaveh and M. Nikbakht, Improved Group-Theoretical Method for Eigenvalue Problems of Special Symmetric Structures Using Graph Theory, Paper 288 from CCP: 83, ISBN 1-905088-08-6 (2006).
A. Kaveh and M. Jahanshahi, Plastic design of frames using heuristic algorithms, Las Palmas, Spain, September 2006.
A. Kaveh and M. Jahanshahi, Plastic Design of Frames Using Heuristic Algorithms, Paper 108 from CCP: 83, ISBN 1-905088-08-6 (2006).
A. Kaveh, Expansion process for studying the topological properties of structures, The 3rd National Congress on Civil Engineering, Tabriz University, Keynote lecture, 2007, pp.1-11.
A. Afshar, A. Kaveh, A. Kassaeian, O.R. Shoghli, Modified adaptive weighting method for time-cost trade-off problem based on ant colony optimization, 3rd National Congress on Civil Engineering, Tabriz University, 2nd May 2007.
A. Kaveh, Graph products for domain decomposition of regular structures, The 15th Annual International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Amir Kabir University, Keynote lecture, Tehran, 15 May 2007.
A. Kaveh, The role of combinatorial mathematics in structural mechanics, Invited paper, The 3rd International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, Cape Town, September 2007.
A. Kaveh and M. Nikbakht, Symmetric Finite Elements Formulation Using Linear Algebra and Canonical Forms: Truss and Beam Elements, The Eleventh International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Malta, September 2007.
A. Kaveh and M. Nikbakht, Symmetric Finite Element Formulation using Linear Algebra and Canonical Forms: Truss and Frame Elements, Paper 130 from CCP: 86, ISBN 978-1-905088-17-1 (2007).
A. Kaveh and B. Salimbahrami, Eigenproblems of Symmetric Planar Frames, The Eleventh International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Malta, September 2007.
A. Kaveh and B. Salimbahrami, Eigenproblems of Symmetric Planar Frames, Paper 136 from CCP: 86, ISBN 978-1-905088-17-1 (2007).
A. Kaveh, Space Structures and Graph Theory, 2nd National Conference on Space Structures, Tehran University, 22 May 2007.
A. Kaveh and M. Nikbakht, Applications of Group and Graph Products in Configuration Processing of Symmetric Structures, Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Civil Comp Press Edited by BHV Topping and M. Papadrakakis, Athens, Greece, 2-5 September 2008, p. 166.
A. Kaveh and M. Nikbakht, Interrelation of Group Products and Graph Products in Configuration Processing of Symmetric Structures, Paper 166 from CCP: 88, ISBN 978-1-905088-23-2 (2008).
A. Kaveh and L. Shahryari, Planar truss structures with multi-symmetry, Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Civil Comp Press Edited by BHV Topping and M. Papadrakakis, Athens, Greece, 2-5 September 2008, p. 163.
A. Kaveh and L. Shahryari, Planar Truss Structures with Multi-Symmetry, Paper 163 from CCP: 88, ISBN 978-1-905088-23-2 (2008).
A. Kaveh, M. Daei and A. Kasseian Ziaraty, Ant colony optimization algorithm for efficient flexibility analysis of structures, International Conference 70 Years of FCE STU, Bratislava, Slovakia, December 4-5, 2008.
A. Kaveh and V. Morsali, Calculation of critical load of regular frames without sway by using the eigenvalues of generators of Cartesian product of graph’s model of structure, 14th National Conference of Civil Engineering, Semnan, Iran, August 2008.
A. Kaveh, B. Alinejad, New graph products of specified domains for configuration processing, GAMM 2009. Gdansk University of Technology, Poland, 9-13 February, 2009.
A. Kaveh, Applications of graph products in structural echanics, 14th LL-Seminar on Graph Theory, Leoben, Austria, April 2009.
A. Kaveh and A. Jahanmohammadi, Applications of groups and symmetry groups in the analysis of space structures with complex symmetries, 8th International Congress in Civil Engineering, Shiraz, May 2009.
A. Kaveh and F. Shafiei Dizaji, Optimization of the conditioning of structural matrices, 8th International Congress in Civil Engineering, Shiraz, May 2009.
A. Kaveh and V. Morsali, Calculation of eigenfrequencies of space structures with no lateral displacements using the Cartesian product, 8th International Congress in Civil Engineering, Shiraz, May 2009.
A. Kaveh and S. Talatahari, Topological Design of Geometrically Nonlinear Latticed Domes Using Particle Swarm Ant Colony Optimization, First International Conference on Soft Computing Technology in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Madaira, Portugal, September, 2009.
A. Kaveh, S. Talatahari, “Topological Design of Geometrically Nonlinear Latticed Domes using Particle Swarm Ant Colony Optimization”, in B.H.V. Topping, Y. Tsompanakis, (Editors), “Proceedings of the First International Conference on Soft Computing Technology in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering”, Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 25, 2009. Doi:10.4203/ccp.92.25.
A. Kaveh and P. Sharafi, Profile Reduction for Sparse Matrices using an Ant System, Twelfth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Madaira, Portugal, September, 2009.
A. Kaveh, P. Sharafi, “Profile Reduction for Sparse Matrices using an Ant System”, in B.H.V. Topping, L.F. Costa Neves, R.C. Barros, (Editors), “Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing”, Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 284, 2009. Doi:10.4203/ccp.91.284.
A. Kaveh and L. Shahryari, Canonical Forms and Graph Theory for Calculating the Eigenfrequencies of Symmetric Space Frames, CST2010, Valencia, Spain, September 2010.
A. Kaveh and L. Shahryari, Canonical Forms and Graph Theory for Calculating the Eigenfrequencies of Symmetric Space Frames, Paper 259 from CCP: 93, ISBN 978-1-905088-38-6 (2010).
shifted inverse iteration method CST2010, Valencia, Spain, September 2010.
A. Kaveh and H. Fazli, Eigensolution of Locally Modified Regular Structures using the Shifted Inverse Iteration Method, Paper 261 from CCP: 93, ISBN 978-1-905088-38-6 (2010)].
A. Kaveh and M. Jahanshahi, An ACS algorithm for the formation of subminimal-suboptimal cycle bases, SEMC2010, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2010, pp. 437-440.
A. Kaveh and M. Hassani, (Invited Lecture) Ant colony algorithms for nonlinear analyses, simultaneous analysis-design, and optimal design of structures, SEMC2010, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2010, pp. 1071-1076.
A. Kaveh and M. Daei, Ant colony system for the formation of sparse flexibility matrices: Tetrahedron elements, SEMC2010, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2010, pp. 1117-1120.
A. Kaveh and P. Sharafi, Facility Centers of a Network Using Charged System Search Algorithm, CMS2010, Vienna, 2010.
N. Farhoodi and A. Kaveh, Weight reduction of braced frames using optimization algorithms BB-BC and PSO, CLCE2010, Kerman, April 2010.
A. Kaveh (Keynote Lecture) Applications of Graph Products in Symmetric and Regular Structures, ISME2010, Sharif University, May 2010.
A. Kaveh and L. Shahryari, Mashhad, Calculation of buckling load for planar truss structures with multi-symmetry, 5ncce2010, May 2010.
A. Kaveh, New developments in graph products and applications in structural engineering (Invited Lecture), Mathematics in Architecture and Civil Engineering Design and Education, Pecs, Hungary, 2011.
A. Kaveh, H. Rahami, Applications of graph products and canonical form in structural mechanics: A review, (Invited Lecture), The Second International Conference on Soft Computing Technology in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Crete, Greece, Saxe-Coburgh Publications, Computational Science, Engineering and Technology, Series 28, Chapter 6, 2011, pp. 157-186.
A. Kaveh and O. Sabzi, Optimum design of reinforced concrete frames using HPSACO algorithm, The Second International Conference on Soft Computing Technology in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Crete, Greece, 2011, Paper 5.
A. Kaveh, S. Talatahari and R. Sheikholeslami, Optimum Seismic Design of Gravity Retaining Walls Using Heuristic Big Bang-Big Crunch Algorithm, The Second International Conference on Soft Computing Technology in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Crete, Greece, 2011, Paper 4.
A. Kaveh, A. Zolghadr, “Damage Detection of Truss Structures using an Improved Charged System Search Algorithm”, in B.H.V. Topping, (Editor), “Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Computational Structures Technology”, Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 82, 2012. Doi:10.4203/ccp.99.82.
A. Kaveh, B. Alinejad, “Hypergraph Products for Structural Mechanics”, in B.H.V. Topping, (Editor), “Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Computational Structures Technology”, Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 266, 2012. Doi:10.4203/ccp.99.266.
A. Kaveh, (Keynote Lecture) Symmetry and Regularity in Structural Mechanics, the 9th International Congress in Civil Engineering, Isfahan, May 2012.
A. Kaveh and H. Abbasgholiha, Big Bang-Big Crunch algorithm based optimum design of steel frames, The 9th International Congress in Civil Engineering, Isfahan, May 2012.
A. Kaveh and Eftekhar, Improved Big Bang-Big Crunch for optimal design of barrel vaults, The 9th International Congress in Civil Engineering, Isfahan, May 2012.
A. Kaveh and E. Afshari, Optimal design of space domes using Big Bang-Big Crunch and Charged System Search, The 9th International Congress in Civil Engineering, Isfahan, May 2012.
A. Kaveh, T. Bakhshipour and E. Afshari, Optimal design of double layer grids using HBB-BC and CS algorithms, The 9th International Congress in Civil Engineering, Isfahan, May 2012.
A. Kaveh and I. Shojaei, Advances on the optimal analysis of structures: near-regular structures, simultaneous analysis and design, modal analysis, in Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, B.H.V. Topping and P. Iványi, (Editors), Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom, paper 251, 2014. doi:10.4203/ccp.106.251
A. Kaveh and M.S. Massoudi (Invited Lecture), Recent advances in the finite element force method, Computational Methods for Engineering Technology, B.H.V. Topping and P. Iványi, (Editors), Saxe-Couberg Publications, Scotland, 2014, Chapter 12, pp. 305-324.
A. Kaveh, A. Optimal Structural Analysis, Keynote Lecture, 2nd International & 6th National Conference on Earthquake & Structures, October 14-15, 2015, ACECR of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
مدال درجه 1 فرهنگی از وزارت علوم و آموزش عالی بخاطر احراز رتبه اول در هر چهار سال تحصیلی دوره کارشناسی مهندسی راه و ساختمان، 1347.
بورس تحصیلی وزارت علوم و آموزش عالی برای دوره دکتری در امپریال کالج دانشگاه لندن، 56-1352.
جایزه موسسه البرز که توسط این موسسه برای فارغ التحصیل با بهترین معدل کشوری تعلق می گرف، 1351.
جایزه پژوهشی برای انجام پژوهش نمونه از طرف وزارت علوم و آموزش عالی، 1359.
بورس ایران - انگلیس که توسط وزارت علوم و آموزش عالی اعطاء شد، 1359.
کتاب سال از طرف وزارت ارشاد اسلامی برای بهترین کتاب مهندسی تحت عنوان تحلیل سازه ها، 1366.
جایزه پژوهشی دانشگاه علم و صنعت، 1367، 1372، 1375.
جایزه پژوهشی خوارزمی از وزارت علوم و آموزش عالی، 1376.
جایزه پژوهشی دانشگاه علم و صنعت، 1376.
جایزه مطبوعات از طرف وزارت ارشاد برای بهترین مقاله علمی، 1377.
محقق نمونه مرکز تحقیقات ساختمان و مسکن، 1378.
کتاب سال از طرف وزارت ارشاد برای بهترین کتاب انگلیسی، 1379.
مدال طلایی سال 2000 از طرف ABI ، 1381.
استاد نمونه ایران برگزیده وزارت علوم و آموزش عالی، 1382.
پژوهشگر نمونه ایران برگزیده وزارت علوم و آموزش عالی، 1382.
جایزه پروژه علمی در دانشگاه علم و صنعت، 1382.
چهره ماندگار در مهندسی عمران از طرف فرهنگستان علوم و سازمان صدا و سیما، 1383.
محقق برگزیده دانشگاه علم و صنعت ایران، 1383 و 1384.
محقق برتر دانشگاه علم و صنعت، 1384، 1385 و 1386.
محقق برتر دانشگاه علم و صنعت، 1387.
پژوهشگر رتبه اول جشنواره مهندسی عمران، 1388.
نویسنده بهترین کتاب مهندسی عمران رتبه اول جشنواره مهندسی عمران، 1388.
پژوهشگر رتبه اول بخش تحقیقات بنیادین در دومین جشنواره مهندسی عمران، مرکز تحقیقات ساختمان و مسکن، 1388.
چهره ماندگار کرمان جشنواره مهندس افضلی پور، 1388.
جایزه پژوهشگر برجسته، دانشگاه علم و صنعت ایران، 1388.
جایزه پژوهشگر برجسته، مهندسی عمران، دانشگاه علم و صنعت ایران، 1389.
استاد و پژوهشگر برجسته بنیاد ملی نخبگان ایران، 1390.
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Column: Let Cam Newton be great
Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (1) laughs on the sideline in the closing minutes of the fourth quarter in the Panthers' 27-10 win over the Tennessee Titans in an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. (Mark Zaleski/AP)
When is the sports world going to stop nitpicking everything Cam Newton does?
The Carolina Panthers quarterback has his team on top of the NFC South division after a perfect 9-0 start, yet many people are finding something new to complain about every week.
After Week 8, people were upset that Newton pulled down a Green Bay Packers sign that was displayed in Carolina’s stadium. Newton decided to take it upon himself to confiscate the sign before the game started, a total power move. Of course, Newton taking an opposing fan’s sign is merely impolite at best, people had to find something to complain about by creating a fake controversy that he had to answer for after the game.
Then in Week 9, the funniest end zone moment of the year happened. After scoring a touchdown on a goal line rush, Newton proceeded to walk into the back of the end zone and unleash a touchdown dance. Newton’s dance was interrupted however by a few, overly sensitive, members of the Tennessee Titans. Their intentions appeared to be to break up Newton’s dance. However, in hilarious fashion, Newton did not allow these upset Titans to rain on his parade as he dished out a couple more dance moves in their faces.
While this moment was comedic to many, myself included, it really illustrated how people so hypocritically view Newton. He is not the first player, and he certainly will not be the last player, to unleash an elaborate touchdown celebration following a score. Yet his outward displays of emotion and happiness after positive plays just seem to rub so many the wrong way.
Not only are his celebrations criticized, it is hard to imagine a more unfairly scrutinized quarterback in the NFL than Newton since he entered the league.
It all started in his rookie season. Newton was drafted No. 1 overall by the Panthers after winning the national championship and Heisman Trophy while at Auburn.
In Newton’s rookie season he lit up the stat sheet, throwing for 4,051 yards and 21 touchdowns while also running for 706 yards and 14 touchdowns. These numbers were unheard of for a rookie quarterback. But since the Panthers had a 6-10 record, the knock was that they did not matter as much because it was for a losing team.
Flash forward to 2015 and the Panthers are now sitting at 9-0. However, Newton’s numbers are down this year, most noticeably his completion percentage is just 56 percent. Newton is now being held to a different standard because he is winning without the eye-popping numbers.
We cannot ignore the fact that in 2015, Newton’s best option to throw the ball to is tight end Greg Olsen. Now, Olsen is a more than solid tight end that is capable of putting up good numbers year in and year out. However, after Olsen, their receiving options drop off considerably. Their number one receiver is Tedd Ginn Jr. and after that it is Corey Brown and Devin Funchess. The fact that this receiving core is undefeated this late in a season is a testament to Newton’s ability.
While judging quarterbacks based off wins is certainly not specific to just Newton, I do think we need to change the way that we view quarterbacks as a whole. We cannot pick and choose when we are going to value statistics instead of wins and vice versa.
Newton, listed at 6-foot-5 and 245 pounds, is a quarterback unlike any other in today’s NFL and we should spend more time enjoying his talent rather than finding ways to minimize his accomplishments.
Spencer Mayfield is a staff writer for The Daily Campus. He can be reached via email at spencer.mayfield@uconn.edu. He tweets @SpenceMayfield.
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Dana Corporation's Spicer Heavy Axle and Brake Division Receives Navigator Level Recognition from the Michigan Quality Council
KALAMAZOO, Mich., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Dana Corporation's (NYSE: DCN)
Spicer Heavy Axle and Brake Division has received the 1999 Navigator
Recognition Award from the Michigan Quality Council.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990903/DANA )
This recognition was presented to nine Michigan employers that have
completed a self-assessment using the seven categories and item levels of the
Michigan Quality Leadership Award Criteria and have achieved a high level of
quality practices and standards. The criteria follow the Malcolm Baldrige
criteria, a nationally recognized framework for continuous improvement.
"We are honored and proud to have been recognized by the state of Michigan
for our efforts in quality and continuous improvement," said Bill Hoenes, vice
president, Dana Spicer Heavy Axle and Brake.
"Dana is dedicated to achieving exemplary customer service and
satisfaction by continually improving our products, systems and relationships
with our customers. We are committed to the community in which we live and
work and are pleased to be an integral part of the greater Kalamazoo and
Michigan business community," Hoenes said.
Dana Spicer Heavy Axle and Brake Division is part of Dana's Heavy Truck
Group. Its new worldwide headquarters are located just outside of Kalamazoo,
Mich. With 14 facilities in nine countries, the division manufactures axles,
brakes, wheel-end components and advanced chassis control systems for on-
highway medium- and heavy-truck manufacturers.
Dana's Heavy Truck Group engineers and produces strategic components,
modules, and systems for the world's on-highway medium- and heavy-truck
manufacturers. One of Dana's seven strategic business units, the group
supplies steer axles, drive axles, trailer and auxiliary axles, brakes, power
take-off and auxiliary power products, heavy-chassis assembly and distribution
systems. All technological and manufacturing resources are coordinated on a
global basis to provide solutions to customers around the world.
Dana Corporation is one of the world's largest independent suppliers to
vehicle manufacturers and their related aftermarkets. Founded in 1904 and
based in Toledo, Ohio, the company operates some 330 major facilities in 32
countries and employs more than 86,000 people. The company reported sales of
$12.5 billion in 1998. Dana's Internet address is http://www.dana.com .
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On Ray Rice & The NFL’s Astigmatic Eye To Domestic Violence
Kelsey McDaniel
Growing up, Sundays revolved around football.
As a family, we gathered around the television on weekends and holidays to worship the pigskin gods in all their glory. I was raised on football and have long debated whether or not professional athletes should be held to some higher set of standards than us in the general public. After all, our boys are all but directly taught to idolize them. As fans and spectators, we provide their bountiful salaries. Not to mention the claims from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell along with every team’s management and coaching staff that these athletic phenoms are also expected to be morally exceptional.
All that being said, there seems to be a mounting disconnect between the claims of moral standards in the National Football League and the harsh, scary reality. A reality that finds disciplinary, legal and moral infractions too often overlooked or minimally punished, usually to appease the public or loosely adhere to a vague and liquid set of “standards”. Specifically infractions in relation to players and their involvement in domestic violence.
You probably know who Ray Rice is. If you don’t know him for his athletic abilities then you are likely to have heard about an incident wherein good ol’ Ray was seen on camera dragging his fiancée at the time from an elevator like an antelope carcass after physically rendering her unconscious. Footage from the incident flooded news and social media. There was no way that commish and the league would let this kind of thing happen without appropriate ramifications, right? Wrong.
Yesterday, Ray Rice was suspended from playing in two games in the upcoming season.
It should be noted that soon after to the aforementioned elevator fiasco, a press conference was held where Rice’s fiancée apologized for her role in the event. Her role. Colleagues in the NFL were quoted saying “we have to hear both sides” when asked about the incident. Then, today when the suspension was announced, ESPN took to Twitter to remind the world how productive Rice has been in the last five seasons (the tweets have since been deleted). Less we forget how great he is, right? We are living in a world where the victim of an act of violence holds some responsibility, especially when the aggressor is part of an “elite” group of people.
Goodell has consistently spoken of the “image” of the NFL and how he will go to any length to uphold said image. Two games. Players have been suspended more games for missing a scheduled drug test.
Not failing. Missing.
Or “suspicion of spilling or contaminating a urine sample.”
Suspicion.
A player was suspended indefinitely for dog fighting. There was a 6 game suspension handed down to a player for signing autographs while in college. That is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to suspensions in the NFL. All to uphold some ludicrous idea of an image. An image that all but shattered today with a two game suspension for Ray Rice.
The statement that Goodell’s decision makes does not coincide with the one that is constantly recited; that domestic violence will not be tolerated, ever. Instead, it concretes an idea that maybe committing domestic violence is not at the top of the NFL’s list of serious infractions.
To me, the most pressing issue is the message being sent to the public, especially the wide eyed and impressionable youth that pay unyielding attention to the league and its players. The ramifications of downplaying physical violence, specifically towards women, are scary. My son has been raised thus far as I was, watching football. He is surrounded by jerseys and team memorabilia. He is also developing senses of what is right and wrong. If the situation were ever to occur, how would I explain to him that the man whose jersey he wears every week physically assaulted a woman and for all his bosses and society are concerned, it’s ok?
It is disheartening to love a sport so much that from what history has shown believes that (in the ever wise words of my mother) “it’s not ok to go to the ‘scrip’ club but, it’s ok to beat your girlfriend.”
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Digital issues at the top of MPs' agenda as Parliament resumes
Digital Freedom Update
Here at OpenMedia, we've had September 18 -- the date the House of Commons resumed for its fall session -- circled on our office calendar for quite some time. Now that Parliament is back at work after its long summer break, Canadians will be watching expectantly as MPs get to grips with a packed agenda of pressing digital rights issues this fall.
Top of mind for many Canadians will be the government's proposed reforms to Bill C-51, the controversial and unpopular spying legislation forced through Parliament with scant debate by Stephen Harper's government.
These reforms were set out as Bill C-59 in June by Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale and Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould. As my colleague Marie Aspiazu observed in last month's column, parts of Bill C-59 represent a positive step forward when it comes to privacy, especially in the long-neglected area of surveillance oversight.
However, the government's proposals also leave very important gaps. For example, they completely fail to address Bill C-51's information-sharing provisions, which turn the personal information Canadians hand to the government in the course of their everyday lives into an open-ended surveillance dragnet. A group of over 40 organizations and privacy experts have also warned that the reforms threaten to legitimize mass surveillance and data-mining activities by Canadian spy agencies.
All this is to say that while some progress has been made, a ton of work remains to be done to fix the significant remaining problems with Bill C-59. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has promised that these reforms will be thoroughly reviewed at committee stage in Parliament -- and MPs, especially those sitting on the parliamentary committees tasked with studying the bill, will continue to hear an earful from Canadians seeking to finally turn the page on the poisonous legacy of Harper's Bill C-51.
Surveillance reforms are far from the only major digital item on MPs' to-do list. NAFTA talks are stepping up, amidst well-founded concerns that the renegotiated deal threatens to replicate the worst aspects of the failed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Readers may recall how the TPP's draconian copyright rules would have greatly restricted how Canadians share and work together online, while also costing our economy millions. There's no doubt that the powerful media conglomerates pushing extreme copyright proposals will pull out all the stops to achieve with NAFTA what they failed to do with the TPP. To stop them, we'll need to ensure that MPs hear loud and clear from Canadians that NAFTA must not be allowed to threaten innovation or restrict our access to information and content.
Last but far from least, the fall session is also likely to see the publication of the government's proposals on the future of Canadian content in a digital age -- we'll be watching closely to ensure these don't undermine net neutrality or force low-income Canadians offline through the imposition of a Netflix tax, an internet tax, or similar unfair fees. And we'll need to keep up the pressure on the government to finally come up with the new investment required to create a national broadband strategy that ensures all Canadians -- no matter their income level or place of residence -- benefit from affordable, high-speed internet.
You can stay in the loop with all the latest this fall at OpenMedia.org and on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
David Christopher is Interim Communications and Campaigns Director for OpenMedia, a non-profit organization that works to keep the Internet open, affordable, and surveillance-free.
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Adrienne Gorman
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National University of Ireland. Galway
http://www.nuigalway.ie
Ireland WG4
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Speciality: Previous and ongoing research in my group is in the area of stress responses, including the unfolded protein response and heat shock responses. Both of these play a role in promoting cell survival in the face of disruption to cellular proteostasis. Other ongoing research is in the area of cell death, particularly apoptosis, where there is activation of proteolytic pathways (mainly the caspase cascade) that mediate degradation of cellular proteins. Recent published work from my group shows a novel mechanism implicating lysosomal degradation of active caspase proteases that is induced by a pro-survival growth factor. Skills: Biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology
Alfred C.O. Vertegaal
Molecular Cell Biology. Leiden University Medical Center
http://www.lumc.nl
Netherlands WG1
Our group is interested in protein SUMOylation, a post-translational modification that predominantly regulates nuclear processes including transcription and the DNA damage response. We use protein purification and mass spectrometry to obtain system-wide insight in SUMO- and also ubiquitin signaling in response to different stimuli. We have developed different purification procedures to obtain system-wide insight in protein SUMOylation and ubiquitination. Novel site-specific methods are being developed. Using quantitative proteomics, we are studying SUMOylation dynamics upon DNA damage. Selected novel SUMO targets are studied at the functional and mechanistic level.
Andreas Bachmair
http://www.mfpl.ac.at
Austria WG1
Plant Biology Ubiquitin and related modifiers Retrotransposons
Andriy Sibirny
Institute of Cell Biology. NAS of Ukraine
http://www.cellbiol.lviv.ua
Ukraine WG3
Speciality: Yeast pexophagy, yeast metabolic engineering Skills: Gene cloning, vector construction, transformation, gene knock out, enzyme assaying, metabolite assaying
Anne Simonsen
UiO. Institute of Basic Medical Sciences. Faculty of Medicine
http://www.med.uio.no
Norway WG2
Our work is aimed at understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in regulation and execution of autophagy, the process whereby cytoplasmic components become degraded in the lysosome. Autophagy is an important cell survival mechanism, allowing recycling and reuse of degradation products by the cell to build new macromoleculs or provide energy during situations of cell crisis or stress, but also plays an essential quality control function by selective removal of damage or dysfunctional organelles, as well as protein aggregates and pathogens, thereby being an important tumor-suppressor and neuroprotective pathway.
Boris Turk
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. J. Stefan Institute
http://www-b1.ijs.si
Slovenia WG6
Speciality: Inflammation-associated diseases and the role of proteolysis in their onset and progression. We are primarily focusing on lysosomal cysteine cathepsins and understanding their role in these diseases, largely cancer and arthritis. We are combining different approaches, including identification of physiological substrates and developing/characterizing activity-based probes for in vivo monitoring of enzyme activities, which includes both intra and extracellular proteolysis. Skills: Biochemistry of proteases including assay development, proteomics, in vivo imaging in mice, molecular and cell biology Facilities: Proteomics facility, IVIS Spectrum in vivo imaging system, Leica confocal microscope, small animal facility, X-ray crystallography, protein expression and purification facilities, ? MRI facility for small animals available at the Institute
Carina Holmberg
University of Helsinki
http://research.med.helsinki.fi
Finland WG2
Our work is focusing on identifying and characterizing molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways involved in regulation of proteasome function during an animal?s life. Specifically, we are interested in unraveling tissue-specific regulatory mechanisms and changes occurring during aging. By developing C. elegans models for real-time proteasome studies, we have obtained mechanistic insights into proteasome regulation and links between lifespan-regulating signaling pathways and the proteasome as well as found conserved regulatory functions on degradation of proteotoxic proteins in human cells. Translational research has been initiated to relate our findings to human age-associated disorders.
Carmen Doina Manciuc
St. Parascheva Infectious Diseases Clinical Hospital. Iasi. Romania
http://www.gomi.ro
Romania WG6
Speciality: Infectious diseases patients; HIV/AIDS patientsSkills: - clinical skills- lumbar punction technique
Caroline Jefferies
Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
http://research1.rcsi.ie
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, multisystem autoimmune disease that affects about 0.1% of our population, predominantly women. It has been over 40 years since a new drug has been approved for specific use in the treatment of SLE. There is therefore an unmet need for new targeted therapies. Recent work has linked high levels of the type I interferons observed in SLE patients with both the pathology and the severity of the disease. Our focus has been to identify novel negative regulators of TLR-induced interferon production, with the aim of developing strategies to manipulate their activity for the treatment of SLE.
Christiane Funk
Umeå University:Dept of Chemistry and Umeå Plant Science Centre
http://www.upsc.se
Sweden WG4
Biochemistry, proteomics, molecular biology
Christine Blattner
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). ITG-Institute of Toxicology and Genetics
http://www.itg.kit.edu
Germany WG1
We are interested in the regulation and function of p53, one of the most well-known tumor suppressor proteins. P53 plays an integral part in the DNA damage response and there is more and more evidence, that this protein is also important for the stemcell-phenotype and for differentiation of stem cells. In this cell type, we aim to clarify the precise role and regulation of p53. Another aspect in which we are interested is DNA repair in stem cells and in the question why the DNA damage response is so much more efficient in this cell type.
Dan Lindholm
Institute of Biomedicine. University of Helsinki
http://www.biomed.helsinki.fi
Neuronal diseases ER stress Mitochondria E3 ubiquitin ligases and DUBS
Devrim Gozuacik
SABANCI University
http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu
Turkey WG2
Autophagic degradation as a stress and death mechanism in health and disease. MicroRNA networks regulating autophagic protein and mitochondria degradation. Autophagy-proteasome crosstalks. Autophagy-cell death connections. Autophagic degradation in cancer and degenerative diseases. Skills: General molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry techniques, lab animal experience, experience with clinical materials and human tissue banking. Specific techniques: Autophagic activity tests, lysosomal activity tests, mitophagy tests, apoptosis and stress analyses, proteasomal degradation tests, miRNA analyses, gene expression tests, confocal microscopy analyses, TEM analyses, animal experiments.
Donata Wawrzycka
Wroclaw University
http://www.biologia.uni.wroc.pl
Poland WG4
Speciality: I use the yeast eukaryotic model to study molecular basis of cell resistance to different stress i.e. metal, inhibitors, chemioterapeutic agents, DNA damage agents. For that purpose I use molecular genetics techniques, flow cytometry, live imaging (fluorescence microscopy), gene-by-gene expression analysis (real-time PCR); protein expression and post-modifications evaluation by western blot; DNA cloning, mutagenesis heterological expression. Skills: Research associate with 15 years of solid experience in conducting researches in the field of molecular biology and genetics, designing and executing research projects, organizing and conducting lectures and practical courses of genetics for students, supervising and assistance to undergraduate and graduate students. I have extensive experience in yeast molecular biology, molecular and classical genetics researches, communication of research results verbally and in writing, project management and laboratory organization and management.
Efthimios M. C. Skoulakis
Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Centre
http://www.fleming.gr
Greece WG6
Neuroscience of Learning and memory, Fly models of learning and memory disabilities and neurodegenerative diseases. Olfaction and olfactory receptors
Elah Pick
University of Haifa
http://sci2.haifa.ac.il
Israel WG2
Activation and activity of the COP9 signalosome; CRLs activity; developing CSN readout assay; NEDDylation/deneddylation; moonlighting within components of PCI complexes; The COP9 SIGNALOSOME in stress, cancer and neurodegeneration. The CSN/NEDD8 axis upon oxidative stress. Regulation of the Mevalonate pathway, also known as the Isoprenoid pathway by the COP9 signalosome.
Emmanuel Dejardin
University of Liège
http://www.virofond.ulg.ac.be
Belgium WG3
Our laboratory is dedicated to decipher the signaling pathways downstream of various TNF receptor members and to understand how biochemical modifications of key proteins contribute to the biological outcome of these receptors. Our main in vivo studies focus on the mechanisms that contribute to TNFR-mediated inflammation and cancer progression.
Éva Margittai
Klinikai Kísérleti Kutató- és Humán
Hungary WG2
Investigation of the role of autophagy in the intermediary metabolism, with special emphasis on glygocen breakdown and maintenance of blood glucose level. Compensatory role of autophagy in glycogen storage disease type I.
Fumiyo Ikeda
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, IMBA
http://www.imba.oeaw.ac.at
Inflammatory regulation by ubiquitin networks, Ubiquitin is one of the most sophisticated and versatile post-translational modifications that regulate numerous biological functions, including inflammation, apoptosis, cancer, cell cycle, DNA repair, Parkinson?s disease and endocytosis. Depending on how Ubiquitin molecules are linked by enzymatic actions, they can form different topological chains on target proteins. These ubiquitin chains with different ?appearances? recruit distinct protein networks that function to specifically regulate various aspects of physiology. By using various approaches from biochemistry techniques to genetically modified animal models, we aim to dissect how ubiquitin networks control inflammatory responses.
Gabor Banhegyi
Semmelweis University
http://semmelweis.hu
Investigation of the redox systems and their connections in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) lumen. ER transporters for electron carriers. Redox effects in the ER stress. Connections between luminal redox, apoptosis and autophagy.
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“Solving” the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
May 28th, 2018 | Dr. Charlie Self
At first glance, this title is both arrogant and unneeded. After all, haven’t there been multiple peace accords, from Camp David (1978) to Madrid (1991) to Oslo (1992) to Camp David (2000) again? Nobel Peace Prizes, smiles and handshakes and promises of “final negotiations” all win world approval…only to break down, with both sides blaming the other.
With the recent relocation of the US embassy to Jerusalem (in accordance with U.S. legislation since the 1990s), all the tensions come to the surface again. Gaza rioting at the border wall, Syrian rockets, Iran and Turkey calling for the destruction of Israel – same song, new singers.
What can be done? The EU and many others keep calling for Israeli “restraint” as rockets from Gaza and the Golan rain on Israel and hundreds of terrorists attempt to infiltrate through tunnels. At the same time, Palestinian Authority leader Abbas continues to perpetrate the nastiest antisemitism, refusing to acknowledge 3000 years of Jewish history in the land, rejecting the truth of 6 million dead in the Holocaust and refusing to accept Israel as the national home of the Jewish people. Anti-Jewish sentiments continue to grow throughout the world.
There is a pathway forward. It is truly “the road less traveled” and will require heroism for success. If pursued, however, an era of genuine peace and prosperity is possible. Here are the necessary conditions for a “final” accord:
Israel’s existence as a sovereign nation with a right to peace and security is essential. Extermination chants of, “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free” will only continue the conflict. Until Palestinians and other Muslim leaders say yes to Israel as a nation, no peace is possible. Egypt, Jordan and others are reaping the benefits of not being at war.
Demanding the return of all descendants of people displaced in 1948 is a non-starter. Clear borders, generous aid and economic opportunity can help a new Palestinian State prosper…if they will end their perpetual war.
The Palestinian Authority, with help from others, must end ties to Hamas, Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda and others that only want the elimination of Israel. The PA must renounce a tradition of Islamic deception (taqiyya) that allows for truces, but no true peace.
Israel will relocate many settlers once the new boundaries are established. It is unrealistic to expect pre-1967 boundaries, but the aforementioned accords open the door to two sustainable states.
Economic development and a potential free trade zone could transform a new Palestinian State from one of dependent refugee camps to a sustainable and flourishing participant in the local and global economy.
Underneath the details are the moral and spiritual evils associated with antisemitism and the delegitimizing of the Jewish people’s right to a secure home. All of the above points are only possible when Jews are seen as equal human beings and not dehumanized as dogs and pigs, bloodthirsty bankers and enemies of Islam. Israel leaders are not leading an “apartheid” state, they are not “Nazis” and the border wall has actually saved hundreds of lives. Israel is not perfect, but there is NO moral equivalence between the only democracy in the region and the hatred taught from birth in the territories surrounding Israel.
All forms of neo-Nazi thinking must be rejected. All Leftist canards about Israeli oppression need severe modification in light of empirical evidence.
Peace is possible, but the burden is 90%+ on Palestinian, Arab and world leaders to accept Israel as a gift of freedom, ingenuity and morality for the world.
Tags: antisemitism, Camp David, Gaza, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Authority
Categories: Israel Palestine Palestinians
The Ukraine and Russian imperial aims.
Syria: who are the “good” and “bad” guys?
Israel and a two-state solution: Is “recognition” of Israel necessary?
Immigration: cheap labor or cheap votes?
Welfare and food stamps: who “deserves” help?
“Affordable” Health Care: someone pays.
Immigration: How do we remain hospitable and make citizenship and the rule of law meaningful?
What moral values will we enforce in a civil society?
Religious convictions and conversions: are affirmations of truth now “intolerance?”
It’s complicated being thoughtful.
It’s easy to shout and smear.
For our future I hope civil and principled discussion will take place and reasonable ideas prevail.
The alternative is anarchy and new totalitarianism.
Let’s choose thoughtfulness.
Truth is the Only Path to Peace
September 4th, 2013 | Dr. Charlie Self
The “Arab Spring” has devolved into the Jihadi Winter. The Cairo 2009 strategy of “leading from behind” and “outreach” to radical Islamic regimes is bearing bitter fruit and global contempt for the USA. “Negotiations” between the Palestinians are interrupted by terrorist attacks on Israelis, continued calls for violence and a refusal of the Palestinian Authority to recognize Israel’s right to exist within secure borders and with full diplomatic relations with a second Palestinian state (Jordan was shaped as the first one in 1947). When Israel defends herself or builds a few settlements, the world declares “Apartheid! Racism! Colonialism!” And those are the nice words.
It is time for honesty about USA foreign policy and the realities of the Middle East. Millions of lives, scores of national economies and our pursuit of justice demand serious accounting, not ideological epithets tossed back and forth on the airwaves and Internet. In the following paragraphs, I will outline a pathway to peace, with the understanding that any accord is fragile and the cohesion of nation-states and tranquility between nations requires ethical courage and constant vigilance. I will not cater to radical Zionists that wish to displace all Arabs from Judea and Samaria. I will also refuse to listen to replacement theologians and leftist activists that reduce Israel to Western colonialism and deny her place in the community of nations.
There are multiple 20th century narratives concerning the Middle East, from the miracle of Zionism to the tragedy to Palestinian diaspora. All of them contain some truth and no one timeline (with its inherent selectivity) can capture the complexity. The pathway to peace requires understanding history and a willingness to lay down the grievances of the past to forge a better future. Recounting terrorist incidents and family tragedies without forgiveness and willingness to create something new only compounds the current impasse. The way forward is rooted in present reality and future hope, not bitterness or nostalgia.
Here are some “mile markers” on a road to peace:
1. Israel is not going away. Much can be negotiated – and has, with Nobel prizes awarded for the attempts – but existence in peace with diplomatic relations is the starting point.
2. A Palestinian State dedicated to peace, economic cooperation and freedom of conscience must be the goal. There will be no new state without renunciation of terrorism. This new state is another “given.”
3. The Palestinian demands for “right of return” for 1947-49 refugees cannot include every distant descendant and must involve relocation in the new state as much as possible, not overwhelming a Jewish State with angry radicals. Realistically, many can return home in Israel, with others welcomed in a new Palestine.
4. Jerusalem can be the capital of both states. The Temple Mount and other holy sites need oversight from outside bodies as well and the consensus of each nation.
5. The new Palestinian leaders must renounce deception, winking at radicals and the long-term goal of annihilating Israel. There cannot be one set of phrases for Western consumption while other agendas are promoted to radical constituencies. No more Temple denial, Holocaust denial or distribution of the Protocols and other scurrilous literature.
6. Israel should freeze settlements if # 1 is unequivocally announced and terrorists are arrested and prosecuted.
7. There should be immediate economic joint-ventures creating thousands of new jobs for underemployed Palestinians.
8. The USA must be the leading mediator at serious peace talks. No other nation has anything close to the objectivity America displays. China wants oil, period. Russia wants imperial power and access to warm water and economic control. All the nations surrounding Israel have much to gain from peace, including the blessings of free trade, tourism and culture exchange. Iran and Syria can be marginalized and a new coalition of freedom-affirmation nations may be emboldened to resist the mad mullahs.
9. The EU needs to stay on the sidelines and enter a new season of humility and repentance for her anti-Semitism and capitulation to radical Islam. Without reverting to the national-racial depravities of the 19th and 20th century, European nations must reaffirm first principles of freedom and arrest their decline toward de facto Sharia. No European nation has the moral strength and objectivity at present to lend any weight to negotiations.
10. All of these principles for peace require unprecedented courage on the part of Israeli and Palestinian leaders. The PA must change their textbooks and include an Israeli State. Israel must welcome a fledgling state next door and create economic and travel pathways for prosperity. Before the ink is dry, death threats will come to all involved. But the lessons of Begin and Sadat are instructive. There has been no war between Israel and Egypt (or Jordan) since Camp David (President Carter’s greatest achievement). Bill Clinton called Arafat after the another broken accord and accused Arafat of ruining the chances fro pace and destroying their personal legacies. Arafat, child of the 1940s jihadi cries of the Mufti of Jerusalem (a joyful visitor to Auschwitz), could not, in the end, let go of his hatred and eliminationist ideology. Israel has proven her willingness to cede land for peace. It is time to find a PA leader who welcomes peace for generations yet unborn.
All peacemaking requires the best of human nature. All peace accords are subverted by human depravity. Israel is a moral good for the world. A peaceful Palestine could point the way toward Islamic cultural revitalization and political moderation. Real peace is a goal worth working for. May “open covenants, openly arrived at…” guide leaders that desire a better future.
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The Wizard of Gore was filmed in 1968, but not released until 1970.
The Wizard of Gore (1970)
A magician uses young girls in his act and seemingly murders them on stage before they all emerge unscathed, only to die later the same evening with the same 'wounds' as were inflicted during the show.
H G Lewis does it again. Sometimes its fun trying to work out which is worse - the acting, the script or the production values. It all sucks. But you know what? It's entertaining amongst friends. At least, I'm sure it would be, but unfortunately I had to sit through this drivel on my lonesome. Five minutes of the running time elapsed before I reached for the vodka.
The plot is pretty cool. Montag the Magnificent is (you guessed it!) a stage magician. He laces his otherwise routine magic act with a special trick every night. That's where the 'gore' part of his wizardry comes in. He selects a female member of the audience then murders her horribly onstage (knife-swallowing, chainsawing in half, etc...), after which they seem to be unscathed, blood-free and return to their seats. In each and every case the women die later the same evening and are found to have died from the exact same wounds that Motag inflicted in his gruesome stage show.
Shelley, a TV talk show host is rather taken with his performance and asks him to appear on her show. He initially refuses but eventually accepts on the condition that she continues to attend his shows, much to the annoyance of her boyfriend Jack. What follows is an inept 'high-slacks' police investigation, Jack and Shelley's involvement in the investigation, and gratuitous gore aplenty courtesy of old Montag.
When watching H G Lewis movies I always find myself quoting a line from John Carpenter's classic The Thing - when Palmer sees the spider-thing scuttling along the floor he says "You've got to be fucking kidding" (it's also important to mimic Palmer's accent here). Well, that's the kind of response Lewis' movies provoke. It really is hard to believe that he got
away with this shit, for a number of reasons. The gore is outrageously shocking and revolting even by today's standards, even if the technical effect execution is primitively laughable in its shoddiness.
In between pinching myself in case this was just a horrible nightmare and downing Absolut Vodka faster than recommended in an effort to ease the pain, I was trying to decide whom I should nominate for the Ed Wood Award for deplorable acting. In the end, Montag (Ray Sager) won. He oozes some kind of sick charisma whilst onstage, maniacally grimacing with his crazy-ass eyes as he butchers his way through his unfortunate volunteers. But offstage is where he really starts to excel in the worst possible kind of way. Sporting similar 'stock H G Lewis Villain' ridiculously large eyebrows and chalky hair as Tuad Ramses in Blood Feast, this guy is so bad that while he's trying to make his lines sound in any way significant or important you'll begin to question the very fabric of your existence.
In Blood Feast, Tuad Ramses revelled in doing his best Bela Lugosi impression while the Wizard Montag goes down the Vincent Price route, trying his utmost to convince his audience of his omniscient authority. Whilst onstage he leaves extraordinarily long pauses between his (slowly spoken) lines: "I am Montag...Master of Illusion... (10 second gap)... What goes up... must come down... (10 second gap)... perhaps... but not always... (10 second gap)... Have you ever seen the sight of human butchery... in person?" "No, I have not. Now shut the fuck up and get on with it". Well, ok I made that last line up but it felt good...
This unfortunate script delivery must add approximately 10 minutes onto the total running time of The Wizard of Gore and makes for what is already a challenging viewing experience more of an extremely tedious one. What makes it worse is that the end result is the polar opposite of the Lewis's intention - instead of creating a sense of nail biting tension the end result is closer to head-scratching boredom. Sorry Herschell.
While watching The Wizard of Gore I wrote in my pad "can't wait till this is over so that I can watch a proper film". If I were prone to scratching my head in befuddlement it would have been red raw with H G Lewis-style gore at trying to work out what the man is trying to tell us and why. Actually, it's really very simple - Gore. Gore for gore's sake and that's about it. His blood movies are a simple exercise in visceral excess and in that respect he succeeds. He has his characters simply play with human organs / intestines / eyes in sockets close-up needlessly and for longer than is necessary, if indeed it was necessary at all, which it isn't. Like close-up shagging action in hard-core dirty movies it's what people pay the money for. Unfortunately for Lewis's 1970 audiences the 'shagging' wasn't non-stop - it was over-punctuated with talky talky scenes which they had to sit through in order to get to the filth. Poor punters. All the stuff in between probably didn't seem as funny back then.
See this only with friends and alcohol. The same applies to Herschell's entire catalogue, if the three films I've seen are anything to go by.
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Head far enough west and you’ll end up east!
Q - The Winged Serpent
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Directed by: Peter Chelsom
Written by: Michael Laughlin & Buck Henry
Starring: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn
Garry Shandling, Andie MacDowell, Jenna Elfman
With this movie being in reedit limbo, I thought I'd never see this movie see the light of day. But finally, the latest Warren Beatty flick is here!
This time Beatty plays Porter, a well known architect, who is at a point in his life, where he has to make decisions about his wife Ellie)diane Keaton) and close friends, Mona(Goldie Hawn) and Griffin(Garry Shandling).
While this film has choice laughs, it still lacks the formulas for a "great" comedy. You can really see where they had editing problems, where some of the characters are thrown into situations, and not a lot of glue to hold it together.(really choppy)
Also, the scenes with Charleston Heston seemed really out of left field. I was really disappointed with the confrontation at the end, I was expecting a lot more. It just builds up to what seems like is going to be something great, and let's you down. The ending was pretty much stale, kinda sad, because it started out great.
Final thoughts-While this film had little laughs, and is geared more for the "over the hill" age group, I would still recommend it, because nothing else is really worth seeing right now.
-John Steffens
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Laodicean MegaChurch Has Night Club Fitness Center 12 Lane Bowling Alley
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The prophecy of the great “falling away” is being fulfilled in your sight
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Revelation 3:1-3
"The bible warns, straight from the mouth of Jesus Christ, that in the last days the professing Christian church would be very wealthy, very self-satisfied, would no longer preach the truth, and would relegate the Lord Himself to standing outside and knocking to get back in. It would be a totally worldly, carnal, dead church.
That day has fully arrived.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A mega-church in Alabama recently held an open house to celebrate the opening of its $26 million dollar, six-dome entertainment center, which some are stating is far from biblical Christianity and the example of the early Church.
Church 2014: Nightclubs, bowling alleys, fitness center, and teen dance club. Everything but Jesus and the Bible.
Faith Chapel Christian Center in Wylam, near Birmingham, completed the project on it 137-acre campus last year, all of which was funded by the tithes and offerings of its more than 6,400 members. The facility is located in a depressed area where a number of residents are low-income.
“We believe we can really meet the needs of the community,” leader Michael Moore, author of the book Rich is Not a Bad Word, told AL.com. “It will bridge people from the world to the Kingdom.”
“A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats.” ~ C.H. Spurgeon
According to reports, the facility features—among other amenities—a 12-lane bowling alley, a basketball court, a fitness center, a banquet hall and cafe, a teen dance club, and an adult alcohol and smoke-free night club.
“People may not want to come to a church, but they’ll come to a bowling alley,” Moore explained. “People have needs other than spiritual needs. There’s a need for safe, clean, uplifting, family-oriented entertainment.”
He said that the open house held in July served in part to announce the six-dome structure, called “The Bridge,” to the community, and to “inspire” other churches nationwide to build similar facilities.
“Now we want the world to know,” Moore explained. “Our church wants to be an inspiration.”
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Re: Laodicean MegaChurch Has Night Club Fitness Center 12 Lane Bowling Alley
Years ago in a previous church I attended - when they announced plans to move into new and bigger building, they did just that...got more aggressive every single week asking the pews to give MORE "tithes and offerings". Ultimately, it was a headache to everyone.
Yes, there's just NO biblical truth anymore in these churches - even the small to medium-sized churches have completely lost it too. It all started with Wescott and Hort in 1881, and went all downhill from there.
With all that is going on now(ISIS, ebola, southern border crisis, etc) - the next big event that happens(terrorist attack or whatever)...they're going to be in for a VERY big shock.
1Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
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Holcombe and Garcia win on day one of EnduroGP of Greece
The opening day of competition at the Maxxis FIM EnduroGP of Greece in Grevena ended with EnduroGP championship leader Steve Holcombe (Beta) claiming his second victory of 2017, having battled against extreme heat and an on-form Nathan Watson (KTM). Fighting his way to Enduro 2 class victory Josep Garcia (KTM) secured his fifth win of the year despite a big crash on the event’s final motocross test.
Nathan WATSON (GB - KTM)
In the EnduroGP class Steve Holcombe (Beta) ended the first full day of competition just as he finished the Friday night Super Test winning. Up beat following his first Super Test win of 2017, Steve quickly made his intentions know as he faultlessly completed the opening extreme test to extend his lead. Despite the stifling heat and increasingly demanding extreme test, Holcombe ended the day 12 seconds ahead and picking up his second day win of the series to date. I think it’s been the same for all riders this has been a really challenging day because of the heat, commented Holcombe. It wasn’t the longest day, it wasn’t the most technical day, but it was tough. There was no escaping the heat, but I felt good throughout the day. The extreme test went really well for me. I knew that I might not be the fastest on the motocross test, so I focused on the extreme and enduro tests. I couldn't have asked for a better result. Continuing his impressive form from the GP of Hungary, Nathan Watson (KTM) ensured a British one-two result as he delivered the strongest and most consistent challenge to Holcombe. Fast on both the motocross and enduro tests, the extreme test was Watson’s undoing as mistakes on the technical, rock littered test ultimately prevented him from challenging for the win. Loic Larrieu (Yamaha) rounded out the podium in the EnduroGP class with the Frenchman delivering yet another impressive ride to place nine-seconds behind Watson. Alex Salvini (Beta) put his disappointing day one Hungarian result behind him to place fourth with Christophe Nambotin (KTM) fifth. Jaume Betriu (KTM) claimed his best result of the season to date with a sixth-place result and finishing only 0.22 of a second behind Nambotin. Matt Phillips (Sherco), Mathias Bellino (Husqvarna), Cristobal Guerrero (Yamaha) and Giacomo Redondi (Honda) rounded out the top 10.
Securing his fifth Enduro 2 class day win of 2017, Josep Garcia (KTM) earned an 18-second margin of victory, finishing ahead of Jamie McCanney (Yamaha). Winning four of the days’ special tests, even with a fall on the final motocross test Garcia once again proved too fast for his rivals. I had a good day, explained Garcia. For me the dry conditions were perfect. Yes, it was hot but I didn't have any problems with the heat. Apart from one special test everything went well, getting another victory is great for the championship. It’s going to be a long, hard day tomorrow. The battle for the runner-up result was between Jamie McCanney (Yamaha) and Davide Guarneri (Honda), with McCanney eventually finishing second and finishing just under three seconds ahead of the Italian Guarneri. In finishing in third Guarneri claimed his first podium result of 2017. Some 26 seconds behind Guarneri, Pascal Rauchenecker (Husqvarna) finished fourth but close to 30 seconds adrift. Eero Remes (TM) eventually ended day one in fifth ahead of countryman Henric Stigell (Husqvarna) who claimed his best result of the year to date, outside that of his home GP. Danny McCanney (Husqvarna) finished seventh with Lorenzo Santolino (Sherco), Daniel Sanders (KTM) and Jonathan Barragan (Gas Gas) rounding out the top 10.
Davide GUARNERI (I - Honda)
Brad Freeman (Beta) was again the rider to beat in the Enduro Junior class, finishing ahead of championship leader Davide Soreca (Honda). Second during the Friday night Super Test, Freeman topped three of the day’s tests in the junior class to claim a hard-fought victory. That was so, so difficult. I felt good on the first lap but on the second lap I just had no energy, I thought I was going to struggle to finish the day, admitted Brad. But thankfully I felt better again on the final lap and managed to finish the day with a really good enduro test. I gave it everything, but man that was a tough day. 250f mounted riders Davide Soreca (Honda) and Mikael Persson (Yamaha) rounded out the junior podium, with Soreca finishing 12 seconds behind Freeman and Persson a further 27 seconds adrift. Tosha Schareina (Husqvarna), Albin Elowson (Husqvarna) and Enric Francisco (KTM) rounded out the top six.
Andrea Verona (TM) claimed his seventh day win of the series with a convincing victory on day one in Grevena, pacing 45 seconds ahead of Leo Le Quere (TM) with Alonso Fernandez finishing third.
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Home » Articles » Richard Tarnas revies Jorge Ferrer’s new work
Richard Tarnas revies Jorge Ferrer’s new work
A New Birth in Freedom:
A (P)review of Jorge Ferrer’s RevisioningTranspersonal Theory:
A Participatory Vision of Human Spirituality
(State University of New York Press, 2001)
by Richard Tarnas
Revolutions in human thought seldom take place in a single clean sweep. Whether in science or philosophy, religion or art, major advances always emerge in a particular context and with a specific historical background that deeply shape and even constrain the way they unfold. A paradigm shift will often be initiated by a distinct, extraordinary break from the past—a kind of declaration of independence—yet this initial breakthrough will retain from the old paradigmatic structure certain essential and usually unexamined assumptions that limit the success of the new vision.
These limiting assumptions held over from the past are, to use Erich Voegelin’s term, like a mortgage imposed on the new paradigm by the historical circumstances of its origin. On the one hand, the retained principles make possible the paradigm revolution in the first place, since the intellectual climate and presuppositions of the time could not have successfully supported a more radical break all at once. Yet on the other hand, the unconscious holdover often weakens the power of the new paradigm, and can even threaten to destroy it. Eventually, a crisis is reached. It may then happen that a second intervention will take place, a second conceptual breakthrough virtually as essential as the first, which will emancipate the original revolution from its unconscious limitations and allow the full paradigm shift to be realized.
We see this dramatic sequence in the classic case of the Copernican revolution. Copernicus’s fundamental insight, that a more elegant and compelling cosmology could be conceived around a planetary Earth and a central Sun, was deeply constrained by his retaining the long-established ancient Greek assumption that the planets must move with uniform circular motion. This unquestioned principle forced Copernicus’s system to have as much mathematical complexity as Ptolemy’s, requiring the retention of various ad hoc epicyclic constructions in order to approximate the observed planetary positions. Even with these elaborate corrections the heliocentric theory proved no more accurate than the old geocentric model in matching the empirical data. This was the situation for more than half a century until the arrival of Kepler, fully committed to the Copernican hypothesis, yet willing to confront squarely the stubborn anomalies and ad hoc epicyclic complexities that undermined the theory’s viability. Having arduously attempted to fit the most recent planetary observations into every possible hypothetical system of circles and epicycles he could devise, he was finally obliged to conclude that some other geometrical figure must be the true form of planetary orbits. By daring to step outside the ancient framework of assumptions about what could possibly be true, Kepler discovered that the observations precisely matched orbits that were not circular in shape but elliptical, sweeping out equal areas in equal time. Kepler thereby dispensed with all the inadequate epicyclic corrective devices of the Ptolemaic system and brilliantly solved the ancient “problem of the planets” that had driven and riddled astronomical theory for two thousand years. By so doing, Kepler liberated the Copernican hypothesis from its unconscious fetters. Within a few months of the publication of Kepler’s discovery, Galileo turned his telescope to the heavens, and the Copernican revolution proceeded on to its epochal triumph in the modern age.
We can now recognize a similar situation with respect to the paradigm shift initiated by transpersonal psychology. From its birth in the late 1960s with the seminal work of Abraham Maslow and Stanislav Grof, the transpersonal movement represented a profoundly liberating impulse, and in certain respects a revolutionary break from the past, within the field of psychology. Compared with the positivism and reductionism that had long dominated the field, transpersonal psychology’s inclusion and validation of the spiritual dimension of human experience opened the modern psychological vision to a radically expanded universe of realities—Eastern and Western, ancient and contemporary, esoteric and mystical, shamanic and therapeutic, ordinary and non-ordinary, human and cosmic. Spirituality was now recognized as not only an important focus of psychological theory and research but an essential foundation of psychological health and healing. Developing ideas and directions pioneered by William James and C.G. Jung, transpersonal psychology and theory began to address the great schism between religion and science that so deeply divided the modern sensibility.
But as the work of Jorge Ferrer now illuminates, the very circumstances of transpersonal psychology’s origins, born as it was out of a modern science with philosophical roots in the Enlightenment, compelled the field to build its theoretical structures and foundations on inherited principles that—while crucial for its immediate success—gradually revealed themselves to be acutely problematic in the long term. With modernity’s focus on the individual Cartesian subject as the starting point and foundation for any understanding of reality, with its pervasive assertion of the knowing subject’s epistemic separation from an independent objective reality, and finally with the modern disenchantment of the external world of nature and the cosmos, it was virtually inevitable that transpersonal psychology would emerge in the form that it did: namely, with an overriding commitment to legitimate the spiritual dimension of existence by defending the empirical status of private, individual intrasubjective experiences of an independent universal spiritual reality. With modern cosmology’s voiding of any intrinsic spiritual meaning or structure in the publicly accessible external universe, empirical validation of a spiritual reality had to be via private and intrasubjective experience. And since experience of the ultimate spiritual reality was regarded as one shared by mystics of all ages, it was, like scientific truth, independent of human interpretations and projections, and empirically replicable by anyone properly prepared to engage in the appropriate practices. In turn, this consensually validated supreme reality was seen as constituting a single absolute Truth which subsumed the diverse plurality of all possible cultural and spiritual perspectives within its ultimate unity. This was the essential transcendent Truth in which all religions at their mystical core ultimately converged.
Transpersonal psychology’s commitment to such an epistemology and ontology certainly also reflected the powerful legacy of modern humanism and the longer Western humanistic tradition dating back to the Renaissance and earlier to ancient Greece, which exalted the sovereign value of the individual—of individual human experience, human potential, and self-actualization. Moreover, the expansive and intense private subjectivity of much psychedelic experience, a key factor in the philosophical transformation of a generation of transpersonal thinkers, played a critical role in strengthening transpersonal psychology’s commitment to an inner empiricism.
Less obvious, though no less influential, was the great underlying drama of the modern Western self as it strove to emerge from its historical religious matrix, that is, to define itself autonomously and thus in some sense to disengage itself from Christianity, the dominant vessel of the West’s spiritual impulse for the better part of two millennia. The leading figures in transpersonal psychology were all working within and reacting against a Western cultural tradition whose religious imagination had been deeply informed, and problematically dominated, by Christianity. The reasons for this tension were many and complex, but an antagonistic response—sometimes subtle, other times explicit—to the Judaeo-Christian legacy in the West was generally shared by the entire transpersonal community and the larger counterculture of which it was part, and this in turn influenced and encouraged its immense attraction to the spiritual riches of the East. But beyond the explicitly spiritual and religious dimension of this attitude, all the leaders of the transpersonal movement shared the larger background of the Enlightenment’s historical struggle with the Christian religion for dominance in the modern world view.
The Enlightenment impulse to privilege the universal truth of an objective reality—an unambiguous independent truth that could be reliably confirmed by direct experience and the appropriate experimental procedures, that transcended the diversity of various cultural and personal perspectives, that cleansed the mind of all subjective distortions and superstitious delusions, that demystified reality of all mythological baggage and anthropomorphic projections—this overriding impulse had effectively served the modern project of freeing modern thought from the perceived constrictions of a dogmatic Christianity.
But transpersonal psychology was now motivated by the same impulse in a new quest, focused this time not on the nature of the material world but on the nature of spirituality: namely, to free spirituality from its previous obligatory association with the now increasingly relativized Christian religion, yet also to free spirituality from its negation by modern science while remaining true to scientific principles of empiricist testing and validation. In turn, this quest was deeply affected by the widespread encounter with various Asian mystical practices and perspectives, usually removed from their complex cultural contexts and emphasizing a contemplative goal of nondual transcendence. The combined result of these several factors was transpersonal theory’s commitment to a “perennial philosophy” which in essence privileged the same kind of truth in the psychospiritual world that the rationalist Enlightenment had privileged with respect to the physical world: a pregiven, impersonal, universal truth that was independent of all subjective and cultural interpretations and that could be empirically verified with appropriate methodologies employed by an appropriate community of investigators. This perennialist Truth was the highest truth, superior to all others. It was a Truth exclusively capable of including and defining all other truths.
In a sense, the pioneers and leading theorists of transpersonal psychology had two aims. They wished to legitimate their new discipline and the ontological status of spirituality in the eyes of empirical science, the dominant force in the modern world view. Yet they equally sought to legitimate spirituality and their discipline in their own eyes, which required them to satisfy those standards and assumptions of empirical science that they themselves had internalized in the course of their own intellectual development.
The belief in a pregiven objective reality—whether spiritual or material—that could be empirically validated; the further conviction that this reality was ultimately single and universal, independent of the diversity of human interpretations, and that its deep structures could be described by progressively more accurate representations as the history of thought advanced; the corollary belief that on this basis, sharply bivalent assessments, either affirmative or rejecting, could be made of all “competing” spiritual and psychological perspectives, and that hierarchical rankings of religious traditions and mystical experiences as more or less evolved could thereby be established according to their relative accuracy in representing this independent reality: all these principles, derived from the scientific ideology of modernity, were carried forth into the transpersonal paradigm. And in being carried forth, they at once helped legitimate the paradigm and yet increasingly began to engender internal tensions, theoretical incoherencies, and even internecine conflicts.
In practice—on the ground level, as it were, in its lived reality—the transpersonal tent from the beginning was an extraordinarily embracing, tolerant, richly pluralistic community of seekers and scholars, students and teachers. The periodic large gatherings around the world of the International Transpersonal Association, founded by Grof in the 1970s, were exceptionally encompassing events, each one a combination of wide-ranging psychology conference, new age cultural festival, and something resembling the World Parliament of Religions. Few gatherings could have been more fertilely dialogical. A similar ethos pervaded the ongoing seminars, symposia, and workshops at Esalen Institute, for many years an epicenter of the transpersonal world.
But at the theoretical level, in books, journals, and graduate classrooms, the most energetic and widely discussed conceptual frameworks in transpersonal theory were marked by an increasingly intense commitment to a single absolute universal truth, stringent bivalent logic, and the construction of all-subsuming metasystems that confidently rejected or affirmed particular spiritual traditions and philosophical perspectives according to specific abstract criteria and ranked them in ascending evolutionary sequences. This in turn brought forth increasingly heated controversies and conflicts, as representatives of an enormous range of diverse traditions and perspectives—indigenous and shamanic, esoteric and gnostic, Romantic and Neo-Romantic, Jungian and archetypal, feminist and ecofeminist, as well as Wiccan and Goddess spirituality, Buddhism, nature mysticism, Christian and Jewish and Islamic mysticism, anthroposophy, American Transcendentalism, deep ecology, systems theory, evolutionary cosmology, Whiteheadian process theology, Bohmian physics, and many others—all asserted the intrinsic worth of their positions against theoretical superstructures by which they felt marginalized, devalued, and misrepresented. The situation was further complicated by the fact that transpersonal psychology’s own data—the findings of modern consciousness research, experiential therapies, psychedelic reports, spiritual emergencies, research in non-ordinary states of consciousness, field anthropology, thanatology, the reports of mystics across diverse cultures and eras—suggested a far more complex picture than the leading theoretical systems could accommodate. By the 1990s, a kind of civil war had emerged, engulfing the field in controversy and schism.
It is this immensely complex and conflicted situation, in all its conceptual intricacy, that Jorge Ferrer’s Revisioning Transpersonal Theory brilliantly confronts, diagnoses, and recontextualizes. This is a profoundly liberating book. Ferrer has assimilated all the major works and ideas of the field, and thought through the difficult issues at stake. He has integrated the most recent developments in fields that had heretofore been inadequately engaged by transpersonal theory—crosscultural philosophy of religion, comparative mysticism, interreligious dialogue, hermeneutics and poststructuralism, post-Kuhnian philosophy of science—fields acutely relevant to the current debates. And perhaps especially important, he has explored deeply a range of transformative practices, spiritual paths, and spiritually informed social action that have brought crucial dimensions of embodiment to the intellectual and spiritual issues.
I will leave it to the reader to enjoy the unfolding drama of Ferrer’s masterful analysis as he lays the groundwork for resolving the crisis of transpersonal theory. In essence, Ferrer has comprehended the most valuable insights of the postmodern mind and integrated them into the transpersonal vision, while fully transcending the dogmatic relativism and compulsively fragmenting skepticism that afflicted some earlier postmodern perspectives (limitations rooted in that hidden secular reductionism which served as postmodernity’s own unconscious mortgage to the modern). The underlying project of the leading transpersonal metatheories has explicitly been to integrate modern science with premodern religion. To achieve this, numerous ad hoc theoretical modifications were required to explain the many resulting anomalies and incoherencies, blunt the diverse criticisms, and patch up the attempted supersynthesis. These modifications usually drew on various postmodern ideas that were helpful for meeting the specific problems at issue, but in the long run proved to be essentially epicyclic corrections for an overall strategy that could not do justice to the complex reality it sought to explain.
Ferrer, by contrast, has absorbed the full meaning of the postmodern turn at its deepest and irreplaceable core: He has articulated a radically participatory and pluralistic understanding of spiritual realities, spiritual practices, and spiritual knowledge. He critiques the intrasubjective empiricism imported from empiricist science that has dominated the field and colonized it with inapt and self-defeating requirements for replication, testing, and falsification. And he affirms the validity of a multiplicity of spiritual liberations, in which various spiritual traditions and practices cultivate and “enact,” bring forth, through cocreative participation in a dynamic and indeterminate spiritual power, a plurality of authentic spiritual ultimates.
With this crucial insight into the participatory, enactive, and pluralistic nature of spiritual truth, the transpersonal field frees itself to enter into a new world of openness to the Mystery of being that is its ground, accompanied by a newly respectful and fruitful dialogue between diverse religions, metaphysical perspectives, and spiritual practices. By cutting the Gordian knot that has invisibly bound transpersonal theory to the Enlightenment like an outlived umbilical cord, the transpersonal field can open to new horizons, its vision no longer so riven by futile and too often intolerant, undialogical debate.
I salute Ferrer’s emphatic affirmation of the Mystery with which all transpersonal and spiritual inquiry is concerned, the boundless creative freedom of the ultimate ground, its liberating defiance of all intellectual schemas that claim to theorize the whole of reality. And this affirmation is achieved, not simply by apodictic declaration, but by rigorous epistemological analysis of the relevant transpersonal theories, an equally meticulous comparison of crosscultural religious and mystical reports, and an incisive critique of contemporary spiritual practice. It is a pleasure to see here a powerful mind employed fully in service of opening to the Mystery of existence, rather than attempting to contain, categorize, and rank, in service of the needs of an overarching system.
This is in many ways a very simple book. It certainly is extremely clear, written with an intelligent and patient care to make every point transparent to the reader, with every position at issue represented with conscientious accuracy, and with each possible objection or alternative lucidly addressed. Each successive chapter brings greater penetration into the field’s central problems and greater freedom from their constraints. One finishes this book with a clearer mind and a more spacious vision than one begins it.
To engage transpersonal discourse at the level required to write this book, one must have done an incalculable amount of close reading and deep thinking, on an extremely broad range of topics and in a wide range of disciplines. And because it is this particular field—involving not only philosophy and psychology but spirituality and religion—there is an even greater potential in the process of such an accomplishment for spiritual inflation.
But Ferrer demonstrates in this book the very qualities of scholarship and dialogue that best reflect the character of his spiritual vision—the care with which he describes both his own positions and those of others, the openness to being corrected, the ability to be critical without sarcasm or rancor, the setting forth of opposing ideas in a manner that scrupulously reflects how their exponents themselves would articulate them. The consistent priority is clearly to seek and serve truth, rather than advance or preserve one’s own position and reputation at others’ expense.
Transpersonal realities can never be adequately or accurately described by intellectually confident assessments and rankings of the multiplicity of humanity’s spiritual paths and perspectives measured against a single pregiven universal Reality. They can be approached, rather, only by a much more subtly intelligent and more heartful dialogical engagement with the Mystery that is source of all—hence, by a dialogical engagement with each other in respectful openness to the diversity of wisdom’s self-disclosures, and a dialogical engagement with one’s interior being and with the cosmos itself, in reverent openness to the irreducible depths of its mystery, intelligence, and power. Such knowledge is an act of the heart as much as it is an act of the mind, the two inextricably united.
We can perhaps now recognize that great temptation to which our field temporarily succumbed, seen in certain stages of the spiritual and intellectual quest, a temptation that any brilliant spiritually informed mind may encounter: to attempt intellectually to master the Mystery, to overpower its power, to overcome its free spontaneity, to show how everything fits one’s system, to avoid the psychological fears and anxieties of confronting the larger Unknown, that which can never be mastered. This book provides the theoretical matrix for honoring this recognition. It honors that Spirit which blows like the wind, “where it wills.”
As the transpersonal field moves to an understanding of human spirituality as more profoundly encompassing and participatory, many have begun to see the very word “transpersonal” as needing to be addressed, and perhaps fundamentally redefined. For as we integrate more fully the amplitude and immanence of the sacred, we better discern that spiritual power moving in and through the human person in all her and his living, embodied, situated specificity: psychological and physical, gendered, relational, communal, cultural and historical, ecological and cosmic. In this understanding, “trans” recovers its original Latin larger range of meanings—signifying not only beyond but also across, through, pervading; so as to change, transform; occurring by way of. Here “transpersonal” multivalently acknowledges the sacred dimension of life dynamically moving beyond as well as within, through, and by way of the human person in a manner that is mutually transformative, complexly creative, opening to a fuller participation in the divine creativity that is the human person and the ever unfolding cosmos. It is precisely this spiritual dynamism in the human person embedded in a spiritually alive cosmos that empowers, and challenges, the human community’s participatory cocreation of spiritual realities, including new realities still to unfold.
If the founding works of transpersonal psychology by Maslow and Grof constituted its declaration of independence, then this book may well be seen as its emancipation proclamation, its “new birth in freedom.” For here transpersonal theory is liberated from that mortgage to the past, those constraining assumptions and principles inherited from its Enlightenment and modern scientific origins. As revolutionary and profound a force as transpersonal theory has been over the past three decades, it has in a fundamental way been working inside a conceptual box. It has been subtly constrained by epistemological and metaphysical blinders that have unconsciously restricted its vision, thereby engendering numerous seemingly irresolvable problems, distortions, and conflicts. Only with the recognition of these inhibiting assumptions could the full emancipatory potential of the original transpersonal breakthrough finally be fulfilled.
If I may draw again on the Copernican analogy, transpersonal theory in its first thirty years, after freeing itself from a kind of geocentric/egocentric materialist reductionism dominant in mainstream psychology, tended to constellate itself around the transcendent Sun of perennialism as the absolute and single fixed center of the spiritual universe. Only with time has it become apparent that we live in a much vaster, more interesting, radically pluralistic world, an omnicentered cosmos with innumerable suns and stars around which are constellated multiple universes of meaning. These meanings are not pregiven and objective but rather are participatively and cocreatively brought forth out of an indeterminate and dynamic matrix of spiritual mystery.
We owe a debt of gratitude to Ferrer for his courage in bringing forth this work, though in a sense it reflects the maturation of the entire field, of the wider transpersonal community. I stand in admiration before the magnitude and depth of thought and experience, dialogue and reflection that has taken place within the transpersonal field to permit the possibility of this work being written at the present time. For at a deep level, the transpersonal community itself has brought forth this book: As Ferrer would himself be the first and most enthusiastic to declare, it is not the work of one person—though we owe so much to the person who articulated it. Ferrer’s new work
Copyright 2001 by Richard Tarnas
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Caloric Expenditure Estimation Differences between an Elliptical Machine and Indirect Calorimetry
Exerc Med. 2018;2.8
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Publication date (electronic) : 2018 April 18
doi : https://doi.org/10.26644/em.2018.008
A. Page Glave1 , Jennifer J. Didier1 , Gary L. Oden1, Matthew C. Wagner1
1Department of Kinesiology, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA
*Correspondence: A. Page Glave, Department of Kinesiology, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA. E-mail address: apglave@shsu.edu
Received 2017 November 30; Accepted 2018 April 17.
Many people are interested in tracking caloric intake and expenditure for weight management purposes. It is difficult to accurately track exercise expenditure, and people may rely on the information reported by exercise equipment as it is easily available. This study examined the caloric estimation differences between the algorithm used by an elliptical machine and an indirect calorimetry device.
Participants were 34 adults with 20 females (25 ± 8.47 years; 1.64 ± 0.08 m, 62.37 ± 10.81 kg) and 14 males (25.07 ± 5.46 years; 1.75 ± 0.06 m, 84.02 ± 12.33 kg). The caloric expenditure information from each device was compared to examine difference overall, in 5 minute intervals, and between males and females.
There was a significant difference in overall caloric expenditure (t33 = 22.27, p < .001). The difference in caloric expenditure estimation methods was not significantly different for males and females (t32 = 2.01, p = .05).
Elliptical machines appear to overestimate caloric expenditure by a large number of calories. As is often stated, caution should be used when relying on exercise equipment for caloric expenditure information. Based on this data, individuals should expect caloric expenditure to be overestimated by approximately 100 calories each 30 min of exercise performed on elliptical equipment at moderate intensity.
Keywords: Calories; Energy expenditure; Measurement; Technology; Weight management
Although it is generally accepted that the caloric expenditure estimates obtained from exercise equipment are not accurate, there is little research regarding the magnitude of the difference in the estimates compared to indirect calorimetry, how the difference changes over time during steady state exercise, and if the differences are greater for males or females. It would benefit both the exercise science professional and the layperson to have a general idea of how much one could expect these numbers to differ as there are many people trying to balance energy expenditure and caloric intake. There are established equations for estimating caloric expenditure for both overground and treadmill walking and running [1], but the information available for elliptical machines is limited. As the elliptical trainer is a popular, low-impact option [2] for cardiovascular exercise, it is important to have a better understanding of the discrepancy between caloric expenditure as measured by indirect calorimetry versus the estimate generated by the equipment’s internal programmed algorithms.
The elliptical has been identified as a positive method of exercise for multiple reasons. The elliptical has a lower Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) than is indicated by physiological response [3] which makes the exercise “feel” easier. It also has been found to provide the same cardiovascular training stimulus as the treadmill while resulting in higher peak oxygen consumption, average heart rate, and respiratory exchange ratio [4]. The elliptical also reduces weight-bearing compared to both over ground and treadmill walking and running [2] making it a lower impact exercise than walking and running. This combination of factors makes elliptical machines a viable option for the population in general and specifically for those who may need to reduce joint impact.
However, energy expenditure has been found to be overestimated by some elliptical machines [5], with resistance, but not stride rate affecting the difference. Lower resistances were found to overestimate caloric expenditure less than higher resistances. This is not a problem unique to the elliptical as rowers [6] and other equipment [7] have also been shown to deviate from the numbers obtained from more precise methods of assessing caloric expenditure. It is generally accepted that these numbers are going to be inaccurate [8-10], but there is little information about how much these estimates may be in error. These estimates are also impacted by the amount of information entered by the participant. Entering information such as age and weight may make the calculations more accurate, however, many exercisers choose to utilize the “Quick Start” function that does not require entering this information. When participant information is not entered, the Precor brand of elliptical machines uses default user characteristics of 150 lbs, 35 year old, and male to calculate caloric expenditure for most models, with models having a P80 console using a weight of 170 lbs [11]. These values likely only represent a small percentage of users. It is unlikely that the typical user will research this information, thus it is incumbent on exercise science professionals to do so in order to educate the general public.
As this information is of value to both the layperson and the exercise professional, the purpose of this study was to examine the difference in caloric expenditure as measured through indirect calorimetry and estimated by an elliptical machine. The overall difference in caloric expenditure was the primary variable of interest. In addition, the progression of the difference over time and whether the difference was significantly different between males and females was examined. It was hypothesized that there would be a significant difference over time, the difference would get larger as duration increased, and there would be a larger difference for females than males.
One aspect of this study was to make conditions as uniform as possible. A moderate intensity was chosen as something that would be accessible by most individuals, would represent a typical exercise session on an elliptical, and would not limit the subject pool. Heart rate and ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) were selected to monitor intensity. Heart rate was included as an objective standard. A 1-10 modified RPE scale was used for subjective intensity, which was deemed important since the elliptical has shown lower RPE ratings than physiological ratings [3]. The “Quick Start” mode was also selected to ensure the same equation would be used for each participant. Although entering information could have led to less variability, the consistency of the equation was deemed more important for this study. Additionally, many individuals use the quick start function rather than entering the data necessary to update the equation. Using quick start rather than the more individualized equation also serves to provide a more real world example. To keep conditions as uniform as possible, resistance, ramp height, and intensity were also controlled. This allowed stride rate to vary for each participant. Although keeping stride rate consistent may have been beneficial, Mier and associates [5] found that stride rate did not impact the difference in overestimation of energy expenditure by elliptical equipment using arm and leg movements. Thus allowing stride rate to vary while controlling for resistance and intensity was determined to be the most logical way to achieve the study’s purpose. Steady state exercise was chosen to avoid large variations in intensity and increase standardization between participants. The exercise session consisted of a 5 min warm-up below the moderate intensity heart rate zone, 20 min of moderate intensity exercise, and a 5 min cool-down. Caloric expenditure was then measured via indirect calorimetry using a FitMate Pro® (COSMED USA) and compared to the caloric expenditure estimated by the elliptical (Precor EFX 883, Precor, Woodinville, WA USA).
There were 34 subjects in this study (14 males and 20 females, Table 1) recruited on a college campus in the southern United States. Although adults aged 18 to 64 were recruited, as can be expected when conducting research on a college campus, the subjects did tend to be younger adults. Subjects completed a health history questionnaire prior to participation to ensure they could safely participate in moderate intensity exercise. Any adult who could safely complete moderate intensity exercise based on the American College of Sports Medicine guidelines without requiring physician clearance [1] was eligible for participation. There were no weight restrictions. Individuals with risk factors below the level requiring physician clearance to participate in moderate intensity exercise were eligible to participate. All participants provided written informed consent, and the study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at Sam Houston State University, protocol number 14164.
Demographic information for participants
Height and weight. Height (in meters) and weight (in kilograms) were measured on a standard balance scale with stadiometer (Health-O-Meter Model 400KL, Boca Raton, FL USA). Participants wore lightweight attire and removed their shoes for height and weight measurements.
Exercise testing. Moderate intensity exercise was selected to avoid limiting the participant pool due to potential inability to complete the exercise session and to keep the exercise intensity at a safe level. Exercise intensity was monitored via heart rate (using the chest strap provided with the FitMate Pro®, COSMED USA) and ratings of perceived exertion (RPE). For heart rate, the estimated maximum heart rate was calculated using the formula developed by Gellish et al. [12]: Maximum heart rate = 207 – (0.7 × age). This formula is reported to be appropriate for adults with a broad range of fitness [12]. Moderate intensity was then set at 64-76% of the predicted heart rate maximum. Heart rate was monitored continuously throughout the exercise session (warm-up, moderate intensity, and cool-down). The Borg CR10 Ratings of Perceived Exertion scale [13] was used for RPE. The scale was displayed on the display panel of the elliptical as well as on a wall for quick access. Participants were instructed on usage of the scale and allowed to ask questions as needed until the scale was understood. Ratings (RPE) were collected during the last 30 seconds of each 5-minute block of the exercise session (warm-up, 0 to 5 min of moderate exercise, 5 to 10 min of moderate exercise, 10 to 15 min of moderate exercise, 15 to 20 min of moderate exercise, and cool-down).
The exercise session consisted of 30 min on an elliptical trainer. The “quick start” function was used to ensure the default caloric expenditure calculation was used. Although the addition of demographic information (age, etc.) might increase the accuracy of the caloric estimates, the amount of information that can be entered varies from machine to machine and can be cumbersome so many people choose not to enter any additional information and simply begin exercising. A warm-up of 5 min was used to prepare the participant for moderate exercise. Resistance was set at level 1, and the ramp level was set at 5. During the warm-up, the participant was instructed to keep the heart rate below moderate intensity. Heart rate was also monitored, and participants were alerted to reduce intensity if moderate intensity was reached. After the warm-up, the participant immediately began 20 min of moderate intensity exercise. During the moderate exercise portion, the resistance was set at 5, and the ramp level was set at 10. Immediately upon completing the 20 min of moderate intensity exercise, a 5 min cool-down period began. The resistance and ramp settings were the same as the warm-up period (1 and 5 respectively). Participants were asked to drink as normal prior to the exercise session, but to refrain from substances containing caffeine. Participants were also asked not to eat a large meal within 2 to 3 hours of their scheduled testing time. It was also requested that lightweight exercise clothing be worn.
This study was a descriptive analysis of a single-time point exercise session. The comparison of overall caloric expenditure as reported by the elliptical machine (Mac) and the FitMate Pro (Fit) was analyzed using paired t-test. A Bland-Altman analysis was also conducted to compare the overall caloric expenditure. The comparison of overall difference in caloric expenditure between methods for males versus females was analyzed using an independent samples t-test. A repeated measures ANOVA was used to examine the difference between methods at 5 min. intervals during the 30 min. exercise session. Significance was set at p < .05 for all tests. This investigation compared the two measurement methods, thus sample size for adequate power to detect these differences was the focus. Power was found to be greater than 0.99 for the comparison of methods and the analysis of differences over time. A comparison of gender was not the focus of this investigation, and thus was not a focus in terms of recruiting subjects for adequate power in this comparison. However, as gender may be important, an exploratory analysis of this aspect was conducted. Power was only 0.50 for the comparisons of males versus females. A sample size of approximately 34 participants per gender (compared to the actual sample size of 20 females and 14 males) would have been needed to reach a power of 0.80. This information will be useful for future studies. Analysis was completed using SAS 9.4 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC), SAS Power and Sample Size 13.1 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC), RStudio Version 1.1.419 (RStudio, Inc., Boston, MA) and Excel 2016 (Microsoft Corporation, Redwood, WA).
There was a difference overall between the two caloric expenditure methods for all participants (t33 = 22.27, p < .001). The difference also increased significantly over time from 19.04 ± 5.65 C at 5 min to 120.42 ± 26.59 C at 25 min (F4,116 = 613.87, p < .001, Figure 1). However, there was no difference between males and females for the discrepancy between the two caloric expenditure methods (t32 = 2.01, p = 0.05; M: 114.9 ± 31.77 C, F: 137.40 ± 32.31 C; Figure 2). The Bland-Altman plot does seem to indicate some disagreement in the measurement methods (Figure 3). The mean difference between methods was 128.09 ± SD, with Mac consistently measuring higher than the Fit (p < .001). The regression equation for predicting Fit from Mac was Fit = 0.36 (Mac), with the slope being significant (p < .001). However, the intercept (20.21) was not significant (p = .35).
Figure. 1.
Difference between methods of measuring caloric expenditure over time for all participants.
Bars represent the standard deviation of the measurement at each time point. Each point marked with an asterisk (*) indicates that the measurement methods were significantly different (p < .05).
Overall differences in caloric expenditure for females versus males.
Bland-Altman Comparison of Caloric Estimates.
The limits of agreement (outer dashed lines) represent ± 1.96 standard deviations from the mean of the averaged methods.
Although the inaccuracy of calorie counts from machines is somewhat well-known, knowing specifics about how inaccurate the information is can be helpful. The Bland-Altman plot (Figure 3) supports that there is a fairly large discrepancy between measurement methods. Based on this study, one could estimate the machines overestimate caloric expenditure by about 130 calories during a steady-state bout of moderate exercise lasting 30 min, including warm-up and cool-down. Interestingly the overestimation was not significantly different for males (114.9 ± 31.77 C) versus females (137.4 ± 32.31 C), though the difference does tend to be greater for females. The discrepancy also increases by about 25 C for each 5 min block of steady-state moderate exercise for females compared to males. The results of this study support previous studies that found cardiovascular equipment overestimated caloric expenditure [5,6]. The finding that there was not a statistical difference between the discrepancy for caloric expenditure based on gender is similar to the findings by Erdogan and associates [6], but differed from Moyna et al. [7] who found a significant difference based on gender. It is likely that the sample size was not large enough to detect significant differences based on gender. Specifically, Erdogan et al. [6] had a relatively similar sample size and split between males and females. It is possible that both this study and the Erdogan study had insufficient sample size to achieve adequate power for the comparison of gender. Future research should specifically address this issue and recruit participants to achieve adequate power for the gender comparison.
Differences are to be expected given the generic information used to calculate caloric expenditure, and individuals should be encouraged to enter as much information as possible if they intend to use the caloric expenditure estimates from cardiovascular equipment as this may increase the accuracy of the calculations. Future research should examine what factors are most important for accuracy. Individuals should also be encouraged to use other tracking methods that may provide more accurate information, such as heart rate monitors. Possessing information about how inaccurate cardiovascular equipment is in estimating caloric expenditure is a helpful piece of information for the general population of elliptical users who are wanting to balance caloric expenditure with caloric intake.
There are a few key takeaways from this study: the elliptical machine significantly overestimated caloric expenditure compared to indirect calorimetry; the overestimation increased with exercise duration; and the amount of overestimation by the elliptical was not significantly different between males and females. Exercise professionals should keep this in mind when working with clients interested in weight management. If it is important to have accurate estimates of caloric expenditure, more accurate methods should be used to avoid large caloric deficits or surpluses. If more accurate methods are not available, individuals should enter as much data as possible when using cardiovascular exercise equipment as this should serve to decrease the overestimation of caloric expenditure.
Thank you to Mr. Stevyn Rivera for assistance with data collection.
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Home 2000s 07/31/2002 Toronto, Ontario
Wednesday, July 31, 2002 (16 years, 11 months and 15 days ago)
Molson Amphitheatre (16,000 capacity)
Jon Anderson (Vocals)
Rick Wakeman (Keyboards)
Firebird Suite
America (Yesterdays)
In The Presence Of (Magnification)
Revealing Science Of God, The (Tales From Topographic Oceans)
Leaves Of Green (Tales From Topographic Oceans)
Little Galliard, The
Tour Song
Show Me (The Ultimate Yes - 35th Anniversary Collection)
Wakeman Solo
Wonderous Stories (Going For The One)
Magnification (Magnification)
Don't Kill The Whale (Tormato)
Awaken (Going For The One)
Yours Is No Disgrace (The Yes Album)
'Young Persons Guide To The Orchestra' dropped
Memorablilia
Bijon Roy
Stage Shot
Jay Paquette
Ticket Stub
Brenda Carol
Craig McLachlan
Glenn Leonard
CLMoon:
Yes fans revel in a flashback to the seventies
By ALAN NIESTER
Friday, August 2, 2002 � Page R8
At the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto on Wednesday
When a band has been on the road for nearly 35 years, no matter how dedicated its audience, it needs a few gimmicks to keep things interesting.
And Yes, that most progressive of progressive rock bands, has been a master at putting a fresh face on the same old repertoire.
Last year, for instance, we had the symphonic tour, in which the five-piece rock band all but drowned out 35 people who were sawing quietly away at violins in the background. In 1991, we had the hilarious Union tour, in which virtually every player who had ever been in this revolving door of a band crowded onto the stage at the same time -- with predictable results. We've had surround-sound tours, funny-name tours (Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe performing "classic Yes songs" -- that one being the result of a dispute of rightful ownership of the band's name), all of this simply a way of keeping songs like Roundabout in circulation.
On Wednesday night at the Molson Amphitheatre, the latest twist in the ongoing Yes saga involved the return of Rick Wakeman, the still flaxen-haired keyboard player whose moderately successful solo career had negated the need for him to tour with the band. Thus, the show boasted what many fans would consider the classic Yes lineup -- long-time stalwarts Jon Anderson (vocals), Chris Squire (bass), Steve Howe (guitar), joined by drummer Alan White and Wakeman. The result was a show that, for the most part, seemed like it could have happened in about 1975. It was as if all those crappy eighties and nineties albums, all those in-again, out-again sidemen, never existed. And, as a result, it was probably the performance many stalwart fans had been waiting for for decades.
Not surprisingly, the nearly three-hour performance focused on the classic seventies material that defined the band at its peak, with much of it taken from the 1972 breakthrough album Fragile. That album was nearly presented in its entirety, with Roundabout being augmented by takes of Heart of the Sunrise (nice), Southside of the Sky (ponderous) and Squire's bass solo opportunity The Fish.
Newer material (and there's been lots of it) was given short shrift. Fans sat patiently through numbers like last year's tedious Magnification in the hope of getting something from such seventies fare as Close to the Edge or Tales from Topographic Oceans.They weren't disappointed, as the band tripped its way through such classics as Siberian Khatru (which seems to have become the standard opening, whatever the tour) and The Revealing Science of God/Dance of the Dawn, which was as musically ponderous as its title suggests.
The return of Wakeman did indeed add some lustre to the proceedings. Draped in a floor-length coat/gown, which may well have been made of tinfoil, Wakeman's one-hand-on-this-keyboard, one-hand-on-that-keyboard approach actually gave the band a fuller sound than all those symphonic players from last year's tour.
For vintage Yes fans (and there are still plenty of them -- about 8,000 showed up for this steamy and uncomfortable affair), this was nearly as good as it could get. A few favourite songs went missing (And You and I, Starship Trooper), but they'll probably be resurrected for next year's "Songs We Didn't Play Last Year" tour.
Paul Goodwin:
The Good--
Let's get the 'tightness' issue out of the way first-- they were collectively tighter than I was expecting them to be, but not as tight as they could have been, and likely will be by the tours end--too bad it's so short, looks like they'll just be coming into their own and it'll be all over. I noticed probably 10 flubs all night, one in particular was delicious and I'll get to that below, but no train wrecks.
Firebird Suite opened the night, not Young Persons Guide to Orchestra. They seem, with one glaring exception, pretty much ok with each other, Squire & Wakemans seemingly newfound friendship the most pleasant surprise of the evening, and hey!-- Squire even ventured over to Howes' carpet and got a big grin and a bit of grooving for his efforts-- I almost fell out of my seat!
Wakeman began his solo with excerpts from Six Wives, a nice surprise. And having an original minimoog made all the difference--can that instrument cut through or what? Amazing invention, sadly underused today.
Howe has worked on his tone since last tour. The "plink" factor is all but gone, I heard some nice distortion and he was right on the money all night, probably the best of the lot in terms of musical performance.
A wonderful accident happened during tRSoG, can't wait to get a boot of this so I can verify if what I think I saw happen actually happened. It was during the first "momennnnnnt, moment moment MOMENNNNNNT!"-- Alan came in too early--or late, and the beat was *backwards*-- the snare where the kick should have been-- and for a few bars the band soldiered tentatively on, train wreck looming, until Howe played a key lick and they fell back into place, but while it was happening there was this incredible groove, totally alien--yet totally fitting with the song, I *loved* it, and I bet if they listen to the tape this is the way they'll play it from now on.
Squire remains the showman and powerhouse behind this band, last night, in blistering 90+ degree humid weather he worked his ass off, all night long, he was drenched in sweat and didn't stop for a second. By the end of the night he was visibly spent. (Note to Chris:-- hey big guy, take it easy in the extreme heat, you're not 20 anymore) Squires backing vocals were as good as I've ever heard them, powerful & clear, especially the "laaaaa, la, la la la, laaaaaaa la, la la la" middle parts of SSotS (has he quit smoking?) Magnification came off very well I thought, a heavier approach and simplified chorus (eschewing the "Paperback Writer"-ish harmonies in favor of just singing the title of the song), I much preferred hearing this to the somewhat lame DVD and album versions.
The Bad--
The heat and humidity with no breeze was almost unbearable up close to the stage, it drained the energy from the crowd, which was already a lazy-assed sit down audience of a meager 6,000 or so. The band occasionally looked a tad miserable and overheated but it wasn't very noticable.
The interminable solos drag the momentum of the show right down. These need to be pared back considerably, the Anderson/Wakeman AYAI duet for example is unneccessary and could be dropped, as could Jons "Show Me", nice ditty but ultimately doesn't go anywhere, especially when he starts improvising (badly) like last night. All filler. Start the 2nd set with Wakeman instead. Why does Wakeman set up his keyboards so he can't reach them without taking a couple of steps? HOTS suffered badly last night due to Ricks running back and forth and not quite making it there in time, I think he likes to make things look dramatic but the music occasionally suffered for it. His sounds still leave much to be desired IMO, although his Hammond patch was excellent.
In The Presence of just doesn't cut it without orchestra. It sounded weak and empty and just seemed to go on *forever*. The applause was feeble too, similar to what greeted Don't Go last year.
There is bad blo
Philip:
Wow... what an amazing concert, Steve played amazing, so did the rest of the band. Everyone was flawless, well occording to me, my dad said he heard some mistakes, me being 14 and not around that music long enough didnt hear any. Everyone played their instruments as if they had complete comntrol, Rick Wakeman's solo was amazing, but did not completly show his talent, Steve Howe's classical guitar solos were amazing showcasing all his talent but I was wishing for Mood for a Day. Jon Anderson played this really unique classical guitar at different times during the night. Alan White was excellent bashing the heck out of those drums. Chris Squire had a little solo area where he played Fish and excerpts from different songs, being a showman and show off. The concert was excellent with everything a Yes fan could ask for, including a ringing in the ears for the next week. It also gave me as a guitar player inspiration to keep with what I
m doing and to TRY to play some of Steve's work.
Just say Yes
Wakeman's return gives band twist on classics
By KIERAN GRANT
Being back with Yes has got to be gratifying for Rick Wakeman.
The last time the progressive rock pioneers touched down in Toronto with last year's Yes Symphonic Tour, they had a full orchestra effectively taking the place of their vaunted keyboard player.
Wakeman's return for Yes' current tour, which brought them to the Molson Amphitheatre last night, has been rightly greeted as a restoration of the band's classic lineup -- which also includes singer Jon Anderson, guitarist Steve Howe, bassist Chris Squire, and drummer Alan White.
That's not bad for a guy who actually came late to the band in 1971 and left after five years, joining in only sporadically after that.
But while Wakeman's re-emergence sparked understandable excitement in last night's crowd of 6,000, the show wasn't a simple rehash of Yes' '70s heyday.
That, it seems, would have been just too easy for a band built on the principal of creating ornate, complicated rock music through dizzying musicianship.
(The famously flamboyant Wakeman left the floor-length capes of his formative years in the tickle trunk, but was kind enough to still sport his Prince Valiant hair and a silvery overcoat to go with his bandmates '80s swashbuckler look. Trendy fellows, they ain't.)
Instead, Yes picked carefully through both their early output -- favouring 1972's Fragile over other albums -- and their latter-day material to put together a cohesive two-set show, even at the expense of hits such as 1983's Owner Of A Lonely Heart.
Classic extendo-jams such as Siberian Khatru, their radical 1972 rethink of Simon & Garfunkel's America, and South Side Of The Sky were interspersed with new songs Deeper and Magnification, which, even if some fans seized them as opportunities to go grab a beer, had a floaty likability to them. It was a diversion from the usual classic rock procedure where bands -- Yes among them in the past -- sabotage their setlists with fresh evidence that they've lost the plot.
Also, despite Yes' insistence on playing a dozen notes where three might do, they can still pull such forays off. Helium-voiced Anderson, whose increasingly fragile pipes haven't lost their effectiveness, and Wakeman provided an airy envelope to Howe and Squire's noodling.
On the other hand, the group's studied approach did little to make up for a thin sound mix. There was a sense that they would have done better in a theatre -- or at least with a bit more ballast.
Second set journeys through Heart Of The Sunrise, Fish, and encore takes on Roundabout and Yours Is No Disgrace corrected this. But when your songs are so weighty you can get through only a dozen of them in three hours, it's best to sort these things out early.
I saw this show earlier tonight. First time I've ever seen Yes. It was a pretty good scene... though being 16, I'm pretty sure I was the youngest person there! Heart of the Sunrise and Yours is No Disgrace were incredible. The band played excellently in my opinion, and if they come back again, I'm definitely going to see them!
Sean S.:
Just got back from Molson Amphitheatre. Wow!!!!!!!! That was AMAZING!!!!!
SSOTS was begun with We Have Heaven, for that song's 2nd-ever performance (and at the ONLY Canadian date this tour...)
Awaken was ABSOLUTE MAGIC....as usual, but Rick made it even better!!!!!!
Although the performances were excellent throughout, the first half was a little weaker (not-as-well mixed, singing idiots seated behind us.) (which if course wasn't Yes' fault :)) But the 2nd half really picked up!!! SSOTS was the high point of the first half though.
Awaken was a truly stunning piece!!!! I just closed my eyes and let the music wash over me in the middle section instrumental. Beautiful!!!!! Even better, the afformentioned idiots behind myself and those I was with were relatively silent,as they were for most of the 2nd half, thank goodness.
Chris Squire's solo was proof positive that he is a great showman and an even greater musician. Keep it up, Chris!!!!
Jon.... well, what can be said about him? He is still in perfect voice!!!! It's amazing!!!
Sorry if this review rambles a bit, but these are just a few of the impressions that are racing through my head agfter such a GREAT show!!!! The return of Master Rick Wakeman is indeed a truly triumphant one!!!!! His Moog work was especially great on RSOG, and HOTS.
Anyway, GREAT show!!! Hope this lineup makes it back to Toronto next tour!!!
SEAN S.
4wade@sympatico.ca:
Any and all suggestions on how to get a great seat up close and personal for a fan of 32 years would be greatly appreciated... Much thanx
Audience 150 min (Video)
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Math lesson;
A professor of mathematics sent a fax to his wife. It read:
"Dear wife, You must realize that you are 54 years old and I have certain needs which you are no longer able to satisfy. I am otherwise happy with you as a wife, and I sincerely hope you will not be hurt or offended to learn that by the time you receive this letter, I will be at the Grand Hotel with my 18-year-old teaching assistant. I'll be home before midnight. - Your Husband"
When he arrived at the hotel, there was a faxed letter waiting for him that read as follows:
"Dear Husband. You too are 54 years old, and by the time you receive this, I will be at the Breakwater Hotel with the 18-year-old pool boy. Being the brilliant mathematician that you are, you can easily appreciate the fact that 18 goes into 54 a lot more times than 54 goes into 18. Don't wait up."
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The phone bill was exceptionally high and
the man of the house called a family meeting...
On a Saturday morning...
after breakfast...
Dad:
People this is unacceptable.
You have to limit the use of the phone.
I do not use this phone, I use the one at the office.
Mum:
Same here,
I hardly use this home telephone as I use my work telephone.
Me too,
I never use the home phone.
I always use my company mobile.
Maid:
So - what is the problem?
We all use our work telephones !!!!!
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One of the reasons to make someone
Proud to be Lebanese….
A Russian, an Iranian & an American...
Talking about something to be proud of.
The Russian said:
I am proud of Russian girls….
Because they are pretty, polite & respectable…
The Iranian said:
I am proud of Iranian carpets….
Because it is the best carpet in the world….
The American said:
I am proud of the C.I.A….
Because they know everything that happens
in the world & sometimes before it happens…
The Lebanese has been silent!!!!
After a while he said:
I am proud of myself…..Because, yesterday,
I slept with a Russian girl,
On an Iranian carpet,
and the C.I.A didn’t know till now!!!!!
At the cocktail party, one woman said to another, "Aren't you wearing your wedding ring on the wrong finger? " The other replied, "Yes I am, I married the wrong man."
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A 3-year-old boy examined his testicles while taking a bath. "Mom", he asked,
"Are these my brains?"
"Not yet," she replied.
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A mother is in the kitchen making dinner for her family when her daughter walks in.
“Mother, where do babies come from?”
The mother thinks for a few seconds and says, “Well dear, Mommy and Daddy fall in love and get married. One night they go into their bedroom, they kiss and hug and have sex.”
The daughter looks puzzled so the mother continues, “That means the daddy puts his penis in the mommy’s vagina. That’s how you get a baby, honey.” The child seems to comprehend.
“Oh, I see, but the other night when I came into your room you had daddy’s penis in your mouth. What do you get when you do that?”
“Jewelry, my dear. Jewelry.”
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Jesus and Satan were having an ongoing argument about who was better on his computer. They had been going at it for days, and God was tired of hearing all of the bickering. Finally God said, "Cool it. I am going to set up a test that will run two hours and I will judge who does the better job."
So down Satan and Jesus sat at the keyboards and typed away. They moused. They did spreadsheets. They wrote reports. They sent faxes. They sent e-mail. They sent out e-mail with attachments. They downloaded. They did some genealogy reports. They made cards. They did every known job.
But ten minutes before their time was up, lightning suddenly flashed across the sky, thunder rolled, the rain poured and, of course, the electricity went off. Satan stared at his blank screen and screamed every curse word known in the underworld. Jesus just sighed. The electricity finally flickered back on, and each of them restarted their computers.
Satan started searching frantically, screaming "It's gone! It's all gone! I lost everything when the power went out!"
Meanwhile, Jesus quietly started printing out all of his files from the past two hours. Satan observed this and became irate. "Wait! He cheated, how did he do it?"
God shrugged and said, "Jesus saves."
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Teacher to his student:
Give me the opposite of this sentence:
"Children in the dark make mistakes"
Student: "mistakes in the dark make children".
Two gay men decide to have a baby. They mix their sperms together and
then have a surrogate mother artificially inseminated.
When the baby is born, they rush to the hospital.
One dozen babies are in the ward eleven of whom are crying and
screaming. Over in the corner, one baby is smiling serenely.
A nurse comes by, and to the delight of the two gays she points out
the happy child as theirs.
'Isn't it wonderful?' one gay says to the other. 'All these unhappy
babies...and yet our baby is so happy. This just proves our love for one
another.'
The nurse says 'oh sure, he's happy now, but just watch what happens
when we pull the Thermometer out of his ass.
If my smoking bothers you. Don't breathe.
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Never Or Now, Lisa Scott Lee Album Re-release
2nd Dec 2011, 16:12 #21
Water Goblinglitter
Faye's recorded lots of stuff over the years. Jasper (her ex husband for the very new fan) was into writing and producing so she did a lot of stuff with him. An "album" is a bit strong though, that implies songs were selected and put together with the intention of being released and that was never on the cards during Steps to my knowledge.
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7th Dec 2011, 18:34 #22
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Originally posted by Lisa's Squeeze
There is DEFINITELY other tracks from the Buzz period because Jack (StepsOfficial.com Webmaster) had them on cd and I had them on mp3 until my old PC died on me. The unreleased tracks were:
No Matter What You Say - Very American sounding 90's pop. Think NSync and you are on the right track. The lyrics were shared out between all 5 members and the chorus included the lyrics "No matter what you say, no matter what you do, I'm gonna be here and I'll still be loving you...". It was an uptempo song and was quite "punchy" if that makes sense.
Love Crime - Sounded very similar to It's The Way You Make Me Feel except it was sung by the girls with no male solo vocals. Probably put aside due to it not being as good as ITWYMMF. Contained the lyrics "You've committed a love (love) crime (crime)" - it had a pinky plonky musical arrangement.
There was also another version of Turn Around that had different lyrics.
Jack and I have been trying to locate the original cd (he has no idea where it is).
Squeezy x
I really wanna hear these songs! I remember H & Lisa talking about Run To You and they said H had to say Run To You in a bit of the song and it sounded really Welsh...! Cymru Am Bith!!!
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Has Jack managed to get hold of this CD? I'd love to hear those songs.
Originally posted by Water Goblinglitter
and Claire says that all the tracks ever recorded were released. Tut tut.
I never knew Jack had that. It makes my CD of Faye tracks seem crap lol!
Have you still got that CD of Faye tracks, I'd like to hear them.
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Parallax Occlusion : A possibility?
GeorgeTheWarp
Post by GeorgeTheWarp » 04 Jun 2016, 03:52
I've been wondering about the availability of parallax occlusion in OpenMW for quite a while. I looked at the wiki about height normal maps and parallax maps, but is parallax occlusion supported? Or is it just parallax mapping?
Parallax Occlusion, if not yet supported, HAS TO BE in the future. It's really one of the most modern features there are for gaming, and AMD is quickly catching up and making GPUs very capable of it. Sadly, nVidia still didn't catch up. However, the perception of depth this complex on 2D textures can very well remove the need of 3d modeled grass, and make the apparition of pretty much everything else way better, except for very specific things. So, is parallax occlusion supported?
Re: Parallax Occlusion : A possibility?
GeorgeTheWarp wrote: is it just parallax mapping?
They're not so different in core, btw.
GeorgeTheWarp wrote: However, the perception of depth this complex on 2D textures can very well remove the need of 3d modeled grass
No, it won't. The parallax family of effects basically work by turning texture lookups into mini raytests based on the position of the viewer, using a heightmap to determine the "depth" of the texture at a given point. This works as long as you don't have particularly extreme slopes, and any kind of overhang is out of consideration. Steep viewing angles is also a problem, and you can get some oddities along polygon edges where the raytest can fail to take into account different adjacent textures.
Tessellation would be a better option, since it actually generates 3D geometry on the fly and will look just as correct as if that geometry was there to begin with. Incidentally, vanilla Morrowind used a rudimentary form of tessellation through AMD's "TruForm" system, though it only worked on certain AMD cards. With OpenGL 3, we could in theory enable that using standard and portable geometry shaders.
According to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATI_TruForm
Its support in Morrowind was unofficial, via the FPS Optimizer.
http://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/3875/
http://elderscrolls.net/docs/fps_optimizer.php
Not sure how "true" this is though... but that would mean that "Vanilla Morrowind" did not have TruForm support. It was a 'mod' that brought in support.
>With OpenGL 3, we could in theory enable that using standard and portable geometry shaders.
Yeah, you could probably do that with a geometry shader, provided it has access to smoothing group data so that you can do it properly. So long as the model's normals are valid, interpolating an extra vertex in the middle of each triangle is trivial, and you could do it recursively (since you have to do it on the newly-created edges too).
Unfortunately, geometry shaders require GL 3.2, which means that strict core profile code would be mandatory (driver support of compatibility profiles for versions above 3.1 is not required in the standard). Else, you have to do it in software on model load, which is slow and will probably dramatically increase graphics bandwidth usage (I would assume something like double the bandwidth for first-order smoothing).
It also happens that different vendors have radically different bottlenecks on core profile. For example, on my specific setup (mesa on a radeon hd 5770), glDrawElements is extremely slow if the EBO and VBO were mapped with STREAM and DRAW. I couldn't figure out the best way to do things so I ended up making a new VBO consisting of the vertices in order of the element index list *every single frame* and it was somehow faster.
wareya wrote: >Yeah, you could probably do that with a geometry shader, provided it has access to smoothing group data so that you can do it properly. So long as the model's normals are valid, interpolating an extra vertex in the middle of each triangle is trivial, and you could do it recursively (since you have to do it on the newly-created edges too).
However, would it give depth to a 2D image? The main question is this, as it would enable easier changes to the appearance of meshes without have to tinker with the mesh itself, and would probably be more efficient to do so too. Having to load up blender for a slight change that could have been made in the texture is not fun, even thought some people prefer tinkering with many tools for few gain.
Also, it would enable a larger possible userbase (from a gamedev perspective). Is it really that slow? Is parallax occlusion faster/slower? Which company's implementation is the most efficient?(for parallax occlusion, it's obvious. AMD have developped it for a long time before nVidia, and nVidia didn't implement it until very recently) Is the way we are supposed to use it is similar to parallax? Or is it just bump maps?
Sorry for the numerous questions I have asked, but I'm curious about what technologies could be more efficient for games.
Post by raven » 05 Jun 2016, 10:30
Yeah, there are limitations to parallax occlusion. You a ray tracing into a surface, so it works best with depressions. This is why most often cobblestone surfaces are used to demonstrate it
GeorgeTheWarp wrote: However, would it give depth to a 2D image?
Yes, since the extra geometry is generated on the fly, you can provide a heightmap and the polygon sub-divisions can follow the details present in it to create the "depth". OpenMW could have a shader path that recognizes the presence of such a heightmap and automatically enable the appropriate geometry shader with it, and it would "just work" like normal mapping does.
But it can go farther than that, since it's happening in 3D and is actual 3D geometry rather than a visual trick, that means it will also behave as 3D geometry. Its altered depth and surface angle will be preserved during rendering so light and shadows will correctly affect it, and as such you're not restricted to surface depressions. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkKtY2G3FbU And since it's real geometry generated on the fly, the same system can can used for other things, like animated grass, by changing the shader: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdMaFWGLxKE
Chris wrote: But it can go farther than that, since it's happening in 3D and is actual 3D geometry rather than a visual trick, that means it will also behave as 3D geometry. Its altered depth and surface angle will be preserved during rendering so light and shadows will correctly affect it, and as such you're not restricted to surface depressions. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkKtY2G3FbU
While this looks great and all, the part that is interesting is really: Will this put less load on the computer compared to just making the models look this detailed from the beginning? Presumed those models have lower detail LOD-models of course. I mean, to me it feels like it must require a lot of calculations for the computer to add those details from simple height maps, can this technique really be that much more efficient on presenting high detail compared to a "normal" 3d model?
lysol wrote: While this looks great and all, the part that is interesting is really: Will this put less load on the computer compared to just making the models look this detailed from the beginning?
I imagine so, since it requires less memory and automatically lowers detail at a distance by simply not generating as much extra detail, rather than switching between different models.
I mean, to me it feels like it must require a lot of calculations for the computer to add those details from simple height maps, can this technique really be that much more efficient on presenting high detail compared to a "normal" 3d model?
The calculations are handled on the GPU, which happens in parallel. It's trading more processor usage for less memory, but the reduced memory usage and use of parallel processing can work in its favor.
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Production Co: Cruel & Unusual Films
Studio: Warner Bros
Producer: Zack Snyder/Deborah Synder
Writer: Zack Snyder/Steve Sibuya
Cast: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Jamie Chung, Vanessa Hugdens, Oscar Isaac, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm, Scott Glenn
There's a whole essay to be written about roles for girls in Hollywood and much better gender politics thinkers than me have done so already. To even put yourself in a position to enjoy this film you have to just ignore the sad truth about roles for women – seemingly the only time girls headline movies is when they're dressed like strippers or hentai porn stars, wield weapons and fight. If not, it's a chick flick hardly deserving of a cinematic release for the critical and box office ignorance that ensues.
I watched Abbie Cornish introduce it at a premiere and shook my head sadly to myself. Here was one of our finest actresses reduced to another porn-Ripley amalgam pretending it was a great part because she probably wanted to pay her house off.
Snyder could have made it a bit better to digest, but maybe that was his plan - make the symbolism so impenetrable you didn't have time to think about how sexist it all is. A young girl (Browning) is put in an asylum on trumped up charges where she meets a few of her fellow inmates and what appears to be a therapeutic theatre troupe before she's promptly wheeled in for a lobotomy.
In the time it takes the doctor (Hamm) to raise the hammer she seems to dream a whole multi-levelled existence. She's actually a stripper (so not too much symbolism) in an exclusive club, her co-inmates dancers, the mean prison guard the pimp who runs the show and the doctor running the theatre troupe the show choreographer.
But it gets more confusing. Whenever Babydoll (no, still no sexist symbolism to be had) starts to dance, she and her friends enter some fantasyland where they battle dragons, gas and clockwork-powered German troops in the First World War or robots aboard a speeding train on an alien planet.
In each world they have to complete some task – which they do after the help of some sort of enigmatic overseer (Glenn) – which will see them survive longer in the first level dream-world... I think, or was I watching Inception with strip shows? It's all apparently got to do with escaping reality by dreaming up cool battles to fight to help you escape – but that's just what I got from the supertext during the trailer.
The plot might all make sense if you sit down and think about it, but Snyder's frenetic pace doesn't give you a chance. The battle with the robots aboard the train is a microcosm of everything he does both right and wrong in the whole film – technically perfect but with far too much style over substance.
When it's all over you'll have seen a few cool action sequences attached to a plot buried deeper than the subtlety of the girls' outfits.
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Wye Oak 'Tween'
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 at 7:28PM
Listening to this record is a moving experience. It's like a score for one of those movies that is so amazing it kind of changes the medium for you. Baltimore duo Wye Oak seem to be capable of creating album after album of groundbreaking experimental rock and roll music that is never anything short of beautiful. 'Tween' is the fifth record from the band, and it's a doozy.
One thing that makes a band a favorite is either the inability or the unwillingness to make the same album twice. Wye Oak has done something bizarre and unpredictable and fantastic like they always do. 'Better (For Esther)' is one of our favorite songs both from Wye Oak, and ever - it's a sonic journey that is loud and chaotic but also so relaxed and meditative.
This album is magnificent, and we definitely consider it to be amongst the best of this year and beyond. Wye Oak have never done anything that we didn't absolutely love and this is no exception. Enjoy it for yourself! Please! You will be so happy that you did!
From the album Tween, out now digitally on Merge Records. Vinyl / CD out August 5.
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Megan Bonnell - Magnolia
Monday, April 25, 2016 at 11:52PM
You can usually decide if you love a piece of music in about five seconds. A lot of times, it requires a bunch of listens for you to really get hooked - but once in a while, you know right away.
This is most certainly the case for us when we press play on 'Magnolia', the new record from Toronto based musician Megan Bonnell. It's on Maple Music and it came out April 15th.
Immediately, Megan Bonnell reminds us of the great Sarah Harmer, who is absolutely amongst our all time favorites. She has an incredible voice and an uncanny ability to write engaging songs - we can absolutely promise you this album has nothing but great tracks from start to finish.
It is only a matter of time until Megan is blowing the roof off of festivals and stadiums. If she sticks with this, the sky is the limit. Songs like 'Golden Boy', 'Family' and 'Up And Away' are great examples of how ahead of her time she is, although as we said before, every song on Magnolia is exceptional.
This is going to be the perfect soundtrack for your spring and summer. Learn a lot more, and buy this wonderful record right here.
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The Wainwright Sisters 'Songs In The Dark'
Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 10:52AM
Here's the thing. You'll press play, or place your needle on this record, and right away you will be whisked away by two of the most beautiful voices in existence. This is a spiritual record, a collection of meaningful songs both to the performers and us, the listeners - and it has such a beautiful sound, you'll feel right at home instantly. In the best way.
Although from different mothers, Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche have a deep connection. They were brought up in musical homes, thanks in large part, of course their father Loudon Wainwright III. There is a sense of history in this record. Lullabies from their childhoods, reimaginings of game changing songs that soundtracked their lives growing up, and so much more. This record is a meaningful experience, and you will feel that. We promise.
When you listen to this record, you'll feel like you've hopped in a time machine, headed backwards a couple of decades to a simpler era. It's almost as if you're getting a glimpse of a warm, loving home where these exceptionally talented women first discovered their love of life and music. It's something truly special that we can honestly say we've never experienced in an album before.
This is a great record. It's warm, inviting folk music with two of the most beautiful voices we can imagine. There is nothing to not love about this album. Go here to pick it up for yourself!
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Alana Yorke 'Dream Magic'
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 12:28PM
What a glorious thing it is, that we started this website, and people send us beautiful works of art like this one.
Alana Yorke, you are amazing.
Everyone else, we emplore you to get a hold of this album, and listen to it repeatedly. It will make sunny days so much brighter, we promise.
These songs seem simple, as they are predominantly composed of Yorke's lovely voice and subtle keys - but after you listen a few times, you'll realize how complex and wonderfully gigantic these compositions are. There are no dull moments, each song is as magnificent or moreso than the one that comes before it. And we can't emphasize enough, Alana Yorke's voice is pure magic. Pure love.
We would really love to see Alana Yorke at every festival this summer, and will definitely keep you updated on her schedule - as this creation and performance is something we should all be enjoying. It will make our lives better.
This is the point when we would tell you about stand out tracks. When honestly, they all are. There are only 7 songs on Dream Magic. There is no filler, nothing but beautifully written and magically performed, great music that we will keep with us forever.
Truly amazing.
Much more here.
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Greg Laswell - Everyone Thinks I Dodged A Bullet
Friday, March 4, 2016 at 12:15PM
We just received this record in our inbox and of course, we were elated. Pleasantly surprised. Pumped for this new goodness.
We hadn't yet discovered Greg Laswell, but as soon as we pressed play we were overtaken by his exceptional talent as a songwriter, his raspy but incredible voice, and the sparse and magnetizing instrumentation that goes with each song.
It's a fascinating contrast between past and future, with lots of folk and soul elements, including sweeping string arrangements and beautiful pianos - layered with parts from the future like autotune and synthesized hi hats, among others. The thing is, it works. It works beautifully.
The whole album is very cinematic, with a strong classical influence, and gigantic vocals. This is a wonderful accompaniment for taking a nap, going on an adventure, and everything in between.
You'll dig this right here if you love things that are incredible.
Everyone Thinks I Dodged A Bullet is available now, via iTunes and Amazon.
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The Gender Novels Project
Adjectives Pronoun Frequency Subject-Object Pronouns Instance Distances Grammar Statistics
Visualizations Metadata Copyright Notes Install Gutenberg
Natural Language Processing Dunning Analysis Web Scraping Analysis Visualizations Deployment Visualizations
Deployment Visualization
Research and development in visualization as connected to deployment for this project was concentrated in three main areas, which were:
General principles for visualizations, particularly in connection to website design
Specific visual choices for the gender novels project
How to fulfill these principles in Python
Edward R. Tufte’s The Visual Display of Quantitative Information was a valuable resource when researching and developing principles for visualization. Some key ideas pulled from this book were the principles of using a visualizations to tell the story of the data used, maximizing the ratio of data conveyed to ink used, and choosing simple designs that don’t obfuscate information. Tufte’s book also had helpful examples of visualizations that did and did not satisfy these principles. Another consideration that informed general principles was accessibility. It was important that visualizations be easily comprehensible by people with colorblindness and/or visual impairments. Therefore, visualizations needed to use a color scheme designed for colorblind people, not heavily rely on color differences for comprehension, and not have an overly busy design or small, hard-to-read elements.
Specific Guidelines
These general principles were then used alongside stylistic considerations to develop specific guidelines for visualizations produced by the gender novels project. These guidelines included a palette chosen both for its ability to be easily understood by colorblind people and its connection to the gender novels project through its similarity to color schemes popular in the 19th century. A cream background color and serif font were similarly chosen for their balance between comprehensibility and 19th century aesthetics. Visualizations also used the Seaborn package, described below, to easily produce clean, simple, and comprehensible designs.
Achieving these Principles
Matplotlib was used to make the base visualizations, as it is a powerful yet easily learned tool for making visualizations in Python. However, Matplotlib’s default style is not very attractive, and the aesthetics of Matplotlib visualizations are difficult to control. Therefore, the Seaborn package, which is designed to work with Matplotlib to produce more attractive visualizations, was also used. Seaborn methods were used to set the default style to something clean and simple; set font and background color; and find and implement an aesthetically pleasing, accessible palette.
The resulting code was used to produce plots in the style of this sample plot (produced with contrived data).
Visit our GitHub to view and download the code we used for this project
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1. County and State Party Candidates Should Not Seek Endorsements from Politicians
by Maricopa County Republican Committee Chairman Tyler Bowyer
Many have seen in recent weeks a few endorsements from Public Office Holders of Candidates for those who wish to serve in County and State Party positions. I want to make a statement and say this is absolutely wrong. One of the primary reasons that the Republican Party exists is to hold Elected Officials accountable. Having our Party Officeholders beholden to Elected Officials through endorsements and donations is precisely what's wrong with the GOP today. It should raise many red flags of Party Candidates who seek these endorsements as it is akin to the adage of the "Fox in the Henhouse." This is terrible judgment both on the part of the candidate and the elected official.
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2. Donald Trump elected president of the United States
Tags: Trump, Republicans, Elections, American Values
3. You never need a late term abortion to save a woman’s life
In the 3rd and final presidential debate, Hillary Clinton was asked why she is against a ban on late-term partial birth abortions. In light of her longstanding association with Planned Parenthood and the abortion business, her answer reveals an astonishing ignorance about the actual process involved in a late term abortion, or she's outright lying.
In this brief segment Ms. Clinton states "I've met with women who at the end of their pregnancy get the worst news that one could get, that their health is in jeopardy if they continue to carry to term or that something terrible has happened or just been discovered about the pregnancy. So, you can regulate if you are doing so with the life and the health of the mother taken into account.”
Here’s the reality. A late term abortion procedure takes 24-72 hours, just to dilate the cervix enough to dismember and remove the baby. A woman whose life is at risk would be dead before the abortion could be completed.
On the other hand, a 1-hour emergency C-Section would most likely save the mother's and her baby's lives.
In the following video, Dr. Anthony Levatino, who has performed over 1200 abortions, explains why “You never need a late term abortion to save a woman’s life.” He is now Pro-Life.
Tags: Abortion, Pro Life, Elections, Planned Parenthood, Christianity
4. Hillary Clinton: Ghoulish Abortion Queen
For years, Hillary Clinton has encouraged women to collude with and pay doctors to murder their own unborn children. In 2009, Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion corporation, presented U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton with the Margaret Sanger Award. In 2014, Planned Parenthood honored Clinton for her “commitment to womens health.”
The sick irony is that Margaret Sanger, a noted eugenicist and horrible racist, deplored abortion. She never would have called it “womens health.” She would be horrified to know that monsters like Hillary Clinton are presented with an award in her name. Planned Parenthood didn't begin providing abortions until after Margaret Sanger was dead. She would not have tolerated what Planned Parenthood has become: an abortion empire responsible for stopping the beating hearts of over 7 million innocent, helpless lives.
Sanger opened the first birth control center in 1916. She later founded the American Birth Control League, which evolved into today's Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Sanger spoke out repeatedly on preventing pregnancy, not abortion.
Tags: Abortion, Planned Parenthood, Elections
5. Rigging the Election - Video I: Clinton Campaign and DNC Incite Violence at Trump Rallies
Go to 10:20 to hear Zulema Rodriguez brag about shutting down the highway leading to the FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA Trump rally. Luke Johnson was on his way to church nearby and within seconds, he was caught, unable to move his work truck and trailer. A huge group of people ran into the road, and he couldn’t get across. He had no idea what was going on. Then, he started getting dozens of calls threatening his life. “People saying they were going to hunt my business down and find me and come after me and destroy my business.” It turns out people had seen his work trailer live on CNN and assumed he was part of the protest even though he wasn’t.
Rodriguez also admits to inciting violence in Chicago, forcing Trump to cancel it for fear that people might get hurt. Thanks Project Veritas (James O'Keefe), doing the job the media refuses to do.
Tags: Leftists, Media Malpractice, Elections
6. Jim O'Connor Announces Run for State Party Chairman of the AZGOP
I have tremendous respect for Jim O’Connor. In the following press release, you will read about Jim's role in renouncing the National Popular Vote. I was one of the people he patiently educated regarding its problems. Ultimately, a group of us were able to convince our Senator, Sylvia Allen, to back away from supporting it. Jim is true to the Republican platform and has provided leadership in other areas as well, including the passage of HB2088, which protects students against surveys that gather private, personally identifiable information. He advised his representative in LD23, Heather Carter, "Our 444 Precinct Committeemen are reflecting the opinions of the 70,000 registered republican votes in our district overwhelmingly protecting the rights of parents and children. Please represent these and other republicans who desire to restrain government overreach." She voted in favor on reconsideration. Mr. O'Connor has stood firmly in support of legislation that honors parental authority and rejects federal control of education in Arizona.
Tags: Arizona Legislature, Republicans, Education, Elections
10. Jimmy Lindblom and LaCinda Lewis Endorsed by Pro Common Core, Anti-Parent "Stand for Children"
Stand for Children/Arizona has just endorsed Jimmy Lindblom, who is running for a Senate seat against Warren Petersen in LD12, and LaCinda Lewis, who is competing against Eddie Farnsworth and Travis Grantham in the House.
A review of Stand for Children/Arizona's website indicates that this group proudly supports the entire Common Core agenda, aka Arizona's College and Career Ready Standards, including AzMerit.
Stand is proud to have defeated a litany of anti-Common Core legislation, as well as other bills that parents have fought for, including the defeated SB1455. This bill would have acknowledged that parents know more than the State about what's best for their own children. These parents wanted to opt their children out of the unvalidated, secretive AzMerit. Stand would have none of it. See "Top Legislative Results."
Parents and their children suffered verbal and emotional abuse at the hands of school administrators, teachers, other parents, and other students for daring to opt out of AZMerit. Remember? See Sen. Allen calls for schools to respect parents over assessment concerns, The Schools' War On Arizona's Children: Part 1, The Schools' War on Arizona's Children: Part 2 Online Charter Schools The Schools' War on Arizona's Children: Part 3 Emotional Child Abuse.
Voters should be wary of groups that "sound" wonderful. Scratch the surface, and you discover how pro-Statist and anti-Family they truly are. Expect More Arizona is another such group. See Is Expect More Arizona in it for the Money?
Tags: AzMERIT, Arizona Constitution, Arizona Legislature, Common Core, Elections
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Empath goes far beyond the sound of birds faintly chirping. They’re a band that writes songs like communing with nature, bringing all their fuzzed and tripped out idiosyncrasies into harmony. Empath began in 2016 when Garrett Koloski, Emily “Jem” Shanahan, and Catherine Elicson moved into a house in West Philadelphia together, with Randall Coon joining shortly after. Even with the simple vision to shred, there’s a natural sensitivity in the way Empath communicates. Between the contrast of Elicson’s lush, almost delicate vocals, Koloski’s boisterous drumming, and the half-harmonious wash of guitar and Shanahan and Coon’s synths, Empath equips us with a healthy dose of emotional repose.
The noise punk band broke onto the national scene with the release of Liberating Guilt and Fear EP with renowned DIY Philly punk label Get Better Records in 2018 which drew praise from Pitchfork, NPR, FADER, Rolling Stone and more, being compared to acts such as Broken Social Scene, Sonic Youth, Times New Viking, New Age and Priests. The lead single “The Eye” was deemed “Best New Track” by Pitchfork and Empath was tagged as a rising artist in the US indie music scene. Over the course of 2019 Empath cemented themselves as one of the buzziest emerging bands in indie music, being heralded as “America’s most inventive young psychedelic band” by Rolling Stone Magazine. They also garnered more support from Pitchfork, FADER, Stereogum, NPR and more around “Soft Shape” and “Hanging Out of Cars,” the two standout singles from Active Listening: Night on Earth LP. Their last single “Roses That Cry” received the “Best New Track” title from Pitchfork. Upon releasing the debut LP it received rave reviews from the top music publications in the world; being called “a noise pop gem” and given a 3.5/5 stars by Rolling Stone Magazine and receiving an 8.0 from Pitchfork.
After cultivating great success at the grass roots level Empath is ready to take the next step into their meteoritic rise with indie taste-maker Fat Possum Records. With the new global support of Fat Possum Records, Empath will be reissuing both Active Listening: Night on Earth LP and Liberating Guilt and Fear EP as a special edition duel-release with Get Better Records and taking to the road.
Publicity Contact: Eloy Lugo
Photo Credit: Troy Memis
‘Active Listening: Night on Earth’ out now on Get Better Records
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Co-op pick of the week
Looking for an apartment for one? This $449,000 Prospect Heights co-op may be just the thing
By Lucy Cohen Blatter
Prospect Heights is one of those Brooklyn neighborhoods that has seen its prices climb dramatically in recent years (the median sales price is now $759,000 according to StreetEasy), which is why we were immediately taken by this new-to-market $449,000 one-bedroom in the neighborhood.
Yes, we're pretty sure it's a walk-up building, but it's also got a shared roof deck, which is probably worth the climb up. And judging by the fact that this is apartment listed as number 2, we'd imagine it's either on the first or second floor, so at least that daily climb won't be too bad.
The apartment's not big, but it's efficient and attractive—what more can you ask for in a starter apartment? And though the kitchen is small, and you'll need to get one of those butcher block islands as shown in the picture above, all the appliances and countertops seem to be new, so you can probably move right in without needing to invest any money in renovations.
The bedroom, in particular, seems to be rather spacious and we spy a decently sized closet there, too. One downside: The laundry is in the basement of the co-op next door, according to the listing.
Nonetheless, the building has a live-in super and is pet-friendly, too. Plus, it's about a 5-minute walk from the 2, 3, B and W trains, and the shops and restaurants on Vanderbilt Avenue.
And if you feel like you may grow out of it soon, the listing says the building has a "liberal sublet policy after owner lives in unit for 2 years."
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Nightmare in Park Slope: My ‘luxury’ basement apartment flooded three times in two months
Selling in a buyer's market? Then you should already be in Triplemint's Pre-Market Program
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This Jackson Heights one bedroom offers space, and lots of windows, for $398,500
15 things real New Yorkers look for in a new neighborhood
A compact LIC condo for $900,000 with generous windows and a tax abatement
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Jaroslav Kulhavý
Olympic winner 2012
Signature cards
Jaro finished fourth at National Road Championship
Jaroslav Kulhavy just finished without a medal at common road championship of Czech and Slovak Republic in Dubnica. Olympic mountain bike champion finished fifth in overall and fourth in Czech competitors. The more than 200 kilometers long race was won by Slovakian Peter Sagan who won mass sprint on athletic stadium few meters in front of group with Jaroslav.
“I rode this race primarily as a training for the Marathon World Championships and it fulfills this purpose perfectly. The medal and the title was very close this time, so I’m little bit sorry about it, but the finish at the stadium was complicated and confusing and I didn’t orient there well and some guys passed me in last meters. Otherwise the course did not fit me well. First Circuit over the hill was good for me, but the second part was too flat, more like road criterium” Jaro said after the race.
1. Peter Sagan /SVK, Cannondale Pro Cycling/ time 4:38:22 hod.
2. Jan Bárta /CZE, NetApp Endura/
3. Martin Bína /CZE, Kwadro Stannah/
4. Petr Lechner /CZE, GW Cycling/
5. Jaroslav Kulhavý /CZE, Specialized Racing/
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Jaro finished third in WC Val di Sole
Jaroslav Kulhavy has won bronze medal in the third race of the UCI Mountain Bike Cross Country World Cup in Val di Sole, Italy. He has repeated the placing from the initial race in Albstadt. The Olympic winner was controlling his position of the profile and temperature challenging race nearly from the very beginning.
“I was riding with Schurter and Absalon for a while, but they were too fast for me in the steep uphills. I am still too heavy for it, so I preferred to keep my own pace. In the third round I speeded up and I started to ride comparable times, so I am satisfied today,” said in the finish Jaroslav, who is tuning his performance for the Marathon World Championship, which runs in two weeks in Austria.
“Since Nove Mesto I have been trying to get together after injures and to increase the volumes towards the Marathon, which I am now concentrating at. So I take today´s third place without any special preparation as a good result. But I think, if I had been training for today´s race I would have ridden with them but finished the third anyway. If I finish the third in the overall World Cup ranking, it will be great,” added Jara.
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Board index » Jersey City, NJ » Art & Entertainment » SINATRA SWINGS AGAIN! 2018 SINATRA IDOL CONTEST, JUNE 14
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Re: SINATRA SWINGS AGAIN! 2018 SINATRA IDOL CONTEST, JUNE 14
http://www.cityofjerseycity.org/sinatra.shtml
Frank Sinatra might have been born in Hoboken, but as soon as he was old enough to know better, he moved to Jersey City!
Among the highlights of Sinatra's life in Jersey City are:
The singer and Nancy Barbato of Jersey City were married here in Our Lady of Sorrows Church.
The newlyweds resided in an apartment at 137 Bergen Avenue.
HERE THEY ARE ON NEWARK AVE.
Their first two children – Nancy and Frank Jr. – were born at Margaret Hague Hospital in Jersey City.
Sinatra's first stint as a radio singer was on the local station (WAAT) in Late 1936, a 15-minute show for which he earned 75 cents.
Sinatra reportedly decided on a career as a singer after seeing Bing Crosby in a movie at the Loew's Theater here. Not long after that he won a singing contest at the recently-demolished State Theater. It was from Jersey City that Sinatra commuted to the Rustic Cabin in Englewood. The rest is history.
http://topics.nj.com/tag/jersey-city/posts.html
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SINATRA SWINGS AGAIN! 2018 SINATRA IDOL CONTEST, JUNE 14
For those of you who know Frank Sinatra Drive as the long and winding road on Hoboken’s waterfront, well, kids, its time you knew some Hoboken history. Let’s just say Ol’ Blue Eyes grew up in Hoboken back when almost every corner had a gin joint and if you could carry a tune, some music-lover on a barstool bought you a drink.
http://riverviewobserver.net/2018/06/ ... tra-idol-contest-june-14/
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Fixity of Species Is a Darwinian Myth
Exposing a Darwinian fable. A zonkey or zedonk at Colchester Zoo in 2004. Image courtesy of Wikipedia (Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license).
Anti-creationists like Bill Nye often assume that a belief in creation amounts to the fixity of species. Some time ago, synthetic biologist Drew Endy suggested:
“With Darwin and the theory of evolution came a sea change in perspective. We moved from an idea of the natural world as something that doesn't change to something that does.”
There are very few, if any, creationists who believe in the fixity of species. What they believe is that living things change according to their kinds. For instance, cats change, but they will never evolve to become dogs.
The biblical concept kind does not correspond to the biological term species but is a wider concept.
Accordingly, while evolutionists were surprised to see a zonkey or a cross between a zebra and a donkey, this hybrid was to be expected in the Genesis-based model. The same applies to a liger (lion + tiger), a geep (goat + sheep) and a cross between a grizzly and a polar bear.
The change we see in these hybrids is not of the Darwinian variety. No new genetic information is added.
Heaven, Douglas. 2013. Meet the man writing a language to program life. New Scientist 2932, 28-29.
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The case of Brent Hawkes and how it may affect sexual assault survivors
Mayor John Tory (left) and Hawkes (right) during Toronto police’s Pride
reception on June 22, 2016
Anytime a community leader is accused of a crime, it’s going to be a big deal. But the circumstances surrounding the Brent Hawkes case made this even more so.
First was the nature of the charges. Stemming from an alleged incident in the 1970s when Hawkes was a high school teacher in Nova Scotia, he was charged with gross indecency and indecent assault, two provisions of the Criminal Code that were removed long ago. The Crown argues that the two counts amount to the modern day crime of sexual assault. Hawkes’ defenders believe they’re homophobic.
But the reaction was coloured even more by who Hawkes is. By his own account, he is one of the most well-known and well-respected religious leaders in the country. He’s a recipient of the Order of Canada. The mythology that’s developed around him — going on a hunger strike after the bathhouse raids, conducting the first recognized same-sex marriage in a bulletproof vest, eulogizing Jack Layton at his funeral — has cemented itself in Toronto’s imagination.
So when the charges were brought against Hawkes, the reaction felt familiar to anyone who has followed the many beloved public figures who have been accused of sexual assault in the past few years.
Several prominent community members and politicians rallied to his defence. Craig Scott said unequivocally that he believes Hawkes is innocent. Bob Rae and Olivia Chow expressed their support for their friend. Bill Blair, Paula Fletcher and Peter Tabuns all attended the first service after the charges became public. Doug Elliott, Kim Vance, Al McNutt and Rachel Lauren Clarke started the Brent Hawkes Support Fund to help fund legal costs. (more...)
Gay Apologists Try Hard: In Defense of Brent Hawkes
Why Michael Coren Thinks The Right Is Angry About Brent Hawkes
It's Great to be a Pedophile in Toronto
Labels: abuse, crime, education, gay agenda, gay clergy, homosexuality, misconduct, pedophilia, politics, rape
Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis
Posted by Jonah at 5:53 PM 1 comment:
Labels: Marxism, neocons, politics, war
Psychological Warfare and the American Narrative
9/11. The number still rings in the mind as if chosen to act as a Pavlovian trigger: Outrage, anger, paranoia, retribution. A shadowy band of religious zealots fly not one, but two commercial airliners into the heart of America’s financial community while others deal a deadly blow to the Pentagon. It was a Hollywood movie, an act of war rivaling Pearl Harbor. Why did it happen? Who would do this to Americans, to America? How could a band of ragged terrorists plotting from a cave in faraway Afghanistan have accomplished such a complex task given the size and pervasiveness of the largest and most expensive military/intelligence apparatus in the history of the world? And even more curiously, why would Islamic radicals give the ideology-driven neoconservative administration of George W. Bush exactly the pretext they needed to launch a bloody invasion and further occupation of the Middle East?
According to the official narrative, 9/11 was an attack on everything American and in so doing changed everything about America. Like Kafkaesque characters who’d suddenly found themselves on the other side of a Cold War “Iron Curtain” mirror, Americans would now have to “watch what they say and watch what they do,” open up to questioning or face jail when prodded by squinty-eyed border guards and forsake any hope of privacy or dignity in a new world of electronic spies and full body scans. Former National Security Advisor, Admiral John Poindexter’s Total Information Awareness program would be enacted and a preexisting “Patriot Act” would be signed into law to clamp down on dissent and real or imagined domestic terrorism.
Some careful observers like Anthony Lewis of the New York Times had already noticed the bizarre coup-like changes coming over Washington in the months leading up to the attack as the George W. Bush administration inaugurated radical shifts in domestic and foreign policy that seemed un-American and alien to anything that had gone before. But those concerns would soon be forgotten in the race for revenge.
9/11 would ultimately give President George W. Bush and his neoconservative advisors all the public approval they needed to transform America and invade Afghanistan and Iraq to cleanse the world of evil in an endless “war on terror.” In the end it would turn America’s reputation for racial and religious tolerance, military invincibility and economic dominance on its head.
Looking back on the carnage of the last ten years it’s easy to see how the psychology of 9/11 changed America. What’s not easy to see is how a long standing campaign of covert psychological warfare built up since the early days of World War II had made the slow destruction of American democracy and the ascension of rule by secrecy inevitable, long before the planes ever left the runway on 9/11:
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” -Dr. Joseph Goebbels (more...)
The Most Dangerous Game: World View Warfare
What the world looks like, through American spectacles:
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Labels: fascism, Islam, mainstream media, neocons, politics, totalitarianism, war
Catholics Are Right, Except When They're Annoying
"Islamophobia" doesn't make it into the religious right's lexicon, but "homophobia" nails the black hearts uptight Catholics? Here's an uptight Catholic for your enjoyment and edification:
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Major Political Organizations Are Working To Get Governments To Slaughter Migrants In Europe
Limeys are always trying to correct our English... Was that "Anglophobic"?
Labels: fascism, immigration, Islam, neocons, violence, war
East York residents take stand vs. racism
When Zahra Dhanani and a few other community members heard about the racist signs in East York last month, they decided to take a stand against hate.
The posters urged white people to join the so-called ‘alt-right,’ a movement that promotes white supremacy.
“It’s unfortunate that we had to see those gross posters, but it was really what mobilized people,” Dhanani said.
What started out as a Facebook group of a few dozen friends grew into nearly 1,000 members, ready to embrace multiculturalism and ensure people in the community felt welcome. The East Enders Against Racism group aims to counter hate speech and hate crimes while encouraging support through events, education and community-building. (more...)
Poster in East York being investigated as hate crime
Labels: bullying, crime, fascism, immigration, violence
A Nazi grave in the jungle: Hitler’s explorers went on secret quest to carve out a colony
A Nazi grave in Laranjal do Jari, Brazil that reads: “Joseph Greiner died here of fever on
Jan. 2, 1936, in the service of German research.”
An enduring air of mystery surrounds the towering cross emblazoned with a swastika in a cemetery near the remote Brazilian jungle outpost of Laranjal do Jari. An inscription on the cross, in German, reads: “Joseph Greiner died here of fever on Jan. 2, 1936, in the service of German research.”
Why is there a Nazi grave in the far reaches of Brazil’s Amazon rain forest?
Researchers have meticulously documented how Nazi war criminals fled to South America in the aftermath of World War II. But much less is known about a plot that took root before and during the war: The Nazis hoped to establish a German bridgehead in South America by conquering a swath of the Amazon River Basin.
The secret plan, called the Guyana Project, had its origins in an expedition into the Amazon led by Otto Schulz-Kampfhenkel, a Berlin zoologist, documentary filmmaker and member of Hitler’s SS. (more...)
New Revelations Concerning Colonia Dignidad
Labels: fascism, science, war
Mystical Imperialism: Afghanistan’s Ancient Role
“Those who dream by night . . . wake in the day to find that it was vanity. But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.”
- Lawrence of Arabia from Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Mystical imperialism is a term used to describe 19th century British efforts to colonize the world by bringing Judeo-Christian ethics, morals and philosophies and applying them to the pagan world. In effect what Mystical imperialism became was a philosophy that rationalized the expansion of empire by infusing a sense of the divine into the raw politics of empire building. Today’s version of mystical imperialism applies to a hardened core of ideological defense intellectuals who combine their own esoteric and religious beliefs with Washington policy making. This revelation came to us as we moved further into the motivations behind the secret war against the Soviet Union.
It was at the time of the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993 when we were working on the film version of our Afghanistan experience under contract to Oliver Stone, that we started to piece together the mythic implications of the story. During the research for the screenplay many of the documents preceding the Afghan crisis were declassified. One such document, the Report of Team B, contained language and religious allusions that were surprising for a government publication. Completely overruling any chance for the peaceful cooperation promised by SALT, Team B claimed the Soviets were engaging in a Nazi-like build-up of forces and were preparing for a third world war as if it were inevitable. But it was in the Team B’s charge that the Soviet Union’s world view was “Manichean” that we found reason to wonder. Manicheanism, once one of the major Gnostic religions which, spread from the third to the seventh century from the region of Afghanistan to the east and west. Originating with the prophet Mani in the late 3rd century, the dualist Manichean philosophy divided the world between the two main forces of good and evil, with good equated with heavenly light and evil equated with the dark and material world. In 382 A.D. Roman Emperor Theodosius I declared Christianity to be the only legitimate religion in the empire, deeming Manicheanism a heresy and declaring that Manicheans be put to death. From then on, Manicheanism came to be used as a veiled metaphor for the enemy of any officially approved truth, defined in stark pseudo-religious terms of good versus evil. But what was such a quasi-religious metaphor doing in the Team B Report? (more...)
I can affirm that this mindset pervaded the British elitist worldview of my alma mater. You could not turn in any direction without it hitting you in the face. Want an education in science and engineering? You'll only get alchemical indoctrination.
Labels: freemasonry, gnosticism, Islam, military, neocons, politics, technology, war
‘Hitler actually wasn’t that bad’: How Neo-Nazis are using attractive young women to boost their movement
In one of her online videos from her suburban Toronto bedroom, 19-year-old Veronica Bouchard slouches before the camera in a low-cut dress and a choker, lamenting the Jewish conspiracy to control society by corrupting minds with degenerate inter-racial pornography.
In another, she offers cupcakes decorated with swastikas to a portrait of Adolf Hitler, as she sings him Happy Birthday.
“Hitler actually wasn’t that bad. He wasn’t evil at all. And he’s one of my favourite people of all time,” she says.
Petite and pretty, she speaks variously in an over-acted breathy whisper, or a treacly, girlish singsong, sometimes blatantly trying to force tears about the supposed genocide of white people. At other times, she is vulgar, smug, sarcastic, agitated and angry, swearing at the suggestion she is uneducated and ignorant. (more...)
There Are People Using The Muslim Problem To Justify Nazi Ideology, Beware Of These Wolves In Sheep’s Clothing And Do Not Fall For The Manipulation
I knew girls enrolled at the department of women's studies at my alma mater who made this same pitch. Yes, there is a connection between Naziism and feminism. And, there is a connection between eugenics and the 1970s pro-abortion movement. If you're still fighting the Reds, you're fighting the wrong Bolsheviks.
Labels: fascism, feminism, internet, Marxism
Teacher's aide no longer working at Adam Scott Collegiate after being charged with sexual assault
An educational assistant is no longer working at Adam Scott Collegiate after being charged Wednesday with two counts each of sexual assault and sexual exploitation.
Karen Bagshaw was directed out of school after her arrest and she can no longer be on school property while the charges laid by city police are before the court, Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board director of education Rusty Hick said.
Police began investigating the 57-year-old earlier this month, looking into allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct involving students from the 2014-15 school year.
Two minors were involved, with the Criminal Code defining a young person as someone who is 16 or older but under 18, police said Thursday.
The school board, which has done as much as it can to aid the police investigation, was notified of the arrest Wednesday, Hick said. He called the news "incredibly serious and disappointing," particularly given that student safety is a top priority for officials. (more...)
Labels: abuse, crime, education, misconduct, pedophilia, rape
A State in Denial: British Collaboration with Loyalist Paramilitaries
A state in denial is the second of two major books on the Northern Ireland Troubles to emerge from research by the Pat Finucane Centre and Justice for the Forgotten, each making extensive use of official documents from the National Archives writes Tom Griffin.
In the previous work, Lethal allies, Anne Cadwallader of the Pat Finucane Centre presented the evidence that proved beyond doubt the existence of a loyalist gang involving members of the RUC and Ulster Defence Regiment responsible for some 120 killings in Mid-Ulster in the 1970s.
Cadwallader demonstrated that opportunities to investigate the gang's activities were repeatedly passed up, and paramilitary infiltration of the security forces went unopposed despite official knowledge that this was the main source of loyalist arms.
While the existence of the Glennane Gang is now generally conceded, some critics of Cadwallader's book still resisted her conclusions about the role of high-level collusion in allowing the gang to operate.
A state in denial, by Margaret Urwin of Justice for the Forgotten, leaves the holdouts for the bad apple theory with an even more difficult task on their hands. She turns the spotlight firmly on the policymakers, and evidence of high-level collusion emerges on almost every page, from MI6 officers recommending collaboration with loyalist 'vigilantes' in the early 1970s to the Chief Constable lobbying on behalf of the Ulster Defence Association in the early 1980s. (more...)
Lethal Allies: how collusion fueled the conflict
Labels: accountability, Catholic, censorship, crime, politics, violence, war
Courtice martial arts instructor Christopher Brunke charged with sexual assault of teenaged student
DURHAM – A Courtice martial arts instructor has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenaged student.
The girl, 16, has been a student at Kumo Jiu Jitsu on Hwy. 2 in Courtice for the past three years and during that time formed a friendship with an instructor there, Durham police said.
It’s alleged that over the past two months the relationship “intensified”, police said in a media release Wednesday, Dec. 21. The suspect is accused of inappropriately touching the girl during a visit to her home, police said.
Christopher Brunke, 32, of Stanford Crescent in Clarington is charged with sexual assault, sexual exploitation and luring a person under 18. (more...)
Durham martial arts instructor charged
Labels: abuse, crime, education, misconduct, pedophilia, rape, sports
Freemasons delete webpage on paedophile Gordon Anglesea’s libel judge
Convicted paedophile, police superintendent and freemason Gordon Anglesea is dead.
In 1994, Anglesea was famously awarded £375,000 in libel damages against four media organisations who presciently linked Anglesea to allegations of child abuse by suggesting he had been a regular visitor to the infamous Bryn Estyn children’s home in North Wales.
But the libel judge – Sir Maurice Drake – gave a monstrously biased summing up in favour of Anglesea, in which he said:
“Experience in the courts shows that where men and women, boys and girls make complaints of sexual assault they do sometimes make up stories, either completely or exaggerate some incident out of all proportion so that it no longer bears any relationship to the truth.
“And of course a complaint that someone has sexually assaulted you is comparatively easy to make up and difficult to rebut. It is the nature of a sexual complaint that no one else is likely to have seen it.” (more...)
The Death Of Gordon Anglesea
Labels: abuse, accountability, boys, corruption, crime, freemasonry, homosexuality, misconduct, pedophilia, police, rape
A 20-year toll: 368 gymnasts allege sexual exploitation
A 12-year-old gymnast molested by an Olympic coach during “therapy” sessions.
Children as young as 6 secretly photographed nude by coaches.
Coaches who slipped a finger inside girls’ leotards.
A coach having almost daily sex with a 14-year-old at one of the country’s most prestigious gyms.
No one knows exactly how many children have been sexually exploited in America’s gyms over the past 20 years. But an IndyStar-USA TODAY Network review of hundreds of police files and court cases across the country provides for the first time a measure of just how pervasive the problem is. (more...)
Report details widespread sexual abuse at USA Gymnastics facilities
Labels: abuse, accountability, crime, education, misconduct, rape, sports
Shirley Oaks was infiltrated by paedophiles from the 1950s until its closure in 1983 ... no wonder the children called this place 'Hell'
Shirley Oaks seemed well equipped to give the vulnerable and unfortunate children who ended up there just the kind of start in life they needed.
Situated in the leafy outskirts of Croydon, South London, its 70-acre site included cottages where children in care were looked after by so-called house mothers and fathers, a school, swimming pool, sick bay and playing fields.
But as the survivors’ group report put it yesterday, while it had ‘all the comforts and facilities of a picture-box village where the damaged souls could recover’, all was not as it seemed.
It added: ‘Away from monitoring ears, the children would be less complimentary about its virtues and they would whisperingly refer to it as “Shirley Hell”.
‘This childlike nickname would prove not to be so infantile once we discovered the extent of the unpalatable and sickening practices that had been taking place inside its perimeter walls.’ (more...)
'I was drugged and raped in my own bed - age 12': Residents of Shirley Oaks Care Home tell of years of horrific sexual attacks at the hands of those entrusted with their care
Labels: abuse, accountability, corruption, CPS, crime, education, misconduct, pedophilia, rape
Chris Spence, former TDSB education director, stripped of teaching licence
The Ontario College of Teachers has stripped Chris Spence of his teaching certification, marking the first time a licence has been revoked due to plagiarism.
The decision, delivered Monday by the college’s disciplinary committee, came a month after the former Toronto District School Board director of education was found guilty of professional misconduct.
Spence, whose fall from the top of the city’s education ranks began almost four years ago, was not present at the hearing. He was asked to immediately surrender his teaching certificate to the college’s registrar.
A written reason for the decision will be made public at a later date. The college would not comment on the decision, but spokesperson Gabrielle Barkany confirmed it was the first time the discipline committee revoked a teaching licence because of plagiarism. (more...)
College of teachers finds Chris Spence guilty of professional misconduct
Ontario College of Teachers Hearings -- December 2016
Labels: accountability, education, misconduct, politics
Neoliberalism and the Moral Economy of Fraud
Corporate fraud has become normalised in modern society – including allegations against Volkswagen, one of the top global brands in motoring, HSBC in global banking and Rolls Royce in aerospace: the list goes on. The rot at the top of the finance industry, a key sector in modern business enterprise, has ceased to abate, even after the 2008 crash. In their latest book, Neoliberalism and the Moral Economy of Fraud, editors David Whyte and Jörg Wiegratz focus on the moral conditions and culture that have enabled fraud to become the new norm in society. In short, the book studies the ‘neo-liberalisation of fraud’.
There is ample evidence about the growth and power of multinational corporations, and also the fundamental cracks and weaknesses in both local and global regulation of these profit-oriented enterprises. However, the authors argue that research on the culture of fraud and its justification within neo-liberal government and corporations is scant. Given the thousands of business schools and research faculties all over the world studying business, this gap is highly surprising. If business education has itself been captured by neo-liberal capitalism, then instead of challenging the immorality of fraud, it can become an engine for shaping greed, irresponsibility and corruption. Many are questioning their very purpose and the damage inflicted on the world. (more...)
Labels: accountability, books, business, corruption, crime, education
Angela Merkel Is Reviving The German Empire And Creating The Fourth Reich As Germany Allies With Turkey In The Creation Of The Revived Ottoman Empire
Muslim Nazis praying
The German military is amongst the top ten most powerful militaries on earth, and in this discourse it will be seen that it is conspiring with the Muslims with the aspiration of reviving back its evil empire, whose sinister roots go back to centuries of bloodshed, genocide and the bent to destabilize and destroy Christendom.
In the fourth century the Germans, who had converted to the anti-Catholic heresy of Arianism (which, like Islam, denied the Divinity of Christ), tried to destroy the Catholic world in its invasion of Europe and North Africa and in its sacking of Rome. The Protestant Reformation that began in Germany advocated for the destruction of the Catholic world and for the obliteration of the seat of St. Peter. The revolution of the Reformation would lead to the Thirty Years War, the first pan-European war in which Protestant Germany and their Muslim Ottoman allies warred against Catholic Europe. This aspiration to destroy Christendom continued on in both World Wars. In the First World War, the Germans allied with the Muslim Ottomans against the whole of Europe. In the Second World War the Nazi Germans conspired with the Muslim Albanians and Bosnians, while at the same time, praising Luther, invading Catholic Poland, and working to war against the Vatican.
The Protestant population in Germany, in the words of one historian, “provided the broadest and deepest reservoir of support for the Nazi party in all social groups during its electoral triumphs in the early 1930s.” (See Richard J. Evans, The Third Reich in Power)
Now in today’s Germany, the Protestants (like Merkel and Joachim Gauck) are dominating politics, and dominating Europe through their economic superiority; working with Muslim Turkey (which is working to restore its own empire) in destabilizing Europe by absorbing masses of Muslim refugees; providing arms for Islamic terrorists in the Middle East with the intention of overthrowing Assad’s secular government in Syria, and thereby advancing the Islamic empire in the Near East; and pushing for Orthodox and Catholic countries, such as Poland, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Austria, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Hungary, to accept the Islamic refugees into their countries, who are resisting Germany’s advances. In addition to this, it is also pertinent to point out that Germany’s economic strength is due to Nazi money, made by Nazi industrialists who were pardoned by the US and its allies after the war, thus allowing and enabling Germany to become the economic empire that it is now, and this will enable Germany to become the Fourth Reich that it so desires to become. Turkey wants to restore its old empire, and is working with Germany which as well has already proven itself to be an enemy. (more...)
The Bosnian Muslim Nazi SS Division: Heinrich Himmler and the Formation of the Handzar SS Division
The Beast Reawakens
Labels: fascism, heresy, Islam, politics, war
Mystical Imperialism, Afghanistan & Beyond
Veteran researchers, historians, writers and geopolitical analysts Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould joined me to discuss their scholarly works, notably Invisible History: The Untold Story of Afghanistan, Crossing Zero and The Voice. In this interview, we dive into mystical imperialism, the Great Game, black ops in Afghanistan, the role of geopolitical strategist Zbigniew Brzezinski, the Cold War, Soviet espionage and British Intelligence, spy games, the history of Templarism, Roman Catholicism, BCCI and the drug trade, and much, much more!
Invisible History Blog
Much more depth to be found here:
Interview with Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald about Zbigniew Brzezinski, Afghanistan’s Untold Story and the Ukraine Crisis
Labels: books, business, freemasonry, gnosticism, Islam, Marxism, neocons, politics, war
United States of Anonymity
In 1966, a memo from a former U.S. State Department official found its way to a staffer at Chase Manhattan Bank. “The U.S.,” the memo read, “is probably the second major flight money center in the world, but with little probability of rivaling Switzerland for the foreseeable future.” Five decades on, that relationship has continued, with Switzerland – as the most recent rankings from the Tax Justice Network’s Financial Secrecy Index indicate – remaining the only country outpacing the United States.
However, in the half-century following the memo, the gap between the two countries has shrunk significantly, and over the past few years the U.S. has begun a handful of policies that may well catapult Washington past Bern as the world’s leading destination for financial secrecy. Speared by both state- and federal-level policies, the United States, as a recent Washington Post analysis found, “is now becoming one of the world’s largest ‘offshore’ financial destinations.” Or as Bloomberg noted earlier this year, “Some are calling [the U.S.] the new Switzerland.”
The U.S.’s transition into one of the foremost offshore destinations stems, in no small part, from Washington’s 2014 decision not to join the OECD’s recent financial information-sharing agreement, known as the Common Reporting Standards (CRS). American officials instead opted to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), which came into force in July 2014. Even though much of text within FATCA’s provisions – which required international financial firms to notify the IRS of American accounts – mirrored CRS requirements, the two programs remain remarkably disjointed, such that, as the Tax Justice Network wrote, “Washington’s independent-minded approach risks tearing a giant hole in international efforts” at financial transparency. (more...)
Taxing the $2.5 Trillion in Offshore Profits: What's Ahead for Repatriation?
Meanwhile, in Canada:
Canada Revenue Agency’s landlord stashed money in offshore tax havens
A country of miners and lumberjacks can't count its change.
Labels: accountability, business, corruption, crime, politics
10-year-old boy speaks out about repeated bullying, parents say TDSB isn’t doing enough
Ten-year-old Evan Huff-Briedler loves drumming, sports cars and art and his favourite part of school is gym.
But the worst parts are lunch and recess. That’s because he has been bullied repeatedly over the last several weeks.
The bullying started with pushing and shoving, but earlier this month it escalated.
“I had my hat and glove thrown over the fence cause someone stole it and wouldn’t give it back. And when I ran went to talk to them and say why did you do that, they just punched me in the head,” Huff-Briedler said.
One boy wrote Evan a page-long apology letter and promised not to do it again. (more...)
Meanwhile, Ontario waxes aberosexual:
Ontario takes Halton Catholic board to task on anti-bullying policy
You're not in our alphabet
Labels: accountability, bullying, education, politics
Concerns over the number of cancer cases among Cathedral High School staff
Concerns being raised about the number of cancer cases amongst staff at Cathedral High School in Hamilton.
According to The Hamilton Spectator, the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Union is raising questions after what it calls a disproportional number of staff being diagnosed with cancer.
The local president says there have been 21 cases of cancer since 1995 when Cathedral opened.
The worry is that the school site could be a contributing factor.
The Union says the downtown school was built on an old Hamilton Street Railway site and it suspects an old transformer remains underground and could be “leaching into the ground.” (more...)
Labels: Catholic, education, environment, healthcare, medicine
Taekwondo teacher admits sex abuse of young students
A Winnipeg martial arts instructor faces several years in prison after admitting he sexually abused three of his students.
King Yeung, 57, pleaded guilty in court Wednesday to a total of five sexual exploitation and sexual interference charges involving three female victims who took lessons as teenagers at Kang's Taekwondo Academy on McPhillips Street.
The former students came forward last spring with allegations Yeung had sexually assaulted them over a period of several years while he was their instructor.
He admitted this week to having sexual intercourse with two of the victims and sexually touching all three of them, starting off by buying them gifts and affording them special privileges at the taekwondo academy. In each case, Yeung started fondling the girls when they were 13 or 14 years old, sometimes waiting until they were on overnight trips attending out-of-town tournaments. (more...)
Martial arts teacher accused in student sex assaults charged with decades-old crimes
Former teacher Amy Hood sentenced to house arrest for sex crimes against teens
A former Nova Scotia elementary school teacher will serve 15 months house arrest for sex crimes against two boys she used to teach, after a judge refused to sentence her to the mandatory minimum of one year in jail.
Judge Del Atwood handed down the sentence to Amy Hood, 40, Wednesday morning in Pictou provincial court, and called the one-year mandatory minimum grossly disproportionate in this case. Hood's offences were "more crimes of spontaneous opportunity rather than calculation," he said.
Hood was found guilty in April of sexual assault, sexual interference and luring involving two of her former students.
While Atwood noted Hood is highly unlikely to reoffend in a sexual manner, he was somewhat concerned by her trying to apportion some blame to her victims. He accepted evidence that Hood's bipolar disorder affected her behaviour. (more...)
Russell Wangersky: Different sentences suggest double standard
Double standard with sentencing
Sentencing on sex charges in December for former Pictou County teacher
Labels: abuse, bias, boys, crime, education, men, misconduct, pedophilia, rape
Four EU countries among world’s worst corporate tax havens, new report reveals
The Netherlands, Ireland, Luxembourg and Cyprus are among the world’s 15 worst corporate tax havens, according to new Oxfam research published today. The report ‘Tax Battles’ reveals how these tax havens are leading a global race to the bottom on corporate tax that is starving countries out of billions of dollars needed to tackle poverty and inequality.
The full list of the world’s worst tax havens, in order of significance are: (1) Bermuda (2) the Cayman Islands (3) the Netherlands (4) Switzerland (5) Singapore (6) Ireland (7) Luxembourg (8) Curaçao (9) Hong Kong (10) Cyprus (11) Bahamas (12) Jersey (13) Barbados, (14) Mauritius and (15) the British Virgin Islands. The United Kingdom does not feature on the list, but four territories that the United Kingdom is ultimately responsible for do appear: the Cayman Islands, Jersey, Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands.
Oxfam researchers compiled the ‘world’s worst’ list by assessing the extent to which countries employ the most damaging tax policies, such as zero corporate tax rates, the provision of unfair and unproductive tax incentives, and a lack of cooperation with international processes against tax avoidance (including measures to increase financial transparency). (more...)
Panama Papers: Europol links 3,500 names to suspected criminals
Toronto-area high school students, parent charged after violent fight caught on video
A father who was seriously injured after police say he stepped into a violent fight between his son and another Toronto-area high school student earlier this month has been charged along with four other teenagers after videos of the incident surfaced online.
York Regional Police said a student from Cardinal Carter Catholic High School in Aurora and a student from St. Theresa Lisieux Catholic High School in Richmond Hill gathered with a group of other teens near Briar Nine Park in Oak Ridges for a fight around 3 p.m. on Dec. 2.
During the fight, which can be seen in two videos shared on social media, police said a parent of one of the students got into an argument with another student that escalated to the point where the teenager was assaulted.
The first video posted on social media appears to show two students punching each other repeatedly when a man can be seen walking up to where they were fighting. The video then appears to show a man striking a student in the background.
Police said a group of teenagers then assaulted the father, who was seriously injured in the incident. (more...)
Teens, man charged in student brawl
Parent, four teens charged after brutal fight in Oak Ridges recorded
‘You’re not leaving bro’: Video shows man bloodied in high school student brawl
Labels: Catholic, crime, education, parents, violence, youth
Teen charged in thwarted Oakwood Collegiate attack back in court next year
The teenager charged in a thwarted attack at Oakwood Collegiate Institute will be back in court next year.
A lawyer for the teen, who cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was in court on Tuesday.
The teen will appear in community youth court, a mental health court for young people, on Jan. 16, 2017.
The teen was arrested earlier this month, charged with uttering threats of bodily harm and uttering threats of death. After his arrest, the teen was taken to a hospital. It’s not clear if the teen is still in hospital. (more...)
Principal reassures students after teen allegedly planned school attack on Montreal Massacre anniversary
Labels: crime, education, mental illness, violence, youth
Ontario town puts Junior Firefighting Program on hold after fire chief charged with sex assault of minor
The Town of Kingsville, Ont., has put a new Junior Firefighting Program for teenagers on hold after the fire chief was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a minor.
Kingsville fire Chief Bob Kissner, 60, has been suspended with pay after his arrest on two counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual exploitation. The assaults allegedly occurred last week. Kissner was released on bail Monday afternoon.
The town had posted a request for applications on its website to fill eight positions in the Junior Firefighting Program, meant to attract young people interested in the profession.
“Right now we put it on hold just to kind of allow for staff to acclimate to what’s happening, to get their heads back in the game,” said Kingsville CAO Peggy Van Mierlo-West. “So it has been placed on hold. We’re hoping to re-establish it in the new year.” (more...)
Labels: abuse, boys, crime, education, homosexuality, misconduct, rape
The Dark Side of America's Corporate Connections: Financing, Politics, Science
Nazi Nexus is the long-awaited wrap-up in a single explosive volume that details the pivotal corporate American connection to the Holocaust. The biggest names and crimes are all there. IBM and its facilitation of the identification and accelerated destruction of the Jews; General Motors and its rapid motorization of the German military enabling the conquest of Europe and the capture of Jews everywhere; Ford Motor Company for its political inspiration; the Rockefeller Foundation for its financing of deadly eugenic science and the program that sent Mengele into Auschwitz; the Carnegie Institution for its proliferation of the concept of race science, racial laws, and the very mathematical formula used to brand the Jews for progressive destruction; and others.
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Labels: books, business, crime, eugenics, fascism, medicine, politics, war
'I blocked and reported a number of social media users': Prince Harry's girlfriend Meghan Markle pens a VERY honest essay addressing the racism she has endured from online trolls
So there!
Prince Harry's girlfriend Meghan Markle has penned a powerful essay addressing social media trolls.
Meghan, 35, has opened up about the backlash she received over the producers of Suits decision to cast black actor Wendell Pierce to play her on-screen father.
In an essay for Elle UK magazine, she wrote: 'I remember the tweets when that first episode of the Zane family aired, they ran the gamut from: "Why would they make her dad black? She's not black" to "Ew, she's black? I used to think she was hot."'
The American actress says that the few tweets she was aware of spoke volumes of the racism still at large in the US.
She continued: 'The reaction was unexpected, but speaks of the undercurrent of racism that is so prevalent, especially within America.' (more...)
Labels: bullying, mainstream media, politics
Bizarre racist manifesto and video posted to Ontario cinema’s website after it was hacked
The owners of a London, Ontario, cinema are reeling after its website was hijacked Sunday by someone who posted a bizarre racist manifesto and video.
The hacker also took over the Hyland Cinema’s e-mail lists and sent the same material to thousands of people under the tagline Hyland Movie Guide: Special God’s Holy Day Edition.
Moira and Ali Adlan, who run Hyland, said they don’t know why they were targeted. But they were forced to shut down the Hyland website and have contacted police.
They fielded many calls from the community and posted a notice on social media explaining that they had been hacked.
“We are hoping we can find out who it is and have them charged with whatever they can be charged with… It’s horrendous,” Moira Adlan said Sunday. (more...)
In other Ontario news:
Halton Police investigating after Burlington playground defaced with Nazi references
Very interesting -- but shtoopit
Labels: bullying, crime, fascism
Panama Papers revelations have already delivered results
International heads of state named on the rolls of clandestine companies in tax havens.
Canada’s big banks facilitating tax avoidance through thousands of offshore enterprises.
Strawmen fronting businesses to mask the identities of the real owners.
After a year-long investigation into 11.5 million leaked tax haven documents, the Panama Papers were finally made public last April — and they landed like a bomb.
Laying bare the secretive world of offshore finance, reports detailed the secretive flow of billions of dollars in a parallel offshore economy.
It was the biggest journalistic collaboration in history. Worldwide, more than 4,700 articles have been published on the contents of the leak, documenting revelations that have claimed the careers of heads of state, triggered at least 150 inquiries and audits in 79 countries and prompted criminal investigations into more than 6,500 companies and individuals. (more...)
Canadian banks ordered to disclose Cayman dealings
London Remains Capital of Corrupt Elite Despite Panama Papers Probe
Despite revelations, March 2015, by Transparency International (TI) that 36,342 London properties were held by hidden companies registered in offshore havens, London's property market continues to be a "safe haven for corrupt individuals, through anonymous ownership," the campaign group says.
Wealthy individuals from overseas are continuing to be able to buy up London property anonymously, according to new research by Transparency International UK and Thomson Reuters, 'London property: A top destination for money launderers'.
"Despite the global scandal of the Panama Papers, London's property market continues to be a safe haven for corrupt individuals, through anonymous ownership. Commitments made by the Government are positive, but this new research underlines the danger if the promising words don't turn swiftly to action," Rachel Davies, Head of Advocacy, Transparency International UK told Sputnik. (more...)
Labels: accountability, business, corruption, crime
Saskatoon teacher faces child pornography, sex crime charges
A Saskatoon high school teacher is facing charges following an investigation into the exploitation of children through social media.
Rhett Lundgren, 39, charged with two counts of arranging to commit a sexual offence against a child and one count of attempting to access child pornography, made his first appearance at Saskatoon Provincial Court Friday.
Lundgren works as a fulltime work education teacher at Walter Murray Collegiate and, according to the Saskatchewan Professional Teachers Regulatory Board’s public registry, holds an active, permanent teaching certificate. He's been with Saskatoon Public Schools since 2010, according to spokesperson Veronica Baker.
She told CTV News Lundgren has been “assigned to home with pay” and that the school division has launched its own investigation. Changes to his status as a teacher may occur depending on the outcome of the investigation and court proceedings. (more...)
Saskatoon teacher Rhett Lundgren facing child porn, child sex charges after police investigation
Saskatoon teacher charged with child porn, sex offences
Labels: abuse, crime, education, internet, misconduct, pedophilia, pornography, rape, sports
Germany’s secret paedophilia experiment
Drug addicts and prostitutes: Dr Helmut Kentler, a sex researcher, believed he
was giving Berlin’s troubled teens a social anchor while giving paedophiles a
chance to become caring foster parents.
Under the ‘Kentler Experiment’ of the 1970s, Berlin welfare authorities handed over homeless teenagers to known paedophiles
A mother and her young son board a train and sit opposite a fortysomething man. When they get up to disembark the man’s smile towards the blond boy takes on a troubled edge. “Do you love children a little more than you like?” asks the advertisement on TV screens on Berlin’s U-Bahn trains. The final message – “Don’t become a perpetrator” – is also the name of a groundbreaking paedophile research and therapy programme.
The campaign began in Berlin 11 years ago and now operates in 10 cities across Germany. About 7,000 people have made contact, and about 1,000 paedophiles – people who are sexually attracted to children – have received therapy.
“Paedophilia is not curable, but it can be treated,” says Dr Klaus Beier, who leads the prevention network at the Charité, Berlin’s university clinic.
The World Health Organisation classifies paedophilia as a sexual-preference disorder. Charité therapists explain to participants that their sexual attraction to children is a medical condition until the urge is acted upon, when it becomes a crime.
Patients learn methods of self-control and about the consequences of acting on their sexual desires. Treatment can take place anonymously, and medical assistance, such as “chemical castration”, to control sex drive, is offered on a voluntary basis. (more...)
Germany faces up to sexual abuse after scandals at Catholic, other schools
Upcoming Green Politician's Interjection Reveals the Strong Influence of Pedophiles on Her Party
Renate Künast reaches for the undo button
Labels: abuse, crime, education, healthcare, medicine, pedophilia, politics, youth
More than half of B.C.’s most expensive homes owned by secret shell companies spurring money laundering fears
Almost half of Vancouver’s 100 most expensive homes are bought using shell companies or other financial tools that obscure the identity of the true owners, a report from anti-corruption group Transparency International says.
The report, which focuses on money laundering and tax evasion vulnerabilities in Canadian real estate through a study of Vancouver luxury homes, slams Canada for failing to close home-ownership loopholes related to shell companies, trusts and nominees.
The report also concludes the prevalence of non-transparent ownership in B.C. luxury real estate makes it impossible to measure how much offshore cash is invested in B.C. homes, even though B.C. is attempting to collect data on foreign ownership.
“An influx of overseas capital is one of several causes of rising property prices, (in Vancouver and Toronto) but the extent and impact of foreign investment remains unknown since very little data is collected on property owners,” the report says. “Individuals can use shell companies, trusts and nominees to hide their beneficial interest in Canadian real estate.”
Compared to other advanced economies, Canada has weak transparency laws, the report states. (more...)
Lax Canadian regulations sheltering corporate shell games
Hold and secure lifted for all schools in Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton
KAWARTHA LAKES - The Trillium Lakelands District School Board has lifted a hold and secure on all of its schools after a generalized threat was received Friday (Dec. 9) morning on Twitter.
Catherine Shedden, District Manager of Corporate Communications, Director’s Office, and Trustee Liaison, told MyKawartha.com that police and the Board are investigating the threat, which did not include any specific details, including which school was involved.
The incident is being investigated by OPP in Bracebridge. Later on Friday Bracebride OPP said they have arrested a 16 year-old Gravenhurst male after the investigation determined him to be allegedly responsible.
“At this point, we are working to track down a location to determine if there is anything, or nothing at all,” said Shedden, adding the hold and secure is a precautionary measure as safety is the Board’s first priority. (more...)
Boy, 16, arrested following school threat
Labels: crime, education, violence, youth
Durham teacher's licence revoked after years-long sexual relationship with student
DURHAM -- Ontario’s College of Teachers has revoked the licence of a Durham Region teacher after he confessed to a years-long sexual relationship with a student.
Wayne Thomas Bodley engaged in “horrendous” and “reprehensible” conduct that could jeopardize the public’s confidence in the profession, a disciplinary panel wrote in a recently published decision.
Bodley acknowledged the allegations against him and pleaded no contest to charges that included sexual abuse of a student and engaging in disgraceful conduct. A hearing was held in April, and the decision on sanctions was released in May.
A statement of facts noted that Bodley became acquainted with the student in 2005 and that in 2006 both attended a conference, after which Bodley offered the student a ride home. It was then that Bodley made a “pass” at the student, according to the statement. (more...)
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The US-Iran Syndrome: Leverage or Squander? - Yoram Ettinger
by Yoram Ettinger
Western leaders tend to sacrifice long-term, complex national security strategic goals on the altar of short-term, easily-grasped tactical gains.
Western leaders tend to sacrifice long-term, complex national security strategic goals on the altar of short-term, easily-grasped tactical gains. This is a derivative of flawed leadership and the fundamentals of democratic political systems and societies: the pre-determined, relatively-short political life-expectancy of leaders and legislators; the centrality of public opinion; the reservations about conducting wars overseas; the high-sensitivity to war casualties; etc.
For example, in 2003, the US focused on the clear and present threat posed by Saddam Hussein, but downplayed its ripple effect on the larger context, including the threats posed by the Ayatollahs of Iran and other forms of Islamic terrorism. Thus, the US military toppled the repressive, terrorist, imperialistic Sunni-Ba’ath regime of Saddam Hussein, and transferred the helm to Iraq’s Shiites, who account for 50% of Iraq’s population, compared to 30% Sunni and 20% Kurdish.
However, empowering Iraq’s Shiites frustrated and threatened the senior Iraqi Sunni military, tribal and political personnel, driving them to the folds of Sunni Islamic terror organizations, such as ISIS, the Islamic Army in Iraq, Al Qaeda Iraq and the Mujahidin Army of Iraq. Moreover, the devastation of Iraq – an historically geostrategic counter balance to Iran - has dramatically upgraded the regional and global power-projection of the Ayatollahs, paving the road to their domination of Iraq. This has provided a tailwind to their predominance in Syria and, increasingly, in Lebanon, intensifying regional volatility, and posing a lethal threat to all pro-US Arab Sunni regimes. Thus, the spoils of a just US military victory were snatched by an arch-enemy, the Ayatollahs.
In 2017, the US has intensified its war on ISIS in Iraq and Syria, bringing ISIS to the verge of defeat. However, a defeat of the Sunni ISIS triggers ripple effects, such as bolstering the fortunes of two satellite regimes of Teheran: the Alawites in Damascus and the Shiites in Baghdad. Therefore, the failure to leverage the defeat of ISIS as a stepping-stone towards the toppling of the chief enemy, the Ayatollahs, would upgrade the regional and global, destructive power-projection of the “Death-to-America” Ayatollahs, whose machete is at the throat of all pro-US Arab regimes.
The grand design of the Ayatollahs is to coalesce territorial continuity from Iran in the Persian Gulf, through Iraq and Syria to Lebanon (and its 30%-40% Shiite component) on the Mediterranean, proceeding to topple the pro-US Sunni regimes in the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf, Jordan and Egypt, gaining control over the paramount, strategic straits of Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb, much of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea, the Muslim World and then the world at-large.
Since their rise to power in 1979, the agenda of the Ayatollahs has been independent of – and drastically beyond - the Palestinian issue, but for one cardinal issue: they are aware that a Palestinian state in the mountain ridges of Judea and Samaria would dramatically erode the power-projection of Israel (“the Little Satan”), which would deny the US (“the Great Satan”) and its Arab allies a most effective beachhead in the Middle East. The Palestinian issue has not been relevant to the Ayatollahs grand design – which is based on a 1,400 year old Islamic ethos - nor to the Saudi appreciation of Israel’s assistance in removing the Ayatollahs’ machete from their throat.
Contrary to Western foreign policy establishments, which profess negotiation and compromise with - and substantial concessions to – the Ayatollahs, the latter’s school curriculum highlights the megalomaniacal, supremacist, apocalyptic, terroristic, anti-US nature of the Ayatollahs, who pose a clear and present threat to the US homeland and national security.
On May 24, 2017, Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, told the graduates of Imam Hossein Military Academy: “the Greater Jihad as steadfastness and defiance of the Arrogance Front [led by the USA]…must top the agenda of the Islamic Revolution….” The Ayatollahs consider the July 2015 nuclear agreement a reaffirmation of Western vacillation, a tenuous, tactical agreement with “the modern-day-crusader, arrogant, Great Satan,” to be abrogated as befits agreements concluded with “infidels,” in accordance with the Quran and Muhammad’s legacy. Currently, the Ayatollahs employ the North Korean venue to obtain nuclear mega-capability, in order to remove the US mega-obstacle to the mega-goal of dominating the Persian Gulf, the Middle East and the world.
The Ayatollahs, on the one hand, and compromise, moderation, stability and peaceful-coexistence, on the other hand, constitute a classic oxymoron. Hence, a regime-change in Teheran is a prerequisite for reducing regional and global turbulence.
Moreover, while the opposition to the Ayatollahs is gaining ground, their ruthless regime, and the passivity of the West during the 2009 attempted uprising, precludes a peaceful transition of power.
Will the US leverage – or squander - the current offensive against ISIS, leveraging the tactical gain in order to score a strategic victory against the Ayatollahs? Will the US preempt – or react to – the Ayatollahs’ access to nuclear capability? Will the US resurrect its independence of unilateral military action, highlighting its own national and homeland security considerations, or will the US sacrifice this on the altar of multilateralism, which yields the lowest common denominator of geostrategic effectiveness? Will the US and Israel follow a reality-based policy in removing the Ayatollahs threat, or will they be duped, and stalled, by a false linkage between the Ayatollahs and the Palestinian issue?
Yoram Ettinger
Source: http://theettingerreport.com/Iran-and-MidEast/The-US-Iran-Syndrome--Leverage-or-Squander-.aspx
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history (noun)
case history (noun)
life history (noun)
natural history (noun)
oral history (noun)
history /ˈhɪstəri/ noun
plural histories
/ˈhɪstəri/
Learner's definition of HISTORY
[noncount] : the study of past events
I studied history in college.
a professor of medieval/American history
— see also natural history
a : events of the past
They were one of the greatest teams in history.
the dawn of recorded history [=the beginning of the time when important events in the past were written down]
These problems have occurred throughout (human) history.
It was one of the most destructive storms in modern/recent history.
It was a period in American history when most people lived and worked on farms.
Her discoveries have earned her a place in history. [=she will be remembered in the future because of her discoveries]
How will history judge the policies of the current administration? [=how will the policies be regarded in the future?]
History has shown that such attempts have always failed. [=such attempts have always failed in the past]
They believe that they will succeed because history is on their side. [=because other people have succeeded in the past in similar situations]
You can't rewrite history. [=you can't change what has happened in the past]
A talent scout spotted her behind the counter at a soda fountain and the rest is history. [=the rest of the story about her success is well-known]
They won the championship last year. Will history repeat itself this year? [=will the same thing happen again?]
b : past events that relate to a particular subject, place, organization, etc.
He gave us a tour of the building and told us about the company's history. [=about how the company began and how it has developed over time]
The company has been successful throughout its history. [=throughout the entire time of its existence]
Nothing like this has occurred before in the company's 20-year history. [=in the 20 years that the company has existed]
There is quite a bit of history [=much has happened] in this old house.
The history of space exploration is a fascinating topic.
The school can trace its history back to the early 19th century. [=the school has existed since the early 19th century]
[count] : a written record of important events that have happened since the beginning of something
He wrote a well-known history of the British empire.
The book begins with a brief/short history of the Internet.
[count] : an established record of past events, actions, etc. — usually singular
The patient has no (prior) history of heart problems. [=she has not had heart problems in the past]
The prisoner has a history of violence. [=the prisoner has been violent in the past]
a patient's medical history [=a record of past medical problems and treatments]
a worker's employment history [=a record of jobs that a worker has had]
It's hard to buy a car if you don't have any credit history. [=if you have not borrowed and repaid money in the past]
They have a family history of heart disease. [=many people in their family have suffered from heart disease in the past]
[noncount] informal : someone or something that is finished
Their winning streak was history. [=their winning streak was finished/over]
His boss told him that if he was late one more time, he would be history. [=he would be fired]
— see ancient
go down in history
: to be remembered as a very important person or event
The discovery of the structure of DNA will go down in history.
: to do something that is very important or famous and that will be remembered as part of history
They made history by discovering the structure of DNA.
What made you want to look up history? Include any comments and questions you have about this word.
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County Votes to Support Trump Administration’s Lawsuit Against California
Local Organizations Criticize Decision, While Others View it as a Community Safety Victory
On Tuesday, April 17, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors announced a vote of 3-1 to support the Trump’s Administration’s lawsuit against three California laws, sparking different reactions from organizations for and against the decision.
Supervisors Kristin Gaspar, Bill Horn and Dianne Jacobs voted to support the lawsuit, Supervisor Greg Cox voted against and Supervisor Ron Roberts did not attend the meeting.
As a result of the decision, the County of San Diego will file an amicus brief if the case moves on appeal to a higher court as a result of missing the deadline to file such a brief.
In March, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against California’s so-called sanctuary laws on the basis that they are unconstitutional.
The three laws in the lawsuit include: SB 54 or the California Values Act; AB 450, or the Immigrant Worker Protection Act; and AB 103 Dignity not Detention Act.
Days and even hours before the Board of Supervisors decided on supporting the lawsuit against California, local organizations on both sides attempted to mobilize San Diego residents to have their “voices heard.”
Organizations Supporting California
Prior to the decision, immigration advocacy organizations rallied to demand that the Board of Supervisors remove the item for the agenda all together, stating that the lawsuit goes against California vales and would push the region’s immigrant community back into the shadows.
According to immigration advocates, without SB 54, immigrant communities would be less likely to report crimes for fear of deportation.
Organizations gathered Tuesday morning in front of the San Diego County Administration Center building to demand that the Board of Supervisors vote no on the proposal.
Katia Ortiz, with the San Diego Organizing Project and a DACA recipient, said that families are being separated, targeted, and it is wrong that the board is supporting the lawsuit.
“They were elected to represent us not neglect us,” Ortiz said
Following the County’s decision to vote to support the lawsuit, several organizations and San Diego leaders released statements expressing their disapproval and criticism of the Board of Supervisors.
“Today’s harmful decision during a closed session shows that our Board of Supervisors is out of touch with the citizens of san Diego County,” San Diego Organizing Project Board Member Gloria Morales-Palos said in a statement. “SB 54 is a crucial bill to protect all San Diego residents, both immigrants and citizens of all cultural backgrounds, from unwarranted interrogations, detainments and deportations.”
Other local leaders took to social media to express their discontent with the decision.
“Board of Supervisors vote today is especially infuriating while 90 of us (Democrats and Republicans) are in Mexico working on binational relations. Talk about sending the wrong message,” San Diego District 8 City Councilmember David Alvarez wrote in a tweet on Tuesday.
The American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties called on the Board of Supervisors to rescind their decision to “side with the Trump administration” in the lawsuit.
Organizations and Local Leaders Supporting Lawsuit
In opposition, local leaders like Mayor of Escondido Sam Abed and Mayor of San Marcos Jim Desmond, along with others, encouraged the board to join the lawsuit to challenge laws that “protect criminals from deportation.”
On Friday, April 13, several local leaders held a press conference to explain that their interest in encouraging the Board of Supervisors to support the lawsuit against California.
Speakers shared that the so-called sanctuary laws actually make communities less safe by making it more difficult for ICE to deport undocumented immigrants who have committed crimes.
“This is about law enforcement and keeping our neighborhoods and law abiding citizens safe,” Desmond said.
Abed said SB 54 is actually separating families because of the lack of collaboration with ICE and local enforcement authorities, ICE is forced to deport non criminal immigrants.
The City of Escondido voted 4-1 on Wednesday to file a legal brief in support of the lawsuit.
Speakers expressed that their concerns were for the safety of San Diego resident, including the immigrant community, and that their interest in joining the lawsuit was to support the administration and allowing local law enforcement agencies to work with ICE.
Following the decision, Carl DeMaio, chairman of Reform California released a statement calling the vote a victory.
“We mobilized thousands of voters to contact them and urge them to take this step and it worked,” his statement read.
Andrea Lopez-Villafaña, Donald Trump, immigration, San Diego County, San Diego County Board of Supervisors
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Koinen's Corner
White People Worldwide:
Resist or regret
Work for what's good for our people
Help stem the dark tide
Stand tall or be beat down
Fight back or die
by Val Koinen
During court proceedings, those who give testimony are required to swear on the Bible that they will tell 'the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.'
We tell our little children how important it is to be truthful, and we illustrate that concept with a fable about how wonderful it was that as a young boy our first President, George Washington, told his father 'I cannot tell a lie' when confronted about chopping down a cherry tree.
We like to tell people 'the truth will out.' We like to remind our people that 'the truth shall set you free.'
Clearly, we Americans seem to, or at least claim to, revere the truth. We claim to hold the truth in very high regard indeed.
Yet when it comes to things that really matter or at least should matter to us as individuals, as parents, as citizens, as news reporters, as history teachers of children in schools, as purveyors of goods for sale and participants in business transactions, and as elected representatives and government officials of a nation dealing with its own people and in international affairs; we all too often do not stick to the truth. In fact as often as not we fail miserably at being truthful. We do not live the truth. We do not insist on being told the truth by our government, media, schools (educators and textbooks), and 'big business.'
And that fact -- that we are so lax when it comes to actually speaking and practicing truth ourselves and demanding the truth from others -- has most likely been one of the main reasons humanity has been subjected to so much anguish, poverty, misery and suffering, civic injustice, conflict, and even war down through the ages (some others being, of course, such things as draught and other natural calamities, disease, Jews, greed, lust for power, the sometimes innately evil nature of humankind, and Jews). (And did I mention the Jews, who Schopenhauer called 'the great masters of the lie?')
So just what are the kinds of truthfulness that I think are so important? Well, let's do a quick review of just some of the many specific events and issues that we have all been told lies about, or maybe just had the truth withheld from us, by those who knew or know the truth, ever since we were little children (remember -- this is just a 'sampler;' it barely scratches the surface). And then we might want to ask ourselves -- have we really been told the truth about; do we really know the truth about; and wouldn't it be nice if we were not told so many lies about; such things as the following?
Truth in Government
Few would argue against truth being a desirable ingredient, if not a necessary basis for just and equitable lawmaking -- yet that process is all too often bereft of truthful motivation and/or presentation.
The real reasons behind our country's foreign-policy decisions, warmongering, etc. When it comes to these kind of things, it sometimes seems as if just about everything our government tells us is partly if not entirely a lie.
The truth about the countless ways in which the Federal Government practices anti-White bias and discrimination.
Including, the reasoning behind the Justice Department's failure, or at least reluctance, to prosecute 'civil rights' crimes when White people are the victims.
Real crime statistics as broken down by race -- Whites and the far more criminally inclined 'Hispanics' (mostly Mestizos) being deceptively lumped together in federal government statistics of violent crime.
Presidential pretender Obama's past -- true citizenship; his presenting a fake birth certificate to the country; other questionable documents and past life-history and associations.
The truth (vs. lies) about excessive and wasteful government spending of all kinds, in many different areas and by countless different agencies.
Truth from the Media
News reporting by Jew-controlled press and television -- frequent failure to timely and truthfully report on Black-on-White (and other non-White-on-White) violent crime; cover-up of race of non-White perps.
Lack of thorough and accurate reporting of true Israeli motivations and actions re: their constant warmongering in the Middle East and their maltreatment of the Palestinians.
Media cover-up over the years, at the very least by omission of disclosure, of all the Jewish criminality in our societies -- organized crime, investment schemes and financial scams, bribery, White slavery, pornography and other sexual perversion, and their disproportionate involvement in a host of other activities of questionable legality.
Massively untruthful and unrealistic, Negro-promoting and anti-White-propagandizing nature of television shows and commercials and print advertising.
Finance and Business Truth
Lies of so many government and Federal Reserve officials and operatives, bankers, brokers, financial service workers (especially those of guess-which-ethnicity persuasion).
'Shady' big business collaboration with government in the areas of lobbying, special-preference subsidies, dubious contract awards, questionable grants, tax breaks (evasion?), etc.
All the 'little lies' of exaggeration and omission told by people in marketing, advertising, and sales.
Truth in Public Education
The purpose of public education of our children is, or at least should be, among other things, to teach such things as: facts, knowledge, and skills as preparation for going on to college and/or life's work (careers); governance and citizenship; character, ethics, and morality; and the heritage and history of our people and our nation. Underpinning all that is, or at least should be, the truth.
With that in mind, it would seem reasonable to ask the question: 'wouldn't it be wonderful if we could get our schools to teach our children the truth about such important things as race, evolution and genetics, White versus Negro and other non-White historical accomplishments and inventions, and Whites versus non-Whites in history?' (Yes, granted, some teaching along such lines might be a little uncomfortable for Negro children in the classroom. But that is not a valid reason to deliberately not teach the truth to our kids, or to avoid certain subjects. It is, if anything, a reason to segregate the races in our public schools.)
Wouldn't it also be nice if our schools would teach the truth about history and such major events as WW I, Jewish involvement in the Russian Revolution and the early 20th century advance of communism, WW II, the substantially Jewish-orchestrated killing of tens of millions of people in the 20th Century, the Jewish so-called 'holocaust,' the 'War on Terror,' and recent and ongoing Middle-Eastern wars?
And what about teaching the truth about the 'Jewish state' of Israel (illicit founding, striving for regional hegemony, barbaric treatment of Palestinians, their ethnic 'apartheid' laws and policies, influence over our U.S. elections and government, etc.)?
And why not teach the truth about other Jewish perfidy: molding public opinion via their control of the news media, negative and anti-White influence over popular culture via their control of entertainment media, their involvement in immigration and so-called 'civil rights' legislation, and their 'brainwashing' generations of Americans regarding race and race relations?
Truth about Historical Events
The truth about Jewish strategy and subversive activities in virtually all the White nations over the past couple centuries -- facilitation and perpetration of lies, distortions, financial shenanagans, and other anti-White efforts that have led to labor and class turmoil, moral degeneration, social disruption, revolutions, and wars on a global scale.
Jewish influence over President Wilson and their role in establishment of the Federal Reserve and in getting Wilson to 'change his stripes' and pursue U.S. involvement in WW I.
The real story of the Jews' contribution to prolonging WW I and defeating Germany, and their role in getting the U.S. into that conflict (the 'Balfour Declaration' ploy).
Role of the Jews in the Russian Revolution and the communist take-over and establishment of the USSR, which ultimately resulted in the killing of more than 20 million, and maybe even up to 60 million people, primarily in the USSR and eastern Europe.
The truth about the Jew-dominated Frankfurt school of social research and cultural Marxism.
The truth about Jew-dominated Boasian social anthropology in U.S. universities.
The truth about the (Jewish) Freudian psychology scam.
Jewish responsibility for the severely burdensome anti-German terms of the Versailles Treaty following WW I; the post-war rape of Germany; Jewish influence and control over that country during the Weimar Republic period; and the real reasons behind the rise of National Socialism and Adolf Hitler.
The real reasons behind (causes of) the start of WW II hostilities (Jew-dominated communist political activity in Europe, British commercial and government power motivations, Jewish influence on Churchill, the insane war guarantee given to Poland (much like the guarantees we have given to Israel in recent months, promising to back them up if they should choose to attack Iran), threats and actions of Stalin's communist USSR).
Jewish role in working with FDR to get the U.S. into WW II.
FDR's nefarious manipulations that led to the Pearl Harbor attack (the proximate and ultimate cause of our getting involved in WW II as a combatant); the truth about whether or not he knew the attack was imminent.
The Jewish 'holocaust' extortion scam, including the Anne Frank diary fraud. Also including truth vs. falseness of countless details of that largely concocted and heavily propagandized event, for example: no hard evidence; just unreliable 'eyewitness' accounts and testimony; no official German 'plan' or order for mass exterminations; not one single certified death by cyanide gassing(?); no German engineering/construction plans of 'gas chambers' designed to kill large numbers of people; no physical remains of gas chambers that are known to have been used to murder people have ever been found (no 'murder weapon'); no great quantities of human remains that would substantiate the Jewish claim of six million killed; just manufactured (concocted), circumstantial, and mostly fraudulent evidence for the event; the supposed event not even mentioned in memoirs of any of the major players (Churchill, DeGaulle, Eisenhauer, Stalin); a clear history of how the supposed event was 'cranked up' in the 1960's up until about 1970; and finally, the tell-tale situation of it being illegal nowadays in several European countries to even question the 'official' version of events and put forth other, alternate views (and the ridiculous and disgusting legal reality that 'the truth is no defense' in court procedings).
All the lies, dishonest dealings, and fraudulent legal proceedings of the 1945-46 Nuremberg 'kangaroo court' trials and other Nazi-prosecution trials following WW II.
Facts of the 1954 Israeli 'Lavon Affair' operation in Egypt.
The 1963 Kennedy assassination -- who did the deed and why it was done; the factual shortcomings of the Warren Commission report.
The true story of the 1964 'Gulf of Tonkin' incident which Johnson used to get us more deeply involved in the Vietnam War.
The truth about the 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty that resulted in 208 American casualties (37 dead and 171 wounded) and the disgusting and treasonous response of President Johnson and his Navy big-shots.
Truthful accounting of events of the September 11, 2001 ('9/11') attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, how it was done and who was responsible, and the lies and omissions of the 9/11 Commission Report.
The way Bush, Cheney, and the Jewish (and some non-Jewish) Neocons lied us into the Iraq War.
The Truth about Jews
What really is the truth about the legitimacy of the 'Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion' (Jewish plans to control all world societies and governments)?
Anti-White (anti-gentile, anti-'goy') teachings of the Jewish Talmud.
So-called Jewish 'blood libel' (Jewish murder of Whites/Christians, and especially of children).
Jewish involvement in the early-day U.S. slave trade.
Jewish/Israeli anti-U.S. national security crimes -- spying, Lavon Affair, USS Liberty, etc.
Jewish influence over and control of U.S. politics, elections, and government.
Jewish influence over and control of our media -- press, TV, movies and other entertainment (for example, near-total Jewish control of Hollywood and moviemaking).
Jewish opinion-forming through their control of the press and other media; and in recent years, their push for hate-crime (thought-crime) laws and oppressive Internet controls.
Jewish role in the perversion, 'filthifying,' and negrification of our popular culture.
True nature and extent of Jewish involvement in such anti-White and anti-American cultural distortions as the 'sexual liberation' movement of the 1960's, teenage culture and rebellion, attacks on the family, the 'normalization' of homosexuality, and radical feminism.
Jewish influence in advertising (excessive sexual innuendo and soft porn; constant debasement of straight White males; promoting unrealistic Negro presence and stature over Whites).
Jew-controlled press' suppression of news reports of Black-on-White crime.
The deep involvement and effects of Jewish nepotism, networking, organizations, in-group financial support, and in-group favoritism in such areas as jobs and appointments in government, academic positions, in business and finance, in scientific research and awards, etc.
Jewish historical and ongoing efforts to weaken and dispossess U.S. Whites and to destroy us as the majority and dominant race in America, and eventually to genocide us out of existence; including their efforts to weaken White America via non-White immigration and (so-called) 'civil rights' legislation, integration, and race-mixing.
Jewish Zionist and 'Neocon' role in our so-called 'War on Terror' and invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq.
Israeli 'Samson Option' (planning for 'last resort' massive nuclear [ostensibly retaliatory] attack(s) against adversaries).
Jewish/Israeli warmongering and pressure on the U.S. to attack Iran for their benefit (while definitely not being in our best interest).
Jewish role in provoking much of the so-called 'Arab Spring' turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East, and our (U.S.) involvement in those areas (most recently working to goad us into direct military action in Syria).
Racial Truth in General
The false Jewish-promoted mantra of race just being a 'social construct' and all people being 'the same under the skin.'
The manifestly untruthful doctrines pounded into our and our children's heads claiming that 'diversity is our strength' and multculturalism is a positive thing in our society.
Misrepresentations if not lies intended to cover up the reality of the races of humanity being biological 'subspecies,' the real differences between races, and the reality of racial competition for geographic space and resources.
All the government-mandated 'affirmative action' and other racial preference programs and quotas that are so blatantly discriminatory against and costly to White people.
Truth about Negroes
Fact that they are a different, less-evolved subspecies of humankind.
Fact of their lower IQs; more instinctive (animalistic) behavioral proclivities including less reasoned, calculated, and rational behavior.
Historical (and current) incapacity for civilized behavior and government; general non-performance; propensity for destroying cities (rendering them unfit for White occupation).
Chronic need for job and school 'affirmative action' assistance, racial preferences, and quota advantages.
Greater propensity for contracting AIDS and venereal diseases.
Relatively high degree of criminal behavior -- drug dealing, prostitution, assault, mob violence (including 'flash mobs'), torture, rape, battery, murder, etc. And especially all the vastly disproportionate and horrible Black-on-White crime -- the secret, dirty war being waged against White people in America.
Costs to White taxpayers for such things as welfare, health care, policing, judicial system, and incarceration (the general overall cost to White taxpapers of the Negro underclass).
Relative non-educability; costs to White taxpayers and students in the schools; classroom and schoolyard crime; damage done to educational facilities.
Truth about 'Hispanics,' 'Latinos,' Mestizos
Fact of their lower IQs on average.
Fact of their having a substantially greater propensity for criminality -- for example, DUIs, drug crimes, gang violence, rape, murder.
True dimensions of their welfare, health care, and hospitalization costs.
More generally, the truth about the cost to White American taxpayers generated by the Mestizo underclass.
Effects on the labor pool and workforce -- facts that they take entry-level jobs from unskilled and young inexperienced Whites, and that they lower wages for White workers.
Costs and inconveniences to White American taxpayers of their Spanish-speaking proclivities (in schools, government offices, signage, etc.).
Effect of high level of quasi-legal and illegal immigration -- 'take over' cities and large areas (rendering them unfit for White occupation); intention to dispossess (and eventually do away with by one means or another) the White population (i.e., stated policies and desires of Aztlan, Mecha, etc. adherents).
The truth about the real demographic and economic effects of birthright citizenship ('anchor baby') policies and enacting immigration reform that would provide a 'path to citizenship' for 15 to 20+ million Mestizos.
Truth about Muslims, Arabs, Turks, etc.
We are constantly served a double-dose of falsehood about these peoples. Firstly, the Jews (Israel and Jewish politicians and pundits and their controlled press here in America) constantly work to create revulsion and fear in the American mind concerning these people and their threat as terrorists and as being potentially dangerous war-aggressors (i.e., Iran). And much of that fear-mongering is based on misinformation, overstatement, and even outright lies.
But on the other hand, we are not told nearly enough about the very real demographic (racial) disaster and crime problems resulting from the huge numbers of these people invading White countries in Europe, North America, and Australia. And their building their mosques, working to take over neighborhoods and cities, to get special dispensation for their cultural practices, and to substitute their Sharia Law for our legal procedures.
Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Indians, Indonesians, Pacific Islanders, etc.)
Effects on labor (from both outsourcing [off-shoring] and H-1B imported third-world workers) -- they take (?)millions of jobs needed by Whites, and lower wages and salaries.
The reality of potential future economic and national-security problems resulting from our relinquishing control of the Panama Canal to the Panamanians and their subsequently turning effective control of that vital waterway over to Chinese interests.
Relatively high rates of criminality of some groups and individuals.
Buying up of real estate, business property, and other assets.
Costs of multilingual problems in schools, government information, and services.
Truth about American Indians ('Amerinds')
Facts of their comparative non-educability, alcoholism, crime, welfare, health problems, and poverty; unwarranted preferential treatment and monetary favors based on their 'native' status -- overall, a significant drain on the financial resources of White taxpayers.
Religious Teachings
This essay is already much too long, so I am not going to delve very deeply into these matters (truth vs. falsity, of such things as god-belief, Bible stories, miracles, the power of prayer, indiscriminate 'brotherhood of man,' the admonishment to 'turn the other cheek,' etc.). Unquestionably, a lot of good has come to our people from Christianity (for example a sense of 'White righteousness' in days gone by, and Christian charity when not harmful to the best interests of Whites); and it has, in the past, provided us with a strong moral and ethical foundation. But on the other hand, religion has historically been and is still in today's world the cause, or at least a major contributing cause, of such things as sectarian strife and wars. And in recent years it has most certainly helped keep us meek, soft, and weak; and vulnerable to both the mental and physical assaults of our enemies. Suffice to say that like many of the other things I have been discussing, we would do well to examine the veracity of religion, its teachings, and the actions of churches and the 'priestly class' with an open but critical mind.
Summarizing the sad state of affairs in today's America:
What we have now, in this thoroughly 'Jewed,' politically-correct age, is a society and a nation built and operating on lies. News reports in newspapers, in magazines, and on television -- lies. Schools teach our kids lies. Textbooks are filled with lies. Marketing, advertising, and sales are often often replete with deception and lies, or at least half-truths. Politicians lie to us as 'standard operating procedure.' Government and bureaucracy constantly drench us in lies.
I would suggest that no advanced society, no civilization, can long survive if the people believe and live multiple lies about all the most important things. And note too -- for generations, we have been teaching our children lies in their schools, in churches, and in the media; about such things as race, Jews, history, and wars.
We should ask ourselves -- how can we expect to remain a strong, viable nation, and defend ourselves against and prevail over our enemies when our people don't know the truth about them and what they are trying to do to us?
The truth is -- we desparately need more truth, honesty, factuality, full and honest disclosure, and objective reality in our lives, in our conversations, in our educations, in our government and media reportage, and in our operational data-base as informed citizens if we expect to manage the affairs of this country and if we Whites hope to survive as a people.
We need to awaken our people -- inform and educate them. And the best/main thing we need to communicate to them is the truth -- the truth about Jews, race, Negroes, Mestizos, diversity and multiculturalism, integration and miscegenation (race-mixing), egalitarianism, universal altruism, our history (and especially of the past hundred years or so), the 'holohoax,' evolution, genetics and eugenics, and White genocide.
We all need to investigate -- learn -- think!
If we could teach our fellow citizens, and especially our children, the truth regarding social/political/economic reality and history, that could not help but result in a more realistic and healthy worldview (a reality-based awareness of the real world we live in); and it would then go a long way toward enabling racial wellbeing, progress, and survival.
After all, what is the alternative to truth-telling? Well, it is what we have been doing and allowing for far too many years now -- walking around with blinders on, covering up both our eyes and our ears, sticking our heads into the sand, kidding ourselves. And that's no way to live; that's no way to conduct a modern, civilized society and nation; that's no way to survive and prosper; that's no way to guarantee that we secure a livable future for our children.
Here is an idea that might be worth considering -- maybe we need a Federal 'Truth Commission' to ensure that we White Americans are being told the truth when it comes to government, teaching in schools, media information, and business and financial practices.
Such a commission could consist of 10 members:
1 Truth Commissioner
1 business executive
2 labor representatives (one union, one non-union)
1 member of U.S. Congress (representative or senator)
1 lawyer or judge
1 teacher or professor
1 medical professional
1 scientist or engineer
1 media/news professional
They could be appointed or elected for staggered four-year terms.
The Truth Commissioner would have Cabinet-level status, and would rank equally with and have the power to utilize all the investigative, enforcement, and prosecutorial resources of the U.S. Department of Justice. His function would in some ways be akin to that of the police 'ombudsman' concept that has been utilized by many cities to assure the people of honesty, transparency, and accountability in law enforcement. A federal-level ombudsman with teeth, if you will.
The goal would be to promote and ensure truth across-the-board in our government and in other aspects of our society so far as reasonable and practicable; and especially, to insure that we the people are subjected to no more government and media lies calculated and instigated to dispossess and destroy the White American majority.
Of course, in consideration of their miserable past performance in the area of truth-telling, I shouldn't think it would be advisable to allow Jews to sit on the Truth Commission. (To clarify that comment -- miserable past performance from our standpoint, perhaps; but hugely successful performance in telling and spreading lies and weakening White America from their standpoint.)
O.K., reality check here. I know, the idea sounds a little too Orwellian. And there's no doubt that concept would be open to criticism (or ridicule?) for being soft-headed, utopian, and most likely unworkable. No matter how cleverly we would try to set up something like that, there would still be the danger that it would come back to bite us in the arse. For example, findings of a flawed Truth Commission could easily put the false stamp of legitimacy on, and then 'lock in,' government lies and wrongdoing. Or, alternately, they could declare true and realistic government policies and actions to be false or pernicious, on bogus grounds. In either case, we would then have even more and more serious problems.
So, maybe that is something worth considering and maybe it's not. Let's leave it at this: In balance, it could be a workable mechanism, but only if we could devise a way of ensuring that we had an ironclad screening and selection process in place for membership and the Commissioner.
Anyway, to sum up: As I have gotten older, and learned more and more about the world I have lived in these past 75 years, and its history and on-going events, I have become increasingly disgusted and disillusioned about all the lies, more lies, and damned lies I now understand we have all been told and are being told (mostly by government, the media, schools, the churches, and the ever-present 'complicit and culpable' Jews). And I have come to realize that even when we haven't been deliberately lied to, we have all too often been misinformed and misled by a massive underlying foundation of falsehood resulting from the ignorance and naivety of information providers and those in power positions, whether well-intentioned or not. And I have come to realize that if we White Americans and our Western Civilization wish to survive, we simply must find a way to govern ourselves and conduct many of the other affairs of society and business on a truthful, factual basis. At least, on a much more truthful and factual basis than the one we have relied on for the past couple hundred years.
And we must teach our children to respect the truth, to practice thruthfulness and objective reality, and to live truthful and honorable daily lives.
I don't know if we can manage to do those things or not. But I would like to think so.
Truth really is a powerful and wonderful thing. Just think about it -- about what it would be like if we could somehow, in a single day, accomplish the kind of truth-telling and truthful existence I have been writing about. Envision it. It would be quite a scene -- walls of enslavement to lies tumbling down and multitudes of smiling people standing around watching as their shackles snap apart and their chains fall to the ground right before their wide-open eyes, all while they are overcome by a sense of euphoria. And all that taking place before a backdrop of a glorious sunrise.
Now, that's a scene I would like my great-grandchildren to see!
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DESPICABLE GUN-CONTROL SENATORS
The information below was sent to my wife via email by one of her old "biddie-buddies." I have written in the past that it is really interesting to me how so many of her senior friends pass so many of these conservative, anti-Obama administration and anti-Marxist things around to one another -- I would say much more often than do the older men of our acquaintance. These gals are often ignorant of or confused by the role the Jews play in these anti-White issues, and many of them are not really very well informed about the significance of our racial problems (although some are). Nevertheless, I have to say, "good for them;" and, "keep up the good work, ladies!"
This is real -- read the official Senate Vote Summary here.
The question is -- why do we have to wait until we can vote these 46 treasonous Senators out of office? Can't they be impeached or at least censured for violating their oaths of office? And for voting to enable the violation of the Second Amendment to our Constitution?
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At this rate how long will our Republic last?
Make sure all your friends - in every State - see these names....
Over the weekend, we came within four votes of the United States Senate giving our Constitutional rights over to the United Nations. In a 53-46 vote, the senate narrowly passed a measure that will stop the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.
The Statement of Purpose from the bill read:
"To uphold 2nd Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. "
ASIDE: The U.N.. Small Arms Treaty, which was championed by the Obama Administration in the person of Hillary Bitcham Clinton, would have effectively placed a global ban on the import and export of small firearms. The ban would have affected -all private gun owners in the U S , and contained language that would have implemented an international gun registry on all privately-owned guns and ammo.
Astonishingly, forty-six of our United States Senators were willing to throw away our, i.e. YOUR, constitutionally granted rights to a foreign power. Here are the 46 senators that voted to give away YOUR 'second amendment' rights to the United Nations.
Baldwin (D-WI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Coons (D-DE)
Cowan (D-MA)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Franken (D-MN)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hirono (D-HI)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kaine (D-VA)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murphy (D-CT)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Udall (D-CO)
Udall (D-NM)
Warner (D-VA)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)
People, this begs to go viral. These Senators voted to let the U-N take away one of our treasured Constitutional rights. They need to LOSE in the next election cycle because every one of their constituents has been betrayed.
In case this has not yet sunk in .... Yes!! (46) elected Senators voted to surrender YOUR Constitutional Right to "bear arms" to the U. N.
In the eyes of this one U S citizen and voter, they're ALL traitors to the US constitution! If you find your representative on the list, red flags should certainly go up!
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In my view this should be sent on to our U.S. Senators (at least the Republicans and some Democrats who voted "yea"), and Representatives in the House, with the demand that they start impeachment proceedings or take whatever meaningful disciplinary action possible against all of the treasonous Senators on the above list (those who voted "nay"). At the very least it would serve to thank them for their vote and to remind them that we are keeping our eye on these things.
A beautiful spring morning in America... and what have we here? JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE DIVERSITY DUMPSTER
Before joining me in this quick review of just a few of this morning's news items that illustrate how "diversity is our strength" and prove without a doubt that "multiculturalism is a beautiful thing," you might want to brush up on the situation by reading my May 28, 2010 essay "Is This What You Had in Mind?" Or if you prefer, you could do that after you scan the items below. Either way, if you do read that article, it might give you a little better understanding of what is happening day-by-day in America on the immigration and diversity fronts.
Reaping the Rewards of Diversity
First up this morning, of course, is the deluge of news articles about the Boston Marathon bombing of Monday afternoon, April 15 and the subsequent search for the perpetrators. And among them we are now beginning to see more and more articles concerning the background of the two likely perps: older brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev (26, killed early Friday morning) and younger brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (19, wounded and captured Friday evening).
These two Chechen imports have been in this country for about 10 years. Tamerlan had returned to Russia for about six months last year before coming back to live in the Boston area. He was here legally, although his application for citizenship had been held up and he was not a U.S. citizen. He reportedly had some difficulty assimilating in our society, although he did have some success as an aspiring boxer. He was apparently the more religious of the two, and had apparently become a radicalized Muslim of sorts (maybe intensified during and since his trip to Russia). Younger brother Dzhokhar, a college student, became a U.S. citizen about six months ago. Those who know him say he was just a "regular guy," and was very well adjusted to life in America. He liked to socialize and party.
So here is how our wonderful diversity-based policies come into play: First, we let this non-White, non-ethnically European, ethnically Chechen, Muslim family come into our country. (Chechens such as these being a kind of mixture of Asian (Turkish), Semitic types?) Then, when the parents decide to return home a few years ago, we let the two brothers stay behind, even though one was still a 15-year-old minor. Older brother Tamerlan was later married to a (presumably White) American woman and they had a child. He reportedly liked to get rough with his wife from time to time. A domestic violence complaint was filed against him on one occasion, but apparently he was never arrested or formally charged? That may have had something to do with his citizenship being delayed or denied; although other reports indicate that he was interviewed by the FBI at some point, at the request of the Russians, and that may have been the reason when it turned up in a background check. But as a testament to our gloriously lenient, liberal, and diverse immigration laws and policies, he was still here, and still here legally.
His younger and more "Americanized" brother Dzhokhar, meanwhile, had become just a normal American college student. Our wonderful immigration process had bestowed American citizenship upon him, and as you can see, he enjoyed doing marijuana and living a diverse lifestyle, at least one of his best friends being a Negro (here is an article that shows what a great All-American lifestyle he enjoyed -- just the kind of lifestyle the establishment would like all of our young people to follow).
Ah, yes, diversity. Here is one more tidbit from Boston. Just this past Saturday, April 20, at a memorial ceremony in Fenway Park at the start of a Boston Red Sox baseball game, Negro slugger David Ortiz had a few words to say. So, being an outstanding example of what the true-American, diversity-and-multiculturalism mantra tells us we should all try to be, he says "This is our f**cking city" while raising his arm in the closed-fist salute of "black power" advocates (here).
Still more wonderful news about our beautifully diverse immigration situation (here). Just can't get enough of these African Negro immigrants, can we (disease-ridden though they may be)? (And if you think all the Mestizo illegals flooding into our country from south-of-the border are much better off when it comes to disease and immunizations, and protecting us White American citizens in our communities, think again.) More information on immigration immunizations here.
And just one more glimpse into the American Negro mind-set provided by the news this morning; one more taste of the beauty and inclusiveness of diversity and multiculturalism. I couldn't help but notice this one (dated last Friday) -- an Obama-defending Negress middle-school counselor in Texas has been "relieved of her duties" by the school district for opining on her Facebook page: "Its amazing how the "whites" get angry when Obama speaks. Oh well....its most of the whites who is getting blown away. So they will soon be wiped from the earth. Lol." (I guess she was referring to the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion.)
At least we might be seeing some justice in that instance (her being relieved of all of her duties). (But note in the article that she claims her Facebook account was hacked, and has denied that she would ever write a comment such as that.) We'll see.
Yes, as it's plain to see, what we need here in America is more diversity -- fewer White people and more Negroes, Mestizos, Muslims and Semites, Pacific Islanders, Asiatics of all kinds, and on and on ad nauseam. Like ex-President "filthy Bill" Clinton once said in a speech to Portland State University students in Portland, Oregon (June 13, 1998), it's a wonderful thing that in just a few short years we will no longer have any racial majority in America (meaning, Whites will no longer be a majority). Now, as illustrated by the above articles and many others every day, that's something we can all celebrate. Isn't it?
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A SIMPLE STATEMENT OF RACIAL REALITY
... being an explanatory generalization of what is happening to the White race (our dispossession and demise)
It's clear now -- we should all be able to see what is happening to our people right now, here in America (and in other White nations worldwide for that matter), day by day, year after year.
There was a time when we White people (our forebears) pretty much controlled and dominated the darker "others" whenever and wherever we encountered them. We knew instinctively that was the natural thing to do. And we did it.
In fact, in times past we conquered and dominated them in their majority-native lands. Civilization was thus brought to what would become the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Rhodesia, South Africa, and other places; and those places were developed by Whites ever since those earlier times when the native presence was civilizationally and comparatively inconsequential. That kind of White colonization and domination is now a thing of the past just as a matter of geopolitical reality. Times change. That is probably as it should be, with regard to new colonizing ventures by anyone.
In all cases down through history wherein we did not control and dominate the colored peoples and maintain some form of prudent separation from them, the societies we built up were ultimately weakened or even destroyed. What we seem to have forgotten is that if we do not dominate the non-Whites in our environments -- in our nations of origin and the other predominately White-controlled societies we created -- they will overwhelm us, dispossess us socially and politically, and in some cases even eventually eradicate us genetically. That has been true to some substantial degree all over the globe, in such places as different and far removed from one another in space and time as Egypt, Brazil, Mexico, elsewhere in South and Central America, Rhodesia, South Africa, and Haiti. It has even happened to a significant extent in White homelands such as Portugal, Greece, Italy, and Spain. And it is now happening throughout Europe (France, Germany, England and elsewhere), in Australia, and in the United States.
And yes, there is such a thing as "benevolent dominance." Controlling the situation by dominating the darker underclass, as is our natural right in some cases and places, doesn't necessarily mean that we have to "rule over" other peoples in a despotic way, subjugate them, or even necessarily behave in the manner of a "ruling class." The key, I think, lies in stopping and reversing the influx of non-Whites into our nations, along with a judicious combination of situational dominance and separatism.
But the problem in this modern-day world is that we have been told (and we teach our children) that it isn't fair, isn't sufficiently obedient with regard to toeing the "equality" line, to dominate other peoples on a racial basis; even in our own White societies. That it isn't the "way to be," the "right thing to do" (it just isn't the way things are done anymore in these more enlightened and cosmopolitan times).
We have also been told that the huge demographic changes America is undergoing are natural and just, benign, even something to be welcomed and even celebrated. When obviously, from the standpoint of White America, none of those things are true.
Of course, the truth is that we have come to believe all that social/biological nonsense largely as a result of Jewish brainwashing, politically-correct ultraliberalism, enslavement to the illegitimate precepts of "political correctness," and feminine "wimpism."
That way of thinking is, however, unnatural and just plain wrong. And it is essentially wrongheaded in the context of objective reality; and even deadly from the standpoints of the natural order of things, genetic competition among racial subspecies, and biological survival. But, sadly, we have succumbed to that Jew-induced, soft-headed "mind-set"; we have become convinced that the old way was cruel and wrong and that the new way is the modern, sophisticated, properly egalitarian, "diverse and multicultural" way to be. We have been taught that it is wrong to be strong. That it is right not to fight; that we should not strive to survive.
The problem with that approach is that it is a simple, natural (biological) fact that we cannot have any natural racial order and progression in this world -- we Whites can't even hope to survive -- if we abdicate our rightful place in the natural order of things. If we do that we become as turtles, drawn into our shells; about to be crushed by forces we have failed to foresee, evaluate objectively, combat, and control. And I just cannot bring myself to see how that could possibly be a good thing from our standpoint (and yes, we do have the right -- even the duty -- to look at things from our perspective -- with our self interests in mind).
And keep this in mind too: in this modern-day world, the fact of the matter is that the underlying theme of this essay -- natural and justifiable White racial dominance in some places and circumstances -- is really nothing more than a defensive strategy. Once again -- if we don't dominate them, then they will surely dominate us. And that domination of Whites by the "people of color" will most assuredly not be benevolent by any stretch of the imagination. It will comprise large-scale and widespread repressions of all kinds, economic slavery, assaults, torture, rape, murder, and eventual genocide. In fact, we are already beginning to see those things happen all over America and in other White nations as well.
It is really a sad, even pathetic situation. It seems we White people have gone from dominating the colored people in our countries to being afraid to even stand up to them. And while it is true that the complicit and culpable Jews had something to do with that -- had a lot to do with it -- we really have no one to blame but ourselves.
Nevertheless we do still have the numbers, the ability, and the means to lawfully dominate our own countries in the social/political sense. The question then is -- "will enough of our people wake up to these racial realities, and awaken in time, to retake control of our nations and prevent our total dispossession and genocide?" We can only hope that the answer is "yes."
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WHY WE SHOULD ALL BE WHITE NATIONALISTS
Six reasons why every White American should be knowledgeable about and sympathetic toward White Nationalism --why every American White man and woman should be a White Nationalist (there are lots of reasons, but I think these are the "biggies," and together comprise the justification for our movement and the impetus for action):
1. For the sake of truth and honor (it's the right way to be; the right thing to do).
2. To protect our liberty and our right of self-determination.
3. To promote the stability, tranquility, and enjoyment of our neighborhoods, communities, and national experience.
4. To ensure the prosperity and survival of our country and of Western Civilization.
5. To guarantee our genetic integrity and continued evolution as a unique and special subspecies of humankind.
6. For the past and for the future -- to preserve and perpetuate our heritage and to assure the security of our progeny (for the children).
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FACE-TO-FACE WITH REALITY
We American White people are faced with some very real survival problems -- the clear and present danger of social, political, economic, and even genetic destruction here in our own country.
With regard to those problems, which essentially boil down to Jewish control of our country and our being overwhelmed and dispossessed by people of other races (primarily Negroes and Mestizos), there are really just three things we need to understand today:
1. We are under a full frontal assault now, after years of not seeing the danger.
2. We can choose to resist or we can choose not to resist; to fight or not to fight.
3. If we choose not to fight, we die.
Therefore, each of us must answer the questions: "What are you made of?" "What is your herd-acceptance level?" And, "How uncomfortable does it have to get for you and your family before you become willing to trade in the complacency, stupidity, and cowardice of herd acceptance for doing what is right?
Each and every one of us needs to keep this in mind: if we don't act now, we won't have the luxury of acting later.
MORE 'GAME-CHANGERS' ON THE WAY
You can watch it happen right before your eyes, day after day, week after week -- the constant erosion and dismantling of America.
In fact this very week or soon thereafter -- thanks to the treasonous scum amongst our congress-critters in Washington D.C. -- we are likely to take three more huge steps toward the "end of America."
I'm referring to three impending legislative events coming before the spineless, Jew-bought and -controlled, predominately White members of Congress (Senators and Representatives alike):
(1) Immigration "reform" -- the so-called "Dream Act" legislation which is nothing less than caving in to and paving the way for the Mestizo "Reconquista" of America.
(2) Anti-gun (anti-Second Amendment) legislation -- more steps toward the disarming of true American patriots (not to mention the shredding of the Constitution).
(3) Same-sex marriage -- another assault on the traditional, biologically fundamental and socially sensible foundations of the family as we have known it -- marriage between one man and one woman -- by normalizing and legalizing sexual perversion and degeneracy.
Like a pack of rats, they just keep gnawing away at the pillars of the real America -- an America compatible with its founding principles and aligned with the best interests of its racial majority.
TELLING IT LIKE IT IS
Came across this very interesting article this morning: "Rise and Fall of Germany" Among other pertinent commentary, it provides an impressive list of many of the accomplishments of the Germanic people, and I think it speaks volumes about their genetic character. And I think it might be fair to say, by extension, the amazing attributes of just about all White people of European extraction.
Even if only substantially accurate and true (and I have no reason to doubt that everything in the article is as it is said to be), this is a pretty awesome recounting of German contributions to Western Civilization and to our own modern-day American lives. It is the kind of thing every White person in America, and in particular every White child and student, should be exposed to.
And then, going beyond all these amazing contributions themselves, the article begs the questions:
How could any White person with any intelligence at all fail to immediately recognize the glaring contrast between White people (such as the Germans in the above article) and many of the darker races when it comes to IQ, intelligence, and capabilities for civilized accomplishment and behavior?
Why would anyone in their right mind want to see America become less and less a majority White nation -- even become a thoroughly "diversified" and predominately multicultural (multiracial) morass of racially mixed people?
Why would anyone with any sense of racial loyalty and true patriotism want to aid and abet the Jewish-orchestrated dispossession of Whites and eventual destruction of White America?
Why would any young White woman with any sense of self-worth at all want to fornicate with and bear the offspring of non-Whites, and especially Negroes, and thereby destroy hundreds of thousands of years of her White genetic heritage?
And the article begs yet another question: "What would the answer be if all the guilt-ridden and self-hating White people out there would just stop and think a minute, and ask themselves -- in your wildest imaginings, can you honestly even come close to contemplating the likelihood, or even the possibility, of ever reading an article such as this about Negroes, or Mestizos?' "
Source article (link also provided in above article).
CALLING IT QUITS!
I have been giving quite a lot of thought lately to terminating my blog posting -- retiring -- giving up. I have pretty much run out of ideas, and after all, it is beginning to look more and more as though we American White people have just about run out of all the fundamental things we absolutely must have if we hope to turn our sorry situation around: time, numbers, racial awareness and pride, and the will to persist, survive, and succeed.
And on top of all that, it is becoming more and more evident to me that American Whites suffer from some kind of mass psychosis (Jew-induced, no doubt). How else can we explain so many of the anti-White kinds of things that are happening in our society today? Or the way so many of my personal acquaintances and relatives are just so genuinely shocked and aghast when I say virtually anything prideful about our White race; or anything even to the slightest degree critical of non-Whites or Jews; or anything at all about true World War II history, the "holohoax," etc.? Our people have been so thoroughly deracinated that they no longer seem to have any sense of racial pride or legitimacy, and no awareness of historical truth and reality.
While I'm not delusional, and don't think I am all that great a thinker or writer, I am reasonably satisfied with, maybe even somewhat proud of what I have been able to accomplish these past few years. I think I have made a good many legitimate observations and analyses, and I have tried my best to "spread the word." But, of course, the reality is that those efforts have reached very few people, have had little effect, and have done little good.
I hate to say it, but I have now come to believe that trying to inform people, to wake them up and explain things to them, and working within our existing political system, just are not enough. Those efforts cannot succeed because of the country's demographic changes as they have now come to dominate our voting process; and because of the stranglehold the Jews have over our media (and therefore public opinion), entertainment (and therefore culture), financial structure (and therefore economic wellbeing and power), academia (and therefore the indoctrination of our young); and politics and government (and therefore our liberty and freedom).
And add to all that the fact that I am nearing 75 years of age and getting older by the minute (aren't we all?). It has become more and more difficult for me to generate new thinking about all the world-changing events taking place these days; to sit down and write about those things and about long-standing racial-reality issues and Jewish perfidy; and even to just think and write clearly for that matter.
Other, younger people can and do such a much better job at blogging, and they also have the ability to search out other approaches that just might be more effective. At least I certainly hope they can do those things.
Nevertheless, with all that in mind, and following up on my previous post "Congratulations, Jews ..." (Feb. 9, 2013), I am compelled to consider the question "is it really too late?" Well yes, and sadly, it is probably already too late. Or at least very nearly so.
OR NOT! APRIL FOOLS!
Not a chance! Not on your life! There is no way this old man is going to just give up and quit plugging away at the most important work he has ever done. Even if he is not much good at it; even if almost nobody reads his writings; even if no one gives a damn. After all, if a man won't fight for the survival of his own people -- even in the face of terrible odds -- what good is he to his family, or even to himself? To anyone?
Remember, if we just give up, we know what is in store for us. In spite of all the above, I still think we must not give up -- we must never give up. We must redouble our efforts to wake our White kinsmen up to this rapidly descending tragedy. We are still a racial majority in America (for just a few more short years). That being so, now is the time to work -- to fight -- for our redemption and our very survival.
Just a dream, maybe. But enough reason to continue with my work, for whatever value it might have. My writing may well seem to some to be more like polemical rantings than anything else -- racist, anti-Semitic, even repetitious propaganda. But so what? There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. In fact, more of that kind of thing is sorely needed; it could prompt, or at least contribute to, waking up more of our people and doing some real good.
After all, it is possible that just one intelligent, presentable, passionate, and persuasive young man will someday come across a post on this blog and will be inspired to do some follow-up research and then maybe, just maybe, change his worldview. And developing that admittedly optimistic scenario a little further, it is even possible that such a young man could someday become a leader of our people in a successful effort to bring about some real change that would benefit the White race, and then maybe even lead our people to social/political redemption and re-empowerment.
In fact, that remote possibility -- that "fantasy" if you will -- is all the reason I need to keep at it -- to keep up the "good fight." I just wish more of our people would start doing whatever they are capable of doing to work toward such a noble end!
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Sean Cavanagh Kerry Fans Dogs/Animals
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To be fair to the lad, Sean has never come across as the most cerebral.
greatpoint (USA) - Posts: 212 - 12/07/2019 13:42:57 2209946
Replying To KingdomBoy1: "Ye are only the usurpers realdub ;-)
Jays I just started watching Chernobyl on sky last night, scary stuff and I had forgotten a lot of what went on as I was only a young lad at the time ."
Horrific lad
realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 7502 - 12/07/2019 13:49:15 2209948
Replying To offyertrolley: "Your logic implies that because the supporter is loyal to a smaller, less successful team then that individual's views on the game are invalid. Are you also implying that everyone who follows Barcelona is therefore an expert? It's pretty obvious what you're driving at. Is this the kind of condescending attitude that Mr Cavanagh was alluding to? A strange ideology, but you're a definitely a blue shirt."
Boom, brilliant comment.
HighKings (Meath) - Posts: 171 - 12/07/2019 13:49:19 2209949
Replying To offyertrolley: "
Replying To blueshirt1: "[quote=offyertrolley: "[quote=lilylanger: "We were the last team to win an all ireland outside of Dublin
Well whoop di do! Fair play."
Haha, well whoop di do indeed!"
If I were you I would be more concerned about the your own counties short comings than preoccupying yourself with mine.
Oh and by the way disdainful comments like yours equate to condescension, ergo pot/kettle and all that.
You're like the lad who is a jack Russell thinking he is a Dobermann, all noise, if you pardon the analogy, ironic given the title of the thread"]Haha, Call me a dog if you wish. Different words, same blue shirt ideology. The criticism of your attitude still stands though It is a deluded bigoted condescension.
Disdainful? Whoop di do! I found the other poster's comment humorous. And I know precisely where my own county stands in the pecking order. I'm not under any illusions about that. Even if it was only promotion from division four for us this year it was a wonderful experience. You're sitting at the top table permanently, yet all you do is whinge and whine. It's quite comical. But your attitude stinks."]Here Here .
superbluedub (Dublin) - Posts: 1674 - 12/07/2019 14:00:57 2209957
Replying To Breezy: "Anyone else think that all this your fans are the worst / most violent / overzealous / smug arrogant fans thing is getting a bit silly.
Ive seen bad fans from many counties Limerick included and usually young lads who get put in their place by older wiser folk from their own crowd.
To be honest I was one myself at times in my younger days. Never violent but I shouted plenty of offensive stuff I shouldnt have in my youth"
100% agree with your first line!
the_walls (Mayo) - Posts: 386 - 12/07/2019 14:10:47 2209959
Replying To AnFear16: "Sorry Seanie and I don't want to sound biased one bit but Colm Cooper has undoubtedly been the best footballer over the last 20 years. I even remember Colm O' Rourke pulling Joe Brolly on it when he said it was Michael Murphy."
Yeah I had thought about that line carefully as Gooch is certainly a lot of people's choice hence use of word arguably. Bit of bias on my behalf from seeing a lot of cavanagh in the flesh over the years playing against us when he was worth at least 4 or 5 points consistently over a decade in every game against us and his performance levels were consistently high dominating possession in a lot of games. Rarely could be marked out of it. He just comes across as a terrible pundit playing to the gallery with the shock jock views. He will get away with it because of who he is. Tyrone have far better media performers such as enda McGinley Brian mcguigan etc who don't feel the need to slag off other counties supporters. Cavanagh is lining himself up to be a poor man's Joe Brolly.
seanie08 (Monaghan) - Posts: 1352 - 12/07/2019 14:15:08 2209961
Been at a fair few matches involving kerry over the last 20 years and never once seen an issue with their fans. Always came across very calm and knowledgeable. Maybe it's different in kerry but every county has it's fair share of loppers who turn up at home matches.
Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2607 - 12/07/2019 14:53:32 2209982
Cavanagh is a shocking pundit. But then again it is currently impossible to give an accurate opinion on Gaelic football at the minute as the standard is so poor. Far better if the Sunday game highlights show just showed highlights of all games and have no pundits at all. They all have the same mantra, talk up a tier 2, don't talk about the Dublin funding imbalance etc
Thelonesomegoose (Leitrim) - Posts: 98 - 13/07/2019 17:58:51 2210296
Was at that game. We were well beaten. I thought the Kerry fans were pretty respectful. Not even a chorus of "cheerio, cheerio" as we were leaving, which I fully expected! And I thought the fans staying around for MH afterwards was just lovely old-fashioned good manners to a bloke who had suffered a terrible personal loss which surely puts football into perspective. The Tyrone board at the time thanked the Kerry fans for their "classy" behaviour; and you could only endorse that. Didn't hear what SC said, but it seems inexplicable and illogical. I've never had any issue with any county's fans, in nearly 50 years of going to matches. There'll always be a few drunk yahoos and a few generally decent folk losing the plot; so what; if you're that sensitive, stick to the bowls.
essmac (Tyrone) - Posts: 508 - 13/07/2019 19:08:17 2210321
Replying To Thelonesomegoose: "Cavanagh is a shocking pundit. But then again it is currently impossible to give an accurate opinion on Gaelic football at the minute as the standard is so poor. Far better if the Sunday game highlights show just showed highlights of all games and have no pundits at all. They all have the same mantra, talk up a tier 2, don't talk about the Dublin funding imbalance etc"
Like the highlights on TG4
brisbane (Galway) - Posts: 274 - 13/07/2019 19:51:07 2210333
Replying To essmac: "Was at that game. We were well beaten. I thought the Kerry fans were pretty respectful. Not even a chorus of "cheerio, cheerio" as we were leaving, which I fully expected! And I thought the fans staying around for MH afterwards was just lovely old-fashioned good manners to a bloke who had suffered a terrible personal loss which surely puts football into perspective. The Tyrone board at the time thanked the Kerry fans for their "classy" behaviour; and you could only endorse that. Didn't hear what SC said, but it seems inexplicable and illogical. I've never had any issue with any county's fans, in nearly 50 years of going to matches. There'll always be a few drunk yahoos and a few generally decent folk losing the plot; so what; if you're that sensitive, stick to the bowls."
greysoil (Monaghan) - Posts: 533 - 13/07/2019 20:26:14 2210351
Replying To KingdomBoy1: "He didn't even mention Dublin, as he knows who the real big dogs are, he even called us dogs.
I don't mind being compared to a dog or an animal as you could be compared to a lot worse."
What would that be like some class of a fish is it ?
catch22 (USA) - Posts: 820 - 13/07/2019 21:59:23 2210417
Replying To catch22: "What would that be like some class of a fish is it ?"
Donegal catch22.
KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 9088 - 13/07/2019 22:08:45 2210435
Hah Sean Cavanagh, what did you think of that!!!
TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 4600 - 15/07/2019 12:36:30 2211304
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If Black Lives Matter, #BlackLivesMatter Has to Grow Up
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Politics • 8/09/15 4:47:21 am • Views: 2,477
There has been a sway of criticism of Bernie Sanders vis #blacklivesmatter - I have tried to capture some of this on my own blog. This is by far the best criticism of the #blacklivesmatter movement I have read (and I have seen tons of whining Sander’s supporters’ work). It is by Oliver Willis, who is a Research Fellow at Media Matters for America.
So then, what is the point of #BlackLivesMatter? On a practical level I believe it is about effecting changes in policies and attitudes with regards to America’s stance towards black (and brown) people. If so, there’s only one real way to get this done.
I think there are two fundamental problems with what feels like the dominant progressive perspective on how real, concrete change happens (not coincidentally, this is also the root of a lot of progressive disappointment in President Obama, but that’s a fight for another day).
If you just protest something, it isn’t going to change policy. I think this belief comes about thanks to the fairy tale manner in which social change has been discussed in America, particularly related to the progressive movement.
When Martin Luther King, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, SNCC, the NAACP and thousands of other organizations marched and demonstrated against racism, they didn’t simply protest against the concept of racism. Their direct actions were almost always targeted at some policy, whether within a city, state, or nationally. There were not civil rights marches to “raise awareness” of systemic racism. The protests were about: bus service, counter service, voter registration, education access, and on and on. They weren’t protests just to have a protest, but instead protests with a very clear “ask” of government, government officials, elected representatives and beyond.
For them to act, we can’t lambast – for instance – Bernie Sanders for not magically coming up with a plan to appease #BlackLivesMatter.
What instead has to be done is to present politicians with a slate of ideas/policies/laws — concrete ideas, not pie in the sky unicorn talk about “ending white supremacy,” etc. — and then hold their feet to the fire if they choose not to support the slate.
On the right, this has been extraordinarily effective. Grover Norquist’s group, Americans for Tax Reform, has a pledge that Republican candidates at all levels are pressured to sign. It is a promise never to raise taxes, under any circumstances. The carrot they are offered is that anyone who signs on will receive ATR’s backing in election and re-election. The stick is that ATR will go on the attack, pointing out their failure to sign the “no-tax” pledge. Politicians fear this, and widely sign on to the pledge.
The pledge and its implicit threat if you don’t support it, constantly hangs over the heads of conservative politicians. It informs the laws that they propose and oppose. Even if it isn’t top of mind, it is always there.
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Eric The Fruit Bat Aug 9, 2015 • 5:49:23am
Absolutely. The BLM leadership needs to go dark to make the Feds and the private firms spend resources. Secondly, the BLM needs to have a simple and concrete list of what their demands are.
They should also study Sun Tzu.
Decatur Deb Aug 9, 2015 • 5:52:58am
re: #1 Eric The Fruit Bat
And Pogo.
Dark_Falcon Aug 9, 2015 • 7:06:08am
Actually, Charles said it right:
Politics is hard. It means putting aside emotion sometimes, to gain the leverage you need to actually bring about change.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 9, 2015
The problem with that is that the movement was founded on emotion, that being anger of young black men being shot for what often seemed to be little reason. Putting emotion aside can dissipate it, or the 24/7 media age cause others to forget it.
Moreover, the social movement leader who sits down with Senators can expect some of his followers to call him a sell-out when he presents them with the watered-down piece of legislation that the Senate thrashed out behind closed doors, It’s hard to accept compromise about something you feel strongly about.
Great White Snark Aug 9, 2015 • 8:23:50am
@Green_Footballs Note to BLM Forgive your friends their slights & focus to oppose your enemies. Your friends will be there.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) August 9, 2015
And don’t go out like Occupy. Embrace good leadership
First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Aug 9, 2015 • 8:51:20am
I took my tinfoil helmet off for 10 minutes, and during that time it seemed like this left-ish in-fighting benefits the assholes who would gleefully fuck over everyone on the side of the aisle who cares enough about BLM to have any opinion about it whatsoever.
Paul Canning Aug 9, 2015 • 12:11:14pm
I agree with Oliver but I also agree with some of the political criticism of Sanders on black issues (which I quote on my blog). Also, the reactions from Sanders’ supporters has been defensive and aggressive. That’s why Willis’ piece is so useful and important - it fills a gap which has been noticeably absent from Sanders’ supporters.
goddamnedfrank Aug 9, 2015 • 1:09:43pm
Their demands are incredibly concrete and well defined, people just need to look for them, or y’know listen:
The De-militarization of Local Law Enforcement across the country
Strict limits on the transfer and use of military equipment to local law enforcement and the adoption of the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act of 2014. The federal government should discontinue the supply of military weaponry and equipment to local law enforcement and immediately demilitarize local law enforcement, including eliminating the use of military technology and equipment.
A Comprehensive Review of systemic abuses by local police departments, including the publication of data relating to racially biased policing, and the development of best practices.
A comprehensive review by the Department of Justice into systematic abuses by police departments and the development of specific use of force standards and accompanying recommendations for police training, community involvement and oversight strategies and standards for independent investigatory/disciplinary mechanisms when excessive force is used. These standards must include a Department of Justice review trigger when continued excessive use of force occurs.
A comprehensive federal review of police departments’ data collection practices and the development of a new comprehensive data collection system that allows for annual reporting of data on the rates of stops, frisks, searches, summonses and arrests by race, age, and gender. These standards must also include a DOJ review trigger when departments continue discriminatory policing practices.
Repurposing of law enforcement funds to support community based alternatives to incarceration and the conditioning of DOJ funding on the ending of discriminatory policing and the adoption of DOJ best practices
The repurposing of Department of Justice funds to create grants that support and implement community oversight mechanisms and community based alternatives to law enforcement and incarceration—including community boards/commissions, restorative justice practices, amnesty programs to clear open warrants, and know-your-rights-education conducted by community members. The development of a DOJ policy to withhold funds from local police departments who engage in discriminatory policing practices and condition federal grant funds on the adoption of recommended DOJ trainings, community involvement and oversight strategies, use of force standards and standards for independent investigatory/disciplinary mechanisms.
A Congressional Hearing investigating the criminalization of communities of color, racial profiling, police abuses and torture by law enforcement
Congressional hearings investigating the criminalization of communities of color and systemic law enforcement discriminatory profiling and other abuses especially at the local level—including an examination of systemic structures and institutional practices and the elevation of the experiences and voices of those most impacted. Congressional hearings will allow for a continuation of the national discussion about police abuse and it’s underlying causes.
Support the Passage of the End Racial Profiling Act
Support for the passage of the End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) which in law would prohibit the use of profiling on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin or religion by law enforcement agencies.
The Obama Administration develops, legislates and enacts a
National Plan of Action for Racial Justice
The development and enactment of a National Plan of Action for Racial Justice by the Obama Administration. The National Plan of Action for Racial Justice should be a comprehensive plan that address persistent and ongoing forms of racial discrimination and disparities that exist in nearly every sphere of life including: criminal justice, employment, housing, education, health, land/property, voting, poverty and immigration. The Plan would set concrete targets for achieving racial equality and reducing racial disparities and create new tools for holding government accountable to meeting targets.
EmmaAnne Aug 9, 2015 • 2:22:20pm
re: #7 goddamnedfrank
I can see Oliver Willis’s point though - this stuff is in depth and thorough, but doesn’t have the punch of the “no new taxes ever” pledge. How about “all police must wear body cameras, with removal or disabling resulting in automatic suspension without pay.” Or “all deaths in police custody must be investigated by an independent board.”
The War TARDIS Aug 9, 2015 • 3:11:14pm
This is really impressive. They bot only know what they want, but have details for how to get there.
Moreso than Sanders.
Bass Reeves Aug 9, 2015 • 6:47:13pm
re: #8 EmmaAnne
Because those don’t actually fix the problem. We’ve seen cops get off with video surveillance (Eric Garner, John Crawford), and investigation by an independent board does not equal indictment and jail time.
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A wild band of gypsies has set up camp a few doors down from me.
"Would you like a palm reading?", came an unfamiliar voice as I was walking my dogs past the cleaners and Mama Ayesha's, our neighborhood restaurant. Sitting in a white plastic chair across from a red sign decorated with stars, a moon, a palm and a crystal ball, a heavy-set olive-skinned woman looked at me expectantly.
"Uh, no thanks. I don't believe in that stuff", I responded.
This elicited a scowl and a quick scoff from "Mrs. Brothers", and she hasn't looked me in the eye since. I guess I won't be getting a discount on new age psycho-babble any time soon.
This gypsy matriarch appeared out of place amongst my suit-wearing neighbors coming home from their law firms and Hill jobs, but there she was---a slice of eastern Europe---camped out 50 feet from my apartment. And in the past six months, I've come to realize that a 10-person family of gypsies has claimed the top floor of our local cleaners as headquarters.
This location used to be the site of a vintage clothing store, owned by a middle-aged woman with bad sewing skills and worse taste in apparel, but I had no idea it was suitable for human habitation (ie, bathroom, shower, kitchen) because it's a retail space. But according to my friend who lives directly next door, the place is packed with a family of at least 10 bona fide gypsies. He's even seen a load of children up there watching TV when he was parking his car out back one night.
I have no idea how they stay in business and pay the rent. I've only seen one person---some drunk floozy from northern Virginia coming home from the bars one night---ever get a palm reading. But they must make money somehow because there are grubby strollers and pimped-out Nissan Sentras full of kids coming and going all the time.
The main person I see is the gypsy matriarch, sitting in her white plastic chair. She hawks her "services" at very odd times like 3:30 in the morning or 2:00PM on a Tuesday---just hanging out, beckoning to passers-by.
I suppose some people get a burning itch to find out if the random epidermal creases in their hands have some boogada-booga connection to events that will take place in their futures. And you never know when that itch will strike.
To be fair, they're fine enough neighbors, but yuppies are usually a natural repellent against all things gypsy. But that's not reality because at this point Bury Me Standing could be re-written based on my neighborhood alone.
Having a slight gut, being toothless, bald and bearded gets you cred' in Baltimore.
Not that it matters, but women in DC generally don't shoot glances my way. This is because I wear a wedding band on my left hand, never wear blue collared shirts tucked into khaki pants, have a slight gut, a shiny shaved head, am missing my top front tooth and have a scraggly beard---otherwise, I'm one of the most good looking dudes in town (picture at right).
These can be detrimental physical traits for men in cities like DC, but as I found this weekend, it's not a problem in Baltimore, Maryland USA.
At first I thought, "Why are these women giving me the eye? This is unusual ..." Then I remembered that the people in Baltimore can get away with a lot more slovenliness than other cities, and it's even considered attractive. And as you can see, I was surrounded by lovely ladies the whole evening (the loveliest, my wife, standing to my right):
And the bands are definitely weirder in Bmore. Check out this group, "The Headwounds". Their drummer was a big fat dude with a red beard and wearing a diaper, while the other band members included a lesbian faux-hawked guitarist and this "cheerleader" (right) in black face. The cheerleader's job was to pump her pom poms into the air while a strobe light flashed upward at her; she played no instrument and didn't sing.
Every time I go to Baltimore, I wax philosophical about moving there, but I know I never will. For people living in DC, Baltimore is a novelty, worthy of a few road trips. But living there would no doubt get boring after about 12 months.
Bad Brains Live @ CBGB 1982: (sigh) rock 'n' roll is truly dead, isn't it...
The biggest letdown I felt when watching the newly released DVD of the Bad Brains playing at CBGB in 1982 was the realization that rock 'n' roll will never feel dangerous again. The death knells for rock were rung out many years ago.
Don't believe me? Take a look at a short clip from the 50 minute DVD. Remember, this was in 1982---the year in which Kenny Rogers' song Through the Years, Journey's Open Arms, Billy Joel's She's Got A Way and Jeffery Osborne's On the Wings of Love were all top 10 hits.
Rock bands nowadays go through the motions and play out the charade of something long gone. I rarely go to shows anymore because it's painful to watch would-be rockers make the same played-out moves, tired old poses, and twice-baked riffs. Sure, that old spirit probably exists somewhere, but in the end, this is 2006, for christ's sake. Everything's been done 10 times over.
The last time I felt the element of things-falling-apart danger at a concert was when Peaches played in Baltimore a few years back. But that's rare.
I challenge anyone to name a present-day music group that can give me "that feeling". And no, you can't count Justin Timberlake.
Let's have a coup party! -- I leave for Thailand in a few weeks.
Face it, a coup is exciting business.
Who could forget the failed attempt in the USSR in 1991 in which my one-time hero, Sir Boris Yeltsin, was holed up in the Russian parliament building for a week. When the press managed to get in for an interview, the world saw the tough-as-nails Yeltsin and his suit-wearing buddies wielding AK-47s behind sandbags blocking the doorways. When the reporter got to Yeltsin, we all saw the future president of Russia relaxing in his office with a bottle of vodka, calmly talking about the enemies of democracy. I still have the whole episode on tape whenever I need real inspiration.
And I'll never forget clinking glasses with my Venezuelan friends in April of 2002 when we thought the tyrannical asswipe, Hugo Chavez, was soon bound for the ash heap of history. We were wrong in our assumptions, but the excitement in the air was fun nonetheless.
When democracy becomes unruly enough, who better to take power than the true stalwarts of the democratic process: the monarch and the military.
To Americans, a coup d'etat is as foreign as the 30 hour workweek, a warm beer, or the six week vacation, but this type of necessary evil happens all the time---almost once a month in Africa. And now the State Department is issuing a travel warning to Americans (me) with plans to visit Thailand. Useless. Last I checked, the State Department had a warning for half the countries on the planet. No wonder only 15% of Americans even own a passport.
Change is in the air, people ...
My love for oysters is no secret, but now it's taken a new tack. I spent the better part of Sunday morning at the Cheseapeake Bay Foundation's environmental center learning how to properly care for my new pets: oysters.
"CBF's oyster restoration program provides citizens with the tools and information needed to help restore native oysters to the Bay. Until the 1980s, oysters supported the most valuable fishery in the Bay.
Today, as a result of decades of pollution, over-harvesting, and disease, the Bay's native oyster population is merely about 2% of historic levels.
Yet they remain an important part of the Bay's ecology." (Link).
CBF had us watch a 30 minute video which included footage of oysters spewing sperm and eggs. I wasn't sure this was appropriate, considering there were plenty of kids in the audience, but I suppose when the animals ejaculating are hermaphrodites, it's cool.
CBF has an amazing envirnomental center that's named after the late Philip Merrill, the eccentric Chesapeake-loving philanthropist who blew his brains out with a 12 gauge during a gusty solo sail this June.
All the water in the center is pumped from massive rainwater holding tanks on the roof and when using the restroom, you have to chuck a handful of sawdust down about 12 feet onto your own feces.
After I painstakingly transformed plastic-coated wire mesh into rectangluar cages, I spent an hour hanging them from the dock that surrounds my sailboat.
And Murphy's Law always wins when I'm cutting rope and untying tight knots; without fail, every damn time I leave my good knife at home I need to cut some serious lines and break crusty knots so I end up getting stuck with whatever dull piece of crap that I dig up from my rusty onboard toolbox. (Hopefully, I'm not alone among boat owners with this one).
So my job for a year is to make sure that the cages stay clear of excess algae in order to allow my oysters maximum water flow. Then, next summer, I give them back to CBF who plants them on a nearby reef with the long term goal of replenishing the oyster stock in the Bay.
And here they are, my babies. I just hope my appetite doesn't overrule my environmental conscience.
For my final day in the salt mines, I want to talk about shitting marinated cicadas.
I could spew boring blogorrhea about my final day working for d-bag lawyers, mealy-mouthed do-gooders and hangers-on, but instead---for posterity--I'd rather describe the time I ate wild cicadas, and how I hope to pollute this company's bathroom with as much stinky vitriol as I did in my own apartment back in 2004.
But first, some back story ...
In the Spring of 2004, I was excited about the local 17-year cicada infestation; eating bugs is exotic and I'd heard the NPR stories about French ex-pats delighting in eating these insects. How bad could it be? Hell, they do it all the time in the so-called Third World.
During the cicada attack in '04 I was commuting by bike every day to north Georgetown. My cicada collecting technique was to peddle hard uphill, a soy sauce-laced tupperware container bungie-corded to the back of my bike---all the while, stopping and picking these buzzing insects from the passing bushes.
Mind you, this was nothing new at the time; lots of people were eating them and I thought a new American bug-eating frenzy was at the cusp. Man, was I wrong ...
At what moment do you realize that your own warped mindset is half a click from the beasts that thrive around your feet? When I was sauteing cicadas back in 2004 and my dogs were chomping at my heels for every other half-cooked beastie I threw at them, I felt pure animalistic.
I won't waste time detailing how cicadas taste; what's more important is that my asshole spewed brown liquid for TWO DAYS---worse than I'd ever had from eating dried sausage swarming with flies in Cambodia; worse than the time I ate stank-ass oysters at the City Lite Buffet in Gaithersburg; and yes, worse than Salvadoran Mondongo Soup at Haydee's in Mt. Pleasant.
Here's to a new career!
(Above image, designed by my lovely wife, May 2004).
Few things make a dreary day improve like giving an older woman a compliment on her new haircut.
For some reason, the older a woman gets, the shorter her hair becomes. It's a phenomenon that defies logic but it's very common.
Picture, if you will, a co-worker of mine, in her mid-fifties, living alone, who struts into work today with a smart new haircut. Honestly, it didn't look much different from before, but by the new skip in her step, she seemed pleased.
Me: "Hey, Ann, did you get a new haircut? It looks great."
Man, you've never seen someone's eyes light up and mood improve like that. In fact, her big-eyed and wide-smiled "THANK YOU!!" was enough to make me feel good for the rest of the day too.
Younger men can sometimes be the boon of an older single woman's existence. And as I've seen more than once, when an older woman is looking to "get her groove back", as they say, a seasoned chicken and a fresh carrot make a helluva good soup.
With a dollar and the amount of time I spend thinking about retirement, I could play a video game.
I once had a friend tell me that he's going to start living like I do when he retires; that's the time for him to start seeing the world, relaxing with friends more often, and spending disposable income on alcohol and rap music. So while he's young, it's just commuting and raising children.
Don't get me wrong, I ain't judging him---love him to death---but what kind of world do we live in where people in their 20s and 30s are already considering what they'll do when they retire? I mean, what's the average age of retirement these days, 75? 80? I don't even know. Them's dyin' times, not livin' times.
People make innumerable excuses why they don't take advantage of their youth. Travel? Too expensive. A new guitar? Too expensive. A new job? Too risky.
My friends, money is meant to be spent as fast as possible on whatever fleeting pleasure happens to be in your face at the moment. Don't forget that. Life isn't short; it's very fucking long. I'm 32 and it feels like I've been on this earth forever. High school seems like a century ago and I'm hardly halfway done with my life, for christ's sake.
In the end we all end up with the same thing: six feet of mother earth.
Voting in the DC Statehood/Green Party primary is like voting for a Soviet
"It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
Years ago, during my misguided radical leftie days, I registered with the DC Statehood/Green Party and haven't remembered to transfer to a real party since. For those who don't live in DC, yes, there is actually a political party dedicated to making Washington DC the 51st state (Ha! Yea right) whose membership was so low that they merged with the Green Party. That might sound like the Pissant Party merging with the Douchebag Party, but such is our present state of affairs.
And since the primaries were today---the REAL election in a city where Democrats are the only ones who ever win---I had a ballot with one Statehood/Green candidate for each seat in my local government.
That's right, each seat (Mayor, City Council, House Delegate, etc.) had ONE (1) CANDIDATE, with a useless option of writing in opposing names. So I ended up voting for Abe Vigoda, Steve Guttenberg and Danny Devito.
Wasn't there an election in Iraq like this back when Saddam was in power?
I admit, I thought it was damned funny when bat-shit-crazy Russian parliamentarian, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, said that "Condoleezza Rice needs a company of soldiers. She needs to be taken to barracks where she would be satisfied." And that “Complex-prone women are especially dangerous. They are like malicious mothers-in-law, women that evoke hatred and irritation with everyone. Everybody tries to part with such women as soon as possible. A mother-in-law is better than a single and childless political persona, though.” (News link)
And how could one not find humor in Zhirinovsky's statements that Russia should re-take Alaska by force or that Russia should construct giant fans to blow nuclear fumes into Germany.
Hi-lARious.
But this latest photo montage of him from englishrussia.com is the best yet.
Why can't the US have fascists like him? Just picture Ann Coulter having a distilled spirit named after her or giving a speech in a paratrooper uniform while kissing hot-ass topless women. At least that would be interesting.
Wall-Mounted 'Cuda: Best Gift in God Knows How Long
I'm not excited by many gifts.
Sure, I like getting a Henri Lloyd jacket or a gift certificate to West Marine now and again, but those who truly know me understand my base desires; since I was a little kid I've been obsessed with wall-mounted fish.
Now, I know that many people mourn the loss of our ocean's species, and lament the lack of man-eating sharks swimming about willy nilly; but there was a time when displaying your catch in all its glory on your wall was something commendable, and the open expanse of oceans was ours for the taking.
And for now, I'm sticking with the past.
When Jason opened his trunk to reveal my new wall-mounted barracuda that he got for $5 at a Germantown yard sale, I was like a ten-year-old again. I sprinted through the rain from his car to my apartment and felt like I was back in the 1980s---in my own world, clipping fish pictures from magazines and sticking them on my bedroom wall with Fun Tack.
And thank christ for mean-ass wives. Apparently, Jason bought the 'cuda from a poor fellow who'd paid $800 to have it mounted, only to have his shrew-wife tell him to get rid of it for peanuts at their end-of-summer yard sale.
How sad ... for him!! Ha! Sucker!!
I have a wife who's cool and let's me mount two (count 'em) fish in our apartment. Damn, I'm lucky.
My Tour of the Church of Scientology in Dupont Circle
I'm penciling the words "Kyle Gaffney" as my first and last names and my buddy is nervously scrawling the bogus "Frank Stafford" onto the two-page questionnaire given to us by the glazed-eyed, grinning receptionist at the only Scientology church in the Washington DC tri-state area.
I'd passed it a hundred times on foot and never stepped into their building on 19th Street. But today my friend and I have been left with nothing to do. Hurricane Ernesto has given us a 48-knot middle finger for today's long-planned sailing trip so we're wandering around looking for somewhere to eat when we pass the "Open for Tours!" sign.
"We have to fucking go in that place. WE HAVE TO GO", my friend urges.
Inside the Church of Scientology in Dupont Circle, you can't see much of the walls. They're mostly covered with framed pictures, quotes, books or news clippings by the their late founder, L. Ron Hubbard.
When talking about Mr. Hubbard, our tour guide has that too-enthusiastic chipperness that you only find in the very coked-up or the very religious. But she assures us that Ron isn't their cult leader. Oh Nooo...
"And, and, here's a newspaper article about the time he roped a bear in Alaska. He, like, roped a kodiak bear and fought it onto a boat. Can you imagine roping a bear?? CAN YOU?? I can't ...", she chatters on, as we listen in quiet awe.
We're led through elaborate rooms lined with dark wood and fireplaces until we come to a large well-lit office, closed off from the rest of the church by a thick glass door that slides into the wall. As we enter, a smell of eerie cleanliness surrounds us and I feel---for a moment---like I'm in the Oval Office.
Apparently, it's in an exact replica of L. Ron Hubbard's original study. It's the kind of office I'd expect uber rich people to have: leather bound books, a massive wooden globe, artifacts from Africa, expensive-looking items neatly laid on his dust-free desk, a full set of Joseph Conrad books shrink-wrapped in plastic ... wait, shrink-wrapped books?? Yes, that's how pristine this room was; hundreds of classic novels were wrapped in corrosion-proof plastic.
Our curiosity led us to ask about a strange 70s-looking electronic contraption in the corner.
"What's that?", we asked.
"That's the most important device invented by humans", she says confidently. We're dying to find out what the hell this thing does. (image -->)
Next I know, we're in the basement, each of "Frank's" hands are clasped around cylindrical metal nodes, and our excited guide-lady is asking him new-age psycho-babble questions about energy flows and auras. And apparently, The Most Important Device Invented by Humans can measure whatever he's thinking each time she asks something personal.
But we discovered that the meter on the contraption was sensitive to every reflex, no matter how slight: if we squeezed the metal nodes hard, the meter increased, and our guide would inform us that we were "stressed". Conversely, if we consciously relaxed our hands, the meter would show less "stress".
100% pseudoscience.
At some point, we became overloaded by psycho-babble and got an itching feeling to leave. IMMEDIATELY.
We were repeatedly urged to visit the Scientology museum down the block where we could see every trinket associated with L. Ron Hubbard's life (including his Boy Scout medals - no joke), but we thanked our guide and were on our way.
I know very little about this religion, but it seems full of the same trappings that all religions have; it's only interesting to an atheist like me for kitsch value. But if you're passing by 1812 19th Street in your nation's capital on a rainy day, it's worth the 45 minute tour ... at least until the smell of cleaning solvent and zealous cult worship become overbearing.
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MAPPING L.A. > Harbor
19.15 square miles
4,676 people per square mile, about average for the Harbor and about average for the county
The percentages of Asian and black people are high for the county.
Highly diverse for the Harbor and highly diverse for the county
$70,645 median household income (2008 dollars), high for the Harbor but about average for the county
In Los Angeles County, Studio City, Lake Hughes and East Pasadena have the most similar household incomes.
18.1% of residents 25 and older have a four-year degree, about average for the Harbor and about average for the county
In Los Angeles County, Quartz Hill, Lakewood and Unincorporated Catalina Island have the nearest percentage of residents 25 and older with a four-year degree.
The percentage of residents 25 and older with some college education is high for the county.
The median age is 33, about average for the Harbor and about average for the county
In Los Angeles County, Atwater Village, Castaic Canyons and Duarte have similar median ages.
The percentage of residents ages 50 to 64 is among the county's highest.
Average household size of 3.5 people, high for the Harbor and high for the county
Agoura Hills, Stevenson Ranch and Cerritos have the most similar percentage of homeowners in Los Angeles County.
Check where Carson falls in a county ranking.
There are 2,294 families headed by single parents. The rate is 11.3%, about average for the Harbor and about average for the county
There are 6,329 veterans, or 9.8% of the population, about average for the Harbor and about average for the county overall
Mexican (28.9%) and Filipino (19.4%) are the most common ancestries.
29,432 (32.9%) of residents are foreign born, about average for the Harbor and about average for the county. Philippines (43.7%) and Mexico (39.3%) are the most common foreign places of birth.
is a city in the Harbor region of Los Angeles County.
This neighborhood includes Unincorporated Carson-West in its area and statistics.
The neighboring communities are Compton, Harbor City, Harbor Gateway, Long Beach, Rancho Dominguez, West Carson, West Compton and Wilmington.
Carson is one of the 272 neighborhoods in Mapping L.A., The Times’ resource for crime, neighborhoods, demographics and schools.
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Barbie X dUck
Barbie collaborates with dUCk to create its first limited edition doll-sized dUCk Scarf.
You Can Be Anything
The collaboration is aimed to inspire creativity in little girls to style their dolls. The scarf is a miniature version of dUCk’s latest release from its Print Collection – The Oriental dUCk. To redeem the gift, one will need to purchase a minimum of RM100 worth of Barbie products at leading toy, departmental or hyper stores and complete the redemption via www.barbiexduck.com
Barbie will be releasing a special short video this November featuring the founder of The dUCk Group, Vivy Yusof. The video will highlight the her career, as well as her advice for little girls in Malaysia on how to be successful entrepreneur themselves. In line with Barbie’s ‘You Can Be Anything’ campaign, the video aims to inspire young girls to pursue their dreams and be whoever they wish to be when they grow up.
A mother of three, Vivy Yusof was selected as Barbie’s local role model based on her career path which has been an inspiration to many in Malaysia and across Asia. A law graduate from London School of Economics, Vivy Yusof who now boasts over 1.5 million followers on Instagram, is not only the founder of The dUCk Group but is also co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of FashionValet, South East Asia’s leading e-commerce platform with over 400 local brands under one click.
“We aim to continue to inspire the limitless potential in every girl. In Malaysia, we’re delighted to collaborate with renown local brand The dUCk Group and also Vivy Yusof to further inspire girls to be anything she wants to be, from a fashion stylist, an entrepreneur, a fashion designer – anything she wants to be”, said Ivan Franco, Country Manager of Mattel Southeast Asia.
Are You Fit for Fashion ?
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Mecha Journal
Defense & Security, Intelligence & Analysis
FMC M2200 Janissary Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle
April 10, 2016 Platformsdorkspeed
ROBOTECH Technical Files
by Robert Morgenstern, with Peter Walker and Pieter Thomassen
edited by Tim Wing
M2200 Janissary reference file
M2200 Janissary gallery
Designation: Food Machinery Corporation M2200 Janissary Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle
I. Dimensions.
(M2201A5 Janissary AIFV)
Length: 6.4 meters
Width: 3.3 meters
Height: 2.9 meters
Weight: 25 metric tons, 34.5 metric tons with full armor package.
(M2204A4 Battlefield Surveillance Radar Vehicle)
Tower raised: 3.6 meters
Weight: 24.2 metric tons.
II. Type.
M2200-APC: Two crew, twelve passenger Armored Personnel Carrier. Welded space-metal construction with diesel hybrid electric drive. This variant had the option of being armed with a Protector M151 remote weapons system with an M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun, mounted on the front left corner of the vehicle.
M2200A1-APC: Two crew, twelve passenger Armored Personnel Carrier. Improved welded space-metal construction with provision for additional add-on reactive and passive armor, improved diesel hybrid electric drive. This variant had the option of being armed with a Protector M151 remote weapons system with an M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun, mounted on the front left corner of the vehicle.
M2201A2-AIFV: Three crew, six passenger Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Welded space-metal construction with provision for additional add-on reactive and passive armor, diesel hybrid electric drive. Armed with a two man Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH manufactured turret with one 30mm chain gun, 7.62 coaxial machine gun and three (Rapier) ATGMs mounted in the center of the vehicle.
M2201A3-AIFV: Two crew, twelve passenger Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Improved welded space-metal construction with provision for additional add-on reactive and passive armor, improved diesel hybrid electric drive. Armed with a remote weapons system turret with a pulse laser cannon and an independent Protoculture-cell energizer power source, mounted on the front left corner of the vehicle.
M2201A4-AIFV: Two crew, twelve passenger Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Improved welded space-metal construction with provision for additional add-on reactive and passive armor, Protoculture-cell energizer power system. Armed with a remote weapons system turret with a pulse laser cannon, mounted on the front left corner of the vehicle.
M2201A5-AIFV: Two crew, twelve passenger Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Improved welded space-metal construction with Chobham frontal armor and provision for additional add-on reactive and passive armor, Protoculture-cell energizer power system. Armed with a remote weapons system turret with a pulse laser cannon, mounted on the front left corner of the vehicle.
Though not exhaustive, the below list includes many of the major variants of the M2200 Janissary APC/AIFV that served with the UN Spacy, the Unified Forces, the United Earth Defense Forces and the United Earth Expeditionary Forces.
M2202-CFV: Cavalry Fighting Vehicle
M2206-MEV: Baseline M2200 configured for the transport of four or six patients on stretchers. This variant has no weapons system turret of any kind. Protoculture-cell energizer power system from M2206A4-MEV onwards.
M2205-ESV: Engineer Support Vehicle equipped with a 105mm demolition gun and a dozer blade.
M2267 Chupacabra: M2200 chassis fitted out as a smoke screen generator vehicle for providing battlefield obscuration. Protoculture-cell energizer power system from M2267A2 onwards.
M2215: A mortar carrier armed with a 120mm mortar mounted on a turntable in the rear troop compartment. The mortar could be fired from the vehicle, but could also be fired dismounted. Protoculture-cell energizer power system from M2215A4 onwards.
M2234: Another mortar carrier, basically an M2215 armed with an 81 mm mortar. Protoculture-cell energizer power system from M2234A3 onwards.
M2259: Anti-tank variant equipped with a Bofors MRL-2 missile launcher with six short range (8.2km) combined infra-red imager and passive laser homing 120mm Rapier III missiles. No Protoculture powered variant.
M2272: Anti-aircraft variant equipped with a 40 mm Bofors cannon and radar guided fire control system. No Protoculture powered variant.
M2257: Anti-aircraft variant equipped with a launcher armed with an Oerlikon MRL-3 missile launcher mounted on rear of the vehicle. The missile launcher is fitted for 6 short range Mach 3.0 IR-guided Stinger II anti-aircraft missiles. No Protoculture powered variant.
M2273: Command variant, the roof over the rear troop compartment is higher. The vehicle also carries additional radios and a generator. A variant of this was the M2264 standard integrated command post system carrier, equipped with UEDF automated command and control system. Protoculture-cell energizer power system from M2273A3 and M2264A1 onwards.
M2204: Battlefield surveillance radar equipped variant. This variant had the option of mounting an articulated observation platform. Protoculture-cell energizer power system from M2204A3 onwards.
M2275: A repair and light recovery vehicle equipped with a crane. No Protoculture powered variant.
M2272: A repair and light recovery vehicle equipped with an internal winch and two earth anchors mounted on the rear hull. Protoculture-cell energizer power system from M2272A2 onwards.
M2297: Anti-tank variant equipped with an MM-12 missile launcher with 12 190mm x 540mm variable warhead, short range (8.2 km) Mach 3.0 combined infra-red imager and active radar homing Hammerhead missiles. All variants were Protoculture-cell energizer powered.
III. Service History
Since the militaries that adopted the M2200 in one form or another are almost too prolific to count, this section will only include the militaries of the United Earth Government. Developed from 2001 to 2004, this vehicle was adopted in very limited numbers by the UN Sapcy as they did not field a ground force in any significant numbers, other the UN Spacy Marine Corps, which was really more of a space based anyway. The M2200 was fielded in large numbers by individual militaries of the Unified Forces from 2004 onwards. After the consolidation of the Unified Forces under the Treaty of the Southern Cross, the M2200 was adopted by both the United Earth Defense Forces (UEDF) as their primary Infantry Fighting Vehicle in 2018, and in Protoculture-cell energizer powered form by the Reconnaissance Expeditionary Force/United Earth Expeditionary Force (REF/UEEF) 2021. The M2200 stayed in use with the UEDF until the Invid Invasion, and with the UEEF until late 2040s.
IV. Propulsion.
(M2201A2 Janissary AIFV and other conventionally powered M2200-series)
Engine: 2 Siemens electric motors providing 340 hp each
Power-source: Cummins VTA-2005 10-cylinder diesel driving a generator
(M2201A5 Janissary AIFV and other Protoculture powered M2200-series)
Power-source: 1 x RRG FR-1P Miniaturized Protoculture-cell energizer
Fuel Capacity: 8 standard canisters of protoculture.
V. Performance.
Maximum speed: 65 kph
Maximum speed, swimming: 13 kph
Maximum range: 640 km
Maximum range: limited to around 48 hours of operational use
VI. Electronics Suite.
Radar tracking:
Westinghouse APG-154 X-band long range multimode radar capable of linking with other battlefield systems to provide centralized command, control and communications to the theater. The system is supported via a raiseable antenna mast to increase range at the expense of additional ground clutter.
Optical tracking:
(M2201A5 AIFV and M2204A4 Battlefield Surveillance Radar Vehicle)
Thomson DOS-2500 multi-band motion-stabilized digital spherical camera system, for medium range 360 degree elevation traversable infra-red imaging, optical and ultra-violet band detection and tracking.
Thomson LT-3 multi-frequency laser ranger and designator.
Tactical Electronic Warfare System (TEWS):
Elettronica Radar Warning Receiver (RWR)
OlDelft Infra-red Warning Receiver (IRWR)
Smoke dispenser
Command and Control System:
Tactical command, control, communications and intelligence system for coordinating air defense and battlefield operations.
Various multimode, multiband terrestrial and satellite communication systems.
Westinghouse Identify Friend/Foe (IFF) Transponder
VII. Armament.
1 x HL-80 80 mm rapid fire pulse laser capable of firing 1 MJ pulses at a rate of 4 pulses/sec. System is powered by the main Protoculture-cell energizer (or, in the case of the conventionally powered vehicles, by a dedicated Protoculture-cell energizer).
10 x Smoke Dispensers
6 x Gun ports for passengers located to either side of the rear compartment
(M2205A4 Engineer Support Vehicle)
1 x L8A1 105mm short barrel, low pressure, demolition gun firing High Explosive (HE), High Explosive Squash Head (HESH) or High Explosive Incendiary (HEI) for the purpose of obstacle and bunker destruction.
2 x Gun ports for passengers located to either side of the rear sensor compartment
VIII. Armor.
The body of all M2200 series vehicles are composed of welded space-metal alloys. The armor stops all small arms, and heavy infantry weapons fire, provides fair to good resistance to light mecha-mounted weaponry such as Zentraedi 22.3mm autocannon, and provides poor resistance to medium mecha-mounted weaponry, such as the Valkyrie’s 55mm APFSDS round.
The frontal armor the M2201A5 Janissary armored carriers is composed of a standard Chobam laminar developed in the late 20th century and improved with the materials science advances made during the Robotech era. This armor was mainly designed to defeat projectiles and other kinetic weapons. The armor stops all small arms, and heavy infantry weapons fire, provides good resistance to light mecha-mounted weaponry, and provides fair resistance to medium mecha-mounted weaponry, such as the Valkyrie’s 55mm APFSDS round. Armor is slightly better than the FIAT 6836/6846 Heavy Armored Vehicles.
All Janissarys from the M2200A1 onwards could be fitted with a variety of passive and reactive armor sets, providing protection levels similar to that of the built in Chobham armor on the frontal slope of the M2201A5.
The Janissary provides full protection from nuclear, biological, and chemical hazards, using an overpressure crew compartment environment activated by radiation and hazardous chemical sensors, or manually when biological warfare conditions are anticipated. The internal consumables supplies can provide atmosphere for one week maximum.
IX. Development.
The M2200 Janissary AIFV was developed by the Food Machinery Corporation in the United States as a prototype series to explore advanced technology from the downed ASS-1 space fortress and to replace the aging IFVs of the day. They based the overall design on their ubiquitous M113, which had been in production since the 1960s. This vehicle design was a precursor to the Destroid series development program and helped paved the way for the introduction of these armored giants. Originally, they M2200 tested out and put into production advances in material science. They were powered by conventional diesel engines, but had an innovative hybrid electric drive system. This was a diesel engine producing power by driving a generator, which in turn provided electrical power to a pair of Siemens electric motors located at the drive sprockets. The engine was a 500 HP Cummins VTA-2005 10-cylinder diesel that powered later versions of FMC’s M2 Bradley. Later, as technology matured, the M9A4 Janissary was equipped with a Protoculture-cell energizer as its source of motive power. (Though the protoculture powered variant was a success, the majority of Janissarys used by the UEDF were M2201A3s, which were powered by conventional diesel engines.)
The Janissary Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle (AIFV) began full series production in 2004. This armored vehicle has a respectable power to weight ratio and can traverse rough terrain. The M2200 through M2201A4 variants are amphibious when running without any add on armor, so long as the water is not too rough to capsize the carrier. The M2200 is constructed from what is generically referred to as space-metal. (Space-metal was actually a term applied to a variety of advanced alloys created after the arrival of the SDF-1.) The metal in this case was a light weight alloy with armor qualities superior to titanium. This alloy provided far superior protection when compared to the aluminum armor which was typical of all armored personnel carriers up to this point. In its basic form, the M2200 had better protection than an M2 Bradley with a full set of Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA). The M2200A1 introduced the ability to attach armor upgrade packages consisting of passive Chobham style armor and ERA. Though the full package added an additional ten tons to the Janissary, it provided it with armor superior to a Destroid, and approaching that of some older tanks.
The M2200 was purchased in huge numbers by the different militaries making up the Unified Forces from 2004 to 2011. After FMC’s manufacturing facility was rebuilt after the Zentraedi Rain of Death, the Janissary went right back into production starting in 2015. After the signing of the Treaty of the Southern Cross, the United Earth Defense Force (UEDF) adopted the Janissary as their primary Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Though there was a profusion of different types of IFVs in use by the Unified Forces at that time, the Janissary was by far most advanced and one of the most popular. This made the UEDF’s choice a bit of a no-brainer. The UEDF, being chronically underfunded in comparison to the United Earth Expeditionary Force (UEEF), was reliant on the M2200 Janissary as well as a variety of other conventional armored vehicles as these vehicles were significantly cheaper than Veritechs and Battloids.
The UEEF (at that time still being called the Reconnaissance Expeditionary Force) also purchased a huge number of Janissarys. Since the UEEF did not want to be reliant on an uncertain supply chain of conventional fuels such as diesel and JP-8 and since funding was not as much of a problem for them, they purchased almost exclusively Protoculture-cell energizer powered tracks. These vehicles served in a variety of roles and were not fully retired until after the Third Robotech War.
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Original artwork by: Kogawa Tomonori, Hiroyuki Kitazume, Miyo Sonoda, Hiroshi Ogawa, Hirotoshi Ohkura and Takashi Ono; Brian Manning
Acknowledgement is extended to Peter Walker, Pieter Thomassen and Robert Morgenstern of the unofficial Robotech Reference Guide. Peter Walker, Pieter Thomassen and Robert Morgenstern are given credit for all quotes and paraphrasing of the unofficial Robotech Reference Guide that has been utilized in this publication.
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The future is still looking unnervingly bright and scary thanks to the new trailer for Black Mirror season five. Ever since the release of Bandersnatch, an interesting take on the choose-your-own-adventure format which was released in December 2018, we’ve been chomping at the bit for more Black Mirror stories. If the trailer is anything to go by, this new season will deliver some deceptively creepy stories focused on our evolving relationship to technology and the ways in which it permeates our lives.
“You have to brace yourself,” one of the new Black Mirror characters tells us during the trailer and boy, oh boy, it’s evident from the first seconds of this trailer we need to brace, prepare and/or batten down every damn hatch before we press play on these new episodes. Season five looks to be a star-studded affair, with Miley Cyrus, Avengers: Infinity War star Anthony Mackie and That ’70s Show alum Topher Grace on board. Additional cast members for season five include The Beguiled star Angourie Rice, Sherlock villain Andrew Scott and Aquaman actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. If the promise of techo-terror isn’t enough to pull you in, then this acting lineup surely will.
Season five promises three new stories in its ongoing anthology, which first aired in 2011 in the UK before transferring over to Netflix in 2016. It’s unclear why there are only three new episodes since past seasons have ranged from four to six episodes (season one is the only other season with three episodes). Per season five’s IMDb, the Mackie/Abdul-Mateen II-fronted episode, titled “Striking Vipers,” will be first and appears to follow two brothers or friends, one of who encourage the other to get mixed up in some extramarital activities that could have serious consequences. Scott’s episode, titled “Smithereens,” comes second in the season and seems to follow a man completely undone by society’s fixation with screens. Rice’s still-untitled episode will finish off the season and shows a teen girl who finds friendship with a tiny android who may not be as friendly as it appears. It’s still unclear how Cyrus or Grace will figure into these stories.
Genre-specific anthology series have managed to reel in A-listers in recent years, creating a creatively challenging opportunity for actors to stretch their legs in the television medium without having to commit to multiple seasons of a show. Black Mirror is a prime example, but other notable examples include CBS All Access’ Twilight Zone reboot, which stars Jordan Peele, Adam Scott, Kumail Nanjiani and Steven Yeun (among many, many, many other big celebs) and American Horror Story, which has featured the talents of Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Lady Gaga and Evan Peters during its run.
Make sure to tune in to Black Mirror season five when it lands on Netflix on Wednesday, June 5.
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Trump orders 200000 Salvadorans to leave US
by Eula Weaver - at January 12, 2018
Some 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants allowed to live and work in the United States since 2001 will lose their right to remain in the country in 2019, officials said on Monday, marking the Trump administration's latest move to tighten immigration enforcement. Haitian advocates quickly criticized the decision.
TPS allows immigrants to legally work in the United States and Guevara said his parents have worked hard.
The administration has now terminated TPS status for four countries - El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan.
Miami Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen called the president's decision "cruel" and said it would have a "terrible impact" on the approximately 200,000 Salvadorans affected - 12 percent live in South Florida - and for their families and the communities where they have resided for years.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Salvadorans who have stayed in the US with temporary protected status only a fraction of the estimated 2 million Salvadorans living there would have to leave by September 9, 2019, unless Congress came up with a solution allowing them to stay.
For Martinez, moving to El Salvador would mean starting over in a country he does not remember at all.
"The substantial disruption of living conditions caused by the earthquake" no longer exists, Homeland Security said in a statement.
Last summer, when rumors swirled through the Haitian community that its members were going to lose the TPS designation in place since the 2010 Haiti natural disaster (the designation was lifted in November), a wave of Haitians headed to the Canadian border. In fact, more than 273,000 children of TPS holders grew up in the United States and know no other home. Ending TPS for the Salvadorans and others "would have immediate, expensive ramifications for our country and industry", the union said. The AP spoke to a group of them in Houston and Los Angeles Tuesday.
Their children, numbered at more than 190,000, are USA citizens by birth. "El Salvador has one of the highest homicide levels in the world and crimes such as extortion, assault and robbery are common".
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"They have been in the USA for 17 or 18 years".
"The Department of State warns US citizens to carefully consider the risks of travel to El Salvador due to the high rates of crime and violence". And so, for those who are not US citizens, it's time to go back.
Fearing an influx of newcomers crossing "irregularly" into Canada from the United States, the Canadian government has embarked on an information campaign to discourage Salvadorans from trekking north, as thousands of Haitians did when threatened with a loss of protected status last summer.
When the Trump administration announced its decision to end DACA last fall, Coffman announced that he would make the exceedingly rare move of trying to force a vote on his bill that would temporarily extend the program's protections.
Thousands of Salvadorans have been working and living under temporary protected status in the US after a pair of devastating earthquakes in 2001.
Salvadorans became eligible for the temporary status after a series of earthquakes in 2001. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS, AFP/Getty Images Immigrants, allies and elected officials hold a press conference to demand that the Department of Homeland Security extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) on January 8, 2018 in NY.
Nielson's January 8 statement noted her reasons for ending TPS. BRYAN R. SMITH, AFP/Getty Images A young girl watches as other immigrants and activists protest near the White House to demand that the Department of Homeland Security extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for almost 200,000 Salvadorans on January 8, 2018 in Washington.
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The strange episode that has led Elon Musk to delete his Instagram account
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Elon Musk has closed his Instagram account, with more than 8 million followers in the middle of a strange episode that also has the singer Grimes and the rapper Azealia Banks as protagonists. In response to a question asked by …
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Game Friday: Lessons in Environmental Storytelling from an Imagineer
There's a game design source I used extensively at the beginning of development for Operation Spy: Gamasutra. If anyone out there is considering creating an industry catch-all site for museum-related content, I highly recommend Gamasutra as a model. It combines a job bank with news about developments in the gaming world and, my favorite, an impressive collection of feature articles on the art, business, and production of games.
Two of the articles that most influenced me were written by Don Carson, Disney imagineer turned video game designer, about "environmental storytelling." (You may need to create a free Gamasutra account to read part 1 and part 2.) The first one opens with these comments:
If I have an all encompassing desire for any computer game I play or themed attraction I visit, it is this:
Take me to a place that:
Lets me go somewhere I could never go.
Lets me be someone I could never be.
Lets me do things I could never do!
When I read this list, my mind leaps to fantasy. The “imagined world” Carson talks about can be highly themed (as at Disneyland) or abstract and minimal (as in board games). In both cases, there is a strong unifying theme that orients and surrounds the user. But it’s not just the immersion that makes the experience entertaining and compelling to users; it’s the roles and actions the users get to take.
When you play a good game, you don’t think of yourself as a player manipulating objects. You aren’t moving Pacman around; you are Pacman. You aren’t telling Link where to go; you are Link. You aren’t on a rollercoaster that is themed to look like a Wild West train ride; you are on a Wild West train ride that happens to be implemented as a rollercoaster.
Can museums afford to indulge in this kind of fantasy? The Spy Museum has been both lauded and criticized for “Disneyfying” the museum experience by designing in a hefty dose of narrative, themed immersion. The unifying story is espionage, and the game-like question: “Do you have what it takes to be a spy?” is explicitly posed to the guests at the beginning of the experience. One of the things I think guests enjoy about the Spy Museum is this invitation to play spy, to get a taste of seeing/being/doing something fantastical.
Getting people to play scientist or art historian may be a tougher sell than getting them to play James Bond. But incorporating good environmental storytelling techniques from the game world doesn't mean you have to put on mouse ears (or a trenchcoat). What makes a great immersive experience? Here are some lessons I've learned from Carson...
Orient People to the Unifying Story or Theme. Hanging a sign that says JUNGLE LAND is not enough to sell people on the idea that they are entering a jungle. Carson argues that environments have to answer two user questions immediately: “Where am I?” and “What is my relationship to this place?” If a person can confidently answer both these questions, he or she is ready and open to experience the environment without constantly wondering how they are supposed to feel or what they are supposed to do.
The answers to these two questions define what Carson calls the "story" of the experience. This story doesn't have to be a narrative he said she said; it can be as simple as "we are monkeys swinging through the jungle" or "I am Pacman. I eat dots and avoid monsters." Little kids are excellent at coming up with these kinds of open-ended, non-linear story spaces ("I'm the teacher, you're the student," "we're in the circus," etc.) that combine strict rules with a wide range of possible actions.
It drives me nuts when I’m in a museum that has made a half-hearted attempt to thematically connected galleries or exhibits. If a museum makes a choice (as many science and some art museums have) to disaggregate and somewhat randomly (from a guest perspective) distribute exhibits, okay. When I’m in MOMA, at least I know that as I go from room to room of the main collection, I’m not “missing” any particular era, genre, or artist. In my head, I say, “I am in a museum. My job is to float around and experience things.”
But when a museum exhibition makes a weak or partial attempt at aggregation, I start to get confused. Where am I? Am I in the red wing or the blue wing? The Human Cell or The Beginning of Life? Did I miss a period in history by skipping a room or did the exhibition just gloss over that decade?
Similarly, exhibitions that are unclear about my relationship to the space are confusing. Am I supposed to look respectfully or explore exuberantly? Can I touch? Am I supposed to do something? Confusion over the “rules” of visitor relationship to museum content has led me to have many humorous experiences with museum guards. In most situations, I didn’t willfully “cross the line” of museum acceptability; I just had no idea where that line was. I want a little kid's designation: this is a bunch of art you can touch. This is a human heart you can explore like a little red blood cell. Which leads to the second requirement...
Reinforce and Uphold the Story and "Rules" of the Environment. Obviously it’s much easier to answer these questions about place and role when you are playing within the “rules” of a game or ride. When you are strapped into a roller coaster car, you are fairly confident of your role and relationship to the space. When you play chess, you have a good idea about what’s acceptable and what’s possible.
We usually think of rules as confining the realm of possibility, but Carson argues that strong structure and adherence to rules enhances guest comfort to "play" within the imagined environment. As he puts it:
Most important of all is once you have created this story, or the rules by which your imagined universe exists, you do not break them! These rules can be broad, but if they are broken your visitors will feel cheated. They will be slapped in the face with the contradiction and never again allow themselves to be as lost in your world as they might have been at the onset.
Many exhibit designers are already familiar with situations in which rules work in our favor. Keeping exhibit labels consistent throughout a gallery supports visitor expectations about the type of information to be found on those labels. Consistent light levels, spacing of artifacts or exhibits, size of exhibitions, can all contribute to visitor comfort and familiarity.
But games don't try to make you comfortable in a baseline situation; they try to make you comfortable in a typically uncomfortable situation. Dance Dance Revolution is a fabulous example of this. Would you dance in front of strangers in a public space? Couching that experience within the rules and construct of a game system turns wallflowers toward boogie fever.
Some of my favorite museums and museum exhibitions take serious risks with their basic story but do a fabulous job of reinforcing that story and using it to encourage visitors to test out new, potentially uncomfortable experiences. The Museum of Jurassic Technology combines puzzling content, low light levels, winding passageways, and mysterious labels to create an environment of ambiguity that supports curiousity tinged with apprehension. The City Museum of St. Louis throws open every nook and cranny to be crawled through and explored. The Holocaust Museum immerses you in a dangerous history and uses the design to reinforce the threat and horror of the situation.
When experimenting with these kinds of immersive stories, it's important to think about the limitations and opportunities of different presententation media. For that reason, it's worth remembering to...
Design for believable interactions within the context of the story. In his second article, Carson comments on the paradoxical fact that we will accept a wide range of "leaps"--of plot, location, and time--in stories when we passively receive them (books, film, plays) but not when we experience them as active agents. He gives the example of the problem of reoccuring characters. In a movie or play, we expect to see the same character again and again, in different locations, at different ages. But if there's a Rocky the Raccoon graphic that welcomes you to the tree exhibit, and other graphics throughout the exhibit feature Rocky, you don't think it's the same character moving through the exhibit with you. You think there are lots of copies of that same graphic.
In museums, more broadly, there's a problem with the way we often characterize visitor roles when we invite people to "play." There are many interactives of the "YOU BE THE X" type, in which visitors are invited to play art critic, historian, or scientist. But often these feel contrived. From a museum perspective, the general consensus is that they seem contrived because they are not the "real" thing. But from a game design perspective, they aren't contrived because we can't perfectly simulate reality; they are contrived because we don't couch them in the context of a strong, structured story or rule set. The rule set doesn't have to be complex. When you play the board game Operation, you feel like a surgeon--in the context of the rules for being a surgeon (i.e. don't touch the borders) the game creates.
In support of making it "as real as possible," museums often have a tough time setting up legitimate rule sets and accompanying stories. When designing Operation Spy, we constantly slammed up against this problem: how do you let an untrained visitor feel what it's like to be an expert at something? If cracking a safe, unearthing a fossil, or tracing genealogy is incredibly complicated, how do we let people try it without them feeling like what they are doing is fake?
I'd like to see more museum exhibitions that satisfy Carson's three desires to go, be, and do things that are outside the realm of normal or even physically possible experiences. Museum exhibits allow you to explore the inside of human cells, the extremes of space, the deep past and the possible future. But there's a big difference between experiencing these wild and unusual things through fantasy games and through exhibited reportage. I believe that experiencing content as an active agent, as a player, makes the experience clearer, more personally connective, entertaining, and, dare I say, educational.
Labels: design, game, storytelling
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STEAM Night 2016
The Urban League of Greater Oklahoma City dazzled young people with its third annual STEAM Night. The Urban League's Parent Resource Center Forum, a new component to the event, occurred simultaneously on another floor.
This is a highly adaptable model for other mentoring or community organizations.
Cleverly organizers held the event at the University of Oklahoma's Health Science Center's Student Union so attendees were on a college campus. This also made having health science professors, students, and recruiters there along with many interactive STEAM activities.
Making and Firing Rockets
Kendall Brown, "Rocketeer"
Dee Liggons, Rocketeering Recruiter
The cost of making the rockets is minimum, and youths can be as creative as they wish. Young people really enjoyed this activity.
Air-Powered Spinning Machine from Boeing
Richard Laskey, a University of Oklahoma graduate and a Boeing employee, conducted the air-powered spinning machine station.
Circuit Boards - built from everyday things, e.g., the motor from an inexpensive electric toothbrush.
STEM Outreach Coordinator for Rose State College, Michael Garrison, who has an M.S. in aerospace administration and logistics, was so enthusiastic about this project. For some time, we observed him enthralling two young people, one of elementary age and one of middle school or high school age. When not representing Rose State, Garrison also has his own company, S.T.E.A.M. I AM to illustrate science, technology, engineering, and math for youths.
Catapults & Foil Boats Ferrying Gummy Bears - Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma
Julien Warren and Sharice Robinson had pans of water, foil, and Gummy Bears to allow attendees to construct their own boats, load them with Gummy Bears, and see if the construction plan worked. In addition, they had wooden tongue depressors, plastic spoons, cupcake/candy papers, and rubber bands to build catapults to hurl marshmallows. Girl Scouts is "all over" STEM curriculum.
Worm Power
While observing this activity, an elementary-age girl kindly and eagerly offered me her tiny worm, which I took gleefully and handed back. The inquisitive young lady was fascinated and fascinating.
The large set of teeth was a kid magnet. These college "recruiters," really a professor and a student, had an interesting prop and dynamic personalities. Dr. Bernard Rhine, left, and Charles Mosley, a second-year dental student, make a significant impression on kids and us.
College of Allie Health
Allied Health encompasses all of the careers listed above.
Susan Tucker, assistant dean for Student Affairs, College of Allied Health, not only had a giant cereal box but also a leg with muscles, etc.
Brent Ross, outreach and recruitment coordinator for the College of Medicine-Admissions, also answered questions of attendees and discussed opportunities in medicine.
Heath Burge, the assistant dean for Student Affairs for the University of Health Sciences Center, on behalf of the College of Nursing made a special effort to be at the STEAM event.
Circuit Boards II
At this station, we asked the young student enjoying the activity to tell us about it, and he did. Bravo! Class Matters "provides science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) exposure to socially and economically disadvantaged youth in Oklahoma City" since 2010. http://class-matters.org/
More OUHSC Options
Zelina Estrada, OUHSC Student Affairs/Campus and Community Life coordinator, discusses opportunities. Yes, she has a variety of props including the skeleton.
Jennifer Richardson, director of recruitment and omissions for the College of Pharmacy, and Amanda Rice, pharmacy student, hold molecule models at their table.
OETA, Oklahoma Education Televisional Authority, has so many educational avenues for all ages. OEA can help lay the foundation early on and along a youth's growth. Representing OETA is Darrell Strong, program manager. Strong also has his own business as DJ ProSTAR.
Enthralling youths with knowledge and charisma were Jasmine McCloud, a mechanical engineer (B.S.) and a biomedical engineer (M.S.), and Gerald Fleming, an electrical engineer in addition to mathematics and music technology specialties. Their company is Bandkhamp.
Organizer-in-Chief
The event's organizer-in-chief is Violet Ford, director of education and family development for the Urban League of Greater Oklahoma City. Having met Violet in 2012, we have watched her can-do spirit and creative vision steadily grow innovative education programming and community.
The Urban League of Greater Oklahoma City has really thrived in its programming with passionate, outgoing, genuine, and highly goal-focused leadership and staff. We salute them all. https://www.urbanleagueok.org/
Not pictured: Carrie McClain, Jabar Shumate, and D'Andre Fisher provided connections between Urban League and the health science center. Shumate is vice president of OU's University Community, McClain is associate director for the HSC, and Fisher is special assistant to Mr. Shumate, the vice president, and director of operations.
The Urban League of Greater Oklahoma City effectively executes Project Ready, the signature mentoring program of the National Urban League. http://www.iamempowered.com/programs/project-ready
Labels: Careers, Models, STEAM, STEM
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Burgundy Lace Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum 'Burgundy Lace'
Burgundy Lace Japanese Maple foliage
Group/Class: Dissectum
A superb compact landscape tree that demands a showcase location in the garden; finely cut purple-bronze palm-shaped leaves give rich color and texture all season long, ideal for shrub gardens and small landscapes
Burgundy Lace Japanese Maple has attractive burgundy foliage which emerges red in spring. The deeply cut ferny palmate leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding red in the fall. Neither the flowers nor the fruit are ornamentally significant.
Burgundy Lace Japanese Maple is an open deciduous tree with a strong central leader and a more or less rounded form. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which can make it a great accent feature on this basis alone.
Burgundy Lace Japanese Maple is recommended for the following landscape applications;
Burgundy Lace Japanese Maple will grow to be about 10 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 10 feet. It tends to be a little leggy, with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 60 years or more.
Burgundy Lace Japanese Maple is a fine choice for the yard, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. Because of its height, it is often used as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the center of the pot, surrounded by smaller plants and those that spill over the edges. Note that when grown in a container, it may not perform exactly as indicated on the tag - this is to be expected. Also note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden. Be aware that in our climate, this plant may be too tender to survive the winter if left outdoors in a container. Contact our store for more information on how to protect it over the winter months.
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United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1959)
Principle 3: The child shall be entitled from his birth to a name….
Mary and I entered the shopping mall, comfortable like a couple who've been together for many years, but timid like those who've spent very little time in this unfamiliar city, we being tired and haggard, bitten by the wind and the rain and the years. We've been on the road too long, it seems, and those around us, young, happy, and affluent, brushed by without noticing us, as beautiful as we are. Inside the mall I unzipped all three of my leather jackets so those around us would see the beautiful new Chinese silk shirt Mary got me for the holiday, a shirt that makes me more beautiful. No one noticed, I'm sure. Except Mary. Mary says I don't need the shirt, that I'm beautiful already. I gaze lovingly at her, she being beautiful beyond measure.
Mary and I entered the shopping mall and made our way to the stationery store for me to buy new journals for the coming year to record the mileage of our time. We entered the mall, and I was proud of myself in my beautiful new shirt, and Mary held my arm like an old wife used to the foibles of her man; and I, tired from these long days of our journey here, looked lovingly at her as she held the little bundle that gives her so much joy, a bag of stuff she clutches tightly to her bosom as she goes from here to there, smiling, sometimes delighted, sometimes overcome by the flashing lights at Radio Shack, the electronic video games capturing her heart in a soulful way till her aeroplane crashes into the tarmac upon landing, and until the store clerk states: "Is there something here you'd like to bu-uy?" He stands unsmiling, frowning at an empty space on a shelf as Mary asks for a different game to play since the last one really sucked. I puff up my chest and show off my new silk shirt protectively. I turn discretely to display my plastic bag of store bought stuff, our parking validation bag, our cue to the world that we belong in the mall as legitimate folks. But, hey: off we go to get samples of ice-cream, off we go so Mary can increase the volume in her bag with shopping brochures and old lottery ticket stubs. Off we go. I show off my purchase to good effect, I think, until I see that my fingers have sweated so badly that the ink has smeared all over the bag, and my fingers are black. I put my hands in my pockets and pull open my jackets to show off the beautiful shirt Mary gave me. We shall be all watched over.
"They act like we're dead," Mary says. "They don't even look at us. When I want to ask about something, they turn away and talk to someone else." Maybe we don't look just right. Maybe we look like we've been on the road too long. Maybe we look like a couple of weathered fence posts.
But we're not dead. Just look at my shirt. I'm beautiful, and especially so is the beautiful girl I'm with. "They don't seem to want to sell us anything," Mary says.
What is there to say to man playing "Sometimes I feel like a motherless child" on a guitar, a man who responds: "It's a tune by Ritchie Havens from the movie Woodstock."
Mary's hat is falling from the grace and style it might once have had when in its younger years its velvet was full and shiny brown; when the crown rose up with inner dignity, before it fell down to look more like the worn beret of a World War Two resistance fighter. Yes, the threads are loose. It is unraveled at the seams. My queen's crown is tarnished. Man, we've been on the road so long that longer than this we'll look like pavement.
I look ahead, beyond the mall, and I say to Mary: Listen to this, beautiful girl, this poem by Rimbaud, this poem called "Childhood," this poem that comes to my mind as I gaze at you with the bundled treasures at your breast:
The paths are bitter
And the broom flowers cover the hills.
The air is still…
How far are the birds and the fountains!
To go on can only lead to the end of the world.
We should go there, you and I, I say, and I mean it truly.
"You're taking up a good stall in the barn, buster," Mary says, though not to me but to a picture of a kitten on a postcard, though she could be speaking to me, I don't know, not being myself a psychologist of any repute.
We stand, side by side in the mall, and for once I'm happy, happy because I look like a king, and my beautiful girl is my queen. We slowly shuffle off to the department store to play air hockey, which I thought I'd won but that Mary says we tied, which probably means I lost. We look at black refrigerators and black stoves and black furniture. Black.
Mary's bundle grows as we walk through the mall. She finds things to add to her bag. Mary finds wonderful things that make her bundle of stuff better than it was. I don't understand female things like that, but I stand by smiling at those who stop to not look at us.
Beyond the road: the mall at Christmas. We have arrived.
Our gods: I recall a bit from Conrad's Lord Jim and I want very much to tell Mary:
"Some, very few and seen there but seldom, lead mysterious lives, had preserved an undefaced energy with the temper of dreamers. They appeared to live in a crazy maze of plans, hopes, dangers, enterprises, ahead of civilization, in the dark places of the sea, and their death was the only event of their fantastic existence that seemed to have a reasonable certitude of achievement."
I'd meant to cheer us up. Hope? Yes; but if times get any harder, we could drift into the sea, I think, or some tranquil place. They really don't see us. They don't see us at all.
My mind is calm. Mary rubs her hand against my beautiful shirt. We are beautiful together. I stand close and protective as Mary gently bounces her bag up and down in her arms to disconnect the battery inside the rooster alarm clock buried deep inside her bundle. Still, the bag makes a choking noise like that of a child locked in the root cellar. People stare. I look down to avoid their gaze, and I see I've dripped ice-cream on my beautiful shirt, and when I tell Mary how sorry I am that I've made a such a mess of myself, Mary just smiles and says it doesn't matter because she got a huge sack of such shirts; and even though the Chinese lady stole most of them as Mary was going for more, Mary still has some left for me and the really big guy and the little fat guy.
Mary's warm smile. I still have the strength to go to the end of the world. I have a name, though I'm not certain Mary can remember it.
People swirl throughout the mall buying up even those things they don't much want to buy but must because there's time and things left yet. Mary asks me if I'd like a refill at McDonald's, it being a good deal because she's got some cups stashed. And I want very much to get away from those people who look at us and don't look at us because we look like we're dead. Maybe we show up on the video surveillance.
When I lived in a commune and sold candles at the mall in Berkley, California back in 1970 I didn't grasp the significance of Richard Brautigan's poem "All Watched over by Machines of Loving Grace." I read it then, and I didn't understand. The poem was old even then, but I wasn't. Telegraph Ave. was old then, but I was just a lad.
I like to think (and
the sooner the better!)
of a cybernetic meadow
where mammals and computers
live together in mutually
programming harmony
like pure water
touching clear sky.
I like to think
……...(right now, please!)
of a cybernetic forest
filled with pines and electronics
where deer stroll peacefully
past computers
as if they were flowers
with spinning blossoms.
……..(it has to be!)
of a cybernetic ecology
where we are free of our labours
and joined back to nature,
returned to our mammal
brothers and sisters,
and all watched over
by the machines of loving grace.
Mary smiles at me shyly sometimes, not knowing quite why I stop in mid-step and gaze off into space. She looks up at me from under the brim of her floppy velvet hat, and she waits gently like a warm breeze wafting around me. She holds her bag and smiles.
Our coffee gone, our evening long, we wonder where to find a place to stay for the night, given that all the rooms at the hostels are taken. We huddle in a doorway for a while. Three folks dressed up like they must have traveled from a Las Vegas Magic Show come by the doorway of the Starlight Diner and see us shivering in the damp. They give us a can of beer and a half pack of cigarettes. Mary sees a tea box in their bags, and she wants it because it's got a colorful label, the very thing Mary likes so much. One of the trio wisely passes it over, and Mary sticks it in her bag. The rooster clock starts making noises again, "erk er erk erooo," and Mary shakes it till it's quiet. The Magic Show girl cries out: "Be careful, you'll hurt him." I'll take that bitter path, I say to Mary, but I'll bet she's already forgotten about it.
"One of the defining characteristics of human beings is that their adaptation to the world depends," writes Anthony Storr in his book, Feet of Clay, "principally upon learning rather than upon those built-in behavioral patterns which govern the lives of creatures lower down the evolutionary scale. Man's infancy and childhood, relative to historical life-span, has been prolonged by evolution, with the consequence that there is additional time for learning to take place. Learning does not cease with the end of childhood. Many of us continue to learn all our lives, and enjoy doing so…. Our predisposition to go on learning is adaptive, but remaining teachable into adult life demands the retention of some characteristics of childhood…. One might add that man's adaptation is by means of maladaptation…. If we were perfectly adapted to the environment and the environment remained constant we might live in a state of blissful ignorance, unaware of any problems, but we should not be inventive because there should be no incentive to be so."
Outside, it's raining and cold, and no one smiles at us because I have my jackets done up to the chin, and no one can see my beautiful silk shirt. People don't look at Mary because they think she's a bag lady or something. Rain drips off her nose. She's very pretty. This is a bitter path, indeed. Mary has a bus pass. I tell her to get on the bus, warm up, dry out. Mary won't leave me. Instead she pecks at the discarded tickets in front of the subway station till she finds one she thinks I can use. It's really no good, I have to walk; and so-- Mary walks with me. It's a long way to some place to go. We go together. I feel beautiful again for some reason. It's not my beautiful shirt. It's because Mary is beside me. What was I thinking?
I was thinking of Rilke. I was thinking of an "Autumn Day." I was thinking of you.
Lord, it is time. The summer was so short.
Impose upon the sundials now your shadows
And round the meadows let the winds rotate.
He'll not build now, who has no house awaiting.
Who's alone now, for long will so remain.
Sit late, read, write long letters, and again
Return to restless perambulating
The avenues of parks when leaves down rain.
So on we go, we three: Mary holding close her nameless bag, grinning as she looks up at me with her beautiful green eyes. The paths are so bitter, and we are so far away from home. For dreamers it could only mean the end of the world.
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Thanks, Callie.
Announcing Dag's Christmas Story for Tommorw.
Please return Saturday afternoon for Dag's annual Christmas story, a bit of rollicking good fun that has nothing to do with hanging Prsbyterians from lamposts. Hope you'll join us then.
Just in time for Christmas we come again to the Presbyterians cheer leading for killers. Presbyterians who engage in terrorism, who are directly responsible for murdering men, women and children, people who are my friends, people I lived among thanks to their generosity and kindness, people who are lovely and worthy of life and the peace everyone is entitled to. But, our Presbyterians think not, preferring rather to kill my friends.
There are those who will stand up to Death and play him till the end. Those would be the ones who love life. I'm one. You will meet me.
Presbyters: I will not stand for this. Any Presbyter in a land outside the law is fair game for those who follow the law, and that's all there is to say of it.
Hezbollah official Nabil Qawuq is undoubtedly a busy man. As Hezbollah's commander in Southern Lebanon, Qawuq is responsible for leading the bulk of the Shi'ite terrorist group's combat forces, while frequently overseeing attacks on Israeli positions and attempts to kidnap Israeli soldiers or civilians. A confidante of Hezbollah General Secretary Hassan Nasrallah, Qawuq is also a fixture on Al-Jazeera and Lebanese television, his appearances generously mottled with calls for the destruction of the Jewish state.
Nevertheless, Qawuq recently found the time in his busy schedule to meet with -- of all things -- a church group. On October 20th, a delegation from the Presbyterian Church of the USA (PCUSA) met with Qawuq and other Hezbollah leaders for an hour in southern Lebanon as part of their three-week regional tour. Led by the head of the Chicago Presbytery Reverend Bob Reynolds, the meeting was convened for supposedly "educational" purposes, with Reverend Reynolds suggesting "I think one way people can learn from one another is to learn the way people talk about themselves and describe their own reality."
Unfortunately, the conversations which took place between the two parties were anything but realistic. Quwaq opened the conference with a lengthy harangue against the "chaos" and "fear" created by President Bush and "American policy," whose true purpose he defined roughly as enabling Ariel Sharon to "turn Lebanon into a bridge to harm Syria." Eager to endear himself to the perturbed Hezbollah commander, PCUSA delegation spokesman Robert Worley, a retired seminary professor, assured Quwaq that all delegation members had voted for John Kerry. Furthermore, Worley promised his host to help disavow Americans of the notion -- impressed upon them by the Western media -- that Hezbollah was a terrorist group, stating:
"Americans hear in the Western media that Hizbullah is a terrorist organization, and they do not hear any other opinion. They know nothing about the party's concern for the people of the south."
Worley then pointed out that Hezbollah and his church share similar goals, along with comparable opponents: Continue reading "Devenny: The Church of Jihad"--
pages.zdnet.com/wassman/id23.html
(Germans Hanged.)
Christmas, and the filthy Presbyters are out to kill my friends, smiling. These sanctimonious scums will find themselves facing the wrath of God someday, and it's a day I long to witness. Presbyter scum: I hate you.
solvet saeclum in favilla,
teste David cum Sybilla.
Quantus tremor est futurus,
quando judex est venturus,
cuncta stricte discussurus.
Tuba mirum spargens sonum
per sepulchra regionum,
coget omnes ante thronum.
Mors stupebit et natura,
cum resurget creatura,
judicanti responsura.
Liber scriptus proferetur,
in quo totum continetur,
unde mundus judicetur.
Judex ergo cum sedebit,
quidquid latet apparebit,
nil inultum remanebit.
Quid sum miser tunc dicturus?
Quem patronum rogaturus,
cum vix justus sit securus?
Rex tremendae majestatis,
qui salvandos salvas gratis,
salva me, fons pietatis.
Recordare Jesu pie,
quod sum causa tuae viae,
ne me perdas illa die.
Quaerens me sedisti lassus,
redemisti crucem passus,
tantus labor non sit cassus.
Juste judex ultionis,
donum fac remissionis
ante diem rationis.
Ingemisco tanquam reus,
culpa rubet vultus meus,
supplicanti parce, Deus.
Qui Mariam absolvisti,
et latronem exaudisti,
mihi quoque spem dedisti.
Preces meae non sunt dignae,
sed tu, bonus, fac benigne,
ne perenni cremer igne.
Inter oves locum praesta,
et ab hoedis me sequestra,
statuens in parte dextra.
Confutatis maledictis,
flammis acribus addictis,
voca me cum benedictis.
Oro supplex et acclinis,
cor contritum quasi cinis,
gere curam mei finis.
Lacrimosa dies illa,
qua resurget ex favilla
judicandus homo reus -
Huic ergo parce, Deus.
Pie Jesu Domine,
dona eis requiem.
Knowing the Obvious
Just how much of this fancy fransy philosophy is enough to determine how we should respond to the obvious threat of jihad and social disintegration? Is any of this interior inspection of historical opinion making worth the time and trouble? We all know more or less what needs to be done, though we might differ on the details. Islam is a sick ideology that has many millions of poor and ignorant people perched on the verge of catastrophe, threatening not just the West but the world itself with war and annihilation. It's clear that any religion, so-called, that enslaves its female members, reduces them to sex toys and baby farms, that sexually mutilates little girls for the sake of controlling their behaviour, that's obsessed with appearances at the cost of achievement and productivity, that is in every respect an unworthy idea and a danger to the public good and the very safety of the common world of Humanity, that that ideology should be rooted out and destroyed as a matter of course, as a matter of ordinary decency and common sense, if not of prudence and self-preservation. Our political and social leaders, our intelligentsia and our moral leaders collude in the game of "Let's pretend Islam is a religion of peace and that the West is filled with racists." We don't need much detail to know that Islam is evil. And if we need any proof other than what we have and have had since day one, all we really need to debunk the idea that Islam is anything other than evil are these two words: "nine eleven." So why all this about philosophy?
If our reaction to Islamic madness is to counter it with dhimmitude and suicide, then we must look at ourselves to ask why we are reacting as we are. It's obvious that Islam is a madness, and that it's violence and savagery are a threat to us. That needs no further investigation. We do. We need to do some serious navel gazing. We have to ask ourselves how we can look at the obvious and not see anything sensible. How can we look at our own lives, in that case, and trust ourselves to act responsibly toward our children? We are definitely doing something extremely wrong, and we should give it a bit of thought before we commit ourselves to anything further.
Below we can take a look at looking and knowing. How we approach these things will tell us how we approach tomorrow and jihad without the dubious benefit of our leaders. We must, soon, learn to lead ourselves. We have to know how to see and know the real without being taken in by nonsense, even the most obvious nonsense that we convince ourselves is true.
Sorites Paradox
The sorites paradox is the name given to a class of paradoxical arguments, also known as little-by-little arguments, which arise as a result of the indeterminacy surrounding limits of application of the predicates involved. For example, the concept of a heap appears to lack sharp boundaries and, as a consequence of the subsequent indeterminacy surrounding the extension of the predicate 'is a heap', no one grain of wheat can be identified as making the difference between being a heap and not being a heap. Given then that one grain of wheat does not make a heap, it would seem to follow that two do not, thus three do not, and so on. In the end it would appear that no amount of wheat can make a heap. We are faced with paradox since from apparently true premises by seemingly uncontroversial reasoning we arrive at an apparently false conclusion.
This phenomenon at the heart of the paradox is now recognised as the phenomenon of vagueness (see the entry on vagueness). Once identified, vagueness can be seen to be a feature of syntactic categories other than predicates, nonetheless one speaks primarily of the vagueness of predicates. Names, adjectives, adverbs and so on are only susceptible to paradoxical sorites reasoning in a derivative sense.
Sorites arguments of the paradoxical form are to be distinguished from multi-premise syllogisms (polysyllogisms) which are sometimes also referred to as sorites arguments. Whilst both polysyllogisms and sorites paradoxes are chain-arguments, the former need not be paradoxical in nature and the latter need not be syllogistic in form.
1. The Sorites In History The name 'sorites' derives from the Greek word soros (meaning 'heap') and originally referred, not to a paradox, but rather to a puzzle known as The Heap: Would you describe a single grain of wheat as a heap? No. Would you describe two grains of wheat as a heap? No. … You must admit the presence of a heap sooner or later, so where do you draw the line?
It was one of a series of puzzles attributed to the Megarian logician Eubulides of Miletus. Also included were:
The Liar: A man says that he is lying. Is what he says true or false?
The Hooded Man: You say that you know your brother. Yet that man who just came in with his head covered is your brother and you did not know him.
The Bald Man: Would you describe a man with one hair on his head as bald? Yes. Would you describe a man with two hairs on his head as bald? Yes. … You must refrain from describing a man with ten thousand hairs on his head as bald, so where do you draw the line?
This last puzzle, presented as a series of questions about the application of the predicate 'is bald', was originally known as the falakros puzzle. It was seen to have the same form as the Heap and all such puzzles became collectively known as sorites puzzles.
It is not known whether Eubulides actually invented the sorites puzzles. Some scholars have attempted to trace its origins back to Zeno of Elea but the evidence seems to point to Eubulides as the first to employ the sorites. Nor is it known just what motives Eubulides may have had for presenting this puzzle. It was, however, employed by later Greek philosophers to attack various positions, most notably by the Sceptics against the Stoics' claims to knowledge.
These puzzles of antiquity are now more usually described as paradoxes. Though the conundrum can be presented informally as a series of questions whose puzzling nature gives it dialectical force it can be, and was, presented as a formal argument having logical structure. The following argument form of the sorites was common:
1 grain of wheat does not make a heap.
If 1 grain of wheat does not make a heap then 2 grains of wheat do not.
If 2 grains of wheat do not make a heap then 3 grains do not.
If 9,999 grains of wheat do not make a heap then 10,000 do not.
10,000 grains of wheat do not make a heap.
The argument certainly seems to be valid, employing only modus ponens and cut (enabling the chaining together of each sub-argument which results from a single application of modus ponens). These rules of inference are endorsed by both Stoic logic and modern classical logic, amongst others.
Moreover its premises appear true. Some Stoic presentations of the argument recast it in a form which replaced all the conditionals, 'If A then B', with 'Not(A and not-B)' to stress that the conditional should not be thought of as being a strong one, but rather the weak Philonian conditional (the modern material conditional) according to which 'If A then B' was equivalent to 'Not(A and not-B)'. Such emphasis was deemed necessary since there was a great deal of debate in Stoic logic regarding the correct analysis for the conditional. In thus judging that a connective as weak as the Philonian conditional underpinned this form of the paradox they were forestalling resolutions of the paradox that denied the truth of the conditionals based on a strong reading of them. This interpretation then presents the argument in its strongest form since the validity of modus ponens seems assured whilst the premises are construed so weakly as to be difficult to deny. The difference of one grain would seem to be too small to make any difference to the application of the predicate; it is a difference so negligible as to make no apparent difference to the truth-values of the respective antecedents and consequents.
Yet the conclusion seems false. Thus paradox confronted the Stoics just as it does the modern classical logician. Nor are such paradoxes isolated conundrums. Innumerable sorites paradoxes can be expressed in this way. For example, one can present the puzzle of the Bald Man in this manner. Since a man with one hair on his head is bald and if a man with one is then a man with two is, so a man with two hairs on his head is bald. Again, if a man with two is then a man with three is, so a man with three hairs on his head is bald, and so on. So a man with ten thousand hairs on his head is bald, yet we rightly feel that such men are hirsute, i.e., not bald. Indeed, it seems that almost any vague predicate admits of such a sorites paradox and vague predicates are ubiquitous.
As presented, the paradox of the Heap and the Bald Man proceed by addition (of grains of wheat and hairs on the head respectively). Alternatively though, one might proceed in reverse, by subtraction. If one is prepared to admit that ten thousand grains of sand make a heap then one can argue that one grain of sand does since the removal of any one grain of sand cannot make the difference. Similarly, if one is prepared to admit a man with ten thousand hairs on his head is not bald, then one can argue that even with one hair on his head he is not bald since the removal of any one hair from the originally hirsute scalp cannot make the relevant difference. It was thus recognised, even in antiquity, that sorites arguments come in pairs, using: 'non-heap' and 'heap'; 'bald' and 'hirsute'; 'poor' and 'rich'; 'few' and 'many'; 'small' and 'large'; and so on. For every argument which proceeds by addition there is another reverse argument which proceeds by subtraction.
Curiously, the paradox seemed to attract little subsequent interest until the late nineteenth century when formal logic once again assumed a central role in philosophy. Since the demise of ideal language doctrines in the latter half of the twentieth century interest in the vagaries of natural language, and the sorites paradox in particular, has greatly increased.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sorites-paradox/
I think these things are not only interesting but valuable for us as individuals. It's not for everyone, of course, but for those who enjoy it, this is fun, and with that, I wish you a Merry Christmas.
We'll be back tomorrow with more jihadi thrills and dhimmi chills.
The Windows of Perception
Why is the West encumbered by dhimmi idiots? What motivates our citizens and our leaders to chant the mantra "Islam means peace?" Why do we make excuses for Muslims when by any reasonable standard we would be at war with the whole lot of them to the point of utter destruction of one or the other side? It's not because we hate war, are good guys, too advanced, or that Islam is anything other than exactly what we know it is. So why?
It's because of how we decide to interpret our world. It's our collective intellectual attitude that makes our world and us within it act as we do. We might change our collective mind about things as we see them today.
If you are primarily a mental creature existing inside a meat puppet, then you are some kind of mental creature rather than a mental creature. You might be a mental creature that thinks in terms of rationality and reason, looking at the world as a physical space in time, knowable to you as a physical creature through your senses and appeals to reason. You might construct your version of reality according to the rules of reason, examining the world you experience and filtering out that which is not reasonable or logical but that is still attuned to intuitive realities you might not have reason to discard even if you don't have evidence as yet to make logical or rational sense of them. Or you might be an irrational creature, one who relies for your understanding of reality based on what you hear from your local imam who describes reality according to the Qur'an and ahadith and Sira, according to the sunna as interpreted by the imam and your own knowledge. Depending on which approach to knowing what is true about the reality of existence you choose to live in you will be one kind of mental creature or something altogether different. You can be rational or you can be, for example, Muslim. Among other possibilities of deciding what is and how we can know it as mental creatures there is the option of neither science nor revelation but of social science. That choice too will make you some kind of creature not like others.
If you are a mental creature, knowing reality and existence through your mind rather than strictly through you senses like my cat, for example, living beyond a purely intuitive and sensory experience of life, you can choose also to learn the ways of reality according to reason, revelation, faith, or ideology. You can choose all of those approaches all at once, but one must be dominant, must be the ruling motif of your mental life. If one is Muslim then one lives ones mental life according to the idea that reality is the work of Allah. All that can be known of the work of Allah is what is revealed rather than that which can be reasoned. In Islam, Allah is unbound by logic or even the law of non-contradiction. From that first principle of complete incoherence one is not able to be a different kind of mental creature. One cannot ever be a rational Muslim. That gateway to a different way of knowing reality, the gate of ijtihad, is forever closed and barred.
If we, as mental creatures, are what we know, then we are according to how we can know. No Muslim can ever adapt to Modernity. Each and all are total write-offs. If a person is mental, then his mind is not just what his memories and thoughts are but how he knows and continues to know reality. If one were to be irrational today, believing in the omniscience of Allah in the universe, and then tomorrow believing in the primacy of the laws of physics, then one would no longer be Muslim. And what would the Muslim apostate's life be if all that preceded his apostasy were known henceforth as invalid? It's a question most Muslim will never ask, and rightly so, given that a man is seldom likely to destroy his mental world lightly, to commit mental suicide, as it were, not even for the chance of a resurrection into a better life. And worse for the Muslim he seldom if ever has any chance to examine his world-view critically. No, instead he has usually only disincentives, like death for apostasy for a beginning, and permanent exile from his previous life for another.
We have spent much time and effort looking at how we know our universes, how we can know if what we believe is true. We've looked at Steven Dutch on curiosity, and we've looked at Socrates on elenchus and aporia, and we've looked at numerous others on thinking and knowing and understanding. We always come back to the division between Modernity with its rationalist approach to knowing reality and the primitivist approach to knowing reality. We spend great amounts of space here looking at the alternative view of epistemology, the Romantic Irrationalism of philobarbarism, that of Western pseudo-science, the ideological view from anthropology and sociology, for example. It is our unvarnished opinion that social (pseudo)-science is the cause of Left dhimmi fascism and its creation of naive public opinion in support of primitive neo-feudalist fascism. How we as societies view reality, how we decide what is truth and what is falsity, determines how we live our lives, if at all.
Muslims do not examine their own minds. They are the slaves of Allah, and they are so from birth. We might as well forget about them and deal with them as they are and as that dealing requires. It's our own who are the problem: those who decide to look at reality as a social construct that follows mechanical norms determined by outside ingluences, those who would engineer reality to make people conform to it rather than those who would accept reality as it rationally is and make reality conform to Humans. It's an intellectual choice that determines how one will decide reality, and if one comes down on the side of social "science," then one is doomed to be irrational.
Thus, we come to the first part of an essay on Irrationality, the rest of which we'll leave the reader to find and contemplate privately if he or she so chooses. this is an introductionto an essay of some value to those who would pursue this topic further.
The Rise of New Irrationalism and its Incompatibility with Inclusive Democracy
Takis Fotopoulos
The double aim of this article is, first, to examine the causes of the rise of 'new' irrationalism which is contrasted with the classical irrationalism of the 19th century and, second, to show the incompatibility of all sorts of irrationalism (from religion to esoterism, New Age mysticism and so on) with democracy. Finally, the need to develop a new democratic rationalism and democratic ethics, as opposed to the usual attempts to derive an 'objective' ethics from natural or social evolution, is explored.
1. Old and new irrationalism
Rational discourse versus irrational beliefs
The irrationalism, which has flourished both in the North and the South in the last quarter of this century or so, has taken various forms ranging from the revival, in some cases, of the old religions (Christianity, Islam etc) up to the expansion of various irrational trends (mysticism, spritualism, astrology, esoterism, neopaganism, "New Age" etc) which, especially in the West, threaten old religions. We may generally define an irrational belief system as a system whose core beliefs are not derived by rational methods (i.e. reason and/or an appeal to 'facts') but by intuition, instinct, feeling, mystical experience, revelation, will etc. As such, these beliefs are therefore outside any rational discourse. This is particularly true for all religions which have always been characterised by the existence of a set of irrational core truths (God, immortal soul, karma and so on) which are usually inscribed in a sacred text like the Gospel, Koran, Veda etc. In this sense, the world of core truths that characterize all religious systems is and has always been not an open system but a world of closure.
Still, the fact that irrational belief systems usually resort to irrational methods to derive their core 'truths' does not mean that they never use rational methods. Even religious systems sometimes use reason in deriving their truths, albeit within strictly defined limits. These limits are laid down by faith in some core irrational truths. In other words, reason is used by religious systems mainly to justify non-core or peripheral beliefs. Thomas Aquinas, for example, was a rationalist in the sense of believing that the larger part of revealed truth was intelligible to and demonstrable by reason. Still, he also maintained that a number of dogmas which were impenetrable to reason must be accepted on faith alone. Similarly, orthodox Hindus not only give full authority to the Veda but they also hold that human reason errs whenever, on the grounds of perceptual experience, it takes issue with the sacred writings.
In the light of this, It is not therefore surprising that the Pope in his last encyclical,[1] where he considered the relationship of truth, faith and reason, came out in favour of reason (presumably, to attack the irrationalism of New Age which threatens his own and any other established church)! However, his attempt to reconcile faith and reason, which were at odds since the Enlightenment, is clearly formulated within the problematique of Thomas Aquinas.[2] Thus, although the Pope encourages all philosophers , both Christian and non-Christian, "to trust in the power of human reason" he goes on to declare that we must not 'abandon the passion for ultimate truth' since anything which is true , cannot be threatening to faith, because God is truth. As he puts is: "Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth." Faith, for the Pope, stirred reason to reach out and attain what was "beautiful, good and true" and in this way became the advocate of reason.
Of course, the conception of reason to which the Pope refers to has little relation to the Enlightenment's conception, which was identified with the power by which man understands the universe and improves his/her own condition. In fact, one might argue that the three main Enlightenment pillars were: dedication to reason, the belief in Progress and the search for freedom in political and social institutions. But, here, we have to make an important distinction between the 'old' and 'new' 'irrationalism' something that will bring us back to the "Age of Reason", i.e. the Enlightenment and the development of rationalism. This distinction becomes necessary by the fact that the causes of the rise of modern irrationalism, as we shall see in the next section, are specific to our own era and as such differ considerably from the historical causes which have led to the rise of classical irrationalism, which flourished in the nineteenth and early twentieth century, as a reaction to classical rationalism.
Rationalism was the philosophical view that regarded reason as the chief source and test of knowledge. In this sense, rationalism has intrinsically been the rival of belief systems claiming esoteric knowledge, whether from mystical experience, revelation, or intuition. For the same reason, rationalism has always been opposed to various irrationalisms that tended to stress the biological, the emotional or volitional, the unconscious, or the existential, at the expense of the rational. In fact, it was in the context of fighting religious irrationalism, which was rampant in Christian West, that the Enlightenment thinkers embarked on the project of establishing a science of history and society, comprising hypotheses and laws of an explanatory power analogous to that attained by theories in the physical sciences. People like Condillac and Condorcet in the 18th century and Henri de Saint-Simon, Auguste Comte and John Stuart Mill, and Henry Thomas Buckle in the 19th century believed that it was feasible to apply scientific procedures to the study of human society. It was in the same context that modern social science was born, either of the 'orthodox' type, which takes the status quo for granted, or of the radical type, which aims at a new society (scientific socialism).
The reaction to the rationalism which characterized the Enlightenment came in the form of the 'old' irrationalism, which developed in 19th century Europe. Still, the objective of this 'old' irrationalism was not to go back to religious absurdity and truth by revelation. Its declared objective was to enrich man's apprehension of life by expanding it beyond the rational to its fuller dimensions. Irrationalism's roots were either in metaphysics or in an awareness of the uniqueness of human experience. Its emphasis was on the dimensions of instinct, feeling, and will as over and against reason.
Manifestations of the irrationalist movement could be seen in various areas:
In ontology, where irrationalism implied that the world is devoid of rational structure (as rationalists argued), meaning and purpose (as religions, particularly Christianity, maintained). In epistemology, where it meant that reason is inherently defective and incapable of knowing the universe without subjective distortion;
In History, where it implied that there is much in the life of the spirit and in human history that could not be dealt with by the rational methods of science;
In ethics, where it signified the futility of the attempt to develop any objective standards;
In anthropology, where it implied a view of human nature as predominantly irrational and;
In art and literature, where romanticism (which emphasized the individual, the subjective, the irrational, the imaginative, the personal, the spontaneous, the emotional, the visionary, and the transcendental) was a reaction against the Enlightenment and against 18th-century rationalism and physical materialism in general. Similarly, the surrealist movement this century represented a reaction against what its members saw as the destruction wrought by the "rationalism" that had guided European culture and politics in the past and had culminated in the horrors of World War I. Surrealism was seen by the founders of the movement as a means of reuniting conscious and unconscious realms of experience so that the world of dream and fantasy would be joined to the everyday rational world in "an absolute reality, a surreality.
As it is obvious from the above list, similar views are expressed on many of the above topics by contemporary irrationalists. The difference is that today it is not just irrationalists of various sorts who, using a variety of irrational methods, adopt such views. Today, rational methods can be employed, and have been successfully employed, to show that:
the world is indeed devoid of any meaning apart from the one that we assign to it;
there can be no science of History, or of society and the economy because there is indeed subjective distortion in interpreting social phenomena;
there is no linear or dialectical Progress in History;
it is impossible to derive any 'objective' ethics from natural or social evolution;
there is no fixed human nature, rational or irrational;
it is possible to interpret in a rational way the unconscious and its interaction to the conscious realm of experience.
In fact, the very existence of a rational discourse, which can be used to justify the above conclusions today, is what makes the 'new' irrationalists even more irrational than the old ones. If, a century ago, it may have been forgivable to examine the limitations of science with the use of non-rational methods it is obviously nonsensical to do the same today, when the rational discourse on the limitations of science (particularly social science) and the rational critique of several core Enlightenment ideas, like that of Progress, is fully developed.
Today, with hindsight, we can pronounce that the project of creating a 'science' of society, economy and history, which would command a comparable degree of intersubjectivity to that in natural sciences, was doomed to failure. But, one does not have to use irrational methods anymore to criticize Progress, science and technology. The fact, for instance, that there are no 'laws of history' does not have to be shown by viewing History intuitively as an irrational process of organic growth and decay, as Oswald Spengler[3], an old irrationalist, tried to do. Without having to resort to the conformism of post-modernists, radical thinkers like Castoriadis, far from an irrationalist himself, have also shown the impossibility of scientifying or 'rationalising' History (History is essentially creation-creation and destruction.)[4]
Similarly, as I attempted to show elsewhere,[5] most of what passes today as social science is in fact ideology, i.e. a set of rational interpretations (namely, interpretations derived through reason and/or an appeal to 'facts') of society's or economy's structure and dynamics from a particular world view's point. As such, this study always reflects particular interests. At a high level of abstraction, social 'science' reflects either the interests of the ruling elites (orthodox social 'science'), in which case it takes the present socio-economic system (market economy/liberal 'democracy') for granted, or those of the rest of society (radical social 'science'), in which case it does not. As I argued there, the very object of study of social 'sciences' (society), versus that of natural sciences (nature), precludes the possibility of developing a science of social phenomena which would enjoy a comparable degree of general acceptability to that of the study of natural phenomena. The reason is that it is much more difficult, if not impossible, to separate subject from object of study in the former case compared with the latter. We live in a divided society and therefore the social scientist's worldview plays a crucial role in the assumptions s/he makes and the conclusions s/he derives. So, it is not just the lack of the possibility of experiment, which differentiates the two types of studies, as it is usually asserted. The crucial difference between social and natural sciences arises from the fact that whereas the tenets of natural sciences are generally accepted by natural scientists at a given time period, the tenets of social sciences are not, since there can never be a single paradigm about social reality, as long as society is divided. In fact, the very choice of paradigm to be adopted by a social scientist depends on a preconception: whether the present socio-economic system is taken for granted or not.
Rational ideologies and irrational belief systems
Still, notwithstanding Bertrand Russell,[6] I think it is wrong to compare a rational ideology like Marxism, with an irrational belief system like Christianity, Buddism, or Islam. In other words, I would not agree with the argument put forward by some writers[7], who, following Russell, argue that modern Western ideologies like Marxism and Liberalism were just variations of the Judeo-Christian conception, in the sense that they all were dogmas based on an unquestionable truth, irrespectively of whether this truth is transcendental, (as in the case of religion), or rational, (which can be 'proved' as 'objective' by the use of some rational method, eg. positivism or dialectics).
I think that although there are superficial similarities between an irrational belief system like Christianity and a rational ideology like Marxism (church/party, priests/avant guard etc), still, the crucial differences between them cannot be ignored. As I mentioned above, a fundamental characteristic of every irrational belief system is the existence of a set of core beliefs which are derived by non-rational methods (intuition, instinct, feeling etc). The fact that in many irrational belief systems there are also peripheral beliefs which may have been derived through the use of rational methods does not change their fundamentally irrational character. An irrational belief system is therefore irrefutable, since it is based on core beliefs, which are not expressed as rational hypotheses about reality, but as dogmas, intuitions etc, which are outside rational discourse.
On the other hand, a rational ideology is refutable by an appeal to reason and/or the 'facts' because not only its peripheral ideas, but also its core ones, have been derived through a rational process. By "refutability" I do not of course mean strict "falsifiability" in the Popperian sense.[8] As I attempted to show elsewhere[9], it is not possible to derive any objective scientific criteria for the verification/falsification of the Marxist hypotheses as scientific hypotheses. But, the same applies to orthodox economic theory and to social 'sciences' in general. So, when I talk about the refutability of a rational ideology vs. the irrefutability of irrational belief systems what I mean is that the former contains refutable hypotheses, (i.e. hypotheses which although cannot be 'proven' or 'disproven' by 'facts' still are amenable to rational discussion, namely, to discussion which can be informed by reason and evidence) whereas the latter contains a core of irrefutable hypotheses. The Marxist hypothesis, for instance, that as capitalism spreads all over the world it "creates a world after its own image"[10] is refutable and can be discussed rationally; in fact, it has been successfully challenged by radical development theory in the 1960s and the 1970s. On the other hand, there is no way to discuss rationally, for instance, the Christian belief in the Second Coming, or the Buddhist belief in reincarnation, the deep ecology's intuition on biocentric equality, or the New Age's belief in the 'inner dynamic' since all these beliefs are not refutable hypotheses derived through rational methods but irrational beliefs derived through intuition etc.
Of course, the refutation of some of the core beliefs of a rational ideology like Marxism does not constitute a refutation of the entire ideology and it is more than likely that it will not 'convert' the fanatic. Still, it may persuade the more sophisticated supporters of the ideology to start questioning some at least of their cheriched beliefs. In fact, core Marxist hypotheses (like some of the Marxist economic 'laws') have been tested by an appeal to reason/facts both by Marxists and non-Marxists and found wanting and this has significantly contributed to the decline of Marxism as an ideology (although some basic Marxist insights are still valid), much before the collapse of actual existing socialism. But, this kind of refutation is absolutely impossible with respect to irrational belief systems. First, because many of these beliefs cannot be refuted by any kind of rational method since they usually consist of non-refutable hypotheses (metaphysical beliefs, intuitions etc). Second, because even for those of such beliefs for which an appeal to reason and/or 'facts' is possible (e.g. various superstitions which we may rationally explain using today's knowledge), no such an appeal will ever be acceptable by believers, unless they are in the process of abandoning their faith. This is why very few, if any, core religious truths have collapsed (I am not talking about 'heresies'), despite the huge growth of knowledge, particularly in the last two centuries.
In other words, what matters in distinguishing between rational ideologies and irrational belief systems is the source of 'truth'. If the source of truth of the core ideas is reason/'facts', despite the fact that these ideas cannot be shown to be ?objective? (in the sense of general acceptability as in natural sciences), then we are talking about a rational (and refutable) ideology. On the other hand, if the source of truth of the core ideas is an irrational method (revelation, intuition etc) then we are talking about an irrational (and irrefutable) belief system. Of course, what is considered as a rational process of thought, varies in time and space. As Castoriadis[11] puts it "what is different in another society and another epoch is its very 'rationality', for it is 'caught' each time in another imaginary world." Still, this does not negate the criterion I used to distinguish between rational and irrational ideas: that in a rational ideology both its core and peripheral ideas are derived through a rational method (albeit spatially and historically constrained), whereas in an irrational belief system some at least of its core ideas are derived through a non-rational method.
The practical implication of the above distinction is that an irrational belief system, although perhaps useful for those that need it (for psychological or social reasons, or because they cannot just accept death as the end of existence, the burden of personal responsibility etc), it surely cannot be the basis for any rational interpretation of reality. For a rational interpretation of reality (always, of course, from a particular world-views?point of view) a rational ideology is needed.
One possible objection to the exclusive use of rational methods in understanding reality is that in the world of art, in particular, intuition as well as other non-rational methods have for long been used by artists in deriving their own 'truth' which, when successful, is identified with universal "truth." However, one must point out here that a work of art is of an entirely different nature than an ideology or an irrational belief system. As even Ernst Fisher, a Marxist, had to recognise in his classic work The Necessity of Art:
True as it is that the essential function of art for a class destined to change the world is not that of making magic but of enlightening and stimulating action, it is equally true that a magical residue in art cannot be entirely eliminated, for without that minute residue of its original nature, art ceases to be art. Art is necessary in order that man should be able to recognise and change the world. But art is also necessary by virtue of the magic inherent in it.[12]
In other words, given the dual function of art to enlighten but also to make magic, it is obvious that, leaving aside the issue of the artist's objectives, art is a completely inappropriate tool for a rational interpretation of reality. The magic element in art, which draws on the artist's non-rational inspiration, may be compatible with an irrational belief system, but not with a rational ideology. Therefore, for the same reasons for which an irrational belief system is completely inappropriate to give a rational interpretation of reality, art, because of its magical dimension, is correspondingly inappropriate for this purpose, although, of course, nobody could dispute its power to offer important insights about reality.
We in the modern West have the ability to choose how we will think, and we have the choice of not choosing, as well, as Keirkegaard writes: "Not to decide is to decide." We make choices regardless, and they determine what kind of persons we are. Our choices today determine whetgher we will phsically survive, and whether our children will live freely as we do or if they'll live in slavery as dhimmis under the boot of Islam. It will all depend, this struggle for the future, on which course of reality we collectively decide to take.
Greetings, Dear Readers!
We're whooping it up here at the fortress this evening for our annual Christmas party. Boy oh boy, we are getting down. We will later boogie. I like to get down. I like the night life.
Will return tomorrow with more German philosophy and Greek history and cranky stuff about Islam.
Till then, in advance, have a Merry Christmas.
Cheers, Dag and friends.
Man and Men: Bound
Identity politics and multiculturalism are two more strands of Left dhimmi fascism; they in turn bind to the overall theme of this blog, that of the conflation of Left and Right into a nihilistic and philobarbarist reaction that seeks to destroy the world of Modernity, of progress, universality and human freedom. It comes to this: if one is part of an identifiable group, then one is that first rather than first an individual. The accidents of birth make ones person valid rather than ones being as such making one valid. If, by the chance of birth, one is X, then one is forever X regardless of what one is as a person individually. As we've seen from Herder and especially in Fichte, one is of ones national language group, and by extension of ones racial group, real and authentic in the Kierkegaardian sense only among ones group in ones proper place. We consider this approach to epistemology, (not as ontology,) to be a post-Right Left dhimmi fascism.
For the sake of clarity and brevity we turn to wikipedia for a short explanation of 'Identity Politics."
Identity politics is the political activity of various social movements which represent and seek to advance the interests of particular groups in society, the members of which often share and unite around common experiences of actual or perceived social injustice. Such groups argue that they are in some way socially or politically disenfranchised, marginalized or disadvantaged relative to the wider society of which they form part. These movements seek to achieve better social and political outcomes for the members of such groups. In this way, the identity of the oppressed group gives rise to a political basis around which they then unite.
Identity politics also encompasses the development of a social identity for group members, and a body of thought which may be used to challenge dominant stereotypes about group members.
Identity politics may be based around race, ethnicity, sex, religion, caste, sexual orientation, physical disability or some other assigned or perceived trait. [....] Most group identities materialize through the collective consciousness of individuals about a commonly felt oppression or intersections of oppression, such as between race and class or sex and sexuality.
Identity politics along the political spectrum is based on the argument that a putatively oppressed group can use their identity as a source of collective resistance to their commonly felt oppression.
The group identity will deal with and seek to alleviate injustices associated with real or perceived oppression against them based on that identity. This may involve social and legislative reform like affirmative action with the goal that people within the group can in this way achieve equality. It can also involve a separatist approach. Particular focus in any form of identity politics is on the contrast between what is considered to be a social, political and occupational privilege of the dominant group(s) as compared to what is considered discrimination faced by the oppressed group. In this relationship the dominant, normative group is privileged to the oppression of the nondominant group.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_politics
We'll leave it at this for now. Our next view of identity will cover the beginning of racialist identity.
African Bifurcation
It's our contention that the Islamic world is committing suicide. We have examined in some depth the history of ecology and the philosophy of Irrationalism in relation to the division of Mankind between the Modernist West and the the primitive fascism of Islam and the Left dhimmi fascists who enable them in their self-destruction. It's our position that the world's populations are divided between those who seek further Modernity and those who are in a state of rage against it, who wish to destroy Modernity and return the world to a Romance utopia of pre-Modernity and collective tribal rule. Nowhere is that division between men more obvious than in Africa, particularly in west Africa. Below we have a report of Islam in Sierra Leone, of Sunnis on the rampage, of Saudi Arabians financing mosques and madrassas in the midst of squalor and disease and hopelessness and corruption, and of Lebanese Shiites funding terrorism further. This, in microcosm, is the future:
"Sierra Leone: An Obscure Battlefield in the War on Terrorism"
By Donald Temple
On the dusty trash strewn streets of the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown, men, women, and children with missing arms and legs wander aimlessly through half-completed concrete buildings. The surrounding hills are covered with hastily constructed shanties made of corrugated iron, plastic, or any other material that can be turned into shelter. Further a field in the countryside, villages lay barren and evoke only the horrific memories of an almost decade-old civil war. This war-torn West African society, which every passing day teeters on collapse, is the last place in which one would expect the "cat and mouse" game between the West and Islamic extremists to unfold. As the al-Qaeda network morphs from a defined terrorist group into an amorphous ideology of "al-Qaedism," Sierra Leone--because of its historical ties to terrorism, internal dynamics, and external influences--could soon be pushed to the forefront of the war against terrorism.
Sierra Leone has a history of harboring Islamic militants. The first group to find sanctuary in the country was Hezbollah. From the 1980s onwards, Hezbollah agents, aided by the local Lebanese population, have operated out of Sierra Leone. In 1986, Yasser Arafat entered into negotiations with former President Joseph Momoh to build a PLO training camp on an island off of the coast of Freetown [1]. Further evidence of the ties arose when The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) released a report on the relationship between al-Qaeda, Charles Taylor, and the infamous Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone (RUF). The report showed that in the months prior to 9/11, al-Qaeda and the RUF, with Charles Taylor serving as conduit, traded money and weapons for diamonds. Sierra Leone's historical ties to Muslim extremists appear to still be intact. According to a December 2004 article in Freetown's African Champion, two al-Qaeda operatives returning from Pakistan were arrested while trying to enter Sierra Leone [2]. Moreover, in July 2005 three Middle Eastern "businessmen" with suspected ties to terrorist groups were arrested near the Liberia-Sierra Leone border [3].
These are unlikely to be isolated incidents. Indeed, as the United States and its allies deny terrorists safe havens in the Middle East, Asia, and the Sahel countries, the Muslim states of West Africa will likely become destinations for Islamic terrorist groups. Due to its internal features, Sierra Leone is a likely destination for terrorists. Together, the country's demographics, corruption, and unregulated territories and industries create an environment where terrorists can operate with almost total impunity.
Sierra Leone is a multi-racial society. Although the vast majority of people are of African descent, there are also Lebanese, Pakistani, and Indian communities. 60 percent of the population is Sunni Muslim, 30 percent follow indigenous religions, and the remaining ten percent is a mixture of Christians and Shi'ite Muslims of Lebanese descent [4]. These demographic factors combined with a substantial Lebanese presence enable terrorists to operate in Sierra Leone.
The Lebanese merchant class has historically served as the link between this small West African state and the broader radical Islamist movement. Hezbollah and now al-Qaeda have used their contacts within this community to acquire documentation, travel certificates, and financing for terrorist operations. These activities are aided by the corrupt government of Sierra Leone.
Similar to most states in Africa, Sierra Leone struggles with endemic corruption at all levels of society, especially at the governmental level. The most recent case of the government's collusion with individuals linked to terrorist groups involves a British national named Paddy McKay, who is wanted in the UK for alleged involvement with al-Qaeda. According to a report in the Freetown Peep, Paddy McKay with the help of Khalil Lakish, a Sierra Leonean of Lebanese descent who is also under investigation for bribery of government officials and ties to Hezbollah, obtained Sierra Leonean registrations for four planes with fraudulent information. The planes have since been tied to terrorist activity. According to two separate reports in The Independent and the Freetown Peep, McKay, who they allege also has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Algeria's Jamaat al-Islamia, has been using the Sierra Leonean registered planes to traffic illicit diamonds and distribute weapons to the Middle East and the Horn of Africa.
[....] This incident highlights the relationship between the global terrorist infrastructure, the local Lebanese merchant class and corrupt Sierra Leonean government officials. [....] Sierra Leone's internal environment offers one final advantage to terrorists: lack of government oversight over the diamond industry that is predominately monopolized by unscrupulous Lebanese merchants.
Despite the presence of over 17,000 UN troops, much of the interior of the country remains ungoverned [9]. Decades of civil war have left the country's transportation network in tatters. This lack of control can create an opportunity for al-Qaeda. Furthermore, with the UN scheduled to completely withdraw in December 2005, a major barrier to terrorist infiltration will have been removed.
External forces have historically played a significant role in shaping Sierra Leone, for better or worse. Sierra Leone's last insurgency was sparked by Muammar Qadhafi's destabilizing external influence. Qadhafi trained rebel leaders like Foday Sankoh and Charles Taylor to be foot soldiers for his pan-African revolution. Sankoh initially justified his insurgency by proclaiming himself the liberator of the Sierra Leonean people from a corrupt government. People followed until they realized he was as corrupt as the government in Freetown. By then, he controlled the diamonds and could, in effect, wage war on Freetown indefinitely. This situation would have persisted without the intervention of British forces.
In 2000, rebel forces began an offensive on UN forces before moving on Freetown. British Prime Minister Tony Blair deployed 800 British soldiers to secure the airport and provide logistical support for the UN troops. British forces remained in Sierra Leone until 2003 to train the Sierra Leone Army. [....] On December 20, 2005 the UN will withdraw completely, leaving behind a modicum of a state where the underlying conditions of corruption and destitution, which led people to initially join the RUF in 1991, still exist today. The country suffers from endemic poverty, where the Sunni Muslim masses are disproportionately poorer than theLebanese Shi'ites and black Christians; the government is unashamedly corrupt; West Africa as a region is awash in weapons; unemployed child soldiers with no education roam the streets and religious fervor is on the rise. Given this terrible state of affairs, it is not surprising that Daudi Mwakawago, Sierra Leone's UN envoy, described the situation as "very explosive" [10].
Sierra Leone is a Muslim country on the precipice where external pressures, like in the past, will decisively influence the country. [....] The Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia have also aided Sierra Leone's recovery by funding the construction of mosques, Islamic education and cultural exchanges [12]. While there is nothing to suggest that these activities have had anything but a beneficial effect, the West needs to ensure that the influence of Iran and Saudi Arabia does not promote extremism.
http://jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369857
"[T]here is nothing to suggest that these activities have had anything but a beneficial effect...."
We all cringe at such blatant stupidity. However, such is the state of our public intellectuals today. Such is the state of our government officials. We, the people, stand back in the shadows of officialdom with our mouths hanging open, stunned by the ignorance that passes as the legitimate discourse and analysis of our intelligentsia. It's the future staring at us, this evil swamp of primitivism in Sierra Leone, and there is next to nothing we can do to prevent it from spreading to our borders as refugees swarm across Africa bringing to Europe their Muslim hatreds, their conditioned poverty and violence and misogyny and neglect of their off-spring, their feral culture and religious fanaticism, their basic antipathy to Modernity, their impending suicide.
It's our position that temporary military intervention into the internal affairs of failed states is worse than worthless, that it is in fact nearly criminal. We suggest again that the only legitimate course of positive action is the armed intervention into failed states by private citizens from the Modern West, intervention that is in effect colonisation on a permanent basis. We argue than those Westerners who would venture into the world outside our homes settle in other lands, enslave the local populations, and rule till all are masters, intermarry till there is no difference between the rulers and the ruled, till all is Modernity without distinction. It is a prudent course for the West under threat from Islam, and it is a moral course for those whom Islam would drive wholesale into the grave. That our Left dhimmi fascists will scream about ethnocide and cultural imperialism is irrelevant and worthless, nor worthy of response. We, Modern men and women, will triumph. The only question of import is how many of our primitive cousins will live to benefit from our triumph.
Cigar Store Intellectuals: Identity
Moral hysteria substitutes for many today in place of emotion. It's easy and cheap, and hysteria calls attention to oneself in ways hard to ignore. One can be noticed in a crowd. For those who have no life of their own, moral hysteria is a wonderful way of feeling that one has something inside other than dust. Hysteria is a way of filling out the hollow men, giving them the appearance of personality, perhaps the illusion of intelligence, even, if all that fails, of calling attention to ones morality and moral superiority. It's all show, of course, but if one were to point it out, ah, then the screaming fit goes off the scale. those who have no religion are religious; the amoral are moralistic; the ciminal are legalistic; the lazy and smug are officious. The vacuuous, having nothing in mind, play-act. The play today is "Find the Witch." The acting method is moral hysteria. The setting is the West. The villans are Modernists, racists, islamophobes, racists, and yaddda, yadda.... The heroes: they are the those who can scream the loudest at the slightest hope of an imagined p.c. infraction. Below we have the lyrics that set the scene for our investigation into Identity and Philobarbarism, the stuff that dreams of witch-hunts are made on.
Recorded by hank williams
Written by hank williams and fred rose
Key: e capo: 2nd play: d
Kaw- [dm] liga, was a wooden indian standing by the door
He fell in love with an indian maid over in the antique store
Kaw-liga - a, just stood there and never let it [a7] show
So she could never answer yes or [dm] no.
He always wore his sunday feathers and held a tomahawk
The maiden wore her beads and braids and hoped someday he'd talk
Kaw-liga - a, too stubborn to ever show a sign
Because his heart was made of knotty pine.
[d] poor ol' kaw-liga, he never got a kiss
[g] poor ol' kaw-liga, he don't know what he missed
[d] is it any wonder that his face is [a7] red
Kaw-liga, that poor ol' wooden [d] head. ... [dm]
Kaw-liga, was a lonely indian never went nowhere
His heart was set on the indian maiden with the coal black hair
Kaw-liga - a, just stood there and never let it show
So she could never answer yes or no.
Then one day a wealthy customer bought the indian maid
And took her, oh, so far away, but ol' kaw-liga stayed
Kaw-liga - a, just stands there as lonely as can be
And wishes he was still an old pine tree.
Our current batch of Western public intellectuals, many at least, are enamoured of the idea that the West is evil. They gather at academies to trade their aerie thoughts and cluck cluck over the madness of the masses too stupid and falsely conscious to see their plight as both victims of capitalism and as oppressors of the Third World and the Environment. Pity the poor media, the low-lights of the intellgentsia, who have to parrot the cliches of their betters. And woe to us who have to slog through their droppings in our daily newspapers.
The man on the street is by now becoming truly and deeply disgusted by the mainstream media's constant clacking and posing and admonitions. It's the pose of the moral hysterics in the pulpit and the busy-bodies with axes attacking beer kegs during the other prohibition that wears thin, this play having gone on too long without a break. These actors have to retire.
And yet, people keep asking why things are as they are. This p.c. script seems to be the only one they know, and though they know they don't like it, they don't know of one better.
In coming posts we'll examine some of the script that passes for intellectual discourse in our public arena, and we'll stand back to let the reader decide what it means. We'll look at those who proclaim the wonders of Indians and the evils of cultural imperialism and inherent racism. We'll look at the roots of identity fascism and perhaps see what it means when people without thoughts express themselves hysterically instead. If we can see them for what they are, perhaps we can treat they musings as deserved.
Please join us for our next post on "Identitiy Fascism." (Just don't let anyone know you read this: you might go to jail for religious vilification.)
Our Last Earthly Assumption (6)
Is Man right to leave his mark upon Nature? The decision we make there will defines how we see Humanity, how we treat our fellow Human beings, how we see our place on this planet and our purpose thereon. If we are environmentalists rather than humanists, our view of the Good will be radically different from what it would be otherwise, and from that position we might well hate Modernity, wish for nothing better than its destruction, and for the return of Man to a state of nature as a simple peasant. We might even support the ecological platform without realizing it, simply following naively the plan set by others whose hearts are not so pure as our own. In our attempt to save chickens and bunnies and trees and whales we might find we've fallen into some unpleasant traps. We have to sacrifice to make life: we sacrifice nature for man or man for nature. There might seem to be a middle ground, but no, there is not. Man is supreme or man is not.
This is the final installment of Peter Staudenmaier's excellent essay on Green Fascism.
Fascist Ecology in Context
To make this dismaying and discomforting analysis more palatable, it is tempting to draw precisely the wrong conclusion --namely, that even the most reprehensible political undertakings sometimes produce laudable results. But the real lesson here is just the opposite: Even the most laudable of causes can be perverted and instrumentalized in the service of criminal savagery. The "green wing" of the NSDAP was not a group of innocents, confused and manipulated idealists, or reformers from within; they were conscious promoters and executors of a vile program explicitly dedicated to inhuman racist violence, massive political repression and worldwide military domination. Their 'ecological' involvements, far from offsetting these fundamental commitments, deepened and radicalized them. In the end, their configuration of environmental politics was directly and substantially responsible for organized mass murder.
No aspect of the Nazi project can be properly understood without examining its implication in the holocaust. Here, too, ecological arguments played a crucially malevolent role. Not only did the "green wing" refurbish the sanguine antisemitism of traditional reactionary ecology; it catalyzed a whole new outburst of lurid racist fantasies of organic inviolability and political revenge. The confluence of anti-humanist dogma with a fetishization of natural 'purity' provided not merely a rationale but an incentive for the Third Reich's most heinous crimes. Its insidious appeal unleashed murderous energies previously untapped. Finally, the displacement of any social analysis of environmental destruction in favor of mystical ecology served as an integral component in the preparation of the final solution:
To explain the destruction of the countryside and environmental damage, without questioning the German people's bond to nature, could only be done by not analysing environmental damage in a societal context and by refusing to understand them as an expression of conflicting social interests. Had this been done, it would have led to criticism of National Socialism itself since that was not immune to such forces. One solution was to associate such environmental problems with the destructive influence of other races. National Socialism could then be seen to strive for the elimination of other races in order to allow the German people's innate understanding and feeling of nature to assert itself, hence securing a harmonic life close to nature for the future.64
This is the true legacy of ecofascism in power: "genocide developed into a necessity under the cloak of environment protection." 65
The experience of the "green wing" of German fascism is a sobering reminder of the political volatility of ecology. It certainly does not indicate any inherent or inevitable connection between ecological issues and right-wing politics; alongside the reactionary tradition surveyed here, there has always been an equally vital heritage of left-libertarian ecology, in Germany as elsewhere.66 But certain patterns can be discerned: "While concerns about problems posed by humankind's increasing mastery over nature have increasingly been shared by ever larger groups of people embracing a plethora of ideologies, the most consistent 'pro-natural order' response found political embodiment on the radical right."67 This is the common thread which unites merely conservative or even supposedly apolitical manifestations of environmentalism with the straightforwardly fascist variety.
The historical record does, to be sure, belie the vacuous claim that "those who want to reform society according to nature are neither left nor right but ecologically minded."68 Environmental themes can be mobilized from the left or from the right, indeed they require an explicit social context if they are to have any political valence whatsoever. "Ecology" alone does not prescribe a politics; it must be interpreted, mediated through some theory of society in order to acquire political meaning. Failure to heed this mediated interrelationship between the social and the ecological is the hallmark of reactionary ecology.
As noted above, this failure most commonly takes the form of a call to "reform society according to nature," that is, to formulate some version of 'natural order' or 'natural law' and submit human needs and actions to it. As a consequence, the underlying social processes and societal structures which constitute and shape people's relations with their environment are left unexamined. Such willful ignorance, in turn, obscures the ways in which all conceptions of nature are themselves socially produced, and leaves power structures unquestioned while simultaneously providing them with apparently 'naturally ordained' status. Thus the substitution of ecomysticism for clear-sighted social-ecological inquiry has catastrophic political repercussions, as the complexity of the society-nature dialectic is collapsed into a purified Oneness. An ideologically charged 'natural order' does not leave room for compromise; its claims are absolute.
For all of these reasons, the slogan advanced by many contemporary Greens, "We are neither right nor left but up front," is historically naive and politically fatal. The necessary project of creating an emancipatory ecological politics demands an acute awareness and understanding of the legacy of classical ecofascism and its conceptual continuities with present-day environmental discourse. An 'ecological' orientation alone, outside of a critical social framework, is dangerously unstable. The record of fascist ecology shows that under the right conditions such an orientation can quickly lead to barbarism.
http://www.spunk.org/library/places/germany/sp001630/peter.html
This is the last part of our look at ecology until we return to look at Heidegger at some point in the future. The point of it all has been to bring to our awareness that we in the West are pulling in tow directions against ourselves. We think we should cherish the natural, but we live in an unnatural environment. We sometimes sentimentalise nature without realizing that when we do we devalue Humanity.
Ecology comes in two varieties: prudential and ideological. The confusion in the public mind between these two approaches leads some to commit themselves to our destruction as the modern West. We find oursevles supporting murderers, for example, who seem to be living the very lifestyles we claim as ecologists to support. We support tolerance of Islam against the perceived evils of industrial and technological capitalist Modernity. We must examine the assumptions that lead us to support both ecologically sound practices and also require us to support those who live in a state of nature. The two are not the same, as we hope to God the reader has understood by now.
This will end our look at ecology as fascism for now. Next we'll examine another aspect that is closely related to ecology fascism, that of "identity politics." Again, what seems good on the surface is not so when one closely examines it. We hope you'll don your favorite fur coat and pullup your computer screen to read more. We thank you for your time and attention, realizing that these posts are both long and detailed and that the average person has to work for a living, leaving little time for such things as this. Neverteheless, we expect you back tomorrow.
The Masque of Identity
What is Man's place among Men? Is a man part of his family, his clan, his tribe, his nation? And if man is worthwhile only among his own people as a member of his group from which he derives his identity, what of the man who is Exile? What of man who is of the city rather than the land? of the world rather than the nation? of himself rather than of all?
What do we make of a people exiled from their land? Not the Jews, not the Palestinians: what do we make of New Yorkers? What group are they? What race, what tribe, what clan, what family? What language and religion and tradition? What is the identity of New Yorkers? We'll begin below to look at the nature of Identity as politics, as a part of the fascist identity of Man. We'll see below the beginnings of Romantic nationalism and how it grew to encompass man as citizen rather than man as person. We'll see in time how man as citizen becomes man as legitimate and Other as not.
What makes a man belong? We have below two views: one of nation, a second some thoughts from John Donne.
Romantic nationalism.
One of Romanticism's key ideas and most enduring legacies is the assertion of nationalism, which became a central theme of Romantic art and political philosophy. From the earliest parts of the movement, with their focus on development of national languages and folklore, and the importance of local customs and traditions, to the movements which would redraw the map of Europe and lead to calls for "self-determination" of nationalities, nationalism was one of the key vehicles of Romanticism, its role, expression and meaning.
Early Romantic nationalism was strongly inspired by Rousseau, and by the ideas of Johann Gottfried von Herder, who in 1784 argued that the geography formed the natural economy of a people, and shaped their customs and society.
The nature of nationalism changed dramatically, however, after the French Revolution, with the rise of Napoleon, and the reactions in other nations. Napoleonic nationalism and republicanism were, at first, inspirational to movements in other nations: self-determination and a "consciousness" of national unity were held to be two of the reasons why France was able to defeat other countries in battle. But as the French Republic became Napoleon's Empire, Napoleon became not the inspiration for nationalism, but the object of it. In Prussia, the development of spiritual renewal as a means to engage in the struggle against Napoleon was argued by, among others, Johann Gottlieb Fichte a disciple of Kant. The word Volkstum, or nationality, was coined in German as part of this resistence to the now conquering emperor. Fichte expressed the unity of language and nation in his address "To the German Nation" in 1806:
Those who speak the same language are joined to each other by a multitude of invisible bonds by nature herself, long before any human art begins; they understand each other and have the power of continuing to make themselves understood more and more clearly; they belong together and are by nature one and an inseparable whole. ...Only when each people, left to itself, develops and forms itself in accordance with its own peculiar quality, and only when in every people each individual develops himself in accordance with that common quality, as well as in accordance with his own peculiar quality—then, and then only, does the manifestation of divinity appear in its true mirror as it ought to be.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism
John Donne, "Meditation XVII"
from Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Nunc lento sonitu dicunt, morieris.
Now this bell tolling softly for another, says to me, Thou must die.
Perchance he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill as that he knows not it tolls for him; and perchance I may think myself so much better than I am, as that they who are about me and see my state may have caused it to toll for me, and I know not that. The church is catholic, universal, so are all her actions; all that she does belongs to all. When she baptizes a child, that action concerns me; for that child is thereby connected to that head which is my head too, and ingrafted into the body whereof I am a member. And when she buries a man, that action concerns me: all mankind is of one author and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated. God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice; but God's hand is in every translation, and his hand shall bind up all our scattered leaves again for that library where every book shall lie open to one another. As therefore the bell that rings a sermon calls not upon the preacher only, but upon the congregation to come, so this bell calls us all; but how much more me, who am brought so near the door by this sickness. There was a contention as far as a suit (in which piety and dignity, religion and estimation, were mingled) which of the religious orders should ring to prayers first in the morning; and it was determined that they should ring first that rose earliest. If we understand aright the dignity of this bell that tolls for our evening prayer, we would be glad to make it ours by rising early, in that application, that it might be ours as well as his whose indeed it is. The bell doth toll for him that thinks it doth; and though it intermit again, yet from that minute that that occasion wrought upon him, he is united to God. Who casts not up his eye to the sun when it rises? but who takes off his eye from a comet when that breaks out? Who bends not his ear to any bell which upon any occasion rings? but who can remove it from that bell which is passing a piece of himself out of this world? No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. Neither can we call this a begging of misery or a borrowing of misery, as though we are not miserable enough of ourselves but must fetch in more from the next house, in taking upon us the misery of our neighbors. Truly it were an excusable covetousness if we did; for affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it. No man hath affliction enough that is not matured and ripened by it, and made fit for God by that affliction. If a man carry treasure in bullion, or in a wedge of gold, and have none coined into current moneys, his treasure will not defray him as he travels. Tribulation is treasure in the nature of it, but it is not current money in the use of it, except we get nearer and nearer our home, heaven, by it. Another man may be sick too, and sick to death, and this affliction may lie in his bowels as gold in a mine and be of no use to him; but this bell that tells me of his affliction digs out and applies that gold to me, if by this consideration of another's dangers I take mine own into contemplation and so secure myself by making my recourse to my God, who is our only security.
If men have rights, what are they? Do rights vary according to ones birthplace and accidents of nature? Is man determined according to the culture into which he is born? Is Man his own possession or is he the property of his group? Is man single and adrift alone or is he part of the continent? How we decide these questions determines how we see our Modernity. If we look at man as part of the whole, then man is not legitimately himself alone. If Nature is paramount and man is but one small thing within, and if man within Mankind is but a speck, then we will have formed an approach toward an attitude. It is this attitude that determines how we view our own place in this, our own time.
Assumptions That Lead Us Astray (5)
Assuming We Know (4)
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Swedish Marital Aids
Wondering what to get a Swedish man for Christmas? Well, wonder no more. Since he's Muslim get him some wife equipment.
Swedish Judge Proposes Approving Bill Permitting Polygamy
A leading Swedish judge, Prof. Stefan Lindskog, has submitted a draft bill permitting polygamy in Sweden, explaining that "the law should not interfere in religious matters or in matters pertaining to each individual."
http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://horseloversoutlet.com/library/RMCONHEARTSET.jpg&imgrefurl=http://horseloversoutlet.com
The draft bill which expresses an essential change in the outlook of Sweden's religious establishment, is expected to spark extensive debate.
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Source: Alarabiya.net, December 16, 2007
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/4131.htm
Yes, there are horse-lovers and whores-lovers, what's the difference? They're Swedish, after all, and Muslim women are meant to be ridden. It's a religious thing.
I have nothing against Swedish women, and I dare say I'd screw them. Why not, everyone else does. But being an ignorant American cowboy I use tack and saddles for horses, not for women; and there it looks like I'm just not sophisticated enough to make it in Europe's socialist paradise.
It looks like ethnic Swedes are on the way out, what with the abortion rate and lack of pregnancies to begin with. Well, it doesn't matter, because there are lots of women in the world, and who needs Swedes? Obviously no one needs them, particularly Swedish men and women. Unless they're Muslim. Anyway, for that special Swede on your Christmas list, he's got to be Muslim. So don't call the present anything to do with Christmas. Call it jizya.
Labels: misogyny, Stefan Lindskog, sweden, woman-hatred
Tiger, Tiger
Much is possible that never gets tried due to the average passivity of the average man. It's a good thing most men are like to lambs. Some though are tigers. They do the possible things and they sometimes succeed. Sometimes they fail, and in that they might still win, going down to defeat in great glory. It's not for everyone. Most men are lambs.
The Flying Tigers
By Jonathan Lee '03
The Flying Tigers were one of the most colorful group in World War II. The volunteer group was formed to protect China from Japan, without entering the war. The Tigers were definitely an essential part in China's struggle against Japanese invaders. The Flying Tigers were led by an American professional aviator, Claire Lee Chennault. The AVG had little supplies. They had a shortage of pilots, fuel, spare parts, and equipment. Though they were at a disadvantage, they still beat all odds. The Flying Tigers were only 28 weeks in combat but they
still left their mark. The Flying Tigers also known as Fei Hu (www.qsl.net/n1jat/fly.html) for sharks teeth, were an American Volunteer Group led by Claire Chennault. On the September of 1941, 300 men and women boarded ships on the west coast and went to Rangoon to begin their training for combat. These people were mostly personnel released from the US Army, Navy, and Marines to volunteer for the AVG(www.wpafb). They consisted of pilots, aircraft mechanics, propeller specialists, doctors, nurses, clerks, and even a chaplain. The reasons why these people wanted to volunteer were to get money to marry on, buy cars, or just to laugh and play on (Boothe, p.4). The volunteers traveled incognito, they disguised themselves as missionaries, planters, circus performers, and the list goes on (npla.org/glory/pbs.html). 100 were to be pilots and 200 were to be ground crew. The man who trained these volunteers was a man named Claire Chennault. Though the name sounds like a girls, I can assure you that this was a man of great talent and leadership. For more information on the Tigers click here.
http://www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us/History/China/03/Jlee/Jlee.htm
General Claire Chennault and the "Flying Tigers" [ link]
I don't know of anyone who became immortal by living forever. Immortals live well. They do what others would if only only. It's not for the passive, not for the lambs. Immortality is for the tigers.
Tiger! Tiger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder, and what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? and what dread feet?
What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
When the stars threw down their spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
William Blake, "The Tygre."
Tourists. Hundreds of tourists. Showing up as tourist to commit tourism in the forests of the night.
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The Hat Makes the Man
A man's hat can tell you so much at a glance that you often needn't even ask.
Sometimes there is the hat and also another obvious clue to the man's character.
There is a hat.
There is a man's hat.
And there is a real man's hat.
When we witness that happy day when men across Europe don real men's hats, then we will see a new age of peace and prosperity and the Kingdom come. I look forward to the day when every man wears a good hat. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope some day you'll join us, and the world will be as one. But please, wear a good hat. It might seem a small thing but a hat is important to the future of the free world. The hat is as important as what's under it. I prefer the Kossuth hat. Any cowboy hat will do, of course, but one must wear a real man's hat if we are to save what we can of the world of the free. It says what one is. No need for words, no glorious speeches, just the hat.
Dear reader, I can almost hear you say, "Dag, are you being weird?"
Well, no. A hat is such an obvious sign of what a man is that one can hardly argue it. We in the West seldom wear hats, and it shows in our lack of real mission in life. A hat says. And a lack of hats also says. Real men wear hats for real men. When it becomes a sign of our times and our being that we have Kossuth hats, then we will know we are ascendant. It's not weird, it's just out of the blue. In time, I can for now only hope, a hat will be an obvious sign of ones stand, of our stand, as hats are for others today.
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Die, racist dhimmis, die.
Is Islam equally treated in the racist West? Must more multi-culti groveling on our parts take place before Muslims feel satisfied? How much longer will the racists in the West continue to condemn female genital mutilation, honor killing, and jihadi terror? When will Western people stop protesting against gay-bashing, woman-bashing, obscene cruelty to animals? When will the West simply give up and die so Muslims can feed on the carcass while it lasts? Yes, much is being done to destroy the Western world and its culture but there is more to do yet. Here are but a few recent examples:
From the desk of The Brussels Journal on Sun, 2007-12-16 14:03
A quote from eNews2.0, 16 December 2007
According to the Catalan newspaper La Vanguardia, the Spanish football club Barcelona is altering its famous badge in some Arab countries in order to avoid offending Muslims.
The badge is especially altered in Saudi Arabia or Algeria, where the Barcelona shirts are being sold without the red cross of Saint George, the patron saint of the Catalan region which Barca claims to represent, the La Vanguardia newspaper found in a private investigation.
The badge, which was created in 1906, features a single vertical red line in Saudi Arabia and Algeria, due to the fact that there, the red cross represents the symbol of the brutal mediaeval Christian crusades against Islam.
Sweden Castrates Army Symbol
From the desk of The Brussels Journal on Thu, 2007-12-13 18:52
A quote from The Local, 13 December 2007
Protests from female soldiers have led to the Swedish military removing the penis of a heraldic lion depicted on the Nordic Battlegroup's coat of arms. The armed forces agreed to emasculate the lion after a group of women from the rapid reaction force lodged a complaint to the European Court of Justice, […]. "We were given the task of making sure the willy disappeared," Christian Braunstein from the army's 'tradition commission' told Göteborgs-Posten.
From Times Online
Doctors should not eat in front of Muslims during Ramadan says Scottish NHS
Joanna Sugden
Doctors and nurses in Scotland should refrain from eating in front of their Muslim patients and colleagues during the month of Ramadan according to the Scottish NHS.
Staff in hospitals north of the border were advised by the Scottish Executive and the Scottish NHS to avoid "working lunches" and to move food trolleys away from Muslim colleagues in the month when Islam forbids eating and drinking during daylight hours.
The guidance, also sent to teachers and police stations by a Scottish Muslim consultancy, includes pointers on how to accommodate staff observing Ramadan. Flexible working hours and time off to break the fast are recommended during the four weeks beginning on September 13.
Mary Scanlon, Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing in the Scottish Parliament said the move was a "step too far" for political correctness and unnecessary. "Scotland is a very tolerant, sensitive and welcoming country" but she added, "I don't see it's necessary for Ramadan to affect the lives of people of other beliefs," she told Times Online, "It would be like saying Protestants shouldn't eat meat next to Catholics who want to eat fish on a Friday."
Osama Saeed, Scottish spokesman for the Muslim Council of Britain supported the advice given about Ramadan. "My own experience when fasting is that non-Muslims do want to be sensitive about eating in front of those of us who are hungry," he said.
Jim McCaffery, director of acute services and workforce, NHS Lothian said the email was sent to a number of senior managers in order to "continue to promote cultural awareness".
A spokeswoman for Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS denied that staff had been "banned from eating food at their workplaces" but said they had asked employees "to show consideration" for colleagues and patients observing Ramadan.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2258664.ece
Paul Jeeves, "NURSES TOLD TO TURN MUSLIMS' BEDS TO MECCA." December 4,2007
OVERWORKED nurses have been ordered to stop all medical work five times every day to move Muslim patients' beds so they face towards Mecca.
The lengthy procedure, which also includes providing fresh bathing water, is creating turmoil among overstretched staff on bustling NHS wards.
But despite the havoc, Mid- Yorkshire NHS Trust says the rule must be instigated whenever possible to ensure Muslim patients have "a more comfortable stay in hospital".
And a taxpayer-funded training programme for several hundred hospital staff has begun to ensure that all are familiar with the workings of the Muslim faith.
The scheme is initially being run at Dewsbury and District Hospital, West Yorkshire, but is set to be introduced at other hospitals in the new year.
It comes on the back of the introduction in some NHS hospitals last year of Burka-style gowns for Muslim patients who did not wish medical staff to see their face while operating or caring for them.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/27213/Nurses-told-to-turn-Muslims-beds-to-Mecca
Is North Carolina a province of Sweden?
Do school officials in Sampson County, North Carolina, take their orders from Pär Blondell? On the anniversary of the September 11th attacks in which 2,974 innocent people died, students at Hobbton High School have been forbidden to wear American flags as part of their clothing -- no pins, no shorts, nothing. Why, because school officials didn't want to show favoritism:
The superintendent of schools in Sampson County calls the situation unfortunate, but says educators didn't want to be forced to pick and choose which flags should be permissible.
So it's impermissible for American students to display American flags at an American school to commemorate the day so many of their countrymen were murdered? You're putting the American flag on the same level as Soviet Union's or the Nazi's? I can see banning those; what they stand for is hateful. How about al-Qaeda's? They carried out the attacks, after all. But to forbid students from wearing their own country's flag in honor of the dead and in defiance of our enemies? Are you so afraid of offending someone that you'd rather suppress your students rights to free speech? Are you so trapped in a politically correct straightjacket that you've lost all perspective?
Is simple patriotism wrong?
http://irishspy.typepad.com/public_secrets/appeasement/index.html
Multiculturalist nonsense
A bout of insomnia last night has left me almost too knackered to blog today (You should have read Gore's book! --ed. But I don't like bad science fiction.), but I can't let this one pass:
Did you hear the one about the Swedish principle who banned sports jerseys bearing the Swedish flag from a Swedish school -- because it's a racist, xenophobic symbol ?
A school principal in southern Sweden has banned pupils from posing for class photos wearing national team shirts containing Swedish flags.
Since national flags may be perceived by some as xenophobic, eighth grade pupils in Karlshamn have been ordered to wear less inflammatory garb for a photo to be published in the school yearbook.
"Anybody looking at the photo could view it as a political demonstration," principal Pär Blondell from Strandskolan told news agency TT.
The headmaster added that some of the pupils have labelled the ruling "ridiculous".
Following an article on the subject in newspaper Sydsvenkan, a number of parents and irate letter-writers contacted the principal to express their dismay at the shirt ban.
But Blondell stuck to his guns, arguing that the pupils risked inadvertently earning themselves a bad reputation. People could begin speculating about "the racists from Karlshamn" once the yearbook began being distributed in the Malmö area, he said.
Malmo is the Swedish city with perhaps the highest percentage of Muslim immigrants in Sweden. Riots are a regular occurrence there, and the public order situation is so bad that there are Muslim areas of Malmo that are no-go zones for the police.
One wonders if the principal is doing this out of multicultural sensitivity, or if he's just plain scared. Actually, I don't wonder at all.
LINKS: Gates of Vienna has more.
Muslim friendly flats open in Bristol
[This article refers to welfare housing in Britain.]
Yes, dear readers, a new first in the Islamic wonderland that is Britain today, Muslim friendly apartments with special features for their sensitive needs.
Amongst the features of the 16 flats at the newly opened development in Wilson Street, St. Paul's are toilets which ensure that the users do not face Mecca when undertaking a daily number one or number two!
The kitchens boast powerful extractor fans because Asian families prefer steam-cooking which leads to condensation problems and larger kitchen cupboards because Asian families tend to use more pots and pans.
Asian Housing Association
The £1.7 million development has been built by Bristol-based Aashyana Housing Association. The The association's chief executive Saeed Anwar said: "We didn't need to consult with the Muslim community about the toilets.
"We knew this would be pleasing to them if the toilets were not facing Mecca. It didn't mean any extra cost to us - it was just a question of making sure they were not facing south east.
Marcus Knights, Aashyana's development officer, who oversaw the building, said: "The project has been an exciting one and the quality of the homes we now have to offer people in this development is exceptional."
Preferential treatment
Bristol City Council spokeswoman Kate Hartas said: "From the council's perspective it is important that the city has good quality housing that meets the needs of our tenants, so we ensure that we work with a number of housing associations - including some smaller, specialist organisations - that can provide for specialist needs within a wide range.
"With all our allocations, we apply the normal criteria.
"But where there are two households of equal priority who qualify for an Aashyana home, we would offer to the household who would most benefit from the culturally- sensitive services that Aashyana provides."
That is of course means of the two households; one desperate Asian Muslim family and another white non-Muslim equally desperate family, given that indigenous folk do not mind in which direction the toilet faces as long as the flush works, the Asian Muslims gets the nice new apartment in Wilson Street and the white family goes to the back of the queue or gets the damp basement flat in a crumbling Victorian tenement.
http://uk.altermedia.info/islam-the-arab-world/muslim-friendly-flats-open-in-bristol_375.html
There is at least one story a day in the media along the lines of the ones above. I wonder why Left dhimmi fascists don't just go out and kill native Europeans outright. Why not just get it over with? Hey, they likely wouldn't actually complain. Oh, they don't, do they? They get bashed and mugged and stabbed, raped and shot and bombed and they never say a word about it publicly. Then why not speed it up and kill off most Europeans so the rest of us can wade in to the remains and take over? I lay claim to Bordeaux.
Hmmm, Dagland. I think I like it. King Dag. Dag the Terrible....
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Get Buggy with a Worm, a Spider and a Fly
Submitted by Mina Frannea on May 23, 2012 7:18 pm2 Comments
by Mina Frannea
In its regional Southwest premiere, Dallas Children’s Theater’s Diary of a Worm, a Spider and a Fly artfully weaves together three of Doreen Cronin’s popular children’s books. Directed by Joan Cushing, Diary of a Worm, a Spider and a Fly brings to life a cast of lively and colorful characters. The show combines engaging story lines with interesting facts designed to educate the audience about each of the characters. The factual tidbits are nicely done via a large screen in the background, classroom show & tell sessions and occasional “pop up” appearances by the cast that are quite funny! The production also incorporates several high energy musical/dance arrangements featuring hip hop, rap, ballads and boogie-woogie music.
The story is about three adolescent arthropods, Fly (Lindsay Gee), Spider (Adam Garst) and Worm (Clinton Greenspan), who dream about doing great things in their lives, and who also struggle with life challenges that are relatable. The characters express their thoughts via entries in their diaries. Spider dreams of the day that he will grow up enough to molt. Fly wants her own space and she wants to be a super hero, someone who people look up to, when she grows up. Worm deals with insecurity issues and doesn’t feel like there is anything special about him. As the plot unfolds, we are drawn into each character’s journey, celebrating each respective milestone that is achieved. Gee, Garst and Greenspan were outstanding!
Along with Worm, Spider and Fly, the show introduces Ant (Akron Watson), Butterfly (Alexandra Valle) and Mrs. McBee (Amber Nicole Guest). B.J. Cleveland, also a star of the show, made us laugh out loud by stealing many a scene with the zany antics of his multiple roles! Below you can see him as the very hip DJ and sweet Aunt Rita. I really liked the diversity and uniqueness of each character.
Set designer Randel Wright has outdone himself with the sets for this show. The primary backdrop is a 20 foot high landscape/eco-system that houses the three main cast members. Fly’s home is in the trunk of a huge tree that she shares with her numerous siblings. The roots of the tree grow into land that comprises underground tunnels where Worm lives. A giant spider web across from Fly’s home is where Spider resides with his family. The set is quite tall, but we had no issues seeing the entire stage from Section B, where we were sitting.
There were a number of entertaining scenes like the one with the HUGE vacuum cleaner. Ant, a martial arts enthusiast, showed a lot of bravado when he first encountered the giant machine; however, like the other characters, he was quick to realize that the best course of action was to RUN!
Another favorite scene was the Dragnet skit with its iconic opening phrase “Ladies and gentlemen: the story you are about to hear is true.”
Opening Night Festivities
We attended Diary of a Worm, a Spider and a Fly on opening night and it was so much fun! My daughter loved the fly that she got painted on her cheek and my son thought the spider on his hand was really cool. We also got to pet a few special creatures courtesy of the Dallas Zoo. Look at this gorgeous owl that we were able to see up close!
Opening night usually features a special treat during intermission and we were not disappointed. This time, Purple Cow provided sandwiches and wraps, and dirt sundaes with purple ice cream that was vanilla flavored — YUM!
Post Show Fun
My twins look forward to the post show meet and greets at Dallas Children’s Theater. They love being able to talk to the cast, get their autographs and have pictures taken with them. This is a highlight of the whole DCT experience for our family.
Besides the diverse characters, I really enjoyed the forethought that went into fusing education with entertainment and the overall eco-conscious message that is conveyed by Diary of a Worm, a Spider and a Fly. I also loved that the costumes were eclectic yet simple, and not scary for little ones. The musical numbers were also fun, but I would have preferred a bit more character dialogue in the first act.
We enjoyed Diary of a Worm, a Spider and a Fly a lot and your family will too. This show is appropriate for age 4 and up; total performance time is about an hour and a half with a 20 minute intermission. This production is playing at the Dallas Children’s Theater through June 3, 2012. Tickets can be purchased through their box office by calling 214-740-0051 or online through their website at www.dct.org.
Mina Frannea is a freelance writer and a social media consultant. A Mom to eight-year-old twins, Mina enjoys writing about life in general, family friendly activities around town, favorite recipes and crafts that keep her children busy and happy. For more posts by Mina, visit her blog at www.themomsjournal.com.
Disclosure: Dallas Children’s Theater invited me to this performance of Diary of a Worm, a Spider and a Fly. The above represents my personal opinion of this production.
Images #1-7 courtesy of Karen Almond Photography
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Aloidendron pillansii
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Aloidendron pillansii (L.Guthrie) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm. = Aloe pillansii L.Guthrie
Common names: giant quiver tree, bastard quiver tree (Eng.); reuse kokerboom, baster-kokerboom (Afr.)
SA Tree No: 30
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Aloidendron pillansii is arguably the scarcest of all tree aloes in southern Africa. It was previously called Aloe pillansii, however a new genus Aloidendron has been created for the tree aloes. This tree is synonymous with the extreme arid northwest of South Africa and the rugged mountainous parts of southern Namibia.
Aloidendron pillansii is a succulent tree that is impressively sculptured by time and the elements of the desert. From afar, they take the appearance of mysterious kings guarding the barren desert landscape and on close inspection their beautifully fissured golden bark, white pillar-like stems and pale green leaf crowns reveal a beauty that can only be appreciated in its natural habitat. Trees reach a stem height of 10m or more and a stem diameter ranging from 1-2m at the base narrowing to about 0.2m at the tip.
Characteristically, these trees branch dichotomously (forking regularly into two equal branches) from approximately midway up the length of the stem. The few to many branches are smooth, erect or slightly divergent. Stems in old specimens have swollen bottle-shaped trunks that support the tall branches. The stem is covered with a white powdery substance which is particularly visible in younger specimens. The bark at the base is a yellowish to brownish golden colour and peels away as the plant gets older leaving sharp edges along the lower half of the stem.
Leaves are densely rosulate (arranged in a rosette), curved, lance-shaped and tapering gradually, 500-600×100-120mm, and grey-green to brownish-green having a smooth surface above and below. Young leaves have a glaucous appearance which is also quite distinctive in comparison to closely-related species. Leaf margins have small white teeth of 1-2mm long and 5-8mm apart. Aloidendron pillansii is similar to A. dichotomomum though the former has broader and paler leaves with pendant yellow flowers while A. dichotomomum has narrower, darker leaves and upright inflorescences.
The two aloes also flower at different times of the year. Inflorescence of A. pillansii is approximately 0.5m long which spreads out somewhat horizontally carrying the upward turning racemes of up to 50 branches. The inflorescence that develops from in-between the lowest leaves hangs down separating it from A. dichotomomum and A. ramosissimum which carry their inflorescences in an erect fashion above the top of the leaf rosettes. The racemes are up to 150mm long and carry up to 30 yellow flowers at a time. Flowering starts from late spring in late September and the spherical capsules that ripen from December split open into three parts to release the papery seeds that are dispersed by wind.
Aloidendron pillansii was assessed and classified as an Endangered species according to the latest IUCN criteria (Loots 2005). The species is protected by the Nature Conservation Ordinance and listed on CITES Appendix 1. Its threats derive mainly from its small population size, low natural recruitment, illegal collecting, and habitat loss through mining, impact of livestock and climate change.
Distribution description
Aloidendron pillansii occurs in barren and rugged mountainous areas associated with an arid climate that gets most of its rain in the winter. They are also found on low gravel slopes while others are found in or near dry river beds amongst large rocks. The few remaining populations are found in the extreme northwestern parts of the Northern Cape and the southwestern extremities of Namibia at altitudes ranging from 250-1000m.
Derivation of name and historical aspects
The genus name Aloidendron is a combination of Aloe and dendron - the latter referring to their tree like habit. Aloe is derived from the Arabic, `Alloch' and translated as `Allal' in Greek and Hebrew, literally meaning bitter or bitter sap, referring to aloe sap. The species was named by South African botanist Louise Guthrie (1879-1966) in 1928 to honor Neville S. Pillans, the well-known Cape botanist who first collected it at Cornell's Kop in the Richtersveld. The common name comes from a translation of the Afrikaans name `reuse kokerboom' which translates as giant quiver tree, alluding to its grotesque size and the hollowed stems of a related species ( Aloidendron dichotoma ) that were used to make quivers for arrows. An alternate common name sometimes seen but deemed politically incorrect and insulting is bastard quiver tree which makes reference to the Richtersveld region being one of the ‘baster states' (racially mixed people) of South Africa that was populated by biracial descendants of the indigenous African people and European settlers.
Mr Neville Stuart Pillans (1884–1964) from Rosebank, Cape Town was the only son of the agriculturist and horticulturist Eustace Pillans (1850–1919). He went to England to train in agriculture at the University of Cambridge, but never graduated due to ill health. His father was interested in gardening and enthusiastically collected and grew succulents at his Rosebank residence from where he communicated his collections to N.E. Brown at Kew. This resulted in several new species being described. Neville Pillans, who later joined the staff of the oldest herbarium in South Africa (est. 1865), namely the Bolus Herbarium in Cape Town, took over his collections and expanded them further to become one of the most eminent collectors of Stapeliads.
In 1910, Neville Pillans published in the Agricultural Journal advocating for the establishment of a botanical garden for indigenous flora at the Cape. He subsequently assisted Prof. H.H.W. Pearson in choosing the site for what is now the world-renowned Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. Pearson was the first director of Kirstenbosch. Interestingly, Neville Pillans also accompanied Prof. Robert Harold Compton (second director of the then National Botanical Gardens, 1919–1953) in 1920 on an exploratory journey across the Western Karoo in search for a suitable area for the establishment of a succulent Botanical Garden. This, Prof. Compton believed, could serve as an ‘outstation' or ‘substation' to Kirstenbosch for cultivating, studying and conserving arid and semi-arid flora as these plants were unsuitable to Kirstenbosch mainly due to its high rainfall. Pillans and Compton decided on a place called Whitehill near Matjiesfontein north of the Witteberg Mountain Range and the Karoo Gardens was established in 1921, making it the second oldest botanical garden of the present South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI).
Neville Pillans was thus instrumental in choosing the sites of two very important botanical gardens and such was his interest in South African botanical taxonomy that he published monographs on Restionaceae, Bruniaceae, Phylica, Agatashosma and Metalasia. Apart from Aloidendron pillansii, he is also commemorated in the genus Pillansia, as well as the species Carraluma pillansii, Eucomis pillansii, Duvalia pillansii, Huernia pillansii, Stapelia pillansii and Erica nevillei.
The bright yellow flowers produce nectar which is harvested by sugarbirds and ants. Generally, flowers are pollinated by birds, bees and ants. When capsules dry out, the winged seeds are carried by the wind, often landing in bushes where they germinate, making full use of the shelter and shade. Plants eventually outgrow these so called ‘nurse plants', killing them in the process. Tufts of grasses are the best known nurse plants for this species and provide excellent conditions for survival from seedling stage to juvenile stage. Since domestic livestock, such as fat-tailed sheep and goats, are herded within close proximity of this species, the grasses are normally the first group of plants that are grazed and sometimes taken out of the ecosystem. This impacts the chances of successful seed germination and subsequent natural recruitment of the species.
Good rains on an annual basis are needed in the first 3–5 years after the seeds have germinated. The succulent leaves and roots as well as the swollen fibrous stems act as water reservoirs in times of drought and the grey powder on the stems reflects intense heat away from the plant. Aloidendron pillansii develops long stems that grows erect and away from the hot rocky terrain and this in itself helps to keep the leafy crowns cool.
Out of the three related species namely A. pillansii, A. dichotoma and A. ramosissima, A. pillansii is most threatened and regarded as an endangered species. This is due to its highly localised habitat, small population size and low natural recruitment.
Furthermore, the species is under additional pressure arising from overgrazing, mining and therefore habitat loss and the effects of climate change in the form of erratic rainfall and prolonged episodes of drought. Although not fully understood, the impact of premature death of adult plants and possibly over collecting are further factors resulting in the decline of current populations. A comprehensive study of the current population trends and conservation biology is urgently needed in an effort to obtain a better grasp of the most likely future of this charismatic, noble and stately species.
Aloe pillansii is not used for medicinal purposes and is unlikely to be associated with the cultural beliefs and traditions of the local Northern Cape people. However, the plants are revered by people for their old age, toughness and distinct synonymy with the Richtersveld. Plants are very much sought after for their architectural shape as gardens and container subjects. Its suitability to arid and semi-arid climates and scarcity has further added to the plant's trading value.
Growing Aloidendron pillansii
Aloe pillansii features quite prominently in private and public gardens all over southern Africa and other countries with a similar climatic conditions. In wetter parts of South Africa such as the Western Cape, these plants are grown in pots with well-drained soils. In the wetter months, the pots are simply moved under roof. A position in a hot and dry rock garden is best if one wants to grow this aloe in open ground but then only in a drier climate.
Plants such as Aloe dichotoma , A. ramosissima , Cotyledon orbiculata , Crassula arborescens , C. ovata , Cyphostemma juttae , C. curorri and Tylecodon paniculata , together with other perennials like mesembs and geophytes, are ideal companion plants to the giant quiver tree. Planted together they will completely transform any garden. Large potted giant quiver trees are very rewarding as they make beautiful specimens when positioned to enhance entrances, walls, courtyards, patios etc. Always use a good quality, loamy sandy soil with plenty of drainage chips at the bottom of containers. Mix bone meal into the soil to help feed the fleshy roots of plants.
Plants are best grown from seeds planted in autumn, (March, April) in trays of coarse river sand. Care must be taken not to water too much and seedlings can be potted once about 30–50 mm or about 3 years of age.
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Curtis, B. & Mannheimer C. 2005. Tree Atlas of Namibia . National Botanical Research Institute, Windhoek.
Glen, H.F. & Germishuizen, G. (compilers) 2010. Botanical exploration of southern Africa, edition 2. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Reynolds, G.W. 1950. The aloes of South Africa . Cape Times, Parow.
Van Wyk, B-E. & Smith, G. 1996. Guide to the aloes of South Africa. Briza, Pretoria.
http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantab/aloedichotoma.htm
http://www.smgrowers.com
Grace, OM; Klopper, RR; Smith, GF; Crouch, NR; Figueiredo, E; Ronsted, N; van Wyk, AE 'A revised generic classification for Aloe (Xanthorrhoeaceae subfam. Asphodeloideae).' Phytotaxa 76:1 (2013): 7-14
Werner Voigt
Karoo National Botanical Garden, Worcester
Plant Attributes:
Plant Type: Succulent, Tree
SA Distribution: Northern Cape
Soil type: Sandy
Flowering season: Spring, Early Summer
PH: Acid, Neutral
Flower colour: Yellow
Aspect: Full Sun
Gardening skill: Challenging
Drought resistant
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Zone 3 Winter rainfall Karoo, light frost
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Protesting Bengal Doctors Get Invite for Talks With Mamata, Media Not to be Allowed at Meet
The invite, sent by the state health department, said a recorded version of the discussions and resolutions taken at the meeting will later be provided to them.
Kolkata: Protesting junior doctors in Kolkata were formally invited for a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday at 3 pm, however, media persons will not be allowed to be present during the talks, a key demand of the agitators.
“No media will not be allowed inside. There was no such communication in their letter,” said Pradip Mitra, Director of Medical Education.
The formal invitation was sent after the protesting doctors this morning said they did not receive any communication regarding the meeting.
“We have not received any such invitation regarding the meeting at the state secretariat at 3pm. This is a ploy to create confusion. And we have clearly said that the meeting should be done in the presence of media,” a spokesperson of the joint forum of doctors told reporters.
He said common people have the right to know about the discussions at the meeting since they are the biggest sufferers.
According to sources in the Chief Minister’s Office, the meeting was called by Banerjee at the “insistence” of the agitating doctors, at the auditorium beside the state secretariat in Howrah.
The protesting doctors had on Sunday said they were ready to hold talks with the chief minister at a venue of her choice, provided it is held in the open, in the presence of media persons, and not behind closed doors.
Meanwhile, the plight of the patients compounded on Monday, the seventh day of the protests, with private hospitals also facing the brunt.
Outpatient Departments of private hospitals were shut in response to the Indian Medical Association’s call to withdraw nonessential health services, to show solidarity towards the junior doctors’ protest.
“Most of the doctors have taken leave. Only a few doctors attended to patients. Patient turnout was also low,” a senior official of a private hospital on the EM Bypass told PTI.
RN Tagore Hospital, Peerless Hospital, Narayana Superspeciality Hospital and Calcutta Medical Research Institute also presented a similar picture.
Junior doctors across the state are protesting against an assault on two of their colleagues, at the NRS Medical College and Hospital here, allegedly by the family members of a patient who died last week.
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Xiaomi M365 vs. Xiaomi Ninebot Segway S2: Which is the best electric scooter? – Comparative
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The Xiaomi M365 and the Xiaomi Ninebot Segway ES2 are the electric scooters of the moment. But what to take? Which one is more powerful, comfortable, practical? To help you in your purchase, here is the comparison of these two products available now in France on Amazon, Fnac, Darty, Boulanger and many others.
Between low-end models and excessively expensive models, it is clear that there are only two electric scooters that really stand out for their quality / price ratio. This is the Xiaomi M365 released in 2016 that we were able to test and the 2018 Xiaomi Ninebot Segway S2. Two rather similar models that we put here in confrontation, despite their notable differences in price. You will find the M365 at a high price of 399 euros and the Ninebot Segway ES2 at 599 euros. Which is the most comfortable? The most powerful ? Has the most autonomy? Answer in this versus.
Xiaomi M365Xiaomi Ninebot Segway ES2
Size108 x 43 x 114 cm 102 x 43 x 113 cm
Weight12,5 kg12,5 kg
MotorRated power 250 W / 500 W maxRated power 300 W / 700 W max
AutonomyBetween 25 and 30 km (battery of 280 Wh) A little more than 20 km (battery of 187 Wh). Possibility of adding a second battery
PneusGonflésPleins
Electric brakes front, mechanical rear Electric front, rear mechanical
WaterproofIP 54: splashproof IP 54: splash resistant
Bonus E-ABS brakes, LEDs, mobile applicationLED, mobile application
Price399 euros599 euros
Design: Scooters that look alike
At first glance, there is not much that distinguishes these two scooters. They resemble each other like two drops of water in their black / gray colors and have almost the same dimensions: 108 x 43 x 114 cm for the M365 against 102 x 43 x 113 cm for the Segway ES2. In addition, both scooters are made of aluminum alloy. So you have to look at them a little more closely to see the differences.
On the M365, we can see that the brake wires are visible on the handlebars. A problem at the same time aesthetic, but also security that has bypassed his opponent by hiding all this on the handlebars. The stem also hosts the battery, while it is under the tray for the M365, which explains the differences in size. Note that the bells are different and that the ties to fold the scooters are not in the same place. The Segway also has a space reserved for its second battery, an LCD screen and a small hook to keep your stuff. She is therefore a bit more complete.
M365 on the left, Ninebot Segway ES2 on the right.
In the long run, it will be necessary to pay attention to the M365 which most rubber caches could be trunk. But in either case, the M365 and the Ninebot Segway ES2 are modern scooters and perfectly in tune with the times. Note that it will be necessary to assemble them during your purchase, but that the handling is relatively simple.
We still prefer the M365 to the Ninebot Segway ES2 in terms of design, because it seems finer in our eyes. But this is primarily a matter of taste.
Comfort and practicality: a good point for inflatable tires
As stated above, the dimensions are almost identical and it is the same for the weight that is around 12.5 kg for both scooters. You will have a little trouble taking them with you on public transport. For the driving phases, we have a deck with a non slip mat on both sides, LEDs and headlights to be clearly visible, a crutch and a bell for the M365.
The M365 comes with inflatable tires while the Segway ES2 has full wheels. The feeling of comfort is more present on the first scooter, but its wheels are subject to the puncture. In addition, if the pressure is too low, you risk losing autonomy. The weight distribution is the other big point of differentiation of these two scooters. As stated above, the battery is in the deck for the M365 and the stem for the Ninebot Segway ES2. This changes the apprehension of the road.
Rear wheel of the M365 Rear wheel of the Ninebot Segway ES2
It feels like you're going faster with the solid wheels of the ES2 and the comfort has been improved since the old model thanks to the new rear shock absorbers. However, the wheels will tend to lose grip on special surfaces like sand. Regarding the water, it's the same fight for the two scooters: avoid rolling over on pain of slipping and especially to use it in rainy weather, because they are not waterproof.
Finally, both devices are equipped with an electric and mechanical brake, not to mention the mudguard for emergency braking. The M365 is easier to understand than its competitor, although the feeling seems better with the Ninebot Segway ES2 because of the weight distributed in the handlebars.
Power and speed
French legislation requires vehicles that can go more than 25 km / h to be registered. Luckily, this does not apply to the M365 or the Segway ES2. They respectively carry a motor with a nominal power of 250 W / 500 W max and 300 W / 700 W max. A gap that is felt especially at startup.
But does it really serve? No doubt it is when you have to take slopes, for the less lightweight users. And once again, your vehicle is limited to 25 km / h.
The Segway ES2 has the advantage of being able to display the speed at which the user rolls. Also, it can switch in three modes: sport, standard or limited. The first allows the user to drive his scooter fully, when the second is less biting at startup. The last one corresponds to the energy saving mode of the M365 and limits the speed to about 15 km / h. What to save the battery in both cases.
Simply press this button and then press a second time to switch to energy saving mode The Ninebot's LCD is more complete
The Segway ES2 is doing better on this ground compared to the M365.
There are many variables to consider regarding the autonomy of these scooters, starting with the weight of the user. Depending on this, the engine will need more or less energy to move forward, and this will be felt particularly in climbs.
Then it turns out that the M365 has a bigger battery than the Segway ES2 (280 Wh versus 187 Wh). The first scooter is a little better overall and can travel a little more than 25 km, when the other is limited to a few miles. It is however possible to add an external battery to the Segway ES2 to increase the range up to 45 km depending on the manufacturer. This number will probably have to be reduced.
Here is the handlebars of the M365 with its bell and the wire that exceeds …
It will take about 5 hours to fully charge the M365 and only 3 hours for the Segway ES2. A difference that is important if you are pressed for time. Be aware that both models can recover energy through their kinetic brake, but the recovery is quite minimal.
On this point, and if we skip this external battery story, the M365 is doing the best.
We had raised it in the design part: the Segway ES2 has the advantage of having a small LCD screen which displays information on the driving speed, the remaining range as well as the activated mode. None of this on the M365, or almost. There are four small lights showing the remaining autonomy. It's a bit light.
For more information or options, it will take a ride on the mobile application Ninebot available on iOS and Android. On the M365, you will have the opportunity to know more precisely your remaining battery rate, adjust the kinetic brake force (low, medium, strong) and activate a lock system. The latter blocks with the brakes the wheels of your scooter, roughly.
Screenshots of the Segway Ninebot mobile app
You can set more things on the Segway ES2, such as the color of LEDs, your cruising speed or the power of the brake (low, medium, strong) to recover energy (KERS).
The Segway with its LCD screen gets an extra point.
Conclusion: which is the best electric scooter?
The two scooters are again quite similar from a design point of view. It is clear that the Segway ES2 has more bite and more sense of detail than the M365. But the latter has the advantage of being more affordable and offers better road comfort, despite its perhaps too great simplicity. And if it is the price that has to decide, it is to the Xiaomi M365 that it is necessary to turn.
Now, if you're a scooter enthusiast, we recommend you head to the Xiaomi Segway ES2 which is more complete.
The Xiaomi M365 is priced at 399 euros. You can find it on Amazon on sale at 319 euros.
Find the Xiaomi M365 at 399 euros on Amazon
The Xiaomi M365 is also available on Gearbest. You will often find it around 340 euros.
Find the Xiaomi M365 on Gearbest
The Xiaomi Ninebot Segway ES2 is priced at 599 euros. You can find her on Amazon.
Find the Segway ES2 at 599 euros on Amazon
The Xiaomi Ninebot Seway ES2 is also available on Gearbest at a price of 519 euros. It is not uncommon to see it on sale for a lot less money.
Find the Segway ES2 on Gearbest
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COLUMBUS, KY: GIBRALTAR OF THE WEST
John K. Ross, Jr.
Clinton, Kentucky, United States
I am the curator of the Hickman County Museum in Clinton, KY. I am also an amateur historian who focuses on the Civil War period in Columbus, KY, and the Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky. For my Civil War articles please see my COLUMBUS, KY: GIBRALTAR OF THE WEST blog at http://www.rosswar.blogspot.com. I also write articles for various local newspapers and magazines and give talks on local history and beginner’s genealogy. From time to time I write little essays which I share with friends. For my essays see my blog MEMORIES AND MUSINGS at http://www.rossessays.blogspot.com. Most of my essays are humorous but some are memorial tributes. I might gild the lily just a little on the humorous ones but my essays are all based on true events.
COLUMBUS, KENTUCKY: THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER CONFEDERATE GIBRALTAR OF THE WEST
Gibraltar consists of less than three square miles of territory on a small peninsula jutting out of southern Spain. Much of the land is taken up by the 1400 feet high mountain popularly called the Rock of Gibraltar. After its capture from Spain in 1714 Gibraltar was transformed into a heavily fortified and armed military base.
Perfectly placed at the narrow western entrance to the Mediterranean Sea this British overseas territory controls all access to and from the Atlantic Ocean. After surviving numerous efforts by Spain and other powers to take it, Gibraltar became the ultimate symbol of an unconquerable fort.
The Confederates were so proud of their defenses at Columbus, KY, that they boasted this Mississippi River fortification was their Gibraltar of the West.
CLICK ON ANY PHOTO, MAP, OR WOODCUT ON THIS BLOG AND YOU WILL SEE A LARGER VERSION OF IT. THOSE WITHOUT A RED BORDER WILL BE ESPECIALLY LARGE AND DETAILED.
Since 1991 I have written over 250 Columbus Scrapbook articles for the Hickman County Gazette. About 80% of these articles concern the Civil War period in Columbus, Kentucky. This small Mississippi River port and terminal of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad played an important role during the Civil War.
Columbus was occupied for six months by the Confederacy during which it became their most heavily fortified and armed fortress on the Mississippi River during the entire war.
After Columbus was abandoned by the Confederates the town was occupied by the Union military for six years. During this occupation Columbus was a major supply depot, river fleet port, and railroad transportation junction for the Union.
Columbus also became a major refugee center for runaway slaves and as well as a major recruiting center for Black soldiers. The 4th United States Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment was organized at Columbus and spent most of the war as part of its garrison.
Being on a flat plain surround by bluffs the little town of Columbus was subject to major floods. After the Great Flood of 1927 the remains of the town were moved by the Red Cross to on top of a bluff. The river today now covers over half of the site of old Columbus.
I became fascinated by the history of Columbus while working four summers at the Columbus Belmont Kentucky State Park. I did maintenance for two summers and was camp ground attendant the other two.
In 1968 working maintenance at the Columbus Belmont KY State Park meant we boys picked up the garbage first thing each morning. We hitched a two wheel cart to an old Ford tractor and made the rounds of the camp & picnic grounds.
One boy drove the tractor and two rode in the cart. We two riders would jump out, empty a trash can into the cart (a messy job since we did not use plastic trash bags to line the cans), put the trash can back on the ground, then climb into the cart to ride to the next one.
I would guess we would empty thirty or forty full garbage cans on a morning after a big weekend. Each time the cart filled up we took it to a bulldozed spot in the woods near the park museum, soak the dumped garbage in diesel oil, and burn it.
After marinating in humid heat from Friday morning to Monday morning the discarded weekend food remains were rather fragrant & teaming with happy little fly babies. We didn't really mind all that much. We were teenage boys after all.
I remember one Monday especially. The mosquitoes were a plague that year. A few days before I had been stung by a wasp on the back of one hand. And I had discovered that summer I was allergic to a certain very common plant in the park.
There I was riding in that two wheeled cart on a hot & humid morning, dressed in my sweat soaked gray cotton park uniform (which were actually Eddyville State Prison uniforms!), standing ankle deep in maggot infested stinking garbage, covered in mosquito bites & poison ivy rash, and forced to work mostly one handed because my wasp stung swollen hand hurt so much.
That was the morning I first realized that I loved my job at the park. And that I was truly captivated by its beauty & history.
So I swore to myself then I would someday learn everything I could about the history of Columbus & the park.
And I am very happy to say that after writing several hundred articles I have still barely scratched the surface of the mostly forgotten history of this fascinating place!
A BRIEF MILITARY HISTORY OF COLUMBUS, KENTUCKY
For six months Columbus, Kentucky, was one of the most strategically important places in the new Confederate States of America. On the third of September, 1861, Episcopal Bishop and Confederate Major General Leonidas Polk ordered the occupation of the small Mississippi River port of Columbus. This terminus of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad was perfectly placed to become the western anchor of General Albert S. Johnston's defense of the upper Mississippi River valley.
Columbus sat on a level plain barely above high water mark in front of a semicircular chain of large bluffs. The 180 foot Iron Banks bluff north of the town was the focus of six months hard work by soldiers and hired slaves. A large earthwork (Fort DeRussy) and two smaller detached forts on the bluff were surrounded by infantry trenches and protected by abatis (rows of felled trees with sharpened branches). Two additional small forts on the plain south of the town protected the railroad depot.
Over 17,000 men defended these trenches with 140 cannon and electrically fired land mines. The largest cannon were placed inside Fort DeRussy and on three shelves cut into the bluff's river side below this earthwork. Other cannon were placed along the town's river bank. The largest and most famous cannon at Columbus was named the "Lady Polk" in honor of the general's wife.
A mile long chain supported on flat boats was stretched across the Mississippi River and river mines were placed in front of the chain.
A small detachment of infantry and six field cannon at Camp Johnston guarded the tiny village of Belmont opposite Columbus.
Flag-Officer George N. Hollins arrived from New Orleans in late November, 1861, with a half dozen wooden gunboats of the Confederate States Navy. The Confederate Navy iron clad ram Manassas was also stationed for a while at Columbus. In December the 20 gun floating artillery battery New Orleans was towed up river to complete the defenses of the "Gibraltar of the West."
But of all these defenses only the entrenched cannon were present on November 7, 1861, during the Battle of Belmont. The then unknown General Ulysses S. Grant brought his men and wooden gunboats down river from Cairo, Illinois, to raid Belmont and test the defenses of Columbus. This raid became a hard fought battle between equal numbers of inexperienced soldiers.
Grant took Belmont but was forced to retreat back to his boats by heavy fire from Columbus' artillery and by fresh infantry sent across the river by Polk. Enthusiastic newspapers and artillery officers later boasted the "Lady Polk" cannon had driven Grant out of the captured Belmont camp.
Small probing raids by Union gunboats and the Battle of Belmont convinced Grant that Columbus was too strong to be taken directly. Instead, in February, 1862, he sent his army and new ironclad gunboats to seize the much weaker Forts Henry and Donelson. These each had only a dozen large cannon in their river batteries. Flooding on both rivers permitted Grant's boats to pass over any mines or obstructions.
Outflanked and cut off from Johnston at Bowling Green, Polk was ordered to evacuate Columbus. Supplies, ammunition, heavy cannon, and gun crews were sent down river to Island #10 just below the Kentucky border. Polk then marched his infantry and field cannon south to join Johnston in the preparations for the Battle of Shiloh.
Jubilant occupying Federals found less than a dozen disabled cannon among the broken gun carriages and burnt winter huts at Columbus. Only the sea anchor and broken chain along with a pile of mines and anchors remained of the river barricade. Northern reporters described with indignation those "infernal machines, called torpedoes" and the land mines.
Columbus became an important Union railroad and river fleet supply depot, a refuge for runaway slaves, and a recruiting center for Black soldiers. By 1864 most of the thousand man garrison were members of the 4th. U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment.
KEITER'S BATTERY AND THE TWIN SISTERS
Most modern historians write about Columbus, Kentucky, only because General Ulysses S. Grant fought his first Civil War battle across the river at Belmont, Missouri.
Southerners in their regimental histories, memoirs, and articles in veteran publications also remembered Columbus for another reason. They never forgot the bursting of the "Lady Polk" cannon and the resulting bloody slaughter of her gun crew.
The NEW ORLEANS PICAYUNE newspaper of November 14, 1861, wrote this article about the bursting of the “Lady Polk” cannon at Columbus:
"A most shocking and unfortunate accident happened just now, which has cast a depressing gloom over the whole army at this point. The 128 pounder rifled gun, mounted on a pivot inside of a circle elevation, exploded with a terrible crash, which could be heard for many miles. A great loss of life was sustained, and many persons mangled and wounded in the most tragic manner .... I counted five dead bodies on the spot, horribly mangled, while several were badly, and others but slightly, wounded. Limbs, pieces of skull oozing brains, were scattered all about, and presented a never-to-be-forgotten sight. Gen. Polk was close by the gun, but was not hurt, which is certainly providential. The General was terribly shocked, and had his clothes torn in shreds, and his face burned somewhat, but without injuring him externally or internally .... Several of the gunners must have been buried inside of the elevation, under the fragments and ruins of the once beautiful and valuable gun. There is no doubt but that some must have been thrown into the river, as the gun was mounted almost at the edge of the bluff, where from its highest elevation, it commanded the opposite Missouri shore for several miles. This gun was the pride of the army, and the terror of the gunboats, and its value was tested in the late battle [Battle of Belmont], when it played at the gunboats, and dispersed the advancing column of the enemy. The loss of this gun cannot be so easily replaced, and it will be greatly missed in the defense of Columbus .... The amount of the killed may be ten, while a great many are wounded."
The Yankees also remembered the "Lady Polk." The CAIRO CITY WEEKLY GAZETTE of February 13, 1862, summarized an article taken from the Columbus DAILY CONFEDERATE NEWS newspaper about some recent test firings of Confederate artillery. The cannon were named Soul-searcher, Snorter, Yankee Smolluxer (sic), Rib Smasher, and the Cunning Cuss.
The GAZETTE added,
"If their ‘Snorter’ and ‘Soul-searcher’ are no safer institutions than their ‘big rebel’ that exploded sometime since, killing eight and wounding twenty-seven, the Rebels will be a pack of fools if they don't apply slow matches, and run like quarter horses themselves. The reputation of some the Columbus cannon is such that a person would be likely to consider himself as safe at one end as the other."
But after the war even the former Confederates seem to have forgotten about the once well known cannon that had replaced the "Lady Polk" rifle at Columbus.
All except, I am sure, the surviving men of Keiter's Tennessee Light Artillery Battery.
They would have remembered both cannon beyond all question. Little is now known about these unfortunate men. I have found neither a unit history nor a postwar article by any member of this artillery company.
Keiter's Battery was raised in 1861 at Nashville, Tennessee, as a light artillery company of about 100 men. They would have expected to have been given six small, horse drawn, field cannon.
But instead they were sent to man the much larger siege cannon mounted in the earthwork forts at Columbus. Part of this battery was given the most important cannon in Fort DeRussy, the huge "Lady Polk" rifled columbiad.
Four days after the Battle of Belmont, General Leonidas Polk and his staff visited the "Lady Polk" to thank Captain William Keiter and her gun crew for their excellent work during the fight. Polk also asked to see how far the rifle could shoot.
The "Lady Polk" was fired, burst, and set off a powder magazine foolishly built next to her.
Keiter and the entire gun crew (Corporal Hottinger and Privates Bohannon, McCluskey, Calaban, Finegan, Naughton, and Donaho) were instantly killed. Also dead were Lieutenant Snowden of Polk's staff, a Major Ford, and a Columbus civilian named John Dublin who had been visiting his soldier son that day. Many others were injured.
But the bad luck of Keiter's Battery did not end there.
The cannon later sent to Columbus to replace the "Lady Polk" repeated her history in every way but one. Named in honor of the battle, the "Belmont" was the twin sister of the "Lady Polk" cannon.
Both were experimental 6.4-inch Anderson Rifles made at the Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Virginia.
Both were cast solid in the molds of huge Model 1861 10-inch smoothbore columbiad cannons but bored and rifled as 6.4-inchers. The extra thickness of the walls was suppose to make them safe to fire.
Both were a little over ten feet long, two feet and eight inches wide at the rear, and weighed almost 15,000 pounds. Their solid iron rifle shot were often described as weighing about 128 pounds each.
Both of their gun crews came from Keiter's Tennessee Battery.
Both exploded either during or just after their first battle.
Both were later offered to the Sisters of the Holy Cross to be recast into a statue of peace as a reward for their excellent service as nurses in the Union hospitals at Cairo, Illinois.
Both ended up in 1869 as arm chairs in an outdoor park in the Mound City, Illinois, U.S. Navy Yard.
Both were finally sent in the 1870s to St. Mary’s College in Indiana where the Sisters of the Holy Cross ran a private women’s college. Generations of nuns and students had their photos taken sitting on or posing next to the remains of those two famous Confederate cannons.
Both the “Lady Polk” and the “Belmont” were finally sent off in 1942 to be melted down during a WWII scrap drive. At least this time they were on the winning side!
Just after the Battle of Belmont, a Memphis newspaper article had called the "Lady Polk" the "Lady Davis" by mistake. After the Yankees learned that a cannon named the "Lady Polk" had burst, they wrongly decided Polk must have had two big rifled cannon during the battle. The confused Yankees always called the "Belmont" the "Lady Davis" in their official reports.
After the "Lady Polk" burst, Lieutenant W.Y.C. Humes of Bankhead's Tennessee Light Artillery Battery was promoted to Captain and given command of Keiter's Battery.
All the heavy artillery was later shipped down river to Island #10 when Columbus was abandoned. By then Keiter's Battery had been renamed the Belmont Battery in honor of the twin sister of the "Lady Polk" rifle.
The 6.4-inch "Belmont" and three smaller 5.82-inch Andersons (also evacuated from Columbus) were the largest rifled cannon at Island #10. Humes was placed in charge of all the heavy batteries on the island.
Only a few days after the Federal Navy began to bombard Island #10, the "Belmont" burst while firing on the Yankee iron clad gunboats. And here is where the story of the two sisters finally differed. The "Belmont" did not kill any of her gun crew.
The Belmont Battery surrendered at Island #10 in April 1862. Confederate prisoners told Northern newspapers that one of the three smaller Anderson cannon also on the island exploded a few days after the "Belmont" blew up. I suspect the gun crews did not mind giving their two remaining Anderson Rifles to the Yankees.
After Humes' men were exchanged for captured Yankees, the name Belmont Battery was dropped. This hard luck artillery company was finally given the small field cannon promised them at the beginning of the war. They were often split up to serve with different regiments and did not take part in any important battles after Island #10 was surrendered.
The exploding twin sisters were their only claim to fame.
SISTER ANGELA GETS A PRESENT
The two most famous and by far the largest Confederate cannon at Columbus were the "Lady Polk" and the "Belmont" 6.4 inch Anderson rifled columbiads.
The "Lady Polk" blew up four days after the Battle of Belmont and killed eleven men. Her replacement the "Belmont" was evacuated from Columbus to Island #10 where she also exploded. Fortunately the "Belmont" did not kill her gun crew.
What happened to the remains of those two famous cannon?
Commodore C. H. Davis of the Union Navy had an idea. In an Official Records of the Navy report (Vol. 23, page 364) dated September 1862 Davis ordered,
"I wish you to stop at Island No. 10 and take on board the fragments of a gun known as the Lady Davis [sic, the confused Yankees gave this name to the "Belmont"], which burst in the hands of the rebels. I wish you to stop again at Columbus and to take on board the fragments of a gun known as the Lady Polk, which also burst in the hands of the rebels; the fragments of this gun are lying on the bank near Mr. Davis' house.
You will exhibit the enclosed letter from General Quinby to myself to the military commanders at Island No. 10 and Columbus, who will have the goodness to allow you to take away the fragments above designated. Please explain to them that they are to be placed at the disposal of Sister Angela, superior of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, who are the principal nurses in our military hospitals, and that they are to be recast into a statue of peace for one of the religious establishments of which Sister Angela is the superior. You will carry these fragments of guns to Cairo and deliver them to the care of Captain Pennock."
Mother Angela Gillespie was in charge of the nuns in several local Union military hospitals. General U. S. Grant described her as "A woman of rare charm of manner, unusual ability and exceptional executive talents." Sister Angela was also very close to General William T. Sherman. They had been childhood friends and Sister Angela was also a cousin of his wife.
Well, I am sure that the good sisters were quite bewildered with their unexpected present of 30,000 pounds of scrap iron. For a few years after the war the remains of these two cannon were used as benches in a locus grove park at the Mound City Navy Yard in Illinois.
Sometime after the Mound City Navy Yard was closed in the 1870s, the Sisters of the Holy Cross finally took possession of their two broken cannons. They arranged the fragments into an outdoor display at their St. Mary’s College for girls in Notre Dame, Indiana. Several generations of nuns and college girls took great delight in being photographed while standing beside the remains of the two cannons.
The “Lady Polk” and the “Belmont” were not fated to ever be cast into a statue of peace. Instead the two Confederate cannons went back to war. During a 1942 scrap drive both cannons were donated to be melted down for the war effort.
But who were the Sisters of the Holy Cross? The Order of the Holy Cross consisted of priests, brothers, and sisters who had their headquarters at Notre Dame in Indiana. They were strong supporters of the Union and contributed at least six priests to serve as chaplains and forty nuns to work as nurses in military hospitals. The sisters quickly gained a reputation as excellent nurses. And such good nurses were prized.
During the Civil War civilian volunteer nurses tended to be superior to military nurses. Military nurses were very rarely trained medical people. Most were ordinary soldiers temporally detached from their regiments. The men chosen were often those too weak to march because of minor wounds or chronic illness.
Unfortunately many officers also saw an order to detach men for nurses as an opportunity to get rid of their laziest and/or most incompetent soldiers. Such men made very poor nurses. At least almost all women had experience in either caring for children or nursing sick relatives.
In fact the death rate at military hospitals with untrained military male nurses was often twice as high as those with untrained volunteer civilian female nurses!
U.S. M1829 32 POUNDER CANNON
In 1839 this nearly 10 ½ feet long, 7545 pounds, U.S. Army Model 1829 32 pounder smoothbore cannon No. 209 was cast at Fort Pitt Foundry in Pennsylvania. It fired a round solid iron ball 6.4 inches in diameter that weighed 32 pounds.
A majority of the large Confederate cannon used at Columbus, Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Island #10, and Fort Pillow were 32 pounders. Hundreds had been captured in 1861 when the Confederates seized the U.S. Navy Yard in Norfolk, Virginia.
Confederate Major General Leonidas Polk had at least 56 of these 32 pounders among his 140 cannon at Columbus. This 32 pounder cannon No. 209 and a huge 15,000 pound Confederate made 128 pounder smoothbore cannon were found at Columbus after the war ended. During the great 1927 flood the 128 pounder cannon fell into the Mississippi River and is still there.
In the 1930s cannon No. 209 was mounted inside Columbus Belmont Ky State Park on a reproduction wooden carriage by CCC workers. On June 25, 1943, a strip of land 120 feet by 60 feet at the edge of the bluff collapsed and carried it away.
In 1984 Eddie Roberts began his efforts to determine the most likely location of the buried cannon No. 209 by using maps and surveys of the area. In 1998 Roberts found the cannon buried 42 feet deep. The cannon was then mounted on a metal reproduction siege carriage and placed near the Anchor & Chain in the Park.
THE ANCHOR AND CHAIN
General U.S. Grant at Cairo, Illinois, wrote in January 1862 that a Union spy at Columbus, Ky, had reported, "The rebels have a chain across the river about one mile above Columbus. It is sustained by flats, at intervals, chain passing through steeples placed about the water's edge, the chain passing under the boats."
Confederate General Leonidas Polk had stretched this mile long chain across the Mississippi River from his Fort DeRussy on the Iron Banks Bluff north of Columbus to a capstan on the Belmont, Missouri, shore.
Polk hoped that any Union ships coming down the Mississippi River would be stopped by this chain long enough for his cannon to sink them. Most of the chain was removed after the Union occupation of Columbus in March 1862.
In December 1925 a two acre landslide at the edge of the Iron Banks Bluff exposed 60 feet of Polk's chain. Each link is eleven inches long, six inches wide, and weighs twenty pounds and five ounces.
Digging at the end of the chain revealed a 15 feet 9 1/2 inches long anchor with flukes 9 feet from tip to tip. The anchor had been buried eleven feet deep with the flukes in a vertical position and fixed in place with twelve foot oak logs. The anchor has been described as weighing from two to six tons.
The Anchor and Chain are now on display at the Columbus Belmont KY State Park.
WATSON'S LOUISIANA BATTERY: AT BOTH THE BEGINNING AND THE END
Early in the Civil War it was not unusual for a wealthy civilian to organize a company of infantry, cavalry, or artillery and equipment them himself. He would buy their uniforms, shoes, muskets, pistols, cartridge pouches, ammunition, horses, saddles, swords, cannons, and what ever else they needed. Often the men he raised would in turn elect him as their commanding officer.
Thus the state or national government would get a fully equipped volunteer unit without having to pay a penny to raise it.
A week after the Battle of Belmont the NEW ORLEANS BEE newspaper printed the following account of the origin of Watson's Louisiana Artillery Battery which had taken part in the fight:
Mr. A. C. Watson, a planter of the parish of Tensas, whose disinterested patriotism and liberality can never be forgotten by our people, determined to raise and equip a company of flying artillery not to be excelled by any in this country and gloriously has succeeded thus far.
The battery consisting of four rifled two-pounders and two twelve-pounder howitzers, all splendid bronze pieces, with carriages, caissons and appointments complete, was made to order ... in the most superior style and elegantly finished, without regard to cost .... Mr. Watson has collected the finest horses suited to the work to be found in the state. Equipment and everything needed ... have been obtained by Mr. Watson at his private expense ... he has expended nearly fifty thousand dollars.
His patriotic efforts have been seconded ... by the prompt response of ninety gallant spirits, all young gentlemen ... representing the very flower of our chivalrous creole population .... Mr. Watson himself has entered the ranks, desiring no office, no honor, nothing but the satisfaction of seeing the corps he has created do efficient service in the cause of the South.
That $50,000 in 1860 would be an incredible $1,140,000 in today’s money. Yes, over a million dollars! That was quite a donation to the Confederate cause. Watson also chose to join the horse drawn artillery battery as a private instead of as the unit’s captain.
The newspaper reporter was confused when he called four of the muzzle loading cannon "rifled two-pounders." Watson's Battery actually had four smoothbore bronze 6-pounder guns and two bronze 12-pounder howitzers manufactured by John Clark & Company of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Since Clark sold his weapons by private contract only, his cannon did not have the usual official military markings stamped on them. Markings were added by special order only. Almost all his surviving very rare cannon today are completely unmarked.
The Clark guns were high quality imitations of the standard prewar bronze 3.67 inch bore U.S. Model 1841 smoothbore 6-pounders. They fired a round solid iron ball that weighed six pounds. Although close copies, they differed enough that even unmarked examples are easily identified today.
The Clark 12-pounder howitzers were not cast in the standard pre war howitzer molds. They were slightly larger bronze copies of his own 6-pounders with a howitzer's 4.62 inch chambered bore. A 12-pounder howitzer of this type at Shiloh National Military Park is stamped "John Clark / Maker / N. O." All other known surviving Clark howitzers are unmarked.
What was the difference between a gun cannon and a howitzer cannon?
A very simple explanation is that the pre war gun cannon usually fired a solid iron ball in a nearly straight line.
The shorter ranged howitzer cannon fired a larger exploding powder filled hollow iron ball in a high arc into the air so that the shell could land behind the walls of a trench or a fort.
As the war progressed these old types were gradually replaced with new cannons that could do both jobs.
The small village of Belmont, Missouri, was across the Mississippi River from the fortified bluffs of Columbus, Kentucky. On November 7, 1861, in his first Civil war battle General Ulysses S. Grant attacked the small Confederate Camp Johnston that guarded Belmont.
Five Confederate regiments of infantry, a small detachment of cavalry, and the six small field cannon of Watson's Louisiana Artillery Battery were waiting at Belmont for Grant.
After several hours of fighting, Watson's Battery ran out of ammunition and was ordered back to Camp Johnston. Only five cannon could be withdrawn because so many artillery horses had been lost. All of these cannon were later captured when Grant took the camp. The battery had two men killed and eight wounded during the Battle of Belmont. Forty five of their horses were killed.
A bronze 6-pounder gun and a bronze 12-pounder howitzer from Watson's Battery were carried off by Grant's men after the Battle of Belmont. According to a newspaper report the 6-pounder had "Lee, John Clark, maker, New Orleans, La." ENGRAVED on the breech. Grant sent them both to Fort Holt, Kentucky, a few miles below Cairo.
The other four cannon of Watson's Battery were recaptured by the Confederate reinforcements that drove Grant's men back to their boats. A Southern report specifically named the "Jeff Davis" as one of the recovered cannons.
Two John Clark 6-pounders are in the West Point collection of trophies today. They are ENGRAVED "Jeff Davis" or "Johnson" in fancy flourishes on their base rings and "John Clark / Maker / New Orleans / La." on their breeches. Almost certainly the "Johnson" was with the "Jeff Davis" and "Lee" in Watson's Battery during the Battle of Belmont.
According to incomplete West Point records, the "Jeff Davis" and the "Johnson" were captured somewhere along the Mississippi River in 1863. That July Watson's Battery surrendered at Port Hudson, Louisiana. The loss of Port Hudson gave the Yankees full control of the Mississippi River.
These two cannons were almost certainly still part of Watson's Battery. So they and their battery took part in both the first, Belmont, and the last, Port Hudson, of the battles fought by the Confederacy to defend the Mississippi River.
HALF OF A DEAD PARROTT
The museum at Columbus Belmont KY State Park has on display the badly damaged front half of an iron field cannon. Horse drawn field cannons were small enough that they could accompany marching troops into battle.
Only half a barrel? Yes, because the "Lady Polk" was not the only type of rifled cannon to explode at Columbus. At least two Memphis made Confederate copies of the Union Parrott rifles blew up there. This fragment may even have been from one of those two cannons.
The October 24, 1861, first issue of the Columbus, KY, DAILY CONFEDERATE NEWS reported: “CANNONS EXPLODE -- One of the Parrot 6 pounders in Capt. Bankhead's battery, during an experimental firing yesterday, accidentally burst and wounded one of the men. This gun was manufactured in Memphis, and was supposed to have been sufficiently tested.”
During the November 7th Battle of Belmont, Stewart's Artillery Battery raced two miles up the bluff to fire on the Yankee gunboats. One of their Memphis made Parrotts exploded and killed two gunners the first time it was fired.
I sent to cannon expert Wayne E. Stark photographs and measurements of the 3 inch bore, 43 inches long, iron cannon fragment, in the museum.
Stark wrote me back, "Three specific features indicate this is the chase and muzzle of a Confederate 3-inch Parrott rifle. The straight taper of the chase, the shape of the muzzle swell and flat muzzle face, and the 12-groove, left-hand rifling are consistent with other survivors of that type.”
Parrott type rifles have an iron band over the rear end to help contain the dangerously high pressures of fired rifled cannons.
Apparently the Confederate iron foundry that made this Confederate copy of a Parrott still had a lot to learn about making safe rifled cannon!
BISHOP POLK AND HIS INFERNAL MACHINES
Land mines are a very common part of warfare today. But in 1862 such weapons were controversial and considered by many to be as unfair and immoral as the poisoning of food and water supplies. Torpedoes, as mines were called then, were literally the work of the Devil and thus "infernal machines."
An indignant HARPER'S WEEKLY of March 29, 1862, printed the following story about the electrically fired land mines found by the Yankees after Episcopal Bishop and Confederate Major General Leonidas Polk abandoned Columbus, Kentucky:
"After two day's exploration for infernal machines ... [we] discovered ridges of new earth ... and traced them to a cavern .... [we] found a strong, rude wooden frame [building], covered by earth .... [and] found implements similar to those used in a telegraph office [electric batteries], with wires running in a dozen different directions. Following the raised rows of earth ... [we found] a spot where something had evidently been buried. Digging down some five feet ... [we] came to a large iron cask, about three feet high, and a foot and a half through, in shape ... [like] a well-formed pear, with an iron cap fastened by eight screws. Taking off the cap we found grape, canister, and four eight-pound shell, surrounded by about two bushels of coarse powder. On the bottom of the cask there was a wooden box containing several batteries, with hollow wires attached to two larger wires ... connecting with the cavern before spoken of. A dozen of these iron pots or casks were thus united with this cavern .... Whole regiments could thus be blown up and sent to eternity, without even a chance of escape ...."
POLK’S TORPEDOES: CONFEDERATE RIVER MINES AT COLUMBUS, KY
General Leonidas Polk was obsessed with keeping the Federal army and navy from coming down the Mississippi River and cutting the Confederacy in half. Polk stretched a very large chain, secured on the Columbus side by a huge sea anchor, across the river. Water mines, then called torpedoes, were placed in front of the chain barrier.
Any Yankee gunboats or troop transports that tried to pass Columbus would have been first attacked by the long range rifled cannon inside Fort DeRussy on the Iron Banks bluff. Then the boats would have run into river mines as they approached the chain barrier. Finally, trapped against the chain by the powerful river current, the crippled ships would have been finished off by short range but powerful smoothbore cannon.
Two basic types of river torpedoes were used during the Civil War. Mechanical mines were detonated when a boat touched a lever or pulled a wire attached to a mine. Usually these types were anchored to the river bed and floated just under the surface. Any ship that came near this type was in great danger.
Electrically fired mines were often placed on the river bed itself. An electric line ran from the mine to a set of telegraph batteries on the river bank. When an enemy ship passed over the torpedo, an observer ashore would set the mine off. This type of mine did not endanger friendly ships. Both types were used at Columbus.
Polk placed Lieutenant Isaac N. Brown of the Confederate Navy in charge of the torpedoes at Columbus. Brown later became famous as the captain of the ironclad C. S. S. ARKANSAS.
Lieutenant Beverly Kennon of the Confederate Navy sent 150 electrically fired "submarine batteries" to Polk from New Orleans. Kennon described them as "large iron shells" connected with a gutta purcha covered copper wire to "the usual galvanic battery."
When the Yankees occupied Columbus they found dozens of similar land mines planted in front of the trenches. HARPER'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY printed a woodcut of one of these. I suspect these were the same mines Kennon had planned to use in the river.
The Memphis Ordnance Office ordered the manufacture there of at least 50 of Dr. A. L. Saunders' mechanically fired torpedoes. Saunders wrote to Polk, "The cases are to be charged with powder ... when ready for submerging. The levers are only to be screwed in after the anchor and weight are properly deposited in the bed of the river with the cordage attached to the cases." HARPER'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY printed a woodcut of very similar torpedoes found at Columbus still packed in their shipping boxes. I put that woodcut at the beginning of this article.
An 1862 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN magazine described a Saunders type mine found in the Tennessee River as, "a stout sheet iron cylinder, pointed at both ends, about five and a half feet long and one foot in diameter. In the interior is a canvas bag containing seventy pounds of powder. Connected with the upper end is an iron lever, three and a half feet long, armed with prongs, designed to catch in the bottom of the boat .... [this lever works an] iron rod on the inside of the cylinder, acting upon the trigger of a lock, which is to explode a percussion cap and fire the powder."
Except to act as deterrents, none of the river torpedoes at Columbus ever harmed the North. The record Spring flooding of 1862 let the Yankee fleet pass safely over the anchored mechanical mines. Even the electrically fired river mines at Columbus were no danger by then.
Why? None of the river mines at Columbus remained watertight very long. Wet gunpowder will not explode!
A PIECE OF CIVIL WAR HISTORY
The view of the Mississippi River from the bluffs of Columbus Belmont KY State Park has delighted visitors since the 1930s. Those who walk from the Park Museum to the small shelter house near the edge of the bluff will pass by a large, irregularly shaped, piece of iron mounted next to the sidewalk.
Stop for a minute and look at it closely. This is one of the most historically important relics in the Park.
Among the numbers and letters stamped on this fragment are PF (proof tested) in a style used only by the U. S. Navy many years before the Civil War. These letters and the 6.4 inch bore diameter prove that this cannon was originally an U. S. Navy 32-pounder smoothbore.
She would have fired round iron balls 6.4 inches in diameter that weighed 32 pounds each. Thus these cannons were called 32-pounders.
Hundreds of old obsolete 32-pounder cannon of various models were captured by the Confederates at the U. S. Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk, Virginia. General Leonidas Polk had at least 62 of these old smoothbores from the Navy Yard shipped to him before he occupied Columbus.
A majority of the large Confederate cannon used at Columbus, Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Island #10, and Fort Pillow were those captured smoothbore 32-pounders.
These cannon were the backbone of the Confederate defense of the upper Mississippi River valley.
Polk later converted some of his captured 32-pounders smoothbores into rifled cannons. He sent them to Memphis, TN, to have spiral grooves cut into the inside of their barrels. These rifled cannon could now throw their new 64 pound cone shaped iron shot three times as far as their old 32 pound round balls.
Polk had at least thirteen of these converted rifled 32-pounders mounted in his land batteries at Columbus. The fragment in the Park had those one inch grooves cut into the bore to convert her into a rifle.
Before abandoning a fort any cannons that could not be removed were damaged to prevent or delay their use by the enemy. When there was enough time some cannons were deliberately overloaded with extra gun powder and filled with wedged in cannon balls. Wood was then piled around them and set afire. When it got hot enough the cannons would explode into worthless pieces. That is what happened to this particular 32-pounder cannon.
The Yankees shipped many captured Confederate cannons, broken pieces of cannons, and cannon balls to Columbus for storage during the war. After the war the Yankees did not bother to take this fragment with them when they left Columbus.
In 2000 I exchanged letters with one of the coauthors of THE BIG GUNS: CIVIL WAR SIEGE, SEACOAST, AND NAVAL CANNON by Edwin Olmstead, Wayne E. Stark, and Spencer C. Tucker. I sent him photos and measurements of the cannon fragment and described the markings.
Mr. Stark wrote me back, "Your determination that the bore is 6.4-inch ... definitely ties down the identification of that tube to a specific Navy 32-pounder Gradual Increase gun. The visible markings establish it as No. 192, cast at John Mason's Columbia Foundry [in Georgetown, D.C.], having a marked weight in the Navy records of 59-2-0, and inferred to have been made in either 1820 or 1821.
Columbia No. 192, with several others, is listed as on the main deck of the 78-gun razee frigate USS INDEPENDENCE in a circa 1849 Navy cannon inventory. Prior to her being decommissioned as an active fighting ship in 1853, her guns were probably off-loaded at Norfolk where they were among 1,198 heavy guns available to the Confederacy when they captured Gosport Navy Yard on 21 April 1861.
In the case of these Gradual Increase 32-pdrs, the Navy designed them as ‘32-pounder Cannon, Gradual Increase, Length 9 ft. 2 in.'"
More than 600 of these Gradual Increase 32-pounders had been made for the navy between 1817 and 1828. Today only 19 of these cannon are known to have survived. None are in Kentucky. Two can been seen today at Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
The "Gradual Increase" name sounds odd, doesn't it? There was a good reason for it. In 1814 the British burned Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812. A shocked Congress in 1816 passed special appropriations "for the gradual increase" of the Navy to better protect the nation. Cannon bought with these special additional funds were marked "GI" for "Gradual Increase" by the navy.
And what did the cannon's weight of "59-2-0" mean? These numbers were the old fashion British "hundredweights" of 112 pounds, "quarters" of 28 pounds, plus any left over pounds. Thus "59-2-0" was 59 X 112 + 2 X 28 + 0 = 6664 pounds.
This 32-pounder cannon had originally been aboard the 78-gun razee frigate USS INDEPENDENCE. "Razee" ships were old fashion wooden sailing ships cut down from three decks to two decks to make them faster and more modern.
The USS INDEPENDENCE began as a "ship of the line" built 1813-14 in Boston by Hart & Barker and was commissioned in 1815. She was 188 feet long, 51 1/2 feet wide, drew 24 feet of water, and displaced 1,891 tons after being cut down to frigate size in 1837. In the 1850s the USS INDEPENDENCE carried ten 64-pounder and forty six 32-pounder cannons. After retirement she served as a floating navy warehouse until sold for scrap in 1913.
There are some other very interesting connections between this cannon fragment and Columbus, KY.
A popular local legend claims, incorrectly, that Columbus, KY, was founded to become our new national capital after the British burned Washington, D. C. during the War of 1812. Being in the middle of North America would supposedly keep the new capital safe from the British! The Columbus Park fragment is from a "Gradual Increase" cannon made in response to that same burning of our national capital.
And this particular cannon had been made in 1820 or 1821 at a foundry named Columbia in the District of Columbia. Hickman County was formed in 1821 with Columbus as its county seat.
Is it not amazing that so much history can be found in such an ordinary looking piece of scrap iron mounted next to a sidewalk in Columbus Belmont KY State Park?
AN 1863 LIST OF UNION CANNONS AT CAIRO, COLUMBUS, AND PADUCAH
Research done in the National Archives and the Library of Congress for the new exhibits at the renovated Columbus-Belmont State Park museum has turned up many interesting new documents from the period of the Union occupation.
Among the exhibits in the Park museum is a reproduction of a handwritten page from a Union Army record book listing the cannons at Columbus, Cairo, and Paducah in September 1863. I will summarize this most interesting document:
Columbus, KY -- mounted in Fort Halleck: seven 32 pounders / one 42 pdr / one 8-inch sea coast howitzer / two 12 pdr bronze howitzers / one 3-inch rifled gun; mounted in Fort Quinby: one 64 pdr / two 24 pdrs / one 10-inch columbiad; mounted elsewhere: one 8-inch columbiad / one 10-inch columbiad / one 6 pdr field bronze / one 6 pdr field iron; unmounted cannons: three 10-inch columbiads / one 8-inch gun 64 pdr / nine 32 pdrs / five 32 pdr carronades / one 12 pdr carronade / one 42 pdr rifled / one 42 pdr smoothbore / one "100 pdr rifled (Rebel, iron)" = total of 42 guns.
Cairo, IL -- one 24 pdr / three 32 pdr / two 8-inch columbiads / one 8-inch siege mortar = total 7 guns.
Paducah, KY -- mounted: two 24 pdr siege / one 24 pdr brass howitzer / one 24 pdr siege iron howitzer / one 6 pdr field brass gun / one 3 pdr iron gun; unmounted: six 32 pdr / three 6 pdr iron field guns, spiked = total 15 guns.
Fort Halleck, known as Fort DeRussy when the Confederates built it, was the largest earthwork fort at Columbus. Today its remains are known as the "Arrowhead Point" in Columbus Belmont KY State Park.
The remains of Fort Quinby, its original Confederate name is unknown, are today the trenches in the Park camping ground.
Several things struck me from this list. Note the large number of cannons in storage that were not made usable by mounting them on carriages. Out of 64 cannons listed, 31 of them were not mounted. These included three out of five of the largest cannon available at Columbus, the 10-inch columbiads (128 pounders). This was an embarrassment of riches.
By the way, the term "pounder" or "pdr" refers to the weight of the solid round iron cannon ball fired. Thus the largest cannon, a 10-inch columbiad, had a round cannon ball ten inches in diameter that weighed 128 pounds.
By contrast the small, horse drawn, 6 pdr field cannons only had a 3.67 inches in diameter ball that weighed six pounds.
Many of these cannons were certainly Confederate made. In addition to the "100 pdr rifled (Rebel, iron)" listed above we know that one large CSA 10-inch columbiad was left at Columbus by the Union Army after the war. This often photographed 128 pdr smoothbore was lost in the 1927 flood. It is still in the river today.
And those "6 pdr iron field guns, spiked" at Paducah certainly had to be Confederate. The Union only made its 6 pounder cannon from brass during the Civil War.
Spiking was the driving of an iron rat tail file into the vent of a cannon before abandoning it. The vent was a small hole at the rear of the cannon in which a friction primer attached to a line was inserted. Your might think of a friction primer as a metal kitchen match. Pulling the cord lit the friction primer and that set off the black powder charge inside the cannon.
Plugging this vent prevented a captured cannon from being used until the rat tail file was drilled out. Why bother to drill out the vents of captured enemy made cannons of uncertain quality and non standard design when you already had more cannons than you needed?
It is possible that the "100 pdr rifled (Rebel, iron)" in storage at Columbus was another Confederate 6.4-inch Anderson rifled columbiad like the "Lady Polk" and "Belmont" cannons. This may even have been the "Lady Bell" from Fort Donelson. All of the Fort Donelson cannons were ordered shipped to Columbus soon after they were captured.
The rifled 42 pounder on the list was most likely a large pre war smoothbore converted into a rifle by the Union Army. The first Union ironclad gunboats were armed with these. The rifled 42 pdrs were not popular with their gun crews because several exploded while being fired. These converted smoothbores were discarded after superior Union rifled cannon of new designs were produced.
Some of the captured cannons on this list were also very old. Many would have been among the hundreds of pre war obsolete cannons taken by the Confederates at the beginning of the war from southern forts and navy yards.
The carronades on the list were surplus from the War of 1812. These were useless except when defending trenches by firing canister at short range against attacking infantry. Canister was a can filled with hundreds of iron or lead balls. When CSA General Leonidas Polk abandoned Columbus he left behind several carronades as not worth the trouble of saving.
The Union authorities obviously saw no need to mount many the latest and best cannons in western Kentucky and southern Illinois. No Confederate Navy warships remained on the Mississippi River after the surrender of Vicksburg in the summer of 1863. And by then the main Confederate armies had been driven far away from the Jackson Purchase and were not expected to ever return.
The Union Army thought these mostly captured or obsolete cannons would be good enough for dealing with guerilla raiders like General Nathan B. Forrest. The Union Army would soon learn the hard way that Forrest was trouble enough for anybody!
I had ancestors who fought on both sides during the Civil War. Alas, their military records were less than impressive. Here are my Scrapbook articles about two of them.
SORE EYES AND RHEUMATISM
Many people in this area have ancestors who served in the Confederate Army that occupied Columbus, Kentucky. One of those soldiers was my great great grandfather Joseph E. Caldwell of Obion County, Tennessee.
By using his two Tennessee Confederate pension applications, a summery of his service in the National Archives, and several histories of his regiment, I was able to reconstruct much of his military career.
Although he was present at several famous battles, Joseph did not fight in any of them. My great great grandfather drove an army supply wagon.
Joseph E. Caldwell and his brother Dudley W. Caldwell joined an Obion County raised Confederate company (nicknamed "The Forest Rovers") in September 1861. That October the "The Forest Rovers" became Company D of Colonel Alex W. Campbell's 33rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment.
The 33rd Tennessee trained at the Union City Camp of Instruction until ordered to Columbus in January 1862. They stayed at Columbus until the Confederate Army left two months later.
Only a few of the companies of the 33rd Tennessee were armed while they were stationed at Union City and Columbus. And those guns were mostly civilian hunting rifles and shotguns. Not until a few weeks before the Battle of Shiloh could the regiment borrow enough flintlock smoothbore muskets to give everyone a weapon.
The 33rd Tennessee fought their first battle at Shiloh in April 1862. They were part of the final assault on the famous Hornet's Nest. After the Hornet's Nest surrendered, the 33rd Tennessee rearmed themselves with captured Union rifled muskets.
Joseph would later write that he had served with his regiment at the battles of Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesboro, and Chickamauga. Service records show that Joseph's brother Dudley W. Caldwell was seriously wounded and captured by the Unions during the January 1863 Battle of Murfreesboro. Dudley died three weeks later.
The following is from a sworn statement attached to Joseph's 1909 Tennessee Confederate pension application:
"I, the undersigned Joe E. Caldwell ... was [a private] in Company D 33d Tenn Volunteer Infantry for about two years and three months; that I was during said time for the most part connected with the commissary department and engaged in driving a team ... during my service in the army my eyes got sore, have never yet gotten well; that my eyes were naturally weak and they got worse from time to time from cold and exposure; that about Nov. 20, 1863, I was captured [near Chickamauga battlefield and taken to] ... Trenton, Tenn, where I was turned loose and permitted to go home; that at that time I was afflicted pretty severely with rheumatism and my eyes were sore and I went on to my home in Obion County, Tenn, expecting to recuperate and go back to my command, but my condition never did improve .... I sent word to the Captain and the men that I was at home, and that I was unable to get back to the command on account of my physical condition."
Not all prisoners of war were put into prison camps. Some were paroled and released. A parole was a sworn statement that the soldier would not fight again until his own side had released a captured enemy soldier in exchange. If a paroled but not yet exchanged prisoner was later captured on a battlefield, he would be hanged.
Paroled Confederates were supposed to return to their own army and wait for exchange in special parole camps. Some were allowed to go home on leave. My great great grandfather Joseph E. Caldwell did go home. But he had neglected to first return to the Confederate Army to receive permission for either sick leave or a medical discharge.
The 33rd Tennessee declared him a deserter in 1864. Joseph did not get his Tennessee Confederate soldier pension because of this.
Well, Joseph was no great military hero. But that is OK with me. With such poor health, Joseph might have died if he had returned to duty. The Unions even might have killed him.
Then Joseph's daughter Zadie would not have been born in 1872. Since she was my great grandmother, I apparently only exist because Joseph E. Caldwell had sore eyes and rheumatism!
THE HARD LUCK 7TH TENNESSEE CAVALRY
Lieutenant Colonel Isaac R. Hawkins' 7th Cavalry was one of many Tennessee regiments stationed at Columbus, Ky, during the Civil War. My great great great grandfather John Pugh of Carroll County, Tennessee, joined Company "F" of the 7th Tennessee Cavalry in 1862. He was 64 years old.
Today his regiment is best remembered for their frequent role in equipping Confederate General Nathan B. Forrest's soldiers. My ancestor's Tennessee regiment gave Forrest enough sets of cavalry equipment, horses, uniforms, sabers, pistols, carbines, and ammunition to supply several hundred men.
But John Pugh probably did not boast about this after the war. After all, John had served in the Union 7th Tennessee Cavalry USA!
Although a majority of Tennesseans had voted for succession in 1861, Carroll County voted to stay in the Union. Hawkins and about half of the 7th Tennessee Cavalry USA were from this western Tennessee county. Many Carroll County men also joined the Confederate army.
Feelings were bitter and each group considered the other to be traitors and renegades.
The Union 7th Tennessee Cavalry had the misfortune to spend most of the war on occupation duty in Tennessee and Kentucky. Dealing successfully with guerillas and a hostile civilian population would have been difficult for even the best trained soldiers. But their regimental officers were notoriously incompetent and their men were poorly trained and disciplined.
Even worse, the Union 7th Tennessee Cavalry had to face raids by the best cavalry leader of the war, General Forrest. Often separated for occupation duty, the ten companies of this regiment were easy targets individually. Whenever word came that Forrest was approaching, as many as possible of the scattered companies would hastily come together. Even so, twice this partially reunited regiment surrendered to Forrest's men.
In December 1862 Hawkins and 300 men of his men surrendered to Forrest at Trenton, Tennessee. Among them was my ancestor John Pugh. His regiment was first stripped of all equipment and then paroled by Forrest.
The Union Army sent them to a parole camp at Camp Chase, Ohio. A few months later they were exchanged for paroled Confederates and returned to duty. By October 1863 John Pugh's one year enlistment was over and he was sent home.
In March 1864 Forrest sent a few hundred men to take Union City, Tennessee. Union City was then defended by Hawkins and his Unionist Tennessee Cavalry.
The Confederate raiders sent a note to Hawkins claiming that Forrest himself was with them, that they heavily outnumbered the southern Unionists, and that their cannon would soon blast apart the small earthwork fort that Hawkins' men had taken shelter in.
Only after they had surrendered did the horrified Union 7th Tennessee Cavalry learn that Forrest himself was not at Union City, that the 450 southern Unionists actually outnumbered the Confederates, and that the only Confederate cannon was a black log mounted on a pair of wagon wheels.
Ironically, the Confederate 7th Tennessee Cavalry CSA took part in the capture of Union City. Some of the men in this regiment were even from the Carroll County area. They sarcastically thanked their Unionist former neighbors for so helpfully marking all their equipment "7th Tennessee Cavalry" before surrendering.
Unfortunately Hawkins' men were not paroled this time. They were sent to the notorious Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Two out of three of them died there.
A smaller Union 7th Tennessee Cavalry was soon reorganized from men who had not been at Union City, prisoners who had been exchanged or had escaped, and new recruits. They were stationed at Columbus and Paducah, Ky, for the rest of the war.
The surviving Carroll County Unionists returned home after the war. For years the former Confederate and Union soldiers tended to live in different parts of the county, to marry among themselves, and to attend different churches.
I have been told that present day Carroll County Democratic and Republican voting patterns still reflect this post war separation.
Posted by John K. Ross, Jr. at 10:19 PM
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Color and layout is coming along well. Glad you are putting your own slant on it. You do well with the layout and photos are looking good! If you want me to send you the Polk Art (so you don't have to scan it) I'll shoot it your way. BRAVO!
Me again. This looks really nice. Looks like a painless way to learn some history, too. Izzy
Mr Ross, I enjoyed reading your information on the Columbus occupation by the Confederates. I thought you might be interested to know that I have a letter witten by my G-G Grandfather dated October 9, 1861. He wrote it from his camp there in Columbus to his parents in Perry County, TN. If you are interested, I would be happy to send you a copy.
mwrnr said...
Interesting article! A quarter of the way down you state: "The Confederate Navy iron clad ram Manassas was also stationed for a while at Columbus."
Other sources I've read on the Manassas don't mention this. In fact, there is a void of info on the Manassas between the Battle at the Head of Passes and the Battle of New Orleans. I have read that attempts were made to take the Manassas up the Mississippi R. to assist in the later defense of Island No. 10 but that it returned South due to too shallow water. Can you provide a source or any further info on it being taken further North to Columbus prior to defending Island No. 10?
Wry said...
John, my emails to you are bouncing back as undeliverable. Do you have a new address?
Doug Fiske
jcdppc said...
MR. Ross, I am exploring the genealogy history of my family and it has brought me to Columbus KY... Would you mind contacting me, I have some historical questions to ask you about Columbus KY, as information regarding this city is sparse.
jcdppc@gmail.com
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You can’t deny the appeal of Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman’s “You Can’t Take It With You,” a play with the perfect balance of humor, drama and feel-good moments.
The play, which premiered on Broadway in 1936 and won the Pulitzer Prize for drama the next year, is the story of the eccentric Sycamore-Vanderhof-Carmichael crew.
In the first few scenes of the play, audiences meets several members of the family.
There’s the cook, Rheba (Athena Lauzon, in her Civic debut), and Penelope Sycamore (Phedre Burney-Peters), who is working on one of her many unfinished plays.
Then Essie Carmichael (Sarah Plumb), Penelope’s daughter, dances (poorly, but not for lack of trying) into the room to tell her mother about her newest candy creations.
Shortly thereafter, Penelope’s husband Paul (Joshua Baig) and Mr. DePinna (David Stanley, in his Civic debut) come upstairs from the basement where they’ve been testing out their fireworks.
We also meet Martin Vanderhof (Kris Kittelson), aka Grandpa, who has just come in from a commencement ceremony.
Soon enough, Essie’s husband Ed (Dennis Burgess III) is playing his xylophone, Essie is dancing, Paul and DePinna are back down in the basement setting off fireworks, Penelope is typing, handyman Donald (Kaylan Martin) is sharpening a tool and multiple people are holding conversations at the same time.
You can’t hear everything that’s being said, but the conversation isn’t really the point. It’s to illustrate that what’s chaotic for one family is commonplace for another.
The only seemingly “normal” member of the family is Paul and Penny’s other daughter Alice (Jessii Arp, in her Civic debut), who works in an office and is dating a coworker named Tony Kirby (Dallan Starks).
She’s is often embarrassed by her family’s antics, but she loves them just the same.
It’s only after inviting Tony’s straight-laced parents (Doug Dawson and Lynn Noel) over for dinner that Alice starts to think her wacky family might turn Tony and his parents off.
Tony and his parents show up a day early, which gives them an unfiltered view of the eccentric family.
As Penelope, Burney-Peters was hilarious, breaking moments of awkward silence with a loud, drawn out “Well!”
Arp and Starks went through a rollercoaster of emotion as Alice and Tony, falling in love and breaking up over the course of the show, and Lauzon and Martin, as Rheba and Donald, had a sweet chemistry, especially in the scene during which the pair are fighting over the volume of the radio.
Watching Dawson and Noel, as Mr. and Mrs. Kirby, get more and more flustered by the antics of the family was hilarious, as was any scene with Dane Larson, in his Civic debut, as Boris Kolenkhov, Essie’s dance teacher.
Watching Kolenkhov silently admonish himself after an interaction with Mr. Kirby was one of my favorite parts of the show.
Deborah Brooks received some of the loudest laughs of the night as Gay Wellington, an actress Penelope meets on a bus, and Audrey Overstreet nicely balanced the Grand Duchess Olga Katrina’s elegance and willingness to don an apron and help in the kitchen.
Plumb and Burgess brought just the right amount of silly sweetness to the well meaning Essie and Ed, and Kittelson, as Grandpa, kept things going, no matter how crazy the action got.
Really thinking about the characters, costume designer Jan Wanless helped illustrate the contrast between the two families by dressing the Sycamore-Vanderhof-Carmichael family in bright clothing and using darker outfits for the Kirbys.
Director/set and lighting designer David Baker created a beautiful set for the show, a home packed to the brim with clutter that alluded to the varied interests of the family.
He also found a fun way to make the fireworks Paul and DePinna worked on feel real.
As chaotic as a show like “You Can’t Take It With You” is, it’s a nice reminder that you’ll never go wrong by being yourself.
Like Grandpa said during grace, “All we want is to go along and be happy in our own sort of way.”
Article by Azaria Podplesky of The Spokesman Review
Photo by Marlee Andrews
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Intellectual Property: Fair Use in Film
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Communications Law: Broadcast and Cable Television
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Intellectual Property: Issues in Entertainment Law
Internet Business Law and Policy
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IP Advanced Topics: The Future of Online Music and Online Video
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Comparative and International Freedom of Press: US, Latin America, and Inter-American System
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Copyright and Content in the Digital Age
Cyberlaw: Difficult Problems
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Internet and Society: The Technologies and Politics of Control
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Cost-Benefit Analysis and Evaluation (IPS 204B)
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The Social Data Revolution: Data Mining and Electronic Business
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[ Regulatory & Policy ] as a Related Elective for those interested in Ethics : Policy lawyers, who frequently deal with public officials and industry leaders, find it helpful to have a basic understanding of the laws and regulations governing the ethical conduct of these individuals.
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Manabi Straight
Manabi Straight is the series I was looking forward to the most last winter, and pre-season favorites have a way of either living up to the hype you burden them with, or being very disappointing and making you slam your own head in a door in frustration (Exhibit A: Yoakena's Cabbage of Doom). Fortunately, Manabi Straight not only lived up to my hopes for it, it even managed to surpass them, with a great cast of characters and a solid story about friendship, teamwork, and overcoming adversity. It seems like Hidamari Sketch gets more love and attention, but for me Manabi Straight was far and away my favorite anime series of the (admittedly bare) winter season. I'd say even for my top ten anime series of all time, Manabi would still make the cut.
The main reason I was looking forward to Manabi Straight before the season was the studio behind it, Ufotable--I haven't liked everything they've put out, but I laughed my ass off watching Dokkoida and 2x2 Shinobuden, and while Futakoi Alternative kind of went off the rails in the middle, it had its moments too, especially an amazing episode 1. I didn't watch Coyote Ragtime Show since it's not really my kind of series, but with Manabi Straight I was looking forward to seeing Ufotable's take on school life. I expected it to be more comedy than anything else, but was pleasantly surprised to find while Manabi had its laugh out loud moments, there was a lot more than that to it.
Famous last words...
The plot starts with the catalyst for the series, Manabi, appearing in front of Inamori Mikan, the secretary on the otherwise deserted Student Council at a school whose enrollment has been declining for years along with Japan's population. It's 2035, not that it matters--other than laptops on everyone's desks it could just as easily be next Thursday. Given the name of the series I'd assumed Manabi was the main character, but Mikan provides both the narration and the point of view for most of the story, as well as being the character you could argue develops and changes the most over the series. They could easily have called this Mikan Straight, although that sounds like something I'd find in the drink section at a Japanese grocery store. While Mikan gets more screentime, Manabi does change the lives of people around her as her enthusiasm rubs off on even the more cynical and distant members of the cast. Watching the effect Manabi has on those around her is a lot like the scene at the end of the first episode where the school stage gets transformed into a park of swirling sakura petals--a dreary, apathetic, and not so heartful school life gets turned into a whirlwind of enthusiasm and activity. Under her leadership, the Student Council revives, gathers new members, and they grow closer together, then face a struggle between realizing the dream they're working towards and reality, a struggle adults are all too familiar with.
All talk...
I suck at episode summaries so I won't go into the plot much more--but in addition to a compelling story, the cast of characters really makes this series shine. Manabi's enthusiasm, Mikan's sincerity but her initial lack of confidence, Mei's tsundere-ness, Mutsuki's concern for her friends, Momo's biohazard suit...all of them are just a lot of fun to watch and easy to identify with. The character development during the series is really well handled too, as each of them has things they have to confront and overcome to move forward. The voice acting is solid, with Horie Yui as Manabi and Hirano Aya as Mei being probably the most well-known.
The first thing a lot of people noticed about Manabi Straight, before it even aired, was the character designs--and yes, this is the youngest-looking high school cast I think I've ever seen. Kinomoto Sakura looks like she could be Manabi or Mikan's older sister, and Sakura's in 5th grade while Manabi-tachi are supposed to be high school first-years. If there was a Dark Manabi she could save some serious cash buying child tickets for the movies and so on. This led some to dismiss Manabi Straight as a 'rori' series right off the bat or call it 'Manabi Chubby' but once I was used to them, the character designs really weren't bad. The gradient hair was actually pretty cool-looking once I got used to it, and the characters' expressions were done particularly well, which makes a huge difference both in the funny and dramatic parts. If you don't believe me, watch episode 3 of the TV broadcast of Yoakena--when the character's expressions are drawn so badly you can't tell if someone's embarrassed, angry, surprised, or constipated it really takes a lot of enjoyment out of watching the show. Animation quality really matters when it comes to being able to properly convey what the characters are feeling, especially since They say since half of all communication is nonverbal (which I think is a big part of Internet dorama, when you don't have a way to tell from people's voices or facial expression if what they just typed was serious, sarcastic, a joke, or what). Ufotable did a solid job on the animation throughout, and was perfectly consistent (unlike 2x2 Shinobuden where in a couple episodes the characters looked very different than in the rest of the series).
Complaints? Yeah, while I like the character designs, I admit it'd be better if they looked their age. But my biggest complaint is--it's 4:3. Seriously, what other anime is in a 4:3 aspect ratio and not 16:9 widescreen these days? Did Ufotable take a time warp back to two thousand and freaking four here? For a series set in the future, the aspect ratio's especially ironic. Then again, they had CRTs in the Student Council room too if I want to nitpick--and I can't imagine even the most dead-broke school using a CRT by 2035. It reminds me a little of how Moldiver envisioned a bold future where even pay phones had built-in video screens and people live in gargantuan thousand-level sky towers, but no one on Earth owns a cell phone. I should talk though, I remember when CD-ROMs came out thinking they were the dumbest thing I'd ever heard of since who had a whole 650MB worth of crap, not to mention initially you couldn't read/write CDs like good old 1.44MB floppies.
Overall, it's hard for me to really describe Manabi Straight well, but to sum it up, it's a story of a group of girls who become best friends, work together for a common goal, and get a first taste of the politics and challenges of adulthood. It's the anime series you'd have students at Otaku business schools watch to learn about leadership. It's got a winning combination of heart, comedy, and drama. I'm sure there are some that will find Manabi a little overly dramatic, like the scene where Manabi signs the school song surrounded by imaginary sakura, or Mei floats into the student council room in spirit as the team works on the presentation. Maybe it is over-the-top, but for me somehow it really just works. While it's a good story about growing up and school life, the things like pulling all-nighters on a presentation remind me more of the "grown-up" world. That's what I think really pushes Manabi Straight into great territory--it has a point, a message that I think everyone can stand to hear every once in a while to keep them on the path of MASSUGU, GO!
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Clannad Canned Bread
This has to be one of the strangest marketing tie-ins I've ever seen--vending machines that sell canned bread with Clannad characters on them (pictures here). The thought of canned bread is a little scary, but they really do sell anything and everything from vending machines over there...
Also, Zyl weighs in on YUA: Full Throttle and found it more entertaining than I did--I should really give ep 2 a chance with lowered expectations, just because I really want to like this series, even if I was unable to like ep 1. I suspect I've been Cursed by High Expectations on this one.
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More First Impressions: Kimikiss, Night Wizard, YUA, and Shana II
Wow...I thought Clannad had a big cast, but I can't remember two-thirds of the characters in Kimikiss's names. If I had to guess from the first episode, I'm guessing by the end we'll have at least two couples: Mao x Quiet, Delinquent-Looking Dude Sitting Next to Her, and Guy Who Showed Up First And Is Presumably the Male Lead x Shy Girl in His Class that He Blushes Looking At. But there are so many characters we could have five or six couples by the time it's over. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or not--a big cast in a one cours series has to make focus difficult, but on the other hand it's kind of refreshing to see a bishoujo series with more guys than the standard two: the Male Lead and the Best Friend Who Never Gets a Girl to Even Look at Him. I haven't counted, but in Kimikiss the guy:girl ratio may be close to even. In any case, the character designs are good, the animation's decent if not stellar, and the characters themselves are interesting enough to keep me watching. After a spring season without a whole lot of bishoujo series, this fall has really turned into a bishoujo explosion.
I know, it's based on a video game and probably aimed at people born when I was in college, but hell, I'm a sucker for moe character designs, and Hiiragi's "I just want to go to school!" and Anzelotto's "answer 'hai' or 'yes'" are entertaining enough to keep me watching. Plus the high school the cast goes to is in Akihabara, how cool is that. You could buy anime goods on your lunch break...talk about an express shinkansen to bankruptcy. The plot's based on a battle between skeletal 'Emulators' and the Forces of Good, Hiiragi misses class to swing a sword around, Anzelotto lives in the big castle at Disneyworld, and Elis and Kareha look like they'll be doing some fighting with Hiiragi (male lead) as well. I'm not expecting anything Earth-shattering here given the source material, but the first episode was fun to watch anyway. I'm somewhat easily entertained though, so your mileage may vary.
You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle
The You're Under Arrest OVA series is one of the first anime tapes I ever bought...I bought it from Animeigo on VHS a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, and bought it again on DVD. I'm sure I've watched the four OVA episodes at least a dozen times, and I've seen the first and second TV series, the movie, and the mini-specials--none were as good as the OVAs in my book, but they were at least entertaining. When I heard there was a third You're Under Arrest series airing, I thought it was a hoax--the last series was, what, five years ago? The manga stopped running in the late Paleozoic era, so where were they getting the material? I went into the first episode of YUA: Full Throttle with high expectations--which were promptly crushed. Honestly, the first episode almost put me to sleep. I kept looking at the timer at the bottom of the screen, wondering if that guy in Catch-22 would approve of this as a way to live longer. And Miyuki and Natsumi...they look like they're obaasans now. I think it's the extra lines around the eyes, but I hate the new character designs with a passion. The boy we're supposed to care about in this arc, who Miyuki saves from a kidnapping, just didn't pull me in either. I was honestly more entertained by Night Wizard, which makes me question my own sanity. As a fan of the OVAs, I expected this to be a sure hit, but it really let me down--maybe in the end, the OVAs just set too high a bar to clear.
Shana II
Having just re-watched the first season, I didn't really need the recap of sorts that took up much of the episode, but it was a clever way to provide a refresher for people and to help get new viewers up to speed. The sakura in fall made me think I was watching Da Capo for a minute there. I'm glad to see it looks like Ball Masque will play a role again, so they won't just be forgotten after getting away at the end of the first season. And the Horned Girl...I don't think anyone on Earth would take a bet that this episode is the last we'll see of her. There wasn't much new in the episode, but it was good to see the cast again, even if I did watch the first season two weeks ago. Shana looks moe as ever, especially now that she's not as tsun-tsun as she was in the beginning of the first season, and I'm hoping Ike and Yuuji will both have some balls so we won't just see The Triangle from last season drawn out until the end of time. Although I have to wonder, what happened to Operation Get Yuuji out of Misaki City to Avoid Endangering Everyone from last season though? Guess they just decided, ah, to heck with it, half the people in the city are torches by now anyway?
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First Impressions: Clannad, D.C. II, Blue Drop, and Myself; Yourself
Fall is my favorite time of year--the momiji burst into brilliant color, the air starts to get that crisp, refreshing feeling...and, of course, there's a new season of anime. Actually, where we live we don't get the first two things at all, instead we get people's houses falling into the Abyss like it's Judgment Day or something...but at least so far the fall anime season is looking really good. Spoilers for first episodes and incoherent ramblings straight ahead:
I just finished re-watching Kanon, which is one of my favorite anime series--but I have to admit I went into Clannad with relatively low expectations. I read in a couple places on the internet that Clannad was "more like Air than Kanon", and unlike most Kanon fans, I'm not a huge fan of Air. Don't get me wrong, Air did have its good moments, but there were some things I disliked about it: I didn't like the cast as much as Kanon's (except Kannabi no Mikoto), the side characters' stories in Air weren't that interesting to me (I still can't remember their names...), and honestly I was disappointed with the ending. Maybe I was helped by having lower expectations for it than most, but after watching the first episode I really like Clannad so far.
The animation quality in the first episode was just awesome, and seemed at least up to Kanon's level. The only complaint I have was it aired 4:3, but the 16:9 broadcast will air three weeks from now. The character designs felt slightly closer to Haruhi than Air/Kanon, which is good in my book. And while it's weird hearing someone other than Kyon in a leading role in a Kyoani series, I like Tomoya's seiyuu, and he seems to fit the character well.
There's a pretty good sized cast to Clannad but unlike Kanon, which staggered everyone's introductions, it seems like Clannad throws them all at you at once, like it's daring you to remember all their names. A lot of them get pretty minimal screentime, of course, but they all seem interesting from what I've seen so far. I think Nagisa's dad is my favorite just based on his overall attitude--trying to get Tomoya to add 'ginga' to his name was classic. Anime set in high school often treats family like they don't exist--did you ever see anyone's parents for more than an instant in School Rumble? In Da Capo? In anything? I understand family's a big theme in Clannad, so it can't go that route, and it makes for a refreshing difference.
Before I watched the first episode, I was a little worried that the main heroine, Nagisa, would fit the all-too-common stereotype of "weak girl who just follows guy she has a crush on around and can't do anything by herself," which always annoys the hell out of me. Is there something wrong with giving girls a strong personality? I'm not saying they should all be tsunderes, but for example, the "I live to serve Ren-kun" mentality half the cast of Shuffle had made me ill--for The Love of God, have some purpose in your life other than becoming an okusan. Fortunately, Nagisa doesn't seem to fit that stereotype--she missed most of a year due to illness, but she doesn't have a puppy-dog crush on the male lead (or at least doesn't seem to), and she seems competent, going to the Theater Club by herself without needing anyone holding her hand to make her go. Nagisa also doesn't say 'gao', 'auu', 'uguu', 'ahaha', or anything like that, which makes me wonder if Key really produced this. Who knows, maybe in ep 2 she'll start adding '-de arimasu' to every sentence, but I think other than a habit of talking to herself, Nagisa's speech patterns are shockingly normal.
Other characters that stood out? The obligatory male lead sidekick looks like he'll be as entertaining as Kitagawa was in Kanon, now we just need a Kaori-like character to walk all over him. And Tomoyo is going to be a strong candidate for winning the Oscar for Most Badass Female Character in a Bishoujo Series, taking delinquents down like nobody's business and doing it with style.
On the downside, the OP and ED were OK, but I don't think I'll be ripping them into iTunes anytime soon. The ED was something Wanya from Daa! Daa! Daa! would love, but I'd take taiyaki over dangos any day. I think the ending of Clannad will make or break it for me, but now I'm looking forward to the ride more than I was before. I think I'm going follow Jeff Lawson's lead and wait for the 16:9 version from now on though--it just feels weird watching this in 4:3, they should have just aired it in black and white while they were at it.
As a fan of the original series, I've been looking forward to Da Capo II for a looooong time, and the first episode was great--I love FEEL's D.C.S.S./Otoboku-like character designs, and everything just seemed to fit Da Capo perfectly. The animation's not going to top Clannad, but it's on a par with D.C.S.S. and Otoboku, so FEEL is giving this more love than Airantou got. Yui Horie as Yume sounds almost exactly like her Suzu in Airantou, but I think I'll get used to her pretty quickly.
The biggest surprise from the first episode is Koko and Yoshiyuki starting to go out--but I'll give that three, maybe four episodes before they break up and he ends up with Yume or Otome. The fact Yoshiyuki was wondering if the fact she was important to him was love or not is not a good sign for Koko--if you have to ask yourself if it's love, it's not. Plus he didn't accept until she was about to cry, and I feel bad for Koko if he's just going out with her out of pity. Hopefully, if he does end up falling for Otome, Nanaka, or Yume later (my money's on Yume) then he'll let Koko down gently.
I read spoilers for the game a while back, and while ep 1 clearly breaks ranks with the game, I'm sure the main story from the game is going to factor into this, and that's what I'm really looking forward to. There's definitely some great potential for drama there, and if D.C. II is anything like the original, it'll deliver.
The original Da Capo seemed to turn some people off by the middle episodes, but it had a really strong ending--with just one cours to run with, I'm guessing D.C. II will eschew filler and keep things moving at a good pace towards the climax. Definitely can't wait for ep 2 now...it's too bad I don't have the willpower to wait and marathon this all at once after it's over, just to avoid the wait between episodes...
Blue Drop is a series I didn't know a whole lot about going into this season, other than that it has aliens and possibly some yuri. That's really all it takes to get me to watch a first episode, so watch away I did, and I ended up really liking it so far. The animation is decent, the character designs take a little getting used to but aren't bad, and the whole mood and tone of the series was just set really well.
A lot of people were probably turned off by Mari generally being selfish and spoiled all episode, but given her situation and the loss of her parents, I'm willing to cut her some slack. Hagino, of course, being the alien is a more interesting character--why is she infiltrating a oujo-sama school? Why did she try to strangle Mari, only to back off? What kind of aliens keep such a low profile and don't just start blowing up cities and stuff?
The first episode ends on a cliffhanger, so they've guaranteed I'll be back for episode two. The CG was really the only part of the first episode that bugged me--I know, call me old-fashioned, but I *hate* CG in anime, and yes, the flock of swallows or whatever was pretty good, but I could still tell it was a computer doing the work. The alien ship/submarine of sorts just looked out of place--not as bad as the space station in Soul Link, but not great. Still, I'm definitely looking forward to seeing more of this, especially where they go with Mari and Hagino's relationship and how their characters develop.
Myself; Yourself
A tsundere miko is fine too...
A lot of people will write this off from the get-go because it's based on a visual novel (which interestingly enough, isn't actually out yet, so it's impossible to guess where the story will go based on that), but the first episode definitely pulled me in. The character designs are good, the animation is solid, and the story has enough mystery to it to keep me interested. The OP is probably my favorite opening of any anime this season so far, so it pulled me in right from the start. I don't know if it's the Live Alive influence or what, but I'm all in favor of bishoujo bands in anime.
The basic setup of the story is the male lead, Sana, returning to his former hometown alone after being gone for five years, and being reunited with his childhood friends from back then. Yeah, it's not exactly original, but the cast is interesting and there are a lot of questions raised in the first episode:
What was Shuu trying to yell to Sana when he left? Probably not "I'm hard gay for you!" although it'd be funny if he was...
Why did Nanaka smack him silly when they met in class? Sure, she's pissed because he didn't recognize her after five years, but she seemed to be acting funny even when she saw him at the shrine earlier, so I'm thinking there has to be more behind it. Or she's just an omega tsundere.
Why exactly did Sana come back to the town, alone? His phone call with his mother seemed a little awkward, and when his friends asked about it, he didn't want to say...
In any case, I'm a sucker for a series with any romance in it, so I'll definitely keep following this. Aoi's voice is going to take some serious getting used to though, I just can't picture that voice as belonging to anyone but Chiyo-chan.
I haven't watched the first episode of Shana II yet, although I'm hoping it'll be a good series and not another ZnT II. I'm also looking forward to Minami-ke and ef--I remember reading the Minami-ke manga a while back and finding it pretty funny, and there's a serious need for comedies in my anime this season. My favorite series of spring was Seto no Hanayome, and while I don't expect there'll be anything as Laugh Out Loud Until the People in White Coats Take You Away funny this season, I'm hoping something will come along and surprise me.
Like every season, I'm sure something will disappoint me down the stretch, and something else will come out of nowhere to be just awesome--but one thing I know for sure is this fall is looking like a great time to be an anime fan.
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supercinema February 2, 2019 EK LADKI KO DEKHA TOH AISA LAGA2019-02-02T19:39:31+05:30 Movie Reviews
Certificate: U/A
Director:Shelly Chopra Dhar
Starring: Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, Rajkummar Rao
Written by: Gazal Dhaliwal, Shelly Chopra Dhar
Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga is about the love story of a girl that goes against the usual societal norms. Though things have now changed and people have become progressive, there are some orthodox families were such kind of love is forbidden. this is a tale of finding love and acceptance. The film tells the story of one such forbidden love. Sweety (Sonam Kapoor Ahuja) lives in Moga, Punjab and is the daughter of Balbir Singh Chaudhury (Anil Kapoor), who runs a big garment factory. As Sweety completes her graduation, her father immediately starts looking for a suitable groom for her. But, her brother Babloo (Abhishek Duhan) comes to a realization that Sweety is in love with someone else. When Sweety decides to go to Delhi to meet her lover, Babloo follows her. But when Sweety finds that out, she runs away from him and lands up in a drama auditorium where she bumps into Sahil Raza (Rajkummar Rao). She ends up seeing the play and gives her views on it. Sahil at that moment, falls in love with her. Almost like a love at first sight. Babloo then manages to find his way to the theater and that is when Sahil helps Sweety run. While helping her, Sahil himself lands up in Moga with Sweety, where he pretends to be having a workshop and is helped in his mission by Chatro (Juhi Chawla). While all this is happening, Babloo tells his family that Sweety is in love with Sahil who is a Muslim. This makes Balbir look for a suitable match for Sweety immediately. Now, Sahil somehow finds out that Sweety’s family know about him and that he is in Moga for her. This causes all sorts of misunderstanding as Sahil thinks that Sweety likes him too. So on Beeji’s birthday bash, Sahil meets Sweety and confesses how he feels about her and that is when Sweety reveals to him that she likes a girl. What happens next forms the rest of the film.
This is a well made, much appreciated and much needed progressive drama directed by Shelly Chopra Dhar. Though the plot points seem weak. The confrontation in the end doesn’t come across as impactful as one would have hoped.
Technically, the film is good. Himman Dhamija and Rangarajan Ramabadran’s cinematography is great and they manage to capture the emotions well. Ashish Suryavanshi’s editing is okay and it could have been better. The production design is good. Rochak Kohli’s music is good and touching. The script is good but it fails to leave the desired impact.
Performances from the actors were good. Sonam Kapoor Ahuja gives a good performance. But she could have done a lot more with such a great character. Anil Kapoor is brilliant as always and he lifts the film with his performance. Juhi Chawla delivers a fine performance. Rajkummar Rao in a supporting role is great as one expects him to be. The rest of the cast offer abled support.
Director Shelly Chopra Dhar has handled the subject delicately. She manages to deliver a good film and gets good performances from her actors but you feel there’s something lacking; a film like this should be able to make an impact on the audiences and it falls just short of that.
At the box-office
The film has taken a slow start but the word of mouth around the film is very positive and that could help this movie grow its numbers considerably.
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It may be shortened to Reinig Civic Center with "Toledo" dropped from the top line if a successful bid for rebuilding a sign for the center, 1007 S. Prosepct Dr., is received. That was the outcome of a discussion during the Monday night, Nov. 26, city council meeting.
It's proposed to put a new face on the sign which was formerly located in front of the Toledo Community Building with the new wording.
Council member Joe Boll called for the top line to read "Reing Civic Center" without "Toledo" included on the sketch to be submitted for bids.
Toledo sign when in place ta the site of the former Toledo Community Building.
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Mayor John Lloyd and other council members appeared to be in agreement with the deletion.
The next line on the sign does contain Toledo: Toledo City Hall. Also, to be designated on the sign are City Council Chambers, Public Works Office and Event Center.
The offices were relocated after the council voted to deed the Community Building to the Wieting Theatre trustees to make room fro a new addition to the theatre.
When first ordered and installed by then Toledo Economic Director Don Meekin, the sign was a surprise to at least some residents with it's bold annoucement of "Toledo City Hall." The building had been commonly known as the "Community Building."
For the Reinig-Toledo Civic Center, the will of the benefactor, Leona Reinig, states, "This center shall be known as the "Reinig-Toledo City Civic Center."
When built, Bill Christensen, mayor at the time, got rid of "city" in the name and considered dropping "Toledo" as well.
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Far Cry 5’s worship album is a better realization of the game’s vision than the game itself
The music of Hope County writes a check the narrative can’t cash
by Devin Valdivia April 2, 2018, 6:00 am 400 Views
In the lead up to the release of Far Cry 5, developer Ubisoft strongly promoted the game’s antagonist, a charismatic leader of a doomsday cult that has taken control of fictional Hope County, Montana.
The development team enlisted the help of cult researcher Mia Donovan to advise on the creation of their fictional cult and extended its casting schedule in order to find an actor they believed could genuinely portray the role of its leader. Game Director Dan Hay said he knew they had found the right person in Greg Bryk when, after hearing Bryk’s audition, remarked that he would be convinced to follow him anywhere.
The soundtrack to Far Cry 5, presented in part as a collection of original songs and hymns about the cult, The Project at Eden’s Gate, further aims to give credibility and realism to the cult. By taking cues and direction from traditional Christian hymns and Contemporary Christian Music, composer Dan Romer creates a collection of songs that feel authentic and legitimately enticing, despite centering around a violent and villainous doomsday cult.
Unmistakable and Nostalgic
I’ve been playing music in churches for over half my life and was immediately caught by the sound of Romer’s tracks. They cover a variety of genres that will be familiar with those even mildly engaged with contemporary Christian music, from the upbeat bluegrass jams of David Crowder and the rumbling drawls of John Mark MacMillan, to the moody, catchy melodies of Hillsong and All Sons and Daughters. Romer also picks up on many characteristics and trends specific to Christian music.
The first time I listened to these tracks, I was playing along on my electric drum set, and was pleasantly surprised to find that I was able to “sight-read” the tracks by falling back on my real-world experience playing church music. The way the songs ebbed and flowed, the way the verses led to the chorus or dropped for the bridge, these songs didn’t just sound the part – they played it too. And that was just the first album.
In another move very common with Christian music releases, there are two additional Far Cry 5 albums with alternate versions of these songs. One is a raw, acoustic set with a full choir performance, while the other consists of mostly instrumental, ambient rearrangements. This is such an above and beyond move for a video game soundtrack, and adds yet another layer of authenticity to Dan Romer’s efforts.
I’ve heard plenty of attempts to parody Christian music, and while it is often entertaining, it’s also often quite obvious. These songs are not. From every aspect of their presentation, these songs ring true. They aren’t winking at the listener; they are standing with arms open for a warm embrace. These songs genuinely want the listener to believe these are the hymns of the Project at Eden’s Gate, and services are Sunday at 10 a.m.
The Word of CoD
But what about the lyrics? At the top of this article, I said Eden’s Gate was a violent doomsday cult. Knowing that, and with track titles like “Keep Your Rifle by Your Side” and “The World is Gonna End Tonight”, how could this music be taken seriously? Through smart wordplay and by leveraging Christianity’s penchant for violent metaphor, this isn’t nearly as hard as it seems. Don Romer’s songs are full of words such as “Father”, “Faith”, “collapse”, “bliss”, “garden”, “storm”, and other vocabulary common throughout Christian culture. These words have different meanings in the context of the cult (for instance, bliss is actually a psychotropic drug), their inclusion here provides a familiar texture to the lyrics that help their true implication fly under the radar, if only for briefly.
The second tactic here involves taking advantage of the often violent language already used in Christianity. This past Easter, I attended a service where we sang one of my all-time favorite hymns, “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”, which contains the lyric “All the vain things that charm me most / I sacrifice them through his blood”. Within the context of the hymn and Christian theology, this is a beautiful line in a beautiful song, but stripped of that lens, can be read as extremely macabre. In the case of Project at Eden’s gate, these disturbing lines are usually quite literal (“We won’t listen to their crying / They had their chance to see the light”), but because violent imagery is fairly common in Christianity, they may not stand out as much as they perhaps should, especially among those comfortable with church culture. And if we imagine ourselves in the shoes of a hypothetical new convert to Eden’s Gate, it’s likely this more violent imagery would be similarly overlooked, on the assumption that there must be “proper context” for it.
How Far Cry 5 Falls Short
In fact, given everything we’ve discussed, it’s easy to begin imagining what Far Cry 5’s cult might look like. On the surface, it might look a lot like your average American Christian experience. The songs capture the same atmosphere and tone, leverage the same emotions and imagery, and even provide some basic knowledge of the cult’s leadership, history, and basic doctrine. Through the soundtrack alone, Dan Romer lays the groundwork for an authentic and detailed journey into the insidious nature of American religious extremism.
Unfortunately, in my time playing through Far Cry 5, the game itself falls well short of that goal, squandering the table set by Romer’s music, instead reverting to cliched tropes and plot devices. The depth provided by the soundtrack is actually as deep as the well goes, for though the cult’s leaders are given plenty of opportunity to monologue at the player, that time is spent circling the same vague statements on faith, sin, and control, without ever explaining details about what exactly it is they believe or why. Despite consulting a cult expert and the excellent performance from Greg Bryk, developer Ubisoft relies on a psychotropic mind-control drug called Blissto convert the locals of Hope County and control its members. Instead of building up a charismatic leader with a truly magnetic personality and a specific, convincing ethos, the game’s villains resort to what may as well be magic.
The phrase “drink the Kool-Aid” is a reference to the real-life cult of Jonestown in the late 1970’s when, after a congressman was killed by the group, cult leader Jim Jones tragically convinced nearly 1,000 men, women, and children to commit suicide by drinking poisoned Kool-Aid. The people at Jonestown did not drink to become devoted. They drank because they already were devoted. It was Jim Jones’ personality, his message, and his manipulation that brought that cup to their lips, not the other way around. Yet this backward approach is the one that Far Cry 5 settles for, and in so doing, fails to provide the payoff to the depth and earnestness presented by Dan Romer’s convincingly-crafted, thought-provoking, and irresistibly listenable music.
Written by Devin Valdivia
Devin Valdivia is a middle and high school Youth Director and graphic designer from Southern California. He dabbles in bad puns, good books, and is much better at Towerfall in his head than he is in reality.
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November Loving Spoonful Fundraisers for The Muse Knoxville
Posted by: Tomato Head, Gallery Manager • October 31st, 2014
Fundraisers for urban garden at children’s science museum in Chilhowee Park.
Join The Muse Knoxville and The Tomato Head each Tuesday in November as they host fundraisers that will add a new addition to the children’s science museum. “The funds raised throughout this month will be used to develop our on-site garden beds and the educational programs that will reconnect visitors with the natural world and the true source of their food,” said Ellie Kittrell, Executive Director of The Muse.
A portion of the proceeds from all food and drink sales generated during lunch and dinner at both Tomato Head locations goes directly to The Muse Knoxville.
“One of the focal points of the Loving Spoonful program is non-profits that work with kids,” said Scott Partin, Tomato Head co-owner. “When we looked at the energy and thoughtfulness going in to the redesign and growth of The Muse project we knew we wanted to be a part.”
With close to 4000 square feet, The Muse presents Knoxville’s only public access Planetarium, an exhibit for preschoolers to test motor skills and express themselves creatively as well as exhibits related to science, engineering, and design for older students.
“We are humbled that Tomato Head has selected The Muse as the November Loving Spoonful recipient and appreciate the commitment that Mahasti and Scott continue to provide to our organization,” said Ellie Kittrell.
For more information or interviews, please contact Ellie Kittrell, The Muse Knoxville Executive Director, at 865-594-1494 and ellie@themuseknoxville.org, or Michael Kuczmarski, The Tomato Head’s Marketing Director, at marketing@thetomatohead.com and 865-850-2318.
About The Muse Knoxville
The Muse Knoxville is passionate about involving the community as a partner in the programs and services they provide families, which includes teaching kids valuable gardening and agriculture concepts and skills that integrate with several subjects, such as math, science, art, health and physical education, and social studies, as well as several educational goals, including personal and social responsibility.
About The Tomato Head
Opened in 1990, The Tomato Head is committed to helping the community by supporting sustainable agriculture, giving to East Tennessee nonprofits, and recycling its packaging waste. Its charitable donation program, Loving Spoonful, is a partnership between East Tennessee nonprofits and the restaurant. It consists of a series of Tuesday fundraisers with a percentage of the proceeds raised going to our community partner of the month.
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Local Brewery Selling Illegally?
by The El Vee December 6, 2014
Has Saucony Creek Brewing Company in Kutztown been selling their beer illegally for 2014? It appears so, as we confirmed with the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. A member of the PLCB’s Customer Relations department wrote to us that “After reviewing the information on Saucony Creek Brewing Company with our Licensing Bureau, we find the company to have a valid Brewery (G) license but they have not renewed their beer brand registration for 2014.”
That’s a pretty big ‘oops’. According to the Pennsylvania law, specifically Section 445(A) of the liquor code, “each brand of malt or brewed beverages that a manufacturer or franchisee offers, sells, or delivers within this Commonwealth shall be first registered with the Board by filing the proper forms with Malt Beverage Compliance.” This registration, which needs to be done for each different beer the brewery puts out, must be completed yearly. This, obviously, was not done for 2014 for Saucony Creek per the LCB’s response.
Prior to 2011, this could have resulted in all Saucony Creek beer being confiscated by authorities, which is exactly what happened to multiple bars in the Philadelphia region after they were found to have several beers not registered with the PLCB. A similar episode occurred with The Farmhouse restaurant in Emmaus back in 1994, which led to hundreds of dollars worth of beer being confiscated that subsequently went missing from a police warehouse according to the restaurant’s owner.
Luckily the Pennsylvania legislators changed those laws after the Philly raids, but they still pose a big problem for breweries that are sending out unregistered beers. Per the PA Liquor Code Section 4-471, violations to the act can lead to fines and/or suspension of their liquor license. Additionally, according to a PLCB list of unlawful activities, any beer that is unregistered with the state, meaning all of Saucony Creek’s supply, cannot be sold until it’s registered. Instead of being confiscated by the State Police, the beer is now allowed to be kept in restaurants and bars but is unable to be sold by them. They can either hang on to the beer and wait for it to be registered, or they are allowed to ship the illegal brew back to the brewery to be fully reimbursed.
Representatives from Saucony Creek did not respond to a request to comment on the article. We’ve reached out to the PLCB’s Malt Beverage Compliance Officer who said our inquiry was the first he’d heard of the violation. We also reached out to the Allentown bureau of the State Police Liquor Control Enforcement and the PLCB’s External Affairs office for comment and will report back with any new information.
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Galleries Index
Smith Westerns — Exclusive photo shoot from Under the Radar Winter 2011
Smith Westerns photo sets
Exclusive photo shoot from Under the Radar Winter 2011
AA Bondy — Cafe Eleven, Friday, November 6, 2009
ACL Music Festival 2012 - Day One — October 12, 2012
ACL Music Festival 2012 - Day Three — October 14, 2012
ACL Music Festival 2012 - Day Two — October 13, 2012
AC/DC — at Valle Hovin in Oslo, Norway, July 17, 2015
Air — Air at Auditorium Theatre Chicago
Air + Style: Day One — Black Lips, Phantogram, Kendrick Lamar, and More
Air + Style: Day Two — Cults, Flaming Lips, Sleigh Bells, and More
Akron/Family — Backbooth, Orlando, FL. January 12th 2012
Akron/Family — Photo Shoot 2009
Akron/Family — Live
Alexander von Mehren — at Østre in Bergen, Norway, Nov 7, 2014
Alexander von Mehren — at by:Larm Festival, February 26, 2014
Alice Cooper — Alice Cooper in Sydney, Australia
Alien Trespass — Alien Trespass Panel at Comic-Con 2009
All Tomorrow’s Parties — New York, September 12, 2009
alt-J — at The Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA, April 14, 2015
alt-J — at Beacon Theater in New York, NY, on Nov16, 2014
Amanda Palmer — Photo Shoot
Amanda Palmer — Coachella 2009
Amason — at Bla in Oslo, Norway on Jan 28, 2014
Anderson .Paak — Live at Huntington Bank Pavilion, Chicago - June 4th, 2019
Andrew Bird — January 17, 2013 at the Largo in Los Angeles, CA
Andrew Bird — at the Largo, Hollywood, January 16, 2011
Andrew Bird — Portland, OR July 18, 2009
Ane Brun — with Alice Boman at Sentrum Scene in Oslo, Norway, Oct 18, 2014
Angel Olsen — Angel Olsen at The Riviera, Chicago 2017
Angus and Julia Stone — at Sentrum Scene in Oslo, Norway, Nov 17, 2014
Anna Calvi — Anna Calvi live at The Troubadour in Los Angeles on June 7, 2011
Frøkedal — at Strædet in Bergen, Norway, April 18, 2015
Antony and the Johnsons — Coachella Day Three
Antony and the Johnsons — Photo shoot
Arcade Fire — Arcade Fire at United Center, Chicago 2017
Arcade Fire — at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY, August 22, 2014
Arcade Fire — Arcade Fire Aug 4, 2014 Santa Barbara, CA
Arc Iris — at The Bella Union Showcase, SXSW 2014
Art Brut — Art Brut at Spaceland June 17, 2009
Art Brut — Art Brut at DC Comics
Ásgeir — at USF in Bergen Norway. December 4th 2014
AURORA — at the Henry Fonda Theatre, November 27, 2016
Austin City Limits 2009 — Day Three
Austin City Limits 2009 — Day Two
Austin City Limits 2009 — Day One
Austin City Limits 2010 Day One — ACL Day One - October 8, 2010
Austin City Limits 2010 Day Three — ACL Day Three - October 10, 2010
Austin City Limits 2010 Day Two — ACL Day Two - October 9, 2010
Austin City Limits 2011 - Day One — Day One, September 17, 2011
Austin City Limits 2011 - Day Three — Austin City Limits 2011 - Day Three
Austin City Limits 2011 - Day Two — Austin City Limits 2011 - Day Two
Austin City Limits 2013 - Day One — Austin City Limits 2013 - Day One
Austin City Limits 2014: Day 1 — CHVRCHES, St. Vincent, Belle and Sebastian and More
Austin City Limits 2014: Day 2 — Mac Demarco, Broken Bells, My Brightest Diamond, and More
Austin City Limits 2014: Day 3 — Jenny Lewis, Spoon, Haerts, and More
Austin City Limits 2015 - Day One — Friday, October 2, 2015
Austin City Limits 2015 - Day Three — Sunday, October 4, 2015
Austin City Limits 2015 - Day Two — Saturday, October 3, 2015
Austra — Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2013: Austra
Avengers: Infinity War — April 16, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan
A Camp — The Troubador June 15th 2009
A Place to Bury Strangers — Photo Shoot
Band of Horses — October 24, 2012, Houston, Texas at The House of Blues
Band of Horses — Photo Shoot
BANKS — at Terminal 5 on Sept 30, 2014
Bat For Lashes — Bat for Lashes at the Henry Fonda Theatre, April 23, 2013
Bat For Lashes — Spring 2009
Bat For Lashes — Bat for Lashes at The El Rey June 16, 2009
Beaches Brew 2015: Day One — Shabazz Palaces, Wooden Wisdom, and More
Beach House — The Vic Theatre in Chicago, IL - March 1 2016
Beach House — Henry Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA December 11, 2015
Beach House — at Pabst Theater in Chicago, Milwaukee, Minnesota, Sept 21, 2015
Beach House — Beach House at the El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, July 3, 2012
Beach House at Fox Theatre - Oakland, Oakland, California — Beach House at Fox Theatre - Oakland, Oakland, California
Bear in Heaven — at Landmark, in Bergen Norway on Oct 14, 2014
Beck — Santa Barbara Bowl, May 24, 2012
Being Human — Being Human Panel at Comic-Con 2009
Beirut — Warehouse Live on October 31, 2011 in Houston, Texas
Beirut — Photo Shoot
Belle and Sebastian — at Riviera Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, April 3, 2015
Belle and Sebastian — Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2013: Belle & Sebastian
Bendik — Bendik at Østre in Bergen, Norway. Jan 15, 2015
Benji Hughes — at the Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, CA Feb 4, 2016
Ben Harper — With Charlie Musselwhite at at Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, June 28, 2014
Ben Harper — 72157630437142348
Best Kept Secret 2015 Day One — The Jesus and Mary Chain, Chet Faker, FIDLAR, and More
Best Kept Secret 2015 Day Three — Mew, First Aid Kit, Future Islands, Dan Deacon, and More
Best Kept Secret 2015 Day Two — Of Monsters and Men, Hookworms, Death Cab For Cutie, and More
Best of 2014 — Under the Radar's Best Live Photos of 2014
Big Black Delta — Big Black Delta at The Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen in London, England, August 28, 2013
Bill Baird — Bill Baird at The Velveeta Room in Austin, TX. March 14, 2013. Photographs by Iman Mannie Saqr.
BLK JKS — Live
Bones — Bones Panel at Comic-Con 2009
Bonnaroo - Day Four — Bonnaroo - Day Four - June 12, 2011
Bonnaroo - Day Three — Bonnaroo Day Three - June 11, 2011
Bonnaroo 2010 — Day One - June 10, 2010
Bonnaroo 2010 — Day Two - June 11, 2010
Bonnaroo 2010 — Day Three - June 12, 2010
Bonnaroo 2010 — Day Four - June 13, 2010
Bonnaroo 2011 - Day One — Bonnaroo Day One - June 9, 2011
Bonnaroo 2011 - Day Two — Bonnaroo Day Two - June 10, 2011
Bon Iver — Bon Iver at Santa Barbara Bowl, April 22, 2012
boygenius — boygenius at Thalia Hall, Chicago (November 13th, 2018)
Brandi Carlile — Brandi Carlile at Northerly Island, Chicago - June 29, 2019
Broadcast — Broadcast at The Troubadour, May 7, 2003
Broken Social Scene — Warehouse Live, Houston, Texas, Feb. 17, 2011
Broken Social Scene — Henry Fonda, May 3, 2010
Burgerama 2015 — Weezer, White Fang, King Khan, Girl Band, The Black Lips, and More
Burn Notice — Burn Notice Panel at Comic-Con 2009
by:Larm 2014 Day One — Charlotte Qvale, Veronica Maggio, Tove Lo, and More
by:Larm 2014 Day One — Tussilago, Sin Cos Tan, When Saints Go Machine and James Murphy
by:Larm 2014 Day Three — Naomi Pilgrim, Farao, Deathcrush and More
by:Larm 2015 Day Four — Bendik, Kakkmaddafakka, Samaris and More
by:Larm 2015 Day One — Sylvan Esso, Olefonken, Pumba, and More
by:Larm 2015 Day One — Karin Park and XOV
by:Larm 2015 Day Three — Anna of the North, Sasha Siem, The Amazing, and More
by:Larm 2015 Day Three — AURORA, Anna of the North, Samaris and More
by:larm 2015 Day Two — Karin Park, Gidge, Marit Larsen, and More
by:larm 2015 Day Two — Sylvan Esso, Vök, and More
By:Larm 2016: Day Three — Kidahpew, Emma ACS, and More
By:Larm 2016: Day Two — Agy, Liima, dePresno, and More
by:Larm 2014 Day Two — Jenny Wilson, Tove Lo, Sea Change, and More
by:Larm 2014 Day Two — Sea Change, Tove Lo, Young Dreams, Shine 2009, and Hanne Kolstø
Cage The Elephant — at the Observatory in Santa Ana, CA, Feb 5, 2015
Calexico — Sings Like Hell Series at The Lobero in Santa Barbara, August 19, 2011
Camera Obscura — Warehouse Live, Houston, TX April 11, 2010
Camera Obscura — Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, November 22, 2009
Camera Obscura — Under the Radar Party SXSW 2009
Caravan Palace — at Neumos in Seattle, Washington, April 15, 2014
Carly Rae Jepsen — Chop Shop Chicago 7/12/17
Carly Rae Jepsen — Metro 3/12/16
CBGB Festival 2014 — Surfer Blood, Robert DeLong, Devo, and Jane's Addiction
Chairlift — Santa Barbara Bowl - September 9, 2012
Chairlift — Live - SXSW 2009
Chapterhouse — Chapterhouse at The Troubadour October 8, 2010
Charles Bradley — at Subterranean in Chicago, Illinois, July 23, 2015
Charles Bradley — at The Santa Monica Pier Twilight Concert Series, Sept 11, 2014
Charles Bradley — at ACL Live at The Moody Theatre
Chelsea Wolfe — Chelsea Wolfe and Anna Calvi at Royce Hall, November 16, 2013
Chromeo — at The Santa Barbara Bowl, May 30, 2015
CHVRCHES — CHVRCHES at Radio City Music Hall, New York City - July 11th, 2019
CHVRCHES — at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA Sept 23, 2018
CHVRCHES — Henry Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA December 14, 2015
Clutch — Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA, December 28, 2015. Photos by Matt Caltabiano.
CMJ - Day Five - October 22, 2011 — EMA, Gang Gang Dance, and Inc.
CMJ - Day Four - October 21, 2011 - Part One — Neon Indian and Com Truise
CMJ - Day Four - October 21, 2011 - Part Two — Atlas Sound, Purity Ring, Small Black
CMJ - Day One - October 18, 2011 — Zambri, Wise Bloos, and Adventure
CMJ - Day Three - October 20, 2011 — Dum Dum Girls, Zambri, Ill Fits, and Caveman
CMJ - Day Two - October 19, 2011 — The Under the Radar Party
CMJ 2009 Day One — CMJ Day One: Sneak Attack/Music Slut party and BrooklynVegan showcase, October 20th, 2009
CMJ 2009 - Pre Party — The Syndicate/Rachael Ray’s The Feedback pre-CMJ show at Rebel NYC, October 19th, 2009
CMJ 2009 Day Five — CMJ 2009 Day Five CMJ Day Five: AAM showcase, October 24, 2009
CMJ 2011 — Zola Jesus at Le Poisson Rouge on Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
CMJ 2012 - Wednesday October 18 2012 — Wednesday October 18 2012
CMJ 2013: Day Five — CMJ 2013 Day Five: Ice Choir and The Deer Tracks
CMJ 2013: Day Four — CMJ 2013 Day Four: Eleanor Friedberger, Ghost Wave, Willis Earl Beal
CMJ 2013: Day Three — CMJ 2013 Day Three: Gems, Jensen Sportag, Ejecta, and Shine 2009
CMJ 2013: Day Two — CMJ 2013 Day Two: History of Apple Pie, StaG, Little Daylight, and Rebeka
CMJ 2014 — CMJ 2014: September Girls, Ballet School, MONEY and more
CMJ 2009 Day Four — CMJ Day Four: self-titled magazine and Pop Mart Media showcase and Green Label Sound party, October 23, 2009
CMJ 2013: Day One — CMJ 2013 Day One: Claire and NONONO
CMJ 2009 Day Three — CMJ 2009 Day Three: Quite Scientific Records showcase, October 22, 2009
CMJ 2009 Day Two — CMJ Day Two: Mumford & Sons, Twenty Seven Media showcase, and ABC News Amplified showcase, October 21, 2009
Coachella 2009 Day Three — Coachella 2009: Day Three
Coachella 2010 — Coachella 2010 Day Three
Coachella 2010 — Coachella 2010 Day Two
Coachella 2010 — Coachella 2010 Day One
Coachella 2011: Day 1 — Coachella 2011: Day 1, Friday April 15
Coachella 2011: Day 2, Saturday April 16 — Coachella 2011: Day 2
Coachella 2011: Day 3, Sunday April 17 — Coachella 2011: Day 3
Coachella 2013 Weekend 2: Day 1 — Coachella 2013 Weekend 2: Day 1
Coachella 2014: Weekend 1 — Friday, April 11, 2014 - The Replacements, The Knife, HAIM, Neko Case, Bonobo, Dum Dum Girls & More
Coachella 2014: Weekend 1 — Saturday, April 12, 2014 - Lorde, Future Islands, Queens of the Stone Age, CHVRCHES, Temples, Mogwai, Warpaint & More
Coachella 2014: Weekend 1 — Sunday, April 13, 2014 - Arcade Fire, Beck, Poolside, Daughter, Disclosure, Blood Orange, Surfer Blood & More
Coachella 2015 — Charles Bradley, Stromae, Kimbra, and more
Coachella 2015: Day One — Kimbra, War on Drugs, Sylvan Esso, and More
Coachella 2015: Day Two — Belle and Sebastian, FKA Twigs, Father John Misty, and More
Coachella Day One: Friday, April 17, 2009 — Coachella 2009: Day One
Coachella Day Two: Saturday April 18, 2009 — Coachella 2009: Day Two
Cody ChesnuTT — at at Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, June 28, 2014
Colin MacIntyre — Cafe 11, January 13, 2010
Comet Kid — at Rockefeller in Oslo, Norway, Jan 20, 2015
Comic-Con 2009 - Day Three — Comic-Con 2009 - Day Three
Comic-Con 2010 - July 22, 2010 — Thursday, July 22nd 2010
Comic-Con 2011 — The Costumes
Comic-Con 2011 Day Four — Comic-Con 2011 Day Four
Comic-Con 2011 Day One — Comic-Con 2011 - Day One
Comic-Con 2011 Day Three — Comic-Con 2011 Day Three
Comic-Con 2011 Day Two — Comic-Con 2011 - Day Two
Comic-Con Day Four - July 25, 2010 — July 25th, 2010
Comic-Con Day Three - July 24, 2010 — July 24, 2010
Comic-Con Day Two - July 23, 2010 — July 23, 2010
Comic-Con 2009 - Day One — Comic-Con 2009 - Day One
Comic-Con 2009 - Day Two — Comic-Con 2009 - Day Two
Conor Oberst — at Central Park Summerstage, July 29, 2014
Conor Oberst — Fox Theater, Pomona on October 3, 2012
Conor Oberst — Photo Shoot
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile — Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile at Thalia Hall, Chicago
Cryptacize — Bowery Ballroom, New York, October 5, 2009
Crystal Antlers — Cafe 11, December 13, 2009
Crystal Castles — Crystal Castles & Doldrums at The House of Blues in Houston. April 20, 2013.
Culture Collide Festival 2012 — Culture Collide Festival, Echo Park, CA
Cursive — The El Rey June 28, 2009
Cut Copy — The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ, September 13, 2011
Cymbals Eat Guitars — September 30, 2009
Dan Deacon — at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, CA, April 5, 2013
Datarock — at Ole Bull Scene in Bergen, Norway, Dec 29, 2014
David Bazan — Cafe Eleven, St. Augustine, November 29, 2011
David Bowie — David Bowie Second Line Parade in New Orleans, January 16, 2016
David Redfern — A Look Back at the Iconic Photos of the Legendary Music Photographer
DC Universe — DC Universe Panel at Comic-Con
Deadmau5 — New Noise Music Festival and Conference in Santa Barbara Nov 3 - 6
Dead and Company — Dead and Company at Wrigley Field, Chicago
Dead Sara — at the Grammy Museum, Los Angeles, CA, May 19, 2015
Deathcrush — at Kvarteret in Bergen Norway, Oct 11, 2014
Death Cab For Cutie — Death Cab For Cutie at Revention Music Center in Houston, Texas, April 2019
Death Cab For Cutie — at the Hollywood Bowl, July 12, 2015
Death Cab For Cutie — at Chicago Theatre, Chicago Illinois, May 1, 2015
Death Cab For Cutie — Death Cab for Cutie and Surfer Blood at the Charlottesville Pavilion July 14, 2012
Death Cab For Cutie — Death Cab for Cutie and Telekinesis at the Verizon Wireless October 10, 2011
Death Cab For Cutie — Death Cab for Cutie at The Hollywood Bowl on July 5, 2009
Death Cab For Cutie — The Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, December 10, 2015
Deerhoof — at the Teragram Ballroom, in Los Angeles, CA, September 22, 2017
Deer Tracks — The Deer Tracks at One-Eyed Gypsy in Los Angeles, CA, March 22, 2013
Delphic — Dangerbird Records Showcase
Deluna Fest 2011 - Day One — Deluna Festival, October 14, 2011, Pensacola, FL
Deluna Fest 2011 - Day Three — Deluna Fest 2011 - Day Three
Deluna Fest 2011 - Day Two — Deluna Festival, October 15, 2011, Pensacola, FL
Depeche Mode — The Hollywood Bowl, August 16, 2009
Devendra Banhart — Photo Shoot
Dexter — Dexter Panel at Comic-Con 2009
Dirty Projectors — Dirty Projectors at Rec Center Studio in Echo Park, October 31, 2009
Dirty Projectors — The Pool Parties in Brooklyn NY July 19, 2009
DIIV — at Baby's All Right in New York, New York, April 28, 2015
Divine Fits — Divine Fits at ACL Live at SXSW. March 12, 2013
Divine Fits — Divine Fits at SXSW, March 12, 2013
Doctor Who — Doctor Who Panel at Comic-Con 2009
Doctor Who 50th Anniversary — Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Convention
Dollhouse — Dollhouse panel at Comic-Con 2009
Doves — Photo Shoot
Du Blonde — at Brighton Green Door Store in Brighton, England, June 3, 2015
Eaux Claires 2017 — Eaux Claires III
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros — Royce Hall/UCLA on May 20, 2010
Eisner Awards — The Eisner Awards at Comic-Con 2009
Elbow — at The O2 in London, England, April 16, 2014
Elbow — Elbow at The Greek Theatre October 1, 2011
Elbow — Elbow at The Wiltern July 22, 2009
Electric Daisy Carnival — Electric Daisy Carnival June 26 & 27, 2009
Electric Eye — at Landmark, in Bergen Norway, May 10, 2014
Ellis — Ellis at Central Park SummerStage, New York, NY - June 26th, 2019
elrow — elrow NYC
Elton John — at Oslo Spektrum, in Oslo, Norway on Nov 15, 2014
Elvis Perkins — Cafe Eleven, Friday, November 6, 2009
Empire of the Sun — Empire of the Sun at Metro Chicago - May 31st, 2019
European Music Fair 2014: Day One — We Draw A, Sorry Boys, Artur Rojek and More
European Music Fair 2014: Day Two — The Dumplings, Paula and Karol, and The Curly Heads
Evelyn Evelyn — at Largo, Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Explosions in the Sky — Explosions in the Sky at Warehouse Live in Houston, TX, June 17, 2012
Explosions in the Sky — Hollywood Palladium June 27, 2009
Fanfarlo — Bowery Ballroom, New York, New York, September 21, 2009
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2013 — Hot Club de Ma Rue, Thus:Owls, Cat Empire
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2013 — Signs, Street Art, and Curious People
Fever Ray — at Progresja in Warsaw, Poland, March 1, 2018
First Aid Kit — at Riviera Theatre in Chicago, IL Feb 2nd, 2018
First Aid Kit — at Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, CA Nov 12, 2014
First Aid Kit — at El Rey Theatre, in Los Angeles, CA, May 28, 2014
First Aid Kit — at by:Larm Festival, March 1, 2014
First Aid Kit — The Troubadour on November 8, 2011
Fitz & The Tantrums — Festival International de Jazz Montréal: Fitz & The Tantrums at Club Soda
Fitz & The Tantrums — Santa Barbara Bowl, June 30, 2012. Openers for Ben Harper.
Fitz & The Tantrums — New Noise Music Festival 2010 Santa Barbara, CA, November 4-6, 2010
Fjordfesten 2015: Day One — Daniel Kvammen, Kurt Nilsen, Tomas Ledin, Violet Road
Fjordfesten 2015: Day Two — Ylvis, Lissie, and More
Fleet Foxes — Photo Shoot
Florence and the Machine — Florence + The Machine in Chicago, May 24, 2019
Florence and the Machine — at the Hollywood Bowl, September 26, 2018
Florence and the Machine — Florence and the Machine at the Hollywood Bowl on October 8, 2012
Florence and the Machine — Florence and the Machine at the Santa Barbara Bowl on April 14, 2012. Photos by Robert Redfield.
Flow Festival 2015: Day One — Elliphant, Nile Rodgers, Run the Jewels and More
Flow Festival 2015: Day Three — Tove Lo and Florence and the Machine
Flow Festival 2015: Day Two — Foxygen, Future Islands, Shamir, and More
Flow Festival 2016 — Flow Festival 2016
For The Record: Tarantino in Concert — at Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, June 26, 2014
Foster the People — at The Santa Barbara Bowl, Nov 15, 2014
Frances — Under the Radar SXSW 2009
Franz Ferdinand — Coachella 2009
Free Press Summer Fest 2010 — June 5, 2010
Free Press Summer Fest 2010 — August 9, 2009
Free Press Summer Fest 2011 — Free Press Summer Fest 2011
Free Press Summer Fest 2012, Day 1 — Free Press Summer Fest 2012: Day 1
Friendly Fires — The Music Box at Henry Fonda Theater, June 10, 2011
Friendly Fires — The El Rey, August 24, 2009
Friendly Fires — Co
Fringe — Fringe at Comic-Con 2009
Fucked Up — Hallowe'en at The Scala in London. October 31, 2011
Fucked Up — Coachella 2009: Day Three
Future Islands — at the Glass House, Pomona, CA, April 19, 2017
Future Islands — at the Hollywood Bowl, September 27, 2015
FYF Fest 2014: Day 2 — FYF Fest 2014 - Day Two
FYF Fest — Los Angeles, August 27-28, 2016
FYF Fest — Los Angeles, September 5, 2009
FYF Fest - Saturday September 1, 2012 — FYF Fest - Saturday September 1, 2012
FYF Fest - Sunday September 2, 2012 — FYF Fest - Sunday September 2, 2012
FYF Fest 2011 — FYF Fest 2011
FYF Fest 2013 - DAY 1 — FYF Fest 2013 - DAY 1 - August 24
FYF Fest 2014: Day 1 — FYF Fest 2014 - Day One
FYF Fest 2015: Day One — Purity Ring, The Drums, Savages, and More
FYF Fest 2015: Day Two — Morrissey, FKA twigs, Lower Dens and More
Gang Gang Dance — Coachella 2009: Day Two
Gardens & Villa — Gardens & Villa at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. Photos by Robert Redfield.
Gary Numan — at the Yahoo Showcase, SXSW 2014
Geoff Barrow — Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury perform DROKK at Orbital Comics in London 5-16-12
Ginger Baker Jazz Confusion — at Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, June 39, 2014
Girls — Live
Girl Talk — Coachella 2009: Day Three
Glasvegas — The Henry Fonda Theatre July 29, 2009
Gogh Van Go — at Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, June 26, 2014
Gorillaz — Gorillaz: The Now Now Tour in Chicago
Governors Ball 2014: Days 2 & 3, June 7th & 8th, 2014 — Jack White, Vampire Weekend, Empire of the Sun, Interpol, Spoon, and Childish Gambino
Governors Ball 2014: Day 1, June 6th, 2014 — Damon Albarn, Jenny Lewis, Grimes, Phoenix, Janelle Monae, Neko Case, Kurt Vile & Washed Out
Governors Ball 2016 — June 3-5 2016
Governors Ball 2019: Friday — May 31st, 2019
Governors Ball 2019: Saturday — June 1st, 2019
Governors Ball 2019: Sunday — June 2nd, 2019
Governors Ball NYC - Day One — July 23, 2012
Grace Jones — at the Hollywood Bowl, September 27, 2015
Grandoozy Day 1 — Grandoozy Day 1
Grizzly Bear — Grizzly Bear at The Riviera, Chicago 2017
Grizzly Bear — The Hollywood Bowl September 18, 2010
Grizzly Bear — The Troubador June 20, 2009
Grizzly Bear — Photo Shoot 2009
Grizzly Bear — Live
Grizzly Bear — Pool Parties, August 30, 2009
Grouplove — Grouplove at the Santa Barbara Bowl in Santa Barbara 4-14-2017
Grouplove — Grouplove at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara 4-17-2012
Grow Up, Tony Phillips — SXSW March 12, 2013 at The Vimeo Theatre
HAIM — at The Santa Barbara Bowl, CA, April 7, 2018
HAIM — at the Forum in London, England, December 10, 2013
Halfway Festival 2015 — Sharon Van Etten, Moddi, The Antlers and More
Harvest of Hope Fest - Day One — Friday, March 12, 2010
Harvest of Hope Fest - Day Three — Sunday, March 14, 2010
Harvest of Hope Fest - Day Two — Saturday, March 13, 2010
HEALTH — The Pool Parties in Brooklyn NY July 26, 2009
Heart — at the Hollywood Bowl, August 22, 2015
Mister Heavenly — Cafe Eleven, St. Augustine, November 8, 2011
Henry Rollins — Coachella 2009: Day Two
Hercules & Love Affair — at Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, June 27, 2014
Here We Go Magic — Festival International de Jazz de Montreal: Here We Go Magic
Here We Go Magic — Live
He’s My Brother She’s My Sister — January 15, 2013 at the Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles, CA
Highasakite — and Sasha Siem at Sentrum Scene in Oslo, Norway, on April 30, 2015
Highasakite — at Rockefeller in Oslo, Norway on Oct 25, 2014
Hippo Campus — Hippo Campus in Brooklyn, NY, May 29, 2019
Iceland Airwaves 2015: Day Five — Hot Chip and Sleaford Mods
Iceland Airwaves 2015: Day Four — Bo Ningen, Anna B Savage, GusGus, and Kiasmos
Iceland Airwaves 2015: Day One — Agent Fresco, Vök, Reykjavíkurdætur and More
Iceland Airwaves 2015: Day Three — Perfume Genius, Bo Ningen, and More
Iceland Airwaves 2015: Day Two — Sea Change, Father John Misty, John Grant, and More
Iceland Airwaves 2016 — Iceland Airwaves 2016
Ice Cream Cathedral — at Hulen, in Bergen, Norway, May 28, 2014
Ida Maria — The Henry Fonda Theatre July 29, 2009
Iggy Pop — The Greek Theatre and April 28th
I’m With Coco - Conan O’Brien Rally — I'm With Coco Rally, January 18, 2010
Interpol — Interpol Cover Shoot Fall 2010
Interpol — Interpol and School of Seven Bells perform at the UCSB's Event Center on February 4, 2011
Interpol — The Veriozon Wireless Theatre in Houston, TX Friday October 29, 2010
Interpol — Interpol at Space 15 Twenty on September 7th 2010
Iron & Wine — Fitzgerald's, Houston, TX, November 21, 2010
Isle of Light 2017 — Isle of Light 2017
Jackson Browne — at the Beacon Theater, New York, NY, October 7th, 2014
Janelle Monáe — Janelle Monáe and of Monreal The Palladium, Los Angeles, October 29, 2010
JanSport presents the Under the Radar SXSW Party 2010 — JanSport presents the Under the Radar SXSW Party 2010
Jarvis Cocker — Photo Shoot Summer 2009
Jarvis Cocker — Jarvis Cocker at The Wiltern July 27, 2009
Jarvis Cocker — Jarvis Cocker Makes an Exhibition of Himself
Jarvis Cocker — Jarvis Cocker Makes an Exhibition of Himself (Day 2)
Jarvis Cocker — Jarvis Cocker lectures at SXSW 2009
JD McPherson — Portrait Session
Jefferson Starship — at The Santa Monica Pier, August 27, 2015
Jenny Lewis — "On The Line" at the Riviera Theatre, Chicago June 7th, 2019
Jenny Lewis — with Springtime Carnivore's Greta Morgan at Thalia Hall, Chicago Mar 12, 2017
Jenny Lewis — at the Observatory in Santa Ana, CA, August 26, 2015Fox Theater, Pomona on October 3, 2012
Jenny Lewis — Fox Theater, Pomona on October 3, 2012
Jenny Lewis — Coachella 2009: Day Two
Jens Lekman — at the Henry Fonda Theatre, Hollywood, CA November 6, 2012
Jens Lekman — Issue 35 - Winter 2011 Photo Shoot with Jens Lekman
Jens Lekman — SkyBar at the Mondrian Hotel, Hollywood, CA, December 4th, 2010
Jesca Hoop — Jesca Hoop at the Hotel Cafe, January 12, 2011
Jonathan Wilson — at Landmark, in Bergen Norway, August 21, 2014
Jónsi — Jónsi at the Vic Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, November 3
Jónsi — Jónsi at the Fox Theater, Pomona, CA, October 18
Joshua Radin — and William Fitzsimmons at Nells Jazz and Blues, London England, October 12, 2018
Julia Holter — Parkteatret in Oslo, November 3rd 2015
Jungle — at the Santa Barbara Bowl, April 14, 2015
Justice — October 28, 2012 in Houston, Texas at The House of Blues
J Mascis — at Landmark, Bergen, Norway, July 3, 2015
Kaaboo Day One — Kaaboo Day One
Kaaboo Day Three — Kaaboo Day Three
Kaaboo Day Two — Kaaboo Day Two
Kate Boy — at by:Larm Festival, March 1, 2014
Kevin Morby — Kevin Morby at Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL June 7th, 2019
KJEE Summer Roundup 2012 — Santa Barbara Bowl, June 1, 2012
Kurt Vile — at the First Unitarian Church, in Los Angeles, CA on No 21, 2014
L7 — at the Echo in Los Angeles, CA, May 28, 2015
Ladytron — Photo shoot
Larkin Poe — at Parkteatret in Oslo, Norway, April 23, 2015
Late of the Pier — Coachella 2009: Day Three
Laura Marling — at John Dee's in Oslo, Norway, May 22, 2015
Leonard Cohen — Coachella 2009
Leon Bridges — The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA March 20, 2016
Leon Bridges — Chicago Theatre 3/11/16
Leon Bridges — at The Green Mill Jazz Club in Chicago, Illinois, April 30, 2015
Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 2017 — Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 2017
Le Guess Who? 2013: Day Four — Destroyer, Wooden Shjips, Lonnie Holley, Damien Jurado, and Yo La Tengo
Le Guess Who 2013: Day Three — Douglas Dare, Pins, Scout Niblett, DM Stith, and Emily Wells
Le Guess Who 2013: Day Two — Wampire, Connan Mockasin, BRAIDS, and Forest Swords
Le Guess Who 2014: Day Four — St. Vincent, Owen Pallett, tUnE-yArDs, and Selda
Le Guess Who 2014: Day One — Einstürzende Neubauten, Helado Negro, and Paus
Le Guess Who? 2014: Day Three — Swans, Binkbeats, Hauschka and more
Le Guess Who? 2014: Day Two — Perfume Genius, Bonnie Prince Billy, Iceage and More
Le Guess Who? 2015: Day Four — Deerhunter, Atlas Sound, Annette Peacock, and Mikal Cronin
Le Guess Who? 2015: Day Three — Destroyer, Shabazz Palaces, Bo Ningen and More
Le Guess Who? 2015: Day One — Julia Holter, Notwist, and Majical Cloudz
Le Guess Who? 2015: Day Two — Chelsea Wolfe, Kaki King, Liima, and More
Le Guess Who? 2017 — Le Guess Who? 2017
Le Mini Who? 2013 — Bird on the Wire, Fetter, Afterpartees, and Nausica
Liars — Northside Festival at Brooklyn's Newtown Barge Park on June 26, 2010
Little Boots — The Roxy, September 18, 2009
Local Natives — Local Natives at ACL Live SXSW 2014
Local Natives — Cafe 11, Saint Augustine, FL April 29, 2010
Local Natives — Photo Shoot 2009
Lollapalooza 2009 — Sunday, August 9, 2009
Lollapalooza 2009 — Saturday, August 8, 2009
Lollapalooza 2009 — Friday, August 7, 2009
Lollapalooza 2010 Day One — July 6, 2010
Lollapalooza 2015: Day One — First Aid Kit, Sylvan Esso, MSMR, and More
Lollapalooza 2015: Day Three — Albert Hammond Jr, Marina and the Diamonds, FKA Twigs, and More
Lollapalooza 2015: Day Two — Charli XCX, Sam Smith, Django Django and More
Lollapalooza Day Three - July 8, 2010 — July 8, 2010
Lollapalooza 2010 Day Two — July 7, 2010
Lorde — at Pier 79 in New York, September 14, 2015
Los Campesinos! — Coachella 2009
Lovebox Festival 2015: Day One — Jessie Ware, Little Dragon, Flume And More
Low — at Barby in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan 26, 2015
Lucius — SOhO Music Club, Santa Barbara, CA, May 6, 2016
Lucius — at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, May 2, 2015
Lush — 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., September 21, 2016
Lykke Li — Coachella 2009: Day Three
M. Ward — Photo Shoot
M83 — at the Hollywood Bowl, September 22, 2013
M83 — The Music Box, Los Angeles, November 9, 2011
M83 — At Warehouse Live in Houston, TX.
M83 — at Terminal 5 in New York, May 10, 2012
M83 — Photo Shoot
MacGruber Panel at SXSW Film 2010 — Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Magnolia Electric Co. — The Pool Parties in Brooklyn NY July 19, 2009
Make Music Pasadena, 2011 — Make Music Pasadena in Pasadena, CA, June 18, 2011
Make Music Pasadena 2012 — Make Music Pasadena 2012
Man Man — Cafe Eleven, St. Augustine, June 14, 2012
Marika Hackman — with alt-j at Torwar in Warsaw, Poland, Feb 5, 2018
Martha Wainwright — Festival International de Jazz de Montréal: Martha Wainwright
Mayer Hawthorne — Brooklyn Bowl, New York, October 3, 2009
Melt! Festival 2015: Day One — Tove Lo, Nils Frahm, La Roux, and More
Memory Tapes — Live at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, CA on July 23, 2011
MENT 2017 — MENT Festival 2017
Metric — The Hollywood Palladium, March 26, 2010
Mew — Sentrum Scene, Oslo Norway, October 25, 2015
Mew — The Henry Fonda, December 14, 2009
Mew — The Troubadour, September 1, 2009
Mew — “Mewseum” August 31, 2009
Michel Gondry — A Conversation With Michel Gondry. Sunday March 14, 2010 at SXSW 2010.
Michel Gondry — Michel Gondry's documentary screened Saturday March 13, 2010 at SXSW 2010. Photos by Iman Mannie Saqr
Middle Kids — Middle Kids & Local Natives at Brooklyn Steel, June 7th, 2019
Midlake — Cafe 11, January 8, 2010
MØ — at The Wiltern, in Los Angeles, CA, February 7, 2019
Moby — at the Henry Fonda Theatre, October 2, 2013
Monotonix — Cafe 11, January 25, 2010
More photos from SXSW 2010 — Photos from SXSW 2010
Morgan Delt — at Landmark, in Bergen, Norway, May 19, 2014
Morrissey — Morrissey at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, November 26, 2011
Morrissey — Morrissey Fans at the Shrine Auditorium, November 26, 2011
MS MR — Parkteatret in Oslo, Norway Sept. 10, 2015
Mumford & Sons — Santa Barbara Bowl, April 18, 2011
Mumford & Sons — Stubbs BBQ in Austin, TX on November 3, 2010
Mumford & Sons — Live - SXSW 2009
Music Go Music — The Roxy, September 18, 2009
Music Go Music — Photo Shoot 2008
My Bloody Valentine — Coachella 2009: Day Three
My Morning Jacket — My Morning Jacket at the Santa Barbara Bowl in Santa Barbara, CA, July 2, 2011
M For Montreal 2017 — M For Montreal 2017
Natalie Prass — at The Troubadour in West Hollywood, California, May 19, 2015
Natalie Prass — at Plan 9 Records in Richmond, VA on February 3, 2015
Neko Case — at Hulen, in Bergen, Norway, August 10, 2014
Neon Indian — Neon Indian at The Henry Fonda Theater, October 1st, 2010
New Noise Music Festival 2010 — Santa Barbara, CA, November 4-6, 2010
New Noise Music Festival 2011 — New Noise Music Festival 2011
New Orleans Jazz Fest 2010 — New Orleans Jazz Fest 2010
New Orleans Jazz Fest 2011 — New Orleans Jazz Fest 2011, April 29
New Orleans Jazz Fest 2013 — New Orleans Jazz Fest 2013 Second Weekend
New Orleans Jazz Fest 2013 — New Orleans Jazz Fest 2013 First Weekend
Nils Frahm — at El Rey Theatre, in Los Angeles, CA, Nov 14, 2014
Noah and the Whale — Photo Shoot
No Age — Coachella 2009: Day Three
Obama Foundation #ObamaSummit Concert — Obama Foundation #ObamaSummit Community Concert with Chance the Rapper, Lin-Manuel Miranda and The National in Chicago
Off Festival 2010: Day Three — Off Festival: Day 3
Off Festival 2010: Day Two — July 7, 2010
Off Festival 2010: Opening Night — Off Festival 2010: Opening Night, Matmos and Ecstatic Sunshine
OFF Festival 2013: Day 1 — OFF Festival 2013: Day One
OFF Festival 2013: Day 2 — OFF Festival 2013: Day Two
OFF Festival 2013: Day 3 — OFF Festival 2013: Day Three
OFF Festival 2015: Day One — Young Fathers, Susanne Sundfør, The Residents, and More
OFF Festival 2015: Day Three — The Julie Ruin, Run the Jewels, and More
OFF Festival 2015: Day Two — Xiu Xiu, King Khan, Ride, and More
Off Festival 2016 — Off Festival 2016
Off Festival 2010: Day One — Off Festival 2010: Day One
Of Monsters and Men — at The Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA, May 17, 2015
Of Monsters and Men — at Riviera Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, May 12, 2015
Ohmme — In The Studio: Ohmme
Okkervil River — Coachella 2009: Day Three
OK Go — at The Independent in San Francisco, CA, July 16, 2014
Open’er 2015: Day One — Modest Mouse, Father John Misty, alt-j and More
Open’er 2015: Day Two — Oxford Drama, The Libertines, Faithless, and More
Open’er Festival 2014: Day 1 — Coldair, The Black Keys, HAIM, and Foster the People
Open’er Festival 2014: Day 2 — MØ, We Draw A, and Darkside
Open’er Festival 2014: Day 3 — Foals, Jack White, Lykke Li, and KAMP!
Open’er Festival 2014: Day 4 — Phoenix, The Horrors, Warpaint, Daughter, and More
Open’er Festival 2015: Day Three — Thurston Moore, Jose Gonzalez, D'Angelo, and More
Open’er Festival 2015: Day Four — Elliphant, St. Vincent, Patrick the Pan, and More
Osheaga 2018 — Osheaga 2018
Outside Lands — Outside Lands 2017 - Day One
Outside Lands — Outside Lands 2017 - Day Two
Outside Lands — Outside Lands 2014 - Behind the Scenes
Outside Lands 2010 - Day One — July 14, 2010
Outside Lands 2010 - Day Two — August 15, 2010
Outside Lands 2011 - Day One — Outside Lands 2010 - Day One
Outside Lands 2011 - Day Three — Outside Lands 2011 - Day Three
Outside Lands 2011 - Day Two — Outside Lands 2011 - Day Two
Outside Lands 2011 - Extras — Outside Lands 2011 - Extras
Outside Lands 2012 - Day One — Friday August 10, 2012 at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco
Outside Lands 2012 - Day Three — Sunday, August 12, 2012 at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco
Outside Lands 2012 - Day Two — Saturday, August 11, 2012 at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco
Outside Lands 2018 — Outside Lands 2018
Palma Violets — at Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles, CA, June 6, 2015
Panorama 2017 — Panorama 2017
Paper Heart — Paper Heart Panel at Comic-Con 2009
Passion Pit — Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield, New York, New York, September 26th, 2009
Patrick Wolf — Photo Shoot Summer 2009
Paul Banks — December 5 at the Henry Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Paul McCartney — at the Telenor Arena in Oslo, Norway, July 7, 2015
Paul McCartney — Coachella 2009
Paul Weller — Coachella 2009: Day Three
Pepper Rabbit — Viper Room, February 26, 2010
Perfume — at The Theatre at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, April 19, 2019
Periferifestivalen 2014 — Periferifestivalen 2014
Peter Bjorn and John — KJEE Summer Roundup Show, Santa Barbara Bowl, June 3, 2011
Peter Murphy — Photo Shoot
Phases — at Jewels Catch One in Los Angeles, CA, June 25, 2015
Phoenix — Phoenix in Paris, France 2017
Phoenix — Phoenix at the Hollywood Bowl, September 18th, 2010
Phoenix — Verizon Wireless Theatre, Houston, TX April 30, 2010
Phoenix — Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield, New York, New York, September 26th, 2009
Piknik i Parken 2015 Day Two — Douglas Dare, Postiljonen, Villagers, and More
Piknik i Parken 2015 Day One — Temples, Matthew E. White, Hanne Kolstø and More
Piknik i Parken 2015 Day Three — Modest Mouse, José Gonzalés, James Blake, and More
Pitchfork Festival 2015: Day One — CHVRCHES, Natalie Prass, Tobias Jesso Jr, and More
Pitchfork Festival 2015: Day Three — Courtney Barnett, Caribou, Run the Jewels and More
Pitchfork Festival 2015: Day Two — Future Islands, New Pornographers, Bully, and More
Pitchfork Music Festival — Pitchfork Music Festival, July 19 2009
Pitchfork Music Festival 2013 Day One — Pitchfork Music Festival 2013 Day One
Pitchfork Music Festival 2013 Day Three — Pitchfork Music Festival 2013 Day Three
Pitchfork Music Festival 2013 Day Two — Pitchfork Music Festival 2013 Day Two
Pitchfork Music Festival 2017 — Pitchfork Music Festival 2017
Plants and Animals — with Lost in the Trees at The Troubadour on May 27, 2010
Porcelain Raft — Porcelain Raft
Portugal. The Man — at Santa Barbara Bowl, April 25, 2014
Positivus Festival 2017 — Positivus Festival
Primal Scream — SXSW 2009
Primavera Sound Festival — Primavera Sound 2017
Psych — Psych panel at Comic-Con 2009
Public Enemy — Coachella 2009: Day Three
Pulp — Radio City Music Hall, April 10, 2012
Pure Bathing Culture — at the Hype Hotel, SXSW 2014
Quantic — at Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, June 29, 2014
Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band — at Ole Bull Scene, Bergen Norway, on December 26, 2014
Ra Ra Riot — Ra Ra Riot at Fitzgerald's in Houston, TX. February 21, 2013.
Robert Plant — at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, June 3, 2015
Rose Elinor Dougall — Photo Shoot
Roskilde Festival 2016 — Roskilde Festival 2016
Rufus Wainwright — at Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, June 29, 2014
Ryan Adams — and Natalie Prass at Sentrum Scene in Oslo, Norway, March 13, 2015
Ryley Walker — at Chopin Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, March 30, 2015
Saint Etienne — November 3, 2012, at the Henry Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles CA
San Fermin — at The Troubadour in West Hollywood, California, May 19, 2015
San Fermin — San Fermin and Alexander von Mehren at SXSW
Sasquatch Festival 2013 — Sasquatch 2013
Sasquatch Music Festival 2010 — Sasquatch! Music Festival 2010
Secret Solstice — Secret Solstice Festival
Seigmen — at USF VERFET in Bergen, Norway, April 17, 2015
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings — SXSW: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, March 14, 2013
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings — SXSW: Sharon Jones at The Daptone Soul Revue, March 14, 2013
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings — The Wiltern on June 26, 2010
Sharon Van Etten — European Tour
She & Him — at the Hollywood Bowl, June 23, 2013
She & Him — She & Him at the Hollywood Bowl, July 18 2010
Shining — at Trolltunga, Norway, June 21, 2015
Shining — at Kvarteret in Bergen Norway, Oct 11, 2014
Shout Out Louds — at The El Rey, Friday May 21, 2010, with Freelance Whales
Shout Out Louds — Photo Shoot
Silja Sol — at Hulen in Bergen, Norway, Jan 30, 2015
Sleater-Kinney — at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, Feb 17, 2015
Sled Island 2017 — Sled Island 2017
Sled Island Music & Arts Festival 2014 — Colorful Characters and Street Fashion
Sled Island Music & Arts Festival 2014: Days 1 & 2 June 18 & 19th, 2014 — Chelsea Wolfe, Operators, Basia Bulat and More
Sled Island Music & Arts Festival 2014: Day 3 — Dan Deacon, Renny Wilson, Bry Webb and More
Sled Island Music & Arts Festival 2014: Day 4 — St. Vincent, Spiritualized, and Doug Hoyer
Sleep — Sleep Performing Sleep’s Holy Mountain at Brooklyn Masonic Temple, September 8th, 2010
Sleigh Bells — Sleigh Bells & Sunflower Bean at White Oak Music Hall in Houston, Texas February 2018
Slottsfjell 2016 — Slottsfjell 2016
Soko — Photo Shoot
Soko — at the Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, CA March 30, 2015
Sóley — at Fríkirkjan in Reykjavík, Iceland, June 11, 2015
Sondre Lerche — at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, CA, May 4, 2017
Sondre Lerche — at USF in Bergen, Norway, on Nov 8, 2014
Sonic Youth — Prospect Park, NYC on July 31, 2010
Soulsavers — Capitol Records Building, Hollywood, CA July 21, 2012
Sparklehorse — Photoshoot 2006
Speedy Ortiz — at The Bowery Ballroom, in New York, New york, April 25, 2015
Spoon — Sprint Pavilion, Charlottesville, VA July 19, 2017
Spoon — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL 2/1/10
St. Vincent — St. Vincent at Stubb's Austin Official 2018 ACL Fest Late Night Show, Austin, Texas, October 5th, 2018
St. Vincent — St. Vincent at the House of Blues in Houston, Texas, February 20, 2018
St. Vincent — at Celebrate Brooklyn. August 9, 2014
St. Vincent — St. Vincent at the NPR SXSW Showcase in Austin, TX
St. Vincent — St. Vincent at The Glass House in Pomona, CA, April 19, 2012
St. Vincent — at The Orpheum Theater, in Madison, Wisconsin, May 26, 2015
Stavernfestivalen 2015: Day One — Highasakite, The Kooks, and More
Stavernfestivalen 2015: Day Three — Elton John, XOV, Børns, and More
Stavernfestivalen 2015: Day Two — Leon Bridges, Pharrell Williams, Tinashe, and More
Stromae — at Club Nokia, Los Angeles, CA, April 14, 2015
Sufjan Stevens — at The Dorothy Chandler in Los Angeles, CA, June 4, 2015
Sufjan Stevens — December 4 at the Henry Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Sufjan Stevens — The Wiltern, Los Angeles, October 23, 2010
Sufjan Stevens — Bowery Ballroom, New York, October 5, 2009
Sunn O))) — Sunn O))) & Boris present Altar at Brooklyn Masonic Temple, September 7th, 2010
Swans — at USF Verftet, Bergen, Norway, May 7, 2015
SXSW 2015 Party — of Montreal, Mew, East India Youth, Jacco Gardner, SOAK, Matthew E. White and Pompeii
SXSW 2016 Party — Flamingo Cantina, Austin, TX March 16, 2016
SXSW - Friday, March 19, 2010 — Day Three
SXSW - Saturday, March 20, 2010 — Day Four
SXSW - Thursday, March 18, 2010 — Day Two
SXSW - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 — Day One - Part One
SXSW 2009 - Thursday, March 19th — Thursday, March 19th
SXSW 2009 - Wednesday, March 18th — March 18th, 2009
SXSW 2011 — SXSW 2011 - Thursday, March 17
SXSW 2011 — The Under the Radar SXSW Day Party 2011 - Thursday, March 17
SXSW 2011 — SXSW 2011 - Wednesday, March 16
SXSW 2011 - Thursday, March 17, 2011 — SXSW 2011 - Thursday, March 17
SXSW 2011 - Wednesday, March 16, 2011 — SXSW 2011 - Wednesday, March 16
SXSW 2011 — Friday, March 18, 2011 — Toro Y Moi, Revolver, Puro Instinct, and more
SXSW 2011 — Saturday, March 19, 2011 — Childish Gambino, Trentemoller, and EMA.
SXSW 2012 Wednesday March 14, 2012 — SXSW 2012 Wednesday March 14, 2012
SXSW 2014 — Saturday, March 15, 2014 - Temples, Alexander von Mehren & Fat White Family
SXSW 2014 — Friday, March 14, 2014 - Angel Olsen, Real Estate, Jungle, PINS & The Fresh & Onlys
SXSW 2014 — Thursday, March 13, 2014 - Jagwar Ma & HAERTS
SXSW 2014 — Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - St. Vincent, Claire, Ballet School & Lowell
SXSW 2015 — Under the Radar SXSW Saturday Night Showcase - TORRES, San Fermin, Amason, Boxed In, Springtime Carnivore, Dinner, Talk In Tongues
SXSW 2015 — The War on Drugs, Courtney Barnett, Laura Marling, The Twilight Sad and More!
SXSW 2015 Day One — East India Youth, Shura, and Kate Tempest
SXSW 2015 Day Two — Stromae at Fader Fort
SXSW Party 2014: Day One — Under the Radar SXSW Party, March 12, 2014
SXSW Party 2014: Day Three — Under the Radar SXSW Party, March 14, 2014
SXSW Party 2014: Day Two — Under the Radar SXSW Party, March 13, 2014
Sylvan Esso — with Flock of Dimes at the Hollywood Palladium, August 25, 2017
Sylvan Esso — at the Regent Theatre in Los Angeles, April 15, 2015.
Sylvan Esso — at the Metro in Chicago, Illinois, March 14, 2015
Sylvan Esso — at The Santa Barbara Bowl, Nov 15, 2014
Sylvan Esso — Sylvan Esso at The Vic Theatre Chicago
Tallinn Music Week 2015 Day One — Lowly, The Sexican, Rune Funch Picture Group, and Super Besse
Tallinn Music Week 2015 Day Three — Bendik, MiaMee, JoyCut, and More
Tallinn Music Week 2015 Day Two — Vashti Bunyan, Cirkl, Ingrid Lukas and More
Tallinn Music Week 2016 — Tallinn Music Week 2016
Tame Impala — at Riviera Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, May 15, 2015
Tame Impala — Tame Impala and The Growl at Fitzgerald's in Houston, TX. February 25, 2013.
Tauron Nowa Muzyka — Tauron Nowa Muzyka
teamLab Borderless — Team Lab Borderless
Team Me — at USF in Bergen, Norway, on Oct 2, 2014
Tegan and Sara — Tegan and Sara at Santa Barbara Bowl, October 2, 2012
Telekinesis — Telekinesis at The Parish in Austin, Texas, March 14, 2013
Telekinesis — SXSW: Telekinesis at Merge Records' SXSW Showcase, March 14, 2013
Telekinesis — Telekinesis and The Love Language at The Echo on February 25, 2011
Telekinesis — with Nada Surf at The Troubadour, May 26, 2010
Telekinesis — Spring 2009
Aloe Blacc — Backbooth in Orlando, FL on November 24, 2010
The Bird and the Bee — The Bird and The Bee at the Hollywood Bowl, July 18 2010
The Black Keys — Santa Barbara Bowl October 2, 2012
Black Lips — The Pool Parties in Brooklyn NY July 26, 2009
The Civil Wars — February 1, 2012 at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
The Creators Project: New York 2011 — The Creators Project: New York 2011
The Cult — The Cult, August 18 ,2012, Venura Theater, Ventura, California
The Cure — Coachella 2009: Day Three
The Dears — The Dears at The Echoplex, Silverlake, CA May 23, 2009
The Decemberists — at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, May 2, 2015
The Decemberists — at Chicago Theater, Chicago, Illinois, March 23, 2015
The Decemberists — Portland, OR July 18, 2009
The Decemberists — The Decemberists at the Hollywood Palladium on May 19, 2009
The Dillinger Escape Plan — at El Corazon in Seattle, Washington, April 19, 2014
The Dodos — Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington, DC, October 10, 2009
The Dodos — The Getty Center August 8, 2009
The Flaming Lips — All State Arena, Rosemont, IL, December 11, 2009
The Flaming Lips — The Greek Theatre, August 17, 2009
The Glitch Mob — at The Santa Barbara Bowl, May 30, 2015
The Governors Ball NYC Music Festival 2013 — The Governors Ball NYC Music Festival 2013
The Great Escape Festival 2012 — Photos from The Great Escape Festival 2012
The Great Escape Festival 2015 Day One — Ibeyi, Lapsley, Jack Garratt, and More
The Great Escape Festival 2015 Day Three — Swim Deep, Paul Weller, The Maccabees, and More
The Great Escape Festival 2015 Day Two — Alabama Shakes, Blaue blume, Seinabo Sey, and More
The Head and the Heart — at The Theatre at Ace Hotel on Nov 22, 2014
The Henry Miller Library Benefit Concert — Philip Glass & Joanna Newsom with Tim Fain Monday 25th June 2012 Warfield, Theatre San Francisco
The Hold Steady — Coachella 2009
The Horrors — The El Rey, Los Angeles, September 15, 2011
The Horrors — Photo Shoot 2009
The Landmark Music Festival 2015 — September 26-27, 2015 - Washington D.C.
The National — at The Hollywood Palladium, September 20, 2018
The National — at Civic Opera House, Chicago 2017
The National — at Santa Barbara Bowl, April 25, 2014
The National: Homecoming Festival 2018 — The National: Homecoming Festival
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart — at Landmark, in Bergen Norway, August 13, 2014
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart — at The Troubadour in West Hollywood, California, May 7, 2014
The Prisoner — The Prisoner Panel at Comic-Con 2009
The Railroad Revival Tour — The Railroad Revival Tour, Austin Tx, April 26, 2011
The Rural Alberta Advantage — Live
The Simpsons — The Simpsons Panel at Comic-Con 2009
The Smashing Pumpkins — The Ace, Los Angeles, March 27, 2016
The Swell Season — The Swell Season at the Hollywood Bowl, July 28 2010
The Under the Radar Great Escape Party 2012 — Under the Radar's Great Escape Party 2012 - May 10, 2012
The Under the Radar SXSW Day Party 2011 - Friday, March 18 — The Under the Radar SXSW Day Party 2011 - Thursday, March 17
The Under the Radar SXSW Day Party 2011 - Thursday, March 17 — The Under the Radar SXSW Day Party 2011 - Thursday, March 17
The Violent Femmes — Observatory OC, May 8, 2016
The Weeknd — Santa Barbara Bowl in Santa Barbara, CA for Sep 14, 2013
The xx — The Aragon, Chicago, IL May 1, 2017
The xx — The xx and Austra at The House of Blues in Houston, TX. February 9, 2013.
Throbbing Gristle — Coachella 2009: Day Three
Thus Owls — at Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, June 30, 2014
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at Wrigley Field, Chicago
Torchwood — Torchwood Panel at Comic-Con 2009
TOY — Photos of Toy from March 14, 2013 at Cedar Street Courtyard in Austin, Texas.
TOY — TOY at the Cedar Street Courtyard, March 14, 2013
Treasure Island Music Festival - Day One — October 16, 2010
Treasure Island Music Festival - Day Two — October 17, 2010
Trombone Shorty — at Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, June 30, 2014
Trondheim Calling 2015: Day 1 — Barren Womb and Carnival Kids
Trondheim Calling 2015: Day 2 — Broen, The Fjords, and Hanne Kolstø
Trondheim Calling 2015: Day 3 — Angelica's Elegy, Moddi, Frøkedal, and Conor Patrick & The Shooting Tsar Orchestra
True Blood — True Blood Panel at Comic-Con 2009
TV Guide Magazine: Sci Fi Hot List — TV Guide Magazine: Sci Fi Hot List Panel at Comic-Con 2009
TV on the Radio — at Reckless and Chicago Metro, March 24, 2015
TV on the Radio — Coachella 2009: Day Two
24 — 24 Panel at Comic-Con 2009
Twin Peaks — at Music Hall of Williamsburg, New York, May 2, 2015
Ty Segall — at The Echo, in Los Angeles, CA, August 29, 2014
U2 — Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA June 17, 2011
U2 eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE Tour 2018 at United Center, Chicago — U2 eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE Tour 2018 at United Center, Chicago
Under the Radar SXSW 2012 Day Party - Friday March 16, 2012 — Under the Radar SXSW 2012 Day Party - Friday March 16, 2012
Under the Radar SXSW 2012 Day Party - Thursday March 15, 2012 — Under the Radar SXSW 2012 Day Party - Thursday March 15, 2012
Under the Radar SXSW 2012 Day Party - Wednesday March 14, 2012 — Under the Radar SXSW 2012 Day Party - Wednesday March 14, 2012
Under the Radar SXSW Party 2009 — Under the Radar SXSW 2009
Under the Radar SXSW Party 2013: Day 2 — SXSW Under The Radar Day Party 2
Under the Radar SXSW Party 2013: Day 2 — Under the Radar SXSW Party, March 13, 2013
Unknown Mortal Orchestra — at Landmark in Bergen, Norway, July 14, 2015
V — V Panel at Comic-Con 2009
Vampire Weekend — Vampire Weekend, Beach House, and the Very Best at The Hollywood Bowl, September 26th, 2010
Vince Staples — Vince Staples at House of Vans Chicago - June 1st, 2019
Virgil Abloh — Virgil Abloh's "Figures of Speech" at MCA Chicago
Viva Voce — Photo Shoot 2009
Vivian Girls — Coachella 2009: Day Three
Vök — Vök at Niebo in Warsaw, Poland, Feb 28, 2018
Warsaw Orange Festival — Warsaw Orange Festival
Washed Out — and Kisses at El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, January 27, 2013
Wavves — Wavves & FIDLAR at Fitzgeralds in Houston, Texas. April 18, 2013.
Way Out West 2013: Day One — Way Out West 2013: Day One
Way Out West 2013: Day Three — Way Out West 2013: Day Three
Way Out West 2013: Day Two — Way Out West 2013: Day Two
Way Out West 2017 — Way Out West 2017
Way Over Yonder - Day Two — Way Over Yonder 2013 - Day Two
Way Over Yonder 2013 - Day One — Way Over Yonder 2013 - Day One
Weezer — at the OC Observatory, Santa Ana, California, on Dec 18, 2014
Weezer — at Vino Robles, Paso Robles, California, on September 12, 2014
We Have Band — Live
Whip It — Whip It: A Special Night of Roller Derby Action! September 28, 2009
White Lies — Coachella 2009
White Sea — at the Yahoo Showcase, SXSW 2014
Wilco — at CityFolk in Ottawa, Canada
Wild Moccasins — Wild Moccasins at Satellite Bar In Houston, Texas
Wild Nothing — The Southern Cafe, Charlottesville, VA September 26, 2012
Will Butler — at Lincoln Hall in Chicago, Illinois, June 5, 2015
Will Sergeant — My Own Worst Enemy, Substrate Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Woodkid — at Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, June 26, 2014
Woodkid — Festival International de Jazz Montréal 2013: Mozart's Sister and Woodkid
Yann Tiersen — at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex, January 29, 2011
Øya Festival 2012: Day 1 — Øya Festival 2012: Day 1: Sondre Lerche, Florence and the Machine, Feist, Thurston Moore and more
Øya Festival 2012: Day 2 — Øya Festival 2012: Day 2: Frank Ocean, St. Vincent, Philco Fiction and More
Øya Festival 2012: Day 3 — Øya Festival 2012: Day 3: Metronomy, Chromatics, Black Keys, Refused and More
Øya Festival 2012: Day 4 — Øya Festival 2012: Day 4: First Aid Kit, Best Coast, Bon Iver, and More
Øya Festival 2014: Day 1 — Øya Festival 2014: Day 1
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Øya Festival 2014: Day 3 — Röyksopp and Robyn, Highasakite, I Was A King, John Wizards, and More
Øya Festival 2014: Day 3 Additional Photos — Röyksopp and Robyn, Neneh Cherry, Kelela And More
Øya Festival 2014: Day 4 — Sharon Van Etten, Sea Change, Slowdive, and More
Øya Festival 2014: Day 4 Additional Photos — Darkside, Bryan Ferry, Tod Terje, Death Crush, and More
Øya Festival 2015: Club Night — Philco Fiction, Lugn, Amanda, and More
Øya Festival 2015: Day Four — Natalie Prass, Ibeyi, Bendik, and More
Øya Festival 2015: Day One — Belle and Sebastian, Nile Rodgers, Courtney Barnett and More
Øya Festival 2015: Day Three — alt-j, Future Islands, Jenny Hval, and More
Øya Festival 2015: Day Two — Florence and the Machine, Father John Misty, Team Me, and More
Yeah Yeah Yeahs — Coachella 2009: Day Three
Yeasayer — First Fridays at the Natural History Museum, February 5, 2010
Younghusband — at Sonic Cathedral in London, England. December 9, 2013
Yo La Tengo — The Roseland Ballroom, September 25th, 2009
Yuck — Exclusive photo shoot from Under the Radar Winter 2011
Zola Jesus — at Webster Hall, New York, NY, Oct 19, 2014
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Governor Seligman Second Term Jan. 1, 1932
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A Bit on Why New Mexico is Required to Measure It's Water Resources and How It Is Done
The Best Job In The World or Adventures of a USGS Hydrographer In
Just imagine being in the high mountains of northern New Mexico on a sunny, crisp fall day wading a small rooky stream about 20-feet wide and a bit over a foot deep and surrounded with cottonwoods and pine forest.. The creek is loaded with trout that dart at the revolving meter you are using to measure stream velocity. There is only the sound of the creek and the forest and the clicking of the meter signal in your headset. The closest habitations are at least ten mile away over a dirt road and I am on a closed private game preserve straddling the New Mexico-Colorado border. Your closest supervisor is sixty miles away and the only communication would be to leave a note in the hotel where you are spending the night. The glory of all this is that you are actually getting paid for all of this. Just like a kid playing in the stream and getting paid for it. This was a large part of my life for several years during the fifties and sixties minus the two years plus I served in the US Army..
A bit of background is in order to explain why the federal government was willing to pay me for having so much fun. As one example, the state of New Mexico is
An Ugly Taos Rebellion Few Know About
An ugly Taos rebellion based on color, that few know about.
In 1932 an African-American, Thomas Johnson, was convicted of murder in Santa Fe. He was sentenced to be the first to die in New Mexico's new electric chair. In response the editor of The New Mexican (ten owned by Senator Bronson Cutting) , Dana Johnson, wrote a scathing editorial proposing that the entire black population of Santa Fe be expelled from town immediately.
Although it never happened in Santa Fe, it was carried out in Taos in January of 1932. Taos had a black population of eight men and women. They were ordered to
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Old Santa Fe Trading Post
In later life James Seligman, Governor Arthur Seligman's brother, was a well known Indian Trader and expert on Navajo weaving in Santa Fe. His shop was located in the old Magoffin house on the corner of San Francisco and Cathedral Streets across from St. Francis Cathedral. Shortly after this picture was tan, during the 1950's, this structure was sold, torn down, paved over and walled in to become a parking lot for the La Fonda hotel.
My great uncle, James was born in Philadelphia, trained as a civil engineer, and got a job with the US Department of Interior in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1887. He
Published in Santa Fe
From Old Fonda to La Fonda
Arthur Sott
The above photograph is from my grandfather's (Arthur Seligman) persdional collection. There is no information other than the caption "Old Fonda" written in pencil; no date, location, or photographer.
I have been able to identify the photo as the Exchange Hotel always known by locals and in newspapers as the "old Fonda." The photo was taken from around Water Street looking northeast up Shelby street toward the pl;aza.. It was taken prior to the May 1916 leveling of the building but sometime after the hotel was well dilapidated. I would date it as being taken between 1914 and 1916. The photo is consistent with a photo looking the opposite direction toward Water Street dated 1910 (Source unknown) shown below:
Our Cow Creek Cabin 1930's-Photo addendum
Photo addendum to Our Cow Creek Cabin 1930's
This is a photo addendum to the previous two articles that I posted on our cabin and lives in Cow Creek in the upper Pecos. Some of the happiest memories of my childhood. The following are links to the previous articles:
The first is about growing up there and the second is a present-day photo of the cabin, kindly furnished by the current full-time resident.
Alla En Ell Ranchito Grande
Our Old Cow Creek Cabin
All of the following photos and the lead photo are from my personal collection. Few included any type of caption so most information is sketchy and from memories long past.
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New Mexico Aerial Photos 1931
New MexicoAerial Photos 1931
The photo above is a Southeast view over Santa Fe taken on Apr 7, 1931. Central is the State Capitol. Peak in the background left is Sun Mount.
The photo above and those following were all taken by the U. S. Army Air Service. These are my personal scans from the Governor Seligman photo collection. Below is the Army stamp on the reverse of photos.
The following two photos are Ft. Union, New Mexico and were taken August 20, 1931. Santa Fe Trail wagon tracks are clearly visible as are the Officers Quarters (rows of chimneys in foreground).
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New Mexico Motor Patrol Firrst Training Class
First State Motor Patriol Training Class
I perviously poste a picture of the Motor Patrol after graduationwih Governor Seligman on the steps of the capitol.
http://vocesdesantafe.org/social/index.php/explore-our-history/government/item/1011-new-mexico-motor-patrol
Here is the reverse of the above photo with names:
As a side note I am in love with my grandfather's car in the back gound.
Early Public School Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory
There are several unknowns about this photo. I know my dad, Otis Seligman is third from right on the second row in the photo which was inscribed on the rear of the photo. He appears to be in the third or fourth grade, eight to ten years old. This would date the photo between 1906-1908.
Exact location is unknown but his early schooling was in Santa Fe. There is a great diversity in this class including, based on facial features, African-American,
Governor R. C. Dillion
Richard C. Dillion served as eighth elected Governor of New Mexico from 1927-1931and first two-term Governor.. He was succedded in office by Arthur Seligman who was also elected to to terms.
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"The Adobe Palace," Erected 1650.
Irvin Trujillo
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Netflix UK film review: Notting Hill
Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts are irresistible in this peak Richard Curtis rom-com.
Ivan Radford | On 09, Nov 2017
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Rhys Ifans
Watch Notting Hill online in the UK: Netflix UK / iTunes / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play / Sky Store
Between his chameleonic turn in Cloud Atlas, his generous supporting role in Florence Foster Jenkins and his hilarious self-aware performance in Paddington 2, Hugh Grant is in very real danger of becoming a national treasure. It’s a rise that has occurred almost in exact tandem with the drop in the amount he cares what people think of him: the minute he dropped the nervous, floppy-haired persona and started calling out media corruption is the moment he fully won the nation’s hearts.
And yet you have to go back to those nervous, floppy-haired days to see the point at which he began to win them in the first place. Tied inseparably to Richard Curtis’ genre-defining rom-coms, it’s a period of British cinema that put the UK on the mainstream international map in the way that a handful of breakout films do once or twice a decade. And without a doubt, Notting Hill is at its very apex. Hot on the heels of Four Weddings and a Funeral, which saw Hugh Grant play a nervous, floppy-haired Brit who falls for a rich American woman, it stuck to what worked: Hugh Grant plays a nervous, floppy-haired Brit who falls for a rich American woman.
The result was far from surprising, as travel bookshop owner William (Grant) fell for Hollywood star Anna (Julia Roberts), beginning an on-off affair that would hurt and delight them both. It took place, as Curtis’ films do, in a dubiously white version of London, full of eccentric middle-class types and no mention of the Notting Hill Carnival. It featured people swearing in plummy accents and uttering stammered apologies, meet-cutes and quirky dates that involved cinema trips and prescription scuba diving goggles. It was peak Richard Curtis – but also Richard Curtis at his peak, just at the point before his now familiar take on life would descend into cliche and borderline self-parody.
What is surprising, though, is how well it all works – and how much charm and genuine emotion the film manages to squeeze from its formulaic plot. That’s partly thanks to script, which finds honesty among the stereotypes: Anna’s life as an actress is faithfully captured on screen, from the knowledge that her looks (achieved through surgery) will fade and her fame will one day mean nothing to the way she is moved from one project to the next, much like the film journalists at the realistically rendered press junket (hello to Horse & Hound). Together with genuine frustration and heartbreak, they make sure Anna is more than just an object of desire, while still allowing room for Rhys Ifans’ star-making supporting role as Spike, William’s scene-stealing slob of a flatmate.
But it’s the leading couple who make it spark, from Roberts’ deceptively nuanced send-up of herself to Hugh Bonneville and Geena Davis as part of William’s amiable oddball acquaintances. Grant, meanwhile, is gorgeously sincere, stumbling his way through the usual mannerisms but never becoming forced or – worse – lazy. While it’s a pleasure to see him move beyond that persona in his later career, looking back at him in full flow is still as charming as ever. His journey towards national treasuredom had just begun.
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Planning and Policy
Plans and policies serve as the framework for developing safe, comfortable, and connected pedestrian networks. Pedestrian issues are addressed at many different levels of planning, ranging from neighborhood plans to city, county, state, and federal policies and plans. With thorough planning, a community can become proactive rather than reactive in addressing issues of pedestrian accessibility, safety, and aesthetics. Planning involves engaging the public, collecting information about current and future conditions, and considering what policies, plans, programs, and resources a municipality will require to meet its needs.
While communities can address pedestrian issues within a variety of plan types, dedicated pedestrian plans indicate a community’s commitment to pedestrian issues and may help assure that these issues are given sufficient attention in the planning process. Pedestrian plans can also focus attention on implementation, especially if the plan specifies responsibilities, creates accountability, and designates funding sources for projects and programs. In addition, having a documented pedestrian plan with specific priorities can help agencies plan to use limited resources, such as staff time and money, more efficiently. By setting target mode shares and safety goals, communities have specific benchmarks by which they can measure their progress. Including (and making progress towards achieving) a goal to increase walking as a form of transportation indicates a community’s commitment to supporting pedestrian issues and its ability to do so.
List of sample pedestrian plans
Creating Walkable and Bikeable Communities: A user guide to developing pedestrian and bicycle master plans
FHWA Guidebook for Developing Bicycle and Pedestrian Performance Measures
Seattle, WA, has a Pedestrian Master Plan that establishes clear goals and measurable performance indicators.
San Francisco, CA’s, Better Streets Plan is a set of implementation strategies and goals to provide and maintain a better streetscape and pedestrian environment.
Arcata, CA, has an excellent plan that is reviewed annually by the city’s Traffic Safety Commission and City Council. The plan receives a formal update every five years and includes a goal of 50% of all trips by non-motorized modes.
Evanston, IL, has specific Neighborhood plans that do a great job prioritizing pedestrian safety and comfort; and a multi-modal transportation plan that includes solid baseline data, a project prioritization method, and recommendations that focus on infrastructure as well as programs.
Public participation is integral to the success of transportation planning and should be considered at every stage of the planning process, from collecting baseline data to conducting post-implementation evaluation. Including pedestrian stakeholders in the planning review process can help secure residents’ support for projects and help a municipality identify safety concerns that it may not have been aware of.
How Do I Start a Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee
Incorporating Qualitative Data in the Planning Process: Improving Project Delivery and Outcomes
Public Involvement Techniques for Transportation Decisionmaking: Engaging People Through Outreach and Organization
ChangeLab Solutions: Participating in the Planning Process resources
10 Lessons in More Engaging Citizen Engagement
Eugene, OR, developed its own Public Participation Guidelines, part of the Diversity and Equity Strategic Plan, to better enable the public to identify priorities and solutions, and to allow the city to better understand community concerns.
Burlington, VT, offers the option for drop-in public comments during expanded business hours, the option for child care/translators, and an outreach employee focused on new residents/immigrants.
Somerville, MA, uses the online platform Somerville by Design to help residents collaborate with public officials on a range of planning and implementation efforts.
Complete Streets are designed and operate to enable safe and convenient access for all users. Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and transit riders of all ages and abilities are able to safely move along and across a complete street. Complete Streets policies indicate a municipality’s commitment to planning for all modes, all ages, and all abilities. By adopting an official Complete Streets policy, some communities have been able to leverage more funding for pedestrian infrastructure and improvements from transportation budgets.
National Complete Streets Coalition
The City Commission in Lakeland, FL, adopted a resolution re-confirming its support of existing plans, policies, and programs to promote walking. Another example of Lakeland’s political leadership encouraging active lifestyles is the twice-monthly walks hosted by a city commissioner: “No timers, no medals, just an opportunity to get up, get out and start walking.”
Davidson, NC’s, Complete Streets guidelines indicate a willingness on the part of the local government to plan for all modes of transportation. Requiring developers to comply with Complete Streets guidelines is a great way of ensuring that new streets are designed and constructed for all users.
In 2007 the Seattle City Council adopted a Complete Streets Ordinance, which directs the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) to design streets for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and persons of all abilities, while promoting safe operation for all users, including freight. This is the lens through which SDOT views its major maintenance and construction projects. All SDOT capital projects are required to conduct a Complete Streets review and document the results.
Transit System and Accessibility
It is important to consider public transportation when planning for pedestrians and vice versa. Cities that are well served by transit can reduce automobile dependency and increase both walking (the number and frequency of walking trips) and walkability (the human-scale land use and design elements that encourage walking). However, for some smaller communities, anything more than demand-responsive public transportation may be unnecessary.
Pedestrian Safety Guide for Transit Agencies
How Far, By Which Route, and Why? A Spatial Analysis of Pedestrian Preference
Boulder, CO, has an excellent transit system for a city of its size. Eighty-six percent of residents live within one-quarter-mile of a bus stop, and over 90 percent of transit stops are wheelchair accessible. With long service hours and 12-minute peak period headways, the bus system is a convenient choice for many Boulder residents.
The transit service in Sitka, AK, is exemplary for a remote community of 8,000. The system is operated by the Sitka Tribe of Alaska and includes three bus routes that run on the hour or half-hour.
Supportive Policies
Numerous policies geared toward specific elements of the built environment can impact walkability in a big way. These include:
Parking Policies: The design, price, and amount of parking in a community affect an area’s walkability. Careful attention to the quality of parking provided, rather than the quantity, can help create walk-friendly environments.
Land Use Policies: Dense development is associated with higher levels of walking and transit use and reduced automobile dependency. The positive relationship between density and walking might be even more significant in less urbanized areas.
Connectivity Policies: A connectivity policy is extremely important in terms of encouraging pedestrian access and pedestrian travel. In addition, street connectivity, grid networks, and short block lengths are helpful in creating direct routes to destinations.
Streetscape Design: Pedestrian amenities and urban design elements are important for making walking comfortable and enjoyable. Street trees, lighting, benches, public art, and more can enhance the pedestrian experience, promoting more walking and improving safety.
ChangeLab Solutions’ Pedestrian Friendly Code Directory
Parking Management: Strategies, Evaluation and Planning
EPA Parking Places/Community Spaces
Creating Great Neighborhoods- Density in Your Community
Main Streets Programs
Density Bonuses
VTPI Guidance on Connectivity
American Institute of Architects: Livability 101
Bend, OR, uses a variety of parking management strategies to ensure a more attractive walking environment, including maximum parking standards, landscape buffers, shared parking, and in some areas, locational requirements that parking to be behind the building so the building stays in close proximity to the sidewalk.
Denver, CO, has a strong parking management strategy that is outlined in its Strategic Parking Plan and implemented through the city’s form-based zoning code.
Tallahassee, FL, has great parking and land use policies that encourage dense, mixed-use development, especially within the city’s 18-square-mile Mobility District. The city offers incentives and density bonuses to developers who provide inclusionary housing, accessory dwelling units (allowed in all zoning districts), or amenities that improve the pedestrian environment.
Arlington, VA’s, Master Transportation Plan does a good job recognizing the relationship between transportation and land use.
The small community of Sandpoint, ID, has a Downtown Streets Plan and Design Guide that describes street typologies and offers flexible guidance on streetscape design, including the placement of amenities.
Portsmouth, VA, is largely built-out and benefits from a downtown grid network. The city’s zoning code supports the vision of a pedestrian-friendly city by reducing parking requirements, instituting a form-based code for central Portsmouth, and offering density bonuses for developers who include green building features.
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ILoveMobay campaign aims to turnaround ailing city
Published:Friday | February 16, 2018 | 12:00 AMJanet Silvera/ Senior Gleaner Writer
Members of the ILoveMobay Foundation.
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Buoyed by the universal endorsement of more than 100,000 Jamaicans in a single week, organisers of the ILoveMobay campaign are predicting a major turnaround in the once fading fortunes of the island's tourism capital.
Launched on February 8, the campaign, which has the full backing of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mayor Homer Davis, Custos Conrad Pitkin, as well as other public and private entities, is aimed at presenting Montego Bay, St James, as the true epicentre for business in the western region, as well as re-establishing the city's status as the tourism hub of the Caribbean.
"It's also about creating awareness among the town's citizens, the parish of St James, the diaspora, and prospective visitors," explained the ILoveMobay founder and prominent St James businessman Douglas Gordon.
"We believe this campaign could not have come at a better time as is evident by the scores of persons, both local and throughout the diaspora, who have been signing on. It also offers the perfect opportunity for residents, whose lives are stitched into the fabric of our once friendly city, to experience the rebirth of Montego Bay's pride and purpose."
The campaign also comes against the backdrop of a state of public emergency being declared for St James owing to the out-of-control crime rate.
DAY OF LOVE
Douglas, who is also an executive of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce & Industries, said that today is being declared a 'Day of Love' in Montego Bay and will commemorate the birth of the non-profit organisation - the ILoveMobay Foundation.
"Residents, visitors, corporate partners, students, and city stakeholders are all invited to demonstrate their love for the city of Montego Bay by joining us in this day of togetherness," he noted.
"This rallying call is for all participants to wear red as it will mark the kick-off campaign for the ILoveMobay Foundation, a not-for-profit entity that has been formed to showcase, celebrate, engender, and drive pride in the city of Montego Bay. The city will also come alive with a series of activities, culminating with a concert at the Old Hospital Park, Gloucester Avenue, at 5:00 this afternoon."
The campaign, Douglas added, is also halfway to its stated goal of raising $12 million, having already secured corporate commitments of some $5 million in funding.
Some of the partners include Sandals, Billy Craig Insurance, itelBPO, Spanish Court Hotel, Re/Max, OCEAN Style, MBCCI, Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), Sun Island, The Travel Foundation, and Junior Achievement JA.
"It is time now for the people of Montego Bay to have a clearer sense of community, pride, and purpose, and this campaign is needed now more than ever to bring renewal and hope. It is time to demonstrate our love for the city itself by each person making a conscious effort to create a lasting change," Douglas added.
janet.silvera@gleanerjm.com
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Bulgaria overcame Argentina 3-0
Olavarria, Argentina, May 28, 2016 – The Argentine women’s team started their very demanding international season with a training game against Bulgaria on Friday as they prepare for the FIVB World Grand Prix and the Olympic Games.
Bulgaria won the match 3-0 (25-15, 25-21, 25-14).
Despite the loss, the fans cheered the local team on and it was a tough match against a very powerful European team who made almost no mistakes.
Next week, Argentina will host Kenya, the Dominican Republic and Bulgaria in their opening matches of the World Grand Prix in Tucuman.
The city of Olavarria welcomed Las Panteras warmly. On Thursday, there was a Press Conference attended by team members together with Hilario Galli, Olavarria City Hall Under Secretary of Public Resources; Miriam Mosescu, President of Olavarria Volleyball Association; and Eduardo Pugnaloni, Estudiantes Club President.
Later in the day, Guillermo Orduna and all his coaching team gave a lecture for coaches and physical education teachers before ending the day with an open training session in front of local fans and the media.
On Friday, Las Panteras participated in a clinic with the students of Educación Tecnica No. 2 Luciano Fortabat School before heading off for training and their match against Bulgaria.
Now the team will move to Jujuy, where on Sunday and Monday they will face friendly matches against Kenya and Bulgaria, respectively.
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Tigers coach Maguire urges Marshall to push on to 2020
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He may have just breached the 300 game milestone but Michael Maguire will urge Benji Marshall to push on and play in 2020.
Marshall was one of the Tigers' best in the 30-18 loss to the Eels on an afternoon which celebrated the star playmaker's decorated career.
Benji Marshall thanks Tigers fans after playing his 300th game. Credit:AAP
Marshall may refuse to entertain talk about his playing future beyond this season but Maguire was not shy when asked if he would like the 38th man to play 300 NRL games to push on next year.
"Yeah, I am," Maguire said when asked if he was urging Marshall to play in 2020. "Obviously as a coach you get to know your players and this week I really got to see what is right around Benji Marshall and a real understanding of what he has gone through.
"We have only known each other six, seven months now but to understand where he has come from as a young kid to win the finals and go through so much throughout his career… but the one thing that stood out to me was his family. That really stood out to me this week and what that means to him and what that means to them as well.
"For him to keep playing … I believe that he can. It's about the excitement that he brings to training each day and each week. That's why I can say that."
Marshall has been one of the Tigers' best through a rollercoaster season, leading many to believe he could go around again next season. The joint venture club currently sits 11th on the premiership ladder but given just one win separates seventh and 14th, finals remain a live hope.
Dragging the Tigers to the top eight remains Marshall's sole focus.
"The important thing for me is to make the finals and win the competition," Marshall said. "Realistically, that is the focus. I just don't want to get caught up and worry about next year, now. Now is really important to me. Our group, our team. As a leader, I need to drive that and if I am focusing ahead too far, I don't think that will get the best out of me. For now, we need to win and we need to win now."
Future aside, Marshall will never forget the week leading up to his 300th match. The result may not have gone the Tigers' way but Marshall went out of his way to thank the club and everyone else who have passed on their best wishes.
"I'm really lucky and I have to thank the Wests Tigers. The week they have put together for me has been unbelievable," he said. "Madge had my family in there for the presentation of my jersey last night. That meant a lot to me. That got me.
"The video I did with NRL.com during the week, that got me. Running out with my son, I cried again. I reckon I have cried more this week than I have in the last year."
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Title Citation
Restructuring the WTO Safeguard System The WTO Trade Remedy System: East Asian Perspective (Mitsuo Matsushita, Dukgeun Ahn and Tain-Jy Chen, eds.) (London, Cameron May Publishers, 2006) at 11-31
WTO Disciplines under the IMF Program: Congruence of Conflict?
WTO and East Asia: New Perspectives (Mitsuo Matsushita and Dukgeun Ahn, eds.) (London, Cameron May Publishers, 2004) at 25-38
Amin Alavi
African Countries and the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Mechanism
Development Policy Review, 2007, 25 (1): 25-42
William Alford
The North American Free Trade Agreement and the Need for Candor
24 Harv. Int'l L. J. 293 (1993)
James Bacchus
Appellators:
The Quest for the Meaning of And/Or Expanded from remarks made at the annual luncheon of the
Advisory Centre on WTO Law in Bellevue, Switzerland, on June 1, 2005
Open Doors for Open Trade:
Shining Light on WTO Dispute Settlement Remarks to the National Foreign Trade Council
Mayflower Hotel, Washington D.C.
Lone Star:
The Historic Role of the WTO Keynote address to the
Symposium on “Globalization and the Judiciary”
at the University of Texas School of Law
Thoreau's Pencil: Sharpening Our Understanding of World Trade 30 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 911 (2003)
Groping Toward Grotius:
The WTO and the International Rule of Law
Address at Harvard Law School, October 1, 2002,
published in 44 Harv. Int'l L. J., Number 2 (2003)
The Strange Death of Sir Francis Bacon:
The Dos and Don’ts of Appellate Advocacy in the WTO Drawn from an address at The Barber-Surgeons Hall,
Monkwell Square, London, June 20, 2003
An Education in 404 Pages This essay first appeared, in slightly different form,
in Vanderbilt Magazine (Spring, 2003)
Lecky’s Circle:
Thoughts from the Frontier of International Law Address to the
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies,
“Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda”:
The Consolations of WTO Dispute Settlement
Address to the International Bar Association,
Geneva, Switzerland, March 20, 2003
The Appeals of Trade: The Making of an Old GATT Hand Address to the International Trade Law Conference
of the ABA, Georgetown University Law School,
The Bicycle Club:
Affirming the American Interest
in the Future of the WTO Address to the Washington International Trade Association,
Table Talk:
Around the Table of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization 35 Vand. J. Trans. L. 1021 (2002)
Claude Barfield
Free Trade, Sovereignty, Democracy:
The Future of the World Trade Organization
Chapter 1 - Introduction: Issues, Themes and Recommendations
Chapter 4 - Emerging Constitutional Problems and Substantive Deficiencies
Chapter 6 - Whose WTO Is It? Democratic Governments versus Stakeholders
Chapter 7 - Proposals for Reform and Reasons for Retaining the Status Quo
American Enterprise Institute (2001)
(Used with the permission of the American Enterprise Institute)
Lorand Bartels
Social Issues: Labour, Environment and Human Rights Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements: Commentary, Analysis and Case Studies (Simon Lester and Bryan Mercurio, eds.) (Cambridge Press, forthcoming)
The Appellate Body Report in European Communities – Conditions for the Granting of Tariff Preferences to Developing Countries, WT/DS246/AB/R and its Implications for Conditionality in GSP Programs Linking Trade and Human Rights: Framework and Case Studies (Bürgi, Pauwelyn and Cottier, eds.) (forthcoming)
Marc Benitah
U.S. Agricultural Export Credits after the WTO Cotton Ruling:
The Law of Unintended Consequences Estey Journal of International Law and Trade Policy,
Volume 6, Number 2, 2005, pp.107-114
Tomer Broude
Principles of Normative Integration and the Allocation of International Authority:
The WTO, The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, and the Rio Declaration International Law Forum of the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem Law Faculty,
Research Paper No. 07-08
Conflict and Complementarity in Trade, Cultural Diversity and Intellectual Property Rights International Law Forum of the Hebrew
The WTO/GATS Mode 4, International Labour Migration Regimes and Global Justice International Law Forum of the Hebrew
Research Paper No. 7-07
Genetically Modified Rules: The Awkward Rule-Exception-Right Distinction in EC - Biotech International Law Forum of the Hebrew
"Judges Shalt Thou Make Thee in All Thy Gates": Reforming Judicial Office in the WTO Dispute Settlement System University of Toronto
Law and Economics Research Paper No. 02-06
The Rule(s) of Trade and the Rhetos of Development: Reflections on the Functional and Aspirational Legitimacy of the WTO International Law Forum of the Hebrew
Steve Charnovitz
The World Trade Organization in 2020 Journal of International Law and International Relations
Volume 1, Issues 1-2 (December 2005)
Trade and Climate: Potential Conflicts and Synergies Pew Center on Global Climate Change -
Beyond Kyoto: Advancing the International Effort Against Climate Change
Judicial Independence in the World Trade Organization International Organizations and International Dispute Settlement: Trends and Prospects (Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Cesare Romano, and Ruth Mackenzie, eds.) (Transnational Publishers, 2002) at 219-240
The WTO's Problematic "Last Resort" Against Non-Compliance This paper is based on an article originally written for and published in Aussenwirtschaft, December 2002. The date of this revision is 14 August 2003.
WTO Cosmopolitics 34 N.Y.U. J. Int'l L. & Pol. 299 (2002)
Triangulating the World Trade Organization 96 AJIL 28 (2002)
Rethinking WTO Trade Sanctions 95 AJIL 792 (2001)
The WTO and the Rights of the Individual
(Spanish version: La OMC y los Derechos del Individuo) 36 Intereconomics 98 (2001)
Opening the WTO to Non-Governmental Interests 24 Fordham Int'l L.J. 173 (2000)
The Moral Exception in Trade Policy 38 Va. J. Int'l L. 689 (1998)
The NAFTA Environmental Side Agreement: Implications for Environmental Cooperation, Trade Policy, and American Treatymaking 8 Temp. Int'l & Comp. L.J. 257 (1994)
Juscelino Colares
Alternative Methods of Appellate Review in Trade Remedy Cases: Examining Results of U.S. Judicial and NAFTA Binational Review of U.S. Agency Decisions from 1989 to 2005 Published in Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Volume 5, Issue 1, 171-196, March 2008
A Positive Theory of WTO Adjudication SIEL Working Paper No. 39/08, July 2008
The Limits of WTO Adjudication: Is Compliance the Problem? Case Research Paper Series in Legal Studies Working Paper 2012-13 April, 2012
Youri Devuyst
The World Trade Organization and Regional Trade Agreements: Bridging the Constitutional Credibility Gap
(co-authored by Asja Serdarevic) 18 Duke J. Comp. & Int'l L. 1 (2007)
Daniel Drache
Deadlock in the Doha Round: The Long Decline of Trade Multilateralism
(co-authored by Marc D. Froese) Draft from July 2007
Jeff Dunoff
Institutional Misfits: The GATT, the ICJ & Trade-Environment Disputes 15 Mich. J. Int'l L. 1043 (Summer 1994)
Reconciling International Trade with Preservation of the Global Commons:
Can We Prosper and Protect 49 Wash & Lee L. Rev. 1407 (Fall 1992)
Jim Durling
Original Meanings and the Film Dispute: The Drafting History, Textual Evolution, and Application of the Non-Violation Nullification or Impairment Remedy
(co-authored by Simon Lester) 32 Geo. Wash. J. Int'l L. & Econ. 211 (1999)
Mary Footer
EC - Asbestos: The World Trade Organization on Trial for its Handling of Occupational Health and Safety Issues
(co-authored by Saman Zia-Zarifi) Melbourne Journal of International Law, Volume 3(1), May 2002
Henry Gao
Aggressive Legalism: The East Asian Experience and Lessons for China China’s Participation in the WTO (Henry Gao and Donald Lewis, eds.) (London, Cameron May Publishers, 2005) at 315-351
Kevin R. Gray
Civil Society and the World Trade Organization Toward Inclusion and Influence in Sustainable Development Governance (Jessica F. Green & W. Bradnee Chambers) (Tokyo and New York: UNU Press, Forthcoming)
Accommodating MEAs in Trade Agreements IDDRI conference on International Environmental Governance,
Paris, March 15 & 16, 2004
Multilateral Environmental Agreements and the WTO
(co-authored by Duncan Brack) The Royal Institute of International Affairs Sustainable Development Programme report (September 2003)
Foreign Direct Investment and Environmental Impacts - Is the Debate Over? RECIEL 11 (3) 2002
(This is an electronic version of an article published in Review of European Community and International Environmental Law: complete citation information for the final version of the paper, as published in the print edition of Review of European Community and International Environmental Law, is available on the Blackwell Synergy online delivery service, accessible via the journal's website at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/reel or http://www.blackwell-synergy.com)
Controlling the International Trade in Illegally Logged Timber and Wood Products
(co-authored by Duncan Brack and Gavin Hayman) The Royal Institute of International Affairs Sustainable Development Programme: study prepared for the UK Department for International Development (February 2002)
Principles of International Law in the WTO Dispute Settlement Body
(co-authored by James Cameron) 50 Int. and Comparative Law Quarterly 2 (2001) at 248-298
GATT Article XX and Human Rights: What Do We Know From the First 20 Years? 16 Melbourne Journal of International Law 2 (2015)
Robert Howse
India’s WTO Challenge to Drug Enforcement Conditions in the European Community Generalized System of Preferences: A Little Known Case with Major Repercussions for “Political” Conditionality in US Trade Policy 4 Chicago J. Int'l L. 385 (2003)
The WTO Impact on Internal Regulations --
A Case Study of the Canada–EC Asbestos Dispute
(co-authored by Elisabeth Tuerk) The EU and the WTO: Legal and Constitutional Issues (Gráinne de Búrca and Joanne Scott, eds.) (Hart Publishing, 2002) at 283-328
From Politics to Technocracy -- and Back Again:
The Fate of the Multilateral Trading Regime 96 AJIL 94 (2002)
The Appellate Body Rulings in the Shrimp/Turtle Case:
A New Legal Baseline for the Trade and Environment Debate 27 Colum. J. Envtl. L. 491 (2002)
Europe's Evolving Regulatory Strategy for GMOs -
The Issue of Consistency with WTO Law: Of Kine and Brine
(co-authored by Petros Mavroidis) 24 Fordham Int'l L.J. 317 (2000)
Democracy, Science, and Free Trade:
Risk Regulation on Trial at the World Trade Organization 98 Mich. L. Rev. 2329 (2000)
The World Trade Organization and the Protection of Workers' Rights 3 J. Small & Emerging Bus. L. 131 (1999)
Robert Hudec
"Like Product": The Differences in Meaning in GATT Articles I and III Regulatory Barriers and the Principle of Non-Discrimination in World Trade Law (Thomas Cottier & Petros Mavroidis, eds.) (University of Michigan Press 2000) at 101-123
Broadening the Scope of Remedies in WTO Dispute Settlement Improving WTO Dispute Settlement Procedures (Friedl Weiss & Jochem Wiers, eds.) (London, Cameron May Publishers, 2000) at 345-376
The Role of the GATT Secretariat in the Evolution of the WTO Dispute Settlement Procedure
The Uruguay Round and Beyond: Essays in Honour of Arthur Dunkel (Jagdish Bhagwati and Mathias Hirsch, eds.) (Springer-Verlag, 1998) at 101-120
GATT/WTO Constraints on National Regulation:
Requiem for an "Aim and Effects" Test 32 International Lawyer 619-649 (1998)
The DISC Case Originally published as "Reforming GATT Adjudication Procedures: The Lessons of the DISC Case," 72 Minnesota Law Review 1443-1509 (1988). The text provided here is taken from Chapter V of the author's Enforcing International Trade Law: The Evolution of the Modern GATT Legal System (Butterworths, USA, 1993)
John Jackson
Fragmentation or Unification among International Institutions:
The World Trade Organization 31 N.Y.U. J. Int'l L. & Pol. 823 (1999)
The Great 1994 Sovereignty Debate:
United States Acceptance and Implementation of the Uruguay Round Results 36 Colum. J. Transnat'l L. 157 (1997)
The WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding -- Misunderstandings on the Nature of Legal Obligation 91 AJIL 60 (January, 1997)
WTO Dispute Procedures, Standard of Review,
and Deference to National Governments
(co-authored by Steven P. Croley) 90 AJIL 193 (April, 1996)
World Trade Rules and Environmental Policies: Congruence or Conflict? 49 Wash & Lee L. Rev. 1227 (Fall 1992)
Status of Treaties in Domestic Legal Systems: A Policy Analysis 86 AJIL 310 (April, 1992)
Perspectives on the Jurisprudence of International Trade: Costs and Benefits of Legal Procedures in the United States 82 Mich. L. Rev. 1570 (1984)
Norio Komuro
Japan's Generalized System of Preferences: An Oriental Pandora’s Box Paper from Symposium entitled "Preference Erosion: Impacts and Policy Responses," Geneva, June 2005
Simon Lacey
The View from the Other Side of the Table:
WTO Accession from the Perspective of WTO Members Prepared for the Islamic Development Bank's Seminar on WTO Accession Issues for selected OIC Member Countries, on 28 - 29 March 2006, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Simon Lester
Case Note: United States - Final Anti-Dumping Measures on Stainless Steel from Mexico Draft of version published in 102 AJIL 4 (October 2008)
Aid for More than Just Trade:
The Case for a Role for the WTO in Development Aid 30 UNSW Law Journal 2 (2007)
Case Note: European Communities - Measures Affecting the Approval and Marketing of Biotech Products Draft of version published in 101 AJIL 2 (April 2007)
(co-authored by Jim Durling) 32 Geo. Wash. J. Int'l L. & Econ. 211 (1999)
C. L. Lim
Free Trade Agreements in Asia and Some Common Legal Problems This chapter is part of Y. Taniguchi, A. Yanovich, and J. Bohanes (eds), The WTO in the Twenty- first Century: Dispute Settlement, Negotiations, and Regionalism in Asia (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
A Mega Jumbo Jet: Southeast Asia’s Experiments with Trade and Investment Liberalisation This chapter is part of "The New International Architecture in Trade and Investment - Current Status and Implications" (APEC#207-HR-01.2), Copyright APEC Secretariat, http://www.apec.org
Nicolas Lockhart
Regional Trade Agreements under GATT 1994: An Exception and its Limits
(co-authored by Andrew Mitchell) Challenges and Prospects for the WTO (Andrew Mitchell, ed.) (London, Cameron May Publishers, 2005) at 217-252
Patrick Macrory
NAFTA Chapter 19: A Successful Experiment in International Trade Dispute Resolution C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, No. 168, September 2002
John Magnus
Chinese Subsidies and US Responses Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission,
Hearing on China’s World Trade Organization Compliance: Industrial Subsidies and The Impact on US and World Markets,
Washington, DC,
Lumber and the NAFTA Chapter 19 Mess Presented to American University, Washington College of Law Conference,
Lessons from NAFTA Part I: The Softwood Lumber Dispute
Legal Issues in the Aircraft Subsidies Dispute
Presented to American Enterprise Institute Conference titled
Boeing vs. Airbus: An Examination of the Issues
March 16, 2005, Washington, DC
Stuart Malawer
Three Trade Cases To Rein in Trump�s Tariffs Richmond Times Dispatch, June 17, 2019
Pending Section 232 Litigation and Broader Trade Trends: Will the US Courts Restrict Presidential Authority from Relying Upon "National Security"? China & WTO Rev. 2019:1
Trump's Tariff Wars and National Security: A Political and Historical Perspective China & WTO Rev. 2018:2; 351-362
Trump, Trade, and National Security - Blowing up the WTO?
Trump's China Trade Policies: Threats and Constraints China & WTO Rev. 2017:1; 109-120
Obama, WTO Trade Enforcement, and China China & WTO Rev. 2016:2; 361-368
U.S. Trade Enforcement, the WTO, and China Richmond Times-Dispatch, June 16, 2016
Looking at Dispute Resolution in the Trans-Pacific Partnership New York Law Journal (Vol. 254, No. 109, 2015)
Chinese Economic Cyber Espionage: U.S. Litigation in the WTO and Other Diplomatic Remedies Georgetown Journal of International Affairs (Summer 2015)
Confronting Chinese Economic Cyber Espionage With WTO Litigation New York Law Journal (Vol. 252, No. 120, 2014)
U.S-China Litigation in the World Trade Organization New York Law Journal (Vol. 250, No. 31, Page 5, 2013)
United States-China WTO Litigation (2001-2010) Virginia Lawyer (2010)
United States-China Trade Litigation in the WTO 56 Virginia Lawyer (No. 5 December 2007)
Litigation & Consultation in the WTO -- 10th Anniversary Review 54 Virginia Lawyer 32 (No. 1 June / July 2005)
Agricultural Biotechnology and WTO Litigation:
The U.S. Should Drop the GMO Case Legal Times (July 2003)
The U.S. & the WTO -- Lessons Learned from Trade Litigation & Global Governance 51 Virginia Lawyer 12 (No. 9 April 2003)
Global Governance of E-commerce and Internet Trade: Recent Developments Virginia Lawyer (June / July 2001)
Internet Commerce and Trade Policy Virginia Lawyer (June / July 1999)
Mitsuo Matsushita
Legal Aspects of Free Trade Agreements:
In the Context of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994
WTO and East Asia: New Perspectives (Mitsuo Matsushita and Dukgeun Ahn, eds.) (London, Cameron May Publishers, 2004) at 497-514
International Cooperation in the Enforcement of Competition Policy 1 Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev. 462 (2002)
Petros Mavroidis
Amicus Curiae Briefs Before The WTO:
Much Ado About Nothing Jean Monnet Working Paper No. 2/01 (2001)
(also published in: European Integration and International Co-ordination: Studies in Transnational Economic Law in Honour of Claus-Dieter Ehlermann (Armin von Bogdandy, Petros C. Mavroidis, Yves Meny, eds.)(Kluwer, 2002))
(co-authored by Rob Howse) 24 Fordham Int'l L.J. 317 (2000)
Bryan Mercurio
Expanding Democracy: Why Australia Should Negotiate for Open and Transparent Dispute Settlement in its Free Trade Agreements
(co-authored by Rebecca Laforgia) 6 Melbourne Journal of International Law 485 (2005)
Should Australia Continue Negotiating Bilateral Free Trade Agreements?
A Practical Analysis 27 UNSW Law Journal 667 (2004)
TRIPS, Patents, and Access to Life-Saving Drugs in the Developing World 8 Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review 211 (2004)
Andrew Mitchell
Good Faith in WTO Dispute Settlement 7 Melbourne Journal of International Law 339 (2006)
(co-authored by Nicolas Lockhart) Challenges and Prospects for the WTO (Andrew Mitchell, ed.) (London, Cameron May Publishers, 2005) at 217-252
Gillian Moon
Victor Mosoti
Africa in the First Decade of WTO Dispute Settlement Draft paper from October 2005 submitted to the JIEL
Joost Pauwelyn
The Limits of Litigation: “Americanization” and
Negotiation in the Settlement of WTO Disputes Reprinted with the permission of Joost Pauwelyn and the Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution. Originally published at 19 OHIO ST. J. ON DISP. RESOL. 121 (2003)
The Role of Public International Law in the WTO:
How Far Can We Go? 95 AJIL 535 (2001)
Enforcement and Countermeasures in the WTO:
Rules are Rules - Toward a More Collective Approach 94 AJIL 335 (2000)
Oren Perez
The New Universe of Green Finance: From Self-Regulation to Multi-Polar Governance
(from the SSRN web site) Bar Ilan Univ. Pub Law Working Paper No. 1-07,
RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS: SELF-GOVERNANCE IN TRANSNATIONAL ECONOMIC TRANSACTIONS, Olaf Dilling, Martin Herberg & Gerd Winter, eds., Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2007
Facing the Global Hydra: Ecological Transformation at the Global Financial Frontier - The Ambitious Case of the Global Reporting Initiative
(from the SSRN web site) December 2006. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=949834
Anomalies at the Precautionary Kingdom: Reflections on the GMO Panel's Decision
(from the SSRN web site) Hebrew University International Law Research Paper No. 13-06, October 30, 2006
Multiple Regimes, Issue Linkage and International Cooperation:
Exploring the Role of the WTO University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law, Spring 2006
The Many Faces of the Trade-Environment Conflict:
Some Lessons for the Constitutionalization Project European Integration online Papers (EIoP) Vol. 6 (2002) No. 11
Using Private-Public Linkages to Regulate Environmental Conflicts:
The Case of International Construction Contracts Journal of Law and Society, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 77-110, March 2002
Fernando Piérola
The Question of Remand Authority for the Appellate Body Challenges and Prospects for the WTO (Andrew Mitchell, ed.) (London, Cameron May Publishers, 2005) at 193-215
Julia Qin
Defining Nondiscrimination under the Law of the World Trade Organization Boston University International Law Journal, Vol, 23, pp. 215-297 (2005)
“WTO-Plus” Obligations and Their Implications for the World Trade Organization Legal System Journal of World Trade, Vol. 37, Issue 3, pp. 483–522 (2003)
The Challenges of WTO Law: Strategies for Developing Country Adaptation For conference entitled "The WTO at 10: The Role of Developing Countries in Negotiations and Dispute Settlement," Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 11-13, 2006
Institutional Choice in the General System of Preferences Case: Who Decides the Conditions for Trade Preferences? The Law and Politics of Rights
(co-authored by Yvonne Apea) Earlier version published in Journal of World Trade, vol. 39:5, pp. 977-1008 (Dec. 2005)
Transnational Mutual Recognition Regimes: Governance without Global Government
(co-authored by Kalypso Nicolaidis) 68 Law and Contemporary Problems 263 (2005)
The World Trade Organization under Challenge: Democracy and the Law and Politics of the WTO’s Treatment of Trade and Environment Matters Final version published in
25 Harvard Environmental Law Review 1-93 (Winter 2001)
WTO Blue-Green Blues: The Impact of U.S. Domestic Politics on Trade-Labor, Trade-Environment Linkages for the WTO's Future Final version published in Fordham International Law Journal 608-651 (Nov.-Dec. 2000)
Globalization and Social Protection: The Impact of EU and International Rules in the Ratcheting up of U.S. Data Privacy Standards Final version published in 25 Yale Journal of International Law 1-88 (Winter 2000)
Fiona Smith
A Distinction Without a Difference: Exploring the Boundary Between Goods and Services in The World Trade Organization and The European Union
(co-authored by Lorna Woods) 12 Colum. J. Eur. L. 1 (Winter 2005-2006)
Joel Trachtman
Institutional Linkage: Transcending "Trade and ..." 96 AJIL 77 (2002)
The Domain of WTO Dispute Resolution 40 Harv. Int'l L.J. 333 (1999)
The International Economic Law Revolution 17 U. Pa. J. Int'l Econ. L. 33 (1996)
International Regulatory Competition, Externalization, and Jurisdiction 34 Harv. Int'l L.J. 47 (1993)
Peter Van den Bossche
WTO Rules on Technical Barriers to Trade
(co-authored by Denise Prévost and Mariëlle Matthee) Maastricht Faculty of Law Working Paper 2005/6
From Afterthought to Centerpiece:
The WTO Appellate Body and its Rise to Prominence
in the World Trading System Maastricht Faculty of Law Working Paper 2005/1
The Doha Development Round Negotiations
on the Dispute Settlement Understanding Paper presented at WTO Conference titled
New Agendas in the 21st Century,
Taipei, November 28-29, 2003
Tania Voon
A New Approach to Audiovisual Products in the WTO:
Rebalancing GATT and GATS Originally published in 14 UCLA Ent. L. Rev. 1 (2007)
UNESCO and the WTO:
A Clash of Cultures? This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF. The definitive publisher-authenticated version ‘UNESCO and the WTO: A Clash of Cultures?’ (2006) 55(3) International and Comparative Law Quarterly 635 is available online at http://iclq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/55/3/635
The Facts Aside: The Limitation of WTO Appeals to Issues of Law
(co-authored by Alan Yanovich) 40 Journal of World Trade 2, 239-258 (2006)
What is the Measure at Issue?
(co-authored by Alan Yanovich) Challenges and Prospects for the WTO (Andrew Mitchell, ed.) (London, Cameron May Publishers, 2005) at 115-163
Robert Wolfe
See You in Geneva? Pluralism and Centralism in Legal Representations of the Trading System Revised version (April 2004) of a conference paper
originally presented to the International Studies Association
and the Canadian Law and Economics Association;
later published in
European Journal of International Relations,
Vol. 11, No. 3, 339-365 (2005)
Gudrun Zagel
WTO & Human Rights:
Examining Linkages and Suggesting Convergence IDLO Voices of Development Jurists Paper Series
Vol. 2. No. 2, 2005
WTO Dispute Settlement - General Appreciation and the Role of India In K. Padmaja (ed.): WTO and Dispute Resolution, Hyderabad (India): The ICFAI University Press, pp. 147-201 (2007)
Negotiating the Review of the WTO
Dispute Settlement Understanding Cameron May (2006)
The DSU Review (1998-2004): Negotiations, Problems and Perspectives In Kim van der Borght and Dencho Georgiev: Reform and Development of the WTO Dispute Settlement System, pp. 443-472; London: Cameron May (2006)
WTO Dispute Settlement at Ten: Evolution, Experiences, and Evaluation Aussenwirtschaft – The Swiss Review of International
Economic Relations, Vol. 60 (2005), No. I, pp. 27-61
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Ancient European had close Neanderthal ancestor
Tuesday, 23 June 2015 Will Dunham
DNA from 40,000 year old jawbone reveals this man had a Neanderthal ancestor as recently as four to six generations back(Source: Svante Paabo/Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)
DNA trail A jawbone unearthed in Romania of a man who lived about 40,000 years ago, boasts the most Neanderthal ancestry ever seen in a member of our species.
The finding, published in the journal Nature, also indicates that interbreeding with Neanderthals occurred much more recently than previously known.
"We show that one of the very first modern humans that is known from Europe had a Neanderthal ancestor just four to six generations back in his family tree," says study co-author geneticist Svante Paabo of Germany's Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
"He carries more Neanderthal DNA than any other present-day or ancient modern human seen to date."
The international team of scientists extracted genomic data from the bone powder of a modern human, called Oase 1 unearthed at a cave system called Peștera cu Oase.
They found 6 to 9 per cent of this individual's genome derived from a Neanderthal ancestor.
The study, indicates that our species interbred with Neanderthals in Europe as well, not just in the Middle East as previously thought, says Paabo.
Previous research suggested this interbreeding occurred 50,000 to 60,000 years ago, before our species, arising in Africa, trekked into Europe, Asia and beyond.
"Modern humans arrive in Europe after 43,000 years ago, and Neanderthals went extinct by 39,000 years ago," says David Reich from Harvard Medical School.
Today, about 1 and 3 per cent of DNA from non-African people comes from Neanderthals.
The analysis shows Oase 1 was more genetically similar to present-day East Asians and Native Americans than present-day Europeans.
This indicates the individual, a hunter-gatherer, was from a "pioneer population" that entered Europe, but did not contribute much or anything at all genetically to later Europeans, says Reich.
"This is interesting because it means that Europe has not been continuously occupied by the same lineages ever since the first waves of migration of modern humans into Europe," he says.
The robust, large-browed Neanderthals prospered across Europe and Asia from about 350,000 years ago till shortly after 40,000 years ago, disappearing in the period after Homo sapiens arrived.
Related: Did modern humans wipe out Neanderthals in Europe?
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Neutronic Analysis of an Advanced Fuel Design Concept for the High Flux Isotope Reactor
Ned Xoubi, R. T. Primm III, G. Ivan Maldonado
Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 162 / Number 1 / May 2009 / Pages 87-97
Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE162-87
This study presents the neutronic analysis of an advanced fuel design concept for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) that could significantly extend the current fuel cycle length under the existing design and safety criteria. A key advantage of the fuel design herein proposed is that it would not require structural changes to the present HFIR core, in other words, maintaining the same rated power and fuel geometry (i.e., fuel plate thickness and coolant channel dimensions). Of particular practical importance, as well, is the fact that the proposed change could be justified within the bounds of the existing nuclear safety basis. The simulations herein reported employed transport theory-based and exposure-dependent eigenvalue characterization to help improve the prediction of key fuel cycle parameters. These parameters were estimated by coupling a benchmarked three-dimensional MCNP5 model of the HFIR core to the depletion code ORIGEN via the MONTEBURNS interface.
The design of an advanced HFIR core with an improved fuel loading is an idea that evolved from early studies by R. D. Cheverton, formerly of ORNL. This study contrasts a modified and increased core loading of 12 kg of 235U against the current core loading of 9.4 kg. The simulations performed predict a cycle length of 39 days for the proposed fuel design, which represents a 50% increase in the cycle length in response to a 25% increase in fissile loading, with an average fuel burnup increase of ~23%.
The results suggest that the excess reactivity can be controlled with the present design and arrangement of control elements throughout the core's life. Also, the new power distribution is comparable or even improved relative to the current power distribution, displaying lower peak to average fission rate densities across the inner fuel element's centerline and bottom cells. In fact, the fission rate density in the outer fuel element also decreased at these key locations for the proposed design. Overall, it is estimated that the advanced core design could increase the availability of the HFIR facility by ~50% and generate ~33% more neutrons annually, which is expected to yield sizeable savings during the remaining life of HFIR, currently expected to operate through 2014.
This study emphasizes the neutronics evaluation of a new fuel design. Although a number of other performance parameters of the proposed design check favorably against the current design, and most of the core design features remain identical to the reference, it is acknowledged that additional evaluations would be required to fully justify the thermal-hydraulic and thermal-mechanical performance of a new fuel design, including checks for cladding corrosion performance as well as for industrial and economic feasibility.
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oldmanintheskydidntdoit
(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 18 2007,09:08
Quote (supersport @ Sep. 18 2007,09:07)
Quote (IanBrown_101 @ Sep. 18 2007,09:04)
I can also show you fossilized humans were found in the same area as fossilized dinosaurs.
Same area, no doubt. Same layer? All over the world? I doubt that.
all over the world? It just takes one spot, right?
In the same vein, if we can show one prediction that the bible makes is 100% wrong, that proves the bible is not true?
It just takes one contradiction right?
I also mentioned that He'd have to give me a thorough explanation as to *why* I must "eat human babies".
if there are even critical flaws in Gauger�s work, the evo mat narrative cannot stand
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"No one can read these legends and doubt that the Flood was an historical reality
Careful child, quoting stories from the imagined history of a post literal world makes your argument look like argumentum ex Hollywood in terms of the history of the Earth. 2500 years ago when Genesis was written compared to the birth of film 100 years ago is an order of magnitude of 10 to the power of 6 compared with the total age of the earth.
In other words irrelavant.
You not only couldn't pay attention in class you were incapable, isn�t that right sStuporSorter?
The conservative has but little to fear from the man whose reason is the servant of his passions, but let him beware of him in whom reason has become the greatest and most terrible of the passions.These are the wreckers of outworn empires and civilisations, doubters, disintegrators, deicides.Haldane
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If it was something as bizzare as rabbits in clearly pre-cambrian rock, then yeah.
If it's fossil humans and fossil dino's in one area where there's been a lot of geographical turbulence, not so much.
I'm not the fastest or the baddest or the fatest.
You NEVER seem to address the fact that the grand majority of people supporting Darwinism in these on line forums and blogs are atheists. That doesn't seem to bother you guys in the least. - FtK
Roddenberry is my God.
all over the world? �It just takes one spot, right?
there's been geologic turbulence everywhere.
Quote (oldmanintheskydidntdoit @ Sep. 18 2007,09:06)
Same area? Same Strata?
Whatever, please bring on the information, links, whatever.
So, just so we're clear Supersport, it's your contention that humans and Dinosaurs existed at the same time in the same places?
http://www.projectexploration.org/niger2000/11_04_2000.htm
"�There�s something big over here!� shouted Allison. We gathered around her find, a blackened, fossilized skull fragment more than a foot across. After puzzling over the piece briefly, I declared �It�s a cow, a fossilized cow skull.�
Now what was a fossil cow skull doing in a place like this � an area rich in dinosaur bone more than 100 million years old?
T ime-blackened fossil remains of rhinos, goats, and crocodiles recovered from a floodplain sit on the hood of the Land Rover alongside stone tools and remains of fossilized humans.
More pieces of the puzzle were being picked up by other team members. Dave exclaimed gleefully, �Look, it�s human! Part of the skull!� as he held high the curved plate of bone that shields the massive human brain. He never expected to find fossil humans on a dinosaur expedition."
You should have turned to the next page SuperSport. It's all explained
Dinosaurs and humans did not live at the same time. The last of the dinosaurs died out 60 million years before the first modern human ever walked the earth. Paleontologists study ancient life forms, including dinosaurs. Archaeologists, on the other hand, study evidence of ancient humans. While the formal study of these subjects are different, the concurrence of �recent fossils� with dinosaur fossils is not uncommon. Archaeologists have even found tools and jewlery carved out of dinosaur bones.
Your "proof" Supersport comes from a non-scientific field trip out to collect bones. Does this sound like a professional expedition?
Soon a pile of bone lay on the hood of one of the Land Rovers. �Put all fossil human pieces here, fish go there. Put non-human mammal finds here.�
Yet again SuperSport, you use an article that flatly contradicts the assertions you are making. You said this article supports your contention that man and dino lived at the same time. Even the article says that that's not true.
Wake up man! If this is the best you've got then give up now.
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Quote (jeannot @ Sep. 18 2007,09:04)
hey, old man...if dinosaurs are 100 million years old, why are their bones found on the surface of the ground?....what's up with that?
You've heard about "erosion", right?
right....so how does encased rock get eroded off bones so that the bones are free and clear of it? It takes scientists special tools, instruments and chemicals to get rock off bones.....yet you say rain can do it. Go figure. You can't count evidence that you can't see. I see bones laying on the surface......you have no scientific explanation.
I find amusing that you want a scientific explanation, while you favor Goddidit over scientific facts.
So just to be clear, you also refute all geology?
Is it part of the big conspiracy?
old man -- that's not an explanation -- that's a belief -- the reality is these bones were found together. The observable evidence is on my side.
Old Man: "Yet again SuperSport, you use an article that flatly contradicts the assertions you are making. You said this article supports your contention that man and dino lived at the same time. Even the article says that that's not true"
No, reread what I actually did say....I said fossilized human and fossilized dino bones have been found in the same area.
except that you cannot point to the flood layer in the geologic record that should exist world-wide according to you. Or did this flood happen without disturbing a single pebble?
It's funny how this "turbulence" only affects that one strata.
What a co-incidence.
On a minor scale, yeah.
Unless you're talking about the flood? Please tell me how the water got there without boiling all life.
Then tell me how big the ark was, and what animals were on it.
Yes, a museum also contains fossil human and Dino bones.
You can say of these also that they were "found in the same area".
What does "finding them in the same area" prove then? That man lived with Dino? Is that what you are saying?
right....so how does encased rock get eroded off bones so that the bones are free and clear of it? �It takes scientists special tools, instruments and chemicals to get rock off bones.....yet you say rain can do it. �Go figure. � You can't count evidence that you can't see. �I see bones laying on the surface......you have no scientific explanation.
I just don't trust atheists as far as I can throw them. They'll only "find" evidence that they can manipulate to further their worldview....all the contradictory evidence gets lied about, hidden, or left in the ground.
Geologists are no different than atheists in other areas of science.
I'm saying the fact that humans and dinos are found in the same rock, the same strata, and the fact that dinos have soft, organic tissue embedded in their bones proves that they did not, could not have died out millions of years ago.
1. Why don't you trust atheists? What evidence made you think they are liars?
2. What about the religious scientists who accept evolution, such as Wes?
How do you know they're lying?
OH BOOHOOHOO friggen' HOO arsehole get on your white (w)horse and ride out of town to the band playing "march of the clowns"!!!
I just don't trust atheists as far as I can throw them. �They'll only "find" evidence that they can manipulate to further their worldview....all the contradictory evidence gets lied about, hidden, or left in the ground.
I wouldn't necessarily call all atheists liars, but their problem is they simply cannot see the truth...consequently, untruths and wild guessing get passed over as reality.
I'm saying the fact that humans and dinos are found in the same rock, the same strata,...
Where's the paper reporting that?
in the trashcan....
Is that why all the early geologists were in fact creationists out to provide proof for a young earth, only to realize that the in fact the evidence shows a old old earth
Do you really want to go here SuperSport? Do you really know that little about the history of all this stuff that you'd want to bring up Geologists?
Do a little research next time to avoid looking this foolish.
You did know this about the YEC Geologists right? How they went looking for proof of a young earth?
So, SuperSport, what to talk about creationist Geologists some more? Or are you embarrassed enough now?
ah, you've had a proper look at the site you linked to now huh? Maybe you've realized that "a day trip hunting bones for tourists" is not exactly the sort of scientific evidence that people round here are going to accept?
This is a very important question, SS. You should try to answer it.
I wouldn't necessarily call all atheists liars, but their problem is they simply cannot see the truth...consequently, lies and untruths and wild guessing get passed over as reality.
Oh yeah coming from a guy who has difficulty counting change.......this is EARTH SHATTERING!!!!!
Richardthughes
Quote (k.e @ Sep. 18 2007,02:30)
This would make sense from a Biblical perspective. Remember how it was that Adam and Eve walked and talked in the Garden with God? I believe Adam and Eve were probably created perfectly and designed to live forever�.it was only after sin entered that they Spiritually began to degenerate...and this process continues today.
Why is it you fundies have such a hangup about sex?
It's like you are trapped permanently in the birth canal.
everyone has hangups with sex....we "fundies" just don't do it with animals and with members of our own gender like others in society.
..until you get caught.
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So you believe that there are no theist scientists at all?
If we can prove that there are in fact theist scientists who also believe in evolution and a old earth, how do you you explain the consensus regarding "evilution".
If not all scientists are atheists then you can't explain it that way, as much as you might wish you could.
the only people who won't accept it are the kooks in science who don't want to accept it.
oh I have no doubt that there are Christian scientists.....but they are, however, materialists....and materialism often trumps anything and everything. I think some scientists claim to be Christians on debate forums so they can better fool people (Christians) or lull them into believing that they're getting the truth.
These turkeys don't fool me though.
If your "proof" is a simple "here's how we did on our day out bone hunting" story, then are you surprised that it's not been accepted?
Provide some evidence for your position and then you can start to call people "kooks".
Degenerating to name-calling now are we Sport?
"kooks"?
Anyway, everybody "in science" has accepted "it" years ago. Therefore everybody "in science" is a kook.
Put me in with the kooks if you are the alternative.
Quote (Richardthughes @ Sep. 18 2007,09:25)
lol...good one.
//the only people who won't accept it are the kooks in science who don't want to accept it.
Ah say .....ah say, boy .......can you you keep the quotable quotes down to one a day you are outgassing AFDAVE there boy!!
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US GA Nervous System Disorder (CR)
CDC: Cases of mysterious illness rising
Story No.: apus107412
Dateline: Winder/Atlanta - Various
Date: 11/14/2018 05:59 PM
Winder, Georgia - 26 October 2018
1. Mid of Jennifer Peteet and son Reid
2. Close of Peteet signage
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jennifer Peteet, Winder, Georgia:
"Four or five days into it he tried to stand up at the table and fell, by the end of the night he was completely paralyzed from the neck down."
4.Still of Jennifer and Reid
5.SOUNDBITE (English) Jennifer Peteet, Winder, Georgia:
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"We have now confirmed 90 cases in 27 states and an there are an additional 162 cases that are awaiting confirmation or are under investigation."
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14. SOUNDBITE (English) Kathleen Dooling, CDC Epidemiologist:
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15.Various shots of Reid in his wheelchair
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Childhood cases of a mysterious paralyzing illness are continuing to mount, and health officials say this year's count could surpass the numbers seen in similar outbreaks in 2014 and 2016.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the disease is rare and only 90 cases, across 25 states have been confirmed in 2018.
CDC officials say it's still not clear what's causing some children to lose the ability to move their face, neck, back, arms or legs. The symptoms tend to occur about a week after they had a fever and respiratory illness.
Health officials call the condition Acute flaccid myelitis. Doctors have suspected it might be tied to a kind of enterovirus, such as EV-D68 or EV-A71. A spike in EV-D68 illnesses coincided with the first mysterious wave of paralysis cases in 2014.
But it's not clear why most people infected with those viruses suffer only cold symptoms. It's noteworthy that there was no spike in EV-D68 when a larger wave occurred in 2016, CDC officials said.
And then there's the lack of clinical evidence: CDC officials have checked the spinal fluid of 77 of the 90 patients and found EV-68 in only one case and EV-A71 in only one other.
Some possible suspects, such as polio and West Nile virus, have been ruled out.
About 120 confirmed cases were reported in 2014. Another 149 were reported in 2016. In 2015 and 2017, the counts of reported illnesses were far lower.
The illness spikes in September each year. But it can take weeks to study them and decide if they should be counted in the outbreak. More than 250 more illnesses are being investigated, and some or many of those may join the count, CDC officials said.
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European Stakeholder Committees (ESCs) have been established to inform and consult stakeholders about the requirements in the guidelines/network codes during the implementation period.
The System Operation network codes aim to develop a harmonised system operation regime considering past experiences (e.g. coordination issues) and future challenges (renewable energy sources penetration), enabling at the same time the proper functioning and technical evolution of the European electricity market and transmission network through coordinated action from TSOs, DSOs and grid users.
System Operation covers the complete area of activities for operating electric power systems, including security, control and quality in terms of fixed technical standards, principles and procedures, but also the synchronous operation of interconnected power systems. System Operation covers the following areas for network codes according to Article 8(6) (a), (d), (e) and (f) of Regulation No (EC) 714/2009, set out respectively below:
network security and reliability rules including rules for technical transmission reserve capacity for operational network security;
data exchange and settlement rules;
interoperability rules;
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On 4 May 2016, the draft guideline on electricity transmission sytem operation received a positive vote in comitology. The draft guideline is due to be adopted over the course of the following months, afterwhich it shall becoming binding and applicable in all Member States.
The guideline lays down rules and requirements for the purpose of safeguarding a good level of operational security, frequency, quality and efficient use of the interconnected system and resources.
The rules and requirements shall apply to the following significant grid users:
existing and new power generating modules classified as type B, C and D in accordance with the criteria set out in Article 5 of the Commission Regulation establishing a network code on requirements for grid connection;
existing and new transmission connected demand facilities;
existing and new transmission connected closed distribution systems;
existing and new demand facilities, closed distribution systems and third parties in case where they provide demand response directly to the TSO according to the criteria in Article 27 of the Commission Regulation establishing a network code on demand connection;
providers of redispatching of power generating modules or demand facilities by means of aggregation and providers of active power reserve in accordance with Chapter 8; and
existing and new HVDC systems according to the criteria in Article 3(1) of the Commission Regulation establishing a network code on requirements for grid connection of high voltage direct current systems and direct current-connected power park modules.
Since the network code is drafted as a guideline, it aims to provide a "minimum degree of harmonisation" and therefore leaves certain details to further implementation procedures at national level. These details include the terms and conditions or methodologies which are to be developed by the TSOs and approved by the respective NRAs. Among these terms and conditions or methodologies, there are:
the key organizational requirements, roles and responsibilities in relation to data exchange related operational security;
the methodology for building the common grid models; and
the methodology for coordinating operational security analysis.
On 24 October 2016, the draft network code on electricity emergency and restoration received a positive vote in comitology. The draft network code is due to be adopted over the course of the following months, afterwhich it shall becoming binding and applicable in all Member States.
The purpose of the network code is safeguarding operational security, preventing the propagation or deterioration of an incident to avoid a widespread disturbance and the blackout state as well to allow for the efficient and rapid restoration of the electricity system from the emergency or blackout.
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European Business Awards
Adrian Tripp, CEO of the European Business Awards, Europe’s largest cross-sector business competition, said: “We wanted to recognize more widely the many incredible business success stories from across Europe.”
He continued: “The talent, dedication and innovation at the heart of these companies creates jobs and opportunity, and is what drives their country’s prosperity. The ‘Ones to Watch’ lists will set a benchmark of success for the European business community.”
Jean Stephens, CEO of RSM, the sixth largest global network of independent audit, tax and consulting firms, and long-term sponsors of the Awards, said: “To be listed as a ‘Ones to Watch’ is a real accolade. At RSM, we work with companies across Europe and beyond, advising them on all areas of their business and we are passionate about encouraging success and prosperity. We wish these dynamic companies every success in the future.”
“I am proud that Dinex has been selected as one of the Danish companies on the “One to Watch list”. Being selected by the committee is a seal of approval in itself”, Torben Dinesen, CEO of Dinex group, says.
Dinex will now have the chance to compete in the category “The Elite award for growth strategy of the year” and potentially be the National Winner in Denmark. If successful, they will then take part in the grand final in May 2018, where the final 12 European winners will be announced.
The Awards Categories for 2017-2018:
The RSM Entrepreneur of the Year Award
The ELITE Award for Growth Strategy of the Year
The Award for Innovation
The Award for International Expansion
The Social Responsibility and Environmental Awareness Award
The New Business of The Year Award
The Workplace and People Development Award
The Customer and Market Engagement Award
The Digital Technology Award
The Business of the Year Award with Turnover € 0 - 25M
The Business of the Year Award with Turnover €26M - 150M
The Business of the Year Award with Turnover €150 +
The ‘Ones to Watch’ for countries in Europe can be found at www.businessawardseurope.com
About Dinex:
Dinex has 1,250 employees operating globally in more than 16 countries with headquarter in Denmark, 8 factories, and 7 sales and distribution companies. Dinex is developing and manufacturing exhaust and emission systems for the aftermarket and commercial vehicles market as original equipment manufacturer. As a full system supplier, Dinex is a market leader in Europe with its own core after treatment technologies for all emission reduction requirements. The company has a long history focused on the heavy-duty market with a global production and technology platform.
To find out more about Dinex, please visit www.dinex.dk
About the European Business Awards:
The European Business Awards’ primary purpose is to support the development of a stronger and more successful business community throughout Europe.
The European Business Awards program serves the European business community in three ways:
• It celebrates and endorses individuals’ and organizations’ success
• It provides and promotes examples of excellence for the business community to aspire to
• It engages with the European business community to create debate on key issues
The European Business Awards is now in its 11th year. Last year it engaged with over 33,000 businesses from 34 countries. Sponsors and partners include RSM, ELITE and PR Newswire
Contact – Dinex Group:
Torben Dinesen Kathrine K. Jeppesen
CEO Dinex Group Executive Assistant & Strategy Execution
Tel.: +45 63 41 25 12 Tel. +45 25 47 20 15
E-mail: td@dinex.dk E-mail: kkj@dinex.dk
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October 3rd-Former champions take on younger foes!
Datong, China
The most notable action this coming Tuesday is from Datong, in China, where we'll get two former world champions taking on younger fighters in what could potentially be a card where two men turn back the clock, or get put out to pasture.
One of those former champions is Xiong Zhao Zhong (26-7-1, 14), the first ever male world champion, who looks to resurrect his career in the show's main event. The former WBC Minimumweight champion hasn't fought in over a year, and is more than 2 years removed from his last win, but has gotten a fight with unbeaten Thai Petchmanee Kokietgym (18-0, 10), with the two men fighting for the WBA “interim” world title at Minimumweight. The 26 year old Thai will be taking a huge step up, but comes into the bout as an unbeaten fighter on his way to world titles and will be very confident of coming out on top here.
The other bout will see world ranked Chinese fighter Can Xu (12-2) take on former champion Nehomar Cermeno (26-6-1-1, 15) in a WBA International Featherweight title fight. Coming in to the bout Xu is closing in on a world title shot, with a #4 ranking with the WBA, but hasyet to score a big win. He'll see this as a huge chance to score a career best win, but it comes against a man who twice beat China's last big hope, Qiu Xiao Jun. This could be a coming out performance for Xu, or another win over a Chinese hope by Cermeno.
There is also a bout of note set to take place in Azerbaijan, with the main event bout against featuring an aged former world champion taking on a younger unbeaten man, looking to move his career forward and score his biggest win.
This time around the unbeaten man is Ramal Amanov (10-0, 1), a 33 year old Azeri southpaw, and the former champion is Zab Judah (43-9-0-2, 30), who was a huge name in the early 00's but is now very much a spent force at the age of 39 and with just a single fight in the last 3 years. Amanov is taking a huge step up here but if he's going to have any sort of notoriety with his career he will have to get past the ghost of Judah here.
October 2nd-Noh and Shimizu faceoff, Abe goes up against Hosono!
To begin October we turn our attention to the Korakuen Hall,where Ohashi gym put on a solid looking card.
The main event is a genuinely brilliant match up as 2012 Olympic bronze medal winner Satoshi Shimizu (3-0, 3) takes a massive step up, to challenge OPBF Featherweight champion Sa Myung Noh (11-3, 4, who will be looking to defend the title he won back in June when he upset Ryo Takenaka. To date Shimizu has fought just 9 rounds as a professional and has looked destructive, but flawed, with a lot of power and exciting style. As for Noh he's looking to build on a career defining win and will be hoping that another win in Japan could help him more towards a potential world title fight, and it is worth noting he enters this bout with a WBC world ranking which will improve if he retains his title here.
The main event is a great bout but it may actually be the second best fight on the card as former world title challenger Satoshi Hosono (33-3-1, 22) takes on talented youngster Reiya Abe (14-2, 7). On paper we suspect many will favour Hosono, given his experience and the fact that his set backs have come against world class opposition, however Abe is no joke and he has rocked up 6 straight wins,including notable victories against Ryo Hino, Hikaru Marugame, Shingo Kusano and Tsuyoshi Tameda. This really could be a very special bout between fighters at different points in their career.
On the under-card fight fans will see Tsuyoshi Tameda (14-3-2, 12), making his Ohashi debut, and Ryuji Hara (22-2,13) who both take on Thai foes in what should be showcases contests before bigger bouts later in the year, with Hara expected to get a second world title fight in the very near future.
September 30th-Action in China and Indonesia
Jinan, China
For a second day running we get action in Jinan, and for a second day running that action is headlined by a Chinese fighter taking on an Indonesian foe. This time around it will be the big punching Ainiwaer Yilixiati (10-1, 8) defending the Chinese honour as he takes on Skax Max (8-15, 7). The once beaten local lost last time out, after putting in a solid performance against Jayde Mitchell in an OPBF title fight, a fight that was much more competitive than the scorecards suggested. As for the visitor he has gone 2-4 in his last 6, and was stopped last time out in China by the talented Pui Yu Lim, and we expect the same to happen here.
Selatan, Indonesia
In Indonesia we get a number of title fights on what looks like a pretty interesting card, at least given the typical stand of Indonesian cards.
One of the title bouts will see the once touted Defry Palulu (18-2-1, 12) take on domestic foe Isack Junior (25-7-2, 8) in a bout for the WBC Asian Boxing Council Super Featherweight title, with Palulu making his first defense of the title. The bout should be an interesting but should see Palulu come out on top, and continue to rebuild his career, following an upset loss last year to Jason Butar Butar.
Another title bout on this card will see John Ruba (14-3-1, 7) take on Joffrey Garcia (5-6-4, 4) for the WBC Asian Boxing Council Continental Light Welterweight title. Although the bout looks like a mismatch it will be good to see Ruba pick up a title and begin a run towards bigger and better fights. Although relatively unknown Ruba has impressed on the road, and ran Ryosuke Maruki mega close back in 2015, and has got the ability to go far.
Also on this card will be the unbeaten Tibo Monabesa (15-0-2, 7) and the experienced Larry Siwu (25-9, 21), who will both be facing relatively poor opponents as they look to stay busy before potentially bigger fights in the near future.
Banjarnegara, Indonesia
In a second Indonesian show fight fans will see Budi Wilson (0-6) take on the debuting James Lipus (0-0) in a bout that is hard to get too excited about given the lack of information available on either fighter.
September 29th- Busy day in China! Amagasa takes on Pumicpic in Japan!
This coming Friday is a crazy day in the world of Asian boxing with a trio of Chinese cards, as well as a notable Japanese show. The bouts aren't likely to have much global attention, but they range from a really high profile debut, to a potentially thrilling war on the verges of world class.
For us the biggest show of the day is from Beijing, where we see a number of prospects in action, in bouts of varying quality.
One of the really good looking bouts will see Filipino Ronnie Baldonado (9-0-1, 6) defending his WBO “interim” Oriental Flyweight title against touted Indonesian puncher Iwan Zoda (14-2-1, 13). For the champion the bout will be his first defense of the title he won back in April, when he stopped Yiming Ma inside a round whilst Zoda will be looking to rebuild after a year that has seen hi suffer a stoppage to Robert Onggocan and a surprising draw with Ical Tobida. It's fair to say Zoda can ill afford a set back but Baldonado is on a role with a trio of first round blow outs.
Another really interesting contest will see Filipino prospect Mark Anthony Barriga (6-0, 1) take a huge step up to face former 2-time world title challenger Samartlek Kokietgym (33-6, 12) in a contest for the WBO International Minimumweight title. The 24 year old Barriga was a top Filipino prospect and it's clear his team view him as a special talent but this is a massive step up in class, and should tell us a lot about just how far Barriga could go. Samartlek, who is best known for losing in world title bouts to Naoya Inoue and Akira Yaegashi, does have a padded record, but is a very decent fight and will certainly not be afraid of Barriga's amateur background.
Another title bout featuring an unbeaten fighter on this show will see Jin Xiang Pan (7-0, 4) take on James MacDonald (8-1-1, 4) for the WBO Youth Super Featherweight title. On paper this bout doesn't have the appeal of the ones above, but it's a step up for both fighters and it should be very interesting to see where both men are going in their career.
Arguably the most notable title bout on the card, yet potentially the most one-sided, will see former Chinese amateur stand out Lu Bin (0-0) take on Thai foe Chatchai Or Benjamas (8-9, 6) for the vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council Light Flyweight Title. Making his professional debut in a 10 rounder is clearly Bin and his team looking to make a statement and given his background in amateur boxing and the APB there is real star potential here. It should be noted that Chatchai isn't great, and was an early opponent for the likes of Yohei Tobe and KJ Cataraja, but Bin's willingness to fight for a title early is still a statement from his team.
One other bout of note from this show will see big punching Filipino Jayar Inson (13-1, 9) take on China's Yangcheng Jin (5-1-2, 1). This is likely to be a straight forward win for the visitor, but he is coming in to the bout on the back of a loss on the road in South Africa, and may be wearing the mental scars of that defeat.
Xi An, China
We get more title action in Xi An as novices Yiran Li (3-0, 3) and Super Top Singnamchai (2-0, 1) battle for the WBC Youth Featherweight title. Li made his professional debut back in April and has needed just 7 rounds to despatch his first 3 foes whilst the Thai visitor apparently debuted in 2012, and hasn't had a boxing contest in more than 5 years, making this a very perplexing contest on paper.
Staying in China just a little longer fans will get card in Jinan where the headline bout will see Indonesian veteran Hero Tito (23-12-2, 8) battle with local Aizi Aili (5-2-1, 2), in what could be a pretty solid match up between well matched fighters at different stages of their career.
As well as all the action in China there will also be a notable card at the Korakuen Hall, which will be available on the A-sign service.
The main event of the card is a potential war as former world title challenger Hisashi Amagasa (33-6-2, 21) takes on Richard Pumicpic (19-8-2, 6) in a bout for the WBO Asia Pacific Featherweight title, essentially securing the winner a top 15 WBO ranking. Of the two men Amagasa is the more well known, given his bouts with Guillermo Rigondeaux and Josh Warrington, and will be favoured, however Pumicpic is no pushover and he has has pushed fighters like Ryosuke Iwasa, Cesar Juarez and Yohei Tobe all really close in thrilling fights. We're expecting this fight to be the bout of the day.
In another good looking contest we'll see veteran Takafumi Nakajima (28-9-1, 12) take on Jin Miura (9-2, 1). Coming in to this Nakajima has a little bit of momentum, with 3 straight wins to put back to back losses behind him, whilst Miura comes in on the back of a narrow loss in Russia. This could be a highly skilled battle with both men looking to really boost their hopes of a potential domestic title bout.
One other fighter of note on this card is Naoki Mochizuki (11-2, 6), who will be facing off with a Thai visitor.
September 26th-Rookie Semi Finals 2!
The Rookie of the Year continues this coming Tuesday when we get the second set of Rookie of the Easy Semi-Finals.
The show will feature 12 bouts, one taking place in every division below Middleweight, other than Light Middleweight, and will see all the winners fill out the bracket for November's Rookie of the East final, with the victors taking on the winners from Monday's show.
The bouts are expected to be exciting and competitive, with arguably the most notable fighter on the card being Mirai Naito (4-0, 2), who battles Kenichiro Kosakai (0-2-1) for a place in the Lightweight final. Naito is the brother of Rikki Naito and son of Cassius Naito, which has certainly helped him get some attention in Japan, even though he is still very much a boxing novice.
September 25th-Rookie semi final's 1!
The Rookie of the Year shows are heading to a finish,with two regions having already been settled. This week attention turns to the East Japan competition, as we get two shows in as many days.
The first of those shows takes place on Monday and will feature 11 bouts, from Minimumweight to Middleweight.
The contests will see the first half of the bracket being filled for November's Rookie of the East final, with the victors taking on the winners from tomorrow's card.
Sadly we've not had the time to work out who is fighting who in this show, but we suspect the card will feature a number of great bouts. As the Rookie shows always do.
September 24th-Nadir Baloch steps up!
Quetta, Pakistan
This coming Monday attention turns to Pakistan, where local hopeful Nadir Baloch (3-0, 3) takes a huge step up in class to take on Filipino Ralph Jhon Lulu (12-2-2, 5) in a bout for the UBO International Super Bantamweight title. The promising Baloch, a former Pakistani amateur standout, has stopped his first 3 foes in a combined 17 rounds, and has experienced going 8 rounds already, but his competition has been weak despite fighting in 10 rounders. As for Lulu he has lost his last two, including a stoppage loss to Genesis Servania, and whilst his record looks good it's hard to see any sort of notable wins on there.
September 23rd- A busy day of Asian's in action!
The most notable bout for Asian fight fans this Saturday is in Texas where we'll see a Filipino icon in action as Nonito Donaire (37-4, 24) returns to the ring for the first time since losing the WBO Super Bantamweight title to Jessie Magdaleno last November. The “Filipino Flash” has been training in Japan for his return, which sees him moving back up to Featherweight to face Ruben Garcia Hernandez (22-2-1, 9) in a contest for the WBC Silver title. Although he has been inactive, and is 34, Donaire should have far too much for Hernandez.
In California there is another notable Filipino in action, as the heavy handed Romero Duno (14-1, 13) returns to the States for the first time since his break out win over Christian Gonzalez. The hard hitting Pinoy puncher will be up against Mexican veteran Juan Pablo Sanchez (30-13, 14). Duno should have too much fire power for his Mexican foe, who has been stopped 8 times, but Sanchez does appear to be than his record suggests and his last couple of losses, have been in competitive decisions against Rene Alvarado and Antonio Moran, both solid punchers.
Louisiana, USA
More Asian fighters are in action in the US as a number of fighters from Central Asia fight on a card in Louisiana.
In the main event we'll see 21 year old Tajik hopeful Mekhrubon Sanginov (4-0, 3) take on American Cameron Burroughs (4-1-0-1, 3) for the WBC Youth Middleweight title. Sanginov has been a professional for just under a year but has impressed with 3 quick wins and a bizarre split decision in Poland where one judge appears to have been watching a different fight to everyone else. This should be a really interesting and looks to be very well matched, though neither man has has got many rounds under their belt, which could make this contest sloppy if it gets to the later rounds.
Also on this card are Balaussa Muzdiman (0-0), Iskander Kharsan (1-0, 1) and Ali Baloyev (1-0, 1) who will all be facing limited looking opposition as they look to take their next step in their professional journey.
Ibaragi, Japan
Fight fans in Japan are set for a bit of a strange card with a trio of notable names, all taking on very weak opposition.
In the main event the always fun to watch Tatsuya Takahashi (26-7-5, 19) will be up against limited Thai visitor Chatphet Saithonggym (0-2) in what should be an easy win for Takahashi, following a technical decision loss to Jetro Pabustan earlier this year. Although Takahashi is a very fun to watch fighter it's unlikely this will be too exciting, with the bout likely designed to give Takahashi an easy win.
Another mismatch will see big punching Japanese Welterweight Yuki Beppu (15-0-1, 15) take on an unnamed Thai foe. This will be Beppu's second bout since drawing with Charles Bellamy back in January and we're expecting another early finish for the 26 year old banger.
Arguably the most interesting bout on this card will see novice Tetsuya Watanabe (1-0), who is touted as once to watch, take on the always entertaining and charming Takuya Yamaguchi (3-8-2, 2). It's hard to imagine Yamaguchi winning, but he will throw leather with bad intentions and could well test Watanabe's resolve and chin in a potentially interesting contest.
Johore Bahru, Malaysia
We get yet another Asian show with action in Malaysia, as we see FH Promotions give several fighters a chance to shine.
One of those looking to impress here is Azizbek Abdugofurov (7-0, 4), who was originally scheduled to face Ibrahim Tamba (21-8-1, 14) but is now listed as facing a TBA, presumably a late replacement for Tamba who appears to be out of the bout. Abdugofurov is regarded as one of the top Uzbek prospects and has quickly climbed into the top 25 on boxrec due to notable wins over the likes of Chaloemporn Singwancha, Sirimongkol Singwancha and Martin Fidel Rios. It's likely his bout here will just be a stay busy, but he really is one to watch.
Another unbeaten man looking to extend his record is local favourite Muhamad Farkhan (4-0, 4), who will want to shine in front of his loyal fans as he takes on Thai visitor Khundon Chaiyonggym (8-3, 8). It's fair to say that Farkhan will have all the fans behind him and should win, but this is a small step up for the local hero.
On paper one bout that does have promise will see Filipino fighters collide as Jeson Umbal (15-5, 10) takes on Jon Jon Estrada (10-3-1,9). For Umbal this bout will be his 4th in Malaysia, where he is 3-0 (1) and will see him look to continue his 7 fight winning run. As for Estrada this bout will be his first outside of the Philippines. Given his power Estrada is a real threat to the rise of Umbal and this could be a very exciting and hard hitting bout, which should thrill the fans.
Paranaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines
In the Philippines there will be two shows, but the most notable is in Metro Manila.
In the main event of this card we'll see the talented pairing of Glenn Suminguit (19-3, 10) and Renoel Pael (21-6-1, 11) battle for the GAB Bantamweight title, with Suminguit looking for his firs defense of the title. Suminguit won the title a year ago, stopping Alvin Bais in 3 rounds for the vacant title, but has only fought once since then, losing in Super Bantamweight bout, and could well have some ring rust coming in to this one. As for Pael the bout will see is confidence being checked, with the once touted Leyte man being 2-5 in his last 7, and really struggling for form.
In supporting bouts we'll see the Elorde brothers take on two over-matched Indonesians. Juan Miguel Elorde (23-1, 12) will be up against Afrizal Tamboresi (11-6, 6), who has lost his last 4 and been stopped in his last 3 and Juan Martin Elorde (22-1-1, 9) will be up against veteran Arief Blader (23-24-2, 8), who has won 1 of his last 5. It's hard to imagine of the Elorde's losing here in what are really mismatches.
What could turn out to be an interesting contest is set to see Wilbert Berondo (10-2-1, 4) take on the tough and under-rated Jayar Diama (7-11-7, 3). Although it looks one sided on paper it needs to be noted that Diama is much better than the numbers suggest and he could be a real handful for Berondo, who is best known for suffering a stoppage loss to the exceptional Hinata Maruta.
Benguet, Philippines
In a second Filipino show we'll see a card headlined by a bout between Roilo Golez (16-18-1, 7) and Diarh Gabutan (19-6-3,10). Coming in to this one Golez is totally out of form, losing 7 of his last 8 bouts by stoppage. Whilst Golez has mixed with some good company he's also suffered lossesto limited foes, like Geboi Mansalayao and it's fair hard to say that Gabutan should pick up the win here. Saying that however Golez' only win in his last 8 bouts, was actually a 5th round KO against Gabutan, who knows he cannot afford another loss, especially not to Golez.
Also in Asia there is a show in Singapore, featuring a number of fighters from across Asia.
In a high profile female bout local star Nurshahidah Roslie (6-1, 4) will take on Thai visitor Sriphrae Nongkipahuyuth (12-4-2, 5) in a bout for the WBC Asian Boxing Council Female and OPBF Female Featherweight titles. This will give both fighters something to fight for, and we do expect them to have a proper fight here, but it's hard to imagine the visitor having the power needed to really test Roslie.
Another local in action is unbeaten Super Middleweight hopeful Rafi Majid (5-0, 5), who takes on Indonesian visitor Maxi Nahak (7-13-3, 3) in a bout for the WBC Asian Boxing Council Silver Super Middleweight title. Majid has blitzed his first 5 opponents, in a combined 7 rounds, and will likely do the same here, against a naturally smaller man who has been stopped 9 times already n 23 fights.
Another fight where we'd expected to see someone beat an Indonesian is a contest that will feature Filipino fighter Jun Tapale (22-9-1, 8) battling Indon Rusmin Kie Raha (15-13-3, 3). Although Tapale isn's a huge puncher Raha has been stopped in 8 of his 13 losses and we could see a 9th here. Raha's best hope is to see out the final bell, but it's hard to imagine him really testing the Filipino.
September 22nd-Nishida headlines, Puton and Mancito face off, Tepora looks for big win!
For a second day running we get some action at the Korakuen Hall, and we again get a card featuring some notable names on the Japanese domestic scene.
Originally the main event of the card was set to see Japanese Middleweight champion Hikaru Nishida (16-8-1, 7) defending his title against Kazuyuki Fukuyama (11-8, 3), Sadly illness has forced Fukuyama out of the contest, and now Nishida will face a Thai visitor instead. The originally made bout did have a little bit of interest, though Nishida was the clear favourite. Sadly the replacement just looks like a stay busy fight for Nishida. In saying that however Nishida has had a string of notable bouts, including a war with Tomohiro Ebisu earlier this year and wins against Makoto Fuchigami, Ratchasi Sithsaithong and Akio Shibata. From what we under-stand the Thai is Vichian K Max Gym (0-1), who was stopped inside a roundby Brandon Lockhart earlier this year, and we expect something similar from Nishida.
In a really good supporting bout we'll see the always fun to watch Gakuya Furuhashi (19-8-1, 9) take on Yoshiyuki Takabayashi (9-8, 4). On paper this looks like a mismatch but Takabayashi is much better than his record indicates and Furuhashi has taken so much punishment in recent bouts it's hard to know what he really has left. We'd assume Furuhashi will come out on top but this is no foregone conclusion, with the only guarantee being that this will be action packed.
In the Philippines fans will get a chance to see a card with an interesting main event between two fighters who are known better for putting up great efforts in losses, rather than their ability to win, but should put on a really good bout against each other.
That main event will see the criminally over-looked Vergil Puton (16-8, 8) battle against Eduardo Mancito (15-6-2, 9). Of the two men Puton is the better known, and has given problems to the likes of JR Magboo, Ye Joon Kim, Shuya Masaki and Ibrahim Balla, proving his ability as an “opponent”, who comes to win but just falls short. As for Mancito he has suffered losses to Thong Sithluangphophun, Jelbirt Gomera, Alberto Guevara, Tomas Rojas and Rey Vargas. This should be a really fun, competitive and exciting fight, but we suspect Puton will take home the win.
In a supporting bout on this card fans will see Malaysian prospect Aiman Abubakar (5-0, 2) face off with Nestor Junio (1-9-2), in what should be a straight forward win for the unbeaten man.
In South Africa we'll see unbeaten Filipino prospect Jhack Tepora (20-0, 15) take on heavy handed South African Lusanda Komanisi (21-3, 18) in a really good match up on paper. The Filipino has long been tipped as one to watch, and has claimed a number of minor titles through his career but hasn't fought away from his homeland yet. As for Komanisi he's shown brutal power in stopping the likes of Mabute Sinyabi and Roli Gasca, but did need a second bout with Gasca to see him off after a very controversial split decision over him in their first bout. This is a really good match up and will see the winner enhancing their standing and taking huge strides towards a world title fight.
In the US fight fans will get the chance to see 2016 Olympic gold medal winner Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (2-0, 1) fighting in the paid ranks for the 3rd time. The talented Uzbek will be up against Mexican tough guy Victor Rosas (9-6, 3), who has only been stopped once in his 15 fight career. The Uzbek was dropped on debut but went on to stop his foe that night and has since added a nice 8 rounds of experience to his record, and is likely to be fast tracked. Although he will be strongly favoured to defeat the upset minded Rosas, he will likely be looking to gain the experience of the later rounds, so don't be surprised to see this one go the distance.
September 21st-Kenta Nakagawa returns!
This coming Thursday sees action return to the Korakuen Hall after a short break away from the Japanese holy land of boxing. The card isn't the biggest, or the best, but it does feature a number of notable fighters.
One of those notable names will be former Japanese Super Flyweight champion Kenta Nakagawa (13-3-1, 9), who returns to action for the first time since losing the title to Ryuichi Funai earlier this year. The former champion is being matched rather softly here as he takes on Petchkaorat Kaolamlekgym (0-2), who has been stropped in both of his previous visitors to Japan. Although Nakagawa was stopped last time out it would be a massive surprise to to see anything but a stoppage for the Japanese local.
In the chief support bout we'll see veteran Takashi Inagaki (19-15-2, 9) take on Japanese ranked Yuya Okazaki (12-10-2, 4). Coming in to the bout Inagaki has has mixed success, including a draw with Daisuke Sakamoto, but it's hard to imagine him having much luck against Okazaki, who is a level below the best Japanese fighters at 140, but should be well above the likes of Inagaki.
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Limited healthcare resources across many Latin American countries mean that important biologics for conditions such as cancer and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are being underutilized, due largely to their cost and a lack of reimbursement from state health insurance programs. These factors contribute to suboptimal adoption of clinical best practice recommendations and inequality of care across the region. Payers are increasingly looking to biosimilars to help curb healthcare expenditure and broaden patient access. Legislation to ensure the quality, safety, and efficacy of biosimilars, and enforce rigorous regulatory and testing standards, already exists in the region, but varies from country to country. Currently, several biosimilars are being developed and tested in Latin America, under such legislation, for conditions ranging from RA to breast cancer and non-small cell lung cancer.
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In Latin American countries, where healthcare resources are often limited, the high cost of biologics is a major barrier in clinical practice. Important biologics for conditions such as cancer and RA are underutilized, due largely to a lack of reimbursement from state health insurance and the resulting ‘out-of-pocket’ expenses that are frequently unaffordable for patients. Consequently, adherence to clinical best practice is often not feasible and quality of care varies widely.
Trastuzumab, the first of the HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2)-directed therapies, has dramatically improved outcomes for patients with early1 or metastatic breast cancer.2 However, clinical oncologists surveyed in Mexico and Brazil frequently cite cost as a barrier to prescribing trastuzumab.3 In Peru, more than half of the population depend on public healthcare, which does not cover the cost of breast cancer treatment.4
Rituximab, an important advance in lymphoma treatment, is effective in the treatment of a wide variety of hematologic malignancies.5 However, many physicians (surveyed in Mexico and Brazil) are either unable to prescribe rituximab or have to deviate from treatment guidelines, largely because of cost.6
Anti-angiogenic biologics for use in metastatic colorectal cancer are not covered by public health insurance in a number of Latin American countries, such as Brazil and Peru, meaning that many eligible patients who could benefit from these treatments are denied them.7
Biologics have greatly improved RA care, but access to these therapies is restricted in some Latin America countries because of limited reimbursement and the resulting high out-of-pocket costs.8,9 In Mexico, the high cost of RA biologics means that they are available to only a few privately insured patients. Even those who are covered may still need to find a way to pay upfront, because some insurance companies do not pre-pay for the treatment.10
In Argentina, patient access to insulin analogues is limited. They are not covered in the public healthcare sector and access within the social security and private healthcare sectors is subject to an audit system, which requires the physician to demonstrate in writing that insulin analogue treatment is essential to their patient.11
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Regulatory guidelines in Latin America +
Legislation to ensure the quality, safety, and efficacy of biosimilars, and maintain rigorous regulatory and testing standards, already exists in several Latin American countries, based largely on European Medicines Agency (EMA) and World Health Organization (WHO) guidance (see table).13,14 Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico are the current regulatory front-runners. The Latin American biosimilar regulatory landscape is diverse but appears to be collectively gravitating towards an increased quality standard.12
However, it is important to note that some earlier versions of non-originator biologics – known as ‘copy biologics’ – were licensed in Latin America before the introduction of formal regulatory guidance requiring rigorous comparability testing (equivalent or close to the international standards). Copy biologics and biosimilars should be differentiated from a regulatory perspective, but unfortunately local reports and statistics do not always reflect this differentiation.
The regulatory situation in individual Latin American countries is as follows:
Brazil is unusual in having two regulatory pathways – the ‘comparative’ pathway and the ‘individual development’ pathway, both introduced by the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) in 2010. The comparative pathway, which is based on the WHO biosimilarity guidelines, is in alignment with international standards for biosimilar approval, and products licensed via this route are considered to be biosimilars.15 ANVISA approved its first biosimilar (Remsima, an infliximab biosimilar) via this pathway in 2015.16
The individual development pathway is not based on comparisons with originators and requires a full dossier of data.
Argentina introduced a formal regulatory pathway in 2011 and has been instrumental in establishing the need for rigorous approval standards in Latin America.17,18
Mexico established its biosimilar regulatory pathway in 2012, but this did not officially take effect until early 2015.19,20 The Mexican regulatory body COFEPRIS now requires manufacturers of biologic copy products licensed before the new regulations were enforced to reapply for approval of their products as biosimilars, with all the necessary evidence.21
Chile has yet to release biosimilar guidance, but a draft issued in 2011 suggests Chilean regulators will draw upon the EMA and WHO guidelines.12,13,22
Colombia issued draft guidelines in 2013, which have yet to be finalized. In the interim, some stakeholders have expressed concern that, although the draft guidelines declare that the required data must show the quality, efficacy, and safety of a biosimilar, there are currently no specifications in the draft as to how these properties should be demonstrated by the applicant.23
Biosimilars regulation across Latin America
Country Regulatory agency Biosimilar regulation Approved biosimilars*
(February 2015)
Administration of Drugs, Foods and Medical Devices of Argentina Final guidance issued December 2011.17
Yes (also copy biologics)
National Health Surveillance Agency of Brazil
Final guidance issued December 2010.24
National Drug Agency
No. Published draft proposals.25
None – copy biologics only
National Food and Drug Surveillance Institute
COFEPRIS
Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks
Final guidance issued April 2012.20 Go now!
Biosimilars in Mexico are called ‘biocomparables’ None – copy biologics only
*Products approved before the date of the national regulatory guidance may not have undergone full comparability/biosimilarity testing and are considered ‘copy biologics’ rather than biosimilars
Learn more about Regulatory Requirements >> Learn more about Biosimilars >>
Biosimilar approvals in Latin America +
Argentina and Brazil have both started to approve biosimilars in line with formal regulatory guidance. The financial impact is yet to be assessed; however, copy biologics (see ‘Are all copies of biologics considered biosimilars?’ in the Regulatory Requirements section) are in clinical use in several Latin American countries, e.g. over 20 products in Mexico (known locally as ‘biolimbos’). Importantly, in March 2015, the Mexican regulatory body COFEPRIS announced that all non-originator biological products registered before the formal approval framework was established would need to re-apply for licensing as biosimilars (or ‘biocomparables’ as they are known locally) in line with the new requirements.19
The future of biosimilars in Latin America +
Biologics in Latin America account for a large percentage of pharmaceutical spending but only a small number of prescriptions.12,15 Payers are increasingly looking to biosimilars to help curb healthcare expenditure and broaden patient access.12,15 In many Latin American countries, biosimilars for conditions such as RA, breast cancer, and non-small cell lung cancer are currently being developed and may soon be ready to submit applications.26
"In Argentina, payers foresee that the launch of biosimilars will reduce costs, expand formulary inclusion and improve patient access." 27
Andreia Ribeiro, PhD, Decision Resources Director
Foreign pharmaceutical companies with established clinical development expertise are teaming up with local companies offering regional expertise.26 In addition, in several Latin American countries including Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico, ‘local champions’ in biosimilar development are emerging.12
References +
The ASCO Post, 1 March 2013. Final 'joint analysis' confirms life-saving benefit of trastuzumab in patients with her2-positive early breast cancer. http://www.ascopost.com/issues/march-1,-2013/final-joint-analysis-confirms-life-saving-benefit-of-trastuzumab-in-patients-with-her2-positive-early-breast-cancer.aspx. Accessed 10 December 2015.
Slamon DJ, Leyland-Jones B, Shak S et al. Use of chemotherapy plus a monoclonal antibody against HER2 for metastatic breast cancer that overexpresses HER2. N Engl J Med (2001) 344:783–792.
Lammers P, Criscitiello C, Curigliano G et al. Barriers to the use of trastuzumab for HER2+ breast cancer and the potential impact of biosimilars: a physician survey in the United States and emerging markets. Pharmaceuticals (2014) 7:943–953.
Justo N, Wilking N, Jönsson B et al. A review of breast cancer care and outcomes in Latin America. Oncologist (2013) 18:248–256.
OncLive, 15 March 2011. The clinical and economic value of rituximab for the treatment of hematologic malignancies. http://www.onclive.com/publications/contemporary-oncology/2011/spring-2011/the-clinical-and-economic-value-of-rituximab-for-the-treatment-of-hematologic-malignancies/9. Accessed 18 February 2015.
Baer II WH, Maini A & Jacobs I. Barriers to the access and use of rituximab in patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a physician survey. Pharmaceuticals (2014) 7:530–544.
The Angiogenesis Foundation. Improving outcomes in the treatment and management of metastatic colorectal cancer in Latin America. A report based on a Latin American expert summit for metastatic colorectal cancer convened in Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 2014. http://www.angio.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/AF-Latin-America-CRC-White-Paper-June2014.pdf. Accessed 18 February 2015.
Burgos-Vargas R, Catoggio LJ, Galarza-Maldonado C et al. Current therapies in rheumatoid arthritis: A Latin American perspective. Reumatol Clin (2013) 9:106–112.
Mysler E & Scheinberg M. Biosimilars in rheumatology: a view from Latin America. Clin Rheumatol (2012) 31:1279–1280.
Comparator reports.se. A survey of barriers to treatment access in rheumatoid arthritis. Country annex report: Mexico. March 2010. http://www.comparatorreports.se/Access_Barriers_MEX_FINAL.pdf. Accessed 18 February 2015.
Caporale JE, Elgart JF & Gagliardino JJ. Diabetes in Argentina: cost and management of diabetes and its complications and challenges for health policy. Global Health (2013) 9:54.
PMLiVE, 10 April 2013. Unfolding the biosimilar landscape in Latin America. http://www.pmlive.com/pharma_intelligence/unfolding_the_biosimilar_landscape_in_latin_america_470137. Accessed 18 February 2015.
GaBI Online, 17 April 2013. Biosimilarity in Latin America. http://gabi-journal.net/biosimilarity-in-latin-america.html. Accessed 19 February 2015.
Castañeda-Hernández G, Szekanecz Z, Mysler E et al. Biopharmaceuticals for rheumatic diseases in Latin America, Europe, Russia, and India: innovators, biosimilars, and intended copies. Joint Bone Spine (2014) 81:417–477.
Azevedo VF, Sandorff E, Siemak B & Halbert RJ. Potential regulatory and commercial environment for biosimilars in Latin America. Value Health Reg Issues (2012) 1:228–234.
PR Newswire, 2 June 2015. ANVISA approves first infliximab biosimilar in Brazil. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/anvisa-approves-first-infliximab-biosimilar-in-brazil-300092105.html. Accessed 2 November 2015.
Regulatory Affairs in Latin America. Registration of biological drug products in Argentina. http://latampharmara.com/argentina/registration-of-biological-drug-products-in-argentina/. Accessed 16 March 2015.
BioPharma Reporter, 8 October 2014. Uptake of biosimilars across Latin America surges as regulations vary. http://www.biopharma-reporter.com/Markets-Regulations/Uptake-of-biosimilars-across-Latin-America-surges-as-regulations-vary. Accessed 2 November 2015.
One Quality Standard. New Mexican biosimilar rules on biosimilars take effect in Mexico. http://onequalitystandard.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/new-mexican-biosimilar-rules-on.html. Accessed 12 March 2015.
Generics and Biosimilars Initiative (GaBI). Mexican biocomparables guidelines come into force. http://gabionline.net/Guidelines/Mexican-biocomparables-guidelines-come-into-force. Accessed 19 February 2015.
GaBI Online, 13 March 2015. Mexico issues rules on biolimbos. http://www.gabionline.net/Guidelines/Mexico-issues-rules-on-biolimbos?utm_campaign=Biosimilars%20Knowledge%20Connect%20May%202015%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua. Accessed 2 November 2015.
BioPharma Reporter.com, 8 October 2014. Uptake of biosimilars across Latin America surges as regulations vary. http://www.biopharma-reporter.com/Markets-Regulations/Uptake-of-biosimilars-across-Latin-America-surges-as-regulations-vary. Accessed 19 February 2015.
Institute for Patient Access (IfPA), 11 August 2015. GAfPA encourages standards-based guidelines for Colombia’s biosimilars. http://allianceforpatientaccess.org/gafpa-encourages-standards-based-guidelines-for-colombias-biosimilars/. Accessed 2 November 2015.
GaBI Online, 31 October 2013. Brazilian guidelines for follow-on biological products. http://gabionline.net/Guidelines/Brazilian-guidelines-for-follow-on-biological-products. Accessed 10 December 2015.
Álvarez AA, Mysler E, Ruiz de Castilla EM et al. Recommendations for the regulation of biosimilars and their implementation in Latin America. GaBI Journal (2014) 3:143–148.
PMLiVE. Current development and marketing of biosimilar monoclonal antibodies in Latin America. http://www.pmlive.com/pharma_intelligence/current_development_and_marketing_of_biosimilar_monoclonal_antibodies_in_latin_america_470398. Accessed 19 February 2015.
Decision Resources, 28 October 2013. Despite formulary coverage of several biologic agents for rheumatoid arthritis in Argentina and Mexico, low biologic treatment rates characterize these markets. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/despite-formulary-coverage-of-several-biologic-agents-for-rheumatoid-arthritis-in-argentina-and-mexico-low-biologic-treatment-rates-characterize-these-markets-229526731.html. Accessed 18 February 2015.
Video Spotlights
Quintiles perspective: How does the regulation of biosimilars differ from that of small-molecule generics?
Investigator perspective: Extrapolation: Gaining approval for additional indications
Are biosimilars as safe and effective as the originators?
Which diseases are targeted for biosimilar clinical trials?
What is happening within the biosimilar industry?
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Super Smash Flash 2 – Quick Review
If all the pixel madness in Super Smash Flash wasn’t enough, the sequel takes its gameplay to a whole new level with four new features that enhance the game into being all the more challenging and enjoyable at the same time.
Gameplay :
The basic objective of the game is to make your way through five well designed combat levels that throw specific and unique challenges at you. The game also employs certain dynamics such as damage ratio and in bound item frequencies (these items allow your character to exhibit special traits) to render a gripping experience.
For those who aren’t familiar, Super Smash Flash 2 presents its users two modes of gameplay – solo and group and it also includes unblocked version. Much hasn’t changed from the initial release and a total of 24 characters are playable across various different levels. All multiplayer games are timed with a default setting at three minutes. However, this can be modified in the settings menu.
The only addition comes in the form of newer attack features that allow your character to grab, taunt, shield and execute special moves. Due to this, the multiplayer mode now enables you to play a special versus match in which you get to choose your own special attacks. While the solo campaign remains the same, it is arguably much more diverse in terms of variety.
Controls :
The controls are pretty straightforward and easy to operate. Any PC gamer who is used to first person shooters or tactical games will have no trouble adapting to the specified layout. The good news is, if you run into trouble with the default controls, you can reassign the keys to your comfort in the settings menu. If you’re a fan of the original release, you might recall having to use only six buttons in total. Unblocked Super Smash Flash 2 increases that count to nine allowing a greater degree of control over characters. This also brings in a refreshing immersiveness within the game that was once all about block and attack. Multiple modes of attack directly result in more competitive fights that require a certain degree of pre planning.
Here’s the complete set of default controls:
Movement Keys – A,S,D
Jump – W (Double tap launches your character higher)
Grab – U
Shield – I
Special Attack – O
Melee Attack – P
Taunt/Intimidate- 1
Begin Game – Space
Pause Game – Backspace
What Was Good, Just Got Better!
All things considered, Super Smash Flash 2 presents itself as a well oiled, meaner version of its first iteration. For fans and newcomers alike, this game is sure to take them back to the good old 90’s.
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Tagged Controls, Gameplay, Quick Review, Super Smash Flash 2
Play Tank Trouble 4 and Test Your Battling Skills
Tank Trouble 4 is the freshest version of the tank trouble, that comes with new improvements that can allow up to 3 users to play the game at the same time or choose to play it as a single player. You can move on in more advanced levels, by navigating your tank to the desired direction and by aiming the tanks of your opponent as soon as possible. Your mission a is to destroy the enemy, otherwise you can be shot down. Remember also that your enemy as a single player is still the dog called Laika. There are many different weapons available with this game; from simple bullets to amazing bombs, that can actually kill your enemy in one go.
Instructions; Get Ready to Level Up
2 Tank Trouble contains various challenging levels, where you have to guide the tank well through the maze layout to overcome the different challenges easily, just so you know unblocked versions of this game can be found @ official site. Keep in mind that the layouts get harder as you move to more advanced levels. You should avoid being shot at all cost as this turns to be the end of the game. You have no option rather than playing strategically, with great speed and concentration. The powers of your opponent are trying to destroy you, by sending their powerful tanks. So, you need to be ready to attack all the time. For example, you have to face a number of big explosions and force tanks as you move on more advanced levels in the game. You need to remember alo that you have the choice to change the weapons you already have.
Basic Contros of Tank Trouble 4
There are various controls in the game, which you can use them wisely. Different icons appear on the map when playing and you can achieve a number of upgrades when you reach these icons. For instance, if you see certain icons on a specific stage, you can try getting them, in order your tank to gain more more powerful weapons. Moreover, you can try hiding in the corners when your opponent is aiming at you. Don’t forget also that certain maps that host three players differ in size from those of single players in size. Maps hosting more players are larger. Tanks come in a variety of colors; you can choose between green and blue for easy identification when playing against your friends. Remember also that every time you collect your scores, as well as at the very end of the game, you can see on your screen how far you have succeeded.
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Tagged Battling Skills, Play, Tank Trouble 4, Test
What kind of the game is Return Man
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF THE GAME
The first version of the game is known as Return Man 1. It was developed by ESPN. The game is pretty simple. In fact, it was created for the football fans in America.
CONTROLS OF THE GAME.
To play, control the Return Man using the keys I, J, K, and L to move forward, to the left, to the right, and backwards respectively. You can now run in any direction! In addition to the control keys I, J, K, and L, you can also use the A, S and D keys for special moves. Every special move can be used only once in a single play.
The main objective in the game is to run the length of the field, score a TD, and do this without getting tackled.In order to catch the ball, you position the Return Man over the yellow circle. Note that this must be done before the yellow circle fills with yellow. If you happen to miss the catch, pick up the live ball and make it quick and smart to avoid getting tackled. For you to receive a speed burst and some bonus points, you should run over the lightning bolts. When playing, Return Man keeps saving your progress. If at any time you beat a stage, you can resume from the exact stage again. This is done by selecting the stage at the start of the game.To get by defenders, use the special moves indicated above (also known as unlockables). As you progress, you will gain special moves and other additional possessions.
Get through the blockers to tackle the running back as he comes down the field. Stop him before he gets to the end zone or you will lose a defensive stand. Unlock special moves and earn additional defensive stands by successfully stopping the running back.
The player is supposed to catch the ball and run with it to the end line. This, however, is rather difficult since the defenders are always trying to catch you and acquire the ball. If you, the player, manage to score a touchdown, then you automatically win the round. If not, the game starts from the beginning once more. As you advance more in the game, you unlock some previously locked special abilities and skills. For example, some of the special abilities become visible during the game on the field. All you have to do is run over them to gain the highest speed and other skills. As for the others, including special moves, they are only done by pressing the relevant keys on the keyboard. Take a moment and play Return Man 3 Unblocked at this website. Also you can try Electric man games.
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Tagged Controls, Free game, How To Play, Return man, Review, Tips
Here is Apple Shooter for all the Shooting Stars!
Are you a person who loves aiming at a target and takes pride in shooting it with accuracy? If yes, then here is an online game just for you named Apple shooter. BTW do you enjoy running games? There is new release, third version of popular Run 3 game and it has unblocked mode as well.
Overview :
Apple shooter is a game based on archery. It is developed by Wolf Games. You use a bow and arrows to hit an apple. What makes the game interesting is that the apple is placed on your friend’s head. So aim right buddy or you might just end up hurting your friend and being called a bad archer.
Getting Started :
As told earlier you have to target the apple placed over your friend’s head. The task is made tough by providing you limited number of bows and arrows. It becomes more challenging with every passing level since the distance keeps on increasing by 5 feet every time you move on to the next level. This tests your skill of perfection. Be patient, don’t hurry and hit the apple at bullseye. There are two modes to play in the game- a classic mode and second is the normal mode. In classic mode you can hit multiple targets at once using the bows and arrows. With your precision keep unlocking different achievements on completion of missions. What more, you can challenge your friends to beat you and increase the fun by 10 folds!
Controls of the game :
You can play this game by the simple use of mouse. Click the left mouse button to drag the arrow back. Keep holding the button to increase the strength of the shot. The longer you hold that button, the more powerful will be your shot. Release the button to let go off your arrow and hit the target. That is how easy it is to play this online archery game.
The web interface of the game is very clean. It is very user friendly and is very easy to play. Though as you move ahead through the levels it starts challenging you. The controls of the game being only the use of mouse makes it a smooth sail-through.
All in all, if you are looking for a game that would test your archery skills and that which would help you to kill your time then you must give Apple Shooter a try. It is a fun game with no jumbling controls. The game will start testing your patience and precision after a few levels but it will never get boring. So, off you go shooting! If you want to play Apple Shooter please follow official site.
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Tagged Apple Shooter, Controls, Free game, Guide, Overview
Have Fun With Raze 4
It is a platform side scrolled game with two modes – human and alien. This new version is even more action packed than all previous versions, offering new and better player experience. It offers players great gaming time and fun. It allows players choose a team of humans or aliens and hunt down the other team. Writing a Raze 4 review is easier if individual experience is included in the reviewing process. Also, we have new amazing quiz game and also it’s quiz answers, give it a try.
Game Play and Experience
People who have experience in gaming will find it easy to move around. The controls stick to the traditional arrows or WASD keys. You move around, through the different levels and try to kill the enemy to advance to the next level.
Q and E moves through the different weapons and enter, shift and number keys do the same. Mouse wheel is helpful with that as well. Normal pause key is P.
There are more levels than before and each level has different modes of difficulty to make the game even more exciting. Humans and aliens have different levels. The first levels in human campaign could be called try outs or tutorials.
Basic steps are talked about and the idea of the game is clearly explained, and then other modes can be unlocked. Every Raze 4 review will say that experienced players might find it boring, but it is a great starting point for first time players.
During the game, players can unlock achievements and there is also in-game shop available to purchase upgrades from the killed enemies.
This little game proves that side-scrollers can be action packed and interesting. Each new level offers a new challenge and some levels take time to figure out. The experience as a whole will keep players on the edge of their seats and build the excitement all the way through.
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Impossible Quiz 4 – The legendary quiz game
Impossible Quiz 4 is the latest version of one of the most epic quiz game developed by the company Not Doppler. A lot of new elements have been added in the game to make it funnier and challenging than ever before. They have made the game interactive and entertaining by adding new music, attractive graphics and questions that will make you scratch all corners of your brain. The game is widely known to test how smart and clever you are by making the whole experience funny and making you want more every time you play it.
Objective of the game:
The objective of the game is similar to most quizzes. You need to answer all the questions in the game to successfully complete it. Some questions are timed, which need you to act fast and there are questions in which answers are cleverly hidden in. You have 3 lives and lose a life after each wrong answer. Once you lose all 3 lives you start from the beginning. So you need a lot of patience to finish the quiz. If you do you are one of the few who did.
The game has been designed with great attention to detail. The questions are colorful and bright. there is a wide variety of sound effects and animation which entice your emotions and make it a wonderful experience to play a quiz game.
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The instructions are pretty much simple. With the given 3 lives you need to defeat the quiz by answering all questions. The game offers some leeway to players by giving skips after completing a certain number of questions. You can skip a question if you find it too difficult. Although there are some questions that cannot be skipped. There are some questions known as bomb questions which offer a generous 10 seconds to an unbelievable 1 second to answer a question.
Controls of the game:
Impossible quiz 4 is a simple point to click game. You can use your mouse to point and left-click on one of the options to answer a question. Some questions require you to left-click and drag to complete certain tasks. Overall the controls are very simple and do not require any effort on the players part to master it.
Tagged Game instructions, Guide, Impossible Quiz 4, Puzzle
A Game which will change your view on online gaming for Good – Happy Wheels
Happy wheels unblocked/hacked is a browser based indie game built on black humor created by Jim Bonacci in 2010.Given that this is a racing game,the developer has added some features to it over time.Such examples are; flying body parts,dark humor,lots of new fascinating characters and captivating obstacles.This has made the game more interesting and provided a challenge to the online gamers.The game is not only non standard but also famous for its graphic violence.
The main objective of all levels of gameplay is to get to the finish line without any damages.The purpose is to have fun,pass through the obstacles.You need to take your inadequately prepared character and ignore the grave consequences in your anguished search for victory.Hear are some of the characters in the game.
The Mechanics of the gameplay varies depending on the capability of a character and the structural design of the level
Grandfather in the turbojet wheelchair
The guy on the segway
A fat man in a helicopter
A woman on the food cart
A traveler on the trolley
shift&ctrl – secondary actions
Z button – Eject
Spacebar – Main action of your character
Up&Down – Move forward or Backward
Left & Right – lean in different directions
The Graphics of the game enables the game to run in any computer given that you can adjust the quality of the graphics which will suit you and also be compatible to your computer (high,medium and low quality).
The game enables you regulate the amount of particles to be shown on the screen at a time.The examples are glass particles,blood and splintered wood. Lowering the number of particles increases performance of the game.
Smoothing and Compressed texture feature are used in bitmaps and speed up the loading of a level.
You must try it out because you will definitely love the experience of happy wheels 3 demo.
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Tagged change your view, game, Happy Wheels, online gaming, unblocked/hacked
Guide to online flash football game – Return man
This Return Man guide is a short description of the highly successful series of games developed by ESPN for with excellent graphics for online flash play. Football based they follow the rules of the full size game and have a number of attractive features.
Game Versions and Instructions
There are ten games currently available in four generations with some interesting variations. In the standard versions the player plays as a receiver and the aim is to guide your man all the way down field into the end zone for a touchdown. For a different perspective the game player becomes the Linebacker in a couple of versions who must make the tackle and prevent a score.
A newer version called Wideout sees the receiver have to make the play selected by the coach and time the run to the line to complete a successful score. A more structured choice is the Season which includes fifteen weeks of games each one being broken down in to a number of different stages and levels.
If you fancy something a little more out of the ordinary you can choose the Mud-bowl and Zombie versions which add a little extra spice to the proceedings. The first has you slipping ans sliding across a rain soaked and puddled surface, the latter is a straight match-up between zombies and humans with a slight change in that you must score before the opposition eats your brain matter. This game is really entertaining, you should also try Wheels Happy.
The basic game gives you the chance to pick up power ups and to unlock special moves. The more developed games give you multiple key control options where IJKL are the directional control default keys with the alternative set of ASDW if you prefer the left handed route. A third choice is to use the arrow keys. If you want to perform a dive tackle hit the space bar. The special move buttons for bull rush, swim and shuck have their own designated keys depending on your primary key selection. In order to play Return Man 3 please visit official ESPN arcade site.
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World of solitaire or house of cards
Welcome on the world of solitaire .One of the oldest game of computer yet the most famous. The world of solitaire was introduced back in 2011.This classic version of card game gives it a newer and fresher look with a lot more options and games. It is developed by Robert Schultz. The game is developed on DHTML which is highly modified version of solitaire. It does not require flash only JavaScript for its running. It is easy accessible through to menu as you open the game. No need of moving your cursor here and there to find start button, just open the application select the game and get on with it.
Good news for cards loving
One thing that makes it even more interesting for card loving fans that it has up to 50 varieties of different card games including spider, pyramid, Klondike and free cell play. The best thing is that every game that you select to play has complete set of instructions .Read the instructions get on with your cards game. To develop more interest in your game you can change different backgrounds .The backgrounds are colorful and opulent including wood panel, tile, clouds, denim, blue daisies or you can set your own background theme by adding in URL. Decks of the cards can also be changed to Paris, Anglo American, Egypt and much more.
Striking features and more.
It also features of best looking and largest sized cards. You can also animate cards and the deal to make it more striking. Speed of animation cards can also change to your desired wish making it faster or slower. Your timer, scores and moves can also be showed on screen so you can keep the track of your statics .It also features undo move so its ok if you made a mistake you can change it in the game. It is a convenient game for passing time.
Hassel free game
It is just a click away if you have internet is perfect way to play it online. The game in simple yet attractive. This game full of features is free to use you need not pay subscription fee. It has sign up where you can register and check your statics which stay there forever and can be taken to another computer. How easy and hassle free the whole game setup is .If you have really become expert in the game .There are also challenges for with three difficulty levels easy, medium and hard. They are pre-determined test s are the winners before staring they can do skill test. There are no hard and fast rules on the game. After selecting the game one must read the instruction carefully. Only simple mouse keys or if you are using laptop mouse pad keys are required to play the game .
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Walk #814: Lulworth to Weymouth
P20084264258 Looking up to Hambury Tout from Lulworth Cove car park. P20084264269 The view east from Hambury Tout.
Start Location Lulworth Cove
End Location Weymouth
Description This was a lovely and varied walk following the South West Coast Path westwards past Durdle Dor to Weymouth.
Condition I feel absolutely fine after this walk; however, Sencan got two massive blisters on the back of her her heels that caused us to cut this walk short. I was surprised to find that I had a little sunburn on the back of my neck.
Weather Today was dominated by hazy sunshine with very little wind. It was a beautiful day for a walk; not too hot and not too cold.
OS map Landranger number 194 (Dorchester & Weymouth, Cerne Abbas & Bere Regis)
P20084264275 Durdle Dor. P20084264280 Durdle Dor.
P20084264287 The ascent up to Swyre Head. P20084264296 A stack near Bat's Head.
P20084264300 An Adder on the path. P20084264310 A monument by the path.
P20084264322 Heading west towards Ringstead. P20084264326 Heading west towards Ringstead.
It had been some time since Sencan and I had last done a walk along the South West Coast Path, for illness, work and other reasons, but today looked like a good opportunity. After making some sandwiches and filling the water bottles, we set off for Lulworth Cove. It was a good drive; not too far, and we were soon pulling up at the steeply-sloping car park at Lulworth Cove. This was fairly quiet, with only a handful of cars parked, and as I went out to get a ticket (four pounds to park for the day), Sencan got her boots on.
We had to walk down to the road to meet up with where we had previously walked on the last trip, before heading back through the car park and up the ultra-wide path towards the top of Hambury Tout. It is very clear that the path was walked by many people, although there was no sign of these people at nine in the morning. Looking back there was mist out to sea past Lulworth Cove, and the sky above was cloudless but hazy. It looked like it was going to be a good day for a walk.
From Hambury Tout the path descended towards the headland that contains Durdle Door. This natural rock arch is a famous landmark on the south coast, and looked superb in the sunshine. Standing by it on the beach were three scuba divers about to go into the water, and their bodies gave an idea of the impressive scale of the arch. Last year a man got injured tombstoning - jumping - from the top of the arch - plainly an incredibly stupid thing to do.
A small climb came next, followed by a ahsort descent down to the wonderfully-named Scratchy Bottom. A steep climb up to Swyre Head was enlivened by the discovery of a sanitary towel on the steepest section of the path - we both wondered how it had got there. The climb was steep, but did not last too long, and was followed by a steep descent into a little valley beside Bat's Head, a triangular promontory into the sea. There is a pretty little limestone stack in the bay, and a small cave in the headland itself. It was a pretty spot, with a small band of beach that someone had written 'Kris' on using stones.
Another steep ascent was followed by a descent to Middle Bottom, and then a more gradual ascent started uphill. On this ascent we came across an Adder on the path - the first time that I have seen one in years, and the first time Sencan had ever seen one. It slithered away, but not before I had managed to get a couple of good photos of it. Sencan is very much like me - she takes joy in such encounters, and we chatted animatedly for a few minutes about previous times we had seen snakes.
The last significant ascent of the day took us up towards the cottages at Whitenothe. At a large triangular beacon we stopped, so Sencan could put some zing oxide tape on the back of her heels, where she was starting to get some rubbing. This did not look too bad, and I hoped that the tape would work well enough.
From Whitenothe a long and fairly gentle descent followed towards Ringstead, with a large expanse of land to our left below the cliffs, looking like material that had slumped down from the top of the cliffs. At Ringstead there was some toilets and a caf� - we bought an ice cream each, and started the gentle walk westwards towards Osmington Mills. The views were good on this stretch, and the walk was pleasant, but before we knew it the path had dumped us off by the Smuggler's Inn at Osmington Mills. We resisted the temptation to enter the pub, which seemed reasonably busy, and instead continued along the path, which followed a road inland for a while before climbing uphill along a path onto Black Head.
A little descent took me down to a large holiday camp, where there was a series of rope swings and zip lines; we stopped as a child went down a zip line. It all looked like good fun, and we continued on passing large gorse bushes. Sencan was starting to flag, and as we continued the descent down to Bowleaze Cove she was obviously in some difficulty. At the Cove a digger was clearing out the channel of a stream, and a little further on there was no sign of the pub marked on the map.
Instead, we sat with out backs against a stone wall outside a couple of shops. One of these was a chip shop, and I went inside to get a small portion and a bottle of Ribena whilst Sencan took off her boots. When I got out, I could see that her feet were not in a good condition. She had two large blisters, each larger than a fifty-pene piece, emerging from under the zinc oxide tape. It was obvious that we could not continue the circular walk back to Lulworth Cove with her feet in that condition, so we put some Compeeds on her heels, and then set off or Weymouth, where we could get a taxi back.
Initially Sencan walked slowly and with difficulty as we headed up a small hill following a road. We passed a bus stop, but Sencan decided she could continue. Fortunately we were soon over the hill and walking southwestwards along the wide promenade towards Weymouth. This was a very pleasant walk, with the shingle beach to the left and a road to the right. As we headed down the promenade it slowly got busier, and after a while we diverted off to dip our boots into the sea. This proved a mistake, as Sencan found walking on the shingle to be painful.
Eventually we reached Weymouth, and walked along through the town past a couple of war memorials, a clock tower and various amusements on the beach, including some donkey rides. The beach was fairly packed, and it was no wonder, for although the haze had gone it was quite a warm day. We nipped into the Tourist Information ofice to ask them where the taxi ranks were, and then continued on towards the ferry pier.
This is the place where the old boat trains used to come in, running on the streets through the city centre. The on-street running use dto cause a little chaos, and although the last one run in 1999 there are some plans that could see it reopening in time for the Olympics in 2012 - some of the sailing competitions are taking place off Weymouth, and it would save the poor IOC people a traipse through the town from the main station.
From the ferry terminal we turned right and walked up past the harbour. This was a lovely little walk, with boats tied up on the left and the old train tracks on the right. At one point there were a couple of fishing boats, and there was a pile of nets and other fishing gear stacked up on the quayside. A lifeboat came in past us as we walked, and soon we reached the Town Bridge, which the train line plunged through.
We turned right to walk into the town centre, and almost immediately we found a taxi. He told us the price would be 25 or 30 pounds, and we set off. The taxi driver was a friendly chap, and we talked almost continuously as he drove us back. Unlike our last experience with a taxi driver in Swanage he got the ticket price on the money - 27 pounds - and we got out, thanking him. Sencan walked with difficulty to the car, and after getting her settled in I went down to the cove to buy some ice cream. The blisters on her heels are quite bad, but cutting the walk short did not spoil the day's walk - we have done more of the SWCP, and we got out of the house for a day to see some truly spectacular scenery.
During this walk I followed the South West Coast Path, the route of which is detailed in the Ordnance Survey National Trail Guide 11, Exmouth to Poole (ISBN 1-854109-88-X). Unfortunately the route description is written in reverse to the direction that I am walking, but the 1:25,000 maps in the book are clear and the signs on the ground are very good. Also to be recommended is the South West Coast Path Association guidebook (ISBN 0-907055-04-4), which has less concise directions and no maps but does include accommodation details and grades each section of the walk according to difficulty. They also publish reverse directions, which are suitable for walking in the direction that I walked the route. They have a website at www.swcp.org.uk, which is well worth a visit.
National Trail Guide: Exmouth to Poole SWCP Association guide 2004
P20084264336 The path heading west from Osmington Mills. P20084264349 Sencan near the Osmington Bay Holiday Centre.
P20084264351 Gorse bushes. P20084264361 Sencan on the path.
Lulworth Cove Osmington Mills 6.3 1804 1808
Osmington Mills Bowleaze Cove 2.7 453 505
Bowleaze Cove Weymouth Town Bridge 3.2 167 180
We used a taxi (cost about 27 pounds) to get back from Weymouth to Lulworth Cove.
P20084264363 The view over Bowleaze Cove. P20084264376 Heading southeast from Bowleaze to Weymouth.
P20084264379 A monument on the beach. P20084264392 A Coastguard helicopter above Weymouth.
P20084264395 Weymouth war memorial. P20084264407 Donkeys at Weymouth seafront.
P20084264412 A boat in Weymouth. P20084264416 A lifeboat in Weymouth.
P20084264417 Fishing tackle in Weymouth. P20084264421 Fishing boats in Weymouth.
P20084264422 A lifeboat in Weymouth.
315 Worth Matravers to Lulworth Cove 12.7
316 Lulworth Cove to Wyke Regis 13.7
317 A circular walk around the Isle of Portland 13.3
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Born and raised in Queens, NY, Jessica Fei is a teaching artist and educational researcher whose joy lies in working with young people, building community, and imagining the future through art. In her exploration of the intersections of research and art, Jessica has completed documentary photography projects in Cuba, Mexico, and China. Her artwork has appeared in online publications including The New York Times Lens Blog, and been exhibited in galleries in New Haven and New York City. As an educator, Jessica has over a decade of professional experience in urban public schools, arts agencies, and nonprofits. In recent years, she has led public art and performance projects with high school students, supported undergraduates and graduate students in programs related to race and identity, developed an online storytelling community for youth in different countries, published toolkits and articles for school- and community-based educators, and presented her research at national conferences. In addition, she serves on the Board of Directors of the MassLEAP Collective, a youth poetry and social justice organization based in the Boston area. Jessica holds a B.A. in Literature, Ethnicity, and Migration from Yale University and an Ed.M. in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University, where she is currently working towards her doctorate in Culture, Communities, and Education. A Harvard Presidential Scholar and a New Civics Early Career Scholar, Jessica is passionate about partnering with youth towards their visions for a more just world.
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Now trending: Meet the world's most expensive sherry
Top drop
Text: Yeong Sassall
With sherry on the rise as 2016's trending tipple, a legendary Spanish winemaker has released the priciest bottle yet
No longer reserved just for Nannas and their trifles, sherry has been having a major moment of late. Globally, it's been one of the most popular ingredients in cocktail competitions and the darling suggestion of in-the-know "bartenders who like to surprise you"-type. While Australia seems to still be on the aperitif and gin train (enough with the negroni, you guys), in cities like London and Chicago, homes to many a classic cocktail, there has been a significant rise in bars dedicated to the versatile fortified white wine.
For those who take pride in their cocktail bar, and aren't afraid to jump aboard the gold cla$$ sherry train, a limited edition drop, the most expensive in the world, has just been released.
"Versos 1891" is a gorgeous drop by Spanish winemaker Barbadillo, that dates back over 100 years and costs a whopping $15,600 a bottle. And there are only 100 in existence. The drop comes from one of five casks known as "Las Botaas de los Niños", a christening gift given to former Barbadillo director, poet and sherry expert, Manuel Barbadillo when he was born in, you guessed it, 1891.
While a $15k bottle is clearly not for everyone, and well, to be honest, the "luxury sherry" category is still very new, it is rising as fast as "craft sherry", and most likely, both will be coming to a pop- up bar near you. You could even take your Nan.
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The latest Suzuki Vitara 1.0SZ-T is the right business vehicle proposition
Having raved about the Vitara model since its inception, it was only a matter of time before Iain Robertson would commit his own funds to acquiring an example and, having weighed up the prices and running costs, he made a realistic decision.
Since the current Vitara was launched, I have gained experience of driving various examples on racing circuits, on rally stages and on several continental jaunts. In each instance, the car has impressed me with its broad range of strengths. Having been given a mid-life round of upgrades earlier this year, which amounted to dropping the diesel engine option, replacing it with a 1.0-litre petrol unit (as used in the Swift and Baleno models) and making the truly excellent 1.4-litre BoosterJet engine its top power unit, its appeal has simply continued to grow.
To be fair, I would have moved heaven and earth to acquire a 1.4-litre model, believing, as I do, that it is one of the finest four-cylinder turbo-petrol engines in existence. Kicking out what seems like a very modest 137bhp, it turns Vitara into a veritable powerhouse that is as enjoyable to punt around like a well-engineered hot hatch, as it is to cruise in mile-eating mode on any open road trek.
However, let’s face it, we are all assaulted by runaway overheads on our cars and, whether the taxman, or the local garage, is chasing you for more ‘spondoolicks’, trying to place a lid on them is becoming increasingly tough. While the 1.4-litre falls into a hyper-efficient classification, the latest crop of 1.0-litre compact crossovers is certainly one route to avoiding perdition and the best by far comes from Suzuki’s stable, in the Vitara.
When you consider typical family car parameters, the practicality of a five-door hatchback is likely to be a prime requirement. A wieldy chassis would make it a liveable, fun proposition, for those moments when you desire quality motoring thrills. However, low running costs (insurance, road tax, servicing and fuel) should confirm the deal. Slam dunk that lot into your computations and a Suzuki Vitara 1.0 SZ-T comes out on the top of my heap.
Its 1.0-litre, 109bhp, three-cylinder power unit, backed up with 125lbs ft of torque, may seem like an unlikely contender for a 4.175m long, 1.61m tall car but the far from vocal power unit delivers a healthy top speed of around 111mph, having despatched the 0-60mph dash in a modest 11.1s, while emitting just 121g/km CO2 (NEDC rating) and a stated fuel return of 53.2mpg. Suzuki uses lightweight construction as its means to an end, tipping the scales at a mere 1,160kgs. However, this is not by way of cutting corners and ruining structural integrity, Suzuki having decided to engage finite computer analysis and the use of strengthening in all the right areas of the sub-structure. Mated to a five-speed manual gearbox, the car is so singularly undemanding of the driver, yet so eminently rewarding to drive, that you wonder why you had not contemplated sensible downsizing before.
Equipped with ISG, Suzuki’s lightweight but efficient integrated starter-generator, it stop:starts obligingly and imperceptibly at traffic signals and junctions. To be frank, I used to worry about this technology, as I feared that cylinder bore ‘wash’ might lead to the engine’s early demise. However, my concerns were unfounded and the benefits, in terms of reduced noise and the potential of reduced hydrocarbons being pumped into the cityscape somehow seems right.
The car’s ride and handling that you might expect to be compromised by virtue of its SUV-like dimensions is not and, riding supremely quietly on 215/65 section tyres, fitted to easy-to-clean 17.0-inch diameter alloy wheels (finished in a smoke grey colour), it provides front-wheel drive grip in abundance. Yes. I have opted for a non-4x4 version, because however ‘smart’ is Suzuki’s drivetrain, the extra driven axles merely factor-in extra on-costs. Beautifully weighted steering provides an assured handling envelope and good suspension damping (by Monroe) gifts the car truly exceptional handling overall.
In SZ-T trim, one down from the top SZ5, it is exceedingly well-equipped, with climate control, rear privacy glass, a reversing camera and full connectivity options for mobiles and music. My outgone Baleno was in SZ5 trim and I thought that I might miss the various ‘automatic’ elements (auto-on headlamps and wipers; autonomous braking; distance cruise; lane control and keyless entry/start), except that I do not. It is zero hardship to switch the headlights on and off and, despite having accepted the occasional buzzer warnings issued by Baleno, in truth, I prefer to use my innate driving skills, rather than become too reliant on the car telling me what to do.
Vitara is also a good-looking family car, with its slightly wedged profile and excellent, easy access cabin space. Its false-floored boot provides 375-litres of space that can be extended to 710-litres by folding forwards the 60:40-split rear seats, with good out-of-sight stowage for personal possessions. The ‘soft-touch’ dashboard moulding is detailed with a fillet of metallised trim that looks and feels satisfyingly high-class and within which is set the touchscreen and, ahead of the driver, a typically clean instrument display. A colourful graphic information screen is located between the twin rev-counter and speedometer dials.
Do not turn up your nose at the prospect of living with a mere 1.0-litre crossover. This Suzuki more than proves its case in several important ways, not least with its sheer on-road eagerness, appealing all-round comfort and a driving position that is multi-adjustable (both driver’s seat and steering column provide a huge range of movement to suit all sizes of occupant). It is probably the strongest card in Suzuki’s hand and its sheer popularity suggests that the company has got the mix just right. I have dipped into its range of capabilities in just the first week of ownership, knowing from past experience that the engine is more than competent.
Priced at £18,999, a Suzuki Vitara in 1.0-litre SZ-T guise is a consummate all-round performer that can also be obtained in all-wheel drive and automatic forms. Although the three years’ contract hire funding (£183/month with full service package) has been arranged through Arnold Clark, I requested that Luscombe Suzuki (Leeds) be the handing over dealer, due to its highly-rated status, and I shall provide a series of running reports on the car in the coming months.
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Classic Shell no longer in development. Source code released
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Post subject: Re: Classic Shell no longer in development. Source code rele
Splitwirez wrote:
pow1983 wrote:
Just brain storming...
That having been said, Start9 is far from complete. A lot of the functionality I've described is not yet fully implemented, if at all. That's not to say we haven't made a fair degree of progress, though...
If you're interested, you can find us here: http://start9.menu/
Where can I download the executable?
Splitwirez
skan wrote:
Evidently I didn't make it clear that when I said "Start9 is far from complete", I was implying that we don't have a release out yet.
TILES WOOOOOO
pow1983
A friend of mine and I have already been working in that direction for a little while now, in the form of a project called Start9. Not only is it an alternative shell, much like what you're proposing, but it's actually modular. This means that any developer can write a piece of shell, be it a Taskbar, Home Screen, File Manager, Application Launcher, or whatever else, and then the user can simply install these modules and arrange some of them in whatever configuration you like. The modules will be able to take advantage of our API to access Windows shell functionality, including undocumented stuff like Jump List info and Live Tiles...and we take care of the Windows Update maintenance. It's basically a build-your-own-shell kit, in more than one sense.
Great! Sounds very promising, I will head on over and check it out.
Ivo, Really last version and stable version Windows 10 coming soon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYRFV2DfUdY
Can you please go back in development????
JohnBurns
Location: Oklahoma City OK USA
f23948 wrote:
It has been taken over by GitHub - as Classic Start - check out links below for info:
https://www.tenforums.com/windows-10-ne ... ce-36.html (Post 354)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details ... start.html
Windows 10 Build 1809 (OS Build 17763.253)
Resident: Windows Defender, MalwareBytes Pro 3.6.1, Windows UAC High Level
On Demand: HitmanPro, EMT, MRT
Backup: Macrium Reflect Pro, EaseUS Todo Home, Bvckup2
Browser: Slimjet
Customization: Open Shell Start Menu, Rainmeter, X Widget
Thank you Ivo for providing this program, I will really miss it when it won't work after some future big W10 upgrade! I think I can get used to the new W10 start menu eventually but I don't know how I'll manage without the Classic Explorer part of CS. I really like having the handy customisable Explorer buttons as I hate using the 'Ribbon'! Can anyone suggest a good alternative File Explorer program which I can customise? Thanks.
I have just tested the current version (4.4.128) of Open-Shell under Win 10 Pro and it runs wonderfully (and looks almost identical to Classic Shell).
If Open-Shell is further developed by thx_4_the_hard_wk and others, there will surely be updates for the next builds of Win 10 as well. So the handkerchiefs can be put away again.
My very best thanks to thx_4_the_hard_wk !!!
I just read al of the messages on this thread, and I do agree: Many thanks to Ivo!
I installed the latest Windows 10 build 1809 and Classic Shell still works fine for me.
Reading all the messages also brought me to the new fork of Ivo's Classic Shell > Open-Shell-Menu
https://open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu/
Roclassic
I've just read the post by Ivo and the one by Gaurav about Win 10. I could almost believe he was talking about Firefox Quantum. Same slimy disregard for the end-user.
I believe the vast majority of Windows users don't use online forums or belong to PC user groups, and just take whatever MS dishes out. Again and again I meet people who have never made a single modification on their system, and just know point-and-click on however the OS came out of the box. (Excluding the folks in my PC User Group.)
"What's wrong with 10, it works fine?"
"You don't see that MS is tracking you and that this OS will never be secure. It's also full of bloated garbage."
"I don't see that. It works fine for me"
I'm in a growing group who is staying with 7, but I don't know where we'll be when the A-V's stop supporting it, or when I can't use it for work any more. Likewise I'm staying with Firefox 52.9esr, for the same reason.
2 desktops--Win 7 Ultimate/ 6 MB RAM/ Firefox, Thunderbird / Classic Shell 4.3.1
bert07 wrote:
Bert, I don't know much about programming, but I just looked at Ivo's site. If it already works with Win10, would it still need more development before the next Windows (11?)
It would absolutely break with a windows 11. though afaik they intend to upgrade windows 10 moving forward rather than focus on new operating system like windows 11. this includes adding new features and such.
Several insider versions of windows 10 HAVE already broken classic shell Compatibility; luckily the main version that most consumers are on is currently fine (but that could change any day).
juniper7
Even the Open-Shell fork is having problems keeping up with Windows 10 upgrades.
Below is part of a comment by XenHat on Open-Shell-Menu GitHub Issues thread:
XenHat commented 15 days ago
I have noticed these issues before but I put them on Microsoft's side because... Well, it's microsoft and they love to passively-aggressively break things when they're not happy. curious to see it's something caused by OS and relatively reproducible.
On a side node; yes, Open-Shell is having issues keeping up with Microsoft's updates. Modern settings are completely inaccessible to us mere mortals without serious Win32 API hacking skills and industry secrets. I honestly expect Open-Shell to be less and less usable as time goes by but we'll try to maintain what still works.
In my opinion (juniper7), Ivo is still the King
juniper7 wrote:
Appreciate their efforts and you keeping us apprised of what is going on juniper7. Thanks!
blackcrack
Open-Shell, : https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu
Tenzen
Thanks for all your work!
Sadly, Microsoft is forcing everyone into a Mobile Phone-like Windows experience.
Evidence points to this being a joint-operation with the NSA to remove meddling with the internal workings of your computer, so that all we can do is stare at a flashy interface like 3 year-olds whilst being raped behind the scenes by the "tech-savvy" NSA that is in every other part of your computer.
I recently bought the Microsoft Office 2019 Professional Plus and guess what? yup, only works on Windows 10. Microsoft seems to hate Windows 7 users. This points directly to the NSA, and likely even Microsoft's own ambitions to become another Google.
Every release of Windows 10 works further to secure their stranglehold over us, and force us into submission, and into using an external, top-level interface like we're all in Star Trek or something and all we want to do is walk up to our computer and swipe something or press a large green icon to immediately get whatever we wanted done. So either they think they're aboard the Starship Enterprise, or they simply want to use the rest of the computer for covert spying, monitoring, surveillance, data mining, and information harvesting, and, most probably, for the Bot Net.
Yes, cats out of the bag, the creators of the Bot Net are actually the NSA, and they're streamlining all of our devices, mobile, tablet, Mac & now PC into their Bot Net, itself an integral extension of the Prism world-spying Program, to make every device an extension of their mainframe supercomputers, giving them the most computing power on planet earth, aka the bare minimum to spy on everyone on planet earth.
That's essentially how the new military technology operates as well, interconnecting every plane, boat, ship, tank, vehicle, troop, station and base where central control has full ability to access any of them at anytime, and take over and issue commands and fire weapons as needed, without anything done by the pilot or operators.
They're all about central control of everyone else's devices and tech. That's where all of America's most entitled people end up in their job search.
It probably also explains your hack. Trying to get rid of the hold-outs who aren't on board, because we haven't been beamed aboard, Scotty.
So yes, pay $1000-3000 for your system, by all means, and get access to the top 10% of your system, and allow the NSA to use the rest.
This is also the reason Phones no longer have removable batteries, as turning off your phone doesn't turn it off for the NSA, until your battery completely dies after a month.
Its the exact same power behind Google's own completely Opaque operating system.
They think we'll be pacified with Instagram and Facebook and funny fkn memes and hours of scintillating entertainment, like we're all 13-year old schoolgirls taking selfies and whoring ourselves for likes & followers on social media, and that all the rest of computing will be for their own spying and data harvesting.
They install their own people as CEO's and Upper Management, bit by bit, until eventually they have full operational and strategic control over companies like Microsoft, so they can then make vapid decisions rabidly attacking us, the long-time users, bullying and pushing us, like cattle, into a little fenced-in bullpen, where we fit neatly into their system of spying and utilizing our resources for their ends, turning America into some sort of joke circus, and making us all the clown performers.
Ah been a while tenzen
Thats some good kool-aid.
Allow me to offer my opinion on your post point by point;
Yes microsoft is forcing everything towards a phone-like interface; I doubt anybody can deny that.
>Evidence points to this being a joint-operation with the NSA to remove meddling with the internal workings of your computer
What evidence? I would believe that they put a back-door in so they can read whatever data they like from anyone online. but I still think any 'dumbification' of the os is to protect it from all the idiots out there. There is a very large group of people that have no idea what deleting system 32 would do to a computer. Also core design principals do suggest that something should be as intuitive as possible. In a world where 3 year-olds are given cellphones and tablets, it would make sense to push something familiar to the main-stream. Options are nice, but they also complicate troubleshooting greatly. and increase the work needed. so it would make sense that the computer elite would be left in the dust when it comes to features/improvements.
>MS Office 2019 only works on windows 10
To be expected, they want you to switch to windows 10.. and there are other versions for older OS's that do 99% of the same stuff, so why does it really matter, unless there is no way to get an exchange/refund.
>Every release of windows 10 works to make windows more like star-trek
Wouldnt it be nice to have everything you need at a push of a button, without having to open a console; search the web for the right commands, and input them.
Granted this level of Interface means cutting out everything but the basic's lest it get cluttered. its not a bad design philosophy for the majority. though yes it does leave problems for some.
>spying, surveillance,data mining.
yes.. Google realized long ago that information is power, and advertising is how they built an empire. They are very much treadding the line of ethics in a way I wish they wouldnt. Its simply where the money is at. and some of that might just be the NSA.
>bot-netting and stealing the 90% of your systems resources.
I would say it is possible, but to what ends? Microsoft is the one that gets paid to install 'candy crush' on your system without your consent. and the NSA has plenty of raw processing power they wouldn't need a bot-net for, especially when it would take 1 savvy user monitoring the outgoing packets to determine what they are using the system for. and the whole point is secrecy.
also the use of 90% of your system resources just doesnt stand up. Your computer produces heat directly proportional to the the processing it does. Its why your fans spin up. If they were using 90% of your cpu at all times, your system would run alot hotter, and have a much larger power draw at idle than it does under load. That said maybe 10% would go-by un-noticed.
>pay $1000-3000 US
Those would be extremely high end systems by todays standards, but being from elsewhere I can understand this blunder
>Phones removable batteries, because the NSA wants to spy on you
Personally i think the bigger incentive is the fact that when your battery goes bad, most people just buy a new phone, if it isnt removable.
>Googles completely opaque OS.
Android? Open source. (though I do concede many of the pieces bundled with it are closed)
Chrome OS? Also Open source.
Either way they are both more open than windows.
Jcee wrote:
ya, actually been a long time since I turned on my computer. Why not just use phones, the internet is mostly just spamming ads and click-bait and trolls anymore.
How does Windows, rampant with infinite problems, as a hallmark of the system, miraculously become super stable? Did they suddenly find some super genius to fix it? or is it more likely that the NSA, who hires them all, sent one over.
It works because the NSA needs it to work.
The vast majority of Windows problems were not because someone accidentally deleted a system file. Windows was transparent. Nothing you couldn't open up and monitor, in real time, every action easily logged and viewed in real time. Sure, I understand wanting to have a version of windows for 3 year olds and 80 year olds, but my grandma has been using Windows since DOS days, and is better at PCs than anyone I know. Most of us have been on Windows since at least XP or NT 4.0, many of us loyal windows users since way before that. Does it make any sense to abandon all of your users in an attempt to try and be like Apple or Android? If we wanted that, we'd be on apple and android. Everyone knows you give kids apple computers because they're simple. Everyone knows you use Windows if you're semi-interested in Computing or having control of your computing experience. HTC did the same thing, abandoned all of its loyal Windows Mobile users, who made HTC what it was, an industry leader, so they could go try and be like that idiot samsung crap, which was just trying to be an idiot iphone.
About sick of companies trying to be apple crap, and leaving us all face down in the dirt to do it.
Sure, I'd rather not know anything about the command prompt, tbh, or all the crap I've had to learn over the years to save my system, but I also don't want a gigantic android phone or a wannabe apple experience. Make your little Windows 10 version for the imbeciles and people with the attention span of a viral selfie, and develop a power PC experience like Windows 7 for the rest of us.
Don't be Firefox and just take a huge dump on all the developers and everyone who dedicates massive amounts of their time and talent to help the community, just so you can be more like Opera or IE or Chrome, and inject your own stupid opinions on what a user experience should be. Let us each make our own.
We can all have whatever experience we want on Win7 and earlier computers. Ok, Maybe just have a setting that closes off the entire C drive for people not interested in anything, and I'm all for making a Gaming Platform, or a Gaming Setting for people who only want to play games and nothing else, but seriously, are we all to be treated like tweens, all the time?
I just don't buy it. Microsoft is saying "Lets make a platform 12 year olds will REEEEAAALLLLYYY enjoy, and make that our entire company from now on". its unpalatable, and makes no sense.
But what does make massive amounts of sense, is NSA involvement, as it was with Apple even during Jobbs' reign. We know its in other platforms like Facebook, where their CEOs and top people have the clear intention of clandestine operations with users data. With Google we at least know its just for marketing purposes.
And it has been a battle, ongoing, with Windows, for the longest time, beginning with the corruption of Norton AntiVirus to becoming a completely useless teat thats only fooling the dumbest people into feeling like it is doing anything useful. Honestly I feel ESET is the last stand, and that seems to be slowly being given over to the NSA, one function at a time, update by update, and even its not what it used to be.
There is definitely an entire Clandestine OS happening in Windows 10 that couldnt be accomplished with previous versions, and not for lack of trying. I remember getting to the point that I had to physically pull the DSL Cable from my computer in order to stop Secret government Spy Activities happening on my computer in China, and pulling that plug almost every time led to unexpected behaviors in my OS. Simply Disabling the Network Adapter is for your own peace of mind, but has nothing to do with the probably countless virtual adapters being run from your physical hardware way below your OS's capabilities
After the Snowden revelation, any denying the NSA is actively trying to monitor each and every keystroke made by everyone on earth is blind ignorance. There's no more calling people paranoid, its actually a thing, proven. Unequivocally true. period.
now, with that knowledge in mind is the only way any intelligent person or discussion or troubleshooting can proceed.
The most simple and basic answer is usually the correct one. We can extrapolate all day long on the goings on in the minds of some naive guy at Microsoft, giving benefits of all sort of doubts to his or her wholesomeness and poor decisions... or we can go with the most logical and obvious conclusion, which fills in all of the gaps and answers all of the questions. NSA involvement, and a concerted effort to get people away from the inner workings of their computers, so even the things which they could almost get away with in XP, will be lubed up and opened wide for them indefinitely and absolutely, and unquestionably, a complete safe haven, designed with the sole purpose of protecting their top secret exploits.
Because I have a Win10 PC running office 2016 and have a Windows7 PC I wanted to install a newly purchased Office 2019 on. The only solution was to uninstall Windows 2016 from the Windows 10 and install it on the windows 7 one, and then install the office 19 on the win10. Incidentally, and here is another bit of evidence, and light to shed, Office16 on my Win10 changed the license automatically to an Office365 subscription service. This was installed with the installer having my CDKEY in the file name. I uninstalled, did a complete MS Scorched Earth, and still, after installing it, as soon as update contacted the server, it switched immediately to an Office365 subscription. I did this 10 or more times, uninstalling and reinstalling, with Microsoft Tech Support, Remote Access to my PC, at least 10 different times, escalated to level 2, which they said was the highest, and several more failed attempts, I finally get escalated to level 3 at microsoft, which anyone who knows either doesnt even knows exists or knows is impossible to reach, they won't even admit it exists. After looking into it further, they simply stopped communication with me and didnt say anything further, unable to fix it. This tells you that there are things in arms of Microsoft that their development team is not even aware of. Terms & conditions of 365 which allow them unadulterated access to all of your files, taken secretly behind the scenes to their own servers. Forcing a hidden secret double-license with 365 then allows them to have access to your stand alone office the same as they would if you were using 365. Most people probably don't even know its happening. You have to actually open up office, look at the settings, find the license, and then click to show multiple levels of licensing. Microsoft manually scorched earth my entire registry, and it still happened. Word Excel Splash screens that appear no longer show the version unless its 365. Looking at your Word program, theres no way to tell if you are using the stand alone version that keeps MS out your biz, or the 365 version that puts everything in their lap.
So nearly impossible to tell, without digging up that license. And then clicking the license once may show your stand alone license, but theres another secret little line below that you have to click again to show the surprise Office 365 license.
That is a tremendous amount of effort, exerted by microsoft, to make sure you are connected to 365, a data-harvesting system, likely for the NSA, since MS doesnt seem to be able to do anything savvy with any information they collect.
And they put no small amount of effort into shutting down things like classic shell. they don;t want you meddling with anything, because then you might notice something, or find something out.
Incidentally, if you use Microsoft OneDrive, you may not be surprised to find out they access and use all of your data whenever & however they want, but you'll probably be surprised that many of your uploaded items from various Microsoft Services are shared publicly, without the ability to change the setting, and you'll have to go unshare them one by one. Another legal loophole to sharing your data with the NSA or whoever else wants it
no, it wouldn't. it would mean that they think they know what you want, but they don't, couldn't and never will. Microcrap certainly isnt going to create it. It can't even understand half the sht anyone says, neither can apple or google. I'm happy to have a computerized home that I can talk to and it does things for me, and pops up a holographic display that I can swipe through with my hands, but even then I'll still need control of my documents, securely.
yes.. Google realized long ago that information is power, and advertising is how they built an empire. They are very much treading the line of ethics in a way I wish they wouldnt. Its simply where the money is at. and some of that might just be the NSA.
not just possible, but actually happening. it was estimated at one point that something like 80% of all computers in the world were technically unwitting zombie computers being used for the bot-net. You don't notice the bot-net, thats its genius. You cant see it in your system resource monitor or running tasks or cpu usage. Its so covert and low level, nobody ever finds it. theres only ever been speculation as to where it came from and who controls it. But given the Snowden Prism revelation, and our general knowledge of the clandestine mega-technical capabilities of the NSA, and their doing similar to these things that really nobody outside the NSA is doing or even can do, it all points plain and simply at the NSA, and that perhaps its doing more than just using resources secretly, and is in fact collecting data.
That figure was conservative. I spent $5,000 building my first two dual computers in 1995, in America, which is like $10,000 in today's money. You'll easily pay over that amount today, anyone who builds their own systems. With Solid State what it is, Multiple High-end Graphics Cards, the Towers and Cooling systems available today, $1000 is dirt cheap. you can spend $3000 on a single monitor alone. let alone multi-monitor systems. At any rate, Not a single byte or a single binary 1 or 0 entering a single gate, should be anyone else's right to touch on your computer without your express permission and knowledge. Its as if someone came into your home and took something from your dresser drawer when you weren't looking. They should be imprisoned. Its highly criminal.
that's a silly childlike view. it must be nice with your head in the clouds, though. pretty view, fresh air and the like.
No, its because we could all pull our batteries out, and we did, all the time. Only then are you completely off the grid. you are still well connected with your phone powered off. and anyone who's been paying attention to phones through the years can see it isnt even really turning off, just the same way your network adapter gets turned off. you have to physically remove the battery or cable. This was an actual NSA scientist who said this in an interview around the same time I was pulling my cable out of my PC, he came on and said its extremely difficult to get to a system which has been physically disconnected and has an isolated power source and is never even plugged into an Ethernet cable, because if it is, they can still access it. Referring to the Iranian Nuclear program or something, where the only way they were able to compromise the system was to be physically in the building, usb in hand
The Batteries cannot be removed, so they now know where you are 24/7, and have full access to your 3D microphone array, with Snowden himself showed us. If you can't take you're battery out, you are being monitored, followed, tracked and recorded. Who's to say how much of your battery is even left when it says 0%. That will run the NSA services for a month powered off, maybe longer.
Pulling your battery out also solves a great many problems, problems I'm sure most of us have ran into and needed to be able to remove it, since they stopped making them removable.
They can now even send you an alert over your phone you're expected to listen to or read, any time they want. You can't be off the grid. That's by design. Even if you are given the ability to feel like you are.
That's why professionals will still put phones in a Faraday cage in a different room, because they can listen to and track powered off devices.
Android, as a random piece of software, is open source. However, that's not what is on your phone. what's on your phone is proprietary and is simply put over the free open-source low-level platform named Android, the same basic platform that TVs and DVD players use
it is what it is.
Roclassic wrote:
Nice, I feel the same way. I wouldn't even use a computer if it wasn' for Windows 7. I'd just get an apple and swipe pretty stuff, draw some pretty pictures maybe or something.
Spot on about Firefox as well, don't even use them anymore, sadly, I'm on chrome, and that is seriously saying something. If Google had bought Firefox with the intention of making everyone switch to chrome, they couldn't have done a better job. The whole thing reaks of the same NSA tripe that brought down Yahoo and other Site services & blogs so everyone would be conveniently on Facebook, the one where you share every piece of your private data, in one easy to monitor spot, which they spared no effort to make it look like it was the normal thing to do and everyone else is paranoid weirdos for not doing it.
I actually ran into the same guy bringing down multiple services, he was throwing him and his colleagues a Wine party just as Yahoo Blogs fell apart. and i ran into the same guy, same MO, same everything, toppling another service, as its hired director and leader. As if his sole responsibility was to get hired, pretend to be helping, and secretly be bringing them down. he seems to have disappeared since I called him out, but he used to make blogs defending his most stupid possible decisions, cheering people, and then, it'd be over. he was like the Grimm Reaper of Services. Had to have been NSA. and I sense the same subversive hand behind Firefox
I'd even be interested in an XP Fork that was community developed and was as compatible as 7 or something like that.
I Keep thinking about Linux, but just hate typing commands all the time.
Linux would have already taken over Microsoft if MS didnt release its grasp on Piracy in China. When MS made everyone in China's screen go black, Linux was developed faster than it ever has been. If MS would have stuck to its guns, the Chinese would have a far superior replacement for Windows, easier to use than Windows even, on Linux.
Just terrible.
We just have to accept that 7 will be less and less supported by Microsoft, who even made its own Office19 incompatible with its own win7. what a-holes. Office19 has zero improvements. I'd say its a step back from 16, tbph. Its only use is to try and get everyone switched to 365 monitoring spyware and force everyone onto the Windows 10 spyware OS. Just call it Windows Prism, and let people opt-in to the NSA spy program
videobruce
Post subject: Too many post teenagers running M$ !!
Location: NYS
You can thank all these "post teenagers" for coming up with all this artsy-fartsy crap based on the assumption everyone has a toy phone that is surgically implanted into their hand.
Whatever happened to KISS.....keep it simple, stupid ?? You would think they would learn their lesson from their 2nd disaster; W8
I 2nd the above post and the quote!
Win 7 Pro sp1 64bit
In some ways, the KISS method still applies. What the user sees is simple.
What goes on inside with the networks is the most complex data gathering/harvesting in history.
Surprised more people haven't had a cell phone surgically implanted into the back or palm of their hand,
or is that just around the corner with bendy displays? All with an internal electronic generator charging with each breath they take.
The new meaning of Talk to the hand
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:. 'Stairway to Heaven' turns 40 -- let's retire it with these other classics
'Stairway to Heaven' turns 40 -- let's retire it with these other classics - Yea, like the new stuff is better .... RIGGGHHHHTTTTT.
--Popper
Forty years ago today, British rock juggernaut Led Zeppelin released their magnum opus, "Led Zeppelin IV." Rife with flourishes of haunting folk, gritty blues and rafter-shaking rock of the heaviest order, "IV" swiftly became the band's defining album, largely thanks to the epic 8 minutes and 2 seconds of the fourth song on the LP, "Stairway to Heaven." Rock music hasn't been the same since.
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Below is the list of books I've completed reading in 2013. Where I've reviewed the book in question, I've linked to the title, whether on this blog, Amazon, GoodReads, or other Internet-accessible location. Thank you for reading!
No One Belongs Here More Than You, by Miranda July (224pp) on 01/03*
Why Didn't I Say That? The Gentle Art of Self-Defense, by Donald Carroll (141pp) on 01/04*
Tiny, Beautiful Things, by Cheryl Strayed (353pp) on 01/07*
Dear Life, by Alice Munro (336pp) on 01/17*
Understanding Comics, by Scott McCloud (224pp) on 01/21
Civilwarland in Bad Decline, by George Saunders (179pp) on 01/29 [read on Kindle 3]
Secrets of a Fashion Therapist, by Betty Halbreich (220pp) on 01/29
Why You're Not Married...Yet, by Tracy McMillan (224pp) on 02/12 [read on Kindle 3]
A Return to Love, by Marianne Williamson (300pp) on 02/13**
A Poetry Handbook, by Mary Oliver (144pp) on 02/19
The Truth About Style, by Stacy London (224pp) on 02/19
Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson (247pp) on 02/21
Co-Active Coaching, by Whitworth, Kimsey-House, Kimsey-House & Sandahl (304pp) on 02/22
Inner Security & Infinite Wealth, by Stuart Zimmerman & Jared Rosen (170pp) on 02/24
What Teachers Make, by Taylor Mali (197pp) on 02/25
The Steps We Took, by Joe McQ (192pp) on 03/02
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (213pp) on 03/04
Advanced Style, by Ari Seth Cohen (240pp) on 03/12
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, by Nick Flynn (347pp) on 03/16
Be Here Now, by Ram Dass (416pp) on 03/17
Sleepwalk with Me, by Mike Birbiglia (191pp) on 03/20
When Things Fall Apart, by Pema Chödrön (160pp) on 03/27
Alone With You: Stories, by Marisa Silver (164pp) on 03/28
The Tools, by Phil Stutz & Barry Michaels (288pp) on 04/02
The Law of Divine Compensation, by Marianne Williamson (pp) on 04/04
Drop the Rock, by Bill P., Todd W., Sara S (100pp) on 4/22
If the Buddha Dated, by Charlotte Kasl (212pp) on 04/24**
The Laws of Subraction, by Matthew May (224pp) on 04/28
Take Time for Your Life, by Cheryl Richardson (272pp) on 05/19
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle (238pp) on 05/24**
Female Chauvinist Pigs, by Ariel Levy (200pp) on 05/28
I Brake for Yard Sales, by Lara Spencer (176pp) on 05/29
My Booky Wook, by Russell Brand (405pp—he likes his typefaces like he likes ladies' breasts—BIG) on 06/04
This Is How to Get Your Next Job, by Andrea Kay (238pp) on 06/05
Paying For It, by Chester Brown (280pp) on 06/07
The First 20 Hours, by Josh Kaufman (288pp) on 06/11
The Sermon on the Mount, by Emmet Fox (192pp) on 06/22
If I'm So Wonderful, Why Am I Still Single?, by Susan Page (352pp) on 06/25
The Untethered Soul, by Michael A. Singer (200pp) on 07/09
Help, Thanks, Wow, by Anne Lamott (112pp) on 07/11
How to Be an Adult, by David Richo (144pp) on 07/12
How to Be an Adult in Relationships, by David Richo (240pp) on 07/31
Bad Behavior, by Mary Gaitskill (208pp) in August
By Some Miracle, I Made It Out of There, by Tom Sizemore with Anna David (240pp) in August
The Diamond Cutter, by Michael Roach (240pp) in August
Malarky, by Anakana Schofield (225pp) on 8/13
Party Girl, by Anna David (288pp) in September
Secrets of Professional Organizers, by in September [read on Kindle 3]
Your First 1000 Copies, by Tim Grahl, (147pp) in September
Start Where You Are, by Pema Chodron
Codependent No More, by Melody Beattie
Get the Guy, by Matthew Hussey
The Magus, by John Fowles
Little Children, by John Perrota
Going Clear, by Lawrence Wright
The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath**
*Started in 2012. **Re-read
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CHAR 1/264 Personal: Financial affairs: Lloyds Bank.
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, sending cheque for £333 6s 8d, to be credited to WSC's current account [carbon].
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for credit of £333 6s 8d for WSC's current account.
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, sending notice for payment of interest on mortgage from the Commercial Union [carbon].
Letter from Lloyds Bank to Violet Pearman on payment of interest on mortgage from the Commercial Union. confirming that it was listed as a deduction of WSC's Sur Tax return.
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, asking for instructions regarding forward sale of $10,000 due on 15 June.
Letter from WSC to Lloyds Bank, instructing them not to renew contract for forward sale of $10,000 due on 15 June [carbon].
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, confirming closure of his forward sale of $10,000, at a loss of £25 8s 7d.
Letter from WSC to Lloyds Bank, on closure of his forward sale of $10,000, at a loss of £25 8s 7d [carbon].
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, sending cheque for £28 4s to be credited to WSC's current account [carbon].
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, sending cheque for £100 to be credited to WSC's current account [carbon].
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for credit of £28 4s for WSC's current account.
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, informing him of Bank Charges of £248 0s 9d for the half year.
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for credit of £100 for WSC's current account.
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, instructing them not to renew WSC's contract for forward sale of $10,000 due on 28 June [carbon].
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, confirming closure of his forward sale of $10,000, at a loss of £14 16s 5d.
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, sending cheque for £90 to be credited to WSC's current account [carbon].
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for credit of £90 for WSC's current account.
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, advising him that they had made payments on his account causing an overdraft of £9150 0s 11d, as against the arrangement for £8900.
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, sending cheque for £333 6s 8d to be credited to WSC's current account [carbon].
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, sending cheque for £1 12s to be credited to WSC's current account [carbon].
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for credit of £1 12s for WSC's current account.
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for credit of £174 11s 1d for WSC's current account.
Letter from Lloyds Bank to Violet Pearman, acknowledging receipt of her letter of 9 July.
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, sending dividend warrant for £5 10s 4d to be credited to WSC's current account [carbon].
Note from Violet Pearman to WSC, reminder to dictate a letter to the Bank on John Wheldon's salary.
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, sending cheque for £31 10s to be credited to WSC's current account [carbon].
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for credit of £5 10s 4d for WSC's current account.
Note from Violet Pearman to WSC, on visit of Stanley Williams, Lloyds Bank.
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for credit of £31 10s for WSC's current account.
Letter from WSC to Lloyds Bank on increase in salary for John Wheldon, instructing them to pay him £33 6s 8d a month [carbon].
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, sending cheque for £5 4s to be credited to WSC's current account [carbon].
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, acknowledging receipt of instruction to increase John Wheldon's salary to £33 6s 8d a month.
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, acknowledging receipt of letter of 2 Aug [carbon].
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for credit of £2 for WSC's current account.
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for credit of £5 4s for WSC's current account.
Letter from WSC to Lloyds Bank giving authority to pay tax demand of £62 10s, in respect of his income from Director's Fees [carbon].
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, asking for authority to pay tax demand of £62 10s, in respect of his income from Director's Fees.
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, acknowledging receipt of his letter of 4 Aug.
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC on his forward sale of $20,000 delivery, enclosing contract form.
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for 900 Central States Electric Corp. Common Shares.
Letter from WSC to Lloyds Bank on security for his overdraft [carbon].
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, agreeing to renewal of his overdraft arrangement for £9000 until the end of September or early October.
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for credit of £2500 for WSC's current account.
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, confirming receipt of 900 Central States Electric shares as security for his overdraft.
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, on security for his overdraft.
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, confirming receipt of stock receipts relating to £139 4s 3d 3½% Conversion Stock and £264 6s 8d Bank Stock.
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for credit of £112 10s from Curtis Brown Ltd for WSC's current account.
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for 100 Central States Electric Corp. shares.
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, acknowledging receipt of letter of 16 Aug [carbon].
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for 100 Western Union shares.
Letter from G.C. Mason, Lloyds Bank, to Violet Pearman, asking when WSC was expected home.
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, sending 1250 French francs, 5 Swiss francs and cheque for £333 6s 8d, to be credited to WSC's account [carbon].
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for credit of 1250 French francs, 5 Swiss francs and cheque for £333 6s 8d, for WSC's current account.
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, instructing them to close WSC's forward sale of $20,000 [carbon].
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, asking for instructions regarding forward sale of $20,000 due on 8 Sept.
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for £60 East India Railway Class D Annuity.
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, sending cheques for £150 and 1068.95 French francs, to be credited to WSC's account [carbon].
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for credit of 1068.95 French francs, and £150 for WSC's current account.
Forecast of WSC's income and expenditure for the fourth quarter of 1934 [ms in WSC's own hand].
Forecast of WSC's literary income, Aug-Dec 1934 [ms, in WSC's own hand].
Forecast of WSC's income for 1935 [ms, in WSC's own hand].
Notes on WSC's income and expenditure [ms, in WSC's own hand].
Forecast of WSC's income and expenditure, Mar-Dec 1934 [ms, in WSC's own hand].
Note of Income and Sur Tax payable by WSC [ms, in WSC's own hand].
Note on WSC's income and expenditure to 30 April [ms, in WSC's own hand].
Letter from WSC to Lloyds Bank, asking for the dates on which he had payed Income and Sur Tax.
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, giving details of his Income and Sur Tax payments since 1 Jan 1933.
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for credit of £7 9s 3d for WSC's current account.
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for £2270 Anglo American Telegraph Co. Deferred Ordinary Stock.
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, on issue of Letter of Credit for £200, available until 21 Mar 1935.
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for credit of £150 from Associated Newspapers for WSC's current account.
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for credit of £13 11s 5d from Curtis Brown for WSC's current account.
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for £530 L.M.S. Railway 4% pref. Stock.
Letter from WSC to Lloyds Bank, sending three cheques to be credited to his current account, asking that they should be itemised separately on his statement [carbon].
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, thanks for returning letter of credit no longer required, enclosing a draft for £90, the amount of the undrawn balance.
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, sending cheques to the value of £50 10s 6d, to be credited to WSC's current account [carbon].
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, asking him to sign and return authority, enabling them to make Income and Sur Tax payments on his behalf.
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for credit of £50 10s 6d for WSC's current account.
Letter from WSC to Lloyds Bank, thanks for making arrangements for letter of credit [carbon].
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, confirming payment of premium on National Mutual Life Assurance policy.
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, returning authority from WSC, enabling them to make Income and Sur Tax payments on his behalf [carbon].
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, sending cheques to value of £4 14s 4d, to be credited to WSC's current account [carbon].
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for £1664 G.W.R. 4% De. Stock.
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, acknowledging receipt of authority from WSC, enabling them to make Income and Sur Tax payments on his behalf.
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, asking him to sign and return confirmatory orders for sale of 200 Western Union shares and purchase of 200 Union Corporation shares.
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for credit of £7 5s 7d in foreign coins, for WSC's current account.
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for credit of £2349 5s 10d for WSC's current account.
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, returning confirmatory orders for sale of 200 Western Union shares and purchase of 200 Union Corporation shares [carbon].
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for credit of £18 from Curtis Brown Ltd for WSC's current account.
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, on for sale of 200 Western Union shares and purchase of 200 Union Corporation shares.
Letter from WSC to Lloyds Bank, on for sale of 200 Western Union shares and purchase of 200 Union Corporation shares, asking how the transaction would be accounted for between his two accounts [carbon].
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, on for sale of 200 Western Union shares and purchase of 200 Union Corporation shares, explaining how the transaction would be accounted for between his two accounts.
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for 200 Union Corporation shares.
Receipt from Lloyds Bank for credit of £29 19s 2d from Curtis Brown Ltd for WSC's current account.
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, sending cheques to the value of £5 2s 2d to be credited to WSC's current account [carbon].
Letter from WSC to Lloyds Bank on his tax return [carbon].
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC on his tax return, particularly his literary earning and expenditure.
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, on his tax return.
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, sending cheque for £333 6s 8d from London Film Productions to be credited to WSC's current account [carbon].
Letter from WSC to Lloyds Bank, pointing out that advance of £1000 by Cassells was in respect of a work that would not be completed before 1939, and which therefore should not be classed as literary income for 1933-34 [carbon].
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, sending cheques for £214 5s 9d, £62 18s 4d and £49 12s 8d to be credited to WSC's current account [carbon].
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, granting request for letter of credit for £200 to be drawn in favour of CSC.
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank sending cheque for £375 to be credited to WSC's current account [carbon].
Letter from WSC to Lloyds Bank instructing them to pay £350 a month to Maryott Whyte during CSC's absence abroad [carbon].
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, informing him that Bank Charges for his current account for the current half year amounted to £315 15s 6d.
Letter from Lloyds Bank to WSC, acknowledging receipt of instruction to pay £350 a month to Maryott Whyte during CSC's absence abroad.
Letter from Violet Pearman to Lloyds Bank, enclosing cheques to the value of £120 to be credited to WSC's current account [carbon].
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By Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic | Published 11/25/2008 | Croatian Language , People , Culture And Arts | Unrated
Miro Gavran's plays were translated into more than 30 languages
Miro Gavran, the most prolific Croatian playwright today
Sve o muškarcima - All about men
THREE MIRO GAVRAN'S PREMIERES
The Croatian author Miro Gavran will be having three premieres of his plays in three European countries in only two weeks.
- On November 28, the Liepaja Theatre in Liepaja, Latvia will premiere Gavran's play ALL ABOUT MEN in Edit Tisheizera's translation, directed by Rolandas Atkočiunas.
- The Jan Palarik Theatre from Trnava, Slovakia will premiere Gavran's new play GRETA GARBO'S SECRET on December 11. Jan Jankovič has translated the play and it is being directed by Jan Zeman.
- On December 13, the Antonin Dvořák Theatre from Prybram in the Czech Republic will give a premiere performance of Gavran's comedy OTHELLO FROM SUSAK ISLAND in Helena and František Karoch's translation, with Milan Schejbal directing.
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Nenad Bach and Miro Gavran on June 18, 2008 in front of the Kerempuh Theater, Zagreb Croatia
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Miro Gavran
The most important thing in all the world is friendship. When you find a good friend, life becomes much better and easier. The best proof of what I am saying is Ivo.
Ivo is my best friend. Thanks to him I don't have to study all my subjects at school. I learn half, and Ivo learns the other half. For example: I learn the Croatian and he learns the mathematics. I do the Croatian homework and he does the maths.
If we are writing tests, my crib sheet becomes his and his becomes mine. Our friendship is the real thing, something I have been waiting for all my life.
I only met Ivo when I started the fifth grade. Quite by chance that we sat at the same desk for the first period, and that's the way it's been ever since.
Once when we were on our way back from school, Ivo stopped in front of me, fixing me with his look and said:
- Listen, Pero, are your hiding something from me?
- Me?!
- Yes, you.
- Where did you get that idea?
- You've been acting funny lately - said Ivo, not taking his eyes off me.
- What makes you think that?
- Well, you don't talk movies and comics any more during breaks, you keep staring at the one spot, or, more like it, at the one person.
- Which person?
- You know very well which person.
I felt the blood rush to my face. I was embarrassed. I almost started stuttering:
- I... you know... I don't know who you're talking about.
- Pero, aren't the two of us real friends, or are we just...? - asked Ivo, looking straight into my eyes.
- I think we're real friends, better than the best friends in westerns where their lives depend on it - I answered.
- And you know that there can't be any secrets between real friends?
- Of course I know.
- If that's true, why don't you admit that you're in love?
- Don't exaggerate, I'm not, really... where did you... why do you think...
- Pero, friends mustn't have secrets. You can tell me who you like, and I'll tell you who I like.
- You fancy somebody, too?! - I had never been more surprised. I would never have thought that my friend Ivo, who has dreamed all his life about becoming a mountain climber, could fancy someone.
- I really do. But that's quite natural and normal - said Ivo, and by the way he said it, it looked as if he was proud to think that some girl had captured his heart.
- And who is she? - I asked.
- I'll tell you when you admit that you like Tihana.
- It is that obvious?
- Of course, it's obvious. You don't take your eyes off her, not in class and not during recess.
- Well, if that's the way it is... I do think she is very beautiful - I managed to say in a shaky voice.
- She's pretty, of course she is. But, I like one of the other girls better.
- Which one?
- Dinka.
- Aha. There's nothing wrong with your taste, either.
- I think that Dinka is the most beautiful girl in the whole class - said Ivo.
- She's not bad, but to me Tihana is the most beautiful girl I have ever met in my whole life.
- If that's what you think, then you are in love with her, one hundred percent - said Ivo.
- I'm just not sure if it's a good thing that we have fallen in love.
- What could be not good about it? We are in the fifth grade. That means something. We're at the best age to fall in love. I think about Dinka every single day.
- And I think about Tihana. But, please, don't tell anyone.
- What is wrong with you?! I'll keep your secret, just like you'll keep mine - said Ivo.
- Deal?
- Deal.
We kept on walking without talking for a few minutes, as if we were both happy that we had revealed out most important secret to one another. A large motor car was parked where it shouldn't have been, under a huge chestnut tree whose branches stretched out over the whole street. I stopped, leaned on the car, and looked into Ivo's eyes.
- And what do you think, does Tihana like me?
Ivo looked back at me, shrugged his shoulders and replied:
- Even if she doesn't at this moment, it's up to you to do something to change her mind.
From that day on, from that conversation about the secrets of our hearts, our friendship became even stronger and even more sincere. He was the only person in this whole world who knew what I felt for Tihana, and I was the only person he dared to tell about his feelings for Dinka.
I started going to the movies with Ivo, we exchanged tapes, and rode our bikes in the Maksimir Park.
I lived in Rendić Street, and Ivo in Maksimir Street, not far from the Dinamo football stadium, so we were close neighbours.
When I rang him on the phone and suggested we went out to play, he was always ready for action.
Simply put, Ivo and I were like brothers.
Ten days before Christmas I bought two packets of banger firecrackers from Muki, who was in Grade 6B. I hid them in the toy cupboard where I kept my toys.
Mum always said:
- Your toy cupboard is your concern, I am not going to tidy it, that's your job.
So I put the bangers at the bottom of the toy cupboard, knowing that it was the only place in the house where my mother would not be cleaning.
Ivo and I agreed that we would go to the Sava River bank on Saturday and to throw the bangers there on the levee, where we wouldn't bother anybody.
I couldn't even admit to my best friend that I had never played with bangers before, so that this was to be my baptism by fire and just the thought of it made my heart beat wildly.
In my imagination I could see my bleeding hand, wounded by the exploding banger which I hadn't thrown on time.
It sent shudders up and down my spine to think that Saturday was coming nearer and nearer.
MY FIRST BANGER
After breakfast on Saturday, I kissed my Mum's cheek and said:
- I'm going now.
- Where to?
- I going to play here in Maksimir Street with Ivo, and I'll be back before lunch.
- Have you forgotten about asking for permission? Don't I exist any more as far as you're concerned?
- Come on, Mama, don't complicate things. Ivo and I talked about it yesterday and...
- So why didn't you ask me first yesterday whether you could go out and play today?
- I didn't think you'd mind. Anyway, I'm asking now: Mama, please, may I go out to play with Ivo?
- Ivo here, Ivo there. Who is this Ivo, anyway? I think it's time I met him. I don't want anyone being a bad influence on you.
- But, Mum, Ivo is very good at school, how could he be a bad influence on me?
- Very good but not excellent? - asked Mum.
- My marks aren't excellent either, and there's nothing wrong with me. Not all the pupils in the world can be swots. Let me go out and play, I'm fed up with this flat and the TV! Anyway, it's such a lovely sunny day, and we might have rain or even snow tomorrow.
- Alright, alright. Off you go, but don't stay out too long.
- Thanks, Mama. I knew that you could never be a strict, nagging mother, but that you have to act the part.
- Watch it, young man, don't make fun of me or you might have to stay home.
- I'm joking, I'm joking.
- What's that in your pocket?
I froze. The packet of bangers was in my pocket. I could feel cold sweat running down my back. If Mama found the bangers, I could be grounded for a whole month - just when the Christmas holidays were coming and there was so much going on in Zagreb. I coughed and managed to say:
- Lego blocks. I promised Ivo.
- Do you still play with Legos?
- No, but Ivo does, so...
- There's nothing wrong with that. I'd rather you played with Legos than rushed about on those skateboards or did those dangerous stunts on your bicycles.
- We're not like that.
- I hope not.
So I managed to get out of the house without my mother finding the bangers, although I was a hairbreadth away from not seeing Ivo or the Sava levee that day.
My mother really is a good and sweet woman, but sometimes she acts as though she's my father. Perhaps that's because my father died when I was only one year old, so that I don't even remember what he looked like. But my mother sometimes thinks that she has to be strict with me, to make up for me not having a father. It's really quite silly. She's a gentle woman at heart, and it would be better if she stopped acting so tough with me.
When Ivo and I finally reached the Sava levee, it was already eleven o'clock. There was no-one in sight, except for a woman with her dog in the distance. They were walking in our direction.
Ivo took a box of matches and a banger out of his pocket. He handed me the banger and said:
- Do you want to go first?
- No. You do it.
Ivo struck the banger against the match-box and threw it.
The banger exploded!
- Your turn - said Ivo.
There was no retreat. My palms were sweating. My whole body was quivering. I almost dropped the firecracker. I struck the banger against the match and threw it.
I heard a bang, followed by shouting:
- Maniac, idiot, hooligan!!!
It was that woman doing the shouting, the one who had been at least fifty paces away from us when Ivo threw his banger, and was now only an unbelievable fifteen feet away.
My banger had exploded not far from her feet. As frightened as I was, I hadn't even looked where I was throwing it.
- You could have killed me! You little thugs!
The woman was shouting so loudly that there was nothing for it but for us to run away as fast as we could.
Her angry shouts were mixed with the barking of her dog, who got an even bigger fright than she did.
Only when she and her dog were far behind us did we slow down.
- You are really crazy, you could have hurt her - said Ivo.
I could see both fear and admiration in his eyes, so I pretended to be very cool:
- I only wanted to scare her a bit.
So, that's how it was: I threw my first banger that day. And quite a few followed. I smoked up the whole parking area, just like an experienced warrior. I felt that I had become bigger and more resolute than I had been the day before.
When we were walking home, Ivo suddenly put his hands up to his head.
- Gosh, I almost forgot!
- What?
- My father has invited you to come to lunch tomorrow. He wants to meet you. I have talked a lot about you and so...
- I'll ask my mother, if she says yes... I'll be there.
A SUNDAY TO REMEMBER
When I rang the door-bell of Ivo's flat that Sunday I had no way of knowing that I would remember that particular day forever .
I expected Ivo to open the door, but instead the door was opened by a young, athletic looking man with black hair.
- Ah, you must be Pero.
- Yes, I am.
- Hi, I'm Luke, Ivo's father - said the man, and held out his hand. We shook hands firmly, like men, like grown-ups.
- Come on in, Ivo is in the bathroom. He'll be here in a minute.
The man lead me into a large comfortable flat in which everything was normal, but still - it was as though something was missing.
- Are you chilled to the bone? - asked Uncle Luke.
- Pretty much. But it's nice and warm here.
- We use wood for heating. We reset the tiles in the room heater this autumn, and it's really keeping us warm this winter...
At that moment, my best friend Ivo came out of the bathroom.
- Pero, it's super you could come. I was already thinking that your mother said no.
- I was afraid she might. But she was invited to my aunt's place today, so I easily talked her into letting me come.
- If nobody minds, I'll put the spaghetti on - said Uncle Luke.
- Put it on. I'm really hungry - said Ivo.
And that's how that wonderful Sunday started. Uncle Luke made spaghetti bolognese for lunch and he baked Zagorje štrukle [rolled pastry with a cream cheese filling] in the oven. They are both favourites of mine.
Admittedly, Ivo was a little bit disappointed that his father always cooks Italian dishes and said he had had enough of that type of food. But his father defended himself, saying that he hadn't made spaghetti for at least three days, and that it wasn't his fault that he wasn't such a good cook.
I comforted him and told him that spaghetti and štrukle were my favourite foods in all the world, along with pizza with mushrooms, and that I wasn't interested in those big lunches my mother makes, which start with clear beef soup and noodles and go on and on.
So at Ivo's place we had a real man's meal, just the way I like. It was only on that day that I found out that Ivo's mother doesn't live with him. She had left her son and her husband and gone off to live with her new husband in South America in a country called Argentina.
- She only sends me a card at Christmas time. And not even that for my birthday - said Ivo in a sad voice, commenting on the behaviour of his mother who had gone off into the big wide world and forgotten about her son.
- Maybe she'll come back some day - I said.
- Never. And, anyway, why would I need her? My uncle, her brother, told us that she is doing some ugly job there, something no woman should ever do. She has shamed herself and me and Dad, forever.
After lunch, Uncle Luke invited me into his study and asked me:
- Do you know how to use a computer?
- No, I don't.
- Would you like me to teach you?
- I don't know if I could learn to use it.
- Why wouldn't you be able to? I taught Ivo in two days.
And then Uncle Luke put a game called Prince of Persia on the computer, and it really was a super game, the one with the prince who escapes from an Ottoman jail.
He showed me what I had to do, and after only a few minutes I could play the game without him helping me.
And when we were tired of that game, Uncle Luke said:
- Now I'll show you a game which I invented.
- You can just make it up yourself! - I said in surprise.
- Of course he can. My Dad makes a living from the computer programmes and games he makes up. He is a mechanical engineer, but he stopped working for the factory three years ago. Now he works at home and makes much more money than he did before.
Then Uncle Luke wrote a new command on the screen and an unusual game appeared with two policeman racing around town trying to catch two robbers who were running away with sacks full of treasure. That game was even more fun than the Prince of Persia.
When we played ourselves out, Ivo and I went to his room where he showed me all his comic books and the toy revolver and rifle he used to play with before he started school.
I also saw his herbarium and his books about the world's greatest mountaineers. They are the ones who climb the world's highest mountains. Ivo says he is going to be a famous mountain-climber one day and conquer the highest peaks on our planet Earth.
At the end of that lovely day, Uncle Luke suggested we all go to watch an important volleyball match. I said I had to phone my mother and if she said I could go then I would, but otherwise I would have to go home.
Of course, Mama spoiled the rest of the day because she said I had been out for ages, and that she had come back from my aunt's two hours ago, and that I had to come home.
That's the way it is with women who just don't understand us men and our need for sport and volleyball matches.
TIHANA
At our last class with our home-room teacher [form-master] before the Christmas holidays, we spoke about the excursion the class went on every school year.
Now, as could be expected, we all wanted to go on the excursion as soon as possible. The end of the school year was so far away, and so much could happen in the meantime, that it seemed better to go on a winter excursion than to wait for summertime.
That's the way we all thought and felt, and even our home-room teacher was prepared to think along those lines, until Tihana raised her hand to say something. She suggested that we go on our excursion in June, and that we go to the seaside.
Tihana was very convincing, explaining that a summer excursion was the real thing, and that no-one normal ever went on an excursion during the winter or spring. Half the class started to agree with her.
I like Tihana very much, I would even say I love her, but I wanted so badly to go on our excursion as soon as possible that I shouted loudly so that the whole class heard me:
- Anyone who's afraid of the cold can stay home.
Tihana gave me a sharp look and said:
- That's very rude.
And that's how I closed the book on my love story with Tihana, even before it actually began.
Ivo tried to console me later, saying it was nothing so terrible if a girl got a bit angry, but everything was clear to me from the expression on her face and I said to Ivo:
- Listen, mate, thanks for trying to comfort me, but I know that I don't stand a chance with her from now on.
And then the cleaning up for Christmas began. If there's one thing I hate, it's Christmas cleaning. It's the loveliest part of the year as far as my mother is concerned, and the worst for me.
I told her once that all lawyers - and she's a lawyer - are slightly crazy, because they want everything in life to be just as they think it should be, but now I did not dare to argue with her because I knew anyhow that it would achieve absolutely nothing.
I worked like mad and kept quiet. I did so much that I grew to hate the vacuum cleaner, and anything that looked like rubbish brought flickering spots before my eyes, and my hands were trembling from the effort I put into beating the carpet.
And to make things worse, every half hour or so my mother found something new for us to do, just this... and just that.
This madness lasted for three long days during which I had to forget about playing, and all the other things in life which make it worth living to a boy like me.
Worst of all, on the last day I had to help with baking the cakes, and dicing up the potatoes, and the carrots, and the hard-boiled eggs for the French salad.
For Christmas Eve dinner, my mother made the traditional dried cod dish, and we had the same guests as last year and the year before: my aunt, her daughter Barbara, and my grandma.
My aunt is divorced and her husband lives on the coast in Split. So the house was full of women talking about fashion and recipes. I don't need to tell you that it couldn't have been more boring.
Then my mother told me that I had to go and play with Barbara, my cousin, and that made it all even worse. I ask you, what could I possibly play with a nine-year-old girl, who is only interested in dolls and dressing up.
But, if you think that Christmas Eve was the worst day last year, then you are very wrong. The next day was the worst - when all those women came again for Christmas lunch, and when all those stupid female conversations about fashion, perfume and cooking were repeated all over again.
There was supposed to be a TV broadcast during the afternoon on Christmas Day of an exhibition basketball game between Boston and San Francisco. I knew all the boys from my class would be watching and would all talk about it in detail when we went back to school after the Christmas break.
So I looked forward to it from when I woke up right up until four in the afternoon when it was set to start. But my patience did not pay off.
After lunch, I excused myself from the table and said to my mother:
- I am going to watch the game.
Mama looked at me and said:
- Excuse me, Pero, but there is a moving love story on the first programme with that actor from the Santa Barbara serial.
My grandma added:
- That could really be a good film.
And my cousin chipped in:
- I can hardly wait for it to start.
In a trembling voice, I managed to say:
- But I have been waiting for the match all day. I must see it. It will be more exciting that any film could ever be.
Then my mother gave me one of those looks and said:
- Let's be democratic. We'll vote on it. Who would like to watch the film?
Naturally, the four of them raised their hands in the air, eliminating my basketball match in the most underhand way.
- There, you see, the majority is for the film - said Mama.
- The majority is for the film because the majority in this house is made up of women. If I had a father and a brother, we would be watching a real man's basketball match, and not a stupid love story.
I said this in an angry voice, went to my room and shut the door with a bang.
Later, when the film was finished and our guests had gone home, my mother came into my room.
- Your behaviour was not very nice - she said.
- If you were me, you would feel the same.
- Perhaps. But people should not quarrel on Christmas Day - said Mama.
- I know, Mama. I was not shouting at you. I was shouting because of my unfortunate fate.
- Oh. Strong words. And why do you think that your fate is so unfortunate?
- Because I'm the only man in the family, and because none of you women like sport.
- You can learn more from a film than from a hundred basketball matches.
- You think that because you are a woman.
And so my conversation with my mother ended without me being able to bring her around to a way of thinking which is natural to every normal man.
AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION
On Boxing Day, the day after Christmas, I went to play with Ivo. As soon as he saw me, he put the most painful question possible.
- Did you see what a super game it was?
- No, I didn't.
- What do you mean, you didn't?
- I couldn't watch the game because there was a love story on the first programme.
- You didn't miss the game because of a silly love story?
- Yes, I did, unfortunately.
- But why?
And then I told my best friend how my aunt, my mother, my grandma and Barbara had outvoted me four to one.
- I watched with my Dad and we commented on every goal and really enjoyed it.
- Ah, it's easy for you when you have a father.
- So this is not the first time that women have ruined it for you where sport is concerned.
- It sure isn't. She wouldn't even let me enrol in karate, because to her, as a woman, it's a stupid sport.
- It must be hard for you.
- Of course it is, since I'm the only man in the family. That's why I wanted to talk with you about something very important.
- What is it? - asked Ivo, looking into my eyes with curiosity.
- It's not so easy to say.
- But we're friends, and friends...
- I know: no secrets between friends.
- That's right - assented Ivo.
- Look. I have realised that I can't go on living like this with my mother. It's no sort of a life. Well, everything's alright, but, at the same time, nothing is.
- What are you trying to say?
- I am trying to say that I need a father.
- What do you mean?
- Look, I'd like to have a father, I'd like to have a brother, I've had enough of women, cooking, fashion, love stories, all of it. Understand?
- Yes, but how...
- My mother is only thirty-three years old. She could still have a baby brother for me. She had me while she was still a student. I don't even remember my father because he died when I was one year old. He died during an operation, some medical mess-up, so...
- But wait a minute, what does your mother say to all this?
- She has no idea that I want a father and a brother. Let's say a brother like you, who loves sport and loves life. Understand?
- Well, you could tell all that to your mother.
- No way. She always has something against men, saying how stupid, and insensitive and half-educated they are, and how smart she has been in not marrying again.
- How are you doing to get her to change her mind then, and get her married?
- I have no idea. I'll have to palm off some unattached man to her, without her realising it.
- So, that's the way it is - commented Ivo, falling quiet and thinking deeply.
So the two of us were silent for a long time, trying to think of something clever and cunning, trying to find a solution for this complex situation. Suddenly Ivo jumped to his feet.
- I've got it!
- Listen, there's a man in our block of flats who never got married. His name is Uncle Ivo, he really is a very nice man and he could be a good father to you.
- In your block?
- Yes, in my block. He is a plumber by trade. I think he likes children. Once he threw a ball around with me in front of the building.
- And what can I say to him: Uncle Ivo, my mother is not married, I would like you to be my father and to make me a little brother. How can I say that without frightening the man?
- You just can't do it like that.
- How then?
- It all has to look accidental and spontaneous.
- What does that mean?
- The best thing would be if he came to your flat, you know, by chance, to fix the tap over the kitchen sink, and met your mother and you just by the way.
- But why should he fix the tap when there's nothing wrong with it?
- There's nothing wrong with it so far, but if you tried hard enough, it could need fixing - said Ivo with a devilish smile.
- I mean I could show you how to unscrew it and take out the washer, and then screw it back again.
- And?
- And you can be sure it will start dripping after that. And when your mother comes home from work and says: 'Son, we have to call a plumber' and you say: 'Mama, I just happen to have the telephone number here in my pocket of the plumber who fixed the tap at my friend Ivo's place'.
- You think it will work?
- Why wouldn't it work? - my friend Ivo said, answering my question with a question.
- Well, I don't know...
- If you want to have a father, you have to make an effort. Isn't that so?
- Yes, you're right. That's the way it is.
IVO THE PLUMBER
It really did take a lot of effort and sweat but while Mama was at work I managed to unscrew the tap, take out the washer, cut a piece out of it and - as soon as I screwed it back, our kitchen tap started dripping madly.
When Mama came home from work, the loud TOK, TOK, TOK sound greeted her!
- What's that?
- There's something wrong with the tap. We have to call a plumber.
- Oh, Lord, now of all times, three days before New Year. It's enough to drive you crazy. Where am I going to find a plumber now?
- I rang my friend Ivo. He gave me the name of the plumber who fixes their taps. He lives nearby - in Maksimir Street.
- Well now, you really are growing up. A real man of the house. You are not a child anymore. What would I do without you?
Mama gently stroked my head, having no idea that, without me, the tap would be working perfectly.
And so the doorbell to our flat rang an hour after Mama phoned to Uncle Ivo.
- That must be the plumber now, open the door - said Mama, wiping a place.
I went to the door and opened it.
- Hello, I am Ivo the plumber.
- Hello, I'm Pero.
- You needed a plumber?
- Yes, we certainly do.
The man standing in front of me was red in the face and was holding a box of tools.
- Won't you come in?
- Thank you.
Ivo the plumber stumbled into our flat, barely maintaining his balance. Together with him, the strong smell of poor quality brandy came into our front hall. It was probably the worst kind of herb brandy.
And what can I say? That Uncle Ivo made more trouble for me than any three other repairmen could have.
All afternoon he worked on the water pipe in the kitchen, smoking cigarette after cigarette and downing glass after glass of home-made plum brandy, which Mama kept for very special guests.
- I really don't know what's wrong with this pipe. It must be some major fault - said Ivo.
- Perhaps you could check the washer - I said, and immediately bit my lip.
I simply could not keep quiet and had to give him a hint, because I was fed up with him fussing around in our kitchen.
- I don't think it's the washer - said Ivo.
- You could check it, just the same - I said insistently.
- Don't bother the repairman, if you want the tap fixed as soon as possible - said Mama, who had no idea that I could fix it much more quickly than Ivo, if I had half a chance.
So it was only around ten o'clock at night that Ivo fixed the tap. On his departure, he overcharged so much that Mama almost fainted.
- That's daylight robbery! - she said.
- Ah, Madam, everybody wants me to work for nothing. That's a thing of the past. We have the capitalist system now and the rights of workers have to be respected.
With a heavy heart, Mama paid the price Ivo asked, and when he left she turned to me and said:
- Just throwing money away! I really am sorry I won't be able to buy you those new skates for New Year.
- I'm sorrier than you are, Mama - said I, and something caught in my throat at the sadness of it all.
Instead of getting a father, I had lost my skates. That's the way it goes when a person has no luck in life.
USED PAPER
When I was back at school after the holidays, there was some sort of good feeling in my heart which I could not explain at first.
- What is this? Can it be that I really like school!?!
But when I looked deeper into my soul, I understood that I was happy to be back at school because of Tihana. Whatever the situation, it was good to be sitting in the same class with Tihana.
It was good to be near her, even if she didn't love me, even if she despised me a bit. Nobody - not even Tihana - could forbid me to look at her and to be delighted with what I saw.
- You have to do something. You can't spend your whole life looking at the girl you fancy while she is talking to other boys, with not a word for you - said my friend Ivo, trying to force me into action.
- But what can I do. I can't make her love me. If she doesn't want to, then she doesn't want to.
- You haven't got a clue what she thinks about you.
- I know enough: she avoids me, she pretends not to notice me, and almost never says hello to me.
- That could be a good sign.
- Come on.
- No, seriously. My Dad says that women often avoid young men they like, so as to attract them even more.
- I don't understand.
- Neither do I. But I believe my father. He never speaks without thinking first.
- Does that mean I might have a chance with Tihana?
- You must never give up hope.
- Perhaps you're right. But I wanted to talk to you about something more important than Tihana.
- More important than Tihana!? What can be more important that the girl you love?
- I wanted to talk to you about my idea that Mama gets married and I get a father.
- Listen, I've already apologised about that business with Uncle Ivo. I really didn't know he was a drinker. He was completely sober when he was at our place.
- I wasn't thinking about him. I have crossed him off.
- Who were you thinking about then?
- Listen, I have thought of a plan, a good idea.
- What is it?
- I saw that women who want to get married put ads in the Evening News.
- Well, I thought it would be a good idea for me to put in an ad.
- You? I have never heard of a child advertising for a husband for its mother.
- I wouldn't put it in under my name.
- But...?
- I would put it under Mama's name. As if Mama was looking for a husband. Get it?
- What if your mother won't let you?
- I won't ask her. I'll put in the ad, and when it comes out, I'll say: that's how it is, I need a father, I need a brother, please invite the men who answer the ad to come to see you, and you pick out the best one.
- That's not such a bad idea - said Ivo.
- But there is a problem.
- I don't have the money for the ad. I asked, and those ads are very expensive.
- We'll settle that problem together - said Ivo.
- How?
- Used paper.
- What do you mean, used paper?
- If we try, we can make money selling used paper.
- But I...
- We'll do it together - said Ivo.
- You are a real friend.
So the two of us collected used paper for two weeks, ringing people's doorbells and asking them like two beggars:
- Do you have any used paper?
I was a bit uncomfortable doing what I was doing, but if a person wants to get a father, nothing is too difficult.
At the end of January, I was sitting in Ivo's bedroom, holding Saturday's Evening News.
- These are the MARRIAGE ads. I should write something similar for my Mama, but I don't know how.
- Let me see - said Ivo, taking the newspaper and starting to read.
- This sounds good: 'Well-educated woman, comfortably off, 41 years old, because of the pressure of work choosing this way to meet a serious well-educated man with marriage in mind'. I don't know what comfortably off means.
- That probably means serious - I said.
- Or this one, listen: 'Likeable, pleasant appearance, a lady of fifty, without obligations, wants to meet a sensitive cultured gentleman, non-smoker up to sixty years of age'.
Then Ivo and I read all the marriage ads in the Evening News, to finally compose together an ad for my mother. It read: 'Young widow, through no fault of her own, long dark hair, expressive eyes, gentle nature, without obligations, comfortably off, looking for a man who loves sport in order to marry.'
And I added our telephone number.
I overdid it a bit saying Mama had a gentle nature, but what normal man would marry a woman who did not have a gentle nature.
We then took the ad to the Evening News classified ads office on Floral Square.
The lady behind the counter looked at me suspiciously and said:
- Why didn't your mother bring in this ad?
- Mama is working, so she asked me to do it - I lied.
- Alright - said the lady, taking my ad and typing it up on her computer. She even gave me some change, so that Ivo and I were able to go to have a Coca-Cola.
While we were drinking our Cokes from plastic mugs, Ivo looked at me and said:
- Tell your Mama right away. So that she gets ready for Saturday.
- Yes. I'll tell her today.
That was on Wednesday, but I did not tell her that day or the next. I waited until Saturday morning, I waited for the last day.
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